With the “Home Sweet Home” update, the raid boss Hartalis was added to Palworld. We show you how to defeat him.
Hartalis is the newest raid boss in Palworld and is part of the large Home Sweet Home update. You do not summon him somewhere in the open world, but specifically via a summoning altar using a Hartalis Tablet. The special twist is that the fight consists of two phases with different types. If you bring the wrong team, you will get wiped very quickly.
In this guide, we take a step by step look at how to summon Hartalis, which gear and level you should bring, and which Pals reliably counter the raid boss in both phases. This way, you can secure the coveted Hartalis Egg in the end and raise your own Hartalis.
Requirements: level, gear and preparation
Before you even think about Hartalis, you should tick off a few boxes:
- Character level: at least 65 (Hartalis himself is a level 65 raid boss with an enormous HP pool).
- Gear: endgame equipment (for example metal or better), strong firearms (assault rifle, shotgun), and plenty of healing items (food and healing potions).
- Pals: battle tested Pals around the same level, with a focus on Electric and Dark.
Also plan for the fight to take a while. Hartalis has a massive amount of health and two full HP bars.
Summoning Hartalis: tablet fragments, tablet and summoning altar
1. Get Hartalis Tablet fragments
To summon Hartalis, you need a Hartalis Tablet, which is crafted from 4 fragments. Typical sources for Hartalis Tablet fragments are dungeons and cave chests, especially purple chests in higher level areas such as crystalline tunnels.
You can also find fragments in dungeons in the Feybreak region and on Sakurajima. Watch out for large chests in hostile bases. If you are still missing pieces, you can find the last fragments during later expeditions such as “Moonflower’s Secret Hideout” or the “Ancient Feybreak Remains”. The higher the area and the more challenging the dungeon, the better your chances of getting the right fragments.
2. Craft the Hartalis Tablet
Once you have all 4 fragments, you can craft the tablet at a workbench or production line:
- Production locations:
- Base Workbench or Improved Workbench
- Production Assembly Line
- Tip: Use Pals with high crafting suitability to speed up production.
3. Build the summoning altar
Hartalis is a classic raid boss that can only be summoned via the summoning altar. You unlock the altar with three Ancient Technology Points starting at level 32. One altar requires 100 stone and 20 Paldium Fragments.
Important:
- The altar is single use. Once you start a raid, it disappears.
- You need to build a new altar for every new Hartalis attempt.
4. Choose the raid location: base or raid area?
When offering the Hartalis Tablet at the summoning altar, you can choose where the raid takes place:
- At your base
- Advantage: short paths, all base Pals within range
- Disadvantage: high risk of buildings and production chains being destroyed
- In the raid area (available since “Home Sweet Home”)
- Advantage: your base stays safe, better overview during the fight
- You can assign Pals via the Palbox to support you there
- You get a short time window of a few minutes to assign Pals and quickly place defenses such as barriers or turrets
Our recommendation: Use raid areas so your carefully built base does not vanish in AoE chaos.
Hartalis combat mechanics: two phases, two types
- Use Electric Pals at the start to deal heavy damage to Hartalis in the first phase.
Hartalis is not just a simple big Pal, but a clearly structured two phase raid boss. In the first phase, Hartalis appears as a Water and Grass dual type. For you, this means Electric is the key to success. You will face many area attacks that are sometimes hard to see and even harder to dodge. On top of that, there are typical Water and Grass projectiles and large AoEs. If you stand in the damage without protection or movement, you will lose a massive amount of HP very quickly, both your own and your Pals’.
- For the second health bar, use Dark Pals to deal damage.
Once you reduce Hartalis’ first health bar to zero, the fight is not over. Hartalis briefly “dies”, then immediately heals back to full and switches into the second phase. From this point on, you are fighting a Neutral type that still deals heavy damage, but with slightly varied attacks.
The weakness shifts. Instead of Electric Pals, Dark Pals are now your best friends. In this second phase, expect many neutral attacks, some of them large area attacks, that can hit you in both melee and ranged combat if you do not keep moving consistently.
As a simple rule, in phase 1 you want to focus as much as possible on Electric Pals and Electric attacks. In phase 2, you should switch consistently to Dark Pals and Dark attacks. Plan your raid team from the start so both roles are covered. This way, you do not have to start leveling Pals or improvising wildly in the middle of the fight.
