Egg Incubator
- 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
In September 2025, the Timed Incubator was introduced. It is an additional unlimited-use Egg Incubator that lasts for a certain period of time. If a Timed Incubator is currently incubating an Egg when it expires, it will be replaced with a single-use Egg Incubator that only lasts for as long as it takes to hatch the Egg.
Types of Egg Incubators
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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 |
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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)
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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)
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Timed Incubator | A device that incubates an Egg as you explore until it's ready to hatch. You may reuse this Incubator until it expires. Expires one week after the GO Pass ends. | GO Pass Deluxe reward (Only usable during specific times) | |
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.
Merchandise
A backpack designed after the Egg Incubator has been released as part of the Pokémon GO Trainer Gear apparel collection by The Pokémon Company International.
An illustration of the Egg Incubator was also featured on a pouch that was part of the Pokémon GO Lab-exclusive merchandise.
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Pokémon GO Trainer Gear Egg Incubator backpack -
Pokémon GO Lab Egg Incubator pouch
In other languages
Egg Incubator ∞
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Egg Incubator
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Super Incubator
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See also
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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. | 
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