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.
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.
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CopperOre | 100% | 1 | |
| DevTest01 | 33.3% | 1–2 | |
| Dark Island gathering nodes | 15.2% | 1–5 | |
| Desert gathering nodes | 14.1% | 2–4 | |
| Sakurajima gathering nodes | 13% | 1–5 | |
| Snow gathering nodes | 12.8% | 2–4 | |
| Volcano gathering nodes | 11.9% | 2–4 | |
| Grass expedition (hard) | 11.1% | 10–20 | |
| Grass expedition | 9.1% | 30–50 | |
| Desert expedition | 8.3% | 30–50 | |
| Forest expedition | 7.7% | 30–50 | |
| Volcano expedition | 1.7% | 30–50 | |
| Snow expedition | 0.9% | 40–60 | |
| Sakurajima 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
- What is the fastest way to farm Ore in Palworld?
- Hunt Pierdon. It drops 4–5 at 100%, which works out at 4.5 per kill — the best return of the 6 Pals that drop it.
- 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
The world itself is a source too: every Ore node on the map — 1,988 exact positions read from the game’s own level data, not plotted by hand.
Extracted from Palworld’s game files on (build 4797106687).