Pokémon Refresh

Pokémon Refresh artwork

Pokémon Refresh (Japanese: ポケリフレ Poké Refré) is a feature introduced in Pokémon Sun and Moon that allows the player to care for their Pokémon in various ways. It is similar in many ways to Pokémon-Amie, allowing the player to feed their Pokémon and pet it using the touch screen, but Pokémon Refresh also introduces the option for the player to clean their Pokémon up after a battle.

Features

Refresh

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The eponymous feature of Pokémon Refresh is the option for the player to care for their Pokémon after battle. There are five different ways to care for Pokémon: using medicine, a comb, a brush, a towel, or a dryer. Caring for a Pokémon increases its Affection.

During a battle with a Pokémon or Trainer, there is a random chance that the player's Pokémon will become dirty. If this happens, at the end of the battle, an icon will appear on the lower screen that will allow the player to open Pokémon Refresh to care for their Pokémon. If their Pokémon has a status condition, this option will always show up to allow the player to cure their Pokémon. If the after-battle option is missed or the player leaves without fully cleaning their Pokémon, it will not remain dirty if the player opens Refresh from the menu afterwards, and the tray containing the medicine and other tools will not be shown; however, if a Pokémon has a status condition, these tools will be shown so that the player can cure it. The chances that a Pokémon will become dirty may increase for longer battles.

Petting

The player may pet their Pokémon by using the touch screen to rub it. All Pokémon that can be petted have places where they especially like being petted and places where they dislike it. Petting a Pokémon increases its Affection—shown by hearts that appear over its head—as well as its Enjoyment, but if its Enjoyment reaches its maximum, no Affection will be gained. Petting a Pokémon in a spot it dislikes also will not increase Affection. Initially, when a Pokémon has 0 Affection, however, all pettable spots on its body are treated as neutral spots.

Some Pokémon also have special effects on parts of their body, such as a slimy body or a sharp edge. Some of these are mainly aesthetic effects, while others may temporarily prevent the player from petting the Pokémon in reaction.

The player can also use the touch screen to high five certain Pokémon, such as the starter Pokémon and Eevee and its evolutions. This is done by holding the stylus on a spot away from the Pokémon's body for approximately five seconds, as long as the Pokémon also has at least 5 points of Affection. Rapidly tapping the screen in succession may also hit the Pokémon, which causes an angry reaction but does not affect its stats.

Feeding

Pokémon can be fed Poké Beans (Japanese: ポケマメ Poké Bean) to increase their Affection, as well as their Fullness.

Stats

Pokémon Refresh uses the same three stats that Pokémon-Amie introduced: Affection, Fullness, and Enjoyment. The latter two stats limit how much the player can do to increase the Pokémon's Affection. High levels of Affection can grant Pokémon special benefits in battle.

These stats have point values ranging from 0 to 255, but Pokémon Refresh shows these values as abstracted levels. The table below summarizes the minimum number of points required for each level.

There are ways a couple of these stats' values can be inferred. At high Fullness, a Pokémon will eat a Poké Bean more slowly than normal. At every new level of Affection except for the first, and at the midpoint of level 4 (200 points), the Pokémon will also act out a special animation with many sparkles and hearts.

Affecting stats

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When petting the same Pokémon in Pokémon Refresh, the game will keep track of the number of times the player has pet the Pokémon and gradually increase the time required to successfully pet it. After three pettings, this also changes the effect of petting the Pokémon in a favored spot. This counter only resets by switching between petting a favored and a neutral spot, viewing the switch screen, or leaving Pokémon Refresh; it is also ignored entirely if petting the Pokémon in a disfavored spot.

The table below describes the actions that affect Pokémon Refresh stats.

Affection benefits

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The Affection benefits in Pokémon Refresh remain largely the same as in Pokémon-Amie, with minor changes such as to dialogue lines.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 寶可清爽樂 Poké Chīngsónglohk Mandarin 寶可清爽樂 / 宝可清爽乐 Poké Qīngshuǎnglè French Poké Détente German PokéPause Italian Poké Relax Korean 포켓리프레 Poké Refré Polish Odświeżanie Pokémonów Russian Поке-Передышка Poké-Peredyshka Spanish Poké Relax

Poké Bean

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 寶可豆 Poké Dauh Mandarin 寶可豆 / 宝可豆 Poké Dòu French Poké Fève German Pokébohne Italian Pokégiolo Korean 포켓콩 Poké Kong Polish Fasolka Russian Поке-Боб Poké-Bob Spanish Pokéhaba

External links

• Pokémon Refresh on the official site

This game-related article is part of Project Games, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon games.