Scour Areas

The 'Scour Areas is one of the places on Pokéfarm a farmer can visit. It allows a farmer to send his Pokémon on Scour Missions. It can be accessed from the "Nearby Places" tab on the Farm page.

Starting a Mission

The Scour Areas can first be accessed once the basic tutorial is complete.

On the main page, there are two selectable tabs. "Start a new Mission" take you to a place to organize the mission, while "Upgrades" takes you to the upgrade information (see below) below the tabs. Below the tabs, all current scour missions are viewable, and Pokémon can be retrieved.

When clicking on "Start a new Mission", a user is taken to their Fields. The first step for them is to select a Pokémon. Any Pokémon that isn't still an Egg, at the Daycare, or already on a mission can do a scour mission. No Pokémon has more potential at missions than the other, but they all have varied preferences for areas.

The next step is to choose an location and duration. There are six locations; Ocean, Volcano, Desert, Forest, Tundra, and city. All have the same items to find, but different Pokémon will have different preferences for each area. There are four durations; one, two, four, or eight hours. This determines how long a Pokemon will be gone in server-time. Generally, longer missions mean better items.

After everything is sorted out, pressing "Send" will start the Mission.

During and After a Mission

On the Scour Areas' main page, all missions are viewable.

While a mission is in progress, the page will display the Pokémon on the mission, the location of the mission, and the amount of time left in the mission. In addition, there may also be an arrow next to the Pokémon. If it is green and "up", the Pokémon likes the location. If it is red and "down", the Pokémon dislikes the location. Whether the area is liked or not can affect performance.

After a mission is done, a button must be clicked to retrieve the Pokémon. A status screen pops up, stating the items gotten (varying from regular items, to currency, to Boxes), and the status of the Pokémon. Three options can be selected:

• End Mission: Brings the Pokémon back to the Party/fields.
• Send on a Different Mission: Allows you to change location/duration before setting off again.
• Send on the Same Mission: Repeats the finished mission.

Too many mission consecutively can cause a Pokémon to become tired. This can cause decreased Happiness, and may cause them to run away. It is best to let them rest.

Upgrades

Numerous upgrades for Scour Missions can be obtained.

Scour Boosts and Scour Boost Primes are permanent items that increase the chance of finding rarer items on missions, though what "rarer" means is somewhat vague at this point. Five total can be used; two Scour Boosts and three Scour Boost Primes. Scour Boosts are buyable for 200 Gold Poké apiece, wile Scour Boost Primes can be gotten through "special means". Said means are unknown as of this writing.

Scour Slots and Scour Slots primes are permanent items that add another scour mission to be performed alongside the starting one. This allows more missions to go on at once. Again, five total can be used (six slots); two Scour Slots and three Scour Slot Primes. Scour Slots are buyable for 200 Gold Poké apiece, while Scour Slot Primes can be gotten through "special means", which are also unknown as of this writing.

The Blue Gigaremo is a permanent item that allows a user to recall all Pokémon from their missions immediately. However, this also lowers the base Happiness of the Pokémon. It is buyable for 500 Gold Poké, but only once.