Updates 2024

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2024

April

Date Update
April 21st[1]

ADVANCE WARNING

  • Type Race Changes:
    • Targets for the maximum prizes will be raised to better fit the range of results that are being attained.
    • A buff will be added. Details to be revealed later but it's a straight buff during the event.
  • Tournament Changes:
    • Next Season, "random old Eggs" will be removed from Top 100 prize offerings, and instead it will just alternate the two new Eggs back and forth.
    • Next Season, the Top 100 will be expanded to either Top 200 or Top 250 - I haven't fully decided yet.

March

Date Update
March 25th[2]
  • Changed the wording for egg hatching in the PokeDex from "Steps" to "EXP to hatch".
March 23rd[3]
  • Ocean Fishing Zone is now unlocked at 150 hooks instead of 750.
  • Good Rod is now unlocked at 50 captures instead of 100.
March 22nd[4]
  • Garthic's Bonus Counter has a minimum bonus value of +3.
  • Two Shelter Passes have been buffed.
    • : 60 => 80
    • : 120 => 160
  • Added an Auto-calculate shelter budget by category to the Show action costs.[5]
[M] March 21st[6]
  • The plain number of adoptions in the Shelter has been replaced with an Adoption Budget.
    • Different types of adoptions cost a different amount of points, based on its state and whether or not it is registered in the user's PokéDex.
  • Shelter Pass values have been rebalanced.
    • : 6 => 10
    • : 14 => 20
    • : 24 => 40
    • : 36 => 60
    • : 85 => 120
    • : 127 => 240
  • The Shelter Budget Boost will be activated, providing a +50% boost to the above Adoption Budget numbers.
    • : 10 => 15
    • : 20 => 30
    • : 40 => 60
    • : 60 => 90
    • : 120 => 180
    • : 240 => 360
  • The Shelter Budget Voucher has been added, which can be redeemed in order to boost the limit for the current day by +10%.
    • This effect may be stacked up to 5 times in a single day for an effective maximum of +50%.
    • This modifier stacks multiplicatively with other modifiers, such as the Shelter Budget Boost and Shazi's Bonus.
  • Shazi's Bonus Counter has been slightly dialled back.
    • The maximum value has been changed from 3x to 2.5x.
  • Information has been updated.
  • The previous owner of a Pokémon or Egg will be shown as part of the information when confirming an adoption.
March 16th[7]
March 10th[8]
[M] March 1st[9][10]
  • Fabulous Friday goal changed.
    • Community goal from 7.5 million interactions to 12.5 million interactions.
    • Stretch goal from 15 million to 25 million.
  • Seven Type Race bonus team goals were added.
    • These goals are for after a team has reached their main 100K goal.
  • Type Race Team Goal of 100K no longer gives an intact Z-Crystal. Instead, it gives up to 14 Z-Fragments.
    • Niet states, "They can be merged freely on the Albino Hunting page so it's functionally the same, just easier to program."[11]
  • Bonus Counters goals have been updated.
    • Niet: 75M => 80M
    • Garthic: 400M => 450M
    • Suríya: 325k => 400k
    • Ravyne: 500k => 600k
    • Novan-chan: 250M => 300M
    • Shazi: 300k => 400k
    • Eltafez: 1M => 1.2M
    • Sei: 3777 => 4777
Note: These will be gradually changing every month or so until the appropriate balance is reached.
  • Pokémon Showcase has been added to PFQ Party.
    • Place up to 6 more Pokémon that can be fed.


February

Date Update
February 24th[12]
  • The Lab's egg descriptions were changed to a tooltip when users either hovered or tapped on the egg.
February 21st[13]
  • Lab Updates:
    • Users receive 10 free lab reloads per day.
    • Lab reloaders now cost Interaction Points instead of .
    • Lab Speed Boost has been added.
    • Additional Lab Egg slots, up to a total of 8, will be granted the user continues to use the Lab.
      • They are unlocked at 100, 250, 500 and 1000 Lab adoptions.
    • Information has been updated.
  • Rank Updates:
    • New ranks have been added.
    • The order has been updated.
    • Rewards have been overhauled.
      • Focusing on permanent buffs to the game rather than an assortment of random things.
    • Progression thresholds have been reworked.
      • They are now based on the percentage completion of both your EggDex and your PokéDex.
      • Shiny classes will also use this percentage-based threshold system, using the same numbers as the ranks for their targets.
  • Miscellaneous Updates:
    • The DayCare adoption limit for Hypermode users has been lowered.
      • When combined with the Daycare Adoption Increase rank reward, the resulting limit (30) is higher than the current limit (24).
    • Mega Evolution is no longer a prerequisite for Referrals to claim rewards. They just need the 50 Evolutions.
    • Mega Stone Vouchers:
      • Vouchers 1-4 have been unified into a single Mega Stone Voucher that works for any official Mega Evolution.
      • Voucher 5 has been changed to Mega Stone Voucher Q.
      • Voucher 1-4 can be traded in for the new unified Voucher, while Voucher 5 can be traded in for Voucher Q as a simple exchange.
      • Tournament Prize Shop has been updated accordingly.
    • Data Volume Vouchers are now available in the Tournament Prize Shop.
      • The temporary use of Legendary Seals to find them more easily in Boxes has been removed.
    • New Amulets:
      • The Long Chain Bonus has been removed from general use and is instead a feature of the Cobalt Amulet.
      • Gold and Silver Amulets:
        • Yields a +25% and +33.3% increase to shiny and albino chances respectively.
        • This combines multiplicatively into a +66.6% Melan chance.
        • Users with these two Amulets now have a higher base Melan chance than they would get with a maxed-out Long Chain Bonus!
      • Cobalt Amulet maxes out at +75% after 5k eggs, making a multiplicative total of +191.6% boost.
        • Users need to hatch half as many eggs to max out as before, and they max out at a significantly higher value!
February 8th[14]
  • Tournament Tokens marked as Legacy items can now be sold from the user's Inventory for 10,000.

January

Date Update
January 27th[15]
  • In the PokéDex users can click (or tap) and drag over the type filter buttons until they land on the type they want to filter by, and doing so will reveal the name of the currently selected type as you go.
January 23rd[16]
  • The Red Heart that represents which Pokémon Type dislikes the Field has been changed to a broken heart.
January 20th[17]
January 13th[18]
  • Fishing Hut Adjustments
    • A checkbox option to enable a sound effect when a user hooks something has been added.
    • The odds of catching Shiny Pokémon has been boosted 4x.
      • From 1/4096 to 1/1024.
    • Shiny fish will no longer run away unless the user either depletes its strength or its wrath reaches maximum (and even then only on a 50% chance).
      • Both of these can be avoided by throwing additional Bait at the fish, restoring its strength and reducing its wrath.
January 5th[19]
  • New Trainer Outfit options.
    • 10 new hair colours, 5 new hairstyles, and 4 new outfits were added to the selection.
January 1st[20]

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