# Cobblemon Breeding and Daycare Guide

**Short answer:** How breeding works on TalonMC Cobblemon: pastures, the incubator, egg shiny chance and how to breed better Pokemon. Play it at `play.talonmc.net` with the TalonMC modpack.

Updated 19 October 2026 from the game code by the TalonMC team

**On this page**

- [Cobblemon Breeding and Daycare Guide: how it works](#cobblemon-breeding-and-daycare-guide-how-it-works)
- [Breeding and the daycare](#breeding-and-the-daycare)
- [Cobblemon Breeding and Daycare Guide FAQ](#cobblemon-breeding-and-daycare-guide-faq)
- [More TalonMC Cobblemon guides](#more-talonmc-cobblemon-guides)
- [See it in game: Cobblemon Breeding and Daycare Guide](#see-it-in-game-cobblemon-breeding-and-daycare-guide)

## Cobblemon Breeding and Daycare Guide: how it works

Breeding lets you raise Pokemon with better IVs, natures, abilities and egg moves. Pastures and an incubator run through a menu, and timers keep going while you are offline.

**How to open it:** Type `/breed` or `/daycare` to open the breeding menu with your pastures and incubator.

You start with 1 pasture and can unlock up to 5.

- **Egg timer**: A pair produces an egg after 3 hours plus 5,000 steps, or after 6 hours no matter how far you walked.
- **Hatching**: Eggs hatch on the same rule: 3 hours plus 5,000 steps, or 6 hours.
- **IVs**: 3 IVs are inherited, or 5 if either parent holds a Destiny Knot.
- **Power items**: A Power item forces its stat to be inherited.
- **Nature**: Nature is random unless a parent holds an Everstone, which also passes a regional form.
- **Hidden abilities**: Hidden abilities pass 60% of the time from the mother or the non-Ditto parent.
- **Egg moves**: Egg moves known by either parent pass down with no held item needed.
- **Shiny eggs**: Each egg has a 1 in 4096 shiny chance, plus 0.1% for each shiny parent.

**Note:** Eggs locked by the breeding system are marked untradeable.

**Tips**

- One walk counts for every egg and pasture at once, so walking while everything runs saves time.
- Boats, minecarts, riding, flying and walking the same ground within 10 minutes do not count as steps.
- Pokemon edited in PokeBuilder and rewards from Hard or higher dungeons cannot be bred.
- Unlock more pastures by breeding 15 eggs and hatching 35, 100 and 250 Pokemon.

## Breeding and the daycare

Type /breed (or /daycare) to open the breeding menu. Put a compatible pair in a pasture; it produces an egg after 3 hours plus 5,000 steps walked, or after 6 hours no matter how far you walked. The timer keeps running while you are offline.
Eggs go to the incubator and hatch the same way: 3 hours plus 5,000 steps, or 6 hours. One walk counts for every egg and pasture at once, but boats, minecarts, riding, flying and walking the same ground again within 10 minutes do not count.
You start with 1 pasture and earn more by breeding 15 eggs and hatching 35, 100 and 250 Pokemon, up to 5 pastures.

- IVs: 3 are inherited from the parents, or 5 if either parent holds a Destiny Knot. A Power item forces its stat to be inherited.
- Nature: random, unless a parent holds an Everstone. An Everstone on a regional-form parent also passes the regional form.
- Ability: hidden abilities pass 60% of the time from the mother (or the non-Ditto parent).
- Egg moves known by either parent are passed down with no held item needed.
- Shiny chance on an egg is 1 in 4096, plus 0.1% for each shiny parent.
- Pokemon edited in PokeBuilder and rewards from Hard or higher dungeons cannot be bred.

## Cobblemon Breeding and Daycare Guide FAQ

**What are the shiny odds from breeding?**
Each egg has a 1 in 4096 shiny chance, plus 0.1% for every shiny parent.

**How does breeding work?**
Put a compatible pair in a pasture with /breed. An egg arrives after 3 hours and 5,000 steps walked, or after 6 hours regardless, and hatches on the same rule. Destiny Knot passes 5 IVs and Everstone passes the nature.

## More TalonMC Cobblemon guides

[Cobblemon beginner's guide](https://www.talonmc.net/cobblemon/beginners-guide/)[All 10 Cobblemon Gyms: Leaders, Level Caps and Badges](https://www.talonmc.net/cobblemon/gyms/)[How to Get Legendary Pokemon in Cobblemon](https://www.talonmc.net/cobblemon/legendaries/)[Cobblemon Raids: Schedule, Bosses and Streaks](https://www.talonmc.net/cobblemon/raids/)[Cobblemon Dungeons: Tiers, Entry Fees and Rewards](https://www.talonmc.net/cobblemon/dungeons/)[Pokemon Hunts, Bingo and the Hunt Shop](https://www.talonmc.net/cobblemon/pokehunts/)[How to Make Money on a Cobblemon Server](https://www.talonmc.net/cobblemon/making-money/)[Cobblemon Rankup, Ranks, Battlepass and Vote Rewards](https://www.talonmc.net/cobblemon/rankup-and-battlepass/)[PokeSkins, Plushies and Cosmetics](https://www.talonmc.net/cobblemon/pokeskins/)[Cobblemon Worlds, Resource World and Land Claims](https://www.talonmc.net/cobblemon/worlds-and-claims/)[TalonMC Cobblemon Modpack: Install and Mods](https://www.talonmc.net/cobblemon/modpack/)[Cobblemon FAQ](https://www.talonmc.net/cobblemon/faq/)[Cobblemon wiki](https://www.talonmc.net/wiki/cobblemon/)[Cobblemon server](https://www.talonmc.net/cobblemon/)

## See it in game: Cobblemon Breeding and Daycare Guide
Free on Java with the TalonMC modpack from Modrinth.

Filed under[Cobblemon](https://www.talonmc.net/tag/cobblemon/)

Source: https://www.talonmc.net/cobblemon/breeding/