Palworld

Your very first catch - lob a Pal Sphere at any weakened wild Pal in the opening minutes. Part of the tutorial, so you can't miss it.

Ten different species (repeats don't count). Comes almost straight away - just chuck spheres at every new Pal you meet in the first hour.

Twenty different species. Keep catching one of everything new and you'll pass 20 within the first couple of hours. A new type is always worth more than re-catching one you've got.

The first Tower Boss - the Rayne Syndicate's Zoe & Grizzbolt, in the central grasslands. Grizzbolt is Electric, so a Ground Pal shrugs off its attacks. Keep moving, focus fire, and pack healing. Comfortable around level 15-20.

Fifty species. Push out into the snow and desert biomes for fresh Pals and it ticks over naturally. Check your Paldeck for the gaps and go where those Pals spawn.

The Free Pal Alliance's Lily & Lyleen. Lyleen is Grass, so bring Fire Pals and weapons to melt it. Over-level a touch and keep your healing topped.

Ninety species. By now you're hunting specific gaps - work the Paldeck's missing entries and hit night-only and biome-specific spawns you've been skipping.

Axel & Orserk of the Brothers of the Eternal Pyre. Orserk is Dragon/Electric, so Ice Pals wreck it. A later-game tower - come strong, with ammo and plenty of healing.

Yes, you can catch people. Weaken any human NPC - a syndicate grunt works fine - then throw a Pal Sphere at them exactly like you would a Pal. Cheeky, and it counts. (Careful, it turns the rest hostile.)

Marcus & Faleris (PIDF). Faleris is a Fire phoenix, so Water Pals counter it hard. Keep your distance, dodge its dives and burst it down.

Discover 10 areas - you tick these off just by touching the big Fast Travel statues and rolling into dungeons and points of interest. Comes in the first hour or two of wandering.

Victor & Shadowbeak (PAL Genetic Research) - the toughest of the base-game towers. Shadowbeak is Dark, so Dragon Pals hit hardest. Bring your best endgame Pals, strong guns and a big healing stack.

Catch Jetragon, the legendary dragon field boss out in the far south-western volcanic desert. It's fast and hits like a truck - snipe from range, get its HP into the red, then spam Ultra/Legendary spheres. An Ice Pal helps, and bring a big stack of spheres.

Seize the Oil Rig - the big PIDF sea fortress off the coast, and a proper endgame assault: high-level guards, turrets and the No Fly Zone Attack Chopper. Come geared with strong ranged weapons, a flying mount and plenty of healing, clear it out and claim it.

You get a Bounty Token the first time you beat or catch each Alpha Pal - the big field-boss Pals with a red name marker. Just take down 5 different Alphas as you explore (they're dotted all over the map) and you've got five tokens.

Craft 10,000 ingots. Set up a dedicated smelting base - a row of furnaces, Kindling Pals to fire them, and a steady ore supply from mining Pals - and leave it churning while you get on with other things. Ore-rich spots plus a Digtoise make the mining side painless.

Catch Frostallion, the ice legendary roaming the far northern snowfield. Use Fire Pals and weapons to melt its huge HP bar down, then throw high-tier spheres once it's low. Wrap up warm - the area chips away at you with cold damage.

30 discovered areas. Keep touching every Fast Travel statue and landmark as you roam - branch off the roads rather than beelining and it rolls in.

The first summon-altar raid. Craft a summoning tablet from Bellanoir Slab Fragments (dungeon chests), place it on a Summoning Altar and take the fight. It's a Dark boss with a big HP pool that chews through your Pals, so bring several strong ones, stock ammo and healing - and it's dramatically easier with a co-op team.

Catch Paladius, one of the two legendary knights. It appears as a linked field-boss pair with Dark Knight of Legend (Necromus). Chip its HP right down and spam Legendary spheres. Dragon Pals do good work here.

Catch Necromus, the dark counterpart to Holy Knight of Legend (Paladius) - they share a spawn as a paired field boss. Same drill: get it to low HP and throw your best spheres. It's Dark type, so Dragon Pals hit hard.

1000 Pals caught in total - any species, repeats included. This piles up over a full playthrough, but if you're short, park at a dense spawn near your base and just keep chucking spheres at weak Pals. Cheap Mega/Giga spheres are fine for the filler.

20 Bounty Tokens - so first-time kills/catches on 20 different Alpha Pals. There are plenty across the islands, so this ticks up as you clear the map hunting Pals and Effigies; keep a mental checklist of which Alphas you've already done, since only the first counts.

140 species - effectively catch-'em-all and the big Paldeck grind. Tick off missing entries methodically, chase night-only and region-locked spawns, and remember the tower and raid bosses count as Paldeck entries too, so catch their human/Pal halves where you can.

Saya & Selyne, a Feybreak-update tower boss. Come endgame-geared - maxed Pals, plenty of ammo and healing - and lean on Selyne's type weakness. A real step up from the base towers.

Beat a Rampaging Alpha Pal - the special buffed, red-aura Alphas that show up as roaming threats. They hit far harder than a normal Alpha, so come properly geared with a type-advantaged Pal, good weapons and healing.

Complete 10 Pal Labor Research projects at the research facility. Assign the resources each project needs and let it finish - it's a background task, so keep the next one queued as soon as one completes.

Clear one enemy faction base - the syndicate camps marked on the map. Fight your way in, wipe the human guards and their Pals, and it counts once the camp's cleared. A decent gun and a combat Pal is all you need for an early one.

