Gates:Move Growth

For the lore page, see Pkmn:Move Growth.

Move Growth (Japanese: わざの成長(せいちょう)) is a game mechanic in  Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity. It is unlocked after completing Desolate Canyon, when the Hero and Partner form their team and obtain Team Badges, which allow move upgrades.

Explanation

Upgrading a move increases its PP, Power and Accuracy. Move upgrades apply to all instances of the move across all team members. Moves are temporarily reset when entering a level 5 dungeon.

Only attacking moves can be upgraded. They can be recognized by the icon next to the move name, which is formed by a meter with a Roman numeral on top. This icon represents how much the move has been trained and how much training is required to reach the next upgrade.

A move is trained by visiting a Dojo of the same Type of the move or by successfully attacking or defeating an enemy with that move without them joining the team. Moves grow faster when the user is under the Trained status condition. They also grow faster when used during an Adventure that is affected by the Move Growth Up V-Wave, as well as when used in the DLC dungeon Mt. Travail.

A move upgrade happens whenever the meter is done filling up with a color, in order: blue, green, and red, after which the next number is reached. This means that, while the game only shows the Roman numeral going up to VIII, moves can actually be upgraded a total of 24 times. After the VIII meter is done filling up with red, the definitive gold star icon is reached and the move can't be upgraded anymore.

Moves in the Status Category have a silver star icon and can't be upgraded.

In Other Languages

Language		Name
English		Move Growth
Japanese		わざの成長(せいちょう)