Palworld
Coal

Coal

OrePal drop

Coal is a key crafting ingredient in Palworld, combined with Ore at an Improved Furnace to produce Refined Ingots. Mined from coal nodes — densest in Twilight Dunes, then Verdant Brook — or dropped by a few Pals.

Coal often found in caves and other places. Required to create high quality metal.

Weight
5
Max stack
9,999
  • Twilight Dunes 288
  • Verdant Brook 114
  • Mt. Obsidian 57
  • Guaranteed — the node is the item 553

Where to find it

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Where to find Coal (553 nodes)

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Top regions for Coal

+ 5 smaller regions with the remaining 94 nodes (open the map for the full picture).

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Named farming clusters for Coal

Density tells you where to settle; specific clusters tell you where to walk in. Each entry below is a tight knot of nodes in the in-game coordinate system, sorted early-to-late game so you can pick by current level.

Duneshelter

(318, 497)

Ten coal nodes inside one base radius — the densest coal on Palpagos. Hot biome, so bring Heat Resistant gear; the nearest fast-travel point is 79 map units away.

Verdant Brook

(190, -41) and (291, -19)

Seven nodes each, around the Sealed Realm plateau — the early-mid base-build favourite. Ore nodes neighbour both, so a single base covers two resources.

Twilight Dunes

(-158, -93) and (-98, -121)

Seven nodes each, inside the Lv 10-25 band, which is what makes them worth an early base. Bring Heat Resistant Pelt Armor (Technology 16) or the biome chips your HP.

Mt. Obsidian

(-570, -652)

Seven nodes in the volcano biome — needs heat gear well past the Pelt tier. Pairs with Sulfur farming on the same base. Endgame source.

Deep dive

Where to get Coal — full guide →

Five named coal clusters with in-game coordinates (Verdant Brook, Twilight Dunes, North of Duneshelter, Mt. Obsidian), the passive Coal Mine (Lv 53) recipe, and the two Coal-dropping alpha Pals (Blazamut / Menasting).

How to get this item

Drops from 3 Pals. Best rate is Blazamut at 100%.

Every source of Coal

11 sources

Drop chances below are computed from Palworld’s own loot tables, so they are the game’s numbers rather than an estimate from play.

Farm from these 3 Pals

Chance per kill.

Full farming guide: where to get Coal fastest →

Work you send Pals to do

Chance per reward roll, not per minute — an expedition rolls once when it returns.

  • Expedition (desert)×20–40100%
  • Hard expedition (desert)×10–20100%
  • Hard expedition (forest)×10–20100%

Out in the world

Chance per gather.

  • Desert field drop×1–314.1%
  • Sakurajima field drop×1–513.0%
  • Snowfield field drop×1–312.8%

Merchants

Bought, not rolled.

Base-structure passive production

Cycle count is the structure's accumulated work time per unit produced — lower is faster yield.

  • Built in Coal Mine8,000 cycles → 1
Strategy

Pal-drop farming tips

  • Butcher with a Meat Cleaver. Use a Meat Cleaver on a captured drop-Pal to butcher it — the drop table rolls the same as a wild kill, plus you keep the Paldex entry. Cheaper than chain-killing if the Pal is hard to find.

Used in 7 recipes

Coal is used in 7 recipes across 4 groups — mostly materials (3), weapons (2), other (1). Notable products include Legendary Meowmere, Meowmere, Blazamut's Talisman.

Recipe explorer

Click to expand each branch. Depth capped at 4 levels so the tree stays readable — open any leaf's own page for its full sub-tree.

▶ Used to craft

Frequently asked questions

Where do you get Coal in Palworld?
Coal drops from 3 Pals, with the best rate from Blazamut at 100%. See the full Pal list with rates above.
What is Coal used for in Palworld?
Coal is used in 7 recipes spanning 3 categories — primarily misc (4), processed materials (2), ingots (1). Notable products include Legendary Meowmere, Meowmere, Blazamut's Talisman.