Where to get Crude Oil
3 Pals drop Crude Oil, and they are not equal — Maraith gives 1 at 50%, which is the best return per kill in the game. Every rate below is the game's own figure.
Pals that drop Crude Oil
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Supply | 12.5% | 20–30 | |
| Forest Supply | 12.5% | 15–25 | |
| Grass Supply | 12.5% | 10–20 | |
| Sakurajima Supply | 12.5% | 30–40 | |
| Snow Supply | 12.5% | 25–35 | |
| Volcano Supply | 12.5% | 20–30 | |
| Sakurajima expedition (hard) | 10% | 10–20 | |
| Oilrig Large 01 | 7.3% | 10–20 | |
| Oilrig 01 | 7.3% | 5–20 | |
| Oilrig Mini 01 | 3.7% | 5–20 | |
| Dark Island expedition | 0.6% | 15–30 | |
| Sakurajima expedition | 0.6% | 15–30 | |
| Oilrig 02 | 0.4% | 50–150 | |
| Oilrig Mini 02 | 0.3% | 5–15 | |
| Oilrig Large 02 | 0.2% | 150–300 |
What Crude Oil is used for
6 recipes use Crude Oil, and the heaviest is Wing Cell at 20 per craft. Knowing what it feeds is usually the point — how much you need depends entirely on what you are building.
| Makes | Crude Oil needed |
|---|---|
| Wing Cell | 20 |
| Menasting Terra Ring | 15 |
| Frag Grenade Mk2 | 3 |
| Flamethrower Fuel | 2 |
| Plasteel | 2 |
| Missile Ammo | 1 |
Crude Oil questions
- What is the fastest way to farm Crude Oil in Palworld?
- Hunt Maraith. It drops 1 at 50%, which works out at 0.5 per kill — the best return of the 3 Pals that drop it. It lives in Snowfield.
- What do you need Crude Oil for?
- 6 recipes use it, the heaviest being Wing Cell at 20 per craft.
- Can you buy Crude Oil 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).