Hidden Ability Pokémon
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Hidden Ability Pokémon are Pokémon with a rarer and usually more powerful ability than their normal Pokémon counterparts. Wild spawns have a base HA chance of $$\frac{1}{300} \approx 0.33%$$, and can be increased with several chance modifiers.
Blaziken's HA (Speed Boost) shown in /pwiki
Chance Modifiers
All wild HA chance modifiers are applied additively to the base chance:
$$ \text{HA chance} = \frac{1 + \sum \text{boost}}{\text{base chance}} $$
Example (55% boost with a 10% boost):
$$ \frac{1 + 0.55 + 0.1}{300}\Rightarrow \frac{1}{181.81} \approx 0.55% $$
| Source | HA Boost |
|---|---|
| Mew Shoulder Mount | 5% |
| Catch Combos | 5% → 55% |
| Crown Rank | 2.5% → 15% |
| Donor Rank | 5% |
| Living PokéDex Badge Reward | 15% |
| Server Booster | 10% |
| Shiny/HA Community Goal | 10% |
Catch Combos
Catch Combos are one of the strongest active ways to raise your wild HA odds, scaling up to +55% at a combo of 100.
| Catch Combo | HA Boost |
|---|---|
| 25 | +15% |
| 50 | +30% |
| 75 | +40% |
| 100 | +55% |
Ranks
Donor Ranks
| Rank | HA Boost |
|---|---|
| GGPlays | 5% |
Crown Ranks
| Rank | HA Boost |
|---|---|
 10 | +3% |
 20 | +4.5% |
 30 | +6% |
 40 | +8% |
 50 | +10% |
 60 | +12.5% |
 70 | +15% |
 80 | +17.5% |
Server Boosters
Global HA Boosters are server-wide modifiers that increase the HA chance for everyone while active. They can be obtained from:
- Donation Store: Purchased with
Bits. - Community Goals: Activated when a goal is completed.
- VoteParty: Randomly selected as a VoteParty reward.
Living PokéDex Badge
Maintaining phase VIII of the Living PokéDex badge grants a +15% HA boost.
Shoulder Mounts
Equipping Mew grants a +5% HA boost.
Boosted HA Encounters
Outbreaks
Outbreak spawns have a $$\frac{1}{100} = 1%$$ chance to be HA and are not affected by other HA chance modifiers. A maximum of one HA Pokémon can spawn during an outbreak.
Rustles
Rustle spawns have a $$\frac{1}{200} \approx 0.5%$$ chance to be HA and are not affected by other HA chance modifiers.
Fishing
When reeling in a Pokémon, there is a $$\frac{1}{35} \approx 2.86%$$ chance it will be HA.
Obtainment
HA Pokémon can be obtained in numerous other ways besides wild spawns:
- Safari: Safari spawns have a base HA chance of $$\frac{1}{150} \approx 0.67%$$.
- Raids: Legendary Raids have a $$\frac{1}{30} \approx 3.33%$$ HA chance, and Hard non-legendary Raids have a $$\frac{1}{75} \approx 1.33%$$ HA chance.
- GGPlays Bosses: GGPlays Bosses have tier-based HA chances.
- Breeding: Mothers have a 60% chance to pass their Hidden Ability.
- Player Trading: Browse through GTS with the HA filter enabled, or ask in chat and send someone a SafeTrade request.