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Tombat: Location and How to Get It

Hunt it after dark at levels 12 to 15, or take the cavern alpha at 10 to 13. Outdoors, every single point is night gated.

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EffortEasyTimeOne in-game nightYou needLevel 12+, Pal Spheres, Dragon damage
Tombat
Step one

Night ground, and a cave that beats it

The 159 open-ground points are all night restricted at levels 12 to 15. The rest of the mapped total is dungeon spawns in the Astral Mountains at 38 to 42, which is why the headline level range runs so much higher than anything you will meet on the surface.

[13, -444]
The route
1Try a cave before you try the nightFive caves field an alpha Tombat at levels 10 to 13, below the surface band: Hillside Cavern, three Isolated Island Caverns and Meadow 01. It holds 10 of that table 300 weight against 26 other Pals, so it is a 1 in 30 roll per run, but the run is short and it is available before the surface is.Alpha at Lv 10 to 13
2Otherwise wait for dark at [13, -444]80 of the 159 surface points sit around the Golden Hills, and all of them are night restricted. Daylight on this ground produces nothing.80 of 159 surface points
3Bring Dragon damageTombat is pure Dark, so Dragon is the one element with a bonus. It is aggressive and it flies, which is a worse combination at night than the level suggests, so kill speed matters more here than it does for most level 12 catches.Dark, weak to Dragon
4Throw a plain Pal SphereCapture power 7 covers levels 12 to 15 and the 10 to 13 cave alpha. Put your own Pals on passive first, because the whole risk on this Pal is your team finishing it while you line up the throw.Capture power 7 is enough
5Send it to the mine, then use the sensorMining 3 is the highest work level Tombat has and it is unusually strong for something catchable at 12. Its partner skill is Ultrasonic Sensor: a 60 second cooldown ping that reveals nearby dungeons, chests and scrap. It does nothing in a fight.Mining 3, 60 second sensor
Take this with you
Pal Sphere x10Capture power 7, correct for levels 10 to 15Any Dragon PalThe only element with a bonus against DarkLeatherIts guaranteed drop, 1 to 2 per defeat
Bring these two for the night fight
ChilletDragon damage, and it is available before this fight isFoxparksNot for the matchup, for the flamethrower and the light at night

Other ways in

4 alternatives checked against the wild catch route
DungeonDo this first
Five caves, an alpha, and it is below the surface level

Hillside Cavern, three Isolated Island Caverns and Meadow 01 all field an alpha Tombat at levels 10 to 13 as boss and mid boss. That is a guaranteed-quality catch two levels under the surface band with no night to wait for. The Astral Mountains Cavern is the other end of the same story: an alpha at 42 to 45, plus ordinary spawns at 38 to 42.

5 cavesAlpha at Lv 10 to 131 in 30 per runShow dungeons on the map →
Egg hatchWorth picking up
Large Dark Egg, one of the best odds in the Windswept Hills

Tombat is 31.25 percent among 7 outcomes on the Windswept Hills pool of the Large Dark Egg, and it is on no other pool of that egg. The Huge Dark Egg is stronger still at 33.33 percent among only 3 outcomes, and that version hatches as an alpha.

Large Dark EggWindswept Hills31.3%1 of 7 resultsHuge Dark EggWindswept Hills33.3%1 of 3 results
31.25 percent, 7 outcomesHuge egg: 33.33 of 3One pool onlyOpen the Large Dark Egg guide →
Camp squadNot a route
One Tombat in one Hunter camp

A single Tombat sits in Hunter camp 01-01, with no level recorded. Worth knowing if you are clearing that camp anyway. It is not a reason to clear it.

1 camp1 TombatNo level recordedShow enemy camps on the map →
Not a routeBlocked
No field boss anywhere in the game

Tombat has zero field bosses, zero raid tiers and zero quest boss steps. Every alpha Tombat in the game is a cavern boss or a Huge Dark Egg hatch, so there is no fixed outdoor encounter to fly to and no arena that respawns.

0 field bosses0 raid tiers0 quest stepsShow Tombat on the map →
◆All 159 surface points carry a night restriction, so Tombat does not spawn outdoors in daylight. The cavern points have no day or night restriction at all.
◆Nothing outdoors is above level 15. The 38 to 42 band is the Astral Mountains Cavern and the 36 to 38 range is a Yakushima cavern, both of them a different trip entirely.
◆Ultrasonic Sensor is a detection ping, not an attack. It reveals dungeons, chests and scrap for 1 second on a 60 second cooldown, so keep Tombat in the party while exploring and swap it out for the fight.
Why bother
Tombat is an early mining Pal with a treasure detector bolted on. Mining 3 is the number that matters at a base, with Gathering 2 and Transporting 2 beside it. In the party, Ultrasonic Sensor pings nearby dungeons, chests and scrap on a 60 second cooldown, which is a navigation tool and not a combat one. It drops Leather every time and a Small Pal Soul at 1 percent.
Mining 3Detects dungeonsLeather
At a glance
Best routeWild catch
DifficultyEasy
DarkWeak to DragonMining 3Detects dungeons
Best routeWild at night, levels 12 to 15
Locations190 mapped points, 159 of them night-only surface
Cheapest alphaLv 10 to 13, five caverns, 1 in 30
ElementDark, weak to Dragon
Standard drops
Leather×1 to 2 · 100%Small Pal Soul×1 · 1%
Full stats and work suitability →

Straight answers

the questions people actually search for
Outdoors, yes. All 159 surface points are night restricted. Cavern encounters have no day or night restriction at all.
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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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Does Tombat only spawn at night?

Outdoors, yes. All 159 surface points are night restricted. Cavern encounters have no day or night restriction at all.

Where does Tombat spawn in Palworld 1.0?

On the main island after dark, densest at [13, -444] near the Golden Hills with 80 points, then [308, -326] with 54 and [320, -243] with 24, both on Marsh Island.

Why does Tombat show a level range up to 42?

Because cavern encounters push the range higher. Outdoors it is 12 to 15. The Astral Mountains Cavern fields it at 38 to 42 with an alpha at 42 to 45, and a Yakushima cavern at 36 to 38.

What is the earliest alpha Tombat I can get?

Level 10 to 13, in the Hillside Cavern, any of the three Isolated Island Caverns, or Meadow 01. That is below the outdoor band, so the cave is the cheaper route if the roll cooperates.

What does the Tombat partner skill actually do?

Ultrasonic Sensor reveals nearby dungeons, treasure chests and scrap on a 60 second cooldown. It has no combat effect, which catches out players who read the name and expect a sonic attack.