How to make anubis Palworld?

Anubis is the Pal almost every Palworld player eventually goes looking for. It has Handiwork level 4 — the highest in the game alongside a very small group — which means one Anubis at a workbench outpaces a whole team of early Pals. It also fights well, with strong Ground-element attacks and enough bulk to survive boss encounters.

There are two routes to one: breed it, or hunt it. Breeding is faster, cheaper and repeatable, and it is what this guide covers first.

Important: the old Penking + Bushi recipe no longer works

Almost every guide written during early access says "Penking + Bushi = Anubis". That was true then. In Palworld 1.0 the breeding ranks were reshuffled, and Penking + Bushi now hatches Sibelyx instead. Anubis has no unique recipe at all in 1.0 — it is produced purely through the rank formula.

Everything on this site is checked against the shipped 1.0 combination tables, so if a pair is listed in our combinations page it is the result you will actually get in game.

How to breed Anubis in 1.0

Anubis sits at breeding rank 480, and 100 different parent pairs average into it. The two you will realistically use:

Anubis + Anubis = Anubis — the reliable loop once you own one of each gender.

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Kitsun Noct + Eidrolon Ignis = Anubis — a strong route if you have no Anubis yet.

Steps:

1. Build a Breeding Farm (Technology level 19; 100 Wood, 20 Stone, 50 Fiber).
2. Put a Cake in the feed box.
3. Assign the two parents, one of each gender.
4. Collect the Huge Rocky Egg and put it in an Egg Incubator.

Before spending Cake, drop both parents into the breeding calculator — it shows the exact child for that pair.

Other pairs that produce Anubis

Select Anubis on the combinations page for the complete list of 100 pairs, filterable by the Pals you already own. A few of the more reachable ones:

That first row matters more than it looks. Once you have a single Anubis of each gender you never need another route — Anubis pairs with Anubis to produce Anubis, and that is how you build a passive-perfect one.

Catching the Alpha Anubis instead

If you would rather hunt, there is a fixed Alpha Anubis field boss in the Desiccated Desert, in the eastern desert region, at roughly level 47. Preparation matters:

• Heat-resistant armour. The desert inflicts heat damage during the day; bring the Heat Resistant Pelt Armor or fight at night when cold resistance is needed instead.
• Ice or Grass Pals. Anubis is Ground element, so Grass hits it hard and Ice performs well against its typical partners.
• Legendary or Ultra Spheres. Alphas have heavily reduced catch rates. Bring 20 or more.
• Ranged weapons. Anubis closes distance quickly and its melee combos hurt; a rifle or assault rifle plus a mount to kite with makes the fight much safer.
• Alpha respawns. If the catch fails, the Alpha returns after an in-game day or a server restart, so a failed attempt costs time rather than the Pal.

The Alpha's location is pinned on the map under the Alpha Pal layer, along with the nearest fast travel statue so you can respawn back to it quickly.

Why Anubis is worth the effort

Handiwork 4 is the headline. Crafting queues that take a full session with early Pals finish in a fraction of the time with two or three Anubis assigned. Most players end up breeding several: one combat Anubis with attack passives, and two or three work Anubis with Serious, Artisan and Work Slave.

Passive skills to breed for

For a base Anubis, aim at:

• Artisan — +50% Work Speed
• Serious — +20% Work Speed
• Lucky — +15% Work Speed and +15% Attack
• Work Slave — +30% Work Speed, reduced Attack

For a combat Anubis, swap those for Musclehead, Ferocious, Burly Body and Lord of the Underworld or similar. Pair two Anubis that each hold part of the set and repeat until the child carries all four — see the full breeding guide for how inheritance works.

Common problems

• The pair produces something else. You are probably following an early-access guide. Penking + Bushi hatches Sibelyx in 1.0. Verify any pair in the calculator first.
• No egg appears. Same gender, or no Cake in the feed box.
• The Alpha keeps killing your Pals. Its combos punish melee Pals. Use a ranged Pal and keep your own distance on a mount.
• Catch rate feels impossible. Reduce it to under 20% health first, apply a status effect if you can, and throw Legendary Spheres. Anything above Ultra tier is worth it here.

The efficient plan

1. Catch or defeat the Alpha Anubis in the Desiccated Desert for your first one, or breed Kitsun Noct + Eidrolon Ignis if you already have those.
2. Get a second Anubis of the opposite gender the same way.
3. From there, run Anubis + Anubis pairs and keep only the children with better passives.
4. Repeat until one child carries all four passives you want.

One Alpha catch plus one bred partner buys you an unlimited supply. Check every pair in the breeding calculator first and you will never waste a Cake.