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Day Care & breeding

The Day Care opens after 10 defeats on Route 3. It hatches eggs and breeds your level-100 Pokémon to make them stronger for good.

How it works

Put an egg (from a shop) or a Lv 100 Pokémon in an empty slot. A Pokémon in the Day Care doesn't fight until it hatches.
Eggs don't hatch by waiting: every Pokémon you defeat adds steps to every egg. Harder routes and dungeons add more.
When an egg is ready it wiggles: tap HATCH!
A Pokémon you never had joins your team. A Pokémon you already have gets +25% attack for good, and if it was bred it comes back at level 1 to level up again.
Hatches can be shiny: 1 in 1,024. A shiny hatch gives ×5 the bonus.
The bonuses only add up (4 hatches = +100%, not ×2⁴).

Egg slots

You start with one slot. More cost Quest Pearls, up to 4:

Slot 2: 1,000 QP
Slot 3: 1,500 QP
Slot 4: 2,000 QP

Steps per defeat

Each defeat adds round(√n) steps, where n is the route's difficulty step. The best place to hatch is the hardest route where your team still wins fast: the wiki's route pages and the in-game route card show steps per defeat, and the game also shows steps per minute.

Steps	Routes
1	Route 1 , Route 22
2	Route 2 , Route 3 , Route 4 , Route 24
3	Route 25 , Route 5 , Route 6 , Route 11 , Route 9 , Route 10
4	Route 8 , Route 7 , Route 12 , Route 13 , Route 14 , Route 15 , Route 16 , Route 17
5	Route 18 , Route 19 , Route 20 , Route 21 , Route 23 , Treasure Beach , Kindle Road , Cape Brink , Bond Bridge , Valencia Island , Pinkan Forest , Pinkan Plains , Johto Route 29 , Johto Route 46 , Johto Route 30 , Johto Route 31 , Johto Route 32
6	Johto Route 33 , Johto Route 34 , Johto Route 35 , Johto Route 36 , Johto Route 37 , Johto Route 38 , Johto Route 39 , Johto Route 40 , Johto Route 41 , Johto Route 42 , Johto Route 43 , Johto Route 44
7	Johto Route 45 , Johto Route 47 , Johto Route 48 , Johto Route 27 , Johto Route 26 , Johto Route 28 , Five Isle Meadow , Memorial Pillar , Water Labyrinth , Resort Gorgeous , Water Path , Green Path , Outcast Island , Ruin Valley , Canyon Entrance , Sevault Canyon , Hoenn Route 101 , Hoenn Route 103 , Hoenn Route 102 , Hoenn Route 104 , Hoenn Route 116 , Hoenn Route 110 , Hoenn Route 117 , Hoenn Route 111
8	Hoenn Route 112 , Hoenn Route 113 , Hoenn Route 114 , Hoenn Route 115 , Hoenn Route 105 , Hoenn Route 106 , Hoenn Route 107 , Hoenn Route 108 , Hoenn Route 109 , Hoenn Route 118 , Hoenn Route 119 , Hoenn Route 120 , Hoenn Route 121 , Hoenn Route 122 , Hoenn Route 123 , Hoenn Route 124
9	Hoenn Route 125 , Hoenn Route 126 , Hoenn Route 127 , Hoenn Route 128 , Hoenn Route 129 , Hoenn Route 130 , Hoenn Route 131 , Hoenn Route 132 , Hoenn Route 133 , Hoenn Route 134 , Rock Poké Spot , Oasis Poké Spot , Cave Poké Spot

Steps each egg needs

Egg cycles × 40. Protein (and Calcium) add 0.5 cycle each.

200 steps: Magikarp

320 steps: Gyarados

400 steps: Pichu Cleffa Igglybuff Togepi Azurill

600 steps: Caterpie Weedle Pidgey Rattata Spearow Pikachu Raichu Clefairy Clefable Jigglypuff Wigglytuff Zubat Geodude Sentret Hoothoot Ledyba Spinarak Togetic Marill Azumarill Poochyena Zigzagoon Wurmple Lotad Seedot Taillow Surskit Shroomish Slakoth Nincada Skitty Volbeat Illumise Spinda Corphish

800 steps: Bulbasaur Charmander Squirtle Ekans Sandshrew Nidoran♀Nidoran♂Vulpix Oddish Paras Venonat Diglett Meowth Psyduck Mankey Growlithe Poliwag Abra Machop Bellsprout Tentacool Ponyta Slowpoke Magnemite Farfetch'd Doduo Seel Grimer Shellder Gastly Drowzee Krabby Voltorb Exeggcute Cubone Lickitung Koffing Rhyhorn Tangela Kangaskhan Horsea Goldeen Staryu Tauros Ditto Porygon Chikorita Cyndaquil Totodile Chinchou Natu Mareep Sudowoodo Hoppip Aipom Sunkern Yanma Wooper Murkrow Girafarig Pineco Dunsparce Gligar Snubbull Qwilfish Shuckle Sneasel Teddiursa Slugma Swinub Corsola Remoraid Delibird Houndour Phanpy Stantler Smeargle Miltank Treecko Torchic Mudkip Wingull Ralts Whismur Makuhita Nosepass Mawile Meditite Electrike Plusle Minun Roselia Gulpin Carvanha Numel Torkoal Spoink Trapinch Cacnea Swablu Zangoose Seviper Barboach Baltoy Feebas Kecleon Wynaut Snorunt Spheal Clamperl Luvdisc

