The Best Early-Game Weapons in Palworld

Unlocking and Crafting Early-Game Weapons

Palworld will have you duking it out against all creatures great and small. Of course, it's totally fine to just start with baby steps, especially in the first few hours of the game. Here's our guide on the best early-game weapons in Palworld.

The best early-game weapons in Palworld are the Stone Spear, Old Bow, and Common Shield. Do take note that all of these need to be unlocked first in the Technology menu, which means leveling up a bit to spend the points you've earned. Once unlocked, you can craft them via the Primitive Workbench. Here are the requirements:

Stone Spear - 18x Wood and 6x Stone. Old Bow - 30x Wood, 5x Stone, and 15x Fiber. 3x Arrows - 1x Wood and 1x Stone. Common Shield - 10x Paldium Fragment, 20x Wood, 20x Stone, and 10x Fiber.

Finding Materials for Early-Game Weapons

These materials should be easy enough to find. Pieces of Stone and Wood can sometimes be seen lying on the ground, but you could also mine deposits for Stone and cut down trees for Wood. Likewise, you'll gain additional Fiber resources for chopping down trees. Be sure to equip Stone Pickaxes and Stone Axes if you're mining nodes or felling trees, respectively, to increase the yields of resources.

As for Paldium Fragments, these are also mined in various areas. You can refer to our Paldium Fragments guide if you need help with this material.

Get ready to charge into the thick of the fray if you want to take out rampaging Pals that attack your base.

Benefits of Using Early-Game Weapons

The most basic item you can craft at the start is the Wooden Club, but it does measly damage and you really need to get close enough to a target. The Stone Spear, however, deals slightly higher damage and it has a longer reach. Speaking of reach, the Old Bow is the first range weapon that you can acquire. Since some Pals like to run off, you'll be able to shoot them from a distance. This makes the Old Bow one of the best early-game weapons in Palworld. Just remember to craft a lot of arrows so you don't run out of ammo.

Make sure you craft a bow early on so you can shoot Pals from afar.

As for the Common Shield, it's not really a weapon, but we consider it integral to combat. That's because it can absorb the damage that you take in place of having your HP depleted. It's also replenished over time as long as you don't take damage for a few seconds.

These are what we consider as the best early-game weapons in Palworld. This is just the start of an eventful journey. Later on, you'll get to obtain guns/firearms.