Boost in Poke Alliance: how it works

How it works

Each Boost point counts as 3 extra levels in the damage calculation of the Pokémon's moves. A +20 Pokémon hits as if it were 60 levels higher; a +50 one, as if it were 150 levels higher.

Boost is stored in the Pokémon's Poké Ball, just like its Helds. In the Shiny Ditto quest, the Ditto you hand in keeps its Poké Ball, Boost and Helds, so you do not lose what you invested in it.

Note: The cap is +50 and Boost never goes down. The old system, which went up to +70 and in which Boost could go down, no longer exists.

How to raise Boost

Step 1:
Check the Pokémon's current Boost and look up in the range table which Boost Stone it needs.
Step 2:
Pick a stone of one of its types: a Fire/Flying Pokémon can use Fire or Flying stones.
Step 3:
Use the stone on its Poké Ball.
Step 4:
If it succeeds, the Pokémon gains +1 Boost. If it fails, the stone is used up, but the Pokémon loses nothing.
- +1 Boost

Example: a +17 Charizard (Fire/Flying) needs an Enhanced Fire Stone or an Enhanced Flying Stone. It has a 20% chance to succeed; if it fails, the next try has 30%.

Ranges and chance

There is one Boost Stone for each 5-point Boost range, and each range has a lower chance than the one before. The stone you need depends on the Pokémon's current Boost: from +15 to +19 you use an Enhanced, which takes it up to +20 (its description says «between +16 and +20»). At +20 it already needs a Potent.

Boost ranges (with the Fire stones as the example)
Boost Stone	Current Boost	Raises it to	Starting chance
Novice	+0 to +4	+1 to +5	50%
Elemental	+5 to +9	+6 to +10	40%
Common	+10 to +14	+11 to +15	30%
Enhanced	+15 to +19	+16 to +20	20%
Potent	+20 to +24	+21 to +25	18%
Advanced	+25 to +29	+26 to +30	15%
Fortified	+30 to +34	+31 to +35	12%
Supreme	+35 to +39	+36 to +40	10%
Celestial	+40 to +44	+41 to +45	8%
Mystic	+45 to +49	+46 to +50	5%

The stones of the other types have the same ranges and chances.

When it fails

A failure never takes Boost away: you only lose the stone. On top of that, each failure adds 10% to the chance of the next try in that range, and the chance goes back to its starting value when you succeed.

Example with an Enhanced stone (20%):

1st try: 20%
2nd try: 30%
3rd try: 40%
4th try: 50%

Crafting Boost Stones

Boost Stones are crafted at the Boost Stone Workshop, in the south of the Trade Center. Each recipe asks for the type’s Fragment, the type’s stone and Pokémon drops of that type.

The recipe changes every server save

Each type has a fixed list of possible materials, but the actual recipe changes every server save: the Workshop picks which drops from that list it asks for and how many of each material. The base stays the same: it always asks for the type’s Fragment and its stone (Fire Stone for Fire, Water Stone for Water…), plus three Pokémon drops from the type’s list (two for Ice, which only has two). Within one server save, the 10 Boost Stones of a type use the same materials and only the amount goes up.

For example, the Novice Fire Stone asked in one server save for 24 Fire Fragment, Magma Shell, Blaze Tail, Magma Foot and 3 Fire Stone, and a few days later for 20 Fire Fragment, Fire Wing, Dark Canine Horns, Magma Shell and 6 Fire Stone. Always check «Required Materials» at the Workshop before you farm.

Example recipe from one server save: Novice Fire Stone (it changes on the next one)

Materials

Result

How to craft them

Go to the Boost Stone Workshop in the south part of the Trade Center and use it to open its window. Pick the category of the type you want (Fire, Water…).
Pick the Boost Stone. «Required Materials» shows what each unit needs; materials in your backpack and in your Depot Stash both count.
Press «Craft» and choose how many you want. The window shows «Total units» and «Total time»: each stone takes 1 second.
The recipe bar shows progress as «done(not collected) / total», for example 3(1) / 10. Press «Collect» to take the ones that are already done.

Note: the window closes if you take a step: stand still while you order or collect. There is more detail in Craft.

How many Fragments they ask for

The number of Fragments changes every server save too, but it stays within a range that depends on the Boost Stone, the same for every type:

Fragments each Boost Stone asks for
Boost Stone	Lowest	Average	Highest
Novice	10	20	30
Elemental	20	44	60
Common	55	105	150
Enhanced	130	217	300
Potent	280	391	500
Advanced	452	732	1,000
Fortified	801	1,160	1,500
Supreme	1,202	1,861	2,497
Celestial	2,303	2,672	3,000
Mystic	2,800	3,021	3,208

Where Fragments come from

Fragments come mostly from Dungeons of their type. Each Dungeon drops its type’s Fragment, a stone and Pokémon drops:

Dungeons that give each type’s Fragment
Fragment	Dungeons
Normal Fragment	Meowth, Persian and Tauros
Fire Fragment	Cyndaquil, Quilava and Typhlosion
Water Fragment	Totodile, Croconaw and Feraligatr
Grass Fragment	Chikorita, Bayleef and Meganium
Electric Fragment	Mareep, Flaaffy and Ampharos
Ice Fragment	Swinub, Piloswine and Lapras
Fighting Fragment	Machop, Machoke and Machamp
Poison Fragment	Zubat, Spinarak, Muk and Toxicroak
Ground Fragment	Cubone, Marowak and Rhydon
Flying Fragment	Pidgey, Pidgeotto and Pidgeot
Psychic Fragment	Abra, Kadabra and Alakazam
Bug Fragment	Pineco, Forretress and Scizor
Rock Fragment	Larvitar, Pupitar and Tyranitar
Ghost Fragment	Gastly, Haunter and Gengar
Dragon Fragment	Dratini, Dragonair and Dragonite
Dark Fragment	Zweilous and Hydreigon
Steel Fragment	Magnemite, Magneton, Skarmory and Steelix
Fairy Fragment	Flabébé, Floette and Florges

Possible items by type

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Neutral Stones

Besides the stones of each type there are the Neutral Stones, from Novice Neutral Stone to Mystic Neutral Stone, with the same 10 ranges and chances. They cannot be crafted: they are a Clones reward.

Neutral Stones each player gets from Clones

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