Rank (Mystery Dungeon)

In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, teams have a rank that reflects the skill level of the team. Ranks are increased by completing various kinds of jobs.

Rescue Ranks

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX, Rescue Teams have an associated rank that is increased by earning Rescue Points.

Red and Blue Rescue Team

Reaching Lucario rank also earns the player a Lucario Figure for their Team Base.

Rank name Points needed
 Normal Rank Starting Rank
 Bronze Rank 50
 Silver Rank 500
 Gold Rank 1500
 Platinum Rank 3000
 Diamond Rank 7500
 Lucario Rank 15000

Rescue Team DX

Rescue Team DX includes Toolbox, team, and job capacity upgrades, as well as other rewards that come with each rank up. Reaching certain ranks also awards the player with Statues, which cause the respective depicted Pokémon to be able to spawn in certain dungeons.

Rank name Points needed Camp capacity Job limit Number of editable teams Toolbox size Rewarded items Other rewards
 Rookie Rank Starting Rank 5 8 2 32 None
 Normal Rank 400 8 16 3 32
  • ×10 Max Elixir
  • ×5 Accuracy Drink
  • ×5 Silver Dojo Ticket
 Bronze Rank 1100 11 24 4 40
  • ×10 Max Elixir
  • ×10 PP-Up Drink
  • ×5 Gold Dojo Ticket
Bonsly Statue
 Silver Rank 2200 14 32 5 48
  • ×15 Max Elixir
  • ×8 Power Drink
  • ×5 Revive All Orb
 Gold Rank 5200 20 40 6 48
  • ×5 Rainbow Gummi
  • ×10 Accuracy Drink
  • ×1 X-Ray Specs
Mime Jr. Statue
 Platinum Rank 11200 23 48 7 48
  • ×10 Rainbow Gummi
  • ×10 PP-Up Drink
  • ×12 Sitrus Berry
 Diamond Rank 19200 26 56 7 48
  • ×3 DX Gummi
  • ×13 Power Drink
  • ×10 Revive All Orb
Weavile Statue
 Ace Rank 27800 29 64 8 48
  • ×3 DX Gummi
  • ×12 Protein
  • ×10 Iron
 Ultra Rank 37800 32 64 8 48
  • ×5 DX Gummi
  • ×12 Calcium
  • ×10 Zinc
Lucario Statue
 Hyper Rank 49800 35 64 9 48
  • ×5 DX Gummi
  • ×12 Carbos
  • ×10 Life Seed
 Master Rank 59800 38 64 9 48
  • ×8 DX Gummi
  • ×10 Joy Seed
  • ×20 Rainbow Gummi
 Grand Master Rank 99800 38 64 10 56
  • ×10 DX Gummi
  • ×15 Joy Seed
  • ×20 Rainbow Gummi
  • ×30 Protein
  • ×30 Calcium
  • ×30 Life Seed
  • ×30 Power Drink
  • ×30 Accuracy Drink
  • ×30 PP-Up Drink
Unlocks the Grand Master portrait in the Main Menu

Rescue Points

In Red and Blue Rescue Team, the amount of Rescue Points gained from completing a mission depends on the difficulty rating, which depends on dungeon's hidden difficulty value; longer dungeons will increase this value as missions take on later floors. Additionally, an escort mission adds 2 to the value. E-rank missions have a white letter, D- and C-rank missions have a green letter, B- and A-rank missions have a blue letter, and S-rank missions have a red letter. The amount of Poké mentioned in job description is dependent on rank itself, starting with 100 Poké at E and increasing by 100 for each rank.

In Rescue Team DX, the amount of Rescue Points gained also depends on the difficulty rating and the floor on which the mission is completed. On higher floor numbers, the Rescue Points and money gained will increase above the base values given for each difficulty rating in the table below. Specifically, missions that are completed on floors 10F-19F yield +100 Rescue Points and +200 Poké above the base value, and missions that are completed on floors 20F-29F yield +130 Rescue Points and +320 Poké above the base value. Escort missions vary slightly in that missions completed on higher floor numbers may be given a lower difficulty rating than missions on lower floor numbers, but the conversion from difficulty rating to Rescue Points and Poké remains the same.

Rescue Points
Difficulty F E D C B A S ★★ ★★★
Points gained (MDRB) N/A 5 10 20 40 60 80 100 150 200 300 500 700 1000 1500 2000 N/A N/A
Points gained (MDRTDX) 50 60 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250

Exploration Ranks

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, Exploration Teams have an associated rank that is increased by earning Rank Points.

