Dog Breed Guide

[Twyla Plack]

1To explain the basics of the new breeding system.

2. To explain how to acheive a perfect 6x31, correct nature pokemon, and how much it will cost (on a monetary level).

3. To also provide a more "economical" approach to the breeding system.

Disclaimer: This is a TEXT HEAVY, Graphic Minimal guide. If you just want to know the basics of the new breeding, then read the numbered list below. If you want to know how to breed what you want, then delve into the sea of text in any of the following three sections.

6. One can use a brace, which can be bought from a NPC who resides in each daycare for 10k each, and these braces can be given to a parent to ensure that a specific IV of your choice is passed down to the child (this DOES count as one of the three directly inherited IVs for the child).

8. The player is capable of switching a pokemon's ability with a consumable item; thus ability breeding is not a concern at the moment (mechanics for abilities will change in the future as stated here).

10. Genderless pokemon of the same evolution line (i.e. a magnemite and a magneton) can breed together. Note that you still cannot breed two dittos together (but ditto still can breed with any other pokemon).

13. You can shiny breed in this game. 2 regular parents give normal (1/30,000 + modifiers) odds of getting a shiny. You cannot breed a normal pokemon with a shiny pokemon. If you breed 2 shiny pokemon together, the offspring will be shiny. The IV's are passed in the following manner:

Now, let's get to it. (Note: we are starting from complete scratch, and in most cases it would be better to trade for a necessary pokemon rather than catch and breed yourself, as genders can really mess things up, which makes the process much longer and much more expensive than originally planned)

1x31 Pokemon - You will need to catch a total of thirty-one 1x31 pokemon. You will need some specific 1x31's more than others, so I suggest you catch these as you go. I will suggest again, that you should keep any and all 1x31 pokemon that you catch.

Note that I presented the process in this order simply so that people can understand what's going on better. But, the most efficient way to breed natured 6x31's is to breed a 6x31, then a 5x31, then a 4x31, etc.. Then get a natured version and breed it up to the 6x31. This way, you maximize your benefit from getting the nature you want randomly (i.e. if the 4x31 randomly get's the nature you want, then you don't have to worry about breeding a 3x31 natured version). Just food for thought.

You will not be getting the best-of-the-best Competitive Pokemon from this guide, and it is also not a very fast process. Budget breeding requires patience and realism. You need to be able and willing to hunt for hours for good catchmmo pokemon, and to be willing to settle for a Pokemon that just meets your needs (not something that goes above and beyond).

Since we assume that we are working with a finite amount of Pokeyen in this section, the first and most important concept to understand is cost per IV point. What exactly do I mean by this? Well, generally when breeding to achieve a higher stat pokemon in this new refinement system, you want to look at the IV spread pokemon as a whole. To do this, we are going to simply add all the IVs of each Pokemon individually together to get an IV Sum. If you've taken any amount of statistics, or higher level mathematics, then you would likely know that when you look at all the possible IV Sums in the game of Pokemon, you would be looking at a nice Bell Curve that has finite endings. For those of you who don't have a clue what I'm talking about, here's a picture to help you understand, but instead of Rainfall think about Pokemon (keep reading, it will make more sense along the way):

What this represents is the probability of getting a certain IV Sum. The higher the point, the more likely you are to receive that IV Sum for a given Pokemon. Can you guess what the highest point on that Bell Curve is (i.e. which IV Sum value is the most likely to be found)? Well that would simply be (6x31)/2, or 93. This means that when you catch a random wild Pokemon, it will most likely have an IV spread that sums up to 93. The best IV Sum in the game is 6x31 = 186 , and the worst IV Sum is 6x0 = 0 (both have the exact same, super low chance of appearing in the wild).

OK, OK, Gilan we get it. You're good at math, no need to brag. Just hurry up and tell me how to breed efficiently already! - That's what you're probably thinking right now (or you want to hurt me for throwing math at your face). Don't worry. Let's get to it.