Palworld: which Pals to bring for Hartalis
You need a setup that reliably covers both phases. Ideally, combine strong Electric Pals with Dark or Neutral killers.
Top Electric Pals for phase 1 (Water and Grass)
- Grizzbolt: high Electric damage, tanky enough to take heavy hits, excellent in pure DPS races
- Relaxaurus Lux: strong ranged attacks and good survivability
- Dinossom Lux: solid Electric damage and often easier to obtain
- Azurmane: powerful Electric nuker with strong abilities against large targets
Other useful Electric options:
- Anything with strong Electric projectiles or AoEs that is around your level
Top Dark and Neutral counters for phase 2
Against Hartalis’ neutral form, you mainly want to bring Dark Pals:
- Bellanoir Libero: one of the best Dark damage dealers in the game, high burst potential, ideal for the second HP bar
- Lyleen Noct: powerful Dark skills and strong support with healing or utility abilities depending on your build
- Incineram Noct: aggressive melee fighter with strong Dark offense
- Shadowbeak: a very strong all rounder with Dark damage and high mobility
Ideally, split your team into half Electric Pals and half Dark Pals. Use Pals with strong ranged damage, since melee fighters often struggle more with large AoEs. Still, make sure to bring at least one tank or support Pal. These can buy you valuable time to heal.
Combat tactics: positioning, Pals and time management
Before the start: assign Pals and build defenses
As soon as you offer the Hartalis Tablet, the timer starts. You only have a few minutes before the raid actually begins. Use this time to assign your strongest combat team to the raid area via the Palbox and remove weak or untrained Pals from the active group.
Also interesting:
At the same time, you can set up simple defenses in the raid area. Walls or barriers for cover are often enough. If you have spare resources, turrets or other defensive structures can add extra protection.
Phase 1: target Hartalis and dodge attacks
In the first phase, the key is to keep your distance and read the attack patterns. Hartalis uses many large area attacks that you cannot simply escape by moving backward. You should actively dodge to the side or diagonally.
Send your Electric Pals forward and support them with your own weapon, but focus on consistent damage rather than a single massive burst. Keep an eye on your Pals’ health bars. Pull them back in time before they go down and briefly switch to another Electric Pal instead of risking a complete loss.
Transition to phase 2: use the short breather
When Hartalis collapses for the first time, it briefly looks like the fight is over. In reality, the boss immediately heals back to full and switches to its neutral form. These transition seconds are your short breather. Use them to recall your active Electric Pal, summon a Dark Pal, and quickly stabilize with a healing potion or food.
Phase 2: burn down the neutral form with Dark Pals
In the second phase, send your Dark Pals into the fight. Hartalis remains dangerous and uses neutral attacks that can hit you from almost any direction, so keep moving at all times. Try to attack the boss from the side or from slightly elevated positions if the terrain allows it. This helps you avoid some area attacks.
A cleanly dodged attack is more valuable in the long run than landing one extra hit while taking a full blast in return. If your character dies, you can respawn and return to the fight as long as the raid is still active. Do not give up too early, because abandoning the raid means all used tablets are lost permanently.
Reward: Hartalis Egg, mount and base utility
Hartalis Egg and regular Hartalis
If you survive both phases, the raid boss drops the Hartalis Egg. Bring it to your base and hatch it in an incubator. You will get a smaller version of the raid boss, which is still one of the stronger Pals.
Hartalis as a mount and worker
Hartalis is a very powerful Neutral Pal with strong combat potential. He is also useful for lumbering and gathering.
To ride Hartalis, you need:
- Hartalis Saddle (available at around level 65 in the technology tree)
- Material costs (example):
- Leather x100
- Paldium Fragment x200
- High Quality Cloth x40
- Coralum Ingot x40
Once your Hartalis has the saddle, you can use him as a mount. His skill set makes him not only fast, but also very helpful in mounted combat thanks to abilities such as a protective barrier.
Conclusion: with preparation, Hartalis is absolutely doable
If you:
- reach at least level 65,
- build a solid pool of Electric and Dark Pals,
- start the raid in the raid area, and
- consistently exploit the two phase type weaknesses,
then Hartalis goes from a seemingly unbeatable raid boss to a predictable, albeit lengthy fight. Take your time to prepare, use your Palbox smartly, and stay calm during the fight. Before long, you will have your own Hartalis as a mount, worker, and powerful companion for your team.
