Happiness

Happiness/Friendship is an important feature you must understand in order to be able to evolve certain Pokémon in Vortex v3. Not all Pokémon need it to evolve. It is a measurement of how much a Pokémon is attached to its trainer and enjoys being in their care.

Charmeleon with Max. Happiness

Here is a detailed breakdown of how Happiness works:

Happiness on Vortex, unlike the real games is not based on walking/giving your Pokémon a soothe bell or certain vitamins/herbs

Your Pokémon's Friendship will depend on the number of battles you fight, in other words your Pokémon's friendship goes up per battle, and more the friendship - The more happiness will raise.

For ease of access, happiness in vortex has been customized and is based on the number of hearts a Pokémon has, which shows how happy it is. To know the number of hearts your Pokémon has, simply click on it.

While there is no way to track the exact happiness points of a Pokémon you are training, you can see hearts will start to appear in the Pokémon's information when you click it's name to open the Pokédex which will go up in increments of one as the Happiness level is raised, displaying one of a maximum of four hearts:

Trivia

• Each heart needs 73 points.
• In other words, 1st heart will need 73 points, second will need 146 points, 3rd heart will need 220 points and 4th will need 255 points (max).
• All Pokémon which evolve by friendship except Sylveon need 220 points (3 hearts) for evolution.
• Eevee will need 255 Happiness points in order to evolve into Sylveon.
• Maximum number of battles which could be needed for a heart=73/1=73 battles.
• Minimum number of battles which could be needed for a heart=73/2=36.5~37 battles.
• Since the happiness points per battle is randomized (1 or 2), you would need somewhere between 37 and 73 battles in order to gain 1 heart for your Pokémon.
• Happiness is not reset when a Pokémon is traded.

FAQ

Q - How will I know how soon my Pokémon will get a heart/After How many battles will my Pokémon get a heart?

A - After each battle, your Pokémon randomly gets 1 or 2 happiness points which you cannot check. A Pokémon's maximum happiness points is 255, when it has 4 hearts.

Q - My Pokémon is level 100 and still cannot evolve through happiness, why not?

A - As stated above, a Pokémon's happiness has nothing to do with it's numerical level, it is solely based on how many battles that Pokémon has won. A Pokémon can go beyond level 100 but still not have enough happiness to evolve if it took less than the minimum required battles to happiness train the Pokémon.

Q - What is the quickest way to level up a Pokémon's happiness?

A - This has been a subject to debate many times but it all comes down to how quick you can finish a battle. Therefore, battling wild Pokémon would be the quickest way to level up a Pokémon's happiness since they can be fairly easily defeated with a low levelled Pokémon and you are not trying to defeat a team of multiple Pokémon.

Pokémon that evolve with Happiness

Base Form	Required Happiness	Evolved Form
Golbat	Level 3 Happiness	Crobat
Chansey	Level 3 Happiness	Blissey
Eevee	Level 3 Happiness	Umbreon
Eevee	Level 3 Happiness	Espeon
Eevee	Level 4 Happiness	Sylveon
Pichu	Level 3 Happiness	Pikachu
Cleffa	Level 3 Happiness	Clefairy
Igglybuff	Level 3 Happiness	Jigglypuff
Togepi	Level 3 Happiness	Togetic
Azurill	Level 3 Happiness	Marill
Budew	Level 3 Happiness	Roselia
Buneary	Level 3 Happiness	Lopunny
Chingling	Level 3 Happiness	Chimecho
Munchlax	Level 3 Happiness	Snorlax
Riolu	Level 3 Happiness	Lucario
Woobat	Level 3 Happiness	Swoobat
Swadloon	Level 3 Happiness	Leavanny