PhoenixNoah

As a long time player and breeder, I wanted to make a complete guide. While it won't cover every little possible breed, it will cover examples and other details guides may have left out. Have I seen other guides on breeding? No, cause I learned before they existed. They're probably amazing, but I wanted to make my own anyways.
 
I've split it into 4 parts.
 
The Basics will cover everything a player should know before they start breeding, even if they don't have a goal in mind. This includes how gender/species works, egg groups, how eggs works, and which pokemon can't breed.
To summarize for those who prefer to read:
Sacrifice two parents to old man in front of daycare, get an egg with the species of the female/non-ditto. Pokemon within the same egg group can breed together, such as charmander and magikarp(dragon egg group), or skitty and wailord(field egg group). Use this to your advantage to reduce costs! The following egg groups have a different name in PokeMMO; Water A = Water 1, Water B = Water 2, Water C = Water 3, Human-like = Humanoid, Amorphous = Chaos. Eggs take 5minutes 20 seconds to hatch without flame body/magma armor, or 4 minutes 20 seconds with. Going into battle messes with hatch time as well. Genderless pokemon can breed within the same line, such as beldum and metang. Be wary of female only pokemon. They can only create more of the same species and can ruin a breed if that's not what you're trying to make! Ditto can breed with any pokemon that is capable of breeding. The following pokemon can not breed: Ditto(with itself), Baby pokemon(pichu, riolu, smoochum, etc), Legendaries(Articuno, Suicune, shaymin, etc), Unown and Shedinja.  
 
The Advanced covers the things most players get into breeding for. This includes Natures, IVs, Egg Moves, Incense( since they're mechanically similar), and Costs.
To summarize for those who prefer to read:
Pokemon natures can influence one stat by +10% and another by -10%. There are also stats that do nothing, known as neutral natures. The preferred stat will depend on the pokemon you wish to breed. Natures are passed down from a parent holding an everstone. This is the only way to guarantee nature. IVs are passed from a parent holding a Power item, one for each stat. To guarantee IVs beyond 2x31, have overlapping stats, as each stat the egg inherits is from one of the parents or an average of the two. If both parents have the same IVs in a stat, the baby is thus guaranteed to have that same stat. Egg moves are moves that can be passed from species to species. You should use the ingame pokedex to check what egg moves a pokemon can learn. This can be transferred multiple times as long as all the pokemon are capable of learning the same egg moves. An example I use in the video is rapid spin Squirtle > Kabuto > Tentacool. PokeMMO also treats tms and tutor moves as egg moves, just double check that the first forms can learn the move. Incense are breeding items used to get certain baby pokemon, This makes some baby pokemon very expensive to breed as incense holds up an item slot. The general minimal cost is 635k for a 5x31 natured(comp). This is just for the Power items and choosing nature of a 1:1 ratio species. This does not include the cost of acquiring the pokemon, everstones, or more skewed gender ratios.  
 
The third part will cover the niche stuff, like OT breeding, Shiny breeding, etc. I'll work on this after the holidays as I have things to do.
The last part will be a step by step guide where I will breed a pokemon from start to finish and players can follow along. Feel free to suggest what I should breed, but it'll take some time since I catch my own breeders.
Thanks for reading this!
 
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, leave them here!
 
 
Changelog:
12/22/23 - Added the word "know" between some other words. Thanks SupaHero!
1/2/23 - Added text summaries for parts 1 and 2. As someone who prefers to read, I figured I should add them.

I suggested this back in 2019, and yes I still agree

great guide!

Changelog: 04/11/2023
 

 
Halloween 2023
Pumpcat has been spotted in the overworld, giving out treats to players who have defeated Pumpking's Easy Mode  
Halloween 2023 Balancing
Pumprince now uses Zen Headbutt instead of Shadow Sneak Pumpthief's chance to appear has been reduced to 10% (from 20%) Li'l Pump's chance to appear has been reduced from a maximum of 10% to a maximum of 7.5% Wither can no longer reduce Speed, and may randomly reduce a single stat by 2 stages or two stats by 1 stage Pumpking no longer uses Berserk in its second phase Fever Dreams' sleep application chance now reduces depending on the number of successful procs per cast In easy mode, this scales as a 50>30>0% chance for each affected target In hard mode, this scales as a 50>40>30% chance for each affected target In Easy Mode, Pumpking no longer uses a damage reduction shield for Turn 1 In Easy Mode, Entangling Vines now reapplies after 5 turns instead of 4 In Easy Mode, Grim Harvest now applies 15 flat damage for each affected stat stage Cat Cookie now applies Tailwind as its effect and can not stack with other Tailwind casts  
General Balancing
Players can now Forfeit from boss battles (Ho-Oh, Giratina, Pumpking, etc.) This will function as a whiteout, returning you to a healing center Luvdisc's Heart Scale held item rate has been increased from 12% to 15%  
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where roaming legendary capture history wouldn't clear correctly when months changed Fixed an issue where, when Aromatherapy/Heal Bell were used, they would only clear adjacent allies' status ailments if the ally was on the field Fixed an issue where Transform would not copy overridden elemental types (such as by Soak or Reflect Type) Fixed an issue where Grim Harvest would heal based on Pumpking's stat stages Fixed several issues related to the Pumpking fight's broadcasting and handling of battle held items while changing phases Fixed an issue where, if a player's battle action was rejected by the server during multi-battles, the previously queued actions would not be cleared correctly Fixed an issue where bosses, when their stat stages were cleared by moves like Haze or items of similar effect, bosses would still "shrug off" their previous stat drops later on Fixed an issue where White Herb would clear all stat stages instead of just stat downs Fixed a regression where, after PvP, held items would not automatically re-equip from the bag Fixed an issue where Phantom & Shiny Phantom, if played at the same time, would play the wrong particle Fixed Wiki Berry's item subcategory in the Bag Fixed an issue where particle summaries in the monster summary frame would display item restriction text Fixed an issue where Goodie Bags would display text for 2022's items Berries which can't be used in-battle are no longer shown in the Bag during battle Fixed an issue where the Wisp tracking window would not relieve window focus correctly when pressing A Ghastly Vision can no longer be interrupted by Taunt  
Changes
Players with extremely full mailboxes will no longer be able to make GTL purchases without being at a PC in-game This limit is currently 3,000 messages. This limit will become more restrictive over time.

