As you start progressing on the Palpagos Islands of Palworld, you will start leveling up and will unlock a variety of new upgrades, ranging from new armor and
Pal Spheres to modern firearms and assembly lines. While all of these features are pretty fun to use, players will sooner or later face a crunch trying to keep up with the requirement of ingots in all the new recipes and buildings.
Towards the endgame, the need for ingots becomes increasingly demanding, sometimes even reaching the staggering count of two hundred. Traveling between ore mining spots can quickly become monotonous and exhausting, too. Luckily, Palworld has added an Ore Mining Site, allowing you to farm ores automatically with the help of your pals. In this guide, players can learn how to unlock the Ore Mining Site in Palworld, discover the materials required to build it, and figure out the best pals for mining ore.
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How to Unlock the Ore Mining Site in Palworld
In Palworld, the Ore Mining Site is unlockable after reaching level 15. To unlock it, you will need to go to the Technology tab and spend two Ancient Technology points on the Ore Mining Site. If you are lacking Ancient Technology points, you can get them by defeating bosses like Alpha Pals and clearing Syndicate Towers. You might also get lucky and find Ancient Technology Manuals from loot chests found throughout the open world and in dungeons.
There is also a larger variant of the Ore Mining Site unlockable at level 31 for three Ancient Technology points. You can have three pals working at the Ore Mining Site II to quickly mine more ore.
How to Build the Ore Mining Site in Palworld
Once you have unlocked the Ore Mining Site from the Technology tab, go to your base in Palworld to build it. You will need the following items to create the Ore Mining Site:
- 50 Stone
- 25 Ingot
- 20 Paldium Fragment
After collecting these items, go to the Build menu and select the Ore Mining Site in the Production tab. Place the building on flat ground, to make sure your mining pals have no trouble getting there.
The Ore Mining Site II is twice the size of the standard variant. To build it, you will need the following items:
- 100 Stone
- 50 Ingot
- 40 Paldium Fragment
Best Pals for the Ore Mining Site in Palworld
Like with all other tasks in Palworld, pals can help with mining at your newly built Ore Mining Site. If you are new to the game, you might not know about the work suitability stat that pals have. Every pal comes with some kind of work suitability to help players in their basic tasks, like crafting items, cooking food, building structures, and mining.
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For the Ore Mining Site, you should look for pals with a high-level Mining skill (denoted by a pickaxe symbol). With Level 4 Mining skill, Astegon and Blazamut stand out as the best mining pals in Palworld. Blazamut also comes with level 3 Kindling skill to help you turn mined ores into ingots. Players can only use Anubis who only has a level 3 Mining skill. This pal's smaller size and movement speed are high, giving it an edge over giant pals like Astegon and Blazamut.
Here are some other mining pals you can use for the Ore Mining Site in Palworld:
- Digtoise
- Reptyro and Reptyro Cryst
- Menasting
- Penking
- Tombat
Palworld
- Released
- January 19, 2024
- Developer(s)
- Pocket Pair, Inc.
- Platform(s)
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X
- Genre(s)
- Open-World, Shooter, Survival