Where to get Ancient Civilization Core
2 Pals drop Ancient Civilization Core, and they are not equal — Silvance gives 1 at 100%, which is the best return per kill in the game. Every rate below is the game's own figure.
Pals that drop Ancient Civilization Core
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WorldTree Treasure | 39.5% | 1–3 | |
| WorldTree Treasure Fishpond | 37.7% | 1–3 | |
| WorldTree Treasure Fishing | 34.4% | 1–3 | |
| Oilrig 02 | 33.6% | 1–5 | |
| Oilrig Large 02 | 21.3% | 1–5 | |
| Snow expedition | 0.9% | 1 | |
| Sky Island expedition | 0.6% | 3–4 | |
| Dark Island expedition | 0.6% | 2–3 | |
| Sakurajima expedition | 0.6% | 1–2 | |
| World Tree expedition (hard) | 0.6% | 6–9 | |
| Junk WorldTree | 0.2% | 1–3 | |
| World Tree expedition | 0.1% | 3–5 | |
| Ancient relic recycler | 0.1% | 1 | |
| Ancient relic recycler | 0.1% | 5–10 | |
| Ancient relic recycler | 0.1% | 5–10 | |
| Ancient relic recycler | 0.1% | 5–10 | |
| Ancient relic recycler | 0.1% | 5–10 |
What Ancient Civilization Core is used for
15 recipes use Ancient Civilization Core, and the heaviest is Beam Launcher at 10 per craft. Knowing what it feeds is usually the point — how much you need depends entirely on what you are building.
| Makes | Ancient Civilization Core needed |
|---|---|
| Beam Launcher | 10 |
| Plasma Rifle | 7 |
| Ability Glasses | 5 |
| Beam Scatter | 5 |
| Celestial Emperor's Baton | 5 |
| Divine Dragon's Baton | 5 |
| Drone Launcher | 5 |
| Earth Emperor's Baton | 5 |
| Flame Emperor's Baton | 5 |
| Ice Emperor's Baton | 5 |
| Lord of Lightning's Baton | 5 |
| Lord of the Sea's Baton | 5 |
| Lord of the Underworld's Baton | 5 |
| Spirit Emperor's Baton | 5 |
| AI Core | 1 |
Ancient Civilization Core questions
- What is the fastest way to farm Ancient Civilization Core in Palworld?
- Hunt Silvance. It drops 1 at 100%, which works out at 1 per kill — the best return of the 2 Pals that drop it.
- What do you need Ancient Civilization Core for?
- 15 recipes use it, the heaviest being Beam Launcher at 10 per craft.
- Can you buy Ancient Civilization Core in Palworld?
- No. No merchant stocks it in the game files, so it has to be farmed.
Other materials
Extracted from Palworld’s game files on (build 4797106687).