PalBreed Calc

How breeding works in Palworld

Everything the calculator does, explained in plain words, for Palworld v1.0.x.

The Breeding Farm

Breeding happens at the Breeding Farm, which unlocks at Technology Level 19. Put one male and one female Pal in the farm, add a cake to its box, and after a while an egg appears. Carry the egg to an Egg Incubator to hatch it. Rarer Pals come in bigger eggs that take longer to hatch.

Cakes

The farm uses one cake for each egg. The basic Cake is cooked at a Cooking Pot. Version 1.0 added extra cakes with bonuses, such as better stat odds or a higher chance of inheriting passive skills. Without a cake in the box, nothing happens.

How the game picks the child

Every species has a hidden number called breeding power. Common Pals have high numbers and legendaries have low ones. The game adds both parents' numbers, takes the average, and hatches the species whose number is closest:

target = floor((parent 1 + parent 2 + 1) / 2)

For example, Penking has 2070 and Bushi has 1560. The target is 1815, and the closest Pal the formula can produce is Sibelyx at 1810. If two Pals are equally close, the game uses its own internal order to break the tie.

Not every Pal can come out of this formula. Pals that belong to a special combo, and Pals marked as unbreedable, are skipped when the game looks for the closest number.

Special combinations

136 specific pairs ignore the formula and always hatch one fixed Pal. For example, Jormuntide with Blazehowl always gives Jormuntide Ignis. The game checks these pairs first. See the full list of special combos.

Gender only matters in one case: a female Wixen with a male Katress hatches Wixen Noct and a female Katress with a male Wixen hatches Katress Ignis.

Pals you can't breed from other Pals

These 26 Pals only hatch from two of the same species. Get one first, then breed it with another of its kind.

Another 90 Pals, mostly element variants, only come from a special combo.

Passive skills and stats

The species is fixed by the parents, but the rest is random. The child usually inherits one or two of its parents' passive skills, sometimes three, and rarely four. It can also roll up to three random passives on top. Stat talents (IVs) are partly inherited too, with one inherited stat being the most common result.

The child's gender is random too. Breed the same pair again if you want another roll.

Setting up a Breeding Farm that actually produces eggs

Unlock the Breeding Farm at Technology Level 19 and build it inside your base. Place one male Pal and one female Pal in the farm, then put at least one cake in the farm's chest. Without a cake, no egg is produced, no matter how long the Pals stay there. Rarer Pals take longer to breed, so check back after enough time has passed rather than immediately.

Assigning Pals to the farm is the same as assigning them to any base job: pick them from your Palbox and drop them on the farm. If the farm shows no progress, the usual causes are a missing cake, two Pals of the same gender, or a Pal that cannot breed at all.

Breeding cakes and timing

A cake is crafted at a Cooking Pot from flour, red berries, milk, eggs, and honey. One cake starts one breeding cycle. Once the farm has a cake and a valid male-female pair, an egg appears after a set time that depends on the parents' rarity. Common pairs finish quickly; legendary and special pairs take noticeably longer. The egg then needs an incubator and its own hatching time.

How to read a breeding result

Every Pal has a hidden breeding power number. Common early-game Pals have high numbers and rare Pals have low numbers. The game averages the two parents' numbers and picks the Pal closest to that average — unless the pair is a special combination, which always gives one fixed child. That is why two strong parents do not automatically produce a stronger child: the average of two parents can never be rarer than the rarer parent. To reach a rare target, breed in steps, using each generation's child as a parent for the next step.

Planning a route to a rare Pal

Start from the target and work backwards. The calculator's reverse lookup shows every parent pair for a target; pick the pair whose parents you already own or can catch early. If you own neither parent, repeat the same step for each missing parent until the chain reaches Pals you can catch. This is exactly what the route planner on the homepage does: enter the Pals you own and the Pal you want, and it lays out the breeding steps in order.

Passive skills: what carries over and what does not

Passive skills are inherited separately from the species result. A child can inherit passives from both parents, up to four in total, and may also roll a random new passive. Because of this, breeders often build a bloodline: first breed a Pal that carries a rare passive such as Legend, then breed that bloodline towards the final combat Pal. The species calculator does not predict passives — it only answers which species hatches.

More guides

Common questions

How do I breed Anubis?

In version 1.0 Anubis comes from normal breeding, with 233 parent pairs. Early options include Blazamut + Dualith, Suzaku Aqua + Lyleen Noct and Whalaska + Lyleen Noct.

Can any two Pals breed?

Yes. Any male and female can share a Breeding Farm, whatever their species. The egg is decided by the breeding power average or by a special combination.

Which Pals cannot be bred?

26 Pals can only hatch from two of the same species, including Frostallion, Grizzbolt, Jetragon, Necromus, Paladius and Shadowbeak. You need to obtain one first, then pair it with another of its kind.

Why did my old breeding combo stop working?

Version 1.0 changed breeding values and combinations across the whole Paldeck. Older guides and calculators made before 1.0 often show pairs that no longer work.

Do passive skills carry over when breeding?

Yes. The child can inherit some of its parents’ passive skills and may roll a few random ones as well. Inheriting one is most common and inheriting four is rare.

Why did I get a different Pal than the calculator predicted?

First check the game version: breeding data changes between patches, and this site's data matches Palworld v1.0.x as checked on 29 October 2026. Then check that both parents' genders are correct — a small number of special combinations require a specific gender. If both match, use the contact page and include both parents and your game version.

Can two Pals of the same species breed?

Yes. A same-species pair always produces that same species, including for Pals that cannot be bred from any other combination. This is the only way to breed several legendary and special Pals once you own one.