List of All 70 Dark Type Pals and Where to Find Them

Dark is the biggest element in Palworld and it is not close. Seventy Pals carry Dark, which is 23 more than the next-largest roster, and only one element in the whole game is super-effective against it. This is every Dark Pal with its attack, HP, defence, best job and spawn count, plus what Dark beats, the strongest fighters and mounts, the 11 Pals that refuse to spawn until sundown, all 19 Dark alpha markers, the breeding pairs, and where to farm Dark Radiant Gem.

All 70 Dark Type Pals

Seventy of the game's 288 Pals wear Dark, which is 24% of the Paldex and the largest element roster in Palworld. Thirty-eight are pure Dark and 32 are dual-element, and Fire is by far the most common partner at ten Pals, followed by five with Water, four each with Ground and Grass, three with Dragon, and two apiece with Ice, Electric and Neutral. The Attack column takes the higher of each Pal's melee and ranged base value, and Top Job is the work suitability that Pal is best at.

#	Pal	Elements	Attack	HP	Defence	Top Job	Spawns
9B	Croajiro Noct	Water / Dark	110	85	90	Handiwork Lv 2	645 pins — view on map
16	Depresso	Dark	70	70	70	Farming Lv 1	406 pins — view on map
19	Hoocrates	Dark	70	70	80	Gathering Lv 1	263 pins — view on map
22	Daedream	Dark	100	70	60	Handiwork Lv 1	164 pins — view on map
24	Nox	Dark	85	75	70	Gathering Lv 1	153 pins — view on map
27	Mau	Dark	70	70	70	Farming Lv 1	No wild spawns
30	Killamari	Dark / Water	100	60	70	Transporting Lv 2	361 pins — view on map
34B	Caprity Noct	Dark	75	100	90	Farming Lv 1	51 pins — view on map
46	Jellroy	Water / Dark	100	90	75	Watering Lv 2	1,193 pins — view on map
48	Gloopie	Water / Dark	100	70	70	Watering Lv 2	743 pins — view on map
50	Wispaw	Dark	100	85	70	Handiwork Lv 2	181 pins — view on map
52	Tombat	Dark	100	95	80	Mining Lv 3	160 pins — view on map
56	Loupmoon	Dark	130	80	80	Handiwork Lv 2	1,109 pins — view on map
57	Cawgnito	Dark	95	75	80	Farming Lv 1	1,463 pins — view on map
64	Vanwyrm	Fire / Dark	115	90	90	Transporting Lv 3	545 pins — view on map
64B	Vanwyrm Cryst	Ice / Dark	120	90	95	Transporting Lv 3	260 pins — view on map
65	Felbat	Dark	105	100	110	Medicine Production Lv 3	121 pins — view on map
69	Lovander	Dark	70	120	70	Handiwork Lv 3	768 pins — view on map
71	Tarantriss	Dark	100	110	100	Handiwork Lv 3	46 pins — view on map
73	Leezpunk	Dark	90	80	50	Handiwork Lv 2	836 pins — view on map
78B	Wixen Noct	Fire / Dark	110	90	85	Kindling Lv 4	184 pins — view on map
79	Katress	Dark	105	90	90	Handiwork Lv 3	605 pins — view on map
79B	Katress Ignis	Dark / Fire	105	95	90	Kindling Lv 3	No wild spawns
80	Helzephyr	Dark	125	100	100	Transporting Lv 4	1,099 pins — view on map
80B	Helzephyr Lux	Dark / Electric	125	105	100	Transporting Lv 5	80 pins — view on map
85B	Bushi Noct	Fire / Dark	130	80	80	Lumbering Lv 5	1,990 pins — view on map
91	Incineram	Fire / Dark	150	95	85	Kindling Lv 3	105 pins — view on map
91B	Incineram Noct	Dark	150	95	85	Mining Lv 4	10 pins — view on map
92B	Dazzi Noct	Dark / Electric	110	70	75	Transporting Lv 2	135 pins — view on map
93B	Pyrin Noct	Fire / Dark	110	100	90	Kindling Lv 4	411 pins — view on map
97	Ghangler	Dark / Water	125	90	105	Watering Lv 5	316 pins — view on map
99	Menasting	Dark / Ground	100	100	130	Mining Lv 5	545 pins — view on map
