Pokerouge Endless Mode Item Priority Guide
Master item selection in Pokerouge Endless Mode with our comprehensive S-tier to D-tier priority system and special item strategies
Understanding Item Priority
Item selection in Endless Mode can make or break your run. This guide provides a comprehensive tier system from S-tier (must-have) to D-tier (nice-to-have) items, plus special mechanics for optimal farming.
Key Principles:
- •S-tier items define Endless Mode's core gameplay
- •A-tier items are essential for efficient farming
- •B-tier items significantly reduce difficulty
- •C-tier items provide specific benefits
- •D-tier items are optional quality-of-life improvements
S-Tier Items (Must-Have)
Locked Container
The ultimate Endless Mode item. This item dramatically shortens the process of acquiring key items, making it the most crucial item in the mode.
How It Works
Allows you to lock items in shops, preventing them from being replaced when refreshing. Essential for building your ideal item set.
Always take this item when you see it - it's irreplaceable!
Usage Strategy
Use to lock red/pink quality items when you encounter them, then refresh to find more high-quality items.
Gene Wedge
Enables unique fusion mechanics by binding two Pokémon together. The first Pokémon 'eats' the second, combining their attributes, abilities, and move pools.
Fusion Mechanics
Retains first Pokémon's primary type and hidden ability, second Pokémon's secondary type and ability. Base stats are averaged between both Pokémon.
Example
Mega Blastoise with Sturdy hidden ability + Miraidon = Water/Dragon type with Sturdy hidden ability and Hadron Engine ability.
Important Warning
Don't try gimmicks like Sturdy Shedinja - Sturdy won't trigger at 1 HP. The author learned this the hard way!
This item only appears when needed and stops appearing after 5 Pokémon are already bound.
A-Tier Items (Essential)
Essential Farming Items
These items are essential for efficient farming and should be taken whenever seen. They directly impact your farming speed and success rate.
Shiny Charm
Increases shiny encounter rates. Essential for shiny hunting.
Doubles shiny encounter rates when maxed
Healing Charm
Provides consistent healing throughout your run.
Reduces need for healing items and increases survival
Berry Pouch
Prevents berry consumption and provides status protection.
Essential for maintaining team health and status immunity
Charm Coin
Increases gold acquisition from battles.
Provides more gold for shop refreshes and item purchases
B-Tier Items (Key Items)
Difficulty Reduction Items
These items significantly reduce battle difficulty and are important for smooth progression through higher floors.
Leftovers
Provides passive healing each turn.
Reduces need for active healing and increases survivability
Focus Band
Chance to survive fatal damage with 1 HP.
Provides crucial safety net for dangerous encounters
King's Rock
Adds flinch chance to moves.
Can prevent enemy attacks and provide tactical advantage
Multi Mirror
Reflects damage back to attackers.
Excellent for dealing with high-damage enemies
Shell Bell
Heals based on damage dealt.
Provides healing while dealing damage
Heart Scale
Improves move accuracy and power.
Makes moves more reliable and powerful
Master Ball
Guaranteed capture of any Pokémon.
Essential for capturing rare shinies and legendaries
Candy Jar
Increases candy acquisition and effectiveness.
Allows level overflow for easier progression through 1500-3000 floors
C-Tier Items (Specific Benefits)
Specialized Items
These items provide specific benefits for particular strategies or situations. Choose based on your team's needs.
Type Damage Items
Increase damage for specific types (max 99 stacks).
Significant damage boost when stacked, especially for mono-type teams
EV Training Items
Specific effort value training items for stats like Speed, Attack, HP.
Optimize your Pokémon's stats for specific roles
D-Tier Items (Quality of Life)
Nice-to-Have Items
These items provide minor benefits but aren't essential for success. Take them if available but don't prioritize them.
Golden Gloves
Increases critical hit rate.
Minor damage boost through increased crits
Tight Grip
Prevents item loss from certain moves.
Protects held items from being removed
Soothe Bell
Increases candy acquisition rate.
