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[3.0] - Scouring

Your Pokémon can partake in Scour Missions in order to bring back items and Credits. You will start out where you can only Scour with one Pokémon at a time. Each Scour Mission takes one real-world hour to complete. There are six areas in which to Scour, and some of these areas contain items that the other areas do not. To start with, though, don't worry about that. Just send a Pokémon on a Scour Mission and see what it brings back! As a note, each Pokémon likes and dislikes different places. If at first you don't know which area your Pokémon likes to Scour in, try to send it to a different place next time. Scouring in the area that your Pokémon likes can yield better rewards than one that it is neutral to or dislikes. Your Pokémon only has so much Energy, though! As your Pokémon's Energy decreases over time, you may notice that the rewards brought back aren't as good. Make sure to give your Pokémon a break now and then and let other Pokémon go exploring for treasures instead! To explain this in some detail, there are three Energy states. Green Energy () shows that a Pokémon is still rested enough to continue Scouring with a better chance for the rarer items. Yellow Energy () means that your Pokémon is a little tired, and Red Energy () means that your Pokémon is exhausted and in need of a rest. You can continue to Scour even with depleted Energy, but it's not a very good idea. At some point, you will want to send more than one Pokémon out to Scour at a time. Using the Scour Slots tab, you can buy the Scour Slot item for Gold Poké. Keep in mind that you may only have a maximum of three Pokémon Scouring at once, and you start with one to begin with. As a result, buying two Scour Slot items to reach the cap of three Pokémon is ideal. Any more than that will not work! While you're Scouring, you may get tired of what your Pokémon are bringing back. You want the rare items, right? Go to the Scour Boosts tab of the page and buy a Scour Boost in order to fix that. Like the Scour Slots, up to two Scour Boosts will work. Good luck in bringing back some real treasure! As a tip, if your Pokémon wind up bringing back a Box, you've run into something pretty cool. If you go to the Boxes page, you can choose to open these Boxes and find out what's inside! You may only get a Berry, or you could wind up getting Gold Poké or plenty of very special items. Some of these items you can get are even related to Legendary Pokémon...

[3.1] - Wishforge

By now, you may have noticed that when you hatch an Egg, you receive a Gem matching the Pokémon's type (or one of its two types). These Gems are rather useful! If you visit the Wishforge, you can have a Jirachi named Ravyne turn your Gems into Badges. There are Badges for each and every type, and having a Badge of that type grants additional experience to Eggs and Pokémon of that type when receiving interactions. Badges can be upgraded repeatedly for stronger and stronger effects. There are Relics that can be obtained from Boxes that will allow you to perform subsequent Badge upgrades, and they will be needed in addition to the Gems that the upgrade requires. Don't worry about that for now, though! The very first Badge does not require any Relics - just Gems, so jump right in and create a Badge and help your Pokémon grow. In order to create or upgrade a Badge, you simply find the badge of that type on the list and check the progress bar(s) for that type. It will tell you if you have enough Gems. If you have enough (and the needed Relic items once that is applicable), the "Upgrade" button will be clickable. Simply click it, and then the Badge will start the crafting process. Near the top of the page, in the "Ongoing construction" area, there will be a new progress bar that shows you how close you are to completing the Badge or Badge upgrade. As part of the process, you will need to provide energy for Ravyne to imbue the Badge with in order to give it its special experience-boosting powers. You do this by clicking, hatching, evolving, Mega evolving, etc. Pokémon of that same type. Once you have completed these tasks and earned the required number of points, the "Collect!" button will be clickable. Click that, and you've got a shiny new Badge. These Badges are extremely worthwhile because the experience bonuses stack and become rather potent, so please give Wishforging a try! You may soon find that you hatch Eggs and level Pokémon of that type far more quickly than before.