Breeding

Breeding is a mechanic in Palworld used with the Breeding Farm, which allows players to breed Pals together to receive a Pal Egg containing the resulting offspring.

To breed Pals, you must first assign a Male and a Female Pal to the Breeding Farm structure and supply it with at least 1 Cake. After some time, an egg will be produced that can then be hatched via the  Egg Incubator. Passive Skills from either parent may be passed down to offspring this way, allowing you to breed Pals with more powerful abilities.

Breeding Farm

Main article: Breeding Farm

The Breeding Farm is a Technology that allows two opposite gendered Pals to breed with each other (even completely different species). It is unlocked at level 19, and requires 100  Wood, 20  Stone, and 50  Fiber to craft.

Pals can be assigned to the Breeding Farm using the Pick Up keybind while hovering over them and throwing them at the building. Assigned Pals will wander inside the Breeding Farm until manually removed.

To produce an Egg these conditions must be met:

• Both assigned pals are of opposite gender.
• At least one  Cake is present in the wooden chest located to the right of the Breeding Farm.

The UI will state "Love is blossoming between the two Pals", and a progress bar will appear.

Breeding will progress to completion, regardless of the presence of  Cake.

 Cake placed in the Breeding Farm's chest will not spoil.

How Breeding Works

The way breeding works is rather simple. Each Pal has a hidden 'breeding power' number between 10 and 1500. The lower the number the more rare or powerful the Pal is. All Pal Power levels can be found on the "Visual Data" tab of the sheet. The breeding power of both parents is averaged to determine the baby/egg's power:

$Floor(\frac{Parent1Power+Parent2Power+1}{2})=BabyPower$

Simplified: You add both parent's power and 1, divide that result in half, and then round down to the nearest whole number.

The game will then pick the Pal with the closest power to that average. As an example, if the baby Power ends up being 1015, and the closest values are 1010 (Felbat) and 1020 (Robinquill), the baby will be Robinquill. The 'tie breaker' (since 1015 is equal distance between 1010 and 1020) just comes down to the which Pal comes first in the game file's index. In this case Robinquill comes first in the game files so it gets picked over Felbat.

The way this works means you can never breed a Pal stronger/rarer than your strongest/rarest parent. For example, if your starting parents have a power of 570 (Anubis) and 1460 (Cattiva) the result will be the following:

$Floor(\frac{570+1460+1}{2})=1015$ --> Robinquill.

If you then bred that baby at 1015 with your starting 570 Anubis:

$Floor(\frac{570+1015+1}{2})=793$ --> Arsox at 795.

If you continue this multiple times:

$Floor(\frac{570+795+1}{2})=683$ --> Univolt at 680

$Floor(\frac{570+680+1}{2})=625$ --> Bushi at 625

$Floor(\frac{570+625+1}{2})=598$ --> Incineram at 590

$Floor(\frac{570+590+1}{2})=580$ --> Anubis at 570

From here you will continue to get only Anubis.

As you can see you can get closer and closer to your 570 Anubis with each generation but you can never breed something stronger/rarer. But this also shows you can take one strong/rare Pal and breed it with its offspring and quickly start making Pals near that strength.

Breeding Conditions

Any Pal species can breed with any other Pal species. However, this will lead to a seemingly random Pal being generated with none of the parent's stats. The random Pal has a much higher chance of being a weaker, early game Pal than any mid to late game Pal. This is based off a "child rank" obtained from calculating the ranks of both the parents. A breeding combination list has been linked here (you can click here to make a copy of the full breeding list spreadsheet for easier use). In order for the breeding to commence, there must be a male and female Pal in the Breeding Farm. As there is no cooldown, you can have Pals breed indefinitely as long as cake is in the farm's crate. This allows for a faster experience when breeding for variants.

Standard Combination Breeding

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Typically, when two Pals of different species breed, the resulting Pal is determined by the two parents breeding "rank". Roughly, the resulting Pal will be the species with the average of the two parents breeding rank. Specifically, the child rank is calculated as follows:

$Child\mathrm{\_}Rank=\lfloor \frac{ParentA\mathrm{\_}Rank+ParentB\mathrm{\_}Rank+1}{2}\rfloor$

And then the (eligible) child species with the rank nearest to this value is selected. If two species are equidistant from this value, the lowest index number is selected.

