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Daycare

PBO’s Daycares do not raise your Pokémon for you. Instead, once a day, you show a Daycare attendant a Pokémon you raised and earn Daycare Tokens. The tokens buy the Power items for EV training, evolution items and the blueprints for crafted Exp Shares.

Daycare Region Attendant Shop trader Breeder
Solaceon Day Care, Solaceon Town Sinnoh Assistant Rowena Trader Solene Daycare Breeder Liana
Daycare (Hoenn), Route 117 Hoenn Breeder Tia Trader Lia Breeder Mia
Daycare Centre, Route 5 Kanto Lady Amelia Trader Flora Breeder Rose

You can battle each Daycare’s breeder once a day for 750 F. The Hoenn Daycare also has a side quest.

  1. Talk to the attendant. Choose to show a Pokémon. You can first check how many tokens each Pokémon in your party would earn.
  2. Pick a Pokémon. Choose an eligible Pokémon from your party. It stays with you; you only show it.
  3. Collect your tokens. The attendant tells you how long until you can show the next one.

A Pokémon is eligible if all of these are true:

  • You caught it yourself (you are its original trainer).
  • It was caught in the same region as the Daycare.
  • It is one of that Daycare’s wanted species.
  • It is level 25 or higher.
  • It has never been shown at that Daycare before. Each Pokémon only counts once.
Level Daycare Tokens
25–54 15
55–79 25
80–100 40
Bonus: all 510 EVs allocated +5

The best payout is 45 tokens, for a Pokémon at level 80 or higher with all 510 EVs allocated. For a steady income, raise a new wanted Pokémon each day and EV train it on the way.

The species must match exactly: a wanted Pokémon that has evolved into something not on the list no longer counts. Use the Pokémon locations pages to find them in the right region.

All three shop traders sell the same items:

Item Price each (Daycare Tokens)
Evil Chansey Mount 1,000
Scroll of Darkness, Scroll of Waters (evolve Kubfu) 600
Everstone Exp Share Blueprint, Move-Block Exp Share Blueprint, Macho Brace Exp Share Blueprint, Soothe Share Blueprint 500
Macho Brace, Gold Amulet (evolves Gimmighoul), Binding Band, Lagging Tail 300
Power Weight, Power Bracer, Power Belt, Power Lens, Power Band, Power Anklet 200
TM500 Hidden Power 200
Everstone, Spell Tag, Black Belt, Charcoal, Dragon Fang, Expert Belt, Fairy Feather, Hard Stone, Magnet, Miracle Seed, Mystic Water, Never-Melt Ice, Poison Barb, Sharp Beak, Silk Scarf, Silver Powder, Soft Sand 75
Broken TM Disk (for crafting TMs) 45
Smoke Ball 25
Daycare Token Shop listing the six Power items and the Macho Brace with their Daycare Token prices
The Daycare Token Shop sells every Power item for 200 Daycare Tokens.

The four blueprints are crafted into special Exp Shares. Each one also shares experience (and EVs, if it is the first Exp Share in your party) like a normal Exp. Share:

Exp Share Extra effect Crafting level Ingredients besides the blueprint
Soothe Share Raises friendship after each battle, even without battling 12 10 Heart Scales, Soothe Bell
Everstone Exp Share Stops the holder from evolving when it levels up 14 Everstone, Binding Band
Macho Brace Exp Share Doubles the EVs the holder receives 14 Macho Brace, Lagging Tail
Move-Block Exp Share Stops the holder from learning new moves by level-up or evolution 16 Spell Tag, Broken TM Disk