Palworld Automation Guide: Electricity, Oil & Production Lines (2026)

The dream in Palworld is a base that runs itself — ore mined, ingots smelted, ammo crafted and items sorted into storage without you lifting a finger. Getting there means understanding electricity, production lines and logistics. This guide covers how to automate your Palworld base.

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Every production chain has three beats

Whatever you’re automating, the pattern is the same: extraction → processing → delivery. A Pal gathers a raw material, another Pal processes it at a station, and a transporting Pal moves the result into storage. Design your base so each beat flows into the next with minimal walking, and your throughput multiplies.

Step 1: Power your base with electricity

Electricity is the backbone of automation. Build a Power Generator and assign a Pal with the Generating Electricity work suitability — Orserk (Level 4) is the best, with Grizzbolt a solid earlier option. Electricity powers your most important automation structures:

• Production Assembly Lines
• Electric Egg Incubators
• The Crude Oil Extractor
• Electric Medicine and other advanced stations

Step 2: Speed up crafting with Assembly Lines

The Production Assembly Line is a major upgrade over basic workbenches — it lets your Handiwork Pals mass-produce items like ammo and Pal Spheres far faster. It needs electricity to run, so set up your generator first, then staff the line with high-level Handiwork Pals like Anubis. For a full base of efficient workers, see our best work Pals guide.

Step 3: Automate oil for plastic and high-tech gear

Late game, the Crude Oil Extractor pulls Crude Oil from natural oil fields and runs continuously as long as it has electrical power. Crude Oil refines into Polymer (plastic), which you need for advanced weapons, ammo and gear. Build a dedicated base on or near an oil field, wire up power, and you have an endless oil supply without manual gathering.

Step 4: Logistics — keep things flowing

• Central storage. Put chests in the middle of your work area so transporting Pals have the shortest trips.
• Transporting Pals. Always keep a couple of fast Transporting Pals on staff or items pile up on the ground.
• Don’t starve the line. An assembly line with no input material sits idle — make sure your miners and gatherers feed it faster than it consumes.

Step 5: Split into dedicated bases

You get three base camps — specialise them for clean automation: a mining base on an ore deposit, a production base with your assembly lines and generators, and a farm/oil base with ranches, plantations, the Breeding Farm and the Oil Extractor. Keeping breeding separate avoids workers wandering off-task. Our base building guide covers the layout details.

The catch: it only runs while the world is online

Here’s the thing most players hit — in single-player, all of this stops the moment you log off. Your generators switch off, your Pals freeze, and nothing gets produced. A Palworld dedicated server keeps your fully automated base running 24/7 with full PC and Xbox crossplay, so you log back in to full chests instead of an idle factory. The 1.0 launch on July 10, 2026 adds server clustering for even larger automated setups.

Frequently asked questions

How do you get electricity in Palworld?

Build a Power Generator and assign a Pal with the Generating Electricity suitability, like Orserk or Grizzbolt. Electricity powers assembly lines, incubators and the oil extractor.

What is Crude Oil used for in Palworld?

It refines into Polymer (plastic), needed for advanced weapons, ammo and gear. The Crude Oil Extractor automates the supply when powered.

Does my base run when I’m offline?

Only on a dedicated server. In single-player, production stops when you log off — a hosted server keeps it running 24/7.