Experience

A Pokémon's experience, or EXP. Points (Experience Points) is an indication of how much it has battled. Pokémon gain EXP. Points by participating in winning battles without fainting. When a Pokémon accumulates sufficient EXP. Points, it levels up. At certain levels, Pokémon can learn certain moves or evolve, depending on its species.

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The cumulative total amount of experience required to reach a specific level is determined by set formulae. Each species of Pokémon follows a set evolution formula. In the Generation III games, there are 6 formulae, and thus 6 different evolution-rate "types".

To contrast these types, refer to the graph where:

Type 1 is yellow.
Type 2 is black.
Type 3 is blue.
Type 4 is purple.
Type 5 is green.
Type 6 is brown.

Where e is the cumulative total amount of experience required to reach level n (the experience required is always rounded down, even if the decimal part is more than .5), the formulas are:

• First Type: ("medium" or "medium fast" or "cubic"); max value = 1000000 ; e = n³
• Second Type: ("erratic"); max value = 600000; uses the following piecewise function:

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• Third Type: ("fluctuating"); max value = 1640000; uses the following piecewise function:

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• Fourth Type: e = (called "medium slow" or "parabolic"); max value = 1059860; (6n³/5) - 15n² + 100n - 140;
• Fifth Type: ("fast"); max value = 800000; e = (4n³/5)
• Sixth Type: (called "slow"); max value = 1250000; e = (5n³/4)

(Max value is the amount of experience required to reach level 100.)

Due most likely to the issue of speed when using these formulas, the GBA games will simply use a lookup table for each value of any type instead of computing them. Because of this, these formulas are not actually part of the game mechanics.

The amount of experience a Pokémon will yield when defeated is simpler. This uses only one formula:

• e = a(b * L / 7)

Where b represents the base experience yield of the species, and L is the level of the fainted Pokémon. a is equal to 1 in normal circumstances, and is increased by 0.5 for each of either situations: the Pokémon's OT value is not equal to the current trainer's, or the battle is currently a trainer battle. If the Pokémon is from a country other than the native one of the player, it will gain an additional multiplier of 0.2x, resulting in 1.7x experience for foreign Pokémon.

Experience tables

Cubic

Level Experience 2 8 3 27 4 64 5 125 6 216 7 343 8 512 9 729 10 1000 11 1331 12 1728 13 2197 14 2744 15 3375 16 4096 17 4913 18 5832 19 6859 20 8000 21 9261 22 10648 23 12167 24 13824 25 15625 26 17576 27 19683 28 21952 29 24389 30 27000 31 29791 32 32768 33 35937 34 39304 35 42875 36 46656 37 50653 38 54872 39 59319 40 64000 41 68921 42 74088 43 79507 44 85184 45 91125 46 97336 47 103823 48 110592 49 117649 50 125000 51 132651 52 140608 53 148877 54 157464 55 166375 56 175616 57 185193 58 195112 59 205379 60 216000 61 226981 62 238328 63 250047 64 262144 65 274625 66 287496 67 300763 68 314432 69 328509 70 343000 71 357911 72 373248 73 389017 74 405224 75 421875 76 438976 77 456533 78 474552 79 493039 80 512000 81 531441 82 551368 83 571787 84 592704 85 614125 86 636056 87 658503 88 681472 89 704969 90 729000 91 753571 92 778688 93 804357 94 830584 95 857375 96 884736 97 912673 98 941192 99 970299 100 1000000