Breeding Rank

Pal	No.	Rank	Eligible Child	Index No.
Lamball	001	1470	Yes	252
Cattiva	002	1460	Yes	271
Chikipi	003	1500	Yes	288
Lifmunk	004	1430	Yes	231
Foxparks	005	1400	Yes	245
Foxparks Cryst	005B	1305	No	462
Fuack	006	1330	Yes	284
Sparkit	007	1410	Yes	291
Tanzee	008	1250	Yes	335
Rooby	009	1155	Yes	374
Pengullet	010	1350	Yes	248
Penking	011	520	Yes	353
Jolthog	012	1370	Yes	242
Jolthog Cryst	012B	1360	No	243
Gumoss	013	1240	Yes	340
Vixy	014	1450	Yes	306
Hoocrates	015	1390	Yes	610
Teafant	016	1490	Yes	238
Depresso	017	1380	Yes	272
Cremis	018	1455	Yes	371
Daedream	019	1230	Yes	334
Rushoar	020	1130	Yes	230
Nox	021	1180	Yes	352
Fuddler	022	1220	Yes	329
Killamari	023	1290	Yes	313
Mau	024	1480	Yes	228
Mau Cryst	024B	1440	No	229
Celaray	025	870	Yes	363
Direhowl	026	1060	Yes	239
Tocotoco	027	1340	Yes	232
Flopie	028	1280	Yes	319
Mozzarina	029	910	Yes	314
Bristla	030	1320	Yes	246
Gobfin	031	1090	Yes	250
Gobfin Ignis	031B	1100	No	251
Hangyu	032	1420	Yes	256
Hangyu Cryst	032B	1422	No	257
Mossanda	033	430	Yes	325
Mossanda Lux	033B	390	No	326
Woolipop	034	1190	Yes	264
Caprity	035	930	Yes	302
Caprity Noct	035B	855	No	463
Melpaca	036	890	Yes	266
Eikthyrdeer	037	920	Yes	233
Eikthyrdeer Terra	037B	900	No	234
Nitewing	038	420	Yes	318
Ribbuny	039	1310	Yes	347
Ribbuny Botan	039B	1205	No	464
Incineram	040	590	Yes	226
Incineram Noct	040B	580	No	227
Cinnamoth	041	490	Yes	367
Arsox	042	790	Yes	327
Dumud	043	895	Yes	372
Cawgnito	044	1080	Yes	269
Leezpunk	045	1120	Yes	282
Leezpunk Ignis	045B	1140	No	283
Loupmoon	046	950	Yes	255
Loupmoon Cryst	046B	805	No	465
Galeclaw	047	1030	Yes	236
Robinquill	048	1020	Yes	277
Robinquill Terra	048B	1000	No	278
Gorirat	049	1040	Yes	240
Gorirat Terra	049B	1030	No	241
Beegarde	050	1070	Yes	323
Elizabee	051	330	Yes	322
Grintale	052	510	Yes	366
Swee	053	1300	Yes	343
Sweepa	054	410	Yes	344
Chillet	055	800	Yes	354
Chillet Ignis	055B	790	No	355
Univolt	056	680	Yes	244
Foxcicle	057	760	Yes	332
Pyrin	058	360	Yes	260
Pyrin Noct	058B	240	No	261
Reindrix	059	880	Yes	303
Rayhound	060	740	Yes	328
Kitsun	061	830	Yes	281
Kitsun Noct	061B	735	No	466
Dazzi	062	1210	Yes	249
Dazzi Noct	062B	1115	No	467
Lunaris	063	1110	Yes	247
Dinossom	064	820	Yes	289
Dinossom Lux	064B	810	No	290
Surfent	065	560	Yes	267
Surfent Terra	065B	550	No	288
Maraith	066	1150	Yes	276
Digtoise	067	850	Yes	235
Tombat	068	750	Yes	324
Lovander	069	940	Yes	309
Flambelle	070	1405	Yes	373
Vanwyrm	071	660	Yes	286
Vanwyrm Cryst	071B	620	No	287
