# Breeding ### **How does it work?** * **Pastures** (or “daycare blocks”) are the breeding stations where players place two compatible Pokémon, upon right clicking a pasture upon placement. You can select if it operates as a Breeding station or a Normal Pasture block.

When you open a pasture (right-click), it launches the UI in Daycare Mode View. This UI will: * Display both parent Pokemon * Shows held items and whether they influence breeding outcomes * Predicts possible offspring traits or effects **Pastures in "Daycare Mode" emit heart particles to indicate breeding activity. No hearts mean it is open for cosmetic purposes only.**

These Pastures generate eggs periodically on a timer. ### **Anti-AFK / Chunk Unload Compensation**: If a pasture goes unloaded (e.g. due to chunk unload), it tracks the last active tick. When the chunk is reloaded, the Daycare calculates how many eggs *would* have been generated in that interim and produces them. This ensures players aren’t penalized for being offline or for chunks being unloaded. **This also means you do not need to stay in that chunk for continuous breeding to be successful!** ### **Incubators & Hatching:** * You can retrieve eggs from a pasture block either with a hopper underneath or directly with an Incubator * Copper incubators are available in /shop under 'Misc' for 25k! * Iron Incubators are a 5% chance from /vote keys * Gold Incubators are a 1% chance from /vote keys * Diamond Incubators are from [Player Level ](https://cobblemon-town.gitbook.io/cobblemon-town/server-features/player-levels/player-level-reward-list)30 * Copper, Iron, Gold, and Diamond Incubators are all craftable(recipes in image below) * Netherite Incubators are from [Player Level](https://cobblemon-town.gitbook.io/cobblemon-town/server-features/player-levels/player-level-reward-list) 70 * Eggs produced by pasture blocks **do not hatch in the player's inventory**. Instead, they must be placed into an **Incubator**, a special container used solely for hatching. * Each player can only have **one active incubator in your inventory** at a time. * Incubators function similarly to *Ender Chests* regarding egg storage—they persist across dimensions and sessions. * Incubators come in **tiers**, where higher tiers provide better or larger storage. * After right-clicking the incubator it is player bound to you and cannot be used by other users. **Please do not sell/trade bound incubators it would be considered a server rule violation.**

#### Tiering System: * Copper Capacity - 8 * Iron Capacity - 64 * Gold Capacity - 32 * Diamond Capacity - 96 * Netherite Capacity - 128 #### Shiny Hunting: * Shiny eggs will have orange spots and have a sparkling icon. The Pokemon stats will also feature a star in the summary. * Shiny odds are 1/8092. * With the Masuda Method, where both parents have different OTs, the odds go down even further! * Pasture Blocks will tell you your current shiny odds at the bottom of the offspring screen

#### Shiny Boosters: * Shiny Boosters are consumed by the pasture block and work for the next 5 eggs the pasture block generates.

#### Helpful Links: * [All Pokemon Egg Groups](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Egg_Group) - Bulbapedia