The Meat Cleaver is one of many melee weapons in Palworld. While you start the game with your bare fists to punch Pals and trees, you soon get to wield clubs, spears, and better melee weapons as you level up technology points. If you're eager for a better weapon, you might be keen to know how to get a Meat Cleaver in Palworld and how to use it.

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The Meat Cleaver also sounds pretty gruesome, as its sharp edge seemingly lets you butcher pals all over the place. However, there are a few tricky menu systems in the game to get used to, which might leave you feeling stuck on how to use it. Fear not, as there are a few simple steps to follow to get you butchering away.

How To Get Meat Cleaver In Palworld

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To get a Meat Cleaver, you need to unlock it by getting technology points in Palworld and leveling up. The Meat Cleaver unlocks with two technology points once you reach level 12. Just check if you've got the correct number of points to unlock it and click on it in the Technology Menu to unlock the recipe.

Now you have the Meat Cleaver crafting recipe, you must craft it using the following resources:

Five Ingots

Five Stone

20 Wood

Stone and Wood are readily available as early-game resources. However, to make Ingots in Palworld , you need a Primitive Furnace and a Pal with the Kindling ability.

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How To Use Meat Cleaver To Butcher Pals In Palworld

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Once you've made a Meat Cleaver, you can use it as a weapon out and about in the world as usual when trying to catch pals. However, you can use a Meat Cleaver to butcher Pals you've already caught, which probably looks about as pretty as it sounds. Fortunately, the action blurs from view, so while the guilt might remain, you won't see any gore.

You can butcher pals in Palworld by following these steps:

  • Equip the Meat Cleaver as a weapon in your inventory slots and summon a Pal you no longer want, as butchering a Pal is permanent. If playing on Xbox, this means pressing the left shoulder button to summon a Pal in Palworld.
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  • Select the Pal command wheel by tapping the right stick (RS) and choose the top Butcher Pal option at the top. This command specifies the Pal to butcher, such as 'Butcher Pengullet.'
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  • A short, blurred-out sequence follows, showing your character swinging the Meat Cleaver a couple of times.
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Butchered Pals usually drop meat or other varieties of loot before they vanish from view. Channeling your inner horror movie slasher trope to butcher Pals is also a quick way to manage your inventory of Pals if you've just caught too many.

Palworld

Released
January 19, 2024
Developer(s)
Pocket Pair, Inc.
Publisher(s)
Pocket Pair, Inc.