You fight alongside your Pal, so your own guns and armour matter — especially for the tougher towers and Alpha Pals. Progressing your loadout on schedule is often the difference between a clean tower run and a wipe.
Weapon progression
- Start with the bow and crossbow, then move to firearms (handgun, assault rifle) as schematics unlock.
- The rocket launcher and legendary firearms carry the final towers and raids.
- Mounted-weapon Pals (miniguns, flamethrowers) add burst you can't get on foot.
- Keep ammo stocked — a sulfur base and Assembly Line keep you supplied.
Armour & survival gear
- Craft Cloth → Refined Metal → Pal Metal armour as you level for big defence jumps.
- Carry heat-resistant and cold-resistant armour for the desert and snow biomes.
- A shield (Mega/Giga Shield) absorbs the big hits during boss fights.
- Bring healing (medical supplies) and status cures on every tower attempt.
Loadout tips
Match your gun's element rounds and your active Pal to the boss's weakness, keep a shield up, and don't stand still — most tower deaths come from eating a telegraphed AoE while reloading. Reload behind cover, then re-engage.
Weapons by stage
- Early: Old Bow then Crossbow for quiet, cheap damage while you level.
- Mid: Handgun and Assault Rifle once schematics and a sulfur/ammo base are online.
- Late: Rocket Launcher and legendary firearms for the final towers and raids.
- Always: match ammo and element to the target and keep a mounted-weapon Pal for burst.
Rough unlock levels
- The Old Bow lands around level 3 and the Crossbow around level 13 — enough to hunt and clear the first tower quietly before firearms exist.
- Handgun-class weapons come online in the high 20s, with the Assault Rifle widely reported around level 45 as the point sustained gunplay starts carrying tower fights and Alpha hunts.
- Every craftable gun scales through five rarity tiers, Common up to Legendary, and the jump in attack and magazine size from bottom to top tier is substantial — worth chasing a Legendary schematic for whatever gun you main.
- Legendary schematics for the strongest weapon tier drop from Alpha field bosses at a low single-digit percentage (about 3% for most), so it can take dozens of fights before one appears; chests, supply drops and treasure maps are the other sources.
Cross-checked
Cross-checked on 5 September 2026 against Dexerto's weapon-unlock list and the Palworld Wiki. What is still unverified is the only thing reading cannot settle — nobody here has played it.