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Recruit Rates (Mystery Dungeon)

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    Guide to Recruiting legends and boosting recruit rate chances.

    Some Requirements before hand:​

    1. Friend Area. HAVE THE FLAMING FRIEND AREA to recruit unless it is an automatic friend area.

    2. Size: Ooh. I hate the size of teams. Yeah, the maximum size in your team is 6. Exmaple: Trying to recruit Rayquaza. You may have up to 2 star size in your team to have a chance to recruit. If you happen to exceed, NO CHANCE. Got it?

    3. Story Mode Completion: Certain pokemon require you to defeat Rayquaza at Sky Tower and the ending credits. REMEMBER THAT.

    4. Leader: It does the stuff. Yeah.

    Increasing Your Chances:​

    The higher the leader's level pokemon, the higher your chance is to recruit. Ooh, SO useful for stuff like Groudon.

    Level Increase Chances:

    Level 1- 29 = 0.0%
    Level 30- 39 = 5.0%
    Level 40- 49 = 7.5%
    Level 50- 59 = 10.0%
    Level 60- 69 = 12.5%
    Level 70- 79 = 15.0%
    Level 80- 89 = 17.5%
    Level 90-100 = 24.0%

    Friend Bow: A rare item which increases the chance of recruiting a pokemon by 10%. Found at Mt. Faraway 30F, Key is required.

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    Legendary Pokemon, Level and their recruit rate, etc.​

    Articuno

    Level: 53

    Size: 4

    Friend Area: Legendary Island (Automatic)

    Location: Frosty Grotto 5F (through Frosty Forest 9F)

    Recruit %: 30%

    Other Requirements: Must complete story mode.



    Zapdos

    Level: 45

    Size: 4

    Friend Area: Legendary Island (Automatic)

    Location: Mt. Thunder Peak 3F (through Mt. Thunder 10F)

    Recruit %: 30%

    Other Requirements: Must complete story mode.



    Moltres

    Level: 52

    Size: 4

    Friend Area: Legendary Island (Automatic)

    Location: Mt. Blaze Peak 3F (through Mt. Blaze 12F)

    Recruit %: 30%

    Other Requirements: Must complete story mode.



    Mewtwo

    Level: 40

    Size: 1

    Friend Area: Cryptic Cave

    Location: Western Cave 99F

    Recruit %: 99.9%

    Other Requirements: Not recruitable until the second time you face it.



    Mew

    Level: 40

    Size: 1

    Friend Area: Final Island

    Location: Buried Relic 36F - 98F

    Recruit %: 0.9%

    Other Requirements: Must have the item Music Box with you. Mew will show up in Buried Relic in 36F - 98F. There's only a very small chance that it will appear when you enter a new floor (Tip: When entering a new floor, look for the in-game announcement that Mew has transformed into another Pokemon. That will indicate that Mew is on floor you're currently on. Mew is still recruitable despite the transformed appearance).



    Raikou

    Level: 45

    Size: 1

    Friend Area: Sacred Field

    Location: Lightning Field 30F

    Recruit %: 0.1%

    Other Requirements: Not recruitable until the second time you face it.



    Entei

    Level: 45

    Size: 1

    Friend Area: Sacred Field

    Location: Fiery Field 30F

    Recruit %: 0.1%

    Other Requirements: Not recruitable until the second time you face it.



    Suicune

    Level: 45

    Size: 1

    Friend Area: Sacred Field

    Location: Northwind Field 30F

    Recruit %: 0.1%

    Other Requirements: Not recruitable until the second time you face it.



    Lugia

    Level: 30

    Size: 4

    Friend Area: Deep-Sea Current

    Location: Silver Trench 99F

    Recruit %: 99.9%

    Other Requirements: (None).



    Ho-oh

    Level: 50

    Size: 4

    Friend Area: Rainbow Peak

    Location: Mt. Faraway 40F

    Recruit %: 99.9%

    Other Requirements: Not recruitable until the second time you face it.



    Celebi

    Level: 45

    Size: 1

    Friend Area: Healing Forest (Automatic)

    Location: Purity Forest 99F

    Recruit %: 100%

    Other Requirements: Automatically asks you if it can join your rescue team.



    Regirock

    Level: 18

    Size: 1

    Friend Area: Ancient Relic

    Location: Buried Relic 15F

    Recruit %: 0.1%

    Other Requirements: Must have the item Rock Part or Music Box with you.



    Regice

    Level: 23

    Size: 1

    Friend Area: Ancient Relic

    Location: Buried Relic 25F

    Recruit %: 0.1%

    Other Requirements: Must have the item Ice Part or Music Box with you.



    Registeel

    Level: 25

    Size: 1

    Friend Area: Ancient Relic

    Location: Buried Relic 35F

    Recruit %: 0.1%

    Other Requirements: Must have the item Steel Part or Music Box with you.



    Latias

    Level: 29

    Size: 1

    Friend Area: Southern Island

    Location: Pitfall Valley 25F

    Recruit %: 100%

    Other Requirements: Will join your team automatically after you save Latias.



    Latios

    Level: 30

    Size: 2

    Friend Area: Northern Range

    Location: Northern Range 25F

    Recruit %: 100%

    Other Requirements: Will join your team automatically after you save Latias.



    Kyogre

    Level: 25

    Size: 4

    Friend Area: Seafloor Cave (Automatic)

    Location: Stormy Sea F40

    Recruit %: 50%

    Other Requirements: (None).



    Groudon

    Level: 37

    Size: 4

    Friend Area: Volcanic Pit (Automatic)

    Location: Magma Cavern Pit 3F (through Magma Cavern 23F)

    Recruit %: -10%

    Other Requirements: Must complete story mode. Note the negative recruit percentage, you will need high level Pokemon and/or Friend Bow in order to have a chance to recruit it.



    Rayquaza

    Level: 45

    Size: 4

    Friend Area: Stratos Lookout (Automatic)

    Location: Sky Tower Summit 9F (through Sky Tower 25F)

    Recruit %: -10%

    Other Requirements: Must complete story mode. Note the negative recruit percentage, you will need high level Pokemon and/or Friend Bow in order to have a chance to recruit it.



    Jirachi

    Level: 40

    Size: 1

    Friend Area: Mt. Moonview

    Location: 99F

    Recruit %: 99%

    Other Requirements: (None).



    Deoxys

    Level: 35

    Size: 1

    Friend Area: Enclosed Island (Automatic)

    Location: Meteor Cave 20F

    Recruit %: -10%

    Other Requirements: Note the negative recruit percentage, you will need high level Pokemon and/or Friend Bow in order to have a chance to recruit it.

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    Some info from PE2K. Thank you. Here is a link: https://www.pe2k.com
     
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  • 43
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    Ah, this is nice to know, thanks!
    This is going to help me out a lot.
     
  • 551
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    Actually you can get this info on Serebii.net

    Okay ... maybe thats why you called yourself Dumbass_Luigi.

    Anyway, some people don't know about serebii.net, this is just a reference on the recruit rates, blah blah blah. :D
     

    Ho-Oh

    used Sacred Fire!
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    If I hadn't already known how to get the legendaries, the data would have been really useful~If only this had been posted when I first got MD~x3
     
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