Incidents
Incidents occur all across the Palpagos Islands. These spawns may range from spawning Pals, to hostile enemy Factions, as well as friendly humans, including merchants.
Overview
Pals may randomly spawn in their designated Habitats, as seen through the ingame Paldeck. Each Pal has its own weighted distribution, making some Pals rarer than others, such as Dinossom (3%) being far less common than Cattiva (40%). Lucky Pals are variants of Pals with unique traits, and these are known to spawn wherever their species' natural Habitat is.
Certain points across the overworld are hotspots for rare Incidents, a hidden mechanic that spawns specific entities, or groups of entities, across the Palpagos Islands at a very low chance. These can be enemy ambushes, friendly humans (including merchants), or even opportunities to capture rare Pals, including some that do not have a listed Habitat on the Paldeck.
When an Incident occurs, it is chosen from a potential pool of encounters that is specific to that general region - for example, one can never find a naturally-spawning Jolthog Cryst Incident outside of Windswept Hills.
Randomly-spawning Item Merchants encountered in a region can sell the same set of items across multiple different encounters, such as the same three Skill Fruits and medicines.
It is not known if a Pal that appears via an Incident can be a Lucky.
Types of Incidents
The game's code categorizes several different types of Incidents, though they all may appear in the same hotspots.
Pal Incidents
They often have a specific group of different Pals appearing simultaneously, but can simply be solo Pals.
- Spawn Pal Battle: Pals engaged in combat can be encountered. These conflicts may involve Pals of the same species or entirely different ones, such as two Mammorest fighting each other or a solo Flopie being hunted by multiple Galeclaw.
- Spawn Pal Group: A specific group of Pals can be encountered. These may involve Pals of the same species or entirely different ones, such as or a Robinquill and a Bristla walking alongside each other or two Caprity walking in a group.
- Spawn Pal: A specific solo Pal can be encountered such as a solo Dinossom or a lone Relaxaurus.
Human Incidents
They include travelling merchants and hostile Factions.
- Spawn Human Battle: Humans engaged in combat can be encountered. These only involves clash between human (and not the conflict between humans and pals). A prominent examples is the conflict between factions.
- Spawn Human Group: A specific group of Pals can be encountered, such as a group of specific faction members or a Wandering Merchant with armed guards.
- Spawn Human: A specific solo Pal can be encountered such as a Black Marketeer.
Outbreak Incidents
Where a large group of Pals may spawn all at once.
- Spawn Herd: A large group of Pals may spawn all at once. Swarms may include Pal species not native to the region, such as Mossanda Lux in the Desiccated Desert. Not all outbreaks are of equal size. An outbreak of Arsox may come in a group of 7, whereas an outbreak of Pengullet may come in a group of 9.
Grassland Region Incidents
The Grass Regions are home to plentiful low-level encounters. Coordinates to farm: 155, -440; 99, -451; 81, -454; -181, -587; -229,-576; -160, -676; 320, 214; -290, 60.
Pal Incidents
- A group of at least 3 Tocotoco.
- A lone Relaxaurus.
- A Sweepa, accompanied by multiple Swee.
- A lone Jolthog Cryst being attacked by multiple Direhowls.
- Wild Nests: Depresso and Direhowl (Lv10)
Human Incidents
- Wandering Merchants, selling either Pals or items, can be encountered.
- Sometimes, they are being accosted by the Syndicate.
- Sometimes, they have armed guards that are allied to them. They are friendly to the player.
- A group of armed mercenaries. They are friendly to the player.
- Sometimes, they are defending themselves from the Syndicate.
- A Syndicate ambush, in which they have their own tamed Pals attacking alongside them. These Pals may be captured like any other.
- NPC: Newbie Pal Tamer (3 variants: Lv9 with Bristla, Lv10 with Gobfin and Lv11 with Ribunny) and Syndicate pal tamers (no name difference but they come with Lv10 Leezpunk and Lv10 Incineram specifically at -6;-499)
| Pal Species | Swarm Size | Min Level | Max Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cattiva | 9 | ||
| Pengullet | 9 | ||
| Jolthog | 9 | ||
| Mammorest | 5 | 33 | 35 |
Forest Region Incidents
The Forest Regions are home to plentiful encounters. Bamboo Grooves/Twilight Dunes Coordinates to farm: -89,-461; -94,-438; -200, -379; -175, -155; -94, -198; -131, -63. Ancient Ritual Site Coordinates to farm: 27, -224; 64, -297; 8, -326. Verdant Brook/Frostbound Mountains Coordinates to farm: 160, -160; 243, -157; 21, -7.
Pal Incidents
- A solo Flopie being hunted by either multiple Galeclaw or multiple Direhowl.
