Palworld 1.0 Mutation Breeding Guide
Mutation is a low-chance breeding mechanic that can produce rainbow passives on an egg. The baseline rate is around 1%; the right cake pushes it to ~3%.
The four 1.0 breeding cakes
Mushroom Cake
Tech Lv 30Talents grow slightly faster.
5 Flour · 5 Mushroom · 3 Cavern Mushroom · 8 Egg · 2 Honey
Vegetable Cake
Tech Lv 47Lays two eggs per breeding cycle.
8 Flour · 8 Tomato · 7 Lettuce · 8 Egg · 4 Honey
Deluxe Vegetable Cake
Tech Lv 60Mutation chance up (~3%) and talents grow faster.
12 Flour · 8 Cotton Candy · 10 Potato · 6 Onion · 8 Carrot
Special Cake
Tech Lv 74Multiple passive inheritance from parents at once (e.g. Swift + Lucky bundled).
20 Flour · 8 Caramel Cotton Candy · 15 Milk · 15 Egg · 2 Mammorest Meat
Rainbow passive reference
| Passive | Effect | Pool |
|---|---|---|
| Immortality | Life Steal +5%, Auto HP Regen +100%, Attack +15%. | Pool 1 |
| Idiosyncratic | Auto HP Regen +50%, Defense +25%, immune to Poison & Burn. | Pool 1 |
| Heavily Armored | Immune to Explosion damage. | Pool 1 |
| Babysitter | Egg production +30%, incubation speed +30%. | Pool 1 |
| Lavish Hospitality | Dropped items +100% when summoned during butchering. | Pool 1 |
| Ranch Master | Farming work suitability +2. | Pool 1 |
| Lightfooted | Mounted jump height +1. | Pool 1 |
| Skymarcher | Mounted jump height +2. | Pool 1 |
| Skirmisher | Rainbow passive pool entry (combat-oriented). | Pool 1 |
| Demon God | High Attack boost — Pool 2 catchable rainbow passive. | Pool 2 |
| Eternal Engine | Infinite SAN (no work-speed decay) — Pool 2. | Pool 2 |
| Diamond Body | Defense boost — Pool 2 catchable rainbow passive. | Pool 2 |
Not granted by mutation: Legend, Siren of the Void, Savior, Invader — parents can still pass these via normal inheritance.
Strategy
Feed Deluxe Vegetable Cake while hunting for rainbow passives (~3% mutation chance). Once you have the passives you want, switch to Special Cake to spread multiple passives from both parents onto a single offspring at once.