How to get Wood in Palworld

The quickest way to get Wood in Palworld: chop trees (everywhere). Or buy it from a caravan merchant (12 gold each). In all, 1 loot table holds it and 94 recipes use it.

Best ways to get it

Earliest in the game first: what you can do with the lowest level and technology.

Chop treesAnywhere, or let Lumbering Pals do it at a base.
Buy it from a caravan merchant12 gold each; Vagrant trader.
Inside a Wood3 at 100%.

Where to buy Wood

Merchants sell it for 12 gold each (they buy it back for 1.2). Fixed merchants stand in towns; caravans and the roaming merchant move around.

Merchant	Price	Map
Vagrant trader	12 gold	—

Chests and other loot with Wood

Every loot table that can hold it, with how many it gives and how likely. “On the map” counts the spots our map shows for that table.

Inside other items (1)

Where	Amount	Chance	On the map
Inside a Wood	3	100%	—

What Wood is used for

45 items need it, with how many each craft takes.

Show the other 21

Structures that need it

Lab research

Handiwork Speed 1 · 50
Handiwork Speed 2 · 100
Handiwork Research Tips 1 · 50
Sphere Duplication Technique 1 · 100
Planting Research 1 · 50
Silo Development · 100
Crop Knowledge 1 · 70
Planting Research Tips 1 · 50
Lumbering Research 1 · 50
Lumbering Research 2 · 150
Stump and Axe Development · 50
Lumbering Research 3 · 400
Lumbering Research 4 · 900
Time-Saving Expedition 1 · 150
Mastery of Expeditions 1 · 300
Time-Saving Expedition 2 · 400
Mastery of Expeditions 2 · 600
Time-Saving Expedition 3 · 800
Mastery of Expeditions 3 · 800
Lumbering Research Tips 1 · 150
Lumbering Research Tips 2 · 300
Base Pal Enhancement 1 · 800
Snowman Development · 30

Palworld 1.0.5. Chances are per drop or per chest, as the game rolls them.

Quick answers

How do I get Wood in Palworld?

Chop trees: Anywhere, or let Lumbering Pals do it at a base. Buy it from a caravan merchant: 12 gold each; Vagrant trader. Inside a Wood: 3 at 100%.

What is Wood used for?

94 recipes: Arrow, Poison Arrow, Fire Arrow, Stone Axe, Metal Axe, Wooden Club, Bat and Meat Cleaver and more. Also 23 lab researches.

Can you buy Wood?

Yes, for 12 gold from Vagrant trader. It sells for 1.2 gold.

Which version of Palworld is this for?

Palworld 1.0.5. Recipes, drops, merchants and loot tables are for this version; locations use our interactive map.

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