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The '''Box trick''' is a method in the Generation {{gen|I}} and {{gen|II}} [[Pokémon games]] that allows a [[Pokémon]] to gain [[Effort values|effort points]] without necessarily leveling up in the process. This method is most useful when training a Pokémon that is already at level 100.
The '''box trick''' is a method in the [[core series]] [[Pokémon games]] that allows a Pokémon to change its stats due to [[effort values]] without [[level|leveling up]]. It works in [[Generation]]s {{gen|I}} and {{gen|II}}.


Usually, a Pokémon gains stat points when they level up, based on the amount of effort points that the Pokémon has acquired through battle, and based on its own [[Stats#Base Stats|base stats]]. But by depositing a Pokémon into the PC and withdrawing it, the game will, in the process of depositing/withdrawing, recalculate the stats of the deposited Pokémon based on the amount of effort points etc. it possesses.  The reason it does this is because while in the box the actual stat values are not stored, so they must be calculated when taken out or viewed.
Usually, a Pokémon's stats are calculated upon leveling up; however, Pokémon stored in the [[PC]] have only the numbers used in the calculations stored (namely the [[Effort values|EVs]], [[Individual values|IVs]] and [[base stats]]), so depositing and withdrawing a Pokémon from the PC will cause its stats to be recalculated. This method can be used to EV train level 100 Pokémon by using [[vitamin]]s.


A Level 100 Pokémon in Generation {{Gen|III}} and {{Gen|IV}} is unable to gain effort points, so this trick cannot be used to increase a Level 100 Pokémon's stats in those games.
From [[Generation III]] onward, the trick is obsolete. In these games, effort values are immediately applied to stats as soon as a Pokémon's effort values are modified.


==See also==
==See also==
[[Pokémon data structure in the GBA]]
* [[Stats]]
* [[Pokémon data structure in Generation I]]
* [[Pokémon data structure in Generation II]]
 
{{Project Games notice|game mechanic}}


[[Category:Game mechanics]]
[[Category:Game mechanics]]

Revision as of 17:29, 6 May 2017

The box trick is a method in the core series Pokémon games that allows a Pokémon to change its stats due to effort values without leveling up. It works in Generations I and II.

Usually, a Pokémon's stats are calculated upon leveling up; however, Pokémon stored in the PC have only the numbers used in the calculations stored (namely the EVs, IVs and base stats), so depositing and withdrawing a Pokémon from the PC will cause its stats to be recalculated. This method can be used to EV train level 100 Pokémon by using vitamins.

From Generation III onward, the trick is obsolete. In these games, effort values are immediately applied to stats as soon as a Pokémon's effort values are modified.

See also

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