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Palworld Type chart and Element weaknesses

The strengths and weaknesses for every Palworld type.

Palworld creatures Lamball, Cattiva and Chikipi appear to be looking directly at the camera, peeking in from different angles.
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Knowing the Palworld Type chart is essential for defeating opponents, because it teaches you how to take advantage of each type's strengths and how to avoid their weaknesses.

Every Pal has at least one type, referred to as Elements in Palworld, so, if you want a strong team, you need to capture Pals from each of the nine Elements. Through this, you'll be able to create an adaptable team, which can easily take advantage of your enemy's weaknesses.

To help you in this quest, we've placed the Palworld Type chart below and included a list of all the strengths and weaknesses for every Element.

Palworld Type chart

There are nine types in Palworld and, below, you'll find the Palworld Type chart (or Element chart if you want to follow the game's terminology), with the arrows portraying the advantages and disadvantages for each type:

A Palworld Type chart showing all nine elements - as well as arrows that show the advantages and disadvantages of each type.
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For those who'd prefer the information above written out, there's the Palworld type chart organised in a table:

TypeStrengthsWeaknesses
DarkNeutralDragon
DragonDarkIce
ElectricWaterGround
FireGrass and IceWater
GrassGroundFire
GroundElectricGrass
IceDragonFire
NeutralNoneDark
WaterFireElectric

As you see, most types have one advantage, where it will cause more damage, and one disadvantage, where it will cause less. An example of this is how Water-types will cause more damage to Fire-types, but less to Grass. If you're a Pokémon fan then the majority of these strengths and weaknesses will already be well known to you as Palworld follows a very similar type structure to that franchise, like Ice-types having an advantage over Dragon-types.

There are, however, a number of notable differences, with a central one being that Fire-types have two advantages - Grass and Ice - and are only weak to Water-types. Neutral also has no advantages at all, but is weak to Dark-type attacks.

When fighting enemy Pals, it's important to make sure the type of Pal you're using matches the weakness of your foe, so, if you're battling a Water Pal, use an Electric-type. For this reason, it's a good idea to build a diverse team, covering as many of the types as possible, so you're always ready to adapt when necessary. Keep in mind that some Pals are double types and, while that increases their advantages, it also affects which types they're weak to.

A Palworld character approaches a Lamball in the wild, and gets ready to strike it with a weapon.
A Pal's type is displayed on the left-hand side of its name in the overworld. | Image credit: Eurogamer/Pocketpair

You may also want to have a number of back-up Pals trained and ready to go in your Pal Box if you encounter a foe using a type whose weakness you don't readily keep in your team.

A Pal's type is displayed to the left-hand side of their name in the overworld. It can also be found in the Paldeck and on the specific page for each Pal. We've made this easy for you with our Paldeck list, which lists each Pal and their type.

The Paldeck entry for Cattiva. The cute, pink creature looks similar to a cat.
A Palworld character approaches a Lamball in the wild, and gets ready to strike it with a weapon.
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(Keep in mind that your character is also susceptible to Pal attacks. We don't know what type humans are though...)

Hope you're enjoying Palworld, and if you need any extra help, don't forget to check-out our guides for farming Ore, farming Suplhur and finding the best flying mounts.

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