How does breeding work in Palworld?

Every Pal has a hidden Combi Rank (Breeding Power). For most parent pairs, the child is the Pal whose Combi Rank is closest to floor((rankA + rankB + 1) / 2). A set of special parent combinations override that formula to produce unique Pals, and a handful of legendaries can only be bred from two of themselves. The species of the egg is fixed by the pairing — only passive skills and stats vary.

How do I breed legendary Pals like Jetragon or Frostallion?

Legendaries such as Jetragon, Frostallion, Necromus and Paladius are self-only: the only way to hatch one by breeding is to pair two of the same legendary. Most players catch the first one in the wild, then breed two together to roll better passive skills.

Are the breeding combinations up to date?

The Pal ranks come from the actively maintained palcalc dataset (currently patch data v22) plus the datamined special-combo list. The Tides of Terraria collab Pals are in the game and selectable here, but they are caught in the wild rather than bred, so their unique-combo matrix lives on paldb.cc instead of in this calculator. Every standard Pal and combo reflects the current game.

Palworld Breeding Calculator

Pick the Pal you're after and we'll show every pair that makes it — guaranteed combos first, then everything else, easiest-to-catch first. Flip it to see what two Pals will hatch, or map the shortest breeding chain from something you've already got to the one you actually want. 200+ Pals, icons and all — no login, no "sign up to see results."

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How Palworld breeding works

Every Pal carries a hidden Combi Rank (the game calls it Breeding Power) — a number that runs from 1 for the rarest Pals up to 1500 for the chaff like Lamball and Chikipi. Drop a male and a female into a Breeding Farm with a Cake in the box and the game settles the egg's species with three rules, checked in this order:

Same species. Two of the same Pal always breed that same Pal. That's not a fallback — it's how you farm better passive skills without the species drifting on you.
Special combo. Sixty-odd hand-picked pairings ignore the maths entirely and make a specific Pal: every elemental subspecies (Lux, Cryst, Noct, Terra, Aqua, Ignis, Botan, Gild) plus uniques like Orserk, Shadowbeak, Faleris and Bastigor. Full list below.
The formula. Everything else averages out: childRank = floor((rankA + rankB + 1) / 2), and the egg is whichever Pal sits closest to that number. Ties break toward the lower internal index.

Parent order and sex never change the species — only which passives and stats carry down. And a small club of legendaries are self-only: you can't average your way into a Jetragon or a Frostallion, so the only route is two of the same. Catch the first one, then breed the pair to reroll its passives.

Every special breeding combo

These pairings override the Combi Rank formula — if you want one of these Pals, the pair listed here is the only one that breeds it directly. No amount of rank-averaging gets you there. Most produce an elemental subspecies; the rest are standalone uniques. Order and sex don't matter.

Datamined special combinations, current patch data. Use the calculator above to filter by a Pal you already own.
Result	Parent A	Parent B	Type
Azurobe Cryst	Azurobe	Frostplume	Cryst
Bastigor	Frostallion	Anubis	Unique
Bellanoir	Bellanoir	Bellanoir Libero	Unique
Blazehowl Noct	Blazehowl	Felbat	Noct
Broncherry Aqua	Broncherry	Fuack	Aqua
Bushi Noct	Bushi	Sootseer	Noct
Caprity Noct	Caprity	Tarantriss	Noct
Celaray Lux	Celaray	Univolt	Lux
Celesdir	Gildane	Eikthyrdeer Terra	Unique
Chillet Ignis	Chillet	Arsox	Ignis
Croajiro Noct	Croajiro	Bushi Noct	Noct
Cryolinx Terra	Cryolinx	Dazemu	Terra
Dazzi Noct	Dazzi	Omascul	Noct
Dinossom Lux	Dinossom	Rayhound	Lux
Dumud Gild	Dumud	Eikthyrdeer Terra	Gild
Eikthyrdeer Terra	Eikthyrdeer	Hangyu	Terra
Elphidran Aqua	Elphidran	Surfent	Aqua
Faleris	Vanwyrm	Anubis	Unique
Faleris Aqua	Faleris	Jormuntide	Aqua
Fenglope Lux	Fenglope	Azurmane	Lux
Finsider Ignis	Finsider	Gobfin Ignis	Ignis
Foxparks Cryst	Foxparks	Foxcicle	Cryst
Frostallion Noct	Frostallion	Helzephyr	Noct
Fuack Ignis	Fuack	Flambelle	Ignis
Ghangler Ignis	Ghangler	Sootseer	Ignis
Gobfin Ignis	Gobfin	Rooby	Ignis
Gorirat Terra	Gorirat	Kikit	Terra
Grizzbolt	Mossanda	Rayhound	Unique
Hangyu Cryst	Hangyu	Swee	Cryst
Helzephyr Lux	Helzephyr	Beakon	Lux
Incineram Noct	Incineram	Maraith	Noct
Jolthog Cryst	Jolthog	Pengullet	Cryst
Jormuntide Ignis	Jormuntide	Blazehowl	Ignis
Killamari Primo	Killamari	Ribbuny	Primo
Kingpaca Cryst	Kingpaca	Reindrix	Cryst
Kitsun Noct	Kitsun	Nyafia	Noct
Leezpunk Ignis	Leezpunk	Flambelle	Ignis
Loupmoon Cryst	Loupmoon	Sweepa	Cryst
Lyleen	Mossanda	Petallia	Unique
Lyleen Noct	Lyleen	Menasting	Noct
Mammorest Cryst	Mammorest	Wumpo	Cryst
Mau Cryst	Mau	Pengullet	Cryst
Menasting Terra	Menasting	Knocklem	Terra
Mossanda Lux	Mossanda	Grizzbolt	Lux
Orserk	Grizzbolt	Relaxaurus	Unique
Pengullet Lux	Pengullet	Sparkit	Lux
Penking Lux	Penking	Rayhound	Lux
Pyrin Noct	Pyrin	Katress	Noct
Quivern Botan	Quivern	Lullu	Botan
Relaxaurus Lux	Relaxaurus	Sparkit	Lux
Reptyro Cryst	Reptyro	Foxcicle	Cryst
Ribbuny Botan	Ribbuny	Bristla	Botan
Robinquill Terra	Robinquill	Fuddler	Terra
Selyne	Paladius	Lunaris	Unique
Shadowbeak	Kitsun	Astegon	Unique
Surfent Terra	Surfent	Dumud	Terra
Suzaku Aqua	Suzaku	Jormuntide	Aqua
Turtacle Terra	Turtacle	Digtoise	Terra
Vanwyrm Cryst	Vanwyrm	Foxcicle	Cryst
Warsect Terra	Warsect	Digtoise	Terra
Whalaska Ignis	Whalaska	Chillet Ignis	Ignis