100B	Needoll Noct	Dark / Grass	100	75	70	Planting Lv 3	325 pins — view on map
111B	Kitsun Noct	Dark	115	100	105	Kindling Lv 4	340 pins — view on map
112B	Blazehowl Noct	Fire / Dark	115	105	80	Kindling Lv 5	517 pins — view on map
115	Majex	Dark / Fire	115	110	90	Handiwork Lv 5	36 pins — view on map
117	Maraith	Dark	105	75	80	Gathering Lv 4	356 pins — view on map
118B	Shroomer Noct	Grass / Dark	100	110	90	Planting Lv 3	189 pins — view on map
120	Gildra	Dark / Ground	120	105	105	Handiwork Lv 5	325 pins — view on map
130	Starryon	Dark	100	110	100	Gathering Lv 5	178 pins — view on map
135	Sootseer	Dark / Fire	125	105	90	Farming Lv 2	649 pins — view on map
138B	Dualith Noct	Ground / Dark	110	110	125	Mining Lv 6	3 pins — view on map
141	Prixter	Dark / Ground	110	90	90	Lumbering Lv 4	70 pins — view on map
143	Nyafia	Dark	100	110	100	Handiwork Lv 4	259 pins — view on map
145	Xenovader	Dark	125	90	85	Lumbering Lv 3	No wild spawns
147	Prunelia	Grass / Dark	100	105	100	Planting Lv 3	638 pins — view on map
148	Nitemary	Dark	100	105	105	Handiwork Lv 4	106 pins — view on map
149	Smokie	Dark	100	85	85	Gathering Lv 2	1,620 pins — view on map
149B	Smokie Cryst	Dark / Ice	100	85	90	Gathering Lv 2	8 pins — view on map
150	Omascul	Dark	105	95	100	Gathering Lv 5	1,621 pins — view on map
153	Splatterina	Dark	115	95	105	Handiwork Lv 6	769 pins — view on map
157B	Celesdir Noct	Dark	115	120	100	Lumbering Lv 8	No wild spawns
158	Astegon	Dragon / Dark	125	100	125	Mining Lv 7	No wild spawns
166	Hoodle	Dark	100	70	80	Handiwork Lv 1	115 pins — view on map
168	Bakemi	Dark	100	70	80	Medicine Production Lv 4	115 pins — view on map
171	Eidrolon	Dragon / Dark	125	115	120	Transporting Lv 6	No wild spawns
177	Roujay	Dark	115	110	95	Gathering Lv 5	80 pins — view on map
178	Venusa	Dark	100	80	90	Handiwork Lv 6	26 pins — view on map
180	Loomen	Dark / Fire	100	90	95	Kindling Lv 4	42 pins — view on map
181	Wistella	Dark	100	80	60	Handiwork Lv 6	40 pins — view on map
182	Solenne	Dark / Neutral	115	110	115	Handiwork Lv 8	47 pins — view on map
186B	Lyleen Noct	Dark	120	115	115	Medicine Production Lv 7	42 pins — view on map
189	Shadowbeak	Dark	130	120	140	Gathering Lv 2	11 pins — view on map
190	Selyne	Dark / Neutral	115	130	110	Handiwork Lv 7	40 pins — view on map
194	Dandilord	Grass / Dark	135	125	110	Planting Lv 8	No wild spawns
195	Bellanoir	Dark	150	120	100	Handiwork Lv 5	No wild spawns
195B	Bellanoir Libero	Dark	150	120	100	Medicine Production Lv 7	No wild spawns
196	Xenolord	Dark / Dragon	120	130	120	Gathering Lv 2	No wild spawns
199	Necromus	Dark	145	130	120	Lumbering Lv 6	No wild spawns
200B	Frostallion Noct	Dark	140	140	135	Gathering Lv 7	No wild spawns

Twelve of the seventy never appear as a wild spawn at all — the two legendary steeds, the two Bellanoir forms, the raid dragon Xenolord, and a handful of Feybreak natives you either breed or meet as an alpha. At the other extreme Bushi Noct is the densest Dark spawn in the game at 1,990 pins, with Omascul at 1,621 and Smokie at 1,620 right behind it. Four Pals tie for the element's top attack at 150 — Incineram, Incineram Noct, Bellanoir and Bellanoir Libero — while Frostallion Noct is the best-rounded body on the list at 140 attack, 140 HP and 135 defence, and Shadowbeak's 140 defence is the highest single defensive stat here.