Bushi	072	640	Yes	361
Bushi Noct	072B	650	No	362
Beakon	073	220	Yes	348
Ragnahawk	074	380	Yes	360
Katress	075	700	Yes	345
Katress Ignis	075B	690	No	346
Wixen	076	1160	Yes	307
Wixen Noct	076B	1150	No	308
Verdash	077	990	Yes	331
Vaelet	078	1050	Yes	317
Sibelyx	079	450	Yes	305
Elphidran	080	540	Yes	262
Elphidran Aqua	080B	530	No	263
Kelpsea	081	1260	Yes	311
Kelpsea Ignis	081B	1270	Yes	312
Azurobe	082	500	Yes	270
Cryolinx	083	130	Yes	265
Cryolinx Terra	083B	160	Yes	468
Blazehowl	084	710	Yes	336
Blazehowl Noct	084B	670	No	337
Relaxaurus	085	280	Yes	279
Relaxaurus Lux	085B	270	No	280
Broncherry	084	860	Yes	297
Broncherry Aqua	084B	840	No	298
Petallia	087	780	Yes	365
Reptyro	088	320	Yes	274
Reptyro Cryst	088B	230	No	275
Kingpaca	089	470	Yes	338
Kingpaca Cryst	089B	440	No	339
Mammorest	090	300	Yes	294
Mammorest Cryst	090B	290	No	295
Wumpo	091	460	Yes	315
Wumpo Botan	091B	480	Yes	316
Warsect	092	340	Yes	349
Warsect Terra	092B	350	No	350
Fenglope	093	980	Yes	273
Fenglope Lux	093B	835	No	469
Felbat	094	1010	Yes	296
Quivern	095	350	Yes	356
Quivern Botan	095B	340	Yes	357
Blazamut	096	10	Yes	300
Blazamut Ryu	096B	9	No	301
Helzephyr	097	190	Yes	358
Helzephyr Lux	097B	180	No	359
Astegon	098	150	Yes	330
Menasting	099	260	Yes	368
Menasting Terra	099B	250	No	369
Anubis	100	570	Yes	225
Jormuntide	101	310	Yes	253
Jormuntide Ignis	101B	315	No	254
Suzaku	102	50	Yes	258
Suzaku Aqua	102B	30	No	259
Grizzbolt	103	200	No	237
Lyleen	104	250	No	320
Lyleen Noct	104B	210	No	321
Faleris	105	370	No	299
Faleris Aqua	105	245	No	470
Orserk	106	140	No	370
Shadowbeak	107	60	No	304
Paladius	108	80	No	351
Necromus	109	70	No	364
Frostallion	110	120	No	292
Frostallion Noct	110B	100	No	293
Jetragon	111	90	No	333
Bellanoir	112	1	No	375
Bellanoir Libero	112B	1	No	376
Selyne	113	345	No	377
Croajiro	114	795	Yes	378
Lullu	115	905	Yes	379
Shroomer	116	720	Yes	380
Shroomer Noct	116B	730	Yes	381
Kikit	117	1125	No	382
Sootseer	118	545	No	383
Prixter	119	355	No	384
Knocklem	120	265	No	385
Yakumo	121	945	No	386
Dogen	122	665	No	387
Dazemu	123	675	No	388
Mimog	124	1200	No	389
Xenovader	125	465	No	390
Xenogard	126	435	No	391
Xenolord	127	265	No	393
Nitemary	128	705	Yes	394
Starryon	129	365	Yes	395
Silvegis	130	215	Yes	396
Smokie	131	1245	Yes	397
Celesdir	132	815	No	398
Omascul	133	630	Yes	400
Splatterina	134	725	Yes	404
Tarantriss	135	825	Yes	405
Azurmane	136	400	Yes	406
Bastigor	137	170	No	472
Prunelia	138	755	Yes	20
Nyafia	139	645	Yes	19
Gildane	140	505	Yes	219

