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

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Rank name	Points needed
Normal Rank	Starting Rank
Bronze Rank	50
Silver Rank	500
Gold Rank	1500
Platinum Rank	3000
Diamond Rank	7500
Lucario 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 0137 Porygon Normal 0226 Mantine Water Flying 0311 Plusle Electric 0315 Roselia Grass Poison 0349 Feebas Water

Blue 0129 Magikarp Water 0131 Lapras Water Ice 0190 Aipom Normal 0312 Minun Electric

In addition, Porygon2 isn't available in 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
File:MDP190.png	Aipom	4?N…	W3+?	??P?
		♂M?P	2?60	M…?W
File:MDP349.png	Feebas	1?69	♀JY?	?X6Q
		XJ?Q	F4?6	Q!?X
File:MDP131.png	Lapras	F?J?	690?	4Q6C
		C!??	8?66	8Q?♀
File:MDP129.png	Magikarp	X??S	??X?	468?
		♀+??	9756	SY??
File:MDP226.png	Mantine	4??N	22…?	?Q6J
		H3?♂	8470	JN?W
File:MDP312.png	Minun	F?RP	F?…?	4+7?
		…R?H	64?0	R???
File:MDP311.png	Plusle	F?1C	FK…?	?878
		3R?H	6??6	N7?W
File:MDP137.png	Porygon	F?43	4?T?	429H
		90?7	H56R	8K?♀
File:MDP233.png	Porygon2	F?5N	-QF?	?+6!
		?H??	F?6R	69?W
File:MDP315.png	Roselia	F?4N	+WT?	?+6N
		FR?J	F?66	85?W

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