Egg Types & Incubation
Updated 2026-08-07 · 4 min read
Every bred egg has to be incubated before it hatches. Matching the egg's temperature is the key to fast hatching.
The Egg Incubator
Build an Egg Incubator and place an egg inside. A progress meter shows hatch time, which depends on the egg's rarity and how well you match its preferred temperature.
How long do eggs take to hatch?
Incubation time comes down to two things: the egg's size and how close the incubator is to its ideal temperature. Exact minute counts aren't part of our datamined dataset, so we won't invent them — but the relationship below is reliable and is all you need to plan:
| Egg size | Relative hatch time | Typical contents |
|---|---|---|
| Regular / Small egg | Fastest ⚡ | Common early-game Pals |
| Large egg | Slower | Rarer, stronger Pals |
| Huge egg | Slowest 🐢 | Legendaries and huge Pals |
On top of size, matching the ideal temperature earns the "seems very comfortable" bonus, which roughly halves the remaining time (about double speed); leaving an egg at the wrong temperature does the opposite and drags hatching to a crawl. So the fastest hatch is a small egg sitting at its perfect temperature, and the slowest is a Huge legendary egg left in the wrong climate. If you want everything to hatch quicker across the board, many players also raise the world's Egg Hatching Time setting when creating or editing a save.
Egg temperature types
Eggs come in temperature flavors — normal, hot (fire-type), cold (ice-type), and so on. Each has a comfort temperature. If the incubator is too far from that comfort zone, hatching slows to a crawl.
Speeding up hatching
- Place Heater devices near the incubator for cold/normal eggs that need warmth.
- Place Cooler devices for hot eggs that need cooling.
- Base location matters too — a hot biome naturally warms eggs, a snowy biome cools them.
Dial the temperature into the egg's comfort band and even large, rare eggs hatch quickly.