Most of the territory in Palworld is inhabited by Pals, but you can still find a few quiet places where people live. There, you can trade with merchants, exchange Pals, or even find a Black Marketeer. There are also abandoned settlements in Palworld, but there is always something useful there, so they are also worth visiting. Here’s where to find all the villages and towns in the game.
Updated July 19, 2026 by Marc Santos: Palworld’s 1.0 update added a complete main questline to the game, and much of it will send players to small camps populated by NPC questgivers. These camps aren’t as big as the major towns that are already in Palworld, and most of them don’t even have dedicated waypoints. If you’re curious as to where these new small Palworld settlements are, we’ve updated this guide to include their map locations.
The Small Settlement
Most likely, this will be the first settlement you find, because it is located near the Plateau of Beginnings. The name of the settlement is fitting, because it is very small. Only a few peasants live there besides merchants. However, the presence of merchants makes this place useful, because they sell just about everything you might need during the game.
Duneshelter
Duneshelter is an abandoned town located in the middle of the Sand Dunes. Despite the fact that it is abandoned, you should visit it because not only is it beautiful, but you will also find several merchants there. Additionally, outside the town to the right of the entrance along the wall, you will find Black Marketeer.
Fisherman’s Point
Fisherman’s Point is the most important trading post on the Palworld map and is located in the southern part of Mount Obsidian. This settlement is quite large and has many merchants, including the Pal merchant. Here, you can get a Huge Dragon Egg from which Jetragon hatches.
Ruined Fortress City
You can find Ruined Fortress City in the north of Obsidian Mountain near the shore. The location is quite large, so even though people do not live there, it is still worth exploring as there are some eggs hidden. Some of them might be very rare, like the egg from which you can get the legendary Jetragon.
Ruined Fortress City is in an interesting location as it is surrounded by rocks and the ocean, which makes it an impregnable fortress. Thanks to this, Ruined Fortress City is potentially one of the best places to build a base in multiplayer.
Abandoned City
This is another abandoned settlement that doesn’t even have a name, located near the No Man’s Trail near the foot of the Astral Mountain. There are many different passages in the city that are worth walking through. There, you can find the egg from which Suzaku Aqua will hatch, a strong Pal who can also fly.
Small Camps and Settlements
As you play through Palworld’s main questline, you’ll find yourself visiting some small, NPC-occupied camps in Palpagos Islands and the World Tree. Unlike many of the villages above, these camps and settlements have very little going for them outside of questgiver NPCs. There’s not much point in visiting them outside of the main questline, though the one on Sakurajima is very close to a small shrine with a merchant and a side quest involving an injured Kitsun Noct.
