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Melpaca

#20
Neutral
50%50%
Partner SkillPacapaca Wool

Needs Melpaca Saddle equipped — without that gear the skill does nothing. It unlocks at Technology level 7 for 1 point, so a Pal caught early can sit unusable for a while.

The fluffy look is misleading. A hypersonic kick from one of those long legs can send a person to the far side of the world.

Type Effectiveness

Deals bonus damage to
none
Takes bonus damage from
Dark

Base Stats

HP90
Melee Attack90
Ranged Attack75
Defense90
Support100
Craft Speed100
Rarity3
Size · PriceM · 791

Work Suitabilities

FarmingFarmingbest

Melpaca Food & Hunger

2/10
Hunger bar150
Hunger drain rate1×

Higher food need means Melpaca eats more often while working at your base.

Melpaca Movement Speed

Walk / Slow walk62 / 62
Run500
Ride sprint900
Transporting261
Swim / Swim dash150 / 270
Stamina100

Behavior & Traits

TemperamentSkittish — flees, fights if cornered
Active atDay
Sight range / angle25 / 90°
Hearing1
Biological grade0
Hunts other PalsNo
Can be eaten by predatorsYes
EXP yield ratio1×

Trust Bonuses (Partner Level)

How strongly Melpaca's stats scale as its Trust level rises.

HP scaling4.5×
Attack scaling3.5×
Defense scaling2.9×
Work speed scaling0×

Melpaca Stats by Level

What Melpaca actually reads at each level, from a worst-case individual (IV 0) to a perfect one (IV 100). These are the base numbers — condensing, souls and Trust raise them further.

LevelHPAttackDefense
Lv 15505631061085658
Lv 1010001135167187117137
Lv 2015001770235275185225
Lv 3020002405302363252313
Lv 4025003040370451320401
Lv 5030003675437538387488
Lv 6035004310505626455576

Work out any level and IV combination →

How to Get Melpaca

Melpaca is Neutral, so a Dark attacker takes it down fastest — and a Pal it resists will drag the fight long enough for it to heal or flee.

Wild Melpaca spawn between level 5 and 17. A level 17 one resists far more than a level 5; catch cheap first, then farm the high spawns for condensing.

Its capture rate is 1.0, which makes it exactly average, so weaken it properly and throw from behind for the back-strike bonus.

Dark

Run the capture odds for your sphere and health →

Melpaca Tier List Rankings

Melpaca Boss Rewards

The fight also unlocks Melpaca Saddle, the gear that lets you ride or deploy Melpaca properly.

Wild Melpaca Level Range

Wild Melpaca roam at level 5–17 out in the world — plan your spheres and party level around that before hunting one on the interactive map.

Where to Find Melpaca

Melpaca spawn locations in the wild — every marked spot is a known spawn area.

Most of them are around Eastern Wild Island (17.8% of known spots), with smaller pockets near Sea Breeze Archipelago Church and Sea Breeze Archipelago - Castaway Beach. They come in groups of up to 2, so plan sphere stock for more than one.

270 spawn spots · full map →

Melpaca at a Ranch

Assign Melpaca to a Ranch and it produces Wool on its own, no work order needed — the Ranch job sits at rank 2 for this one. That is the hands-off way to keep a supply coming in rather than hunting for it.

Dungeons Melpaca Appears In

Besides its wild habitat, Melpaca turns up inside 2 caverns, and takes the boss chamber in 2 of them. Caverns are the reliable option when the overworld roll is not going your way.

the boss chamber fight is level 10–13, and ordinary cavern spawns run level 6–9.

Best Melpaca Build

Melpaca shines as a mount. Build toward the passives below and the role does the rest. Catching, breeding and implants all supply them.

Partner skill: Pacapaca Wool.

Best Melpaca Moveset — Highest DPS

1NeutralFluffy TackleSTAB25DPS · 50 pow
2NeutralHoly BurstSTAB23.3DPS · 700 pow
3NeutralPal BlastSTAB22.5DPS · 450 pow

Ranked by sustained damage per second. STAB moves share Melpaca's element for extra damage.

Active Skills (8)

LvMoveElementPowerCooldownDPSTypeRange
1Air CannonNeutral402s20Shot4000
7Fluffy TackleSignatureNeutral502s25Melee1500
15Bog BlastGround402s20Shot5000
22Power ShotNeutral804s20Shot3000
30ShockwaveElectric804s20Shot300
40Power BombNeutral1208s15Shot5000
50Pal BlastNeutral45020s22.5Shot1800
70Holy BurstNeutral70030s23.3Shot5000

Drops

ItemQtyRate
Wool2-5100%
Leather1-1100%

Alpha & Boss Melpaca Drops

Boss encounters with Melpaca drop these instead — including Ancient Civilization Parts.

Egg Moves (9)

MoveElementPowerDPS
Aqua BurstWater20016.7
Dragon BreathDragon16020
IcebergIce12015
Ignis BreathFire16020
Lock-on LaserElectric14017.5
MulticutterGrass16020
Power BombNeutral12015
Sand TornadoGround20016.7
Spirit FlameDark20016.7