#1 SakurajimaPals Lv 46–59 nearby
score 3523 paldium, 2 crude oil, 2 sulfur, 1 coal within 100 m · map position 40.7%, 24.3% · open on the map →
Where to get Paldium Fragment in Palworld
One Pal drops Paldium Fragment, and they are not equal — Lunaris gives 2–3 at 100%, which is the best return per kill in the game. Every rate below is the game's own figure.
Most per kill
Lunaris
2–3 at 100% · avg 2.5 per kill — Forest, Snowfield, Volcano, Wildlife Sanctuary, level 25–49
Pals that drop Paldium Fragment
| Pal | Rate | Amount | Avg per kill | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lunaris | 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.
Making it instead
Paldium Fragment has a recipe, so past a certain point it is cheaper to build than to hunt.
| Makes | From | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Paldium Fragment | 5× Stone | 1,000 |
| 3 Paldium Fragment | 1× Meteorite Fragment | 1,000 |
| 1 Paldium Fragment | 2× Ore | 1,000 |
| 1 Paldium Fragment | 1× Pal Sphere | 1,000 |
| 1 Paldium Fragment | 1× Mega Sphere | 1,000 |
| 2 Paldium Fragment | 1× Giga Sphere | 1,000 |
| 3 Paldium Fragment | 1× Hyper Sphere | 1,000 |
| 5 Paldium Fragment | 1× Ultra Sphere | 1,000 |
| 5 Paldium Fragment | 1× Legendary Sphere | 1,000 |
| 10 Paldium Fragment | 1× Ultimate Sphere | 1,000 |
| 15 Paldium Fragment | 1× Exotic Sphere | 1,000 |
| 30 Paldium Fragment | 1× Sol Sphere | 1,000 |
Buying it
A merchant sells Paldium Fragment outright, from 70 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grasslands gathering nodes (table 1) | 40.1% | 1–3 | |
| Snowfield gathering nodes | 26.5% | 2–7 | |
| Grasslands gathering nodes (table 2) | 23.7% | 1–3 | |
| Sakurajima gathering nodes | 19.6% | 1–5 | |
| Desert gathering nodes | 18.9% | 2–7 | |
| Volcano gathering nodes | 15.8% | 2–7 | |
| Feybreak gathering nodes | 15.2% | 1–5 | |
| Sky Islands gathering nodes | 14.9% | 1–5 | |
| Grasslands fishing junk (table 1) | 10% | 4–6 | |
| Verdant Hollow expedition | 9.1% | 10–30 | |
| Secret Realm of the Forest expedition | 7.7% | 20–40 |
What Paldium Fragment is used for
93 recipes use Paldium Fragment, and the heaviest is Ancient Shield at 250 per craft. Knowing what it feeds is usually the point — how much you need depends entirely on what you are building.
| Makes | Paldium Fragment needed |
|---|---|
| Ancient Shield | 250 |
| Laser Sword | 250 |
| Advanced Shield | 200 |
| Homing Sphere Launcher | 200 |
| Mechanical Bow | 200 |
| Sniper Module II | 200 |
| Triple Air Dash Boots | 150 |
| Triple Jump Boots | 150 |
| Advanced Fishing Rod (Depresso) | 140 |
| Beam Sword | 100 |
| Double Air Dash Boots | 100 |
| Hyper Shield | 100 |
| Metal Detector | 100 |
| Slider Module | 100 |
| Ultra Grappling Gun | 100 |
| Advanced Fishing Rod (Pengullet) | 70 |
| Air Walker EX | 60 |
| Intermediate Fishing Rod (Croajiro) | 60 |
| Air Dash Boots | 50 |
| Air Walker Mk III | 50 |
| Double Jump Boots | 50 |
| Giga Shield | 50 |
| Scatter Sphere Launcher | 50 |
| Single-Shot Sphere Launcher | 50 |
| Sniper Module | 50 |
| Air Walker Mk II | 40 |
| Hyper Grappling Gun | 40 |
| Dogen Emblem | 35 |
| Islander's Tool Belt | 35 |
| Silvegis Emblem | 35 |
Showing the 30 heaviest of 93 recipes.
Paldium Fragment questions
- Which Pal is best to farm for Paldium Fragment in Palworld?
- Lunaris gives the most per kill: 2–3 at 100%, an average of 2.5 — the highest of the 1 Pal that drops it. It lives in Forest, Snowfield, Volcano, Wildlife Sanctuary at level 25–49. It can also be bought from 70 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 Paldium Fragment for?
- 93 recipes use it, the heaviest being Ancient Shield at 250 per craft.
- Can you buy Paldium Fragment in Palworld?
- Yes — from 70 gold at one merchant.
- Can you craft Paldium Fragment?
- Yes — 1 at a time, from 5× Stone.
Other materials
Where Paldium Fragment nodes cluster
The world itself is a source too: every Paldium Fragment node on the map — 2,054 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 9–43 nearby
score 6418 paldium, 13 ore, 8 sulfur, 8 coal within 100 m · map position 51.5%, 48.0% · open on the map →
#3 Unlabelled area
score 5918 paldium, 11 ore, 8 coal, 7 sulfur within 100 m · map position 64.9%, 62.0% · open on the map →
Extracted from Palworld's game files on (build 4570950001).Methodology