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What Are Dog Coins in Palworld? Dog Coins are a special currency used at Medal Merchants for rare items, and they are completely separate from the standard Gold Coins you earn from selling Pals and materials. The Medal Merchant is the only vendor in Palworld that refuses Gold entirely and trades exclusively in Dog Coins. This distinction costs players hours of confusion when they first encounter t
TL;DR
- Dog Coins ≠ Gold Coins – separate currency for Medal Merchant only
- Level 80 Mimog around World Tree drops 170-250 coins per kill, fastest farm
- Medal Merchant rotates between church ruins – check Desolate Church first at (64, -414)
- Stat fruits permanently boost player stats; accessory slots and skill fruits follow
- Sakurajima, Yamijima, Sky Islands safer for midgame farming runs
Where the Medal Merchant Actually Spawns
The Medal Merchant can appear randomly in Palworld throughout the map but mainly spawns in ruined churches. The Token Merchant randomly appears in Ruins and Churches, and can be easily spotted by the Ruin entrance. The Token Merchant does not have a fixed spawn, so you will need to check multiple locations until you find him. He appears inside ruined churches across Palpagos Island, dressed in bright golden garb that stands out against the stone interiors.
Check these four church ruins, each with a Fast Travel Point nearby, using approximate coordinates: Desolate Church (64, -414): Northwest of the starting area in Windswept Hills, the most common first stop. The other confirmed spawn points include Forgotten Island Church at approximate coordinates (-455, -17); Marsh Island Church Ruins at approximate coordinates (399, -276); Sea Breeze Archipelago Church Ruins at approximate coordinates (-62, -535).
If a church is empty, fast travel to the next one on the list, or reload the world and check again. All Medal Merchants share the same shop inventory, so any of the four works. Players report that teleporting away and back with a Great Eagle Statue or your Palbox refreshes the rotation, which can save time when hunting for the merchant during a buying session.
Tip
The Desolate Church at coordinates (64, -414) is the most frequently reported first spawn. Start there, and if the merchant is absent, cycle through Forgotten Island, Marsh Island, and Sea Breeze Archipelago churches using fast travel.
Where to Get Dog Coins in Palworld
High-level Mimog hunting is the best direct Dog Coin farm because wild Mimog always drop Dog Coins when defeated or captured. The fastest repeatable farming method in Palworld 1.0 is hunting high-level Mimog, with the best returns coming from Level 70–80 spawns around the World Tree. Their payout increases with level, reaching 170–250 Dog Coins from Level 80 Mimog before any item-drop bonuses are applied.
Dog Coins can also appear in Junkyards, treasure chests, Elemental Chests, and drops from human enemies, but these methods are less consistent. Human enemies such as the Syndicate Thugs or those who belong to factions sometimes drop Dog Coins when you defeat them in battle. Scrap piles scattered along beaches and cliffs offer small amounts when searched, and the Syndicate Oil Rig remains a repeatable source for players farming hostile human camps. Unfortunately, butchering Mimogs will not provide Dog Coins – you must defeat or capture them in the wild.
They spawn randomly throughout Palpagos Island and are difficult to fight due to them always running away. Mimog disguises itself as a treasure chest, and its health bar does not appear until you engage, which makes spotting them harder than standard Pals. One good strategy is to trap the Mimog using defensive walls before engaging it in battle so that it cannot run away.
Step-by-Step: High-Level Mimog Farming Walkthrough
Follow this sequence to get it done fast.
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Reach the World Tree region and unlock fast travel
Level 70-80 Mimog spawn most densely here and yield the highest coin drops per kill.
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Equip high single-damage weapons or missile launcher
Mimog flees immediately when attacked; one-shot kills prevent losses and maximize coins per hour.
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Use Pal Spheres to slow or stun fleeing Mimog
Throwing spheres interrupts their sprint, buying you time to land the killing blow if your first shot misses.
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Check lava river areas and Sealed Realm of the Swift
These sub-zones within the World Tree region concentrate Mimog spawns and respawn quickly after clearing.
