Battle & Exp Mechanics

In order to make up for the slower pace of a forum and to reduce the slog of grinding, we have broken experience gain into 2 groups: Pokémon Under LV 25, and those at 25+.

Note that even if a battle ends via capture, experience/levels are still distributed normally.


For Levels 1 - 24

Pokemon in this range are simply dealt levels -- no EXP numbers. How many levels they gain in battle depends on how much higher level they are than their opponent. The chart to the right is only for the pokemon active at battle end.

Pokémon that participated but switched out before the end receive +1 LV regardless of level difference; except for the 10+ range which always receive 0 levels.



For Levels 25⁺

Starting at LV 25 Pokemon begin gaining EXP based on the Medium Fast model. The experience gain equation we use is:

EXP Gain = Opponents Level * 50

Eg: Defeating a LV 22 Butterfree would net 1,100 EXP

Any excess experience is carried forward to the next level. Further below you can find a breakdown of total experience per level.

Pokémon that participated (or are holding an EXP Share) each receive 1/3 of the total EXP before any additional modifiers are applied; such as if the KOer was holding a Lucky Egg*.

Eg: Using the same scenario above...

Every participant would net 367 EXP
... if KOer is holding a lucky egg this would not change
... if any participant is holding a lucky egg only their own EXP gain is affected and they would gain 550 EXP

*The same logic applies for any EXP multiplier.
**All rounding is as per normal and only do at the end of the calculation if needed.

Guidelines for Double & Triple Battles
For Double Battles you would divide the usual experience gained by 2, and for triple it'd be division by 3.

Any participating pokémon that switched out during the fight would also get a share of experience. In the case of LV 25 and under, they would get +1 LV total if switched out and not present for a KO. Otherwise they would get normal experience gain for any KOs while on the field.

Wait until the end of the battle before tallying up how much a certain Pokémon levels up if they're under LV 25. For LVs 25⁺ experience can be gained upon each knock out.

Level Gain is always Rounded up.

Eg Dbl Battle:

Opponents: LV 6 Weedle & LV 7 Caterpie
Member's Pkmn:
    LV 2 Sentret switched out for LV 7 Pidgey without a KO & ...
    LV 4 Spearow switched after defeating Weedle for LV 5 Rattata


Level Gain on Victory is then calculated as such...

    Pidgey = 2/2 (Weedle) + 3/2 (Caterpie) = 2.5 ... thus rounded to = 3
    Rattata = 3/2 (Caterpie) = 1.5 ... rounds to 2

    Sentret = +1 for Participating
    Spearow = 3/2 (Weedle) = 1.5 ... rounds to 2

Thus, after the battle is complete the Member's Pokemon will be...
    Pidgey LV 10, Rattata LV 7, Sentret LV 3, Spearow LV 6