Palworld passive skill
Burly Body
What it does
- +20% defense for this Pal.
- This Pal cannot be made to flinch.
In-game text: Defense +20%
· Immune to Flinch
Burly Body is a rank +3 passive skill in Palworld, one of 30 at that rank. Its +20% defense is joint 4th of the 12 passives that give it; Sanctified Meat Shield gives the most, +50%. The PIDF Bounty Officer sells its implant for 15 Successful Bounty Tokens, and the Pal Surgery Table grafts it for 50,000 gold. It can roll at random on Pals (AddPal), at lottery weight 100 — the weight most rolling passives have.
What it changes
- defense+20%
- immunity to flinchyes
Bars: against the largest figure any passive states for that stat.
How Burly Body compares
Every passive that states a number for the same stat, largest first. A minus is a passive that lowers it.
defense
18 passives state a number for it- Sanctified Meat Shield+50%
- Diamond Body+30%
- Idiosyncratic+25%
- Burly Body+20%
- God of Destruction+20%
- Heavyweight+20%
- Legend+20%
- Lunker+20%
- Lucky+15%
- Masochist+15%
…and 8 more, down to −30%. Full passive list
The other 29 passives at rank +3:
Ace Swimmer · Artisan · Divine Dragon · Farmhand · Ferocious · Flame Emperor · Healing Coach · Infinite Stamina · Logging Foreman · Lord of Lightning · Lord of the Underworld · Mine Foreman · Motivational Leader · Noble · Philanthropist · Reload Master · Runner · Serenity · Service-Minded · Stronghold Strategist · Vanguard · Wellness Watcher · Workaholic · Celestial Emperor · Diet Lover · Earth Emperor · Ice Emperor · Lord of the Sea · Spirit Emperor
Pals born with Burly Body
No Pal in our Paldex lists Burly Body as an innate passive, so no species is guaranteed to carry it.
How to get Burly Body
Random roll
The game's passive table lets Burly Body roll at random on Pals (AddPal).
Lottery weight, as the table gives it. It says how often this passive is drawn relative to the others; the table does not turn it into a percentage, so neither do we.
The Pal Surgery Table grafts Burly Body for 50,000 gold, and only while its implant is in your inventory. The table unlocks at technology level 38.
Implant: Burly Body
Key item — kept after the surgery · Epic · surgery 50,000 gold
- PIDF Bounty Officer: 15 Successful Bounty Tokens · Fisherman's Point, Duneshelter, Small Settlement
Every implant and its sources: Palworld implants.
Breeding Burly Body onto a Pal
If one parent carries Burly Body, the chance the child inherits it depends on how many different passives the two parents hold between them — a passive both carry counts once:
- Only Burly Body100%
- 2 passives in all80%
- 3 passives in all63%
- 4 passives in all50%
From PalCalc’s model of the game’s breeding tables (tylercamp/palcalc), which treats every passive alike: the child inherits one to four passives from the pool and may roll up to three random ones, four at most in all. Plan whole pairings in the breeding calculator.
Stacking and counterparts
A Pal holds up to four passives and never the same one twice. palworld.wiki.gg: If multiple Passive Skills affect the same attribute, their effects will stack unless otherwise stated.
Source
The biggest defense stack with Burly Body
Stated defense: +20%, +50%, +30%, +25% — +125% in total. Every stat the 4 state, summed: −30% attack · +125% defence.
A sum of what each passive states. Whether the game adds or multiplies same-stat bonuses is not documented.
Drawbacks that pull the other way
Bonus passives that pay for it with the same stat