Palworld IVs (Talent): The Stat Formula and How to Read It Back

Two level 50 Frostallions, one with 4300 HP and one with 5200. Neither level nor upgrades explain the gap — IVs do. The game data calls them Talent: four random integers from 0 to 100, fixed the moment you catch or hatch the Pal, covering HP, ranged attack, defense and melee attack. The UI never shows them, but the stat panel gives them away.

Where the panel numbers come from

Every Pal of a species shares one set of base stats, listed on each Pal's page. The panel value is a function of the base stat, the level and the IV. Writing L for level and T for the IV (0–100):

• HP = 500 + 5L + HP base × 0.5 × L × (1 + 0.003T)
• Attack = 100 + ranged attack base × 0.075 × L × (1 + 0.003T)
• Defense = 50 + defense base × 0.075 × L × (1 + 0.003T)

All three have the same shape: a flat floor that ignores level (500 / 100 / 50), plus a term that grows with level. The IV only touches the second half, and at most multiplies it by 1.3.

The Attack figure on the panel is built from the ranged attack base, so the melee IV never shows up there. Ignore it when estimating.

Reading the IV back off the panel

Invert the formulas:

• HP IV = ( (panel HP − 500 − 5L) ÷ (0.5 × L × HP base) − 1 ) ÷ 0.003
• Attack IV = ( (panel Attack − 100) ÷ (0.075 × L × ranged attack base) − 1 ) ÷ 0.003
• Defense IV = ( (panel Defense − 50) ÷ (0.075 × L × defense base) − 1 ) ÷ 0.003

Worked through on a level 50 Frostallion with a 140 HP base showing 4800 HP:

1. Strip the floor: 4800 − 500 − 5×50 = 4050
2. Divide by the zero-IV growth: 4050 ÷ (0.5 × 50 × 140) = 4050 ÷ 3500 = 1.157
3. Convert: (1.157 − 1) ÷ 0.003 ≈ 52

An HP IV of about 52, slightly above average.

Two conditions before the number means anything. Pal Soul upgrades and condensation multiply the whole panel afterwards, which inflates the result, so estimate on a freshly caught Pal that has not been near the statue. And the panel rounds: at level 1 the whole IV range spans a few points and rounding erases it, so the higher the level the tighter your estimate.

What a perfect roll is worth

Panel ranges at level 50 with no upgrades. Left is IV 0, right is IV 100:

Pal	HP	Attack	Defense
Frostallion	4250 – 5300	625 – 782	500 – 635
Necromus	4000 – 4975	643 – 806	500 – 635
Paladius	4000 – 4975	550 – 685	593 – 756
Jetragon	3625 – 4487	625 – 782	500 – 635
Anubis	3750 – 4650	587 – 733	425 – 537
Blazamut	3250 – 4000	568 – 709	500 – 635
Nitewing	3250 – 4000	456 – 563	350 – 440
Lamball	2500 – 3025	362 – 441	312 – 391

As percentages, a maxed IV is worth 21%–25% more HP, 21%–25% more attack and 25%–28% more defense at level 50. The higher a species' base stats, the closer it gets to the ceiling, because the flat floor makes up less of the total. On something like Lamball the IV moves less in absolute and relative terms alike.

Worth farming, then, but it will not turn a weak Pal into a strong one. One tier of base stats beats the entire 0-to-100 IV range. Pick the species first, then hunt IVs within it.

Low levels hide everything

The same Frostallion at three levels:

At level 1 the entire attack range is three points wide, so a fresh hatch tells you nothing. Either raise your candidates past level 20 before comparing, or sort on HP, whose absolute spread is widest and shows up earliest.

Base stats for every Pal are on the Paldex — Frostallion, for instance. To compare ceilings across species, the tier list is faster.