Palworld offers an exciting blend of popular games, from the building mechanics of Fortnite and Minecraft to the adorable Pokemon-like creatures known as pals. While some features draw inspiration from other titles, Palworld’s true focus lies in its pals and the unique ways you can interact with them.
Your pals can do everything from cooking and mining to constructing buildings in your base. While they’re adept at most tasks, there are some structures they can’t quite grasp or work at, like the enigmatic Summoning Altar. In Palworld, the Summoning Altar is a big, odd-looking structure resembling the mysterious building blocks found in wildlife sanctuaries, Mount Obsidian, and near No Man’s Trail in Astral Mountains.
As its name suggests, the Summoning Altar is used to summon extremely powerful Pals called raid bosses, who drop powerful rewards, ranging from rare items to a huge dark egg featuring the raid boss itself. Follow this guide to find out how to unlock the Summoning Altar, the materials required to build it, and use the building to summon a raid boss.
Palworld: How To Join First Raid Boss (Bellanoir Guide & Rewards)
Bellanoir is the first raid boss battle in Palworld. Defeating it will be difficult, but capturing it and earning its rewards is worth the challenge.
How to Unlock the Summoning Altar and Build It
The Summoning Altar is an ancient technology unlockable at level 33 in Palworld. After reaching level 33, you can spend three Ancient Technology points to unlock the building recipe. The easiest way to get Ancient Technology points is by defeating alpha pals found throughout the Palpagos Islands. If you are up for a challenge, feel free to fight the strong tower bosses to get five Ancient Technology points when defeating them for the first time.
Once you have unlocked the Summoning Altar, you will need the following items to build it:
- 100 stones
- 20 paldium fragments
The Summoning Altar is located in the Other tab of the Build menu. It’s important to consider where you build the altar. While it might be tempting to place it in your main base for convenience, it’s not recommended. Instead, it’s advisable to dedicate a separate base specifically for summoning and battling raid bosses. Palworld lets you create up to three bases by creating a Palbox.
This strategic decision is essential because raid bosses can wreak havoc on your base. By keeping your main base separate, you can protect it from potential destruction guaranteed during a boss fight. An open area is perfect for building the Summoning Altar, as you will have enough space to move freely and let your powerful Pals fight the boss without getting stuck in odd places.
How to Use the Summoning Altar
Once you have constructed the Summoning Altar, the next step is to craft a Pal slab to start the summoning ritual for a raid boss. Simply place the slab into the altar and select the ‘Summon Powerful Pal’ option. Palworld will prompt you for confirmation before summoning the boss, ensuring you’re prepared for the encounter.
Should you find yourself lacking the necessary slabs for summoning a raid boss, you will need to scavenge for slab fragments. These rare items are often found as rewards in chests scattered throughout dungeons and open-world areas, such as wildlife sanctuaries.
For lower-level raid bosses like the Eclipsed Siren Bellanoir, seek out dungeons in early-game regions like Windswept Hills and Sea Breeze Archipelago for slab fragments. As for high-level bosses like the Twilight Siren Bellanoir Libero, explore dungeons and regions such as Mount Obsidian, Desiccated Desert, and Astral Mountains. Defeating the Twilight Siren Bellanoir Libero will drop the slab for summoning an even more formidable variant of the same raid boss.
Once you have collected four slab fragments, head to a crafting workbench or production assembly line to assemble the slab. Fortunately, unlocking the recipe for summoning a slab in Palworld doesn’t require any points, but remember, the recipe only becomes visible when you possess at least one slab fragment in your inventory.
Palworld
- Released
- January 19, 2024
- Developer(s)
- Pocket Pair, Inc.
