Natures are very helpful, as they aid in EV training and Contests. The process of getting the right nature can be quite long-winded though and this will all be explained below. Refer to the table at the bottom of the page for more information.

You can use these quick links below to jump to different sections for faster and quicker viewing! I would recommend checking out the Table of Natures.

Introduction

So what exactly is a nature? Well, if you go to a Pokémon's status page, you'll get something along the lines of "NAUGHTY (or another nature) nature." A nature provides a 10% boost in a stat and a 10% decrease in another stat. Sometimes this increase and decrease are in the same stat, which cancels each other out, and this nature is called a neutral nature. Natures also help out in Contests and Super Contests, because a Pokémon's nature specifies which area they are best at and its flavor preference for Pokéblocks and Poffins. (More information about Pokéblocks and Poffins by clicking the links).
 

Natures are used often in EV training, because of the boost they give in stats when a Pokémon levels up. Say you wanted to train a Pokémon in Speed. You would find a nature that raises the Speed of a Pokémon, such as the Jolly nature. This Pokémon will get 10% more stat increase in Speed than a Pokémon that doesn't have a Speed-increasing nature.
 
Please click here to see how each nature affects the stat!

Contest Natures

Natures affect the Pokéblocks and Poffins a Pokémon like, which directly ties into contests. Let's say you want to win a Cute Contest. It's best to win contests when you've maxed out in the area that you want to win. So now I want to max out in the Cuteness area. All I have to do is find a Cute nature, for example, Timid.
 

This Timid natured Pokémon will max out in its Cute nature much faster than other Pokémon, especially if you feed it Pokéblocks or Poffins that specifically raise the Cute stat.

This is very useful during contests, because you don't have to take a long time to make many Pokéblocks and Poffins, since the stats will max out quicker. For a table on which natures prefer and dislike which flavors of Pokéblocks and Poffins, please click here.

Getting Natures

There are ways of getting a certain nature on a Pokémon, which is particularly useful for those hard-to-catch Pokémon. One way involves breeding, and if you are unclear on what breeding is, click here for a guide!
 

When breeding, you have a slight chance of passing down the nature of one of the parents to the egg. Chances can be made better by having the female or the Ditto hold an Everstone. With this, there is a 50% chance that the female's nature will be passed down, which is quite an increase from before.
 
This makes it quite easy to get a good-natured Pokémon. But there are only two scenarios in which this works. They are described below.

1. When breeding with a Ditto and another Pokémon, the Ditto must be holding an Everstone, and there will be a 50% chance that the Ditto's nature will be passed down to the baby.

2. When breeding with a male and female Pokémon, the female must be holding an Everstone, and there will be a 50% chance the female Pokémon's nature will be passed down to the baby.

If this way does not work for you, there is another way to get specific natures, and that is hunting for the actual Pokémon and catching many of them! Hopefully, if you are lucky, you will catch the one with the right nature. This may take quite a while, especially for rare Pokémon, as they don't appear often enough to catch. For legendaries, which only appear once or twice, try soft-resetting (saving before the battle and turning off the game if it is the wrong nature).

Table of Natures Back to Top
 

No Item
None

No Berry
None

Any
Contest

Protein
Attack

 Figy Berry
Spicy

Cool
Contests

Iron
Defense

Iapapa Berry
Sour

Tough
Contests

Calcium
Sp. Attack

Wiki Berry
Dry

Beauty
Contests

Zinc
Sp. Defense

Aguav Berry
Bitter

Smart
Contests

Carbos
Speed

Mago Berry
Sweet

Cute
Contests