How to breed Starryon.

The 120 easiest of 187 parent pairs for Starryon

Every pair that produces Starryon averages to its breed rank of 1150, and 187 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 67 against the pals you already own.

Why an older Starryon combo list won't work

Pre-1.0 guides name a recipe. The 1.0 table works on averages: a pair produces Starryon when the two parents' breed ranks average to its 1150. 187 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 Starryon

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

1. 1
   Arsox + Chillet → Chillet Ignis
2. 2
   Croajiro + Chillet Ignis → Elphidran
3. 3
   Surfent + Elphidran → Elphidran Aqua
4. 4
   Elphidran Aqua + Loupmoon Cryst → Incineram
5. 5
   Incineram + Petallia Ignis → Starryon

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

Starryon passive skill odds per egg

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

Fight the alpha. It is a guaranteed Starryon at level 63, and it stands in one place instead of making you wait on a level 42-80 spawn. The shortest chain from a starter box runs 5 steps, and the cheapest pair still needs a level 30 catch. With 187 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 Starryon in the wild

Starryon spawns in Loess Plains and 4 other areas, at level 53-63. Every one of those spawns is at night. Another 75 of its spawn points sit outside every named region. Its alpha stands at level 63.

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Starryon work suitability and drops

Starryon has Gathering 5 in Palworld 1.0, and drops Ancient Civilization Parts and Dark Fragment when killed or caught. Those levels and the drop rows come from our own export of the game's tables.

What Starryon is actually for once it hatches

Gathering 5 is the job to put it on, mid-table out of a ceiling of 8. See best Gathering pals for what beats it. It works through the night, when the rest of the base is asleep.

Starryon active skills and partner skill

Starryon learns 9 active skills as it levels, the last at level 70. Its partner skill is Night Dancer. 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 Dark Ball 50 2s
• Lv 15 Dark Spirit Flame 200 12s
• Lv 22 Dark Nightmare Ball 300 16s
• Lv 30 Fire Ignis Rage 500 24s
• Lv 40 Dark Apocalypse 400 20s
• Lv 45 Dark Spectral Steed 450 20s
• Lv 50 Dark Lethal Step 550 24s
• Lv 70 Dark Dark Whisp 600 30s

What Starryon breeds into as a parent

Paired with other species, Starryon produces 87 different children, the rarest of them Menasting and Vaelet. A parent that wide is worth a farm slot on its own.

Menasting Vaelet Elizabee Mammorest Petallia Relaxaurus Broncherry Braloha Warsect Jormuntide Suzaku Starryon Primo

Other Dark-type breeding targets

Starryon sits at breed rank 1150. The nearest Dark-type targets to it are Omascul at 1140 and Helzephyr at 1130, then 6 more. Breed rank is the number a pair has to average to, so a pair that overshoots Starryon usually lands on one of these instead.

Omascul Helzephyr Gildra Menasting Wistella Nitemary Nyafia Blazehowl Noct

Starryon breeding FAQ

Can you breed Starryon in Palworld?

Yes. 187 pairs produce Starryon 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 Ghangler and Leafan, and the egg then needs an egg incubator to hatch.

What two Pals make Starryon in Palworld?

Ghangler and Leafan, opposite genders. Both are catchable in the wild from about level 30, which makes it the cheapest of the 187 pairs that produce Starryon. Every other pair is listed on this page. Both parents average to its breed rank of 1150.

Can you catch Starryon in the wild in Palworld 1.0?

Yes, at level 42-80. Its spawn points fall inside 5 named regions, the densest Loess Plains, where they run level 53-63 at night. There is also an alpha Starryon at level 63, which beats waiting on a spawn. The map on this page marks 275 spawn points for it in total.

Are these Starryon 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 187 of Starryon'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 Starryon 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 Starryon inherit all four passive skills from one egg?

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