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Breed Pokémon in the daycare, pass down IVs, natures and Hidden Abilities, and hatch eggs faster.

The daycare breeds your Pokémon for you. Drop off a compatible pair, wait for an egg, then walk it until it hatches.

Command What it does
/daycare Open your daycare
/egginfo Check the egg you're carrying
/warp tp daycare Go to the daycare at spawn

Daycare basics#

Setting Value
Plots 4 breeding plots
Time to produce an egg 80 minutes
Hatch cooldown 60 minutes
Eggs you can hold at once 1
Offline breeding Plots keep breeding while you're offline: one check every 30 minutes, up to 1 egg per plot
  1. Open /daycare and pick a plot.
  2. Add two compatible Pokémon (same egg group and opposite genders, or one Pokémon with a Ditto).
  3. After the breeding time, collect the egg.
  4. Carry the egg and walk to hatch it.

Note Legendary, mythical and Ultra Beast Pokémon can't be bred. Basculegion is also blocked.

What gets passed down#

Trait How it's inherited
IVs 3 IVs are passed down from the parents. A parent holding a Destiny Knot passes down 5
Specific IVs A parent holding a Power item (Power Weight, Power Bracer and so on) always passes that stat's IV
Nature A parent holding an Everstone always passes its nature
Hidden Ability A female parent with its Hidden Ability passes it on 60% of the time; a male parent 40%. A Ditto can't pass a Hidden Ability
Egg moves Passed down from the parents
Poké Ball Inherited from a parent
Regional forms Breeding works for regional evolutions such as Perrserker, Sirfetch'd, Obstagoon, Clodsire and Overqwil

Incense babies#

Some baby Pokémon only hatch if a parent holds the right incense: for example, Snorlax holding a Full Incense gives Munchlax. Lax, Luck, Odd, Pure, Rock, Rose, Sea and Wave Incense work too.

Shiny breeding#

Method Effect
Base shiny chance 1 in 8,192
Masuda method (parents from different countries) Shiny chance ×1.5
Shiny parent Shiny chance ×1.5

Hatching eggs#

Eggs hatch after you walk a number of steps that depends on the egg group:

Egg group Steps
Bug, Water 1, Undiscovered 60
Fairy 80
Field 90
Flying, Grass, Water 2 100
Mineral, Human-Like 110
Amorphous, Monster 130
Water 3, Ditto 140
Dragon 180
Anything else 150

Ways to hatch faster:

  • Ride: steps count double while you're on a boat, horse or ridden Pokémon.
  • Abilities: a party Pokémon with Flame Body, Magma Armor or Steam Engine speeds up hatching.
  • Flying with an elytra doesn't count.

Tip Keep a Flame Body Pokémon (Litwick, Carkol and Slugma are easy to find) in your party and ride a Pokémon in circles near spawn. Your egg will hatch in no time.