Pokemon Sword & Shield: Breeding Cheat Sheet

Got tired of endlessly opening and closing new tabs and sifting through filler when I forgot something. Decided to write this out to get all of the important information available for Pokemon Sword & Shield breeding collected concisely in a single spot.

The Cheat Sheet

Essential Breeding Items

Destiny Knot	Allows for the child Pokemon to receive 5 IV's from parents [Location]
Everstone	Guarantees Passing down the nature of the parent Pokemon holding it

EV Training

This section goes over training your Pokemon's EVs in the most effective ways and what to do if you mess up.

Battling wild Pokemon

Stat	Pokemon	Location
Speed:	Rookidee	Route 1, 2, 3 - All weather
HP:	Skwovet	Route 1 & 2 - All weather
Attack:	Chewtle	Route 2 - All weather
Special Attack:	Oddish	Dappled Grove - Normal Weather, Overcast, Raining, Thunderstorm.
	Vanillite	East Lake Axewell - Snowing/Snowstorm (Honestly anywhere but East Lake Axewell has a higher spawn rate)
	Gastly	Watchtower Ruins - Cloudy, Fog, Hail, Rain, Sandstorm, Thunderstorm

EV Reducing Berries

Tomato Berry	Reduces a Pokemon's Speed by 10 EV points
Pomeg Berry	Reduces a Pokemon's HP by 10 EV points
Kelpsey Berry	Reduces a Pokemon's Attack by 10 EV points
Qualot Berry	Reduces a Pokemon's Defense by 10 EV points
Hondew Berry	Reduces a Pokemon's Special Attack by 10 EV points
Grepa Berry	Reduces a Pokemon's Special Defense by 10 EV points

FAQ

• Inheriting (Hidden) Abilities - You cannot randomly breed a hidden ability, it must be passed down from a parent that already has it. Both male and female parents can pass an ability down when breeding with a Ditto. (How to get hidden abilities)