Bristla, a Grass-type pal in Palworld, Paldex number 60

How to breed Bristla.

Rarity 1 · 50% ♂ · wild Lv 1-29 103 parent pairs

The easiest pair that hatches Bristla

Herbil and Mau Cryst is the cheapest pair that hatches Bristla in Palworld 1.0, out of 103 pairs that work. Both are catchable in the wild from about level 1.

both catchable in the wild · found from about level 1. Parents must be opposite genders.

The lineageread left to right
Pairs that make Bristla
Herbil × Mau Cryst both catchable in the wild · found from about level 1
Finsider × Pupperai both catchable in the wild · found from about level 2
Bristla Bristla

Easiest pair first · rarest child first. Every parent pair is in the list below.

Gender odds on the Herbil and Mau Cryst pair

Both Herbil and Mau Cryst hatch 50/50 male, so every one you catch is a coin flip and two of each covers it. Bristla comes out 50/50 too. Two of the same gender produces nothing at all, however right the pair is.

Weak to

Fire

Deals double to

Ground

Paldex entry

“This prickly Pal's thorns are highly poisonous. It is friendly with Cinnamoth and only smiles while a Cinnamoth is drinking its nectar.”

Bristla is a Grass-type pal with 103 parent pairs in Palworld 1.0, and not one of them is a special one-off recipe. Wild ones sit at level 1-29. It is an early-game catch, so nothing needs breeding. Best jobs: Planting 2, Handiwork 2.

Breed rank2690
Rarity1/20
SizeS
Activeday
Wild level1-29
Passive slots4/4
Gender 50% ♂ · 50% ♀

Partner skill

Princess Gaze. While in party, increases Attack of Grass Pals by 15%. (Does not stack)

Rank 1 → 5: 15 · 17 · 20 · 24 · 30

Work suitability

Stats

HP 80 weak
Attack 80 weak
Defense 80 weak
Stamina 100 weak
Run speed 400 weak
Ride speed 550 weak
Transport 250 average

Scaled across all 299 pals. Bristla is not a fighter. Planting 2 is what you keep it for.

Trust scaling

HP+5
Attack+3.3
Defense+3.3

Stat gain per trust rank, straight from the game's own parameter table. Read it as what Bristla is worth after you have actually used it.

Drops

Per kill or capture. Each item links to every pal that drops it.

All 103 parent combinations for Bristla

Every pair that produces Bristla averages to its breed rank of 2690, and 103 pairs in the Palworld 1.0 table hit that number. Opposite genders, cake in the breeding farm, then the egg goes in an egg incubator. Every pair here is two wild catches.

Why an older Bristla combo list won't work

Pre-1.0 guides name a recipe. The 1.0 table works on averages: a pair produces Bristla when the two parents' breed ranks average to its 2690. 103 different pairs hit that average, which is why a page showing five or six rows is quoting a sample rather than an answer.

Ours is the game's real 44,849-pair table, shipped verbatim rather than approximated from the rank formula. The 19,044 figure still in circulation is 138 squared, the pre-1.0 roster of base forms counted as ordered pairs, so it measures something else. One pair shows the difference. Every calculator downstream of palcalc ships Panthalus and Panthalus as breeding true, and the game's own tables prove it cannot, because that pair yields Aegidron.

The shortest breeding path to Bristla

Bristla is one of the pals a starter box already holds, catchable at level 1-29, so there is no chain to build. It is one of the 59 species every route on this site is measured from.

Bristla passive skill odds per egg

A clean four-passive pool across both parents gives 10.0% per Bristla egg, which is about 22 eggs for a 90% shot at all four. Every extra passive skill on either parent lowers it.

You wantParent poolPer eggEggs for 90%
4 specific passives4 10.0%22
4 specific passives5 2.0%114
4 specific passives6 0.7%345
3 specific passives3 30.0%7
3 specific passives4 15.0%15
3 specific passives5 6.0%38
2 specific passives2 60.0%3
2 specific passives4 25.0%9

One junk passive on a parent can double the eggs you need. The per-egg column is the chance every passive skill you want lands on the egg, with random extras allowed. The roll behind these numbers is worked through in Palworld passive inheritance odds per egg, and the planner ranks the pairs in your own box by them.

Is Bristla worth breeding, or should you catch one?

Catch one, and early. Bristla shows up from level 1, so you will meet one long before a pair is worth assembling. You almost certainly own one already. With 103 pairs on the list, one half of one of them is probably in your box already.

Breed it anyway once you own one. A pair is how you roll passive skills; catching is how you get the species.

Where to find Bristla in the wild

Bristla spawns in Ancient Ritual Site and 3 other areas, at level 16-18. Another 71 of its spawn points sit outside every named region.

day 259 spawn points
RegionLevelSpawn points
Ancient Ritual Site16-18113
Crescent Moon Shore16-1837
Autumn Rocks16-1827
Gobfin's Turf16-1811

Bristla work suitability and drops

Bristla has Planting 2 and Handiwork 2 in Palworld 1.0, and drops Ancient Civilization Parts and Beautiful Flower when killed or caught. Those levels and the drop rows come from our own export of the game's tables.

What Bristla is actually for once it hatches

Planting 2 is the best it does, which is base filler out of a ceiling of 8. Check best Planting pals for anything that does it properly. Attack 80 beats only 21% of the roster, so it is filler on both counts.

Bristla active skills and partner skill

Bristla learns 8 active skills as it levels, the last at level 70. Its partner skill is Princess Gaze. That learnset is our own export of the game's level table, cooldowns and all.

What Bristla breeds into as a parent

Paired with other species, Bristla produces 106 different children, the rarest of them Kingpaca and Vaelet. A parent that wide is worth a farm slot on its own.

Bristla breeding FAQ

Can you breed Bristla in Palworld?
Yes. 103 pairs produce Bristla in the Palworld 1.0 breeding table. Both parents have to be opposite genders, in a breeding farm, with cake in the feed box. The cheapest of those pairs is Herbil and Mau Cryst, and the egg then needs an egg incubator to hatch.
What two Pals make Bristla in Palworld?
Herbil and Mau Cryst, opposite genders. Both are catchable in the wild from about level 1, which makes it the cheapest of the 103 pairs that produce Bristla. Every other pair is listed on this page. Both parents average to its breed rank of 2690.
Can you catch Bristla in the wild in Palworld 1.0?
Yes, at level 1-29. Its spawn points fall inside 4 named regions, the densest Ancient Ritual Site, where they run level 16-18. There is no alpha Bristla, so field spawns are the only source of one. The map on this page marks 259 spawn points for it in total.
Are these Bristla breeding combos updated for Palworld 1.0?
Yes. Every pair here comes out of the game's real 44,849-pair table, shipped verbatim rather than approximated. All 103 of Bristla's pairs are in the list. Panthalus and Panthalus is the usual tell of a stale list, and the game's tables rule it out.
Can Bristla be bred in the early game?
Yes. Bristla is one of the pals a starter box already holds, catchable at level 1-29, so nothing has to be bred first. Any pair you build from it is about rolling passive skills rather than about getting hold of the species.
Can Bristla inherit all four passive skills from one egg?
Only if both parents' combined pool is exactly those four. Bristla is born with no fixed passive, so all four slots are open, and a pair like Herbil and Mau Cryst has to carry nothing else. A clean four-passive pool is 10% per egg, about 22 eggs for a 90% shot.

Route this pair from your own save

Pal Hatchery reads your Level.sav in your browser and tells you which half of the Herbil and Mau Cryst pair you already own. It reads genders, levels and passive skills off the save, then routes from there. Nothing is uploaded.

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