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Egg Move

2025-03-01T13:20:42Z

Southboundagain: /* Relearning Egg Moves */ Added that Brilliant Pokemon can't relearn their original egg moves

An '''Egg Move'''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210506221632/https://www.pokemon.com/us/strategy/the-details-of-discovering-pokemon-eggs/ The Details of Discovering Pokémon Eggs | Pokemon.com] (archived)</ref> (Japanese: '''タマゴわざ''' ''Egg Move''), capitalized as '''<sc>Egg</sc> move''' in [[Pokémon Stadium 2]], is a special [[move]] that a {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} is able to inherit through {{pkmn|breeding}} from only one parent. Egg Moves often (but not always) cannot be learned through other means.

Aside from Egg Moves, there are several other ways of inheriting moves from parents. Prior to Generation VI, a bred Pokémon will inherit any [[TM]]/[[HM]] moves which its father knows, if it is compatible with that TM/HM. In Pokémon Crystal, a bred Pokémon will inherit any compatible [[Move Tutor]] moves which its father knows. Additionally, if both parents know a move that the bred Pokémon can learn via level-up, it will inherit that move. From {{game|Emerald}} onward, a bred {{p|Pichu}} will know {{m|Volt Tackle}} if either of its parents are holding a [[Light Ball]]. However, inheriting moves in these ways is distinct from inheriting moves as Egg Moves.

==Mechanics==
===Breeding===
If either parent (only the male parent prior to [[Generation VI]]) knows a move that is an Egg Move for the child's [[Pokémon (species)|species]], that child will be born knowing the move.

For example, if a male {{p|Snorlax}} that knows {{m|Belly Drum}} is bred with a female {{p|Charizard}} that knows {{m|Dragon Rush}}, the resulting {{p|Charmander}} will know Belly Drum and Dragon Rush (or only Belly Drum, prior to Generation VI).

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|-
! style="background:#{{flying color dark}}; {{roundytl|5px}};" | {{color|{{flying color light}}|Parents}}
! style="background:#{{normal color light}}" | [[File:0143Snorlax.png|100px]] {{pcolor|Snorlax|{{normal color dark}}}} {{male}}
! style="background:#{{fire color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}};" | [[File:0006Charizard.png|100px]] {{pcolor|Charizard|{{fire color dark}}}} {{female}}
|-
! style="background:#{{flying color dark}}" rowspan="4" | {{color2|{{flying color light}}|Move|Moves}}
| style="background:#{{normal color dark}}" | '''{{mcolor|Belly Drum|{{normal color light}}}}'''
| style="background:#{{Dragon color dark}}" | '''{{mcolor|Dragon Rush|{{Dragon color light}}}}'''
|-
| style="background:#{{psychic color light}}" | {{mcolor|Rest|{{psychic color dark}}}}
| style="background:#{{ghost color light}}" | {{mcolor|Shadow Claw|{{ghost color dark}}}}
|-
| style="background:#{{psychic color light}}" | {{mcolor|Zen Headbutt|{{psychic color dark}}}}
| style="background:#{{fire color light}}" | {{mcolor|Flamethrower|{{fire color dark}}}}
|-
| style="background:#{{normal color light}}" | {{mcolor|Body Slam|{{normal color dark}}}}
| style="background:#{{flying color light}}" | {{mcolor|Fly|{{flying color dark}}}}
|-
! style="background:#{{flying color dark}}" | {{color|{{flying color light}}|Offspring}}
! style="background:#{{fire color light}}" colspan="2" | [[File:0004Charmander.png|100px]] {{pcolor|Charmander|{{fire color dark}}}}
|-
! style="background:#{{flying color dark}}; {{roundybl|5px}};" rowspan="4" | {{color2|{{flying color light}}|Move|Moves}}
| style="background:#{{normal color light}}" colspan="2" | {{mcolor|Scratch|{{normal color dark}}}}
|-
| style="background:#{{normal color light}};" colspan="2" | {{mcolor|Growl|{{normal color dark}}}}
|-
| style="background:#{{normal color dark}}" colspan="2" | '''{{mcolor|Belly Drum|{{normal color light}}}}'''
|-
| style="background:#{{dragon color dark}}; {{roundybr|5px}};" colspan="2" | '''{{mcolor|Dragon Rush|{{dragon color light}}}}'''{{tt2|*|Generation VI onward|{{dragon color light}}}}
|}

===Obtaining Pokémon with Egg Moves===
There are some situations where it is possible to encounter a Pokémon that knows an Egg Move in the wild.

* In {{game|Emerald}}, {{p|Seedot}} and {{p|Nuzleaf}} encountered through a [[mass outbreak]] will know {{m|Leech Seed}}, a move otherwise only available to them as an Egg Move.
* In {{g|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}}, it is possible to encounter {{DL|DexNav|Hidden Pokémon}} that already know a random Egg Move as their first move. A few special Hidden Pokémon even appear on {{rt|102|Hoenn}} in fixed areas, and these particular Pokémon always have a specific Egg Move as their first move.
* In [[Pokémon Sun and Moon|Pokémon Sun, Moon]], [[Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon]], Pokémon obtained via {{DL|QR Scanner|Island Scan}} will know a specific Egg Move (unless they have none).
* In {{g|Sword and Shield}}, [[Brilliant Pokémon]] will know a random Egg Move.
* In {{g|Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl}}, Pokémon found in {{DL|Grand Underground|Pokémon Hideaways}} may know a random Egg Move, excluding the moves that the Pokémon also learn via level-up.
* In {{g|Scarlet and Violet}}, some Pokémon encountered in [[Tera Raid Battle]]s and wild Terastallized Pokémon will know Egg Moves.

