Do bottle cap IVs breed?

Bottle Caps are a unique currency in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet that lets you trade them with a special character to 'Hyper Train' one of your Pokémon over Level 50. This raises their IV (Individual Value) stats, making them stronger, which is especially good for Tera Raids or breeding.
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Do Bottle Caps pass down IVs?

A regular Bottle Cap can increase one of a Pokémon's IVs to 31 (the maximum value), while a Gold Bottle Cap will increase all of a Pokémon's IVs to 31.
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Do Bottle Caps affect breeding in Pokémon?

When using bottle caps to hyper train a Pokémon are the hyper trained stats equivalent to a “best” IV? They're the same functionally in battle, but you can't pass them down through breeding. You'll pass down the original stats instead.
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How many Bottle Caps for perfect IVs?

You can start buying Bottle Caps once you beat at least six gyms. Take the Bottle Caps to the NPC marked below in Montenevera. If your Pokémon is over level 50, you'll be able to trade one cap to max out one IV. You'll need five for the ideal Pokémon IV spread, as we detailed above.
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Does gold bottle cap affect breeding?

Bottle caps only affect the IVs for battling purposes. It does not affect the type of Hidden power and also does not affect breeding.
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How do you get 6 IV Ditto?

The best opportunity to get a six-IV Ditto comes from six-star Tera Raid battles, which can be unlocked in the Pokemon Scarlet & Violet post-game. Pokemon 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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How do you get 5 Perfect IVs?

Once you grab your good IV Pokémon from a raid or get a Ditto with good IVs, the goal is to make a Pokémon with at least five perfect IVs. To get a parent Pokémon to pass down IVs, give it a Destiny Knot to hold. This passes down five of their IVs to their child, randomly.
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How do you get 6 perfect IVs in Pokémon?

Breeding that Pokémon with the other 4IV Ditto - so you eventually get a Pokémon with the other 4IVs covered. Breeding those two non-Ditto, four-or-five-IV Pokémon together - until, eventually, you get a Pokémon with the full, perfect, 6IV spread of stats and the right nature!
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How rare is a perfect IV?

How rare is a MAX IV Pokémon? Each of these numbers on any caught Pokemon is completely random, which means you have as much chance of getting an 11, for example, as you do a 15. When you work out the odds behind this, the complete randomness gives you a 1 in 4,096 chance of finding that perfect IV Pokemon.
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Does breeding 2 Shinies increase shiny odds?

@qwertyk31 Breeding shinies together does not increase your chance of getting a shiny kid. About the Masuda method, both parents must come from a game with different language. For instance, if your game is in English and both parents are Japanese, the Masuda method will not work.
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Does breeding increase IVs?

IVs are usually completely randomized when a Pokemon is generated, whether that's through an encounter or hatched from an egg. When breeding, a Pokemon's IVs are set when the egg is generated, not when it is hatched. You cannot save and reload for better IVs.
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Does Hyper Training give perfect IVs?

We say base stats instead of Individual Values (IVs) because Hyper Training doesn't directly change the Pokemon's IVs -- meaning, its stat will reflect a change as if it had a perfect IV, but it's IVs remain unchanged.
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Is Hyper Training worth it violet?

Hyper Training is one of the best ways to quickly build a Pokemon for Tera Raids. This special mechanic allows players to exchange Bottle Caps to boost the base stats of their Pokemon's IVs.
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Does Hyper Training affect breeding scarlet?

Hyper Training maxes out a Pokemon's IVs, which raises its stats. The stats gained from Hyper Training are effectively the same as having the maximum possible IVs, with the only caveat being that the Pokemon's original IVs will still be passed down to its children when breeding.
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Is it possible to have 31 IVs in all stats?

Individual Values

Unlike EVs, there is no cap for the IV total; it is theoretically possible to have a Pokémon with 31 in every IV. Statistically, the best you can hope to achieve is 31 in three of the six stats, with the remaining three being left up to chance.
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Can Ditto breed with Ditto?

Can Ditto Breed With Ditto In Pokémon? Unfortunately, Ditto cannot breed with other Ditto. The members of the Ditto Egg Group cannot breed with each other, 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.
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Can you have 6 Max IVs?

Equipping the Destiny Knot to the high IV Ditto will then allow you to pass down five IVs instead of three. This heavily increases your chances of getting six max IVs instead of three garbage ones, even though that final stat will still be randomized.
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Do Ditto IVs matter for breeding?

You should only need a 0 Speed IV Ditto if you are planning on breeding one of these. Most of the time if you are using a nature that negatively impacts Speed you will be breeding for 0 Speed.
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What is the max IV Pokemon?

IVs: Pokémon must hatch with them already at max (31 IVs) in the required stats.
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How do you breed a 6iv shiny Pokemon?

You can breed a Pokemon with attack defense and special attack with the Destiny Knot and get those three ivs, then use that same one with another Pokemon with the other IV's. Then breed those two Pokemon and you will eventually get the 6iv Pokemon.
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Can you breed perfect IVs without Destiny Knot?

There's no way to get a Pokemon with perfect IVs without a destiny knot except DexNav Chaining for a 3-Star Potential Skarmory and hoping for 2 extra perfect IVs ( A VERY low chance) or breeding two Skarmory with at least 3 IVs and hoping for two more perfect IVs (Again, a very low chance) so I'd recommend just getting ...
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