Best combat passives in Palworld
Every passive that raises attack, defence or max HP, ranked by the sum of those three values as the game states them. 42 qualify — a passive has to be one a Pal can carry (a lottery weight, or a species born with it) and its attack / defence / max hp total has to be positive.
Game data, summedScore = Attack + Defence + Max HP as stated on the passive. Downsides are listed, not hidden.
| # | Passive | Total | Counts | Also | Rank | Born with it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legend | +40 | Attack +20% · Defence +20% | Movement speed +20 | 4 | Paladius, Necromus, Frostallion +3 |
| 2 | Demon God | +35 | Attack +30% · Defence +5% | — | 4 | breeding / capture roll |
| 3 | Diamond Body | +30 | Defence +30% | Flinch immunity 0 · Knockback immunity 0 | 4 | breeding / capture roll |
| 4 | Lucky | +30 | Attack +15% · Defence +15% | Work speed +20 | 4 | breeding / capture roll |
| 5 | Musclehead | +30 | Attack +30% | Work speed -50 | 2 | breeding / capture roll |
| 6 | Defense Up Lv. 4 | +25 | Defence +25% | — | 4 | breeding / capture roll |
| 7 | Health Up Lv. 4 | +25 | Max HP +25% | — | 4 | breeding / capture roll |
| 8 | Sanctified Meat Shield | +20 | Defence +50% · Attack -30% | — | 5 | breeding / capture roll |
| 9 | Twin-Edged Holy Blade | +20 | Attack +50% · Defence -30% | — | 5 | breeding / capture roll |
| 10 | Attack Up Lv. 4 | +20 | Attack +20% | — | 4 | breeding / capture roll |
| 11 | Lunker | +20 | Defence +20% | Water attack damage +20 · Ice attack damage +20 | 4 | Neptilius |
| 12 | Brothers of the Eternal Pyre Soul Leader | +20 | Attack +20% | Movement speed +10 | 3 | breeding / capture roll |
| 13 | Burly Body | +20 | Defence +20% | Flinch immunity 0 | 3 | breeding / capture roll |
| 14 | Defense Up Lv. 3 | +20 | Defence +20% | — | 3 | breeding / capture roll |
| 15 | Ferocious | +20 | Attack +20% | — | 3 | breeding / capture roll |
| 16 | Free Pal Alliance Founder | +20 | Attack +20% | Movement speed +10 | 3 | breeding / capture roll |
| 17 | Health Up Lv. 3 | +20 | Max HP +20% | — | 3 | breeding / capture roll |
| 18 | Jarl of Feybreak | +20 | Attack +20% | Movement speed +10 | 3 | breeding / capture roll |
| 19 | Leader of the Moonflowers | +20 | Attack +20% | Movement speed +10 | 3 | breeding / capture roll |
| 20 | PAL Genetic Research Unit Commander | +20 | Attack +20% | Movement speed +10 | 3 | breeding / capture roll |
| 21 | PIDF Commander | +20 | Attack +20% | Movement speed +10 | 3 | breeding / capture roll |
| 22 | Rayne Syndicate Boss | +20 | Attack +20% | Movement speed +10 | 3 | breeding / capture roll |
| 23 | Heavyweight | +20 | Defence +20% | Knockback immunity 0 | 2 | Kingpaca, Kingpaca Cryst, Mammorest +16 |
| 24 | Immortality | +15 | Attack +15% | Life steal +5 · Health regeneration +100 | 4 | breeding / capture roll |
| 25 | Attack Up Lv. 3 | +15 | Attack +15% | — | 3 | breeding / capture roll |
| 26 | Defense Up Lv. 2 | +15 | Defence +15% | — | 2 | breeding / capture roll |
| 27 | Health Up Lv. 2 | +15 | Max HP +15% | — | 2 | breeding / capture roll |
| 28 | Hooligan | +15 | Attack +15% | Work speed -10 | 1 | Gorirat, Gorirat Terra |
| 29 | Attack Up (S) Lv. 4 | +12 | Attack +12% | — | 4 | breeding / capture roll |
| 30 | God of Destruction | +10 | Attack +40% · Defence +20% · Max HP -50% | — | 5 | breeding / capture roll |
| 31 | Serenity | +10 | Attack +10% | Skill cooldown +30 | 3 | breeding / capture roll |
| 32 | Attack Up Lv. 2 | +10 | Attack +10% | — | 2 | breeding / capture roll |
| 33 | Brave | +10 | Attack +10% | — | 1 | breeding / capture roll |
| 34 | Defense Up Lv. 1 | +10 | Defence +10% | — | 1 | breeding / capture roll |
| 35 | Hard Skin | +10 | Defence +10% | — | 1 | Digtoise, Warsect, Warsect Terra +1 |
| 36 | Health Up Lv. 1 | +10 | Max HP +10% | — | 1 | breeding / capture roll |
| 37 | Otherworldly Cells | +10 | Attack +10% | Fire damage taken +15 · Electricity attack damage +15 | 1 | Xenovader, Xenogard, Xenolord |
| 38 | Attack Up (S) Lv. 3 | +9 | Attack +9% | — | 3 | breeding / capture roll |
| 39 | Attack Up (S) Lv. 2 | +6 | Attack +6% | — | 2 | breeding / capture roll |
| 40 | Whopper | +5 | Defence +5% | Water attack damage +5 · Ice attack damage +5 | 3 | breeding / capture roll |
| 41 | Attack Up Lv. 1 | +5 | Attack +5% | — | 1 | breeding / capture roll |
| 42 | Attack Up (S) Lv. 1 | +3 | Attack +3% | — | 1 | breeding / capture roll |
The percentages are exactly what the passive states in the game files; PalDB only adds the ones in this category together. Whether a passive can be inherited, and with what odds, is not in the files — the inheritance guide covers what is. Other rankings: best attack passives, best defensive passives, best work passives, best movement passives · every passive.
Extracted from Palworld's game files on (build 4570950001).Methodology