In order to trade, you must fulfill a number of requirements:

- Have a Thunder Badge (be a member for over a week and catch more than 20 Pokémon)
- Purchase a Trade Pass at the Shop for 2,000.


Once you have the Pass, go to the userpage of anyone you want to trade with, and click the Trade Pass icon - note it'll only appear if that person also has one.

You can only trade one Pokémon at a time and, like in the games, the recipient must send a Pokémon in turn.

For your protection, trading takes place in three steps:

- You send a Pokémon in your party (it may be holding an item) with an optional message;
- The recipient is notified and responds with another Pokémon in their party (it may be holding an item) and an optional message;
- You confirm the trade, and the process is completed.

The trading process can be canceled at any time before completion by either player.

You can add money to a trade (you still need to trade Pokémon with it). Money is immediately deducted from your account when you send (or reply to) a trade request. It's returned if the trade is canceled, and sent to the other player only when the trade is confirmed.

Pokémon in pending trades may not be nicknamed, moved, have items taken/given to them, or be released.

Note: Trading Pokémon will NOT register the Pokémon you receive as caught, but it will register it as seen.

Certain Pokémon species are unobtainable in the wild normally. Others are available only once. Others may have special OTs/natures and be handed out to players by admins.

These Pokémon are referred to as "event" Pokémon.

Basically, Event Pokémon are any and all Pokémon that require a set of conditions to be met before they can be obtained.

Can Event Pokémon be shiny?

Absolutely. All event Pokémon except those manually manipulated by admins have the same chance as a normal Pokémon of being shiny. You should be able to tell immediately whether or not your event is shiny by the tiny icon that appears when you're able to activate it (though in some cases, like Spiritomb, you can only tell when the Pokémon itself appears).

This includes the "roadblockers" (Snorlax and Sudowoodo).

Refreshing will not change the Pokémon's shininess. It will, however, change its gender, in cases like Lapras and Spiritomb, and may turn up a retro sprite.

Can Event Pokémon hold items?

Like wild Pokémon, they may be holding an item when caught. Like wild Pokémon, this item is invariably random.

Where do I find roaming Pokémon?

Roamers may be found anywhere on the map, any region, EXCEPT water/underwater routes and fishing spots. There's a 1% chance of running into a roamer when you switch areas - refreshing will not bring them up, you have to move to the next area.

Available Events

Kanto

Two Snorlax must be caught by using the key item Poké Flute on Routes 12 and 16 to unblock the path. They'll be permanently gone once caught.

Aerodactyl can be caught if you bring an Old Amber to the Pokémon Lab in Cinnabar.

Omanyte can be caught if you bring an Helix Fossil to the Pokémon Lab in Cinnabar.

Kabuto can be caught if you bring a Dome Fossil to the Pokémon Lab in Cinnabar.

Articuno can be caught if you bring a Blue Flute to the bottom level of the Seafoam Islands.

Moltres can be caught if you bring a Red Flute to the Indigo Plateau side entrance of Victory Road.

Zapdos can be caught if you bring a Yellow Flute to the Power Plant.

Mewtwo can be caught if you bring a Diary to the deepest part of Cerulean Cave.

An Eevee can be caught on a Thursday, at a certain location. This is the only way to obtain Eevee currently, and this Eevee can only be caught once.

Johto

A Sudowoodo must be caught by using the key item Squirtbottle on Route 36 to unblock the path. It'll be permanently gone once caught.

A Lapras can be caught on a Friday on the bottom level of Union Cave if you use Surf. This is the only way to obtain Lapras currently, and this Lapras can only be caught once.

A Tyrogue can be caught on a certain day of the week, at a certain location. This is the only way to obtain Tyrogue currently, and this Tyrogue can only be caught once.

Raikou can be caught if you bring a Clear Bell to the basement of Burned Tower. It'll roam after you try to catch it, and can be caught anywhere in the map afterward.

Entei can be caught if you bring a Clear Bell to the basement of Burned Tower. It'll roam after you try to catch it, and can be caught anywhere in the map afterward.

Suicune can be caught if you bring a Clear Bell to the basement of Burned Tower. It'll roam after you try to catch it, and can be caught anywhere in the map afterward.

Lugia can be caught if you bring a Silver Wing to the deepest part of Whirl Islands.

Ho-Oh can be caught if you bring a Rainbow Wing to the highest floor of Tin Tower.

Celebi can be caught if you bring a GS Ball to the southern part of Ilex Forest.

Hoenn

Lileep can be caught if you bring a Root Fossil to the Devon Building in Rustboro.

Anorith can be caught if you bring a Claw Fossil to the Devon Building in Rustboro.

Mew can be caught if you bring an Old Sea Map to the Faraway Island (which itself will be available if you bring the Old Sea Map to Lilycove City).

A Castform can be caught during a certain time of the day at the Weather Institute. This is the only way to obtain Castform currently, and this Castform can only be caught once.

A Beldum can be caught on a certain day of the week, at a certain location. This is the only way to obtain Beldum currently, and this Beldum can only be caught once.

Regirock can be caught if you bring an Explorer Kit to the Desert Ruins.

Regice can be caught if you bring an Explorer Kit to the Island Cave.

Registeel can be caught if you bring an Explorer Kit to the Ancient Tomb.

Latias can be caught if you bring a Soul Dew to Southern Island. You need an Eon Ticket to get there from Lilycove City; it's purchasable for $500 in any shop in Hoenn if you have the Soul Dew. It'll roam after you try to catch it, and can be caught anywhere in the map afterward.

Latios can be caught if you bring a Soul Dew to Southern Island. You need an Eon Ticket to get there from Lilycove City; it's purchasable for $500 in any shop in Hoenn if you have the Soul Dew. It'll roam after you try to catch it, and can be caught anywhere in the map afterward.

Kyogre can be caught if you bring a Blue Orb to the bottom of the Cave of Origin.

Groudon can be caught if you bring a Red Orb to the bottom of the Cave of Origin.

Rayquaza can be caught if you bring a Green Orb to the top of the Sky Pillar.

Jirachi has a 0.1% chance of appearing in the wild at Mirage Island (which itself will only appear when certain conditions are met).

Deoxys can be caught if you bring a Life Orb to the Devon Building.

Sinnoh

A Drifloon can be caught on a Friday at Valley Windworks. This is the only way to get a Drifloon, and this Drifloon can only be caught once.

A Rotom can be caught at night on the second floor of the Old Chateau. This is the only way to obtain a Rotom, and this Rotom can only be caught once.

A Porygon can be caught on a certain day of the week, at a certain location. This is the only way to obtain Porygon currently, and this Porygon can only be caught once.

Cranidos can be caught if you bring a Skull Fossil to the Oreburgh Museum in Oreburgh.

Shieldon can be caught if you bring an Armor Fossil to the Oreburgh Museum in Oreburgh.

Spiritomb can be caught if you bring an Odd Keystone to Route 209.

Azelf can be caught if you bring a Red Chain to Valor Cave.

Uxie can be caught if you bring a Red Chain to Acuity Cave.

Mesprit can be caught if you bring a Red Chain to Verity Cave. It'll roam after you try to catch it, and can be caught anywhere in the map afterward.

Dialga can be caught if you bring an Adamant Orb to the Spear Pillar.

Palkia can be caught if you bring a Lustrous Orb to the Spear Pillar.

Heatran can be caught if you bring a Magma Rock to the deepest part of Stark Mountain.

Regigigas can be caught if you bring a Tide Bell to the deepest part of Snowpoint Temple.

Giratina can be caught if you bring a Black Flute to the Distortion World (which itself will open up if you bring the Black Flute to the deepest part of Turnback Cave).

Cresselia can be caught if you bring a Lunar Wing to Fullmoon Island. You need an Aurora Ticket to get there from Canalave City; it's purchasable for $500 in any shop in Sinnoh if you have the Lunar Wing. It'll roam after you try to catch it, and can be caught anywhere in the map afterward.

Darkrai can be caught if you bring a Member Card to Newmoon Island. You need a Mystic Ticket to get there from Canalave City; it's purchasable for $500 in any shop in Sinnoh if you have the Member Card.

Shaymin can be caught if you bring a White Flute to the Flower Paradise (which can be reached from Route 224 if you have a Recommendation Letter).

Arceus can be caught if you bring an Azure Flute to the Hall of Origin (which itself will open up if you bring the Azure Flute to Spear Pillar).

A Manaphy Egg can be obtained from an in-game NPC when certain conditions are met.

A Riolu Egg can be obtained from an in-game NPC when certain conditions are met.

