Breeding Basics for Beginners
...and then some
You can find the Pokemon Day Care center in Solaceon town. When you put two compatible pokemon in the day care at the same time they produce eggs. If you talk to the old man standing outside the day care he will give you eggs (while claiming he has no idea how the egg came into existance.. *raised eyebrow*). If you hold the egg long enough while walking around it will hatch and out will come your pokemon.
There are a lot of things you can control with the outcome of what you breed.
Things you can influence are:
by giving the mother (or ditto) an everstone you increase the likelihood of passing on the same nature as the mother (or ditto). See below for a list of natures and their affects
- IVs
between 0 and 31 - Moves
ones learned by TM, HM and Egg moves
The first thing you need to do is figure out what pokemon you want to hatch. Females pass on the pokemon species while males pass on moves. Both the father and the mother pass on some of their IVs. I'll explain more on what an IV is later. If you want to hatch a pokemon of a specific nature you'll want to find a mom with the same nature and give have her hold an everstone. This increases the likelihood of the
Some moves are what you call 'egg moves' and can not be learned by tm or naturally. You have to have a male breed with the female pokemon you want to have the egg moves in order to pass them on.
Natures and their Effects Adamant ~ + Attack, -Special Attack
Bashful ~ no affect
Bold ~ -Attack, +Defense
Brave ~ + Attack, -Speed
Calm ~ -Attack, + Special Defense
Careful ~ -Special Attack, + Special Defense
Docile ~ no affect
Gentle ~ -Defense, +Special Defense
Hardy ~ no affect
Hasty ~ -Defense, +Speed
Impish ~ +Defense, -Special Attack
Jolly ~ -Special Attack, +Speed
Lax ~ +Defense, -Special Defense
Lonely ~ +Attack, -Defense
Mild ~ -Defense, +Special Attack
Modest ~ -Attack, +Special Attack
Naive ~ -Special Defense, +Speed
Naughty ~ +Attack, -Special Defense
Quiet ~ +Special Attack, -Speed
Quirky ~ no affect
Rash ~ +Special Attack, -Special Defense
Relaxed ~ +Defense, -Speed
Sassy ~ +Special Derfense, -Speed
Serious ~ no affect
Timid ~ -Attack, +Speed
This is not done, but I figured maybe
someone can benefit from what information I already have listed here. Please ask free to post and ask questions or contribute.