Max Repel
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The Max Repel (Japanese: ゴールドスプレー Gold Spray) is a type of item introduced in Generation I.
The Repel and Super Repel are weaker versions of this item.
In the core series games
Price
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In Pokémon Black, the Max Repel can be purchased in the Black City marketplace for $5500.
At Join Avenue's Market, Max Repel can be bought in dozens at $6300 each, which equates to $525 per Max Repel.
Effect
This item has the same effect as the Repel and Super Repel for the duration of 250 steps.
When used from the Bag in the overworld, it prevents certain wild Pokémon from appearing:
- In Generation I, and from Generation VI onwards, this applies to wild Pokémon with a lower level than the first member of the party.
- From Generation II to V, this applies to wild Pokémon with a lower level than the first non-fainted member of the party.
Using multiple items
In Generation I only, it is still possible to use this item even if a previously used Repel, Super Repel, or Max Repel is still in effect, which overrides the effect of the previous item and wastes any remaining steps. From Generation II onwards, it is not possible to use this item while a previously used one is still in effect.
Starting in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, if the player still has more of this item when the effect wears off, the game will automatically ask the player whether they want to use another one immediately.
Saved game
In Generation I only, the effect of this item is not included in the saved game. When the player continues a saved game, any previous uses of this item are ignored.
From Generation II onwards, the number of remaining steps is saved in the game data.
Step counting
If the player is walking automatically as part of an in-game event or as a result of stepping on a floor tile, no steps are counted.
Generation I
In Generation I only:
- The player character changing direction counts as an additional step, reducing the duration of this item. For instance, if the player character walks 5 steps south and then 5 steps west, this counts as 11 steps.
- Similarly, changing direction without walking (such as by trying to walk into a wall while changing direction) also counts as a step.
- Jumping over a ledge does not count as a step.
- No step is counted when the player uses Surf from the party menu (to go from land to water, or from water to land)
- If the player walks directly from water to land, that counts as a step.
- No step is counted when the player goes through any game warp point (including a door, a cave entrance, stairs, hole on the ground, or teleport tile).
- No step is counted when the player goes from an area to the other (as evidenced by the color palette and background music changing). For instance, no step is counted at the exact moment when the player leaves Viridian City and enters Route 2.
- No step is counted when the player goes if the player turns around while standing on a stairs tile or teleport tile.
- If the player is currently indoors, walking on or walking away from the two-tile horizontal carpet adjacent to the exit of the current house, building, or elevator do not count as steps. In the case of the Pokémon Tower, no carpet is visible but the two exit tiles work the same way.
- Walking inside or walking away from the healing zone on the fifth floor of the Pokémon Tower do not count as steps.
Generation II
From Generation II onwards, changing directions does not count as a step.
In this generation, this counts as a step:
- Entering a door or a cave.
- Walking through stairs that occupy a floor tile (such as in a Pokémon Center).
However, this does not count as a step:
- Exiting a door or a cave.
- Walking through stairs that occupy a wall tile (such as in the player's house).
Exceptions
This item does not affect encounters from fishing, Sweet Scent, or in-game event Pokémon seen in the overworld.
In Pokémon Emerald, this item does not prevent wild Pokémon from appearing in the Battle Pike and Battle Pyramid.
In Pokémon White, this item does not prevent wild Pokémon from appearing in the White Forest.
In Pokémon X and Y, this item does not prevent Pokémon from appearing in dirt mounds on Route 13.
In Pokémon Sword and Shield, even though this item prevents hidden encounters, it does not prevent symbol encounters or wanderers.
Description
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Acquisition
Gallery
Artwork
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| Unused artwork from Scarlet and Violet |
In animation
Pokémon the Series
Pokémon the Series: Black & White
A Max Repel appeared in Climbing the Tower of Success! as one of the search items for the Wishing Bell Festival scavenger hunt.
Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon
In Lulled to La-La Land!, Lillie mentioned having used Max Repels to keep wild Pokémon away from herself while camping in a forest with Ash and the rest of her classmates. This inadvertently ended up protecting her from a wild Morelull that attacked everybody else and drained their energy.
Gallery
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Lillie using a Max Repel
In other languages
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