The easiest pair that hatches Jolthog Cryst
Pengullet and Jolthog is the cheapest pair that hatches Jolthog Cryst in Palworld 1.0, out of 2 pairs that work. Both are catchable in the wild from about level 4.
both catchable in the wild · found from about level 4. Parents must be opposite genders.
Jolthog Cryst
Easiest pair first · rarest child first. Every parent pair is in the list below.
Gender odds on the Pengullet and Jolthog pair
Both Pengullet and Jolthog hatch 50/50 male, so every one you catch is a coin flip and two of each covers it. Jolthog Cryst 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 releases the cold air stored in its body when under attack. The frigid blast it radiates is cold enough to freeze the surrounding air and easily pierces through any attacker's body.”
Jolthog Cryst is an Ice-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 1-24. It is an early-game catch, so nothing needs breeding. Best jobs: Cooling 1.
Partner skill
Cold Bomb. When activated, equips Jolthog Cryst to the player to be thrown at an enemy, causing an Ice explosion upon impact.
Rank 1 → 5: 100 · 110 · 130 · 160 · 200
Work suitability
1Stats
Scaled across all 299 pals. Jolthog Cryst is not a fighter. Cooling 1 is what you keep it for.
Trust scaling
Stat gain per trust rank, straight from the game's own parameter table. Read it as what Jolthog Cryst is worth after you have actually used it.
Drops
- Ancient Civilization Parts ×1-2 · alpha
- Ice Organ ×1
- Precious Claw ×1-2 · alpha
Per kill or capture. Each item links to every pal that drops it.
All 2 parent combinations for Jolthog Cryst
Every pair that produces Jolthog Cryst averages to its breed rank of 2850, 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 1
Jolthog Cryst
Jolthog Cryst
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both catchable · Lv 4
Pengullet
Jolthog
Why an older Jolthog Cryst combo list won't work
Pre-1.0 guides name a recipe. The 1.0 table works on averages: a pair produces Jolthog Cryst when the two parents' breed ranks average to its 2850. Only 2 pairs hit that average, so a stale list has a real chance of naming one that never worked. Jolthog Cryst 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 Jolthog Cryst
Jolthog Cryst is one of the pals a starter box already holds, catchable at level 1-24, so there is no chain to build. It is one of the 59 species every route on this site is measured from.
Jolthog Cryst passive skill odds per egg
A clean four-passive pool across both parents gives 10.0% per Jolthog Cryst 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 Jolthog Cryst worth breeding, or should you catch one?
Catch one, and early. Jolthog Cryst shows up from level 1, so you will meet one long before a pair is worth assembling. You almost certainly own one already. 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 Jolthog Cryst in the wild
Jolthog Cryst spawns in Bamboo Groves and 1 other area, at level 20-24. Another 10 of its spawn points sit outside every named region.
| Region | Level | Spawn points |
|---|---|---|
| Bamboo Groves | 20-24 | 52 |
| Foot of the Volcano | 20-24 | 1 |
Jolthog Cryst work suitability and drops
Jolthog Cryst has Cooling 1 in Palworld 1.0, and drops Ancient Civilization Parts and Ice Organ when killed or caught. Those levels and the drop rows come from our own export of the game's tables.
What Jolthog Cryst is actually for once it hatches
Cooling 1 is the best it does, which is base filler out of a ceiling of 8. Check best Cooling pals for anything that does it properly. Attack 75 beats only 14% of the roster, so it is filler on both counts.
Jolthog Cryst active skills and partner skill
Jolthog Cryst learns 8 active skills as it levels, the last at level 70. Its partner skill is Cold Bomb. That learnset is our own export of the game's level table, cooldowns and all.
- Lv 1 Ice Ice Missile 40 2s
- Lv 7 Neutral Power Shot 80 4s
- Lv 15 Ice Iceberg 120 8s
- Lv 22 Neutral Power Bomb 120 8s
- Lv 30 Ice Icicle Cutter 80 4s
- Lv 40 Ice Crystal Breath 160 8s
- Lv 50 Ice Blizzard Spike 450 20s
- Lv 70 Ice Diamond Rain 600 30s
What Jolthog Cryst breeds into as a parent
Paired with other species, Jolthog Cryst produces 109 different children, the rarest of them Kingpaca and Vaelet. A parent that wide is worth a farm slot on its own.
Other Ice-type breeding targets
Jolthog Cryst sits at breed rank 2850. The nearest Ice-type targets to it are Swee at 2840 and Mau Cryst at 2750, then 6 more. Breed rank is the number a pair has to average to, so a pair that overshoots Jolthog Cryst usually lands on one of these instead.
Jolthog Cryst breeding FAQ
- Can you breed Jolthog Cryst in Palworld?
- Yes. 2 pairs produce Jolthog Cryst 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 Pengullet and Jolthog, and the egg then needs an egg incubator to hatch.
- What two Pals make Jolthog Cryst in Palworld?
- Pengullet and Jolthog, opposite genders. Both are catchable in the wild from about level 4, which makes it the cheapest of the 2 pairs that produce Jolthog Cryst. Every other pair is listed on this page. Both parents average to its breed rank of 2850.
- Can you catch Jolthog Cryst in the wild in Palworld 1.0?
- Yes, at level 1-24. Its spawn points fall inside 2 named regions, the densest Bamboo Groves, where they run level 20-24. There is no alpha Jolthog Cryst, so field spawns are the only source of one. The map on this page marks 63 spawn points for it in total.
- Are these Jolthog Cryst 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 Jolthog Cryst'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 Jolthog Cryst be bred in the early game?
- Yes. Jolthog Cryst is one of the pals a starter box already holds, catchable at level 1-24, 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 Jolthog Cryst inherit all four passive skills from one egg?
- Only if both parents' combined pool is exactly those four. Jolthog Cryst is born with no fixed passive, so all four slots are open, and a pair like Pengullet and Jolthog 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 Pengullet and Jolthog pair you already own.
It reads genders, levels and passive skills off the save, then routes from there. Nothing is uploaded.