Appendix:Mystery Dungeon walkthrough/Intro

Intro

To start off, this game is not like any of the previous Pokémon titles. Instead it has a turn-based strategy element to it. This means that each floor of a Dungeon has an invisible grid to it (which you can make visible by the push of a button). This grid is divided up by squares. Your Pokémon will fit inside one of these squares and can move from square to square. Other Pokémon on this grid can move around as well. Think of it as a chessboard and Pokémon are your pieces.

Missions

This game does not have Trainers like in previous games, instead it has missions submitted by other Pokémon for your Rescue Team to embark upon. Missions can be found in your mailbox outside your base, on the Bulletin Board outside of the Pelipper Post Office, or by entering a Wonder Mail Code at the title screen. When your Pokémon accept a mission from one of these locations it will then appear in their Job list. The Rescue Team may not embark on these missions until you bring up your Job List menu and choose to "Accept" missions. Multiple missions can be accomplished all at once, under the circumstances that two rescue missions are not on the same floor and two recruit missions are not in the same dungeon.

Rescue Teams

Rescue Teams are made up of 1-4 Pokémon and a maximum body size of 6. The larger a Pokémon is, the more Body Size it takes up. Your starter and partner should ideally stay at a body size of 1. When you are on a rescue mission you may only recruit Pokémon who fit into your party.

Rescue Team Ranks

Completing missions will earn points, and earning enough points will upgrade your team's rank:

Rank name Points needed
Normal Rank RTRB.pngNormal Rank Starting Rank
Bronze Rank RTRB.pngBronze Rank 50
Silver Rank RTRB.pngSilver Rank 500
Gold Rank RTRB.pngGold Rank 1500
Platinum Rank RTRB.pngPlatinum Rank 3000
Diamond Rank RTRB.pngDiamond Rank 7500
Lucario Rank RTRB.pngLucario Rank 15000

Recruiting

To recruit a Pokémon you need to take a few things into account. First is their Friend Area, if you do not have that your chance of recruiting is already 0% unless the Friend Area comes with the Pokémon. Then it is the Recruit Rate of that Pokémon plus any bonus recruit percentage (your level bonus or the Friend Bow).

Version-exclusive Pokémon

Similar to the core series games, each version has its own Version-exclusive Pokémon. They are:

Red
0349 Feebas Feebas
Water
0226 Mantine Mantine
Water Flying
0315 Roselia Roselia
Grass Poison
0137 Porygon Porygon
Normal
0311 Plusle Plusle
Electric
Blue
0129 Magikarp Magikarp
Water
0131 Lapras Lapras
Water Ice
0190 Aipom Aipom
Normal
0312 Minun Minun
Electric

In addition, Porygon2 isn't available in the wild in Red Rescue Team without Wonder Mail, but it's still available via evolution of Porygon.

Wondermail codes

Codes, such as these, may unlock the Pokémon on the opposite version.

Pokémon Wonder Mail Code
MDP E 190.png Aipom 4?N… W3+? ??P?
♂M?P 2?60 M…?W
MDP E 349.png Feebas 1?69 ♀JY? ?X6Q
XJ?Q F4?6 Q!?X
MDP E 131.png Lapras F?J? 690? 4Q6C
C!?? 8?66 8Q?♀
MDP E 129.png Magikarp X??S ??X? 468?
♀+?? 9756 SY??
MDP E 226.png Mantine 4??N 22…? ?Q6J
H3?♂ 8470 JN?W
MDP E 312.png Minun F?RP F?…? 4+7?
…R?H 64?0 R???
MDP E 311.png Plusle F?1C FK…? ?878
3R?H 6??6 N7?W
MDP E 137.png Porygon F?43 4?T? 429H
90?7 H56R 8K?♀
MDP E 233.png Porygon2 F?5N -QF? ?+6!
?H?? F?6R 69?W
MDP E 315.png Roselia F?4N +WT? ?+6N
FR?J F?66 85?W
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