List of All 84 Subspecies Pals and How to Get Them

Subspecies are the re-coloured, re-elemented versions of Pals you already own — a Fire Jormuntide, an Ice Kingpaca, a Dark Frostallion. There are 84 of them, and this guide lists every single one with its base form, its new elements, the breeding pair that produces it, and exactly where it spawns.

What Subspecies Are in Palworld

A subspecies shares its Paldex number with the Pal it is based on and sits next to it as the B entry, so Jormuntide and Jormuntide Ignis are both No. 121. Everything else about it can move: the element, the partner skill, the work suitabilities, and usually a few stat points. They are not straight upgrades — Jormuntide Ignis trades its base's Watering Lv7 for Kindling Lv7, which is brilliant if you need a furnace worker and useless if you were farming.

The headline number is that 77 of the 84 spawn in the wild, which is the opposite of what most players assume — subspecies feel rare because they live in regions you visit late, not because the game hides them. Only three are genuinely uncatchable in the open world: Katress Ignis is locked to one cavern, and the two raid bosses have to be summoned. Everything else is a flight away on the Palworld interactive map.

How Subspecies Elements Change

There are two things a subspecies can do to its element line: swap it or add to it. Fifty-seven forms keep the same number of elements and just change which ones — Foxparks goes from Fire to pure Ice as Foxparks Cryst. Twenty-four gain a second element on top of the original, and three actually shed one. That last group matters most defensively, because every element you carry is another element that hits you hard.

Subspecies	Base Elements	New Elements	What It Means in a Fight
Azurobe Cryst	Water / Dragon	Ice / Dragon	Drops from three weaknesses to two, but is now weak to Ice — its own element
Whalaska Ignis	Ice / Water	Ice / Fire	Three weaknesses down to two, and Fire attacks still burn it
Incineram Noct	Fire / Dark	Dark	Loses Fire entirely, so only Dragon hits it for extra damage
Elphidran Aqua	Dragon	Dragon / Water	Picks up Electric and Grass weaknesses the base never had
Petallia Ignis	Grass	Grass / Fire	Still weak to Fire, and now weak to Water as well
Sibelyx Primo	Ice	Neutral	Neutral only fears Dark — the cleanest defensive line in the game
Suzaku Aqua	Fire	Water	Flips a Water weakness into an Electric and Grass one
Prixter Lux	Dark / Ground	Electric / Ground	Part Ground, and still weak to Ground — Electric is what Ground moves punish

The pattern worth memorising: Noct and Primo forms are the defensive picks. Dark is only punished by Dragon and Neutral is only punished by Dark, so single-element forms like Kitsun Noct, Lyleen Noct and Sibelyx Primo walk into far fewer bad matchups than a dual-element form does. The trap runs the other way with the dual-element ones: 15 subspecies end up weak to an element they themselves carry, so an Azurobe Cryst eats extra damage from Ice moves. Run the matchup on the Palworld type chart and counter finder before you commit a slot.

How to Get Subspecies

Four routes, and most subspecies are on more than one of them. Catching is fastest if the form spawns anywhere near you, breeding is the only way to guarantee the exact one you want, and a handful are gated behind Alpha pins, cavern bosses, or a summoning altar.

Catch Them in the Wild

Seventy-seven of the 84 have their own spawn table, and the pools are not small — Bushi Noct alone has 1,990 spawn points, more than most base Pals. The catch is level: the big pools sit in late-game regions, so bring spheres that match the band in the table rather than whatever is left in your bag. Four forms are night-only — Pengullet Lux, Hangyu Cryst, Wixen Noct and Needoll Noct simply are not there in daylight.

