How to Get Shaolong in Palworld 1.0 — Location, Fight & Breeding

By Palworld Gaming Team · Updated 15 November 2026 · Palworld 1.0

Where is Shaolong in Palworld 1.0?

Shaolong lives exclusively in the World Tree, the endgame region unlocked through the Panthalus story quest — you will not find it anywhere on the original Palpagos map (Game8; noleep). Game8 lists its location as "World Tree South Wild Spawn", and it appears during both day and night. The densest hunting ground is the arc at the base of the tree itself and the Whimsical Wisteria Grove just north of it, with palmods.gg mapping 63 spawn points in three clusters there, all at levels 76–78. GameRant's guide points to the same area from a different landmark: fly in from the Alluvion Lakefront Great Eagle Statue and search near the Dualith and Whalaska Ignis world bosses until one appears.

The World Tree only opens after the Deserted Islet questline — craft the Echoing Flute, defeat Panilus, then capture Panthalus to open the region (noleep; GameRant; our Panthalus guide covers the chain). Do not confuse the wild spawns with the tower fight: Shaolong also appears as the boss of the Tower of the Azure Covenant in Sunreach, fought alongside Auri, but that is a story boss, not a catchable spawn — palmods.gg confirms no Shaolong spawn points in Sunreach, and Game8 notes it cannot be found as an Alpha Boss in the field.

If the World Tree fight is out of reach, there is a second route in. Game8 confirms Shaolong can hatch from a Huge Dragon Egg found in the wild, and palmods.gg puts it at 24.27% of the World Tree Huge Dragon Egg pool (one of eight outcomes). Eggs respawn at their spots after 180 minutes, so egg-hunting is a legitimate fallback — but a wild catch is still the faster path once you can survive the World Tree.

How do you beat and catch Shaolong?

Shaolong is a Dragon/Water dual-type, which gives you two openings. Ice attacks punish its Dragon half and Electric attacks punish its Water half, so build your party around either element (GameRant; exitlag). Frostallion covers the Ice option and Orserk or Grizzbolt cover Electric, per allthings.how — which also warns to bench Dark and Fire Pals, since Shaolong resists both. It flies and circles at range, so bring a strong ranged weapon rather than chasing it on foot (palmods.gg), and come in levelled: wild Shaolong sit at levels 76–78, among the highest wild levels in the game.

For the catch itself, GameRant recommends a Sol Sphere or an Ancient Sphere, while palmods.gg says Legendary-tier spheres are the minimum at these levels. Whittle it below half health, then stop your own Pals from attacking so nothing lands the killing blow while you line up the throw (palmods.gg). Drops from a defeated or captured Shaolong are a Dragon Radiant Gem, Horn, Large Pal Soul and Leather, with the last three guaranteed (Game8).

Can you breed Shaolong in Palworld 1.0?

No — not from other Pals. We checked all 44,850 pairings in the 1.0 combination table, and exactly one produces Shaolong: Shaolong + Shaolong. Game8 reaches the same conclusion. Your first Shaolong must be caught wild in the World Tree or hatched from a Huge Dragon Egg; only then can the Breeding Farm copy it.

That has one real cost. Because no other Pal can breed to create a Shaolong, it cannot inherit Passive Skills like Legend, Lunker, Lord of the Sea or Divine Dragon through breeding (Game8). What you catch is what you get — check its IVs with the Ability Glasses (see our IVs guide) and keep the best roll. Condensing is the consolation: duplicates go into the Pal Essence Condenser for ~5% stats per star, and Starfruits raise its partner skill instead.

As a parent, though, Shaolong is a chain-breeding hub: it appears in 70 different children across the 1.0 table, including Eidrolon (Beakon Cryst + Shaolong), Aegidron (Shaolong + Jetragon) and Dualith (Shaolong + Helzephyr Lux) per Game8. Verify any pair in our breeding calculator before spending Cake — Early Access guides still list retired recipes for half of these Pals (see our breeding mistakes roundup).

What are Shaolong's stats in Palworld 1.0?

From the 1.0 game files, Shaolong is Paldeck No. 192, Dragon/Water, rarity 9, with 135 Attack, 140 HP and 120 Defense — a combined 395, the 4th-highest total of all 299 Pals. Its Attack ranks 8th and its HP 4th; only its Defense, 21st, keeps it from topping every column. Game8's own stat table agrees on every rank, and calls it the No. 1 Water-type Pal once Panthalus is set aside as a special case.

Its partner skill is Azure Sovereign (Game8): Shaolong can be ridden as a flying mount, and its Attack rises by 4% at level 1 up to 8% at level 5 for each other Dragon Pal in your party. As a mount it flies at 1,400 and sprints at 2,800, the third-fastest flying mount in the game behind Jetragon (3,300) and Panthalus (3,000) — see our fastest flying mounts ranking. The catch is stamina: just 100, so it sprints hard and lands early — a battle mount, not a survey plane. Its saddle unlocks at Technology level 77 (Game8).

Its three exclusive active skills are all heavy hitters (Game8): Hydra Charge (Water, 500 power, level 30), Azure Dracoflare (Dragon, 600 power, level 40) and Celestial Vortex (Water, 700 power, level 50). And at base, Shaolong is unique in a way no combat stat captures: it is the only Pal in the game with Watering 8 — the highest Watering level any Pal reaches — plus Gathering 5, a full level above Jormuntide's 7 (see our best work suitability Pals ranking).

Is Shaolong worth getting in Palworld 1.0?

• The best Water Pal that is not Panthalus. 395 total stats (4th of 299), Attack 8th, HP 4th — and Game8 calls it the No. 1 Water-type Pal once Panthalus is set aside as a special case.
• The third-fastest flying mount. A 2,800 sprint sits behind only Jetragon and Panthalus, and its Azure Sovereign partner skill adds up to 8% Attack per Dragon party member, so it fights as well as it flies.
• The only Watering 8 in the game. No other Pal waters at level 8, which makes Shaolong a genuine endgame base worker as well as a combat Pal — two jobs from one catch.
• It has hard limits. 100 stamina means short sprints, the level 77 saddle is nearly the last Technology unlock, and true-breeding-only means no inherited Legend or Divine Dragon passives — what you catch is what you keep.
• It unlocks Eidrolon. As a parent it feeds 70 children, including the Eidrolon and Aegidron lines, so one Shaolong catch opens breeding chains that stay closed without it.

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