THE GREAT REAL ESTATE WAR: How Palworld 1.0 Players Are Monopolizing ‘Hexalite’ Forests and Secret Oil Wells to Dominate the Endgame
🚨 BREAKING: Your Palworld 1.0 base location is officially obsolete, and you are bleeding late-game resources every single hour. 🚨
While you are fighting for scraps in the starter zones, elite players are aggressively monopolizing hidden “Oil Wells” in the Level 60 Cherry Blossom biome and hoarding infinite Hexalite in a secret “Yellow Forest.” Why are the top 1% abandoning the mainland to build impenetrable, glass Aquatic bases over the Floating Island’s starry pools, and exactly which hidden cliffside gives you an untouchable Metal and Sulfur monopoly?
Find the ultimate real estate progression guide before your server’s best spots are permanently claimed 👇🔥
The highly anticipated 1.0 update to Palworld has fundamentally changed the survival-crafting landscape. It is no longer just a game of catching cute monsters; it is a ruthless, high-stakes land grab. As players race to reach the new Level 80 cap and construct mechanized factories, the game’s economy has become entirely dependent on strategic real estate. If you build your base in the wrong location, your progression will grind to a violent halt.
From the desolate mid-game deserts hiding precious Coal reserves to the breathtaking, high-level Cherry Blossom biomes hoarding the game’s most coveted resource—Crude Oil—the Palworld community is locked in a fierce territorial war. Hardcore players are actively abandoning the safe, cozy starter zones in favor of highly dangerous, resource-rich outposts.
If you want to survive the 1.0 endgame, you need to pack up your Palbox and move immediately. Here is the definitive, stage-by-stage guide to the most highly contested base locations in Palpagos.
The Early-Game Trap and the ‘Desolate Church’ Exodus
When players first load into Palworld, the game essentially forces them into a false sense of security. Ninety-nine percent of new players construct their first base right next to the starting pond. It is a cozy, cliff-protected alcove with a handful of basic stone and wood nodes. But according to top-tier players, lingering in this starter zone is a fatal mistake.
The moment a player transitions out of the tutorial phase, the demand for metal skyrockets. Staying at the starting pond guarantees a massive progression bottleneck. The community’s solution? A mass exodus to the Desolate Church.
Located relatively close to the spawn area, the Desolate Church is wrapped in a vibrant, autumn-red forest aesthetic, but its true value is purely industrial. Just over the cliffside, players will find a cluster of over ten densely packed metal nodes. But what makes this location an absolute top-tier Early Game hub is the proximity to a crucial NPC: the Metal Merchant.
By building here, players can strip-mine the earth, smelt the ore, and immediately run over to the merchant to liquidate excess materials or buy crucial early-game ammunition. It is a perfect, self-sustaining economic loop that casual players completely ignore.
The Mid-Game Crucible: Gunpowder, Sulfur, and the Anubis Desert
As players cross the Level 25 threshold, the game’s difficulty ramps up aggressively. Standard arrows and primitive tools are rendered useless against higher-tier Alpha Bosses. The mid-game is entirely defined by one single resource: Gunpowder. And to make Gunpowder, you need an endless supply of Sulfur.
The undisputed best mid-game outposts are situated on the high-elevation cliffs situated far to the west. Players are constructing fortified bases that overlook sprawling valleys, specifically targeting plateaus that feature a combination of metal nodes, stone, and the highly coveted Sulfur deposits.
However, Gunpowder is only half the battle. To forge advanced weaponry and assembly lines, players must acquire Coal to create Refined Metal Ingots. This forces players into one of the most hostile environments in the game: the mini-desert adjacent to the Anubis biome.
Building a base in the Anubis dunes is a logistical nightmare, but a mandatory one. The flat, sandy surface is littered with Coal nodes, allowing players to mass-produce Refined Metal. But the environment itself is a weapon. The desert experiences brutal temperature drops at night, forcing players to equip Cold-Resistant gear just to walk around their own base. It is a harsh, unforgiving outpost, but the monopolization of Coal makes it a non-negotiable step in the 1.0 progression route.
