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# Breeding

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### Setting Up A Daycare

1. Place a **Pasture**.
2. Right-click the Pasture.
3. Choose **Daycare** in the setup menu.
4. Add two Pokémon to the Pasture.
5. Re-open the Pasture to view the Daycare menu.

The Daycare menu shows both parents and a preview of the possible offspring. If the Pokémon are not compatible, the offspring preview will be empty.

By default, players can have up to **3 active Daycares**.

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### Compatible Pokemon

Two Pokémon can breed if they are compatible by normal Pokémon breeding rules:

* They must share at least one **Egg Group**.
* They usually need to be **one male and one female**.
* A Pokémon can breed with **Ditto**, unless both Pokémon are Ditto.
* Pokémon in the **Undiscovered** Egg Group cannot breed.

The egg usually follows the **female parent**, or the **non-Ditto parent** when breeding with Ditto.

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### Egg Production

A Daycare periodically attempts to create an egg.

By default:

* The Daycare attempts to produce an egg every **10 minutes**.
* Each attempt has a **75% success chance**.
* Eggs can still be produced while the player is offline.
* Eggs are stored in the Daycare until collected.

Use the Daycare menu to check how many eggs are currently stored.

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### Incubators

Eggs need an **Incubator** to hatch.

Hold an incubator and **right-click in the air** to claim it. After it has been claimed, right-click it again to open the Incubator menu.

To collect eggs from a Daycare:

1. Hold your incubator.
2. Right-click the Daycare Pasture.
3. Any stored eggs will move into the incubator if there is space.

Eggs inside an incubator hatch over time. Having a Pokémon with **Flame Body**, **Steam Engine**, or **Magma Armor** in your party speeds up hatching.

### Incubator Tiers

| Incubator | Egg Storage | Eggs Hatched At Once |
| --------- | ----------- | -------------------- |
| Copper    | 8           | 1                    |
| Iron      | 64          | 2                    |
| Gold      | 32          | 32                   |
| Diamond   | 96          | 4                    |
| Netherite | 128         | 8                    |

Higher tiers can hold more eggs, hatch more eggs at the same time, or both.

### Crafting Incubators

To craft your first Copper Incubator, use the following crafting recipe:

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You can then use Iron Blocks and replace the Blaze Powder with the Copper Incubator to upgrade it, and so on.

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### Breeding Items

Some held items can affect breeding. If a parent is holding a valid breeding item, it will appear in the Daycare menu under that parent.

Useful breeding items include:

* **Everstone**: helps pass down nature.
* **Destiny Knot**: helps with IV inheritance.
* **Power Items**: help pass down specific IV stats.
* **Mirror Herb**: used for egg move inheritance.

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### Why Breed Pokemon?

Breeding is useful for getting better Pokemon over time.

Eggs can inherit or roll traits such as:

* IVs
* Nature
* Ability
* Pokeball
* Shiny chance

This means breeding two of the same Pokemon usually gives you another of that Pokemon, but with a chance for better traits.


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