Unova

A Togepi can be caught on a certain day of the week, at White Forest. This is the only way to obtain Togepi currently, and this Togepi can only be caught once.

A Houndour can be caught on a certain day of the week, at Black City. This is the only way to obtain Houndour currently, and this Houndour can only be caught once.

Victini can be caught if you bring a Liberty Pass to the Liberty Garden Basement. The basement is at Liberty Island, which can also be sailed to if you have a Liberty Pass and bring it to Castelia City. Once you've been to Liberty Island you can always map jump back there, but you can only catch Victini with the Liberty Pass in hand.

Tirtouga can be caught if you bring an Cover Fossil to the Nacrene Museum in Nacrene.

Archen can be caught if you bring a Plume Fossil to the Nacrene Museum in Nacrene.

Reshiram can be caught if you bring a Light Stone to the top of Dragonspiral Tower.

Zekrom can be caught if you bring a Dark Stone to the top of Dragonspiral Tower.

Cobalion can be caught if you bring a Fère Orb to Mistralton Cave.

Terrakion can be caught if you bring a Vallon Orb to the chamber in the sixth floor of Victory Road.

Virizion can be caught if you bring a Vannes Orb to Pinwheel Forest.

Keldeo can be caught if you bring a Castelmore Orb to Moor of Icirrus.

Kyurem can be caught if you bring a NeverMeltIce to the inner chamber of the Giant Chasm.

A Larvesta Egg can be obtained from an in-game NPC when certain conditions are met.

Events that require items will consume the item either after being caught (non-roamers) or after being made to roam (throwing a Pokéball at a roamer will do this - this will always miss even if you throw a Master Ball at it. You can only catch roamers after they start roaming). Items that can activate more than one event will also be consumed in such a way, so you'll need multiple items to get all event Pokémon.

Can I nickname my Pokémon?

You can, if you're the OT. You can't nickname a Pokémon you're not the OT of, even if that Pokémon hadn't been nicknamed by its OT.

To nickname your Pokémon, go to its detailed information page and click its name. An input field will appear. Type in the nickname you want and hit Enter. Voila! You've nicknamed your Pokémon.

How do I set my Trainer Card message?

Go to your public profile and click the empty space in the back of the card. You can input any message of up to 100 characters.

How do I add/remove people to my Pal Pad?

Go to their user profile pages, and click the Pal Pad icon at the bottom of the page (provided you have space in your Pal Pad - it can only store up to 80 friends). The process is identical for adding and removing. A green "+" symbol indicates adding, and a red "-" symbol is for removing.

As part of the still incomplete storyline, you're assigned a Partner when you sign up. As Yun's special effect (5% minimum discount at shops) is very useful when you're just starting out, he is the default partner for all new accounts.

The Partner will travel through the map with you, and say (ir)relevant things depending on which area you're at. Your partner will come to like you more as you spend time with them or meet certain requirements.

Additionally, the partner has a small chance (once per hour) of giving you an item. The more your partner likes you, the higher the chance is that s/he will give you something. Items partners send you are sent to your Mailbox in the form of a letter.

When a partner has reached maximum affection, an NPC hanging around in Pallet Town will give you a rare item.

The NPC will give you some indication of how your relationship with your partner(s) is going. When you select the "are you staring" etc option, what she says depends on how much your partner likes you. For instance, when affection is maxed out, she'll say "I was just thinking... You can almost smell the trust between you guys! It's pretty amazing."

There are different quotes for the following affection values:

0-20
21-50
51-100
101-150
151-200
201-254
255 (max)

The rare item she gives you depends on who your partner is (there is one item for each partner). In turn, another NPC will give you legendary summoning items for those rare items. Note that there are two different items for Hari and Nao, chosen at random - however, both items will yield the same legendary summon.

You'll only get the special item once. However, if you switch partners then switch back, you can get another one. So let's say you have Bel as a partner, and get his special item. Then you switch him with someone else, and switch back to him. His affection will have reset, and when it maxes out again, you can get his item again.

Note that this is ONLY when you SWITCH partners. Ada's affection resets if you catch a shiny, but if you already got her special item you will NOT get it again even if it maxes out again. You have to switch her out then back to be able to get another one.

The following is a list of which partner's item corresponds to which legendary summon:

Ada - Articuno
Allen - Shaymin
Ash - Zapdos
Bel - Giratina
Hari/Nao - Latias/Latios
Jan - Kyogre
Lyrit - Moltres
Rei - Rayquaza
Yun - Mewtwo
Z - Deoxys
Zan - Cresselia

Though your first partner - Yun - is automatically assigned to you, you have the ability to switch partners via PokéCell System. Note that switching partners will reset their affection.

IMPORTANT

The Partner System is still in its early stages, so many things aren't implemented yet, and many map quotes are missing. New partners are introduced over time.

Player suggestions for partners will not be taken due to issues related to ownership. Special event Pokémon will be molded after every partner, including a special nature and rare item attached.

For the purpose of storyline, the Safari Zone and Bug-Catching Contest don't exist literally - instead, there's a "simulation" mode for them that allows you to catch Pokémon that can't be caught any other way. You can access them from where in the map you'd normally find those places - i.e. the Kanto Safari Zone is in Fuchsia City.

To get Safari Zone/Bug Catching Contest Pokémon, purchase Safari Balls or Compé Balls at the entrance to the Safari Zone/National Park/Great Marsh. You can only use that kind of Ball in those places. They cost 500 a piece, have a catch rate of 1.5x (same as a Great Ball), and work like other Poké Balls as far as catching.

If you enter the Safari Zones/Contest Simulation without the necessary Balls, you won't see any Pokémon.

You can plant the berries you obtain while playing to get more berries. Every Berry you plant yields two berries when it's done growing.

Requirements

Before you can plant Berries, you need two items: the Berry Planter and the Squirtbottle.

The Berry Planter will appear in the header shop after you've purchased the Squirtbottle. Once you've purchased both, you can access the Berry Planter from your Pokégear, just below your item bag, or from the shortcuts.

The Berry Planter

The Berry Planter can hold up to 4 planted Berries at a time. To plant a berry, select one from your inventory and click an empty mini-planter. A pop-up confirmation will appear, click "yes" and you'll plant the berry.

Berries grow over time, from a seed to a sprout to a small plant to a blooming plant and, finally, a plant with ripe berries for the picking. When you pick the berries, the plant withers, and you can plant another berry where it was.

Berry Growth

How quickly a Berry grows depends on its rarity. Berry growth time was adjusted from the games' to better accomodate the fact you can only plant four at a time.

6 Hours
Cheri, Chesto, Pecha, Rawst, Aspear

8 Hours
Leppa, Oran, Persim, Lum, Sitrus

10 Hours
Figy, Wiki, Mago, Aguav, Iapapa, Razz, Bluk, Nanab, Wepear, Pinap

16 Hours
Pomeg, Kelpsy, Qualot, Hondew, Grepa, Tamato, Cornn, Magost, Rabuta, Nomel

36 Hours
Spelon, Pamtre, Watmel, Durin, Belue, Occa, Passho, Wacan, Rindo, Yache, Chople, Kebia, Shuca, Coba, Payapa, Tanga, Charti, Kasib, Haban, Colbur, Babiri, Chilan

48 Hours
Liechi, Ganlon, Salac, Petaya, Apicot, Lansat, Starf, Enigma, Micle, Custap, Jaboca, Rowap

Once the necessary growth time has passed, Berries will be available for picking for 24 hours. After that period, they'll revert to seed stage and start growing again.

Having Allen as your partner will speed up berry growth. Having the first Pokémon in your party hold the Synthesis TM gives a small chance of berry trees yielding 3 berries instead of 2.

Berries are automatically watered, so you don't have to worry about that.

Pecha, Cheri, Rawst, Aspear and Chesto berries sell for $25. All other berries, regardless of rarity, sell for $50.

Since there is no battling on VDex, Badges are awarded for reaching certain milestones instead. They also make certain items available for purchase in the Shop.