===Egg Move transference===
In {{g|Sword and Shield}}, [[Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl]] and {{g|Scarlet and Violet}}, it is possible to transfer Egg Moves between Pokémon.

====Pokémon Nursery====
In {{g|Sword and Shield}} and [[Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl]], if two Pokémon of the same species are placed together in the [[Pokémon Nursery]], if one of the Pokémon has an empty move slot and the other knows an Egg Move, the Pokémon with the empty slot will learn the Egg Move. This will occur even if the Pokémon are the same [[gender]].

Egg Moves are transferred in the same order they appear on the move list; if the Pokémon learning moves has fewer move slots than the number of Egg Moves known by the other Pokémon, only the moves highest up on the teaching Pokémon's move list are learned, up to the number of empty slots.

Only Egg Moves for the Pokémon's current species can be transferred. If the Pokémon has a [[Baby Pokémon]] as a pre-evolved form that has different Egg Moves, those moves cannot be transferred by evolved Pokémon this way. For example, {{p|Munchlax}} has {{m|Belch}} as an Egg Move, but {{p|Snorlax}} does not; even if two Snorlax are placed in the Pokémon Nursery, one knowing Belch and one with an empty move slot, Belch will never be transferred because it is not an Egg Move for Snorlax.

Prior to [[The Isle of Armor]] expansion, this was the only way for Pokémon with the [[Gigantamax Factor]] to learn Egg Moves.

====Picnic====
In {{g|Scarlet and Violet}}, if the player goes on a [[picnic]] while one of their party Pokémon holds a [[Mirror Herb]] and has at least one empty move slot, they may learn an Egg Move from another party member. This is the only way for male-only and gender unknown Pokémon, as well as Battle Bond {{p|Greninja}} and Bloodmoon {{p|Ursaluna}} to inherit Egg Moves.

===Relearning Egg Moves===
From [[Generation VI]] onward, any move that a Pokémon knew when it hatched can be taught to it again by the [[Move Reminder]] if it ever forgets it (unless the Pokémon is given a [[battle-ready symbol]]), regardless of whether that move is an Egg Move. Forgotten hatched moves will be listed at the top of the list of moves that can be relearned, above the Pokémon's forgotten level-up moves.

Egg Moves transferred through the [[Pokémon Nursery]] or present on the original moveset of a [[Brilliant Pokemon]] in [[Generation VIII]] cannot be relearned from the Move Reminder if forgotten.

Egg Moves transferred using a [[Mirror Herb]] in [[Generation IX]] cannot be relearned using the Move Reminder feature if forgotten, but can instead be retaught using the Mirror Herb again.

==Limitations==
===Mutually-exclusive Egg Moves===
Prior to [[Generation VI]], Egg Moves can only be inherited from the father Pokémon during breeding, making certain combinations of moves impossible to possess. Starting in Generation VI, this is no longer an issue, due to both parents being able to pass down Egg Moves at the same time.

For example, {{p|Tentacool}} can learn both {{m|Rapid Spin}} and {{m|Mirror Coat}} as Egg Moves, but no Pokémon in the {{egg|Water 3}} [[Egg Group]] can possess both moves at the same time in any game prior to Generation VI, so it is impossible for Tentacool to inherit both moves together. However, starting in Generation VI, both parents are able to pass down Egg Moves at the same time, making it possible for a Tentacool to inherit these moves if each of its parents knows one of the moves.

====Incense breeding====
For families that have [[baby Pokémon]] which can only be produced when using [[Incense]], often the baby Pokémon and its evolved form have different Egg Moves. Prior to [[Generation VIII]], if each has an Egg Move that the other does not, and both moves are only available to that family as Egg Moves, the two moves become mutually exclusive.

For example, starting in [[Generation VI]], {{p|Budew}} has {{m|Extrasensory}} as an Egg Move while {{p|Roselia}} has {{m|Bullet Seed}} as an Egg Move, but neither has the other move as their own Egg Move. Because in Generation VI the Roselia line only has access to both moves as Egg Moves, a Roselia cannot know both moves simultaneously.

===Unobtainable Egg Moves===
In some games, sometimes a move is programed as an Egg Move for a certain Pokémon, but there was no way of legitimately obtaining it (without using glitches). This happens when a Pokémon has an Egg Move that no Pokémon in their Egg Group can learn except as an Egg Move and there are no valid chain breeding pathways, or when the only Pokémon in their Egg Group that can learn the move cannot pass it to the Pokémon. This cannot occur for Pokémon in the {{egg3|Field}}, due to male {{p|Smeargle}} being able to pass down any Egg Move.

In {{g|Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl}}, because Pokémon transferred into the game from other games have their movesets temporarily reset, several Egg Moves that had been possible to learn in previous games were unobtainable in these games until the 3.0.0 {{g|HOME}} update.

In {{g|Scarlet and Violet}}, because Egg Moves can be passed using a [[Mirror Herb]] regardless of Egg Groups, any move that can be learned by at least one Pokémon can be inherited as an Egg Move. However on release of {{g|Scarlet and Violet}}, because there were some moves that no Pokémon could learn, there were still several Egg Moves that are unobtainable. These became available when {{g|HOME}} updated to 3.0.0.

The following is a full list of all historically unobtainable Egg Moves.

