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.
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.
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.
| 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.
Pal Incidents
Human Incidents
| Pal Species | Swarm Size | Min Level | Max Level |
|---|---|---|---|
Volcano Region Incidents
The Volcano Region is home to plentiful encounters.
Pal Incidents
Human Incidents
| Pal Species | Swarm Size | Min Level | Max Level |
|---|---|---|---|
Desert Region Incidents
The Desert Region is home to plentiful encounters.
Pal Incidents
Human Incidents
| Pal Species | Swarm Size | Min Level | Max Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mossanda Lux |
Snow Region Incidents
The Snow Region is home to plentiful encounters.
Pal Incidents
- A Wumpo and a Wumpo Botan walking alongside each other.
Human Incidents
| Pal Species | Swarm Size | Min Level | Max Level |
|---|---|---|---|