2: Craft a Wooden Chest, Repair Bench, and a Palbox

Crafting a Palbox is a part of the game’s tutorial, and it’s important, but you’ll want to avoid being over-encumbered and have a way to keep your tools in good shape. To solve those problems, unlock the Wooden Chest from the Technology Menu with 10 Wood. Then unlock and build a Repair Bench with 10 Wood and 10 Stone.
Go ahead and build a Palbox as well (8 Wood, 3 Stone, and 1 Paldium Fragment). Your placement of this will determine where your base is and where the Pals you’ll start catching will get to work.