Palworld Types of Wood: Wood, Hardwood, Ancient Bark, Mythical Wood
Palworld 1.0 has four wood tiers players actually craft with. Ordinary Wood is everywhere. Hardwood, Ancient Bark, and Mythical Wood gate gliders, accessories, and World Tree gear.
Wood looks simple until a recipe suddenly asks for Hardwood or Ancient Bark. Treat the four names as a ladder: common trees, harsh-biome timber, extreme bark, then World Tree Mythical Wood.
Wood
Materials
Material for structures and items. Can be obtained by cutting trees.
Hardwood
Materials
High-quality wood carefully selected from sturdy trees grown in harsh environments such as deserts, volcanic regions, and snowy mountains.
Ancient Bark
Materials
The bark of a tree that has lived for many years in extreme environments. Even the thin bark evokes a sense of boundless vitality.
Mythical Wood
Materials
Rare wood imbued with the power of the World Tree. Only skilled craftsmen are able to process it.
Wood (common)
- Chop ordinary trees anywhere. Early structures, bows, and Charcoal all start here.
- Charcoal + Sulfur becomes Gunpowder. Keep a Logging camp stocked so production never stalls.
Hardwood
Hardwood is high-quality timber from harsh biomes (desert, volcanic, snow). Mid and late weapons, bigger inventories, meal pouches, and the Mega Glider chew through it.
- Craft highlights: Mega Glider (100), Large Toolboxes and meal pouches, Double-Barreled Shotgun and Single-Shot Rifle lines, Metal Bats.
- Mythical Wooden Board also asks for 10 Hardwood with Mythical Wood and Chromite.
Wumpo BotanPaldeck #134Guardian of the South
Hardwood
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6Wumpo Botan drops Hardwood every time (2-5). Strong butcher or capture farm once you can field it.
PalumbaPaldeck #106Samba Step
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5Palumba always drops Hardwood (2-4).
MossandaPaldeck #102Grenadier Panda
Hardwood3244Mossanda and Mossanda Lux drop Hardwood (1-3) on the same loop.
Ancient Bark
Bark from trees that survived extreme environments. Almost every recipe that asks for it is an accessory, not a building. Farm it on the same desert, volcano, and snow routes you already run for Hardwood.
- Reptyro Charm: 30 Ancient Bark. Huge Fire / heat resistance.
- Air Walker Mk I: 15 Ancient Bark. Mid-air jump and dash.
- Islander's Tool Belt: 30 Ancient Bark. Carry weight and Work Speed.
- Pal Tamer's Glasses: 15 Ancient Bark. Attacks cannot drop a Pal below 1 HP, and they reveal hidden potentials.
Mythical Wood
- World Tree timber. Nodes vanish without World Tree Holy Water active.
- Ancient Relic Recycler also prints Mythical Wood from World Tree relics (Decayed through Glistening tiers).
- Key crafts: Mythical Wooden Board, Wing Cell, Ancient Sphere, explosion-resist accessories.
Full World Tree circuit for Mythical Wood and Paloxite.
Mythical Wood and PaloxiteDrink Holy Water before you touch World Tree nodes.
Holy Water farmChromite for Mythical Wooden Boards shares the late ore map.
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