How to recruit Mew in Red Rescue Team

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. How to Recruit Pokémon
1. Jirachi's Wish
2. Pokémon Unrecruitable in Dungeons
3. Recruitment Options during the Main Story (SPOILERS)
4. Friend Areas
1. Friend Area List
5. Recruit Rates and Spawn Rates
1. Pokémon by Recruit Rate
2. Pokémon by Location
3. Dungeon Spawn Information
4. Wonder Mail Dungeons
6. How to Track Recruitment
7. Factors that Boost Recruitment
8. Version Exclusive Pokémon
9. Kecleon
10. Legendaries
1. Mew
11. Evolution
1. Evolution Items
2. Happiness Evolutions
12. Illuminate
13. Misconceptions
14. (Objective) Best Spawn Rates & Levels; Rare Pokémon
15. (Objective) Level Grinding Suggestions
16. Credits

Legendaries

Mew

Unique among the legendary Pokémon is Mew, whose requirements for spawning are rather obscure and not entirely indicated by the game's text about it. This section will explain the specifics around Mew's spawn requirements and hopefully make your life easier when you go to search for Mew.

Mew is found exclusively in the Buried Relic dungeon, and its Friend Area is Final Island, which you will need to purchase to be able to recruit Mew.

The Music Box

When you fight the 3 Regis in Buried Relic, each one of them drops a Part with the name that matches their name and type. Collect all 3, and upon picking up the 3rd Part, they will combine to form a Music Box.

Do not use this Music Box. If you do, it will disappear from your inventory and you will be unable to find Mew! (If you do lose the Music Box, you can get another by fighting the Regis again to get the Parts, though.) All you need to do is keep it in your inventory when continuing through Buried Relic to allow Mew to spawn.

Note that you can create multiple Music Boxes, and you can also bring the Music Box to the dungeon if you already have it. None of this will affect your ability to find Mew. If you have any Music Box in your inventory, Mew has a chance to spawn.

Spawning

Once you have the Music Box in your inventory, you will be able to potentially find Mew on any floor between 36 and 98. (Note that floor 99 cannot have Mew.) However, Mew does not spawn on the floor using the same rules as other Pokémon. Mew spawns as follows:

• Mew will only spawn one time per floor.
• Mew will only spawn in one of two ways:
  • It is a member of the group of Pokémon that are already on the floor when you enter the floor.
  • It appears when you enter a Monster House.

(I am as of yet unsure if it is possible to use a Transfer Orb or step on a Pokémon Trap and cause Mew to spawn that way, although evidence points to those methods being impossible.)

Finding and Recruiting Mew

If Mew is on a floor when you initially spawn into the floor, you will not know this from the beginning. Thus, you may need to search floors somewhat in order to find Mew and recruit it.

A common strategy is to equip X-Ray Specs on your leader Pokémon. When you enter a floor, make note of how many red dots you see and where they are located. Try to hunt down every red dot that is on the floor from the beginning to see if that Pokémon is Mew. Remember also that Mew can spawn sleeping, so don't forget to check sleeping Pokémon. If you see a lot of items in a room, check it out in case it's a Monster House; those can spawn Mew as well.

You can also tell more quickly if Mew is on a floor by paying attention to the Message Log. Mew can have the move Transform, which it will sometimes use randomly on a floor, even if you are not nearby - there seems to be no rhyme or reason to when Mew (and Ditto) chooses to use Transform, so keep your eyes peeled in case you see that message come up on your screen. Remember also that Mew, like any other Pokémon, can pick up an item if it steps on it, and those messages are shown on the Message Log as well.

Mew can walk (float) over water. I recommend bringing a Pokémon that can naturally move over water or has a mobile IQ Skill (All-Terrain Hiker or Super Mobile) or item (Mobile Scarf, Mobile Orb) so that you can check out water areas in case Mew is hiding out in them.

Note that Mew using Transform does not change what terrain it can move over! If you see a Sandshrew walking on water after seeing Mew use Transform, that Sandshrew has to be the Mew. Conversely, if you see a Haunter that does not seem to be able to go through walls, that Haunter would have a high chance to be Mew as well. Keep your eyes peeled so that you don't miss enemy Pokémon doing odd things that might point to their being Mew.

As for recruiting Mew, you have to follow the same rules laid out in "How to Recruit Pokémon": your leader has to finish it from an adjacent tile; you have to have Mew's Friend Area; you have to have space in your party. Be careful in letting allies attack enemy Pokémon, especially in floors where Mew uses Transform, so that you don't accidentally have a teammate fight Mew before your leader is able to.

Upon recruiting Mew, you will automatically leave the dungeon, giving no chance for Mew to subsequently faint and leave your rescue team.

Recruit and Spawn Rates

Mew has a 0.9% recruit rate; it's recommended to use a high-level Pokémon and the Friend Bow due to the combination of odd spawn conditions plus a relatively low recruit rate.

Mew's spawn rates are listed below.

Mew can take several tries and is often a source of frustration for players. Be patient and keep trying!

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