Dog Coins are the currency behind the single biggest permanent power boost in Palworld — Stat Fruits — and almost every new player wastes them or never figures out where they come from. The short version: kill the little coin-carrying Pal called Mimog, never butcher it, and spend what you collect at the Medal Merchant hiding in the map's ruined churches. Here's the fast route.
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Quick answer: how to farm Dog Coins in Palworld
Dog Coins drop almost exclusively from a Pal called Mimog, which spawns where Treasure Chests would normally appear across the Palpagos Islands. Each Mimog you defeat or catch drops 14–21 Dog Coins (a guaranteed 100% drop), and an Alpha Mimog drops ×35. You then spend Dog Coins at the Medal Merchant, an NPC found inside ruined/abandoned churches, where Life, Power and Stout Fruit cost 200 Dog Coins each. The one rule that trips everyone up: butchering a Mimog gives you zero coins — you only get Dog Coins by killing or capturing it normally.
That's the whole loop. The rest of this guide is about doing it fast — where to run, what to bring, and what to actually buy first.
What are Dog Coins used for?
Dog Coins are a specialty currency; you can't buy them and merchants won't take them for normal goods. They exist for one shop — the Medal Merchant — and the headline purchase is Stat Fruits:
- Life Fruit → +HP
- Power Fruit → +Attack
- Stout Fruit → +Defense
Each fruit gives +10 to that stat's IV (Potential), which caps at 100, so it takes 10 fruits to max a single stat. A fully-maxed IV of 100 is worth roughly +30% to that stat on top of everything else. Critically, in Palworld 1.0 IVs are no longer locked at capture — every pre-2026 guide that tells you a bad catch is permanent is wrong. Stat Fruits let you fix any roll after the fact, which is exactly why Dog Coins matter for a min-maxed team.
At 200 Dog Coins per fruit and 10 fruits to max one stat, maxing a single stat on a single Pal costs 2,000 Dog Coins — around 100 Mimog kills at the low end of the drop range. Maxing all three stats on one Pal is 6,000 Dog Coins. That's the scale you're farming for, so efficiency is the whole game.
The Medal Merchant also stocks a few other things worth knowing about: Elixirs (200 each), Starfruit for pushing a Pal's rank (ranging 50 to 400 depending on tier), and cosmetic Pal hats (25). Stat Fruits are the reason to farm, but if you're swimming in coins the Elixirs and Starfruit are legitimate sinks.
Where does Mimog spawn?
Mimog is not a normal wild Pal you'll bump into in the grass. According to the official Palworld wiki, "Mimog spawns in most places throughout the Palpagos Islands, in place of Treasure Chests." In other words, every spot on the map where you'd expect a lootable chest is a potential Mimog spawn instead — which makes chest-dense areas your farm routes.
There are a few zones where Mimog won't appear, and it's worth memorising them so you don't waste time:
- Windswept Hills (the starting area)
- Isle of Silence
- Wildlife Sanctuaries (the no-catch islands)
- Oil Rigs
- Foot of the World Tree
Everywhere else on Palpagos is fair game. The most efficient approach is to build a loop through a region you can fly across quickly — mount up on a flying Pal, hit every former-chest location in sequence, and reset. Because Mimog occupies chest spawns, dungeons and ruin clusters (which have dense chest placement) tend to be the richest hunting grounds.
How many Dog Coins does each Mimog drop?
This is where a lot of the misinformation lives, so here's the verified number. Per the official wiki's drop table, a standard Mimog drops 14–21 Dog Coins at a 100% rate, and an Alpha Mimog drops a flat ×35. You'll see field guides throwing around numbers like "170–250 per Mimog" — treat those with heavy skepticism; they aren't reflected in the wiki's drop data and are most likely either pre-1.0 figures or the result of a cranked-up drop multiplier (more on that below), not the base game.
The practical takeaway: Alpha Mimogs are worth roughly double a regular one, so if you know an Alpha spawn, prioritise it. And because the drop is guaranteed, your Dog Coins-per-hour is purely a function of how many Mimog you can find and kill, not luck — which changes how you optimise.
Why you should never butcher a Mimog
Here's the counter-intuitive rule that costs impatient players thousands of coins: butchering a Mimog gives you nothing. The wiki is explicit that Dog Coins "cannot be obtained by butchering it" — the design intent is to stop players from breeding Mimog in a farm and butchering them for infinite currency.
So the only way to bank Dog Coins is to defeat the Mimog in combat or catch it with a Pal Sphere in the wild. Don't set up a Mimog breeding pen expecting a money printer; it won't work. Kill-or-catch, in the world, is the only path.
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The fastest Dog Coin farming loop
Put the pieces together and the efficient farm looks like this:
- Pick a chest-dense region you can fly — dungeon clusters and ruin fields are ideal because Mimog inherits chest spawn points.
- Ride a fast flying mount and run a fixed loop, hitting every former-chest node. Jetragon or any high-speed flyer keeps the loop tight; if you don't have one yet, see our how to level up fast guide to reach the point where legendary flyers are catchable.
- One-shot where you can. Mimog isn't tanky; a strong combat Pal or a decent firearm kills it before it can flee. Our best combat Pals tier list covers who hits hardest.