Subspecies	Elements	Spawn Spots	Wild Level	Map
Bushi Noct	Fire / Dark	1,990	Lv 46–67	Show spawns
Kelpsea Ignis	Fire	786	Lv 20–38	Show spawns
Turtacle Terra	Water / Ground	773	Lv 40–48	Show spawns
Pengullet Lux	Water / Electric	653	—	Show spawns
Croajiro Noct	Water / Dark	645	Lv 61–62	Show spawns
Surfent Terra	Ground	590	Lv 28–63	Show spawns
Dinossom Lux	Electric / Dragon	573	Lv 34–47	Show spawns
Robinquill Terra	Grass / Ground	545	Lv 32–40	Show spawns
Blazehowl Noct	Fire / Dark	517	Lv 33–80	Show spawns
Loupmoon Cryst	Ice	461	Lv 40–66	Show spawns
Finsider Ignis	Water / Fire	414	—	Show spawns
Pyrin Noct	Fire / Dark	411	Lv 30–80	Show spawns

Bushi Noct is the one to start with if you just want a subspecies in the party — it is the most common form in the game by a factor of two and it hits for 130 ranged attack. Kelpsea Ignis and Turtacle Terra are the easy early ones, both catchable in the 20s and 40s. At the other end, forms like Dualith Noct and Mau Cryst have three spawn points each, and hunting those by hand is a waste of an evening — breed them instead.

Breed the Exact One You Want

79 of the 84 subspecies have a dedicated parent pair, listed in the full tables below. Those pairs override the usual combi-rank maths, so the parents are often nothing like the child — Foxparks and Foxcicle make Foxparks Cryst, and Eikthyrdeer plus Hangyu makes Eikthyrdeer Terra. Read how breeding works first if the pair list looks arbitrary, and check the full exclusive breeding combo list for the non-subspecies pairs that behave the same way.

Five forms have no dedicated pair at all. Kelpsea Ignis, Shroomer Noct and Wumpo Botan fall out of ordinary combi-rank breeding, so the Palworld breeding calculator will find you a route. Blazamut Ryu and Bellanoir Libero can only be bred from two of themselves.

That self-pairing rule is the useful part: 81 of the 84 breed true, so two of the same subspecies always produce another one. Catch a male and a female of anything and you have a factory for passives and IVs without ever hunting the wild spawn again. The three exceptions are the same three with no dedicated pair — pairing two Wumpo Botan, Shroomer Noct or Kelpsea Ignis falls back to normal combi-rank rules and gives you something else entirely.

Beat Them as Alpha Field Bosses

Twenty-two subspecies stand on the map as Alphas — permanent, bigger, tougher versions with a fixed level and a guaranteed respawn. This is the route for the forms with tiny or non-existent spawn tables: Kingpaca Cryst, Moldron Cryst, Celesdir Noct and Frostallion Noct have no wild spawns at all and exist purely as a pin you fly to.

Alpha Subspecies	Elements	Alpha Level	Wild Spawns	Map
Foxparks Cryst	Ice	Lv 15	43 spots	Find the pin
Caprity Noct	Dark	Lv 23	51 spots	Find the pin
Mossanda Lux	Electric	Lv 31	40 spots	Find the pin
Wumpo Botan	Grass	Lv 38	83 spots	Find the pin
Kingpaca Cryst	Ice	Lv 46	None — Alpha only	Find the pin
Dinossom Lux	Electric / Dragon	Lv 47	573 spots	Find the pin
Menasting Terra	Ground	Lv 55	11 spots	Find the pin
Lyleen Noct	Dark	Lv 58	42 spots	Find the pin
Fenglope Lux	Electric	Lv 60	258 spots	Find the pin
Dazzi Noct	Dark / Electric	Lv 60	135 spots	Find the pin
Tetroise Primo	Neutral	Lv 60	40 spots	Find the pin
Cryolinx Terra	Ground	Lv 62	156 spots	Find the pin
Warsect Terra	Ground	Lv 64	58 spots	Find the pin
Kitsun Noct	Dark	Lv 65	340 spots	Find the pin
Frostallion Noct	Dark	Lv 65	None — Alpha only	Find the pin
Loupmoon Cryst	Ice	Lv 66	461 spots	Find the pin
Faleris Aqua	Water	Lv 66	197 spots	Find the pin
Dualith Noct	Ground / Dark	Lv 70	3 spots	Find the pin
Prixter Lux	Electric / Ground	Lv 70	35 spots	Find the pin
Whalaska Ignis	Ice / Fire	Lv 74	112 spots	Find the pin
Moldron Cryst	Ice / Ground	Lv 78	None — Alpha only	Find the pin
Celesdir Noct	Dark	Lv 79	None — Alpha only	Find the pin

The levels run from 15 to 79, so there is an Alpha subspecies for basically every stage of a playthrough. Foxparks Cryst at Lv 15 is a first-week fight; Celesdir Noct at Lv 79 is tied for the highest-level Alpha in the game. All 22 drop Ancient Civilization Parts on top of their normal loot, so a run down the Alpha Pal hunting route doubles as a materials farm. Every one of these is catchable — bring Legendary Spheres and knock its health down first.

