How to Beat Victor and Shadowbeak

Victor and Shadowbeak are Palworld's fifth Tower Boss battle. Make sure to bring a Pal with Dragon-type attacks, to max out your gear, and increase relevant stats. See which Pals and Gear are the best for this battle, general tips, and what rewards you can obtain from them.

All Tower Bosses Guide
Zoe and Grizzbolt	Lily and Lyleen	Axel and Orserk
Marcus and Faleris	Victor and Shadowbeak	Saya and Selyne

How to Beat Victor and Shadowbeak

Tips to Beat Victor and Shadowbeak
Reach Level 50 Respec Your Character Farm Legendary Weapons and Armor Consume Food for Buffs Learn to Dodge Attacks Aim for Shadowbeak's Face Use a Pal with Dragon-Type Attacks Upgrade Your Pal's Stats

Reach Level 50 With Both Player and All Pals

The recommended level for this boss battle is Level 50. This is currently the last level in the tech tree, so this fight will expect you to have some of the best Pals and equipment in the game.

Make sure that all your Pals are level 50 as well as chances are you will be needing all of them during the fight.

How to Level Up Fast

Respec Your Character

Construct an Electric Medicine Workbench to unlock the Memory Wiping Medicine. This item will allow you to reassign the stat points you have acquired so far.

Allocate your stat points to Attack, HP, and Defense. How you split them will depend on you as a player. For example, if you are confident with your dodging, allocating most of the points to Attack would be ideal.

Farm Legendary Weapons and Armor

Legendary weapons and armor are significantly improved versions of common gear, having higher stats. However, they can be hard to acquire, and the cost to craft them can increase by as much as 5-10 times.

They have a low chance of dropping when killing or catching specific Alpha Bosses.

How to Farm Legendary Schematics

Equip Relevant Accessories

Make sure to equip your character with accessories, as well, that provide bonus stats related to combat as well. This is the hardest boss in the game, so every point you can raise will help.

Clothes, Armor, Accessories

Consume Food for Buffs

Some dishes will provide temporary buffs to your stats after consuming them. However, food buffs do not stack even if it's for different stats, so you'll have to choose which one you prefer the most.

List of Best Food for Combat

Food	Effect
Rushoar Hot Dog	Thick sausage wedged between warm buns. The crisply seared meat and spicy flavors are to die for. Eat to increase Defense by +20% for a period of time.
Eikthyrdeer Loco Moco	Thick hamburger steak accented with a creamy fried egg. This sublime combination brings pure joy to the mouths of those who eat it. Eat to increase Attack by +20% for a period of time.
Eikthyrdeer Stew	A tender, melt-in-your-mouth venison stew crafted with love. The intertwining flavors of vegetables and meat create a harmonious blend that brings out a comforting richness. Eat to increase Defense by +20% for a period of time.
Mozzarina Cheeseburger	Now with cheese, this dish has reached the highest level of fine cuisine. Eat to increase Attack by +20% and stay full longer for a period of time.

List of All Food

Learn to Dodge Attacks

You can bring all the artillery you can, but what will make or break this battle is if you can last long enough to deal the needed damage. And to survive, you'll have to learn to dodge their attacks and avoid taking any hits.

Shoot Shadowbeak's Face For Additional Damage

Enemies have weak spots that when targeted will deal additional damage. This damage will be presented in a larger font size and an orange color. For Victor and Shadowbeak, their weak spot is Shadowbeak's face.

Use a Pal with Dragon-Type Attacks

Shadowbeak is a Dark Element Pal meaning it is weak to Dragon-type attacks! Dragon-type Pals will also resist Dark-type attacks, which means your pal will last longer in the battle.

Element Type Matchup Chart

Find a Pal with Passive Skills that Increase Damage Dealt and Decrease Damage Taken

Passive Skill	Positive Effect	Negative Effect	Tier
Blood of the Dragon	10% increase to Dragon attack damage		Tier +1
Cheery	10% decrease to incoming Dark damage		Tier +1
Divine Dragon	20% increase to Dragon attack damage		Tier +3

Multiple strong passives can be used in this fight. You can look for Blood of the Dragon and Divine Dragon to boost Dragon damage and Cheery to decrease incoming Dark damage.

List of Passive Skills

Breed Pals with Ideal Passive Skills

Alternatively, with trial and error, you can breed the perfect pal. When breeding, child pals can inherit up to four (4) Passive Skills from the passive skills pool of the (2) two parent Pals.

How to Chain Breed Passive Skills

Some Pals Have Partner Skills that Boost Certain Type Moves

Partner Skill	Description	Pal
Wriggling Weasel	Increases the player's attack significantly and changes the player's damage type to Dragon while mounting Chillet.	Chillet
Sky Dragon's Affection	Increases the Dragon damage dealt by the player and Quivern while mounted. Enables Quivern to be mounted.	Quivern

Certain pals have Partner Skills that can either boost the damage dealt by elemental moves or convert your attacks to a specific type to deal additional damage.

All Partner Skills Effects

Upgrade Your Pal's Stats

Another way to get significantly stronger is by upgrading your Pal's stats.

Sacrifice Souls at a Statue of Power

By sacrificing Pal Souls at a Statue of Power, you'll be able to give a bonus to either their Max HP, Attack, Defense, or even their Work Speed.

This stat boost is calculated percentage based, meaning that Pals with high base stats benefit from this more than ones with low stats.

How to Upgrade Pals

Increase Base Stats and Partner Skill Level at the Pal Essence Condenser

By combining multiple Pals of the same species at the Pal Essence Condenser, you will be able to increase their base stats and Partner Skill level.

This is a very important process for the late game because it's the only way to increase a Partner Skill's power, and a base stat increase synergizes well with the Statue of Power's stat boost.

How to Rank Up Pals

Best Pals to Beat Victor and Shadowbeak

Suggested Level for Pals and the Player

Best Pals to Use

Pals	Recommendations
Jetragon	・A very strong Dragon attacker. ・ Incredibly fast. ・Can be used with a Missile Launcher.
Quivern	・ Learns Dragon Meteor, a strong 150 Power Dragon Element Skill. ・ Enhances Dragon attacks while mounted.
Chillet	・ Learns Dragon Meteor, a strong 150 Power Dragon Element Skill. ・Adds Dragon Damage to your party's attacks with its Wriggling Weasel Partner Skill.

Best Pals for Combat

Best Weapons and Armor to Use

Recommended Items to Have

Equipment	Recommendations
Rocket Launcher	・Unlocked at: Technology Tier 49 ・Weapon that deals the most damage.
Hyper Shield	・Unlocked at: Technology Tier 43 ・Highest level shield
Cold Resistant Pal Metal Armor	・Unlocked at: Technology Tier 50 ・Highest level armor. ・Cold resistance is needed to reach the boss location.
Pal Metal Helm	・Unlocked at: Technology Tier 46 ・Highest level helm.

Best Weapons

Rewards for Beating Victor and Shadowbreak

5 Ancient Technology Points and a Fast Travel Point

Similar to other tower bosses, you can get Character EXP, Pal EXP, and 5 Ancient Technology Points for beating Victor and Shadowbeak. The amount of EXP you gain depends on the World Settings.

In addition, upon completing the battle, you'll unlock a new Fast Travel Point on top of the tower, which also grants an extra Technology Point. You can use a Glider from here to more conveniently reach nearby areas.

Best Ancient Technology

Palworld Related Guides

All Palworld Tower Bosses in Order

All Tower Bosses

All Raid Bosses