#1 Unlabelled areaPals Lv 15–38 nearby
score 5312 ore, 11 coal, 6 sulfur, 5 paldium within 100 m · map position 61.7%, 37.0% · open on the map →
Where to get Coal in Palworld
3 Pals drop Coal, and they are not equal — Blazamut gives 10 at 100%, which is the best return per kill in the game. Every rate below is the game's own figure.
Most per kill
Blazamut
10 at 100% · avg 10 per kill — Volcano, World Tree, level 46–80
Best per kill at each stage
Each Pal here gives more Coal per kill than every Pal that spawns earlier — hunt the highest one you can reach.
Not a speed ranking: spawn density and kill time are not in the game files, so “fastest” is not something this page can prove.
Pals that drop Coal
| Pal | Rate | Amount | Avg per kill | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blazamut | 100% | 10 | 10 | |
 Blazamut Ryu | 100% | 10 | 10 | |
 Pierdon | 100% | 4–5 | 4.5 |
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, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desert gathering nodes | 14.1% | 1–3 | |
| Sakurajima gathering nodes | 13% | 1–5 | |
| Snowfield gathering nodes | 12.8% | 1–3 | |
| PIDF Illegal Factory expedition | 11.1% | 10–20 | |
| Free Pal Alliance Illicit Trading Post expedition | 11.1% | 10–20 | |
| Hidden Sanctum of the Desert expedition | 8.3% | 20–40 |
What Coal is used for
7 recipes use Coal, and the heaviest is Legendary Meowmere at 22 per craft. Knowing what it feeds is usually the point — how much you need depends entirely on what you are building.
| Makes | Coal needed |
|---|---|
| Legendary Meowmere | 22 |
| Meowmere | 22 |
| Blazamut's Talisman | 15 |
| Thermal Core | 8 |
| Coralum Ingot | 5 |
| Carbon Fiber | 2 |
| Refined Ingot | 2 |
Coal questions
- Which Pal is best to farm for Coal in Palworld?
- Blazamut gives the most per kill: 10 at 100%, an average of 10 — the highest of the 3 Pals that drop it. It lives in Volcano, World Tree at level 46–80. Before you can reach it: Pierdon from level 42 (4.5 a kill). How fast any of these farms is depends on spawn density and kill time, which the game files do not state.
- What do you need Coal for?
- 7 recipes use it, the heaviest being Legendary Meowmere at 22 per craft.
- Can you buy Coal in Palworld?
- No. No merchant stocks it in the game files, so it has to be farmed.
Other materials
Where Coal nodes cluster
The world itself is a source too: every Coal node on the map — 823 exact positions read from the game’s own level data, not plotted by hand. The three densest patches, by nodes within 100 m of one spot:
#2 VolcanoPals Lv 2–39 nearby
score 4913 paldium, 10 ore, 9 coal, 4 sulfur within 100 m · map position 51.8%, 52.8% · open on the map →
#3 DesertPals Lv 24–52 nearby
score 48- 9 Coal
- 7 Ore
- 6 Paldium
- 6 Sulfur
- 1 Pure Quartz
9 coal, 7 ore, 6 paldium, 6 sulfur, 1 pure quartz within 100 m · map position 72.5%, 12.8% · open on the map →
All 24 ranked coal sites, with the method → · or the sites where ore and coal share one Palbox
Extracted from Palworld's game files on (build 4570950001).Methodology