Fight Them in Caverns

Thirty-one subspecies show up inside dungeons, either as wandering enemies or as the boss at the end. The distribution is lopsided towards the late-game caverns, and one form is dungeon-exclusive: Katress Ignis has no wild spawn table and no Alpha pin, so the Cherry Blossom Cave is the only place it exists in the world.

Feybreak Cavern is the densest at nine forms and the best single stop if you are collecting — it covers Kitsun Noct, Warsect Terra and Faleris Aqua in one run. Dungeon encounters ignore the day-night rule that gates the four night-only forms, and cavern bosses are a clean capture target because they cannot run away. The full dungeon list lives on the Palworld dungeon guide.

Summon Them as Raid Bosses

Two subspecies are raid-only. You build a Summoning Altar, burn the right slabs, and fight them with a full party — and both have a hard rematch version with genuinely absurd multipliers once you have cleared the first one.

Raid Subspecies	Elements	First Clear	Hard Rematch	Guide
Bellanoir Libero	Dark	×120 HP, ×2 damage	×420 HP, ×10 damage	How to Get Bellanoir Libero
Blazamut Ryu	Dragon / Fire	×140 HP, ×2 damage	×500 HP, ×8 damage	How to Get Blazamut Ryu

Those multipliers are applied on top of the Pal's normal stat line, which is why a raid boss with a familiar silhouette still takes ten minutes of sustained damage. Bellanoir Libero also takes 60% less incoming damage than a normal Pal on the first clear and 91% less on the rematch, so raw DPS matters more here than anywhere else in the game. Both of them breed true once caught, and both are worth keeping: Bellanoir Libero carries Medicine Production Lv7 and 150 ranged attack. The rest of the summon roster is on the Palworld raid boss list.

List of All 84 Subspecies

Every subspecies, grouped by its suffix — each suffix is a fixed element theme, so you can read the family name and know what you are getting. The breeding pair column is the dedicated combo that overrides normal breeding, and the last column tells you whether the form is worth hunting or worth hatching.

All Cryst Subspecies — Ice (17)

The biggest family at 17 forms, and every one of them carries Ice. Cryst forms are the base game's answer to Cooling — Univolt Cryst and Pierdon Cryst both hit Cooling Lv6, which is enough to keep a refrigerated food base running on its own. Azurobe Cryst is the standout catch at 259 spawn spots for an Ice/Dragon body, and Mammorest Cryst is the tank of the group with 150 HP.

Subspecies	Base Form	Elements	Breeding Pair	Where to Find
Jolthog Cryst	Jolthog	Ice	Jolthog × Pengullet	69 spawn spots
Kingpaca Cryst	Kingpaca	Ice	Kingpaca × Reindrix	Alpha Lv 46
Mau Cryst	Mau	Ice	Mau × Pengullet	3 spawn spots
Foxparks Cryst	Foxparks	Ice	Foxparks × Foxcicle	43 spawn spots, Alpha Lv 15
Hangyu Cryst	Hangyu	Ice	Hangyu × Swee	335 spawn spots
Azurobe Cryst	Azurobe	Ice / Dragon	Azurobe × Frostplume	259 spawn spots
Univolt Cryst	Univolt	Ice	Univolt × Frostplume	69 spawn spots
Loupmoon Cryst	Loupmoon	Ice	Loupmoon × Sweepa	461 spawn spots, Alpha Lv 66
Vanwyrm Cryst	Vanwyrm	Ice / Dark	Vanwyrm × Foxcicle	260 spawn spots
Elgrove Cryst	Elgrove	Ice	Elgrove × Pierdon Cryst	69 spawn spots
Mammorest Cryst	Mammorest	Ice / Ground	Mammorest × Wumpo	84 spawn spots
Beakon Cryst	Beakon	Ice	Beakon × Frostplume	69 spawn spots
Rayhound Cryst	Rayhound	Ice	Rayhound × Foxcicle	145 spawn spots
Moldron Cryst	Moldron	Ice / Ground	Moldron × Reptyro Cryst	Alpha Lv 78
Reptyro Cryst	Reptyro	Ice / Ground	Reptyro × Foxcicle	133 spawn spots
Pierdon Cryst	Pierdon	Ice	Pierdon × Wumpo	50 spawn spots
Smokie Cryst	Smokie	Dark / Ice	Smokie × Munchill	8 spawn spots