{| class="roundtable sortable" style="background:#{{normal color}}; border:3px solid #{{normal color light}}"
|- style="white-space: nowrap"
! Games
! #
! colspan="2" | Pokémon
! Egg Move
! colspan="2" class="unsortable" | Parent Egg Groups
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| data-sort-value="2.0" | {{Gameabbrev2|GS}}
| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0001
| class="c" | {{MSP/3|001|Bulbasaur}} || {{p|Bulbasaur}}
| {{m|Charm}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#{{Monster egg color}}" | {{color2|FFF|Monster (Egg Group)|Monster}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#{{Grass color}}" | {{color2|FFF|Grass (Egg Group)|Grass}}
| {{p|Nidoran♀}} can learn Charm by breeding and is in the Monster Egg Group, but cannot pass the move down due to being female-only. This move was intended to be learnable by {{p|Cubone}} and {{p|Marowak}}, but was removed from their moveset in the Spaceworld '99 demo.<ref name="CuboneMarowakCharm">[https://github.com/pret/pokegold-spaceworld/blob/master/data/pokemon/evos_attacks.asm#L1368-L1393 data/pokemon/evos_attacks.asm (lines 1368-1393) in pret/pokegold-spaceworld (disassembly of the Spaceworld '97 demo)]</ref>

Regained as an Egg Move in [[Generation III]], where it can be inherited from {{p|Shroomish}} by chain breeding. From [[Generation V]] onward, it can inherit the move directly from {{p|Cottonee}}.
|-
| data-sort-value="2.0" | {{Gameabbrev2|GS}}
| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0043
| class="c" | {{MSP/3|043|Oddish}} || {{p|Oddish}}
| {{m|Charm}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#{{Grass color}}" | {{color2|FFF|Grass (Egg Group)|Grass}}
| Oddish would inherit this move as an Egg Move from {{p|Bulbasaur}} by chain breeding, but Bulbasaur cannot learn this move.

Regained as an Egg Move in [[Generation III]], where it can be inherited from {{p|Shroomish}} by chain breeding. From [[Generation V]] onward, it can inherit the move directly from {{p|Cottonee}}.
|-
| rowspan="3" data-sort-value="2.0" | {{Gameabbrev2|GS}}
| rowspan="3" style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0120
| rowspan="3" class="c" | {{MSP/3|120|Staryu}} || rowspan="3" | {{p|Staryu}}
| {{m|Aurora Beam}}
| rowspan="3" colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#{{Water 3 egg color}}" | {{color2|FFF|Water 3 (Egg Group)|Water 3}}
| rowspan="3" | Staryu is [[gender unknown]], so can only breed with {{p|Ditto}} and thus cannot inherit any Egg Moves. Staryu having those moves on its Egg Move list and learning {{m|Attract}} are vestigial of previous builds of the game, where Staryu (and Starmie) were gendered. The decision to make them gender unknown appears to have come at the last minute.
|-
| {{m|Barrier}}
|-
| {{m|Supersonic}}
|-
| data-sort-value="2.0" | {{Gameabbrev2|GS}}
| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0143
| class="c" | {{MSP/3|143|Snorlax}} || {{p|Snorlax}}
| {{m|Charm}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#{{Monster egg color}}" | {{color2|FFF|Monster (Egg Group)|Monster}}
| {{p|Nidoran♀}} can learn Charm by breeding and is in the Monster Egg Group, but cannot pass the move down due to being female-only. This move was intended to be learnable by {{p|Cubone}} and {{p|Marowak}}, but was removed from their moveset in the Spaceworld '99 demo.<ref name="CuboneMarowakCharm"/>

Regained as an Egg Move in [[Generation III]], where it can be inherited from {{p|Bulbasaur}} by chain breeding. From [[Generation VI]] onward, it can inherit the move directly from the {{p|Tyrunt}} evolutionary line.
|-
| data-sort-value="2.0" | {{Gameabbrev2|GS}}
| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0238
| class="c" | {{MSP/3|238|Smoochum}} || {{p|Smoochum}}
| {{m|Lovely Kiss}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#{{Human-Like egg color}}" | {{color2|FFF|Human-Like (Egg Group)|Human-Like}}
| Its evolved form, {{p|Jynx}}, can learn the move, but cannot pass the move down due to being female-only. While female Pokémon can pass down Egg Moves from Generation VI onward, making this Egg Move possible, Smoochum no longer has Lovely Kiss as an Egg Move.
|-
| data-sort-value="4.2" | {{Gameabbrev4|HGSS}}
| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0299
| class="c" | {{MSP/3|299|Nosepass}} || {{p|Nosepass}}
| {{m|Head Smash}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#{{Mineral egg color}}" | {{color2|FFF|Mineral (Egg Group)|Mineral}}
| Regained as an Egg Move in [[Generation IX]], where it can be inherited from {{p|Sudowoodo}}. While Sudowoodo existed in Generation IV games, it could not learn Head Smash until [[Generation VII]]. {{p|Aegislash}} could learn Head Smash since its introduction in [[Generation VI]], but Nosepass didn't have Head Smash as an Egg Move at this point.
|-
| data-sort-value="6.0" | {{Gameabbrev6|XY}}
| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0236
| class="c" | {{MSP/6|236|Tyrogue}} || {{p|Tyrogue}}
| {{m|Ally Switch}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#{{Human-Like egg color}}" | {{color2|FFF|Human-Like (Egg Group)|Human-Like}}
| Several Pokémon in the Human-Like Egg Group can learn Ally Switch, but because the Tyrogue evolutionary line is male-only and none of its evolutions can learn Ally Switch, it cannot inherit the Egg Move from any of them.
|-
| data-sort-value="7.1" | {{Gameabbrev7|USUM}}
| style="font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0198
| class="c" | {{MSP/6|198|Murkrow}} || {{p|Murkrow}}
| {{m|Punishment}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#{{Flying color}}" | {{color2|FFF|Flying (Egg Group)|Flying}}
| {{p|Vullaby}} and {{p|Mandibuzz}} can learn Punishment and are in the Flying Egg Group, but cannot pass the move down due to being female-only.
|}

===Obtainable from {{g|XD: Gale of Darkness}}===
In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, almost every [[Shadow Pokémon]] gets a move that it cannot learn otherwise once it is [[Purification|Purified]]. Some of these moves are Egg moves that can only be obtained this way in [[Generation III]].

