Palworld — the complete Pal Lab research tree

The 9 work suitability trees

The Lab splits into one tree per work suitability. The scale of each tree differs wildly, so the bars are relative to the heaviest tree.

Handiwork22 researches

Work53,200,000

Work Speed for Handiwork 45%
Research Speed of Handiwork 20%
Large Toolbox Lv 20

Kindling20 researches

Work51,050,000

Work Speed for Kindling 45%
Research Speed of Kindling 20%
Flame Cauldron Lv 21

Generating Electricity18 researches

Work49,850,000

Work Speed for Generating Electricity 45%
Research Speed of Generating Electricity 20%
Electric Pylon Lv 48

Medicine Production15 researches

Work41,650,000

Work Speed for Medicine Production 45%
Research Speed of Medicine Production 20%
Witch Cauldron Lv 32

Mining19 researches

Work17,300,000

Work Speed for Mining 45%
Research Speed of Mining 20%
Mining Cart Lv 30

Planting19 researches

Work17,000,000

Work Speed for Planting 45%
Research Speed of Planting 20%
Flower Bed Lv 24
Silo Lv 25

Watering18 researches

Work16,550,000

Work Speed for Watering 45%
Research Speed of Watering 20%
Water Fountain Lv 23

Lumbering18 researches

Work15,850,000

Work Speed for Lumbering 45%
Research Speed of Lumbering 20%
Stump and Axe Lv 28

Cooling19 researches

Work1,575,000

Work Speed for Cooling 40%
Research Speed of Cooling 20%
Snowman Lv 33

Full research tree

Indented by prerequisite. One step of indentation is one prerequisite: an indented entry only opens once the entry above it is finished.

Work speed cap per work suitability

How much work speed rises once every research in that tree is done. The sentence is the game's own effect wording; the number adds up the values listed in that tree.

Effect
Effect	Researches	Values used
Work Speed for Lumbering 45%	6	5 · 10
Work Speed for Kindling 45%	6	5 · 10
Work Speed for Generating Electricity 45%	6	5 · 10
Work Speed for Handiwork 45%	6	5 · 10
Work Speed for Mining 45%	6	5 · 10
Work Speed for Medicine Production 45%	6	5 · 10
Work Speed for Planting 45%	6	5 · 10
Work Speed for Watering 45%	6	5 · 10
Work Speed for Cooling 40%	5	5 · 10

The game tables say nothing about how these effects stack. The totals here simply add up the listed values; whether the game multiplies or adds them is unverified.

Every other effect total

Everything except work speed. The same effect is counted separately when it targets a different work suitability or item type.

Effect
Effect	Researches	Values used
Crude Oil Extraction Speed 90%	3	20 · 30 · 40
Power Storage Capacity 70%	3	20 · 30
Egg Hatching Speed 60%	8	5 · 10
Plantation Harvest Yield 50%	5	10
Expedition Reward 35%	5	5 · 10
Expedition Time -35%	5	-10 · -5
Plantation Crop Growth Rate 35%	5	5 · 10
Item Decay Speed -30%	4	-10 · -5
Attack of Base Pals 28%	14	2
Defense of Base Pals 26%	13	2
Power Consumption -20%	3	-10 · -5
Research Speed of Cooling 20%	2	10
Research Speed of Lumbering 20%	2	10
Research Speed of Kindling 20%	2	10
Research Speed of Generating Electricity 20%	2	10
Research Speed of Handiwork 20%	2	10
Research Speed of Mining 20%	2	10
Research Speed of Medicine Production 20%	2	10
Research Speed of Planting 20%	2	10
Research Speed of Watering 20%	2	10
Materials Required for Producing Medicine -20%	3	-10 · -5
Additional Crafting Probability of Ammunition 15%	2	5 · 10
Additional Crafting Probability of Sphere 15%	2	5 · 10
Additional Crafting Probability of Cooking 15%	2	5 · 10
Additional Crafting Probability of Ingot 15%	2	5 · 10
Additional Crafting Probability of Ore 15%	2	5 · 10
Materials Required for Producing Armor -15%	2	-10 · -5
Materials Required for Producing Pal Gear -15%	2	-10 · -5
Materials Required for Producing Weapon -15%	2	-10 · -5

The game tables say nothing about how these effects stack. The totals here simply add up the listed values; whether the game multiplies or adds them is unverified.

Researches with identical names exist in several trees and their effects can differ — one identically named base Pal upgrade raises attack in one tree and defence in another. Every entry therefore states its tree, and no summary table groups researches by name alone.

Structures only research unlocks

These structures never appear in the technology tree until the matching research is finished. They are also the only researches that carry a dedicated description instead of a numeric effect.

