Menasting

Menasting is a Dark / Ground Pal in Palworld with 100 base HP, 100 Attack and 130 Defence. Its strongest base skill is Mining Lv5, ranking 14 of the 57 Pals with Mining suitability.

Being made of pure energy, its insides are completely hollow. This Pal crams still-living prey into its hollow body, where it absorbs them. Hellish screams of pain can often be heard coming from inside this Pal.

NocturnalPredatorAlpha Lv 44

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HP100

#120 / 288Top 42%

Attack100

#189 / 288Top 66%

Defence130

#11 / 288Top 4%

Work speed100

#146 / 288Top 51%

paldb // pal-099

Game data

Exact values extracted from Palworld's game files.

Source: DT_PalMonsterParameter
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Menasting at a glance

Best work: Mining Lv 5#14 / 57
Attack: 100#189 / 288
Alpha: Lv 44
Location: Desert
Weak to: Dragon Grass
Best drop: Venom Gland

What is Menasting good for?

counted, not rated

Best use: Mining at a base(top 24% of Pals in that role · PalDB calculation)
Combat rank: #84 of 288 — above average(formula)
Strongest job: Mining Lv5 — #14 of 57
Where it lives: DesertLv 31–44· alpha Lv 44
Breeding: 139 parent pairs
Weak to: Dragon, Grass· hits Neutral, Electric hard

Where to find Menasting

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Menasting appears in Desert at levels 31–44. It can appear in groups of up to 4.

Found as: Roams the world, Alpha (field boss)
Level range: 31–44
Spawner definitions: 8
Alpha level: 44

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

Mapped spawn points: 546
Level at those points: 31–44
Alpha points: 1

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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

Menasting base stats and work suitability, from Palworld’s game files
Stat	Value	Rank
Paldex number	#099	—
Element	Dark / Ground	—
HP	100	#120 of 288
Attack	100	#189 of 288
Defence	130	#11 of 288
Mining	Lv 5	#14 of 57
Lumbering	Lv 3	#36 of 63
Rarity	9	Epic
Price	2,469	—

Menasting’s HP is above average for a Pal (120 of 288) and its attack is below average (189 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.

HP100

Melee attack100

Shot attack100

Defence130

Support100

Craft speed100

Stamina100

Movement

Walk: 200
Run: 1000
Ride sprint: —
Transport: 600
Swim: 300
Swim dash: 360

Work suitability

Ranks count only the Pals that hold each job, so #1 of 57 means best in the game at it.

Skills

Partner skill

Steel Scorpion

Every Pal has one partner skill, active while it fights alongside you. Menasting's strengthens across 5 ranks as you raise its condensation level.

Rank	Effect	Applies to
Lv 1	ElementAddItemDrop_Electricity +40%, ElementAddItemDrop_Electricity +40%	ToSelfAndTrainer
Lv 2	ElementAddItemDrop_Electricity +50%, ElementAddItemDrop_Electricity +50%	ToSelfAndTrainer
Lv 3	ElementAddItemDrop_Electricity +60%, ElementAddItemDrop_Electricity +60%	ToSelfAndTrainer
Lv 4	ElementAddItemDrop_Electricity +70%, ElementAddItemDrop_Electricity +70%	ToSelfAndTrainer
Lv 5	ElementAddItemDrop_Electricity +80%, ElementAddItemDrop_Electricity +80%	ToSelfAndTrainer

Menasting active skills

Its hardest-hitting move is Dark Whisp at 600 power on a 30s cooldown, learned at level 70. It also learns Bog Blast (1), Poison Blast (7), Shadow Burst (15), Stone Cannon (22), Nightmare Ball (30), Jumping Stinger (35), Rock Lance (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.

GroundLv 40

Rock Lance

Power: 400
Cooldown: 20s
Range: 1–50m
Pwr/sec: 20

Power #127 / 328

Generates a sharp rock spear under an enemy.

GroundLv 35

Jumping Stinger

Power: 350
Cooldown: 16s
Range: 0–30m
Pwr/sec: 21.9

Power #141 / 328

Menasting's exclusive skill. Jumps high and forcefully stabs its prey with its tail. The poison from the tail is deadly.

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.

GroundLv 22

Stone Cannon

Power: 120
Cooldown: 8s
Range: 5–25m
Pwr/sec: 15

Power #250 / 328

Digs up a boulder and hurls it at an enemy.

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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.

GroundLv 1

Bog Blast

Power: 40
Cooldown: 2s
Range: 5–50m
Pwr/sec: 20

Power #303 / 328

Hurls sticky mud at an enemy.

DarkLv 7

Poison Blast

Power: 30
Cooldown: 2s
Range: 5–50m
Pwr/sec: 15

Power #324 / 328

Hurls poison sludge at an enemy.

Levels are when Menasting 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

Menasting 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
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How paldb sources its data

What Menasting drops when defeated or butchered
Item	Chance	Quantity	Expected
Medium Pal Soul	100%	1–2	1.50
Venom GlandBest farming source	100%	5–10	7.50

The drop worth farming Menasting for is Venom Gland, at 100% for 5–10 per kill — though other sources of Venom Gland may be quicker. It also drops Medium Pal Soul.

Breeding

Breed rank: 1120
Male chance: 50%

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

Every parent pair that produces Menasting Breed toward Menasting

Type matchups

Takes double damage from

Dragon Grass

Deals double damage to

Neutral Electric

How to beat Menasting

Menasting has 100 HP and 130 defence, and the world places it at level 44. It takes double damage from Dragon and Grass, which decides most of the fight before it starts.

Strongest Pals that hit it for double

Pal	Element	Attack	HP
Jormuntide	Dragon Water	150	130
Jormuntide Ignis	Dragon Fire	150	130
Blazamut Ryu	Dragon Fire	150	105
Shaolong	Dragon Water	135	140
Jetragon	Dragon	140	115
Dandilord	Grass Dark	135	125
Eidrolon Ignis	Dragon Fire	130	115
Aegidron	Dragon Ground	125	105

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

Menasting has another form

A variant shares this Paldex number and changes some of the numbers. Everything not listed below is identical.

Menasting Terra#099B

Ground

What changes	Menasting	Menasting Terra
Elements	Dark / Ground	Ground
Rarity	9	10
Shot attack	100	105
Breed rank	1120	640
Nocturnal	Yes	No
Mining	5	6
Found in	Desert	Sakurajima, Wildlife Sanctuary

Every Pal with a variant form

Pals like Menasting

Menasting Terra#099B · Mining Lv 6

Moldron#105 · Mining Lv 5

Moldron Cryst#105B · Mining Lv 5

Palumba#106 · Mining Lv 5

Warsect Terra#113B · Mining Lv 5

Gildra#120 · Also Dark

Reptyro#129 · Mining Lv 5

Reptyro Cryst#129B · Mining Lv 5

Pierdon#131 · Mining Lv 5

Pierdon Cryst#131B · Mining Lv 5

Cryolinx Terra#132B · Mining Lv 5

Blazamut#137 · Mining Lv 7

Menasting in other languages

Japanese: デスティング
Chinese (Simplified): 冥铠蝎
Chinese (Traditional): 冥鎧蠍
Korean: 데스스팅
Russian: Менастинг

4 items are named after Menasting — Menasting Bounty Token, Menasting Terra Bounty Token, Menasting Terra Ring and Menasting Terra Ring Schematic.

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.

Extracted from Palworld's game files on 7 September 2026 (build 4570874460).Methodology

What is Menasting good for?

Where Menasting spawns

Movement

Steel Scorpion

Menasting active skills

Innate passive skills

How to beat Menasting

Strongest Pals that hit it for double

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