Where to get Innovative Technical Manual in Palworld
4 Pals drop Innovative Technical Manual, and they are not equal — Lyleen gives 1 at 10%, which is the best return per kill in the game. Every rate below is the game's own figure.
Most per kill
Lyleen
1 at 10% · avg 0.1 per kill — Sakurajima, World Tree, level 58–80
Pals that drop Innovative Technical Manual
| Pal | Rate | Amount | Avg per kill | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyleen | 10% | 1 | 0.1 | |
 Lyleen Noct | 10% | 1 | 0.1 | |
 Shadowbeak | 10% | 1 | 0.1 | |
 Anubis | 5% | 1 | 0.05 |
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 dungeon chests | 32.3% | 1 | |
| Snowfield dungeon chests | 32.3% | 1 | |
| Volcano dungeon chests | 32.3% | 1 | |
| Desert fishing (table 2) | 29.5% | 1 | |
| Volcano fishing (table 2) | 29.5% | 1–2 | |
| Desert chests | 19% | 1 | |
| Volcano chests | 19% | 1–2 | |
| Volcano enemy camp — final chest | 11.7% | 1 | |
| Snowfield enemy camp — final chest | 11% | 1 | |
| Desert fish pond | 2.6% | 1 | |
| Ancient relic recycler (Decayed Ancient Relic) | 2.2% | 1 | |
| Ancient relic recycler (Dormant Ancient Relic) | 2.2% | 1 | |
| Ancient relic recycler (Gorgeous Ancient Relic) | 2.2% | 1 | |
| Ancient relic recycler (Glowing Ancient Relic) | 2.2% | 1 | |
| Ancient relic recycler (Glistening Ancient Relic) | 2.2% | 1 | |
| Volcano fish pond | 2.1% | 1 |
Innovative Technical Manual questions
- Which Pal is best to farm for Innovative Technical Manual in Palworld?
- Lyleen gives the most per kill: 1 at 10%, an average of 0.1 — the highest of the 4 Pals that drop it. It lives in Sakurajima, World Tree at level 58–80. How fast any of these farms is depends on spawn density and kill time, which the game files do not state.
- Can you buy Innovative Technical Manual 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 4570950001).Methodology