The Late-Game Oil Monopoly: The Cherry Blossom Biome
If Coal and Sulfur define the mid-game, the late-game is entirely dictated by one liquid: Crude Oil. In Palworld 1.0, everything from advanced polymers to late-game armaments requires oil. And finding it is a desperate, server-wide scramble.
Unlike metal or stone, you cannot simply hit an oil node with a pickaxe. Players must find specific, rare geographical fissures and construct massive Oil Extractors over them.
The most highly contested piece of real estate in the entire game is located in the newly introduced Cherry Blossom biome. This Japanese-inspired architectural region is stunningly beautiful, but it is heavily guarded by terrifying Level 60 enemies.
Hardcore players are fighting tooth and nail to claim a very specific, isolated cliffside within this biome. Why? Because this single, heavily defended plateau features two Oil Wells sitting right next to each other. By establishing a base here, a player can construct double extractors, securing a massive, uninterrupted flow of the game’s most precious resource while enjoying the gorgeous, petal-swept aesthetic. Because Oil Wells are finite and permanently anchored to the map, claiming this spot on a multiplayer server gives a guild absolute economic supremacy.
The Hexalite Frontier: The ‘Elden Ring’ Yellow Forest
As players breach Level 60 and begin preparing for the game’s ultimate raid bosses, standard metal is entirely replaced by a new, alien resource: Hexalite.
To farm Hexalite efficiently, top-tier players are flocking to a biome that has taken the community by storm. Dubbed the “Yellow Forest,” this region features incredibly lush, bright yellow canopies and vibrant, deep blue rivers that players are heavily comparing to the aesthetic of the hit game Elden Ring.
This area is an absolute goldmine. The entire region is littered with Hexalite deposits. But more importantly, the introduction of the Level 66 Aquatic Construction Kit has completely revolutionized how bases are built here. Instead of clearing out the yellow trees, elite players are utilizing the aquatic foundations to build their outposts directly on top of the bright blue rivers. It creates a stunning visual contrast—a mechanized, Hexalite-smelting fortress hovering seamlessly above a magical, glowing waterway.
The Billionaire’s Flex: The Floating Island Glass Aquatic Base
When a player reaches the absolute pinnacle of Palworld 1.0, a strange shift occurs. Their base becomes so mechanically efficient—with max-condensed working Pals generating passive resources—that physical node proximity no longer matters. At the absolute endgame, base building is no longer about survival. It is entirely about flexing on the rest of the server.
The ultimate status symbol in Palworld is the Floating Island Glass Aquatic Base.
High above the Palpagos mainland lie the Floating Islands. Scattered across these floating landmasses are mysterious, starry blue pools of water that seem to hold the cosmos within them.
The most arrogant, powerful players in the game are fast-traveling to the specific pools located near the spawns of endgame titans like Jetragon and Aidedia. Using the Aquatic Construction Kit, they are laying down foundations made entirely of Glass.
The visual result is jaw-dropping. By building a transparent floor directly over the starry blue pools, players are creating the illusion of a base floating in deep space. These bases offer virtually nothing in terms of raw, mineable resources. They are purely cosmetic mega-mansions, built strictly to show off a player’s mastery of the game’s building engine and their total dominance over the economy.
The Future of Palpagos Real Estate
Palworld 1.0 has proven that it is much more than a monster-catching simulator. It is a brutal, hyper-competitive economy where your map coordinates dictate your success.
The players who stubbornly refuse to leave the cozy starting zones are finding themselves entirely locked out of the endgame. They are starved for Coal, desperate for Hexalite, and completely devoid of Crude Oil. Meanwhile, the players willing to brave the freezing Anubis deserts and the Level 60 Cherry Blossom cliffs are reaping the rewards, looking down upon the mainland from their floating, starry-glass castles.
In Palworld, the monsters are dangerous, but the real estate market is downright lethal. Adapt, move, and claim your territory, or prepare to be left permanently in the dust.
