Breeding

Pokémon breeding is a method of obtaining a new Pokémon by producing and hatching an Egg. It is a mechanic used to acquire desirable natures, IVs etc. Like many other mechanics from the base games it was changed for balance purposes.

Breeding Mechanics
In breeding some basic things stay the same such as:


 * Only Pokemon of opposite gender can breed.
 * Pokemon must be in the same egg group to breed
 * Baby Pokemon cannot breed
 * Ditto can be bred with every Pokemon except itself
 * The species of the egg will always be the same as the egg's female parent (with some exceptions)

Daycare
An old man outside of the day care will ask if you want to trade two Pokémon for an egg. In this process the parents are lost forever and cannot be regained, however the egg will carry over a combination of the parents' stats. The Daycare Man will immediately give the egg to the player and after a certain amount of time in the player's party, it will hatch. You can also select the gender of the Pokémon albeit for a cost which varies based on the Pokemon's gender ratio.

List of Daycares

 * Kanto: 4 Island (Note, that the Route 5 Daycare does not have a breeding service)
 * Hoenn: Route 117
 * Sinnoh: Solaceon Town
 * Unova: Route 3

Hatching
Eggs are no longer hatched via steps and hatch based on time, after ~5 minutes. This time may be more or less, based on the species. The abilities Flame Body or Magma Armor reduce hatching times by ~20%. Donator status also reduces the egg hatching times by 10%; these bonuses can stack.

Shiny Pokémon
A Shiny and a Non-Shiny Pokémon cannot be bred together. Two Shiny Pokémon will always produce a Shiny offspring. Breeding two non-Shiny Pokémon will usually result in a non-Shiny egg, however these eggs could be Shiny; determined by regular Shiny rate (1/30,000 chance per encounter). The shinyness of the Pokémon is decided when the egg is produced, not when it hatches.

OT
A Pokemon's OT (Original Trailer) can be one of three things. OT, OT* or Unknown OT.


 * OT Pokemon are acquired if you have the Mother of the egg in your OT dex.
 * OT* is acquired if you do not have the Mother of the egg in your OT dex.
 * Unknown OT is acquired if you breed a shiny Pokemon and you do not already have your OT on the Mother of the shiny egg however, if you breed a Male OT shiny with a female Non-OT of the same species, you will get regular OT

Gender
The gender of an egg can be selected while breeding (unless its male/female only) with prices varying based on the gender ratio of the egg.

25%(M) - $9,000(M)/ $5,000(F)

50%(M) - $5,000(M)/$5,000(F)

75%(M) - $5,000(M)/$9,000(F)

87.5%(M) - $5,000(M)/$21,000(F)

Gender-counterpart species
There are two pairs of Pokémon families where the male and female are different species. If the gender is not selected by the player when given the opportunity, the egg produced has an even chance to hatch into either the male or female variant (i.e. Nidorans or Illumise/Volbeat).

Egg Heredity
When breeding, the parents IV's can be passed down to an egg. The egg can have either of the parents' IV's, for each specific stat, or a medium of both (Note that the medium will always be the most likely outcome when breeding). In the case that there is a difference of one between the parents' IV's, there's a 50/50 chance that the egg will receive either one. If both parents share an IV however, the egg is guaranteed to carry down that stat.

If both parents do not share a specific IV stat, you can guarantee that one parent's IV in that stat can be passed down to the egg with the use of Power Items.

Power Items can be bought inside the daycare for $10,000 each and allow you to carry one IV from a parent to the egg.

When breeding, if a Pokémon has two possible abilities, there is an 80% chance for the egg to carry down the mother's ability. If a Pokémon has an undesired ability, you can change it with the use of the Ability Pill, which can be bought inside the daycare for $35,000 each.


 * A parent's nature can be passed down to the egg with the use of an Everstone.
 * Genderless Pokémon of the same species can breed with each other. I.e Magnemite and Magneton
 * Breeding does NOT carry over ribbons. I.E contest ribbons

Egg Moves
In the breeding process, if either parent has a move that can pass on to the egg's species, it will receive that move. Any move that an egg is born with can be relearned with heart scales in any Pokecenter via the move relearned.

Incense
Incense can be used in breeding to acquire specific baby pokemon such as Munchlax. These Include:

Odd Incense - Used to acquire a Mime Jr. egg.

Sea Incense - Used to acquire an Azurill egg.

Rose Incense - Used to acquire a Budew egg.

Wave Incense - Used to acquire a Mantyke egg.

Rock Incense - Used to acquire a Bonsly egg.

Pure Incense - Used to acquire a Chingling egg.

Luck Incense - Used to acquire a Happiny egg.

Lax Incense - Used to acquire a Wynaut egg.

Full Incense - Used to acquire a Munchlax egg.