How to breed Grintale.

The 120 easiest of 208 parent pairs for Grintale

Every pair that produces Grintale averages to its breed rank of 2120, and 208 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. Some are two wild catches. The rest need a breed first.

The list stops at 120. Open the planner to filter the other 88 against the pals you already own.

Why an older Grintale combo list won't work

Pre-1.0 guides name a recipe. The 1.0 table works on averages: a pair produces Grintale when the two parents' breed ranks average to its 2120. 208 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 Grintale

2 breeding steps from a starter box reach Grintale. Surfent and Dumud make Surfent Terra, then Dazzi and Surfent Terra make Grintale.

1. 1
   Surfent + Dumud → Surfent Terra
2. 2
   Dazzi + Surfent Terra → Grintale

Measured from an early-game box. Anything you already own further along cuts steps off, so load your save and it routes from there.

Grintale passive skill odds per egg

A clean four-passive pool across both parents gives 10.0% per Grintale 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 the Palworld passive inheritance odds guide, and the planner ranks the pairs in your own box by them.

Is Grintale worth breeding, or should you catch one?

Catch one. Grintale spawns from level 17, and the alpha at level 17 in Marsh Island hands you a guaranteed one on the way past. The shortest chain from a starter box runs 2 steps, and the cheapest pair still needs a level 15 catch. With 208 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 Grintale in the wild

Grintale spawns in Ancient Ritual Site and 10 other areas, at level 25-28. Some of those spawns are night only. Another 196 of its spawn points sit outside every named region. Its alpha stands at level 17 in Marsh Island.

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Grintale work suitability and drops

Grintale has Gathering 3 in Palworld 1.0, and drops Ancient Civilization Parts and High Quality Pal Oil when killed or caught. Those levels and the drop rows come from our own export of the game's tables.

What Grintale is actually for once it hatches

Gathering 3 is the best it does, which is base filler out of a ceiling of 8. Check best Gathering pals for anything that does it properly. Attack 80 beats only 21% of the roster, so it is filler on both counts.

Grintale active skills and partner skill

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

• Lv 1 Ground Bog Blast 40 2s
• Lv 7 Neutral Power Shot 80 4s
• Lv 15 Neutral Cat Press 120 8s
• Lv 22 Ground Stone Blast 80 4s
• Lv 30 Ground Stone Cannon 120 8s
• Lv 40 Neutral Power Bomb 120 8s
• Lv 50 Neutral Pal Blast 450 20s
• Lv 70 Neutral Holy Burst 700 30s

What Grintale breeds into as a parent

Paired with other species, Grintale produces 100 different children, the rarest of them Menasting and Kingpaca. A parent that wide is worth a farm slot on its own.

Menasting Kingpaca Vaelet Elizabee Mammorest Petallia Relaxaurus Broncherry Warsect Suzaku Verdash Azurobe

Other Neutral-type breeding targets

Grintale sits at breed rank 2120. The nearest Neutral-type targets to it are Gorirat at 2140 and Kingpaca at 2220, then 6 more. Breed rank is the number a pair has to average to, so a pair that overshoots Grintale usually lands on one of these instead.

Gorirat Kingpaca Lunaris Yakumo Fenglope Valentail Mimog Killamari Primo

Grintale breeding FAQ

Can you breed Grintale in Palworld?

Yes. 208 pairs produce Grintale 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 Mimog and Foxparks Cryst, and the egg then needs an egg incubator to hatch.

What two Pals make Grintale in Palworld?

Mimog and Foxparks Cryst, opposite genders. Both are catchable in the wild from about level 15, which makes it the cheapest of the 208 pairs that produce Grintale. Every other pair is listed on this page. Both parents average to its breed rank of 2120.

Can you catch Grintale in the wild in Palworld 1.0?

Yes, at level 17-48. Its spawn points fall inside 11 named regions, the densest Ancient Ritual Site, where they run level 25-28 at night. There is also an alpha Grintale at level 17 in Marsh Island, which beats waiting on a spawn.

Are these Grintale 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 208 of Grintale's pairs are in the list, with the easiest 120 shown. Panthalus and Panthalus is the usual tell of a stale list, and the game's tables rule it out.

Can Grintale be bred in the early game?

The cheapest pair needs a level 15 catch, so yes, comfortably. From a starter box the chain runs 2 steps, opening with Surfent and Dumud. Anything you already own further along shortens it, which is the part loading your own save changes.

Can Grintale inherit all four passive skills from one egg?

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