Incense

If you were looking for the item in Pokémon GO, see Incense (GO).

If you were looking for the item in Pokémon Sleep, see Incense (Sleep).

Incenses (Japanese: おこう Incense) are a group of held items that were introduced in Generation III. They allow bred Pokémon to produce baby Pokémon they otherwise would not be able to. They also have unrelated in-battle effects.

In the core series games

Mechanics

This article is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this article to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Needs information on whether Snorlax and Chimecho eggs can still be produced in Scarlet and Violet or not, as neither of their respective incenses are obtainable in said games.

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When held by a Pokémon in the Pokémon Day Care or the Pokémon Nursery, they allow Pokémon to produce Eggs containing baby Pokémon that they otherwise could not. Specifically, baby Pokémon introduced in Generation III or later (besides Riolu and Toxel) normally cannot be produced by breeding; however, if a breeding pair that would normally produce Eggs containing the evolved form of one of these baby Pokémon, and one of the parents holds the corresponding Incense, Eggs containing the baby Pokémon will be produced instead.

For example, if a male Jigglypuff and a female Marill are in the Pokémon Day Care together, normally they would produce Marill Eggs; however, if either of them holds a Sea Incense, they will produce Azurill Eggs instead.

Notably, most baby Pokémon which result from Incense breeding have different Egg Move lists than their evolved forms. For example, Azurill can learn Fake Tears through breeding while Marill cannot, and Marill can learn Aqua Jet through breeding while Azurill cannot.

Incenses are not present in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, and the associated Pokémon hatch from Eggs by default. This means it is not possible to produce Chansey, Snorlax, Marill, Sudowoodo, or Chimecho Eggs in Scarlet and Violet.

Acquisition

While individual Incenses can often be found in a variety of locations, starting in Generation V, the whole set of Incenses are often obtainable available for purchase in a single location.

• In Pokémon Black, White, Black 2, and White 2, they can be purchased at the Driftveil Market (in Pokémon Black and White only, this requires the National Pokédex).
• In Pokémon X and Y, they can be purchased at the Coumarine City Incense shop.
• In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, they can be purchased at the Slateport City Market.
• In Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon, they can be purchased at the Konikoni City Incense stall.
• In Pokémon Sword and Shield, they can be purchased from the Hulbury Incense Merchant.

List of incenses

	Name	Debut Gen.	Effect	Corresponding Baby Pokémon
	Full Incense	IV	Forces the holder to move last in its priority bracket.		Munchlax
	Lax Incense	III	Reduces the opponent's accuracy when targeting the holder.		Wynaut
	Luck Incense	IV	Doubles prize money received from battles when held.		Happiny
	Odd Incense	IV	Boosts the power of the holder's Psychic-type moves.		Mime Jr.
	Pure Incense	IV	Lowers wild Pokémon encounter rate when held.		Chingling
	Rock Incense	IV	Boosts the power of the holder's Rock-type moves.		Bonsly
	Rose Incense	IV	Boosts the power of the holder's Grass-type moves.		Budew
	Sea Incense	III	Boosts the power of the holder's Water-type moves.		Azurill
	Wave Incense	IV	Boosts the power of the holder's Water-type moves.		Mantyke

Gallery

Artwork

These are artwork of the items as seen on the Pokémon Global Link.

Full Incense	Lax Incense	Luck Incense
Odd Incense	Pure Incense	Rock Incense
Rose Incense	Sea Incense	Wave Incense

In the spin-off games

Pokémon GO

Main article: Incense (GO)

In Pokémon GO, the Incense is an item that causes wild Pokémon to appear more often for 60 minutes.

Pokémon UNITE

Curse Incense in Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, an item called Curse Incense appears. It is a held item that weakens HP recovery effects of opponents hit by Sp. Attack-based damage by 20/25/30% at Grade 1/10/20, for 1.5s. The duration of the effect increases to 3s if the opponent is hit by a Sp. Attack-based basic or boosted attack.

Pokémon Sleep

Main article: Incense (Sleep)

In Pokémon Sleep, the player can equip up to two incenses, which are single-use items that can be used to provide various effects during sleep research.

In the TCG

Regular print of Evolution Incense

Main article: Evolution Incense (Sword & Shield 163)

The Evolution Incense is a variant from the Pokémon Trading Card Game introduced as an Item card. It was first released in the Japanese V Starter Sets. It later appeared in the Japanese Sword expansion before debuting in English in the Sword & Shield expansion, with artwork by Ryo Ueda. It allows the player to search their deck for an Evolution Pokémon, reveal it and put it into their hand, then shuffling their deck after.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 薰香 Incense Mandarin 薰香 Incense French Encens German Zuchtitem Italian Incensi Korean 향로 Hyangno Spanish Incienso

Related articles

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Incense

Sea Incense

Lax Incense

Rose Incense

Pure Incense

Rock Incense

Odd Incense

Luck Incense

Full Incense

Wave Incense

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