Unlock
- Technology Level 52
- Ancient Technology Points: 5 ATP
- Sakurajima tech tree (DLC required)
How to Get Sulfur in Palworld
There are 261 sulfur nodes on the Palpagos map. 156 of them — more than every other region combined — sit in Mt. Obsidian, the volcanic northeast. Below: a region-by-region breakdown, the best mining Pals, and a base setup that farms it passively.
Sulfur nodes by region
Every sulfur-node pin counted from the live map, sorted by density. Click a region to jump to its full marker list.
The best place to farm Sulfur
Mt. Obsidian holds 156 of the island's 261 sulfur nodes (60%) — more than every other region combined.
It's an endgame-tier volcanic biome that deals fire and heat damage, so bring Heat Resistant Pelt Armor and ideally a Fire-immune mining Pal. Once you're geared, set a base inside a cluster and the nodes farm themselves.
Backup spots: Astral Mountains (42), Bamboo Grove (15), Sakurajima (DLC) (15) — smaller but accessible at lower levels.
Best mining Pals for Sulfur
Mining Lv 3+ is the floor for clearing sulfur nodes at a reasonable pace. Full ranking in the mining tier list.
AstegonMining Lv 4S-tier endgame miner (Mining Lv 4). It also spawns around the volcanic regions where sulfur lives, so you can catch and farm in the same trip.
BlazamutMining Lv 4Mining Lv 4 Fire alpha from Mt. Obsidian — the same region with the most sulfur. Fire-immune, so the lava terrain doesn't chip its HP.
AnubisMining Lv 3A-tier generalist (Mining Lv 3 + Handiwork Lv 4). The best all-round worker to leave on a sulfur base.
DigtoiseMining Lv 3Mid-game Mining Lv 3 and an easy catch. Its rolling attack chews through mineral nodes hands-free.
What Sulfur crafts into
The passive Sulfur Mine (Sakurajima DLC)
If you've cleared the Sakurajima tech tree, the Sulfur Mine base structure converts Mining-Lv-3+ Pal labour into a continuous sulfur drip — no more field runs. Quick reference:
Build cost
70 Stone
100 Sulfur
30 Paldium Fragment
Staff it with Digtoise, Anubis, or any other Mining Lv 3+ Pal (full list in the best mining Pals guide). For maximum throughput, run a Lucky / Artisan passive stack on the assigned miner and the mine doubles its per-hour yield.
Build cost re-circulates — the mine's 100 Sulfur upfront is recovered in roughly the first ~4 game hours, then it pays back every cycle after.
Sulfur in dungeons (early-game safe source)
Mt. Obsidian is the canonical answer but the volcano biome damages you without Heat Resistant Pelt Armor (Lv 30) — a non-starter at Lv 15–25. Until then, the safest sulfur is inside dungeons: a fraction of dungeons spawn sulfur node deposits in the deeper rooms, and the boss-clear chest sometimes drops a stack of raw sulfur as a guaranteed reward. Run any dungeon you find via the dungeon map — it's slower per-hour than Mt. Obsidian but doesn't require armor you can't craft yet.
Frequently asked questions
Where do you find Sulfur in Palworld?
Sulfur comes from sulfur nodes — the yellow-crusted mineral rocks concentrated in the volcanic parts of the map. Mt. Obsidian holds the largest share by a wide margin; the Astral Mountains are the next-best source, with smaller pockets in Bamboo Grove, Twilight Dunes, and on Sakurajima.
What is the best place to farm Sulfur?
Mt. Obsidian — the volcanic region in the northeast. It holds more sulfur nodes than every other region combined. The terrain is endgame-tier and deals fire/heat damage, so bring heat-resistant armor and ideally a Fire-immune mining Pal like Blazamut. Set a base near a node cluster to farm it passively.
Which Pal is best for mining Sulfur?
Any mining-capable Pal works. Because most sulfur sits in lava terrain, a Fire-element or Fire-immune miner is ideal — Blazamut (Mining Lv 4) shrugs off the heat. For a general base, Astegon (Mining Lv 4) and Anubis (Mining Lv 3) are the strongest picks; Digtoise (Mining Lv 3) is the easiest early catch.
What is Sulfur used for in Palworld?
Sulfur is the backbone of Palworld's ammunition and explosives economy — it feeds the Gunpowder line that your firearms, shells, and grenades depend on. If you're building toward gun-based combat or explosives, you'll be farming sulfur regularly, which is why a Mt. Obsidian base pays off.
Do Sulfur nodes respawn?
Yes. Like other mineral nodes, sulfur regenerates on a real-time cycle of roughly one in-game day. Build a base inside a node cluster, assign two or three mining Pals, and the pile refills itself while you handle other content.
Can you mine Sulfur early in the game?
It's possible but slow. The richest sulfur fields are in Mt. Obsidian, an endgame-level volcanic zone that punishes underleveled players. Early on you can pick up the smaller Bamboo Grove and Twilight Dunes deposits; the serious sulfur farm opens up once you can survive the volcano.
Sources: Sulfur node counts computed live from games/palworld/data/markers-seed.json (Pindrop's map dataset, 261 markers). Mining-suitability data from pal-stats.json. See the canonical Sulfur item page and mining tier list.