{| class="roundtable sortable" style="background:#{{normal color}}; border:3px solid #{{normal color light}}"
|- style="white-space: nowrap"
! #
! colspan="2" | Pokémon
! Egg Move
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 0090
| class="c" | {{MSP/3|090|Shellder}} || {{p|Shellder}}
| {{m|Take Down}}
| Only method for Shellder to inherit the move until {{p|Kabuto}} could learn the move in [[Generation VI]] by breeding.
|-
|0107
| class="c" | {{MSP/3|107|Hitmonchan}} || {{p|Hitmonchan}}
| {{m|Helping Hand}}
| Can't inherit outside {{p|Tyrogue}}'s evolved forms due to being Male only.
|-
|0123
| class="c" | {{MSP/3|123|Scyther}} || {{p|Scyther}}
| {{m|Razor Wind}}
|
|-
|0143
| class="c" | {{MSP/3|143|Snorlax}} || {{p|Snorlax}}
| {{m|Fissure}}
|
|-
|0219
| class="c" | {{MSP/3|219|Magcargo}} || {{p|Magcargo}}
| {{m|Heat Wave}}
| Only method for {{p|Slugma}} to inherit the move until a [[Move Tutor]] could be found in [[Pokémon Platinum Version|Platinum]].
|}

==Advanced techniques==
===Chain breeding===
{{main|Chain breeding}}
In some cases, a Pokémon species has an Egg Move, but other Pokémon in its Egg Group can also only learn that move as an Egg Move. In such cases, the move must be bred through a series of intermediate Pokémon that are in multiple Egg Groups. This process is referred to by fans as chain breeding.

For example, {{p|Spinda}} can learn {{m|Wish}} as an Egg Move and is in the {{egg|Field}} and {{egg3|Human-Like}}s, but the other Pokémon in those Egg Groups can only learn Wish as an Egg Move. To solve this, a Pokémon like {{p|Skitty}} could learn the move as an Egg Move from {{p|Togetic}}, then breed it onto a Spinda.

===Smeargle===
Because {{p|Smeargle}} can learn almost any move by using {{m|Sketch}}, a male Smeargle can pass down any Egg Move to its offspring. This makes passing down Egg Moves to Pokémon in the {{egg3|Field}} (Smeargle's Egg Group) simpler.

Some Egg Moves require a Smeargle to be initially passed down, due to no other male parents existing in that Egg Group. For example, in [[Generation VII]], {{p|Lillipup}} can learn {{m|Psychic Fangs}} as an Egg Move, but no Pokémon other than Smeargle in the {{egg3|Field}} can learn Psychic Fangs other than as an Egg Move, and no chain breeding pathway exists, so Smeargle is required to initially pass down Psychic Fangs to Lillipup.

Since Smeargle can have any combination of possible Egg Moves to pass down to its offspring, there are no mutually-exclusive Egg Moves for any Pokémon in the Field Egg Group in any generation.

===Previous generation Egg Moves===
Some Pokémon have Egg Moves that no other Pokémon in their [[Egg Group]] can learn in that generation, but that an appropriate parent Pokémon in an earlier generation was able to learn.

For example, from [[Generation V]] onward {{p|Bagon}} can learn {{m|Defense Curl}} as an Egg Move, but no other families in the {{egg3|Dragon}} can learn Defense Curl in these generations. However, Defense Curl is a [[Move Tutor]] move in {{game|Emerald}}, where it can be taught to some Pokémon in the Dragon Egg Group (including {{p|Shelgon}} and {{p|Salamence}}). Alternately, in {{g|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}}, Bagon encountered as {{DL|DexNav|Hidden Pokémon}} can know any Egg Move, including Defense Curl. One of these Pokémon is required to initially pass down Defense Curl to Bagon.

===Event-exclusive Egg Moves===
Some Pokémon have Egg Moves that no Pokémon in their [[Egg Group]] can learn except as an Egg Move, but a Pokémon in their Egg Group that knows the move was once available.

For example, from {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}} onward, {{p|Dratini}} can learn {{m|Extreme Speed}} as an Egg Move, but no Pokémon in the {{egg|Water 1}} or {{egg3|Dragon}}s can learn Extreme Speed other than as an Egg Move. However, in {{game|Crystal}}, HeartGold and SoulSilver, a {{pkmn2|gift}} Dratini received in the [[Dragon's Den]] can know Extreme Speed; additionally, in Generation V and VI there have been event distributions of a {{p|Dragonite}} that knows Extreme Speed. One of these gift or event distribution Pokémon is required to initially pass down Extreme Speed to Dratini.

==In other games==
===[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series]]===
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness|Explorers of Time, Darkness]], and [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky|Sky]], Pokémon hatched from {{pkmn|Egg}}s in the {{DL|Treasure Town|Chansey Day Care}} will know Egg Moves. They will know enough moves to fill their initial moveset, meaning that a species with one move at level 1 will be given three random Egg Moves, which is determined when the hatched Pokémon joins the team. The hatched Pokémon's species and gender are determined when completing the mission in the dungeon. Additionally, in Explorers of Sky, [[List_of_the_player's_first_Pokémon#Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series|the newly added choices for player and partner species]] will initially know a set Egg Move. Egg Moves cannot be relearned if the player chooses to forget them. It should be noted that unlike [[core series]] games prior to [[Generation VI]], it is possible for hatched Pokémon to learn any Egg Move combinations (otherwise only available to Pokémon in the {{egg|Field}} egg group).

