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A [[Pokémon Trainer]]'s '''ID number''' (Japanese: '''IDNo.''') is a [[Pseudorandom number generation|randomly generated]] number that is assigned to a player when they create a new save file. Any Pokémon that this Trainer obtains have the number shown in their [[summary]]; it is used, in conjunction with the [[Original Trainer|Trainer's name]] and [[gender]], to identify whether the Pokémon is an [[outsider Pokémon]]. The ID numbers of a player's Pokémon are also used in the [[Pokémon Lottery Corner|Loto-ID]] to determine whether they will win a prize, and if so which prize they will win. Finally, starting in [[Generation III]], whether a Pokémon is {{Shiny}} is determined by a formula that takes into consideration their ID number and [[personality value]]. | A [[Pokémon Trainer]]'s '''ID number''' (Japanese: '''IDNo.''') is a [[Pseudorandom number generation|randomly generated]] number that is assigned to a player when they create a new save file. Any Pokémon that this Trainer obtains have the number shown in their [[summary]]; it is used, in conjunction with the [[Original Trainer|Trainer's name]] and [[gender]], to identify whether the Pokémon is an [[outsider Pokémon]]. The ID numbers of a player's Pokémon are also used in the [[Pokémon Lottery Corner|Loto-ID]] to determine whether they will win a prize, and if so which prize they will win. Finally, starting in [[Generation III]], whether a Pokémon is {{Shiny}} is determined by a formula that takes into consideration their ID number and [[personality value]]. | ||
The smallest possible Trainer ID number is 0. Prior to [[Generation VII]], the largest was {{wp|65535 (number)|65535}}; starting in Generation VII, it is instead 999999. Prior to [[Generation IX]], ID numbers were zero-padded, so if the Trainer ID was less than 5 (Generations {{gen|I}} to {{gen|VI}}) or 6 (Generations {{gen|VII}} and {{gen|VIII}}) digits long, zeroes would be added to the beginning to make it that length. | The smallest possible Trainer ID number is 0. Prior to [[Generation VII]], the largest was {{wp|65535 (number)|65535}}; starting in Generation VII, it is instead 999999. Prior to [[Generation IX]], ID numbers were zero-padded, so if the Trainer ID was less than 5 (Generations {{gen|I}} to {{gen|VI}}) or 6 (Generations {{gen|VII}} and {{gen|VIII}}) digits long, leading zeroes would be added to the beginning to make it that length. | ||
* As an example, an ID that appears as "000123" in prior generations would appear as simply "123" in Generation IX. | |||
{{pkmn|Egg}}s | {{pkmn|Egg}}s display ????? (prior to Generation VII) or ?????? (from Generation VII onwards) as their ID number until they are hatched, at which point the ID becomes the hatcher's ID number. [[Shadow Pokémon]] also display ????? as their ID number until they are [[Purification|purified]], at which point the number is revealed to be ID of the Trainer who [[Snagging|snagged]] the Pokémon. | ||
==Secret ID== | ==Secret ID== | ||