Kanto gets Alpha Gengar, Johto gets Alpha Mismagius, Hoenn gets Alpha Dusknoir, Sinnoh gets Alpha Drifblim, Unova gets Alpha Chandelure. Completing all five regions gets Alpha Spiritomb. I high recommending stocking on 200-300 repels to make life easier. Bring a pokemon for alpha catching at all times, as every few wisp encounters spawns a guaranteed x31 IV HA Pokemon of the evolutionary line and the last one will spawn an Alpha. 










Kanto (Alpha Gengar) 

@OfficialDarku made a video guide for Kanto

 

Johto (Alpha Mismagius)

@OfficialDarku made a video guide for Johto

 


Hoenn (Alpha Dusknoir) 

@OfficialDarku made a video guide for Hoenn

 


Sinnoh (Alpha Drifblim)

@OfficialDarku made a video guide for Sinnoh

 


Unova (Alpha Chandelure)

@OfficialDarku made a video guide for Unova

P2 Laboratory, Route 18 requires surf, possibly patience. Follow this map. Sorry for poor quality, red circles are where you'll find your Wisps


 

Alpha Spiritomb 
After catching every event Alpha, Alpha Spiritomb will spawn on Sinnoh's Route 209. There will be a whole swarm of normal Spiritombs along with the Alpha. It's pretty tough, so bring your A game.


Both Pumpking guide made by @OfficialDarku

"Easy" Mode


Hard Mode
 

Updated theme, works as of today. Let me know if anything breaks or should be changed!

This is a darker than default dark theme(RIP default dark theme). As for why you would use this, maybe you just want a theme that is truly dark and possibly reduces the glare of the monitor you're using. This dark theme differs in that it has a black and cyan color scheme. If you're going to be inside all day, might as well get a theme that matches your mood. Here is a link to my theme(s) where you can download this one.
 
 
Login(max upload file size prevents me from uploading a full screen shot here)
PC Box, Pokemon Summary, Bag,  Pokedex, GTL and Trainer Card. (Some of the icons will differ due to mods I've got)
 
Battle Selection.
 
Breed Window. This one was weirdly tricky to do, cause the image gets stretched in game so you have to squash it to account for it. 
NPC dialogue boxes(I couldn't find where the little white speech bubble pointer comes from. If someone knows how to change it, please let me know!)
 
Directions to add themes.
Let me know if I missed anything or if you want more changes!
 
Change Log:
27/11/20(November 27th 2020) I redid the theme to make it work with the current game.
28/11/20- Changed some issues with the theme previously mentioned in replies. 
7/12/20- Put the word link in bold for better visual clarity.
5/8/22- Updated theme to work with anniversary update. Fixed breeding window background. Changed NPC dialogue boxes to be dark with light blue text to match the theme. 
14/1/23- Updated due to pokedex issues. Also changed breed window.  
21/10/23- Updated to work since updates. changed breed window and trainer card.
 
 

Wow Spring sure is long this year, huh. We're wrapping up our feature creep and are aiming to have things ready for deployment in about 10 days. Thanks

Seems like a skill issue

I may hunt some more before the event ends, but I just thought it would be interesting to record my results from the 144 needed. 

I may hunt some more before the event ends, but I just thought it would be interesting to record my results from the 144 needed. 

I may hunt some more before the event ends, but I just thought it would be interesting to record my results from the 144 needed. 

I may hunt some more before the event ends, but I just thought it would be interesting to record my results from the 144 needed. 

Updated to fix pokedex issues. Will change breed window soon.

Changed Breed window 
 
 

Simply as stated. Make your home in each region be called "Your Moms House" for a hatch location. Because reasons. 

