Rescue Team:Recruiting
Recruitment is a method of obtaining Pokémon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX. 
Recruiting of Pokémon
The Pokémon to be recruited has to be defeated by the leader, within a 2 tiles range.
Recruitment Rate
Base Recruiting Rate
The base recruiting rate is the chance of recruiting a Pokémon before adding bonuses from the Level of the team leader and items.
Base Recruiting Rates could be negative numbers, i.e., lower than zero. In that case, when bonuses raise the rate to positive numbers, the Pokémon can be recruited.
Bonus Recruiting Rate
Bonus recruitment rates increase the recruitment rate. The bonus can't exceed +55%.
Friend Bow
If the leader is holding the Friend Bow when defeating a Pokémon, the recruitment rate increases by 12.8%. It is required to recruit Shiny Pokémon.
Inviting Orb
Using the Inviting Orb increases the recruitment rate by 25%.
Levels
| Level of Leader | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Between 1 and 40 | +3% |
| Between 41 and 50 | +4% |
| Between 51 and 100 | +5% |
False Swipe
If the leader defeats a Pokémon by using the move False Swipe, the recruitment rate is increased by 17.5%.
Friendly Rare Quality
The Friendly Rare Quality increases recruitment rate by 15%.
Squad Up Rare Quality
The recruitment rate increase provided by the Squad Up Rare Quality changes depending on how many Pokémon are currently in the party.
| Party members | Bonus |
|---|---|
| 1 | +3% |
| 2 | +4% |
| 3 | +5% |
| 4 | +5.5% |
| 5 | +6.0% |
| 6 | +6.5% |
| 7 | +7.0% |
| 8 | +7.5% |
Recruitment Calculator
Shiny Pokémon
Strong Foes can only be recruited when they are shiny Pokémon. This is also the only way shiny Pokémon other than Shiny Celebi appear in the game. To recruit these shiny Pokémon, the leader must hold the Friend Bow.
See Also
| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX - Gameplay Elements
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| Abilities • Adventures • Adventure Hints • Awakening • Body Size • Controls • Development Oversights • Differences From the Original Game • Dungeon Status (List) • Evolution • Fixed floors • Gust of Wind • Jobs • Kangaskhan Rest Stops • Kangaskhan Storage • Kecleon Shops • Main Menu • Mega Evolution • Missions • Monster Houses • Move Growth • Moves (List) • Mystery Houses • Personality Test • Pokémon (List) • Pushing • Rare Qualities (List) • Recruiting • Rescue Team Rank • Saving • Shiny Pokémon (List) • Special Tiles (List) • Status Conditions (List) • Tactics • Title Screen • Traps (List) • Treasure Boxes • Wonder Mail |