Recruiting Pokémon is one of the joys of Mystery Dungeon. In Rescue Team DX, it follows precise rules, based on Poképédia.
Rescue camps
To recruit a Pokémon, you must own its rescue camp, bought at the Camping Club or won through missions. A few Pokémon open their own camp when they join the team, such as the legendaries.
The rules
- Only the leader can recruit: they must land the final blow, from at most two tiles away, projectiles included.
- The recruitment chance depends on the Pokémon and on the leader’s level.
- It rises by 12.8% with a Friend Bow held by the leader, by 17.5% when finishing with False Swipe, and by 25% with a Recruit Orb.
- Powerful Pokémon can only be recruited with one of these three aids, and only if they are shiny; Kecleon requires all three at once.
- Some Pokémon can only be recruited after the story, or not on the first encounter.
In dungeons
The team sets out with three members at most, a fourth spot being reserved for escorts, and can reach eight members through recruiting. You can send a Pokémon back to its camp if it has already been there; otherwise, it leaves the team. If the leader, the client or the partner (during the story) is knocked out, the mission fails and you lose part of your unstored items and money.
For the list of Friend Areas in the original, see our 2006 guide.
