Palworld 100% guide

The current Xbox achievement list contains 75 achievements worth 2,820 Gamerscore. This is the shared Xbox achievement list used by the current Xbox console and Xbox Windows version rather than separate Xbox One and Xbox Series stacks.

As of October 14, 2026:

• All 75 achievements are currently obtainable.
• There are no CURRENTLY CONFIRMED UNOBTAINABLE achievements.
• There are no CURRENTLY CONFIRMED DISCONTINUED achievements.
• Online multiplayer and co-op are not required. The full completion can be done solo.
• One world and one character are sufficient.
• There are no true missable achievements and no achievement-related point of no return. The world remains available after the final story battle.
• Tower bosses can be challenged again, which is required for the later Hard Mode achievement.
• No New Game+ playthrough is required.
• Your normal world difficulty does not need to be Hard. Champion of the Palpagos Islands uses separate Hard Mode tower rematches.
• Custom world settings do not currently disable Xbox achievements and are the largest legitimate time-saving tool available.
• The current route follows the full 1.0 story through Zoe and Grizzbolt, Lily and Lyleen, Axel and Orserk, Marcus and Faleris, Victor and Shadowbeak, Saya and Selyne, Bjorn and Bastigor, Auri and Shaolong, Panthalus, the World Tree, and the final Zenara & Astralym battle.
• Older achievement tracking problems with Predator Hunter and the Pal Effigy achievements are fixed on the current version.

Palworld has changed substantially since Early Access. Older guides may still use obsolete Lifmunk Effigy totals, pre-1.0 Pal locations, fixed Predator Pal spawns, or earlier tower progression. This route uses the current post-1.0 achievement requirements.

Use Custom settings unless you specifically want the default survival experience.

For a completion-focused run:

• Increase experience gain.
• Increase capture rate.
• Increase resource and item drops.
• Increase player damage.
• Reduce damage received by the player.
• Reduce stamina consumption.
• Reduce egg incubation time.
• Reduce or remove the death penalty.
• Increase Pal appearance rate if your system handles the extra spawns comfortably.

You can change these settings later, so there is no need to restart if you begin on default settings.

Do not maximize every setting blindly. Large spawn multipliers can make crowded encounters and raid fights more chaotic than necessary.

Several achievements become tedious only if ignored until the end.

From the beginning:

• Catch new species instead of killing them whenever practical.
• Continue catching common Pals after their species bonus is finished. You eventually need 1,000 total captures and duplicate Pals are useful for condensation.
• Pick up every Lifmunk Effigy, regional Pal Effigy, Note, and rare Effigy you see.
• Catch a Nox early. Its partner skill reveals nearby Effigies, which turns every Effigy achievement into a short sweep instead of a blind search.
• Defeat or capture new Alpha Pals, including dungeon-end and Sealed Realm Alphas. Their one-time Pal Bounty Tokens eventually require 20 different Alphas.
• Enter convenient dungeons instead of skipping all of them.
• Activate fast-travel points and deliberately uncover named areas.
• Keep Ore and Ingot production running once your base can automate them.
• Keep sphere production running whenever resources are plentiful.
• Keep one favorite Pal in your party for long periods so Trust develops naturally.
• Start Pal Labor Research and Pal Expeditions as soon as those systems become available.

Follow the tutorial objectives, establish a functional first base, and start capturing every new species around the starting area.

Begin activating fast-travel points and exploring beyond the immediate starting plateau.

Alpha Pals now reward a one-time Pal Bounty Token the first time you defeat or capture that particular Alpha. This includes free-roaming Alphas, Alphas at the end of dungeons, and Alphas in Sealed Realms. Earned tokens appear under Key Items, which is the easiest place to check your count. Treat new Alphas as worthwhile route stops throughout the entire game.

Do not confuse Pal Bounty Tokens with Successful Bounty Tokens. Successful Bounty Tokens come from human bounty targets, are spent as currency at the Vigilante Bounty Officer, and do not count toward these achievements.

Prepare a small combat team, bring a ranged weapon if available, and enter the first tower when your equipment is comfortable for the encounter.

Notes count toward Trail of the Castaway (40 needed). Each is a small pedestal topped with a glowing tablet, easiest to spot at night. Every Note you pick up unlocks one entry in the Journals menu (Options > Journals), which lists collected titles and shows uncollected ones as question marks, so you can check any title below against it. The game does not mark Notes on the map.

