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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