Tower Levels

[Mortis504]

according to the fandom wiki, the levels for each tower are
zoe + grizzbolt: 10
lily + Lyleen: 25
axel + orserk: 40
marcus + faleris: 50
victor + shadowbeak: 50
saya + selyne: 55
bjorn + bastigor: 60

i feel like the levels jump up way too quickly for anything less than meta (best traits, type advantage, etc.), overleveling an already strong pal, or otherwise going in with on-level friends, to keep up

if they are going to insist on having some things (specific mining sites and expedition station routes, plus a few small things like lily's spear) be locked behind defeating these tower bosses, then i hope they either rebalance these (like dropping lily to level 20, axel to level 30 and marcus to level 40 (also due to two bosses in completely different locations having the same level being a bit odd imo)), or at least add some options to tweak the boss difficulty specifically

granted, im a strictly solo player (pc is nowhere near strong enough to handle multiplayer, trust me i tried) and know very little about actual game design, so this will prob just be dismissed as a skill issue, i just wanted to get my thoughts down somewhere and clear my head a bit

TL:DR i cant keep up with skyrocketing tower levels and am getting frustrated, and proceeded to throw out possibly bad ideas to try and calm down a bit

[Tetsuri]

I'm not too familiar with the unlocks. It looks like hip lantern is locked behind Zoe, and mining site is locked behind Lily. IF it only takes level 25 to beat 'em, then that's not bad at all. At level 20, you're just starting to get into ores. I don't really see a problem with level 25, that's a very low level.

[zero254]

Use the oil rig as a little booster (the level 30 one)

[drakeloreroar]

Easiest method is to just use maxed extraction Vanguard Gobfins plus one fast mount/element imbue pal while stacking all the STR buffs (all 3 STR accessories, 50 points in STR, and whatever the best STR food you can get at your level). This method tends to make the game a bit boring though but if it's your first run and just want to get through it's the easiest option to go with.

Can beat the bosses quite a bit underleveled with this. (personally haven't tried too low of level but was able to take Marcus at 43 and Victor at 46)

[PFC Demigo [29th ID]]

I mean those Ore Facility while nice to unlock, I tend to just build a base on the Deposits itself.

[drakeloreroar]

Personally though I wouldn't worry about rushing for the tower bosses. Expeditions take a lot of grinding to get pals with enough firepower to really make them worth doing and most of the unlock stuff really arn't worth using (the ore mines are helpful but you can always just build a base next to ore and have pals collect that each day). I find the game to be much more fun when you aren't rushing to get everything done.

[Shrub]

I agree. You'll find a lot of people say its easy, but they're either sweats with little understanding of other gameplay styles or people who modify the core settings, which is simply not helpful for those using normal settings.

I say this as a once-was sweat who recently ran this through on HC mode.

Those mining sites can really propel you forward, and locking them behind difficult bosses when the player themselves can reach those levels quickly before obtaining the gear or power-level to conquer them leaves a weird pacing between early game and late game. When I played my recent HC run, I begged some players to help me rush them and I'm glad I did - I can't imagine wasting so much time going around the map manually harvesting crap when you can otherwise slap a ton of digtoise down and maximize production. Otherwise why give us multiple bases?

I don't really understand why Palworld wants to be so grindy. People were already complaining about the grind on immediate release, and they made it unimaginably worse in Feybreak... Its not a problem for a no-life like me with infinite time, but holy ♥♥♥♥ can we respect people's time? Don't even get me started on Hexolite + Chromium chasing.

The fact that people will continue to mention meta strats just highlights your point despite many other players making the same complaints over the games lifetime. I did the vanguard Gobfins, but holy crud, why can't I use my cute pals and just enjoy the game casually? I can get to Lv. 60 in Conan Exiles in a day; This is absurd.

[Tetsuri]

lol, nodes exist and is how people used to play before mining sites came out. Why are you complaining about CASUAL game when trying to "speedrun" the game is anything but.