How To Level Your Character In Each Zone in Palworld

Character level progression is an important aspect of Palworld’s gameplay, as your level directly unlocks pieces of the technology tree along with your Pal moves and Partner Skills. Defeating or capturing Pals, Syndicate members, and dungeon clearing are your primary sources of experience for leveling, but each zone on the map has a set level limit. Like most RPGs, you are incentivized to explore the rest of the world, as simply farming the same low level Pals in one location will yield far less experience than if you’ve visited the other areas and got experience there. Palworld has no way of visualizing the level caps in each zone, but with the help of the community, players have mapped out each zone’s levels. This guide will briefly discuss the regions that make up the Palpagos Islands and what they can offer during the leveling experience.

Why Should You Explore Each Region?

Palworld incentivizes exploration by providing a significant amount of experience for capturing 10 of the same Pal. Since some Pals can be found in specific regions, uncovering parts of the map can become a rewarding experience.

Level Independent Alpha Pals

Despite the level ranges in each zone, some overworld and dungeon Alpha Pals go beyond the set cap in that zone, like the level 38 Mammorest found near the starting zone or the level 31 Mossanda Lux in one of the level 10 zones. When trying to level in these zones, avoid them until you have the right gear and a few levels.

Leveling Zones In Order

Windswept Hills

Starting out with the southern grassy islands, these zones will be your starting zone for leveling up as all Pals from level 1 up to 15 can be found here. This zone contains the Plateau of Beginnings, Small Settlement, Bridge of the Twin Knights, Grassy Behemoth Hills, Fort Ruins, Rayne Syndicate Tower, Desolate Church, and the Sealed Realm of the Frozen Wings. Many of the staring Pals are found here, but there is little variety of Pals within this region.

Marsh Island

To the east of the Windswept Hill region, connected by small islands, is the Marsh Island region, containing Pals from levels 1 to 15. The waypoints within this region are Islandhopper Coast, Marsh Island, Marsh Island Church Ruins, Natural Bridge, and Eastern Wild Island. Resources are plentiful in this region, so if you’re looking to gather materials while leveling, visit this island should you need to meet your crafting goals.

Seabreeze Archipelago

These islands are situated to the west of the Windswept Hills. Comprising 3 locations, the Seabreeze Archipelago Church, Sea Breeze Archipelago Castaway Beach, and the Small Cove, this archipelago contains Pals from levels 1 to 15.

Bamboo Grove

This region is one of the possible places to go after reaching level 15 in any of the southern islands. The level ranges in this zone are from level 10 up to 25. The Bamboo Grove has a special desert region in the northeast, which is where the powerful Ground-type Pal, Anubis, can be found. The waypoints within this region are the Ravine Entrance, Sealed Realm of the Swordmaster, Ascetic Falls, Sealed Realm of the Thunder Dragon, Deep Bamboo Thicket, Investigator’s Fork, Azurobe Hill, and the Sealed Realm of the Winged Tyrant.

Forgotten Island

This region north of the Bamboo Grove region is a fairly low-level area from levels 1 to 10. However, many Water-type Pals can be found in this region in case you’re looking for a specific Pal of that type. This region comprises Ice Wind Island and Forgotten Island Church Ruins waypoints.

Frostbound Mountain

This zone is suitable for the midgame as its level caps range from 20 to 30. The Frostbound Mountains consist of Goblin’s Turf, Mossanda Forest, Sealed Realm of the Guardian, Snowy Mountain Fork, and the Sealed Realm of the Swift. The region has the widest selection of Pals to choose from with the different terrain types.

Mount Obsidian

Mount Obsidian is a massive volcanic island on the eastern side of the map, one of the endgame zones of Palworld. Here, level 30 up to level 40 Pals roam this region. This zone comprises the Foot of the Volcano, Ancient Civilization Ruins, Ruined Fortress City, Fisherman’s Point, Beach of Everlasting Summer, Mount Obsidian Anubis Statue, Mount Obsidian Midpoint and the Eternal Pyre Tower waypoints.

The biggest reason why you should explore this zone other than leveling is that it’s home to one of the Legendary Pals, Jetragon. This region is a good location to farm out some Fire-type Pals and gain their 10-capture bonus experience.

Land of Absolute Zero

Situated on the northern side of the map, the Land of Absolute Zero is a tundra environment with many native Ice-type Pals starting from level 35 up to level 50. This zone is home of the Legendary Pal, Frostallion. After exploring Mount Obsidian and capturing the Fire-types, this place should be your next stop as you will have enough Fire Pals to make capturing Ice-types easier. This entire region comprises Cold Shore, No Man’s Trail, Icy Weasel Hill, Unthawable Lake, Pristine Snowfield, and PAL Genetic Research Tower.

Desiccated Desert

One of the other endgame sounds, this time at the western side of the map, the Dessicated Desert is home to many Ground-type Pals ranging from level 40 to 50. This region is home to the Legendary Pal duo Necromus and Paladius, as well as many other powerful Pals. Contained in this zone are the waypoints Desicated Mineshaft, Duneshelter, PIDF Tower, and Deep Sand Dunes. This can be the last zone you can visit before completing your Paldeck

Southern Wildlife Sanctuary

The starting level for this zone is 20, which scales up to level 25. This location is unique because Wildlife Sanctuaries are Palworld’s equivalent of the Safari Zones, but anyone caught poaching or capturing Pals in that area is branded as a criminal. Guards are posted around the map and will open fire if they detect you attacking rare Pals. While this specific zone only reaches up to level 25, it's a great source of gold as the Pals captured there can be sold to the Black Market for a hefty amount of gold.

The following Pals can be found in this zone:

• Penking
• Vaelet
• Elphidran
• Azurobe
• Petalia
• Grizzbolt
• Eikthyrdeer Terra

Northwestern Wildlife Sanctuary

This zone starts at level 40 and reaches the cap at level 45, making this place an ideal endgame leveling zone, as the Pals in this zone sell for even more gold on the Black Market than the ones found in the southern reserve. 

The following Pals are found in this location:

• Wumpo Botan
• Kingpaca
• Quivern
• Warsect
• Verdash
• Incineram Noct
• Menasting
• Jormuntide Ignis

Northeastern Wildlife Sanctuary

Beyond the coast of the Dessicated Desert, this Wildlife Sanctuary also has Pals ranging from levels 40 to 45.

The following Pals can be found on this island:

• Incineram Noct
• Bushi
• Fenglope
• Blazamut
• Astegon
• Lyleen
• Faleris
• Orserk
• Shadowbeak