Umbral Surge
Umbral Surge is a Dark-element shot skill in Palworld with power 40 and a 2-second cooldown. 6 Pals learn it natively; any compatible Pal can also be taught it via the matching Skill Fruit if available. Effective range: 500–5000.
Fires high-speed dark orbs in a fan shape, spreading as they travel.
- Long-range
- Spammable
- Effect-bearing
How to learn Umbral Surge
Learned natively by 6 Pals. No Skill Fruit version exists in our items file, so the only way to add it to a roster is to capture or breed one of those Pals.
How Umbral Surge stacks up
- Power: #13 of 15 in Dark Shot
- DPS: #7 of 161 across all skills
- Cooldown: #14 of 161 across all skills
- Range: #43 of 161 across all skills
Best Pals for Umbral Surge (by SAtk)
- 1
Bushi NoctSAtk 130Lv 7 - 2
SplatterinaSAtk 115Lv 7 - 3
OmasculSAtk 105Lv 7 - 4
TarantrissSAtk 100Lv 15 - 5
NitemarySAtk 95Lv 7
Ranked by shot attack — the stat that scales ranged/breath skill damage. Full learner roster below.
Pals that learn Umbral Surge (6)
Effects
- Darkness+20
On hit, Umbral Surge applies Darkness +20.
Closest comparable skills
| Skill | Power | CD | DPS | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Whisp | 160 | 45s | 3.6 | 1000 |
| Divine Disaster | 160 | 45s | 3.6 | 2500 |
| Dark Laser | 150 | 55s | 2.7 | 1800 |
| Psycho Gravity | 110 | 35s | 3.1 | 300 |
| Apocalypse | 110 | 55s | 2.0 | 9999 |
When to use Umbral Surge
Umbral Surge is spammable filler — 40 power but only a 2-second cooldown, so it stacks well with longer-cooldown burst skills and chips down low-HP mobs while bigger hitters recharge. It also applies darkness, so leading the rotation with it locks the target before your bigger hitters land.