The first step to efficient breeding is to catch a good base pokemon. This pokemon should have the nature that you want and should be better/close-to-average. Now, for some pokemon you won't care about a specific stat (i.e. special attack for a Zangoose), so we are going to have to take this into account. To figure out if your caught pokemon is better-than-average, then add all of the relevant IVs together. So for a Zangoose, we would add HP, ATTK, DEF, SP. DEF, and SPEED together. Then compare that to X*31/2 (round up), where "X" is the number of relevant IVs that you care about (so in Zangoose's case, X=5). If your caught pokemon is better than the average and it has the nature you want and 31 speed, then you should use it as the baseline for your breed. If you are having trouble getting 31 speed and your nature together, then breed a natured pokemon with a pokemon with 31 speed while using an everstone and a speed brace to create your base pokemon (this will likely be below, average, but at least you can work with it). The odds of getting a 31 speed pokemon with the nature you want is 1/800 (Can be significantly reduced by using a synchronize pokemon in your first party slot with the nature you want), so if you don't feel like spending the time to look for that, then definitely do the short easy route and settle for the below-average base (you will just need to catch more better pokemon later on).

The next step is to determine what you want your final Pokemon to look like. This is very important, as you will need to lay out specifics, otherwise you might end up blowing your budget, which is not good. So, for example, I would want my Zangoose to have as close to 25/25/25/x/25/31 as possible, and 31 speed is a non-negotiable condition. This is an IV Sum of 131.

Let's also say that Gilan is poor after buying some aesthetically pleasing Shinies, and all the money he has left is what he won from being a boss at Zehkar's Hide n' Seek events. This totals to 150k. Assuming that Gilan will farm his own everstones and he already has a lot of pokeballs, and he wants to use a brace for each breed, then he will only be able to afford 7 breeds. as 150k/19k = 7.89. (factors in gender selection).

The next step is to go out and catch a Zangoose with an Average IV Sum greater than 96, and a Ditto with around the same IV Sum or greater, and with 31 speed (the 31 speed could be on the Zangoose as well).

Gilan will continue this process until he runs out of funds or he gets a Zangoose that he is satisfied with. It will also now be easier, as he can catch rattatas or other easy-to-find / easy-to-catch field egg group breeders to use.

This is how I generally go about budget breeding. You simply just need to know how much money you have, and the minimum for what will work for you, and then you can plan steps to reach that goal without breaking your budget. This isn't a very complex concept (I mean, seriously, it's basically just like "go out and catch a good pokemon, then go and catch even better pokemon to breed with it"), but it is important nonetheless.

Damnit Gilan, Amazing Work !

You could add a "Requirements" section to mention how many 1x31 Pokemons we need etc to make it simpler ?

Also put headings nicely so it looks nicely arranged.

It's awesome anyway :)

OK I added in requirements (this includes the costs). I calculated that breeding a perfect natured 6x31 will cost, at a minimum, 3,012,800 pokeyen. This assumes that you only use standard pokeballs, ans that you catch exactly what you need and nothing you don't need. Therefore, I think the monetary costs will near 4,000,000 pokeyen, but that is my complete guess.

I will start cleaning up and making it look spiffy starting on Sunday.

2, 2, 2, 2, 6, 16(if this one is possible) so on so forth.

If they can all be figured out then a spreadsheet could be done for each to make sure people never mess up. Maybe not even a spreadsheet but just a very very very specific guide with no real room for failure.

Basically, an egg had a certain amount of 'points', and after triggering four or more flags, every thirty seconds the points would go down by the amount of flags you had triggered. When the points hit 0, it'd hatch.

probably not because the egg is not in your party. Its kind of like PokeRus in later gens, it expires only if you have it out in your party for a week, but when you put it in the PC, PokeRus remains. Its like a "time freeze" for pokes and eggs.

Ive had to wait over a half hour for a egg before too, with FLAME BODY, but iirc it was a longest timed tier pokemon. This is a good guide! Very helpful! Even as just an approxamation of time really helps.

I want to start by stating that this is not the be-all-end-all of clownfish breeding guides. There are a lot of great guides out there. In fact, when I first started I used several of these "How to breed clownfish" type guides to build my foundation of clownfish breeding knowledge.

Well, what works for some may not work for others, and it never hurts to add new ideas or to spread ideas in a new voice. Finally, I wanted to write an all inclusive (or as much as I could reasonably include) guide to breeding clownfish to have all of the information in one place. I'll also include as many resources as I can, such as where you can find additional information or products.

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