Although Eggs are not present from [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity|Gates to Infinity]] onwards, [[Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon]] and [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX|Rescue Team DX]] return to giving an Egg Move to some player and partner species available at the game's start. Unlike Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, they can be relearned if forgotten and, in Super Mystery Dungeon, even taught to other Pokémon of that species.

==In animation==
[[File:Azurill Sing.png|thumb|250px|An {{p|Azurill}} using {{m|Sing}}, a move it learned from a {{p|Jigglypuff}} while in an Egg]]
In ''[[AG012|The Lotad Lowdown]]'', when {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encountered a group of {{p|Lotad}} that knew {{m|Water Gun}}, [[Max]] mentioned that usually Lotad can't learn Water Gun, alluding to its Egg Move status for Lotad [[Generation III|at the time]].

In ''[[JN021|Caring for a Mystery!]]'', a scenario similar to Egg Moves was presented by [[Professor Cerise]]. While Ash and [[Goh]] were looking after a [[Ash's Riolu|Pokémon Egg]], the Professor told them a story of a {{p|Jigglypuff}} who {{m|Sing|sang}} to an {{p|Azurill}} Egg everyday. When it hatched, the Azurill sang the same song Jigglypuff sang to it.
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==In other languages==
{{Langtable|color={{normal color}}|bordercolor={{normal color dark}}
|zh_yue=蛋招式 ''{{tt|Daahn Jīusīk|Egg Move}}''
|zh_cmn=蛋招式 ''{{tt|Dàn Zhāoshì|Egg Move}}''
|fr=Capacité Œuf
|de=Ei-Attacke
|it=Mossa Uovo
|ko=알 기술 ''{{tt|Al Gisul|Egg Move}}''
|ru=Яйцевой Приём ''Yaytsevoy Priyom''
|es=Movimiento de Huevo Movimiento Huevo{{sup/ss|Stad2}}
}}

==See also==
* [[Pokémon breeding]]
* [[Egg Group]]

==References==
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Talk:Move Reminder

2025-03-01T13:12:35Z

Southboundagain: /* Move Reminder in Shield can't reteach Brilliant Aura egg move - is this a known issue? */ Reply

Should we add Mystery Dungeon on here? [[User:Ht14|ht14]] 01:38, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

==Eevee, Take-down, and Relearning==

This whole thing has been bugging me for quite some time now.

Eevee is a poor example of the limitations of the Move Relearner; in fact, Take-Down is just the sort of move the Move Relearner is made for. You level Eevee up until it learns Take-Down, then evolve, then use the Move Relearner to get the evolution's moves that you want. So rather than being an example of restrictions on the Move Relearner, it is in fact an example of HOW to use a Move Relearner. The only other true purpose of the Move Relearner is to gain 1st level moves (and, I guess, to remember moves you were forced to forget for an HM or something, but that's just poor planning and not a necessary problem). [[User:Kumori Satosuke|Satosuke]] 06:31, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Actually what makes Eevee special is that it is the only known Pokémon to use 3 different types of evolution methods, Take Down is the example of something that only Eevee can learn, though technically any Eevee-exclusive move will qualify. -[[User:Tyler53841|Tyler53841]] 06:34, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

== More specific? ==

The article leaves me a tad confused by "species". Does it mean, literally, the listed species of a pokémon? For instance, Chimchar and Infernape are both of the species "Blaze" pokémon. Chimchar can learn Flamethrower or Slack Off by levelling up, but Infernape can't. If you took an Infernape to the move relearner, could it learn these moves? It hasn't changed species, but it has evolved, and they aren't in its learnset any more. At present the article doesn't seem to answer this question for me. [[User:Darien Shields|Darien Shields]] 22:49, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
:No. Species here means the [[Pokémon#Species|Pokémon species]]. So, no, Infernape cannot learn Slack Off or Flamethrower unless it learns them at the Chimchar stage. I'll add a link to the article to avoid further confusion. — [[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|THE TROM]] — 23:23, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
::1. So if Chimchar learns Slack Off for example, then evolves up to Infernape, then Infernape forgets Slack Off, can Slack Off be relearnt?
::2. How about bred moves that are forgotten? E.g. If I breed Blaze Kick to Chimchar, then he forgets it, can Blaze Kick be relearnt? --[[User talk:Qwertyasdf|(QQ)∞wertyasdf]] 05:40, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
:::I don't believe so. You can't relearn TM moves once you delete them, right? It'll act the same. —'''darklord[[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|trom]]''' 05:52, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
::::So no to both my questions? --[[User talk:Qwertyasdf|(QQ)∞wertyasdf]] 05:59, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
:::::Pretty much anything that is deleted which is not listed in that Pokémon's level up moveset can't be relearned and unless if it is not a one-of-a kind move then you have to start over with the process with TM's, HM's, Breeding, and Move Tutors plain and simple which is why I conduct research to avoid these problems. So just research the level up movesets more closely and if you want take precautions thats the best advice I can give.-[[User:Tyler53841|Tyler53841]] 06:05, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

== Number of uses? ==

I have thought for a few years that any particular move could only be relearned once by any particular pokemon, specifically that a pokemon could not relearn a level list move that it had already relearned once before but later forgotten. Was this ever really the case? [[User:PLA|PLA]] 09:40, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
: No. --[[User:HeroicJay|HeroicJay]] 09:47, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
:: Thank you. [[User:PLA|PLA]] 09:48, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

== Character name ==

I wonder if there is an official (i.e: consistent) English term for the move-relearning character yet?

