How to Breed Mau
in Palworld 1.0
You do not need to breed Mau. It spawns wild from level 5 in the main region, which is faster than any breeding route. Breed it only for passives, gender, or mutation odds.
Open interactive map →Fastest breeding route
The shortest chain of crosses from wild-obtainable pals to Mau, in order.
Easiest parent pairs
Any one of these pairs produces a Mau egg directly, no intermediate steps.
The Cake requirement
Every breeding attempt at a Breeding Farm consumes one Cake from the chest attached to it. Keep a stack on hand before you start a route this long. Running dry partway through a chain is the most common reason a breeding project stalls.
Passive inheritance
Passives can pass from a parent to its offspring during breeding, and which ones make it through is partly random. The odds are well understood from community reverse engineering of Palworld 1.0: a child directly inherits 1 to 4 passives from the parents pool (40/30/20/10 percent for exactly 1/2/3/4), then 0 to 3 random passives can be added on top (40/30/20/10 percent for 0/1/2/3). The Breeding Calculator now turns those constants into per-egg odds and an expected egg count for the exact passives you are hunting.
Frequently asked questions
Can you catch Mau in the wild in Palworld 1.0?
Yes. Mau spawns wild at level 5 to 15 in the main region.
What do you breed to get Mau?
The shortest route starts with Lamball and Lifmunk. The full step-by-step plan is on this page.