Best Planting Pals

Checked against Palworld v1.0.3 · verified 2026-08-25 · Data status

Base work ranking

Dandilord is the best planting Pal in Palworld 1.0: it works at planting suitability level 8, the highest level any Pal reaches at this job, and it is the only Pal that reaches it. 46 of the 299 Pals in the game can do planting at all, and every one of them is ranked below — level first, base work speed second.

Pals with planting
46 15% of the 299 in the Paldeck
Level ceiling
8 the highest level recorded at any base job
Pal at the ceiling
1 Dandilord
Fastest base work speed
100 Dandilord

All 46 planting Pals in Palworld 1.0, ranked

Ordered by work suitability level, then base work speed, then Paldeck number.
# Pal Level Elements Work speed Rarity Paldeck
1 Dandilord 8 darkgrass 100 8 194
2 Ophydia 7 grasswater 100 9 175
3 Lyleen 7 grass 100 9 186
4 Carnibora 6 grass 100 6 136
5 Mycora 6 grass 100 6 179
6 Silvance 6 grass 100 8 193
7 Broncherry 5 grass 100 8 108
8 Braloha 5 grassground 100 8 110
9 Quivern Botan 5 dragongrass 100 8 124B
10 Tropicaw 5 grass 100 5 173
11 Elizabee 4 grass 100 8 068
12 Mammorest 4 grassground 100 8 087
13 Petallia 4 grass 100 8 089
14 Palumba 4 grass 100 6 106
15 Verdash 4 grass 100 8 152
16 Vaelet 3 grass 100 8 066
17 Elgrove 3 grass 100 6 081
18 Dinossom 3 dragongrass 100 6 084
19 Leafan 3 grass 100 7 090
20 Needoll 3 grass 100 2 100
21 Needoll Noct 3 darkgrass 100 3 100B
22 Mossanda 3 grass 100 6 102
23 Warsect 3 grassground 100 8 113
24 Shroomer 3 grass 100 4 118
25 Shroomer Noct 3 darkgrass 100 5 118B
26 Lullu 3 grass 100 4 125
27 Wumpo Botan 3 grass 100 8 134B
28 Dualith 3 grassground 100 8 138
29 Dualith Noct 3 darkground 100 8 138B
30 Prunelia 3 darkgrass 100 5 147
31 Nitemary Botan 3 grass 100 7 148B
32 Caprity 2 grass 100 3 034
33 Caprity Noct 2 dark 100 3 034B
34 Ribbuny Botan 2 grass 100 1 044B
35 Bristla 2 grass 100 1 060
36 Cinnamoth 2 grass 100 4 061
37 Beegarde 2 grass 100 4 067
38 Robinquill 2 grass 100 5 076
39 Flopie 2 grass 100 1 077
40 Souffline 2 grass 100 3 164
41 Lifmunk 1 grass 100 1 004
42 Herbil 1 grassneutral 100 3 010
43 Gumoss 1 grassground 100 1 012
44 Clovee 1 grassneutral 100 2 014
45 Tanzee 1 grass 100 1 023
46 Gumoss 1 grassground Not verified 10 012

How the planting list breaks down

46 of the 299 Pals in Palworld 1.0 can do planting at a base, about 15% of them. The highest suitability level any of them reaches is 8, and 1 Pal reaches it.

The table below is every one of them, ordered by suitability level, then by base work speed, then by Paldeck number. Two Pals on the same level are separated by the stat that changes how much work gets done per unit of time, not by an opinion about which one to use.

Level distribution: 1 at level 8, 2 at level 7, 3 at level 6, 4 at level 5, 5 at level 4, 16 at level 3, 9 at level 2, 6 at level 1. A level is a capability, not a rate — a Pal with a higher level unlocks work a lower-level Pal cannot do at all, which is why the level column outranks the speed column here.

Every level here comes from the same dataset the build checker uses, so a number on this page and a number on a Pal's own page cannot disagree. Work suitability is a property of the species: it is not inherited, not rolled at hatch and not changed by a passive, which is why breeding for it means breeding for the species.

By element, the 46 planting Pals break down as Grass 44, Ground 7, Dark 6, Dragon 2, and others — Grass is the largest group at 96% of the list. Elements do not change work suitability; they are here because they decide what a Pal survives, which is the second question anyone picking a base worker asks. Rarity across the same group runs 1 to 10, so a high level does not by itself mean a hard Pal to obtain.

Data from Palworld v1.0.3, verified 2026-08-25.

Related questions

What planting level do most Pals have in Palworld 1.0?

Level 3, which 16 of the 46 planting Pals sit on. The full spread is 1 at level 8, 2 at level 7, 3 at level 6, 4 at level 5, 5 at level 4, 16 at level 3, 9 at level 2, 6 at level 1. A level is a capability rather than a rate: a higher level unlocks work a lower one cannot do at all.

Why do some Pals in this planting ranking have no work speed?

1 of the 46 rows have no sourced base work speed in this dataset, so the column shows that rather than a guess. Their suitability level is sourced and they are ranked on it; only the tiebreaker is missing.

Can breeding give a Pal planting suitability it does not already have?

No. Work suitability is a property of the species: it is not inherited, not rolled at hatch and not granted by a passive skill. Breeding for a planting worker means breeding for one of the 46 species on this list, not for the trait.

Where to go next

Picked a planting worker from the table? Its profile carries the rest of its work suitability across all twelve base jobs, and its breeding page lists the parent pairs that produce it.

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