Master Rank is the highest rank in Explorers of Time and Darkness. However, in Explorers of Sky, the ranks from Super to Master (as well as Silver) are easier to obtain, and four ranks were introduced above it, but they cannot be unlocked until the player has rescued Scizor and obtained the Secret Rank. The highest obtainable rank in Sky is the Guildmaster Rank.

The first four rank-ups allow the player to take on new types of missions.

Exploration Ranks
Rank name Points needed Reward Storage allowance
Time and Darkness Sky
 Normal Rank Starting Rank Starting Rank None 64
 Bronze Rank 100 100 Sitrus Berry 96
 Silver Rank 400 300 Zinc 200
 Gold Rank 1600 1600 Ginseng 320
 Diamond Rank 3200 3200 Protein 480
 Super Rank 6000 5000 Calcium 560
 Ultra Rank 10000 7500 Iron 640
 Hyper Rank 15000 10500 Joy Seed 800
 Master Rank 77777 13500 Joy Seed 1000
 Master ★ Rank N/A 17000 Access to
Oblivion Forest
1000
 Master ★★ Rank N/A 21000 Access to
Treacherous Waters
1000
 Master ★★★ Rank N/A 25000 Access to
Southeastern Islands
1000
 Guildmaster Rank N/A 100000 Access to
Inferno Cave
1000
 Secret Rank Rescue Scizor from
Crevice Cave Pit (post-ending)
Rescue Scizor from
Crevice Cave Pit (post-ending)
Can do Special Missions N/A

Rank Points

Rank Points are obtained through completing missions. The amount of points gained from completing a mission depends on the difficulty rating, which in turn depends on several factors, including the type of mission and the dungeon in which the mission is to take place.

Rank Points
Difficulty E D C B A S ★1 ★2 ★3 ★4 ★5 ★6 ★7 ★8 ★9
Points gained (MDTD) 10 15 20 30 50 70 100 200 300 400 500 700 1000 1300 1500
Points gained (MDS) 10 15 20 30 60 90 150 250 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600

Adventure Squad

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Rank points are shared between save files.

Ranks
Rank name Points needed Reward
ノーマルランク Normal Rank 0 N/A
ブロンズランク Bronze Rank 100 Joy Seed; access to Gastrodon Judgment House and Treasure Boxes; access to third and fourth dungeons
シルバーランク Silver Rank 200 Wonder Gummi; access to Slaking Move Relearner; access to fifth dungeon
Gold Rank 1300 Joy Seed; Secret Slab and Mystery Part start appearing in missions; access to sixth dungeon
Platinum Rank 1600 Wonder Gummi; access to Unown dungeons
Diamond Rank 2400 Joy Seed

Rank Points

As before, Rank Points are acquired by doing missions in dungeons; the difficulty of the mission depends on the dungeon, type of mission and how far into the dungeon the mission is. Letter-ranked missions have different colors depending on the letter (e.g. E-rank is white).

Rank Points
Difficulty E D C B A S ★1 ★2 ★3 ★4 ★5 ★6 ★7
Points gained 10 20 40 80 160 320 640 960 1280 1600 2000 4000 6000

Paradise Ranks

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Rank Paradise Points Bag size limit Item rewards
Normal Rank 0 24 N/A
Bronze Rank 50 32   Reviver Seed ×2

  Oran Berry ×3   Grass Gift

Silver Rank 150 40   Joy Seed   Reviver Seed ×2

  Water Gift   Coalition Scarf   Gold Bar ×5

Gold Rank 350 48   Joy Seed   Life Seed

  Sitrus Berry   Fire Gift   Gold Bar ×5

Platinum Rank 700 48   Joy Seed   Iron

  Zinc   Electric Gift   Gold Bar ×10

Diamond Rank 1250 48   Joy Seed   Protein

  Calcium   Dragon Gift

Super Rank 5000 48   Red Key   Blue Key

  Green Key   Black Key

Hyper Rank 10000 48   Joy Seed   Accuracy Manual ×3

  Power Manual ×3   PP Manual ×3

Master Rank 20000 48   Gold Bar × 30
Royal Rank 40000 48   Protein ×3   Calcium ×3   Iron ×3

  Zinc ×3   Premier Gift

Perfect Rank 99999 48   Frenzy Plant   Blast Burn   Hydro Cannon

  Volt Tackle   Draco Meteor

Paradise Points

Paradise Points are obtained through completing missions. The amount of points gained from completing a mission depends on the difficulty rating, which in turn depends on several factors, including the type of mission and the dungeon in which the mission is to take place.