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Fast travel away and return to refresh spawns
If Mimog density drops, teleport to another region and return to reset the spawn pool.
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Bank coins regularly at Medal Merchant churches
Dying before banking risks losing progress; cycle through Desolate, Forgotten Island, Marsh Island, and Sea Breeze churches to find the active merchant.
Best Dog Coin Farming Methods Compared
| Method | Speed | Effort | Best For |
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| Level 80 Mimog (World Tree) | Fastest | High (endgame gear required) | Players at level 50+ with missile launchers or high-tier rifles |
| Sakurajima Mimog | Moderate | Medium (level 35–45 viable) | Midgame players exploring the new biome with flying mounts |
| Yamijima & Sky Islands | Moderate | Medium (scattered spawns) | Players avoiding World Tree difficulty with access to aerial routes |
| Syndicate Oil Rig raids | Slow | High (combat-heavy) | Groups farming human camps for multiple loot types simultaneously |
| Scrap piles & treasure chests | Very slow | Low (passive collection) | Explorers gathering coins incidentally while mapping new areas |
Medal Merchant Stock and Prices
The Medal Merchant sells items unavailable anywhere else in Palworld, including permanent stat boosts and accessory slot expansions. Based on confirmed player reports and wiki data, the core inventory includes:
Important
Stat fruits from the Medal Merchant have been reported by some sources to boost player stats and by others to boost Pal stats. Verify in-game before committing thousands of coins – the distinction determines whether these are character-progression items or Pal-training consumables.
The accessory slot expansions are particularly valuable because Palworld caps your equipped accessories by default, and each additional slot enables another Attack Pendant, Defense Ring, or utility item to stack simultaneously.
Spending Priority: What to Buy First
Accessory Slots Come First for Most Builds
The Mysterious Accessory Box increases you Accessory Slot by 1. Buying this will enable you to equip another accessory such as the Attack Pendant, which makes your attacks deal more damage than usual. The first two boxes cost 100 and 1,000 Dog Coins respectively, making them the most cost-effective purchases for immediate power gains. Extra accessory slots benefit every playstyle – combat, exploration, base-building – because they multiply the effectiveness of gear you already own.
Stat Fruits for Long-Term Character Investment
If stat fruits do boost your player character permanently, they outrank almost every other purchase for characters you plan to keep. A permanent HP, Attack, or Defense increase compounds over hundreds of hours of play, whereas consumables and skill fruits serve narrow tactical roles. However, This item will boost Pal’s Defense Potential by 10 when used, suggesting these may actually be Pal-focused items rather than player boosts. The conflicting information in patch notes and wikis makes this a verify-first purchase.
Pal stat progression works differently: Pal stats scale through IVs, condensing, and passive skills, which we cover in our Palworld IV & Condensing Guide. If stat fruits boost Pals rather than players, they compete with souls and training manuals for the same job, and the efficiency comparison shifts.
Skill Fruits Fill Niche Roles
Skill Fruits allow you to teach Pals moves outside their natural level-up progression, which matters for PvP tuning and raid optimization but rarely changes the core gameplay loop. Buy these after covering accessory slots and stat progression, unless you are building a specific counter-team for a raid boss and need a particular element coverage immediately.
Common Misconceptions About Dog Coins and Mimog Farming
Butchering Mimog Does Not Yield Dog Coins
Unfortunately, butchering Mimogs will not provide Dog Coins. Players who capture Mimog expecting to butcher them for double currency the way Dumud works for Gold farming will be disappointed. Dog Coins drop only on defeat or capture in the wild; bred or butchered Mimog give experience and crafting materials but zero currency. This is a critical distinction that wastes early-game breeding resources if misunderstood.
Drop-Rate Bonuses from Blazehowl Noct Are Unconfirmed
Some sources claim Blazehowl Noct’s passive skill increases Dog Coin drops from Mimog by 40–80 percent, but multiple farm guides note this effect is unconfirmed for guaranteed special currencies. Standard loot-quantity skills often exclude quest items and fixed-drop currencies, and no verified rate comparison exists showing scaled Dog Coin counts. Treat the bonus as theoretical until patch notes or widespread player testing confirms it applies.
