Pokédex

This page is about the game element. For the list of Pokémon available in the game, see: List of Pokémon.

The Pokédex is one of the main elements of the game. It is a compendium of information about every Pokémon already caught and seen by player. It becomes more complete as trainers own and encounter new Pokémon.

Pokédex view

Pokédex page

To access the page of Pokédex in game:

1. in Map View tap Main Menu button
2. tap Pokédex button

On the top of Pokédex page there are two player's stats, which are number of already caught and seen Pokémon.

Below them there are tabs with each region Pokémon and number of these Pokémon currently caught. Additionally when the Kanto tab is selected and it is top of the Pokédex scrollable page, currently owned Medals related to each region Pokémon appears above the respective tabs.

Whole, long page of Pokédex is filled with fields for every Pokémon species in game. There are three types of such fields:

• non-interactive tile with a number of Pokémon species - species of this Pokémon has never been caught nor seen by player,
• tile with shadow, monochromatic silhouette of Pokémon - species of this Pokémon has been only seen by a player (either has been seen in gym or encountered in the wild but has not been caught),
  • after tapping such field, player access incomplete Pokédex entry of specific Pokémon species,
• field without background-tile and coloured image of Pokémon species - species of this Pokémon has been caught by player already,
  • after tapping such field, player access complete Pokédex entry of specific Pokémon species.

Initially not all of the number tiles appear, but only those ones up to the field of Pokémon species that has been caught or seen with the highest Pokédex number in each region. There are different colors of tiles in each section for Pokémon species from each region:

• Tiles from #1 to #151, responding to species from Kanto are pale purple,
• Tiles from #152 to #251, responding to species from Johto are pale blue,
• Tiles from #252 to #386, responding to species from Hoenn are pale purple,
• Tiles from #387 to #493, responding to species from Sinnoh are pale blue,
• Tiles from #494 to #649, responding to species from Unova are pale purple,
• Tiles from #650 to #721, responding to species from Kalos are pale purple,
• Tiles responding to species from Galar are pale red,
• Tiles #808 and #809, which are for Meltan and Melmetal from an unknown region are pale red.

Also each section of such Pokémon has a header line with the name of region.

In the bottom right corner of the page there is a button that allows to change view between standard Pokédex and Mega Pokédex.

There are three ways to exit from the page of Pokédex:

• by tapping on return button on the player's mobile device (not available for iPhone users for obvious reason),
• by tapping on the exit button on the bottom of screen,
• by swiping down at the very top of the list, which cause X icon appeared and then release.

Pokédex entry

Pokédex entries are basically separate pages with information about specific Pokémon species. There are two kinds of these entries: complete and incomplete ones.

Incomplete entries consist of:

• 3D, animated and turnable Pokémon's image,
• Pokédex number and Pokémon's name,
• switch buttons between genders and/or forms,
• amount of seen, caught, lucky and purified Pokémon of that species (in this case only seen is not 0).

While complete ones has also:

• regular weight and height of Pokémon,
• Pokémon's type(s),
• category of Pokémon (e.g. Drill Pokémon, Volcano Pokémon, Armor Pokémon),
• short description of Pokémon's species,
• evolution line of Pokémon.

Example screenshot of the incomplete Pokédex entry of Carnivine

Example screenshot of the complete Pokédex entry of Rhydon

Background of Pokédex entries

Example screenshot of the enabled shiny Pokédex entry of Charmander

Example screenshot of the lucky Pokédex entry of Quilava

Pokémon form switches

Depending on what forms of each Pokémon were caught by trainer already, respective form switches appear underneath Pokémon's 3D image.

Registering a Shiny Pokémon will also register the non-shiny form to the Pokédex, if the Pokémon was not previously registered.

If player obtained for the last time particular Pokémon of any gender sometime before December, 2016, it might cause that both gender form switches appear as Pokémon were only seen, despite the complete Pokédex entry and exact Pokémon being already in player's Pokémon collection.

Switches for only-seen Pokémon forms cannot be clicked since the version 0.89.1. Therefore even if player has seen female form of Pokémon in gym or has encountered it in wild but not caught, in Pokédex only male form is seen in its complete Pokédex entry.

Below there are assets for certain groups of Pokédex entry switch buttons for each Pokémon form.

