Fastest Ground Mount Pals Tier List (December 2024)

Palword's terrain is wide and expansive, but certain Pals have Pal Skills that lets you ride them in order to run around and make travelling faster! Check out this page to see which Pals can move the fastest on land and other effects they have while mounted on.

The Best Pals Overall
Combat Pals Tier List	Base Pals Tier List	All Mounts Tier List
Ground Mounts Tier List	Flying Mounts Tier List	Water Mounts Tier List
Best Glider Pals Tier List

New Ground Mounts from Sakurajima

Pals
Shroomer	Shroomer Noct	Dazemu
Yakumo	Xenogard	Chillet Ignis
Blazamut Ryu

These Pals are the newest ground mounts added in the Sakurajima Summer Update. Each of them has a unique and powerful Partner Skill, so we recommend you have a look at each one to see who you find interesting!

List of All New Pals (Sakurajima Update)

Fastest Ground Mounts in Palworld

Running Pals Speed Tier List

List of Land Pals by Speed
Tier	Pal

This is the list of Pals than can be ridden as Land mounts! Both Necromus and Paladius are the fastest Pals you can use to run around in Palpagos Island.

In the early game, Direhowl stands out as an amazing mount due to its movement speed being further boosted by its Partner Skill!

Criteria for Tier Placings

The following are the criteria to be met when ranking Pals for Land.

Tier	Criteria
	These Pals are some of the fastest Pals you can get in game in their respective category and are the cream of the crop compared to other mounts.
	Pals in A Tier are often the best to use in the later part of the game but are usually outclassed by Pals in the SS and S Tier.
	B Tier Pals are upgrades to the C Tier Pals but will fall off when it comes to end game purposes.
	C Tier Pals are great for early game, but are severely overclassed copared to the ones in higher tiers.
	D Tier Pals are very slow and are generally not recommended as a fast mount. They usually have great extra effects to their Parner Skills to compensate.

Land Mount Pals With Additional Effects

Double and Triple Jump

List of Ground Pals that can Triple and Double Jump

These are the terrestrial Mount Pals that can jump multiple times, letting you cover a good amount of vertical distance. Paladius especially stands out because it is the only pal that can perform a Triple Jump.

Increased Stats

Increased Movement Speed

List of Ground Pals with Increased Movement Speed

Direhowl stands out as an amazing early game mount due to its movement speed being further boosted by its Partner Skill! It even gets better the more you upgrade it at a Pal Essence Condenser.

As for Dazemu, it has an increased movement speed while on sand, making it great for exploring beaches or vast desert landscapes!

How to Increase Movement Speed

Increased Inventory Capacity

List of Ground Pals that Increase Inventory Space

These Pals stand out by helping you move around and sprint by increasing your inventory storage capacity. This is useful especially if you're grinding for materials near base!

How to Increase Carrying Capacity (Weight)

Pals That Affect Body Temperature

List of Pals that Regulate Temperature

These Pals can help you out by regulating your body temperature when mounted. Arsox and Reindrix can help raise or lower your character's body temperature respectively. Kitsun stands out from those two as it can do both!

Boosts Item Drop Amount

List of Terrestrial Pals that Boost Enemy Drops

These Pals can increase the amount of Drops of when being used as a mount! This can either be drops from enemies or from naturally spawning resources like Pure Quartz or Meteorites.

List of All Materials, Consumables and Drops

Increases Type Damage

List of Terrestrial Pals that Increase Damage Dealt by Certain Types

When mounted, these Pals will increase the damage dealt for a certain type, this is usually one of their types.

Player Attack Infusion

List of Terrestrial Pals that Infuse Elements to Weapons

When mounted, these Pals will imbue a certain element to the Player's weapons, this is usually one of their types.

Palworld Type Chart Strengths and Weaknesses

Can Carry Weapons

List of Terrestrial Pals that Infuse Elements to Weapons

These Pals can equip a Weapon as another form of attack on top of their regular three Skills!

List of Weapons and How to Craft

Improved Work Efficiency

Improved Mining Efficiency

List of Terrestrial Pals that Deal Extra Damage to Ore

These Pals can increase the damage dealt to Ore when being used as a mount!

Best Mining Pals Tier List

Improved Lumbering Efficiency

List of Terrestrial Pals that Deal Extra Damage to Wood

These Pals can increase the damage dealt to trees when being used as a mount!

List of Best Pals for Lumbering

Increases Encounter Rate

List of Pals that Increase Encounter Rate

Yakumo has a very unique Partner Skill that increases the chance of encountering Pals with the same Passive Skills as it. This is great if you're trying to find Pals with the perfect passives, or Pals with rare passives like Lucky.

How to Ride Mounts in Palworld

Craft Their Specific Pal Gear using a Pal Gear Workbench

Item	Materials
Pal Gear Workbench	Wood x30 Paldium Fragment x10 Cloth x2

In order to ride a specific Pal, you need to craft their specific Pal Gear at a Pal Gear Workbench. Both of these can be unlocked in the Technology Tab of the Menu.

Note that each Pal Gear has its own recipe so make sure you get the materials needed beforehand to craft the Pal Gear you need for your Mount.

Best Technology to Unlock First

Pal IV Stat Checker

Use XGamer's IV Stat Calculator to Find Pals With Perfect Talent Values!

Use our Palworld IV Calculator to calculate the IVs of your Pals Attack, Defense and HP Stats in Palworld!

Our IV Checker will allow you to check the individual value of each of your Pal's Stats with both Passive Skills applied or just the base values to see which of your Pals are the strongest of their species!

Palworld IV Stat Calculator

Best Passive Skills for Mounts

Passive Skill	Effect
Swift	30% increase to movement speed
Legend	Attack +20%, Defense +20%, and Movement Speed +15%
Runner	20% increase to movement speed
Nimble	10% increase to movement speed

Best Passive Skills and How to Get

Palworld Related Guides

Best Pals Tier List

Tier Lists by Role

Best Pals Tier Lists
Best Pals for Combat	Best Base Pals	Best Pals for Mounting

Pal Mount Speed Tier Lists

List of All Mount Pals Tier Lists
Flying Mounts Tier List	Ground Mounts Tier List
Swimming Mounts Tier List	Glider Pals Tier List

Work Suitability Tier Lists

All Pal Work Suitabilities
Kindling	Watering	Planting
Handiwork	Gathering	Cooling
Lumbering	Mining	Transporting
Generating Electricity	Medicine Production	Farming