Single post in All about IVs & IV Breeding (wip, open for questions)

Individual values, most commonly known as IVs, are the Pokémon equivalent of genes. They are fixed stats, meaning you can't change them once the Pokémon hatches, and can be either randomly generated or inherited from the parents. Singular values range from 0 to 31, and total number (Sum) can range from a minimum 0 to a maximum 186.

You can see Pokémon IV's under Battle tab on its Summary page. If you wish to see IVs of multiple Pokémon in your Field, go to Dojo >Training Hall >Bag >Add Pokémon - align to grid and tap/hover Pokémon to see IVs displayed in the tooltip. Unfortunately, it is impossible to see another User's Pokémon's IVs in the Field without individually opening their Summary page.

IVs influence some Pokémon's evolution and forme change, while some variants require parent to have 5IVs. Besides this, Pokémon with higher IVs have better performance during Spar battle.

If Pokémon is hatched, no. However, you can influence Pokémon's IVs outcome via breeding in the DayCare. A fair warning though - it doesn't work retroactively. IVs are determined at the time of the egg's creation so any attempt to influence IVs once the egg is made won't work. By default, Pokémon inherits any three IVs from parents, while other three are randomised. If a parent holds Destiny Knot, five IVs will be inherited instead of three. Pokémon that come from the Lab, Supplier, Summoning, Tournament and other places where parents are non-existent can only have their IVs slightly increased if User has a Master Badge that matches at least one of the Pokémon's types. Example of Pokémon (Kawotor) with non-existent parents:

IV breeding is a breeding process where main focus is to pass down parent's IV stats to offspring while using Destiny Knot with the intent of getting Pokémon with specific, or maxed out IVs.

Unfortunately no. Unlike specials where certain items such as Übercharm and Shiny Charm improve your special hatching odds, there are no boost of any kind to apply for IV breeding. Master Badge gives slight IV increase, however, that only applies to randomised IVs. Please see Part 5: Master Badge for more information. Note: Destiny Knot does not boost your IV, it only passes down set number form parents. Please see section '2.1) Important Items - Destiny Knot' and '3.0) IV Inheritance Explanation - Parent holding Destiny Knot' for more information on this item.

No. Training changes Pokémon's EVs (Effort Values), a completely separate statistics that doesn't affect IVs.

Adding Bottle Caps, Mints and other items that would increase IVs of an already hatched Pokémon has been suggested, and rejected, by Niet because it would be game-breaking. You can read those suggestions threads here and here.

Yes you can. Give the parent with desired nature Everstone, and other Destiny Knot. Be aware that doing nature hunt along with IV hunt is difficult and you should do it once you are familiar with IV breeding. Example: Nature effects don't have any influence on IV breeding and IVs. Since this impacts battling and EVs, effects won't be explained in this guide.

Yes, it is possible, but very difficult to achieve. The process, later explained in detail, requires multiple Dittos with two or more maxed out IVs.

Here is a collection of suggestions made regarding IVs. Waiting Response: - Inheriting IV for non-breed Pokemon - Increase Master Badge IV Boost - Adding IVs to pokemon summaries Rejected: - Bottle Caps/IV Training Reason: Game breaking. - Caps & Mints Reason: Game breaking. - Add IVs to Field Pokemon Tooltip Reason: Clutters tooltip.