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Verified Palworld 1.0 · recentlyByYurii Luzhko

Where to Get Crude Oil in Palworld 1.0 — All Oil Field Locations by Region

Crude Oil is not mined — you build on top of it. Here is every oil field we have mapped, spread wider across the map than any other endgame material.

  • Nodes mapped185across 7 regions
  • Densest areaDuneshelter14 nodes
  • Best dropperKikit1 per kill · 50% · tied with 2 other Pals
  • Pals that drop it3
Crude Oil in Palworld — a Crude Oil Extractor running on a desert oil field

The short answer

Crude Oil comes from oil fields, and you extract it by placing a base with a Crude Oil Extractor on top of one rather than mining it by hand. Our map plots fields across seven regions — more spread than any other endgame resource — with Feybreak holding the most and Twilight Dunes, the Outlying Isles, Sakurajima and Mt. Obsidian all carrying real clusters. Three Pals also drop it at 50%: Maraith, Kikit and Sootseer, one each. Six recipes consume it on paldb — Plasteel and Flamethrower Fuel long before Wing Cell.

Crude Oil on the interactive map

The densest Crude Oil spots

Region tells you which island to fly to; the area tells you where to land. These are the 9 richest patches on the map, counted node by node.

  1. 1DuneshelterTwilight Dunes14
  2. 2Deserted Ash PlateauFeybreak12
  3. 2Dry Sandy BeachMt. Obsidian12
  4. 4Sakurajima - Mushroom WetlandsSakurajima10
  5. 4Scorched HillFeybreak10
  6. 6Desiccated DunesTwilight Dunes9
  7. 6Frozen Coral HillFeybreak9
  8. 8Dancing Sakura ShrineSakurajima8
  9. 8Phantom IsleOutlying Isles8

Every Crude Oil node, by region

Our map plots 185 Crude Oil nodes across 7 regions. Counts come straight from the map data, so they move when the map does.

All 3 Pals that drop Crude Oil

Sorted by drop rate, then by how many you get per kill — which is what decides where you actually farm once two Pals both drop at 100%.

What Crude Oil is for

  • Plasteel×2
  • Flamethrower Fuel×2
  • Missile Ammo×1
  • Frag Grenade Mk2×3
  • Menasting Terra Ring×15
  • Wing Cell×20

Source: paldb.cc/en/Crude_Oil. Palworld 1.0 added recipes that our item catalogue does not carry, so this list is quoted rather than derived.

Pick the field, not the ore

Because extraction is a base structure, the question is not which field has the most oil but which field you are willing to live next to. Duneshelter, Deserted Ash Plateau and Dry Sandy Beach carry the tightest clusters on our map — several fields close enough that one base covers more than one.

Frequently asked questions

Where are the oil fields in Palworld?
Across seven regions, which makes Crude Oil the most widely distributed endgame resource we map. Feybreak carries the most fields, then Twilight Dunes, the Outlying Isles, Sakurajima and Mt. Obsidian. Duneshelter, Deserted Ash Plateau and Dry Sandy Beach are the densest named areas.
How do you get Crude Oil in Palworld?
Build a base on an oil field and place a Crude Oil Extractor on it. The extractor pulls oil passively — there is no mining action for it. Three Pals drop it as well, but only one unit at a 50% rate each.
Which Pals drop Crude Oil?
Maraith, Kikit and Sootseer, each dropping a single unit at a 50% rate. That is a supplement, not a source. For bulk there are two routes, not one: the extractor, and Oil Rig chests — paldb's treasure tables put a Lv60 Oil Rig greater chest at 150-300 Crude Oil at a 100% rate, and we plot 56 of those chests.
What is Crude Oil used for in Palworld?
Six recipes on paldb: Plasteel, Flamethrower Fuel, Missile Ammo, Frag Grenade Mk2, the Menasting Terra Ring, and Wing Cell at twenty apiece. Our own item catalogue indexes two of them, Wing Cell and Plasteel, which is why the list on this page is quoted from paldb rather than derived.