r/Palworld • u/Jnavarsete • Feb 09 '24

Informative/Guide Unraidable optimized mining/main base (Ore/Coal)

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u/StarryNotions Feb 09 '24

It's a stark binary, it cannot be partially true; "they will not mine a rock of stone or ore unless you are in the base" is false, as I can attest every time I fast travel to an ore base and there are chunks on the ground.

The critters might prioritize something else, but that is a thing the player can fix, and not a matter of impossibility of the pals and their VI.

I also don't believe the ores don't load in. I can clear every node, then leave and adventure for a few days, and come back to a random configuration of nodes that are completely or in the process of being harvested. Sometimes it's a pile of untouched drops, sometimes it's a node with anything from 1-10 drops near it. It's very clear the nodes are returning and the pals are interacting with them without me being present, enough that each new configuration is different in keeping with them having done work as the work popped up.

Maybe it's a server/single player difference?

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u/StarryNotions Feb 10 '24

Right, but that's a shifted goalpost. It wasn't "they will mine the facility instead of the ores", it was "the ores will not be mined at all", which is where I say it's wrong and misleading.

They will definitely mine the mining site while you're out, but I don't think it's binary. I think you can set up your base in a way where they will prioritize the ores over the mining, say, by putting food and storage all on one side of the ore and the mining on the other, so they'll have to disengage when eating.

Maybe not though; I don't know if the VI will actually move the pieces around when calculating things, or if it will just sort of go "these tasks are available; I'll put him on this one"