Recruitable Pokémon

Recruiting a Pokémon is when you defeat an NPC (most commonly inside a dungeon), it may ask to join your team. Saying "Yes" to adding it to the party is known as "Recruiting." There are many different ways to recruit a Pokémon, and each Pokémon has a specific Recruit Rate.

To check the Pokemon's Recruit Rate, you must click on the Pokémon you wish to recruit. Then, in the chat, there will be a message that shows if the Pokémon is recruitable. If not, the message, "You see a [Pokémon name]. This Pokémon cannot be recruited in this area/dungeon." will appear. If the Pokémon is recruitable, it will say that you see the Pokémon. Generally, the percentage is positive, however there are chances of a Pokemon's Recruit Rate being negative.

Recruiting Aspects
Within the many dungeons of PMU are recruitable Pokémon. Whenever you defeat a Pokémon, if it is listed as recruitable, there is a chance that it will want to join your team. However, there are certain aspects that apply to recruiting.


 * You must be a higher level than the Pokémon that your are fighting.
 * The higher you are the greater your chance to recruit it.
 * You need to have room in your party.
 * The Pokémon you defeat must be recruitable.
 * The overall Recruit Rate of the Pokemon must be positive.

There are other aspects to recruiting; for example, how commonly the Pokémon spawn or how low of a Recruit Rate the Pokémon has, as well as the dungeon that the Pokémon spawn and the external factors that make the Pokémon harder to recruit.

Hidden Recruit Rate
There are some ways to increase your chances of recruiting a Pokémon. For example, the higher level you are, the more your "Hidden Recruit Rate" gets higher. When you grow in level, the Pokémon gets a bonus, letting the player recruit Pokémon easier. These recruit rates will not show anywhere and instead are implied. The Hidden Recruit Rates are added onto the original recruit rate of the Pokémon. For example, a Pokémon with a recruit rate of 7% will have a 32% recruit rate if a Level 100 is being used.
 * Lv. 1 - 19 +0%
 * Lv. 20 - 29 +4.5%
 * Lv. 30 - 39 +7.5%
 * Lv. 40 - 49 +10.0%
 * Lv. 50 - 59 +12.5%
 * Lv. 60 - 69 +15.0%
 * Lv. 70 - 79 +17.5%
 * Lv. 80 - 89 +20.0%
 * Lv. 90 - 99 +22.5%
 * Lv. 100 +25.0%

The item Soothe Bell also adds a Hidden Recruit Rate of +1%. It must be held by the Pokémon that is being used for its effect to occur.

Event Pokemon
Certain Pokémon are unobtainable outside of events. One example of a Pokémon that is event exclusive is Eevee, however there are other Pokémon that can only be found in certain events. Some Pokémon that can be found in events can be under leveled (Such as Level 3 Quagsire or Level 18 Graveler). Pokémon that can only be found in events are;
 * Eevee
 * Delibird
 * Kangaskhan
 * Miltank
 * Litwick
 * Zorua
 * Cryogonal
 * Vanillite
 * Wynaut
 * Ledyba
 * Cottonee
 * Cleffa
 * Wailmer
 * Kecleon
 * Starter Pokemon (Except Natu)
 * Smeargle
 * Beldum
 * Tropius

Hatching Pokemon
There are Pokémon Eggs that are in select dungeons. These eggs hatch into certain Pokémon, usually the unevolved forms of other Pokémon found in the dungeon or specific floor. These Pokémon, when hatched, will know four random Egg Moves (unless the "Parent" Pokémon knows an egg move). Eggs need certain requirements to hatch;
 * Eggs must be hatched outside of a dungeon.
 * You must have an open spot in your team.
 * Eggs will hatch after a select amount of steps are taken.
 * Steps are different for each species.
 * Steps may also vary depending on the dungeon.

List of Recruitable Pokemon
Below is a list of Pokémon that can be recruited;

List of Eggs
Below is a list of Pokémon that can be Hatched from Eggs.

Trivia

 * Soothe Bell gave +6% Recruit Rate boost in PMU 6.
 * PMU 6 had an item called Friend Bow which gave a +10% Recruit Rate boost.
 * In PMU 6 and the beginning of PMU 7, Recruit Rates were out of 1000.
 * A Pokémon would have a +64 Recruit Rate (which meant a +6.4% Recruit Rate).
 * Some Pokémon that have a -100% Recruit Rate can be recruited.
 * If Honey is used in the final room in Sunny Hillside recruitable Level 32 Sunflora used to spawn and Recruitable Sunkern spawn (8.2%)
 * The Easter Event is an event that is centered around hatching Pokémon, and therefore has a couple aspects uinque only to it;
 * At one point it was possible to hatch a level 1 Mightyena.
 * At one point it was possible to hatch escort Pokémon, therefore getting Pokémon that were unobtainable with the Partner Egg System.
 * It is possible to hatch a level 1 Shedinja with the Partner Egg System.
 * As of now, the Pitch Black Abyss is the only dungeon that has Pokémon that can only be recruited from eggs. The main Pokémon in this dungeon are unrecruitable with the exception of their eggs, which are very rare.