How to breed Smokie Cryst.

All 2 parent combinations for Smokie Cryst

Every pair that produces Smokie Cryst averages to its breed rank of 1610, 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 Smokie Cryst combo list won't work

Pre-1.0 guides name a recipe. The 1.0 table works on averages: a pair produces Smokie Cryst when the two parents' breed ranks average to its 1610. Only 2 pairs hit that average, so a stale list has a real chance of naming one that never worked. Smokie Cryst 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 Smokie Cryst

4 breeding steps from a starter box reach Smokie Cryst, beginning with Eikthyrdeer and Hangyu. Every egg after that becomes a parent in the next step.

1. 1
   Eikthyrdeer + Hangyu → Eikthyrdeer Terra
2. 2
   Dumud + Eikthyrdeer Terra → Dumud Gild
3. 3
   Dumud Gild + Valentail → Smokie
4. 4
   Munchill + Smokie → Smokie Cryst

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

Smokie Cryst passive skill odds per egg

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

Breed toward it, then catch one when you get there. Smokie Cryst only spawns at level 62-64, late enough that a 4-step chain often lands first. The shortest chain from a starter box runs 4 steps, and the cheapest pair still needs a level 30 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 Smokie Cryst in the wild

Smokie Cryst carries a wild level band of 62-64 in Palworld 1.0, and no named region on the map has a spawn point attributed to it. 8 unattributed markers for it sit outside the named regions. Treat the band as the level to be at, not as a place to camp.

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Smokie Cryst work suitability and drops

Smokie Cryst has Gathering 2 and Cooling 2 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 Smokie Cryst 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 works through the night, when the rest of the base is asleep.

Smokie Cryst active skills and partner skill

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

• Lv 1 Dark Double Fang (Dark) 40 2s
• Lv 2 Dark Fierce Fang (Dark) 50 2s
• Lv 7 Ice Icicle Cutter 80 4s
• Lv 15 Ice Crystal Breath 160 8s
• Lv 22 Ice Icicle Bullet 250 12s
• Lv 30 Ice Icicle Line 300 16s
• Lv 40 Ice Blizzard Spike 450 20s
• Lv 50 Dark Dark Laser 450 20s
• Lv 70 Ice Diamond Rain 600 30s

What Smokie Cryst breeds into as a parent

Paired with other species, Smokie Cryst produces 98 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

Smokie Cryst sits at breed rank 1610. The nearest Dark-type targets to it are Rayhound Cryst at 1600 and Needoll Noct at 1580, then 6 more. Breed rank is the number a pair has to average to, so a pair that overshoots Smokie Cryst usually lands on one of these instead.

Rayhound Cryst Needoll Noct Vanwyrm Felbat Polapup Bakemi Kingpaca Cryst Maraith

Smokie Cryst breeding FAQ

Can you breed Smokie Cryst in Palworld?

Yes. 2 pairs produce Smokie Cryst 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 Smokie and Munchill, and the egg then needs an egg incubator to hatch.

What two Pals make Smokie Cryst in Palworld?

Smokie and Munchill, opposite genders. Both are catchable in the wild from about level 30, which makes it the cheapest of the 2 pairs that produce Smokie Cryst. Every other pair is listed on this page. Both parents average to its breed rank of 1610.

Can you catch Smokie Cryst in the wild in Palworld 1.0?

Yes, at level 62-64. Its spawn points do not fall inside any named region on the map, though the map on this page marks 8 of them. There is no alpha Smokie Cryst to fall back on either, so the 2 pairs on this page are the dependable alternative.

Are these Smokie Cryst 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 Smokie Cryst'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 Smokie Cryst 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 4 steps, opening with Eikthyrdeer and Hangyu. Anything you already own further along shortens it, which is the part loading your own save changes.

Can Smokie Cryst inherit all four passive skills from one egg?

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