All Ignis Subspecies — Fire (15)

Fifteen Fire forms, and this is where the best base workers hide. Jormuntide Ignis sits at Kindling Lv7, one rung under Renjishi and ahead of every other Fire Pal you are likely to own, and Eidrolon Ignis doubles as the fourth-fastest mount in the game at 2,750 sprint speed with Kindling Lv6 attached. If you only ever breed one subspecies, make it a Jormuntide Ignis — it removes the entire ore-smelting bottleneck from your base.

Subspecies	Base Form	Elements	Breeding Pair	Where to Find
Fuack Ignis	Fuack	Water / Fire	Fuack × Flambelle	120 spawn spots
Tanzee Ignis	Tanzee	Fire	Tanzee × Flambelle	27 spawn spots
Kelpsea Ignis	Kelpsea	Fire	No dedicated pair	786 spawn spots
Gobfin Ignis	Gobfin	Fire	Gobfin × Rooby	74 spawn spots
Leezpunk Ignis	Leezpunk	Fire	Leezpunk × Flambelle	50 spawn spots
Katress Ignis	Katress	Dark / Fire	Katress × Wixen	Cherry Blossom Cave only
Finsider Ignis	Finsider	Water / Fire	Finsider × Gobfin Ignis	414 spawn spots
Petallia Ignis	Petallia	Grass / Fire	Petallia × Bushi	22 spawn spots
Ghangler Ignis	Ghangler	Fire / Water	Ghangler × Sootseer	405 spawn spots
Chillet Ignis	Chillet	Fire / Dragon	Chillet × Arsox	52 spawn spots
Jormuntide Ignis	Jormuntide	Dragon / Fire	Jormuntide × Blazehowl	21 spawn spots
Skutlass Ignis	Skutlass	Water / Fire	Skutlass × Gobfin Ignis	34 spawn spots
Whalaska Ignis	Whalaska	Ice / Fire	Whalaska × Chillet Ignis	112 spawn spots, Alpha Lv 74
Knocklem Ignis	Knocklem	Fire	Knocklem × Ragnahawk	58 spawn spots
Eidrolon Ignis	Eidrolon	Dragon / Fire	Eidrolon × Suzaku	26 spawn spots

All Noct Subspecies — Dark (15)

Fifteen Dark forms, and defensively the strongest family in the game, because Dark is only weak to Dragon. Frostallion Noct is the best Pal on this entire page — 140 attack, 140 HP, rideable, and Gathering Lv7 for the base. Lyleen Noct is the other one worth chasing: its partner skill heals you and all five party Pals for 95% of max HP, the largest heal any partner skill carries.

Subspecies	Base Form	Elements	Breeding Pair	Where to Find
Croajiro Noct	Croajiro	Water / Dark	Croajiro × Bushi Noct	645 spawn spots
Caprity Noct	Caprity	Dark	Caprity × Tarantriss	51 spawn spots, Alpha Lv 23
Wixen Noct	Wixen	Fire / Dark	Katress × Wixen	184 spawn spots
Bushi Noct	Bushi	Fire / Dark	Bushi × Sootseer	1990 spawn spots
Incineram Noct	Incineram	Dark	Incineram × Maraith	10 spawn spots
Dazzi Noct	Dazzi	Dark / Electric	Dazzi × Omascul	135 spawn spots, Alpha Lv 60
Pyrin Noct	Pyrin	Fire / Dark	Pyrin × Katress	411 spawn spots
Needoll Noct	Needoll	Dark / Grass	Needoll × Prunelia	325 spawn spots
Kitsun Noct	Kitsun	Dark	Kitsun × Nyafia	340 spawn spots, Alpha Lv 65
Blazehowl Noct	Blazehowl	Fire / Dark	Blazehowl × Felbat	517 spawn spots
Shroomer Noct	Shroomer	Grass / Dark	No dedicated pair	189 spawn spots
Dualith Noct	Dualith	Ground / Dark	Dualith × Sootseer	3 spawn spots, Alpha Lv 70
Celesdir Noct	Celesdir	Dark	Celesdir × Kitsun Noct	Alpha Lv 79
Lyleen Noct	Lyleen	Dark	Lyleen × Menasting	42 spawn spots, Alpha Lv 58
Frostallion Noct	Frostallion	Dark	Frostallion × Helzephyr	Alpha Lv 65

