In Palworld you can not only catch Pals on Palpagos Island, but also breed them. There are several mechanics that set breeding in this game apart from others. For example, you can combine Pals to obtain unique monsters. At the same time, breeding is essential if you want the best stats. You can unlock the basics of breeding fairly early to start filling your Paldeck and hatching strong Pals. We will take a closer look at every aspect so you can breed Pals easily and pick the best stats.
Palworld breeding: basics with Breeding Farm, Incubator and Cake
To breed Pals in Palworld, you need some fundamental technologies. You will, of course, also need your own base, as that’s where you’ll run your breeding operation smoothly. You unlock the actual ability to breed your Pals at Level 19. There you can spend two Technology Points to unlock the Breeding Farm.
That’s not all you need, though. You also have to craft Cake and unlock Incubators to get your breeding started. You can prepare both even before Level 19.
Crafting Cake for breeding in Palworld
Cake is required for your Pals to reproduce in the Breeding Farm. On the right-hand side of the farm there is a chest where you must place the Cake. Otherwise your Pals won’t do anything.
You need several ingredients for Cake:
- Red Berries: Gather manually, have Pals grow them on a Berry Plantation from Level 5, or obtain them as Pal drops.
- Flour: Grow Wheat on a Wheat Plantation from Level 15 and process it at the Mill from Level 15.
- Eggs: Obtain by keeping Chikipi at a Ranch.
- Milk: Obtain from Mozzarina at a Ranch.
- Honey: Produced by Beegarde at a Ranch.
Alternatively, you can buy all ingredients from merchants found in Palworld. You can even capture them and station them at your base so you always have access to their inventory. In that case you will need to farm money regularly to afford new ingredients.
To craft Cake, you need the Cooking Pot from Level 17 and a Pal with the Kindling work suitability. Foxparks can handle this early on. If you can craft Cake, you’ll be well prepared for breeding from Level 19 onwards.
Using the Palworld Breeding Farm correctly and obtaining eggs
Build a Breeding Farm at your base and assign two Pals. You can do this by picking them up and throwing them into the farm, or by using the Monitoring Stand from Level 14, which lets you assign Pals directly to tasks and workstations.
Breeding only works if you place one male and one female Pal into the farm. If you use two Pals of the same species, the resulting egg will hatch into that species. It is also possible to combine different species, which can lead to surprising results.
Your assigned Pals will then start reproducing. We also recommend having a Braloha in your base. Its Partner Skill can reduce the time to egg production. After a while, eggs will appear in the Breeding Farm; you’ll then need to hatch them in separate Incubators. A farm can hold a maximum of 20 eggs, so make sure it doesn’t fill up.
Hatching Palworld eggs: using the Incubator properly
Eggs collected from the Breeding Farm or in the wild must be incubated so you can welcome your new Pal into the world. Generally, the larger the egg, the stronger the Pal inside. There are normal, large, and huge eggs. The larger the egg, the longer it takes to hatch.
You unlock your first Egg Incubator at Level 7 with an Ancient Technology Point. The basic Incubator doesn’t need power, but different eggs prefer different conditions to hatch faster. Some prefer it colder, others warmer. Check the required temperature on the Incubator and add heat or cold nearby to help.
You’ll unlock further Incubators later:
- Level 36: Electric Incubator. Regulates conditions via power.
- Level 47: Large Incubator. No power required, but offers 10 slots.
- Level 60: Large Electric Incubator. Powered and provides 10 slots.
Benefits of Palworld breeding: Pal combos and passive skills
Why go to all this effort? Breeding Pals has many benefits, especially for long-term players. It lets you get the most out of your Pals and specifically target the best passive skills.
In general, breeding has two main goals:
- Pure breeding: Pass on the best passive skills to the offspring, create a breeding chain, and obtain increasingly stronger Pals.
- Crossbreeding: Breed Pals that are hard to find or capture to fill your Paldeck.
Breeding with two identical parents is perfect for passing down strong stats. You can build a long chain by always putting your best new Pals back into the Breeding Farm to pass on good passive skills step by step. It’s also practical to condense surplus Pals and transfer skills this way.
Combining two different Pals is ideal when you want to breed rare Pals. Parent combinations can vary greatly. For a detailed overview, we recommend the Pal breeding calculator, as there are many possible combinations.
Which Pals you should breed depends on your playstyle. Some Pals are perfect for combat, others excel at base work. You can tailor your breeding to your own needs.
Conclusion: Palworld breeding yields powerful and rare Pals
Breeding new Pals in Palworld is an important mechanic that gives you stronger and rarer Pals. You can inherit passive skills or combine two different Pals to obtain new ones. The system is flexible and deep, so it adapts well to your progression and playstyle.
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