Experience: Difference between revisions

In the [[core series]] games, experience is normally gained by all Pokémon who have been sent out against an opponent's Pokémon, divided evenly among them. Experience is gained upon the opponent Pokémon [[fainting]], and its amount is calculated as a function of the fainted Pokémon's level, as well as species. [[Experience-affecting item|Certain items]] can affect the distribution and amount of experience gained, as can other conditions, such as whether or not the Pokémon was [[outsider Pokémon|caught by another person]] or in [[language of origin|another language]] of the game.

*If the Pokémon is an {{pkmn2|outsider}} (was traded); furthermore, in [[Generation IV]] onward, it gains even more EXP if it is additionally from a [[language of origin|different language]] game

**1.5 if the Pokémon is an [[outsider Pokémon]] (i.e. its current owner is not its Original Trainer)

**''Generation IV+ only'': 1.7 if the Pokémon is an outsider Pokémon and has a different [[language of origin]] (in Generation V+, this is instead approximated very closely as 6963/4096)

In an English game, an originally owned {{p|Skitty}} holding a [[Lucky Egg]] and a French outsider {{p|Meowth}} have just defeated a Level 78 Trainer-owned {{p|Garchomp}}, with an originally owned {{p|Salamence}} in the winner's [[party]] holding an [[Exp. Share]].

Since the Exp. Share in is effect, half the experience points are given to the battling Pokémon, which is halved again due to being split between Skitty and Meowth, so each starts with 607. The Lucky Egg and Trainer battle bonus boost apply 1.5× multipliers, earning the Skitty 1365 experience points. Meowth gets a 1.5× Trainer battle bonus, and then a 1.7× inter-language outsider bonus, earning it 1547 experience points.

In an English game, a level 55 Japanese {{p|Venusaur}} has just defeated a wild, level 62 {{p|Zekrom}}.

The base experience yield of Zekrom is 306, meaning that a level 62 Zekrom will normally yield 3794 experience points, when defeated by another Pokémon at level 62. However, this Venusaur is at level 55, meaning that it will yield 4338 experience points. The constant of 1 is added, giving 4339, and the inter-language outsider bonus multiplies this by (roughly) 1.7, meaning that this Zekrom will yield a total of 7376 experience points.

* The highest possible number of experience points that can legally be gained at one time from knocking Pokémon out in any game is 286,980. This can be done by simultaneously defeating three level 100 {{p|Blissey}} in a Trainer battle that's set up as a Triple Battle in a Secret Base in Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire, with Exp. Point O-Power Lv. 3 active, and having a different language, outsider, unevolved Pokémon that is at or beyond the level it normally evolves, with at least two Affection hearts and holding a [[Lucky Egg]], participate in the battle without fainting. For the Pokémon with the lowest evolution level (Caterpie, Weedle, and Wurmple), this would cause them to level up from 7 to 65.

** Theoretically, the highest amount of experience points that could be gained all at once is 573,932. This would be achieved by, in Sword and Shield, simultaneously knocking out two level 100 Blissey with a level 1 different language, outsider Pokémon holding a [[Lucky Egg]] and with 220 or more [[friendship]], all with the [[Exp. Charm]] in the bag. For a Pokémon in the Erratic experience group, this would bring it from level 1 to 97.

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