How To Fix Overfull In Palworld? Palworld is a unique single-player and multiplayer action-adventure survival game developed by Japanese game studio Pocket Pair and published by Teyon in 2022. In the game, you play as a “Producer” who travels to the mysterious Palworld island to start a business by training cute, fluffy, anime-style creatures called Pals to work for you.
As the Producer, you must gather resources, build various facilities, assign Pals to do different jobs, maintain your Pals’ needs, and expand your business empire on the island. A key mechanic in Palworld is breeding and training the Pals through positive and negative reinforcement to make them obedient workers for your business ventures.
What is Overfull in Palworld
In Palworld, all Pals have various needs meters including Hunger, Tiredness, Sickness and Stress. If any of these needs meters get too high, the Pal enters an “Overfull” state which makes them disobedient, less efficient at their jobs and even violent at times.
Specifically, the Sickness meter indicates how sick or injured a Pal is. If a Pal takes too much damage, gets repeatedly attacked by wild creatures, or consumes unhealthy items, their Sickness meter starts filling up. If it reaches maximum, the Pal becomes “Overfull” with sickness which leads to problematic behavior.
Problems of a Sick Overfull Pal
An Overfull Pal with a maxed out Sickness meter can cause various issues:
- They will be in pain and keep losing health over time
- Their performance at assigned jobs like farming, crafting etc. drops significantly
- They may refuse to work and wander around aimlessly
- Overfull Pals often fight with each other more aggressively
- There is a higher chance they may attack or even kill the Producer
Ultimately, the productivity and obedience of Overfull sick Pals takes a huge hit. Plus, other Pals interacting with them also start getting rebellious and violent. This can quickly spiral out of control and disrupt your entire Pal business infrastructure.
How to Fix an Overfull Sickness Pal
To fix an Overfull sickness Pal in Palworld and restore order, you need to focus on lowering its Sickness meter. There are a few ways to achieve this:
1. Feed Medical Supplies
The most direct way is to feed the Overfull Pal some medical items specifically meant to treat sickness and heal HP damage. The higher quality the medical item, the more it reduces the Pal’s Sickness meter.
Various usable medical supplies you can find or craft include:
- Bandages: Low-grade bandages provide basic healing over time
- Medicine: Slightly better than bandages
- First Aid Kit: Decent medicine kit for good healing
- Advanced Medicine: Rapidly heals HP and reduces Sickness
- Miracle Medicine: Extremely potent full heal and Sickness removal
Simply interact with the Overfull Pal and select the medical item from your inventory to feed it. If its Sickness meter is maxed out, you will likely need multiple high-quality medicines like Advanced Medicine or Miracle Medicine to completely fix the Overfull status.
2. Use the Hospital
Building a Hospital structure unlocks the ability for Pals to heal themselves over time automatically.
When an Overfull sick Pal is assigned to rest and heal at the Hospital, its Sickness meter will constantly drop over time without needing to feed manual medicines.
However, the Hospital has limited beds and slow healing rates. So for rapid Overfull treatment, manual feeding of powerful medicine items is better. The Hospital is more useful for slow passive healing of injured Pals over long durations.
3. Cook Food Items
Feeding the Overfull Pal some cooked Food dishes can also help recover HP and reduce Sickness.
Dishes like Omelettes, Hamburgers and Stir-Fried Vegetables have healing properties. Though not as fast-acting as advanced medicines, food items are much easier to craft. Having a Chef Pal cook healing dishes allows for a renewable food-based healing source.
4. Use Skills
Certain Pals like Engineers, Doctors and Chemists unlock special skills and crafting abilities related to healing and medical supplies.
An Engineer Pal’s First Aid skill lets them directly heal other Pals’ HP and reduce Sickness.
A Doctor Pal with enough XP can craft powerful Advanced Medicine and Miracle Medicine without needing the crafting bench recipes.
A Chemist Pal levels up to produce very strong Athletics-boosting tonics that rapidly speed up HP regeneration for all Pals.
