How to breed Eye of Cthulhu.

All 11 parent combinations for Eye of Cthulhu

Every pair that produces Eye of Cthulhu averages to its breed rank of 3100, and 11 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 Eye of Cthulhu combo list won't work

Pre-1.0 guides name a recipe. The 1.0 table works on averages: a pair produces Eye of Cthulhu when the two parents' breed ranks average to its 3100. 11 pairs hit that average. A page showing five or six rows is quoting a sample, not the set.

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 Eye of Cthulhu

No chain of starter pals reaches Eye of Cthulhu inside six generations, so the first one has to be caught at level 45.

Eye of Cthulhu passive skill odds per egg

A clean four-passive pool across both parents gives 10.0% per Eye of Cthulhu 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 Eye of Cthulhu worth breeding, or should you catch one?

Breed toward it, then catch one when you get there. Eye of Cthulhu only spawns at level 45, 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. 11 pairs is a wide enough net that one of them probably matches your box.

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 Eye of Cthulhu in the wild

Eye of Cthulhu carries a wild level band of 45 in Palworld 1.0, and no named region on the map has a spawn point attributed to it. There is no alpha to fall back on either. Treat the band as the level to be at, not as a place to camp.

Eye of Cthulhu work suitability and drops

Eye of Cthulhu has Transporting 4 in Palworld 1.0, and drops Eye of Cthulhu Mask and Hallowed Bar when killed or caught. Those levels and the drop rows come from our own export of the game's tables.

What Eye of Cthulhu is actually for once it hatches

Transporting 4 is the job to put it on, mid-table out of a ceiling of 8. See best Transporting pals for what beats it. It works through the night, when the rest of the base is asleep.

Eye of Cthulhu active skills and partner skill

Eye of Cthulhu learns 2 active skills as it levels, the last at level 2. Its partner skill is Mad Eye Lunge. That learnset is our own export of the game's level table, cooldowns and all.

• Lv 1 Dark Lock-On Lunge 300 15s
• Lv 2 Dark Servant Call 300 10s

What Eye of Cthulhu breeds into as a parent

Paired with other species, Eye of Cthulhu produces 108 different children, the rarest of them Kingpaca and Elizabee. A parent that wide is worth a farm slot on its own.

Kingpaca Elizabee Azurobe Elphidran Bushi Sibelyx Penking Nox Sweepa Felbat Grintale Wixen

Other Dark-type breeding targets

Eye of Cthulhu sits at breed rank 3100. The nearest Dark-type targets to it are Demon Eye at 3100 and Purple Slime at 3100, then 6 more. Breed rank is the number a pair has to average to, so a pair that overshoots Eye of Cthulhu usually lands on one of these instead.

Demon Eye Purple Slime Mau Depresso Hoocrates Nox Daedream Killamari

Eye of Cthulhu breeding FAQ

Can you breed Eye of Cthulhu in Palworld?

Yes. 11 pairs produce Eye of Cthulhu 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 Demon Eye and Eye of Cthulhu, and the egg then needs an egg incubator to hatch.

What two Pals make Eye of Cthulhu in Palworld?

Demon Eye and Eye of Cthulhu, opposite genders. Both are catchable in the wild from about level 45, which makes it the cheapest of the 11 pairs that produce Eye of Cthulhu. Every other pair is listed on this page. Both parents average to its breed rank of 3100.

Can you catch Eye of Cthulhu in the wild in Palworld 1.0?

Yes, at level 45. Its spawn points do not fall inside any named region on the map. There is no alpha Eye of Cthulhu to fall back on either, so the 11 pairs on this page are the dependable alternative. Eye of Cthulhu is nocturnal, so hunt for it after dark.

Are these Eye of Cthulhu 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 11 of Eye of Cthulhu'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 Eye of Cthulhu be bred in the early game?

No. No chain of starter pals reaches Eye of Cthulhu inside six generations, so the first one has to be caught at level 45. 11 pairs breed more of them, the cheapest Demon Eye and Eye of Cthulhu, which needs a level 45 catch of its own.

Can Eye of Cthulhu inherit all four passive skills from one egg?

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