Breeding
Breeding is leaving two compatible Pokémon at a Day Care or Nursery to produce an egg
Gold and Silver introduced breeding at the Route 34 Day Care. The egg hatches as the lowest evolution of the mother's species, or of the non-Ditto parent. In Gold and Silver a shiny parent bred with Ditto gave a 1 in 64 chance of a shiny offspring because DVs were inherited.
Main-series games; introduced in Generation II, Gold and Silver.
4 later changes
- Ruby and Sapphire passed three IVs from the parents to the egg.
- X and Y let a Destiny Knot pass five IVs and let the mother pass her Poké Ball.
- Sun and Moon let either parent pass its Poké Ball when both are the same species.
- Scarlet and Violet replaced the Nursery with eggs found in a picnic basket.
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