Normal Mode

Stats

Counter Pals

These pals are available around level 10 and either have good attacks or decent resistances vs Zoe.

Direhowl (Bog Blast + Fierce Fang), Foxparks (Partner Skill), Rushroar, Univolt, Incineram (Partner Skill).

A level 10 Direhowl with just Bog Blast + Fierce Fang can solo Zoe & Grizzbolt.

Counter Attacks

It can be tricky to find good Skill Fruits this early. Check early Skill Fruit Trees for Ground skills (top pick is Sand Tornado), Flare Storm, Seed Mine and Grass Tornado. Tornado skills are good early/mid game attacks.

See Best Active Skills.

Threats

Lightning Claw can be tricky to dodge. Try to rely on the shield to tank this skill while dodging the others.

Tips

You will easily outlevel Zoe, you can come back in a few minutes with a big level advantage and better attacks.
Burn & Poison are heavily reduced vs Tower Bosses, only dealing ~1.5% over their entire duration.

Hard Mode

Adds a Crusher to the start of the fight, easiest to clear out with a quick Rocket Launcher for the stun effect.

Stats

Counter Pals

Anubis or Gildane with Gobfins for a Player Attack build.
Knocklem(s) for Pal Attack build.
Hard Mode adds Grass Attacks to Zoe to counter Ground. You can also bring an electric or grass pal like Azurmane or Warsect.

Counter Attacks

Rockburst, Air Blade, Stone Beat, Sand Tornado

See Best Active Skills.

Threats

The root effect from the new grass attacks can cause trouble, watch out for Spine Vine and random Seed Mine explosions.

Tips

Send out a pal with Rockburst close to Zoe for max damage.
Use a Grapple to dodge while rooted.

Normal Mode

Stats

Counter Pals

These pals are available around level 25 and either have good attacks or decent resistances vs Lily.

Wixen (Partner Skill), Foxparks (Partner Skill), Incineram (Partner Skill), Vanwyrm.

Counter Attacks

Flare Storm and Ignis Breath Skill Fruits can be bought from Merchants.

See Best Active Skills.

Threats

Lots of Root attacks and slows from water attacks. Poison from Poison Fog hurts the Player & Pals quite a bit.
Lyleen also heals, so dps can become an issue.

Tips

When Lyleen tries to get close get ready to withdraw or dodge a Poison Fog.
Use Grapple to dodge if you get rooted.
Vanwyrm learns its exclusive attack at Lv 26.

Hard Mode

Adds some humans to the start of the fight, watch out for the electric crossbow.

Stats

Counter Pals

Hard Mode Lily uses more Water attacks than Grass, so bringing a Fire Pal is not always great. Wixen and Ragnahawk still work great though.

Other options are Grass or Water pals with fire attacks like Finsider Ignis.

Counter Attacks

Flame Funnel > Air Blade = Flare Storm.

See Best Active Skills.

Threats

The root effect from the grass attacks can cause trouble. Wall Splash destroys most fire pals.

Tips

Flame Funnel is a big dps boost against Lily. Most of the attacks are not blocked by pillars, it is best to keep moving in a circle around the boss room.

Normal Mode

Stats

Counter Pals

These pals are available around level 40 and either have good attacks or decent resistances vs Axel. At this point in the game I will also add some breeding options.

Catch: Wumpo, Gorirat Terra, Dazemu
Breed: Anubis, Knocklem

Counter Attacks

Sand Tornado Skill Fruits can be bought from Merchants.
Rockburst > Diamond Rain > Sand Tornado = Air Blade = Icicle Line = Blizzard Spike

See Best Active Skills.

Threats

Kerauno can deal heavy damage. Dragon Cannon has a fast animation and projectile.

Tips

Axel is a bit of a glass cannon. With the double weakness to two elements with strong attacks dps should not be an issue.

Wumpos exclusive skill was great for a fresh caught pal vs Axel.

Hard Mode

Adds some pals to the start of the fight, they are very weak and usually die to random aoe.

Stats

Counter Pals

Hard Mode Axel is weak to some of the strongest pals and attacks in Palworld.
Player Attack Build: Anubis, Gildane, Frostallion, Icelyn, Lovander.
Frostallion gives a greater attack boost to the player, see Max Attack Build.
Pal Attack Builds: Knocklem, Bastigor.

