How to Lower Pokémon Happiness
To lower a Pokémon’s happiness, you can allow it to faint in battle, use bitter items on it, keep it stored in the PC, or trade it, as these actions will decrease its happiness level. Using herbal medicine and experiencing fainting are the primary methods to reduce happiness, while potions actually increase happiness, with each potion used increasing happiness by a certain number of points, especially when the Soothe Bell is involved.
Understanding Pokémon Happiness
Pokémon happiness, also known as friendship, is a hidden value that determines how well you’ve tamed each of your Pokémon, affecting the power of certain moves like Frustration and Return.
Factors Affecting Happiness
Several factors can influence a Pokémon’s happiness, including battles, items, training, and storage.
FAQs
Q1: How do you reset a Pokémon’s happiness?
A Pokémon’s happiness quota will be reset to a certain base value depending on the Pokémon when you catch, hatch, or trade it.
Q2: Does using potions lower happiness?
Each potion used increases happiness by a certain number of points, especially when the Soothe Bell is involved.
Q3: How do you change your level of happiness?
Some strategies for increasing happiness in your life include focusing on problem-solving, building quality relationships, practicing gratitude, and engaging in random acts of kindness.
Q4: What affects Pokémon happiness?
Giving your Pokémon the Soothe Bell to hold, catching a Pokémon in a Luxury Ball, giving them Vitamins, and feeding them Curry in Pokémon Camp can increase their friendship level.
Q5: What item raises happiness in Pokémon?
The Soothe Bell is a special item that will raise the friendship level of the Pokémon who holds it.
Q6: What is the max happiness in Pokémon?
A hidden value from 0 to 255 called Happiness is given to all Pokémon in the game, determining how well you’ve tamed each of your Pokémon.
Q7: Do your Pokémon like you less if they faint?
Fainting will cause a Pokémon to lose friendship and may grow to resent its Trainer if it faints often and spends a lot of time unconscious.
Q8: How many happiness points does it take to evolve a Pokémon?
Pokémon that require happiness to evolve will do so from when they level up whilst having a happiness of 220 or above.
Q9: Does moving a Pokémon to home reset happiness?
If you transfer your Pokémon to another game via Home and then move it back, its happiness will return to its previous friendship level.
Q10: How do you know if your Pokémon has high friendship?
A Pokémon with a very high friendship level will get a special response from the Friendship Checker, indicating that you’re the best friends ever.
Q11: How much friendship does it take to evolve Eevee?
Eevee generally evolves into Espeon or Umbreon if it levels up when its happiness value is 220 or more.
Q12: Does putting Pokémon in daycare affect happiness?
Day Care doesn’t affect happiness in any way, as levels only raise happiness when the Pokémon is in the party.
Q13: Does Pokémon happiness matter?
Friendship, also known as happiness, is an important invisible stat in Pokémon, determining how friendly your Pokémon are with you.
Q14: How do you check a Pokémon’s happiness?
You can check a Pokémon’s happiness by speaking to the Friendship Checker in Hammerlock, who will tell you a series of phrases depending on how friendly your Pokémon is.
Q15: What is the easiest way to raise Pokémon happiness?
The easiest ways to raise Pokémon happiness include catching the Pokémon in a Luxury Ball or Friend Ball, using Vitamins on the Pokémon, using the Pokémon in battle, allowing the Pokémon to hold the Soothe Bell, keeping them in your party as you travel, and feeding them Curry in Pokémon Camp.