Having these specialized Pals in your workforce makes it much easier to manage Overfull issues and offers alternatives to basic medicine items for healing.
Preventing Future Overfull Sick Pals
While the above methods fix existing Overfull sick Pals, you should also implement measures to avoid Overfull scenarios altogether:
1. Provide Adequate Food & Facilities
The root causes of high Sickness rates are lack of nutrition, poor living conditions and excessive manual labor.
Ensure your Pals have enough tasty, high-quality meals from a dedicated Chef. Give them comfortable Flophouse lodging upgraded with accessories like Soft Beds. Reduce long working hours with the Weekend edict for breaks. This keeps them happy and healthy.
2. Protect from Wildlife Attacks
Build Walls/Fences around your base and post Guard Pals with strong weapons near Entries. This prevents surprise ambushes from violent wildlife like Rhinos, Crocs, Bears etc which injure Pals.
Also domesticate and train Battle Pals specifically for hunting wildlife so they proactively cull surrounding monsters rather than waiting for attacks.
3. Craft Armor & Weapons
Equip Pals assigned to risky jobs like Lumberjacks, Miners and Explorers with protective Helmets, Body Armor and strong Weapons forged at your Smithy building. This drastically reduces the damage they take if attacked by wildlife.
High-level Blacksmith Pals can craft extremely durable Armor and Weapons with bonus stats and attributes making Pals nearly invincible.
4. Assign Doctors & Medics
Have dedicated Doctor Pals trained in medicine crafting and healing skills. Station Medic Pals near workplace hotspots like Factories and Mines.
Doctors can quickly heal any injured Pals in their vicinity. And Medics run to revive fallen Pals across the entire base. This minimizes health deterioration before Pals become Overfull.
Conclusion
An Overfull Pal with maxed out Sickness is a living time bomb that can derail all Pal operations. By feeding them curative medical supplies quickly, you can get Overfull Pals back on their feet.
Prevention is also key through adequate healthcare facilities and defensive measures against wildlife attacks. Maintaining a baseline happiness and safety standard for Pals ensures maximum productivity in your business empire.
FAQs
Q: My Pal just collapsed and is showing the “overfull” icon. What happened?
A: This means one of your Pal’s needs meters (Hunger, Tiredness, Sickness, Stress) has maxed out, causing them to enter an uncontrollable overfull state. Most likely the Sickness meter has filled up from taking too much damage.
Q: Will my overfull Pal recover on their own over time?
A: No, an overfull Pal will not recover without intervention. Their health will continue declining and their behavior will keep getting worse. You need to actively heal them back to stability.
Q: What is the fastest way to fix an overfull sick Pal?
A: Feeding them advanced medicines like Advanced Medicine or Miracle Medicine from your inventory. These will rapidly lower their Sickness and restore HP. Alternately, high level Doctor Pals can use healing skills.
Q: Is feeding normal medicine enough to reduce overfull Sickness?
A: Regular medicine can help but may take multiple applications to fix a maxed out Sickness meter. It’s slower and less efficient than advanced medicines.
Q: Should I assign all sick Pals to the Hospital?
A: The Hospital can automatically heal Pals overtime. However, healing rates are slow. It’s better used for slowly recovering injured Pals than emergency overfull cases.
Q: My Pals keep getting attacked by wild animals. How do I prevent this?
A: Build perimeter walls/fences to secure your base, place armed Guards at entries, assign Battle Pals to proactively hunt monsters, and equip Pals with protective armor/weapons.
Q: Why do some Pals randomly attack me or other Pals?
A: Excessive Sickness and overfull states can make Pals highly aggressive. Heal any overfull Pals immediately to prevent uncontrolled violence. Also ensure Pals have adequate welfare and facilities.
Q: Should I have dedicated medic Pals instead of Doctors?
A: Yes, having roaming Medic Pals stationed across your base lets them rapidly reach and revive injured Pals before they become overfull. Doctors focus on advanced healing abilities.