Base Building
Palworld Work Suitability Guide: Best Pals for Every Base Job
Every base station in Palworld quietly grades whichever Pal you assign to it, and most of us find that out the hard way — usually by watching a Lamball "help" at a Mining outpost for three in-game days before checking its stats. Work Suitability is the one number that actually decides whether a Pal is good at a job or just standing near it, so here's every one of Palworld's 13 job types with the real highest-level Pals for each, pulled straight from this site's Pal database instead of a tier list that stopped getting updated before the newer arrivals showed up.
Kindling
Flaracle and Dupin are tied at the top for Kindling, both Epic Fire-types sitting at level 7 — the difference is what they do with their second job. Flaracle backs that up with Handiwork 6, while Dupin leans toward Medicine Production instead. Not ready to chase either yet? Blazamut Ryu clears Kindling at level 6 while also running Mining at 7, which is a genuinely rare combination to get out of one roster slot.
Watering
Neptilius is the only level-7 Pal for Watering in this database, a Legendary that doesn't moonlight in any other job — a specialist in the purest sense. Faleris Aqua is the more practical pick one level down: 6 in Watering plus Transporting 5, so it isn't just standing at a trough while everyone else works. Ophydia shows up here too at level 5, but its actual peak job is Planting, so don't waste it on watering duty alone.
Planting
Ophydia tops Planting outright at level 7, on top of that Watering 5 from above — genuinely one of the more efficient dual-purpose Pals for any farm-adjacent base. Carnibora and Mycora tie one step below at level 6; Mycora's the one worth grabbing if your base also needs Medicine Production, since it sits at level 6 there too.
Generating Electricity
Dynamoff leads Generating Electricity at level 6, a Rare Electric-type that also nudges Gathering and Transporting on the side. One tier down, Fenglope Lux and Azurmane tie at level 5 — Fenglope Lux is the easier catch of the two (Uncommon rarity, versus Azurmane's Epic) if a Rare capture like Dynamoff isn't happening this week. Snock trails behind at level 4, but it's Common, which makes it the easiest of the four to actually get your hands on early.
Handiwork
Handiwork has the highest level ceiling of any job on this list: Solenne at level 8, ahead of Selyne at 7 and a tie between Sekhmet and Splatterina at 6. It's also the job with by far the most eligible Pals overall — over 100 of them in this database — so if none of these four fit your base's theme, browse the full Pal list and filter by Handiwork. There's no shortage of backups.
Gathering
Hartalis is the standout: a Legendary sitting at level 7 for Gathering and, separately, level 7 for Lumbering — one of the few Pals actually worth building an assignment around instead of just plugging a gap. Venusa trails at level 6 and pulls double duty on Medicine Production, while Omascul is a more attainable level-5 option if Hartalis isn't realistic yet.
Lumbering
Hartalis and Celesdir tie at the top for Lumbering, both level 7 — Celesdir's other job is Gathering at a comparatively modest level 4, so it reads more like a Lumbering specialist than Hartalis does. Cryolinx Terra and Silvegis follow at level 6, and Cryolinx Terra also carries Mining 5 if your base needs both stations covered.
Mining
Blazamut Ryu and Knocklem both clear level 7 for Mining. Knocklem is the more practical pick for most bases since it also runs Transporting at level 7 — effectively two top-tier assignments out of one Pal. Menasting Terra and Dualith trail at level 6, with Dualith stacking Transporting 6 and Lumbering 5 on top of that.
Farming and Oil Extraction (the two niche jobs)
These two don't get their own tier lists anywhere else because there's barely anything to rank — only 18 Pals in this entire database carry any Farming suitability at all, and Oil Extraction narrows to just 3. Dumud Gild tops Farming at level 4. Astegon and Jetragon tie for Oil Extraction at level 3, which happens to be the ceiling for that job across every Pal in the game — so those two are functionally the entire tier list for an Oil Extractor.
Transporting
Transporting is a job almost every Pal can technically limp through, but the top of the list still narrows fast: Knocklem at level 7, then a three-way tie at level 6 between Dualith, Dualith Noct, and Eidrolon. It's tempting to treat Transporting as a leftover slot for whoever didn't fit elsewhere, but a dedicated level-6+ mover genuinely cuts down on the manual inventory shuffling that eats more playtime than any of us like to admit.
Cooling
Bastigor is the outright ceiling for Cooling at level 8 — and it's not a one-trick Pal either, doubling as a level-6 Lumbering and level-5 Mining option. Whalaska and Whalaska Ignis tie at level 6 underneath, useful if you'd rather pair Cooling with a Watering or Kindling secondary instead of stacking three Cooling Pals deep.
Medicine Production
Bellanoir Libero leads Medicine Production at level 7, a Legendary that also covers Handiwork 6 and Transporting 4 — about as complete a pharmacy-plus-workshop Pal as this database has. Mycora and Selyne tie at level 6 underneath, and both are already doing double duty elsewhere in this guide (Planting and Handiwork respectively), which says more about how few truly single-purpose Pals exist than anything else.
A pattern's probably jumped out by now: the same handful of names — Hartalis, Bastigor, Knocklem, Mycora — keep reappearing across completely different jobs. That's not repetition, that's the game quietly telling you which Pals are worth a second look before you go catch six separate specialists. For the full, filterable list, including everything that didn't quite make the cut here, the Pal database sorts by Work Suitability directly. And if half these picks feel out of reach on a fresh save, Best Early-Game Pals for Base Building covers who to actually staff your first base with while you work up to this list.
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the highest Work Suitability level in Palworld?
It varies by job rather than being one flat number. In this database, Handiwork and Cooling both top out at level 8 (Solenne and Bastigor respectively), while a job like Oil Extraction caps at level 3 for every eligible Pal. There's no single Pal posting an 8 across every job at once.
Which base job has the fewest good Pals to choose from?
Oil Extraction, by a wide margin — only 3 Pals in the entire roster carry any Oil Extraction suitability at all. Farming is the next-thinnest at 18 Pals.
Should I always use the single highest-level Pal for a job?
Not necessarily. A handful of Pals covered here — Bastigor, Hartalis, Knocklem, Mycora — post a top-tier level in two different jobs simultaneously, which is usually worth more to a small base's roster space than filling every station with a narrow one-job specialist.
Where can I see every Pal's Work Suitability, not just the top picks?
The [Pal database](/pals) lists every Pal with its full Work Suitability breakdown and lets you filter by job directly, which is faster than scrolling a guide once you already know what you're looking for.
What's the best Mining pal in Palworld?
Blazamut Ryu and Knocklem are tied at the top for Mining, both level 7. Knocklem is the more practical pick for most bases since it also runs Transporting at level 7.