How to Catch Dumud in Palworld (Location, Skills & Drops)
Dumud produces High Quality Pal Oil at a Ranch — and that is a genuinely unusual thing to be able to automate. Pal Oil is normally a hunting material: you kill specific Pals for it, and when a recipe wants forty, you go and kill forty Pals' worth. A Dumud on a Ranch turns that into a building that runs while you are elsewhere. It also spawns from Level 1, which makes it one of the earliest automation upgrades available.
Dumud at a Glance
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Element | Ground / Water |
| Paldeck # | #109 |
| Partner Skill | Soil Improver — while in party, increases Attack of Ground Pals by 15~30%. Sometimes drops High Quality Pal Oil when assigned to a Ranch |
| Work Suitability | Watering Lv2, Mining Lv2, Transporting Lv1, Farming Lv1 |
| Ranch output | High Quality Pal Oil |
| Notable Drops | High Quality Pal Oil (1, 100%), Raw Dumud (2, 100%) |
| Egg | Rocky Egg — CombiRank 2,290 |
| Rarity | 4 |
Where to Find Dumud
- Grass zones — Level 1 – 10, and further populations up to Level 55.
- Ravine Grotto — Level 14 – 19.
- Volcano zones — Level 20 – 30.
- Fishing Pond — Level 31, a passive catch at your own base.
- Various dungeons and Pal Recruiters from Level 14 to 70.
Dumud is about as available as a Pal gets. A Level 1 – 10 grass population means you can have Pal Oil automated in your first hours, and the Fishing Pond route means one may simply turn up at base without a trip.
Bring Grass or Electric attackers. Dumud is Ground / Water — weak to Grass through its Ground half and to Electric through its Water half. At the levels it appears, a Pal Sphere or Mega Sphere is enough.
Do not confuse it with Dumud Gild, its variant, which has a different partner skill and is Farming Lv4 — joint highest in the game alongside Sibelyx Primo.
It Ranches Pal Oil
Soil Improver makes Dumud produce High Quality Pal Oil at a Ranch.
Why that matters more than it sounds. Most Palworld materials fall into one of two groups: things you automate (ore, wood, crops) and things you hunt (organs, horns, oils). Pal Oil sits firmly in the second group — and when a mid-game recipe asks for it in quantity, the answer is normally a hunting trip.
Dumud moves it into the first group. Put one on a Ranch and Pal Oil accumulates the same way wool and eggs do, with no travel involved.
It also drops High Quality Pal Oil at 1 (100%) when killed, plus Raw Dumud x2 as food — but as with every Ranch producer, the building is where the volume is, not the kill.
A note on its Farming rating. Dumud is Farming Lv1 — exactly the minimum a Ranch requires, and the floor of the scale. It will work, just not quickly. If you later catch a Dumud Gild, its Farming Lv4 is four times the rating in the same slot.
And condense it. A Ranch Pal's output scales with its Partner Skill level, which condensing raises — 4, 8, 12 and 24 duplicates take it from Lv1 to Lv5, and the documented example (Mau, 10 gold at Lv1 versus 10 – 50 at Lv5) shows how large that gap can be. At rarity 4 with Level 1 – 10 spawns, Dumud duplicates are cheap.
One caution on staffing. Dumud has four suitabilities, and Transporting and Mining both outrank Farming in the work priority order. On a busy base it will haul and mine instead of ranching. Give your oil producer somewhere quiet — this is the same problem Beegarde has with its seven jobs.
Soil Improver in the Party
The other half of Soil Improver grants +15~30% Attack to Ground Pals in your party.
Be clear about what this is not. It is not a drop-rate booster — those give +40~80% more items from an element, and the Ground one is Vaelet, not Dumud. Dumud's skill raises damage, not loot.
As a damage buff it is reasonable but narrow: it only helps Ground Pals, and it does not stack. If you are running Anubis at 880 – 1,114 Attack, a Dumud in the party is worth a real amount. If your party is mixed, it is close to nothing.
At Level 80:
- HP: 4,900 – 6,100
- Attack: 520 – 646
- Defense: 620 – 791
The Attack is among the lowest documented here, level with Lifmunk and Lamball. Dumud is a production Pal that happens to carry a party buff, not a fighter.
As an Alpha it drops Ancient Civilization Parts (3 – 4, 100%) and Precious Entrails (3 – 4, 100%).
How to Catch Dumud
- Bring Grass or Electric attackers — one for each half of its typing.
- Do not bring Fire or Ground Pals. Water beats Fire, Ground beats Electric.
- Take the Level 1 – 10 grass population — the earliest, and identical to every other.
- A Pal Sphere or Mega Sphere is sufficient at that level.
- Or build a Fishing Pond and let one arrive at Level 31 without a trip.
- Catch duplicates — condensing multiplies its Ranch output.
Practical tips
- It automates Pal Oil, which is otherwise a hunting material. That is the whole reason to own one.
- Farming Lv1 is the floor — it works, slowly. Dumud Gild at Farming Lv4 is the upgrade.
- Four suitabilities means it gets distracted. Transporting and Mining both outrank Farming.
- Soil Improver boosts Ground Pals' Attack, not their drops. The Ground drop booster is Vaelet.
- Condense it — cheap at rarity 4, and Ranch output scales with Partner Skill level.
- 520 – 646 Attack at Level 80. Never take it into a fight.
Running your own Palworld 1.0 server
Automating a material only pays off across the hours the world is actually running — a Ranch you visit twice a week produces twice a week. On a dedicated Palworld 1.0 server your Pal Oil accumulates around the clock, which is what turns a hunting material into a stocked chest. Full crossplay lets a group share one production base, and one-click backups and automatic updates protect a chain built to run unattended.
Conclusion
Dumud is a Ground / Water Pal found in grass zones from Level 1 – 10, in the Ravine Grotto at Level 14 – 19, in volcano zones at Level 20 – 30, and passively in a Fishing Pond at Level 31. Its Soil Improver skill makes it produce High Quality Pal Oil at a Ranch — moving a material that is normally hunted into the automated column, which is the entire case for owning one. Its Farming Lv1 is the bare minimum a Ranch accepts, so Dumud Gild at Farming Lv4 is a real upgrade if you find one, and its four work suitabilities mean Transporting and Mining will pull it off the Ranch on a busy base. The party half of its skill gives +15~30% Attack to Ground Pals — a damage buff, not a drop-rate bonus; that is Vaelet's job. At 520 – 646 Attack it is a producer, not a fighter.
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