Helds

A Held goes into the Poké Ball with the Pokémon inside, and you always start at T1: to get an X-Attack T3 you spend a T1, a T2 and a T3, in that order.

1. 

   Step 1:

   With the Pokémon inside its Poké Ball, use the T1 Held on it, for example an X-Attack (Tier: 1).

2. 

   Step 2:

   To upgrade it, use the T2 of the same family on top (X-Attack (Tier: 2)), and so on, in order, up to T7.

3. 

   Step 3:

   To check it, open Customize Pokéball: the «Equipped» panel shows the Pokémon's two Held slots, X and Y.

Note: What you spend on the lower tiers is not refunded: if you remove an X-Attack T3 with Rosemary, you only get the T3 back.

There are 99 Helds: 11 families for the X slot and 3 for the Y slot, each from T1 to T7, plus Y-Ghost, which only exists at T3. A Pokémon holds at most one X Held and one Y Held at a time. They are all in the Market's Helds category.

X slot

X-slot Helds: effect per tier

Held	Effect	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	T7
X-Attack	Pokémon's Attack	+8%	+12%	+16%	+19%	+22%	+25%	+28%
X-Defense	Pokémon's Defense	+8%	+10%	+12%	+14%	+16%	+20%	+24%
X-Critical	Critical Chance	+8%	+10%	+12%	+14%	+16%	+20%	+24%
X-Boost	Pokémon's Boost	+12	+16	+20	+24	+28	+32	+36
X-Haste	Pokémon's speed	+60	+85	+110	+135	+170	+205	+250
X-Experience	Player experience	+10%	+15%	+20%	+25%	+30%	+35%	+40%
X-Lucky	Drop rate	+10%	+20%	+35%	+50%	+65%	+80%	+100%
X-Agility	Chance to activate Agility	8%	14%	20%	30%	40%	50%	60%
X-Harden	Chance to activate Harden	4%	7%	10%	13%	16%	19%	22%
X-Rage	Chance to activate Rage	10%	20%	30%	40%	50%	70%	100%
X-Strafe	Chance to activate Strafe	10%	20%	30%	40%	50%	70%	100%

Y slot

Y-slot Helds: effect per tier

Held	Effect	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	T7
Y-Cure	Chance to remove negative effects	20%	30%	50%	70%	80%	90%	100%
Y-Teleport	Teleport cooldown (min)	−5	−8	−10	−15	−20	−25	−29
Y-Wing	Fly speed	+100	+145	+185	+225	+270	+310	+370
Y-Ghost	Grants the Pokémon ghost mobility	—	—	yes	—	—	—	—

Mega Stones also take the Y slot: with one equipped, the Pokémon can use Mega Evolution, unless it is shiny.

Note: X-Experience raises the player's experience, not the Pokémon's. Y-Cure does not work in duels, and Y-Wing's extra speed only counts while you use Fly.

The Held Fusion Machine, in the south of the Trade Center, combines 3 Helds of the same tier to try to get one of the next tier. They do not need to be of the same family: you can fuse an X-Attack T2, a Y-Cure T2 and an X-Lucky T2.

1. Put the Helds in the Depot Locker the machine points you to (Depot Locker 5).

2. Split them into groups of 3 of the same tier.

3. Use the Held Fusion Machine: it processes every group at once.

The 3 Helds are always used up, whether it works or not. With 10 Relic Points of a tier you get that tier's reward. T7 is the top: three T7s cannot go any higher.

Example: you fuse 12 T1 Helds, that is, 4 groups. If only one works, you end up with 1 T2 Held, 3 T1 Helds and 3 T2 Relic Points.

Rosemary, at the entrance of the Trade Center (on the right), takes Helds out of the Poké Ball and gives them back to you as items at their current tier.

• Rosemary

  Takes Helds out of a Poké Ball and gives them back as items.

  Location:

  At the entrance of the Trade Center, on the right.

1. Send out the Pokémon holding the Held.

2. Talk to Rosemary: say hi and then remove.

3. Say the name of the Held you want to remove and choose where to take it from.

4. Check the tier and confirm.

• If your inventory is full, you can get it by mail at the Pokémon Center.

• To put a Held of another family in that slot, remove the current one first.

The Lucky Amulet can hold an X-Lucky. There it gives half its bonus, but with any of your Pokémon. It does not stack with the X-Lucky of the Pokémon you have out (not even a Ditto's): only the higher of the two counts.

Example: with an X-Lucky (Tier: 7) (+100%) in the amulet you get +50% drop rate with any Pokémon. If you send out one that carries an X-Lucky (Tier: 5) (+65%), the +65% counts, not the sum.

Rosemary can also take the X-Lucky out of the amulet and give it back at its tier.

Where to get Helds

Source	Tiers	How
Market	T1–T7	Bought and sold in the Helds category.
Held Item (Tier: N)	T1–T7	Using it gives you a random Held of that tier. The Daily Shop sells Held Item (Tier: 1), Held Item (Tier: 2) and Held Item (Tier: 3).
Evolution Achievements	T1–T3	5, 25, 50, 100 and 500 evolutions.
Brotherhood Contract Achievements	T4–T7	From 100 to 2,000 contracts, and 10 Legendary Brotherhood Contracts.
Giovanni	T5, T7	The first win gives 1 Held Item (Tier: 7) and 3 Held Item (Tier: 5).
Rocket Tokens and Police Tokens	—	Exchanged for Helds at the Exchange of Helds machine, next to the Boost Stone Workshop (Trade Center): Bronze Rocket Token, Bronze Police Token and the other Rockets and Police tokens.
Mewtwo token	T3–T7	20 Mewtwo token for a random Held.
Fusion	T2–T7	3 Helds of a tier: 25% chance of getting one of the next tier.

Trading tokens at Exchange of Helds

The Exchange of Helds machine stands next to the Boost Stone Workshop, in the south of the Trade Center. It trades Rocket and Police tokens for random Helds within a tier range.

1. Use the machine: «Exchange of Helds» opens. There is one card per token it takes, with its name and the tier range it can give, for example «(Tier 1-3)». At the bottom you see how many of each token you are carrying.

2. On each card, the number on the token is how many one exchange costs, and the Helds you can get cycle on the right. Use «Search...» to find a token.

3. Press «Exchange» on the token’s card. In the quantity window choose how many exchanges you make (up to 100 at once, depending on the tokens you carry) and press «Confirm».

Note: the machine counts the tokens you are carrying, not the ones in your Depot.