Self-only legendaries. A handful of Pals can't be bred from anything but themselves — pair two of the same to reroll passives, never to create the first one: Bellanoir Libero, Blazamut Ryu, Necromus, Paladius, Jetragon, Frostallion, Braloha, Xenogard, Whalaska, Palumba, Xenovader, Mimog.

Passives are the real reason to breed

The species is locked the moment you choose the parents — what's actually up for grabs is the baby's passive skills. Each parent brings up to four, and the offspring draws from that combined pool: it can inherit anywhere from none to all four, with any empty slots rolled at random. That's the whole game behind a "perfect" Pal — stack a target set like Legend, Lucky, Ferocious and a movement passive across two parents, then breed until a baby pulls the lot. The ✨ Passives tab at the top of this page does the probability for you: feed it both parents' skills and it returns the odds of the set you're chasing, or work backwards from the passives you want and it plans the cleanest pairing. Two of the same species is the standard grinding pair, because the species never wanders while you fish for the roll.

Breeding tips that save real time

Cake is the gate. One Cake per egg — five Flour, eight Red Berries, seven Milk, eight Eggs, two Honey. Get a Wheat plantation plus a ranch of Mozzarina (milk), Chikipi (eggs) and a Beegarde or Cinnamoth (honey) running early, or the farm stalls the moment you get serious.
Level is irrelevant. A level-1 and a level-50 parent breed the exact same egg. Never waste time leveling parents before you breed them — only their passives and species matter.
Mind the egg temperature. Eggs hatch on a timer, but Fire-type eggs want a warm incubator and Frost-type eggs want a cold one. Park the right campfire or cooler box next to the incubator and the hatch time drops hard.
Let the path finder do the chain. If the parents you need aren't catchable — they're bred too — the 🧬 Breeding path tab maps the shortest route from a Pal you already own up to your target.
Condense the leftovers. Breeding throws off a pile of spare Pals. Feed the duplicates into a Pal Condenser to rank up the one you're keeping instead of selling them for pocket change.

Frequently asked

Does it matter which parent is male or female?

No. You need one of each sex to breed, but the species of the egg is identical regardless of which parent is which. Parent order doesn't matter either — this calculator treats A + B and B + A as the same.

How do I breed legendaries like Jetragon or Frostallion?

They're self-only. The only breeding route is to pair two of the same legendary, so most players catch the first one in the wild, then breed two together to roll better passive skills onto the offspring.

Why are there so many parent pairs for one Pal?

Any two Pals whose Combi Ranks average into a target's range will breed it, so a common Pal can have hundreds of valid pairs. We list them all, easiest-to-obtain parents first, and you can filter to pairs that include a Pal you already own.

Are the combinations up to date?

The Pal ranks come from the actively maintained palcalc dataset (currently patch data v22) plus the datamined special-combo list. The Tides of Terraria collab Pals — Eye of Cthulhu, Demon Eye, the colored Slimes and friends — are in the game and show up here flagged collab, but you catch them in the wild (the Sealed Realm of Terraria) rather than breed them, so their unique-combo matrix lives on paldb.cc. Two of the same still breed another. Every standard Pal and combo reflects the current game.

What do I actually need to breed?

A Breeding Farm, a male and a female Pal placed inside, and Cake in the farm's storage. The egg's species is what this calculator predicts — incubate it to hatch the Pal.

Breeding toward a boss Pal? Find where to catch any Alpha, legendary, or tower boss — location, weakness, and drops — on the Palworld boss locations hub. (Boss Pals only — regular wild spawns aren't mapped.)

Pal data & icons: palcalc v22 + paldb.cc (special combos & Pal icons). The Tides of Terraria collab Pals are flagged separately and kept out of the averaging formula — you catch them in the wild and two of the same breed another, so their unique collab combos live on paldb.cc rather than here. Spot something off? Report it.