Gender Ratios

Most Pals have a gender ratio of 1:1 male to female, with the exception of the following Pals:

No.	Pal		Male Ratio
89		Kingpaca	90%
89		Kingpaca Cryst	90%
92		Warsect	85%
92B		Warsect Terra	85%
124		Mimog	80%
120		Knocklem	70%
116		Bastigor	60%
116		Shroomer	55%
116		Nitemary	40%
116		Prunelia	40%
116		Nyafia	40%
116		Splatterina	38%
69		Lovander	30%
104		Lyleen	30%
104		Lyleen Noct	30%
115		Lullu	30%
62		Dazzi	20%
62	File:Dazzi Noct icon.png	Dazzi Noct	20%
29		Mozzarina	20%
113		Selyne	20%
51		Elizabee	10%
50		Beegarde	10%
112		Bellanoir	5%
112B		Bellanoir Libero	5%

Unique Combination Breeding

A few breeding combinations have specific outcomes that are handled specially.

Same-Species Breeding

The following Pals may only be bred by two parents of their own species:

•  Chikipi
•  Warsect Terra
•  Blazamut Ryu
•  Paladius
•  Necromus
•  Frostallion
•  Jetragon
•  Bellanoir Libero
•  Mimog
•  Xenovader
•  Xenogard
•  Xenolord

Variant Pals

Most variant Pals don't use the breeding rank system, and can only be bred from their own species or two specific species:

Pal Result	Parent Combination
Blazehowl Noct	Blazehowl + Felbat
Broncherry Aqua	Broncherry +  Fuack
Bushi Noct	Bushi +  Sootseer
Caprity Noct	Caprity +  Tarantriss
Chillet Ignis	Chillet +  Arsox
Cryolinx Terra	Cryolinx +  Dazemu
Dazzi Noct	Dazzi +  Omascul
Dinossom Lux	Dinossom +  Rayhound
Eikthyrdeer Terra	Eikthyrdeer +  Hangyu
Elphidran Aqua	Elphidran +  Surfent
Faleris Aqua	Faleris +  Jormuntide
Fenglope Lux	Fenglope +  Azurmane
Foxparks Cryst	Foxparks +  Foxcicle
Frostallion Noct	Frostallion +  Helzephyr
Gobfin Ignis	Gobfin +  Rooby
Gorirat Terra	Gorirat +  Kikit
Hangyu Cryst	Hangyu +  Swee
Helzephyr Lux	Helzephyr +  Beakon
Incineram Noct	Incineram +  Maraith
Jolthog Cryst	Jolthog +  Pengullet
Jormuntide Ignis	Jormuntide+  Blazehowl
Katress Ignis	Wixen +  Katress
Kingpaca Cryst	Kingpaca +  Reindrix
Kitsun Noct	Kitsun +  Nyafia
Leezpunk Ignis	Leezpunk +  Flambelle
Loupmoon Cryst	Loupmoon +  Sweepa
Lyleen Noct	Lyleen +  Menasting
Mammorest Cryst	Mammorest +  Wumpo
Mau Cryst	Mau +  Pengullet
Menasting Terra	Menasting +  Knocklem
Mossanda Lux	Mossanda +  Grizzbolt
Pyrin Noct	Pyrin +  Katress
Quivern Botan	Quivern +  Lullu
Relaxaurus Lux	Relaxaurus +  Sparkit
Reptyro Cryst	Reptyro +  Foxcicle
Ribbuny Botan	Ribbuny +  Bristla
Robinquill Terra	Robinquill +  Fuddler
Surfent Terra	Surfent +  Dumud
Suzaku Aqua	Suzaku +  Jormuntide
Vanwyrm Cryst	Vanwyrm +  Foxcicle
Warsect Terra	Warsect +  Digtoise
Wixen Noct	Katress +  Wixen

• The result of breeding a Katress and Wixen is dependent on the genders of the parents. A female Wixen gives Wixen Noct, while a female Katress gives Katress Ignis.

Note that  Kelpsea Ignis and  Wumpo Botan do not have unique breeding combinations.  Kelpsea Ignis and  Wumpo Botan can be bred using the standard combination method above.

Tower Boss Pals

Tower Boss Pals don't use the breeding rank system, and can only be bred from their own species or two specific species:

Pal Result	Parent Combination
Lyleen	Mossanda +  Petallia
Faleris	Vanwyrm +  Anubis
Grizzbolt	Mossanda +  Rayhound
Orserk	Grizzbolt +  Relaxaurus
Shadowbeak	Kitsun +  Astegon
Selyne	Paladius +  Lunaris
Bastigor	Frostallion +  Anubis

Miscellaneous

One Pal has a unique breeding combination, despite being neither a variant nor a tower boss.

Pal Result	Parent Combination
Celesdir	Gildane +  Eikthyrdeer Terra

Alpha Pals

A bred Pal has a 5% chance of being an Alpha Pal. This is independent of the parents -- Alpha status is not inherited. An Alpha egg is always Huge-sized, regardless of whether its species normally hatched from a Huge Egg.

Note that Legendary Pals received much more than the usual HP bonus from being Alpha. A bred Legendary Pal, even one with ideal passives, will generally be weaker in combat than a wild-caught Legendary unless it happens to be an Alpha.

Passing Down Passive Skills

Passive skills are able to be passed down from the parents onto the child. Passive skills can also be randomly generated on the child.

Mechanics

The passive skills of the child are determined in the following manner:

• Combine all the passives of both parents into a list, discarding any duplicates.
• Choose a number between 1 and 4 with the following probabilities:

Number	Probability
1	40%
2	30%
3	20%
4	10%

• The child inherits that many randomly-selected passives from the list, or all the passives if the number equals or exceeds the size of the list.
  • All passives from the parent are eligible for inheritance, including ones such as Lucky and Legend that don't naturally occur on wild Pals.
• Choose another number with the same probabilities as above.
• If this number exceeds the number of inherited passives, the child receives random passives to make up the difference.
  • For example, if the child inherits one passive and then rolls a 3, it receives two random passives.
  • These cannot include passives that don't generate randomly.
  • Passives that the child inherits can't be selected as random passives, but passives from the parent that the child failed to inherit can be.

