Complete Guide to Contests

aaaaa i needed this so much-

Does anybody know where the new accessories are best used? Thanks :)

I've never been able to figure out where the Halloween or Christmas (or any other event themed) accessories go. I only know from what I can see on the Bulbapedia page. And I've never found any info that someone else figured out either about the bonus accessories.

I have assumed they do not affect anything other than possibly the popularity vote. ¯|_(ツ)_/¯ But also I do understand that assumptions can be wrong-headed.

Updates

• On Post #3: Completely redid the tables, including updating all images to be images from PFQ so the images will no longer break. All items have also been regrouped in order that you will find them in your Dress-Up page.
• On Post #3: Additionally, cross-checked items between Bulbapedia and Serebeii to ensure that all the items are accurate within each contest theme. I've adjusted several mistakes from the previous iteration, but please let me know if anything is incorrect.
• On Post #3: Made special note of PFQ-exclusive items that do not have determinate data for what contest theme they belong to. I will be conducting tests in the coming weeks to try and determine what contests they best belong to.
• On Post #1: Added a new form to fill out with your contest results from August 2022 and onward. I want to double-check that the prizes are still accurate. The form can be found here.
• On Post #1: Added notes about how you can further help this guide. (Please see below)

I take random hiatuses which results in being absent for a while, so my apologies for that! I'm going to be continuing my tests and experiments to get more accurate data for this guide. If you'd like to assist at all, you can: 1) Donate berries to me for my pokeblock experiments. 2) Donate pokeblocks to me for stat/sheen experiments. 3) PM me if you're interested in helping me directly with contest experiments. These will involve me telling you how to dress up your pokemon for a contest and you send me the results directly. Volunteers for this will just help speed up the process that I can do by myself with one entry per contest. Thank you for reading! Because I've returned from hiatus, I'm going to be paying closer attention to this guide and can answer questions if anyone has them :) Thank you to those who have answered in my absence!

Yay! Thanks for updating! Nice to see you back in action! Good luck on figuring out the PFQ exclusives!

This is very helpful!

Re: "The highest reported rank was 1st place, receiving 225 " There is one higher result possible, if you have or are tied for the highest score in each category [Scoring bar will be Full], instead of a critique, you get the following: "A flawless performance! Bravo!" You can see a screenshot of it posted in the Contests thread here... https://pokefarm.com/forum/post/6686451 Unfortunately, I do not remember how much GP I received, sorry.

How come this says out of 0? That's never happened before unless it's a glitch?

That is quite odd! :0 Considering you still got a percentage and prize, it is probably just a glitch in displaying the number of entrants.