How exactly does the dex works?

[Ismamstander]

Well all I wanted to know was about the Evolutions in the pokedex..How exaxtly does it work?

 

I have tried an experiment :

 

When a pokemon's secondary or third form is already caught and then you evolve the baby form then you get no Evolution Data 

 

When the pokemon is only seen (but not caught) and then you evolve its baby form then the evolution data counts..

 

is it the way how the dex works? Or all the evolutions get calculated? 

please explain me.

 

also if thats the case then I think I can never get 300 evolutions..Currently I have 221 evo's but when I checked my dex, 2/3rd of my dex's evolved form is already caught so I cannot evolve and get more data

 

please explain

[M3ru3m]

Hello @Ismamstander,

 

Lets go with an example here for an empty Pokedex:

 

 

Lets say say your catch a Bulbasaur: You will get the Pokeball symbol for Bulbasaur indicating you got it's caught data ("Owned" count will go up by 1) and you will also get it's seen data ("Seen" count will go up by 1)

Then you evolve it into Ivysaur: You will get the Pokeball symbol for Ivysaur indicating your got it's caught data ("Owned" count +1) and the Star symbol indicating you got it's evo data ("Evolved" count +1). And ofc you will also get it's seen data ("Seen" count +1).

Then you evolve it into Venusaur: You will get the Pokeball symbol for Venusaur indicating your got it's caught data ("Owned" count +1) and the Star symbol indicating you got it's evo data ("Evolved" count +1). And ofc you will also get it's seen data ("Seen" count +1).

 

Now let's say you catch an Ivysaur: You will get the Pokeball symbol for Ivysaur indicating your got it's caught data ("Owned" count +1) you will also get it's seen data ("Seen" count +1). You will NOT get the Star symbol and no evo data. And you will get NO data at all for Bulbasaur.

 

 

Now lets say you already have all caught data and you catch a Bulbasaur: Nothing will happen since you already had caught and seen data for it.

Then you evolve it into Ivysaur: You will only get the Star symbol for Ivysaur indicating your got it's evo data ("Evolved" count +1) since you already had caught and seen data for it.

Then you evolve it into Venusaur: You will only get the Star symbol for Venusaur indicating your got it's evo data ("Evolved" count +1) since you already had caught and seen data for it.

 

You can NOT get evolved data for any first stage (baby) Pokemons. Also you will get "Seen" data just battling a Pokemon and you can get "Owned" data by trade for example. Lends work aswell. And even if you release the Pokemon you will still keep it's caught ("Owned") data.

 

Also: You can get each data only ONCE. So if you catch / evolve the same Poke several times it will not do anything for caught and evolved counter.

 

I hope that helped to clear things up otherwise just let me know if you have anymore questions on the topic

 

 

Greetings,

M3ru3m

[Ismamstander]

Damn, that was a really clean way to explain it!

I think I can finally understand how does it work.. If thats the case then I think its super easy to get 300 evolution though it will take alot of patience and hard work. 

 

Thanks alot for the valuable information !! I've understood the whole process of it now !

[M3ru3m]

You are very welcome.

 

Yeah. It's not that hard to get 300. I don't know how far in game you are. But I recommend using Chimecho Method in Cerulean cave for fast lvl up. If it's happiness evo it's best to get the Poke at a low level and let it hold soothe bell since 1 lvl up will give you +5 in happiness (+10 with soothe bell).

 

Best of luck,

M3ru3m