Tips from Players

Tips from players is a community page editable by anyone. It serves as both an area for anyone to write down tips but also as a source of tips. Tips can come in all shapes and forms, from arena to mini-games.

The only criteria being that the tip must be helpful and related to PMU.

Dungeons

 * Avoid getting surrounded at all costs, especially if nearby Pokémon know moves that give negative statuses. If you do, you can get locked in hit stun and potentially be unable to do anything until the enemies defeat you or you're able to attack back.
 * If you relog, wind will start even if you don't move.
 * Using a Pokémon that starts up a weather can be used for Lickitung hunting in Island Garden.
 * Mt Skylift is one of the best dungeons to train a level 30. If you're careful you can also train a level 20 to 30 in one run.
 * If you take the top and then bottom side of the map in Pitch-Black Abyss you can continue to generate items while minimizing your risks.
 * You can party with other members in dungeons that disband parties through the guild mechanic.
 * Traveling on a type-oriented tile then switching to a Pokémon that cannot walk on that certain tile will cause the Pokémon to warp when it makes an action.
 * Before entering Tanren Chambers, create a party even if you're only going in by yourself. This will help you keep track of whether or not you picked up a key on X floor, since the chat will announce both when you picked up a key and when you enter a floor.
 * Always have an AoE move with a tile range of 4 or better for monster houses. You could also use a slumber orb.

Pokémon

 * Make your leader a Pokémon you won't use in battle. If the leader faints, you will be forced to escape the dungeon.
 * Bibarel can learn most HM moves (except Fly) making it a good candidate as an HM user.
 * Ghost-types can continue to travel through walls in dungeons if they use Rest or an HP recovering move to heal off lost HP from an empty belly.
 * Pokémon that can travel over special tiles can gain a status problem if they travel across the following:
 * Lava (Burn)
 * Hot water (Burn)
 * Poisoned water (Poison)
 * Frozen water (Frozen)
 * Numbing water (Paralysis)
 * If a team member holds a Damp Rock, a Pokémon with the Ability Swift Swim will always have it activated.
 * Giving a Focus Sash to a level 1 Shedinja (Must be de-leveled via Doom Seeds) will make it impervious to all direct attacks.
 * It is possible to use Role Play or Skill Swap on a Shedinja, thus gaining its Wonder Guard ability.
 * Head to Mt. Skylift and recruit a Swablu as a support Pokemon. Safeguard & Refresh are 2 incredibly useful moves, as they can be used to heal or prevent status conditions across your entire team. You can also go to a tutor to learn Heal Bell.

Items

 * Store money between each dungeon run. All money in your possession will be lost upon fainting in a dungeon.
 * Beginner's Band gives a +5% Exp boost plus +5 to all the team member stats.
 * Having one Pokémon hold Beginner's Band while another Pokémon in the party holds Beginner's Badge will stack the stat boost, making the active Pokémon have a +5% Exp boost plus +10 to the holder's stats.
 * For an efficient escape, have invincibility frames when using an Escape Orb. Switching Pokemon or using a reviving item after a team member faints provides invincibility frames, allowing you to safely escape.
 * Alternatively, have an Escape Rope at all times to not lose your items for when you lose all your Pokémon.
 * Get TM Rest as soon as possible for status ailments and restoring HP. Winden Pass is the earliest you can obtain it in dungeon. You can also buy one for 5,000 Poké at Grassroot Town's Kecleon Shop or 3,500 Poké at Snowbasin Town's Kecleon Shop.
 * Using a Pokémon with the Ability Pickup in Winden Pass is one of the quickest ways to obtain Heart Scales.
 * Burning Teddiursa with a Flame Orb burn activates Quick Feet, which will help you go through quicker. Paralysis from a Static Orb also works well.
 * Trapped Scarf is a team item that prevents Ghost-types from walking on walls and other special tiles.
 * You can Recycle Grimy Food at Lickilicky's cleanse shop, including some that weren't originally Apples.
 * To hatch Mystery Eggs, have an open slot in your party while running around.
 * Using a Pokémon with some sort of movement speed boost (e.g. the Ability Speed Boost or Crystals) can quicken the rate of Mystery Eggs hatching due to being able to make steps faster.
 * Occasionally check the Mystery Egg in the highest inventory slot to see if it's about to hatch. If it is, move it to the lowest slot so you can let your other eggs get closer to hatching. Useful if you're someplace where Mystery Eggs can't hatch, like in a dungeon.
 * In a pinch, you can eat the seeds and berries you find in the dungeons to slightly refill your belly.
 * Type-enhancing items, such as Charcoal, make dungeon running easier by giving 20% increased damage for a specific type's moves.
 * Shards in dungeons appear on Floor 21+, which can be used as tutor items or as currency at Meesa's shop in Archford. Look for Shards using the Frisk Ability or Treasure Specs.
 * Having 2 Mystery Parts in your bag at once will prevent you from summoning legendary/mythical Pokémon. To avoid this, immediately sell any spare mystery parts you get from Tanren Chambers to Kecelon.
 * Doom seeds are incredibly valuable late-game. Level 100 Pokémon do not gain experience from battle, therefore, they cannot be used in Exp. All training. Doom Seeds can be used to bypass this.

Miscellaneous

 * Defiant will activate on moves that cause the user to lower their own stats.
 * Quick Guard protects against all moves that have a range of 3 tiles or higher.
 * Wide Guard protects against all AoEs and multi-target sprays.
 * Do missions as soon as possible to increase your storage and bag space.
 * You can organize your inventory by clicking and dragging items.
 * If a message appears to ask for a confirmation when trying to give up, then the player will lose items.
 * Before editing or expanding your house, make sure to pick up all items on the ground. Once saved, any existing items will be deleted.
 * At the mission board, you could turn delivery and escort missions into normal rescue missions by closing the game then opening it back up without taking the mission off of the board.
 * Minimizing the game window while holding the shift key, then bringing it back up, will result in an auto-run gimmick.
 * Alternatively, one may edit the controls.xml file found in the Client folder by opening it with Notepad, and replace the shift key's ID number (304) with that of the Caps Lock or Num Lock keys.

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