• Female
• Male
• Genderless
• Unown
• Rotom
• Genesect

Caught female form switch unselected	Caught female form switch selected
Caught female shiny form switch unselected	Caught female shiny form switch selected
Seen female form switch	Seen female shiny form switch

Caught male form switch unselected	Caught male form switch selected
Caught male shiny form switch unselected	Caught male shiny form switch selected
Seen male form switch	Seen male shiny form switch

Caught genderless form switch unselected	Caught genderless form switch selected
Caught genderless shiny form switch unselected	Caught genderless shiny form switch selected
Seen genderless form switch	Seen genderless shiny form switch

Caught Unown A form switch unselected	Caught Unown A form switch selected	Caught Unown B form switch unselected	Caught Unown B form switch selected
Caught Unown C form switch unselected	Caught Unown C form switch selected	Caught Unown D form switch unselected	Caught Unown D form switch selected
Caught Unown E form switch unselected	Caught Unown E form switch selected	Caught Unown F form switch unselected	Caught Unown F form switch selected
Caught Unown G form switch unselected	Caught Unown G form switch selected	Caught Unown H form switch unselected	Caught Unown H form switch selected
Caught Unown I form switch unselected	Caught Unown I form switch selected	Caught Unown J form switch unselected	Caught Unown J form switch selected
Caught Unown K form switch unselected	Caught Unown K form switch selected	Caught Unown L form switch unselected	Caught Unown L form switch selected
Caught Unown M form switch unselected	Caught Unown M form switch selected	Caught Unown N form switch unselected	Caught Unown N form switch selected
Caught Unown O form switch unselected	Caught Unown O form switch selected	Caught Unown P form switch unselected	Caught Unown P form switch selected
Caught Unown Q form switch unselected	Caught Unown Q form switch selected	Caught Unown R form switch unselected	Caught Unown R form switch selected
Caught Unown S form switch unselected	Caught Unown S form switch selected	Caught Unown T form switch unselected	Caught Unown T form switch selected
Caught Unown U form switch unselected	Caught Unown U form switch selected	Caught Unown V form switch unselected	Caught Unown V form switch selected
Caught Unown W form switch unselected	Caught Unown W form switch selected	Caught Unown X form switch unselected	Caught Unown X form switch selected
Caught Unown Y form switch unselected	Caught Unown Y form switch selected	Caught Unown Z form switch unselected	Caught Unown Z form switch selected
Caught Unown ! form switch unselected	Caught Unown ! form switch selected	Caught Unown ? form switch unselected	Caught Unown ? form switch selected

Rotom Base form switch	Rotom Heat form switch
Rotom Wash form switch	Rotom Frost form switch
Rotom Fan form switch	Rotom Mow form switch

Genesect Normal drive switch	Genesect Burn drive switch
Genesect Douse drive switch	Genesect Chill drive switch
Genesect Shock drive switch

Extra Pokédexes

	751					21			123			742			567				231
ALL 751							See List of Pokémon and List by release date
MEGA 21							See List of Mega-Evolved Pokémon and List by release date
EVENT 123							See List of Event Pokémon or List by release date
LUCKY 742							See Lucky Pokémon
SHINY 567							See List of Shiny Pokémon and List by release date
SHINY 3 STARS 567							See List of Shiny Pokémon and List by release date
3 STARS 751							See Pokémon Appraisal
PERFECT 751							See Pokémon Appraisal
SHADOW 231							See List of Shadow Pokémon and List by release date
PURIFIED 231							See List of Shadow Pokémon and List by release date

Pokédex view menu

In addition to standard Pokédex, there is several extra Pokédexes that register Pokémon with certain characteristics. Some extra Pokédexes do not have region Pokédex medals at the top of the pages. The medal rank color is the same as the standard Pokédex, while the totals for each region correspond to the selected Pokédex. Mega Pokédex was introduced along the launch of Mega Evolution. The rest were introduced to a selected portion of Trainers on June 28^th, 2021, and were made available to everyone since the 5th Anniversary. Other than the standard and Mega Pokédex, each additional one is unlocked after registering a particular number of examples, such as 10 different species of that category (so to unlock the Shadow Pokédex, you have to catch 10 different Shadow Pokémon); while Shiny Pokémon now have their own separate Extra Pokédex that must be unlocked, Shiny Shadow forms are registered in the Shadow Pokédex.

