Where to get Advanced Technical Manual in Palworld
5 Pals drop Advanced Technical Manual, and they are not equal — Hoocrates gives 1 at 1%, which is the best return per kill in the game. Every rate below is the game's own figure.
Pals that drop Advanced Technical Manual
| Pal | Rate | Amount | Avg per kill | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoocrates | 1% | 1 | 0.01 | |
 Wixen | 1% | 1 | 0.01 | |
 Wixen Noct | 1% | 1 | 0.01 | |
 Katress | 1% | 1 | 0.01 |
Rate and amount are stated by the game. “Avg per kill” is ours — the rate multiplied by the mean of the amount range — so you can compare a rare big drop against a reliable small one without doing it in your head.
Alpha Pals that drop Advanced Technical Manual
| Alpha | From level | Amount | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| HoocratesPurveyor of Wisdom | Any | 1 | 1% |
| WixenFire-Licked Furball | Any | 1 | 1% |
| Wixen NoctPhantasmal Furball | Any | 1 | 1% |
 Katress IgnisFire-Licked Feline | Any | 1 | 1% |
The alpha (boss) version of a Pal has its own drop rows, separate from the ordinary wild one’s. “From level” is the Pal level at which that row starts applying.
Dungeon-only sources
These drops it too, but does not appear in the overworld — you will only meet it inside a dungeon, so it is not somewhere you can farm on demand.
Buying it
A merchant sells Advanced Technical Manual outright, from 5 gold. If you are short on time rather than gold, this beats farming — merchant locations are listed separately.
Chests, expeditions, nodes and other sources
The game stores these as weights rather than percentages — an item’s chance is its weight against everything else in the same grade. The odds below are that division done, so you can compare a route against hunting.
| Source | Type | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest dungeon I chests | 50% | 1 | |
| Forest dungeon II chests | 50% | 1 | |
| Dungeon chests (4 dungeons) | 50% | 1 | |
| Grassland dungeon II chests | 50% | 1 | |
| Grasslands enemy camp — final chest | 36.4% | 1 | |
| Forest enemy camp — final chest | 33.8% | 1 | |
| Grasslands chests | 23% | 1 | |
| Grasslands fishing (table 2) | 23% | 1 | |
| Forest chests | 19.6% | 1–2 | |
| Forest fishing (table 2) | 19.6% | 1–2 | |
| Ancient relic recycler (Decayed Ancient Relic) | 3.2% | 1 | |
| Ancient relic recycler (Dormant Ancient Relic) | 3.2% | 1 | |
| Ancient relic recycler (Gorgeous Ancient Relic) | 3.2% | 1 | |
| Ancient relic recycler (Glowing Ancient Relic) | 3.2% | 1 | |
| Ancient relic recycler (Glistening Ancient Relic) | 3.2% | 1 | |
| Forest fish pond | 2.5% | 1 | |
| Grasslands fish pond | 2.5% | 1 | |
| Small oil rig chests (table 1) | 1.1% | 1 | |
| Salvage (rank 1) | 0.5% | 1–3 |
Advanced Technical Manual questions
- Which Pal is best to farm for Advanced Technical Manual in Palworld?
- Hoocrates gives the most per kill: 1 at 1%, an average of 0.01 — the highest of the 5 Pals that drop it. It lives in Grasslands at level 4–22. It can also be bought from 5 gold. How fast any of these farms is depends on spawn density and kill time, which the game files do not state.
- Can you buy Advanced Technical Manual in Palworld?
- Yes — from 5 gold at one merchant.
Other materials
Extracted from Palworld's game files on (build 4570950001).Methodology