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An '''Egg cycle''' (Japanese: '''タマゴのサイクル''' ''Egg cycle'') is an internal value used for tracking how long until a [[Pokémon Egg]] hatches in the [[core series]] Pokémon games | An '''Egg cycle''' (Japanese: '''タマゴのサイクル''' ''Egg cycle'') is an internal value used for tracking how long until a [[Pokémon Egg]] hatches in the [[core series]] Pokémon games. | ||
When the player takes a number of steps equal to an Egg cycle, their Egg's remaining Egg cycles normally decrease by 1. Once an Egg has no Egg cycles remaining, it hatches. The specifics of how this is implemented differs between generations. | An Egg's Egg cycle counter is initially set to [[List of Pokémon by base Egg cycles|a specific value that depends on the Pokémon species]] about to hatch. When an Egg is in the [[party]], taking a particular number of steps decreases its remaining number of Egg cycles by 1. When the player takes a number of steps equal to an Egg cycle, their Egg's remaining Egg cycles normally decrease by 1. Once an Egg has no Egg cycles remaining, it hatches. The specifics of how this is implemented differs between generations. | ||
==Steps per cycle== | ==Steps per cycle== | ||