Sunreach is Palworld 1.0's floating late-game region, but seeing it above Palpagos does not mean you can fly straight there. The first visit is locked behind the main-story route through Feybreak Tower. Once inside, the region opens into a loop of sky-island travel, defense objectives, Soralite gathering, a settlement, high-difficulty fishing and the Azure Covenant tower.
Treat Sunreach as a progression chapter rather than a sightseeing detour. Clear its access gate first, activate travel points as you explore, then gather only enough Soralite for the equipment path you actually plan to build.
Unlock Sunreach in four steps
The story gate cannot be bypassed with a flying mount or the Wing Pack.
| Step | What to do | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Prepare for Feybreak | Bring cold resistance, boss-ready Pals, ammunition and healing. | The route begins in Feybreak, not beneath the visible sky islands. |
| 2. Clear Feybreak Tower | Defeat Bjorn & Bastigor. | This victory unlocks the route to Sunreach. |
| 3. Use the tower portal | Travel to the top of Feybreak Tower and interact with the newly available portal. | This is the first legitimate entry to Sunreach. |
| 4. Establish a route | On arrival, unlock nearby travel points before ranging across the islands. | Sunreach is fragmented vertically, so early anchors reduce repeat travel. |
Your first Sunreach loop
Start by securing travel points, then sweep outward for the six Defense Modules that maintain the barrier around the Sunreach tower. Deactivate all six before attempting Auri & Shaolong, the Azure Covenant encounter. The 1.0 tower format allows five minutes per fight, so arrive with a focused damage plan instead of a general exploration party.
Use the settlement as the natural break in that circuit: pick up its NPC conversations and sub-missions, restock, then return to the islands for Soralite and fishing. This order prevents the common mistake of collecting ore first and repeatedly crossing the same gaps later for story objectives.
Soralite at a glance
Turn Soralite into a planned upgrade
Soralite can only be mined in Sunreach, and its nodes require specialized equipment. The installed Plasma Multicutter description explicitly says it can mine special ores; its technology recipe unlocks at level 54. Aim it at the visible crack or weak point on the deposit instead of the flat rock face. At technology level 66, the Ancient Blast Furnace refines 2 Soralite and 2 Pure Quartz into one Soralite Ingot.
Pocketpair explicitly identifies Mechanical Bow, Combat SMG, Prototype Shotgun, Heavy Assault Rifle, Tactical Grenade Launcher, Laser Sword as the six new Soralite-Ingot weapon families. Current recipes also spend the ingots on ammunition, Ancient equipment, Pal gear, AI Cores and other late-game systems. Pick one weapon and its ammo supply first; trying to fund every unlock at once turns the region into an unnecessary ore grind.
Choose a first Soralite weapon
A role-first shortlist is more useful than crafting the technology tree from left to right.
| Need | Start with | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Accurate ranged shots | Mechanical Bow | Prioritizes projectile speed and penetration. |
| Close-range pressure | Prototype Shotgun | High burst with a magazine built for sustained fighting. |
| General-purpose gun | Heavy Assault Rifle | A flexible automatic option using stronger ammunition. |
| Long-range area damage | Tactical Grenade Launcher | Stable projectiles support more precise bombardment. |
| Mobile suppression | Combat SMG | A larger magazine suits aggressive movement. |
| Melee finisher | Laser Sword | Converts the material tier into close-range beam damage. |
Fishing and repeat visits
Sunreach and the World Tree contain the new high-difficulty fishing spots. In the renamed ladder, the former Expert tier is now Master, while Expert names the new harder tier. Treat fishing as a second route after the tower and Soralite objectives: bring bait and a fishing-assist Pal, activate nearby travel points, and combine catches with the rest of your island circuit.
The verified Sunreach roster
Every Pal with a Sunreach wild spawn
The four Sunreach-only wild habitats appear first. The remaining entries also spawn elsewhere, but every level range and marker count below is scoped to Sunreach itself.
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