What ingredients does a Circuit Board need in Palworld?

Circuit Boards are crafted from Ore and Pure Quartz. You need the technology unlocked and access to a crafting station capable of producing them, typically a Production Assembly Line or an equivalent workbench.

Where do you find Pure Quartz for Circuit Boards?

Pure Quartz is mined from pale crystal nodes in the desert regions and snowy mountains of Palpagos Islands. A Metal Pickaxe is required to break the nodes.

What are Circuit Boards used for?

Circuit Boards unlock and feed the electric production chain, including generators, Production Assembly Lines, Pal Gear and several high-tier technology items.

Crafting

How do you make a Circuit Board in Palworld?

Answer

Circuit Boards are crafted using Ore and Pure Quartz once you have unlocked the relevant technology and built a Production Assembly Line or High Quality Workbench. Pure Quartz is the harder ingredient to source, found in desert and snowy mountain regions, so a mining base near a Quartz cluster is the fastest way to keep a steady supply.

Quick answer

A Circuit Board is a mid-to-late game crafted item made from Ore and Pure Quartz, produced at a Production Assembly Line or an equivalent high-tier workbench once the recipe is unlocked on the technology tree. It is the gateway item for the electric production chain.

How to craft it

Ingredient	Where to get it
Ore	Mined from grey rock nodes across most regions
Pure Quartz	Mined from crystal nodes in deserts and snowy mountains
Crafting station	Production Assembly Line or High Quality Workbench

Both ingredients need a Metal Pickaxe to mine efficiently, and Pure Quartz specifically requires a trip to one of its two main biomes.

Best farming route

Stockpile Ore from any mining trip — it is common across most regions.
Travel to a desert or snowy mountain region to mine Pure Quartz, using the interactive map to find the nearest fast travel point.
Build a base near a dense Quartz cluster and assign Mining Pals such as Digtoise, Anubis or Astegon so the material accumulates passively.
Bring both materials to your Production Assembly Line and craft Circuit Boards in batches once you have enough Quartz.
Repeat trips as needed — Circuit Boards are consumed continuously once you start building electric infrastructure.

What it is used for

Circuit Boards feed the electric side of the tech tree: generators, Production Assembly Lines themselves, Pal Gear items, and several advanced structures and machines that appear from the mid game onward. Because so many upgrades depend on them, keeping a small stockpile rather than crafting them one at a time saves repeated mining trips.

Check Mining Pal stats on the Paldex
Plan a Quartz mining route with the map
Read about levelling efficiently in the levelling guide

Frequently asked questions

What ingredients does a Circuit Board need in Palworld?: Circuit Boards are crafted from Ore and Pure Quartz. You need the technology unlocked and access to a crafting station capable of producing them, typically a Production Assembly Line or an equivalent workbench.
Where do you find Pure Quartz for Circuit Boards?: Pure Quartz is mined from pale crystal nodes in the desert regions and snowy mountains of Palpagos Islands. A Metal Pickaxe is required to break the nodes.
What are Circuit Boards used for?: Circuit Boards unlock and feed the electric production chain, including generators, Production Assembly Lines, Pal Gear and several high-tier technology items.