How to breed Needoll Noct.

All 2 parent combinations for Needoll Noct

Every pair that produces Needoll Noct averages to its breed rank of 1580, 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.

Why an older Needoll Noct combo list won't work

Pre-1.0 guides name a recipe. The 1.0 table works on averages: a pair produces Needoll Noct when the two parents' breed ranks average to its 1580. Only 2 pairs hit that average, so a stale list has a real chance of naming one that never worked. Needoll Noct 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 Needoll Noct

No chain of starter pals reaches Needoll Noct inside six generations, so the first one has to be caught at level 33-36.

Needoll Noct passive skill odds per egg

A clean four-passive pool across both parents gives 10.0% per Needoll Noct 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 skill inheritance, step by step, and the planner ranks the pairs in your own box by them.

Is Needoll Noct worth breeding, or should you catch one?

Catch one. Needoll Noct spawns from level 33, well short of the pair it takes to make one. Nothing in a starter box reaches it inside six generations, and the cheapest pair needs a level 31 catch. 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 Needoll Noct in the wild

Needoll Noct spawns in Desiccated Dunes and 5 other areas, at level 33-36. Every one of those spawns is at night. Another 52 of its spawn points sit outside every named region.

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Needoll Noct work suitability and drops

Needoll Noct has Planting 3 and Gathering 3 in Palworld 1.0, and drops Ancient Civilization Parts and Fiber when killed or caught. Those levels and the drop rows come from our own export of the game's tables.

What Needoll Noct is actually for once it hatches

Planting 3 is the best it does, which is base filler out of a ceiling of 8. Check best Planting pals for anything that does it properly. It works through the night, when the rest of the base is asleep.

Needoll Noct active skills and partner skill

Needoll Noct learns 8 active skills as it levels, the last at level 70. Its partner skill is Hug You So Much. That learnset is our own export of the game's level table, cooldowns and all.

• Lv 1 Dark Poison Blast 30 2s
• Lv 7 Grass Seed Mine 120 8s
• Lv 15 Dark Poison Shower 160 8s
• Lv 22 Grass Circle Vine 300 16s
• Lv 30 Dark Dark Laser 450 20s
• Lv 40 Grass Crosswind 500 24s
• Lv 50 Dark Dark Whisp 600 30s
• Lv 70 Grass Wind Burst 600 30s

What Needoll Noct breeds into as a parent

Paired with other species, Needoll Noct produces 94 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 Braloha Warsect Suzaku Verdash

Other Dark-type breeding targets

Needoll Noct sits at breed rank 1580. The nearest Dark-type targets to it are Felbat at 1570 and Smokie Cryst at 1610, then 6 more. Breed rank is the number a pair has to average to, so a pair that overshoots Needoll Noct usually lands on one of these instead.

Felbat Smokie Cryst Bakemi Shroomer Vanwyrm Prixter Wixen Noct Vaelet

Needoll Noct breeding FAQ

Can you breed Needoll Noct in Palworld?

Yes. 2 pairs produce Needoll Noct 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 Prunelia and Needoll, and the egg then needs an egg incubator to hatch.

What two Pals make Needoll Noct in Palworld?

Prunelia and Needoll, opposite genders. Both are catchable in the wild from about level 31, which makes it the cheapest of the 2 pairs that produce Needoll Noct. Every other pair is listed on this page. Both parents average to its breed rank of 1580.

Can you catch Needoll Noct in the wild in Palworld 1.0?

Yes, at level 33-36. Its spawn points fall inside 6 named regions, the densest Desiccated Dunes, where they run level 33-36 at night. There is no alpha Needoll Noct, so field spawns are the only source of one. The map on this page marks 325 spawn points for it in total.

Are these Needoll Noct 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 Needoll Noct'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 Needoll Noct be bred in the early game?

No. No chain of starter pals reaches Needoll Noct inside six generations, so the first one has to be caught at level 33-36. 2 pairs breed more of them, the cheapest Prunelia and Needoll, which needs a level 31 catch of its own.

Can Needoll Noct inherit all four passive skills from one egg?

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