Dark Type Strengths and Weaknesses

Dark has the cleanest defensive profile of any element on the Palworld type chart. It is beaten by Dragon and nothing else, and Dragon is the smallest roster in the game at 25 Pals — so a pure Dark Pal walks into an unknown fight with less exposure than anything else you can bring. The trade-off is that it only punishes one element back, and that element is Neutral, which is not where the dangerous fights are.

The practical read: 38 of the 70 have a single weakness, 27 have two and only 5 have three, and those five are exactly the Water / Dark hybrids. If you are picking one Dark Pal to carry into content you have not scouted, take a pure one and you will almost never eat a bonus. The multiplier keys off the move, not the body, so a Neutral Pal holding Dark Skill Fruit: Dark Laser still punishes Neutral targets; the full breakdown lives in Super Effective and Resistance Explained.

Best Dark Pals for Combat

Dark is a genuine top-tier combat element and the depth is the point. It takes 3 of the 14 S-tier slots on our Palworld tier list and 8 more in A, which is 11 of the 43 top-tier slots in total — second only to Dragon's 12, off a roster nearly three times the size. Better still, four Dark Pals are born with a Dark damage passive already attached, which no other element can say.

Pal	Tier	Elements	Attack	HP	Why Bring It
Necromus	S	Dark	145	130	145 attack behind 130 HP, and it rolls Legend and Lord of the Underworld naturally — +20% attack, +20% defence, +20% move speed and +30% Dark damage before you fit a single accessory. Its exclusive Twin Spears hits for 700.
Frostallion Noct	S	Dark	140	140	The best-rounded body in the element at 140 / 140 / 135, with the same Legend and Lord of the Underworld pair. Its partner skill swaps your own attacks to Dark, adds up to +40% ranged attack and stacks Darkness on what you hit.
Eidrolon	S	Dragon / Dark	125	115	120 defence on a Lv 69 alpha that also happens to be the fastest Dark mount in the game. Its partner skill feeds you ranged attack and move speed at the same time.
Bellanoir Libero	A	Dark	150	120	Joint-highest attack in the element and the strongest natural passive on this list — Siren of the Void is +30% Dark and +30% Ice damage at once. Medicine Production Lv 7 means it earns its slot at base too.
Bellanoir	A	Dark	150	120	The same 150 attack from a raid altar you can reach much earlier. Handiwork Lv 5 keeps it useful at the bench between fights.
Dandilord	A	Grass / Dark	135	125	Owns Toxic Dance, the highest-power Dark move in the game at 800, plus Poison Promenade at 700. Its partner skill layers Poison onto your attacks.
Shadowbeak	A	Dark	130	120	140 defence — the toughest Dark body there is — and a partner skill worth up to +30% Dark damage to the whole team's Dark output.
Selyne	A	Dark / Neutral	115	130	130 HP, it flies, and its partner skill adds up to +30% Neutral and +30% Dark damage, which covers both halves of its own kit.
Dualith Noct	A	Ground / Dark	110	110	125 defence and Heavyweight as a natural passive, so it is immune to knockback. Mining Lv 6 makes it the element's best endgame quarry worker.
Astegon	A	Dragon / Dark	125	100	125 defence, flies, and mines at Lv 7 — the highest Mining level in the element by a full rank. A Lv 55 alpha, so it is a mid-game unlock.
Celesdir Noct	A	Dark	115	120	The Lv 79 alpha, and the highest-level field boss in the element. Its exclusive Dark Nova hits for 700 and its partner skill is worth up to +80 ranged attack.

If you are levelling one Dark Pal, make it Necromus. It hits for 145, it rides at 1,900 sprint with 350 stamina, and its two innate passives are worth roughly a third of its damage for free. Incineram is the early answer at the same 150 attack as the Bellanoirs for a fraction of the effort, and Frostallion Noct is the endgame one because it is the only Dark Pal that is simultaneously an S-tier body, a flying mount and a Gathering Lv 7 worker. Full fight walkthroughs for the raid bodies are in How to Beat Bellanoir and How to Beat Xenolord.

