Sulfur is crucial in Palworld. No material is more important for the consistent crafting of ammunition. So, if you want to pump out bullets, you need to farm this yellow material. Let’s get mining.
Best way to farm Sulfur in Palworld
Your best Sulfur farms will require Mining pals, heat resistance, and a base in later-game areas of Palworld. The most important part of a Sulfur Farming base is location because the base must encompass at least one respawning Sulfur Ore node. Any Pal with a Mining level can gather Sulfur, from Cattivas to Astegons. You’ll then need several base elements such as cooling, stress reduction, and reusable food to ensure your Pals don’t lose too much sanity while you’re gone.
Sulfur is a huge ingredient in crafting Gunpowder, a material otherwise only consistently dropped by Tocotoco. This material is usually found near the bottom of dungeons. That is until you get to later game areas. Some of these areas, like Mount Obsidian or the small desert, have respawning Sulfur chunks that can respawn.
You can make a Sulfur farm at any point, but we don’t recommend it immediately. Sulfur is great for ammo, but you will likely want to make Ore farms (or even Stone farms) first. It’s great for when you unlock a third Palbox at base upgrade 15.
Once you find a pack of two to three respawning Sulfur deposits, you’re in the money. Unlike Ore farms, you will probably not get more than three Sulfur nodes in the same Palbox area. That’s fine since you only need Sulfur for Gunpowder.
Put a Palbox down, ensuring that each chunk is fully encompassed by the glowing blue line on the outskirts of the Palbox’s range. Then, build some beds and bring out some Pals. Miners will immediately begin clearing out Sulfur nodes—as long as something else doesn’t distract them.
For the Pals you should have at your base, the following is our recommendation:
We don’t like bringing Handiwork Pals to this type of base, focusing more on gathering materials than crafting. If you want to make Gunpowder on-site, consider Lumbering Pals alongside Handiworkers for workbenches and Assembly Lines. Kindling Pals can be handy if you want to make Charcoal or cook Pancakes.
Make sure you have the following buildings set up at this Pal Base:
Add these items to your base for better automation and happier Pals:
Best places to build a Sulfur Farm
The best Sulfur Farm is located next to the Mount Obsidian Midpoint fast travel point. This small island to the east of the point is home to several Sulfur Ore deposits, allowing you to grab three or more Ore with lucky spawns. You can also go to the Desert Regions—both the Desiccated Desert and one with Anubis within it—to have some lower-intensity areas to farm Deposits.
While the desert regions have several Sulfur spawns, no area spawns Sulfur like Mount Obsidian. The clearings and islands of Mount Obsidian can have two to three Sulfur spawns alongside some Ore nodes. Depending on your luck, you can have several nods within the same farm, raking in 100 or more Sulfur per respawn. But the high heat of the region can make some Pals uncomfortable.
How to build the Sulfur Mine in Palworld
If you’re done with scouting areas looking for Sulfur spawns, you can build a Sulfur Mine right at your base and assign your mining Pals to do the heavy lifting. You need to reach level 45 in the Technology tree and invest five Ancient Technology points to unlock the Sulfur Mine from the right side of the tree. After that, you need 70 Stone, 100 Sulfur, and 30 Paldium Fragments to get yourself an unlimited supply of Sulfur to craft gunpowder for days.
Make sure to assign your level four Mining Pals like Knocklem, Blazamut, or others to passively increase your Sulfur stocks without spending any energy on it. You can also send your Pals to the Expedition in the Volcanic Inferno Cave, which unlocks after defeating the Brothers of the Eternal Pyre Tower. Sulfur is one of the many resources that you can obtain from this trip so it’s always worth sending your Pals to get some extra Sulfur and prepare extra ammunition.
