Breeding the exact Pal you want in Palworld 1.0 falls apart fast when the two candidates share a gender. The Pal Reverser fixes that. It is a Legendary consumable that swaps a Pal’s gender from male to female or the other way around, so you no longer have to catch or hatch duplicates just to get a valid breeding pair.
Quick answer: Hunt bounty targets to earn Successful Bounty Tokens, then buy a Pal Reverser from a PIDF Bounty Officer at the Small Settlement for 7 tokens. Use it at a Pal Surgery Table on a Pal that is in your active party.
Every way to get a Pal Reverser
You can buy the Pal Reverser from two different merchants or find it as loot. The most reliable route is the bounty vendor, since it always has stock as long as you have tokens. The table below covers each source and its cost.
| Source | Cost or condition |
|---|---|
| PIDF / Vigilante Bounty Officer (Small Settlement, Fisherman’s Point, Dune Shelter) | 7 Successful Bounty Tokens each |
| Arena Merchant (island south of the Tower of the PIDF) | 35 Battle Tickets each |
| Treasure chests in enemy camps and dungeons | Higher drop chance in volcano and snow camps |
| Salvage and excavation sites | Roughly a 9% chance from rarer excavations |
| Fishing in high-level zones | Found inside trash piles pulled from the water |
Buy it with Bounty Tokens
The steadiest supply comes from bounty hunting. This is the method most players will use once they need multiple reversers.
Note: The Pal Reverser weighs nothing and cannot be sold, so there is no downside to stockpiling a few before you set up your breeding runs.
Buy it with Battle Tickets at the Arena
If you prefer combat challenges over open-world hunting, the Arena Merchant sells the Pal Reverser for 35 Battle Tickets. You earn those tickets by clearing Solo Challenges in the Arena, where beating NPC Pal teams pays out several tickets per run.
The Arena sits on a small island at coordinates (628, 15), just south of the Tower of the PIDF. A flying or swimming mount makes the trip much easier, and there is a fast travel point on the island so future visits are quick.
Unlock the Pal Surgery Table before you use it
A Pal Reverser does nothing on its own. It only works at the Pal Surgery Table, a workstation you unlock through the Technology Tree at Level 38. Once it is available, build one at your base with the following materials.
| Material | Amount |
|---|---|
| Refined Ingot (Ore + Coal at an Improved Furnace) | 30 |
| High Quality Cloth (Wool + Leather at a High-Quality Workbench) | 20 |
| Corrosive Solvent (Venom Gland + Sulfur at a Production Assembly Line) | 10 |
How to swap a Pal’s gender
With the table built and at least one reverser in your bag, the swap takes a few clicks. The key requirement is that the target Pal must be in your active party, not sitting in the Palbox or working at your base.
You will know it worked when the Pal’s gender icon updates on the spot. The change is permanent for that Pal, but it is fully reversible. Use another Pal Reverser at the table if you ever want to switch it back. If the option is greyed out, the Pal is almost always still in the Palbox rather than your party, which is the most common reason the swap fails.
