by Raising the friendship level with a Pokémon in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl will be necessary for us to complete the Pokédex, since there are some Pokémon that only evolve after raising their friendship, such as Budew, Togepi or Riolu.
It is a somewhat long and tedious but necessary process. In addition, the level of friendship will give us advantages in combat.
USEFULNESS OF THE FRIENDSHIP LEVEL IN POKÉMON SHINY DIAMOND
Apart from the evolutions, it will also be useful when fighting; If we have a lot of friendship with our Pokémon, the following things can happen in a battle (keep in mind that in online battles this is not taken into account):
- Resist a sudden blow.
- Deal critical attacks more regularly.
- Occasionally dodge enemy attacks.
- Cure status problems on your own.
HOW TO CHECK THE FRIENDSHIP LEVEL OF OUR POKÉMON
- One of the ways we have to check the level of friendship with our Pokémon is to visit the Pokémon Fan Club in Ciudad Corazón ; there we must look for an NPC who is a blonde girl and will tell us the friendship relationship between you and the first Pokémon you have in the team.
- If we go to the Pokémon Center in Ciudad Vetusta , we will find a girl with brown hair who will give us the application number 6 of the Poké-Clock and also if we talk to her again, she will also mention the degree of friendship as the NPC of Ciudad Corazón.
- As for the application, it also indicates the level of friendship of the Pokémon. We have to press the screen with our finger and approach the Pokémon in question. If you get two hearts it means that it is ready to evolve (when the friendship is at the indicated level, the Pokémon will evolve when it acquires a new level).
WAYS TO RAISE FRIENDSHIP LEVEL
Luckily, there are many ways to raise a Pokémon’s friendship level (but that doesn’t mean it’s a hassle). Here are the best ways to do it:
POKEMON BATTLES
One of the simplest ways is simply to mess around with everything that comes our way; The thing is that this way is a bit slow and if we lose a fight it will lower our friendship level with the Pokémon. So don’t even think about losing!
GALA SUPERCONTEST
They are competitions where the style, dance and movements of a Pokémon are evaluated while we play a kind of musical rhythm minigame.
In order to win we will have to make an investment of Pokochos in our Pokémon to enhance its attributes of charisma, beauty, sweetness, ingenuity or toughness.
You also have to get the hang of it to press the musical notes in time and decorate the capsule of the Pokémon that is going to perform with the appropriate stamps.
Although you have to spend a lot of time on this, it is my favorite way to increase friendship, since winning the contest is something that we can do as many times as we want.
VITAMINS AND POKOCHOS
Vitamins are items that we buy to raise the parameters of our Pokémon for the competitive mode of the game.
In addition to raising the parameters, friendship will increase (the vitamins are: Protein, Iron, Calcium, Zinc, Fuel and More PS).
The Pokochos are sweets that increase our parameters of charisma, sweetness, toughness, beauty and ingenuity and we will also increase the friendship of the Pokémon that we feed with them.
We have to make these sweets ourselves by mixing different berries, but for this we will first need a Pokochera .
LUXURY BALL
“ Cozy Poké Ball that makes caught wild Pokémon friendlier .”
Well, as its description says, if we catch a Pokémon with a Luxury Ball , it will be much easier for us to raise the friendship with the Pokémon in question.
The drawback is that for example Riolu is obtained in Pokémon Shiny Diamond or Shiny Pearl through an egg that they give us, so this method would not be useful with it.
POKÉMON MASSAGE IN ROCAVELO CITY
Another way to increase the friendship with our Pokémon is by giving them a massage, the bad thing is that we can only do this once a day (however, it is still better than nothing).
We will find the masseuse’s house just below the Pokémon Gym in Rocavelo City ; And best of all, it’s free!
RATTLESNAKE RELIEF
A bell with a calming chime that comforts the Pokémon wearing it and makes it more friendly.
If we equip this object to the Pokémon to which we want to raise the friendship, we will raise the friendship a little faster while doing the activities mentioned in this post.
The Relief Rattle will be given to us by a maid who is inside the second room of the left wing of the Pokémon Mansion, which we can find on route 212.
LIST OF POKÉMON THAT EVOLVE BY FRIENDSHIP LEVEL
- Azurill – Evolves into Marill (and later by level into Azumarill).
- Budew : evolves into Roselia (it has to be daytime in the game).
- Buneary – Evolves into Lopunny.
- Chansey – Evolves into Blissey.
- Chingling : evolves into Chimecho (only at night)
- Cleffa – Evolves into Clefairy.
- Goldbat – Evolves into Crobat.
- Pichu – Evolves into Pikachu.
- Munchlax – Evolves into Snorlax .
- Togepi : evolves to Togetic (and this in turn to Togekiss if you give it a Day Stone).
- Riolu – Evolves into Lucario (just like Budew, it has to be daytime).
- Sneasel : Evolves into Weavile (must be at night and have the sharp claw item equipped).
