I’ve been neck‑deep in Palworld breeding the past few nights and figured I’d jot down the things that finally stopped me from tearing my hair out.
First, don’t start by mashing random parents together. Decide what ability or work trait you actually want, then work backwards. Sounds obvious, but I wasted way too many eggs before realising a bit of reverse planning cuts the trial‑and‑error in half.
Second, neighbouring elements are your friend. Fire → Electric → Ice chains move traits along way faster than jumping across the wheel. My “aha” moment was using an Electric intermediate instead of trying to brute‑force Fire straight into Ice—shaved a whole generation off the plan.
Third—and this is the bit that really changed the game—I’ve been sanity‑checking every idea with a tiny web toy someone put online: palworldbreedingcalculator ․org. Pop in the pal you want, it spits out every parent pair plus the shortest breeding path. No downloads, just a quick browser thing. It basically replaced the messy spreadsheet I was keeping.
Anyway, hope this helps someone else avoid the endless trial runs. If you’ve got other shortcuts, holler below—I’m still chasing the perfect worker pal. Good luck hatching!