The Strongest Dark Attack Skills

Forty-five Dark moves exist and the ceiling is higher than any other element's — Toxic Dance is an 800-power move, and nothing else in Palworld goes above 700. The catch is the same one Fire has: the top of the list is all exclusives, one move to one body, so the strongest Dark skill is something you catch rather than something you shop for. The numbers below only compare Dark moves against other Dark moves, since cooldown structures differ by element.

Dark Laser is the one that matters for team building. It is the only high-DPS Dark move you can actually distribute — 47 Pals learn it by level, it appears in 173 egg-move pools, and it sells as Dark Skill Fruit: Dark Laser, so almost anything can be made to fire it. Dark Ball is the sleeper: 50 power on a 2-second cooldown works out to 25.0 DPS, the second-highest sustained figure in the element, and 28 Pals learn it as a low-level move. The full shelf with prices is in List of Dark Skill Fruits.

11 Dark Pals That Only Spawn at Night

This is the element's real quirk and it catches people out constantly. Thirteen Pals in Palworld have no daytime spawn at all, and 11 of them are Dark. Stand on the exact coordinates at noon and the ground is empty; come back after dusk and the same spot is crowded. If a Dark Pal you are hunting seems to not exist, the odds are you are hunting it in daylight.

Pal	Elements	Night Pins	Densest Area	Map
Loupmoon	Dark	1,109	Spread thin	view on map
Splatterina	Dark	769	Scarlet Outlook (12.9%)	view on map
Lovander	Dark	768	Duneshelter (16.1%)	view on map
Depresso	Dark	406	Eastern Wild Island (11.8%)	view on map
Maraith	Dark	356	Icy Weasel Hill (15.4%)	view on map
Needoll Noct	Dark / Grass	325	Duneshelter (28.6%)	view on map
Hoocrates	Dark	263	Deep Bamboo Thicket (14.1%)	view on map
Wixen Noct	Fire / Dark	184	Sakurajima: West Coast (27.2%)	view on map
Daedream	Dark	164	Sea Breeze Coast (32.9%)	view on map
Tombat	Dark	160	Islandhopper Coast (22.5%)	view on map
Nox	Dark	153	Isle of Murmurs (28.8%)	view on map

Loupmoon is the biggest of them at 1,109 pins and one of the strongest early bodies you can catch at 130 attack, while Splatterina at 769 pins is the one you will want on repeat because it drops Dark Radiant Gems at the top rate. Plenty of other Dark Pals are not night-locked but are dramatically better after dark anyway: Cawgnito goes from 264 daytime pins to 1,463 at night, Jellroy from 9 to 1,193, Leezpunk from 158 to 836, Sootseer from 10 to 649, Katress from 45 to 605 and Pyrin Noct from 10 to 411. Plan Dark farming as a night route and the same loop pays several times over.

Best Dark Base Workers

Dark does not own a job the way Fire owns Kindling, but it owns the ceiling. Six work suitabilities in Palworld top out at Lv 8, and Dark Pals hold three of them — Handiwork, Lumbering and Planting. Every one of those three is a single Pal in the entire game, and all three are Dark. Below the peak the element is broad rather than deep: 43 of the 70 transport, 37 do handiwork and 31 gather.

Pal	Best Job	Other Jobs	Why It Works
Solenne	Handiwork Lv 8	Transporting 5, Gathering 4	The only Handiwork Lv 8 in Palworld. Every workbench, every assembly line and every schematic craft runs faster with this one Pal, and it still hauls at Lv 5 when the bench is idle.
Celesdir Noct	Lumbering Lv 8	Gathering 4, Transporting 3	The only Lumbering Lv 8 in the game, so it is the single fastest wood source you can own. It is also a Lv 79 alpha, which makes it the last one on this table you will actually get.
Dandilord	Planting Lv 8	Medicine Production 6, Gathering 5, Handiwork 4	The only Planting Lv 8, and unusually it is not a one-trick farmer — Medicine Production Lv 6 means it covers your berry plots and your medicine bench with the same body.
Lyleen Noct	Medicine Production Lv 7	Handiwork 5, Gathering 6, Planting 5, Watering 4	The best medicine worker in the element and one of only two Lv 7s in the game. Six separate jobs on one Pal, which is as versatile as base workers get.
Selyne	Handiwork Lv 7	Medicine Production 6, Gathering 4, Transporting 3	Handiwork Lv 7 with a medicine sideline, plus 130 HP so it survives raids on your base. It flies too, so it doubles as transport between bases.
Astegon	Mining Lv 7	Transporting 3	Mining Lv 7 is the highest in the element and its partner skill raises your own mining efficiency and gathering yield on top. Nothing else to distract it from the ore node.
Dualith Noct	Mining Lv 6	Transporting 6, Lumbering 5, Handiwork 4, Gathering 4	Five jobs at Lv 4 or better, which is the widest spread of any Dark Pal. Mining Lv 6 and Transporting Lv 6 in one body means it digs the ore and then carries it to the chest.
Splatterina	Handiwork Lv 6	Medicine Production 5, Gathering 3, Transporting 2	Handiwork Lv 6 from a Pal with 769 wild pins — by far the easiest high-level bench worker to get hold of, and it makes medicine as well.
Venusa	Handiwork Lv 6	Gathering 6, Medicine Production 5, Planting 4	Handiwork Lv 6 and Gathering Lv 6 at once, which is rare. Good pick if you want one Pal covering the bench and the berry plots on a small base.
Frostallion Noct	Gathering Lv 7	Transporting 3	The best gatherer in the element, on the same body that is S-tier in combat and a flying mount. If you only have one legendary, it is doing three jobs.

