How to Get Cement in Palworld 1.0 (& What It's For)
Cement is the material that stops most Palworld base-building projects, and almost nobody plans for it. It goes into furnaces, hot springs, silos, pipes, production stations, fishing ponds and defensive turrets — and unlike stone or wood, you cannot gather it. It has to be crafted, at a station most players do not build until well past the point they first need cement. Here is the recipe and how to keep a supply running.
What Is Cement?
Cement is a Common-rarity material, weight 5, with a sell value of 90 Gold Coins.
Its description names the station outright: "Cement used for creating structures and more. Can be produced in a High Quality Workbench."
The Recipe
| Input | Amount |
|---|---|
| Stone | 20 |
| Bone | 1 |
| Aquatic Pal Fluids | 1 |
| Technology Level | 19 |
| Production time | 300 seconds |
| Yield | 10 Cement |
The yield is the detail that matters. One craft produces ten cement, so the per-unit cost is only 2 Stone, 0.1 Bone and 0.1 Aquatic Pal Fluids. Cement feels expensive because recipes ask for it in blocks of thirty, but the actual inputs are among the cheapest in the game.
Bone comes from Ranch Pals Cawgnito and Sootseer, or from Pals like Pupperai and Bulldosu in the field. Aquatic Pal Fluids drops from over 40 Water Pals at a 100% rate and weighs only 0.2 — among Palworld 1.0's roster, Polapup Terra and Skutlass are the easiest sources.
Neither is a real constraint. Cement is a stone problem, and stone is the most abundant material in the game.
Where to Craft It
- High Quality Workbench — the standard route
- Production Assembly Line and Production Assembly Line II (Technology Level 42)
- Advanced Workshop
- Ancient Workbench (Technology Level 67)
Basic workbenches cannot produce cement. If the recipe is greyed out at Technology Level 19, that is why — you have the recipe but not the bench.
At 300 seconds per craft, queue cement in bulk rather than on demand. Five minutes per batch of ten adds up quickly when a single Fishing Pond wants thirty.
What Cement Builds
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| Production stations | Fishing Pond (x30, Tech 31), assembly lines |
| Base infrastructure | Furnaces, hot springs, silos, pipes |
| Defensive structures | Mounted machine guns, missile launchers |
| Gear | Fishing rods, accessories |
| Research | Handiwork efficiency, sphere duplication techniques |
The Fishing Pond at Cement x30 is where most players first hit the wall — it also wants Wooden Board x15 and Cryogenic Coolant x3, and cement is usually the ingredient they do not have.
The research uses are easy to overlook. Sphere duplication techniques in particular is exactly the kind of upgrade that pays back permanently, and cement is one of its costs.
Defensive structures matter more than they sound. Base raids in Palworld require the AI to reach you on foot, and while stone walls reduce most raid attacks to 1 damage, mounted turrets are what actually kill late-game human faction raiders — the Syndicate, Free Pal Alliance and the rest.
Practical tips
- One craft yields ten. Cement is far cheaper than the recipe quantities suggest — 2 Stone per unit.
- It needs a High Quality Workbench or better. A greyed-out recipe at Tech 19 is a station problem.
- At 300 seconds per batch, queue it in bulk and walk away.
- Stock Bone from Ranch Pals Cawgnito or Sootseer so the recipe never stalls on the small ingredients.
- Budget 30 Cement before Technology Level 31 so the Fishing Pond is buildable the moment it unlocks.
Running your own Palworld 1.0 server
A five-minute craft time on a material you need in blocks of thirty is exactly what a persistent world is for. On a dedicated Palworld 1.0 server your High Quality Workbench keeps producing cement while you are offline, so a base-building session starts with materials in the chest rather than a queue to watch. Full crossplay lets a group split gathering and production, and one-click backups and automatic updates protect the base you built with it.
Conclusion
Cement is 20 Stone + 1 Bone + 1 Aquatic Pal Fluids, unlocked at Technology Level 19, and one craft yields ten — so the real cost is about 2 Stone per unit. It must be made at a High Quality Workbench or better, which is the single most common reason the recipe appears unavailable. It builds fishing ponds, furnaces, hot springs, silos, pipes, defensive turrets and several research unlocks including sphere duplication. Queue it in bulk at 300 seconds a batch, keep Bone and Aquatic Pal Fluids stocked, and have 30 ready before Technology Level 31 for your first Fishing Pond.
Want your workbenches producing while you are away? Rent a Palworld server at gamever.io — instant setup, one-click backups and updates, full crossplay and 24/7 uptime. Start with a free trial and use promo code WELCOME.