Encounter Rates
Overview
An encounter rate refers to how likely you are to encounter a particular rarity of Pokemon. For example, the base Very Rare encounter rate is 1/600; this means, for each wild Pokemon encouter, you have a 1/600 chance to encounter a Very Rare Pokemon.
Base Rates
Uncommon: ~1/7.7
Rare: 1/60
Very Rare: 1/600
Extremely rare: 1/5,000
Legendary: 1/125,000
Event Legendary: 1/100,000
Shiny: 1/8,192
Elite: 1/200
Altering Cave Rates
Rare: 1/46
Very Rare: 1/461
Extremely Rare: 1/3,846
Legendary: 1/96,153
Legendary in x2: 1/48,076
Mining Rates
Red, Blue, Green, Prism, Pale
Rare: 1/48
Very Rare: 1/480
Extremely Rare: 1/4,000
Legendary 1/60,000
Dark, Lava
Rare: 1/30
Very Rare: 1/300
Extremely Rare: 1/2,500
Legendary: 1/37,500
Items That Affect Rates
GM Ticket - Increase encounter rates of UC/R/VR/ER/L by 50%, and shiny by 20%
Honey - Increase encounter rates by 25%
Shiny Charm - Increase encounter rate of shiny Pokemon by 25%
Shiny Egg - Increase encounter rate of shiny Pokemon by 25%
Rare Charm - Increase encounter rates by 10%
Hunter Charm - Increase encounter rates by 20% in exchange for less money and exp
Various Enhanced legendary items - Increase legendary encounter rate by 20% (does not work in AC)
Legendless Encounters (LLE)
If you've gone a while without finding a legendary, LLE can give you a slight boost to your legendary encounter rate.
Each time you encounter a non-legendary wild Pokemon, in an location where a legendary can be encountered, your LLE increases by 1. As your LLE increases, so does your legendary encounter rate. This boost starts to take effect at 100k LLE.
You can view your current LLE with the /lle command.
It is currently unknown exactly how much of a boost LLE provides.
Notes
- Encounter rates on active swarm maps are increased by 25%
- Legendary encounter rate on gold rush maps from gold rocks are increased by 100%
- Elite encounter rate does not change
- Events will often have days with x2 encounter rate for legendaries/shinies
Calculator
Base Rates
AC Rates
Mining (Red, Green, Blue, Prism, Pale)
Mining (Dark, Lava)