For a first base Splatterina is the pick — Handiwork Lv 6 on a Pal with 769 wild pins beats waiting for an alpha, and it makes medicine on the side. From the mid-game on, Dualith Noct is the best value per Pal slot because five jobs at Lv 4 or better means it never stands idle, and Solenne is the one worth a Condenser run since no other Pal in the game matches its Handiwork. Full cross-element rankings are in Best Pals for Handiwork and Best Pals for Medicine Production, and you can slot them automatically with the Palworld Work Optimizer.

Medicine Production Is Dark's Real Speciality

Forty-three Pals in Palworld can work a medicine bench and 22 of them are Dark — over half the roster for that job, more than double the next element's share. If your base cannot keep up with fever and food-poisoning cures, the fix is almost certainly a Dark Pal. The table below is the top of that pool.

Pal	Medicine Production	Elements	Spawns
Lyleen Noct	Lv 7	Dark	42 pins — view on map
Bellanoir Libero	Lv 7	Dark	Raid altar only
Wistella	Lv 6	Dark	40 pins — view on map
Selyne	Lv 6	Dark / Neutral	40 pins — view on map
Dandilord	Lv 6	Grass / Dark	No wild spawns
Venusa	Lv 5	Dark	26 pins — view on map
Splatterina	Lv 5	Dark	769 pins — view on map
Bellanoir	Lv 4	Dark	Raid altar only
Bakemi	Lv 4	Dark	115 pins — view on map
Felbat	Lv 3	Dark	121 pins — view on map

Splatterina is the realistic answer for most bases: Lv 5 medicine is enough to keep a medicine rack stocked, and it is the only Pal on this table with spawns in the hundreds. Lyleen Noct is the ceiling and it is a Lv 58 alpha, so it is a planned trip rather than a lucky catch. Felbat is worth a mention for a different reason — it is catchable early, it makes medicine, and its partner skill gives you and your active Pal lifesteal. What to actually build with all this is covered in How to Get the Medicine Rack and How to Get the Advanced Medicine Workbench.

Best Dark Mounts

Twenty-two of the game's 115 rideable Pals are Dark, the joint-largest mount pool of any element, and the top three are all worth owning for different reasons. Eidrolon is the speed pick at 2,750 sprint, which ranks 4th overall. Below it the element leans on endurance rather than pace — three Dark mounts carry 300 stamina or more, which is where the long-haul flying comes from. Sprint figures compare between mounts only, and flying and ground types are not interchangeable.

