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Hoodle
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Hoodle

Hoodle is a Dark Pal in Palworld with 70 base HP, 100 Attack and 80 Defence. Its strongest base skill is Handiwork Lv1, ranking 109 of the 109 Pals with Handiwork suitability.

When it sleeps, it deflates. When it sleeps, it's no longer there. A sleeping Hoodle cannot exist; Therefore, Hoodle never sleeps.

NocturnalPredator
View on mapCompareBreedingCapture rate
HP70
#271 / 288Top 94%
Attack100
#230 / 288Top 80%
Defence80
#222 / 288Top 77%
Work speed100
#244 / 288Top 85%
paldb // pal-166
Game data
Exact values extracted from Palworld's game files.
Source
DT_PalMonsterParameter
Build
4570874460
Confidence
exact
How paldb sources its data
Hoodle at a glance
Best work
Handiwork Lv 1#109 / 109
Attack
100#230 / 288
Location
Sky Islands
Weak to
Dragon
Best drop
Small Pal Soul

What is Hoodle good for?

counted, not rated
Best use
Fighting(top 78% of Pals in that role · PalDB calculation)
Combat rank
#223 of 288 — below average(formula)
Strongest job
Handiwork Lv1 — #109 of 109
Where it lives
Sky IslandsLv 65–69
Breeding
218 parent pairs
Weak to
Dragon· hits Neutral hard

Where to find Hoodle

Open in the map

Hoodle appears in Sky Islands at levels 65–69. Some of its spawns are night-only. It can appear in groups of up to 2.

Found as
Roams the world
Level range
65–69
Spawner definitions
4

Spawn areas, levels and times come from the game’s own spawner tables. The level range here covers every spawner that lists Hoodle; the map below draws the ones the game places on the main island, so its range can be narrower.

Mapped spawn points
116
Level at those points
65–69

Where Hoodle spawns

Map of Palpagos Islands
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Base stats

Game data
Exact values extracted from Palworld's game files.
Source
DT_PalMonsterParameter
Build
4570874460
Confidence
exact
How paldb sources its data
Hoodle base stats and work suitability, from Palworld’s game files
StatValueRank
Paldex number#166—
ElementDark—
HP70#271 of 288
Attack100#230 of 288
Defence80#222 of 288
HandiworkLv 1#109 of 109
TransportingLv 1#139 of 140
Rarity3Uncommon
Price1,656—

Hoodle’s HP is among the lowest for a Pal (271 of 288) and its attack is below average (230 of 288). Ranks count every Pal in the Paldex, and describe position in a sorted list rather than how good a Pal is to play.

HP70
Melee attack100
Shot attack85
Defence80
Support100
Craft speed100
Stamina100

Movement

Walk
100
Run
400
Ride sprint
—
Transport
200
Swim
120
Swim dash
165

Work suitability

Ranks count only the Pals that hold each job, so #1 of 109 means best in the game at it.

HandiworkHandiwork
Lv1
#109 / 109Top 100%
TransportingTransporting
Lv1
#139 / 140Top 99%

Skills

Partner skill

Void-Dweller

Every Pal has one partner skill, active while it fights alongside you.

Hoodle active skills

Its hardest-hitting move is Dark Whisp at 600 power on a 30s cooldown, learned at level 70. It also learns Dark Ball (1), Dark Cannon (7), Shadow Burst (15), Spirit Flame (22), Nightmare Ball (30), Apocalypse (40) and Dark Laser (50).

DarkLv 70

Dark Whisp

Power
600
Cooldown
30s
Range
0–15m
Pwr/sec
20
Power #52 / 328

Fires a menacing ball of dark energy that pursues enemies.

DarkLv 50

Dark Laser

Power
450
Cooldown
20s
Range
5–18m
Pwr/sec
22.5
Power #101 / 328

Charges dark energy before blasting enemies with a powerful beam.

DarkLv 40

Apocalypse

Power
400
Cooldown
20s
Range
1–50m
Pwr/sec
20
Power #114 / 328

Generates several dark vortexes around the enemy.

