Prize money

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Prize money is the money that a Trainer pays out at the end of a battle.

NPC Trainers

In the games, a Trainer pays out money based on a formula:

Where Base is the base payout of the Trainer class, and Level is the level of the last Pokémon in the Trainer's party. Note that the last Pokémon is not always the highest level Pokémon - for example, in Generation II, Red pays out $7700 even though there is a level 81 Pikachu in his party, because the last Pokémon he has is his level 77 Blastoise, and in Generation IV, he pays out $16,800 despite the level 88 Pikachu because, again, the last Pokémon in his party is his Level 84 Blastoise.

In Tag Battles, the total payout is simply the sum of the payouts of the two Trainers if they had separate parties. For example, in Generation IV, battling a Camper with a level 26 Spearow at the end of the party at the same time as a Champion with a level 78 Garchomp at the end of the party would earn the player $416 + $15,600 = $16,016. Taking on two Roughnecks with a Level 53 and Level 67 Koffing respectively would earn the player $1272 + $1608 = $2880.

Base payout table

Below is a table of the base payouts of each Trainer class, by generation.

Trainer Class	Gen I	Gen II	Gen III	Gen IV	Gen V	Gen VI
Beauty	$70	$88	$80	$56	$56	$80* $20*
Biker	$20	$32	$20	$16	$32	—
Bird Keeper	$25	$24	$24	$32	—	—
Black Belt	$25	$24	$24	$24	$32	$48* $20*
Boss	$99	—	$80	$180	—	—
Bug Catcher	$10	$16	$12	$16	—	—
Burglar	$90	$88	$88	$16	—	—
Channeler	$30	—	—	—	—	—
Cool/Ace Trainer♂	$35	$48	$48	$60	$60	$100
Cool/Ace Trainer♀	$35	$48	$48	$60	$60	$100
Cue Ball/Roughneck	$25	—	$32	$24	$24	—
Engineer	$50	—	$48	—	—	—
Fisherman	$35	$40	$40	$32	$32	$56
Gambler/Gamer/PI	$70	—	$72	$120	—	—
Gentleman	$70	$72	$72* $200*	$200	$200	—
Grunt	$30	$40	$20	$40	$40	$40
Hiker	$35	$32	$36	$32	$32	$56
Jr. Trainer♂/Camper	$20	$20	$20	$16	—	—
Jr. Trainer♀/Picnicker	$20	$20	$20	$16	—	—
Juggler	$35	$40	$40	$32	—	—
Lass	$15	$24	$16	$16	$16	$24
Poké Maniac	$50	$60	$48	$64	—	—
Psychic	$10	$32	$24	$32	$32	$56
Rocker	$25	—	$24	—	—	—
Super Nerd	$25	$32	$24	$24	—	—
Swimmer♂	$5	$8	$8	$8	$16	$16
Swimmer♀	—	$20	$8	$16	$16	$16
Sailor	$30	$40	$40	$32	—	—
Scientist	$50	$100	$48	$32	$48	$72
Tamer	$40	—	$40	—	—	—
Youngster	$15	$16	$16	$16	$16	$24
Executive/Commander	—	$72	—	$80	—	—
Firebreather	—	$48	—	$32	—	—
Guitarist	—	$32	$32	$24	$32	—
Kimono Girl	—	$72	—	$120	—	—
Medium	—	$40	—	—	—	—
Policeman	—	$40	—	$40	$40	—
Pokéfan	—	$80	$80	$64	$64	$80
Sage	—	$32	—	$48	—	—
Skier	—	$72	—	$32	—	—
Teacher	—	$72	—	$48	—	—
Twins	—	$20	$24	$32	$16	$32
Aroma Lady	—	—	$40	$32	—	—
Battle Girl	—	—	$24	$16	$32	$48
Bug Maniac	—	—	$60	—	—	—
Collector	—	—	$60	$64	—	—
Cool Couple	—	—	$48	—	—	—
Crush Girl	—	—	$24	—	—	—
Crush Kin	—	—	$48	—	—	—
Dragon Tamer	—	—	$48	$32	—	—
Expert	—	—	$40	—	—	—
Hex Maniac	—	—	$24	—	—	$32
Interviewers	—	—	$96	$144	—	—
Kindler	—	—	$32	—	—	—
Lady	—	—	$200	$160	$160	—
Ninja Boy	—	—	$12	$8	—	—
Old Couple	—	—	$80	—	—	—
Painter	—	—	$16	—	—	—
Parasol Lady	—	—	$40	$32	$32	—
Pokémon Breeder	—	—	$40	$48	$48	$64
Pokémon Ranger	—	—	$48* $36*	$60	$60	$80
Rich Boy	—	—	$200	$160	$160	—
Ruin Maniac	—	—	$60* $48*	$48	—	—
Sis and Bro	—	—	$24* $8*	—	—	—
Sr. and Jr.	—	—	$32	—	—	—
Triathlete	—	—	$40	—	—	—
Tuber	—	—	$4	$4	—	—
Young Couple	—	—	$64* $56*	$128	—	—
Artist	—	—	—	$48	$48	$56
