How to get it
- Buy one or a bundle from the shop, or earn one through eligible level-up, research, and Showcase rewards.
How to use it
- Open Pokémon storage, select the Eggs tab, choose an Egg, and start incubation with this incubator.
- Walk the displayed distance. An incubator holds one Egg at a time; you cannot remove the Egg partway through.
Worth knowing
A use is spent per Egg, not per kilometer. A 2 km Egg and a 12 km Egg each consume one of the three uses.
Hatch pools are determined by the Egg you received. Buying a faster incubator does not itself improve Shiny odds or IVs.
Parallel incubation changes output, not the distance per Egg
Each incubator tracks one Egg independently during the same walk. Starting three 5 km Eggs together can therefore produce three hatches after 5 km of counted travel, rather than requiring three separate 5 km walks.
A limited-use incubator spends a use on a completed hatch regardless of whether the Egg is short or long distance. The three-use limit makes your choice of Egg relevant to how much walking you cover before replacing the item. It does not improve the hatch pool or the Pokémon’s IVs.
Sources & further reading
- Pokémon GO: A Quantitative Approach by nick blackVersion 1.0.6 (October 4, 2026), §5.3, p. 33
Event rewards, shop offers, and limits can change. Check the current in-game description for event-specific rules. Worked examples are illustrative calculations.