Night Exclusive Pals: All 13 and Where to Catch Them

Thirteen Pals never show up in daylight — walk their spawn areas at noon and the ground is empty, no matter how many laps you do. This guide lists all 13 with their wild level bands, spawn counts and hunting grounds, sorts out the seven Pals that only *look* nocturnal, and shows the two ways to grab most of them without waiting for sunset.

All 13 Night Exclusive Pals

Between them these 13 cover 5,645 spawn points, and the spread is wildly uneven — Loupmoon alone accounts for 1,109 of them, while Nox is pinned to 153 spots on two islands. Eleven of the 13 carry the Dark element, which is no accident: Dark is the biggest roster in the game at 70 Pals, and the night list is where its early-game members live. The other two are the odd ones out — Pengullet Lux is Water/Electric and Hangyu Cryst is pure Ice. Level bands matter more than pin counts when you're planning a trip: the four rookies (Depresso, Hoocrates, Daedream, Nox) top out in the low 20s, while Splatterina runs to Lv 80 and will end a mid-game player who wanders into the Crimson Labyrinth after dark.

#	Pal	Elements	Wild Level	Night Pins	Main Cluster
16	Depresso	Dark	Lv. 4-24	406 — View on map	Eastern Wild Island (11.8%)
17B	Pengullet Lux	Water / Electric	—	653 — View on map	Thirst's End, Desiccated Coast (9.6% each)
19	Hoocrates	Dark	Lv. 4-22	263 — View on map	Deep Bamboo Thicket (14.1%)
22	Daedream	Dark	Lv. 4-16	164 — View on map	Sea Breeze Coast (32.9%)
24	Nox	Dark	Lv. 4-19	153 — View on map	Isle of Murmurs (28.8%)
38B	Hangyu Cryst	Ice	Lv. 32-40	335 — View on map	Unthawable Lake, No Man's Trail (16.7% each)
52	Tombat	Dark	Lv. 10-45	160 — View on map	Islandhopper Coast (22.5%)
56	Loupmoon	Dark	Lv. 14-38	1,109 — View on map	Widest night spread in the game
69	Lovander	Dark	Lv. 30-42	768 — View on map	Duneshelter (16.1%)
78B	Wixen Noct	Fire / Dark	Lv. 46-55	184 — View on map	Sakurajima: West Coast (27.2%)
100B	Needoll Noct	Dark / Grass	Lv. 33-36	325 — View on map	Duneshelter (28.6%)
117	Maraith	Dark	Lv. 36-59	356 — View on map	Icy Weasel Hill, No Man's Trail (15.4% each)
153	Splatterina	Dark	Lv. 52-80	769 — View on map	Scarlet Outlook (12.9%)

Pals That Look Nocturnal But Aren't

Plenty of lists pad the nocturnal roster with Pals that simply prefer the dark, and it costs you real time — you skip a daytime hunt that would have worked fine. Wispaw and Felbat are the two that get miscounted most: Wispaw holds 22 daylight spots, and Felbat's day and night numbers are dead even at 121 each, so the clock changes nothing for it. The rest below are genuinely night-heavy — Starryon shows up at 178 spots after dark versus a single one in daylight — so hunting them at night is still the right call, just don't assume the sun locks you out.

Pal	Day Pins	Night Pins	What It Means
Starryon	1	178	Effectively nocturnal — one daylight spot exists
Jellroy	9	1,197	Swarms the water at night, near-absent by day
Sootseer	10	649	Night hunt strongly recommended
Pyrin Noct	10	411	Night hunt strongly recommended
Katress	45	615	Catchable by day, 14x easier at night
Wispaw	22	181	Catchable by day at 22 spots
Felbat	121	121	Not nocturnal at all — identical either way

What the Night Pals Drop

Most of the night roster drops starter materials you'll already be swimming in — Leather, Bone, Fiber — so farm them for the Pal, not the loot. Two entries break that rule hard. Splatterina is one of the best relic sources in the game, dropping 30-50 Decayed Ancient Relics plus 10-20 Dark Radiant Gems every single kill, which is worth building a night route around if you're feeding the Ancient Relic Recycler. Wixen Noct is the other, handing over 1-2 Medium Pal Souls guaranteed. Lovander is the lottery ticket: four different 1% drops, including Memory Wiping Medicine you'd otherwise have to buy.

Pal	Guaranteed Drops	Chance Drops
Splatterina	Decayed Relic x30-50, Dormant Relic x10-20, Gorgeous Relic x4-8, Dark Radiant Gem x10-20, Dark Fragment x2-3	Glowing Relic 50%, Glistening Relic 25%
Wixen Noct	Medium Pal Soul x1-2	Advanced Technical Manual 1%
Maraith	Bone x1-2	Crude Oil 50%, Small Pal Soul 15%
Lovander	Mushroom x2-4	Cake, Suspicious Juice, Strange Juice, Memory Wiping Medicine — 1% each
Nox	Leather x1	Small Pal Soul 40%
Hangyu Cryst	Ice Organ x1, Fiber x5-10	—
Pengullet Lux	Electric Organ x1-2, Aquatic Pal Fluids x1	—
Hoocrates	Fiber x5-10	Advanced Technical Manual 1%
Depresso	Venom Gland x2-3	—
Needoll Noct	Venom Gland x1, Fiber x1-2	—
Tombat	Leather x1-2	Small Pal Soul 1%
Loupmoon	Bone x1	—
Daedream	Venom Gland x1	Small Pal Soul 1%

Best Night Exclusive Pals to Catch First

If you only have one night to spend, these are the five that change how your base runs. Splatterina is the headline pick — Handiwork 6 puts it in the top tier of crafters, beaten only by Solenne at 8 and Selyne at 7, and both of those are a long way past where you'll first meet it. Depresso is the other must-catch and it's available from Lv 4: its Caffeine Inoculation partner skill scales from +100% work speed at rank 1 to +900% at rank 5, the biggest single work-speed number attached to any Pal. Wixen Noct doubles as a Kindling 4 furnace and a Handiwork 4 crafter, which is rare, and its partner skill adds 30% to 50% ranged attack while it's out with you.

