Egg Incubator

An Egg Incubator in Pokémon GO

If you were looking for the incubators of Pokémon Masters EX, see Egg Pokémon (Masters).

An Egg Incubator (Japanese: ふかそうち Incubator) is an item in Pokémon GO required to hatch Eggs. Every player starts with one infinite-use Egg Incubator (Egg Incubator ∞). Players can obtain more limited-use Egg Incubators, which break after three uses, during gameplay or at the Shop. To hatch an Egg, the player can select an Egg from the Pokémon menu and tap the "Incubate" button. The user interface will show a list of all available incubators along with the number of uses it has left.

During the 2016, 2017, and 2018 Holiday events, players could obtain a single-use Egg Incubator, once per day, at the first PokéStop visited.

In August 2017, the Super Incubator was introduced. It is a limited-use Egg Incubator that hatch Eggs 50% faster, effectively reducing the distance by a third. Using a Super Incubator, the distances required to hatch an Egg are as follows:

• 2 km → 1.33 km
• 5 km → 3.33 km
• 7 km → 4.67 km
• 10 km → 6.67 km
• 12 km → 8 km

Types of Egg Incubators

Image	English name	Japanese name	Description	Acquisition
	Egg Incubator ∞	ムゲンふかそうち Infinite Egg Incubator	A device that incubates an Egg as you walk until it is ready to hatch. Unlimited use!	In Bag from start
	Egg Incubator	ふかそうち Incubator	A device that incubates an Egg as you walk until it is ready to hatch. Breaks after 3 uses.	Level up reward (Lv. 6 and every 5 levels starting Lv. 10) Special Research Shop (buy for 150 each)
	Super Incubator	スーパーふかそうち Super Incubator	A more powerful Egg Incubator helps Eggs hatch quickly. Breaks after 3 uses.	Special Research Shop (buy for 200 each)

In the TCG

Egg Incubator in the TCG

Main article: Egg Incubator (Pokémon GO 66)

Egg Incubator was introduced as an Item card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese Sword & Shield Era). It was first released in the Japanese and English Pokémon GO expansions, with artwork by sadaji. It was also released as a Secret card in the same Japanese and English expansions, with artwork by the same artist. It allows the player to flip a coin. If heads, they can search their deck for a Basic Pokémon, put it onto their Bench, and then shuffle their deck. If tails, they can put the card back to the bottom of their deck.

In other languages

Egg Incubator ∞

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 無限孵化器 Mòuhhaahn Fūfahei Mandarin 無限孵化器 Wúxiàn Fūhuàqì French Incubateur ∞ German Ei-Brutmaschine ∞ Indonesian Mesin Penetas Telur ∞ Italian Incubatrice Uova ∞ Korean 무한 부화장치 Muhan Buhwajangchi Brazilian Portuguese Incubadora de Ovo ∞ Spanish Incubadora ∞ Thai เครื่องฟักไข่ ∞ Khrueang Fakkhai ∞

Egg Incubator

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 孵化器 Fūfahei Mandarin 孵化器 Fūhuàqì French Incubateur German Ei-Brutmaschine Indonesian Mesin Penetas Telur Italian Incubatrice Uova Korean 부화장치 Buhwajangchi Brazilian Portuguese Incubadora de Ovo Spanish Incubadora Thai เครื่องฟักไข่ Khrueang Fakkhai

Super Incubator

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 超級孵化器 Chīukāp Fūfahei Mandarin 超級孵化器 Chāojí Fūhuàqì French Super-Incubateur German Super-Brutmaschine Indonesian Mesin Penetas Super Italian Superincubatrice Korean 슈퍼 부화장치 Syupeo Buhwajangchi Brazilian Portuguese Superincubadora Spanish Superincubadora Thai เครื่องฟักไข่ชั้นเยี่ยม Khrueang Fakkhai Chanyiam

See also

• Egg case

This article is part of both Project Sidegames and Project ItemDex, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on items in the sidegames.