Boulder Badge
Awarded to players who have caught at least 10 different kinds of Pokémon.
Enables: Rock Smash

Cascade Badge
Awarded to players who have caught at least 20 different kinds of Pokémon.
Enables: Surf, Strength, Good Rod

Thunder Badge
Awarded to players who have completed their registration at least a week ago, and have obtained the two previous badges. The time is counted down to the minute and second - even if your trainer card says you've been a member for 7 days, until exactly 7 days pass, you will not get your badge.
Enables: Trade Pass

Rainbow Badge
Awarded to players who have caught at least 50 different kinds of Pokémon, and have obtained all the previous badges.
Enables: Rock Climb, Dive, Super Rod

Soul Badge
Awarded to players who have caught at least 100 different kinds of Pokémon, and have obtained all the previous badges.
Enables: Whirlpool, Waterfall, Fire Seeker, Water Seeker, Grass Seeker

Marsh Badge
Awarded to players who have caught at least 300 different kinds of Pokémon, and have obtained all the previous badges.
Enables: N/A

Volcano Badge
Awarded to players who have caught at least 500 different kinds of Pokémon, and have obtained all the previous badges.
Enables: N/A

Earth Badge
Awarded to players who have caught all 649 different kinds of Pokémon, and have obtained all the previous badges.
Enables: N/A

All badges were tested on my own profile with the appropriate counts, and seem to be functional. Do report any bugs!

Note that you need all previous badges to get a badge - so even if you've been a member for a week, if you don't have the Cascade Badge you won't be able to trade.

Any items not listed here do not have badges as a prerequisite.

The PokéCell System, accessible by clicking the PokéCell icons below the header, allows you to modify certain things in your account that can't be done anywhere else.

Character Name

If you're tired of your character's name, you can change it for a low fee of 100. All languages and special characters are supported.

Partner Switching

You can also change your current partner for a fee of 500. Partner affection resets when you switch, so be cautious.

Gender Changing

You can change your character's gender for free. Options include "Male", "Female" and "Neither". Other than cosmetic changes ("Male" gives you a blue color scheme, "Female" pink, "Neither" green), this affects the quotes you get from Zan (the partner; "Female" gets unique quotes), and what the Pallet NPC addresses your character as (mister, lady or neither).

Avatar Changing

You can change your character's avatar as well. The fee varies from 100 to 30000 depending on the avatar itself. The character's gender does not change with the avatar.

An extra selection of avatars becomes available if you own at least one D/P or Pt sprite Pokémon, including frame2.
Another selection becomes available if you own a FR/LG sprite.
A third selection becomes available if you own a R/S or Emerald (R/S frame2) sprite.
A fourth becomes available if you own a Gold or Silver sprite.
A fifth if you own a Yellow sprite.
A sixth if you own a R/B or Green sprite.

Breeding works very similarly as it does in the games.

Daycare

The Daycare can be accessed from the map in places where it's normally found in all four regions (Route 5 in Kanto, Route 34 in Johto, Route 117 in Hoenn and Solaceon Town in Sinnoh), or by jumping straight to its page anytime.

You can leave up to two Pokémon in the Daycare. Pokémon left there DO NOT gain any extra experience, so the Daycare's sole function is to be used for breeding.

If the two Pokémon left there are able to breed, leaving them there long enough will produce an Egg. To withdraw the Egg you need an empty space in your party, and to pay a fee. The fee depends on which Pokémon is in the egg.

You don't need to pay any fees to withdraw your two Pokémon from the Daycare.

IMPORTANT: When you withdraw either one (or both) of two Pokémon that can breed, the timer for eggs is reset, and if they'd already found an egg, it will be gone. Be careful not to accidentally remove a Pokémon before removing the egg (unless you don't want the egg).

What Breeds With What

Breeding works the exact same as in the games in this sense. To be able to breed, two Pokémon need to be of opposite genders (genderless Pokémon can't breed with gendered Pokémon) OR one of them must be a Ditto (so genderless Pokémon can breed). They also need to be in compatible Egg Groups (Ditto is compatible with every Pokémon that can breed).

Can't Breed: All legendaries except Manaphy (which breeds Phione), all baby Pokémon (like Pichu and Bonsly), all donation Pokémon, Pokémon that share one or both parents (siblings), parent(s) and child(ren).

Note that, unlike in the games, Nidorina and Nidoqueen ARE able to breed.

Compatibility

Daycare Pokémon have varying levels of compatibility. Ditto+anything is the lowest. Then come any two Pokémon in the same egg group, and finally same species.

Having Rei as a partner automatically bumps compatibility up by one level.

If the message displayed says the two Pokémon aren't interested in frolicking at all, they're incompatible and can't breed.

Compatibility affects the speed at which eggs are produced. The longest it'll take to produce an egg is 24 hours.


Items Held While Breeding

Heart Scale



Everstone



BrightPowder



ShiningPowder



Incense



Bottled Love



SecretPotion



Eggs

Also like in the games, the species of the Pokémon in the egg is determined by the mother OR the Pokémon that isn't Ditto. So if you breed a male Roserade and a female Cherubi, the egg will be a Cherubi. If you breed a male Combee and a Ditto, the egg will be a Combee. If you breed Ditto and Rotom, the egg will be Rotom.

The only exception to this rule is the Nidoran line. If the egg is of the Nidoran line as well, it can be either the male or the female Nidoran (50/50 chance). So if you breed a male Nidoran with a Ditto, you could get a female Nidoran egg. If you breed Nidoqueen and a male Marowak, the egg could be a male Nidoran.

Gender and shininess are randomly determined when the Egg is withdrawn, in the same way a wild Pokémon's would be generated.

Nature and the type of sprite (ie retro or non) are, usually, randomly determined, unless one parent is holding an Everstone (see above).

Four out of six IVs are randomly determined. Two of them (randomly selected) will be inherited from the parents, one from each parent.

Eggs can be traded and released like normal Pokémon. They can't be made to hold items, however.

Egg trades don't get logged.

Fees

50 - Magikarp only.
100 - The vast majority of species.
200 - Rarer species (like Ralts), and Safari Zone/Bug Catching Contest exclusives (like Kangaskhan).
500 - All baby Pokémon (like Pichu), and Honey exclusives (like Combee).
1000 - Rare (1-2% map encounter) Unova Pokémon, event Pokémon that need items and can be caught multiple times (like Spiritomb and fossil Pokémon), and all starters (like Bulbasaur).
3000 - Feebas, Houndour, one-time only Event Pokémon (like Eevee), Togepi, Riolu and Phione.
6000 - Larvesta.

Egg Scope

The Egg Scope is a key item which can be purchased for $80,000 or 8 DP (donation points). It allows you to see what's inside a Daycare egg before you take it, and discard the egg if it's an unwanted Pokémon.



With an Egg Scope, you can tell species, gender, sprite, shininess and nature. It's particularly useful when trying to breed a specific Pokémon.

You can only use Egg Scopes in the Daycare. They also increase the chance of successful breeding with an Everstone.

Discard Fees

The fee to discard an egg is half the price to retrieve the egg, unless the retrieval fee is less than $500, in which case it's 90% of the base retrieval fee. When an egg is discarded it's destroyed, so it doesn't go to your party, and it doesn't clog up the database.

Everstone Breeding + Egg Scope

If you're using the Everstone to breed and own an Egg Scope, you'll pay an increased retrieval fee for withdrawing any egg that has the same sprite as the parent holding the Everstone. The fee depends on the rarity of the sprite. Sprites that aren't the same as that of the Everstone parent won't have the retrieval fee changed unless the child inherited a special nature from the parent (i.e. a VDex custom nature), in which case the retrieval fee will increase.

Hatching

To hatch an Egg, simply leave it in your party for a while. The amount of time an Egg takes to hatch varies with the kind of Pokémon inside it.

When the Egg is ready to hatch, you can hatch it from its information page. The OT will be the person who hatches the egg, not the person who bred it. The hatched Pokémon will also be registered in the seen/caught dex counts for the person who hatches it.

Hatched Pokémon start at 120 Happiness instead of 70.

Hatching Time

For every hour an Egg is in the party, it gains +250 "experience". The amount of "experience" needed to fully mature is exactly the same listed under "steps" in their Bulbapedia entries (so the average is 5535). Every time the egg receives 1/4 the total necessary "experience", the status message displayed in information pages changes.

The maximum time needed to hatch an egg is close to 48 hours for species like Beldum and Dratini. The minimum is about 7 hours for Magikarp.

Trading an egg away won't reset hatching time.

The Gacha Corner can be found where in the games you'd usually find a Game Corner: Celadon in Kanto, Goldenrod in Johto, Mauville in Hoenn or Veilstone in Sinnoh.

There, you can gamble your money away purchase a special kind of Poké Ball called a Gacha Ball that can only be used to catch Pokémon within the Gacha Corner. Pokémon caught with Gacha Balls will always be holding an item, and it can be virtually any item except for items in the "Special" pocket, donation items, event-exclusive items (like the Premier Ball), and partner-exclusive items (like the Lure Ball).

