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If you make a cash deposit, after 24 hours, it'll turn up some earnings, which can be withdrawn at the bank itself.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).

Trial Arena

The Trial Arena, accessible by clicking the PP Max icon from your shortcuts, is a special feature which allows you to raise a Pokémon's experience, happiness, EVs (Effort Values) and Cool/Tough/Smart/Beauty/Cute stats.

Below is a list of trials, their rewards (given upon success; some trials also give small rewards when you fail), and what they're affected by - that is, what determines success. If it says level, for instance, it means higher leveled Pokémon have a higher chance of success.

Trials can no longer be attempted if a Pokémon can't earn ANY of the rewards presented (i.e. "Train" is unavailable if your Pokémon is level 100 and has maxed happiness). EVs can no longer be raised once the sum of all EVs is 510. Individual EVs cap at 255. EVs increase your Pokémon's stat points.

Trials cost 1 TP each, except for Advanced Trials (see below). 1 TP is spent for your Pokémon (which have 5 TP daily) and for you (you have 50 TP daily). Once your Pokémon is out of TP, it can no longer perform trials. Once you're out of TP, none of your Pokémon can perform any more trials.

5 TP can be restored to you or your Pokémon, after exhaustion, by using a PP Max. This item can be purchased from the donation shop for 1 DP.

Basic Trials

Train
Rewards: Experience, happiness
Affected By: Level

Exp awarded triples for Pokémon level 75 and above.

Advanced Trials

Advanced trials can only be performed once the condition they're affected by is high enough. They fully exhaust your Pokémon's TP and cost 10 of your own TP.

Advanced trials don't yield any rewards if your Pokémon fails.

Beauty Pageant
Rewards: Experience, happiness, money ($1000)
Affected By: Beauty

Foraging
Rewards: Experience, happiness, random items
Affected By: Smartness

Beg Cutely
Rewards: Experience, happiness, random items
Affected By: Cuteness

Stat-Enhancing

Drink a Potion
Rewards: Experience, happiness, HP EVs
Affected By: HP

Workout
Rewards: Experience, happiness, Attack EVs
Affected By: Attack

Endurance Training
Rewards: Experience, happiness, Defense EVs
Affected By: Defense

Study
Rewards: Experience, happiness, Special Attack EVs
Affected By: Special Attack

Meditate
Rewards: Experience, happiness, Special Defense EVs
Affected By: Special Defense

Obstacle Training
Rewards: Experience, happiness, Speed EVs
Affected By: Speed

Condition-Enhancing

Play it Cool
Rewards: Experience, happiness, coolness
Affected By: Coolness

Act Tough
Rewards: Experience, happiness, toughness
Affected By: Toughness

Spruce Up
Rewards: Experience, happiness, beauty
Affected By: Beauty

Take a Quiz
Rewards: Experience, happiness, smartness
Affected By: Smartness

Puppy Eyes
Rewards: Experience, happiness, cuteness
Affected By: Cuteness

Legendary Items

To catch most legendaries (exceptions being Manaphy and Jirachi), you need a corresponding item, as explained in the Events section of this Guide.

This post details where each item can be found.

Kanto Legendaries

Articuno requires a Blue Flute, which can be obtained by exchanging a Blue Shard with the Fight Area NPC. Blue Shards are in turn obtained from the NPC in Pallet once you've maxed out the affection of your partner, if the partner is Ada.

Zapdos requires a Yellow Flute, which can be obtained by exchanging a Red Shard with the Fight Area NPC. Red Shards are in turn obtained from the NPC in Pallet once you've maxed out the affection of your partner, if the partner is Ash.

Moltres requires a Red Flute, which can be obtained by exchanging a Red Scale with the Fight Area NPC. Red Scales are in turn obtained from the NPC in Pallet once you've maxed out the affection of your partner, if the partner is Lyrit.

Mewtwo requires a Diary, which can be obtained by exchanging a TwistedSpoon with the Fight Area NPC. TwistedSpoons are in turn obtained from the NPC in Pallet once you've maxed out the affection of your partner, if the partner is Yun.

Mew requires an Old Sea Map. This item is currently unobtainable.
Note: Old Sea Maps were available for players who signed up during the first week of beta, and are traditionally available for the site's anniversary in November.

Johto Legendaries

Raikou, Entei and Suicune require a Clear Bell. This item is currently unobtainable.

Lugia requires a Silver Wing, which can be obtained by spending 100 GP at the GP shop.

