While traveling across Palpagos Islands, you will notice multiple copies of the same Pal wandering the land. If you capture and inspect each of them, you will notice that they have different skills. Passive Skills are attributed randomly in the wild and are also passed down to new Pal generations through breeding. Most of them grant positive effects like increased movement speed or damage output, but some will impact negatively on your Pals, such as Sanity, Attack, or even Defense reduction. Here are all the Passive Skills in Palworld, explained.

All Passive Skills in Palworld

Even among your Pals, some stand out among the crowd while some just want to sit down and relax all day. This is because their Passive Skills determine how they behave and boost or nerf existing Palworld attributes.

As you can see in the table below, we have included a standard ranking system for each Passive Skill that aligns with the in-game icon system that you can also see on the Nitewing screenshot above. The higher the rank, the better buffs the Pal will receive.

Here are all the Passive Skills in Palworld:

Passive	Description	Tier
Burly Body	Defense +20%	S
Motivational Leader	25% increase to Player Work Speed	S
Lucky	Work Speed +15%, Attack +15%	S
Stronghold Strategist	10% increase to Player Defense	S
Workaholic	SAN drops +15% slower	S
Swift	30% increase to Movement Speed	S
Vanguard	10% increase to Player Attack	S
Logging Foreman	25% increase to Player Logging Efficiency	S
Artisan	Work Speed +50%	S
Diet Lover	Decrease in Hunger is less likely by +15%	S
Mine Foreman	25% increase to Player Mining Efficiency	S
Ferocious	Attack +20%	S
Legend	Attack +20%, Defense +20%, Movement Speed +15%	S
Divine Dragon	20% increase to Dragon attack damage	S
Lord of Lightning	20% increase to Lightning attack damage	S
Lord of the Underworld	20% increase to Dark attack damage	S
Spirit Emperor	20% increase to Grass attack damage	S
Celestial Emperor	20% increase to Normal attack damage	S
Flame Emperor	20% increase to Fire attack damage	S
Runner	20% increase to Movement Speed	A
Musclehead	Attack +30%, Work Speed -50%	A
Serious	Work Speed +20%	A
Blood of the Dragon	10% increase to Dragon attack damage	B
Botanical Barrier	10% decrease to incoming Grass damage	B
Earthquake Resistant	10% decrease to incoming Ground damage	B
Zen Mind	10% increase to Neutral attack damage	B
Dragonkiller	10% decrease to incoming Dragon damage	B
Insulated Body	10% decrease to incoming Lightning damage	B
Brave	Attack +10%	B
Fragrant Foliage	10% increase to Grass attack damage	B
Heated Body	10% decrease to incoming Ice damage	B
Positive Thinker	SAN drops +10% slower	B
Pyromaniac	10% increase to Fire attack damage	B
Abnormal	10% decrease to incoming Neutral damage	B
Cheery	10% decrease to incoming Dark damage	B
Nimble	10% increase to Movement Speed	B
Sadist	Attack +15%, Defense -15%	B
Capacitor	10% increase to Lightning attack damage	B
Aggressive	Attack +10%, Defense -10%	B
Waterproof	10% decrease to incoming Water damage	B
Dainty Eater	Satiety drops +10% slower	B
Coldblooded	10% increase to Ice attack damage	B
Hooligan	Attack +15%, Work Speed -10%	B
Masochist	Defense +15%, Attack -15%	B
Power of Gaia	10% increase to Earth attack damage	B
Suntan Lover	10% decrease to incoming Fire damage	B
Conceited	Work Speed +10%, Defense -10%	B
Veil of Darkness	10% increase to Dark attack damage	B
Hard Skin	Defense +10%	B
Hydromaniac	10% increase to Water attack damage	B
Work Slave	Work Speed +30%, Attack -30%	B
Coward	Attack -10%	C
Unstable	SAN drops +10% faster	C
Glutton	Satiety drops +10% faster	C
Downtrodden	Defense -10%	C
Clumsy	Work Speed -10%	C
Destructive	SAN drops +15% faster	D
Bottomless Stomach	Satiety drops +15% faster	D
Pacifist	Attack -20%	F
Slacker	Work Speed -30%	F
Brittle	Defense -20%	F

Be sure to pick up the best Pal version according to its Passive Skill to use as a breeding mate. While Passive Skills will still be randomized in the case of breeding Pals, having the parent Pals feature the same Passive Skill will increase the likelihood of the breeding pal having that same Skill.

Moreover, if you want to rank up Pals using the Pal Distillation Pod, be sure to pick the Pal with the best Passive Skill as the one who will receive the upgrade. The last thing you want to do is eliminate Pals with great and rare Passive Skills just to rank up a Slacker or Brittle Pal.

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