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Nitewing Palworld

#051“Wings of the Firmament”

Nitewing has 81 recorded spawn points, 25 of them in the Windswept Hills region. Lv 18 alpha at Deep Bamboo Thicket.

Element
Neutral
Tier
C
Top counter
Frostallion Noct
Gender
♂50% ♀50%
Combi
#2560
  • Windswept Hills
  • 81 recorded spawn points

Where to find Nitewing — location in Palworld

Every Nitewing spawn area on the map

Nitewing is a Neutral-element Pal in Palworld, ranked C-tier in our combat list.

How to get Nitewing in Palworld: it spawns in the wild — 81 recorded spawn points on Palpagos. See them on the Palpagos map. Or breed it from 116 parent combinations.

Notable: an alpha variant at Deep Bamboo Thicket (Lv. 18); unlocks Nitewing Saddle at the Pal Gear Workbench.

It carries newborn Pals to its nest and raises them as a surrogate parent. Once the baby Pal has fattened up, it hunts them.

Best skills for Nitewing

Tornado Attack is Nitewing's own skill and the one to build around. Here are the ones worth the slots, ranked by damage per second of cooldown — including the 20% bonus Nitewing gets for using its own element.

  1. Lv1Air Cannon+20% elementNeutral · Shot402s
  2. Lv7Tornado AttackSignature+20% elementNeutral · Melee804s
  3. Lv50Pal Blast+20% elementNeutral · Shot45020s
  4. Lv70Holy Burst+20% elementNeutral · Shot70030s

Ranked by power divided by cooldown, with the 20% bonus a Pal gets for using a skill of its own element, and Nitewing's signature skill pinned first. The full list in unlock order follows below. Same-element bonus: palworld.wiki.gg

Best passives for Nitewing

Passives are rolled or bred on, not learned, so these are the same picks for any Pal you plan to fight with — highest-ranked attack traits first.

No innate passives — relies on stat baseline + active skills.

  • Twin-Edged Holy BladeAttack +50%; Defense -30%; World Tree resources will not vanish when approached.
  • God of DestructionAttack +40%; Defense +20%; Max Health -50%; World Tree resources will not vanish when approached.
  • Demon GodAttack +30% (ToSelf); Defense +5% (ToSelf)
  • MuscleheadAttack +30% (ToSelf); Work Speed -50% (ToSelf)

Every passive skill, tiered →

Partner Skill: Travel Companion — compare all 291 →

Can be ridden as a flying mount.

Tech tierLv 15unlock
RankEffect
Lv. 2Move Speed up 1 10 · Awakening: (Ride Speed Up: 10%)
Lv. 3Move Speed up 2 12 · Awakening: (Ride Speed Up: 12%)
Lv. 4Move Speed up 3 15 · Awakening: (Ride Speed Up: 15%)
Lv. 5Move Speed up 4 20 · Awakening: (Ride Speed Up: 20%)
Lv. 1—

The “Awakening:” lines need the Pal awakened as well as condensed — they are blank at rank 1 for every Pal that has them. How awakening works →

Breeding

NitewingGet Nitewing: 116 parent combosPlan the breeding tree to Nitewing from the Pals you have

Bred from (top 3 picks)

  1. 1Blue Slime portrait
    Blue Slime
    Water
    Elgrove portrait
    Elgrove
    Grass
    Nitewing portrait
    Nitewing
    Neutral
  2. 2Cave Bat portrait
    Cave Bat
    Neutral
    Elgrove portrait
    Elgrove
    Grass
    Nitewing portrait
    Nitewing
    Neutral
  3. 3Demon Eye portrait
    Demon Eye
    Dark
    Elgrove portrait
    Elgrove
    Grass
    Nitewing portrait
    Nitewing
    Neutral
Try any pair in the breeding calculator

Active Skills

  1. Lv1
    Recommended

    Air Cannon

    NeutralShot

    Quickly fires a burst of highly pressurized air.

    Pow 40CD 2sRange 500–4000
  2. Lv7
    Exclusive to Nitewing

    Tornado Attack

    NeutralMelee

    Nitewing's exclusive skill. Generates a tornado ahead before soaring towards its target.

    Pow 80CD 4sRange 2500
  3. Lv15

    Wind Cutter

    GrassShot

    Aggregate: Ivy-Covered 35 Fires a high speed blade of wind that flies straight at an enemy.

    Pow 40CD 2sRange 500–5000
  4. Lv22

    Power Bomb

    NeutralShot

    Charges a massive amount of energy before firing a large destructive ball.

    Pow 120CD 8sRange 1000–5000
  5. Lv30

    Sand Tornado

    GroundShot

    Generates two sand tornadoes on either side before launching them at an enemy.

    Pow 200CD 12sRange 100–3000
    • Muddy +65
  6. Lv40

    Grass Tornado

    GrassShot

    Aggregate: Ivy-Covered 65 Generates two tornadoes on either side before launching them at an enemy.

    Pow 200CD 12sRange 700–3000
  7. Lv50
    Recommended

    Pal Blast

    NeutralShot

    Charges destructive energy before firing a high-powered beam forward across a wide area.

    Pow 450CD 20sRange 500–1800
  8. Lv70
    Recommended

    Holy Burst

    NeutralShot

    Creates a wide explosion of light at the enemy's location and around it.

    Pow 700CD 30sRange 5000

Awakening

Awakened with a Neutral Awakening Crystal. Either way it costs 50 Radiant Gems of that element plus 10 World Tree Holy Water.

Its Partner Skill gains a line

Awakening any Pal raises its stats. Nitewing is one of 66 whose Partner Skill also gains an Ride Speed Up: 20% bonus at rank 5 — blank at rank 1, so it needs condensing too.

How awakening works, and every gem source →

Frequently asked

How do I get Nitewing in Palworld?
Nitewing spawns in the wild — 81 recorded spawn points on Palpagos. See them on the Palpagos map. It can also be bred. Use Blue Slime + Elgrove as a starting parent pair (one of 116 viable parent combinations). An alpha Nitewing (Lv. 18) also spawns at Deep Bamboo Thicket.
Where does Nitewing spawn in Palworld?
Nitewing has 81 recorded spawn points on Palpagos clustered around Marsh Island (18), Desolate Church (7), Sea Breeze Archipelago Church (7). The map on this page shows them. Its alpha spawns at Deep Bamboo Thicket at Lv. 18.
How do I breed Nitewing in Palworld?
Pair Blue Slime with Elgrove in a Breeding Farm — that's one of 116 viable parent combinations whose breeding-power averages converge on Nitewing. See the breeding calculator for the full sortable list of parent pairs.
What are Nitewing's stats in Palworld?
Nitewing's base stats are HP 100, Melee Attack 100, Shot Attack 95, and Defense 80. Pindrop's data-driven combat ranking places Nitewing in tier C.
What is Nitewing's weakness in Palworld?
Nitewing is a Neutral-element Pal. It takes increased damage from Dark attacks — counter-pick a Dark Pal for fast kills.