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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 all generations until Generation V.
The '''box trick''' is a method in the [[core series]] [[Pokémon games]] that causes a Pokémon's stats to be recalculated based on its current [[effort values]]. This trick is applicable in [[Generation]]s {{gen|I}} through {{gen|IV}}; from [[Generation V]] onward, the trick is obsolete, due to changes to a Pokémon's EVs automatically being applied to its stats.


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.
A Pokémon's stats are derived values, based on the Pokémon's [[level]], {{EV}}s (effort values), {{IV}}s (individual values), [[base stats]], and (from Generation III onward) [[nature]]. If a Pokémon [[level]]s up or [[evolution|evolves]], its level or base stats change, and all of its stats are recalculated; however, prior to Generation V, a Pokémon's stats are not always recalculated when its EVs are changed. From Generation I to IV, even if a Pokémon gains EVs in battle, its stats remain unchanged unless it leveled up or evolved; in Generation II, gaining EVs by consuming [[vitamin]]s does not cause a Pokémon's stats to be recalculated either.


In Generation {{gen|I}} and {{gen|II}}, this method can be used to EV train level 100 Pokémon.
If a Pokémon is placed in the [[PC]], its stats will be recalculated, without the need to level up or evolve. Doing this intentionally is known as the box trick. This occurs because the derived stats are not stored for Pokémon in the PC, only the values from which they are derived.


In Generation {{gen|III}} and {{gen|IV}}, level 100 Pokémon cannot gain effort values through battle, because in these games effort values are only awarded in battle if the Pokémon gains [[experience]]. However, this trick is still useful for level 100 Pokémon if their effort values are modified by [[vitamin]]s or {{cat|Friendship-raising Berries|stat-reducing Berries}}.
From Generation III onward, a Pokémon's stats are also recalculated if its EVs are changed by a vitamin or {{cat|Friendship-raising Berries|EV-reducing Berry}}.
 
From [[Generation V]] onward, the trick is obsolete. In these games, effort values are immediately applied to stats as soon as they are modified.


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Stats]]
* [[Stats]]
* [[Pokémon data structure in Generation I]]
* [[Pokémon data structure (Generation I)]]
* [[Pokémon data structure in Generation II]]
* [[Pokémon data structure (Generation II)]]


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Latest revision as of 07:05, 14 October 2022

The box trick is a method in the core series Pokémon games that causes a Pokémon's stats to be recalculated based on its current effort values. This trick is applicable in Generations I through IV; from Generation V onward, the trick is obsolete, due to changes to a Pokémon's EVs automatically being applied to its stats.

A Pokémon's stats are derived values, based on the Pokémon's level, EVs (effort values), IVs (individual values), base stats, and (from Generation III onward) nature. If a Pokémon levels up or evolves, its level or base stats change, and all of its stats are recalculated; however, prior to Generation V, a Pokémon's stats are not always recalculated when its EVs are changed. From Generation I to IV, even if a Pokémon gains EVs in battle, its stats remain unchanged unless it leveled up or evolved; in Generation II, gaining EVs by consuming vitamins does not cause a Pokémon's stats to be recalculated either.

If a Pokémon is placed in the PC, its stats will be recalculated, without the need to level up or evolve. Doing this intentionally is known as the box trick. This occurs because the derived stats are not stored for Pokémon in the PC, only the values from which they are derived.

From Generation III onward, a Pokémon's stats are also recalculated if its EVs are changed by a vitamin or EV-reducing Berry.

See also

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