Belle & Pa	—	—	—	$112	—	—
Cameraman	—	—	—	$32	—	—
Clown	—	—	—	$24	$32	—
Cowgirl	—	—	—	$16	—	—
Cyclist	—	—	—	$32	$32	—
Double Team	—	—	—	$240	—	—
Elder	—	—	—	$120	—	—
Idol	—	—	—	$72	—	—
Jogger	—	—	—	$32	—	—
Maid	—	—	—	$40	$40	—
Poké Kid	—	—	—	$8	—	—
Rancher	—	—	—	$40	—	—
Reporter	—	—	—	$40	—	—
Socialite	—	—	—	$200	$200	—
Veteran	—	—	—	$80	$80	$140
Waiter	—	—	—	—	$40	—
Waitress	—	—	—	$32	$40	$64* $20*
Worker	—	—	—	$40	$40	$64
Backers	—	—	—	—	$48	—
Backpacker	—	—	—	—	$24	$40
Baker	—	—	—	—	$40	—
Clerk	—	—	—	—	$40* $80*	—
Dancer	—	—	—	—	$32	—
Depot Agent	—	—	—	—	$40	—
Doctor	—	—	—	—	$60	—
GAME FREAK	—	—	—	—	$80	—
Hooligans	—	—	—	—	$64	—
Hoopster	—	—	—	—	$100	—
Infielder	—	—	—	—	$100	—
Janitor	—	—	—	—	$40 $200*	—
Linebacker	—	—	—	—	$100	—
Motorcyclist	—	—	—	—	$32	—
Musician	—	—	—	—	$32	—
Nurse	—	—	—	—	$40	—
Nursery Aide	—	—	—	—	$40	—
Pilot	—	—	—	—	$60	—
Preschooler	—	—	—	—	$4	$16
Smasher	—	—	—	—	$100	—
Striker	—	—	—	—	$100	—
Subway Boss	—	—	—	—	$100	—
Team Plasma	—	—	—	—	$180 $100* $200*	—
The Riches	—	—	—	—	$200	—
Ace Duo	—	—	—	—	—	$200
Artist Family	—	—	—	—	—	$112
Brains & Brawn	—	—	—	—	—	$104
Butler	—	—	—	—	—	$80
Chef	—	—	—	—	—	$64* $20*
Fairy Tale Girl	—	—	—	—	—	$32
Furisode Girl	—	—	—	—	—	$72
Garçon	—	—	—	—	—	$64* $20*
Gardener	—	—	—	—	—	$64
Honeymooners	—	—	—	—	—	$144
Lumiose Gang Member	—	—	—	—	—	$80
Mysterious Sisters	—	—	—	—	—	$64
Owner	—	—	—	—	—	$160* $20*
Poké Fan Family	—	—	—	—	—	$160
Pokémon Professor	—	—	—	—	—	$140
Punk Couple	—	—	—	—	—	$96
Punk Girl	—	—	—	—	—	$48* $20*
Punk Guy	—	—	—	—	—	$48* $20*
Rangers	—	—	—	—	—	$160
Rising Star	—	—	—	—	—	$60
Roller Skater	—	—	—	—	—	$32
Schoolboy	—	—	—	—	—	$34
Schoolgirl	—	—	—	—	—	$32
Sky Trainer	—	—	—	—	—	$100
Successor	—	—	—	—	—	$160
Suspicious Child	—	—	—	—	—	$32
Suspicious Lady	—	—	—	—	—	$16
Suspicious Woman	—	—	—	—	—	$140
Tourist	—	—	—	—	—	$80* $72*
Gym Leader	$99	$100	$100	$120	$120	$160
Elite Four	$99	$100	$100	$120	$120	$200
Champion	$99	$100	$200	$200	$200	$240
PKMN Trainer	—	$100	$60	$100	$100	$100
Rival/Passerby Boy	$35*	$60*	$16*	$100*	—	—
	$65*		$36*	$64*
	$99*	$100*	$100*

Trainer classes that did not appear in a given generation are denoted by —.

Player character

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Gen 5 & 6 payouts

In FireRed and LeafGreen and Generation IV on, the money lost when the player blacks out—whether or not in a Trainer battle or a wild battle—is calculated using the same formula for the NPC Trainers. In Pokémon Emerald and prior to FireRed and LeafGreen, the player simply loses half of the money they have. Unlike NPC Trainers, however, for the player, Level is the highest level of any Pokémon in their party instead of simply the level of the last one—this is probably to prevent players from simply inserting a low-level Pokémon at the end of the party to minimize money lost.

Base payout is looked up using the following table:

Badges	Payout
	FRLG	G4	G5
0	$8	$8	$??
1	$16	$16	$??
2	$24	$24	$??
3	$36	$36	$??
4	$48	$48	$??
5	$60	$60	$64
6	$80	$80	$80
7	$100	$100	$100
8	$100	$120	$120

For example, if the highest-leveled Pokémon in the player's party is Level 96 and the player has seven Badges, a loss to another Trainer will cost the player $9600.

If the Trainer is currently holding less money than the amount calculated, the player will simply lose all his or her money and black out.

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