I remember Back in Hoenn the guy merely introduced himself as a "move tutor", being different from others in Emerald because he claimed to know "all" Pokemon moves but would only do so in exchange for collecting Heart Scales.

In Black 2 and White 2, the move relearner (now set up at the Pokemon World Tournament) actually calls herself "the reminder girl"; when you check the PWT on your Town Map, she is listed as the "Move Reminder". --''[[User:Stratelier|Stratelier]]'' 17:00, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
:Bringing this back up. All of this is true, and should be on the article. --[[User:Abcboy|Abcboy]] ([[User talk:Abcboy|talk]]) 02:34, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
::Totally agreed. [[User:Mathfreak231|Mathfreak231 is a bawse :)]] ([[User talk:Mathfreak231|talk]]) 23:40, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
:::The Sevii Islands guy calls himself the "POKéMON MOVE MANIAC". However, I think "Move Reminder", the most recent official term, should be used for the page title. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 07:11, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
::::I agree, the most recent term should be used. However, an auto-redirect from "Move Relearner" shoud be added. --[[User:Csaint482|Csaint482]] ([[User talk:Csaint482|talk]]) 16:40, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
:::::Csaint's idea sounds like the best idea to me. --[[User:WyndFox|Wynd]] [[User talk:WyndFox|Fox]] 01:43, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
Done. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 22:41, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

== Dream World Moves ==

If a Pokémon came from the dream world with a special move (ex. a Tangela with Leech Seed), will that move be available to relearn if it is removed? [[User:SoItBegins|SoItBegins]] ([[User talk:SoItBegins|talk]]) 03:48, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

== Actually Forgotten Moves ==

I just corrected the {{p|Eevee}} page, which erroneously stated that Swift was a starting move in Generation VI. I think what actually happened was that an Eevee was bred and the father knew Swift, meaning the resulting offspring also knew Swift. Why is this important? Because in Generation VI, if you delete a move that a Pokémon knows at a too-low level due to breeding, you can still "remember" it through the Move Reminder. For me, I noticed that Bite was in the list after I deleted it, and the Eevee was still level 1. --[[User:GuyPerfect|GuyPerfect]] ([[User talk:GuyPerfect|talk]]) 04:44, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

: Note that in Generation VI, Eevees naturally learn Swift at level 10 and can be found in the wild knowing it, so it's easy to pass down. And on a related tangent, it is being anecdotally reported that the Generation VI Move Reminder can teach egg moves (like {{m|Wish}} for Eevee) back to a Pokemon, but only if the Pokemon ''actually knew the move when it hatched''. This seems an interesting detail to note.... --''[[User:Stratelier|Stratelier]]'' 19:59, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

:: Right, it's the same deal. A hatched Eevee that knows, say, Bite, or Swift, then forgets it, can be taught it again at a Move Reminder. A hatched Eevee that did not know those moves cannot be "reminded" of them, and they'll need to reach the appropriate level to learn them. --[[User:GuyPerfect|GuyPerfect]] ([[User talk:GuyPerfect|talk]]) 16:53, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

== Egg Moves ==

Sorry about my edit. I had a moment of stupidity. Derp. [[User:Jwisser|Jwisser]] ([[User talk:Jwisser|talk]]) 21:06, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

== A Question ==

I am wondering if a move reminder will work on a [[move]] a Pokémon learned at [[level]] 100. For an example, Mewtwo learns {{m|Psystrike}} at level 100. Or if a Pokémon is transferred to another [[generation]], will it be able to learn an old move on that generation. Thanks. ----[[User:Ethan7|Ethan]] ''([[User talk:Ethan7|Discussion]])'' 22:17, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
:It's yes for the first question. For the second, is the old move a move it can learn through level up (or an egg move in Generation VI) in that generation? If so then yes, if not, no. --[[User:Funktastic~!|'''It's''' '''Funktastic~!''']][[User talk:Funktastic~!|''話してください'']] 22:22, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

== Global Link Rewards ==

It should be noted that Heart Scales can be obtained in Generation VI by exchanging Poké Miles for them at the Pokémon Global Link website. [[User:NerfPlayeR135|NerfPlayeR135]] ([[User talk:NerfPlayeR135|talk]]) 20:20, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
:Heart Scales are already readily available in-game. [[User:Glik|Glik]] ([[User talk:Glik|talk]]) 20:40, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

== Something Odd ==

I hatched an Oshawott that only knew Tackle, then took him to the Generation VI Move Reminder. It said that Oshawott could "relearn" Water Sport, even though it never knew the move. Any explanation? [[User:NerfPlayeR135|NerfPlayeR135]] ([[User talk:NerfPlayeR135|talk]]) 20:24, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

