With Palworld, the development studio Pocketpair has landed a real hit: millions of fans worldwide play the courageous mix of survival game and monster collecting. In order to act as effectively as possible in the fights, you should deal with the types of damage - the system is based on rock, paper, scissors.
Palworld is a real surprise hit: the Pokémon with weapons recently had around 1,9 million active players on Steam at the same time - the survival game even beat the evergreen Counter Strike 2. PUBG: Battlegrounds alone is still the record holder - but it will be a long way to get there. Palworld's game idea is obviously well received, which is probably due not least to the somewhat more adult approach to a Pokémon concept: collecting monsters, fighting with weapons, and also spending time with survival crafting - this combination quickly made Pocketpair's game a success .
What shouldn't be missing: strategic battles. Above all, the large number of different Pals makes it a major task for fans to put together a powerful team. Each companion has individual strengths and weaknesses - we already know this from the genre leader Pokémon.
Palworld: Rock, Paper, Scissors – Damage!
The system basically follows the well-known concept of a rock-paper-scissors game: Each companion basically has a type of damage against which it is particularly strong and a type of damage against which it is particularly weak. Finding the right balance when putting together the Pal dream team is the art.
There are nine damage types in Palworld:
- Fires
- Water
- Ice Cream
- electric
- ground
- gras
- Dunkel
- Dragon
- Neutral
This information is no secret, you can also find it in the Palworld survival guide, directly in the game. The nine types of damage are distributed across the Pals - so each companion has its weak points. This directly leads to the tip to have at least one pal of each type of damage in order to be best prepared for your opponents. If you concentrate too much on a few – possibly personally popular – types, you limit yourself too much. You may even run the risk of simply being defeated because you can hardly fight effectively with your companions.
Table of strengths and weaknesses at Palworld:
| Art | Strong against… | Weak against… |
| Fires | Grass, ice | Water |
| Water | Fires | electric |
| Ice Cream | Dragon | Fires |
| electric | Water | ground |
| ground | electric | gras |
| gras | ground | Fires |
| Dunkel | Neutral | Dragon |
| Dragon | Dunkel | Ice Cream |
| Neutral | — | Dunkel |
Ultimately, such concepts are about being as broad as possible when collecting. This way you are prepared for anything that can happen. The only exception could be neutral Pals who have no real strength but are only weak against Dark.
The system not only invites you to collect, but also to experiment. It is important to find out which group composition is best for your personal playing style.
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