How I Earn Gold in Palia as a Semi-Newbie

We all game differently. There is no right or wrong way, especially in cozy games. Recently I started playing Palia and decided to hyper focus on hunting, mining, and foraging, leaving fishing and bug catching for a later date. It took me two weeks of playing here and there to level up to 12 in mining and 11 in hunting. I have a fully functioning farm and am crafting at a medium level. Yeah Yeah…I need the glow worm farm. I know. I know.

But what is working for me? Mining! I have already upgraded to the Grand Harvest House, with three additional large rooms, 4 medium, 8 hallways, two kilima fireplaces, and two kilima windows. I only have two rooms fully furnished so I have a ways to go and am anticipating the courtyard and conservatory. But I’m still not getting to the point. Ok here is how my method goes:

1. Forage for the materials needed for repairs kits, campfires, flairs, standard arrows, and ore compasses.

Next you are going to want to hunt. I just use standard arrows in Kilima and go after Sernuks. I find the best spawns early in the morning between 6-10 am. I don’t know if there is truth in that but it has worked well for me. I turn Kilima into the killing fields during those hours (seriously I’m shocked I can hunt in a game, but the animals just turn into little bags of meat so nothing traumatic).

After I finish I go back to my plot and cook the meat on the campfires. I have about ten fires lined up so I can rapidly cook the meat and level up my cooking! I keep the meat with me during mining for energy.

I then craft repair kits to bring along. I prefer mining in Bahari Bay to get the gold! So if you go there often you might already know there is a repair station at the stables, but you need to have the repair kit on you, not left behind in storage.

I also craft and bring along flairs for when I do find gold. If you are confused on how to properly flair…Don’t shoot it into the air. Take a few steps back and aim the flair at the mining node, and from there it will shoot directly into the air. Make sure to announce each gold node you find as small, medium, or large, the coordinates, and that you have flaired.

And mostly importantly, craft your ores! I only use 2-3 at a time when mining, but it’s good to have a store. I always save one to use in Kilima to get silver, as you need one silver bar to craft one ore, but trust me it’s worth it.

So head over to Bahari Bay and you are off! Make sure to activate your ore compass when you arrive. It will take a little practice to learn the area and know when and where to climb, and how to recognize cliffs that are too high to climb or unclimbable. You’ll get it. And it is certain you will get a load of iron ore and more gold than you ever have before.

After your juant is over, turn those gold nuggets into bars and sell away! Gold lures are only good for honey lures, gifting, and crafting gold ramps / crates / walls / pillars. I mined for two hours in a day and turned my crops into pickles / jams and earned about 20 k in gold. I let the machines work overnight and came back the next day. This does require some game play, but it’s well worth it if you enjoy mining! I wish you many hours of fun in this game. *Please note I have done most of this playing