Gates:Recruiting

For a list of Pokémon by their recruit requirements, see Gates:List of Recruit Requirements.

Recruiting (Japanese: ???) in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity. Enemy Pokémon encountered in dungeons may join the player's team either by getting defeated or when reacting to a Gift item. Defeating a Pokémon while holding a Friend Bow or using False Swipe increases the recruitment chance.

Recruitment Calculator

Pokémon to be recruited:

Level of the leader: Between 1 and 40 Between 41 and 70 Between 71 and 100

The leader is holding a Friend Bow
The Pokémon was defeated by using False Swipe ^Note
The Pokémon's species has already been recruited once
Post-credits

Calculate

Recruitment rate: ___%

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Recruitment Methods

Defeating a Pokémon

Recruitment Rate is the rate of the chance of a Pokémon to be recruited. It can be increased in various ways.

Items

If the leader holds a Friend Bow when defeating the Pokémon, the chance to recruit the Pokémon increases by 10%.

Levels

The level of the leader when defeating the Pokémon can increase the recruitment rate. If it's between 41 and 70, it increases by 1%, and if it's between 71 and 100, it increases by 3%.

False Swipe

Defeating the Pokémon by using the move False Swipe increases the recruitment rate by ^{[Data needed]}.

Using Gifts

Gifts are items to give to Pokémon instead of defeating them.

Trivia

• The recruitment rates of some Pokémon are unused because they only appear as special enemies, automatically join the team during scripted scenes or are completely unused. See: unused Pokémon data
• Unused gifts for all Pokémon exist in the game. See: unused items