Chance to inherit

These probabilities correspond to a typical breeding scenario where the creatures you’re breeding possess a set of unique passive skills. The goal is to inherit all these skills, without the introduction of any additional random skills.

Number of skills	Probability
4	10%
3	12%
2	24%
1	40%

In-depth probabilities

Several factors come into play when determining the actual probabilities:

• The random roll for the number of skills to inherit can exceed the combined number of unique skills the parents have. This increases the likelihood of inheriting fewer stats compared to the maximum possible (4) (see Cumulative Probability).
• If the goal is to inherit a specific subset of skills from the parent pals, and the total number of skills is not the same as the subset you want, then you have to factor that into the probability. This requires calculating the binomial coefficient to get the number of possible combinations of skills.
• It’s generally desirable to avoid the introduction of any additional random skills (see Without Random Skills).

Number of Inherited Skills(n)	Probability (p)	Without Random Skills (W(n))	Cumulative Probability (C(n))	Cumulative Without Random Skills (CW(n))
4	10%	10%	10%	10%
3	20%	8%	30%	12%
2	30%	12%	60%	24%
1	40%	16%	100%	40%

R(n) = p(n) x 0.4

W(n) = R(n) if n < 4, p(n) if n = 4

C(n) = Sum(p(i), i=n to 4)

CW(n) = Sum(R(i), i = n to 4) if 1 < n < 4, C(n) x 0.4 if n = 1, p(n) if n = 4

• Probability represents the fundamental likelihood of inheriting a specific number of skills. Please note that this figure is before accounting for the condition outlined in [1] above.
• Without Random Skills is the Probability multiplied by the probability to not generate any additional random passive skills (40%).
• Cumulative Probability is the chance to inherit that number or more passive skills. This number reflects both the probability to inherit n or more skills, and the probability to inherit n skills when the parents combined total number of skills is also n.
• Cumulative Without Random Skills is the Cumulative Probability multiplied by the probability to not generate any additional random passive skills (40%).

Noteworthy things

• When you have a pal species with perfect passive skills, you should be able to pass those passives on to a different pal species with a 10% chance. You do this by breeding the perfect pal with a second pal of a different species that has no passive skills.
• When parents have more than four unique passive skills, the probability of inheriting a specific set of skills is not linearly dependent on the total number of skills. Instead, it’s determined by the number of possible combinations of skills, calculated using the binomial coefficient. For instance, if there are six unique skills, the chance of inheriting a specific set of four skills is 1 out of the total 15 combinations of six skills taken four at a time, not simply 4/6.
• Due to the above, it is optimal to only breed pals that together have the four desired passive skills and nothing else (2 + 2, 3 + 1, 4 + 0).
  • Duplicate skills are ignored, so e.g. 4 + 1 is equivalent to 4 + 0 if the one skill is common to both parents.
• When breeding for a precise combination of skills, it’s usually preferable to avoid introducing any extra random skills. If you’re aiming for a specific combination of fewer than four passive skills, the probability of achieving this combination is further diminished by a 40% chance of not generating any additional random skills.
• Aiming to inherit a specific subset of fewer than four skills from the combined skills of the parents is consistently a bad idea. As mentioned earlier, the probabilities decrease linearly with the number of skills. This is further compounded by the 40% chance of not rolling any random skills, and the lack of cumulative probability from the number of skills to inherit rolling a higher number. As a result, this significantly lowers the chance of inheriting only that specific subset of skills.
• Once a passive skill is inherited, it’s excluded from the selection pool for future iterations. This means that an inherited skill won’t be chosen again in subsequent rounds. In other words, you won’t encounter a situation where the same skill is selected two or more times, resulting in the offspring having fewer passive skills than the random roll for number of inherited skills.
• The probability of inheriting a specific passive skill remains the same, whether it’s present in one or both parents. When forming the combined skill list from both parents, any duplicate skills are eliminated.
• It seems that the likelihood of randomly selecting a passive skill, regardless of whether it’s a higher-tier or lower-tier, is equal. Interestingly, this holds true not only for inherited skills but also for those that are randomly generated.
• It’s possible to roll the same random passive skills that weren’t initially selected for inheritance. This slightly increases the odds of obtaining a specific combination of passive skills from the stated probabilities. However, this increase is probably minimal, and somewhat complex to calculate.
• For modders: The UPalGameSetting properties Combi_PassiveInheritNum and Combi_PassiveRandomAddNum are the weighted random arrays that control the chance to inherit a certain number of passive skills.