All Lux Subspecies — Electric (11)

Eleven Electric forms, and they exist to solve the power problem. Solmora Lux runs Generating Electricity Lv6, Penking Lux and Helzephyr Lux cover Lv3 and Lv4 while still fighting, and Relaxaurus Lux is an A-tier attacker at 120 ranged attack. The catch is that Electric bodies are weak to Ground, and two Lux forms carry Ground themselves.

Subspecies	Base Form	Elements	Breeding Pair	Where to Find
Celaray Lux	Celaray	Water / Electric	Celaray × Univolt	328 spawn spots
Pengullet Lux	Pengullet	Water / Electric	Pengullet × Sparkit	653 spawn spots
Penking Lux	Penking	Water / Electric	Penking × Rayhound	252 spawn spots
Helzephyr Lux	Helzephyr	Dark / Electric	Helzephyr × Beakon	80 spawn spots
Fenglope Lux	Fenglope	Electric	Fenglope × Azurmane	258 spawn spots, Alpha Lv 60
Dinossom Lux	Dinossom	Electric / Dragon	Dinossom × Rayhound	573 spawn spots, Alpha Lv 47
Relaxaurus Lux	Relaxaurus	Dragon / Electric	Relaxaurus × Sparkit	17 spawn spots
Mossanda Lux	Mossanda	Electric	Mossanda × Grizzbolt	40 spawn spots, Alpha Lv 31
Prixter Lux	Prixter	Electric / Ground	Prixter × Helzephyr Lux	35 spawn spots, Alpha Lv 70
Snock Lux	Snock	Electric / Ground	Snock × Turtacle Terra	33 spawn spots
Solmora Lux	Solmora	Water / Electric	Solmora × Slowatt	251 spawn spots

All Terra Subspecies — Ground (10)

Ten Ground forms, built for mining. Menasting Terra takes its base's Mining Lv5 up to Lv6, and Cryolinx Terra pairs Lumbering Lv6 with Mining Lv5 while hitting for 140 melee attack. Turtacle Terra is the early pick — 773 spawn spots, catchable in the 40s, and Mining Lv3 on a Pal you can get before the halfway point.

Subspecies	Base Form	Elements	Breeding Pair	Where to Find
Eikthyrdeer Terra	Eikthyrdeer	Ground	Eikthyrdeer × Hangyu	12 spawn spots
Turtacle Terra	Turtacle	Water / Ground	Turtacle × Digtoise	773 spawn spots
Woolipop Terra	Woolipop	Ground	Woolipop × Kikit	26 spawn spots
Polapup Terra	Polapup	Ice / Ground	Polapup × Surfent Terra	26 spawn spots
Gorirat Terra	Gorirat	Ground	Gorirat × Kikit	67 spawn spots
Surfent Terra	Surfent	Ground	Surfent × Dumud	590 spawn spots
Robinquill Terra	Robinquill	Grass / Ground	Robinquill × Fuddler	545 spawn spots
Menasting Terra	Menasting	Ground	Menasting × Knocklem	11 spawn spots, Alpha Lv 55
Warsect Terra	Warsect	Ground	Warsect × Digtoise	58 spawn spots, Alpha Lv 64
Cryolinx Terra	Cryolinx	Ground	Cryolinx × Dazemu	156 spawn spots, Alpha Lv 62

All Primo Subspecies — Neutral (5)

Five Neutral forms, and the family everyone underrates. Neutral has exactly one weakness, Sibelyx Primo is one of only two Pals in the game at Farming Lv4, and Tetroise Primo hits Mining Lv6 with 140 defense. Starryon Primo jumps to Gathering Lv7, one rung below the game's best.