Medal Merchant Stock Does Not Rotate Weekly
Unlike seasonal vendors in live-service games, All Medal Merchants share the same shop inventory, and that inventory appears to be static across Palworld 1.0. The merchant himself rotates locations, but his stock list does not change week to week. You can plan long-term purchases without fearing limited-time exclusives will vanish before you farm enough coins.
Secondary Dog Coin Sources Worth Your Time
Syndicate Oil Rig and Human Enemy Camps
Human enemies such as the Syndicate Thugs or those who belong to factions sometimes drop Dog Coins when you defeat them in battle. The Syndicate Oil Rig offers a dense cluster of hostile humans in a repeatable raid format, and clearing it yields Dog Coins alongside ammo, gear, and Gold. The coins-per-hour rate is lower than focused Mimog farming, but groups already running Oil Rig for other loot can treat Dog Coins as bonus income rather than wasted time.
Scrap Piles and Junkyard Clusters
Scrap piles spawn along coastlines, volcanic regions, and abandoned structures throughout Palpagos Island. Searching junk and scrap piles can turn up small amounts of Dog Coins, typically in the range of 5–20 per pile. The randomness and low yield make this a poor primary farm, but explorers mapping new regions for fast travel points and resource nodes can search every pile they pass and accumulate hundreds of coins over a session without dedicated grinding.
Dungeon and Ruin Chests
Treasure chests: Random chance from chests opened around the map. Dungeons with multiple chests per clear offer a passive Dog Coin income stream if you are already farming those instances for raid summon materials, Pal captures, or skill fruit drops. Check every chest, and the coins add up faster than scrap piles because dungeons concentrate loot density.
Our Take: Dog Coin Grind Is Manageable If You Focus Mimog Early
Our Take
Dog Coins are less painful than they first appear, but only if you rush World Tree access and optimize the Mimog kill loop before burning out on side farms.
The rotating Medal Merchant is an annoyance rather than a genuine obstacle once you memorize the four church coordinates and cycle fast travel. The real friction comes from Mimog’s flee-on-sight AI and the level gap between midgame players and the best spawn zones. If you are still progressing through Sakurajima at level 35–40, the 170-250 coin payouts at World Tree are inaccessible, and you are stuck with slower Sakurajima and Yamijima farms that yield half the coins per kill.
The spending priority is straightforward if stat fruits truly boost your player character permanently: accessory slots first for the cheap 100-coin box, then dump everything into Life, Power, and Stout fruits until you cap the hidden stat limits. If stat fruits actually boost Pals instead, the math shifts entirely, and you should prioritize accessory slots followed by skill fruits for PvP tuning. The conflicting wiki and patch note data on this question is frustrating – Pocketpair should clarify the tooltip in-game.
For players leveling their first character through the campaign, the Dog Coin grind sits in a reasonable spot: grindy enough to make each Medal Merchant purchase feel earned, but not so slow that you skip the vendor entirely. Compare this to Gold farming through Dumud breeding and ore sales, which trivializes the economy once you automate it. Dog Coins gate premium items behind time investment rather than economic exploits, which keeps the endgame progression curve intact longer than most survival-crafters manage.
The lack of a guaranteed Mimog spawn map marker or detector Pal skill is the one genuine design flaw here. Tombat’s detection radius helps, but a chest-shaped Pal that camouflages as world loot and sprints away on the first hit needed a more robust targeting system. It is not fun difficulty – it is pixel-hunting tedium.
If you are in the early game and need broader money-making strategies, our Palworld Gold Farming Guide covers the Dumud Gild exploit and ore-selling automation that funds base upgrades and Black Market purchases. For endgame progression once you have the coins, check our Palworld Raid Boss Guide for the six raid encounters that drop the same stat fruits the Medal Merchant sells, giving you an alternative farm route if you prefer boss encounters to open-world grinding.