Counter Attacks

Rockburst > Diamond Rain/Stone Beat > Sand Tornado = Air Blade = Icicle Line = Blizzard Spike.

See Best Active Skills.

Threats

A few Grass Attacks to counter Ground Pals, but no Fire attacks vs Ice pals.
Beam Slicer and Blast Cannon are big threats that can also burn.
Polykerauno can be tricky to dodge and deals high damage.

Tips

Never stop moving or Beam Slicer will get you. Focus on dodging over dealing damage.
Position your Pal next to Orserk for huge Rockburst hits.

Normal Mode

Stats

Counter Pals

These pals are available around level 45 and either have good attacks or decent resistances vs Marcus. Marcus is very weak to Holy Burst, Wall Splash and Hydro Slicer.

Croajiro Noct, Turtacle, Fuack ignis, Gloopie, Jelliette, Jellroy – all learn Hydro Slicer
Lullu, Mimog, Yakumo, Celesdir – All learn Holy Burst
Faleris Aqua, Croajiro, Finsider, Jelliette – all learn Curtain Splash

Catching a mix of 5 of these will do the trick, some good options around Marcus level is Finsider inside desert/volcano dungeons, around level 35.
Yakumo on Sakurajima, try to catch the level 45 ones so you don’t need to level them.

Counter Attacks

Acid Rain Skill Fruits can be bought from Merchants.

Holy Burst > Hydro Slicer > Wall Splash > Air Blade = Splash.

See Best Active Skills.

Threats

Phoenix Flare. When you withdraw dodge your pal it can redirect the tackle towards you if you withdraw too soon.
Some electric skills to counter water pals.
Lots of Burn effects from quick projectiles like Ignis Blast.

Tips

Using fire pals increases temperature, using ice decreases. This affects how much burn damage you will take.
Any pal that learns Holy Burst or Wall Splash when leveling will do great vs Faleris.

Hard Mode

Adds some police to the start of the fight, they are very weak and usually die to random aoe.

Stats

Counter Pals

Any pal with Holy Burst.
Selyne is the best option, getting x2 damage on Holy Burst with the Partner Skill.
Neptilius and Finsider Ignis are also good options.
Player Attack Build: Felbat or Azurobe. Azurobe is a little bit clunky vs Faleris and Holy Bursting pals deal very high DPS. One of the few fights where the Gobfin Build is not king.

Counter Attacks

Holy Burst >Hydro Slicer > Wall Splash > Air Blade.
In general adding another water attack gives worse results since it will take priority over Holy Burst.

See Best Active Skills.

Threats

Raging Flame Wave, try to get out before it closes the circle.
Thunderstorm can lead to follow up hits, sprint away from it.

Tips

Holy Burst makes this one of the fastest and easiest Hard Modes.

Mounting Selyne after the animation of Holy Burst starts will give it double damage on hit, followed by a player controlled Holy Burst with double damage.

Use the Ring of Fire Resistance +2 and Electric Resistance +2. Hard Mode Marcus only uses these 2 elements.

Normal Mode

Stats

Counter Pals

Shadowbeak, Astegon, Knocklem, Chillet (Player Attack), Vanwyrm Cryst,
Xenogard, Silvegis, Selyne.

Counter Attacks

Holy Burst > Beam Slicer = Blast Cannon > Air Blade
Shadowbeak also has a huge hitbox, making it very weak to these attacks.

See Best Active Skills.

Threats

Divine Disaster, Blizzard Spike. Lots of Ice attacks to counter dragon pals. Bringing Ice or Dark pals with dragon attacks is best.

Tips

Use the pillars to dodge Divine Disaster. Jump to dodge Blizzard Spike.

Hard Mode

Adds a clone when Victor starts getting low on health. Ignore the clone (it has a hp bar) and keep focusing the real Victor.

Stats

Counter Pals

Pal Builds: Knocklem, Shadowbeak, Bellanoir Libero, Necromus, Jetragon, Xenogard, Blazamut Ryu, Xenolord, Silvegis, Selyne

Player Attack Build: Chillet

Counter Attacks

Holy Burst > Beam Slicer = Blast Cannon > Air Blade
Shadowbeak also has a huge hitbox, making it very weak to these attacks.

See Best Active Skills.

Threats

Hard Mode Victor uses the strongest attacks in the game from almost every element. Divine Disaster 1 & 2 also hit very hard. You will need to withdraw dodge vs most of the attacks.

