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To breed Pokémon, you leave two Pokémon in the Daycare centre on the fourth of the Sevi Isles. If you deposit two Pokémon, there is a possibility that that they may leave an egg, depending on the circumstances.

1. Both Pokémon must be in the same Egg group
2. There must be one male and one female
3. The Pokémon must be given enough time to breed

Contents 1 The Ditto Rule 2 The Nido Rule 3 Incense Rule 4 Inherited/Egg moves 5 Egg groups 6 Quick Hatching

[edit] The Ditto Rule

The one Pokémon that ignores this rule is Ditto. Any Pokémon not in the unbreedable group can breed with a Ditto. In Generation 3, the egg will hatch to a Lv 5 of the Pokémon other than Ditto. In Generation 4, the egg will hatch into a Lv 1 Pokémon.

[edit] The Nido Rule

If a Nidoqueen is breeding, and follows all the rules, there's is a 50% chance that the egg will hatch as a male Nidoran, and a 50% chance as a Nidoran that is female.

This also works for

• Nidoran♀ and Nidoran♂
• Illumise and Volbeat
• Miltank and Tauros

Other than the Ditto rule and Nido rule, the egg will always be the first form of the female Pokémon that's breeding, and if allowed, it will be either male or female.

[edit] Incense Rule

If a Pokémon holds an incense when breeding, then you will get its baby form. There are quite a few Pokémon that can do this, including:

• Marill or Azumarill with Sea Incense to get Azurill (Gen 3 and 4)
• Wobbufett with Lax Incense to get Wynaut (Gen 3 and 4)
• Roselia or Roserade with Rose Incense to get Budew (Gen 4)
• Chimecho with Pure Incense to get Chingling (Gen 4)
• Sudowoodo with Rock Incense to get Bonsly (Gen 4)
• Mr. Mime with Odd Incense to get Mime Jr. (Gen 4)
• Chansey or Blissey with Luck Incense to get Happiny (Gen 4)
• Snorlax with Full Incense to get Munchlax (Gen 4)
• Mantine with Wave Incense to get Mantyke (Gen 4)

[edit] Inherited/Egg moves

When breeding, the mother passes her ability and species to her baby. The baby's father is the primary contributor to passing on moves. There are several ways a Pokémon can inherit moves. Inherited moves are moves that a Pokémon would not normally learn, but inherits through breeding. There are several ways for a Pokémon to inherit a move.

• If the father has learned a TM move, the baby will hatch with the TM move, assuming it is capable of learning that move.
• If the father knows a move that is on the offspring's egg move list, (a list of moves that can only be learned through breeding) then the baby will be born with the egg move.
• If both parents know a specific move, then the baby will hatch knowing that move.

[edit] Egg groups

All Pokémon belong to a group, but a particular Pokémon may be in more than one group. Two Pokémon can only breed if they are in the same egg group. Here's the list:

• Dragon
• Fairy-like
• Field
• Flying
• Genderless
• Human-like
• Indeterminate
• Insect
• Grass
• Mineral/ Rock
• Monster
• Unbreedable
• Water a
• Water b
• Water c

Pokémon fall this way into the groups:

