There is more to capturing and raising all of the numerous Pals when you’re playing through Palworld, as they do more than just bring certain elemental damage to a fight. When you capture a Pal, you are unlocking specific abilities to help around your camp, as well as the ability to unlock special abilities that each one has called Passive and Active skills. These two types of skills can make each Pal even more useful than what you are getting right as you catch them.

While you will have to do some work to fully take advantage of these, it is always important to know what you are getting yourself into whenever you capture a Pal. This is why you should know what Active and Passive skills are, and how they differ from one another. It is easy for this information to get lost between all the other mechanics that are offered in Palworld, which is why this guide is here to help clear it all up.

What Are Active Skills?

In essence, a Pal’s Active Skills are the ones that they will mainly use while in combat. You can use these skills to attack other enemies, raise their defense, and do other actions just as you would have in a game like Pokemon. A Pal’s Active Skills are the Palworld equivalent to Pokemon’s Moves.

Each Pal can have up to 3 Active Skills at a time, and they will unlock more Active Skills as they level up and grow more powerful. You can also teach these to your Pals as you gain access to items that allow you to do so, like certain fruits. Active Skills are also consistent across all the Pals, meaning that two different Cattivas have access to the same Active Skills. You have much more customization for Active Skills than you do with Passive Skills, and making sure that your Pal is going to be as efficient in combat as can possibly make it.

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What Are Passive Skills?

Passive Skills, on the other hand, are randomized Skills that are given to the Pal whenever you capture them. This means that each Pal you have will come with its own unique set of Passive Skills and that two of the same Pal won’t necessarily share the same ones.

This is because Passive Skills are more like buffs or debuffs, than they are powers for your Pal to use. Sometimes each Passive Skill will come with both a buff and a debuff, while others may just have one of the two. An example of these skills would be a Pal having increased damage against a certain type of Pal while also losing its Working Speed.

You cannot choose which Passive Skills your Pals will have, to an extent. You can gain control once you start breeding different Pals. Choosing the right parent Pals with the Passive Skills you have can then have that skill passed on to the child. But that is an incredibly time-consuming process that probably isn’t worth your time.

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