Pokelike EVs and Vitamins — Cost, 5% Stats and Investment Caps
Direct answer
In the checked v3.5 client, one Vitamin costs 200₽ and normally adds 5% to its stat contribution. Each stat is capped at 10 points; Attack and Special Attack rise together and count as one budget category. Your line’s total cap is min(10 × highest ordinary Tower stage cleared, 50), shared across that evolution line. At one Kanto clear, 2,000₽ buys the full ten-point starting budget.
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Buy and apply a permanent Vitamin
Sources: Pokelike official v3.5 client — Tower, permanent investment, eggs and Mega unlocks
- Open the Poké Mart between runs and choose HP Up, Protein, Iron, Zinc or Carbos.
- Select an unlocked Hall of Fame Pokémon line and inspect the existing points and current cap before applying.
- Each successful application spends 200₽ and adds one point. Protein resolves to the relevant attack display, and the purchase code pairs Attack and Special Attack rather than charging the total budget twice.
- Start a Tower/Challenge run with that line and verify its displayed investment. Evolution uses the same root, so you do not need to repurchase the same allocation for the evolved member.
Exact costs, increments and caps
The ordinary stat formula contributes 0.05 per permanent point before other modifiers and integer rounding. Ten points therefore represent +50%, not the +100% quoted by older guides using 10% per point. Mutant, augment, signature and special-mode rules can add or change other factors; this is not a universal final damage multiplier.
Sources: Pokelike official v3.5 client — Tower, permanent investment, eggs and Mega unlocks
| Vitamin | Permanent category | Ten-point contribution | Cost for ten |
|---|---|---|---|
| HP Up | HP | +50% ordinary HP multiplier before other factors/rounding | 2,000₽ |
| Protein | Attack and Special Attack, paired | +50% to both ordinary attack categories; one ten-point budget | 2,000₽ |
| Iron | Defense | +50% ordinary Defense contribution | 2,000₽ |
| Zinc | Special Defense | +50% ordinary Sp. Def contribution | 2,000₽ |
| Carbos | Speed | +50% ordinary Speed contribution; some Challenges disable Speed EVs | 2,000₽ |
How much can this line hold?
Sources: Pokelike official v3.5 client — Tower, permanent investment, eggs and Mega unlocks
| Highest ordinary Tower clear | Total point cap per line | Cost to buy that total from zero |
|---|---|---|
| None | 0 | No permanent point budget yet |
| Kanto / Stage 1 | 10 | 2,000₽ |
| Johto / Stage 2 | 20 | 4,000₽ |
| Hoenn / Stage 3 | 30 | 6,000₽ |
| Sinnoh / Stage 4 | 40 | 8,000₽ |
| Unova / Stage 5 or later | 50 | 10,000₽ |
A first 2,000₽ allocation with a reason
For a carry that already has a suitable attack but loses before acting, a conditional ten-point example is 3 Speed + 3 paired Attack + 4 HP: cost 2,000₽, contributing +15% Speed, +15% Attack and Special Attack, and +20% HP in the ordinary formulas. The correct split depends on the next opponent; this is an arithmetic budget example, not a tested winning build.
If the carry already acts first but fails to survive one hit, another Speed purchase may change nothing; compare HP/Defense/Sp. Def and the held item. A newly acquired underlevelled replacement may still be weaker after an expensive type-motivated purchase.
Sources: Pokelike official v3.5 client — Tower, permanent investment, eggs and Mega unlocks
When a Vitamin will not apply
Sources: Pokelike official v3.5 client — Tower, permanent investment, eggs and Mega unlocks
| Observed condition | Action |
|---|---|
| Per-stat maxed | That category has 10 points. Choose another useful category or use the reset action before reallocating. |
| Line total capped | Clear the next ordinary Tower stage; Challenge clears do not count as ordinary Tower stage clears for this cap. The cap stops at 50 even after Kalos/ORAS. |
| Insufficient money | The purchase needs 200₽. A Shiny Egg costs the same as ten Vitamin purchases, so decide which goal comes first. |
| Speed bonus missing in a special Challenge | Read that run’s modifiers; a no-Speed-EV rule removes this allocation for that run. |
| Want to change a line’s build | The Poké Mart provides a free EV reset action. It clears the entire line’s allocation; resetting does not refund the Pokédollars already spent. Confirm the line and expected loss before accepting. |
Permanent investment versus run rewards
These purchases are stored for the evolution line. Run-only stat buffs, Traits, levels, Mutant percentage and temporary battle stages are separate. The current loader applies permanent buffs to Tower/Challenge-style runs; do not infer identical persistence or applicability in Story from the fact that a Pokémon appears in both modes.
Sources: Pokelike official v3.5 client — Tower, permanent investment, eggs and Mega unlocks
Source boundary
What the source does not prove
- Facts were read from the official v3.5 client on October 19, 2026. Counter plans are recommendations from its actual rosters and mechanics, not a recorded clear or a win-rate guarantee.
- Ordinary Tower data is shown; special Challenge rules can change rosters, levels, Traits, Items and eligibility.
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Evidence used on this page
Sources
Pokelike official v3.5 client — Tower, permanent investment, eggs and Mega unlocks
- Publisher
- Pokelike official game
- Source type
- pokelike official
- Accessed
- October 19, 2026
- Applicable version
- v3.5
- Used on this page
- Version-pinned v3.5 mechanics and listed teams; counter plans reasoned from the visible types, actual moves and conditions.
- Important boundary
- Public code and deterministic configuration replay, not a completed player run or a universal best-team ranking.
Registry details
General supports
- Seven ordinary Tower stages including ORAS; fixed opponent rosters, levels and Trait configurations.
- Hall of Fame starter filtering, run completion and egg/event permanent unlock boundaries.
- Current currency, Vitamin 5% stat formulas, caps, paired Attack budget, costs and duplicate Legendary Shards.
- 48 Mega/Primal stone requirements, Kalos/ORAS gates, winning-Challenge MVP accounting and mode exclusions.
General limitations
- Current public-client inspection and isolated static-data replay, not a completed Tower clear, live hatch, investment purchase or measured counter strategy.
- Special Challenge, weather, ability, save/account and update conditions can change the applicable path.