Pal	Overall Mount Rank	Mount Type	Sprint	Stamina	Saddle Tech
Eidrolon	4	Flying	2,750	130	Lv 68
Necromus	8	Ground	1,900	350	Lv 61
Frostallion Noct	10	Flying	1,800	300	Lv 62
Selyne	13	Flying	1,600	300	Lv 53
Ghangler	18	Water	1,350	320	Lv 31
Roujay	20	Flying	1,350	200	Lv 72
Pyrin Noct	22	Ground	1,300	100	Lv 34
Starryon	28	Ground	1,250	230	Lv 57
Blazehowl Noct	35	Ground	1,200	150	Lv 35
Celesdir Noct	37	Ground	1,200	260	Lv 78
Shadowbeak	39	Flying	1,200	250	Lv 47
Astegon	44	Flying	1,100	300	Lv 39
Helzephyr	46	Flying	1,100	170	Lv 25
Helzephyr Lux	47	Flying	1,100	170	Lv 47
Kitsun Noct	49	Ground	1,100	140	Lv 59
Maraith	50	Ground	1,100	130	Lv 37
Shroomer Noct	64	Ground	1,050	220	Lv 39
Tarantriss	91	Ground	1,000	100	Lv 20
Vanwyrm	99	Flying	850	150	Lv 21
Vanwyrm Cryst	100	Flying	850	150	Lv 22
Dualith Noct	103	Ground	800	210	Lv 69
Xenolord	111	Flying	660	300	Lv 66

Helzephyr is the one to unlock first: a Lv 25 saddle, it flies, and 1,099 wild pins make it the cheapest way to get airborne on a Dark body. Necromus's 350 stamina is the highest of any Dark mount and the second-highest sprint, which makes it the best ground travel in the element outright. Tarantriss deserves a note for the opposite reason — a Lv 20 saddle for 1,000 sprint is the best early rate here, and it is a Lv 35 alpha you can reach long before the good flyers. Skip Xenolord as transport; a Lv 66 saddle for 660 sprint is the worst rate in the element, and you catch it for the fight, not the ride. Cross-element comparisons are in Best Flying Mounts.

Where to Find Dark Pals

Dark is the most evenly spread element in the game, which is the flip side of having 70 members — there is no single Dark region the way Mount Obsidian is the Fire region. Duneshelter and the surrounding desert hold the heaviest concentration, with Scarlet Outlook second, and between them they anchor most of the element's high-value spawns. Every row below deep-links our Palworld interactive map with that Pal's spawn layer already switched on.

Pal	Main Area	Share	Pins	Map
Bushi Noct	Spread across the map	—	1,990	view on map
Omascul	Spread across the map	—	1,621	view on map
Smokie	Spread across the map	—	1,620	view on map
Cawgnito	Duneshelter	8.5%	1,463	view on map
Jellroy	Spread across the map	—	1,193	view on map
Loupmoon	Spread across the map	—	1,109	view on map
Helzephyr	Scarlet Outlook	9.0%	1,099	view on map
Leezpunk	Duneshelter	14.8%	836	view on map
Splatterina	Scarlet Outlook	12.9%	769	view on map
Lovander	Duneshelter	16.1%	768	view on map
Gloopie	Crimson Cliffs	11.3%	743	view on map
Croajiro Noct	Scarlet Outlook	15.3%	645	view on map
Prunelia	Scarlet Outlook	15.5%	638	view on map
Sootseer	Silent Lake	10.3%	649	view on map
Katress	Cinnamoth Forest	11.4%	605	view on map
Menasting	Duneshelter	22.8%	545	view on map
Vanwyrm	Crimson Cliffs	15.4%	545	view on map
Blazehowl Noct	Mount Obsidian Trail	13.9%	517	view on map

Bushi Noct, Omascul and Smokie top the pin count but have no single dominant region, so treat them as background noise rather than a destination. The tight spawns are the useful ones: Incineram Noct puts 90% of its pins on the Isle of Silence, Smokie Cryst is 100% Glacial Memento Islet, Shadowbeak is 90.9% Deep Sand Dunes, and Helzephyr Lux concentrates 62.5% of its spawns on the Sakurajima northern rock field. If you would rather farm indoors, Feybreak Cavern, Cherry Blossom Cave and Mountain Stream Grotto all run heavy on Dark enemies and cave bosses — see the Mountain Stream Grotto guide for one worked example.

All 19 Dark Alpha Markers

Nineteen Dark Pals stand as fixed alpha field bosses, the second-most of any element behind Ground's 20, and they ladder from Lv 23 all the way to Lv 79. That spread is genuinely useful: whatever level you are, there is a Dark alpha near your bracket to farm. Alphas respawn, drop more than wild copies, and start well above the level of anything you can catch in the field.

