The easiest pair that hatches Elphidran Aqua
Surfent and Elphidran is the cheapest pair that hatches Elphidran Aqua in Palworld 1.0, out of 2 pairs that work. Both are catchable in the wild from about level 20.
both catchable in the wild · found from about level 20. Parents must be opposite genders.
Elphidran Aqua
Easiest pair first · rarest child first. Every parent pair is in the list below.
Gender odds on the Surfent and Elphidran pair
Both Surfent and Elphidran hatch 50/50 male, so every one you catch is a coin flip and two of each covers it. Elphidran Aqua comes out 50/50 too. Two of the same gender produces nothing at all, however right the pair is.
Weak to
Deals double to
Paldex entry
“It possesses a demeanor as pure as its appearance suggests. Perhaps because of this, it harbors no ill will in any of its actions and is indifferent even after killing someone.”
Elphidran Aqua is a Dragon/Water-type pal with 2 parent pairs in Palworld 1.0, and not one of them is a special one-off recipe. Wild ones sit at level 33-80. Shortest chain from a starter box: 3 steps. Best jobs: Watering 4, Lumbering 3.
Partner skill
Amicable Water Dragon. Can be ridden as a flying mount. While flying, Movement Speed is increased. While in party, player and party Pals take 15% less Fire damage and are immune to Burn. (Does not stack)
Rank 1 → 5: 15 · 17 · 20 · 24 · 30
Work suitability
4
3Stats
Scaled across all 299 pals. Elphidran Aqua is top of the roster on at least one bar.
Trust scaling
Stat gain per trust rank, straight from the game's own parameter table. Read it as what Elphidran Aqua is worth after you have actually used it.
Drops
- Ancient Civilization Parts ×4-5 · alpha
- Decayed Ancient Relic ×30-50 · Lv 80+
- Dormant Ancient Relic ×10-20 · Lv 80+
- Dragon Radiant Gem ×10-20 · Lv 80+
- Glistening Ancient Relic ×1 · 25% · Lv 80+
- Glowing Ancient Relic ×2-3 · 50% · Lv 80+
- Gorgeous Ancient Relic ×4-8 · Lv 80+
- High Quality Pal Oil ×2-3
- Precious Plume ×4-5 · alpha
Per kill or capture. Each item links to every pal that drops it.
All 2 parent combinations for Elphidran Aqua
Every pair that produces Elphidran Aqua averages to its breed rank of 1640, 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.
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both catchable · Lv 20
Surfent
Elphidran
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both catchable · Lv 33
Elphidran Aqua
Elphidran Aqua
Why an older Elphidran Aqua combo list won't work
Pre-1.0 guides name a recipe. The 1.0 table works on averages: a pair produces Elphidran Aqua when the two parents' breed ranks average to its 1640. Only 2 pairs hit that average, so a stale list has a real chance of naming one that never worked. Elphidran Aqua 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 Elphidran Aqua
3 breeding steps from a starter box reach Elphidran Aqua. Arsox and Chillet make Chillet Ignis, then Croajiro and Chillet Ignis make Elphidran, then Surfent and Elphidran make Elphidran Aqua.
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- 3
Measured from an early-game box. Anything you already own further along cuts steps off, so load your save and it routes from there.
Elphidran Aqua passive skill odds per egg
A clean four-passive pool across both parents gives 10.0% per Elphidran Aqua egg, which is about 22 eggs for a 90% shot at all four. Every extra passive skill on either parent lowers it.
| You want | Parent pool | Per egg | Eggs for 90% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 specific passives | 4 | 10.0% | 22 |
| 4 specific passives | 5 | 2.0% | 114 |
| 4 specific passives | 6 | 0.7% | 345 |
| 3 specific passives | 3 | 30.0% | 7 |
| 3 specific passives | 4 | 15.0% | 15 |
| 3 specific passives | 5 | 6.0% | 38 |
| 2 specific passives | 2 | 60.0% | 3 |
| 2 specific passives | 4 | 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 skill inheritance, step by step, and the planner ranks the pairs in your own box by them.
