Updates

All updates regarding PFQ's features are covered here. Minor (read: not-so-important) updates for normal users are not prefixed while major ones have [M] in front of them. The list is ordered from newest to oldest.

Very minor updates have been stacked in this announcement thread.

2015

November

Date	Update
Nov. 14th	Restricted the Heritage page to only show the first 100 siblings and children.

September

Date	Update
Sep. 20th	Reverted the previous update (Sep. 19th) as it broke the Chain Unlock System and reworded the Summon Unlock dialogue box to state the distinction between unlocking and obtaining a Summon Item better.
Sep. 19th	Changed the way unlocking Summon Items works. The unlocked Summon Items are now deposited into one's inventory upon being unlocked. See Sep. 20th Update.

August

Date	Update
Aug. 4th	[M] Added PokéTransfer, which moves Pokémon from PF1 to PFQ.

July

Date	Update
Jul. 30th	Obtaining über-rare items (Primal Orbs, Korokunite, etc.) is now possible without having unlocked Arceus.
Jul. 17th	Updated Summon Items for Diancie, Hoopa and Volcanion.
Jul. 4th	Added artwork for 403, 404 and 418 error pages.
Jul. 2nd	Added total Boxes counter to the Boxes page. Adjusted discounts for x10 and x60 DayCare Pass packs.

June

Date	Update
Jun. 25th	IQ value was added to the Summary Page (Advanded tab). Site Chat link was added to the header (between Personal Messages and notifications).
Jun. 15th	"Nice!" notifications were removed.

May

Date	Update
May 29th	Added Shelter Pass ★.
May 28th	[M] The on-site chat was added.
May 25th	Worlds 2014 Pikachu, Cosplay Pikachu and its costumes can be purchased at the Contest Hall.
May 13th	Updated artwork for Dojo and Hypermode pages.
May 12th	It is now possible to attach Credits, Gold Poké, or Zophan Canisters to the trade request.
	Added Mega Stone Vouchers 5 and 5+. They are available in the Black Market only.
May 11th	Increased Egg EXP bonus from having a hatched Pokémon of the same species in the Party.

April

Date	Update
Apr. 29th	Added multi-upload support for the File Uploader.
Apr. 25th	A new advanced BBCode has been added for more flexibility on the appearance of your posts.
Apr. 11th	Boxes can now be traded in for a Box Box, with a small fee of ₢5,000 at the Merchant.
Apr. 7th	The PokéRadar+ is available to be purchased in the shop for ₢250,000.

March

Date	Update
Mar. 10th	Rayvne now exchanges Gems for Medium and Large gems to reduce trading needs.
Mar. 2nd	Delphox now have a 1 in 10 chance of being left handed, only Fennekin eggs laid after 5PM have a chance of becoming a lefty-Delphox when evolved.

February

Date	Update
Feb. 23rd	Relics can now be traded with Doug.
Feb. 22nd	Option for Temporary Mega Evolution removed. Instead, Credits may be used for Permanent Mega Evolution, but at a much higher cost.
	[M] Egg Supplier was implemented.
Feb. 15th	Summon Items now share the same chance to be found.
	Lucky Seals are no longer restricted to only unlocked Summon Items.
Feb. 12th	PokéDex updated to new format: Now includes entries for Exclusive Pokémon and filters.
	Base Price of Lucky Seals in the Black Market has been reduced.
	Bulk rates for Lucky Seals and Egg Passes are now offered in the Black Market.
Feb. 10th	All Bonus Counter targets receive an update to better scale to the rate the Community was filling them.
Feb. 9th	Custom Sprite Pokémon are no longer be bred in the DayCare.
	Snow Combee receives a Type change to Ice/Bug.
Feb. 6th	Birthday Custom Sprite event added.
	Birthday Event 2015-2016 cycle begins.

