How to breed Menasting.

The 120 easiest of 181 parent pairs for Menasting

Every pair that produces Menasting averages to its breed rank of 1120, and 181 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 61 against the pals you already own.

Why an older Menasting combo list won't work

Pre-1.0 guides name a recipe. The 1.0 table works on averages: a pair produces Menasting when the two parents' breed ranks average to its 1120. 181 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 Menasting

5 breeding steps from a starter box reach Menasting, beginning with Arsox and Chillet. Every egg after that becomes a parent in the next step.

1. 1
   Arsox + Chillet → Chillet Ignis
2. 2
   Tombat + Chillet Ignis → Sweepa
3. 3
   Sweepa + Loupmoon → Loupmoon Cryst
4. 4
   Loupmoon Cryst + Felbat → Skutlass
5. 5
   Skutlass + Petallia Ignis → Menasting

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

Menasting passive skill odds per egg

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

Catch one. Menasting spawns from level 31, and the alpha at level 44 hands you a guaranteed one on the way past. The shortest chain from a starter box runs 5 steps, and the cheapest pair still needs a level 30 catch. With 181 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 Menasting in the wild

Menasting spawns in Desiccated Dunes and 5 other areas, at level 31-43. Another 96 of its spawn points sit outside every named region. Its alpha stands at level 44.

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Menasting work suitability and drops

Menasting has Mining 5 and Lumbering 3 in Palworld 1.0, and drops Ancient Civilization Parts and Cold Resistant Refined Metal Armor Schematic 4 when killed or caught. Those levels and the drop rows come from our own export of the game's tables.

What Menasting is actually for once it hatches

Mining 5 is the job to put it on, mid-table out of a ceiling of 8. See best Mining pals for what beats it. It works through the night, when the rest of the base is asleep. At rarity 9 of 20 you will not trip over one.

Menasting active skills and partner skill

Menasting learns 9 active skills as it levels, the last at level 70. Its partner skill is Steel Scorpion. 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 Poison Blast 30 2s
• Lv 15 Dark Shadow Burst 80 4s
• Lv 22 Ground Stone Cannon 120 8s
• Lv 30 Dark Nightmare Ball 300 16s
• Lv 35 Ground Jumping Stinger 350 16s
• Lv 40 Ground Rock Lance 400 20s
• Lv 50 Dark Dark Laser 450 20s
• Lv 70 Dark Dark Whisp 600 30s

What Menasting breeds into as a parent

Paired with other species, Menasting produces 89 different children, the rarest of them Menasting Terra and Lyleen Noct. A parent that wide is worth a farm slot on its own.

Menasting Terra Lyleen Noct Vaelet Elizabee Mammorest Petallia Relaxaurus Broncherry Warsect Jormuntide Suzaku Wumpo Botan

Other Dark-type breeding targets

Menasting sits at breed rank 1120. The nearest Dark-type targets to it are Helzephyr at 1130 and Pierdon at 1110, then 6 more. Breed rank is the number a pair has to average to, so a pair that overshoots Menasting usually lands on one of these instead.

Helzephyr Pierdon Polapup Terra Omascul Starryon Mammorest Cryst Gildra Reptyro

Menasting breeding FAQ

Can you breed Menasting in Palworld?

Yes. 181 pairs produce Menasting 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 Blazehowl and Ghangler, and the egg then needs an egg incubator to hatch.

What two Pals make Menasting in Palworld?

Blazehowl and Ghangler, opposite genders. Both are catchable in the wild from about level 30, which makes it the cheapest of the 181 pairs that produce Menasting. Every other pair is listed on this page. Both parents average to its breed rank of 1120.

Can you catch Menasting in the wild in Palworld 1.0?

Yes, at level 31-44. Its spawn points fall inside 6 named regions, the densest Desiccated Dunes, where they run level 31-43. There is also an alpha Menasting at level 44, which beats waiting on a spawn. The map on this page marks 545 spawn points for it in total.

Are these Menasting 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 181 of Menasting'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 Menasting be bred in the early game?

The cheapest pair needs a level 30 catch, so not much before mid-game. From a starter box the chain runs 5 steps, opening with Arsox and Chillet. Anything you already own further along shortens it, which is the part loading your own save changes.

Can Menasting inherit all four passive skills from one egg?

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