Effort level

Effort levels (Japanese: がんばレベル Tenacious Level), referred to internally as Ganbaru values, are a mechanic introduced in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. Effort levels take the place of effort values from previous games.

Gaining effort levels

The Pokémon's original effort level for each stat is based on its IV for that stat.

IV value	Initial Effort Level
31	3
26 to 30	2
20 to 25	1
Less than 20	0

Effort levels can then be raised further by using Grit items. The item needed depends on the current effort level of the stat to be raised:

Item name	Min level	Max level
Grit Dust	0	2
Grit Gravel	3	5
Grit Pebble	6	8
Grit Rock	9	9

These items are found by releasing Pokémon, dropped by certain Pokémon after defeating them (such as Alpha Pokémon), or by exchanging lower tier versions of them at the Training Area in Jubilife Village.

Calculation

The Pokémon's stats are calculated using the following formulae. The final values are rounded to the nearest integer.

${\begin{aligned}HP&=\left\lfloor ({Level \over 100}+1)\times Base+Level\right\rfloor +ELB\\OtherStat&=\left\lfloor {\Bigl \lfloor }{\frac {({\frac {Level}{50}}+1)\times Base}{1.5}}{\Bigr \rfloor }\times Nature\right\rfloor +ELB\\\\ELB&={\frac {{\sqrt {Base}}\times Multiplier+Level}{2.5}}\end{aligned}}$

where:

• $Base$ is the Pokémon species' base stat for that stat
• $Level$ is the Pokémon's level
• $Nature$ is 0.9 if the Pokémon's has a hindering Nature, 1.1 if it has a helpful Nature, and 1 otherwise.
• $ELB$ is the effort level bonus, directly added to the Pokémon's stat.
  • $Multiplier$ is the effort level multiplier, which is determined from the effort level as follows:

Effort Level	Multiplier
0	0
1	2
2	3
3	4
4	7
5	8
6	9
7	14
8	15
9	16
10	25

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 奮鬥等級 Mandarin 奋斗等级 French Niveau d’effort German Leistungslevel Italian Livello di impegno Korean 노력 레벨을 Spanish Nivel de esfuerzo

Pokémon individuality
Level • Stats • Friendship • Gender • Ability (Hidden Ability) • Nature • Characteristic Effort values • Individual values • Go Power • Effort level Condition • Performance • Affection • Memory

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