Pokemon Breeding Guide
Master the art of Pokemon breeding to create perfect competitive Pokemon with ideal IVs, natures, and egg moves.
🥚 Breeding Basics
How Breeding Works
Leave two compatible Pokemon at the Day Care or Nursery. If they can breed, an egg will be produced after you walk a certain number of steps.
Breeding Requirements:
- • Pokemon must be opposite genders (except with Ditto)
- • Must share at least one Egg Group
- • Cannot be in Undiscovered Egg Group (legendaries)
- • Baby Pokemon cannot breed (must evolve first)
Egg Groups
💡 Ditto Breeding: Ditto can breed with any Pokemon except those in the Undiscovered group. The offspring will always be the species of the non-Ditto parent.
🧬 IV Breeding
Passing Down IVs
IVs (Individual Values) are inherited from parents. Use these items to control IV inheritance:
Destiny Knot
Passes down 5 random IVs from both parents combined
Essential for competitive breeding
Power Items
Guarantees specific stat IV from holder
- • Power Weight (HP)
- • Power Bracer (Attack)
- • Power Belt (Defense)
- • Power Lens (Sp. Attack)
- • Power Band (Sp. Defense)
- • Power Anklet (Speed)
Perfect IV Breeding Strategy:
- 1. Start with high IV parents: Use a 6IV Ditto if available
- 2. Give Destiny Knot to one parent: Usually the one with better IVs
- 3. Give Everstone to other parent: If it has the desired nature
- 4. Breed and check offspring: Keep ones with better IVs
- 5. Replace parents: Use better offspring as new parents
- 6. Repeat until perfect: Aim for 5-6 perfect IVs (31)
⚡ Egg Moves
Egg moves are special moves that Pokemon can only learn through breeding. They're passed down from parents to offspring.
How to Pass Egg Moves:
- •Father must know the move (older games)
- •Either parent can pass moves (newer games)
- •Move must be compatible with baby's species
- •Can pass up to 4 egg moves
- •TM/TR moves can also be inherited
Popular Egg Moves:
⚠️ Chain Breeding: Sometimes you need to breed through multiple species to get a move combination. For example: Move A from Species 1 → Species 2 → Target Pokemon.
🌟 Nature & Ability Inheritance
Nature Inheritance
Everstone
Parent holding Everstone passes its nature 100% of the time
Without Everstone, nature is random (25 possibilities). Always use Everstone on the parent with your desired nature.
Ability Inheritance
- Mother's Ability: 80% chance to pass (60% for Hidden Ability)
- Ditto Breeding: Non-Ditto parent's ability chances apply
- Hidden Ability: Must have parent with HA to pass it down
- Ability Capsule: Can switch between regular abilities (not HA)
✨ Shiny Breeding (Masuda Method)
Masuda Method
Breeding Pokemon from different language games significantly increases shiny odds.
1/4096
Normal Odds
1/683
Masuda Method
1/512
Masuda + Shiny Charm
Shiny Breeding Tips:
- • Get a foreign Ditto through online trading
- • Complete Pokedex for Shiny Charm
- • Use Flame Body/Magma Armor for faster hatching
- • Prepare boxes for eggs (can take 1000+ eggs)
- • Consider using egg hatching routes/circuits
- • Be patient - it's still RNG!
🔥 Hatching Eggs Efficiently
Hatching Speed Boost
Breeding Quick Reference
Essential Items:
- ✓ Destiny Knot - Pass 5 IVs
- ✓ Everstone - Pass nature
- ✓ Power Items - Guarantee specific IV
- ✓ Shiny Charm - Better shiny odds
Breeding Checklist:
- ☐ Compatible parents (egg group/gender)
- ☐ Desired nature on one parent
- ☐ High IVs on both parents
- ☐ Egg moves learned
- ☐ Flame Body Pokemon in party