These 12 sit around the starting region:

• Castaway's Journal – Day 1-1 (259, -521) and Day 2 (238, -505), on the Plateau of Beginnings.
• Zoe Rayne's Diary – 2 (168, -554), near the Plateau of Beginnings.
• Castaway's Journal – Day XX (135, -471), on the Grassy Behemoth Hills.
• Castaway's Journal – Day 1-2 (85, -459), at the Small Settlement.
• Zoe Rayne's Diary – 1 (-4, -502), near the Small Settlement.
• Castaway's Journal – Day 8 (63, -418) and Day 18 (33, -417), at the Desolate Church.
• Castaway's Journal – Day 11 (121, -396), at the Rayne Syndicate Tower entrance.
• Castaway's Journal – Day 3 (188, -378), at the Fort Ruins.
• Zoe Rayne's Diary – 3 (126, -337), in the northern Windswept Hills near the Sealed Realm of the Frozen Wings.
• Lily Everhart's Diary – 2 (218, -257), near Islandhopper Coast.

Running total: 12.

Continue north and northeast through the lower-level mainland regions while capturing new species.

Version 1.0 added biome-specific Pal Effigies. The regional Guru achievements require 20 of the corresponding type rather than every Effigy in the region.

Each regional type has 30 placements, so you need 20 of 30. The game has no map marker or collected list for Effigies, so each Guru achievement in this guide has a coordinate route. Coordinates are the in-game map's X, Y values, shown at the bottom of the map screen as you move the cursor. Follow the stops in order; each list is ordered so consecutive stops are close together.

Use Nox for every Effigy sweep. Nox's partner skill pulses outward and marks every nearby Effigy of any type, Lifmunk included, as an icon with a distance on your compass for about a minute. The base range is about 150 m with a 60-second cooldown, rising to about 250 m and 30 seconds at four condensation stars. You can recall Nox straight after the pulse and the markers stay. Nox is a rare night-only spawn in Windswept Hills, the Sea Breeze Archipelago, and the Isle of Silence (formerly Forgotten Island), and it also appears in the Ravine Grotto dungeon, so hunt one on your first few nights.

The method is the same everywhere: fly or ride to the next stop on the route, pulse Nox, and grab every Effigy the compass shows, regional and Lifmunk alike, before moving on. Effigies also glow at night. Bring a flying mount for cliff-top, spire, and floating-island placements.

Offering Effigies at a Statue of Power does not reduce these counters. If a regional counter still looks stuck after 20, collect a few more of that type.

Three rare Effigy sets feed three achievements: Lunaris for Forest Traveler, Relaxaurus for Island Traveler, and Yakumo for World Traveler. Exactly four of each type exist, and every one is required, so there are no spares. None are missable. The game has no map marker or collected list for Effigies, so this guide gives each one at the point in the route where you should grab it. Coordinates are the in-game map's X, Y values.

Effigies glow and are easier to spot at night, and Nox's partner skill pings nearby Effigies. As a free precaution, hold each set of four until its achievement unlocks before offering them at a Statue of Power. If a set is complete and its achievement still has not appeared, fully quit and relaunch Palworld.

The four Lunaris Effigies are spread across the Lv20–40 mainland. Take the first one here, near the Free Pal Alliance Tower:

• Moonless Shore spire (59, -291). In version 1.0 the Free Pal Alliance Tower sits at about (37, -311) on Moonless Shore, so ignore older maps that put it in Frostbound Mountains. The Effigy is on the narrow summit of the pointed rock spire overlooking the tower, past the bridge. Climb up, glide down from higher ground, or use a flying mount. The nearest fast-travel point is Crescent Moon Shore Watchtower.

The Pal Labor Research Laboratory becomes available during early-mid progression at Technology Level 19.

Build one when it unlocks and keep research active from this point onward.

Ancient Pal Manuscripts become the main limiting resource. Pal Expeditions, dungeons, and continued exploration help supply them.

Cheap low-tier research projects are ideal for achievement progression. Do not spend all of your manuscripts immediately on expensive late-tier nodes if several inexpensive projects remain available.

The Pal Expedition Station becomes available in the mid-game portion of the Technology tree (around Technology Level 15 on the current tree). Build one as soon as it appears in your Technology list and begin dispatching spare Pals immediately.