920 steps: Metapod Kakuna Pidgeotto Raticate Fearow Golbat Graveler Furret Noctowl Ledian Ariados Mightyena Linoone Silcoon Cascoon Lombre Nuzleaf Swellow Masquerain Breloom Vigoroth Ninjask Shedinja Delcatty Crawdaunt

1,000 steps: Onix Mr. Mime Scyther Pinsir Misdreavus Heracross Mantine Skarmory Tyrogue Smoochum Elekid Magby Sableye Lunatone Solrock Castform Shuppet Duskull Tropius Chimecho Absol

1,200 steps: Ivysaur Charmeleon Wartortle Arbok Sandslash Nidorina Nidorino Ninetales Gloom Parasect Venomoth Dugtrio Persian Golduck Primeape Arcanine Poliwhirl Kadabra Machoke Weepinbell Tentacruel Rapidash Slowbro Magneton Dodrio Dewgong Muk Cloyster Haunter Hypno Kingler Electrode Exeggutor Marowak Weezing Rhydon Seadra Seaking Starmie Omanyte Kabuto Bayleef Quilava Croconaw Lanturn Xatu Flaaffy Skiploom Sunflora Quagsire Slowking Wobbuffet Forretress Granbull Ursaring Magcargo Piloswine Octillery Houndoom Donphan Porygon2 Grovyle Combusken Marshtomp Pelipper Kirlia Loudred Hariyama Medicham Manectric Swalot Sharpedo Camerupt Grumpig Vibrava Cacturne Altaria Whiscash Claydol Lileep Anorith Milotic Glalie Sealeo Huntail Gorebyss

1,400 steps: Butterfree Beedrill Pidgeot Golem Eevee Aerodactyl Crobat Beautifly Dustox Ludicolo Shiftry Slaking Aron

1,520 steps: Hitmonlee Hitmonchan Jynx Electabuzz Magmar Steelix Scizor Hitmontop Banette Dusclops

1,600 steps: Chansey Lapras Snorlax Dratini Unown (A)Larvitar Wailmer Relicanth Bagon Beldum

1,800 steps: Venusaur Charizard Blastoise Nidoqueen Nidoking Vileplume Poliwrath Alakazam Machamp Victreebel Gengar Omastar Kabutops Meganium Typhlosion Feraligatr Ampharos Bellossom Politoed Jumpluff Kingdra Sceptile Blaziken Swampert Gardevoir Exploud Flygon Cradily Armaldo Walrein

2,120 steps: Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Espeon Umbreon Lairon

2,400 steps: Dragonair Blissey Pupitar Wailord Shelgon Metang

3,200 steps: Articuno Zapdos Moltres Raikou Entei Suicune Aggron Regirock Regice Registeel

3,600 steps: Dragonite Tyranitar Salamence Metagross

4,800 steps: Mewtwo Mew Lugia Ho-Oh Celebi Latias Latios Kyogre Groudon Rayquaza Jirachi Deoxys

Vitamins

A Pokémon can hold 5 vitamins for every region you have reached (5 with Kanto, 10 with Johto, 15 with Hoenn). They do nothing on their own; they change what every hatch of that Pokémon gives. The League Shops sell them:

Protein: +1 attack per hatch for each one.
Calcium: +1% attack per hatch for each one, on sale once you have reached Hoenn.

Each one also adds 0.5 egg cycle (20 steps) to its egg. See where to buy them.

Day Care helpers

After 100 hatches you can hire helpers (up to 3, never more than your slots). A helper takes one slot, puts your next level-100 Pokémon in it, hatches it and starts the next, and is paid per egg. Mark Pokémon with ♥ in PARTY and helpers breed only those.

Helper	Hire after	Per egg	Steps	Bonus
Milo	100 hatches	1,000 ₽	10%	10%
Theo	500 hatches	10,000 ₽	10%	20%
Nora	1,000 hatches	1,000 tokens	15%	25%
Wren	Bought in Cinnabar Island	40 diamonds	100%	150%
Tessa	Bought in Mahogany Town	10,000 tokens	50%	50%
Hollis	Bought in Olivine City	20 QP	50%	125%
Marla	Bought in Mauville City	50,000 ₽	15%	50%
Reed	Bought in Mauville City	75 FP	75%	75%
Odin	Bought in Battle Frontier	25 BP	100%	200%

Steps: the share of your egg steps the helper walks. Bonus: the share of the hatch bonus its hatches give. Both grow with every egg a helper handles: +1 after 50, +10 after 5,000, up to +50 points.

Everything here comes straight from the game's data, so it always matches the current version of Gotta Tap. Gotta Tap is a fan game; Pokémon belongs to Nintendo, Game Freak and The Pokémon Company.