History YMMV / Palworld

** Many early-game pals get OvershadowedByAwesome by late-game Pals that sport far better stats, moves, base utility, and Partner Skills. Some are even overshadowed by other early-game ones, such as Fuack being a downgrade from Pengullet, who has better defense, HP, slightly less Attack, the same proficiencies with the addition of Cooling, while also learning better Ice skills and has a Partner Skill that deals way more damage and is likely to hit more targets.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Digtoise was considered one of [[LowTierLetdown worst miners to use at a base]] due to its combination of low damage to ore deposits and it consuming large amounts of food. The 0.1.5.0 patch tripled/quadrupled its ore damage as a base miner, turning it into one of the best base miners especially once fully condensed, even surpassing a fully condensed Astegon and Blazamut.

** Anubis, the one Pal only available as a Level 47 boss, as well as bearing a must-have Handiwork stat of 4, can be obtained as early as around Level 19 or higher, as it is the guaranteed result of breeding between either of these combinations: Celeray[[note]]very common on certain shorelines and always available at extremely low levels[[/note]] and Relaxaurus[[note]]can be found around the center of the map and are around level 15-20[[/note]], and Penking and Bushi, which the latter two are both lower-leveled bosses in the game. As long as you have all of the resources to make cakes and don't mind waiting a while for them to cook, either of these two breeding combinations can net you an excellent crafting pal for your base fairly early on.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap:
** Digtoise was considered one of [[LowTierLetdown worst miners to use at a base]] due to its combination of low damage to ore deposits and it consuming large amounts of food. The 0.1.5.0 patch tripled/quadrupled its ore damage as a base miner, turning it into one of the best base miners especially once fully condensed, even surpassing a fully condensed Astegon and Blazamut.

** Syndicate Elites are an upgrade to the Grenadiers, attacking from long range with ''very'' powerful rocket launchers that can quickly kill you and your Pals with even a near miss. Like with Grenadiers, expect several base Pals and structures to suffer heavily if they appear in a raid.

** Palworld and ''VideoGame/{{Helldivers}} 2'' fans also have some overlap, due to both games being released within less than a month of each other, while surpassing the quality of certain AAA games released by higher-end studios. A quickly-taken-down Steam scam that sold fake copycat "games" of both ''Palworld'' and ''Helldivers 2'' ironically also brought the two even closer together.

** Digtoise used to be considered one of the [[LowTierLetdown worst miners to use at a base]], dealing very measly damage per spin while also consuming large amounts of food. The 0.1.5.0 patch tripled/quadrupled its ore damage as a base miner, turning it into one of the best base miners especially once fully condensed, even surpassing a fully condensed Astegon and Blazamut.

** Brothers of the Eternal Pyre Martyrs and Pal Genetic Research Unit Executioners were DemonicSpiders that dropped practically nothing of value when killed. Come 0.2.0.6, Martyrs can drop polymer and Executioners can drop circuit boards, both of which are mid to high tier crafting materials

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: Getting a high-quality assault rifle then breeding a Chillet and 4 Gobfins, all with Vanguard, and upgrading them as much as possible is the standard late-game build because it's the easiest way to get the absurd DPS necessary to take down Victor and Shadowbeak before the timer runs out. By swapping Chillet out for an appropriate mount, this same layout can also easily deal with all five Legendaries. This tactic was nerfed after the boost from riding SpellBlade mounts was nerfed from a max of 2.0x to 1.2x, putting them on a similar level to the non-mountable ones like Anubis.

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: Getting a high-quality assault rifle then breeding a Chillet and 4 Gobfins, all with Vanguard, and upgrading them as much as possible is the standard late-game build because it's the easiest way to get the absurd DPS necessary to take down Victor and Shadowbeak before the timer runs out. By swapping Chillet out for an appropriate mount, this same layout can also easily deal with all five Legendaries.

** PAL Genetic Research Unit Executioners are better off avoided by unprepared players. They tend to spawn at higher levels than the Pals in their operating areas and hit stupidly hard with their [[UnusableEnemyEquipment exclusive energy weaponry]], always show up in squads, and tend to be more aggressive and more accurate than most human enemies. They also drop almost nothing of value when defeated.
** Brothers of the Eternal Pyre Martyrs are also tough enemies who appear in squads and pack flamethrowers with a surprisingly long range that will almost always set you on fire for extra damage. Their drops are also not that great.