To summarize

There are two rolls for passives. An inheritance roll, and a mutation roll. The inheritance roll determines how many passives are inherited from the parents. The mutation roll determines how many random passives are added on after that, if there is room for them. If all four slots are filled from the inheritance roll, the mutation roll is skipped.

• Duplicate passive skills on both parents neither help nor harm inheritance chances
• It doesn't matter which parent has which passive skill. A 2-2, 3-1, and 4-0 distribution all have the same odds.

This table shows the odds for inheriting a given number of passives:

Passive skills available for inheritance	Chance of inheriting all parents' passives, with no random passives
1	40%
2	24%
3	12%
4	10%

IV Inheritance Chances

IVs ("Innate Values", a term borrowed from the Pokémon fandom), represent a Pal's genetics, and determine the random variation in stats from pal to pal. To summarize, There are three IVs, ATK, DEF, and HP. They are heritable, and increase the amount of stats you gain from level to level. A maximum IV will raise its corresponding stat gains at each level-up by 30% (for the most part. Legendary Alpha pals have much higher HP potentials) At level 1, this will be insignificant, but at level 50 the bonus will be quite substantial.

Austin John Gaming did a 100-sample test to determine inheritance chances for IVs, however he made a miscalculation and in his conclusions reported half of the actual inheritance chances. His actual data shows that each IV has the following odds of inheritance:

• 30% Father
• 30% Mother
• 40% Random mutation

This means that the odds of inheriting all three IVs from either parent is (60%)^3 = 21.6%

Breeding for both IVs and Passives

If you're looking to breed pals for both passives and IVs, you should first try to get a pal with no passives, but max IVs (alpha pals tend to have above-average IVs, so look for high IVs from them). Failing that, you can settle for max IVs with no undesired passives. Breed pals with one or more perfect IVs together until all the IVs are perfect, and it has no passives, or no unwanted passives. This website can tell you what a pal's IVs are, but you'll have to level it up a little to tell for sure, due to rounding errors in the in-game stat screen.

Next, obtain a pair of pals with the four passives you want distributed between the two of them, and breed them with your perfect IV pal. Your goal should be to obtain a breeding pair with the four passives you're looking for distributed between the two of them, no undesirable passives, and max IVs. Note that when working toward this, partial successes can increase your odds. If you get a child with the passives you want, but only 2/3 IVs maxed, you can swap them in to increase your odds of getting all three IVs maxed.

Finally, breed your perfect IV parents together until you get perfect IVs and four passives. Once you've assembled the final breeding pair, the odds are:

• 21.6% to inherit all three IVs from either parent
• 10% to inherit all four passives

Total: 2.16%, or about 1/46.

Aiming for specific Passives

Work Speed

Pal's work speed base value is 70, passive skill is cumulative Artisan (50%) + Work Slave (30%) + Serious (20%) + Lucky (15%) = 115%, Pal Essence Condenser no increase, Statue of Strength Enhancement 10 levels total 30% increase. IV value doesn't affect work speed.

So the max working speed is 70*215%*130%=195

Pal Essence Condenser will increase all work suitability by 1 when it's 4 stars, and each level of work suitability is 300% more, the difference between level 1 and level 5 is about 33333=81 times.

Any previous work trait pal that is bred for artisan/work slave/serious/lucky can consider dropping lucky (15%) for nocturnal: it’s a slight work speed drop for being able to work 24/7 outside of food/spa. Particularly useful for Orzerk (electricity for oil pumps), Lyleen (planting), Jormuntide (watering), Frostallion (new ice crusher and cold feed box). Them being 5 work skill may be a good enough trade off to lose lucky for being able to work 24/7, over their noct counterparts. For pals that were already Dark types it’s pointless and you can just breed for lucky.

For Pals at work stations, including Ranches (Ranch Pals now use work speed), I'd suggest Artisan, Serious, Work Slave, and either Lucky or Nocturnal. Not having Nocturnal on all base Pals lets transporters clear work stations at night.

For transporters I'd suggest Legend, Runner, Swift, and either Nocturnal or Nimble. Knocklem can take bigger stacks, Vanwyrm is faster: personally I use Knocklem with Nocturnal for bulk transporting and Vanwyrm with Nimble for ranch or mining base transporting (loose mining nodes like Quartz, not the mining pits you can put in your base).

Combat

For combat pals, I think Serenity is newest contender for traits. 30% cooldown on active as well as 10% Atk may effectively replace either 15% Atk (lucky), 20% (ferocious) or 20% element. It's worth to consider dropping elemental since it’s a pain to breed and forces you to pretty much exclude the option of other element attacks for a slight dmg boost.

