In Palworld, the technology tree allows players to unlock many different customizations, weapons, and other useful items. This is the main way players will progress in the game after completing the tutorial and the best way to keep their Pals happy, healthy, and working. Players will soon find that some upgrades are more useful than others.

Technology points in Palworld are important for progress and are something players will want to find as soon as possible. Luckily, there are some key ways to get technology points early, but deciding what to spend them on might be more difficult. Players should prioritize items that can upgrade their base, but there are other useful items. This list focuses on the technology upgrades to get early in the game, making it easiest to get overpowered as soon as possible.

10 Palbox

Back to Basics

You will be forced to unlock the Palbox quite early, but it is the most important technology upgrade to get as soon as possible. Getting your base up and running is the key mechanic that will lead you to success in the game, and with the Palbox, you can store excess Pals you catch early or store resources. While it may seem redundant, players need this upgrade as soon as possible, and the game will not be the same without it.

9 Straw Pal Bed

Sleep Is Necessary For Everyone

Sleep is a necessary part of life, even for your Pals working hard to keep your base in order. This will be necessary to unlock as soon as possible to keep your Pals from getting stressed or sick. The game will quickly inform you that without beds, your Pals will get stressed, and will even keep a running tally of the number of Pals to beds in the base HUD screen at all times. Keep your Pals happy, and they will work much longer and harder.

8 Common Shield

Live Long and Prosper

The Common Shield should be unlocked and crafted as soon as possible after beginning your journey in Palworld. There are a lot of different offensive items, but this is one of the few early defensive items that makes a notable difference. Exploring and fighting Pals - or people - in the wild is a vastly different affair with and without a shield. You will need to have a shield running before attempting the first boss at the Syndicate Tower, so make sure to grab it early.

7 Feed Box

Keep Them Fed

The Feed Box is another very important item to keep your Pals fed and happy in Palworld. However, this also helps you get food as well. If you have Red Berry Bushes, Ranch, or any Food Production on your base, Pals will gather the berries or other types of food automatically and put them directly in the Feed Box. This keeps all the Pals well-fed and allows you to grab the berries when needed. This takes a lot of stress from making sure none of the Pals grow hungry.

6 Berry Plantation

Berries For Everyone

Speaking of berries, the Berry Plantation will let your Pals farm them automatically, allowing them to keep feeding themselves even when the berry bushes are depleted or you do not have a Pal currently working the Ranch. This is one of the most efficient ways of creating food for the whole team, and with the right Pal farming your base, you will not ever have to worry about running out of food or your Pals going hungry.

5 Logging Site

Farming Wood

While there is also a Mining Site, the Logging Site is more of a priority, at least at the beginning of Palworld. The early-game upgrades almost all require Wood to build, and players will grow weary of continuing to knock down whatever trees are on their base. It also can hold 9,999 Wood, meaning having a team of productive Pals with the Lumbering trait will give you enough Wood for your crafting needs. Wood can also be broken down into Fiber and Charcoal, making it even more important to get a large stock of it early.

4 Crusher

Grinding Goodies

A Crusher will allow you to turn all that Wood into Fiber or any extra Stone into Paldium Fragments. Loading this up early will ensure that you always have Paldium Fragments to turn into Pal Spheres, which means you can catch all the Pals you want without worrying too much about the resources needed. Fiber can also be used for a wide variety of crafting options and one that you will only get in small quantities from just cutting down trees.​​​​​​​

3 Medieval Medicine Workbench

Health Is Important

When Pals grow stressed or overworked, their productivity will plummet. They cannot undo this themselves, so giving them medicine is important. The Medieval Medicine Workbench will allow you to produce various remedies to cure your Pals stress and depression. The medicines can be given to the Pal using the Feed Pal option; make sure you do not have the meat cleaver equipped when you go to do so.

2 Crossbow

Sniping From A Distance

The Crossbow is one of the best early-game weapon upgrades players can unlock and equip. There is a huge power difference between the Crossbow and the other earlier bows, even the Triple Shot Bow. It can take out lower-level Pals in one hit and whittles down the health of higher-level Pals quicker than any other player weapon. This can make for a deadly combination when used in conjunction with a Pal that can keep the enemy distracted.​​​​​​​

1 High-Quality Workbench

Crafting With Standards

The High Quality Workbench allows players to craft much better versions of tools. Like in Minecraft, where better tools make work go faster, the metal versions of tools in Palworld will enable the player to farm materials much faster. This is particularly useful when the player has to mine tools themselves outside their base. Getting the most out of a tool is crucial when you are alone without your handy repair station. After all, succeeding at this game is about getting the most efficient out of what you have.