A station can run while you are elsewhere, and additional bases can support additional Expedition Stations if you want more parallel progress.

Repeated expeditions count. You do not need 20 different destinations.

Enter convenient dungeons whenever their level is appropriate.

There is no need to farm all 20 immediately because later dungeons also provide useful raid and crafting materials.

Once your team is around Lv30, make a trip to the east mainland for two more Lunaris Effigies. They are one short flight apart, and both should come before Mount Obsidian:

• Verdant Brook lava fissure (362, 29). The Effigy sits on the rock edge beside the lava pool at the end of the fire fissure. Bring heat protection, and watch for the Lv35 Verdash Alpha nearby at about (285, 10).
• Frostbound Mountains statue (245, 75). In the small snowy area, the Effigy is tucked underneath the base of the huge statue beside the sealed realm. It is under the statue, not on top of it. Bring cold protection, and watch for the Lv40 Sibelyx Alpha right beside it at about (252, 69).

Collect these 13 Notes while you work around Moonless Shore, the Bamboo Groves, and the east mainland:

• Lily Everhart's Diary – 3 (-7, -265), at the Ancient Ritual Site.
• Lily Everhart's Diary – 1 (-51, -216), near Cinnamoth Forest.
• Castaway's Journal – Day 10 (-19, -372), at the Bridge of the Twin Knights.
• Castaway's Journal – Day 12-1 (-170, -467), at the Sealed Realm of the Swordmaster.
• Castaway's Journal – Day 6 (-234, -188), at Investigator's Fork.
• A letter penned in crude handwriting (-223, -135), in the Bamboo Groves.
• Castaway's Journal – Day 38 (-263, -134), at the Sealed Realm of the Winged Tyrant.
• Zoe Rayne's Diary – 5 (-359, -187), near the Deep Bamboo Thicket. If it is not there, check about (-359, -107), just south of a clearing.
• Zoe Rayne's Diary – 4 (-397, -168), near Azurobe Hill.
• Castaway's Journal – Day 12-2 (111, 33), at Snowy Mountain Fork.
• Castaway's Journal – Day 12-3 (183, 26), at the old Free Pal Alliance tower site in Frostbound Mountains.
• Castaway's Journal – Day 15 (312, -49), at the Sealed Realm of the Swift.
• Castaway's Journal – Day 22 (495, 11), on the Eastern Wild Island.

Running total: 25.

Prepare appropriate heat protection before exploring Mount Obsidian deeply.

Capture new volcanic species, defeat convenient new Alpha Pals, and pick up Effigies as you travel.

One of the four Relaxaurus Effigies used for Island Traveler is on Mount Obsidian:

• Mount Obsidian Anubis statue (-555, -623). Fast travel to Mount Obsidian – Anubis Statue on the south coast. The Effigy lies at the foot of the giant Anubis statue, which sits in a pocket with a ring-shaped lake and waterfall just to the north.

The other three are in later major regions, so Island Traveler will not finish yet. Exactly four Relaxaurus Effigies exist, so none can be skipped.

This is the point where your resource economy should be strong enough to begin the three large crafting requirements in earnest.

Do not stand at a crafting bench and grind them manually. Queue cheap recipes yourself at the bench (basic Pal Spheres, basic Ingots, Arrows), let your base Pals work them while you continue the story, and check the achievement progress on Xbox after the first few hundred units to confirm each counter is moving.

Bring heat protection for these five:

• Castaway's Journal – Day 0 (-447, -292) and Day 13 (-564, -224), on the west coast near the Ruined Fortress City.
• Axel Travers' Diary – 1 (-668, -273), near the Ruined Fortress City.
• Castaway's Journal – Day 29 (-405, -607), at the Ancient Civilization Ruins.
• Castaway's Journal – Day 25 (-725, -656), on the Beach of Everlasting Summer in the far southwest.

Running total: 30.

Prepare for the desert's temperature extremes and continue your exploration sweep.

Pick up the Relaxaurus Effigy in the Desiccated Dunes while you are already exploring the region:

• Desiccated Dunes cavern (503, 359). From the PIDF Tower Entrance fast-travel point, head west downhill into the open cavern and tunnel beneath the rocks. The Effigy sits on a small ledge inside. A glider makes the descent easy.

You should now have the Mount Obsidian and desert entries from the four-Effigy set.