Bird	Dragon	Fairy	Field			Genderless
Aerodactyl Altaria Crobat Dodrio Doduo Farfetch'd Fearow Golbat Hoothoot Murkrow Natu Noctowl Pelipper Pidgeot Pidgeotto Pidgey Skarmory Spearow Swellow Swablu Taillow Togetic Wingull Xatu Zubat	Altaria Arbok Bagon Charizard Charmander Charmeleon Dragonair Dragonite Dratini Ekans Feebas Grovyle Gyarados Horsea Kingdra Magikarp Milotic Salamance Sceptile Seadra Seviper Shelgon Swablu Treecko	Azumarill Blissey Breloom Castform Chansey Clefable Clefairy Delcatty Hoppip Jigglypuff Jumpfluff Glalie Granbull Marill Mawile Minum Pikachu Plusle Raichu Roselia Shroomish Skiploom Skitty Snorunt Snubbull Togetic Wigglytuff	Absol Aipom Ampharos Arbok Arcanine Blaziken Camerupt Combusken Cyndaquil Delcatty Delibird Dewgong Diglett Donphan Dugtrio Dunsparce Eevee Ekans Electrike Espeon Exploud Farfetch'd Flaffy Flareon Furret Girafarig Golduck Granbull Growlithe Grumpig Houndoom Houndour Jolteon Kecleon	Linoone Loudred Manectric Mankey Mareep Mawile Meowth Mightyena Miltank Nidoking Nidoran♀ Nidoran♂ Nidorino Ninetales Numel Nuzleaf Persian Phanphy Pikachu Piloswine Poochyena Ponyta Primeape Psyduck Quagsire Quilava Raichu Rapidash Raticate Rattata Rhydon Rhyhorn Sandshrew Sandslash	Sealeo Seedot Seel Seviper Shiftry Skitty Slaking Slakoth Smeargle Sneasel Snubbull Spheal Spinda Spoink Stantler Swinub Tauros Teddiursa Torchic Torkoal Typhlosion Umbreon Ursaring Vaporeon Vigoroth Vulpix Wailmer Wailord Walrein Whismur Wooper Zangoose Zigzagoon	Baltoy Beldum Claydol Ditto Electrode Lunatone Magnemite Magneton Metagross Metang Porygon Porygon2 Shedinja Solrock Starmie Staryu Voltorb
Grass		Human-Like	Indeterminate	Insect		Mineral/Rock
Bayleef Bellossom Bellsprout Breloom Bulbasaur Cacnea Cacturne Chikorita Exeggcute Exeggutor Gloom Hoppip Ivysaur Jumpluff Lombre Lotad Ludicolo	Meganium Oddish Paras Parasect Roselia Shiftry Shroomish Skiploom Sunflora Sunkern Tangela Tropius Venusaur Victreebell Vileplume Weepinbell	Abra Alakazam Cacnea Cacturne Drowzee Electabuzz Hariyama Hitmonchan Hitmonlee Hitmontop Hypno Illumise Jynx Kadabra Machamp Machoke Machop Magmar Makuhita Medicham Meditite Mr Mime Sableye Spinda Volbeat	Banette Castform Chimecho Dusclops Duskull Gardevior Gastly Gengar Grimer Gulpin Haunter Kirlia Koffing Magcargo Misdreavus Muk Ralts Shuppet Slugma Swalot Weezing Wobbuffet	Ariados Beautifly Beedrill Butterfree Cascoon Caterpie Dustox Forretress Flygon Gligar Heracross Illumise Kakuna Ledian Ledyba Masquerain Metapod Nincada Ninjask	Paras Parasect Pineco Pinsir Scizor Scyther Shuckle Silcoon Spinarak Surskit Trapinch Venomoth Venonat Vibrava Volbeat Weedle Wurmple Yanma	Geodude Glalie Golem Graveller Nosepass Onix Snorunt Steelix Sudowoodo
Monster		Unbreedable	Water A		Water B	Water C
Aggron Ampharos Aron Bayleef Blastoise Bulbasaur Charizard Charmander Charmeleon Chikorita Croconaw Cubone Exploud Feraligatr Flaffy Grovyle Ivysaur Kangaskhan Lairon Lapras Larvitar Lickitung Loudred Mareep Marowak	Marshtomp Meganium Mudkip Nidoking Nidoran♀ Nidoran♂ Nidorino Pupitar Rhyhorn Rhydon Sceptile Snorlax Slowbro Slowking Slowpoke Squirtle Swampert Treecko Totodile Tropius Tyranitar Venusaur Wartortle Whismur	Articuno Azurill Celebi Cleffa Deoxys Elekid Entei Groudon Ho-oh Igglybuff Jirachi Kyogre Latias Latios Lugia Magby Mew Mewtwo Moltres Nidoqueen Nidorina Pichu Raikou Rayquaza Regice Regirock Registeel Smoochum Suicune Togepi Tyrogue Unown Wynaut Zapdos	Azumarill Blastoise Clamperl Corsola Crawdaunt Croconaw Corphish Dewgong Dragonair Dragonite Dratini Feebas Feraligatr Golduck Gorebyss Horsea Huntail Kabuto Kabutops Kingdra Lapras Lombre Lotad Ludicolo Mantine Marill Marshtomp Masquerain	Milotic Mudkip Octillery Omanyte Omastar Pelipper Politoed Poliwag Poliwrath Poliwhirl Psyduck Quagsire Relicanth Remoraid Seadra Sealeo Seel Slowbro Slowking Slowpoke Spheal Squirtle Surskit Swampert Totodile Walrein Wartortle Wingull	Barboach Carvanha Chinchou Goldeen Gyarados Lanturn Luvdisc Magikarp Octillery Qwilfish Relicanth Remoraid Seaking Sharpedo Wailord Wailmer Whiscash	Anorith Armaldo Cloyster Corsola Corphish Cradily Crawdaunt Kabuto Kabutops Kingler Krabby Lileep Omanyte Omastar Shellder Tentacool Tentacruel

[edit] Quick Hatching

In Diamond and Pearl if you carry around a pokemon with the ability Magma Armour as well as the egg the number of steps needed to hatch eggs is halved