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Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

How Many Steps Does it Take to Hatch an Egg in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl? Answered

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl offer many Pokémon Eggs that you can find and obtain while progressing through the game. 

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You can hatch the eggs by covering a certain distance while keeping them in their respective inventory slots to obtain the Pokémon. 

Many in the Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl community were wondering about how many steps they have to take in-game to hatch an egg. Read on below to get the answer. 

How Many Steps Does It Take to Hatch an Egg in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl? 

In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl, you have to cover around 1,000 to 10,240 steps to hatch an Egg. The distance covered is directly proportional to the rarity of the Pokémon. 

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The normal ones can hatch by just covering around 1,280 steps, while the rarer ones take more than 5,000 steps, and the almost-Legendary ones taking 10,240 steps. 

How to Halve the Steps Required to Hatch an Egg

You can halve the steps required to hatch an Egg in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl by using the Flame Body ability of Pokémon such as Slugma, Magby, and their evolved variants. 

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are currently available on the Nintendo Switch platform.

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Hritwik is a guides writer who has been writing about video games for almost a decade. He is a Computer Science graduate who has always been into gaming. Most of the time, you will find him covering News and Guides for various publications. And when he is not working, you will find him fighting with his friends about how good of a gamer he is. His favorite games include Fallout 76, Borderlands 2, Call of Duty, Apex Legends, Destiny 2, Souls series, Genshin Impact, and The Last of Us.