How to breed Bushi Noct.

All 2 parent combinations for Bushi Noct

Every pair that produces Bushi Noct averages to its breed rank of 840, and 2 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 Bushi Noct combo list won't work

Pre-1.0 guides name a recipe. The 1.0 table works on averages: a pair produces Bushi Noct when the two parents' breed ranks average to its 840. Only 2 pairs hit that average, so a stale list has a real chance of naming one that never worked. Bushi Noct is a variant form as well, and variants sit at ranks the common pals rarely average to.

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 Bushi Noct

No chain of starter pals reaches Bushi Noct inside six generations, so the first one has to be caught at level 46-67.

Bushi Noct passive skill odds per egg

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

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 skill inheritance, step by step, and the planner ranks the pairs in your own box by them.

Is Bushi Noct worth breeding, or should you catch one?

Breed toward it, then catch one when you get there. Bushi Noct only spawns at level 46-67, late enough that a pair often lands first. Nothing in a starter box reaches it inside six generations, and the cheapest pair needs a level 45 catch. Only 2 pairs work, so the parents are specific and worth checking against what you own.

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 Bushi Noct in the wild

Bushi Noct spawns in Deserted Ash Plateau and 16 other areas, at level 56-66. Some of those spawns are night only. Another 535 of its spawn points sit outside every named region.

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Bushi Noct work suitability and drops

Bushi Noct has Lumbering 5 and Kindling 2 in Palworld 1.0, and drops Ancient Civilization Parts and Flame Organ when killed or caught. Those levels and the drop rows come from our own export of the game's tables.

What Bushi Noct is actually for once it hatches

Lumbering 5 is the job to put it on, mid-table out of a ceiling of 8. See best Lumbering pals for what beats it. It works through the night, when the rest of the base is asleep.

Bushi Noct active skills and partner skill

Bushi Noct learns 9 active skills as it levels, the last at level 70. Its partner skill is Void Blade. That learnset is our own export of the game's level table, cooldowns and all.

• Lv 1 Fire Spirit Fire 80 4s
• Lv 7 Dark Umbral Surge 60 4s
• Lv 15 Dark Dark Cannon 70 4s
• Lv 18 Fire Iaigiri 160 8s
• Lv 22 Dark Dark Arrow 120 8s
• Lv 30 Dark Spirit Flame 200 12s
• Lv 40 Fire Flame Wall 250 12s
• Lv 50 Dark Apocalypse 400 20s
• Lv 70 Dark Dark Whisp 600 30s

What Bushi Noct breeds into as a parent

Paired with other species, Bushi Noct produces 83 different children, the rarest of them Anubis and Menasting. A parent that wide is worth a farm slot on its own.

Anubis Menasting Astegon Vaelet Elizabee Mammorest Petallia Relaxaurus Broncherry Braloha Warsect Suzaku

Other Fire-type breeding targets

Bushi Noct sits at breed rank 840. The nearest Fire-type targets to it are Petallia Ignis at 820 and Ghangler at 880, then 6 more. Breed rank is the number a pair has to average to, so a pair that overshoots Bushi Noct usually lands on one of these instead.

Petallia Ignis Ghangler Kitsun Noct Loomen Splatterina Moldron Helzephyr Lux Ghangler Ignis

Bushi Noct breeding FAQ

Can you breed Bushi Noct in Palworld?

Yes. 2 pairs produce Bushi Noct 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 Sootseer and Bushi, and the egg then needs an egg incubator to hatch.

What two Pals make Bushi Noct in Palworld?

Sootseer and Bushi, opposite genders. Both are catchable in the wild from about level 45, which makes it the cheapest of the 2 pairs that produce Bushi Noct. Every other pair is listed on this page. Both parents average to its breed rank of 840.

Can you catch Bushi Noct in the wild in Palworld 1.0?

Yes, at level 46-67. Its spawn points fall inside 17 named regions, the densest Deserted Ash Plateau, where they run level 56-66. There is no alpha Bushi Noct, so field spawns are the only source of one. The map on this page marks 1974 spawn points for it in total.

Are these Bushi Noct 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 2 of Bushi Noct'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 Bushi Noct be bred in the early game?

No. No chain of starter pals reaches Bushi Noct inside six generations, so the first one has to be caught at level 46-67. 2 pairs breed more of them, the cheapest Sootseer and Bushi, which needs a level 45 catch of its own.

Can Bushi Noct inherit all four passive skills from one egg?

Only if both parents' combined pool is exactly those four. Bushi Noct is born with no fixed passive, so all four slots are open, and a pair like Sootseer and Bushi has to carry nothing else. A clean four-passive pool is 10% per egg, about 22 eggs for a 90% shot.