Best Base Pals
Updated – Tides of Terraria.
For Applied Work Book :
Check the Pal Work Stats page and choose depending on what secondary skills you want.
While Leveling:
Base Pal Progression List.
Electricity
Orserk
Electricity 4
Transporting 3
Handiwork 2
Competes with Azurmane as the Lv 4 Electric pal. Electric pals have a lot
of downtime, so Orserks Transport and Handiwork skills are more useful than Azurmanes Lv 1 Gathering.
Applied Technique Book Option: Helzephyr Lux
Kindling
Jormuntide Ignis
Kindling 4
Blazamut Ryu
Kindling 4
Mining 4
Jormuntide Ignis is much easier to get with good passives and to catch
for condensing. Ryu will mine when not kindling.
Applied Technique Book Option: Blazehowl Noct, Sootseer, Incineram Noct, Ghangler Ignis
Gathering
Frostallion Noct
Gathering 4
Nocturnal
Braloha
Gathering 4
Planting 4
Mining 2
Applied Technique Book Option: Prunelia, Shroomer Noct.
Mining
Astegon
Mining 4
Handiwork 1
Its already a Nocturnal pal, mining pals in general don’t have downtime.
There is no real benefit to using applied technique books on new mining
pals. Pick what you like if you don’t want Astegon.
Planting
Prunelia
Planting 3
Medicine 3
Gathering 2
Handiwork 1
Transporting 1
The only Planting Lv4 pal is Lyleen. However due to the Partner Skill Prunelia will still give more crops per hour. Turn off Gathering and let a high level gathering pal do that instead.
Applied Technique Book Option: Prunelia and Lullu for the Partner Skills.
Caprity Noct for Nocturnal.
Watering
Jormuntide
Watering 4
Faleris Aqua
Watering 4
Transporting 3
Ghangler
Watering 4
Transporting 2
Nocturnal.
Jellroy
Watering 2
Handiwork 1
Medicine 1
Transporting 1
Bonus Watering Speed While Jelliette is in the base
Jelliette
Watering 2
Transporting 1
Handiwork 1
Bonus Watering Speed While Jellroy is in the base
Jellroy & Jelliette get +50, 60, 70, 90, 120% Watering Work Speed for each star while in the base together. 4 each of this is best in slot for fishing and salvage, so you might as well focus on these with work speed passives and Applied Work Books.
Jormuntide chain breeds into Jormuntide Ignis, so it is less work to breed
for both work stats.
Faleris Aqua has Transporting.
Ghangler is naturally nocturnal.
Neptilius is a bit more work for no gain.
Medicine
Lullu
Medicine 2
Planting 2
Handiwork 2
Gathering 1
Prunelia
Medicine 3
Transporting 3
Planting 3
Handiwork 1
Gathering 2
Medicine is not super important, using pals that give other benefits is more worth than breeding a Bellanoir Libero for it.
Applied Technique Book Option: The pals above.
Handiwork
Anubis
Handiwork 4
Mining 3
Transporting 2
Out of the pals with Handiwork Lv 4 Anubis has the best secondary Work Skill in Mining.
Applied Technique Book Option: Sootseer, nocturnal with mining.
Lumbering
Celesdir
Lumbering 4
Gathering 1
Shroomer Noct
Lumbering 2
Gathering 2
Planting 2
Handiwork 1
Shroomer Noct has lower Lumbering skill, but you don’t need a lot of wood in the end game. It has a sanity reduction buff for base pals, meaning less breaks or sick workers.
Applied Technique Book Option: Shroomer Noct is good for it.
Cooling
Bastigor
Cooling 4
Mining 3
Lumbering 3
Whalaska
Cooling 4
Watering 3
Whalaska
Cooling 4
Kindling 3
Will need nocturnal to work the freezer, a budget pal is Vanwyrm Cryst for the freezer.
Whalaska & Ignis have better secondary skills.
Applied Technique Book Option: Vanwyrm Cryst, Nocturnal and can transport when not crushing.
Transporting
Vanwyrm
Transporting 3
Kindling 1
Knocklem
Transporting 4
Mining 4
Gathering 3
Eye of Cthulhu
Transporting 4
Faleris Aqua
Watering 4
Transporting 3
Applied Technique Book Option: Mimog, Faleris, any leftover work pal.