Pal	Best Job	Why It's Worth the Trip
Splatterina	Handiwork 6	Top-tier crafter and the best relic farm on this list; Sadist gives it +15% Shot Attack at the cost of 15% Defense
Depresso	Farming 1	Its partner skill runs 100% / 200% / 400% / 600% / 900% work speed by rank — catchable at Lv 4
Wixen Noct	Kindling 4	Kindling 4 and Handiwork 4 in one Pal, plus 30-50% ranged attack as your partner
Maraith	Gathering 4	Gathering 4 and Mining 4 together, and the only rideable Pal here — a Ground mount at 1,100 sprint, saddle unlocks at Tech 37
Lovander	Handiwork 3	Handiwork 3 with Medicine Production 3, which covers your healing item production in one slot
Hangyu Cryst	Handiwork 3	Handiwork 3, Transporting 3 and Cooling 2 — a full utility body that also drops Ice Organ
Tombat	Mining 3	Mining 3 this early is rare; it carries your ore line until you find better

How to Catch Night Pals in Daylight

Dungeons don't have a sky, so the day/night rule stops applying the moment you step inside — and 10 of the 13 also live in caves. That makes a dungeon run the fastest way to fill these Paldeck slots without reorganising your play session around sunset. The catch is that some only appear in the boss room at the end: Depresso and Hoocrates are boss-room-only in Hillside Cavern and Isolated Island Cavern, so you have to clear the whole thing. Everything else on the list roams the cave as a regular spawn too. Cave entrances are on the Palworld interactive map, and the full dungeon list has the level ranges.

Pal	Dungeon	Appears As
Depresso	Hillside Cavern, Isolated Island Cavern	Dungeon boss only
Hoocrates	Hillside Cavern, Isolated Island Cavern	Dungeon boss only
Daedream	Hillside Cavern, Isolated Island Cavern, Ravine Grotto	Regular spawn and boss
Nox	Ravine Grotto	Regular spawn and boss
Tombat	Astral Mountains Cavern, Hillside Cavern, Isolated Island Cavern	Regular spawn and boss
Loupmoon	Mountain Stream Grotto	Regular spawn and boss
Lovander	Cavern of the Dunes	Regular spawn and boss
Wixen Noct	Cherry Blossom Cave	Regular spawn and boss
Maraith	Astral Mountains Cavern, Cherry Blossom Cave	Regular spawn and boss
Splatterina	Feybreak Cavern	Regular spawn and boss

Breed the Three That Skip Dungeons

The three night Pals with no cave presence — Pengullet Lux, Hangyu Cryst and Needoll Noct — happen to be the three variants, and variants hatch from a fixed pair regardless of the clock. That closes the loop neatly: 10 through caves and these 3 through eggs means all 13 night exclusive Pals are obtainable without ever hunting at night. Both parents in each pair below are ordinary daytime catches, and pairing two of the variant itself also works if you already have a breeding stock going. The breeding mechanics guide covers passive inheritance if you want to stack traits while you're at it.

Night Pal	Parent A	Parent B
Pengullet Lux	Pengullet	Sparkit
Hangyu Cryst	Hangyu	Swee
Needoll Noct	Needoll	Prunelia
Wixen Noct	Katress	Wixen

The Two Night-Only Alphas

Of the 90 fixed alpha spawns on the map, two only turn up after dark. Alpha Splatterina at Lv 65 is the one people find by accident and lose to — it inherits the species' night lock, so there's no daytime attempt available. Alpha Lyleen Noct at Lv 58 is the strange one, because the regular Lyleen Noct wanders around at any hour across its 42 spots; only the alpha waits for night. Both are worth planning for rather than stumbling into — bring a team that resists Dark and check the alpha hunting route by level before you set out.

Alpha	Level	Element	Note
Splatterina	Lv. 65	Dark	Species is night-locked, so the alpha is too
Lyleen Noct	Lv. 58	Dark	Regular form spawns day or night; the alpha is night-only

Night Hunting Tips

You can't sleep your way into night — beds only work after dark and they push you to morning, which is the opposite of what you want. So the two real levers are waiting it out or opening the world settings before you load in and stretching the night while shortening the day. Capture difficulty isn't the problem here: twelve of the 13 sit at a 1.0 capture rate, with Pengullet Lux the only one slightly tougher at 0.9, so standard spheres do the job at level. Pack for groups rather than singles — Depresso, Hangyu Cryst, Tombat and Maraith all appear in threes, so one good spot can fill a cage in a single stop.

Related Guides

Element and roster lists: List of All 70 Dark Type Pals · List of All 38 Ice Type Pals · Best Type Combinations

Catching and breeding: How to Catch Pals and All Sphere Tiers · How Breeding Works · All Exclusive Breeding Combos · Alpha Pal Hunting Route by Level

Farming what they drop: Rare Drops List and Drop Rates · How to Use the Ancient Relic Recycler · Palworld Interactive Map · All Palworld Guides