Wood and Stone automation are given to you practically for free in Palworld, making your early base-building bonanza a breeze. Ore, however, is a beast that doesn’t come with such easy options, and its importance to your base’s progression is paramount, so here’s how to solve that problem with some clever use of game mechanics.

In order to turn the tedious process of mining Ore into a purely passive process at the beginning of the game, you’ll first need to find a location where Ore Nodes are plentiful and close together. You see, resources in Palworld respawn after a short time, so this farming strategy attempts to take advantage of that. If you’re having trouble finding such a richly defined location, head to the coordinates (-73, -319) on your map.

If this spot is too far for you, you can go to the Desolate Church Waypoint (70, -409) instead.

Directly behind the church itself is another ore field ripe for mining. Note that you will have less space to work with if you use this spot, but it is perfectly usable.