At a glance: Paldium Fragment weighs 1 and sells for 2; Hexolite needs level 58 and 2 tech points.
The material spine of Palworld
Palworld’s crafting tree rests on a handful of materials you will farm over and over: Paldium Fragment for the early gear and Spheres, Coal and Ore for Refined Ingots, Sulfur for Gunpowder, and the late-game trio of Hexolite Quartz, Chromite and Hexolite. Each has a fixed weight, sell price and source, and knowing those numbers is what turns a vague “go mine stuff” trip into a route.
This page collects the ones that show up most in recipes, with the exact wiki figures. For the raid-boss materials (Cores and Parts), see the Ancient Civilization Cores guide; for the base side, the resource farming guide covers automating the gathering with Pals.
Raw and mined materials
| Material | Weight | Sell Price | Primary Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paldium Fragment | 1 | 2 | Explore / refine Stone / Wandering Merchant (200) |
| Coal | 5 | 3 | Coal Rocks in caves (Mining 3) |
| Sulfur | 3 | 7 | Large yellow nodes, Volcano biome / dungeons |
| Hexolite Quartz | 2 | 7 | Hexolite quartz rocks, Feybreak Island only |
Paldium Fragment
Paldium Fragment is a Common material, Weight 1, Sell Price 2. It is one of the earliest materials in the game and is used to craft Pal Spheres and Pal Gear. You get it three ways: find it naturally while exploring, refine it from Stone, or buy it from Wandering Merchants for 200 (the wiki lists it under random-incident merchants). Because Spheres eat Paldium constantly, keep a stack on you at all times.
Coal
Coal is Common, Weight 5, Sell Price 3. It spawns in caves and is required to make high-quality metal — specifically, Coal + Ore → Refined Ingots at the Improved Furnace. It cannot be bought or crafted. You mine it from Coal Rocks, which require Mining Work Suitability 3 on a Pal, or you get it as an enemy drop: Blazamut ×10, Blazamut Ryu ×10, Menasting ×10, Pierdon ×4–5.
Sulfur
Sulfur is Common, Weight 3, Sell Price 7. It is the Gunpowder material, used for firearms and ammo. It is a mineable ore found most often in volcanic regions — the nodes are large and yellow, easy to tell from copper. Early on you find small amounts in dungeons; the big quantities come from the Volcano biome in the open world. Like Coal, it cannot be bought.
Hexolite Quartz
Hexolite Quartz is Common, Weight 2, Sell Price 7, and it is found only on Feybreak Island. The wiki describes it as Paladium that condensed over years into a rainbow-glowing crystal. You mine it from hexolite quartz rocks (mostly white with a faded rainbow look), and it also drops from Celesdir ×2–3. It is the key ingredient for Hexolite and for level 55+ recipes — the gate to the true end-game gear.
Refined and advanced materials
| Material | Recipe | Station | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Refined Ingot | Ore 2 + Coal 2 | Improved Furnace | 70 Workload; unlocks Tier 34, 4 tech points |
| Hexolite | Chromite 5 + Hexolite Quartz 12 + Ore 20 | — | 5,000 Workload; Hexolite tech Lv58, 2 points |
Refined Ingot
Refined Ingot is Common, Weight 5, Sell Price 32. Craft it from 2 Ore + 2 Coal at an Improved Furnace (70 Workload). The Improved Furnace unlocks at Tier 34 for 4 Technology points. One rule the wiki stresses: Charcoal cannot be used in this recipe — it must be Coal. That single restriction is why Coal, not Charcoal, is the mid-game bottleneck.
Hexolite
Hexolite is Common, Weight 1, Sell Price 20. It is an alloy of Chromite, Ingot and Hexolite Quartz, crafted from Chromite ×5 + Hexolite Quartz ×12 + Ore ×20 (5,000 Workload). It requires the Hexolite technology at Level 58 for 2 points, cannot be purchased from merchants, and also drops from Neptilius ×10. Hexolite is the material behind advanced equipment and structures, so the Feybreak Quartz farm above is really a Hexolite farm in disguise.
A farming order that matches progression
Put the numbers in order and the efficient route writes itself:
- Early game: hoard Paldium Fragments while exploring and refining Stone — they are the Sphere currency.
- Mid game: farm Coal Rocks (Mining 3 Pals) and Ore, then smelt Refined Ingots at 2 Ore + 2 Coal. This is the gear tier that matters.
- Gun tier: hit the Volcano biome for Sulfur nodes and turn it into Gunpowder.
- End game: go to Feybreak Island for Hexolite Quartz, pair it with Chromite, and craft Hexolite at Level 58.
The math is simple but easy to ignore: 1 Hexolite = 5 Chromite + 12 Hexolite Quartz + 20 Ore, so a single Hexolite piece of gear can cost dozens of Quartz. Farm the Feybreak rocks in bulk before you start crafting, not after you run dry mid-recipe. Bank the Quartz in bulk — it is the single material most likely to stall a late-game craft.
For the tech side, the technology guide covers where to spend points on the Improved Furnace and Hexolite unlocks. The pals database helps you pick Mining-3 Pals for Coal Rocks, the weapons guide shows what Refined Ingots become, and the beginner guide frames the early Paldium loop.