Breeding

Breeding is a process where two Pokémon reproduce, resulting in a new level 1 Pokémon.

Requirements

In general, two Pokémon of opposite genders are required to breed. They also must both be part of the same Egg group. This process will produce an Egg containing a level 1 Pokémon that is the base evolutionary form of the mother's Pokémon species (e.g., a mother Venusaur will produce a Bulbasaur Egg).

Exceptions

Ditto can breed with any Pokémon except Pokémon in the Undiscovered Egg group. This compatibility is not reliant on gender, so male, female, and genderless Pokémon can all breed with Ditto. This is the only way that genderless Pokémon can reproduce.
- If a Ditto breeds with another Ditto, the resultant Egg will be a random species of Pokémon.
Pokémon in the Undiscovered Egg group cannot breed with any Pokémon, including Ditto and other Pokémon in the No Eggs Egg group.
Certain Pokémon, such as Snorlax, will not produce their base forms unless the mother is holding a certain incense. Without the incense, these Pokémon will produce the evolutionary forms immediately following their base forms (e.g., breeding a Snorlax without a Full Incense will produce an Egg containing another Snorlax instead of a Munchlax). These Pokémon and their required incenses are listed below.
- Snorlax: Full Incense
- Wobbuffet: Lax Incense
If a Nidoran♀ breeds or a Nidoran♂, Nidorino, or Nidoking and a Ditto breed, the resultant Egg may contain either Nidoran♀ or Nidoran♂.

Getting started

To breed any Pokémon, a ranch block is required.

After placing down a ranch block, up to six Pokémon from the player's PC (not the player's party) can be put into the ranch block, where they will begin to wander within a 9x9 block area around the ranch block.

Breeding process

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Hatching

After claiming an Egg, the player must walk around with the Egg until it hatches. An Egg in the PC will not hatch. In an Egg's summary screen, instead of the usual information, there is only an indicator of roughly how long the Egg will take before it hatches. Eggs cannot participate in battle.

After a sufficient amount of time, the Egg will hatch, revealing a level 1 Pokémon. The player can then use it in battle and train it like a normal Pokémon.

Inheritance

Parents can pass on several traits that they possess to their offspring.

IVs

Combined, the two parents will pass down three random IVs to their offspring.

Poké Ball

The Poké Ball that the mother is in will be passed to her offspring unless the Poké Ball is a Master Ball.

Growth

The growth of the offspring will be the growth value between the mother's growth and the father's growth. For example, if the mother's growth is small and the father's growth is huge, the growths of their offspring will be ordinary.

Ability

For normal abilities, there is an 80% chance that the mother's ability will be passed to the offspring if there are two possible normal abilities that the offspring could have.
If the mother has its hidden ability, there is a 60% chance that the ability will be passed to its offspring if the other parent is not a Ditto.
If the father has its hidden ability and is breeding with a Ditto, there is a 50% chance that the ability will be passed on.

Egg moves

If the mother or father have certain moves, their offspring could potentially inherit these moves despite not normally being able to learn them.

If either the father or the mother (or both) know certain specified "Egg moves", their offspring will inherit these moves. The majority of these moves are unable to be learned by the Pokémon except with this method.
If the father or the mother know any moves that can be taught via TMs or HMs, their offspring will inherit these moves.
If both the mother and father know moves that are in their offspring's level up movepool, the offspring will inherit these moves. This may cause the offspring to know moves that it would normally only be able to learn at higher levels.

If more than four moves fit the criteria above, the moves that the offspring will have are decided using the above list as a hierarchy; i.e., Egg moves have priority over the other criteria. If there are more than four potential Egg moves to be inherited, the mother's Egg moves are prioritized.

Held items

Several held items influence aspects of the parent Pokémon that are passed to the offspring Pokémon.

Destiny Knot: If held by a parent, five IVs will be passed from the parents to the offspring instead of three.
Everstone: If held by a parent, the offspring's nature will always match the nature of the parent holding the Everstone.
Power items: If held by a parent, the offspring will always inherit the IV from that parent that corresponds to the power item. If the two parents are each holding a different power item, one of them will pass down their specified IV, passing down the other two IVs randomly as usual.