Palworld Anubis Breeding 1.0 Guide
You can breed Anubis early in Palworld 1.0 by pairing Penking and Bushi inside a Breeding Farm, giving you access to one of the game’s strongest workers and Ground-type combat Pals long before you are ready to challenge its Level 47 Alpha boss. The pairing produces a Huge Rocky Egg, and because both parents are available at much lower levels, breeding is the most efficient way to add Anubis to your roster during the middle of progression.
Why You Should Breed Anubis Early
Anubis is unusually valuable because its usefulness begins long before the point where most players would naturally encounter it. Its Level 4 Handiwork makes it one of the strongest crafting Pals available, while Level 3 Mining and Level 2 Transporting allow it to remain productive when there is no equipment or material waiting to be assembled.
That combination solves several common midgame problems at once. Production queues finish faster, mining requires less direct supervision, and loose materials are moved around the base without needing a separate Pal assigned to every job. Anubis is still excellent when obtained later, but breeding moves that benefit into the portion of the game where crafting speed has a much larger effect on progression.
The same Pal is also an SS-tier combat option with a base Attack stat of 130, placing it among the strongest offensive Pals and making it the leading Ground-type choice for raw damage. Breeding Anubis early therefore gives you more than a premium assembly-line worker. It also gives you a Pal that can remain useful in your party well beyond the point when most early breeding results have been replaced.
Best Anubis Breeding Combo in Palworld 1.0
The best early breeding combination for Anubis is Penking and Bushi. Penking appears as a Level 15 field boss, while Bushi is available as a Level 23 field boss, allowing both parents to be captured well before the Level 47 Anubis encounter becomes a reasonable target.
The two parents must be opposite genders. Once they are assigned to a Breeding Farm and supplied with Cake, they will produce a Huge Rocky Egg that hatches into Anubis.
This is not the only combination capable of producing Anubis, but it is the most practical starting route because it does not require late-game Pals such as Necromus, Paladius, Shadowbeak, or Blazamut. Most of the other current combinations are better used after your roster is already developed and you are trying to pass specific passive skills or IVs into the breeding line.
How to Breed Anubis
Anubis can be bred as early as Level 20, provided you have captured an opposite-gender Penking and Bushi and established the supporting production needed to keep the Breeding Farm supplied.
Place both parents inside the Breeding Farm, then add Cake to the storage box attached to the structure. The breeding meter will begin filling while both Pals remain assigned, and the completed process will produce a Huge Rocky Egg. Move the egg into an Egg Incubator and wait for it to hatch.
The Breeding Farm is rarely the difficult part of the setup. Cake production becomes the actual limitation once you begin breeding repeatedly, especially when you are trying to inherit several specific passive skills rather than merely hatch your first Anubis.
A single successful egg gives you access to the species, but a proper breeding project often requires many more. Once you hatch both a male and female Anubis, pairing Anubis with Anubis becomes the cleaner long-term route because every egg will produce the same species, allowing you to focus entirely on passives and IV inheritance.
Our Palworld 1.0 breeding combinations guide covers more current parent pairings if you are building several breeding lines at the same time.
All Current Anubis Breeding Combos
Penking and Bushi remain the combination most players should use first, but the current Palworld 1.0 breeding system includes several additional pairings that produce Anubis.
Penking + Bushi is the best early-game route because both parents are available at substantially lower levels than Alpha Anubis.
Anubis + Anubis is the preferred option once you already own opposite-gender Anubis and want to refine passive skills or IVs without changing the resulting species.
Blazamut + Faleris can produce Anubis once both higher-level parents are already part of your roster.
Blazamut + Shadowbeak is another late-game combination that becomes more useful when one or both parents carry combat passives you want Anubis to inherit.
Jormuntide Ignis + Suzaku Aqua produces Anubis through two advanced elemental Pals, making it a breeding-chain option rather than an early acquisition method.
Suzaku Aqua + Lyleen Noct can also produce Anubis and may be useful when transferring existing passives from either parent.
Suzaku Aqua + Necromus is an endgame pairing that requires considerably more progression than Penking and Bushi.
Suzaku Aqua + Paladius is similarly positioned as a late-game alternative rather than an efficient first route.
The parent combination does not make the resulting Anubis inherently stronger on its own. The main reason to use one of the later pairings is to inherit favorable passive skills or high IVs from Pals you have already developed.
Best Passives for Anubis
The best passive skills depend on whether Anubis will spend most of its time at the base or fighting in your party. Its work suitability and combat stats are both strong enough to justify dedicated versions, and trying to combine both roles usually leaves you with an Anubis that performs adequately everywhere without reaching its potential in either job.
For a base worker, Artisan and Work Slave are the clearest priorities. Artisan increases Work Speed by 50 percent, while Work Slave adds another 30 percent at the cost of Attack. That Attack penalty barely matters for an Anubis that remains assigned to crafting, mining, or transporting, making Work Slave far more valuable at the base than it would be in combat.