Faster candy farming when needed
Wide Lens
Increases move accuracy.
Improves reliability of low-accuracy moves
Black Hole
Special battle effect item.
Provides unique battle advantages
Special Item Mechanics
Perfume Strategy
Perfume enables double battles, which provide double experience but increased difficulty. Requires careful team assessment.
Double Battle Trigger
When 3 or more unstacked perfumes are present, non-boss floors (non-10-multiple floors) will always be double battles.
Double battles = Double experience and double shiny encounter rates!
Optimal Strategy
Maintain exactly 3 perfumes on the field for maximum efficiency. Choose red (25 turns) and blue perfumes over green.
Watch out for stacking! At 5 turns remaining with green perfume or 10 turns with blue perfume, they'll stack and break the 3-perfume requirement.
Candy Usage
Regular and Super Rare Candy have minimal differences despite different rarities. Don't be fooled by the gold color.
When to Use
Only use candy after Candy Jar reaches at least 20 stacks, perfumes are maxed, and no gacha vouchers are available.
Level advantage helps easily progress through 3000 floors
Priority
Candy is always the lowest priority choice since level overflow becomes ineffective after 3000 floors.
Evolution Items
Includes Mega Stones, Evolution Stones, Dynamax Mushrooms, and unique transformation items.
Strategy
Take when needed (highest priority), or take when not needed to avoid polluting the item pool.
Gold Items
Gold-related items have higher priority in early game when you need startup funds.
Early Game
Higher priority - you need more money as startup capital.
Late Game
Value inflation far exceeds shop refresh cost inflation, making gold mostly overflow.
Items to Avoid
Terastal Orb
NEVER take Terastal Orbs! They're useless in Endless Mode and will pollute your item pool.
Why to Avoid
- •Terastalization has minimal impact in Endless Mode
- •Time-limited effect is not useful for farming
- •Various Terastal Orbs will pollute your item pool without restraint
- •No strategic value for progression or farming
Priority Summary
Before Core Items Complete
Focus on acquiring essential items first.
Priority Order:
Core Items > Gacha Vouchers > Gold > Others
After Core Items Complete
Focus on optimization and farming efficiency.
Priority Order:
Candy Jar > Gacha Vouchers > Perfume (maintain 3) > Rare Candy > Others
Quick Tips Summary
Locked Container First
Always prioritize Locked Container - it's the foundation of efficient Endless Mode farming.
Gene Wedge Strategy
Use Gene Wedge to create powerful fusion Pokémon, but avoid gimmicky combinations like Sturdy Shedinja.
Shiny Charm Priority
Max out Shiny Charm early for doubled shiny encounter rates throughout your run.
Perfume Management
Maintain exactly 3 perfumes for guaranteed double battles. Watch out for stacking mechanics.
Candy Timing
Only use candy after Candy Jar reaches 20+ stacks and other priorities are complete.
Avoid Terastal Orbs
Never take Terastal Orbs - they're useless and will pollute your item pool.
Community Discussion
Share Your Item Strategies
ItemMaster
2024-01-18
This tier list is absolutely perfect! I was always confused about what to prioritize, but the S-tier explanation for Locked Container and Gene Wedge makes total sense. Locked Container really is the foundation of everything.
GeneWedgeUser
2024-01-17
The Gene Wedge section saved me from making a huge mistake! I was about to try Sturdy Shedinja - thank you for the warning! The fusion mechanics explanation is crystal clear now.
PerfumeExpert
2024-01-16
The perfume strategy is brilliant! I never understood why I wasn't getting double battles consistently. The 3-perfume rule and stacking warning are game-changers. Red perfume for 25 turns is definitely the way to go.
TerastalHater
2024-01-15
THANK YOU for the Terastal Orb warning! I've been taking them thinking they were useful, but they're just polluting my item pool. This guide saved me from so many bad runs!
CandyOptimizer
2024-01-14
The candy usage section is spot on. I was wasting candy too early before Candy Jar was stacked. Now I wait until 20+ stacks and the difference is incredible. Level overflow is real!