How to Use the Exclusion List in Palworld 1.0: Complete Automation Guide
Food logistics require specific configuration rules due to the underlying item-spoilage timers. By default, gathering Pals dump harvested Berries, Wheat, Lettuce, and Tomatoes into the closest available food container. In unconfigured settlements, this means transport workers routinely deposit harvested raw materials directly into basic Feeding Boxes placed for worker nutrition.
When raw crops crowd feeding containers, worker Pals consume uncooked ingredients that provide minimal sanity recovery, triggering depression, fractures, and refusal to work:
Navigate to every standard Feeding Box on the settlement footprint. Open the container filter settings and blacklist raw ingredients: uncheck Raw Berries, Wheat, and raw meat categories entirely. Leave only high-tier cooked rations enabled, such as Salad, Jam Buns, or Pizza. Next, build a dedicated Cooler Box or Refrigerator right next to your farming plots. Open the Cooler Box filter and toggle Ingredients to allowed, while blacklisting everything else. Station a Pal with Cooling suitability nearby.
This simple configuration routes all harvested farm plots directly into temperature-controlled storage, doubling spoil timers, keeping your team fed exclusively on nutrition-dense cooked meals, and driving resource gathering efficiency to peak output.