Tips

Vampiric pals do great vs Victor with the 3 strong attacks. Getting the clone and Victor stacked up vs these attacks also results in a lot of healing. You might need to reposition your pal to not have it focus on the clone.

Normal Mode

Stats

Counter Pals

Shadowbeak, Knocklem, Chillet (Player Attack), Vanwyrm Cryst,
Xenogard, Silvegis.

Counter Attacks

Beam Slicer = Blast Cannon = Air Blade.

See Best Active Skills.

Threats

Saya hits very hard with most attacks. Close range Air Blade and Holy Burst can one shot most pals. Diamond Rain destroys most dragon pals.

Tips

More than double the attack of normal Victor but with less HP and DEF.
Always run counter clockwise. Dodging Starlight Beam seems to work best with a sprint/roll to the right.

Don’t let your pal walk to close due to Air Blade.

Hard Mode

Adds two basic Selynes when Saya gets low, they can deal a lot of damage but are squishy.

Stats

Counter Pals

Pal Builds: Knocklem, Shadowbeak, Bellanoir Libero, Necromus, Jetragon, Xenogard, Blazamut Ryu, Xenolord, Silvegis.

Player Attack Build: Chillet

Similar case to Victor where no pal is “great”. Saya does heavy damage to all pals, but most against big pals like Jormuntide or Astegon.

Counter Attacks

Beam Slicer, Blast Cannon, Air Blade.
These attacks can also hit the adds when they spawn for huge healing with Vampiric.

See Best Active Skills.

Threats

Hard Mode Saya has a lot of One-Shot skills, be ready to withdraw dodge against Holy Burst, Air Blade, Star Mine, Double Blizzard Spike, Diamond Rain and Blast Cannon.

Dark Cannon is a fast attack that can interrupt shield regen.

Tips

Focus on staying alive more than dealing damage. When you start getting close to the add phase slow down and make sure to have full shields and weapons reloaded, then try to burst down the Selynes when they spawn.

If they start attacking they will spread out and can quickly overwhelm the player.

Normal Mode

Stats

Counter Pals

Knocklem, Shadowbeak, Bellanoir Libero, Bastigor
Player Attack: Wixen, Ragnahawk

Counter Attacks

Flame Funnel > Rockburst = Air Blade > Flare Storm = Lightning Streak = Seed Mine.

See Best Active Skills.

Threats

Normal Bjorn has one attack that Hard Mode doesn’t that hits very hard, Rockburst. Glacial Impact is difficult to dodge and deals heavy damage with a freeze effect. Diamond Rain, Stone Beat and Wall Splash all shred party pals.

Tips

Lots of Water attacks to counter fire pals, bringing Faleris or Jormuntide Ignis to this fight is no fun. Grapple + Tripple Jump boots makes the fight a lot easier, especially with an added Galeclaw.

Don’t let your pal walk to close due to Rockburst.

Hard Mode

Adds some humans to the start of the fight, they are not very dangerous but can have an annoying missile to stun your pal.

Stats

Counter Pals

Knocklem, Shadowbeak, Bellanoir Libero, Bastigor, Necromus
Player Attack: Wixen, Ragnahawk

At this point of the game the pals you bring vs normal and hard modes are similar. Using a Wixen with grass attacks is currently the fastest method by far, but not the easiest.
Using Felbat or Knocklem makes the fight much easier.

If using a regular Pal Damage Build the risk is that the Pal deals enough damage to draw aggro from the Player, leading to a cycle of withdraw dodging. It is better to have a Pal dealing just below Player Damage.

Counter Attacks

Flame Funnel > Rockburst = Air Blade > Flare Storm = Lightning Streak = Seed Mine.

Rockburst and Air Blade when positioned correctly deal heavy amounts of damage to Bjorn. Fire attacks outside of Flame Funnel are a bit lacking compared to the Dragon or Water skills from earlier boss fights.

See Best Active Skills.

Threats

Hard Mode Bjorn has a lot of One-Shot skills with its huge attack stat, be ready to withdraw dodge against Glacial Impact, Double Blizzard Spike, Stone Beat, Diamond Rain and Wall Splash.

Dark arrow is a fast attack that can interrupt shield regen.

Tips

Hard Mode Bjorn has such big damage boosts that most of the attacks become one-shots. Wearing a +2 Resistance ring can help a lot for attacks you have trouble dodging.