Astegon
#158
Dragon
DarkNeeds Astegon Saddle equipped — without that gear the skill does nothing. It unlocks at Technology level 39 for 4 points, so a Pal caught early can sit unusable for a while.
A savage beast whelped by the abyss. None shall stand before it; none shall heed it.
Type Effectiveness
Dark
NeutralDragon
IceInnate Passives
Base Stats
Work Suitabilities
Miningbest
HandiworkAstegon Food & Hunger
7/10Higher food need means Astegon eats more often while working at your base.
Astegon Movement Speed
Behavior & Traits
Night (nocturnal)Trust Bonuses (Partner Level)
How strongly Astegon's stats scale as its Trust level rises.
Alpha Astegon Location
A tougher field-boss version of Astegon spawns at a fixed location.
Astegon Stats by Level
What Astegon actually reads at each level, from a worst-case individual (IV 0) to a perfect one (IV 100). Condensing, souls and Trust stack on top of these.
| Level | HP | Attack | Defense |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lv 1 | 555–570 | 109–112 | 59–62 |
| Lv 10 | 1050–1200 | 193–221 | 143–171 |
| Lv 20 | 1600–1900 | 287–343 | 237–293 |
| Lv 30 | 2150–2600 | 381–465 | 331–415 |
| Lv 40 | 2700–3300 | 475–587 | 425–537 |
| Lv 50 | 3250–4000 | 568–709 | 518–659 |
| Lv 60 | 3800–4700 | 662–831 | 612–781 |
How to Get Astegon
Astegon does not spawn randomly. There is exactly one, a fixed level 55 alpha standing in its own spot on the map, so this is a scripted fight you travel to rather than something you search for.
Astegon is Dragon / Dark, so a Dragon or Ice attacker takes it down fastest — and a Pal it resists will drag the fight long enough for it to heal or flee.
Wild Astegon spawn between level 55 and 80. The higher end resists spheres noticeably harder, so it is worth hunting the low-level spawns for your first catch and saving the high ones for a condenser stack.
Its capture rate is 1.0, which makes it middle of the road: take the health bar down first and aim for its back.
DragonIcePlaying Astegon Well
Ice is the one attack element that gains on it cleanly. Ice beats Dragon, and its other half being Dark changes nothing — Dark's own advantage runs against Neutral, so nothing in its typing blunts the frost. The trap is bringing an ice Pal and assuming the matchup is one-way: its learnable moves include Ignis Breath, and Fire is exactly what beats Ice, so an alpha carrying that move can delete the partner you brought to counter it. Ice damage from your own weapons and spheres is the safer half of that plan; keep the ice Pal at range and be ready to swap if you see fire coming back.
The carry limit, not the node, is what ends a field mining run — and two other Pals fix it without taking your saddle. Reptyro and Reptyro Cryst reduce ore weight for the trainer from the party itself rather than from the mount slot, so both can sit in your lineup while you ride this one. Reptyro cuts 30% at rank 1 up to 60% at rank 5; Reptyro Cryst runs slightly higher, 35% up to 65%. Two different tribes, so the reductions stack: at max rank they total 125%, more than enough to cover the whole weight. Their scope is also the broad one — the entire ore-and-mineral material class, Coal and Iron Ore and Crude Oil and Paldium Fragment included, not just the one item the yield bonus cares about. Ride this, park those two behind you, and a remote deposit empties into your pockets at no weight cost.
Its partner skill pays out nothing while it is standing in a base. Both halves of the effect are gated on the ride flag alone — not on being the deployed partner, not on working, not on being inside base bounds — so the entire mining payload only exists while you are in the saddle. Assigned to an ore node as a worker it is just a Mining 7 body doing ordinary Mining 7 work. The skill is a reason to take it out, not a reason to leave it home.
Mounted, the node-breaking multiplier is enormous and it scales hard with partner skill level: +1100% mining damage at rank 1, then 1500, 2000, 2600, and +3300% at rank 5. That is the number doing the real work — a rank 5 rider clears an ore deposit in a swing or two, which is why the field trip is worth the travel time at all.
The second half — the extra-yield bonus, +150% at rank 1 rising through 180, 210 and 240 to +300% at rank 5 — is narrower than it looks. It is keyed to a single item, the one plainly named Ore, and nothing else. Coal, Sulfur, Pure Quartz, Iron Ore, Coralum Ore, Paloxite, Soralite and Hexolite Quartz all take the same colossal node damage but drop their normal quantities. Riding out specifically to triple your haul only works on ordinary Ore; for every other mineral you are buying speed, not volume.
"Does not spawn in the wild" means no ordinary spawn table lists it — but there is exactly one place to meet it. The level 55 Alpha guards No. 2 Wildlife Sanctuary, the dark-and-fire island out in the western waters, and that arena is the only wild Astegon in the game. Every other one comes out of an egg. The nearest fast-travel statues are Isle of Silence at roughly 77,000 world units and Ruined Fortress City at about 85,000, both across open ocean, so a flying mount is not optional. Budget for the island itself too: sanctuary airspace is patrolled, and being caught in a searchlight turns a catching trip into a firefight before you reach the boss.