Alpha	Level	Elements	Attack	Defence	Location
Celesdir Noct	Lv. 79	Dark	115	100	Alpha location
Dualith Noct	Lv. 70	Ground / Dark	110	125	Alpha location
Eidrolon	Lv. 69	Dragon / Dark	125	120	Alpha location
Wistella	Lv. 66	Dark	100	60	Alpha location
Splatterina	Lv. 65	Dark	115	105	Alpha location
Kitsun Noct	Lv. 65	Dark	115	105	Alpha location
Frostallion Noct	Lv. 65	Dark	140	135	Alpha location
Starryon	Lv. 63	Dark	100	100	Alpha location
Prunelia	Lv. 63	Grass / Dark	100	100	Alpha location
Omascul	Lv. 60	Dark	105	100	Alpha location
Dazzi Noct	Lv. 60	Dark / Electric	110	75	Alpha location
Nyafia	Lv. 60	Dark	100	100	Alpha location
Nitemary	Lv. 60	Dark	100	105	Alpha location
Smokie	Lv. 60	Dark	100	85	Alpha location
Lyleen Noct	Lv. 58	Dark	120	115	Alpha location
Astegon	Lv. 55	Dragon / Dark	125	125	Alpha location
Menasting	Lv. 44	Dark / Ground	100	130	Alpha location
Tarantriss	Lv. 35	Dark	100	100	Alpha location
Caprity Noct	Lv. 23	Dark	75	90	Alpha location

Caprity Noct at Lv 23 is the entry point and an easy first alpha kill. Menasting at Lv 44 is the one worth a detour — 130 defence, Mining Lv 5, and it is a breeding parent for Lyleen Noct. Frostallion Noct at Lv 65 is the prize: a legendary alpha that is also the best all-round Dark body in the game. Celesdir Noct at Lv 79 is the highest-level Dark alpha and the only way to get a Lumbering Lv 8 worker at all. Full cross-element ordering is in the Alpha Pal Hunting Route.

Dark Eggs and Breeding

Dark Pals hatch from Dark Egg and its Large and Huge sizes, and the Dark nest pool is the widest in the game at 43 different Pals — mostly because Feybreak's nests are stuffed with Noct variants. That width cuts both ways: a Dark hatch is close to guaranteed if you run the right islands, but hitting one specific Dark Pal from an egg is a long shot. Breeding is the precise route, and 17 Dark Pals exist only as a specific pairing, including the element's single best body.

Parent A	Parent B	Child	Child Element
Frostallion	Helzephyr	Frostallion Noct	Dark
Lyleen	Menasting	Lyleen Noct	Dark
Incineram	Maraith	Incineram Noct	Dark
Celesdir	Kitsun Noct	Celesdir Noct	Dark
Dualith	Sootseer	Dualith Noct	Ground / Dark
Blazehowl	Felbat	Blazehowl Noct	Fire / Dark
Pyrin	Katress	Pyrin Noct	Fire / Dark
Helzephyr	Beakon	Helzephyr Lux	Dark / Electric
Bushi	Sootseer	Bushi Noct	Fire / Dark
Katress	Wixen	Wixen Noct	Fire / Dark
Katress	Wixen	Katress Ignis	Dark / Fire
Kitsun	Nyafia	Kitsun Noct	Dark
Vanwyrm	Foxcicle	Vanwyrm Cryst	Ice / Dark
Smokie	Munchill	Smokie Cryst	Dark / Ice
Dazzi	Omascul	Dazzi Noct	Dark / Electric
Caprity	Tarantriss	Caprity Noct	Dark
Croajiro	Bushi Noct	Croajiro Noct	Water / Dark
Needoll	Prunelia	Needoll Noct	Dark / Grass

Two of these are worth doing the moment you can. Frostallion + Helzephyr is the only route to Frostallion Noct, an S-tier body with two free passives and a flying saddle, and you do not need to own any Dark legendary first. Lyleen + Menasting produces Lyleen Noct, which is the best medicine worker in the element and a Lv 58 alpha you would otherwise have to hunt. Note the oddity in row ten: Katress + Wixen can produce two different children, Wixen Noct or Katress Ignis, and it is the only way to get Katress Ignis without clearing Cherry Blossom Cave. Every Noct and Cryst variant also breeds true — pair two of the same variant and you get that variant back. Parent selection and inheritance are covered in How Breeding Works, and you can search pairings directly in the Palworld Breeding Calculator.