Ho-Oh requires a Rainbow Wing, which can be obtained by spending 100 GP at the GP shop.

Celebi requires a GS Ball. This item is currently unobtainable.
Note: GS Balls were handed out to all players once in 2010.

Hoenn Legendaries

Regirock, Regice and Registeel require an Explorer Kit. This item is currently unobtainable.

Latios and Latias require a Soul Dew, which can be obtained by exchanging BlackGlasses or a Silk Scarf with the Fight Area NPC. Those items are in turn obtained from the NPC in Pallet once you've maxed out the affection of your partners, if the partners are Hari and Nao.

Kyogre requires a Blue Orb, which can be obtained by exchanging a Letter with the Fight Area NPC. Letters are in turn obtained from the NPC in Pallet once you've maxed out the affection of your partner, if the partner is Jan.

Groudon requires a Red Orb, which can be obtained by spending 500 PP at the PP shop.

Rayquaza requires a Green Orb, which can be obtained by exchanging an Old Charm with the Fight Area NPC. Old Charms are in turn obtained from the NPC in Pallet once you've maxed out the affection of your partner, if the partner is Rei.

Jirachi does not require any items. It has a 1 in 1000 chance of appearing at Mirage Island. Mirage Island can be found from Route 130 in Hoenn, at a specific time of the day, three times a week. It's only available for one minute. Each player has a different Mirage Island time.

Deoxys requires a Life Orb, which can be obtained by exchanging a Machine Part with the Fight Area NPC. Machine Parts are in turn obtained from the NPC in Pallet once you've maxed out the affection of your partner, if the partner is Z.

Sinnoh Legendaries

Azelf, Uxie and Mesprit require a Red Chain. This item is currently unobtainable.

Dialga requires an Adamant Orb, which can be found on the ground at Mt. Coronet.

Palkia requires a Lustrous Orb, which can be found on the ground at Mt. Coronet.

Heatran requires a Magma Rock, which can be obtained by spending 500 PP at the PP Shop.

Regigigas requires a Tide Bell. This item is currently unobtainable.

Giratina requires a Black Flute, which can be obtained by exchanging an Amulet Coin with the Fight Area NPC. Amulet Coins are in turn obtained from the NPC in Pallet once you've maxed out the affection of your partner, if the partner is Bel.

Cresselia requires a Lunar Wing, which can be obtained by exchanging a Destiny Knot with the Fight Area NPC. Destiny Knots are in turn obtained from the NPC in Pallet once you've maxed out the affection of your partner, if the partner is Zan.

Darkrai requires a Member Card. This item is currently unobtainable.

Manaphy does not require any items. Bring a party with three Graveler, two Scyther and a Venusaur (you must be the OT of all of them) to the NPC in Iron Island. Make room in your party and talk to him again to get a Manaphy egg.

Shaymin requires a White Flute, which can be obtained by exchanging WiseGlasses with the Fight Area NPC. WiseGlasses are in turn obtained from the NPC in Pallet once you've maxed out the affection of your partner, if the partner is Allen.
Note: Shaymin is found at Flower Paradise, which can only be accessed once the key item Recommendation Letter is obtained. The item can be obtained by exchanging a Heart Scale for one with the Fight Area NPC. A free Heart Scale is available by showing the NPC in Cerulean City 50 different Pokémon with maxed happiness.

Arceus requires an Azure Flute. This item is currently unobtainable.

Unova Legendaries

Victini requires a Liberty Pass, which can be obtained by spending 2000 PP at the PP shop.

Reshiram requires a Light Stone. It was obtained through the VDex 1st Anniversary event in November 2010, and can now be obtained by spending 75 GP at the GP shop.

Zekrom requires a Dark Stone. It was obtained through the VDex 1st Anniversary event in November 2010, and can now be obtained by spending 75 GP at the GP shop.

Cobalion requires a Fère Orb, which can be obtained by spending 50 GP at the GP shop.

Terrakion requires a Vallon Orb, which can be obtained by spending 50 GP at the GP shop.

Virizion requires a Vannes Orb, which can be obtained by spending 50 GP at the GP shop.

Keldeo requires a Castelmore Orb, which can be obtained by spending 50 GP at the GP shop.

Kyurem requires a NeverMeltIce. This item is currently unobtainable.

Mirage Island, the place where you can catch Jirachi (at a 0.1% appearance rate), can be reached from Route 130 in Hoenn.

It's available 3 days a week, during a specific hour and minute. It's only available for one minute, but once you're in, you don't get kicked out even if the minute has passed. When you leave, though, you need to wait for your MI time again.

