How to breed Mau.

All 32 parent combinations for Mau

Every pair that produces Mau averages to its breed rank of 3040, and 32 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 Mau combo list won't work

Pre-1.0 guides name a recipe. The 1.0 table works on averages: a pair produces Mau when the two parents' breed ranks average to its 3040. 32 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 Mau

Mau is one of the pals a starter box already holds, catchable at level 5-25, so there is no chain to build. It is one of the 59 species every route on this site is measured from.

Mau passive skill odds per egg

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

Catch one, and early. Mau shows up from level 5, so you will meet one long before a pair is worth assembling. You almost certainly own one already. 32 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 Mau in the wild

Mau carries a wild level band of 5-25 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.

Mau work suitability and drops

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

What Mau 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.

Mau active skills and partner skill

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

• Lv 1 Ground Bog Blast 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 Mau breeds into as a parent

Paired with other species, Mau 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 Petallia Azurobe Elphidran Bushi Sibelyx Penking Nox Sweepa Felbat Grintale

Other Dark-type breeding targets

Mau sits at breed rank 3040. The nearest Dark-type targets to it are Depresso at 3000 and Eye of Cthulhu at 3100, then 6 more. Breed rank is the number a pair has to average to, so a pair that overshoots Mau usually lands on one of these instead.

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

Mau breeding FAQ

Can you breed Mau in Palworld?

Yes. 32 pairs produce Mau 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 Lifmunk and Lamball, and the egg then needs an egg incubator to hatch.

What two Pals make Mau in Palworld?

Lifmunk and Lamball, opposite genders. Both are catchable in the wild from about level 1, which makes it the cheapest of the 32 pairs that produce Mau. Every other pair is listed on this page. Both parents average to its breed rank of 3040.

Can you catch Mau in the wild in Palworld 1.0?

Yes, at level 5-25. Its spawn points do not fall inside any named region on the map. There is no alpha Mau to fall back on either, so the 32 pairs on this page are the dependable alternative. Mau is nocturnal, so hunt for it after dark.

Are these Mau 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 32 of Mau'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 Mau be bred in the early game?

Yes. Mau is one of the pals a starter box already holds, catchable at level 5-25, 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 Mau inherit all four passive skills from one egg?

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