- Prioritise Alpha Mimog (×35) whenever one is up.
- Reset the loop by fast-travelling out and back, or simply relogging, to force spawns to repopulate.
Do NOT butcher, do NOT breed, and do NOT expect it from Sanctuaries. That's the entire optimisation.
Do drop-boost skills and multipliers actually help?
Two popular "tricks" deserve an honest answer. Pals with drop-boosting Partner Skills — Katress and Blazehowl Noct are the usual picks — reliably increase Neutral-type item drops (roughly +30% at 0★ up to +80% at 4★, and different Pals with the same effect can stack). However, it is not confirmed that these skills scale Mimog's fixed, guaranteed Dog Coin drop. Boosting a percentage-chance loot roll is one thing; multiplying a currency drop that's already at 100% is another, and no authoritative source verifies it works on Dog Coins specifically. Bring a Katress if you like — it can't hurt — but don't count on it doubling your coins.
The reliable lever is spawn rate, not drop size. Which brings us to world settings.
Boost your farm with world settings (solo/private worlds)
If you're playing solo or on your own private world, you can bend the farm in your favour. Two sliders matter:
- Pal Appearance Rate — more Pals spawning means more Mimog appearing at chest nodes. This is the single most reliable multiplier on your Dog Coins-per-hour because it directly increases how many Mimog you encounter.
- Dropped Items Multiplier — this reliably boosts standard loot; whether it multiplies the fixed Dog Coin count is subject to the same uncertainty as partner skills, so treat any coin bump as a bonus, not a guarantee.
Both settings range from 0.5× to 3× (3× is the cap). The catch new players miss: you edit an existing world's settings from the title screen's "Change World Settings" option, not the in-game pause menu. Only Random Pal Mode is locked after creation — everything else, including these two sliders, can be changed mid-playthrough. Crank Pal Appearance Rate up, load back in, and your farm loop suddenly has far more Mimog to hit.
Where is the Medal Merchant?
Farming coins is pointless if you can't spend them. The Medal Merchant is an NPC who sets up shop inside ruined and abandoned churches dotted around the map — locations like the Desolate Church, the Isle of Silence church ruins, the Marsh Island church ruins, and the Sea Breeze Archipelago church. It is not in Sakurajima's main hub, so don't waste time looking there.
Fast-travel to the nearest church ruin, find the merchant among the pews, and buy your Stat Fruits. If you're maxing a specific Pal, buy in bulk — remember it's 10 fruits (2,000 coins) per stat.
Are Dog Coins worth farming?
Yes — but only once you have a Pal worth investing in. Stat Fruits are a permanent boost that stacks on top of every other upgrade track (condensing, Pal Souls, Trust, Awakening), so a maxed IV is value you keep forever. If you've already got a favourite combat or base Pal, converting Dog Coins into +30% on its key stat is one of the best returns in the game.
If you're earlier in progression, spend your energy on leveling first — a higher-level Pal with base stats beats a low-level one with maxed IVs. Get the levels down (our leveling guide walks the whole XP curve), then come back and farm Dog Coins to polish your endgame roster. For the wider picture on making individual Pals hit like trucks, our Radiant Gems and Awakening guide and best base Pals list pair naturally with a Stat-Fruit investment.
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FAQ
Where do Dog Coins come from in Palworld? Dog Coins drop from a Pal called Mimog, which spawns in place of Treasure Chests across most of the Palpagos Islands. Defeating or catching a Mimog gives 14–21 Dog Coins (Alpha Mimog gives ×35). It's the only reliable source.
How many Dog Coins does a Mimog drop? A standard Mimog drops 14–21 Dog Coins as a guaranteed 100% drop, and an Alpha Mimog drops ×35. Higher numbers you may see quoted (like 170–250) aren't supported by the official drop table and are likely pre-1.0 or from a boosted drop multiplier.
Can you get Dog Coins by butchering Mimog? No. Butchering a Mimog yields zero Dog Coins — this is intentional, to stop breed-and-butcher farming. You only get coins by killing or capturing Mimog in the wild.
Where is the Medal Merchant in Palworld? The Medal Merchant is inside ruined/abandoned churches around the map (Desolate Church, Isle of Silence and Marsh Island church ruins, Sea Breeze Archipelago church). It sells Life, Power and Stout Fruit for 200 Dog Coins each, plus Elixirs, Starfruit and cosmetic hats.
What do you spend Dog Coins on? Primarily Stat Fruits — Life, Power and Stout Fruit at 200 each — which add +10 to a Pal's IV (up to a cap of 100, worth about +30% at max). IVs are no longer locked at capture in 1.0, so Stat Fruits fix bad rolls. The merchant also sells Elixirs, Starfruit and hats.
Does the Dropped Items Multiplier boost Dog Coins? It reliably boosts normal loot, but it's unconfirmed whether it multiplies Mimog's fixed Dog Coin drop. The more dependable world-setting lever is Pal Appearance Rate, which spawns more Mimog for you to farm. Both cap at 3× and can be changed mid-game from the title screen.
Facts verified against the official Palworld wiki and current patch 1.0.3 (build 1.101.283). Drop numbers and merchant locations reflect the live 1.0 game, not early-access data.