Large Toolbox2 tech pointsHandiwork
Large Toolbox DevelopmentUnlock Technology: Large Toolbox
Work 200,000After: Handiwork Speed 21 follow-upsLv 20
Flame Cauldron2 tech pointsKindling
Flame Cauldron DevelopmentUnlock Technology: Flame Cauldron
Work 200,000After: Kindling Research 21 follow-upsLv 21
Water Fountain2 tech pointsWatering
Fountain DevelopmentUnlock Technology: Fountain
Work 150,000After: Watering Research 21 follow-upsLv 23
Flower Bed2 tech pointsPlanting
Flower Bed DevelopmentUnlock Technology: Flower Bed
Work 150,000After: Planting Research 21 follow-upsLv 24
Silo2 tech pointsPlanting
Silo DevelopmentUnlock Technology: Silo
Work 200,000After: Flower Bed Development1 follow-upsLv 25
Stump and Axe2 tech pointsLumbering
Stump and Axe DevelopmentUnlock Technology: Stump and Axe
Work 150,000After: Lumbering Research 21 follow-upsLv 28
Mining Cart2 tech pointsMining
Mining Cart DevelopmentUnlock Technology: Mining Cart
Work 150,000After: Mining Research 21 follow-upsLv 30
Witch Cauldron2 tech pointsMedicine Production
Witch's Cauldron DevelopmentTechnology Unlock: Witch's Cauldron
Work 200,000After: Medicine Production Research 21 follow-upsLv 32
Snowman2 tech pointsCooling
Snowman DevelopmentbIsEssentialTechnology Unlock: Snowman
Work 15,000After: Cooling Research 11 follow-upsLv 33
Electric Pylon2 tech pointsGenerating Electricity
Electric Pylon DevelopmentUnlock Technology: Electric Pylon
Work 500,000After: Generating Electricity Research 31 follow-upsLv 48

Unlocked structures are listed by name only. This site does not yet carry material or performance data for structures, so they are not linked.

The player level needed to start a research is not in the research table. A level cap exists only for the 10 researches that unlock a technology, and only those 10 show a level here.

Material burden

The materials across all 168 researches, sorted by total amount needed, with the number of researches each one appears in listed alongside. What costs the most in total and what shows up in the most researches are not the same thing.

Material burden
Materials	Total needed	Used in
Wood	6,450	23
Ancient Pal Manuscript	3,663	157
Stone	1,760	10
Ice Organ	1,670	17
Ancient Civilization Parts	1,430	110
Flame Organ	1,285	16
Electric Organ	1,210	14
Carbon Fiber	1,100	11
Onion	1,080	6
Aquatic Pal Fluids	1,040	12
Gunpowder	1,030	8
Pure Quartz	1,000	10
Hardwood	1,000	2
Sulfur	820	8
Circuit Board	570	19
Carrot	480	4
Pal Metal Ingot	450	8
High Quality Pal Oil	440	8
Paldium Fragment	360	4
Plasteel	330	7
Refined Ingot	275	8
Charcoal	265	6
Baked Berries	250	2
High Grade Medical Supplies	250	9

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Work amount ladder

The work amount values that actually occur in the data, and how many researches sit on each. The set of values is fixed, so the walls are plain to see.

5,0001
15,0005
30,0004
50,0007
75,0003
100,0001
150,00020
200,00016
300,00014
500,00015
750,00011
1,000,00012
1,500,00020
2,000,0004
2,500,0004
3,000,0009
5,000,00014
10,000,0008

Research duration is not in the tables. Work amount is a unitless integer, and the real time depends on the suitability rank of the Pals you assign and on research speed effects, so it is not converted into minutes or hours.

Sources, and what is deliberately missing

What this page is based on, and what it does not answer. The items below are absent from the game data, so filling them in would be inventing them.

The game tables say nothing about how these effects stack. The totals here simply add up the listed values; whether the game multiplies or adds them is unverified.
Research duration is not in the tables. Work amount is a unitless integer, and the real time depends on the suitability rank of the Pals you assign and on research speed effects, so it is not converted into minutes or hours.
What bIsEssential means in game is not settled by the table. It matches neither 'has follow-up research' nor any single path. So it is not translated as 'required' — the raw field name is shown instead.
Each research also carries an AssignDefineId, but it appears nowhere outside this one table, so it cannot be linked to any Pal or structure. It is therefore not shown.
The player level needed to start a research is not in the research table. A level cap exists only for the 10 researches that unlock a technology, and only those 10 show a level here.
There is no research priority or recommended order in the game data. This page shows work amounts and effect values as they are; it does not nominate a research to take first.
Researches with identical names exist in several trees and their effects can differ — one identically named base Pal upgrade raises attack in one tree and defence in another. Every entry therefore states its tree, and no summary table groups researches by name alone.
Unlocked structures are listed by name only. This site does not yet carry material or performance data for structures, so they are not linked.
Work suitability rank and Lab trees are different things. Research never raises a Pal's suitability rank, and no rank figure appears anywhere on this page.

Sources: the game's research table (DT_LabResearchDataTable), its display text (DT_LabResearchText) and the technology table (DT_TechnologyRecipeUnlock). Each effect sentence fills in the game's own template.