Palworld: How to increase Sanity and stop Pals from slacking off
How to keep your Palworld Pals happy and healthy.
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To progress smoothly in Pocketpair’s new “Pokémon with guns” survival game Palworld, you’ll need to build bases where you can put your captured Pals to work producing the resources needed for important weapons, tools, and other crafts. However, after doing so, many players have noticed that one or more of their Pals lose their motivation to fulfill their duties and start “slacking off” (relatable). When this happens, they become much less productive, and often stop working altogether.
The reason for these slumps is a low Sanity level, or SAN. Therefore, to help your Pal get on the road to recovery and return to a consistent daily work schedule, you’ll need to increase their Sanity. Thankfully, there are a few different ways to do that inPalworld— all of which I’ll go over in this guide.
What to do if a Pal is slacking off in Palworld
While you’re in aPalworld base, the status of all the Pals you have working at it will appear at the top-right corner of your screen. If one or more of them is “slacking off,” it means that they have a low Sanity level you’ll need to deal with — something you can confirm by looking at their SAN meter in the Palbox menu. Note that it’s normal for Pals to “take a short break,” so don’t worry if you see that notice appear.
Typically, Pals only start slacking off when the base they’re in is lacking an important facility or critical resources needed to keep things running smoothly. With that in mind, you can increase the Sanity of your Pals by checking to see that you’ve set up the following structures and processes:
By following the above checklist of suggestions, your Pals will stop slacking off and return to diligently performing their duties. And in my experience, it’s unlikely that you’ll ever even see a Pal slacking off again as long as your base has enough beds, food, and relaxation areas, as well as medicine to use when it’s needed.
Palworld is available now on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One consoles, and Windows PC via either the Microsoft Store or Steam. It’s quickly become one of thebest Xbox gamesandbest PC gamesof 2024 so far, and it’s also playable throughXbox Game Pass.
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Brendan Lowry is a Windows Central writer and Oakland University graduate with a burning passion for video games, of which he’s been an avid fan since childhood. He’s been writing for Team WC since the summer of 2017, and you’ll find him doing news, editorials, reviews, and general coverage on everything gaming, Xbox, and Windows PC. His favorite game of all time is probably NieR: Automata, though Elden Ring, Fallout: New Vegas, and Team Fortress 2 are in the running, too. When he’s not writing or gaming, there’s a good chance he’s either watching an interesting new movie or TV show or actually going outside for once.Follow him on X(Twitter).