January

Date	Update
Jan. 28th	Trade and Battle requests no longer send a SYSTEM PM; instead, the requests create Notifications.
Jan. 27th	New BBCode for Species and Item icons, as well as Inventory counting are implemented.
Jan. 26th	Grab Bags are removed.
	Premium Boxes are made able to open.
	Notifications are made view-able on every page.
Jan. 25th	Seasonal Turtwig can be obtained through Breeding.
Jan. 23rd	Previously hidden [readername] BBCode restricted to usage only by Staff members.
Jan. 21st	[M] Baby Pokémon that require Incenses are now unobtainable in the Lab. Instead, their evolutions' Eggs can be found in the Lab. To breed these Baby Pokémon, a parent must be holding one of the Incenses, which are now available in the Shop.
Jan. 20th	A notice prompting the user to update their browser will now appear at the top of any page if the user is using an outdated browser.
Jan. 19th	[M] PokéFarm Q Exclusives are now registered under a seperate "PokéFarm Q" region.
Jan. 16th	Statistics for Battling are made available.
	Battling will now reward an L-sized Stat Training Bag or a Special Training Bag upon winning.
	Levels are now displayed on the Battle Challenge screen.
Jan. 15th	[M] Acree's Bonus Counter target adjusted to match higher Credit spending rate from new features.
Jan. 14th	Tooltips containing Pokémon details in the Fields page now includes icons to indicated Mega Forme and Albino status.
Jan. 7th	Ctrl + Clicking a Pokémon in the Fields page will open that Pokémon's Summary Page in a new tab.
Jan. 4th	User registration now asks for a Referrer.
	Referrals grant rewards to users.
Jan. 3rd	The Matchup Checker will now inform you if the pair may produce something unexpected. (an exclusive or otherwise)
	Legendary Pokémon can now change their formes, excluding Arceus.
Jan. 2nd	Mega Stone Vouchers can now be bought with Credits at the Shop
Jan. 1st	[M] The New Years Update: Battling is now fully functional Albino Pokémon have been implemented Mega Evolution's unlock requirement has been changed Players can now change their Mega Accessories The Wishforge has been implemented Many of the PF1 exclusive Pokémon have become available on PFQ

2014

December

Date	Update
Dec. 31st	Tyrogue now evolves based on its stats rather than randomly.
	The Ice, Moss, and Corona Rocks have been depreciated and evolution is now dependent on field.
Dec. 29th	A spot for advertisements has been added in the announcements forum.
Dec. 23rd	Unread announcements are now highlighted.
Dec. 21st	A new link, beside the Clickback link, leads to a random, online user that you have not interacted with yet.
Dec. 9th	Shortlinks to Users' Profile pages now come in two varieties. One that includes the Username, and the original that uses a unique 'user code'.
Dec. 4th	A button that lets users share their Pokémon and Eggs on Twitter has been added to the Display tab of Pokémon's Summary Pages.
Dec. 2nd	When customising a Quick code, one may set it as the default, allowing for quick selection.

November

Date	Update
Nov. 29th	[M] The domain "pokefarm.com" was set as the main domain for the site. All links to the "pokefarm.org" domain will redirect automatically.
Nov. 26th	A search function has been added to the Inventory page. Supporting Regular Expressions.
Nov. 24th	Hide Boxes have been tweaked for easier access on mobile devices.
	The Mega Stone pre-release page has been updated with all the new ORAS Mega Stones.
Nov. 18th	Forum Subscriptions now have an option to navigate to the first post of a thread, in addition to the last post or last read post.
Nov. 10th	A Search feature has been implemented for users. One may go to /user and search for a username.
Nov. 3rd	A Search feature has been implemented for individual Public Forums.
Nov. 2nd	Egg Passes have been implemented and are available in the Black Market.

October

Date	Update
Oct. 23rd	Only one field can now be visible for friends only.
Oct. 21st	Quoting a post now adds a direct link to the post itself.
Oct. 17th	"Box Mode" Display Option added as a way to reduce lag for some browsers.
Oct. 13th	EXP Locking has been added as a way to prevent EXP gain from interactions.
Oct. 10th	[M] Pokémon Dojo added. Introduces Super Training feature for future Battling feature.
Oct. 2nd	Users may now send other Users "Nice!" notifications.

September

Date	Update
Sep. 30th	User page now shows the number of interactions sent/received between the users.
Sep. 26th	[M] PokéRus has been added to the game.
Sep. 25th	Performance boost to interaction logging. As a result, the Today's Interactions page will no longer have the 15 minute cache on it.
Sep. 14th	[M] Kalos (Gen 6) Egg Sprites have been updated to replace all placeholder images.
Sep. 13th	Files can now be deleted from the File Uploader.
Sep. 6th	New [progress] BBCode added.
	Font page now only displays the party of staff members.
	Vulpix now "grows" all 6 of its tails before it can evolve into Ninetales.
Sep. 5th	Flabébé, Floette and Florges' colour data was lost during an update to how they are handled, causing the colours of them to be scrambled.
Sep. 4th	Field debouncing added. More info here.
	Season-based Pokémon now change based on your location on the World Map.
Sep. 3rd	The URL has changed from q.pokefarm.org to pokefarm.org. The old link still redirects.