Legend and Musclehead always (except for the few Pals that can't get Legend). Then Serenity > 30% elemental passives > Impatient > 20% elemental passives > Ferocious. On paper Impatient is fairly equal to the 20% elemental passives but Impatient allows you to mix active skills damage types. The 30% elemental passives are better than Impatient if using skills that match (although Shadowbeak and Bellanoir Libero deal so much damage with their exclusive skills that they can use 30% elemental passives and mix skill elements). An argument could be made for putting Ferocious on Knocklem instead of Impatient when used in your party because of its Partner Skill. If using Knocklem as a base Pal for raids, stick with Impatient.

For booster Pals, Vanguard and Stronghold Strategist give you 2 free slots for anything (for example, Motivational Leader boosts work speed).

For element swap mounts, legend/swift/runner/vanguard lets you outpace most attacks. Can swap out Runner or Vanguard for Infinite Stamina, Nimble or Stronghold Strategist.

Other

For travel mounts, Unlimited stamina feels more impactful overall than nimble. Definitely a preference things and depending on the pal (like it’s pointless on jetdragon to have nimble). So likely legend/swift/runner/unlimited stamina.

Noble and Fine Furs are kinda pointless late game due to abundance of gold, but early game it could be useful if you gonna bulk sell items. They stack, with 5 Pals: -40% buy price, +40% sell price.

Passing Down Active Skills

When breeding, there is a 50% chance to pass down one active skill from either parent. The child can inherit any active skill the parents currently know, not just what they have equipped. This means that when trying to breed down an active skill you want to limit the pool of moves by keeping the parents at level 1. You want to remove anything in the base that generates XP for pals.

Exclusive skills cannot be bred down.

If you want to try experimenting with breeding down a move we'll start simple and pass down Splash onto a Jormuntide by only breeding Jormuntide, Splash is a Skill Fruit that you can obtain on Sakurajima Island. Breed two Jormuntide until you have a level 1 female Jormuntide and a level 1 male Jormuntide. If you want specific passives, go ahead and breed until you have the passives you want. Teach each level 1 Jormtunide parent Splash using a skill fruit. Then breed those two Jormuntide until you get a child with Splash and the passives you want. This is one way to pass on moves that have skill fruits without having to farm those fruits.

For a little more advanced breeding lets put Holy Burst onto a Pal. Holy Burst is a very powerful move that does not have a skill fruit. Selyne, Lullu, Yakumo, and Mimog learn Holy Burst naturally. Say you want to pass Holy Burst onto Blazehowl to then pass it onto Jormuntide Ignis. We'll use Lullu + Grintale to make a Blazehowl. Lullu learns Holy Burst at level 30 but you wont find a wild Lullu below level 30 so any that you catch will already know Holy Burst. Ignoring passive skills and IVs, you want to breed two Lullu together until you get a level 1 that knows Holy Burst. Any level 1 Lullu will also know Wind Cutter as that is what it learns at level 1 and that is fine. You'll also want to breed Grintale until you get a level 1, it doesn't much matter which skills it has. You'll then breed Lullu and Grintale until you get a Blazehowl that knows Holy Burst. Then you can breed a level 1 Jormuntide with the level 1 Blazehowl until you get a Jormuntide Ignis that has Holy Burst. When you add passives into the mix, you still want to focus on limiting the move pool by keeping level 1 parents. Even if your Lullu has all 4 passives and your Grintale is blank, you'll likely end up with Blazehowl that know Holy Burst but only have some of the passives. It is definitely better to replace the Lullu and Grintale with a Blazehowl with Holy Burst and some of the passives and another Blazehowl with Holy Burst with the other passives, as now you have two parents that have Holy Burst as opposed to one, Lullu.

Pals that learn an exclusive move at level 1 are unique in that they will always pass down another active skill. For example, Orserk learns Kerauno at level 1. If you breed two Orserk with Holy Burst and Kerauno, the resulting Orserk will always have Holy Burst. And an Orserk with Holy Burst, Sand Twister, and Rockburst is an exceptional counter for Blazamut Ryu in phase 2. You can find Sand Twister and Rockburst skill fruits in Sakurajima. An alternative is Sand Tornado and Stone Cannon which you can buy from the Wandering Merchant in Duneshelter.

Strategy

Phase One: IV/Passive Hunter

• Catch a legendary & any lucky Pal
• Catch any tower boss
• Crank your server setting to 3x spawn (or as high as your PC can handle).
• Hunt for 100 IV Chikipis & Blazamuts (use Alpha Blazamut, as their IVs ranges between, as compared to the regular Blazamuts on Island #3, which range from 1-100. When combined with the rare/uncommon spawn rate; it's far quicker/easier to farm 100 IV Blazamuts at Alpha spawn, than farming island; all be it significantly harder).

