Palworld Chromite Locations: Best Cave Coordinates and Fast Farming Method
- Chromite is Feybreak-only. It’s tucked inside the island’s caves and dungeons — 3–4 nodes each that respawn — not out in the open. The most reliable spot is the cave near ~(-1200, -1100).
- You can’t just mine it. Chromite is hidden until you reveal it with the Metal Detector (built at the Production Assembly Line II) or the new Dark Pal Smokie, whose Harness (Technology 56, 3 points) both finds nodes and boosts their yield.
- A single node gives ~80–90 Chromite normally, but an active, high-level Smokie can push that toward ~400 per node — the difference between a chore and a fast farm.
- The fast method: bring a leveled Smokie, clear a cave’s Alpha, mine every node, then rotate to a nearby cave while the first respawns. You farm Chromite to craft Hexolite (5 Chromite + 12 Hexolite Quartz + 20 Ore), the base for endgame weapons, armour and spheres.
Chromite is Palworld 1.0’s gateway to endgame gear — and it hides. It only exists on Feybreak Island, it only spawns inside caves as invisible nodes, and you can’t touch it until you either build a Metal Detector or recruit the one Pal that sniffs it out. Get past that gate, though, and a single cave run can hand you hundreds of Chromite. Here’s where the best caves are, how to reveal the nodes, and the loop that turns Chromite farming from a slog into a fast supply line.
What Chromite is and why you want it
Chromite is a late-game ore introduced with Feybreak. On its own it does nothing — its whole job is to become Hexolite, the refined metal behind Palworld’s best weapons, armour and Pal Spheres. If you’re chasing endgame crafting, Chromite is the bottleneck you’ll come back to farm again and again.
Two things make it different from every other ore in the game:
- It’s Feybreak-exclusive. None of it spawns on the main Palpagos map. You have to be on Feybreak — the volcanic island off the south-west corner — to farm it at all.
- It’s hidden. You don’t walk up and mine a visible rock. Chromite nodes sit unseen inside caves until something reveals them, which is the part most players get stuck on.
Where Chromite is: the cave coordinates
Chromite lives underground. Feybreak’s caves and dungeons each hold 3–4 Chromite nodes, and they respawn a short time after you clear them, which is what makes cave-camping viable. Here are the documented spots:
| Spot | Coordinates | Why go |
|---|---|---|
| Crystallized Tunnel cave | ~(-1200, -1100) | The reliable one — consistently spawns multiple nodes. Start here. |
| Silvegis cave | ~(-987, -1029) | Near the Shield Dragon Tunnel fast-travel point; another multi-node cave. |
| South-east dungeon | ~(-879, -1467) | In the orange-beige south-east of the island. |
| The four Feybreak Alpha dens | across the red zones | Each Alpha’s lair hosts several Chromite nodes — clear the Alpha, then mine. |
The cave near (-1200, -1100) is the one every guide points to, and it’s the best single spot to set up on. Beyond these, Chromite nodes are scattered through Feybreak’s red zones — the detector or Smokie will turn up more as you explore. (Coordinates are in-game map readouts, so treat them as close, not exact; only the -1200, -1100 cave is confirmed by more than one source.)
How to find and mine it: Metal Detector or Smokie
This is the step that trips people up. Chromite nodes are invisible until you reveal them, and you have two ways to do that:
- The Metal Detector. A craftable tool built at the Production Assembly Line II (30 Plasteel, 100 Paldium Fragment, 30 Circuit Board, 20 Nightstar Sand). It’s a late-game Technology unlock. Equip it, walk the red zones, and it beeps faster and shifts from blue to red as you close on a node.
- Smokie, the Dark dog Pal. Feybreak added Smokie, whose partner skill — “Dig, Dog! Dig!” — works like a built-in metal detector: deploy it and it marks nearby Chromite for you. Craft Smokie’s Harness (Technology level 56, 3 points) at a Pal Gear Workbench to permanently switch the skill on. You’ll find Smokie in the northern half of the Scorched Hill on Feybreak, around ~(-750, -900).
Smokie is the better option, and not just for convenience: an active Smokie also increases how much Chromite each node drops. A plain node gives roughly 80–90 Chromite; with a high-level Smokie deployed, that climbs toward ~400 per node. Over a full cave that’s the difference between one useful haul and a stockpile.