How to Farm Dark Radiant Gems

Dark Radiant Gem is what unlocks awakening on your Dark Pals, and seven Pals drop it at 10 to 20 per kill on a guaranteed 100% roll. That is the tier worth farming — a separate group drops only 1 to 3, so the table below is filtered to the good sources. Sort by pin count and the route picks itself.

Pal	Gems per Kill	Rate	Spawn Pins	Best Area	Map
Helzephyr	10-20	100%	1,099	Scarlet Outlook	view on map
Splatterina	10-20	100%	769	Scarlet Outlook	view on map
Starryon	10-20	100%	178	Loess Plains	view on map
Helzephyr Lux	10-20	100%	80	Sakurajima - Northern Rock Field	view on map
Lyleen Noct	10-20	100%	42	Alpha marker (Lv 58)	view on map
Selyne	10-20	100%	40	No named hotspot	view on map
Shadowbeak	10-20	100%	11	Deep Sand Dunes	view on map

Helzephyr is the farm and it is not close — 1,099 pins, the full 10-20 every kill, and its densest patch is Scarlet Outlook, which is exactly where Splatterina also lives at 769 pins. One night loop over that ridge hits both of the element's best gem sources back to back. Remember that Splatterina is night-locked, so run it after dusk or you will only find the Helzephyrs. Shadowbeak drops the same amount but at 11 pins it is a boss kill rather than a farm. All nine elements are covered in How to Farm Radiant Gems.

Gear and Passives That Boost Dark Damage

Dark has the full accessory line, and one detail is worth knowing before you craft: the Dark ring protects against Neutral, the element Dark already beats, while nothing in the Dark line reduces incoming Dragon damage — the only thing that actually threatens a Dark Pal. Everything below goes on the Pal fighting beside you unless the row says otherwise.

Item	Slot	Effect	Materials
Lord of the Underworld's Baton	Pal accessory	Raises the Pal's attack and significantly increases its Dark damage	Refined Ingot ×20, Horn ×30, Pure Quartz ×15, Ancient Civilization Core ×5
Lyleen Noct's Talisman	Pal accessory	Raises the Pal's defence and significantly increases its Dark damage	Refined Ingot ×20, Beautiful Flower ×5, Venom Gland ×10, Ancient Civilization Parts ×10
Katress Ring	Pal accessory	Significantly increases Dark damage and greatly reduces incoming Neutral damage	Refined Ingot ×20, Leather ×20, Katress Hair ×10, Ancient Civilization Parts ×5
Dark Support Whistle	Pal accessory	Slightly raises the Dark damage of the Pal fighting alongside you	Ingot ×20, Horn ×20, Venom Gland ×10, Ancient Civilization Parts ×2
Cryolinx Ring	Pal accessory	Greatly reduces incoming Dragon damage — the one defensive ring a Dark Pal actually wants	Crafted from the schematic at the Production Assembly Line
Ring of Dark Resistance	Player accessory	Reduces incoming Dark damage — for you, when you are fighting Dark Pals	Ingot ×20, Bone ×20, Venom Gland ×10, Paldium Fragment ×30

Lord of the Underworld's Baton is the one to build, since the flat attack bonus and the element bonus stack in a single slot. Then there are the passives you do not have to craft at all: four Dark Pals are born with a Dark damage passive. Necromus and Frostallion Noct roll Lord of the Underworld for +30% Dark, Bellanoir Libero rolls Siren of the Void for +30% Dark and +30% Ice at once, and Xenolord rolls Invader for +30% Dark and +30% Dragon. If Dragon damage is what keeps killing your Dark team, the answer is Cryolinx Ring or Ring of Dragon Resistance, not anything in the Dark line.

Summary

Seventy Pals carry Dark, making it the largest element in Palworld, and its defensive profile is the best in the game — Dragon is the only thing that beats it, and Dragon is the thinnest roster there is. It counters Neutral, its 110.1 average attack is third-highest of the nine, it holds 11 of the 43 top-tier slots on our tier list, and it owns three of the six Lv 8 work ceilings. Necromus is the best fighter you can plan for, Frostallion Noct is the best all-round body, Eidrolon is the fastest ride, Solenne is the only Handiwork Lv 8 in the game, and Helzephyr is the gem farm. Just remember to do most of it after sundown — 11 of these Pals do not exist in daylight.

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