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Pokérus ("Pokémon virus") is a status a Pixelmon can carry. While infected, the effort values (EVs) a Pixelmon gains from battle are doubled. An infection lasts a fixed time set by its strain, then becomes cured, and can spread to adjacent party members after a battle. It has no negative effects.

Effect

While infected, EVs gained from battle are doubled. The multiplier is applied after EV-boosting held items: a Macho Brace or power item (e.g. Power Weight) bonus is added first, then the total is doubled. Pokérus affects only EV gain.

Strains

On infection a Pixelmon is assigned a random strain. The strain sets the infection's duration and has no other effect. Infection lasts between 1 and 4 days.

Strain	Duration
`A`	1 day
`B`	2 days
`C`	3 days
`D`	4 days

Uninfected Pixelmon use the UNINFECTED marker. The infected and cured states keep the same strain name.

Acquisition

From wild Pixelmon

Spawned Pixelmon have a 1 in 12,288 (0.0081%) chance per spawn to carry Pokérus.

Individual spawns and spawn sets may override this rate with spawnSpecificPokerusRate or setSpecificPokerusRate; none are set in the current spawn data.

Spreading after battle

After a player wins a battle, an infected party Pixelmon can spread Pokérus to its adjacent party slots, and an attacker can be infected by a target it hits that carries Pokérus. Fainted Pixelmon, Pixelmon already carrying Pokérus, and cured Pixelmon are skipped (a cured Pixelmon cannot be re-infected).

Each eligible spread attempt has a 1 in 5 (20%) chance to succeed.

Pokémon Spec

Pokérus can be set or matched via Pokémon Spec using pokerus:<strain> or pkrs:<strain>, where <strain> is one of UNINFECTED, A, B, C, D.

Duration and curing

The infection timer advances only while the Pixelmon is in a player's party. Pixelmon in the PC do not age, and eggs are skipped and never carry Pokérus, so storing an infected Pixelmon in the PC preserves the infection indefinitely.

When the timer reaches the strain's duration, the Pixelmon is cured. A cured Pixelmon retains a record of the infection but can no longer spread it.

Notification

The first time a party Pixelmon is found carrying Pokérus, the next healer used announces it.

The healer dings at you, and an automated message plays.

Your Pixelmon appear to have been infected by Pokérus, a microscopic life-form that we do not know much about just yet.
It spreads quickly, but does not seem to cause any harm.
It has, on occasion, even proven to be beneficial to a Pixelmon's growth, though infections seem to be short-lived.

Server settings

Current Pokérus configuration. Operators set these in config/pixelmon/pokerus.yml.

Setting	Current value	Effect
Enabled	Yes	Whether or not the Pokérus is enabled. This blocks the growth, the spread and the spawning of the Pokérus.
Wild appearance rate	1 in 12,288 (0.0081%)	Pokérus spawn rate (1/x). (0 to disable)
Healer notification	Yes	Whether or not the player should be informed if their Pixelmon got Pokérus.
Battle spread rate	1 in 5 (20%)	Chance to spread the Pokérus to the near Pixelmon after a battle. (1/x) (-1 to disable; 0 to keep always active)

