Coal in Palworld is surprisingly difficult to find, as players will need to explore the desert and source special items to mine it or farm it at home. Even beyond that, I recommend you being as close to level 15 as possible before going out to get coal (or past it), for reasons I'll get into more detail on below. Get your pickaxe and hot weather gear ready, and follow my instructions for farming coal in Palworld.
Best coal farming location in Palworld
The quickest way to farm coal in Palworld and get as much as you need is to head to the Twilight Dunes, circled on the map above. However, to do that you'll need to be able to deal with Palworld hot weather, as the temperature there is damagingly high without Tropical Armor. So, if you can't craft that yet, you're better off waiting.
You'll also meet plenty of level 15-20 enemies when you get there, not to mention the journey to reach the location will scale up to that as you travel. So if you're not roughly of an equivalent level yet in Palworld, then you might struggle. You can run around and avoid all the fights if needs be, but there are no nearby spawn points for Palworld fast travel so, if you die, you'll have to retrace the last parts of the journey to get there.
However, assuming you can stay alive or stay out of trouble you'll find plenty of large, black rocks that will give you plenty of coal as you mine them. Ideally you'll want a metal pickaxe, as it will last longer than a stone one, but either will do in a pinch. Grab all the coal you need and then head back to your base to use it in refined ingots and carbon fiber. You can also use a Pal with Mining level 3 to break coal rocks.
Importantly, once you've got 100 coal, 70 stone and 30 Paldium Fragments, you can build a Coal Mine in your own base for permanent coal generation.
What Pals drop coal in Palworld?
If you want quick sources of Coal in Palworld, it's worth keeping in mind that you can obtain coal by defeating or catching any of the following Pals:
- Blazamut
- Blazamut Ryu
- Menasting
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