Pupperai, a Ground-type pal in Palworld, Paldex number 13

How to breed Pupperai.

Rarity 2 · 50% ♂ · wild Lv 2-4 56 parent pairs

The easiest pair that hatches Pupperai

Sparkit and Swee is the cheapest pair that hatches Pupperai in Palworld 1.0, out of 56 pairs that work. Both are catchable in the wild from about level 1.

both catchable in the wild · found from about level 1. Parents must be opposite genders.

The lineageread left to right
Pairs that make Pupperai
Sparkit × Swee both catchable in the wild · found from about level 1
Swee × Lifmunk both catchable in the wild · found from about level 1
Pupperai Pupperai

Easiest pair first · rarest child first. Every parent pair is in the list below.

Gender odds on the Sparkit and Swee pair

Both Sparkit and Swee hatch 50/50 male, so every one you catch is a coin flip and two of each covers it. Pupperai comes out 50/50 too. Two of the same gender produces nothing at all, however right the pair is.

Weak to

Grass

Deals double to

Electric

Paldex entry

“Pupperai territorial disputes begin with a staredown and end in a single, quick strike. Training them to |stay| is risky business, as the |go| command triggers that same attack instinct.”

Pupperai is a Ground-type pal with 56 parent pairs in Palworld 1.0, and not one of them is a special one-off recipe. Wild ones sit at level 2-4. It is an early-game catch, so nothing needs breeding. Best jobs: Gathering 1, Lumbering 1.

Breed rank2930
Rarity2/20
SizeXS
Activeday
Wild level2-4
Passive slots4/4
Gender 50% ♂ · 50% ♀

Partner skill

Best Boy. While in party, increases the player's melee weapon damage by 10%. (Does not stack)

Rank 1 → 5: 10 · 15 · 20 · 25 · 35

Work suitability

Stats

HP 70 weak
Attack 80 weak
Defense 70 weak
Stamina 100 weak
Run speed 400 weak
Ride speed 600 average
Transport 200 weak

Scaled across all 299 pals. Pupperai is not a fighter. Gathering 1 is what you keep it for.

Trust scaling

HP+5.5
Attack+3.3
Defense+3.7

Stat gain per trust rank, straight from the game's own parameter table. Read it as what Pupperai is worth after you have actually used it.

Drops

Per kill or capture. Each item links to every pal that drops it.

All 56 parent combinations for Pupperai

Every pair that produces Pupperai averages to its breed rank of 2930, and 56 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 Pupperai combo list won't work

Pre-1.0 guides name a recipe. The 1.0 table works on averages: a pair produces Pupperai when the two parents' breed ranks average to its 2930. 56 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 Pupperai

Pupperai is one of the pals a starter box already holds, catchable at level 2-4, so there is no chain to build. It is one of the 59 species every route on this site is measured from.

Pupperai passive skill odds per egg

A clean four-passive pool across both parents gives 10.0% per Pupperai egg, which is about 22 eggs for a 90% shot at all four. Every extra passive skill on either parent lowers it.

You wantParent poolPer eggEggs for 90%
4 specific passives4 10.0%22
4 specific passives5 2.0%114
4 specific passives6 0.7%345
3 specific passives3 30.0%7
3 specific passives4 15.0%15
3 specific passives5 6.0%38
2 specific passives2 60.0%3
2 specific passives4 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 inheritance odds per egg, and the planner ranks the pairs in your own box by them.

Is Pupperai worth breeding, or should you catch one?

Catch one, and early. Pupperai shows up from level 2, so you will meet one long before a pair is worth assembling. You almost certainly own one already. 56 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 Pupperai in the wild

Pupperai spawns in Flying Fish Coast and 1 other area, at level 2-4. Another 15 of its spawn points sit outside every named region.

day 61 spawn points
RegionLevelSpawn points
Flying Fish Coast2-439
Windswept Island2-47

Pupperai work suitability and drops

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

What Pupperai 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. Attack 80 beats only 21% of the roster, so it is filler on both counts.

Pupperai active skills and partner skill

Pupperai learns 9 active skills as it levels, the last at level 70. Its partner skill is Best Boy. That learnset is our own export of the game's level table, cooldowns and all.

What Pupperai breeds into as a parent

Paired with other species, Pupperai produces 108 different children, the rarest of them Kingpaca and Vaelet. A parent that wide is worth a farm slot on its own.

Pupperai breeding FAQ

Can you breed Pupperai in Palworld?
Yes. 56 pairs produce Pupperai 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 Sparkit and Swee, and the egg then needs an egg incubator to hatch.
What two Pals make Pupperai in Palworld?
Sparkit and Swee, opposite genders. Both are catchable in the wild from about level 1, which makes it the cheapest of the 56 pairs that produce Pupperai. Every other pair is listed on this page. Both parents average to its breed rank of 2930.
Can you catch Pupperai in the wild in Palworld 1.0?
Yes, at level 2-4. Its spawn points fall inside 2 named regions, the densest Flying Fish Coast, where they run level 2-4. There is no alpha Pupperai, so field spawns are the only source of one. The map on this page marks 61 spawn points for it in total.
Are these Pupperai 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 56 of Pupperai'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 Pupperai be bred in the early game?
Yes. Pupperai is one of the pals a starter box already holds, catchable at level 2-4, 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 Pupperai inherit all four passive skills from one egg?
Only if both parents' combined pool is exactly those four. Pupperai is born with no fixed passive, so all four slots are open, and a pair like Sparkit and Swee 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 Sparkit and Swee pair you already own. It reads genders, levels and passive skills off the save, then routes from there. Nothing is uploaded.

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