Finish the Lunaris set with a flying mount or glider:

• Twilight Dunes sea stack (-148, -46). The Effigy is on top of the largest sea stack on a small island off the north shore of the Bamboo Groves area. A Lv55 Anubis Alpha roams nearby at about (-134, -94), so approach over the water and land directly on the stack.

The Arena is on a small island southeast of the Desiccated Dunes. It includes offline Challenge battles against NPC opponents, so no human opponent or online PvP boosting partner is required for the achievement list. PvP is multiplayer-only and is not needed.

Ranks run Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Master, and Legend. Winning Challenge battles earns Rank Points, and you must win at your current rank before the next one unlocks. Challenge opponents are around Lv30 at Silver, Lv65 at Master, and Lv80 at Legend.

Begin the lower ranks now if your team is comfortable. Higher ranks can wait until you have endgame equipment.

• Castaway's Journal – Day 30 (288, 192), at the Sand Dunes entrance on the desert's edge.
• Marcus Dryden's Diary – 1 (339, 363), near Duneshelter.
• Castaway's Journal – Day 32 (511, 391), at the PIDF Tower entrance.
• Marcus Dryden's Diary – 2 (597, 330), near the base of the PIDF Tower.
• Marcus Dryden's Diary – 3 (433, 534), near the Deep Sand Dunes.

Running total: 35.

Prepare strong cold protection before pushing into the Astral Mountains.

Collect the Astral Mountains Relaxaurus Effigy while passing through the region:

• Astral Mountains rock tower (-145, 618). From the PAL Genetic Research Unit Tower Entrance fast-travel point, head north to the tallest and northernmost rock tower. The Effigy is just below its summit on the southeast corner. A flying mount is much safer than climbing. The area is around Lv50 and needs cold protection.

The remaining one is on Sakurajima, which is visited next in the main tower route.

With a team around Lv50 or higher, take the main Oil Rig for Conqueror of the Sea.

The main Oil Rig (Lv55) sits at about (580, -430), southeast of the Marsh Island fast-travel point. It is defended by gun turrets and anti-air lasers, so approach low and clear the turrets.

The main Oil Rig is the reliable target. The smaller Barge Oil Rig (Lv25–30, around (160, -280)) is a cheaper early attempt, but it has not been confirmed to trigger the achievement. If you try it and nothing unlocks, use the main rig.

• Victor Ashford's Diary – 1 (-88, 178), on the snowy approach near Icy Weasel Hill.
• Victor Ashford's Diary – 3 (-187, 496), near the Land of Absolute Zero.
• Victor Ashford's Diary – 2 (-136, 587), at the base of Victor's tower.
• Castaway's Journal – Day 5 (161, 449), on a lower ledge of the north-facing cliff wall in the eastern Astral Mountains.

Running total: 39. The five Sakurajima Notes take you past 40.

Sakurajima is a strong cleanup window because it adds more Notes, Alpha Pals, dungeons, Effigies, and high-level species while remaining less punishing than the later endgame regions.

Clear nearby optional content as you work toward Saya and Selyne.

The fourth Relaxaurus Effigy is on Sakurajima:

• Dancing Sakura Shrine (-627, 231). From the Moonflower Tower Entrance fast-travel point, head west to the shrine estate. The Effigy lies in the courtyard grounds in front of the shrine building, not inside it. An injured Kitsun Noct rests nearby.

If you collected the Mount Obsidian, Desiccated Dunes, and Astral Mountains entries while following the route, this is your final one.

There are 64 Notes in the world: 55 on the main map (including Sakurajima, Feybreak, and Sunreach) and 9 in the World Tree. Older guides quoting 39, 44, or 49 are out of date. Two more Journal entries, Castaway's Journal Day 70 and Day ??, have no world pickup, cannot be collected, and are not needed.

Collect all five Saya Notes here:

• Saya Kurosaki's Diary – 1 (-590, 203), on the slope at the base of the Moonflower Tower.
• Saya Kurosaki's Diary – 4 (-626, 231), on the ridge west of the Moonflower Tower entrance.
• Saya Kurosaki's Diary – 5 (-676, 229), below the Secluded Cemetery.
• Saya Kurosaki's Diary – 2 (-484, 259), on the northeast coast between Cherry Blossom Crossroads and the Northern Rock Field.
• Saya Kurosaki's Diary – 3 (-696, 84), on the Southern Sandbar beach. This one is easy to miss.

