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# Daycare

The Daycare lets you breed your Pokemon to produce eggs. Walk around with eggs in your party to hatch new Pokemon.

## 📖 How to Use

Open the Daycare menu with `/daycare`.

### Breeding

1. Place two compatible Pokemon into the Daycare
2. Walk around — after enough steps, an egg will be generated
3. The egg appears in your inventory

### Hatching

1. Keep the egg in your party
2. Walk around to accumulate steps (approximately 128 steps per egg group)
3. The egg will hatch into a new Pokemon

## ⏱️ Cooldowns

| Action   | Cooldown    |
| -------- | ----------- |
| Breeding | 120 minutes |
| Hatching | 75 minutes  |

## 🔢 Egg Limit

You can have **1 egg** at a time.

## 💡 Hatching Tips

* **Ride a mount** — steps count double when riding a Pokemon, horse, or boat
* **Use Flame Body / Magma Armor / Steam Engine** — Pokemon with these abilities in your party accelerate hatching
* The Daycare has **4 breeding plots** available

## ⚠️ Breeding Restrictions

The following Pokemon **cannot** be bred:

* Legendary Pokemon
* Mythical Pokemon
* Ultra Beasts

{% hint style="info" %}
Only implemented Pokemon with evolutions enabled can be bred. The Daycare automatically handles compatibility based on egg groups.
{% endhint %}