Phase Two: The Pair of Perfect Pairs

• Breed the Chikipis & Blazamuts until you get one with perfect IVs.
• Cross breed your legend & lucky pals w/ a tower boss to get a legend & lucky Chikipi.
• You now need to pass Lucky/Legend to your Blazamut (this path is going to vary based upon what Lucky pals you have)
• If you want to pass from your Chikipi to Blazamut, the fastest route is Breed Chikipi to Blazamut for Tombat, Tombat to Blazamut for Ragnahawk, Ragnahawk to Blazamut for Helzephyr, Helzephyr to Blazamut for Cryolinx, Cryolinx to Blazamut for Suzaku, Suzaku to Jormuntide for Suzaku Aqua, and finally Suzaku Aqua to Blazamut.
• Now breed your legend & lucky Chikipi/Blazamut to your perfect IV Chikipi/Blazamut respectively; until you get a compatible pair of Chikipi/Blazamut to breed (ideally, a male/female of each).
• Once you have your Perfect pair, it's time to start passing their traits on to all the other pals.

Side Note: There's no need to get all the pals in each generation before breeding pals of other generations; I've broken this down into generations to determine pre-requisites to get the traits to your desired Pal.

I do suggest prioritizing all of the pals up to Gen4 , as they are the bread and butter for most later generations. They are the most equidistant in breeding power, making them the most versatile for breeding.

Phase Three: Gen2

Chikipi + Blazamut = Tombat

Phase Four: Gen3

Tombat + Chikipi = Rushoar

Tombat + Blazamut = Ragnahawk

Phase Five: Gen4

Rushoar + Chikipi = Bristla

Rushoar + Blazamut= Anubis

Ragnahawk + Blazamut = Helzephyr

Ragnahawk + Chikipi= Lovander

Tips

• Get your Anubis first. He is great at so many things, and Vanwyrn + Cinnamoth is the easiest combo to breed. Take your time to breed your first Anubis for working with all related traits.
• You will have the most success rate of inheriting traits when there are 4 traits from your parents in total. Whether it's 0/4, 1/3, or 2/2, as long as it's 4 in total, you are good. Exceed this number and you will have an increased chance of getting random traits you don't want.
• Keep one female and one male for each pal with 0 traits, or purposely breed 0 traits pals. If you have a pal with traits you don't want but still want to keep the good traits, you can breed them with a 0 traits counter-gender and isolate the trait. This will help you in many future breedings (if you already have your working Anubis). Here are some examples I use in my breeding:
  • Anubis + Loupmoon (empty) = Foxcicle
  • Anubis + Sparkit (empty) = Verdash
  • Anubis + Suzaku (empty) = Jormuntide
  • Jormuntide + Blazehowl (empty) = Jormuntide Ignis
  • Anubis + Nitewing (empty) = Azurobe
  • Anubis + Verdash (empty) = Petallia

History

• 0.3.1.0
  • Due to the addition of many new Pals, some Pal breeding combinations have been changed.
• 0.2.4.0
  • Breeding eggs now have a slight chance to produce an Alpha Pal.
• 0.1.5.1
  • Fixed a bug where breeding Pals always had fixed passives.
• 0.1.2.0
  • Introduced.

Trivia

• There is a glitch (assumed) that Pals of the same gender can breed from time to time.

External Tools

• Pal Breeding Calculator made by uk-youngprofessional on Reddit.
• Palworld Breeding Calculator by Paldex.io
• Palworld Breeding Tree
• Palworld Breeding Combos Calculator by Jagdish1o1
• Palworld Breeding Calculator by Palworld.gg
• Passive skill inheritance calculator by mgxts
• Breeding calculator that detects+reads your save file and solves for pals + traits by tylercamp
• All Palworld Breeding Combos: Palworld Breeding Calculator
• Palworld Zucht Liste: Finde deine perfekten Pal-Kombinationen

References

• https://www.reddit.com/r/Palworld/comments/19d98ws/spreadsheet_all_breeding_combinations_datamined/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Palworld/comments/1af9in7/passive_skill_inheritance_mechanics_in_breeding/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Palworld/comments/1am7y16/definitive_datamined_guide_to_breeding_for_both/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Palworld/comments/1am69f5/guide_to_breeding_perfection/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Palworld/comments/1edzbfq/some_tips_ive_learned_after_so_much_breeding/
• r/Palworld/comments/1eren84/so_you_want_to_try_breeding_down_active_skills/