How do I breed Pokemon for their Hidden Abilities?

How do I breed Pokemon for their Hidden Abilities? - Black and White Border Collie

I want to legitimately breed a competitive team, but I don't know how to breed for hidden abilities unless I just breed two Pokemon who have their normal ability(s) together until I breed one with a hidden ability. Does someone know a useful trick or item I could use?



Best Answer

Breeding two pokemon with normal abilities will never result in a pokemon with a hidden ability.

To breed a pokemon with a hidden ability, the female pokemon (or a male/genderless pokemon being bred with a ditto) must have its hidden ability. It will have a 60% chance of passing on the hidden ability.

This does, unfortunately, mean you'll need to catch or trade for a pokemon of the right species with the hidden ability to begin with.




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Can you breed Pokémon to get hidden ability?

Once you've caught a Pok\xe9mon with a Hidden Ability, you can take it to the Pok\xe9mon Nursery and breed it. There's a 50% chance of passing on a Pok\xe9mon's Hidden Ability to its offspring. However, if you breed a Pok\xe9mon that has a Hidden Ability with a Ditto, you'll always pass the Hidden Ability down.

How do you breed hidden powers?

How to Breed Pokemon Basics
  • Choose one male and one female Pokemon.
  • Make sure they like each other.
  • Leave them at a Pokemon Nursery either on Route 5 or Bridge Field in the Wild Area.
  • Eventually, they will produce an egg, which you can pick up from outside the Nursery.
  • Keep the Egg in your party until it hatches.




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    Answer 2

    As Phil D. commented, here's some info about catching Hidden ability Pokemon with DexNav (from Bulbapedia):

    At a minimum, the Hidden Pokémon screen will always show the Search Level of the target hidden Pokémon. If the player has owned the Pokémon, its type will also be displayed. When the player is close enough to the Pokémon, its silhouette and level will also be shown. Other information, such as the Pokémon's first move, Ability, held item, and potential may also be displayed, depending on the species' Search Level. If the Pokémon has a special move, Hidden Ability, high level, or high potential, an exclamation mark will appear next to that datum on the screen.

    As a species' Search Level increases, it becomes possible to encounter Pokémon of that species with certain attributes, and the DexNav displays more information about hidden Pokémon of that species.

    As you can see in this table, with a Search level of at least 10, and at least 2 stars potential, you can encounter a Pokemon with its Hidden Ability.

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    At Search Levels 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100, the chances of a hidden Pokémon having high IVs, knowing an Egg move, or having its Hidden Ability increase. Below is an approximation of these chances based on observed hidden Pokémon encounters. As these values are based on observations, the true chances may be somewhat higher or lower.

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