How to get Coal and farm Coal in Palworld

Figuring out how to get Coal in Palworld will help you on your adventure to tame various Pals and build yourself a nice little home where they do all of the hard work for you. Of course, you need to make sure your Pals are happy or you won't have them around for very long, which is why you need to use Coal to build various items to enhance their lives as well as yours.

However, it's not as simple as going and whacking any old rock in Palworld. You need to be able to distinguish Coal from other rocks of the same type, and it's often found in hot environments.

That's where we come in. We're here to show you how to get Coal in Palworld, how to make a Metal Pickaxe and the best Coal farm locations we've found so far

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How to get Coal in Palworld

To get Coal in Palworld you need to find Coal deposits. The deposits are completely dark in colour and tend to be more angled than other deposits.

Also, we recommend that you have at least a Metal Pickaxe to use on the Coal deposits as it's far easier than if you had a lower level tool.

So far, these are the best places to find Coal deposits in Palworld:

• Mount Obsidian - There are a lot of deposits scattered across this volcanic landscape, but it does get hot so wear some protective clothing before heading there. We particularly found large spawns of Coal near the base of the mountain.
• Dunegons - They're not as densely populated with this deposit type, but keep an eye out as most Dungeons do have a few of them.
• Twilight Dunes - The desert that's at -160, -114 had quite a lot of Coal deposits to mine from and it's far less dangerous than Mount Obsidian is.

Best Coal farm locations in Palworld

To farm Coal in Palworld you should ideally find a rich resource spawn point, build a base there and assign the right Pals to automatically obtain Coal for you.

First, you need to pick a place to build your farm base. We've found that one of the best Coal farm locations in Palworld is at these coordinates in Twilight Dunes (-158, 091). This is west of the Anubis boss around here. We've marked its exact location on the map below to help you:

We recommend learning how to survive the desert before building a base here, the extreme fluctuations in temperature can catch you off guard otherwise. This location is quite exposed at ground level so we recommend taking measures to protect your base once built.

Another good Coal farm location is also in Twilight Dunes at the coordinates (-96, -120). This is south east of the Anubis boss battle and near the coast. We've marked its location on the map below to help you:

This location is harder to build a traditional base at, but the fact that it's on a tall rock formation makes it harder for raids to occur there successfully. If you're using it just for a Coal farm, it's ideal.

When you've chosen somewhere to set up your base and you've built all the items you'll need to keep your worker Pals happy (including some storage boxes), you then need to assign Pals with the Mining and Transporting ability to the base.

You can check if your Pal has one or both of these abilities by looking at their details in your Palbox:

Once you do this, your Pals should automatically begin mining the Coal if there aren't any other jobs around for them to do. If they start to stray, pick them up and throw them at a deposit (no, seriously, this is how to do it) to assign them to that specific one.

How to make a Metal Pickaxe in Palworld

To make a Metal Pickaxe in Palworld you will need to have a High Quality Workbench and reach character level 11 to have access to the Technology tree it's on.

First, to build a High Quality Workbench you will need to be level nine to unlock it in the Technology tree and have the following materials:

• x15 Ingot
• x50 Wood
• x10 Nails

Once you've built your Workbench, you will need these materials to build a Metal Pickaxe:

• x15 Stone
• x20 Wood
• x5 Ingot

Once you have this tool, make sure you equip it to your character from your inventory and head off to the desert to get your Coal.

That's it for now! If you're looking for more Palworld content, check out our Pals list showing you every creature you can befriend in-game, our guides on how to get Pal Fluids and Leather to help you craft better items, or you can learn all about the different Pal Types to better understand battling others.