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-'''Pokérus''' (a portmanteau of "Pokémon" and "virus") is a rare, beneficial status that a Pixelmon can carry. It has no harmful effects: while a Pixelmon is infected, the [[EV training|effort values (EVs)]] it earns from battle are doubled, which makes Pokérus highly valuable for training. An infection lasts a limited time before the Pixelmon is marked as cured, and it can spread to other party members after a battle.
+'''Pokérus''' ("Pokémon virus") is a status a Pixelmon can carry. While infected, the [[EV training|effort values (EVs)]] a Pixelmon gains from battle are doubled. An infection lasts a fixed time set by its strain, then becomes cured, and can spread to adjacent party members after a battle. It has no negative effects.
 == Effect ==
-While a Pixelmon has an active Pokérus infection, every EV it gains from a battle is doubled. This roughly halves the time required to fully [[EV training|EV-train]] a Pixelmon and is the main reason the status is sought after.
+While infected, EVs gained from battle are doubled. The multiplier is applied after EV-boosting held items: a [[Macho Brace]] or power item (e.g. [[Power Weight]]) bonus is added first, then the total is doubled. Pokérus affects only EV gain.
-The bonus stacks with EV-boosting held items. The bonus from a [[Macho Brace]] or a power item (such as the [[Power Weight]]) is calculated first, and the resulting EV yield is then doubled by Pokérus. Pokérus affects nothing other than EV gain and never harms the Pixelmon.
 == Strains ==
-When a Pixelmon becomes infected it is assigned one strain at random. The strain only determines how long the infection stays active — overall, an infection lasts between 1 and 4 days — and has no other effect.
+On infection a Pixelmon is assigned a random strain. The strain sets the infection's duration and has no other effect. Infection lasts between 1 and 4 days.
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-! Strain !! Infection length
+! Strain !! Duration
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 | <code>A</code>
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-A Pixelmon that has never been infected uses the internal <code>UNINFECTED</code> marker. The infected and cured states reuse the same strain name.
+Uninfected Pixelmon use the <code>UNINFECTED</code> marker. The infected and cured states keep the same strain name.
 == Acquisition ==
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 === From wild Pixelmon ===
-Newly spawned wild Pixelmon have a small chance to already carry Pokérus. The global chance is 1 in 12,288 (0.0081%) per spawn, so finding an infected Pixelmon by chance is very uncommon.
+Spawned Pixelmon have a 1 in 12,288 (0.0081%) chance per spawn to carry Pokérus.
-Individual spawns and spawn sets can also define their own Pokérus rates that override the global chance, though none currently do so in the loaded spawn data.
+Individual spawns and spawn sets may override this rate with <code>spawnSpecificPokerusRate</code> or <code>setSpecificPokerusRate</code>; none are set in the current spawn data.
 === Spreading after battle ===
-Spreading is the most reliable way to obtain Pokérus, since it lets an existing infection move through a whole team. After a player wins a battle, an infected Pixelmon in the party can pass Pokérus to the Pixelmon in the adjacent party slots, and an attacker can also catch it from a target it strikes that already has the status.
+After a player wins a battle, an infected party Pixelmon can spread Pokérus to its adjacent party slots, and an attacker can be infected by a target it hits that carries Pokérus. Fainted Pixelmon, Pixelmon already carrying Pokérus, and cured Pixelmon are skipped (a cured Pixelmon cannot be re-infected).
-A Pixelmon is skipped if it has fainted or already carries Pokérus. A Pixelmon that has been cured cannot be re-infected, so an infected, uncured Pixelmon is needed to keep spreading the status.
-On this server each eligible neighbour has a 1 in 5 (20%) chance to catch the status after a qualifying battle.
+Each eligible spread attempt has a 1 in 5 (20%) chance to succeed.
-=== Commands and Pokémon Specs ===
+=== Pokémon Spec ===
-Pokérus can be applied or matched directly through a [[Pokémon Spec]] using <code>pokerus:&lt;strain&gt;</code> or <code>pkrs:&lt;strain&gt;</code>, where <code>&lt;strain&gt;</code> is one of <code>UNINFECTED</code>, <code>A</code>, <code>B</code>, <code>C</code>, <code>D</code>. This is mainly useful to server operators and for command-based testing.
+Pokérus can be set or matched via [[Pokémon Spec]] using <code>pokerus:&lt;strain&gt;</code> or <code>pkrs:&lt;strain&gt;</code>, where <code>&lt;strain&gt;</code> is one of <code>UNINFECTED</code>, <code>A</code>, <code>B</code>, <code>C</code>, <code>D</code>.
 == Duration and curing ==
-The infection timer only counts down while the Pixelmon is in a player's party. Pixelmon stored in the [[PC]] do not age, and eggs are ignored entirely and never carry Pokérus. Because of this, storing an infected Pixelmon in the PC preserves the infection indefinitely, letting it be re-introduced to a new team later.
+The infection timer advances only while the Pixelmon is in a player's party. Pixelmon in the [[PC]] do not age, and eggs are skipped and never carry Pokérus, so storing an infected Pixelmon in the PC preserves the infection indefinitely.
-Once the timer reaches the strain's duration, the Pixelmon is cured. A cured Pixelmon keeps a record of having had Pokérus but can no longer spread it to others.
+When the timer reaches the strain's duration, the Pixelmon is cured. A cured Pixelmon retains a record of the infection but can no longer spread it.
 == Notification ==
-The first time a Pixelmon in the party is found to be carrying Pokérus, the next healer the player uses announces it, so the status does not have to be checked Pixelmon by Pixelmon.
+The first time a party Pixelmon is found carrying Pokérus, the next healer used announces it.
 The healer dings at you, and an automated message plays.
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 == Server settings ==
-Pokérus behaviour is controlled by the values below, which reflect the current server configuration. Operators can adjust them in <code>config/pixelmon/pokerus.yml</code>.
+Current Pokérus configuration. Operators set these in <code>config/pixelmon/pokerus.yml</code>.
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