#1 Unlabelled areaPals Lv 9–36 nearby
score 6116 paldium, 16 ore, 8 sulfur, 6 coal within 100 m · map position 60.5%, 42.0% · open on the map →
Where to get Ore in Palworld
6 Pals drop Ore, and they are not equal — Pierdon gives 4–5 at 100%, which is the best return per kill in the game. Every rate below is the game's own figure.
Most per kill
Pierdon
4–5 at 100% · avg 4.5 per kill, level 42–50
Best per kill at each stage
Each Pal here gives more Ore per kill than every Pal that spawns earlier — hunt the highest one you can reach.
| From level | Pal | Avg per kill | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 |  Surfent Terra | 2.5 | |
| 42 | Pierdon | 4.5 |
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 Ore
| Pal | Rate | Amount | Avg per kill | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierdon | 100% | 4–5 | 4.5 | |
 Gorirat Terra | 100% | 2–3 | 2.5 | |
| Surfent Terra | 100% | 2–3 | 2.5 | |
 Cryolinx Terra | 100% | 2–3 | 2.5 | |
 Knocklem | 100% | 2–3 | 2.5 | |
 Knocklem Ignis | 100% | 2–3 | 2.5 |
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.
Alpha Pals that drop Ore
| Alpha | From level | Amount | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surfent TerraThe Desert's Wrath | Any | 2–3 | 100% |
The alpha (boss) version of a Pal has its own drop rows, separate from the ordinary wild one’s. “From level” is the Pal level at which that row starts applying.
Buying it
A merchant sells Ore outright, from 100 gold. If you are short on time rather than gold, this beats farming — merchant locations are listed separately.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Ore table | 100% | 1 | |
| Feybreak gathering nodes | 15.2% | 1–5 | |
| Desert gathering nodes | 14.1% | 2–4 | |
| Sakurajima gathering nodes | 13% | 1–5 | |
| Snowfield gathering nodes | 12.8% | 2–4 | |
| Volcano gathering nodes | 11.9% | 2–4 | |
| Rayne Syndicate Smuggling Warehouse expedition | 11.1% | 10–20 | |
| Verdant Hollow expedition | 9.1% | 30–50 | |
| Hidden Sanctum of the Desert expedition | 8.3% | 30–50 | |
| Secret Realm of the Forest expedition | 7.7% | 30–50 | |
| Blazing Cavern expedition | 1.7% | 30–50 | |
| Astral Frost Cavern expedition | 0.9% | 40–60 | |
| Celestial Sakura Cavern expedition | 0.6% | 50–80 |
What Ore is used for
7 recipes use Ore, and the heaviest is Defense Pendant at 20 per craft. Knowing what it feeds is usually the point — how much you need depends entirely on what you are building.
| Makes | Ore needed |
|---|---|
| Defense Pendant | 20 |
| Plasteel | 5 |
| Pal Metal Ingot | 4 |
| Ingot | 2 |
| Paldium Fragment | 2 |
| Refined Ingot | 2 |
| Ground Grenade | 1 |
Ore questions
- Which Pal is best to farm for Ore in Palworld?
- Pierdon gives the most per kill: 4–5 at 100%, an average of 4.5 — the highest of the 6 Pals that drop it. Before you can reach it: Surfent Terra from level 31 (2.5 a kill). It can also be bought from 100 gold. 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 Ore for?
- 7 recipes use it, the heaviest being Defense Pendant at 20 per craft.
- Can you buy Ore in Palworld?
- Yes — from 100 gold at one merchant.
Other materials
Where Ore nodes cluster
The world itself is a source too: every Ore node on the map — 1,784 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 DesertPals Lv 24–52 nearby
score 6515 ore, 12 sulfur, 10 paldium, 6 coal within 100 m · map position 75.0%, 19.2% · open on the map →
#3 DesertPals Lv 30–55 nearby
score 6414 ore, 12 sulfur, 10 paldium, 6 coal within 100 m · map position 71.8%, 19.2% · open on the map →
All 23 ranked ore sites, with the method → · or the sites where ore and coal share one Palbox
Extracted from Palworld's game files on (build 4570950001).Methodology