Palworld Breeding Guide: How to Breed Pals

This guide explains how Palworld breeding works, what you need to build a breeding farm, and how to pass down traits and species. You breed Pals by placing a male and female in a Breeding Farm with Cake, then waiting for an Egg that hatches into the offspring.

Formula

The incubation time in Palworld is a fixed base value per egg type, but the actual time depends on the ambient temperature. The game applies a modifier: eggs incubate faster in warm environments and slower in cold ones. The effective time is:

Effective time = Base time × (1 + 0.02 × max(0, 25 − Temperature))

• Base time – the egg’s base incubation time in minutes (varies by egg size and species, roughly 10–120 minutes).
• Temperature – the ambient temperature in °C where the Egg Incubator is placed.
• Effective time – the real-world minutes until the egg hatches.

If the temperature is 25°C or above, the modifier is 1 (no penalty). Below 25°C, each degree adds 2% to the time. For example, at 15°C the multiplier is 1.2, so a 30-minute egg takes 36 minutes.

Worked Example

Using the default values: base time = 10 minutes, temperature = 25°C.

1. Difference = 25 − 25 = 0
2. max(0, 0) = 0
3. Multiplier = 1 + 0.02 × 0 = 1
4. Effective time = 10 × 1 = 10 minutes

The calculator shows 10 minutes, matching the formula.

How Breeding Works

Breeding in Palworld is a two-step process: you place a male and female Pal in a Breeding Farm, and after a short cooldown they produce an Egg. You then pick up the Egg and place it in an Egg Incubator. After the incubation timer finishes, the Egg hatches into a new Pal.

The offspring’s species is not random. It follows a specific rule based on the parents’ species. The game uses a hidden “powerâ€� value for each Pal species. When you breed two different species, the offspring is the species whose power value is the average of the two parents’ values, rounded down. If that average corresponds to a species, you get that Pal. If not, you get the lower-power parent’s species. This means you can breed two different Pals to get a specific third Pal, but the exact combinations are fixed by the game’s data.

For example, breeding a Lamball (low power) with a Foxparks (higher power) often yields a Chikipi, because the average falls below Lamball’s value. The community has mapped many combinations, but the simplest rule is: same species parents always produce the same species.

What You Need to Start

To begin breeding, you must unlock and build the following:

• Breeding Farm – unlocked at Technology Level 19. Costs 100 Wood, 20 Stone, and 10 Fiber.
• Egg Incubator – unlocked at Technology Level 7. Costs 10 Paldium Fragments, 5 Cloth, and 10 Stone. You can build multiple.
• Cake – the only food that triggers breeding. Each breeding attempt consumes one Cake. You need a Cooking Pot or Electric Kitchen to make it. Recipe: 5 Flour, 8 Red Berries, 7 Milk, 8 Egg, 2 Honey.

Once you have the farm and at least one Cake in your inventory, assign a male and female Pal to the farm (open the farm’s menu and place them). The farm will show a progress bar. When it fills, an Egg appears. Pick it up and place it in an Incubator.

Choosing Parent Pals

Parents matter in two ways: species and traits. The offspring’s species is determined by the average-power rule, but its Active Skills (the moves it knows) are randomly selected from both parents’ skill pools. Its Passive Skills (the stat-boosting traits like Runner or Ferocious) are inherited with a specific probability:

• Each parent has a chance to pass down one of its passive skills.
• The offspring can also get a random mutation that adds a new passive skill not present on either parent.
• Having four passive skills on both parents increases the chance of inheriting more, but never guarantees all four.

If you want a Pal with a specific passive skill, breed two parents that both have that skill. The more shared skills, the better the odds. For example, breeding two Pals that both have Runner gives a much higher chance of the offspring having Runner than breeding one Runner with one non-Runner.

Common Breeding Mistakes

Players often run into these issues:

• Not having Cake in your inventory – the farm won’t start without it. Cake spoils over time, so keep it in a refrigerator or feed box.
• Using the wrong gender – you need one male and one female. Same-sex pairs do nothing.
• Egg Incubator temperature – placing an incubator in a cold biome (like the snowy mountains) slows hatching significantly. Build a campfire or heater nearby, or place it in a warm area.
• Egg storage – you can carry multiple eggs, but they take inventory space. Build several incubators to hatch multiple at once.
• Assuming species is random – it’s not. The average-power rule is fixed. If you get an unexpected species, you likely misidentified the parents’ species or used a different pair than you thought.

Breeding vs. Catching

Breeding is not always the fastest way to get a Pal. Catching wild Pals is usually quicker for basic species, but breeding has two unique advantages:

• Trait control – you can combine specific passive skills from two parents to create a Pal with a desired loadout that rarely appears in the wild.
• Paldeck completion – some Pals are only obtainable through breeding, such as the elemental variants (e.g., Jolthog Cryst) that are not found in the wild.

However, breeding requires significant setup (farm, cake, incubators) and time. For most players, catching is the primary method, with breeding used for min-maxing or filling gaps.

Costs and Time Investment

The main costs are:

• Resources – 100 Wood, 20 Stone, 10 Fiber for the farm; 10 Paldium Fragments, 5 Cloth, 10 Stone per incubator.
• Cake ingredients – each cake needs 5 Flour, 8 Red Berries, 7 Milk, 8 Egg, 2 Honey. Flour requires Wheat, which you must grow or buy. Honey comes from Beegarde or wild beehives.
• Time – breeding itself takes about 1–2 minutes in real time. Incubation ranges from 10 minutes for small eggs to over an hour for large ones, modified by temperature.

If you plan to breed many Pals, set up a dedicated base with a wheat plantation, a ranch for Chickipi (eggs) and Mozzarina (milk), and a beehive for honey.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I breed two Pals of the same species to get that species?

Yes. Breeding two identical species always produces an egg of that species. This is the most reliable way to get a specific Pal, especially if you want to pass down traits.

What is the best way to get a Pal with four perfect passive skills?

The most reliable method is to breed two parents that each have the four skills you want. The chance of inheriting all four is still not 100%, but it’s much higher than with fewer shared skills. Expect to hatch many eggs and keep the best offspring.

Does the Egg Incubator temperature really matter?

Yes. Cold environments slow incubation. The game doesn’t show a numeric temperature, but you can observe the progress bar. Placing a campfire or heater near the incubator speeds it up. In hot biomes like the desert, no bonus is applied, but no penalty either.

Can I breed legendary or boss Pals?

Legendary Pals (like Paladius or Necromus) cannot be bred. They are only caught in the wild at specific locations. Similarly, boss variants (with the “Alpha� title) are not breedable. You can only breed regular versions of those species if they exist.

How do I get more Cake without spending hours farming?

You can buy Cake from some merchants, but it’s expensive. The most efficient way is to set up a small farm: plant Wheat, ranch Chickipi and Mozzarina, and place a beehive. This gives you a steady supply of ingredients. You can also find Cake in chests or as drops from certain Pals.

Why did my breeding farm stop producing eggs?

Check that both Pals are still assigned (they may have left if they got hungry or if you removed them). Also verify you have Cake in your inventory. Finally, make sure the farm isn’t blocked by other objects – the Pals need to walk to it.

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in t | Incubation time | min | 10 | 1 | 1440
in temp | Temperature | C | 25 | -50 | 100
out eff_time | Effective time | min | t * (1 + 0.02 * max(0, 25 - temp)) | 1