The MI time will always be between 10 AM and 11:59 PM.

You can use a set of items to help you figure out your Mirage Island time. They're expensive though!

Shiny Leaf/Shiny Crown

As you travel across the map, your Pokémon may come across a Shiny Leaf. There are five leaves total that your Pokémon can find, and when you've found all five the leaves will form a Shiny Leaf Crown. They don't really do anything other than show up in your Pokémon's information page, though there'll probably be achievements for finding them eventually.

When you have less than 5 leaves, they'll show up next to one another - so if you have 2 leaves you'll see 2 leaves in your Pokémon's profile, and if you have 4 you'll see 4. When you get 5, instead of a row of leaves, you get the crown.

Only Pokémon in your party can find shiny leaves. Right now, to help folks along, all 6 Pokémon in the party can find them - eventually though this will change and only the first Pokémon in the party will be able to find them.

How To Find Leaves

Simply travel across the map from area to area to find them. Once you've hit the correct spot for your Pokémon to find a leaf, it'll automatically appear in the Pokémon's information page (you will not get any messages about it displayed on the map). Using the PokéRadar will not work, though that shouldn't be a problem since you find the leaf as soon as you hit the area (there is no need to refresh for a leaf).

Each leaf can be found (currently) in either 5 or 6 different places, in any region. Note that leaves CAN be found in areas like Mirage Island or Newmoon Island, but since each individual leaf can be found in multiple places, this should not be a problem. Since you can find 5 leaves total, there are between 25 and 30 areas in the map that can yield a leaf for each Pokémon.

Example: say one of the leaves of a Pokémon of yours can be found at either Pallet, Cerulean, Saffron, Vermilion or Fuchsia. The moment you set foot in, say, Saffron, you'll find the leaf. Since you've already found that leaf, going to Pallet, Cerulean, Vermilion or Fuchsia will not yield another leaf.

Notes

Leaves are not lost when a Pokémon is traded, nor are they lost when it's released and gets adopted. If there are achievements eventually, you'll only get a score for leaves you find yourself - leaves on Pokémon from trades or adoptions won't count.

Eggs can't find leaves.

Sprite Gallery

Click the gallery shortcut on your shortcut bar to be taken to your gallery (or click the gallery icon in a user's profile to view their gallery).

When browsing a gallery, clicking a generation will lead you to all the sprites that user has for that specific generation. If you click an individual Pokémon within a generation gallery, you can see all the sprites a user has for that specific Pokémon.

Note that sprites aren't automatically added to your gallery as you catch Pokémon. You need to collect these sprites yourself.

There are two methods to add a sprite to your gallery: either by using a Pokémon in your party, or through the use of a special item.

By Party Pokémon

When viewing your own gallery, you'll have the option to add a Pokémon in your party to it. Click the Pokémon, then click "add", and confirm that you want to add it in the confirmation page. Doing this will make you lose the Pokémon, so be careful. The Pokémon cannot be returned once added to the gallery.

You can't use:

- Eggs
- Pokémon in trades
- Pokémon from the custom event
- Missingno. and GHOST
- Pokémon in Cherish Balls
- Pokémon which are bound to your account
- Pokémon which don't belong to you
- Pokémon that have a sprite you already have in your gallery.

You CAN use Pokémon in Shiny, Cross and POKé balls and the sprite you got through the balls is the one that is added. Meaning... even if your shiny Eevee was made shiny via Shiny Ball, you'll still get the shiny sprite in your gallery. Or if your Frillish is pink and in a Cross Ball, you'll get the pink Frillish sprite even if it was originally blue. Or if your R/B Ponyta was made R/B via POKé BALL, you'll still get the R/B sprite.

If you add a Pokémon while it's holding an item, the item will be returned to your Bag.

Keep in mind some Pokémon sprites have forms and gender differences. You won't get both male and female Starly if you add a Starly to your gallery - you need to add one male and one female Starly to the gallery. Only the specific sprite the Pokémon you're adding has will be added. Likewise, Pokémon with forms, like Unown, need to have all their forms individually added.

Since you lose the Pokémon when you add it to your gallery via this method, it not recommended to use rare sprites, legendaries, and anything you don't want to part with.