Running total: 44.

Version 1.0 reduced the number of matching Pals needed for a complete condensation path.

Condensation is done at the Pal Essence Condenser using duplicates of the same species.

The four condensation steps currently require 4, then 8, then 12, then 24 matching Pals. That is 48 fodder Pals for one fully ranked keeper, which reaches the maximum rank of four stars.

This is much lower than obsolete Early Access guides that quote the old 116-Pal requirement.

A fodder Pal that has already been condensed counts as the Pals that went into it, so partially ranked duplicates are not wasted.

Feybreak is a substantial difficulty jump.

Upgrade your weapons, armor, shields, and primary combat Pals before treating it like another routine island.

Keep defeating different Alpha Pals as you travel. Some later progression also benefits from having accumulated their one-time Bounty Tokens.

Predator Pals no longer use fixed spawn points. They replace ordinary Pals at a low rate anywhere in the world, so old Predator maps are unreliable.

Nighttime hunting is useful because their distinctive visual effect is easier to notice.

One of the four Yakumo Effigies needed for World Traveler is in Feybreak. Collect it now:

• Oculus Gate stone ring (-1122, -1387). The giant circular stone ring sits directly above The Oculus Gate fast-travel point, about 90 m up. The Effigy rests on the ring's central platform. Fly up, or climb or take the road from the south. Bring cold protection.

The remaining set continues through Sunreach and the World Tree, so World Traveler cannot be completed yet. Exactly four Yakumo Effigies exist, so none can be skipped.

Once the Extravagant Vegetable Cake unlocks at Technology Level 60, start a Breeding Farm stocked with it and leave it running in the background. Mutation is pure RNG, so starting early saves idle time later. The full method is in the Breeding and Mutation section.

These five are spares for Trail of the Castaway:

• Bjorn Seligsson's Diary – 1 (-1079, -1314), on the high plateau approaching The Oculus Gate.
• Bjorn Seligsson's Diary – 2 (-968, -1172), in the golden-grass lowland between the Hidden Passage to the Oculus Gate and Stone Pillar Cave.
• Bjorn Seligsson's Diary – 3 (-841, -1213), in the red-foliage highlands.
• Bjorn Seligsson's Diary – 4 (-660, -938).
• Bjorn Seligsson's Diary – 5 (-1305, -1685).

Sunreach is structured around disabling the Defense Modules protecting the central tower area. The Azure Covenant Tower is blocked by a whirlwind until all six Defense Modules are disabled. Each module is marked by a beam of light. In multiplayer, every player must disable them individually.

Follow the story route between the floating islands, activating travel points and collecting nearby Effigies rather than planning a second full traversal later.

Jetragon now lives in Sunreach as a Lv70 Alpha around (-553, -1332). If your team can handle it, capture it while you are here for Legendary Celestial Dragon. Otherwise, return later during the legendary cleanup.

Collect the Yakumo Effigy located in Sunreach:

• Floating-island shrine (-281, -1458). From the Sunreach Watchtower fast-travel point, go north across the small lake and take the narrow cliff path up the eastern floating island. The Effigy sits on a pedestal inside a small open, pillared shrine near the cliff edge. A flying Pal saves a long climb.

If you took the Feybreak one, you should now have two of four. The final two are inside the World Tree progression.

Once the Defense Modules have been handled, enter the tower.

These six are spares:

• Auri's Diary – 1 (-250, -1420). It sits under a grate in a floating-island temple. Reach it through a hidden cave entrance in the recessed lake to the northwest.
• Auri's Diary – 2 (-239, -1479).
• Auri's Diary – 3 (-583, -1498).
• Auri's Diary – 4 (-437, -1510).
• Auri's Diary – 5 (-454, -1329).
• Auri's Diary – 6 (-561, -1341).

After Auri and Shaolong, continue the main story rather than heading directly to the World Tree barrier.

The next progression chain leads to the materials and quest steps needed to summon Panthalus:

1. Talk to the Ancient Civilization Researcher on the Deserted Islet, around (-173, 34), to receive the Faded Schematic.
2. Collect four Echobones, one from each giant whale skeleton: Marine (124, -525), Silent (355, -110), Seafoam (-516, -549) on Mount Obsidian, and Tidewind (-262, 485) in the Astral Mountains.
3. Craft the Echoing Flute at a workbench and return to the researcher. This unlocks the shrine.
4. Prepare your team before you interact with the shrine. A boss-battle prompt should appear, but some players report the fight starting straight away, so do not walk up to the shrine unprepared.