== Clarification on Moves Exclusive to Pre-Evolved Forms ==

Because it seems the mechanics have changed since last someone asked, If a Pokemon learns a move, evolves into a Pokemon that can't learn that move, and then forgets said move, Can it be reminded of it? I ask because you can now remember egg and event-exclusive moves (if said Pokemon had actually known them at some point), implying to me that the Move Reminder can now also literally remind Pokemon of any move they've ever learned; so while a Vaporeon that evolved before it learned Take Down as an Eevee obviously wouldn't be able to learn Take Down ''for the first time'', but could a Vaporeon that HAD learned Take Down as an Eevee before evolving use Move Reminder to relearn Take Down? [[User:Masternachos|Masternachos]] ([[User talk:Masternachos|talk]]) 17:13, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
:Still no. My Ninetales knows Icy Wind, and cannot relearn it when it forgets it. [[User:Nescientist|Nescientist]] ([[User talk:Nescientist|talk]]) 17:27, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
::Thank you. [[User:Masternachos|Masternachos]] ([[User talk:Masternachos|talk]]) 17:20, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
:::When a Pokémon is generated as an Egg or obtained via Mystery Gift (or obtained with a special moves as hidden Pokémon/Island Scan Pokémon), there are four slots which can store moves that can be relearned as special moves from the Move Reminder. The special relearnable moves are only set when the Pokémon is obtained, so moves known by pre-evolutions are not included this way.
:::However, if you were to breed a Pokémon with a female Vulpix that both knew Icy Wind, since the baby Vulpix will inherit the move Icy Wind rather than knowing it due to leveling up, I believe that even a Ninetales evolved from such a baby Vulpix would be able to relearn the move if it forgot it. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 10:31, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
::::So if I understand, Pokemon can remember egg moves they inherited because they're egg moves [that they were bred with], NOT simply because they're moves they actually knew. So if a Pokemon transferred from an earlier generation knows a move it can't learn this generation and forgets it, it is now forever lost, correct? [[User:Masternachos|Masternachos]] ([[User talk:Masternachos|talk]]) 17:45, 11 March 2017 (UTC)
:::::Yes, that's correct. Although it's not only Egg Moves that can be taught again if forgotten, but any move that is inherited if bred in Gen VI onward (so including Volt Tackle and level-up moves known by both parents). --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 01:22, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
Maybe I missed it somehow the first time, but the way it is explained in the "Teachable Moves" sector is now (or always was?) very clear and precise, covering just about every possibility. [[User:Masternachos|Masternachos]] ([[User talk:Masternachos|talk]]) 19:30, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

"Additionally, starting in Generation VI, a Pokèmon can be taught a move that it can not normally learn via level up if its previous evolution evolved into it knowing said move. For example, if a player evolves a {{p|Numel}} that knows {{m|Double-Edge}} into a {{p|Camerupt}}, that Camerupt will have access to Double-Edge if it ever forgets the move, even though it does not normally learn it."

This latest edit seems to contradict all of what we know about the relearn moves mechanic and this whole discussion. Can we just be consistent here? --[[User:Flametix|Flametix]] ([[User talk:Flametix|talk]]) 13:52, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Agreed, Flametix. I just tested it in Gen VI, and the statement is incorrect. (Evolved Magneton into Magnezone, had it forget Tri Attack, then tried to reteach it Tri Attack, but was not able to.) Can someone test it in Gen VII? --[[User:Firepanda|Firepanda]] ([[User talk:Firepanda|talk]]) 12:46, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
:In addition to my Ninetales' inability to relearn Icy Wind (which I already mentioned), I just tested that my Butterfree cannot relearn the level-up move Harden (SM), even though it was caught a level 3 Caterpie. [[User:Nescientist|Nescientist]] ([[User talk:Nescientist|talk]]) 09:28, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

== Relearning moves known at evolution ==

BlueNinjaKoopa [[Special:Diff/2835175|added]] that if a Pokémon knows a move when it evolved, it can relearn this move if it forgets it (even if the move isn't in its normal movepool). The two examples given were Camerupt with Numel's Double-Edge and Raichu with Pikachu's Agility.

I tested Pikachu/Raichu and Agility in Y, Alpha Sapphire, and Moon, and found that in all three cases this does not work. I ensured Pikachu knew Agility, evolved it, then replaced Agility with a TM. When I went to the Move Reminder, Agility was not an option to teach. This was not surprising, as Pokémon only have 4 Move Reminder slots, which are normally taken up by Egg Moves (and other inherited moves) or event moves (although [[DexNav|Hidden Pokémon]] and [[Island Scan]]'s special moves use these too).

BlueNinjaKoopa, if you include some more details about the specific circumstances under which you observed Raichu being able to relearn Agility, it might be possible to identify specifically what the cause was. I apologize for not responding on my talk page when you left me a message there, but I think this is a better place to discuss it. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 03:43, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
:I can e-mail you proof that if a Pokemon evolves knowing a move that is exclusive to any of its pre-evolution, then later forgets that move, it can be re-learned. I made a mistake in the name; although I'm sure that if it did evolve knowing Agility it would have access to it, but the actual move is Charm, which is exclusive to Pichu in the evolutionary line. It doesn't get it from breeding. I can send you a picture via e-mail (uploading it here would violate image policy). [[User:Blue Ninjakoopa|BNK]][[User talk:Blue Ninjakoopa|Talk]] 04:12, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
:Also, the game I was playing was Ultra Sun, so maybe that is a very recent change to the mechanics. [[User:Blue Ninjakoopa|BNK]][[User talk:Blue Ninjakoopa|Talk]] 04:13, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
::Okay, so assuming that your Pichu was bred, if both of Pichu's parents knew Charm, then Pichu would inherit the move Charm due to breeding because it's a level-up move for Pichu. (The move doesn't need to be an Egg Move to be inherited in this way.) In this case, the move is relearnable because Pichu inherited the move from its parents. If Pichu wasn't obtained by breeding, I'm not sure what the cause would be. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 04:41, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
:::The Pichu was bred, but neither parent knew Charm. I used a female Pikachu with the Lightning Rod ability and a male Furret imported from Pokemon Silver on the 3DS Virtual Console. How do you explain that? [[User:Blue Ninjakoopa|BNK]][[User talk:Blue Ninjakoopa|Talk]] 06:28, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
::::Okay, so it seems that the mechanic is that ANY move a Pokémon knows when it hatches will be relearnable, regardless of how it knows the move (so not only inherited moves). This is actually already mentioned in the article (when it says "any Pokémon hatched in Generation VI onward may also be taught any move it knew when it hatched"), but the article doesn't emphasize that this includes any Level 1 moves the hatched Pokémon may happen to know.
::::In Moon, I bred a Pichu, using two parents that did not know Charm. Because Charm is a Level 1 move for Pichu, it knew it upon hatching. I replaced Charm with a TM move, then evolved Pichu. After evolution I took it to the Move Reminder, and it could relearn Charm, despite the fact that it didn't know the move when it evolved. I tried this in Y, and got the same results. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 09:54, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

