Why is my Eevee egg taking so long to hatch?

Question

so in heartgold i breed my umbreon and got another eevee egg(he got breed once for jolteon)and its taking longer than the first eevee to hatch! i don't know why its taking longer...

Comments

that happends to me too, i always breed eevees to get a girl but the weird thing is when it takes longer to hatch it's a girl

Answer 1

Well when you hatched the Eevee (Jolteon) did you have a Pokemon with Flame Body/Magma Armor in your team because if you have a Pokemon with Flame Body/Magma Armor the steps for hatching the egg is cut in half.

If you don't have a Pokemon with Flame Body/Magma Armor in your team with your Eevee egg it will take longer to hatch.

It takes 9,180 steps to hatch an eevee. So with Flame Body/Magma Armor you will need 4,590 steps to hatch the Eevee egg.

Hope this helps =P

Comments

never had a pokemon with flame body :P and thanks.

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That's wrong. It doubles the amount of steps needed, not reduces.

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@Primal Kyogre Why would it double the number of steps needed? How about fact-checking things before you give an answer to something.

Sources:
https://www.serebii.net/abilitydex/flamebody.shtml
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Flame_Body_(Ability)

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where can i find/obtain that flame body/magma armor? and which pokemon can get it? (sorry, im a big noobie when it comes to these things)

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Answer 2

It takes 9,180 steps to hatch an eevee. If you had a pokemon with flame body or magma armor, it will speed up the process. I have three suggestions why this is happining.

1. You had a pokemon with magma body or magma armor while hatching your first eevee.

2. Something is wrong with you.

3. This is probably the best reason, though I may be wrong (don't down vote me if it is wrong just comment). On eevee's page it says a MINIMUM of 9, 180