How does breeding work in Palworld?

Each Pal has a hidden breeding power (CombiRank). A child's power is floor((parent A + parent B + 1) / 2), and the egg hatches into the Pal whose breeding power is closest to that value. Some specific parent pairs are special combos that override this, and two Pals of the same species always produce that species.

Does parent gender matter for breeding?

You always need one male and one female parent to breed. A few special combos additionally require a specific parent to be a specific gender; those are noted on the result.

Breeding Updated for 1.0

Palworld Breeding Calculator

Pick two parents to see what they hatch — every one of the 185 special combos plus the breeding-power formula for the remaining 261 breedable Pals.

Parent 1

Parent 2

Choose two parent Pals to see the offspring.

You need Cake to breed

Every breeding pair needs a Cake in the Breeding Farm. One Cake recipe makes one egg:

Mutations — breeding stronger Pals

Since the 1.0 update, breeding has a small chance to produce a mutated egg instead of a normal one. A Pal hatched from a mutated egg is born with higher base stats than usual for its species, and often an extra passive skill — the fastest way to build a truly top-tier team. Mutations don't change which species hatches; they make whatever you were already breeding stronger.

The odds per egg are low, so mutation breeding is a numbers game: breed in volume and stack every modifier. Using an Extravagant Vegetable Cake in the Breeding Farm directly raises the chance of a mutation and stronger stat growth, so it's worth the extra ingredients once you're farming for a perfect Pal.

How Palworld breeding works

Put one male and one female Pal in a Breeding Farm with a Cake and they produce an egg. The species of the offspring is fixed by each Pal's hidden breeding power (CombiRank): the child's power is floor((parent 1 + parent 2 + 1) / 2), and the egg hatches into whichever Pal has the closest breeding power. A set of 185 special parent pairs override this to produce subspecies and legendaries, and two Pals of the same species always breed true.