While I personally don't have a significant issue with the current number of hotkeys, I could use two or three more slots maybe. I think what would be nice is to have the possibility to increase/decrease the number of hotkeys at will with possibly a limit of 18 as you proposed, especially since they don't take up much space. Or maybe keep the ones that don't have an item assigned to them hidden, for aesthetic purposes.

There are a lot of items that are useful to hotkey, such as ocarinas, key items, moves, Exp. Reamplifier etc. You get the point. Other items are just handy to hotkey to keep track of, like pokeballs and leppa berries. But with 9 slots, it makes it difficult to get all the items you want hot keyed. Here's what mine looks like. 

 
I propose an increase in the number of hot keyable items, say, doubled to 18. 
 
 
If you're curious, here's how to hotkey pokeballs. It doesn't do anything, but you can easily see how many you have.
 

There are a lot of items that are useful to hotkey, such as ocarinas, key items, moves, Exp. Reamplifier etc. You get the point. Other items are just handy to hotkey to keep track of, like pokeballs and leppa berries. But with 9 slots, it makes it difficult to get all the items you want hot keyed. Here's what mine looks like. 

 
I propose an increase in the number of hot keyable items, say, doubled to 18. 
 
 
If you're curious, here's how to hotkey pokeballs. It doesn't do anything, but you can easily see how many you have.
 

On second thought, there should also be a fishing rod cosmetic. 

Make a cosmetic glove item based on the farfetch'd leek,

Should also be an indicator in the breeder UI.

Heres the list of item IDs for various pokeball types.
5001 Masterball 5002 Ultra ball 5003 Great ball 5004 Pokeball 5005 safari ball 5006 net ball 5007 dive ball 5008 nest ball 5009 repeat ball 5010 timer ball 5011 luxury ball 5012 premier ball 5013 dusk ball 5014 heal ball 5015 quick ball 5016 cherish ball  
 
 
To edit your config files in order to modify your hotbar with items you can't normally hotkey. youll need to go to where your pokemmo program is and go to the config folder. Likely under AppData\Local\Programs\PokeMMO\config.
Then open the file named after your character with notepad.
https://prnt.sc/FMIz-M_kQM-V
It'll look like a mess cause its unorganized but I'll highlight the important parts.
https://prnt.sc/_USkJbLRxPKd
Change these numbers to the ones in the chart and save, You'll have to restart your game if it is already running to apply. item_id1-9 number referrers to which location of the hotkey the setting is for.
Mine currently looks like this, and so should yours if you follow this guide.
https://prnt.sc/hhRh70irNZgf

"It's always Christmas in our hearts" Edition
 
 
Xmas PokeMMO's Holiday Special 2022
PokeMMO's Xmas Holiday-themed Event has returned for 2022! Santa Holiday Man is seeking assistance from players to help quell the Elfbot Rebellion. Find him in: Castelia City Vermilion City Slateport City Hearthome City Twist Mountain is a coop event designed for 2-4 players. Each player brings 4 party members, defeating as many enemies as possible together. The longer you last, the more prizes you get. Earn Xmas Presents and Holiday Man's Presents containing exclusive rewards for PokeMMO's Holiday Special 2022. Players who achieve Hard-mode difficulty inside the instance can receive special Secret Prizes. The Top 50 players on the Highscore Board will receive an exclusive at the end of the event: the Starlight Bobble Hat
 
Lost Presents have been spotted throughout the world. Collect them all for a chance to befriend a special Holiday Alpha! Swarms have become more frequent for this event! Keep an eye out for new Alpha Swarms and Holiday Swarms featuring rare species. PokeMMO's Holiday Special will end on January 5th, 2023 12:00AM UTC+0. Players will have 1 day to finish any ongoing instances, and the high score board will be finalized on January 6th, 2023 at 12:00AM UTC+0. After the high score board is finalized, players will be automatically mailed their prizes.  
Features
 Lures Lures are special items which attract more foes in the overworld. They're effective up to 250 steps and are available in all Marts after Badge 2 of your character's region. These items increase encounter rates slightly, only attract foes which are stronger than the normal foes in the area, and allow you to encounter more foes at the same time. Some species are now Lure-exclusive encounters. These are: Starters, Togepi, and Rotom species trees. Consult the Dex for where to find these species, and other rare encounters.   
Gift Shop
Several new Limited items have been introduced during this event:  Glistening Blue & Purple Wings are now available for a limited time  Legendary Blue & Purple Robes are now available for a limited time
 

 
 
 
The  Thick Winter Coat has been released. This seasonal item is available for a short period, and will return next year
 
In addition to these Holiday-themed items, some new permanent gift shop additions have been introduced: The EXP Reamplifier is an item which splits experience and EVs among all healthy party members. This account-bound item has infinite use and may be toggled on or off at any time while out of battle. See the description in the Gift Shop for more details. Premium Lures are a class of Lure. These items are slightly more effective and last slightly longer than normal Lures found in Marts. See the description in the Gift Shop for more details.  
Bug Fixes
Fixed some bugs, and made some more. 

Should also be an indicator in the breeder UI.