How To Get the Oval Charm in Pokémon ORAS

You will obtain the Oval Charm from Professor Birch after you see all 210 Pokémon in the Hoenn Pokédex (you do not need to register Jirachi). This means you’ll only be able to obtain the Oval Charm in the later part of the game.

As for this item’s effect: the Oval Charm will make breeding Pokémon in the Day Care faster.

Getting the Oval Charm

Oval Charm’s item description.

After registering all 210 Pokémon in the Hoenn Dex, fly over to Littleroot Town.

Note: You do not need to catch all 210 Pokémon. Seeing them will be enough to clear this requirement.

Step 1: After landing in Littleroot, head down towards Birch’s lab.

Heading down in Littleroot.

Step 2: Turn left and enter Professor Birch’s lab.

Continuing towards Professor Birch’s lab.

Step 3: Inside the lab, walk up and talk to the Professor.

Walking up to Professor Birch inside the lab.

Step 4: Select the “Hoenn Pokédex” option.

Talking to Professor Birch and selecting the “Hoenn Pokédex” option.

Step 5: Professor Birch will then confirm that you have seen all Pokémon in the Hoenn Dex.

Message confirming that you’ve seen all Pokémon in the Hoenn Dex.

Step 6: After the confirmation, you will receive the Oval Charm as a reward.

Receiving the Oval Charm from Professor Birch.

Using the Oval Charm

The Oval Charm will increase your chance of finding an Egg in the Day Care.

In Pokémon ORAS, breeding cycles reset every 257 steps. Your chances of finding an Egg after 257 steps will be determined by two different factors:

The Pokémon’s species. Two Pokémon of the same species will breed faster compared to two Pokémon of different species.
The Pokémon’s Original Trainer (OT). Two Pokémon with different Ots will breed faster than two Pokémon from the same trainer.

Note: Pokémon from different species must belong to the same Egg Group in order to breed. Two Pokémon from different species and different Egg Groups will not generate an Egg.

Without Oval Charm
Pokémon Species	OT Number	Chances of Generating an Egg (every 257 steps)
Same	Same	50%
Same	Different	70%
Different	Same	20%
Different	Different	50%

The Oval Charm will significantly increase your chances of finding an Egg at the end of a breeding cycle.

With Oval Charm
Pokémon Species	OT Number	Chances of Generating an Egg (every 257 steps)
Same	Same	80%
Same	Different	88%
Different	Same	40%
Different	Different	80%

Tip: You can use the Battle Resort’s Day Care to speed up the process and quickly reset breeding circles.

Fast Breeding at the Battle Resort Day Care

After leaving your Pokémon at the Battle Resort Day Care to breed, exit the Day Care and go all the way to the right. You should ride a Bicycle to make this process faster.

Riding to the right of the Battle Resort’s Day Care.

Once you run into this rock on the right side of the beach, push the circle pad up.

Pressing up on the circle pad after reaching the rock.

Keep the circle pad pushed up. Your character will continue moving, even after running into objects.

Your character will automatically move forward after running into an object.

By doing this, you will be able to move in a circle around the Battle Resort, racking up steps.

Riding in a circle around the Battle Resort.

You can use this method to reset the breeding cycles multiple times until your two Pokémon generate an Egg. This same method is also useful for hatching Eggs.