If the player declines recruitment at the end, or does not have the appropriate camp unlocked, the Pokémon give the player a small amount of money 'for a fun adventure'.

Any more will require one of the other members to be released.

The player's team may only have enough temporary recruits to fill a party of eight.

If these temporary recruits are with the team when the player escapes the dungeon, the player will have the option of permanently recruiting these members should they have the appropriate Friend Camp and availability.

Players can now temporarily recruit members after defeating the enemy.

Steel, where the player will then be able to acquire Friend Camps.

Recruitment will still begin after finishing Mt.

Boss legendary Pokémon no longer have to be defeated by the team leader, in order to be recruited.

Chimecho Assembly must be open to the player's team.

This is not the case for some legendary Pokémon such as Kyogre, whose Friend Areas cannot be bought instead, their Friend Areas are unlocked after they are recruited. This means that some Pokémon cannot be recruited until the post-game, because their Friend Areas aren't available for purchase until then.

The player must have bought the Friend Area that a prospective team member belongs to.

The player must be able to buy Friend Areas the ability to do so is unlocked after clearing Mt.

In Red and Blue Rescue Team, the 'Recruitment search' option in the menu is always unable to be selected when facing a Legendary Pokémon, even when it is able to be recruited.Īdditional requirements Red and Blue Rescue Team.

In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, all but nine fully evolved Pokémon cannot be recruited and have to be acquired via evolving. In addition, many boss legendary Pokémon cannot be recruited on the first visit.

Some Pokémon, such as Omastar in Brine Cave, are unrecruitable.

In DX, this was extended to two tiles away. However, Pokémon that are not immediately recruited when the final blow is dealt, but after a short cutscene (many Legendary Pokémon for instance), are an exception to this rule.

The enemy must be adjacent to the team leader when the finishing blow is delivered.

Status conditions such as poisoned, even if inflicted by the team leader, do not count.

The team leader must deal the finishing blow that causes the enemy to faint.

In Explorers of Sky and Gates to Infinity, players can choose if they want to send home the recruited Pokémon or not. In the Explorers series, this requirement was removed, instead excess members simply warp out of the dungeon.

In Red and Blue Rescue Team, offers will only be made if there is space in the current party.

In addition to the prospective recruit having an effective recruit rate higher than zero, there are several other prerequisites for recruiting a certain Pokémon to be possible:

2.1.2 Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky.

1.1.2 Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky.

Instead, the player must connect with other Pokémon in order to expand their team. In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, recruitment is no longer present. In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, the limit is 552 instead, and in Gates to Infinity, it is 288.

There is a limit of 413 Pokémon at one time in Red and Blue Rescue Teams. These are important as the base recruit rate of certain Pokémon, most notably Kecleon, is below zero. The games contain items that increase the chance of Pokémon asking to be recruited. Thunder-will count reaching a checkpoint as making it out. Dungeons consisting of multiple parts-such as Mt. In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, if a newly-recruited Pokémon-a recruit who has never cleared or warped out of a dungeon or didn't make it to a rest stop-or the team's leader faints before making it out of the dungeon, it will leave the party permanently. After defeating an enemy in a dungeon, it will occasionally offer to join the player's team. Recruitment is the main method of obtaining new Pokémon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity.

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

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