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{{incomplete|section|What happens if the Rare Candy is used on a level 100 Pokémon that is currently holding an Everstone? Will this waste the Rare Candy with no effect?}} | |||
[[Exp. Candy]] is introduced, which gives fixed amounts of experience to Pokémon. Rare Candies are often less efficient than Exp. Candy because they only give enough experience to reach the next level, though Rare Candies can be the most efficient candy if a Pokémon requires more than 30,000 experience points at its current level to level up (this can only occur for Pokémon in the Medium Slow, Slow, or Fluctuating [[Experience#Relation to level|experience groups]]). | [[Exp. Candy]] is introduced, which gives fixed amounts of experience to Pokémon. Rare Candies are often less efficient than Exp. Candy because they only give enough experience to reach the next level, though Rare Candies can be the most efficient candy if a Pokémon requires more than 30,000 experience points at its current level to level up (this can only occur for Pokémon in the Medium Slow, Slow, or Fluctuating [[Experience#Relation to level|experience groups]]). | ||
If a Rare Candy is used on a level 100 Pokémon that [[Methods of evolution#Leveling up|evolves by leveling up]] and currently meets its evolution requirements, it will evolve (without gaining a level). This applies to all Pokémon that evolve by leveling up, not just Pokémon that [[List of Pokémon that evolve at or above a certain level|evolve at or above a certain level]]. The evolution can be canceled, but that will waste the Rare Candy. | If a Rare Candy is used on a level 100 Pokémon that [[Methods of evolution#Leveling up|evolves by leveling up]] and currently meets its evolution requirements, it will evolve (without gaining a level). This applies to all Pokémon that evolve by leveling up, not just Pokémon that [[List of Pokémon that evolve at or above a certain level|evolve at or above a certain level]]. The evolution can be [[evolution prevention|canceled]], but that will waste the Rare Candy. | ||
In [[Generation IX]], Rare Candies are only consumed if the Pokémon actually levels up. | In [[Generation IX]], Rare Candies are only consumed if the Pokémon actually levels up. | ||