What factors influence pokemon breeding time?
After some time playing Omega Ruby and attempting to complete my Dex, I've noticed some substantial variability in the time it takes to produce an egg. It got me thinking - what actually determines the breeding time?
I've done some casual looking, but can't find too much on the subject - just some vague notions about compatibility and certain types taking longer. I haven't been able to accurately reproduce a breeding cycle, but I think I've determined a few factors that may influence it:
- Day/night: breeding seems to take a LOT longer after the sun sets. When breeding for a specific nature, during the day I often fill my party with eggs before any of them hatch. When breeding the same pokemon into the night, though, I often hatch 2-3 before gaining another egg.
- Held items: any incense-breeding to produce a baby pokemon seems to reliably take longer than breeding the pokemon itself.
- Marathons: The breeding rate seems to change steadily the longer a certain pokemon is in the daycare. For some, the time seems to increase - for others (mostly starters), the eggs seem to come faster and faster. Not reliable.
- Level: Higher-level pokemon seem to have a slightly higher average breeding time. Not reliable.
- Evolution: Breeding an evolution vs a base (eg Blastoise vs a Squirtle) seems to increase the average breeding time in some cases. Not reliable.
- Type: Type doesn't seem to affect breeding time at all. I've had dragon-types spit out a second egg faster than I could walk away, and I've had a Caterpie take literally 20 minutes to produce.
- Rarity/Power: Very subjective/unreliable. The more powerful/difficult-to-obtain a pokemon is, the longer it seems to take to breed. I tried to benchmark this with a Kangaskhan, Metagross, Gloom, and Wurmple - the first two took considerably longer to produce than the second two. There are definite exceptions (see Caterpie above). This may also just be a function of level/evolution.
This is not a rigorous exploration by any means - I haven't timed cycles or anything. There's also the chance that it's 100% random and I'm basing conjecture on happenstance.
Can anyone tell me what factors actually influence breeding time?
Best Answer
According to Bulbapedia:
The chance of any two Pokémon producing an Egg is determined by their species (two Bulbasaur are the same species, while Bulbasaur and Ivysaur are not) and their Original Trainers.
When there are two compatible Pokémon in the Day Care, the game will periodically decide whether the Day-Care Man has found an Egg, with the chances depending on the compatibility of the two Pokémon. In Generation III and later, the game determines whether an Egg appears after every 256 steps the player takes.
It's just luck. Nothing else.
The only other factor known that affects getting an egg is Oval Charm, which increases the chance of getting an Egg.
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- Day/night: breeding seems to take a LOT longer after the sun sets. ...
- Held items: any incense-breeding to produce a baby pokemon seems to reliably take longer than breeding the pokemon itself.
Is Pokémon breeding based on time or steps?
Rather, the game determines it by how many steps you have taken, which explains why you're encouraged to go and walk around in the game. Pokemon's RNG gods have decreed that every 255 steps your character takes is the amount of time per \u201cegg cycle.\u201d That is, the chance for your Pokemon pair to produce an egg.What determines Pokémon ability breeding?
In the realm of inheriting Abilities, the mother will always have the greatest amount of power. If you breed a female Pok\xe9mon with an Ability (the male parent can either be a compatible male or a Ditto, doesn't matter), the Ability she has will always have an 80% chance of being passed down.How do I make my Pokémon breed faster?
To hatch eggs faster, you can carry a Pok\xe9mon with the Flame Body ability in your party with the eggs. Sizzlipede, Centiskorch, Carkol, Coalossal, Litwick, Lampent, and Chandelure all have a chance to have Flame Body.What items affect breeding Pokémon?
Shiny Charm (Key Item) - Increases the chance of breeding a shiny Pokemon off the two parents are from different language (known as the Masuda method)....The items include:- Power Weight (HP)
- Power Bracer (Atk)
- Power Belt (Def)
- Power Lens (SpA)
- Power Band (SpD)
- Power Anklet (Spe)
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