The Best Weapons in Palworld (2024)

For the longest time, Pokémon sat as the most well-known pocket monster series. There were others that experienced popularity, such as Digimon, but for the most part, Pokémon reigned as the king. That all changed in 2024 with the release of Palworld, a game developed by a smaller company with only a few titles under their belt.

However, unlike Pokémon, Palworld went a lot further with its gameplay, allowing players to craft and wield guns to shoot the game's pocket monsters, which some people have found ways around. Described as 'Pokémon with guns', Palworld's introduction of weaponry included a varied amount, with some naturally rising as the best in the game. Here are the best weapons that you as a player can wield to dish out damage to hostile Pals and foes.

6 Makeshift Handgun

Requires 35 Ingots, 30 Fiber, and 10 High Quality Oil

Both of the handguns in Palworld are more general weapons, being guns that can be used for most situations when players pick them up, but aren't as good as the high-tier armaments available.

The Makeshift Handgun is a decent choice, with higher damage but a lower ammo count than its regular Handgun counterpart. The Coarse Ammo the Makeshift Handgun uses is a benefit, as it is an easier ammo type to create. In terms of dealing damage, this gun will fall short, but it is still a very good option for getting enemy Pal HP low enough to catch them. And, of course, any weapon loadout without a pistol will just feel wrong.

5 Single-shot Rifle

Requires 20 Refined Ingots and 5 Polymer

The Single-Shot Rifle is a very powerful gun, living up to its namesake of only allowing one shot before requiring a reload. While this is a limitation, the rifle makes up for it with its devastating damage potential.

The Single-Shot Rifle is an upgrade to the Musket, another gun that only permits one shot. While the Musket was cumbersome due to its long reload, the Single-Shot Rifle improves upon it, with a faster reload time, which allows for players to keep up the pace of a battle. The longer reload times are a trade-off, with very high damage, some of the best in the game, paired with one of the highest durability stats available.

4 Poison/Fire Crossbow

Requires 50 Wood, 50 Stone, 15 Ingots, 5 Nails, and 5 Venom Glands/5 Fire Organs

Dealing a high amount of damage with either a single shot or a sustained burst is how players will fight pals in Palworld, especially with the later-game weapons. The Poison or Fire Crossbow instead deals damage via an over-time affliction effect. The potentecy of the affliction is independent of the Crossbow's damage and instead dishes out percentage damage.

There are multiple bows and crossbows available that can be more viable due to the ammo being easier to obtain. However, the Fire Organs used to craft the Fire Crossbow and its arrows are required for numerous other recipes, whereas the Poison variant does not.

3 Pump-action Shotgun

Requires 40 Carbon Fiber, 30 Refined Ingots, and 20 Polymer

The Pump-Action Shotgun is an upgrade to the Double-Barreled Shotgun, possessing increased damage, lower weight, and more ammo. When it comes to a punchy, short-ranged firearm, it is tough to look past this one.

As is usual for a shotgun, the Pump-Action Shotgun can completely destroy enemies in close combat, dealing a very high amount of damage per pull of its trigger. The gun is quite a late-game weapon, with it being available for crafting at level 42. The Pump-Action Shotgun is worth it, given how hard it can hit, which, when paired with good pals and their own combat skills, will make its acquisition rewarding.

2 Assault Rifle

Requires 40 Refined Ingots, 30 Carbon Fiber, and 10 Polymer

The Assault Rifle is a gun where its highly-damaging potential comes from sustaining bursts of fire at an enemy. With very impressive stats, the Assault Rifle will tear through any adversaries, only stopping to reload, not due to it being broken as repairing the gun will be done less than most, given its lofty durability.

Obtaining the Assault Rifle will require a high level, that of 45, in order to craft it. The results will be worthwhile as its huge damage is a product of its ammo capacity. Holding 20 rounds, all dealing 320 damage, the Assault Rifle doesn't need to fire to prove its worth.

1 Rocket Launcher

Requires 75 Pal Metal Ingots, 50 Carbon Fiber, and 30 Polymer

While the Assault Rifle might be the best gun for dealing high bursts of damage, the Rocket Launcher is the premier weapon for dishing out singular heavy-hitting attacks.

The Rocket Launcher requires a very high level to craft, which is 49. With the insane amount of damage it can pull off, the Rocket Launcher being available so late into the game only makes sense. Once acquired, clearing the various Towers and their Bosses will become something the Rocket Launcher will only be too happy to do.

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Palworld

Open-World

Shooter

Survival

Platform(s)

PC , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S , Xbox One

Released

January 19, 2024

Developer(s)

Pocket Pair, Inc.