How to Catch Menasting in Palworld (Location, Skills & Drops)
Menasting is the best Venom Gland farm in Palworld at 5 – 10 per kill, guaranteed — roughly double the next-best source — and it is the only drop-rate booster in the game that also buffs the player directly, adding +5~10% Defense on top of its +40~80% items from Electric Pals. It carries the highest Defense stat documented anywhere in this series. Catchable from Level 31 in the desert. Here is where to find it.
Menasting at a Glance
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Element | Dark / Ground |
| Paldeck # | #99 |
| Partner Skill | Steel Scorpion — while in party, the player's Defense increases by 5~10%, and Electric Pals drop 40~80% more items when defeated |
| Work Suitability | Mining Lv5, Lumbering Lv3 |
| Notable Drops | Venom Gland (5 – 10, 100%), Medium Pal Soul (1 – 2, 100%) |
| Egg | Huge Dark Egg — CombiRank 1,120 |
| Rarity | 9 |
Where to Find Menasting
Menasting is a desert Pal, and it is spread across the whole region:
- Desert orange zones — Level 31 – 43, in seven separate spawn areas.
- Sandstone Plateau Watchtower — Level 40 – 45.
- Marsh Island — Level 55.
- Desert raid — Level 61 – 80.
Take the Level 31 – 35 population. The partner skill and the Venom Gland drop are identical at every level, so there is nothing to gain from the higher-level versions.
Wear heat-resistant armor. The Desiccated Desert does steady environmental damage, and as with Anubis, that is what actually defeats most first attempts rather than the Pal itself.
Bring Dragon or Grass attackers. Menasting is Dark / Ground — weak to Dragon through its Dark half and to Grass through its Ground half. A mixed party covers both.
Do not confuse it with Menasting Terra, the Ground variant added in Palworld 1.0, which is Mining Lv6 and a different Pal entirely.
The Best Venom Gland Farm in the Game
| Source | Venom Gland | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Menasting | 5 – 10 | 100% |
| Shroomer Noct | 4 – 8 | 100% |
| Prixter / Dandilord | 4 – 5 | 100% |
Menasting is the only source that reaches ten in a single kill, and its floor of five matches most other Pals' ceiling.
Why you need them in bulk: the Frostallion Noct Saddle wants 72 Venom Gland. At Menasting's rate that is roughly ten kills; at 4 – 5 per kill it is closer to sixteen. Venom Gland is also worth 300 gold apiece, so a surplus is a reasonable income stream.
The Medium Pal Soul at 1 – 2 (100%) is the quiet second reason to farm it. Pal Souls fund condensing and the Statue of Power's separate level track, and a guaranteed Medium tier from an ordinary Level 31 Pal is unusual — most Pals give Small, if anything. Two Medium Souls also crush into one Large Soul for 10 gold at a Crusher, so this is effectively a Large Soul farm as well.
The Only Booster That Buffs You Too
Steel Scorpion does two things while Menasting is in your party:
| Effect | Value |
|---|---|
| Player Defense | +5~10% |
| Electric Pal drops | +40~80% more items |
That first line is unique. Palworld has a drop-rate booster for all nine elements, and every one of them gives +40~80% and nothing else. Menasting is the only one that also improves your own survivability — so it costs a party slot but partly pays that slot back.
What its Electric bonus covers: Orserk, Grizzbolt, Beakon and Univolt among the notable targets. That is fewer than Blazehowl's five Grass targets or Cryolinx's four Dragon ones, so as a pure booster Menasting ranks mid-table.
Two limits, as with every booster:
- It does not stack. One Menasting is the whole bonus.
- It boosts quantity, not drop chance — good on a 6 – 9 part drop, no help on a flat 3% schematic roll.
Work & Stats
At base Menasting is Mining Lv5 and Lumbering Lv3 — mid-table and low. Aegidron at Mining Lv8 is what you want on ore. Note that Mining sits at work priority 14 while Lumbering is 15, so at least Menasting will mine before it logs — but neither rating justifies a worker slot.
At Level 80:
- HP: 4,900 – 6,100
- Attack: 700 – 880
- Defense: 830 – 1,064
That Defense is among the highest in the game — Tetroise Primo is ahead at 890 – 1,142, but Menasting outclasses almost everything else documented here. Combined with the +5~10% player Defense from its own skill, Menasting is a genuinely defensive party member — it survives being out with you, which matters because unlike the pure party-slot boosters, you may well want it fighting.
As an Alpha it drops:
| Drop | Quantity | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Ancient Civilization Parts | 5 – 7 | 100% |
| Precious Claw | 5 – 7 | 100% |
| Cold Resistant Refined Metal Armor Schematic 4 | 1 | 3% |
How to Catch Menasting
- Bring Dragon or Grass attackers — one for each half of its typing.
- Wear heat-resistant armor for the Desiccated Desert.
- Do not bring Neutral or Electric Pals. Dark beats Neutral, Ground beats Electric.
- Take the Level 31 – 35 desert-zone population — the earliest of seven.
- Legendary Spheres are comfortable there; Ultimate for the Level 55 Marsh Island version.
- Breed the duplicates at CombiRank 1,120 from a Huge Dark Egg.
Practical tips
- 5 – 10 Venom Gland at 100% — the best in the game, and roughly double Prixter or Dandilord.
- The Frostallion Noct Saddle wants 72 glands — about ten Menasting kills.
- A guaranteed Medium Pal Soul every kill, and two Medium crush into one Large for 10 gold.
- The only drop booster that also buffs the player, at +5~10% Defense.
- Its Electric bonus covers fewer targets than Blazehowl's Grass or Cryolinx's Dragon — take those first.
- 830 – 1,064 Defense at Level 80 makes it one of the tankiest Pals you can field.
Running your own Palworld 1.0 server
Venom Glands and Pal Souls are both volume materials — you farm them across many trips, not one. On a dedicated Palworld 1.0 server the desert route stays live around the clock and your Crusher keeps converting souls up a tier while you are offline. Full crossplay lets a group split the seven desert zones, and one-click backups and automatic updates protect a stockpile measured in hours.
Conclusion
Menasting is a Dark / Ground Pal found across seven desert zones from Level 31 – 43, at the Sandstone Plateau Watchtower and on Marsh Island at Level 55. It is the best Venom Gland farm in Palworld at 5 – 10 per kill, guaranteed — roughly double Prixter or Dandilord, and the number that matters when the Frostallion Noct Saddle asks for 72. It also drops a guaranteed Medium Pal Soul, which crushes into Large tiers two-for-one. Its Steel Scorpion skill makes it the only drop-rate booster in the game that buffs the player, adding +5~10% Defense alongside +40~80% items from Electric Pals — though its Electric coverage is narrower than Blazehowl's or Cryolinx's. At 830 – 1,064 Defense it is also one of the tankiest Pals you can field, behind only Tetroise Primo. Bring Dragon and Grass, and wear heat resistance.
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