Pokédex progress
Your Pokédex keeps two counts: the Pokémon you have seen and the ones you have caught. Several caves and battles only open once you have caught enough different Pokémon, and card styles and achievements reward the totals. This page explains what counts and lists everything a count unlocks.
What counts as seen and caught
Section titled “What counts as seen and caught”| How you meet the Pokémon | Seen | Caught |
|---|---|---|
| A wild battle, including hordes and co-op battles | Yes | — |
| Catching it, into your party or your PC | Yes | Yes |
| Evolving one of your Pokémon into it | Yes | Yes |
| A starter, an NPC gift or an NPC trade | Yes | Yes |
| Fusing two Pokémon into it | Yes | Yes |
| A trade with another player | No | No |
| Trainer, Gym and PvP battles | No | No |
A Pokémon you get from another player only enters your Pokédex once you evolve it. In a co-op wild battle, every player in the battle sees the wild Pokémon.
Every form with its own Pokédex entry counts on its own: regional forms such as 
Alolan Vulpix, the Rotom forms, each Unown letter and the event forms. Catching an Alolan Vulpix doesn’t tick off Vulpix. Mega Evolution and other in-battle changes don’t add an entry.
Checking your progress
Section titled “Checking your progress”- Trainer Card: the Pokédex stat is your caught count and Seen is your seen count. The card shows Pokédex until you choose your own stats. See Trainer card.
- Pokédex window: a Poké Ball next to a Pokémon means you have caught it. Under Filter Options, tick Show Caught Only? to list only those. See Pokédex.
- In a wild battle: a small Poké Ball beside the wild Pokémon’s name means you have caught that Pokémon before.
What a count unlocks
Section titled “What a count unlocks”Caught count
Section titled “Caught count”| Caught | What opens | Also needs |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | Wayward Cave on Route 206, home of  Gible |
— |
| 200 | The Legendary Caverns at Sinnoh’s lakes | Sinnoh Champion |
| 250 | The weekly  Giratina battle at Spear Pillar (champion list) |
Giratina beaten in the story |
| 300 | Professor Rowan’s weekly battle in Twinleaf Town (champion list) | Sinnoh Champion |
| 300 | Dragon Tamer Saul’s path in Meteor Falls (the missing Baxcalibur) | 7 Hoenn badges, Surf |
| 400 | Shoal Cave on Route 125 (the Shell Bell, Officer Jenny) | — |
| 500 | Professor Birch’s Eon Duo quest | Hoenn Champion |
Seen count
Section titled “Seen count”| Seen | What you get |
|---|---|
| All 28 Unown forms |  Regidrago wakes in the Fennel Ruins (Echoes of the Unknown) |
| 500 | The Snap card style (card styles) |
| 750 | The AR Catch card style |
| 1,000 | The Who’s That Pokémon? card style |
Achievements
Section titled “Achievements”The Collection achievements reward 10, 50, 151, 500, 700 and 806 different Pokémon caught; the last one gives a 
Master Ball. Their rewards are listed under all achievements.
Tips for filling your Pokédex
Section titled “Tips for filling your Pokédex”- Evolve what you catch. Every evolution adds a caught entry, so evolving is the cheapest way to raise your count.
- Collect the gifts. Every gift Pokémon and NPC trade adds an entry.
- Look for gaps. In the Pokédex, a Pokémon without a Poké Ball mark is one you haven’t caught yet. Its Locations tab says where it lives.
- Mind the forms. Each form needs catching on its own. Several Alolan forms, for example, come from Kanto’s traders.