Medals

Each Medal has its own bonus and its own penalty. For example, Charizard's (Epic) gives Critical Damage and takes away Defense Boost, and Magikarp's (Common) gives Evasion and takes away Precision. The 5 Legendary ones (Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Mewtwo and Mew) have no penalty.

Medals rank up with duplicates. With each rank the bonus grows and the penalty shrinks, until it disappears at the top one. The ranks, from lowest to highest, are Bronze, Silver, Gold, Diamond, Emerald and Orichalcum.

The speeds (Pokemon Speed, Character Speed, Fly Speed, Surf Speed and Ride Speed) add a flat amount; every other stat, a percentage. Fly Speed, Surf Speed and Ride Speed add to the speed of the Pokémon you use for Fly, Surf or Ride.

You need level 350 and to finish Professor Helena’s quest chain; she stands south of Petalburg, in Hoenn. Talk to her to start: she sends you to three guardians, each with its own goal, and after each one you go back to her.

• Professor Helena

  Her quest chain unlocks Medals.

  Location:

  South of Petalburg.

  Area:

  Hoenn

• Guardian Pyra

  First guardian of the Medals chain: asks you to defeat 500 Torkoal and 2 Shiny Torkoal.

  Location:

  Torkoal Cave, in Fallarbor.

  Area:

  Hoenn

• Guardian Zephyr

  Medals chain guardian: asks you to defeat 500 Swellow and 2 Shiny Swellow.

  Location:

  Swellow Cave, around Rustboro.

  Area:

  Hoenn

• Guardian Abyss

  Medals chain guardian: asks you to defeat 500 Sharpedo and 2 Shiny Sharpedo.

  Location:

  Giant Bridge, between Slateport and Mauville.

  Area:

  Hoenn

Each guardian gives 1,000,000 XP and 1 Medal Box, and each return to Helena another 1,000,000 XP and 3 Medal Boxes. In total, 6,000,000 XP and 12 Medal Boxes.

Medals come from the Medal Box. Opening one first draws the rarity (Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic or Legendary) and then a Medal of that rarity. The Medal is an item, for example «Pikachu Medal - Bronze (uncommon)», and it can be bought and sold on the Market.

Where to get Medal Boxes

Source	Medal Box	Condition
Guardians and Professor Helena	12	1 per guardian and 3 per return to Helena
Linked Tasks «Hoenn Hunter» #77–150	5 the first time, 3 on repeats	Defeat 4,000 Pokémon of one species in Hoenn
Tasks from 18 Hoenn NPCs	10 each	Defeat shiny Pokémon for Calder, Draven, Ferris, Glacis, Hadriel, Kaela, Lucine, Maera, Nerida, Nyxen, Orlan, Relto, Rohgar, Selene, Talia, Verdra, Veska and Voltrix
Clones	10 per player	Hard difficulty
Diamond Store (Utilities)	40	«40x Medal Box» bundle for 50 Diamonds; one purchase per character
Some Hoenn hunts	—	They drop as loot

Note: Higher Hazard means more loot in Hoenn, but the hunt is harder too.

Each duplicate Medal you use adds 100 XP to that species' Medal. The first one unlocks it at Bronze and the rest keep ranking it up:

Example: taking a Medal from Bronze to Gold takes 102 duplicates (21 + 81); getting it to Orichalcum from scratch, 1,106.

1. Open Profile → Medals: «Pokémon Emblem» opens. Your 10 slots and the current preset («Current Preset») are at the top.

2. Hover a Medal to see its tooltip: «Level: <rank> (n)», «XP: a / b», its bonus and penalty with the value for its rank, and «Items: n» (the copies you have between your backpack and Depot Stash).

3. Click a Medal in the list to equip it. To remove it, click its slot.

4. Check «Emblems Stats» for the total of everything you have equipped.

• Open them from Profile → Medals, or with the MEDALS shortcut, which you can bind in Hotkeys. The window is called «Pokémon Emblem».

• You have 10 slots, all open from the start, and up to 5 presets.

• You cannot equip the same Medal twice, and you can only swap them inside a Protection Zone.

• «Emblems Stats» adds up the stats of your equipped Medals.

• The search box takes a Pokémon or a stat name, «Hide locked» hides the ones you do not have, and each Medal shows how many copies you keep across your inventory and Depot Stash.