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Vanwyrm Cryst: Location and How to Get It

Fly to [154, 53] from level 30. Those 15 points sit on a spawner group with exactly one Pal on its table, so every roll there is a Vanwyrm Cryst rather than a 1 in 9 gamble.

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EffortModerateTimeAbout 15 minutesYou needLevel 30+, Mega Spheres, Cold Resistance
Vanwyrm Cryst
Step one

Where Vanwyrm Cryst actually stands

Two of the three pinned clusters are late game Feybreak ice at levels 65 to 67. The Astral Mountains pin is the one that matters, and it is really two overlapping populations: a wide 9 Pal table and a small set of points where this Pal is the only thing that can spawn.

[-276, 352]
The route
1Fly to [154, 53] and stay on the ice15 points sit on one group there at levels 30 to 34, and that group has a single Pal on its table. Every spawn it rolls is a Vanwyrm Cryst, so this is a queue rather than a lottery.15 points, 100 percent of the table
2Bring Fire, and something for the Dark halfVanwyrm Cryst is Ice and Dark. Fire answers the Ice half and Dragon the Dark half. It flies, so a bow or handgun does more for you than the element choice does.Ice and Dark, weak to Fire and Dragon
3Wear Cold Resistance before you set offEvery one of the four exclusive groups sits on snow or ice. The catch is easy at this level and the weather is what actually ends the trip early.All 38 exclusive points are on ice
4Throw Mega Spheres, party on passiveA Mega Sphere is the right tier in the low thirties. Take it under half health and stop your own Pals attacking, because a flier at low health is easy to lose to your own team.Overkill loses the catch
5Take the higher exclusive groups if you want a higher levelThe same one Pal table shape repeats at levels 36 to 40 on 8 points, 40 to 44 on 5, and 42 to 46 on 10. All of them are guaranteed rolls, so you can pick the level band you want instead of the odds.38 guaranteed points across 4 bands
Take this with you
Mega Sphere x10The right tier for levels 30 to 46Any Fire PalThe counter to the Ice halfAn Astral Mountains statueCold Resistance armour matters more than the fight
Bring these two for the fight
ArsoxFire damage against the Ice half, catchable from level 14ChilletDragon damage against the Dark half, from level 11

Other ways in

4 alternatives checked against the wild catch route
BreedingDo this too
Foxcicle with Vanwyrm, and nothing else

There are 2 pairs for this Pal and one of them is Vanwyrm Cryst with itself, so a single cross-species combination exists. Foxcicle is reachable around level 15 and Vanwyrm around 20, which makes the pair marginally cheaper than the wild band and the only way to pick the level and passives.

Foxcicle+VanwyrmVanwyrm Cryst+Vanwyrm Cryst
1 cross-species pairFoxcicle Lv 15, Vanwyrm Lv 20You choose the levelSee all 2 in the breeding calculator
Egg hatchGood odds
Frozen eggs, and the sanctuary pool is the good one

The Huge Frozen Egg from the sanctuary routes holds only 3 outcomes and gives an alpha Vanwyrm Cryst at 33.33 percent. The Large Frozen Egg from the same routes gives the ordinary form at 16.26 percent among 5. The Astral Mountains rare pools are far worse, at 9.12 and 3.33 percent.

Huge Frozen EggSanctuary routes33.3%1 of 3 resultsLarge Frozen EggSanctuary routes16.3%1 of 5 results
33.33 percent alpha3 outcomes in the poolAstral pools are 9.12 percentOpen the Huge Frozen Egg guide
DungeonHigher level
Astral Mountains Cavern alpha

The snow cavern fields one alpha Vanwyrm Cryst at levels 42 to 45 on its boss table. It is a way to get a higher level one without walking, but the exclusive open ground groups already reach 42 to 46 with no run to clear.

Lv 42 to 45 alpha1 per runShow dungeons on the map
VariantSeparate
Vanwyrm is a different Pal

The base form is Paldeck 64, Fire and Dark instead of Ice and Dark, and it fills its own slot. Where they share a spawner table this one wins it: 85.71 percent against 14.29 on the earliest band and 47.98 against 9.60 on the level 33 to 37 group.

Paldeck 64 and 64BCryst outweighs the base formHow to get Vanwyrm
Four of its spawner groups have a single Pal on the table, which is rare enough to be the whole plan: 15 points at levels 30 to 34, 8 at 36 to 40, 5 at 40 to 44 and 10 at 42 to 46. All 38 are a guaranteed roll, so ignore the point count and go to those.
The 44 point Astral Mountains cluster is two things at once. 37 of the points belong to a 9 Pal table where Vanwyrm Cryst holds 5 of 237 weight, or 2.11 percent, and only 11 belong to the exclusive groups. Picking the wrong points in the same snowfield costs you a factor of nearly 50.
Vanwyrm Cryst is nocturnal, yet none of its 266 mapped points is marked night only, so waiting for dark changes nothing. One Scientist camp also fields a single Vanwyrm Cryst with no known level.
Why bother
Aerial Marauder raises the damage you deal to enemy weak points by 30 percent while Vanwyrm Cryst is in the party, a full 10 points above the same skill on the base Vanwyrm. It is a flying mount with Transporting 3 and Cooling 2, every catch drops 2 to 3 Ice Organs, and 1 in 50 drops a Sapphire.
Transporting 3Ice Organ x2 to 3Sapphire at 2 percent
At a glance
Best routeWild catch
DifficultyModerate
IceDarkWeak to FireCooling 2Flying mount
Best routeWild, levels 30 to 34
Locations266 mapped points, main island
Best odds100 percent on 38 exclusive points
ElementIce and Dark, weak to Fire and Dragon
Standard drops
Bone×1 to 2 · 100%Ice Organ×2 to 3 · 100%Sapphire×1 · 2%
Full stats and work suitability

Straight answers

the questions people actually search for
The 15 points around [154, 53] at levels 30 to 34. That spawner group has one Pal on its table, so every roll is a Vanwyrm Cryst. Three more guaranteed groups sit further into the snow at higher levels.
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

Where is the best place to catch Vanwyrm Cryst in Palworld 1.0?

The 15 points around [154, 53] at levels 30 to 34. That spawner group has one Pal on its table, so every roll is a Vanwyrm Cryst. Three more guaranteed groups sit further into the snow at higher levels.

Why do I never see one in the Astral Mountains?

Because most of that snowfield is a 9 Pal table where Vanwyrm Cryst holds 2.11 percent of the roll. Only 11 of the 44 points there belong to its own exclusive groups, and those are the ones worth standing on.

Is Vanwyrm Cryst better than Vanwyrm?

For the party, yes. Their shared partner skill gives 30 percent extra weak point damage on this one against 20 percent on the base form. It swaps Kindling 2 for Cooling 2 and keeps Transporting 3.

What two Pals make Vanwyrm Cryst?

Foxcicle and Vanwyrm, and that is the only cross-species pair on record. The other listed pair is Vanwyrm Cryst with itself, so there is no alternative combination to hunt for.

Which egg hatches a Vanwyrm Cryst?

The Huge Frozen Egg from the sanctuary routes is the best one, at 33.33 percent for an alpha out of only 3 outcomes. The Astral Mountains rare pools also carry it, but at 9.12 percent among 14 results.