Gacha Balls

A special kind of Ball that can be only used in the Gacha Corner. They come in 15 different colors, have a perfect catch rate, and will always give the caught Pokémon an item to hold.



There's roughly a 50% the item will be something common. The other 50% of the time, it could be virtually anything except the ones listed above.

They can currently be purchased for 1000 at the Gacha Corner.

Regular Gacha Zone

At the Regular Gacha Zone, you can switch one of your party Pokémon into a Gacha Ball of your choice, and they'll be holding a random item like in any of the other features. There's no additional fee to use this feature, but you'll lose the Ball the Pokémon was originally in.

Note that the process will fail if:

a) Your Pokémon is already holding an item (to avoid accidentally overwriting items);
b) Your Pokémon is in a Shiny/POKé/Cross Ball;
c) Your Pokémon is in a Cherish Ball;
d) Your Pokémon is an Egg, in a pending trade or not in your party.

Here is an example of a recently Gacha'd Pokémon. As you can see in the log, it was caught in the wild. I changed it into a yellow Gacha Ball, and it was given a DeepSeaScale.

Adoption Center

You have the option of adopting a Pokémon another player has released. Adopting requires one Gacha Ball and has no additional fee. Four Pokémon are displayed at a time - you can see their species, gender, nature, level and experience. To adopt a Pokémon, just click a Gacha Ball.

If another user adopts a Pokémon before you do, you'll get an error message. Otherwise, adoption never fails.

You can't adopt Pokémon that have you listed as the OT.

When you adopt, all old logs are erased. You're listed as the OT and the nickname is reverted back to the Pokémon's species (it'll be nicknameable) - unless it's a donation Pokémon (like Yun), in which case the OT and nickname will be preserved (you can tell a donation Pokémon apart from the others by the fact its nickname is displayed rather than its species).

Mystery Eggs

You can use Gacha Balls to purchase Mystery Eggs (there's a service fee of 300 in addition to using up a Gacha Ball). The Pokémon inside can be anything except for Ditto, and it too will come holding an item.

NPCs can be found in some areas of the map. They can be spoken to by clicking on their little faces on the map.

NPCs are generally tied to "sidequests", so to speak. Some can trade items with you, some can give you rare Pokémon and eggs, and so forth. Make sure you speak to NPCs you come across!

Current NPCs

In Pallet Town (Kanto), a girl will talk to you about your partner. Her quotes change the more your partner affection rises. When she says she can "almost smell the trust between you", it means affection is maxed. If you speak to her when affection is maxed, she'll give you an item, which can be exchanged for a legendary summoning item.

In Cerulean City (Kanto), a girl will talk to you about the first Pokémon in your party. Her quotes change the more your Pokémon's happiness rises. When she says your Pokémon "loves you a lot", it means happiness is maxed. Showing her 50 max happiness Pokémon gives you a single Heart Scale (this is not repeatable).

In Cherrygrove City (Johto), a boy will make items out of berries for you, including balls, rare candy, and the much coveted Everstone.

In the northern half of Route 104 (Hoenn), a boy will give you one free, randomly chosen berry (out of the 64 berry types) every 48 hours.

In the Abandoned Building at Veilstone City (Sinnoh), you'll find an NPC who will normally refuse to talk to you. After meeting him, go to the NPC below to get a Secret Key. Go back to this NPC with a Rotom in your party, and you'll be able to change its form. Note frame2 Rotom might be unable to change forms since the sprites are missing.

In the Fight Area (Sinnoh), you'll find an NPC who'll exchange certain items for legendary summoning items. This includes items you can get from the girl in Pallet. You can also exchange a Heart Scale for a Recommendation Letter (one time only).

In Iron Island (Sinnoh), there's an NPC who will give you a Riolu egg once you've registered at least 100 Pokémon in your Pokédex. The same NPC will give you a Manaphy Egg if you speak to him with 3 Graveler, 2 Scyther and a Venusaur in your party. You have to be the OT of all these Pokémon. The same NPC will also give you a Larvesta Egg if you've registered at least 550 Pokémon in your Pokédex.

In many cities in all continents, you'll find a Bank. The Bank is primarily used to make money. It has two main features:

Deposits & Earnings
If you make a cash deposit, after 24 hours, it'll turn up some earnings, which can be withdrawn at the bank itself. Earnings cap at $500 - you need to withdraw them for them to start building up again. You earn 24% of what's deposited at the end of the 24 hour cycle in earnings. The amount does stack even if you don't check the bank for several days.

Advertising Rewards
By displaying your party images on your signature or other forums/sites, you earn points which can be redeemed in the form of $18 per point. Each unique viewer grants you 1 point.

Unique viewers reset after 24 hours, and points become redeemable then. Example:
- You get your party images and display them on your signature today. 24 hour cycle begins.
- Over the course of the day, 10 unique people see your party.
- 24 hours passed. You can now redeem your 10 points. Unique viewers reset.
- The same 10 people view your party the next day.
- 24 hours pass. You can redeem another 10 points.

There's a forum topic here exclusively for posting your party. You can get at least a few points a day by posting there. Being more active in the forums and keeping the images in your signature means more people get to see them. And of course, posting them outside of the site means even more people get to see them.

This helps us advertise, so it's really important to help keep the site up.

Note that after a certain number of unique viewers you'll no longer get a full point per viewer. This is to prevent people from spamming high traffic sites and becoming millionaires overnight.

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These are the currently available partners and relevant information about them.

"Items" refer to which items the partner may send you through mail. "Special Item" is the item you get from the Pallet NPC when you have maxed their affection.


Ada
Species: Gyarados (Shiny)
Gender: Female
Bio: A woman, oftentimes mistaken for a man due to wearing men's clothing, who is constantly angry at something and is absolutely, positively not a tsundere.
Items: Aspear Berry, Sitrus Berry, Iapapa Berry, Pinap Berry, Grepa Berry, Nomel Berry, Belue Berry, Yache Berry, Coba Berry, Colbur Berry, Rowap Berry, Water Stone, Dive Ball, Lure Ball
Special Item: Blue Shard (used to trade for a Blue Flute which summons Articuno)
Special Effect: Having Ada as a partner increases your chances of running into a shiny Pokémon. The chance is greater the more she likes you. Note shinies are still very rare (obviously), but your chances are MUCH better if she's with you.
How to Raise Affection: Ada has a 50% chance of getting +1 affection every time you feed a Magikarp. You must be the owner of the Magikarp, but don't have to be the OT. She is very picky. She gains +1 affection per hour spent on the site. Also, her affection resets every time you catch a shiny Pokémon. She hates collectors, you see, so um. She's hard to deal with, yes.


Allen
Species: Gallade
Gender: Male
Bio: The very image of what a gallant swordsman should be, and also a pretty amazing housewife mother um guy. He likes doing house chores, cooks better than your mother, and enjoys gardening. Oh and he has a broom that turns into a sword. No, really.
Items: Fresh Water, Soda Pop, Lemonade, MooMoo Milk, Berry Juice, Tea, Rage Candy Bar, Lava Cookie, Old Gateau, Rare Candy
Special Item: Wise Glasses (used to trade for a White Flute which summons Shaymin)
Special Effect: Allen cuts berry growth time, in hours, rounded up, by 10%. There's no effect on berries that take less than 10 hours to grow, but he shaves off 1 to 4 hours off of growth from other berries. Allen's berry growth bonus increases with affection and can shave off up to 25% berry growth time. He likes to help with gardening.
How to Raise Affection: Allen gets +1 affection every time you plant or harvest berries. So it takes planting/picking berries 255 times (not 255 berries total) total to max it out.


Ash
Species: Sharpedo
Gender: Male
Bio: A very intellectual and wise young man with a knack for saying intelligent things (actually no he's a moron).
Items: Cheri Berry, Leppa Berry, Figy Berry, Razz Berry, Pomeg Berry, Tamato Berry, Spelon Berry, Occa Berry, Chople Berry, Tanga Berry, Enigma Berry, Helix Fossil, Dome Fossil, Root Fossil, Claw Fossil, Lure Ball
Special Item: Red Shard (used to trade for a Yellow Flute which summons Zapdos)
Special Effect: With Ash as your partner the effect of the Lure Ball is increased to a 6x catch rate at base affection, up to 48x at maxed affection, which makes the vast majority of Pokémon caught in water unmissable. He also adds Lure Balls to all shops.
How to Raise Affection: Ash gets +3 affection every time you catch a Pokémon at a water route. He also gains +1 affection per hour spent on the site.