Raise one Pal to max rank at the Statue of Power using Pal Souls (Small/Medium/Large/Giant, dropped by Alphas, dungeons and world chests). Pour them all into a single favourite Pal to cap its rank bar.

The nastier version of Twilight Siren - Bellanoir Libero, summoned the same way with a higher-tier tablet. Same Dark boss, far beefier, so bring your best endgame Pals and gear and ideally a full co-op group.

70 areas - basically map most of the islands. Make a point of grabbing every Fast Travel statue in each biome; it pairs nicely with your Effigy and Pal-catching sweeps.

Send Pals out on 10 Expeditions - the timed away-missions you set up from the Expedition facility at your base. Assign idle Pals, start the mission, collect when the timer's done. It's a pure idle grind, so keep dispatching whenever Pals are spare.

Craft 2000 Pal Spheres. You'll make loads just playing, but to top it off set a production line making basic spheres (Paldium Fragments, wood, stone) with crafting Pals assigned and leave it running. It also feeds your Overhunting sphere-chucking.

Summon and beat Blazamut Ryu, a Sakurajima raid boss. Gather its slab fragments, craft the tablet, summon at the altar. It's got a huge HP bar and hits like a freight train - Water Pals help against the fire, and co-op makes it far quicker.

Clear 20 dungeons - the cave entrances that appear around the map (their locations rotate). Each is a short run to a boss and a reward chest. Clear them as you find them; they refresh, so you can re-run the same spots if you're short.

Bjorn & Bastigor, the Feybreak tower boss and one of the hardest fights in the game. You want fully kitted endgame gear, maxed type-advantaged Pals, max healing and a bit of patience. Co-op helps a lot.

30 Pal Labor Research projects - just keep Pal Labor Student rolling. Never leave the research bench idle and it stacks up over the run.

Max the rank of 5 different Pals at the Statue of Power - see All for One. A big Pal Soul sink, so hoard souls from Alphas and dungeon chests and rank up five keepers over the run.

20 Expeditions - just keep Novice Pal Dispatcher going. Always have a mission running and it ticks over easily across a full playthrough.

Reach Trust level 10 with a single Pal - the bond that builds as you keep it with you and interact (feeding, patting, working and battling together). Favour one Pal throughout and its Trust climbs to 10 on its own.

Craft 20,000 rounds of ammo - a big background grind. Build out production-line assembly benches with high-work-suitability Pals assigned, keep the mats flowing (ingots and gunpowder), and queue huge batches. Feeds Iron Heart demand too, so run your ingot base alongside it.

Reel in 10 Pals by fishing. Craft a fishing rod, find a fishing spot (the ripples on the water), cast and reel in the Pals that bite. Ten comes quickly once you've got a rod.

Reel in a Lunker - the rare big-catch that occasionally bites at fishing spots. It's a luck-and-patience thing rather than a skill check, so just keep fishing (ideally while grinding Veteran Angler) and one'll hook eventually.

Collect 255 Lifmunk Effigies - the little green statues scattered across the map (they boost your Pal catch rate at the Statue of Power). Grab every one you pass; with this many, a collectibles map is the sane way to hit the number.

Summon and beat Xenolord, the Feybreak endgame raid boss (the literal invader from space). Craft its tablet from Feybreak slab fragments and summon at the altar. One of the hardest fights going - fully maxed Pals and gear, max healing, and a co-op team if you can rope one in.

Reach Silver Rank in the Arena - win Pal battles in Arena mode to climb the rank ladder. Silver is a lower tier, so a handful of wins with a solid, type-balanced team of decent-level Pals gets you there.

Dig up 5 treasures using Treasure Maps. A Treasure Map is an item you obtain from chests and drops; each marks a buried-treasure spot - head there and dig it up. Repeat until you've cashed in five.

30 Pals reeled in - just keep fishing. A relaxed grind; park at a good spot and work through it while you're sorting other base jobs.

70 projects - the full Pal Labor Research grind. A long-haul background job, so start early, keep resources flowing to it and always have the next project running.

Beat any 6 Tower Bosses on Hard mode, which cranks their level and HP right up - very much an endgame job. Bring maxed, type-advantaged Pals, top-tier weapons and ammo, and a fat stack of healing. Co-op makes it far more manageable.

300 Lifmunk Effigies - essentially all of them. Sweep the map biome by biome with a collectibles map open. Pairs naturally with your Senior Surveyor exploration and Alpha hunting.

50 reeled in - the top fishing milestone. Nothing tricky, just time at the water. Do it alongside Lunker Hunter so the hours count double.

Down the PIDF Attack Chopper (it shows up around the Oil Rig and certain faction bases). It's an aerial target, so bring a strong ranged weapon - a rocket launcher or a solid assault rifle - and a flying mount to keep pace, and burst it before it grinds you down.

Clear 10 faction bases - Successful Infiltration ten times over. Work through the syndicate camps as you explore; they repopulate over time, so if you're short you can revisit cleared ones. Comes naturally by endgame.

Collect 40 Notes - the scattered lore documents/journal pages found in dungeons, chests and points of interest. Pick up every note you come across as you explore; a collectibles map helps track down the last few.

Reach Master Rank in the Arena - the top tier. Keep winning your way up the ladder; near the top you'll want a strong, well-rounded team of high-level, maxed Pals to beat the tougher opponents.

Summon and beat Hartalis. Collect 4 Hartalis Slab Fragments (Sakurajima chests and Feybreak dungeons) to craft one tablet, place it on the altar and fight. An endgame raid, so bring maxed Pals, ammo and healing - co-op strongly advised.