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Destiny Knot

An item to be held by a Pokemon. If the holder becomes infatuated, the opposing Pokemon will be, too.

How to obtain

  • Sold in the Training And Breeding shop (/shop) for $50,000.
  • A possible Mystery Chest reward at /spawn (opened with Mystery Keys).
  • Found Chest loot (hidden chests across the overworld, Thieving skill).
  • Pickpocketed from NPCs (Thieving skill).
  • Dropped by defeated wild Purugly.
  • PokeLoot chest loot (Tier 3 chests).
  • Generated chest loot: day care, village shepherd.

Use in breeding

Normally a baby inherits 3 IVs picked from its parents' twelve, and the rest are random. If EITHER parent holds a Destiny Knot, the baby inherits 5 IVs instead. Only one knot is needed; a second knot on the other parent adds nothing.

Scenario 1, breeding up a competitive spread: you caught a Dragonite with 4 perfect IVs and have a 2x31 Ditto. Put the Destiny Knot on either one and breed. Each egg copies 5 of the 12 parent IVs at random, so within a few eggs you get babies with more perfect stats than either parent. Promote the best baby to be the new parent and repeat.

Scenario 2, knot plus Power item: the knot picks WHICH stats to copy at random. To force a specific stat through, put a Power item (for example a Power Anklet for Speed) on the other parent: its stat is guaranteed, and the knot fills in 4 more inherited IVs on top.

Scenario 3, nature and IVs at once: knot on parent A, Everstone on parent B with the nature you want. The baby gets 5 inherited IVs and B's nature every time.

In battle the held item has an unrelated effect (infatuates the attacker on contact), so dedicated breeding pairs usually keep one knot permanently.