If you’ve ever hit a wall trying to craft the Grappling Gun, Hyper Shield, or any of Palworld’s most powerful endgame items, you know exactly how valuable rare crafting materials are. One of the most sought-after, and often most confusing, resources to track down is ancient civilization parts. Many new players spend dozens of hours wandering the map without stumbling on a single piece, and even veteran players can struggle to farm enough to keep up with their crafting queues. Whether you’re trying to build your first electric furnace or assemble a full set of legendary armor, knowing how to get ancient civilization parts in Palworld will shave hours off your grind and let you access content most players don’t unlock until their second or third playthrough.
How to Get Ancient Civilization Parts From Alpha Pals and Tower Bosses
The most reliable source of ancient civilization parts by far is defeating Alpha Pals and tower bosses scattered across the map. Alpha Pals are the larger, glowing versions of regular Pals marked with a red icon on your map, and they have far higher stats and better loot pools than standard wild Pals. Alpha Pals level 30 and above have a 100% drop rate for at least one ancient civilization part, while lower-level Alphas (below level 20) only have a 20% chance of dropping a part on defeat.
Tower bosses, the main story boss fights found in large tower structures across each biome, give even more parts per clear. You can refight tower bosses once every in-game day, and each clear gives you multiple parts depending on the boss’s difficulty. Each successful tower boss clear gives you between 3 and 7 ancient civilization parts, which is the highest per-run drop rate in the game. You don’t even have to beat the boss solo either, you can join a friend’s lobby and get the full drop reward even if you only deal a small amount of damage during the fight.
If you’re still low level, start with the first tower boss near the starting island. It’s a level 15 Electric-type boss that you can beat with a team of level 12-15 Grass-type Pals, and it drops 2-3 parts per clear even at that low difficulty. That’s enough to craft your first Grappling Gun and metal tools within your first few hours of play if you plan your runs right.
Farming Ancient Civilization Parts From Random Dungeon Runs
Random dungeons are another consistent source of ancient civilization parts, and they’re a great option if you get tired of repeating the same tower boss fights over and over. Dungeons spawn randomly across the map every in-game few days, marked by a glowing red cave entrance, and each one has a unique layout, set of enemies, and final Alpha boss. You can find dungeons for all difficulty levels, from level 10 beginner runs to level 50 endgame challenges that require a full team of maxed-out Pals to beat.
Most dungeons have multiple chests scattered throughout their halls, in addition to the final boss loot. Dungeons marked as "Hard" difficulty have a 70% chance of having at least one ancient civilization part in a regular chest, plus the guaranteed drop from the final boss. Bring a Pal with the Lockpicking skill to your dungeon runs so you can open all the locked chests without wasting craftable keys, it will double the number of loot items you get per run on average.
I’ve had the best luck with the small forest-type dungeons near the starting island’s northern coast. They only take 5-10 minutes to clear, the final boss is almost always a low-to-mid level Grass or Neutral type, and I usually walk away with 2-3 parts per run. Mark any dungeons you find on your map as you explore, so you can come back and farm them once they reset every 3 in-game days.
Less Common Ways to Earn Ancient Civilization Parts
Boss fights and dungeons are the most efficient ways to farm parts, but there are a few other methods you can use to pick up extra pieces when you’re still too low level to take on consistent Alpha runs. Most of these alternative methods give you far fewer ancient civilization parts per hour than boss runs, so they’re best used as a supplement rather than your main farming strategy.
- Random spawns in gold chests found in high-level areas, like the snowy mountain biome or the desert volcano region. These chests have a 15-20% chance of containing 1-2 parts, but you’ll have to avoid high-level wild Pals that can one-shot low-level players.
- Trading with wandering merchants who occasionally spawn near roads and outposts. You’ll need to pay 10,000 gold per part, so this is only worth it if you’re one part short of a critical craft and don’t have time to farm a boss run.
- Completing late-game NPC quests, especially those that ask you to capture or defeat specific high-level Pals. Some of these quests reward up to 5 parts as a bonus, on top of gold and other rare crafting materials.
You should never buy ancient civilization parts from merchants early on, because gold is far better spent on better tools, Pal saddles, and base building materials when you’re first starting out. Wait until you have a steady stream of gold from selling excess items and Pal drops before you even consider buying parts from merchants. If you’re exploring high-level biomes early, stick to the edges so you don’t get spotted by aggressive high-level Pals while you’re looting chests.
Smart Tips to Farm Ancient Civilization Parts Faster
Now that you know where to find parts, there are a few small changes you can make to your farm routine that will double or even triple your drop rate over time. You don’t need any special gear or max-level Pals to use these tips either, most work for players of all skill levels.
First, always use a Pal with the Item Drop Rate Up passive skill in your party when you’re farming bosses or dungeons. This skill increases the chance of extra rare drops by up to 25% at max level, so you’ll often get 2-3 parts per Alpha kill instead of just 1. You can find Pals with this passive skill as early as the starting island, so keep an eye out for it when you’re capturing new Pals for your team.
Second, don’t waste time clearing every single enemy in a dungeon. Most regular dungeon mobs don’t drop parts, so you can run past them straight to the boss and chests to cut your clear time in half. You only need to fight enemies that block your path to the loot you came for. If you’re playing with friends, split up to loot different sections of the dungeon at the same time to make runs go even faster.
Schedule your farm runs around in-game day cycles so you can clear multiple tower bosses back to back as soon as they reset. If you plan your route right, you can hit all 5 tower bosses in a single in-game day and walk away with 15-35 parts in less than an hour of real time. If you’re struggling to get enough ancient civilization parts to craft a specific item, focus on the lowest-level Alpha Pal you can consistently beat first, then work your way up to harder bosses as your team gets stronger.
Ancient civilization parts don’t have to be the mysterious, hard-to-find resource that stops you from enjoying Palworld’s best content. With a little bit of planning, you can build up a stockpile of parts faster than you can use them for all your crafting and building needs. You don’t need a max-level team to start farming either, even low-level players can pick up a few parts from random chests or low-tier Alphas to craft their first few advanced items. Now that you know how to get ancient civilization parts in Palworld, you can skip the random wandering and jump straight to farming the materials you need to build the base and team of your dreams.