Rescue Team DX:Recruiting

This Recruiting page is about the Nintendo Switch release. For the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS release, see Rescue Team:Recruiting.

For a list of Pokémon by their recruit rate, see Rescue Team DX:List of Recruit Requirements.

For the lore page, see Pkmn: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

Pokémon to be recruited: Level of the leader: Between 1 and 40 Between 41 and 50 Between 51 and 100 The leader is holding a Friend Bow Inviting Orb was used The Pokémon was defeated by using False Swipe A Pokémon in the party has the Friendly Rare Quality A Pokémon in the party has the Squad Up Rare Quality Current amount of party members: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Calculate Recruitment rate: ___%

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.

Kecleon

Kecleon's base recruitment rate varies depending on how it is encountered. If it's one of the normal enemy Kecleon found in Joyous Tower, the base recruitment rate is 16.9%. If it's an angered shopkeeper Kecleon after the player has stolen from the Kecleon Shop, it's -50%.

References

• Base recruitment rates and boosts.