Fluctuating Level Experience 2 4 3 13 4 32 5 65 6 112 7 178 8 276 9 393 10 540 11 745 12 967 13 1230 14 1591 15 1957 16 2457 17 3046 18 3732 19 4526 20 5440 21 6482 22 7666 23 9003 24 10506 25 12187 26 14060 27 16140 28 18439 29 20974 30 23760 31 26811 32 30146 33 33780 34 37731 35 42017 36 46656 37 50653 38 55969 39 60505 40 66560 41 71677 42 78533 43 84277 44 91998 45 98415 46 107069 47 114205 48 123863 49 131766 50 142500 51 151222 52 163105 53 172697 54 185807 55 196322 56 210739 57 222231 58 238036 59 250562 60 267840 61 281456 62 300293 63 315059 64 335544 65 351520 66 373744 67 390991 68 415050 69 433631 70 459620 71 479600 72 507617 73 529063 74 559209 75 582187 76 614566 77 639146 78 673863 79 700115 80 737280 81 765275 82 804997 83 834809 84 877201 85 908905 86 954084 87 987754 88 1035837 89 1071552 90 1122660 91 1160499 92 1214753 93 1254796 94 1312322 95 1354652 96 1415577 97 1460276 98 1524731 99 1571884 100 1640000 Parabolic Level Experience 2 9 3 57 4 96 5 135 6 179 7 236 8 314 9 419 10 560 11 742 12 973 13 1261 14 1612 15 2035 16 2535 17 3120 18 3798 19 4575 20 5460 21 6458 22 7577 23 8825 24 10208 25 11735 26 13411 27 15244 28 17242 29 19411 30 21760 31 24294 32 27021 33 29949 34 33084 35 36435 36 40007 37 43808 38 47846 39 52127 40 56660 41 61450 42 66505 43 71833 44 77440 45 83335 46 89523 47 96012 48 102810 49 109923 50 117360 51 125126 52 133229 53 141677 54 150476 55 159635 56 169159 57 179056 58 189334 59 199999 60 211060 61 222522 62 234393 63 246681 64 259392 65 272535 66 286115 67 300140 68 314618 69 329555 70 344960 71 360838 72 377197 73 394045 74 411388 75 429235 76 447591 77 466464 78 485862 79 505791 80 526260 81 547274 82 568841 83 590969 84 613664 85 636935 86 660787 87 685228 88 710266 89 735907 90 762160 91 789030 92 816525 93 844653 94 873420 95 902835 96 932903 97 963632 98 995030 99 1027103 100 1059860 Fast Level Experience 2 6 3 21 4 51 5 100 6 172 7 274 8 409 9 583 10 800 11 1064 12 1382 13 1757 14 2195 15 2700 16 3276 17 3930 18 4665 19 5487 20 6400 21 7408 22 8518 23 9733 24 11059 25 12500 26 14060 27 15746 28 17561 29 19511 30 21600 31 23832 32 26214 33 28749 34 31443 35 34300 36 37324 37 40522 38 43897 39 47455 40 51200 41 55136 42 59270 43 63605 44 68147 45 72900 46 77868 47 83058 48 88473 49 94119 50 100000 51 106120 52 112486 53 119101 54 125971 55 133100 56 140492 57 148154 58 156089 59 164303 60 172800 61 181584 62 190662 63 200037 64 209715 65 219700 66 229996 67 240610 68 251545 69 262807 70 274400 71 286328 72 298598 73 311213 74 324179 75 337500 76 351180 77 365226 78 379641 79 394431 80 409600 81 425152 82 441094 83 457429 84 474163 85 491300 86 508844 87 526802 88 545177 89 563975 90 583200 91 602856 92 622950 93 643485 94 664467 95 685900 96 707788 97 730138 98 752953 99 776239 100 800000 Slow Level Experience 2 10 3 33 4 80 5 156 6 270 7 428 8 640 9 911 10 1250 11 1663 12 2160 13 2746 14 3430 15 4218 16 5120 17 6141 18 7290 19 8573 20 10000 21 11576 22 13310 23 15208 24 17280 25 19531 26 21970 27 24603 28 27440 29 30486 30 33750 31 37238 32 40960 33 44921 34 49130 35 53593 36 58320 37 63316 38 68590 39 74148 40 80000 41 86151 42 92610 43 99383 44 106480 45 113906 46 121670 47 129778 48 138240 49 147061 50 156250 51 165813 52 175760 53 186096 54 196830 55 207968 56 219520 57 231491 58 243890 59 256723 60 270000 61 283726 62 297910 63 312558 64 327680 65 343281 66 359370 67 375953 68 393040 69 410636 70 428750 71 447388 72 466560 73 486271 74 506530 75 527343 76 548720 77 570666 78 593190 79 616298 80 640000 81 664301 82 689210 83 714733 84 740880 85 767656 86 795070 87 823128 88 851840 89 881211 90 911250 91 941963 92 973360 93 1005446 94 1038230 95 1071718 96 1105920 97 1140841 98 1176490 99 1212873 100 1250000