DarkLv 30

Nightmare Ball

Power
300
Cooldown
16s
Range
3–50m
Pwr/sec
18.8
Power #164 / 328

Creates a giant ball of darkness and hurls it at an enemy.

DarkLv 22

Spirit Flame

Power
200
Cooldown
12s
Range
5–50m
Pwr/sec
16.7
Power #205 / 328

Fires three balls of malice that relentlessly pursue an enemy.

DarkLv 15

Shadow Burst

Power
80
Cooldown
4s
Range
0–3m
Pwr/sec
20
Power #268 / 328

Quickly discharges dark energy, damaging those around it.

Show all 8 skills
DarkLv 7

Dark Cannon

Power
70
Cooldown
4s
Range
5–50m
Pwr/sec
17.5
Power #274 / 328

Hurls an energy ball imbued with dark energy at an enemy.

DarkLv 1

Dark Ball

Power
50
Cooldown
2s
Range
5–10m
Pwr/sec
25
Power #283 / 328

Unleashes a sphere of darkness that slowly tracks down an enemy.

Levels are when Hoodle learns each skill naturally. Skills marked Egg are inherited rather than learned, and can be passed on through breeding. Power ranks count every skill with a power value.

Innate passive skills

Hoodle has no innate passive skill.

Every Pal of this species is born with these, on top of any rolled traits.

Drops

Game data
Exact values extracted from Palworld's game files.
Source
DT_PalDropItem
Build
4570874460
Confidence
exact
How paldb sources its data
What Hoodle drops when defeated or butchered
ItemChanceQuantityExpected
Small Pal SoulBest farming source100%1–21.50
HornHorn100%1–21.50

The drop worth farming Hoodle for is Small Pal Soul, at 100% for 1–2 per kill — though other sources of Small Pal Soul may be quicker. It also drops Horn.

Breeding

Breed rank
1770
Male chance
50%

Breed rank decides which egg a pair produces; every parent pair that produces Hoodle is listed on its breeding page, and the breeding calculator works any pair the other way round.

Every parent pair that produces HoodleBreed toward Hoodle

Type matchups

Takes double damage from
Dragon
Deals double damage to
Neutral

How to beat Hoodle

Hoodle has 70 HP and 80 defence. It takes double damage from Dragon, which decides most of the fight before it starts.

Strongest Pals that hit it for double

PalElementAttackHP
JormuntideJormuntideDragonWater150130
Jormuntide IgnisJormuntide IgnisDragonFire150130
Blazamut RyuBlazamut RyuDragonFire150105
ShaolongShaolongDragonWater135140
JetragonJetragonDragon140115
Eidrolon IgnisEidrolon IgnisDragonFire130115
AegidronAegidronDragonGround125105
OrserkOrserkDragonElectric130120

Ranked by the same combat score as the tier list, then filtered to elements the game says hit Hoodle for double. Stats are base — a condensed Pal of the same species hits harder.

Pals like Hoodle

LapironLapiron#165 · Handiwork Lv 3BakemiBakemi#168 · Handiwork Lv 3LapureLapure#170 · Handiwork Lv 6AstegonAstegon#158 · Handiwork Lv 3FlaracleFlaracle#174 · Handiwork Lv 6DupinDupin#176 · Handiwork Lv 5DogenDogen#155 · Handiwork Lv 4VenusaVenusa#178 · Handiwork Lv 6SplatterinaSplatterina#153 · Handiwork Lv 6MycoraMycora#179 · Handiwork Lv 4VerdashVerdash#152 · Handiwork Lv 5LoomenLoomen#180 · Handiwork Lv 4

Hoodle in other languages

Japanese
フードール
Chinese (Simplified)
兜兜灵
Chinese (Traditional)
兜兜靈
Korean
후드림
Russian
Худл

From players

Community verified

Things the game files cannot state — how a spawn behaves, what actually works in a fight. Written by players and checked by a moderator before it appears. Every other number on this page comes out of Palworld’s own data tables; these do not, which is why they sit apart.

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