Tropicaw, a Grass-type pal in Palworld, Paldex number 173

How to breed Tropicaw.

Rarity 5 · 50% ♂ · wild Lv 63-69 226 parent pairs

The easiest pair that hatches Tropicaw

Helzephyr and Felbat is the cheapest pair that hatches Tropicaw in Palworld 1.0, out of 226 pairs that work. Both are catchable in the wild from about level 24.

both catchable in the wild · found from about level 24. Parents must be opposite genders.

The lineageread left to right
Pairs that make Tropicaw
Helzephyr × Felbat both catchable in the wild · found from about level 24
Bushi × Helzephyr both catchable in the wild · found from about level 25
Tropicaw Tropicaw

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

Gender odds on the Helzephyr and Felbat pair

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

Weak to

Fire

Deals double to

Ground

Paldex entry

“While some say that it flails around to mimic flowers swaying in the wind and avoid predators, others argue that a crimson flower thrashing violently at high speeds is simply so unsettling that nothing dares approach it.”

Tropicaw is a Grass-type pal with 226 parent pairs in Palworld 1.0, and not one of them is a special one-off recipe. Wild ones sit at level 63-69. Shortest chain from a starter box: 3 steps. Best jobs: Planting 5, Gathering 5.

Breed rank1350
Rarity5/20
SizeM
Activeday
Wild level63-69
Passive slots4/4
Gender 50% ♂ · 50% ♀

Partner skill

Flower Dance. While in party, extends the invincibility period during dodge rolls and dodge steps by 15%. (Does not stack)

Rank 1 → 5: 15 · 20 · 23 · 27 · 30

Work suitability

Stats

HP 85 average
Attack 85 average
Defense 90 average
Stamina 100 weak
Run speed 600 average
Ride speed 600 average
Transport 200 weak

Scaled across all 299 pals. A longer bar is a higher place in the roster.

Trust scaling

HP+4.8
Attack+3.1
Defense+2.9

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

Drops

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

The 120 easiest of 226 parent pairs for Tropicaw

Every pair that produces Tropicaw averages to its breed rank of 1350, and 226 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 106 against the pals you already own.

Why an older Tropicaw combo list won't work

Pre-1.0 guides name a recipe. The 1.0 table works on averages: a pair produces Tropicaw when the two parents' breed ranks average to its 1350. 226 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 Tropicaw

3 breeding steps from a starter box reach Tropicaw. Arsox and Dumud make Kikit, then Kikit and Gorirat make Gorirat Terra, then Gorirat Terra and Petallia Ignis make Tropicaw.

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  2. 2
  3. 3

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

Tropicaw passive skill odds per egg

A clean four-passive pool across both parents gives 10.0% per Tropicaw 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 the Palworld passive inheritance odds guide, and the planner ranks the pairs in your own box by them.

Is Tropicaw worth breeding, or should you catch one?

Breed toward it, then catch one when you get there. Tropicaw only spawns at level 63-69, late enough that a 3-step chain often lands first. The shortest chain from a starter box runs 3 steps, and the cheapest pair still needs a level 24 catch. With 226 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 Tropicaw in the wild

Tropicaw carries a wild level band of 63-69 in Palworld 1.0, and no named region on the map has a spawn point attributed to it. There is no alpha to fall back on either. Treat the band as the level to be at, not as a place to camp.

Tropicaw work suitability and drops

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

What Tropicaw is actually for once it hatches

Planting 5 is the job to put it on, mid-table out of a ceiling of 8. See best Planting pals for what beats it. Gathering 5 sits right behind it, so one Tropicaw covers two jobs.

Tropicaw active skills and partner skill

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

What Tropicaw breeds into as a parent

Paired with other species, Tropicaw produces 90 different children, the rarest of them Menasting and Kingpaca. A parent that wide is worth a farm slot on its own.

Tropicaw breeding FAQ

Can you breed Tropicaw in Palworld?
Yes. 226 pairs produce Tropicaw 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 Helzephyr and Felbat, and the egg then needs an egg incubator to hatch.
What two Pals make Tropicaw in Palworld?
Helzephyr and Felbat, opposite genders. Both are catchable in the wild from about level 24, which makes it the cheapest of the 226 pairs that produce Tropicaw. Every other pair is listed on this page. Both parents average to its breed rank of 1350.
Can you catch Tropicaw in the wild in Palworld 1.0?
Yes, at level 63-69. Its spawn points do not fall inside any named region on the map. There is no alpha Tropicaw to fall back on either, so the 226 pairs on this page are the dependable alternative. It is active in daylight.
Are these Tropicaw 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 226 of Tropicaw'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 Tropicaw be bred in the early game?
The cheapest pair needs a level 24 catch, so not much before mid-game. From a starter box the chain runs 3 steps, opening with Arsox and Dumud. Anything you already own further along shortens it, which is the part loading your own save changes.
Can Tropicaw inherit all four passive skills from one egg?
Only if both parents' combined pool is exactly those four. Tropicaw is born with no fixed passive, so all four slots are open, and a pair like Helzephyr and Felbat 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 Helzephyr and Felbat 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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