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All Palworld weapons, how to unlock them, and their recipes

All the way from Bows to Rocket Launchers

Progressing through Palworld and coming into contact with higher-level Pals and enemies means only one thing – you need weapons. Whether you’re a fan of Melee combat or want to cause high damage from afar, here’s how you unlock every weapon currently in Palworld.

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With each update to Palworld, more weapons are added, allowing you to expand your armory and do huge amounts of damage to new high-level Pals. Each new weapon recipe is unlocked via the Technology Ladder, with the levels for each noted below. It goes without saying that the higher level you need to be to unlock a weapon, the more damage it will do, but the harder it will be to make.

Melee Weapons

If you want to get up close and personal in order to see the life drain from the eyes of your enemies, Melee weapons are the way to go. As you progress further through the game and your level increases, they might be the only chance you have of inflicting just enough damage to a Pal in order to catch it without outright killing them with one shot. 

WeaponUnlock levelRecipe
Wooden Club15 Wood
Stone Spear418 Wood
6 Stone
Bat730 Wood
10 Stone
Metal Spear1327 Wood
12 Stone
10 Ingots
Stun Baton2220 Ingots
20 Electric Organs
Katana2920 Wood
20 Stone
30 Ingots
Meowmere3022 Ingots
22 Paldium Fragments
22 Coal
3 Predator Cores
Refined Metal Spear3436 Wood
18 Stone
10 Refined Ingots
Sword4420 Wood
20 Stone
30 Refined Ingots
Beam Sword5730 Hexolite
100 Paldium Fragments
20 Nightstar Sand
5 Ancient Civilization Parts

Ranged Weapons

All the way from a Bow and Arrow to the massively powerful Rocket Launcher, these weapons do a large amount of damage and are perfect for defeating the Tower bosses or higher-level Pals. Here’s how to get them and what Ammunition you need in order to use them. 

WeaponUnlock levelAmmunition usedRecipe
Old bow3Arrows30 Wood
5 Stone
15 Fiber
Fire bow5Fire Arrows40 Wood
8 Stone
20 Fiber
2 Flame Organs
Poison Bow8Poison Arrows40 Wood
8 Stone
20 Fiber
2 Venom Glands
Three Shot Bow10Arrows50 Wood
12 Stone
30 Fiber
Crossbow13Arrows50 Wood
40 Stone
10 Ingots
5 Nails
Fire Crossbow15Fire Arrows50 Wood
50 Stone
15 Ingots
5 Nails
5 Flame Organs
Poison Crossbow17Poison Arrows50 Wood
50 Stone
15 Ingots
5 Nails
5 Venom Glands
Musket21Coarse Ammo30 Wood
25 Ingots
5 High Quality Pal Oil
Makeshift Handgun24Coarse Ammo35 Ingots
30 Fiber
10 High Quality Pal Oil
Makeshift SMG26Rifle Ammo30 Fiber
40 Ingots
10 High Quality Pal Oil
Handgun28Handgun Ammo50 Ingots
15 High Quality Pal Oil
Makeshift Shotgun30Shotgun Shells50 Fiber
60 Ingots
15 High Quality Pal Oil
Makeshift Assault Rifle31Rifle Ammo60 Fiber
70 Ingots
20 High Quality Pal Oil
Compound Bow32Arrows40 Fiber
50 Ingots
20 Nails
Old Revolver33Handgun Ammo60 Ingots
20 High Quality Pal Oil
Single Shot Rifle36Rifle Ammo20 Refined Ingots
5 Polymer
SMG37Rifle Ammo25 Refined Ingots
6 Polymer
Meteor Launcher38Meteorite Bullet100 Meteorite Fragments
30 Refined Ingots
20 Paldium Fragments
Double-Barreled Shotgun39Shotgun Shells30 Refined Ingots
7 Polymer
Semi-Auto Rifle41Rifle Ammo35 Refined Ingots
10 Polymer
Pump-action Shotgun43Shotgun Shells30 Refined Ingots
20 Polymer
40 Carbon Fiber
Assault Rifle45Assault Rifle Ammo40 Refined Ingots
10 Polymer
30 Carbon Fiber
Semi-Auto Shotgun47Shotgun Shells50 Refined Ingots
20 Polymer
40 Carbon Fiber
Rocket Launcher49Rocket Ammo75 Pal Metal Ingots
30 Polymer
50 Carbon Fiber
Laser Rifle51Energy Cartridge50 Pal Metal Ingots
60 Plasteel
40 Carbon Fiber
Flamethrower52Flamethrower Fuel40 Pal Metal Ingots
50 Plasteel
35 Carbon Fiber
30 Flame Organs
Grenade Launcher53Grenade Ammo75 Pal Metal Ingots
80 Plasteel
60 Carbon Fiber
Gatling Gun54Gatling Gun Bullet150 Pal Metal Ingots
100 Plasteel
140 Carbon Fiber
Guided Missile Launcher55Missile Ammo100 Pal Metal Ingots
50 Plasteel
100 Carbon Fiber
20 Circuit Boards
Advanced Bow57Arrows40 Hexolite
100 Carbon Fiber
20 Nightstar Sand
Laser Gatling Gun58Laser Gatling Cartridge150 Plasteel
100 Hexolite
200 Carbon Fiber
Plasma Cannon60Plasma Cartridge20 Plasteel
130 Hexolite
200 Carbon Fiber
100 Circuit Boards

Grenades

It’s always a good idea to stock up on grenades, which now come in a range of different varieties as of the Feybreak update of December 2024. They do a high amount of damage of the same type as their name, making them really strong if a certain Pal has a weakness to any of the Grenades you’re carrying, and can be very useful if you’re low on ammo for your chosen main weapons.

GrenadeUnlock levelRecipe
Shock Grenade2710 Fiber
10 Stone
1 Electric Organ
Ice Grenade2910 Fiber
10 Stone
1 Ice Organ
Incendiary Grenade3110 Fiber
10 Stone
1 Flame Organ
Frag Grenade3110 Fiber
10 Stone
1 Gunpowder
Grass Grenade3510 Fiber
10 Stone
10 Wood
Ground Grenade3810 Fiber
10 Stone
1 Ore
Dark Grenade4010 Fiber
10 Stone
1 Venom Gland
Dragon Grenade4210 Fiber
10 Stone
1 Horn
Frag Grenade Mk25320 Fiber
3 Plasteel
3 Gunpowder
3 Crude Oil

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