Incense

Incenses (Japanese: おこう Incense) are a group of held items that were introduced in Generation III. They allow bred Pokémon to produce baby Pokémon they otherwise would not be able to. They also have unrelated in-battle effects.
==In the core series games==
===Mechanics===
When held by a Pokémon in the Pokémon Day Care or the Pokémon Nursery, they allow Pokémon to produce s containing baby Pokémon that they otherwise could not. Specifically, baby Pokémon introduced in Generation III or later (besides and ) normally cannot be produced by breeding; however, if a breeding pair that would normally produce Eggs containing the evolved form of one of these baby Pokémon, and one of the parents holds the corresponding Incense, Eggs containing the baby Pokémon will be produced instead.
For example, if a male and a female are in the Pokémon Day Care together, normally they would produce Marill Eggs; however, if either of them holds a Sea Incense, they will produce Eggs instead.
Notably, most baby Pokémon which result from Incense breeding have different Egg Move lists than their evolved forms. For example, can learn through breeding while cannot, and Marill can learn through breeding while Azurill cannot.
Incenses are not present in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, and the associated Pokémon hatch from Eggs by default. This means it is not possible to produce , , , , or Eggs in Scarlet and Violet.
===Acquisition===
While individual Incenses can often be found in a variety of locations, starting in Generation V, the whole set of Incenses are often obtainable available for purchase in a single location.
* In Pokémon Black, White, Black 2, and White 2, they can be purchased at the Market (in Pokémon Black and White only, this requires the National Pokédex).
* In , they can be purchased at the Coumarine City .
* In , they can be purchased at the Slateport City Market.
* In Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon, they can be purchased at the Konikoni City .
* In Pokémon Sword and Shield, they can be purchased from the Hulbury .
===List of incenses===
	Name 	DebutGen.	Effect 	CorrespondingBaby Pokémon	CorrespondingBaby Pokémon
	Full Incense	IV 	Forces the holder to move last in its priority bracket.	 	
	Lax Incense 	III 	Reduces the opponent's when targeting the holder. 	 	
	Luck Incense	IV 	Doubles prize money received from battles when held. 	 	
	Odd Incense 	IV 	Boosts the power of the holder's moves. 	 	
	Pure Incense	IV 	Lowers wild Pokémon encounter rate when held. 	 	
	Rock Incense	IV 	Boosts the power of the holder's moves. 	 	
	Rose Incense	IV 	Boosts the power of the holder's moves. 	 	
	Sea Incense 	III 	Boosts the power of the holder's moves. 	 	
	Wave Incense	IV 	Boosts the power of the holder's moves. 	 	
===Gallery===
====Artwork====
These are artwork of the items as seen on the Pokémon Global Link.
		
		
		
		
		
		
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon GO===
In Pokémon GO, the Incense is an item that causes wild Pokémon to appear more often for 60 minutes.
===Pokémon UNITE===
In Pokémon UNITE, an item called Curse Incense appears. It is a held item that weakens HP recovery effects of opponents hit by Sp. Attack-based damage by 20/25/30% at Grade 1/10/20, for 1.5s. The duration of the effect increases to 3s if the opponent is hit by a Sp. Attack-based basic or boosted attack.
===Pokémon Sleep===
In Pokémon Sleep, the player can equip up to two incenses, which are single-use items that can be used to provide various effects during sleep research.
==In the TCG==
The Evolution Incense is a variant from the Pokémon Trading Card Game introduced as an . It was first released in the Japanese . It later appeared in the Japanese expansion before debuting in English in the expansion, with artwork by Ryo Ueda. It allows the player to search their deck for an Evolution Pokémon, reveal it and put it into their hand, then shuffling their deck after.
==In other languages==
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