Ranch Block

A ranch block is a block that is required to breed Pokémon. Unlike daycares in the Pokémon games, Pokémon do not gain experience while inside a ranch block.

Up to two Pokémon from the player's PC can be placed inside a ranch block, and Pokémon placed inside will begin to wander around in a 9x9 block area around the ranch block. This wander area can be seen by hovering over the ranch block for about one second. While a Pokémon is inside a ranch block, it cannot be moved to the player's party or within the PC and will have a lock icon next to it when viewed inside the PC.

Only Pokémon that are inside a ranch block can be bred; attempting to conduct the breeding process without a ranch block will produce no results. If the breeding process is successful, the resultant egg can be claimed from the ranch block.

A single Pokémon or two Pokémon that cannot breed with each other can be placed inside the ranch block with no repercussions. However, this will not result in anything material and is purely aesthetic.

A ranch block can be destroyed with a single punch and requires no tool to retrieve, but this will reset any progress that was made with the breeding process. Any Pokémon that were inside the ranch block will be returned to the PC.

• Ranch Block GUI.png

  The ranch block's interface

Config settings

• "Allow crafting and placing of ranch blocks": If this setting is set to false, ranch blocks cannot be crafted or placed, making breeding impossible.

Trivia

• The ranch block's crafting recipe uses several items that symbolize love and gifts, including gemstones, flowers, chocolate, and candy.
• In developmental versions of Pixelmon, the ranch block's design resembled the Companion Cube from Portal.