## Breeding Basics

Leave two compatible Pokémon at the **Day Care** (on Four Island in FireRed/LeafGreen, on Route 117 in the Hoenn games) and they may produce an **Egg**. To be compatible they must be **opposite genders**, share at least one **egg group**, and not belong to the Undiscovered group (which is why baby and legendary Pokémon can't breed). **Ditto** is the universal partner — it breeds with almost anything, including otherwise male-only or genderless Pokémon.

The Egg hatches into the **base form of the mother's** evolutionary line (or the non-Ditto parent's line, when Ditto is involved). The father can pass down **Egg Moves** — moves the baby couldn't otherwise learn — and in Generation III the baby inherits **three IVs** from its parents at random.

Holding an **Everstone** lets the mother pass her **Nature** to the baby about half the time, which makes breeding for a specific nature practical. There's no Destiny Knot or Hidden Ability in Gen III, so breeding here is simpler than in later games.
