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Best Rare Qualities

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Rare Qualities are a new game mechanic introduced in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon on the Nintendo Switch. They are similar to Pokemon Abilities, but they affect your whole party. This article discusses the best Rare Qualities in the game.

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Recommended Rare Qualities
What are Rare Qualities?
List of Rare Qualities
Related Links

Best Rare Qualities

Recommended for Clearing the Dungeons

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Rare Quality	Reason
Strike Back	Great for dealing damage to both foes and bosses.
Evasive Rhythm	Great for avoiding damage for all your Pokemon
Steamroll	This eliminates type immunity and makes resisted moves more powerful.
Small Stomach	Eliminates the need for Apples, you can replace them with more useful Oran Berries.
Notorious Fasting	Eliminates the need for food altogether. Using this strategy would not let you recover naturally though.
Thrown Item Boost	Good if you have weaker Pokemon in your party. They can deal huge damage even without stats. This lets you save PP as well.
Riled Up	Makes it easier to deal damage
Defensive Rhythm	Decreases damage from enemies.
Rapid Bull's-Eyes	This makes the already powerful multi-hit moves like Double Slap even more powerful.

Recommended for Grinding

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Rare Quality	Reason
XP Boost	Great for leveling.
Food Finder	Great way to collect food, especially if you lose all your items by fainting in a dungeon.
Friendly	Great way to recruit Pokemon.
Squeeze Out	Great for conserving Elixirs and Ethers as you will recover some PP if a move currently has 0.
PP Pouch	Another great way to restore PP as it heals more than Squeeze Out whenever you defeat an enemy.
Squad Up	It stacks with Friendly, so its good for trying to recruit Pokemon or making money off recruits.
Moving Up	Great for boosting the XP of your favorite moves.

What are Rare Qualities?

Special Passive Abilities that Pokemon Have

Rare Qualities are passive skills that are quite similar to the Abilities Pokemon usually have. However, they affect the whole party instead of just the Pokemon that has it. For example, if your Pikachu has the XP Boost Rare Quality which boosts Experience Points gained from defeating enemy Pokemon, then the whole party will get the boost as well.

How to Get Rare Qualities

You can get random Rare Qualities by consuming Rainbow Gummi and DX Gummi.

Even if your Pokemon has a Rare Quality, they can get new ones by consuming Gummis. However, they can only learn one at a time similar to Pokemon moves.

When you get a Rare Quality from a Gummi, you will need to replace your old one if to get the new one. You can always refuse to replace it if you like the old one better.

Do Rare Qualities Stack?

Rare Qualities do not stack, so you'll want to bring Pokemon with a variety of Rare Qualities.

For example, having two Pokemon with XP Boost won't increase the XP gain more than just having one Pokemon with it.

However, Friendly and Squad Up are two different Rare Qualities and does stack, so you can make some good combinations as long as you make sure there is no overlap.

List of Rare Qualities

To learn more about the other Rare Qualities in the game, see our full list below.

List of Rare Qualities

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Gameplay Basics
What is Mystery Dungeon?	How to Choose Your Starter and Partner	How to Use Felicity Bank
How to Raise Your Rank and Rewards	What Happens On Game Over? How to Get Rescued	Leveling Up at Makuhita Dojo
How to Leave a Dungeon	What is Move Growth?	Shiny Pokemon and How to Get Them
Strong Foes and Rewards	Unrepeatable One-time Events	What is a Mystery House?
How to Farm Stat Boost Items	Best Items to Sell	What Items to Bring to Dungeons
Kangaskhan Storage	How to Use Friend Rescue	-
Best Gameplay Strategies
How to Level Up Fast	How to Get Money Fast	Dungeon Crawling Guide
How to Grow Moves Fast	How to Recruit Pokemon Easily	How to Clear Monster Houses
Recommended Settings and Controls	Best Linked Moves	How to Steal from Kecleon
How Much Money Should I Carry Into Dungeons?	What to Buy from Kecleon Shops	How to Save Money Using Wigglytuff Orb and Bargain
How to Clear Dungeons Fast	How to Beat Moltres and Articuno	-
Tier Lists
Best Starter Pokemon	Best Partner Pokemon	Best Partner for Each Starter
Starter Tier List	Best Friend Pokemon for the Story	Best Moves Tier List
Best Items for Boss Battles	Best Equipment Ranking	Best Rare Qualities

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16 Anonymous2 months

small stomach also makes plain seed useful as food so the scraps can be used

13 Hydronatorabout 3 years

Leave half is the best rare quality

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