Passive Skills are the passive traits that affect your Pal in Palworld. These attributes provide buffs or debuffs to you or your Pal. Passive Skills, aside from some traits, are randomly assigned once you capture the Pal.
You can’t choose which Skill to get but you can influence the decision by breeding Pals with the desired Passive Effects. This does not guarantee the Skill but there is a higher chance of getting the desired Passive Skill in the offspring.
A Pal can only have a maximum of four Passive Skills at a time. All four of these traits are always unique since you can’t have duplicates. Unlike the Active Skills of your Pal, these Passive Skills can’t be swapped or turned off either so you are stuck with what you have.
Due to the random nature of Passive Skills, not every Passive skill in Palworld is beneficial. Some effects applied can be positive, negative, or a combination of both. Here is a list of all Passive Skills in the game so you can check out the effects you are looking for.
While you can’t have a copy of the same Passive Skill on your Pal, you can still get the opposites of the same trait. For example, you can get Ferocious Passive Skill, which boosts Attack by 20%, and Pacifist, which decreases Attack by 20%, on the same Pal.
Negative Passive Skills in Palworld
The Negative Passive Skills, as the name suggests, add Negative effects to your Pal in Palworld. Fortunately, they are quite less in number when compared to Positive ones.
| Negative Passive | Rank | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Slacker | -3 | Decreases Work Speed by 30% |
| Pacifist | -3 | Lowers Attack by 20% |
| Brittle | -3 | Decreases Defence by 20% |
| Destructive | -2 | Sanity drops 15% faster |
| Bottomless Stomach | -2 | Sanity drops 15% faster |
| Unstable | -1 | SAN drops 10% faster |
| Glutton | -1 | Sanity drops 10% faster |
| Downtrodden | -1 | Lowers Defense by 10% |
| Coward | -1 | Lowers Attack by 10% |
| Clumsy | -1 | Lowers Work Speed by 10% |
Positive Passive Skills in Palworld
Positive Passive Skills provide beneficial effects in Palworld which include increasing Attack, Defense, and Movement Speed, decreasing the Hunger requirements, and slowing down the Sanity drop rate.
| Positive Passive | Rank | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Nimble | 1 | Increases Movement Speed by 10% |
| Brave | 1 | Increases Attack by 10% |
| Hard Skin | 1 | Increases Defense by 10% |
| Positive Thinker | 1 | Slows Sanity drop by 10% |
| Dainty Eater | 1 | SAN drops 10% slower |
| Zen Mind | 1 | Increases Neutral Attack Damage by 10% |
| Pyromaniac | 1 | Increases Fire Attack Damage by 10% |
| Hydromaniac | 1 | Increases Water Attack Damage by 10% |
| Coldblooded | 1 | Increases Ice Attack Damage by 10% |
| Power of Gaia | 1 | Increases Earth Attack Damage by 10% |
| Fragrant Foliage | 1 | Increases Grass Attack Damage by 10% |
| Capacitor | 1 | Increases Lightning Attack Damage by 10% |
| Blood of the Dragon | 1 | Increases Dragon Attack Damage by 10% |
| Veil of Darkness | 1 | Increases Dark Attack damage by 10% |
| Abnormal | 1 | Decreases the incoming Neutral damage by 10% |
| Suntan Lover | 1 | Decreases the incoming Fire damage by 10% |
| Waterproof | 1 | Decreases the incoming Water damage by 10% |
| Heated Body | 1 | Decreases the incoming Ice damage by 10% |
| Earthquake Resistant | 1 | Decreases the incoming Ground damage by 10% |
| Botanical Barrier | 1 | Decreases the incoming Grass damage by 10% |
