Recruitment

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Asking Horsea to join the team

Recruitment is the method of obtaining new Pokémon in the first Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and its sequel. After defeating an enemy in a dungeon, it will occasionally offer to join the player's team. In the first games, offers will only be made if there is space in the current party. But in the sequels, this requirement was removed. Instead, excess members simply warp out of the dungeon. In explorers of sky, players can choose which member to send home. The games contain items that increase the chance of Pokémon asking to be recruited. These are important as the base recruit rate of certain Pokémon, most notably Kecleon, is below zero.

Recruitment rate modifiers

Recruitment rate by level

Level	Bonus
1-29	+0%
30-39	+5%
40-49	+7.5%
50-59	+10%
60-69	+12.5%
70-79	+15%
80-89	+17.5%
90-100	+25%

Fast Friend

The IQ Skill "Fast Friend" raises the recruitment rate by 1%. It's important to notice this 1% is crucial for recruiting Kecleon, which has a recruitment rate of -49.5% (-33.9% in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 1), making it impossible to be recruited with only a high level Pokémon and a Golden Mask/Amber Tear.

Fast Friend is learned only by Pokémon in IQ Groups B and H.

Recruitment-affecting items

Friend Bow

• Price: N/A
• Sell for: N/A
• Where to find: Mt. Faraway (key required), shops in Joyous Tower/Zero Isle North
• Use: Raises the recruitment rate of the user's Pokémon by 10%.

In the Red and Blue versions, the only such item to increase recruitment is the Friend Bow. When held by the leading Pokémon, it raises the recruitment rate by 10%. The bow is located behind a door needing a key to open on floor 30 of Mt. Faraway. Further Friend Bows can be purchased from Kecleon shops in Joyous Tower. In the Time and Darkness versions, the Friend Bow is supplemented with a number of other items, but can still be bought from Kecleon Shops in Zero Isle North.

Amber Tear

• Price: N/A
• Sell for: N/A
• Where to find: Zero Isle West
• Use: "Maximally raises" the user's recruitment rate, i.e., raises it by 24%.

The Amber Tear can only be found in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2. The Amber Tear can be located on floor B40F of Zero Isle West, or given as a reward for a mission in search of the Amber Tear. It has the ability to maximally raise the user's recruitment rate.

Golden Mask

• Price: N/A
• Sell for: N/A
• Where to find: Zero Isle North
• Use: "Maximally raises" the user's recruitment rate, i.e., raises it by 24%.

The Golden Mask can also only be found in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2. The Golden Mask maximally raises the user's recruitment rate. It can be found is found on floor B75 of Zero Isle North, or given as a reward for a mission in search of the Golden Mask.

The Seven Treasures

Each of the Seven Treasures raise the recruitment rate by 10% for Pokémon of one particular type among Ground, Fire, Flying, Grass, Ice, Water and Rock.