Panthalus is a scripted Lv70 Water boss, weak to Electric, with a weak point in the blue crystal on its head. It circles in deep water around a small arena island and does not attack until you damage it. Fight from the air if you can. Late in the fight it sends two huge converging waves across the island; jump or fly over them using the air currents that appear.

You have 10 minutes. Its health cannot drop below 1, so you cannot kill it by accident, and it ignores Pal Spheres until its health is depleted. At 1 HP it lies stunned on the island, and any Pal Sphere catches it, so you do not need top-tier spheres. A few spheres also lie on the island.

After the capture, talk to the researcher again to receive the "To the World Tree" quest.

Travel to the Foot of the World Tree in the far northwest, around (-812, 673), and interact with the altar there. A cutscene summons Panthalus and opens the way, then walk up the entry staircase. Panthalus does not need to be in your party for this, but carrying it costs nothing.

Deeper in, the World Tree's final door requires all eight Key Spheres from the eight tower bosses, Zoe and Grizzbolt through Auri and Shaolong. If any tower is unfinished, go back and clear it.

Do not rush directly to the final boss.

The World Tree contains its own exploration content, endgame materials, Effigies, Pals, and the remaining Yakumo collectibles.

Clear convenient optional objectives while following the main story path.

Two Yakumo Effigies remain in the World Tree. The World Tree has its own map grid, so these coordinates refer to the World Tree map:

• Lakeside ruined building (-1910, 1363). From the Gilded City Ruins Watchtower, head west to an isolated ruined building beside a lake, beneath the long elevated walkway. The Effigy is outside the main entrance at the top of the steps. High-level Pals roam the area, so fly in and land at the entrance.
• Abandoned Laboratory Anubis statue (-1945, 1612). From the Abandoned Laboratory fast-travel point, walk outside to the two large Anubis statues flanking the lab entrance. Facing the entrance, the Effigy sits between the legs of the left statue. Climb or fly up to it. The right statue holds a Cattiva Effigy instead, so if you grabbed that one and World Traveler is still missing, check the left statue. The area is cold and patrolled by high-level Pals.

The World Tree progression provides access to the materials used by the 1.0 Awakening system, which permanently boosts one Pal.

Awakening uses an Awakening Crystal crafted at the Ancient Workbench. The reported recipe is 50 element-matching Radiant Gems, which drop from World Tree Pals, plus 10 World Tree Holy Water.

Gather these materials as you explore rather than leaving the region and returning solely for this achievement.

Two story quests stand between you and the final boss. World Tree coordinates use the World Tree map:

1. Sin: Speak to the World Tree Guardian near Teafant Spring, around (-1534, 1368).
2. The Sealed Calamity: The Sealed Sanctum barrier around (-1979, 1361) needs three keys. A note behind a nearby pillar, around (-1981, 1365), points to the three guardian fights below.

• Silvance is a Lv78 Grass boss at Shinespore Root, around (-1935, 1135). It drops Silvance's Plume. Fire works well.
• Dandilord is a Lv78 Dark/Grass boss at Rotmist Root, around (-1679, 1644), reached through Corroded Hollow. It drops Dandilord's Petal.
• The Highly Modified Pals gauntlet is in the Forbidden Laboratory, around (-1998, 1626). It is a series of fights against paired, modified versions of the tower bosses' Pals, and it drops the Modified Pal's Contaminated Core.

With all three keys the barrier opens. The inner door also needs all eight Key Spheres from the tower bosses in your inventory.

The final boss is the Zenara & Astralym duo (Lv80) in the Sealed Sanctum inside the World Tree. Astralym is the Pal half of the duo and cannot be captured. Bring a team as close to Lv80 as you can manage.

These nine are spares and use World Tree map coordinates:

• Zenara's Diary – 1 (-1896, 1444).
• Zenara's Diary – 2 (-1713, 1393).
• Zenara's Diary – 3 (-1975, 1622), on a tower near one of the air pads.
• Zenara's Diary – 4 (-1950, 1192).
• Zenara's Diary – 5 (-1935, 1476).
• A scorched piece of paper (-1986, 1355).
• Audio Recording from a Council Meeting (-1908, 1300).
• Ancient Recorder (-1439, 1390).
• Suppression Operation Comms Log (-1637, 1556).