By Item

There are two items that allow you to add a Pokémon to your gallery without causing the loss of the Pokémon:


Spray Paint (Cost: 5000 at Castelia City (Yun's discount applies) in Unova, 4000 at Secondhand Shop)
Sells for 2500 from your bag.
Adds a Pokémon's sprite to your gallery without removing the Pokémon. Consumed on use. Can only be used once per Pokémon. Releasing a Pokémon will reset this, so all adopted Pokémon can have Spray Paint used on them. You can see that a Pokémon had Spray Paint used by looking at its logs.


Spray Paint DX (Cost: 3 DP at the Header Shop or 30000 at Castelia City (Yun's discount doesn't apply) in Unova, 25000 at Secondhand Shop)
Sells for 1000 from your bag.
Does the same as Spray Paint. Consumed on use. Can be used multiple times on the same Pokémon, and can be used on Pokémon which have had Spray Paint used on them.

So if, for instance, you have a Green Mew and use Spray Paint on it then sell it, the buyer can use Spray Paint DX to get the Mew's sprite for themselves. Or you can borrow a friend's shiny Winter Espeon and use Spray Paint DX on it, and so forth.

To use Spray Paint/DX, have them in your bag (not held by Pokémon) and waddle over to your gallery. Right next to the option to add a sprite to the gallery will be an option to use Spray Paint and an option to use Spray Paint DX (you'll only get options for paint you own). The paint is consumed after you confirm you want to use it.

Spray Paint has the same restrictions as adding other sprites except it can be used on account bound Pokémon and Pokémon in Cherish Balls (do note that it can't be used on NPC Pokémon like Labcoat Dude).

Tips: for common sprites, it's best to catch duplicates and put them in the gallery, since they're less valuable than Spray Paint. For valuables you don't want to part with, Spray Paint is the best option. Spray Paint DX is really geared toward sprites that most people don't have access to, and the Pokémon themselves would cost a small fortune to obtain.

Goals

Your Goals page, accessible by clicking the icon in your shortcuts, lets you set goals for yourself and complete/cancel them at your leisure.

To complete a goal, click the green ✔ symbol on the top right of the goal in question. To cancel it, click the red X.

You can delete a completed goal by hovering over it and clicking the red X that appears.

You can view other people's goals by clicking the goals icon in their profile. It is not possible to keep goals private at the moment.

Daily Goals

Every 24 hours, you can set yourself a daily goal which is randomly generated from a list of possible goals. You have 24 hours to complete it and completing it earns you 1 GP. To complete a goal, you must tick it off like you would with your own self-made goals.

Here are the possible goals you may receive:

- Catch (a random number between 1 and 5) Pokémon;
- Catch (a random number between 1 and 2) retro Pokémon (HGSS, HGSS2, BW and events won't count);
- Evolve (a random number between 2 and 4) Pokémon;
- Adopt (a random number between 1 and 3) Pokémon;
- Release (a random number between 1 and 3) Pokémon;
- Find (a random number between 10 and 20) Shiny Leaves.

You do not lose anything by failing to complete a goal.

Weekly Goals

Weekly goals can be set every week and you are given 7 days to complete them. Like daily goals, they are randomly generated. Completing them gives you 4 GP.

Here are the possible goals you may receive:

- Pick (a random number between 20 and 40) berries (only if you have a Berry Planter);
- Plant (a random number between 10 and 20) berries (only if you have a Berry Planter);
- Catch (a random number between 8 and 14) retro Pokémon (HGSS, HGSS2, BW and events won't count);
- Get (a random number between 1 and 2) Pokémon to level 100;
- Succeed at (a random number between 40 and 60) trials.

Monthly Goals

Monthly goals are the long-term equivalent of weekly and daily goals. However unlike daily and weekly goals there is less random factor with the goals you roll. Once set, you are given 30 days to complete them with a reward of 15 GP.

Here are the possible goals you may receive:

- Pick 120 berries (only if you have a Berry Planter)
- Plant 60 berries (only if you have a Berry Planter)
- Catch 1 shiny Pokémon (map only);
- Catch 35 retro Pokémon (HGSS, HGSS2, BW and events won't count);
- Release 50 Pokémon;
- Adopt 25 Pokémon from Gacha;
- Succeed at 400 Trials.

Goal Points (GP)

Goal Points can be exchanged in the GP Shop for money (1 GP =200), for a Gallery Voucher (5 GP) or for a legendary summon (Fère, Vallon, Vannes and Castelmore Orb at 50 GP each; Light Stone or Dark Stone at 75 GP each; Rainbow Wing or Silver Wing at 100 GP each).

In the future once the DP system is gone, GP can ideally be exchanged for DP.