How to breed eggs in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet

To breed your own eggs in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet, and for example, get some Baby Pokemon Pokedex entries, here’s all you need to know to be a master breeder in Game Freak’s latest.

The traditional breeding system in the Pokemon franchise has been changed a bit in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet. This might catch veteran players by surprise, but hopefully not so much, as everything regarding breeding has been simplified.

On the plus side, the system makes the act of breeding much easier, as it doesn’t require you to visit any Nurseries or Day Care Centers, and there are ways to increase the effectiveness of breeding.

Here’s all you need to know about breeding in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet.

• How to breed Pokemon in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet
• How to speed up breeding with sandwiches in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet
• How to hatch an Egg in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet

How to breed Pokemon in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet

For you to be able to breed in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet, you just need to set up a Picnic using the game’s menu, and you will be able to get the process up and running almost immediately.

You will need to make sure that you have either a Male or Female Pokemon in the same applicable Egg Group as this is how it will create a Pokemon Egg. Another way is to have a Pokemon that is eligible for breeding, along with a Ditto, and either scenario will enable you to breed Pokemon.

Just kill some time once the setup has begun, and eventually, you can check the basket on the table, and it will inform you that an Egg has been created.

How to speed up breeding with sandwiches in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet

One of the new additions to the breeding mechanic is that you can cook up some tasty sandwiches for the Picnic party and it will speed up the time it takes to create Eggs.

You’ll need ingredients from Paldea’s Mesagoza place of interest, and we’d whole-heartedly recommend you concoct a Great Peanut Butter Sandwich as it will give you the best chance of reducing the egg-making time.

These are the ingredients you will need to make one:

• Banana
• Butter
• Peanut Butter

How to hatch an Egg in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet

To hatch an Egg, Pokemon Scarlet & Violet players need to get the egg on one slot on their teams and start walking around.

Just like in previous Pokemon games, it’s all about stepping, running, and generally covering ground to make the Egg hatch. After a while, you’ll get a prompt telling you that it’s time for the Egg to hatch and give you a new Pokemon.

If you want even more guides for Pokemon Scarlet & Violet, we have plenty more to check out:

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