- Bamboo Grooves/Twilight Dunes Wild Nests: Arsox and Relaxaurus (Lv20)
- Ancient Ritual Site Wild Nests: Galeclaw and Robinquill (Lv30)
- Verdant Brook/Frostbound Mountains Wild Nests: Mossanda and Elizabee (Lv40)
Human Incidents
- Bamboo Grooves/Twilight Dunes NPC: Up-and-coming Pal Tamer (3 variants: Lv16 with Jolthog Cryst, Lv17 with Univolt, Lv18 with Surfent Terra) and Shady Pal Tamer (with Mozzarina)
- Ancient Ritual Site NPC: Cruel Pal Tamer (3 variants: Lv26 with Hangyu Crist, Lv26 with Helzephyr and Lv27 with Maraith) and Shady Pal Tamer (with Dumud)
- Verdant Brook/Frostbound Mountains NPC: Cruel Pal Tamer (Same as the last one with the same pals)
| Pal Species | Swarm Size | Min Level | Max Level |
|---|---|---|---|
Volcano Region Incidents
The Volcano Region is home to plentiful encounters. Coordinates to farm: -595, -514; -475, -408; -786, -358.
Pal Incidents
- Wild Nests: Pyrin and Vanwyrm (Lv40)
- Random pal encounter: Gobfin and Gobfin Ignis chilling together
Human Incidents
- NPC: Veteran Pal Tamer (3 variants: Lv 35 with Woolipop, Lv 35 with Digtoise and Lv 36 with Cryolinx), Shady Pal Tamer (with Nox) and Pyre Martyr (Assault Rifle variation when fighting another faction)
| Pal Species | Swarm Size | Min Level | Max Level |
|---|---|---|---|
Desert Region Incidents
The Desert Region is home to plentiful encounters. Coordinates to farm: 457,282; 327, 388.
Pal Incidents
- Wild Nests: Tocotoco and Rayhound (Lv45)
Human Incidents
- NPC: Vigorous Pal Tamer (3 variants: Lv40 with Elphidran Aqua, Lv43 with Kitsun and Lv44 with Ragnahawk) and PDIF Guard (5 of them fighting against a Robinquill Terra)
| Pal Species | Swarm Size | Min Level | Max Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mossanda Lux |
Snow Region Incidents
The Snow Region is home to plentiful encounters. Coordinates to farm: -324, 271; -267, 473; -106, 284.
Pal Incidents
- A Wumpo and a Wumpo Botan walking alongside each other, and Vanwyrm vs Vanwyrm Cryst.
- Wild Nests: Wumpo and Cryolinx (Lv45)
Human Incidents
- NPC: Master Pal Tamer (3 variants: Lv48 with Relaxaurus Lux, Lv49 with Felbat and Lv50 with Lyleen Noct) and Lv20 Pal Executioner (They don't appear at this lv normally, they are fighting a pal in group in a random encounter)
| Pal Species | Swarm Size | Min Level | Max Level |
|---|---|---|---|
Sakurajima Region Incidents
The Sakurajima Region is home to plentiful encounters. Coordinates to farm: -374, 131; -544, 193; -714, 127; -535, 302.
Pal Incidents
- Random pal encounter: Chillet and Chillet Ignis chilling together.
- Wild Nest: Prixter (Lv50) (Seems to be the only one but still checking all the spots regularly)
Human Incidents
- NPC: Master Pal Tamer (same as the last one)
| Pal Species | Swarm Size | Min Level | Max Level |
|---|---|---|---|
Notes
- All across the map can appear other pal encounters not so special, like Mammorest vs Mammorest, a little herd attacking and hunting another pal (Direhowls vs Jolthog Cryst, Galeclaws vs Flopie and Yakumos vs Dogen) or the zone faction attacking a pal (the only one being special is some Free Pal Alliance atacking a Robinquill and Bristla at the same time that are allies between themselves, both Lv21 at Ancient Ritual Site)
- Another random NPC encounters that are not restricted to zones are: 2 Guards (PDIF skin and named different than the Dessicated Dessert event) and 1 Wanderer merchant, 3 Burly Mercs fighting Syndicate, 1 Pal Merchant being attacked by 3 Syndicate, random faction vs faction fights (a variation of the Pyre Martyr appears in one of those and maybe the Executioner variation with flamethrower but i only saw that one on that faction's raid to the base) and Shady Pal Merchant with Nox seems to reappear in the 4 high lv zones.
- The event zones marked and even the ones not marked, can have or not have an incident. Sometimes it's empty. Sometimes there is a herd of pals. Sometimes a fight. Sometimes a Nest. Sometimes some faction enemies.And sometimes for some reason 3 random Tocotocos at Lv10-11 (This happens across all the map, even Sakurajima).
References
r/Palworld/comments/1gochl3/incident_zones/