Bel (Bel's quotes are written by VSSAKJ)
Species: Gengar
Gender: Male
Bio: A very honest, very earnest, not at all sulky shota young man. He tells only the truth at all times. He and Rei somehow put up with one another.
Items: TinyMushroom, Big Mushroom, Pearl, Big Pearl, Stardust, Star Piece, Rare Bone, Nugget, Heart Scale
Special Item: Amulet Coin (used to trade for a Black Flute which summons Giratina)
Special Effect: Bel helps you make money. He gives a bonus of +50 up to +200 for gold earned by idling (i.e. gold per hour), based on affection. All the items he finds are "valuables", so they tend to sell well. You'll find yourself making money faster, but there's a catch! And the catch is that he shoplifts. The shop owners aren't very happy about this, so shop prices go up by 25%! He also "borrows" items held by wild Pokémon, so with him as a partner, you won't find any Pokémon holding anything. He's super honest, really! If you have him as a partner when you complete a dungeon, he may also boost your reward money by up to 25%. This stacks with TM Pay Day's dungeon bonus.
How to Raise Affection: Bel gets +1 affection per hour you spend on the site. Also, every time Bel swipes an item from a wild Pokémon (10% chance every time you catch a Pokémon), he likes you a lot for being such a sucker nice trainer. So you get a nice +20 boost to his affection. Bel won't swipe event-related items.


Hari and Nao
Species: Umbreon and Glaceon
Gender: Male and Female
Bio: A giant and a midget who are both very quiet, very strange, and very uncomfortable around everything not each other.
Items: Pecha Berry, Persim Berry, Mago Berry, Nanab Berry, Qualot Berry, Magost Berry, Watmel Berry, Wacan Berry, Shuca Berry, Kasib Berry, Custap Berry, Everstone, Fire Stone, Thunderstone, Water Stone, Soothe Bell
Special Item: BlackGlasses OR Silk Scarf (both used to trade for Soul Dew which summons Latias or Latios)
Special Effect: They have a much higher probability of mailing you items than other partners, and this probability increases further the more they like you.
How to Raise Affection: Hari & Nao get +1 affection per hour you spend on the site.


Jan (Jan's quotes written by green)
Species: Kirlia (Shiny)
Gender: Male
Bio: A very unmanly young Kirlia whose dream of evolving into a Gallade never came true because he went and became a guy, so now he is fated to being a part-skirt-wearing-loli forever. He is very excited about going on an adventure with you!! And he writes amazing letters. Allen is his role model in many ways.
Items: Leppa Berry, Oran Berry, Persim Berry, Lum Berry, Sitrus Berry, Liechi Berry, Ganlon Berry, Salac Berry, Petaya Berry, Apicot Berry, Lansat Berry, Starf Berry, Friend Ball, Dawn Stone
Special Item: Letter (used to trade for a Blue Orb which summons Kyogre)
Special Effect: Friend Balls become available at shops. Jan also gives a default happiness bonus for all Pokémon caught with him as a partner. The bonus at base affection is +10, and at maxed it's +120, meaning if you catch a Pokémon in a Friend Ball with Jan as your partner with maxed affection, it'll start at max happiness.
How to Raise Affection: Jan has a 50% chance of getting +1 affection every time you feed a Pokémon. You must be the owner of the Pokémon, but don't have to be the OT. In addition, he also gets +1 affection per hour you spend on the site.


Lyrit
Species: Milotic (Shiny)
Gender: Male
Bio: A man, oftentimes mistaken as a woman for wearing a women's kimono, who is perfectly sane and absolutely not psychotic.
Items: S.S. Ticket, Heal Ball, Dive Ball, Lure Ball, Rare Candy, Prism Scale
Special Item: Red Scale (used to trade for a Red Flute which summons Moltres)
Special Effect: This one is a double-edge if there ever was one. Lyrit gives a tremendous boost to catch rate (+15 at base affection, which means a legendary's catch rate would go from 3/300 to 18/300 - the boost is applied AFTER the ball bonus, so if you used a Dusk Ball at night that would be 27/300) so you're guaranteed to catch things easier when he's with you. That boost goes up to +90 when affection maxes.

The catch is that he also gives a tremendous boost to the fee for switching him out to another partner. At base affection it costs $1,000 to switch him out, and that rises with affection up to $8,000. So if you're thinking about switching to him so you can go retro/shiny hunting at ease, think carefully.
How to Raise Affection: Lyrit gets +2 affection per hour spent on the site.


Rei
Species: Froslass
Gender: Female
Bio: Rei is a cynical, a bit bitter, a bit sadistic young lady who is Bel's BFF with benefits and has a strange undisclosed grudge against Jan.
Items: Dawn Stone, Lax Incense, Full Incense, Luck Incense, Odd Incense, Pure Incense, Rock Incense, Rose Incense, Sea Incense, Wave Incense
Special Item: Old Charm (used to trade for a Green Orb which summons Rayquaza)
Special Effect: Rei helps you with Pokémon breeding (who could've known...). She will automatically raise the compatibility level of two Pokémon in the Daycare by one (provided that they can breed), so having her around means Pokémon will breed faster. She also gives a bonus of +15 up to +270 (based on affection) to the egg experience gained per hour.
How to Raise Affection: Rei gets +1 affection for every $100 you spend at the Daycare (to retrieve eggs). Similarly, the amount is rounded down. She also gets +1 affection per hour you spend on the site.


Yun
Species: Kadabra
Gender: Male
Bio: An intelligent gentleman with a penchant for... going on and on endlessly about Blast nobody cares about.
Items: Poké Ball, Great Ball, Ultra Ball, Rawst Berry, Lum Berry, Aguav Berry, Wepear Berry, Hondew Berry, Rabuta Berry, Durin Berry, Rindo Berry, Haban Berry, Jaboca Berry
Special Item: Twistedspoon (used to trade for a Diary which summons Mewtwo)
Special Effect: Yun gives you a discount at map shops starting at 5% and gradually increasing as his affection increases. The maximum discount is 20%. This discount is void for items costing $10,000 or more.
How to Raise Affection: Yun gets +1 affection for every $200 you spend at Poké Marts (map shops). Money spent on berry purchases or items that his discount doesn't apply to doesn't count. This amount is rounded down; if you spend 550, you get +2 affection.


Z
Species: Porygon-Z
Gender: Indeterminate
Bio: A bunch of data turned shotaloli. It talks in binary and/or hex and most of its quotes consist of analyzing its surroundings.
Items: S.S. Ticket, Up-Grade, Dubious Disc, Mimic, Rollout, Ancientpower, Double Hit, Synthesis, Thief, Mean Look, Odor Sleuth, Pay Day, Transform, Heat Wave
Special Item: Machine Part (used to trade for a Life Orb which summons Deoxys)
Special Effect: Z will analyze things for you. Literally. Currently it'll tell you what the catch rate with a specific Poké Ball will be, what the IVs of a Pokémon are (at high affection), and gives you a generic idea of the success probability of a specific trial at the Trial Arena.
How to Raise Affection: Z gets +1 affection per hour you spend on the site.


Zan
Species: Zangoose
Gender: Male
Bio: A playboy who thinks he understands women (he doesn't) and dislikes climbing towers.
Items: Chesto Berry, Oran Berry, Wiki Berry, Bluk Berry, Kelpsy Berry, Cornn Berry, Pamtre Berry, Passho Berry, Kebia Berry, Charti Berry, Micle Berry, Love Ball
Special Item: Destiny Knot (used to trade for a Lunar Wing which summons Cresselia)
Special Effect: Zan gives a default catch rate boost to any female Pokémon, regardless of which Ball is used. At base affection it's a +3 bonus, and it increases up to +30 (this bonus is cumulative with ball effects - so a Great Ball would give a +4.5 to +45 bonus, et cetera). When paired up with the Love Ball bonus this essentially means a female Pokémon with a normal catch rate of 25/300 will have its rate increased to 55 at maximum affection, times 8 with the Ball, making it an unmissable 440/300. Love Balls will be added to every map shop as well.
How to Raise Affection: Zan gets +3 affection every time you catch a female Pokémon. He also gains +1 affection per hour spent on the site.

Donation Shop

The Donation Shop is available at the header shop if you have some DP, or Donation Points (obtained by making a contribution to the site).

Each contribution of $2.50 USD gives you 2 DP (so $5 will give you 4 DP). DP does not expire, so you can wait as long as you'd like to purchase items. An accurate DP calculator is available here.

The Donation Shop offers two kinds of items: Mystery Gifts and Permanent Items.


Mystery Gifts

The contents of these parcels change every month. You can't purchase previous months' parcels, but you don't lose unopened parcels after the month is over.