The original four legendary Pal achievements require captures, not kills.

Their habitats have changed across Palworld updates, so ignore old Early Access coordinates. All four are Alphas that attack on sight. They can only be bred from a pair of the same species, so a wild capture is required first.

Bring your highest-tier spheres and consider equipment that prevents you from accidentally delivering the killing blow.

The current Hard Mode system becomes available after you defeat Auri and Shaolong in the Azure Covenant Tower. You do not need to beat the final boss first. Once it is unlocked, interact with any tower you have already cleared and choose the Hard option.

Hard bosses are much stronger: Zoe and Grizzbolt are Lv72, Lily and Lyleen Lv74, Axel and Orserk Lv76, Marcus and Faleris Lv78, and the rest Lv80. Each Hard fight has a 5-minute time limit. If time runs out, you are killed and ejected.

The achievement requires six different tower bosses beaten on Hard Mode. Beating the same boss repeatedly does not count.

For the lowest-cost route, use the first six tower encounters:

• Zoe & Grizzbolt
• Lily & Lyleen
• Axel & Orserk
• Marcus & Faleris
• Victor & Shadowbeak
• Saya & Selyne

You may use other eligible towers instead, but there is no completion benefit to choosing harder ones.

Use a separate disposable base for raid bosses, or the dedicated Raid Area option, rather than summoning them inside your main production settlement.

Raid fights can devastate nearby structures and working Pals. If the boss destroys the Palbox, the raid ends in defeat. Each raid has a 10-minute timer.

Build the Summoning Altar. It unlocks at Technology Level 33 (Ancient Technology, 3 points), costs 100 Stone and 20 Paldium Fragments, and must be built inside a base.

Each raid slab is crafted at a workbench from 4 matching slab fragments. Fragments come from:

• chests, including Lv45+ dungeon exit chests and sanctuary chests
• Expeditions
• the Expedition destinations that open after Hard Mode tower clears

Hartalis fragments come from late Expedition destinations and from Sakurajima and Feybreak chests.

The most reliable repeatable source for each slab is the Pal Expedition Station. Hard Mode tower Expeditions appear after Hard Mode tower clears (and need Feybreak Tower cleared on Normal). They take two hours, need a strong team of one element, and return 1–2 fragments of a fixed type:

• Bellanoir: Rayne Syndicate Smuggling Warehouse (Zoe and Grizzbolt on Hard). It also drops from final chests in dungeons of about Lv19 and up, and from Wildlife Sanctuary chests.
• Bellanoir Libero: Free Pal Alliance Illicit Trading Post (Lily and Lyleen on Hard), or the Hidden Sanctum of the Desert normal Expedition. It also drops from the final chests of the Volcanic Cavern and Sacred Mountain Cavern dungeons.
• Blazamut Ryu: PIDF Illegal Factory (Marcus and Faleris on Hard) or Moonflower's Secret Hideout (Saya and Selyne on Hard).
• Xenolord: Eternal Pyre's Forbidden Market (Axel and Orserk on Hard) or PAL Genetic Research Laboratory (Victor and Shadowbeak on Hard).
• Hartalis: Ancient Feybreak Ruins (Bjorn and Bastigor on Hard).
• Fallback for Blazamut Ryu, Xenolord, and Hartalis: the Celestial Sakura Cavern, Dark Cave of Feybreak, Sunreach Isle, and World Tree Subterranean City Ruins normal Expeditions each roll one of the three.

You need at least one fragment in your inventory before the slab recipe appears at the workbench.

Fight the raids roughly in level order: Bellanoir (about Lv30–35), Bellanoir Libero (about Lv45–50), Blazamut Ryu (about Lv55), Xenolord (about Lv60–65), then Hartalis (about Lv65–70).

Raid bosses cannot be captured with spheres. Every victory awards a guaranteed egg of the boss instead.

Custom combat settings can substantially reduce the difficulty without disabling achievements.

The standard Bellanoir raid is the first and easiest raid.

Return to the Arena with an endgame character, strong weapons, upgraded Pals, and current armor.

Offline Challenge battles can be used for the rank achievements. You do not need to find human PvP opponents.

Custom combat settings remain useful here.

