How does breeding work in Palworld?

Build a Breeding Farm (level 19), assign one male and one female Pal to it, and put Cake in its chest. The pair eats one Cake per egg. Hatch the egg in an Egg Incubator.

What is breeding power?

Every Pal has a hidden breeding power, from 20 for the rarest to 3,100 for the most common. The child is usually the Pal whose power is closest to floor((A + B + 1) / 2). Fixed recipes ignore the math.

Does it matter which parent is male?

You need one male and one female. Swapping them doesn't change the child, with one exception in 1.0.5: Katress + Wixen, which hatches Katress Ignis or Wixen Noct depending on which parent is male.

How many breeding combinations are there?

The 1.0.5 table has 44,552 parent pairs across 298 Pals.

What is the easiest way to breed a specific Pal?

Pick it in the list below. Each Pal's pairs are ranked by how early you can catch both parents in the wild, so the first pair is usually the quickest to set up.

Palworld Breeding Calculator

Look up a pair, a child, or a path. Built on the Palworld 1.0.5 breeding table: 44,552 parent pairs across 298 Pals.

Choose two parents to see which Pal hatches.

Egg hatches into

Choose both parents to see the egg.

Pick two parents, a target Pal, or a path. Results follow the Palworld 1.0.5 breeding table.

Palworld breeding basics

Breeding Farm setup and Cake

Unlock the Breeding Farm at Technology 19. Build it with Wooden Board (10), Stone (20), and Fiber (50). Put one male and one female Pal inside and stock the attached chest with Cake. The pair eats one Cake per egg. Take the egg and hatch it in an Egg Incubator.

Passive skills

A baby can inherit up to 4 passives from its parents. Unwanted passives on a parent take up slots, so breed from clean parents if you want a clean set.

Since 1.0, eggs can also be a low-chance mutated egg: higher stats and a unique passive. Special Cake raises the chance that an egg inherits multiple passives.

How the baby is chosen: subspecies and unique fusions

Most babies come from a hidden Breeding Power target: floor((Parent A + Parent B + 1) ÷ 2). The eligible species with the nearest Breeding Power wins.

Fixed combinations skip that math. Those recipes always make the same Pal.

Example subspecies

Incineram and Maraith make Incineram Noct.
Frostallion and Helzephyr make Frostallion Noct.
Dinossom and Rayhound make Dinossom Lux.

Want farm layouts, Cake recipes and passive-farming tips? Read the full Palworld breeding guide.

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Breeding FAQ

How does breeding work in Palworld?: Build a Breeding Farm (level 19), assign one male and one female Pal to it, and put Cake in its chest. The pair eats one Cake per egg. Hatch the egg in an Egg Incubator.
What is breeding power?: Every Pal has a hidden breeding power, from 20 for the rarest to 3,100 for the most common. The child is usually the Pal whose power is closest to floor((A + B + 1) / 2). Fixed recipes ignore the math.
Does it matter which parent is male?: You need one male and one female. Swapping them doesn't change the child, with one exception in 1.0.5: Katress + Wixen, which hatches Katress Ignis or Wixen Noct depending on which parent is male.
How many breeding combinations are there?: The 1.0.5 table has 44,552 parent pairs across 298 Pals.
What is the easiest way to breed a specific Pal?: Pick it in the list below. Each Pal's pairs are ranked by how early you can catch both parents in the wild, so the first pair is usually the quickest to set up.

Palworld Breeding Calculator

Palworld breeding basics

Breeding Farm setup and Cake

Passive skills

How the baby is chosen: subspecies and unique fusions

Example subspecies

Breeding FAQ

How to breed every Pal

Legendary

Epic

Rare

Common