Mark

Wild Pokémon may have marks when encountered in a random encounter (including fishing) or symbol encounter. Additionally, Pokémon that join while cooking curry at Pokémon Camp always have the Curry Mark.

Pokémon encountered in other ways can never have marks. Pokémon encountered in the following encounter types can never have marks:

• Pokémon caught in static encounters, such as Zacian and Zamazenta, or other scripted encounters like the Glimwood Tangle Impidimp
• Pokémon caught during Max Raid Battles and Dynamax Adventures
• Pokémon hatched from Eggs
• In-game trade Pokémon
• Gift Pokémon

Depending on conditions, anywhere from 5% to 10% of Pokémon encountered in the wild will have a mark.

When a Pokémon is encountered in the wild, the game checks whether to apply a mark to it, using the following rates in the following order:[1]

That is, first, the game determines if the Pokémon will have a Rare Mark. If that test fails, it checks the Rowdy - Slump Mark group. If that fails, it checks Uncommon Mark, and so on.

If the Rowdy - Slump Mark group is chosen, the marks within that group all have an even chance of being selected (~3.6% each, relative to each other). If a weather-based mark is chosen and the weather is not clear, the mark corresponding to the weather will be given; if the weather is clear, the game will continue checking the following types of marks. If a time-based mark is chosen, the mark corresponding to the current time will be chosen.

If the player has the Mark Charm in their Bag, wild Pokémon are more likely to have a mark. If a wild Pokémon would not have a mark while the player has the Mark Charm, the game runs through these checks a second and third time. This approximately triples the chance of a wild Pokémon to have a mark.[2]

The weather-based marks and the Fishing Mark are the only random marks that are not part of a group that is always possible (specifically, when the weather is clear or when encountering a Pokémon other than by fishing). This affects the overall chance of encountering a wild Pokémon with a mark, since each chance is separate (as opposed to choosing whether any mark will be received, and then choosing the mark). In clear weather and if not fishing, the overall probability of having any mark (i.e., the complement of not having a mark) is ${\textstyle 1-{999 \over 1000}\cdot {99 \over 100}\cdot {49 \over 50}\cdot {49 \over 50}\approx 5.02\%}$; if fishing during non-clear weather, the overall probability is ${\textstyle 1-{999 \over 1000}\cdot {99 \over 100}\cdot {49 \over 50}\cdot {49 \over 50}\cdot {49 \over 50}\cdot {24 \over 25}\approx 10.64\%}$.[3]

• Since Pokémon hatched from Eggs or caught in a Max Raid Battle cannot have a mark, the only way for a Pokémon to have both a Hidden Ability and a mark is to use an Ability Patch.
• Because the weather is determined by where the player is standing, and weather marks are determined based on the weather when the symbol encounter spawns rather than when it is encountered, it is possible for Pokémon to have weather marks based on the weather in adjacent locations, if they spawned while the player was standing in a different location. This can even allow Pokémon to have marks corresponding to weather that can never occur in the location in which they are caught.[4]