The recommended route: grab Smokie, then tour the caves
If you’re setting out to farm Chromite properly, do it in this order — get the yield multiplier first, then sweep the caves:
- Catch Smokie in the northern Scorched Hill and level it — this is your yield boost and your detector in one.
- Silvegis cave (~-987, -1029), by the Shield Dragon Tunnel fast-travel point.
- Crystallized Tunnel cave (~-1200, -1100), the dependable multi-node stop.
- South-east dungeon (~-879, -1467) to round out the run.
Set up a small outpost near your favourite cave so you have a fast-travel anchor and somewhere to dump ore — see the best base locations guide for good Feybreak spots.
The fast farming loop
Once you know the caves, the efficient method isn’t a long tour — it’s a tight loop between two nearby caves, using Smokie for both detection and yield while nodes respawn behind you:
- Bring a leveled Smokie (and a Metal Detector as backup).
- Clear the cave’s Alpha — that reveals its 3–4 Chromite nodes.
- Mine every node with Smokie active, up to ~400 Chromite each.
- Hop to a second nearby cave (e.g. Silvegis) and mine that while the first respawns.
- Come back — the first cave’s nodes have regrown. Repeat.
Because nodes respawn on a timer, rotating two caves means you’re almost never waiting. If you’d rather not run it at all, Feybreak expeditions are a passive alternative: a roughly one-hour expedition returns ~30–50 Chromite along with Ultimate and Exotic Spheres and Giant Pal Souls — slower per hour than active farming, but hands-free.
What Chromite is for: Hexolite and the endgame
Chromite’s payoff is Hexolite, smelted at the Gigantic Furnace:
| Craft | Recipe | Station |
|---|---|---|
| 1× Hexolite | 5× Chromite + 12× Hexolite Quartz + 20× Ore | Gigantic Furnace |
Hexolite is then the ingredient for Palworld’s top-tier weapons, armour and Pal Spheres — including the heat-resistant Hexolite armour you’ll want for Feybreak itself. In other words, the loop is self-reinforcing: farm Chromite → smelt Hexolite → build better gear → farm Chromite faster. If you want to see what that gear unlocks, the new weapons guide covers the endgame arsenal Hexolite feeds.
Tips and common mistakes
- Don’t hunt Chromite before Feybreak. It genuinely doesn’t spawn anywhere else — if you’re still on the main map, you’re too early.
- Reveal before you dig. Nodes are invisible without the Metal Detector or Smokie. Players who “can’t find any Chromite” almost always skipped this step.
- Prioritise Smokie over the raw detector. The yield boost (up to ~400/node) matters more than the detection, and one Pal does both jobs.
- Rotate caves for respawns. Standing in one emptied cave wastes the timer — loop between two.
- Gear for the heat. Feybreak is volcanic; bring heat-resistant armour (Hexolite armour is ideal) and a fast flyer to move between caves quickly.
Frequently asked questions
Where is Chromite in Palworld?
Only on Feybreak Island, inside its caves and dungeons. The most reliable cave is around (-1200, -1100); the Silvegis cave (-987, -1029) and a south-east dungeon (-879, -1467) are other good spots, and the island’s four Alpha dens each hold multiple nodes.
How do you mine Chromite?
You can’t mine it until it’s revealed. Use the Metal Detector (built at the Production Assembly Line II) or deploy the Smokie Pal, whose partner skill marks nearby nodes. Then mine the node as normal.
How much Chromite does a node give?
About 80–90 normally, and up to ~400 per node with a high-level Smokie deployed, since Smokie boosts the yield as well as finding the node.
What is Chromite used for?
To craft Hexolite (5 Chromite + 12 Hexolite Quartz + 20 Ore at the Gigantic Furnace), which in turn makes endgame weapons, armour and Pal Spheres.
Do Chromite nodes respawn?
Yes — after a short time. That’s why the fast method rotates between two nearby caves so one is always regrowing while you mine the other.
The bottom line
Chromite farming is really two problems: getting to Feybreak’s caves, and revealing the nodes once you’re there. Solve the second with Smokie — it finds Chromite and multiplies each node toward ~400 — set up on the (-1200, -1100) cave, and loop it against a neighbour for respawns. Do that and Hexolite, and the endgame gear it builds, stops being a grind.
More Palworld 1.0, mapped out: the full map guide for where Feybreak sits, the new weapons guide for what Hexolite becomes, and the mount guide for the fast flyer that makes cave-hopping painless.