Is Elphidran Aqua worth breeding, or should you catch one?
Catch one. Elphidran Aqua spawns from level 33, well short of the 3-step chain it takes to make one. The shortest chain from a starter box runs 3 steps, and the cheapest pair still needs a level 20 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 Elphidran Aqua in the wild
Elphidran Aqua spawns in Frostbound Mountains and 3 other areas, at level 33-37. Another 29 of its spawn points sit outside every named region.
| Region | Level | Spawn points |
|---|---|---|
| Frostbound Mountains | 33-37 | 16 |
| Dancing Sakura Shrine | 53-55 | 15 |
| Sakurajima · Northern Rock Field | 53-55 | 5 |
| Sakurajima · Mushroom Wetlands | 53-55 | 5 |
Elphidran Aqua work suitability and drops
Elphidran Aqua has Watering 4 and Lumbering 3 in Palworld 1.0, and drops Ancient Civilization Parts and Decayed Ancient Relic when killed or caught. Those levels and the drop rows come from our own export of the game's tables.
What Elphidran Aqua is actually for once it hatches
Watering 4 is the job to put it on, mid-table out of a ceiling of 8. See best Watering pals for what beats it. Attack 80 beats only 21% of the roster, so keep it on base duty.
Elphidran Aqua active skills and partner skill
Elphidran Aqua learns 8 active skills as it levels, the last at level 70. Its partner skill is Amicable Water Dragon. That learnset is our own export of the game's level table, cooldowns and all.
- Lv 1 Water Aqua Gun 50 2s
- Lv 7 Dragon Dragon Cannon 40 2s
- Lv 15 Dragon Dragon Burst 80 4s
- Lv 22 Dragon Mystic Whirlwind 150 8s
- Lv 30 Water Acid Rain 120 8s
- Lv 40 Water Hydro Laser 450 20s
- Lv 50 Dragon Dragon Meteor 600 30s
- Lv 70 Water Geyser Gush 600 30s
What Elphidran Aqua breeds into as a parent
Paired with other species, Elphidran Aqua produces 96 different children, the rarest of them Menasting and Kingpaca. A parent that wide is worth a farm slot on its own.
Other Dragon-type breeding targets
Elphidran Aqua sits at breed rank 1640. The nearest Dragon-type targets to it are Gloopie Primo at 1630 and Polapup at 1660, then 6 more. Breed rank is the number a pair has to average to, so a pair that overshoots Elphidran Aqua usually lands on one of these instead.
Elphidran Aqua breeding FAQ
- Can you breed Elphidran Aqua in Palworld?
- Yes. 2 pairs produce Elphidran Aqua 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 Surfent and Elphidran, and the egg then needs an egg incubator to hatch.
- What two Pals make Elphidran Aqua in Palworld?
- Surfent and Elphidran, opposite genders. Both are catchable in the wild from about level 20, which makes it the cheapest of the 2 pairs that produce Elphidran Aqua. Every other pair is listed on this page. Both parents average to its breed rank of 1640.
- Can you catch Elphidran Aqua in the wild in Palworld 1.0?
- Yes, at level 33-80. Its spawn points fall inside 4 named regions, the densest Frostbound Mountains, where they run level 33-37. There is no alpha Elphidran Aqua, so field spawns are the only source of one. The map on this page marks 70 spawn points for it in total.
- Are these Elphidran Aqua 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 Elphidran Aqua'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 Elphidran Aqua be bred in the early game?
- The cheapest pair needs a level 20 catch, so yes, comfortably. From a starter box the chain runs 3 steps, opening with Arsox and Chillet. Anything you already own further along shortens it, which is the part loading your own save changes.
- Can Elphidran Aqua inherit all four passive skills from one egg?
- Only if both parents' combined pool is exactly those four. Elphidran Aqua is born with no fixed passive, so all four slots are open, and a pair like Surfent and Elphidran 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 Surfent and Elphidran pair you already own.
It reads genders, levels and passive skills off the save, then routes from there. Nothing is uploaded.