August

Date	Update
Aug. 12th	The goal of Sei's counter has changed from 100 to 250.
Aug. 9th	The Übercharm could be brought directly for others now. You will receive a cookie. On the fifth purchase, you will get a bunch more Cookies! The cycle then begins again.
	Shiny Charms have had a price change.
Aug. 5th	The Übercharm is now available in the Black Market.
Aug. 8th	Fabulous Friday has been adjusted - Base score is now 1,000 instead of 100, and the vote falloff has been changed from 10,7,4,1 to 10,4,2,1.
Aug. 4th	[M] Consumables have been implemented.
	Users receive new inter-user options, accessible from any user's User Page: Ability to Mark specific Users and/or leave a note for personal use. Ability to block PMs, Friend Requests, and Trade Offers from specific Users.
Aug. 3rd	Pressing Alt+R now focuses on the Clickback link.
	New [stackbox] BBCode added.
Aug. 2nd	The visibility of Fields can now be set.
	Lab Reloaders have had a price change.
Aug. 1st	PFQ now uses pfq.link for shortlinks rather than pfq.me.
	[M] Chances of finding Boxes in Scour Areas have been improved.
	[M] Events receive a dedicated page for future distributions.

July

Date	Update
Jul. 30th	The Professor Holly and Professor Laurel and Doug the Merchant NPCs received new appearances.
Jul. 25th	Clickback link added to the top of every page.
	Bonus Counters have had some progress quotes implemented.
Jul. 24th	Shinxel is now breedable and can be obtained.
Jul. 19th	[M] Shiny Charms can now be recharged.
Jul. 18th	Lab Reloaders have been implemented and added to the Black Market.
Jul. 15th	[M] Selling of Fields implemented.
Jul. 10th	Legendary Eggs now glow as they get close to hatching.
	[M] Fabulous Friday receives experimental voting method to determine boosted Counter Bonus.

June

Date	Update
Jun. 29th	DayCare Passes have had their pricing changed. Additional deals are available as well.
Jun. 19th	PFQ Toolbar released
Jun. 8th	[M] Fabulous Friday announced. Includes Superb Saturday bonus
Jun. 5th	[M] Rules overhauled for clarity.

May

Date	Update
May 25th	[M] Rules updated regarding RP forum art theft.
May 23rd	[M] The Big Update: PokéDex has been rearranged Boxes can be opened Summon Items can be unlocked and obtained Forme-change items for Rotom, Darmanitan and Aegislash are added Odds of hatching Shiny Pokémon have been doubled.
May 13th	[M] The Big Update details revealed, server downtime announced.
May 10th	[M] Rules update regarding Gen 3 remake spoilers.
May 6th	[M] Updates to ModWatch and how rule infractions are handled to improve staff transparency.

April

Date	Update
Apr. 13th	Site receives update to how it manages images.
Apr. 7th	Bonus Counters are being experimented with to balance goal amounts.

March

Date	Update
Mar. 22nd	[M] Rules updated regarding art theft.
Mar. 2nd	Minor Rules update regarding repeating questions.

February

Date	Update
Feb. 24th	Fields page receives an update.
Feb. 19th	Site header receives a performance update.
Feb. 6th	[M] DayCare breeding rates quadrupled.
	[M] PFQ went into Public Beta.

January

Date	Update
Jan. 11th	[M] Wonder Trade feature implemented.
Jan. 1st	[M] Shiny Hunting feature implemented.

2013

November

Date	Update
Nov. 11th	[M] Compact Mode display option added.
Nov. 7th	[M] Favourite Pokémon feature implemented.
Nov. 5th	[M] Trade Centre implemented.
	Accounts can be integrated with a Facebook Account.
Nov. 1st	[M] Remaining Hypermode features implemented.

October

Date	Update
Oct. 22nd	[M] Dress Up feature implemented.
Oct. 19th	[M] Updating Gen 6 Pokémon with confirmed information.
Oct. 8th	[M] Forum features implemented to reduce clutter.

September

Date	Update
Sept. 24th	[M] Some DayCare errors have been fixed.
Sept. 19th	[M] Savage Crystals renamed to Zophan Canisters.
Sept. 12th	Site receives HTML minification to reduce extra memory used.

August

Date	Update
Aug. 22nd	PFQ is transferred to a new server.
Aug. 14th	[M] Start of PFQ Private Beta for PF1 users.