Use the current fishing system to catch Pals rather than merely collecting ordinary fishing loot.

Fishing needs a Fishing Rod (the Beginner Fishing Set unlocks at Technology Level 15) and any bait. Find a fishing spot showing Pal shadows in the water, aim at a shadow, and cast. When the Pal bites, start the minigame. Hold Fire to keep the green bar over the moving fish icon until the gauge fills.

Better rods have larger bars and make the minigame easier. Fish manually for these achievements. Base Fishing Ponds also produce Pals, but it is not confirmed that their catches count.

The three quantity achievements are cumulative. Lunker Hunter is a separate requirement and depends on successfully landing a Lunker rather than simply fishing many times.

If you have kept one favorite Pal in your active party for much of the playthrough, check its Trust before beginning a dedicated grind.

Trust level 10 needs 200,000 Trust points. A party Pal gains only about 100 per hour, so passive play alone is far too slow.

Kinship Peaches are the real route. Each Kinship Peach gives 20,000 Trust, so 10 peaches take a Pal from zero to level 10. Little Kinship Peaches give 2,000 each.

Kinship Peaches come from enemy faction base chests and from the Vigilante Bounty Officer, who sells them for Successful Bounty Tokens. Little Kinship Peaches also come from Pals you free at enemy camps.

The faction-base achievements refer to the dedicated faction-base activity introduced with the Tides content, not every ordinary hostile camp or Pal cage scattered around the world.

Faction bases are built and defended by the enemy factions in open, flat areas across the regions. A clear registers when you open the base's large golden chest.

Treasure Maps drop from dungeon chests and enemy faction base chests. They cannot be bought or crafted.

The achievement requires finding the treasures identified by maps, not merely owning five maps. No tool is needed to dig. Finish the active map's treasure before opening another map.

The Attack Chopper belongs to the Platform Oil Rig (Lv60), at about (-1730, -1450), west of the Feybreak Shipwreck fast-travel point.

This is not the main Oil Rig used earlier for Conqueror of the Sea. The Platform rig has anti-air lasers and rocket platforms.

Bring strong ranged damage and use the rig's structures for cover. Shipping containers and metal shacks block the chopper's rockets. Rig enemies respawn at dawn, so do not clear the rig too slowly.

Mutation is part of the breeding system rather than an overworld capture requirement.

Use a Breeding Farm and continue producing eggs. Each egg has about a 1% base chance to be mutated. Wild eggs do not mutate.

The Extravagant Vegetable Cake raises the chance to about 3%, which works out to roughly 33 eggs on average. It unlocks at Technology Level 60 and is cooked at a Large-Scale Stone Oven or Ancient Kitchen. Ordinary Vegetable Cake, Mushroom Cake, and Special Cake do not improve mutation odds.

A mutated egg looks visibly different from a normal egg.

Ignore old guides that tell you to collect 255 or 300 Lifmunk Effigies for these achievements.

Those are obsolete pre-1.0 requirements.

The current Xbox achievement thresholds are 50 and 100.

At this stage, inspect your achievement list rather than grinding counters blindly.

The systems introduced throughout the route should leave only partial cleanup.

For Overhunting, visit dense low-level regions with boosted capture settings and repeatedly catch common Pals until the 1,000-capture counter finishes.

For Sphere Craftsman, queue inexpensive spheres.

For Iron Heart, continue mass-producing basic Ingots.

For Blood and Iron, mass-produce arrows if normal ammunition production has not already reached 20,000. If you have not yet confirmed that arrows advance the counter, check the progress after the first batch.

For Voice of Resentment, feed the duplicate Pals generated by Overhunting into the Pal Essence Condenser.

For Pal Labor Professor, spend accumulated Ancient Pal Manuscripts on inexpensive unfinished research projects.

For Elite Pal Dispatcher, keep several bases running Expedition Stations if you still need completed expeditions.

For Senior Adventurer, clear whichever convenient dungeons also provide materials you still need.

A complete current Xbox run should include:

• 10 original achievements.
• 2 Bellanoir raid-update achievements.
• 19 Sakurajima achievements.
• 2 Feybreak achievements.
• 11 Crossplay achievements.
• 12 Tides of Terraria achievements.
• 1 Home Sweet Home achievement.
• 18 version 1.0 achievements.

That is 75 achievements and 2,820 Gamerscore.

If every achievement above is complete, Palworld is at 100%.