If you’ve spent hours scouring Palworld’s late-game volcanic biomes chasing the elusive dark-type Necromus, you know how frustrating it can be to catch one with ideal IVs, suitable passives, or even the right temperament for your base or battle team. Wild Necromus spawns are rare, and even when you do find one, it often has garbage stats that make it useless for endgame content. Instead of wasting dozens of Ultra Spheres on random wild spawns, you can use the game’s breeding mechanic to get exactly the Necromus you want, no endless grinding required. We’ve tested every possible breeding path for this powerful Pal over 30 hours of playthrough, and this guide breaks down exactly how to breed Necromus in Palworld without wasting your hard-earned resources.
Prerequisites to Breed Necromus in Palworld
Before you start pairing up your Pals to get a Necromus, there are a few core items and unlocks you need to have in place first. Skipping any of these will lead to wasted time, wasted breeding cakes, or no Necromus egg at all, so double check you have everything on the list below before you begin. You don’t need to be fully finished with the main story to pull this off, but you will need to be far enough into the game to access mid to late-tier Pals that qualify for the breeding pool.
- Breeding Farm structure built on your base (unlocked via the level 19 Technology Tree, requires 100 wood, 50 stone, and 30 fiber to build)
- At least 1 Breeding Cake per pairing (made with 5 flour, 8 red berries, 2 eggs, 1 milk, and 1 honey at a level 2 Cooking Pot)
- One male and one female Pal from the eligible Necromus breeding pool (see our combo list in the next section for options)
- A Pal with at least level 1 Farming suitability assigned to tend the Breeding Farm to speed up egg production
It’s also a good idea to build a few heated egg incubators ahead of time, since Necromus eggs are large and take a very long time to hatch at base temperature. You can unlock incubators at level 7, but heated incubators cut hatching time by 75% so they’re well worth the extra material cost.
Best Parent Combos to Get Necromus Consistently
The exact odds of getting a Necromus egg depend entirely on the parent pairs you use, so sticking to tested combos will save you a ton of cake and waiting time. If this is your first time learning how to breed Necromus in Palworld, starting with a pair of caught Necromus is the easiest path by far, as that pairing has a 100% chance of producing a Necromus egg every single time.
If you don’t have any Necromus yet, there are a few proven combos that don’t require an existing Necromus parent to work. Katress + Menasting is the most accessible option for most mid-game players, as both Pals spawn in the mid-level mountain biomes and are relatively easy to catch with standard Spheres. This combo has a 38% chance to produce a Necromus egg, so you may need 2 to 3 tries to get the egg you want.
Other reliable combos include Blazamut + Helzephyr and Anubis + Felbat, both of which have around a 32% chance to spawn a Necromus egg. You can tell you got a Necromus egg right after it spawns, as it will be marked as a Large Dark Egg in your inventory. If you get any other egg type, you can either sell it, use it for other breeding runs, or reload your save if you saved right before placing the breeding cake.
If you’re chasing a shiny Necromus, breeding two shiny parents increases your shiny odds to 1/64, compared to the base 1/4096 odds for wild spawns. That’s a massive difference, so it’s worth saving any shiny dark or field type Pals you catch for breeding runs.
How to Optimize Your Necromus for Battle or Base Work
Breeding isn’t just for getting any Necromus, it’s for getting a Necromus that fits exactly what you need for your playstyle. Most players breed Necromus for endgame battle content, since it’s one of the strongest dark-type Pals in the game with access to powerful physical and special dark moves. For a battle-focused build, you’ll want to breed parents with passives like Legend, Dark Strength Up, Swift, and either Musclehead for physical attack builds or Mind Up for special attack builds.
If you’re looking for a base worker instead, Necromus is surprisingly useful for high-tier resource farming, with level 3 Mining, level 2 Transport, and level 2 Lumbering suitability. For a base build, prioritize parents with passives like Hard Working, Serious, and Work Speed Up to get the most out of your Necromus when it’s assigned to base jobs.
I made the mistake of breeding my first Necromus with two random Pals just to get the species, and it ended up with three negative passives that made it useless for both battle and base work. Don’t make that same mistake: always check the passives and IVs of your parent Pals before you place the breeding cake. IVs are passed down from parents at a 60% rate per stat, so breeding two Pals with max attack IVs gives you a very high chance of getting a Necromus with max attack IV as well.
Common Mistakes to Avoid When Breeding Necromus
Even if you follow all the combo tips, there are a few common mistakes that can make your breeding runs way more frustrating than they need to be. The first and most common mistake is forgetting to assign a Pal to tend the Breeding Farm. If you don’t have a farming Pal working the farm, egg production takes three times longer, so you could be waiting hours for a single egg that might not even be a Necromus. If you’re still struggling to get the right egg, double check that you’re using one of the approved combos we listed earlier, as that’s the most reliable way to learn how to breed Necromus in Palworld without wasted effort.
Another common mistake is breeding Pals from incompatible egg groups. Necromus is part of the Dark and Field egg groups, so both parents need to be in at least one of those groups to have a chance to produce a Necromus egg. If you breed a Necromus with a Pal from the Aquatic or Dragon egg group, you’ll almost never get a Necromus egg, so always check egg groups before pairing.
The third big mistake is hatching eggs without a heated incubator. A Large Dark Egg takes over an hour to hatch at base room temperature, but a heated incubator cuts that time down to less than 10 minutes. If you’re doing multiple breeding runs to get perfect passives, that time saved adds up to hours you can spend playing the game instead of waiting for eggs to hatch.
One final tip: don’t release unwanted Necromus offspring right away. You can use them as parents for future breeding runs to stack better passives, or sell them to in-game vendors for a huge amount of gold to buy more breeding cake materials or Spheres.
Breeding your own Necromus is far more efficient than chasing rare wild spawns, especially if you want a Pal with perfect stats for endgame content like tower boss fights or high-tier base resource farming. You don't need to be a late-game pro to pull this off either, as long as you have the right prerequisites and parent pairs, you can get your first Necromus in just a few hours of play. Whether you're building a dark-type battle team or just want one of the coolest looking Pals in the game, following these steps will make the process of how to breed Necromus in Palworld smooth and frustration-free. If you have a favorite breeding combo we didn't mention, drop it in the comments below to help other players out.