A worker Anubis should therefore be bred around Work Speed first. The faster it completes assembly and crafting jobs, the more noticeable its advantage over lower-tier Handiwork Pals becomes.
For combat, Musclehead and Ferocious provide straightforward Attack increases, while Earth Emperor raises Earth attack damage by 30 percent. Burly Body is also valuable when you want greater durability, since it increases Defense and grants immunity to flinching.
A combat-focused Anubis can target a combination built around Musclehead, Ferocious, Earth Emperor, and Burly Body. That setup improves its damage without ignoring survivability, which matters because Anubis is capable of remaining active in difficult encounters rather than serving only as a temporary damage burst.
IVs should also become part of the process once the passive line is established. Anubis has separate hidden values for HP, Attack, and Defense, and stronger parent IVs can influence the resulting offspring. Passive inheritance may produce the visible build, but high Attack IVs are what push a combat Anubis closer to its actual ceiling.
Should Anubis Be Used for Work or Combat?
Your first Anubis will usually create more immediate value as a base worker. Level 4 Handiwork dramatically reduces the time required to craft weapons, ammunition, components, spheres, and other manufactured items, while its Mining and Transporting levels ensure that it remains useful between production jobs.
The drawback is that Anubis can become distracted by the number of jobs it is capable of performing. If you need a specific crafting queue completed, assigning it directly to the relevant workstation is more reliable than allowing it to choose between assembly, mining, and hauling materials across the base.
Anubis is also strong enough that leaving every copy at the base would be a waste. Its Guardian of the Desert Partner Skill changes the player’s attack type to Ground and increases player Attack while Anubis is fighting alongside you. The bonus begins at 5 percent and rises to 10 percent when the Partner Skill reaches Level 5.
Anubis can also evade attacks with a rapid sidestep during battle, while its skill set includes high-powered Ground attacks such as Sand Twister, Ground Smash, Forceful Charge, Spinning Roundhouse, and Rock Lance. Combined with its high Attack stat, that gives it a legitimate combat identity rather than making it a worker that happens to survive outside the base.
The better long-term approach is to keep at least two versions. Breed one Anubis around Work Speed and leave it at your primary production base, then develop another with combat passives and stronger Attack IVs for your active party.
If you are still deciding where to place your main crafting or resource operation, our best base locations in Palworld 1.0 cover stronger options for mining, production, and larger late-game layouts.
Where to Find Alpha Anubis
Alpha Anubis appears as a Level 47 field boss in the desert northeast of the Sealed Realm of the Winged Tyrant fast-travel point. Its exact location is approximately -130, -96, where it patrols the open area during both the day and night.
Because Anubis is a Ground-type Pal, Grass-type attacks are the most effective choice for lowering its health. Dinossom, Verdash, and Bristla are all useful options, although the fight remains manageable with other strong Grass Pals if they are properly leveled and equipped.
Most of Anubis’s dangerous attacks are clearly telegraphed. Red markers appear before several strikes, giving you enough time to move or dodge away from the targeted area. Its projectile attacks can also be avoided by leaving the position where the attack initially locks onto you rather than waiting until the projectile is already moving.
Ranged weapons make the encounter easier to control. An Assault Rifle provides sustained damage from a safer distance, while a Handgun remains a workable alternative if you have not unlocked or crafted the stronger option. A Hyper Shield also improves survivability during longer attempts because it can regenerate whenever you avoid taking damage for a short period.
The desert journey is much less tedious with a faster mount, particularly if you need to return after a failed capture attempt. The Palworld 1.0 flying mounts list covers the current progression options if your original mount is beginning to turn every cross-map trip into a sightseeing tour.
Players relying on firearms should prepare their ammunition before traveling. Assault Rifle Ammo disappears quickly during boss attempts, and restocking becomes easier when your base already has a dependable supply chain. Our best Sulfur locations in Palworld 1.0 guide covers the strongest places to gather the material used for Gunpowder production.
Is Breeding Anubis Better Than Catching It?
Breeding is the better first method because Penking and Bushi can be captured much earlier than Alpha Anubis, and the breeding process gives you more control over passive skills and inherited IVs. Catching the Alpha remains worthwhile for another breeding parent and for its possible rewards, including Ancient Civilization Parts, Bone, Large Pal Souls, Precious Entrails, and the Ring of Ground Resistance +2.
The most effective progression route is to breed your first Anubis at around Level 20, use it to improve your base, and return to the Alpha fight once your equipment and party are ready for a Level 47 encounter. By that point, the captured Anubis becomes an additional breeding option rather than the moment when you finally gain access to the species.
Penking and Bushi are what make Anubis unusually accessible, but the reason the route matters is what comes afterward. A single early hatch can accelerate production, improve mining, support transportation, and eventually serve as the foundation for one of the strongest Ground-type combat builds in Palworld 1.0.
