Is there a reason why you should ever kill a pal instead of catching it?

[Skoga]

So right now I have 3 level 1 pals in my team and Im trying to quickly level them up. How should I go about it?

[Natjur]

Capture at least 10 of each type of pal is the way to go (for the exp bonus)
and capture pals who drop lendary blueprints so you have 2x the chance to get the blueprint (once when you capture then and again when you butcher them)

But once you get to max level and have the blueprints, then your just kill water pals for drops.

No point in wasting resources on capturing more then the first 10 of a type unless you need the 64 to max out your favourite pal

[tag545]

to save on time and resources. for xp only the first 10 pals of each kind get an xp bonus when captured so its the early xp grind method. after that its up to you. some pals are worth capturing for double drops with butchering but beyond that capturing isnt really necessary. for xp farming speed running tower bosses is the way to go.

[Sentient_Toaster]

If you've already captured 10 or more of that specific Pal type, you won't get a large XP bonus for capturing it; and, if you are low on Pal spheres of an appropriate tier -- perhaps you're reserving them for capturing a specific boss -- it may not be worth trying to capture it.

But if sphere supply isn't a problem, there usually isn't a downside to capturing them. You'll get the same resources as if you had killed them, and even if you have no use for it you can sell it later for gold at any Pal merchant. The one time it might be a really bad idea to capture is if you're

(1) basically at your carrying capacity,
(2) in combat with multiple enemies,
(3) at least some of whom have fast and nasty attacks that require you to dodge

If you capture a Pal, their loot gets placed directly in your inventory, and suddenly being prevented from sprinting or dodging until you go into the inventory menu to drop loot might get you killed if it happens at the wrong time.

[Toosoft]

bonus xp from capture doesn't apply to pal the best way to level up them, if you can beat boss then farm them, or just craft a ton of things that can be use anyway, roast berries, arrows, palspheres, palnium etc .... and fighting and capturing will help too.

[Netsa]

Lots of long posts in here. The real answer:
You don't have infinite pokeballs.

[MagikarpMagi]

Well... in other monster catching games, there would sometimes come a point where I would decide I've wasted enough resources trying to capture one creature, and I would just go ahead and finish that battle and move on. Now I get to shoot them in their stupid little faces!

So I would say fun. Fun is the reason. Drops don't really matter because you can just buy most of them and money is free.

[GrandTickler]

u kill them if you need a specific resource like pal fluid or bones

[Toosoft]

Originally posted by GrandTickler:

u kill them if you need a specific resource like pal fluid or bones

to be fair you can capture them and butcher them to have the double.

[Sovereigndrake]

Originally posted by Netsa:

Lots of long posts in here. The real answer:
You don't have infinite pokeballs.

Vixy would like a word

[GrandTickler]

Originally posted by Exide:

Originally posted by GrandTickler:

u kill them if you need a specific resource like pal fluid or bones

to be fair you can capture them and butcher them to have the double.

bruh it takes longer to take out a pal out of the box, put it in your team, then butcher it than it takes to kill 10 pals lol. highly ineffective

[Tazz]

Catch more of that same species and upgrade them to 4 star

[Sentient_Toaster]

Originally posted by Sovereigndrake:

Originally posted by Netsa:

Lots of long posts in here. The real answer:
You don't have infinite pokeballs.

Vixy would like a word

For pals in the mid/low-single-digit levels, sure; but basic Pal spheres are pretty much a waste of time on higher-level Pals even when they're one hit away from death, at least in terms of capture rate. They can still be useful to interrupt something like a Beeguard kamikaze, but... not much else? Perhaps buying a few moments to switch out inventory items in peace.

[Fistraiser]

i do it sometimes out of revenge.like for example the hoard of goblins that ambushed me the second i teleported to a spot.
Or the robinquills that seemingly have global agro range who gank me from a mile away with spells when im fighting other pals.