Nitewing

Nitewing is a Neutral Pal in Palworld with 100 base HP, 100 Attack and 80 Defence. Its strongest base skill is Gathering Lv2, ranking 58 of the 109 Pals with Gathering suitability. It can be ridden at 750 sprint speed, 99 of 111 mounts.

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

PredatorAlpha Lv 18Rideable

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HP100

#112 / 288Top 39%

Attack100

#168 / 288Top 58%

Defence80

#192 / 288Top 67%

Work speed100

#71 / 288Top 25%

paldb // pal-051

Game data

Exact values extracted from Palworld's game files.

Source: DT_PalMonsterParameter
Build: 4570874460
Confidence: exact

How paldb sources its data

Nitewing at a glance

Best work: Gathering Lv 2#58 / 109
Attack: 100#168 / 288
Ride sprint: 750
Alpha: Lv 18
Location: Grasslands
Weak to: Dark
Best drop: Leather

What is Nitewing good for?

counted, not rated

Best use: Gathering at a base(top 53% of Pals in that role · PalDB calculation)
Combat rank: #167 of 288 — below average(formula)
Strongest job: Gathering Lv2 — #58 of 109
As a mount: #99 of 111 by sprint speed
Where it lives: GrasslandsLv 12–40· alpha Lv 18
Breeding: 94 parent pairs
Weak to: Dark

Where to find Nitewing

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Nitewing appears in Grasslands at levels 12–40. It can appear in groups of up to 3.

Found as: Roams the world, Alpha (field boss), Dungeon boss
Level range: 12–40
Spawner definitions: 7
Alpha level: 18

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

Mapped spawn points: 257
Level at those points: 12–40
Alpha points: 31

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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

Nitewing base stats and work suitability, from Palworld’s game files
Stat	Value	Rank
Paldex number	#051	—
Element	Neutral	—
HP	100	#112 of 288
Attack	100	#168 of 288
Defence	80	#192 of 288
Gathering	Lv 2	#58 of 109
Rarity	3	Uncommon
Price	1,012	—

Nitewing’s HP is above average for a Pal (112 of 288) and its attack is below average (168 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 attack95

Defence80

Support100

Craft speed100

Stamina100

Movement

Walk: 150
Run: 600
Ride sprint: 750
Transport: 450
Swim: 600
Swim dash: 600

Ranked against every other mount.

Work suitability

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

Gathering

Lv2

#58 / 109Top 53%

Skills

Partner skill

Travel Companion

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

Nitewing active skills

Its hardest-hitting move is Holy Burst at 700 power on a 30s cooldown, learned at level 70. It also learns Air Cannon (1), Tornado Attack (7), Wind Cutter (15), Power Bomb (22), Sand Tornado (30), Grass Tornado (40) and Pal Blast (50).

NeutralLv 70

Holy Burst

Power: 700
Cooldown: 30s
Range: 0–50m
Pwr/sec: 23.3

Power #21 / 328

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

NeutralLv 50

Pal Blast

Power: 450
Cooldown: 20s
Range: 5–18m
Pwr/sec: 22.5

Power #108 / 328

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

GroundLv 30

Sand Tornado

Power: 200
Cooldown: 12s
Range: 1–30m
Pwr/sec: 16.7

Power #204 / 328

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

GrassLv 40

Grass Tornado

Power: 200
Cooldown: 12s
Range: 7–30m
Pwr/sec: 16.7

Power #199 / 328

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

NeutralLv 22

Power Bomb

Power: 120
Cooldown: 8s
Range: 2–50m
Pwr/sec: 15

Power #246 / 328

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

NeutralLv 7

Tornado Attack

Power: 80
Cooldown: 4s
Range: 0–25m
Pwr/sec: 20

Exclusive skillPower #273 / 328

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NeutralLv 1

Air Cannon

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

Power #302 / 328

Quickly fires a burst of highly pressurized air.

GrassLv 15

Wind Cutter

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

Power #322 / 328

Fires a high speed blade of wind that flies straight at an enemy.

Levels are when Nitewing 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

Nitewing 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 Nitewing drops when defeated or butchered
Item	Chance	Quantity	Expected
Leather	100%	1–3	2.00

The drop worth farming Nitewing for is Leather, at 100% for 1–3 per kill — though other sources of Leather may be quicker.

Breeding

Breed rank: 2560
Male chance: 50%

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

Every parent pair that produces Nitewing Breed toward Nitewing

Type matchups

Takes double damage from

Dark

Deals double damage to

Nothing — Nitewing has no elemental advantage.

How to beat Nitewing

Nitewing has 100 HP and 80 defence, and the world places it at level 18. It takes double damage from Dark, which decides most of the fight before it starts.

Strongest Pals that hit it for double

Pal	Element	Attack	HP
Frostallion Noct	Dark	140	140
Necromus	Dark	145	130
Shadowbeak	Dark	130	120
Bellanoir	Dark	150	120
Bellanoir Libero	Dark	150	120
Dandilord	Grass Dark	135	125
Xenolord	Dark Dragon	120	130
Eidrolon	Dragon Dark	125	115

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

Pals like Nitewing

Tombat#052 · Gathering Lv 2

Galeclaw#049 · Gathering Lv 2

Ribbuny Botan#044B · Gathering Lv 2

Bristla#060 · Gathering Lv 2

Cinnamoth#061 · Gathering Lv 2

Hangyu Cryst#038B · Gathering Lv 2

Sweepa#036 · Gathering Lv 2

Vaelet#066 · Gathering Lv 3

Beegarde#067 · Gathering Lv 3

Elizabee#068 · Gathering Lv 4

Grintale#070 · Gathering Lv 3

Tarantriss#071 · Gathering Lv 3

Technology for Nitewing Saddle

Unlocks the gear this Pal equips.

Nitewing SaddleLv 15

Nitewing in other languages

Japanese: ホークウィン
Chinese (Simplified): 疾风隼
Chinese (Traditional): 疾風隼
Korean: 나이트윙
Russian: Найтвинг

2 items are named after Nitewing — Nitewing Bounty Token and Nitewing Saddle.

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 Nitewing good for?

Where Nitewing spawns

Movement

Travel Companion

Nitewing active skills

Innate passive skills

How to beat Nitewing

Strongest Pals that hit it for double

Technology for Nitewing Saddle

From players