Our Top 5 Starting Tips: Tips And Secrets

Discover essential tips for Pokémon X and Y, including EXP Share, selling items, Poké Ball types, Lucky Eggs, and the importance of saving often to enhance your gameplay experience.

Here are our top 5 starting tips and secrets for Pokémon X and Y to help you get a head start:

1. Break The Game With EXP Share: After defeating the first Gym Leader, you'll receive the EXP Share. By default, it's on and gives all Pokémon that didn't participate in battle 50% of the experience gained. This means with a full party, you gain 250% extra experience, which can make your team overleveled and help you blast through the main story.

2. The Items You Should Sell: Several items found during your adventure have no purpose other than to be sold at PokéMarts for a good cash boost. Sell them as soon as possible for a useful sum of money.

3. Know Your Pokéball Types: Essential for catching Pokémon, Pokéballs come in various types, each with specific uses. Using the right Pokéball at the right time can save you from wasting valuable resources. Here's a breakdown:

   • Dive Ball: Use on Pokémon living underwater.
   • Dusk Ball: Use at night or in caves and dark areas.
   • Great Ball: Greater chance at catching than a regular Pokéball.
   • Heal Ball: Fully heals caught Pokémon; useless with a full party.
   • Luxury Ball: Caught Pokémon quickly get Happy.
   • Master Ball: Captures any Pokémon (perfect for Legendaries).
   • Nest Ball: Lower-level Pokémon are easier to catch.
   • Net Ball: Use on Bug or Water-type Pokémon.
   • Poké Ball: Regular variety ball.
   • Premier Ball: Typically found by buying 10 Poké Balls at once.
   • Quick Ball: Use in the first four turns.
   • Repeat Ball: Use on previously-owned species.
   • Timer Ball: Catch rate +1 for every ten turns, up to x4.0.
   • Ultra Ball: Twice as likely to make a catch as a regular ball.

4. A Useful Experience Boost: To increase your Exp earning even higher, speak to the girl in the Coumarine Hotel. If she's happy with your friendship level, she'll give you a Lucky Egg. Any Pokémon holding a Lucky Egg while in battle will earn 2/3 more Exp than usual. Combine this with a Level 3 Experience Point O-Power for even greater results.

5. Save Often!: It may sound obvious, but many players forget to save their game at regular intervals. This can be incredibly frustrating if you've just captured a rare Pokémon and then lose your progress due to a reset or power outage. Always save after every fight or significant event to avoid losing precious hours.