How to breed Hoocrates.

All 54 parent combinations for Hoocrates

Every pair that produces Hoocrates averages to its breed rank of 2940, and 54 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 Hoocrates combo list won't work

Pre-1.0 guides name a recipe. The 1.0 table works on averages: a pair produces Hoocrates when the two parents' breed ranks average to its 2940. 54 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 Hoocrates

Hoocrates is one of the pals a starter box already holds, catchable at level 4-22, so there is no chain to build. It is one of the 59 species every route on this site is measured from.

Hoocrates passive skill odds per egg

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

Is Hoocrates worth breeding, or should you catch one?

Catch one, and early. Hoocrates shows up from level 4, so you will meet one long before a pair is worth assembling. You almost certainly own one already. 54 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 Hoocrates in the wild

Hoocrates spawns in Bamboo Groves and 6 other areas, at level 18-22. Every one of those spawns is at night. Another 61 of its spawn points sit outside every named region.

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Hoocrates work suitability and drops

Hoocrates has Gathering 1 in Palworld 1.0, and drops Advanced Technical Manual and Ancient Civilization Parts when killed or caught. Those levels and the drop rows come from our own export of the game's tables.

What Hoocrates is actually for once it hatches

Gathering 1 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. It works through the night, when the rest of the base is asleep.

Hoocrates active skills and partner skill

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

• Lv 1 Neutral Air Cannon 40 2s
• Lv 7 Dark Dark Ball 50 2s
• Lv 15 Dark Shadow Burst 80 4s
• Lv 22 Ground Sand Tornado 200 12s
• Lv 30 Dark Spirit Flame 200 12s
• Lv 40 Dark Nightmare Ball 300 16s
• Lv 50 Dark Dark Laser 450 20s
• Lv 70 Dark Dark Whisp 600 30s

What Hoocrates breeds into as a parent

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

Kingpaca Vaelet Elizabee Petallia Azurobe Elphidran Bushi Penking Nox Sweepa Felbat Grintale

Other Dark-type breeding targets

Hoocrates sits at breed rank 2940. The nearest Dark-type targets to it are Nox at 2920 and Daedream at 2910, then 6 more. Breed rank is the number a pair has to average to, so a pair that overshoots Hoocrates usually lands on one of these instead.

Nox Daedream Depresso Mau Eye of Cthulhu Demon Eye Purple Slime Killamari

Hoocrates breeding FAQ

Can you breed Hoocrates in Palworld?

Yes. 54 pairs produce Hoocrates 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 Fuddler and Chikipi, and the egg then needs an egg incubator to hatch.

What two Pals make Hoocrates in Palworld?

Fuddler and Chikipi, opposite genders. Both are catchable in the wild from about level 1, which makes it the cheapest of the 54 pairs that produce Hoocrates. Every other pair is listed on this page. Both parents average to its breed rank of 2940.

Can you catch Hoocrates in the wild in Palworld 1.0?

Yes, at level 4-22. Its spawn points fall inside 7 named regions, the densest Bamboo Groves, where they run level 18-22 at night. There is no alpha Hoocrates, so field spawns are the only source of one. The map on this page marks 263 spawn points for it in total.

Are these Hoocrates 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 54 of Hoocrates'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 Hoocrates be bred in the early game?

Yes. Hoocrates is one of the pals a starter box already holds, catchable at level 4-22, 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 Hoocrates inherit all four passive skills from one egg?

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