Mystery Parcel wrote:

Mystery Parcel (Cost: 2 DP)
Cannot be sold from your bag.
Lets you choose between one of three prizes. Each month, these prizes change. It may be a Pokémon, an item, or a set of items.

Permanent Items

The following items are always available for purchase at their set prices.

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Lucky Egg (Cost: 1 DP)
Sells for 1000 from your bag.
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It boosts battling experience by 50%.


Name Tag (Cost: 1 DP)
Sells for 1000 from your bag.
Also available for purchase in Castelia City in Unova for 12000.
Allows you to change the name of a Pokémon you are not OT of when held by the Pokémon. Consumable.


Heart Scale (Cost: 1 DP)
Sells for 10 from your bag.
Also available for purchase in Castelia City in Unova for 10000. Each account may also receive one for free once by fulfilling certain conditions through in-game means.
When held by a male Pokémon in the Daycare, will make the offspring be of the same species as the male rather than the female. Consumed when an egg is withdrawn, but not when an egg is discarded. May also be traded once with the NPC at the Fight Area in Sinnoh to receive a Recommendation Letter, which opens the map location Flower Paradise.


PP Max (Cost: 1 DP)
Sells for 1000 from your bag.
Fully recovers a Pokémon from exhaustion so that it may participate in more Trial Arena trials. Alternatively, restores 5 TP to the user.


Radar Chip C (Cost: 1 DP)
Also available for purchase in Castelia City in Unova for 10000.
Used in conjunction with the Mirage Radar. Resets the user's Mirage Island time. Consumable.


Removal Capsule (Cost: 1 DP)
Removes the effect of another capsule on a Pokémon. Works only on Pokémon which still have the capsule (does not work on Pokémon who were transferred into Gacha/Shiny/POKé/Cross Balls). Consumable.


Back Capsule (Cost: 10 DP)
Also available for purchase in Castelia City in Unova for 100000.
Allows a HG/SS or B/W sprite Pokémon to change into the B/W back frame sprite. Consumable.


Bottled Love (Cost: 2 DP)
When held by a Pokémon in the Daycare, maximizes compatibility with the breeding partner (only when breeding is possible). Consumed when an egg is withdrawn, but not when an egg is discarded.


Super Candy (Cost: 2 DP)
Sells for 1000 from your bag.
Raises a Pokémon's level by 5.


Heart Gem (Cost: 3 DP)
Also available for purchase in Castelia City in Unova for 40000.
An item to be used when breeding. It makes the child be the same evolutionary stage as the parent that determines the species of the child.


SecretPotion (Cost: 3 DP)
Sells for 1000 from your bag.
Allows you to change a Pokémon's nature to one of your choice. You can't change the nature of donation Pokémon or Pokémon with custom natures (such as those from using a Derp Ball, or special ones like Dazzling). When held by a Pokémon, gives a 10% chance of passing down its nature to the offspring (including custom natures). Cannot be used in conjunction with the Everstone. Consumed only when an egg with the same nature as the parent holding it is withdrawn.


Seasonal Bell (Cost: 4 DP)
Allows you to change an Eevee to a seasonal Eevee, works only on HGSS, HGSS2 and seasonal Eevee sprites. Consumed when given to an eligible Eevee to hold. The season it changes into depends on the in-game season.


Choco Egg (Cost: 4 DP)
Allows you to change a Buneary to an Easter Buneary. Consumable.


Spray Paint DX (Cost: 3 DP)
Sells for 1000 from your bag.
Also available for purchase in Castelia City in Unova for 30000.
Allows you to add a Pokémon's sprite to your gallery. The same Pokémon can have Spray Paint DX used on it multiple times. Consumable.


Repel (Cost: 4 DP)
Sells for 500 from your bag.
When sprayed on the map, will ensure that a Pokémon you haven't caught yet appears. If you've caught all Pokémon in that part of the map, a Missingno. will appear. The Pokémon that appears will not reappear unless you spray another Repel, so be careful. Odor Sleuth can't lock on to a Missingno. found this way.


Master Ball (Cost: 5 DP)
Cannot be sold from your bag.
Has a perfect (100%) catch rate. To avoid accidentally throwing it (and wasting it), you get a popup confirmation when you try to use it to catch a Pokémon.


Golden Ticket (Cost: 6 DP)
Sells for 1000 from your bag.
A non-expendable ferry ticket. With a Golden Ticket you don't need to purchase S.S. Tickets to travel between regions. Since it's not expendable, you'll never need another ferry ticket. This item can be traded normally between players.

The following items are available for purchase at a scaling rate, with older items on the more expensive end. The price of an item increases proportionate to the amount of time that has passed since that item was originally made available. For each month passed, the item costs +2 DP. So last month's item(s) would be 4 DP, the previous month's 6, and so forth. Most items have a price cap of either 8 DP or 10 DP. Pokémon are not available for purchase in this way.

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Aries Scroll (Originally Available: April 2012)
A red scroll that is said to have the power of the stars. It represents the month of April. When given to a (non-event sprite) Mareep, it will change its sprite into that of Aries Mareep, and give it a custom nature (Adventurous, Energetic, Dynamic, Quick-Witted). Consumable.


Pisces Scroll (Originally Available: March 2012)
A blue scroll that is said to have the power of the stars. It represents the month of March. When given to a Finneon, it will change its sprite into that of Pisces Finneon, and give it a custom nature (Imaginative, Compassionate, Selfless or Intuitive). Consumable.


0x0 Error (Originally Available: March 2012)
A held item that can be given to a Missingno.. It will change its sprite into that of BSOD Missingno. and give it a special personality blurb (regular: "Oh, for crying out loud-"; shiny: "Great, now it makes sad faces at me."). Consumable.


Aquarius Scroll (Originally Available: February 2012)
A purple scroll that is said to have the power of the stars. It represents the month of February. When given to a Azumarill, it will change its sprite into that of Aquarius Azumarill, and give it a custom nature (Friendly, Original, Inventive or Independent). Consumable.


Capricorn Scroll (Cost: 10 DP; Originally Available: January 2012)
A black scroll that is said to have the power of the stars. It represents the month of January. When given to a Sawsbuck, it will change its sprite into that of Capricorn Sawsbuck, and give it a custom nature (Objective, Workaholic, Disciplined or Composed). Consumable.


Lyrit Capsule (Cost: 8 DP; Originally Available: January 2012)
A capsule to be applied to a Poké Ball. It makes Pokémon have an unsettling fondness for knives and other sharp objects. Changes the nature of a Pokémon to one of several possible custom natures. Has no effect on Pokémon which already have a custom nature or are in Cherish Balls.When used in conjunction with a Book of Llunec, it will give the Pokémon a unique nature based on its owner's username.


Challenge Mail (Cost: 10 DP; Originally Available: December 2011)
A held item that can be given to a Ditto. It will change its sprite into that of Challenge Accepted Ditto, give it a "Challenge Accepted" nature, and the item will disappear. If used on a shiny Ditto, the result will always be shiny, and have a "Close Enough." nature.


4-Koma (Cost: 10 DP; Originally Available: November 2011)
A held item that can be given to a Ditto. It will change its sprite into that of Nyoro~n Ditto, give it a "Nyoro~n" nature, and the item will disappear.


HSOWA Scale (Cost: 10 DP; Originally Available: August 2011)
When held by a Skitty or a Wailord in the Daycare, makes the offspring a special sprite Skitty or Wailmer (depending on the species of the female parent). Does not work if held by Delcatty or Wailmer. Consumed when an egg is withdrawn, but not when an egg is discarded.


Zan Capsule (Cost: 8 DP; Originally Available: August 2011)
A capsule to be applied to a Poké Ball. It makes Pokémon flirty. Changes the nature of a Pokémon to one of several possible custom natures. Has no effect on Pokémon which already have a custom nature or are in Cherish Balls. Applying this capsule to an HGSS Ditto will also turn it into a Ditto of questionable virtue!


Allen Capsule (Cost: 8 DP; Originally Available: July 2011)
A capsule to be applied to a Poké Ball. It makes Pokémon motherly and gallant. Changes the nature of a Pokémon to one of several possible custom natures. Has no effect on Pokémon which already have a custom nature or are in Cherish Balls.


Sad Capsule (Cost: 8 DP; Originally Available: May 2011)
A capsule to be applied to a Poké Ball. It makes Pokémon pathetically sad. Changes the nature of a Pokémon to one of several possible custom natures. Has no effect on Pokémon which already have a custom nature or are in Cherish Balls.


