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How to Get Kingpaca

Fly to [50, -460] near Golden Hills and fight the level 23 field boss. It is the only dependable Kingpaca in the game, it is always there, and it respawns if you lose.

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EffortEasyTimeOne fightYou needLevel 20+, Mega Spheres
Kingpaca
Step one

The one place Kingpaca is waiting for you

A single level 23 field boss on the main island, usually with ordinary Melpacas grazing around it. Kingpaca has no wild population anywhere, so this pin is the whole of the on-foot answer.

[50, -460]
The route
1Fly to [50, -460]The Golden Hills, on the main island. The boss grazes with ordinary Melpacas, so check what you are shooting at before you commit.Main island, one field boss
2Bring Dark damageKingpaca is pure Neutral, and Dark is the only element that gets a bonus against it. Nothing it does will surprise you at level 23, but the fight is slow without the right damage type.Neutral, weak to Dark
3Weaken it, then throw Mega SpheresAt level 23 a Mega Sphere is the sensible tier. Take it well below half health first, and put your team on passive before the last hit so nothing finishes it for you.Do not let your Pals kill it
4If you lose, come straight backField bosses respawn on server restart, or roughly an hour on a solo world. Nothing is consumed by failing, which is what makes this cheaper than the breeding route in practice.No cake, no timer, no consumed item
5Put Melpacas in the party afterwardsKing of Muscles raises the Defense and Movement Speed of the mount you are riding by 5 percent for every Melpaca in the party. Four Melpacas is the whole build, and a second Kingpaca does nothing for the first.5 percent per Melpaca
Take this with you
Mega Sphere x10The right tier for a level 23 alphaAny Dark PalThe only element with a bonus against NeutralGolden Hills statueClosest fast travel to the arena
Bring these Pals
NoxDark damage, and catchable from level 4HoocratesDark, and it keeps its distance in the fight

Other ways in

4 alternatives checked against the field boss route
BreedingDo this too
165 pairs make a Kingpaca

The only route where you choose the level and the passives, since the boss is fixed at 23. The cheapest pair is Flambelle with Mimog, but be warned that Mimog is the gate: it holds under 2 percent of the roll in all 93 of its main island spawner groups, so finding one takes far longer than its level 10 band suggests.

Amione+Dazzi NoctAmione+RayhoundArsox+GrintaleArsox+LoupmoonAzurobe+Caprity
165 pairs1 Cake eachMimog under 2% per rollSee all 165 in the breeding calculator
Not a routeBlocked
Kingpaca has no wild population

There are 21 World Tree points at level 80, and they are not a habitat. All 21 sit on one aura spawner shared by 72 Pals at equal weight, so a roll there is 1 in 72 and Jormuntide Ignis and Blazehowl carry the same coordinates. There is nowhere to stand and wait for one.

1 in 72 per roll72 Pals, one tableNo real populationShow this boss on the map
Egg hatchBlocked
No egg pool contains it

Kingpaca appears in zero egg pools in the whole game. Its base form Melpaca is the only outcome of the Huge Common Egg, which is the mix-up worth avoiding here.

VariantSeparate
Kingpaca Cryst

The Ice variant is Paldeck 21B, it has Cooling 4 that this Pal does not have at all, and it never spawns wild anywhere. Catching it does not fill this slot, and a Kingpaca is one of its two parents.

Paldeck 21 and 21BCooling 4How to get Kingpaca Cryst
Breeding scores cheaper on level and is slower in practice. Mimog gates the cheapest pair and holds a median 0.83 percent of the roll across its 93 spawner groups, so a level 10 band does not mean a level 10 hour.
Its drop table carries Ancient Relics and a Neutral Radiant Gem, which are World Tree region materials. The level 23 boss is the same Pal, so read the drop list as what a Kingpaca can give, not what that fight pays out.
There is no evolution. Melpaca does not turn into this, and no amount of levelling a Melpaca will produce one.
Why bother
Kingpaca is a ground mount whose partner skill, King of Muscles, raises its own Defense and Movement Speed by 5 percent for every Melpaca in your party. Stack the party with Melpacas and the mount you are riding gets meaningfully tougher and faster. It also has Gathering level 2.
5% per MelpacaGathering 2Ground mount
At a glance
Best routeField boss
DifficultyEasy
NeutralWeak to DarkGathering 2Ground mount
Best routeField boss, level 23
Locations1, main island
Breeding pairs165, cheapest gated by Mimog
Wild populationNone, the 21 tree points are 1 in 72
Standard drops
Wool×5 · 100%Neutral Radiant Gem×10 to 20 · 100%Decayed Ancient Relic×30 to 50 · 100%
Full stats and work suitability

Straight answers

the questions people actually search for
A single level 23 field boss at [50, -460] near Golden Hills on the main island, usually surrounded by ordinary Melpacas. That one encounter is the whole of it.
Something wrong, or a faster route?Every route on this page is checked against the 1.0 extract. If the game changed before we did, tell us in the comments.Jump to comments

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Kingpaca in Palworld 1.0?

A single level 23 field boss at [50, -460] near Golden Hills on the main island, usually surrounded by ordinary Melpacas. That one encounter is the whole of it.

What level should I be to catch the Kingpaca boss?

Around level 20 with a bow or handgun and Mega Spheres. Bring Dark damage, because Kingpaca is Neutral and Dark is the only element that gets a bonus against it.

Is it faster to breed a Kingpaca than to fight the boss?

Usually not. 165 pairs produce one and the cheapest is Flambelle with Mimog at levels 4 and 10, but Mimog holds under 2 percent of the roll in all 93 of its main island groups, so finding one takes longer than beating a level 23 alpha. Breed only when you want a specific level or passives.

Can you catch a wild Kingpaca?

Not really. The field boss is the only dependable wild one. There are 21 World Tree points at level 80, but they are one aura table shared by 72 Pals, so each roll is 1 in 72 and there is nowhere in that region to stand and wait for one.

Do I need Melpacas to use Kingpaca?

Not to get one, but its partner skill gives it 5 percent more Defense and Movement Speed per Melpaca in the party. A party of Melpacas is what makes the mount worth riding.