Subspecies	Base Form	Elements	Breeding Pair	Where to Find
Killamari Primo	Killamari	Neutral / Water	Killamari × Ribbuny	382 spawn spots
Gloopie Primo	Gloopie	Water / Neutral	Gloopie × Valentail	213 spawn spots
Sibelyx Primo	Sibelyx	Neutral	Sibelyx × Lapure	82 spawn spots
Starryon Primo	Starryon	Neutral	Starryon × Celesdir	63 spawn spots
Tetroise Primo	Tetroise	Neutral	Tetroise × Celesdir	40 spawn spots, Alpha Lv 60

All Botan Subspecies — Grass (4)

Four Grass forms. Wumpo Botan is the pick — A-tier overall, 140 HP, rideable, Transporting Lv6, and available as a Lv 38 Alpha long before you would otherwise get a Pal that size. Quivern Botan covers five separate work types and takes Planting to Lv5, which no Quivern can do.

Subspecies	Base Form	Elements	Breeding Pair	Where to Find
Ribbuny Botan	Ribbuny	Grass	Ribbuny × Bristla	172 spawn spots
Quivern Botan	Quivern	Dragon / Grass	Quivern × Lullu	59 spawn spots
Wumpo Botan	Wumpo	Grass	No dedicated pair	83 spawn spots, Alpha Lv 38
Nitemary Botan	Nitemary	Grass	Nitemary × Petallia	13 spawn spots

All Aqua Subspecies — Water (4)

Four Water forms, all of them conversions of famous Fire or Grass Pals. Suzaku Aqua and Faleris Aqua both swap their base's Kindling for Watering Lv6, which is exactly what a plantation base needs and exactly what makes them useless at a furnace. All four are mounts, and Faleris Aqua is the quickest of them at 1,400 sprint speed.

Subspecies	Base Form	Elements	Breeding Pair	Where to Find
Elphidran Aqua	Elphidran	Dragon / Water	Elphidran × Surfent	55 spawn spots
Broncherry Aqua	Broncherry	Grass / Water	Broncherry × Fuack	7 spawn spots
Suzaku Aqua	Suzaku	Water	Suzaku × Jormuntide	50 spawn spots
Faleris Aqua	Faleris	Water	Faleris × Jormuntide	197 spawn spots, Alpha Lv 66

All Gild, Ryu, and Libero Subspecies (3)

Three one-off families. Dumud Gild is the only subspecies in the game that does not change element — it stays Ground/Water and instead jumps from Farming Lv1 to Lv4, tying Sibelyx Primo for the best farmer in the game. Blazamut Ryu bolts Dragon onto Blazamut for 150 melee attack, and Bellanoir Libero is the raid form of Bellanoir with Medicine Production Lv7.

Subspecies	Base Form	Elements	Breeding Pair	Where to Find
Dumud Gild	Dumud	Ground / Water	Dumud × Eikthyrdeer Terra	312 spawn spots
Blazamut Ryu	Blazamut	Dragon / Fire	No dedicated pair	Raid boss only
Bellanoir Libero	Bellanoir	Dark	No dedicated pair	Raid boss only

Best Subspecies to Actually Use

Eighty-four forms is a lot of Paldex filler, and most of them are sidegrades. These are the ones that beat their base form outright or land in the top tier of the whole roster — the numbers below are the Pal's own stat line, so compare them against other Pals rather than against a weapon or a boss.