Astegon Tier List Rankings
| Ranking | Tier | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Best Overall | A | Well-rounded — 125 attack, 100 HP, rideable, Mining Lv7. |
| Combat | A | Hits for 125 ranged attack with 100 HP. |
| Base Workers | B | — |
| Best Mounts | B | — |
Astegon Boss Rewards
Beating the boss Astegon once yields the Astegon Bounty Token. Holding it is the whole effect — it permanently raises the stats of every Pal on your team for as long as it sits in your inventory, so it is never worth selling.
The fight also unlocks Astegon Saddle, the gear that lets you ride or deploy Astegon properly.
Wild Astegon Level Range
Wild Astegon roam at level 55–80 out in the world — plan your spheres and party level around that before hunting one on the interactive map.
Best Astegon Build
Astegon shines as a frontline attacker. The passives below push that strength as hard as possible — hunt them through catches, breeding or implants.
Partner skill: Black Ankylosaur.
Best Astegon Moveset — Highest DPS
ElectricSpark Blast25DPS · 50 powDragonFirefist BreathstormSTAB22.5DPS · 450 powDarkDark LaserSTAB22.5DPS · 450 powRanked by sustained damage per second. STAB moves share Astegon's element for extra damage.
Active Skills (9)
| Lv | Move | Element | Power | Cooldown | DPS | Type | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dragon Cannon | Dragon | 40 | 2s | 20 | Shot | 4000 |
| 7 | Spirit Flame | Dark | 200 | 12s | 16.7 | Shot | 5000 |
| 15 | Dragon Burst | Dragon | 80 | 4s | 20 | Shot | 200 |
| 22 | Nightmare Ball | Dark | 300 | 16s | 18.8 | Shot | 5000 |
| 30 | Dragon Breath | Dragon | 160 | 8s | 20 | Shot | 1500 |
| 35 | Firefist BreathstormSignature | Dragon | 450 | 20s | 22.5 | Shot | 1000 |
| 40 | Dark Laser | Dark | 450 | 20s | 22.5 | Shot | 1800 |
| 50 | Dragon Meteor | Dragon | 600 | 30s | 20 | Shot | 5000 |
| 70 | Dark Whisp | Dark | 600 | 30s | 20 | Shot | 1500 |
Drops
| Item | Qty | Rate |
|---|---|---|
 Plasteel | 2-3 | 100% |
 Large Pal Soul | 1-1 | 100% |
 Dragon Radiant Gem | 10-20 | 100% |
 Decayed Ancient Relic | 30-50 | 100% |
 Dormant Ancient Relic | 10-20 | 100% |
 Gorgeous Ancient Relic | 4-8 | 100% |
 Glowing Ancient Relic | 2-3 | 50% |
 Glistening Ancient Relic | 1-1 | 25% |
Alpha & Boss Astegon Drops
Boss encounters with Astegon drop these instead — including Ancient Civilization Parts.
Egg Moves (13)
| Move | Element | Power | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aqua Burst |  Water | 200 | 16.7 |
| Hydro Laser | Water | 450 | 22.5 |
| Iceberg | Ice | 120 | 15 |
| Ignis Breath |  Fire | 160 | 20 |
| Ignis Rage | Fire | 500 | 20.8 |
| Lightning Bolt | Electric | 450 | 22.5 |
| Lock-on Laser | Electric | 140 | 17.5 |
| Pal Blast | Neutral | 450 | 22.5 |
| Power Bomb | Neutral | 120 | 15 |
| Sand Tornado |  Ground | 200 | 16.7 |
| Solar Blast |  Grass | 450 | 22.5 |
| Spark Blast | Electric | 50 | 25 |
| Tri-Lightning | Electric | 200 | 16.7 |
What Astegon Can Breed Into (125)
Put Astegon in a Breeding Farm with the right partner and these are the 125 Pals that can come out. The pairings needing the fewest specific partners are listed first — those are the ones worth planning a chain around.
Azurmane
Celesdir
Ghangler Ignis
Nitemary Botan
Quivern
Smokie Cryst
Anubis
Bakemi
Beakon
Blazehowl
Blazehowl Noct
Broncherry
Broncherry Aqua
Bulldosu
Bushi
Bushi Noct
Carnibora
Celesdir Noct
Cryolinx
Cryolinx Terra
Digtoise
Dogen
Dualith Noct
Dupin
Dynamoff
Elphidran Aqua
Felbat
Flaracle
Frostplume
Ghangler
Gildane
Gildra
Gloopie Primo
Helzephyr
Hoodle
Icelyn
Incineram
Incineram Noct
Kingpaca Cryst
Kitsun+85 more — work out any pairing in the breeding calculator →
