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.
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.
Katress IgnisBuying 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 and gathering nodes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dungeon chests (1) | 50% | 1 | |
| Dungeon chests (1) | 50% | 1 | |
| Dungeon chests (4) | 50% | 1 | |
| Dungeon chests (1) | 50% | 1 | |
| EnemyCamp GrassGoal | 36.4% | 1 | |
| EnemyCamp ForestGoal | 33.8% | 1 | |
| Grass02 | 23% | 1 | |
| Grass02 Fishing | 23% | 1 | |
| Forest02 | 19.6% | 1–2 | |
| Forest02 Fishing | 19.6% | 1–2 | |
| Ancient relic recycler | 3.2% | 1 | |
| Ancient relic recycler | 3.2% | 1 | |
| Ancient relic recycler | 3.2% | 1 | |
| Ancient relic recycler | 3.2% | 1 | |
| Ancient relic recycler | 3.2% | 1 | |
| Forest01 FishPond | 2.5% | 1 | |
| Grass01 FishPond | 2.5% | 1 | |
| Oilrig Mini 01 | 1.1% | 1 | |
| Salvage Rank1 | 0.5% | 1–3 |
Advanced Technical Manual questions
- What is the fastest way to farm Advanced Technical Manual in Palworld?
- Hunt Hoocrates. It drops 1 at 1%, which works out at 0.01 per kill — the best return of the 5 Pals that drop it. It lives in Grasslands.
- 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 4797106687).