Ash Capsule (Cost: 8 DP; Originally Available: April 2011)
A capsule to be applied to a Poké Ball. It makes Pokémon remarkably unintelligent. Changes the nature of a Pokémon to one of several possible custom natures. Has no effect on Pokémon which already have a custom nature or are in Cherish Balls.


Z Capsule (Cost: 8 DP; Originally Available: March 2011)
A capsule to be applied to a Poké Ball. It makes Pokémon behave in trollish ways. Changes the nature of a Pokémon to one of several possible custom natures. Has no effect on Pokémon which already have a custom nature or are in Cherish Balls.


Heart Capsule (Cost: 8 DP; Originally Available: February 2011)
A capsule to be applied to a Poké Ball. It makes you sigh dreamily. Changes the nature of a Pokémon to one of several possible custom natures. Has no effect on Pokémon which already have a custom nature or are in Cherish Balls.


Moonspeak Capsule (Cost: 8 DP; Originally Available: January 2011)
A capsule to be applied to a Poké Ball. It has strange alien writing on it. Changes the nature of a Pokémon to one of several possible custom natures. Has no effect on Pokémon which already have a custom nature or are in Cherish Balls.


Classy Capsule (Cost: 8 DP; Originally Available: December 2010)
A capsule to be applied to a Poké Ball. It exudes class. Changes the nature of a Pokémon to one of several possible custom natures. Has no effect on Pokémon which already have a custom nature or are in Cherish Balls.


Crassy Capsule (Cost: 8 DP; Originally Available: December 2010)
A crudely misspelled capsule to be applied to a Poké Ball. It affects one's fashion sense in terrible ways. Changes the nature of a Pokémon to one of several possible custom natures. Has no effect on Pokémon which already have a custom nature or are in Cherish Balls.


Bro Capsule (Cost: 8 DP; Originally Available: November 2010)
A capsule to be applied to a Poké Ball. It always comes before Pokémon of negotiable virtue. Changes the nature of a Pokémon to one of several possible custom natures. Has no effect on Pokémon which already have a custom nature or are in Cherish Balls.


Cross Ball (Cost: 10 DP; Originally Available: October 2010)
Sells for 2000 from your bag.
Swaps the gender icon of the Pokémon caught in it, and gives the Pokémon the sprite of the opposite gender. Works on Female/Male-only Pokémon. Does not work on Genderless Pokémon. Does NOT change the gender of a Pokémon - male Ralts caught in a Cross Ball will have a female icon, but can still evolve into Gallade, and will only breed with Ditto or female Pokémon in the Indeterminate Egg Group, and so forth.


Jack The Bunny (Cost: 40 DP; Originally Available: October 2010)
Sells for 100 from your bag.
A special bunny that can be made happy (and sad again) by following Violetta (Cerulean City NPC)'s instructions. Sad Jack will double the power of the move Frustration while happy Jack will double the power of the move Return. Sad Jack halts happiness gain completely; happy Jack triples it.


Rocket Capsule (Cost: 8 DP; Originally Available: November 2011)
A capsule to be applied to a Poké Ball. A vile miscreant of a capsule made by villains, for villains. Changes the nature of a Pokémon to one of several possible custom natures. Has no effect on Pokémon which already have a custom nature or are in Cherish Balls. Introduced as a replacement for the Rocket Ball.


CAPS CAPSULE (Cost: 8 DP; Originally Available: November 2011)
A capsule to be applied to a Poké Ball. AWESOME AND ALLITERATIVE. Changes the nature of a Pokémon to one of several possible custom natures. Has no effect on Pokémon which already have a custom nature or are in Cherish Balls. Introduced as a replacement for the CAPS BALL.


Derp Capsule (Cost: 8 DP; Originally Available: November 2011)
A capsule to be applied to a Poké Ball. A special snowflake of a capsule. Changes the nature of a Pokémon to one of several possible custom natures. Has no effect on Pokémon which already have a custom nature or are in Cherish Balls. Introduced as a replacement for the Derp Ball.


POKé BALL (Cost: 10 DP; Originally Available: June 2010)
Sells for 2000 from your bag.
Bumps the sprite of the Pokémon caught in it down one generation. Example: HG/SS is Gen IV, so an HG/SS Pokémon will turn into either R/S or FR/LG (Gen III). Will not work on frame2 sprites, has no effect on Gen I sprites. Catch rate 2x.


Shiny Ball (Cost: 10 DP; Originally Available: February 2010)
Sells for 2000 from your bag.
This Ball gives Pokémon caught with it the colors of a shiny, but they will not be turned into legitimate shinies. Pokémon caught in these cannot be released. This Ball cannot be switched out for a Gacha Ball. The Pokémon can be traded normally. Catch rate 1x.


Book of Llunec (Cost: 40 DP; Originally Available: December 2009)
Sells for 2000 from your bag.
A hold item that gives Pokémon the coloration of a shiny version, and adds sparkles. Otherwise known as giving them the skin of a killer. Effect is gone when the item is removed.

Discontinued Items

These items are no longer available for purchase.

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Inert Ball (Originally Available: January 2010)
Sells for 2000 from your bag.
A special type of Ball that's always in your other pants' pocket. Always has a catch rate of 1% regardless of what it's thrown at. If the catch succeeds, the Pokémon will always be holding an item. The item will, 6 out of 7 times, be one of the following: Old Amber, Skull Fossil, Armor Fossil, Odd Keystone, Heart Scale, TM11 Metronome. 1 out of 7 times the item will be one of the following: Blue Orb (Kyogre summon), Green Orb (Rayquaza summon), Red Orb (Groudon summon), Everstone, TM12 Heat Wave, TM07 Synthesis, GB Player. Discontinued November 2010.


Ditto Ball (Originally Available: April 2010)
Sells for 2000 from your bag.
Transforms the Pokémon caught with it into a random Pokémon, including legendaries. Catch rate 1x. Discontinued November 2010.


Evolution Ball (Originally Available: May 2010)
Sells for 2000 from your bag.
Evolves the Pokémon caught with it. Has no effect on final/single stage evolutions. Will transform Kangaskhan into a Missingno. For Pokémon with branching evolutions, the evolution will be randomly chosen. Shininess and sprite type are kept unless the evolution isn't available in that generation, in which case it behaves like a normal evolution. Can be used at Safari Zones. Catch rate 1.5x. Discontinued November 2010.


Nest Ball (Originally Available: May 2010)
Sells for 2000 from your bag.
Un-evolves the Pokémon caught with it. Has no effect on first/single stage evolutions. Will transform Kangaskhan into a Missingno. Shininess and sprite type are kept unless the unevolved form isn't available in that generation, in which case it behaves like a normal evolution. Can be used at Safari Zones. Catch rate 1.5x. Discontinued November 2010.


Derp Ball (Originally Available: July 2010)
Sells for 2000 from your bag.
Gives the Pokémon caught in it a special derpy nature. Natures can be any of the following: "Derpy", "Lulzy", "what is this i don't even", "HURR", "slowpoke.jpg", "well i never", "Special Snowflake". Can be used at Safari Zones. Catch rate 1.5x. Discontinued November 2011 and replaced by the Derp Capsule.


CAPS BALL (Originally Available: August 2010)
Sells for 2000 from your bag.
Gives the Pokémon caught in it a special CAPSLOCK nature. Natures can be any of the following: "AWESOME", "BADASS", "SUPER", "THE BEST", "AWSMSAUCE", "SEAKING", "SPARTAAAAAAAA", "HAX", "POWERFUL", "BLOCKS BO FOR 16 HOURS", "OBJECTION!", "EXTREME". Can be used at Safari Zones. Catch rate 1.5x. Discontinued November 2011 and replaced by the CAPS CAPSULE.


Rocket Ball (Originally Available: September 2010)
Sells for 2000 from your bag.
Gives the Pokémon caught in it a special villainous nature. Discontinued November 2011 and replaced by the Rocket Capsule.


Inert Capsule (Originally Available: November 2010)
Sells for 2000 from your bag.
A capsule to be applied to a Poké Ball to change its appearance to that of an Inert Ball. It always goes in your other pants' pocket.


Trainer ID (Originally Available: September 2011)
A held item that can be given to an HGSS/2 sprite Pokémon in the Pikachu line. It makes them want to catch 'em all, and will change their sprite into that of Trainer Pichu/Pikachu/Raichu. Consumable.


Rocket ID (Originally Available: September 2011)
A held item that can be given to an HGSS/2 sprite Pokémon in the Pikachu line. It makes them want to steal 'em all, and will change their sprite into that of Rocket Pichu/Pikachu/Raichu. Consumable.