== Extreme Speed Dragonite ==

Dragonite from Virtual Console Crystal transferred to Ultra Moon knew Extreme Speed. I then replaced Extreme Speed with a TM. Extreme Speed is not an option with the move reminder. Is this a special case? {{unsigned|BulbaBoy}}
:The move reminder can only make a Pokémon remember moves it hatched with if they learned the move in generations VI or VII. Also, you should sign your comments with four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>). [[User:Suic12-|Suic]] ([[User talk:Suic12-|talk]]) 22:35, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

== Teachable moves section ==

I think it's far less helpful than it could be. (There isn't really a template for this, so instead I'm posting this here directly.)

I'd need to read that whole section to get to know what moves can be relearned, and I need a lot of prior/in-depth knowledge for that. I'm not even sure whether it's mentioning everything there is, or whether it's missing something or is being ambigious/fuzzy. Maybe there's a possibility to structure it better (chronologically? or with headings?), or to just use a table for the main part. [[User:Nescientist|Nescientist]] ([[User talk:Nescientist|talk]]) 17:41, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
:I've added an overview table. It does oversimplify things a bit (especially with regards to event distributions, which only flag moves by convention), but the idea is that it's intended as a broad simplification with the details found in the text below. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 09:05, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
::That's way better, thanks. (Actually, it makes me understand the structure of the text.)
::Anyway, other "special moves" are not mentioned at all, which makes me wonder whether they're just not relearned, have not been tested, or are case by case? Gen III [[mass outbreak]]s, [[Pokéwalker]], and [[Pokémon Dream World]] come to mind; maybe there's more - I thought there was some list onwiki, but at least I couldn't find it.. [[User:Nescientist|Nescientist]] ([[User talk:Nescientist|talk]]) 17:37, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
:::The ability to flag particular moves as relearnable was only added in Gen 6. As a result, special moves a Pokémon knows from earlier generations (like mass outbreaks or the Dream World) cannot be relearnable, just like Pokémon hatched from Eggs or received from events prior to Gen 6 cannot have any relearnable special moves. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 07:40, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
::::A while after I posted my questions, it occured to me that this has to be the case. For what I can tell, they would need to have added a structure that stores relearnable (non-level up) moves to the Pokemon data in Generation VI. And then it occurred to me that this needs to be somewhat dynamic! And while I wondered about how much space that structure may maximally occupy, I remembered [[List of glitches in Generation VIII#Move Reminder glitches|that glitch]], which seems to be related. I don't know, but maybe there's even some RAM corruption involved when forgeting enough relearnable moves (not sure if there's a detailed explanation of that glitch out somewhere)!?
::::Anyway, I may be trying to test what happens when a hatched Pokémon has more than four Egg moves, for I would assume it can relearn even those it didn't know when it hatched. [[User:Nescientist|Nescientist]] ([[User talk:Nescientist|talk]]) 16:10, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
:::::Tested in SwSh, and while the parents had a total of 5 of the offspring's Egg Moves, the hatched Pokémon cannot relearn the fifth move it did not hatch with. [[User:Nescientist|Nescientist]] ([[User talk:Nescientist|talk]]) 14:43, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
::::::Yeah, after looking into it, methods appear to be stored separately/differently, and TRs appear to be stored with (a finite amount of) flags. [[User:Nescientist|Nescientist]] ([[User talk:Nescientist|talk]]) 16:02, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

== Move Reminder in Shield can't reteach Brilliant Aura egg move - is this a known issue? ==

I have a pokemon caught as Drifloon with a Brilliant Aura, with Defog at the time of encounter. Drifloon doesn't naturally learn Defog but can have it as an egg move. I caught it at a low level and after a couple of levels, I taught something else over Defog, then some more levels later evolved to Drifblim. I then realised my mistake and wanted Defog back. Drifblim can also have Defog as an egg move. However, the Move Relearner in Stow-by-Side is not listing Defog as an option.

I have not bred any pokemon at all in this game, so it was definitely a Brilliant Aura egg move, not a "true" egg move. I have no other Brilliant Aura pokemon to test what happens to their egg moves (this Drifloon was caught very early in the game at 1.5% spawn odds, and the only other Brilliant Aura mon I've seen was uncatchable due to catching level cap).

I can't find this documented anywhere apart from a single Reddit post with the same problem - is it true that the Move Relearner can't reteach egg moves specifically obtained via being a Brilliant Aura pokemon, or is something else going wrong here? [[User:Southboundagain|Southboundagain]] ([[User talk:Southboundagain|talk]]) 13:01, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

:Wouldn't "However, special moves known by Brilliant Pokémon in Pokémon Sword and Shield, and special moves known by Tera Raid and wandering Tera Pokémon in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet cannot be relearned" capture that? [[User:Nescientist|Nescientist]] ([[User talk:Nescientist|talk]]) 13:08, 1 March 2025 (UTC)
::Yes, I think this must be the same issue, unless there's any other type of special move (ie that isn't an egg move) - thank you! [[User:Southboundagain|Southboundagain]] ([[User talk:Southboundagain|talk]]) 13:12, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

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