Predator Cores drop from Predator Pals — red-aura variants that spawn at random in place of ordinary Pals, hit harder than Alphas, and cannot be captured. You spend Cores on permanent stat Remedies and Elixirs, and on nothing else.
Red eyes, red aura, low humming sound. Kill it, do not throw a Sphere. 1–4 Cores plus a Giant Pal Soul per kill. Cores buy Remedies (1 Core) and Elixirs (2 Cores).
What Predator Pals are
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Appearance | Glowing red eyes and a red aura surrounding them |
| Audio cue | A low-pitched humming sound when nearby |
| Strength | Stronger than Alpha Pals |
| Capturable? | No |
| Spawn behaviour | Low chance of randomly spawning in place of a regular Pal — no fixed spawn points |
| Ancient Technology Points? | No |
| Guaranteed extra drop | 1 Giant Pal Soul |
| Introduced | v0.4.11.0, the Feybreak update |
The no-fixed-spawn rule is the important one. Every "Predator Pal location map" is guessing — there is nothing to map, because the roll happens against ordinary spawn slots. Covering ground beats camping.
One source gives the Predator Pals region as the Palpagos Islands. Another's Rampaging Gorirat entry also carries a World Tree spawn table, though every count on it displays as zero. Whether Predators roll on Sunreach and World Tree spawns is unconfirmed.
Predator Core at a glance
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Rarity | Epic (Rank 4) |
| Max stack | 9,999 |
| Internal name | PredatorCrystal |
| Craftable? | No |
| Sold by merchants? | No |
| Daily or world cap | None documented |
In-game description: "Core dropped by Predator Pals. It is filled with mysterious energy."
One source lists a gold value of 20,000 and displays no weight. Another lists both weight and value as 0, which matches the infobox misalignment we saw on the other ancient materials. Neither figure is quoted as fact here.
Every Predator Pal and its Core drop
All rates are 100%. Every entry also drops 1 Giant Pal Soul.
| Cores | Predator Pals |
|---|---|
| 4 | Helzephyr Lux, Bushi Noct, Sootseer, Incineram Noct, Tropicaw, Elgrove Cryst, Leafan, Silvegis, Flopie |
| 3–4 | Elphidran, Shroomer, Splatterina |
| 2–4 | Kitsun, Faleris Aqua, Loupmoon Cryst, Wumpo, Blazehowl Noct, Mammorest Cryst |
| 2–3 | Digtoise, Jormuntide Ignis, Gildane, Dazemu, Prixter, Cryolinx Terra, Moldron, Gildra, Suzaku, Menasting, Venusa, Solenne |
| 1–2 | Relaxaurus, Tarantriss, Omascul, Starryon, Rayhound, Ragnahawk, Maraith, Dinossom, Reptyro Cryst |
| 1 | Rampaging Gorirat, Vanwyrm, Direhowl, Lovander, Dogen, Mossanda |
A few Pals appear twice in the published table with different values — Direhowl and Lovander at both 1 and 4, Jormuntide Ignis at both 2–3 and 4. These are most likely level-variant rows rather than a data error, but the higher figures are unconfirmed.
Known Predator levels
| Predator Pal | Level |
|---|---|
| Direhowl | 10 |
| Leafan | 28 |
| Dazemu | 34 |
| Tarantriss | 35 |
| Digtoise | 42 |
| Blazehowl Noct | 44 |
| Gildra | 46 |
Predator Direhowl at level 10 is the one worth knowing: it can appear long before you are equipped for it, and it hits considerably harder than the level-10 Pals around it. Leafan at 28 is the earliest 4-Core dropper.
What Predator Cores buy
| Item | Cores | Other materials | Work |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vital Remedy | 1 | 4 Life Lotus (S) | 500 |
| Stamina Remedy | 1 | 4 Stamina Lotus (S) | 500 |
| Might Remedy | 1 | 4 Power Lotus (S) | 500 |
| Speed Remedy | 1 | 4 Speed Lotus (S) | 500 |
| Burden Remedy | 1 | 4 Carrying Lotus (S) | 500 |
| Vital Elixir | 2 | 6 Life Lotus (L) | 1,000 |
| Stamina Elixir | 2 | 6 Stamina Lotus (L) | 1,000 |
| Might Elixir | 2 | 6 Power Lotus (L) | 1,000 |
| Speed Elixir | 2 | 6 Speed Lotus (L) | 1,000 |
| Burden Elixir | 2 | 6 Carrying Lotus (L) | 1,000 |
One source gives Elixirs as costing 1 Predator Core where another says 2, and states that the Giant Pouch requires 20 Predator Cores. We checked the Giant Pouch recipe directly: it is 50 High Quality Wooden Board, 120 Fiber, 40 Leather and 20 Carbon Fiber at Technology level 57 — no Predator Cores at all. Do not stockpile Cores for a bag.
The Core cost is not the constraint — Lotus (L) is. If you are Core-rich and Lotus-poor, five Remedies from five Cores beat two Elixirs from four, since the Remedy tier uses the far more common Lotus (S).
How to farm Predator Cores efficiently
- Cover ground, do not camp. Predators roll against ordinary spawn slots, so kilometres travelled is the variable you control.
- Fly with the sound on. The humming cue reaches you before the visual does.
- Pick dense areas with high-value Predator entries. Silvegis territory on Feybreak is attractive because a Predator Silvegis pays 4 Cores, and ordinary Silvegis drops Chromite in the meantime.
- Do not waste Spheres. Capture is impossible; a Sphere thrown at a Predator is simply gone.
What to do next
- Bank Lotus (S) from the Medal Merchant with Dog Coins so your Cores have something to pair with.
- Compare against Alpha Pal farming, which is the predictable counterpart to Predator randomness.
- Take a Feybreak trip that collects Chromite and Predator kills on the same loop.