Pegasus Plume (Originally Available: November 2011)
A held item that can be given to an HGSS/2 sprite Ponyta or Rapidash. It will change its sprite into that of Pegasus Ponyta/Rapidash, and the item will disappear.

Starters in the Wild

As of July 2010, it is possible to find starter Pokémon in the wild with the aid of special key items.

Fire Seeker
Gives you a 1 in 500 chance of encountering a Fire-type starter in the wild.

The Fire Seeker was a donation exclusive during July 2010.
On August 1st, it became available in the Key Items shop for 80k once you have the Soul Badge.

Water Seeker
Gives you a 1 in 500 chance of encountering a Water-type starter in the wild.

The Water Seeker was a donation exclusive during August 2010.
On September 1st, it became available in the Key Items shop for 80k once you have the Soul Badge.

Grass Seeker
Gives you a 1 in 500 chance of encountering a Grass-type starter in the wild.

The Grass Seeker was a donation exclusive during September 2010.
On October 1st, it became available in the Key Items shop for 80k once you have the Soul Badge.

These starters can be found anywhere on the map, in any region, except when using items or refreshing for event Pokémon. Odor Sleuth will not work on them. They have the same chance as regular Pokémon of being retro or shiny.

The Pokégear, accessible from the header, is your main personal information page. This page is not viewable by other members. Here, you have links to a variety of things and can view some information about your character and party, as well as your Pal Pad friends. Here you can also find a link to your "Achievements" - special titles you earn as you progress through the game.

Achievements

The Achievements System gives you special titles that are displayed on your public profile. Each title has a specific requirement that must be met for it to be obtained. For instance, you may need to catch a specific number of Pokémon, or every variety of Unown, or hatch a specific number of Eggs.

The Capsule Service is accessible by clicking on the Capsule icon under the header. The (grumpy) NPC there will apply capsules to Pokémon in your party for you.

Capsules will change the way the Ball your Pokémon was caught in looks. They may also have special effects such as change your Pokémon's nature. A Pokémon's log will display any capsule changes. That way, you can tell them apart from Pokémon caught in the original ball items. This helps preserve Pokémon caught in discontinued balls like the Inert Ball.

Capsules cannot be applied if your Pokémon is in a:

- Cherish Ball
- Shiny Ball
- Cross Ball
- POKé Ball
- Dream Ball

They also can't be applied if the Pokémon has already had that capsule applied recently, or if the capsule would have no effect (i.e. Inert Capsule on an Inert Ball'd Pokémon won't work).

Furthermore, capsules that affect natures (i.e. Bro Capsule) currently can only be used on Pokémon with default natures (Timid, Quirky, Hardy, etc). They won't work on Pokémon with ball natures (like Rocket Ball natures or CAPS BALL natures), and they won't work on Pokémon with special natures (like GHOST). This may change in the future.

You're also given the option to purchase Removal Capsules, which cost 10,000 each. Alternatively, it can be bought for 1 DP if you have access to the donation shop.

This capsule can ONLY overwrite other capsules. It will not work on Pokémon in Gacha Balls, regular balls, Cherish Balls, Rocket Balls, CAPS balls, et cetera. It removes the capsule graphic and replaces it with a Poké Ball graphic. Additionally, it'll erase any custom natures and give the Pokémon a random regular nature. You do NOT get your original capsule back.

An NPC can make items out of berries for you in Cherrygrove (Johto).

It is possible to check the available items and exchange rates by talking to him.

Exclusive Synthesis Items

BrightPowder
A special powder that, when given to a LEGITIMATE (no shiny ball) shiny Pokémon, gives a 1 in 20 chance of that Pokémon producing a shiny offspring. The item is consumed when an egg is retrieved from the Daycare regardless of whether or not the Pokémon in the egg is shiny. It can be made by spending 10 of each of the rarest berries (available in the PP Shop).

ShiningPowder
ShiningPowder is an upgraded version of the BrightPowder. When given to a legitimate shiny Pokémon, it gives a 1 in 10 chance of that Pokémon producing a shiny offspring, unless the other parent is holding an Everstone. Whenever the Everstone successfully produces an offspring with the parent's sprite/nature, said offspring will also always be shiny. In this case, the chance of success becomes whichever is lower - the ShiningPowder's 10%, or the Everstone's success rate, if it's lower than that. Just like the BrightPowder, it is consumed when an egg is withdrawn, regardless of whether or not the egg is shiny. Pokémon which can't be used for BrightPowder breeding also can't be used for ShiningPowder breeding. It can be made by spending 2 Yache Berries, 2 Coba Berries, and 3 BrightPowders.

Berry Balls
Each Ball represents a different type of Berry flavor. Pokémon caught with these balls will automatically like the flavor they represent regardless of nature. If the nature dictates it likes another flavor, it'll like two flavors. If it dictates it likes everything, it'll like that flavor more (but still like the others equally). And if the nature originally disliked the flavor, it'll completely ignore that and like it, so you end up with a poke that likes 2 flavors and dislikes none. Their catch rate is the same as a regular Poké Ball.

Spicy Ball - Made by spending 20 Cheri Berries.
Sour Ball - Made by spending 20 Aspear Berries.
Bitter Ball - Made by spending 20 Rawst Berries.
Dry Ball - Made by spending 20 Chesto Berries.
Sweet Ball - Made by spending 20 Pecha Berries.

Scarves
Scarves can be given to Pokémon to hold. They boost contest stats. They DO NOT help unlock advanced trials, but they DO help with success rates for trials. They can't increase these stats past their limit (25 stars). When attached to a black or white Valentine's Vulpix, they'll change its sprite (see event topic). They may or may not have a battle use in the future.

Red Scarf - Adds +10 (5 stars) to Coolness. Made by spending 50 Cheri, 10 Leppa, 10 Figy, 10 Razz, 5 Pomeg Berries.
Yellow Scarf - Adds +10 (5 stars) to Toughness. Made by spending 50 Aspear, 10 Sitrus, 10 Iapapa, 10 Pinap, 5 Grepa Berries.
Green Scarf - Adds +10 (5 stars) to Smartness. Made by spending 50 Rawst, 10 Lum, 10 Aguav, 10 Wepear, 5 Hondew Berries.
Blue Scarf - Adds +10 (5 stars) to Beauty. Made by spending 50 Chesto, 10 Oran, 10 Wiki, 10 Bluk, 5 Kelpsy Berries.
Pink Scarf - Adds +10 (5 stars) to Cuteness. Made by spending 50 Pecha, 10 Persim, 10 mago, 10 Nanab, 5 Qualot Berries.

There are two types of TMs on VDex: TMs used for evolutionary purposes, and TMs which take effect when held by the first Pokémon in your party.

Evolutionary TMs

All of them can be purchased for $3,000 at Lilycove City in Hoenn. Give them for the appropriate Pokémon to hold and they can evolve. The TM is consumed upon evolution.

Mimic - Evolves Mime Jr. and Bonsly.
Rollout - Evolves Lickitung.
Double Hit - Evolves Aipom.
AncientPower - Evolves Yanma, Piloswine and Tangela.

Held TMs

Only Headbutt can be purchased at a map shop (Goldenrod in Johto), for $1000. All the others can be obtained either as gifts from Z or through Gacha.

Headbutt - Allows you to headbutt trees in Johto and find Pokémon that way. Headbutt can be held by any Pokémon in your party.
Synthesis - Sometimes yields 3 berries instead of 2 when harvesting.
Heat Wave - Doubles the ratio at which eggs hatch.
Mean Look - Doubles a Pokémon's base catch rate.
Pay Day - Occasionally increases money gained per hour. Occasionally gives you more money when you sell an item. May also boost dungeon gains by up to 50%; this stacks with Bel's bonus.
Thief - Occasionally finds an item while surfing the map/using the PokéRadar. A message is displayed on the screen to notify you of this.
Odor Sleuth - Locks on to a specific Pokémon and makes the Pokémon keep appearing if you click the PokéRadar or miss the catch. It has a 15% chance of failure. The effect is nullified when you switch map areas. Odor Sleuth doesn't work on Jirachi, Missingno., starters found via Seeker and roaming legendaries.

Transform

A rare TM which can be obtained through Z, Thief TM or Gacha. If a Ditto holds this, it becomes able to "evolve" - that is, permanently transform into a different Pokémon. The species chosen is random, can't be another Ditto, and has a regular chance of being legendary (meaning the chance of it becoming a Caterpie is the same as the chance of it becoming Arceus).