breeding tool

Breeding path map

What to catch and how to breed, with the fewest steps: a starter closure from cheap parents, plus lowest-cost chains to key Pals. Not an exhaustive matrix — use the calculator for that.

Data baseline

1.0 (official release, 2026-07-10); extracted 2026-07-12; 27 regression samples tracked within their verified scope.

Breeding calculator (exhaustive lookup)

Starter closure: what 8 cheap parents can reach

Catch these cheap early-game parents (rarity ≤ 2, easy capture) and breed only within what you hold: 65 Pals are reachable within 6 generations (shown below). Another 185 are technically reachable but need up to 21 generations of chaining — on 1.0 data every key high-rarity Pal sits that deep, so use the ladder chains below instead.

Generation 1(13)
Generation 2(10)
Generation 3(15)
Generation 4(12)
Generation 5(11)
Generation 6(4)

Key targets: lowest-cost ladder chains

Each chain = a few wild-catch anchors + breeding steps. Anchors show rarity; every node links to its Paldeck page.

Combat

Anubis 2 wild catches + 1 step

Catch first: Azurmane wild catch · R7 Dupin wild catch · R7

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Knocklem Ignis 1 wild catch + 0 steps

Catch first: Knocklem Ignis wild catch · R10

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Menasting Terra 1 wild catch + 0 steps

Catch first: Menasting Terra wild catch · R10

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Eidrolon Ignis 6 wild catches + 5 steps

Catch first: Reptyro Cryst wild catch · R7 Moldron wild catch · R7 Kitsun Noct wild catch · R6 Celesdir wild catch · R6 Nyafia wild catch · R4 Omascul wild catch · R4

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Bushi Noct 1 wild catch + 0 steps

Catch first: Bushi Noct wild catch · R7

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Ghangler Ignis 1 wild catch + 0 steps

Catch first: Ghangler Ignis wild catch · R6

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Astegon 2 wild catches + 1 step

Catch first: Azurmane wild catch · R7 Celesdir wild catch · R6

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Helzephyr Lux 2 wild catches + 1 step

Catch first: Helzephyr wild catch · R7 Beakon wild catch · R6

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Blazamut 1 wild catch + 0 steps

Catch first: Blazamut wild catch · R9

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Work

Solenne 4 wild catches + 3 steps

Catch first: Azurmane wild catch · R7 Kitsun Noct wild catch · R6 Celesdir wild catch · R6 Jormuntide Ignis wild catch · R9

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Renjishi 5 wild catches + 4 steps

Catch first: Splatterina wild catch · R4 Lapure wild catch · R4 Celesdir wild catch · R6 Reptyro Cryst wild catch · R7 Moldron wild catch · R7

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Celesdir Noct 2 wild catches + 1 step

Catch first: Kitsun Noct wild catch · R6 Celesdir wild catch · R6

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Knocklem 1 wild catch + 0 steps

Catch first: Knocklem wild catch · R9

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Ophydia 4 wild catches + 4 steps
Jormuntide 2 wild catches + 1 step

Catch first: Azurmane wild catch · R7 Moldron wild catch · R7

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Jormuntide Ignis 1 wild catch + 0 steps

Catch first: Jormuntide Ignis wild catch · R9

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Starryon Primo 2 wild catches + 1 step

Catch first: Starryon wild catch · R7 Celesdir wild catch · R6

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Solmora Lux 1 wild catch + 0 steps

Catch first: Solmora Lux wild catch · R5

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Univolt Cryst 3 wild catches + 2 steps

Catch first: Mau Cryst wild catch · R2 Snock wild catch · R2 Frostplume wild catch · R4

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Mycora 2 wild catches + 1 step

Catch first: Kitsun Noct wild catch · R6 Ghangler Ignis wild catch · R6

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Sibelyx Primo 2 wild catches + 1 step

Catch first: Lapure wild catch · R4 Sibelyx wild catch · R7

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Mounts

Faleris Aqua 1 wild catch + 0 steps

Catch first: Faleris Aqua wild catch · R9

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Suzaku 2 wild catches + 1 step

Catch first: Nyafia wild catch · R4 Omascul wild catch · R4

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Suzaku Aqua 1 wild catch + 0 steps

Catch first: Suzaku Aqua wild catch · R9

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Quivern Botan 2 wild catches + 1 step

Catch first: Lullu wild catch · R4 Quivern wild catch · R7

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Wumpo Botan 2 wild catches + 1 step

Catch first: Kitsun Noct wild catch · R6 Azurmane wild catch · R7

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Azurmane 1 wild catch + 0 steps

Catch first: Azurmane wild catch · R7

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Celesdir 1 wild catch + 0 steps

Catch first: Celesdir wild catch · R6

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Silvegis 2 wild catches + 1 step

Catch first: Azurmane wild catch · R7 Ghangler Ignis wild catch · R6

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Same-species only (legendaries & tower bosses)

On 1.0 these Pals cannot be produced by cross-breeding. Same-species pairs only; catch or obtain one first.

Special acquisition (no breeding path)

Raids, collaboration content or other special sources; no valid breeding chain on current data.

How this map is computed (reproducible)

Same formula as the calculator (CombiRank average + override tables). Starter closure: only pairs within held Pals. Ladder chains: cost(pal) = min(wild-catch cost by rarity tier, 1 + max(cost of both parents)); wild availability from extracted habitat data. Chains are rebuilt from the cost table and re-verified against the calculator formula at build time.

Source: paldb.cc; snapshot paldb.cc live snapshot 2026-07-12.

Before you start breeding

Every step on these chains consumes a cake. Set up milk, egg and honey ranch lines first — verified 1.0 spawn spots for Mozzarina, Beegarde and Chikipi in the starter guide. Open the cake supply guide