Pokémon Sleep researchers! In order to update to new app version 2.7.0 a period of maintenance will be held shortly:
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This exciting new update brings a new Friendship Badge, level increases, updates ready for a new event, and more!
Version 2.7.0
New Features
- Preparation for a new event: Dream Shard Week Vol. 1P
- Addition of a new feature: Befriending Badges: When you raise each Pokémon species’ friendship level to a certain point, you can earn a Befriending Badge for that Pokémon species.
Befriending Badges
Befriending Badges have three ranks and can be sequentially obtained based on friendship level. Each of the three Befriending Badges has its own effects, and they primarily exert their effects during sleep research when you encounter a Pokémon species you’ve already obtained a Befriending Badge for. Each Pokémon species’ Befriending Badge can be viewed in the Sleep Style Dex.
Bronze Badge
- The first sub skill will always be gold for Pokémon you encounter that are the same species.
- You’ll have an increased chance to encounter Shiny Pokémon whose species you have a Bronze Badge for.
Silver Badge
- The Befriending Badge effect that always makes certain sub skills gold can now be toggled on or off for each sub skill.
- The second sub skill will always be gold for Pokémon you encounter that are the same species.
- New profile icons will unlock.
- If you have a Silver Badge for a Pokémon species, it will be easier to encounter a Shiny one.
Gold Badge
- The third sub skill will always be gold for Pokémon you encounter that are the same species.
- An exclusive frame will be added to the profile icon that unlocks with the Silver Badge.
- If you have a Gold Badge for a Pokémon species, it will be even easier to encounter a Shiny one.
Note: The friendship level required to earn Gold, Silver, and Bronze Badges varies for each Pokémon species. If there are Pokémon that have already exceeded the friendship level required to earn a Befriending Badge, you will automatically receive their species’ respective badges when you update the app.
Limits to Be Unlocked
- Research rank: 60 → 65
- Pokémon level: 60 → 65
- Max levels of certain main skills unlocked
- Metronome: 6 → 7
- Dream Shard Magnet S: 7 → 8
- Recipe level: 60 → 65
- Pokémon Box max capacity: 1,000 → 1,200
Balance Adjustments
Balance adjustments to certain sub skills will be made in this update.
- Research EXP Bonus: Before change: Boosts the research EXP gained through sleep research by 6%. After change: Boosts the research EXP gained through sleep research by 9%.
- Energy Recovery Bonus: Before change: Multiplies the Energy the team recovers from sleep sessions by 1.14. After change: Multiples the Energy the team recovers from sleep sessions by 1.14. The max amount of Energy that this skill’s user can recover from sleep sessions is increased to 105.
Other
- Addition of scroll bars: On some screens, it will now be possible to manipulate the screen using a scroll bar, including Pokémon Box, Sleep Style Dex, Ingredients Pocket, Items Pocket, and Pokémon Candies
- Change to the way items are discarded: The trash can icon that was displayed on the Items Pocket screen will now be displayed on the Item Details screen.
- Fixes to cooking-related bugs: Under certain conditions, when selecting “no recipe,” it was impossible to cook dishes that had not been created yet. After this bug fix, if the ingredients required for a not-yet-created dish are selected, cooking that dish will be prioritized.
- Some text adjusted or unified
- Other small bug fixes and adjustments
Darkrai
Thanks to all researchers’ efforts during the Cresselia vs Darkrai event, Darkrai’s looming nightmares have been dispelled. The Pokémon tormented by nightmares are now sleeping peacefully.
But there are still mysteries surrounding the Mythical Pokémon Darkrai, and pokemon Sleep are teasing a bit more information about them at this time.
Details about Darkrai
Darkrai is a Dark type Mythical Pokémon, and it cannot appear at any research areas in Pokémon Sleep. You can only catch one Darkrai. It’s sleep type is Dozing.
Darkrai’s Main Skill is Bad Dreams (Charge Strength M). It greatly increases Snorlax’s Strength, but at the same time, slightly reduces the Energy of helper Pokémon on your team that aren’t Dark type.
Mythical Pokémon
Darkrai is a Mythical Pokémon. You can befriend only one of each Mythical Pokémon species.
This Pokémon’s specialty is All, possessing characteristics of all the following specialties: Berries, ingredients, and skills.
When you befriend this Pokémon, it won’t have sub skills or a second and third ingredient slot that can be unlocked.
This Pokémon’s Nature and its first ingredient slot will be identical for each researcher.
Mythical Pokémon are also considered Special Pokémon, and you cannot have more than one Special Pokémon on the same team.
About Future Events
Darkrai is still shrouded in mystery and isn’t yet able to unleash its true power. Pokémon Sleep are planning to hold an event where you can unlock Darkrai’s sub skills and ingredient slots and unleash its true power.
Also, during this event, researchers who couldn’t befriend Darkrai during the Cresselia vs. Darkrai event might be able to befriend Darkrai.
