Best Palworld Pals for Gathering

Pair gathering workers with the right passives

Suitability gates the job; passives multiply the output. The Workhorse template — Artisan (+50% Work Speed), Lucky (+15%), Workaholic (SAN drops 15% slower), and Diet Lover (Hunger drops 15% slower) — is the standard infinite-worker build for any of the pals above.

S vs A tier — is the level difference worth it?

Yes, but with caveats. A Lv. 4 gathering worker produces roughly 33-40% more raw output than a Lv. 3 worker at the same job — that's the direct level scaling. But base efficiency depends on more than raw suitability:

• Whether stations are keeping up — a Lv. 4 worker producing 40% more raw output is wasted if the downstream station can't process it
• Passive stacking — a Lv. 3 pal with Artisan (+50% Work Speed) + Lucky + Workaholic often out-produces a bare Lv. 4
• Sanity and pathing — see Pathing & AI for why layout often beats raw stats
• Palworld 1.0 rescale — the old 1-4 scale is now 1-10 in 1.0, with Level 8 specialists in the World Tree region (Aegidron for Mining, Solenne for Handiwork, Renjishi for Kindling, Dandilord for Planting, Silvance for Medicine)

How many gathering workers do you actually need?

Most bases don't need to max out one job type. The community rule of thumb:

• 1 S-tier worker covers baseline production for most single-station bases
• 2-3 A-tier workers with the right passives often outperform 4 unpassived S-tier workers
• 1 all-rounder Anubis as backup for when your specialist is sleeping or eating
• Watch the output bottleneck — more workers on the input side doesn't help if the output station can't process fast enough

To plan a full mixed-job base composition and spot coverage gaps, use the Workforce Composition Planner. For current post-1.0 top base workers (including new Level 8 specialists), see 1.0 Meta Picks.