What happens if you breed two dittos?

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What happens if you breed two dittos?

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When you attempt to breed two Dittos, unfortunately, Ditto cannot breed with other Ditto, which means that the only way to acquire a Ditto is through catching them in the wild, trading with another player, or through claiming one in a special event. In the main series Pokémon games, if you place two Dittos in the day care, you will never get a Ditto egg, as Dittos will always create the other Pokémon it’s matched with in the day care, never other Dittos.

Related FAQs

General Questions

  1. Can you breed a perfect IV Ditto?: Yes, Pokémon Scarlet & Violet players of all sorts want to get themselves a six-IV Ditto to streamline the breeding process, and they can do it, but it’s not necessarily going to be easy.
  2. Can you breed a legendary Pokémon with Ditto?: No, in the main series Pokémon games, legendary and mythical Pokémon are unable to breed with any Pokémon, including Ditto.
  3. What Cannot breed with Ditto?: Ditto has the unique ability to breed with any Pokémon in the game, except those that belong in the No Eggs Discovered Group, which contains baby Pokémon, certain special form Pokémon, and nearly all of the Mythical and Legendary Pokémon from throughout the series.

Breeding and IVs

  1. How do you get a 6 star Ditto?: The best opportunity to get a six-IV Ditto comes from six-star Tera Raid battles, which can be unlocked in the Pokémon Scarlet & Violet post-game.
  2. Is a 6 IV Ditto possible?: Though changes to Hyper Training make breeding less important in the game, players still get a lot of value out of obtaining a six-IV Ditto, and players can get one legally, but it may take a lot of grinding and will definitely take a lot of luck.
  3. Why is 6 IV Ditto important?: A 6 IV Ditto (or any parent for that matter) greatly speeds up the process of eventually getting 5-6 IV offspring, and breeding a Pokémon from your region with a Pokémon from a foreign region will increase the odds of the offspring being shiny, known as the ‘Masuda Method‘.

Legendary and Mythical Pokémon

  1. Can you breed a Mew?: No, you can’t do so, as Mew is in the Undiscovered Egg Group, and Undiscovered Pokémon cannot breed, even when attempting to do so with a Ditto.
  2. Can Cosmog and Ditto breed?: No, unfortunately you cannot breed Cosmog or Cosmoem with any Pokémon, including Ditto.
  3. Can Ditto and Zapdos breed?: No, all legendary/mythical Pokémon (except Phione (disputed) and Manaphy) as of Generation VIII fall under category the ‘Undiscovered‘ therefore it cannot breed with any Pokémon, including Ditto.

Rare Pokémon and Breeding

  1. How rare is a perfect IV Ditto?: Pokémon caught in six-star raids are guaranteed to have five perfect IVs with their sixth stat being a random IV between 0 and 31, which means that Pokémon caught from a six-star raid have a one-in-32 chance of having perfect IVs.
  2. Why breed with high IV Dittos?: Dittos with perfect IVs can be used to ease the pain of breeding pokes with 5 IVs for Competitive usage, and non-English Dittos are used for the Masuda method for obtaining shinies.
  3. Should I keep all Dittos?: Yes, Ditto is absolutely invaluable when it comes to breeding, as it’s able to breed with every Pokémon capable of doing so, and can also pass on its Nature and some IVs when holding the right item.

Pokémon GO and Other Games

  1. How rare is a 4* Ditto Pokémon GO?: The chance to get 2 out of the 4 perfect is (1/31)^2 * (30/31)^2 = 0.00097, and there are 3! = 6 possible combination for 2 perfect IVs, so the chance is 0.00097 * 6 = ~0.6% to get a 4 IV Ditto.
  2. How rare are 100 IV Pokémon?: The chance to get a 100% IV (15/15/15) Pokémon in Pokémon GO is 1/4096, or in percentage, 0.0244%, and the chance to get any combination of IVs is the same and equals 1/4096.
  3. What is the easiest 6 IV Ditto to get?: The best opportunity to get a six-IV Ditto comes from six-star Tera Raid battles, which can be unlocked in the Pokémon Scarlet & Violet post-game, and Pokémon caught in six-star raids are guaranteed to have five perfect IVs with their sixth stat being a random IV between 0 and 31.

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