Paradise Points
Difficulty ★1 ★2 ★3 ★4 ★5 ★6 ★7 ★8 ★9 ★10
Points gained ? ? ? ? ? 400 500 750 1050 1200

Expedition Ranks

In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, expedition points are gained by completing expeditions rather than jobs, and are used to raise the expedition rank by checking the nexus when the required amount of points are reached.

Expedition Ranks
Rank name Points needed Reward Maximum registered teams Songs added Bag size Pokémon connected
Items Dungeons Gold bars
Rookie Rank 0
Normal Rank 200   Gold Looplet ×1,   Progress Device ×1,   Lucha Token ×2 5 6 Unlimited Dungeon 1, Unlimited Dungeon 2, Unlimited Dungeon 3, V-Wheeeeeel!!!, Battling Legends Drilbur, Bisharp, Fearow, Gabite
Bronze Rank 700   Focus Looplet ×1,   Lucha Token ×2,   Progress Device + ×1 Pledge Hill 10 Ragged Mountain, Illusory Ragged Mountain, Stony Cave 40 Binacle, Helioptile, Machamp, Goodra, Druddigon
Silver Rank 1,500   Joy Looplet ×1,   Iron ×2,   Lucha Token ×2 Triangle Temple, Heart Lake 15 Hazy Pass, Hazy Pass: Highlands, Illusory Hazy Pass, Stompstump Peak Combee (♀), Combee (♂), Beedrill, Vespiquen, Lickitung
Gold Rank 3,000   Persim Looplet ×1,   Zinc ×2,   Lucha Token ×2 Island of Isolation, Mysterious Geoglyph 20 7 Desolate Canyon, Inflora Forest, Crags of Lament, Within the Crags of Lament 48 Tympole, Seismitoad, Poliwag, Trubbish, Poliwrath
Platinum Rank 4,000   Pecha Looplet ×1,   Calcium ×2,   Lucha Token ×2 Seafloor Ruins, Blue Point 25 Telluric Path, Great Glacier, Glacial Underpass, Glacier Palace, Glacier Palace: Reaches Hippowdon (♀), Heracross, Baltoy
Diamond Rank 4,500   Wakeful Looplet ×1,   Protein ×2,   Lucha Token ×2 Altar of Ice, Zero Isle 30 Kilionea Road, Forest of Shadows, Daybreak Ridge, Daybreak Ridge: Highlands Scyther, Crustle
Ace Rank 5,000   Carbos ×2,   Lucha Token ×2,   Dazzling Gleam (multiuse) ×1 Dragon Gate, Distress Mountain 35 8 Ochre Quarry, Withered Savanna, Holehills, Illusory Holehills Exeggutor, Ditto
Ultra Rank 6,000   Life Seed ×2,   Lucha Token ×2,   Shadow Ball (multiuse) ×1 Island of Storms, Temple Remains 40 Scorching Desert, Tyrian Maze, Tyrian Maze: Inner Chamber Golett, Solosis, Litwick
Hyper Rank 7,000   Power Drink ×2,   Lucha Token ×2,   Focus Blast (multiuse) ×1 Sky Ruins, Sacred Ruins 45 9 Glacier Palace: Eastern Spire, Glacier Palace: Western Spire, Glacier Palace: Great Spire Wailord
Master Rank 8,000   Accuracy Drink ×2,   Lucha Token ×2,   Psychic (multiuse) ×1 Ocean Tempest, Magma Chamber 50 Clash with Kyurem!, The Bittercold: First Battle, The Bittercold: Second Battle Carracosta, Celebi, Xatu
Grand Master Rank 10,000   PP-Up Drink ×2,   Lucha Token ×2,   Solar Beam (multiuse) ×1 Apex Mountain, Buried Ruins 55 10 Battle with Rayquaza, Dialga's Fight to the Finish! Nuzleaf, Beheeyem

In other languages

Rescue Rank

Language Title
  French Grade
  German Retterteam-Rang
  Italian Rango Soccorso

Exploration Rank

Language Title
  French Grade
  German Erkundungsteam-Rang
  Italian Rango Esploratore

Paradise Rank

Language Title
  French Rang Pokéden
  German Paradies-Rang
  Italian Rango Paradiso

Expedition Rank

Language Title
  Italian Rango GIP


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