Palworld Passive Skills are advantageous abilities that are acquired when you capture Pals. Although the name may not explicitly suggest their significance, these passive skills are extremely important, particularly when confronting formidable high-level wild Pals or bosses during battles.
In Palworld, players have access to a variety of Passive Skills that can be utilized to their advantage. These skills have specific functions and benefits. To help you stay informed, below is a comprehensive list of all the Passive Skills and their respective effects.
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What are Passive Skills in Palworld?

In Palworld, Passive Skills refer to beneficial or detrimental effects that are associated with the statistics of your virtual companions known as Pals. To access the Passive Skills of your Pals, you can navigate to the Pal Box and open the Pal Box Management Menu.
From there, you can select a specific Pal, and you will be able to see various characteristics such as Mine Foreman, Pacifist, and other Passive Skills.
When deciding which Pals or bosses to engage in combat with, it’s important to consider the potential impact of Passive Skills. These skills can greatly influence the outcome of a battle or improve the functionality of your base.
So, before heading into a fight or seeking assistance with tasks, carefully select your Pal party based on the Passive Skills that you believe will provide the most advantageous support.
All Passive Skills in Palworld

Below we list all of the passive skills we know of, with help from the Palworld Wiki.
Tier | Name | Effect |
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3 | Artisan | Work speed +50% |
3 | Burly Body | Defense +20% |
3 | Diet Lover | Decrease in hunger is less likely by 15% |
3 | Divine Dragon | 20% increase in dragon skill |
3 | Ferocious | Attack +20% |
3 | Legend | Attack +20%, defense +20%, movement speed +15% |
3 | Logging Foreman | 25% increase to player logging efficiency |
3 | Lord of Lightning | 20% increase to lightning attack damage |
3 | Lucky | Work speed +15%, attack +15% |
3 | Mine Foreman | 25% increase to player mining efficiency |
3 | Motivational Leader | 25% increase to player speed |
3 | Rare | Work speed +15%, attack +15% |
3 | Stronghold Strategist | 10% increase to player defense |
3 | Swift | 30% increase to movement speed |
3 | Vanguard | 10% increase to player attack |
3 | Workaholic | Sanity drops 15% slower |
2 | Musclehead | Attack +30%, work speed -50% |
2 | Runner | 20% increase to movement speed |
2 | Serious | Work speed +20% |
1 | Abnormal | 10% decreased to incoming neutral damage |
1 | Aggressive | Attack +10%, ddefense -10% |
1 | Blood of the Dragon | 10% increase to dragon attack damage |
1 | Botanical Barrier | 10% decrease to incoming grass damage |
1 | Brave | Attack +10% |
1 | Capacitor | 10% increase to lightning attack damage |
1 | Cheery | 10% decrease to incoming dark damage |
1 | Coldblooded | 10% increase to ice attack damage |
1 | Conceited | Work Speed +10%, defense -10% |
1 | Dainty Eater | 10% decrease to satiety depletion |
1 | Dragonkiller | 10% decrease to incoming dragon damage |
1 | Earthquake Resistant | 10% decrease to incoming ground damage |
1 | Fragrant Foliage | 10% increase to grass attack damage |
1 | Hard Skin | Defense +10% |
1 | Heated Body | 10% decrease to incoming ice damage |
1 | Hooligan | Attack +15%, work speed -10% |
1 | Hydromaniac | 10% increase to water attack damage |
1 | Insulated Body | 10% decrease to incoming lightning damage |
1 | Masochist | Defense +15%, attack -15% |
1 | Nimble | 10% increase to movement speed |
1 | Positive Thinker | Sanity drops 10% slower |
1 | Power of Gaia | 10% increase to earth attack damage |
1 | Pyromaniac | 10% increase to fire attack damage |
1 | Sadist | Attack +15%, defense -15% |
1 | Suntan Lover | 10% decrease to incoming fire damage |
1 | Veil of Darkness | 10% increase to dark attack damage |
1 | Waterproof | 10% decrease to incoming water damage |
1 | Work Slave | Work Speed +30%, Attack -30% |
1 | Zen Mind | 10% increase to neutral attack damage |
-1 | Clumsy | Work speed -10% |
-1 | Coward | Attack -10% |
-1 | Downtrodden | Defense -10% |
-1 | Glutton | Satiety drops 10% faster |
-1 | Unstable | Sanity drops 10% faster |
-2 | Bottomless Stomach | Satiety drops 15% faster |
-2 | Destructive | Saniety drops 15% faster |
-3 | Brittle | Defense -20% |
-3 | Pacifist | Attack -20% |
-3 | Slacker | Work speed -30% |
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