Subspecies	Rank	Why It Earns the Slot
Frostallion Noct	S tier overall	140 attack, 140 HP, rideable at 1,800 sprint, and Gathering Lv7 for the base — the best all-rounder here
Jormuntide Ignis	S tier combat	150 melee attack and Kindling Lv7, second only to Renjishi's Lv8 across the whole roster
Blazamut Ryu	S tier overall	150 melee attack with Mining Lv7, and Dragon/Fire hits most of the late-game roster
Eidrolon Ignis	S tier overall	2,750 sprint speed — the 4th fastest mount in the game — plus 130 ranged attack and Kindling Lv6
Bellanoir Libero	S tier combat	150 ranged attack and Medicine Production Lv7, so it fights and staffs your medicine bench
Dualith Noct	S tier workers	Covers 5 work types at once — Mining Lv6, Transporting Lv6, Lumbering Lv5 — on a rideable body
Knocklem Ignis	S tier workers	Mining Lv7 and Transporting Lv7, tying the highest Transporting rating in the game
Celesdir Noct	A tier overall	The only Pal in the game at Lumbering Lv8, and a Lv 79 Alpha you can walk up to
Lyleen Noct	A tier support	Heals you and all five party Pals for 95% of max HP with no gear required
Cryolinx Terra	A tier combat	140 melee attack with Lumbering Lv6 and Mining Lv5 — rare on a Pal that hits this hard
Relaxaurus Lux	A tier combat	120 ranged attack, 120 HP, rideable, and Generating Electricity Lv4 the base form cannot do
Wumpo Botan	A tier overall	140 HP and Transporting Lv6, reachable as a Lv 38 Alpha far earlier than its stat line suggests

If you can only be bothered to chase two, make them Frostallion Noct and Jormuntide Ignis — one carries your combat team and the other removes the smelting bottleneck from your base for the rest of the save. Eidrolon Ignis is the travel pick, and its saddle unlocks at Tech Lv 76, so plan the tech spend before you catch it. Rankings for the whole roster, subspecies included, sit on the Palworld Pal tier list.

Subspecies That Out-Work Their Base Form

This is the reason to care about subspecies even if you never fight with them. A form usually keeps its base's work levels and swaps one suitability for the elemental equivalent — Watering becomes Kindling, Kindling becomes Cooling — and in a dozen cases the swap lands on a higher rating than the base ever had. These are the ones that change what your base can do.

Subspecies	Work Change vs Base Form	Why It Matters
Jormuntide Ignis	Watering Lv7 → Kindling Lv7	One Pal runs a whole smelting line, and only Renjishi rates higher at Kindling
Celesdir Noct	Lumbering Lv7 → Lumbering Lv8	The only Lv8 lumberjack in the game, so wood stops being a bottleneck
Dumud Gild	Farming Lv1 → Farming Lv4	Joint best farmer in the game, off a Pal that is common in the wild
Sibelyx Primo	Cooling Lv3 → Farming Lv4	The other Lv4 farmer, and it keeps its 115 HP body
Knocklem Ignis	Gathering Lv4 → Kindling Lv5	Keeps Mining Lv7 and Transporting Lv7 while adding a furnace job
Faleris Aqua	Kindling Lv6 → Watering Lv6	Turns the game's best fire bird into the best plantation waterer
Solmora Lux	no power → Generating Electricity Lv6	A single Pal that can hold a late-game generator on its own
Univolt Cryst	Electricity Lv3 → Cooling Lv6	Runs a full row of refrigerators without a second Pal
Warsect Terra	Lumbering Lv4 → Mining Lv5	Converts a wood Pal into an ore Pal without losing the 105 attack
Tetroise Primo	Mining Lv4 → Mining Lv6	Two levels up on the base, with 140 defense so it survives the trip
Hangyu Cryst	Handiwork Lv1 → Handiwork Lv3	Triples the base's crafting speed on a Pal you can catch in the 30s
Broncherry Aqua	Planting Lv5 → Watering Lv5	Swaps the seed job for the water job at the same rating

Two rules fall out of that table. First, the swap is not always level-for-level — Dumud Gild jumps three rungs on Farming and Celesdir Noct gains one on Lumbering, which is why those two are worth a dedicated breeding session. Second, the swap costs you the original job, so keep the base form as well: a base needs Watering and Kindling, and Jormuntide plus Jormuntide Ignis covers both at Lv7. Match the rest of your roster on the work suitability optimizer.

Are Subspecies Worth It?

For a Paldex completionist, all 84 are mandatory. For everyone else the short answer is: breed the four that change what your base can do — Jormuntide Ignis for Kindling Lv7, Celesdir Noct for Lumbering Lv8, Dumud Gild for Farming Lv4 and Solmora Lux for power — then catch Frostallion Noct for the combat team. The other 79 are collection pieces, sidegrades, or a way to cover an element your party is missing, and 77 of them are sitting in the wild waiting for a sphere.

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