| Insulated Body | 1 | Decreases the incoming Lightening damage by 10% |
| Dragonkiller | 1 | Decreases the incoming Dragon damage by 10% |
| Cheery | 1 | Decreases the incoming Dark damage by 10% |
| Masochist | 1 | Increases Defense by 15% and decreases Attack by 15% |
| Aggressive | 1 | Increases Attack by 10% and decreases Defence by 10% |
| Sadist | 1 | Increases Attack by 15% and decreases Defence by 15% |
| Hooligan | 1 | Increases Attack by 15% and decreases Work speed by 15% |
| Conceited | 1 | Boosts Work Speed by 10% and lowers Defence by 10% |
| Work Slave | 1 | Boosts Work Speed by 30% and lowers Attack by 30% |
| Serious | 2 | Increases Work Speed by 20% |
| Runner | 2 | Movement Speed is boosted by 20% |
| Musclehead | 2 | Attack is increased by 30% and Work Speed is decreased by 50% |
| Legend | 3 | Increases Attack and Defense by 20% and Movement Speed by 15% |
| Workaholic | 3 | SAN drops 15% slower |
| Vanguard | 3 | Increases the Player’s Attack by 10% |
| Swift | 3 | Movement Speed is boosted by 30% |
| Stronghold Strategist | 3 | Increases Player’s Defence by 10% |
| Rare | 3 | Increases Attack and Work Speed by 15% |
| Motivational Leader | 3 | Increases Player’s speed by 25% |
| Mine Foreman | 3 | Increases Player’s mining efficiency by 25% |
| Logging Foreman | 3 | Increases Player’s logging efficiency by 25% |
| Diet Lover | 3 | Decrease in Hunger is less likely by 15% |
| Artisan | 3 | Work Speed is increased by 50% |
| Ferocious | 3 | Attack is increased by 20% |
| Burly Body | 3 | Defense is increased by 20% |
| Celestial Emperor | 3 | Increases Neutral Attack Damage by 20% |
| Flame Emperor | 3 | Increases Fire Attack Damage by 20% |
| Lord of the Sea | 3 | Increases Water Attack Damage by 20% |
| Ice Emperor | 3 | Increases Ice Attack Damage by 20% |
| Earth Emperor | 3 | Increases Ground Attack Damage by 20% |
| Spirit Emperor | 3 | Increases Grass Attack Damage by 20% |
| Lord of Lightning | 3 | Increases Electric Attack Damage by 20% |
| Lord of the Underworld | 3 | Increases Dark Attack Damage by 20% |
| Divine Dragon | 3 | Increases Dragon Attack Damage by 20% |
Elite Pal-Exclusive Passive Skills
Some Passive Skills are exclusive to certain Pals in Palworld, meaning they can only be acquired after you catch the specific Pal. These traits can be passed down to other offspring through breeding only. Here are all the Special case Passive Skills and how you can obtain them.
| Passive Skill | How to get it |
|---|---|
| Lucky | Only Lucky Pals have this skill |
| Legend | Capturing the Legendary Pals will unlock the Legend Skill. They include Paladius, Necromus, Frostallion, and Jetragon |
| Coward | A Passive Skill common to Cattiva |
| Hooligan | A Passive Skill common to Gorirat |
| Abnormal | A Passive Skill common to Lovander |
| Glutton | A Passive Skill common to Relaxaurus |
| Hard Skin | A Passive Skill common to Astegon and Digitoise |
| Lord of Lightning | Obtained by capturing Orsek in the wild |
| Spirit Emperor | Obtained by capturing Lyleen in the wild |
| Flame Emperor | Obtained by capturing Blazamut in the wild |
| Earth Emperor | Acquired after capturing Alpha Pal Anubis |
| Lord of the Sea | Acquired after capturing Alpha Pal Jormuntide |
| Celestial Emperor | Acquired after capturing Alpha Pal Paladius |
| Lord of the Underworld | Acquired after capturing Alpha Pal Necromus |
| Ice Emperor | Acquired after capturing Alpha Pal Frostallion |
| Divine Dragon | Acquired after capturing Alpha Pal Jetragon |
