How to breed Nitewing.

All 118 parent combinations for Nitewing

Every pair that produces Nitewing averages to its breed rank of 2560, and 118 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.

Why an older Nitewing combo list won't work

Pre-1.0 guides name a recipe. The 1.0 table works on averages: a pair produces Nitewing when the two parents' breed ranks average to its 2560. 118 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 Nitewing

Nitewing is one of the pals a starter box already holds, catchable at level 12-40, so there is no chain to build. It is one of the 59 species every route on this site is measured from.

Nitewing passive skill odds per egg

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

Catch one, and early. Nitewing shows up from level 12, so you will meet one long before a pair is worth assembling. You almost certainly own one already. With 118 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 Nitewing in the wild

Nitewing spawns in Deep Bamboo Thicket and 8 other areas, at level 12-16. Another 80 of its spawn points sit outside every named region. Its alpha stands at level 18 in Deep Bamboo Thicket.

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Nitewing work suitability and drops

Nitewing has Gathering 2 in Palworld 1.0, and drops Ancient Civilization Parts and Leather when killed or caught. Those levels and the drop rows come from our own export of the game's tables.

What Nitewing is actually for once it hatches

Gathering 2 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 eats 2 food slots, so it is cheap to keep fed.

Nitewing active skills and partner skill

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

• Lv 1 Neutral Air Cannon 40 2s
• Lv 7 Neutral Tornado Attack 80 4s
• Lv 15 Grass Wind Cutter 40 2s
• Lv 22 Neutral Power Bomb 120 8s
• Lv 30 Ground Sand Tornado 200 12s
• Lv 40 Grass Grass Tornado 200 12s
• Lv 50 Neutral Pal Blast 450 20s
• Lv 70 Neutral Holy Burst 700 30s

What Nitewing breeds into as a parent

Paired with other species, Nitewing produces 104 different children, the rarest of them Kingpaca and Vaelet. A parent that wide is worth a farm slot on its own.

Kingpaca Vaelet Elizabee Mammorest Petallia Broncherry Warsect Azurobe Elphidran Bushi Leafan Blazehowl

Other Neutral-type breeding targets

Nitewing sits at breed rank 2560. The nearest Neutral-type targets to it are Galeclaw at 2570 and Killamari Primo at 2540, then 6 more. Breed rank is the number a pair has to average to, so a pair that overshoots Nitewing usually lands on one of these instead.

Galeclaw Killamari Primo Herbil Direhowl Eikthyrdeer Melpaca Tocotoco Cattiva

Nitewing breeding FAQ

Can you breed Nitewing in Palworld?

Yes. 118 pairs produce Nitewing 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 Finsider and Flopie, and the egg then needs an egg incubator to hatch.

What two Pals make Nitewing in Palworld?

Finsider and Flopie, opposite genders. Both are catchable in the wild from about level 1, which makes it the cheapest of the 118 pairs that produce Nitewing. Every other pair is listed on this page. Both parents average to its breed rank of 2560.

Can you catch Nitewing in the wild in Palworld 1.0?

Yes, at level 12-40. Its spawn points fall inside 9 named regions, the densest Deep Bamboo Thicket, where they run level 12-16. There is also an alpha Nitewing at level 18 in Deep Bamboo Thicket, which beats waiting on a spawn.

Are these Nitewing 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 118 of Nitewing'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 Nitewing be bred in the early game?

Yes. Nitewing is one of the pals a starter box already holds, catchable at level 12-40, 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 Nitewing inherit all four passive skills from one egg?

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