##---------------------------------------- Essentials ----------------------------------------
01- Oval Charm - can be bought from Helios Black Market. It increases the chance of getting an Egg from the Daycare Center.
02- Everstone(s) - can be bought from Helios Department Store. The Pokémon holding an Everstone will pass down its Nature.
03- Destiny Knot - Given at Metchi Town by a Female Ace Trainer. When held by a Pokémon while breeding, the baby Pokémon inherits 5 different IVs from both of its parents.
04- Talonflame with the ability Flame Body (halves the number of cycles it takes for an Egg to hatch) and/or the move Fly.
05- Ditto and Delta Ditto with different natures (one with preferable 6 IVs if going Competitive), needed for breeding original Pokémon and Delta Pokémon respectively.
06- Pokémon with the ability Synchronize, examples are Ralts, Abra, Munna, etc. Need to catch Pokémon with certain Nature.
07- Pokémon with the ability Cute Charm, examples are Clefairy, Jigglypuff, Skitty, etc. In Insurgence the Pokémon attracts other wild Pokémon with the same gender, so Female -> Female, and Male -> Male. Best suited use to get a Pokémon with a low rate of a certain gender in the wild.
----------------------------------- Basic Inheritance -----------------------------------
01- Nature:
To get a specific Nature for your Pokémon you can go 2 ways:
a) use a Ditto or Delta Ditto you have with the needed Nature holding an Everstone while breeding.
b) use a Synchronize Pokémon you have with the needed Nature as your lead in a wild Pokémon encounter to copy its Nature to the wild Pokémon you want to breed with later.
02- Ability:
The Normal Abilities the Pokémon have can pass equally while breeding if they have more than one Ability.
The Hidden Ability the Pokémon have can pass from the Female Pokémon only while breeding, Male Pokémon can pass their Hidden Ability only if they breed with a Ditto. Hidden Ability Pokémon can be acquired at the Friend Safari or from the Dream Guru at Gaea Town using Dream Mist .
03- Moves:
To acquire certain moves through breeding you have to follow certain chains and steps, which can be followed if searched the chain thoroughly over the wiki for the Pokémon needed. Noting that you have to follow the same Egg Groups order. Original Pokémon only have access to breeding for Egg Moves, TMs, and HMs, Delta Pokémon don’t have access to breeding Egg Moves, TMs, and HMs because they only breed with Delta Ditto.
Moves Inheritance in Insurgence been tested and proved to pass as followed:
- Male TMs and HMs pass 1st.
- Female and Male EMs pass 2nd.
- The moves follow a reverse-numerical order, Z-A.
EM (Egg Move), TM (Technical Machine), HM (Hidden Machine).
Tip: Level up your Pokémon (through the Level Trainer at your Secret Base) to a high level if they have moves to pass while breeding to prevent those moves being replaced if they level up while they are within the Daycare Center, also it’s better to delete other moves (by the Move Deleter found at the basement of the Pokémon Center) that are not needed to pass while breeding to make the process more efficient.
4- IVs:
To get IVs either you catch a Pokémon that already have some IVs or use IV Stones which are acquired through Rock Smash or winning reward from the Battle Frontier.
Preferable approach is to hunt for 6 IV Stones then using them on a Ditto or Delta Ditto to aqcuire a 6IV Ditto. The Ditto then will be used to pass the IVs to the Pokémon you want through breeding, either of the 2 Pokémon will be holding a Destiny Knot to guarantee 5IVs passing to the baby Pokémon from both parents.
------------------------------------- Breeding Steps -------------------------------------
01- Get Talonflame in your team.
02- Get your 2 Pokémon to breed at the Pokémon Daycare Center in Metchi Town.
03- Walk/Bike around the area to start the breeding process.
04- Save every time BEFORE you speak to the Old Lady when you check if the Pokémon Egg is ready.
Alternative Option: Talk to the Old Guy inside the House to check if the Pokémon Egg is Ready or not (longer process).
05- Once you have the Egg ( DO NOT SAVE THE GAME ), you have 2 options:
a) Walk/bike around the area until the Pokémon Egg Hatches.
b) Fly to Vipik City and head to the Egg Hatcher (2nd building to the left of Pokemon Center) to hatch your Pokémon Egg.
06- If you didn’t get the baby Pokémon you need Soft Reset using F12 and repeat the previous step 5.
07- Additional step, repeat breeding for IVs every time you get a better IV breeding partner for a higher chance getting the perfect IV set you need to the baby Pokémon.
Happy Breeding!