Mega Pokédex

The first extra Pokédex introduced, unlocked by default. It registers all Mega Evolved forms of Pokémon. It is hued bright red and it is not split into region sections. Trainer has to mega-evolve male and female separately to register different genders. If the trainer has a shiny variant of the same species of a mega-evolved Pokémon, shiny switch is registered. It keeps track of the caught, seen and unseen Mega Evolved forms.

Mega Pokédex

Mega Pokédex entry

Event Pokédex

It registers all Event Pokémon, unlocked after registering one Event Pokémon. It is hued bright pink and it is not split into region sections. Gender and shiny switches are unlocked with respect to the standard Pokédex. It only keeps track of caught Event Pokémon, ignoring any missing entries. Evolution line is not shown.

Event Pokédex

Event Pokédex entry

Lucky Pokédex

It registers all Lucky Pokémon, unlocked after registering ten Lucky Pokémon. It is hued bright light orange and it is split into region sections. Gender and shiny switches are unlocked with respect to the standard Pokédex. It keeps track of caught and missing Lucky Pokémon. Untradeable Pokémon are not shown, since they cannot be Lucky.

Lucky Pokédex

Lucky Pokédex entry

Shiny Pokédex

It registers all Shiny Pokémon, unlocked after registering 15 Shiny Pokémon. It is hued yellow and it is split into region sections. Gender switches are unlocked with respect to the standard Pokédex. It keeps track of the caught, seen, and unseen Shiny Pokémon. The Pokédex entries show the shiny sprite by default. Evolution line is not shown.

Shiny Pokédex

Shiny Pokédex entry

Shiny 3 Stars Pokédex

It registers all Shiny Pokémon with Pokémon Appraisal of at least 3 stars, unlocked after registering 50 Shiny 3 Star Pokémon. It is hued yellow and it is split into region sections, but does not show the region medals. Gender switches are unlocked with respect to the standard Pokédex. It keeps track of the caught and missing 3 Star Shiny Pokémon. The Pokédex entries show the shiny sprite by default. Evolution line is not shown.

Shiny 3 Stars Pokédex

Shiny 3 Stars Pokédex entry

3 Stars Pokédex

It registers all Pokémon with Pokémon Appraisal of at least 3 stars, unlocked after registering 10 3 Star Pokémon. It is hued orange and it is split into region sections. Gender and shiny switches are unlocked with respect to the standard Pokédex. It keeps track of the caught and missing 3 Stars Pokémon.

3 Stars Pokédex

3 Stars Pokédex entry

Perfect Pokédex

It registers all Pokémon with a perfect Pokémon Appraisal (4 Stars), unlocked after registering 20 perfect (4 Star) Pokémon. It is hued light pink and it is split into region sections. Gender and shiny switches are unlocked with respect to the standard Pokédex. It keeps track of the caught and missing perfect Pokémon.

Perfect Pokédex

Perfect Pokédex entry

Shadow Pokédex

It registers all Shadow Pokémon, unlocked after registering ten Shadow Pokémon. It is hued dark purple and it is not split into region sections. Gender switches are unlocked with respect to the standard Pokédex. Shiny switches are unlocked if trainer has the corresponding shiny shadow Pokémon. It keeps track of the caught and seen Shadow Pokémon, ignoring any missing entries. Evolution line is not shown.

Shadow Pokédex

Shadow Pokédex entry

Purified Pokédex

It registers all Purified Pokémon, unlocked after registering ten Purified Pokémon. It is hued light blue and it is not split into region sections. Gender switches are unlocked with respect to the standard Pokédex. Shiny switches are unlocked if trainer has the corresponding shiny purified Pokémon. It keeps track of the caught and seen Purified Pokémon, ignoring any missing entries. Evolution line is not shown.

Purified Pokédex

Purified Pokédex entry

Gallery

Main article: Pokédex/Gallery

Trivia

• As of October 7^th, 2016, Pokémon encountered at a gym will appear as a shadowed version in the Pokédex with limited information even if they have never been encountered in the wild.
• Version 0.191.0 introduced the function to visit another entry by tapping the another Pokémon in the evolution line. A button is also located at the bottom of Pokédex entry to check all that in Trainer's collection.