List of in-game trades

Continuing the trend featured in the core series Pokémon games, Pokémon Insurgence features its very own in-game trades. Though the trading system itself is mostly the same, there are a few noteworthy exceptions which set the in-game trades in Pokémon Insurgence apart from those found in the core series games:

• Non-playable characters (NPCs) in Pokémon Insurgence may provide the player with multiple trading requests, where the player only needs to fulfill one requirement in order to complete the trade.
• Pokémon traded to the player include the trading NPC's trainer class in addition to their name in the Pokémon's OT field.
• The ID of the trading NPC is not static, it is randomized every time a trade is made.
• Pokémon traded to the player have completely randomized IVs; this differs from the Generation VI core series games, where Pokémon either had set IVs or a number of set perfect IVs.
• The nature of the Pokémon received is random.
• The gender of the Pokémon received is random, excluding cases where the Pokémon species has no gender or is gender-specific.
• In the event that the Pokémon received has a primary and a secondary ability, the ability will be randomized between the two; it is currently not possible to receive a Pokémon which already has its Hidden Ability.
• Pre-Generation V level mechanics are used, where the level of the Pokémon received will always be equal to the level of the Pokémon that is traded away.
  • The one exception to this rule is the Cyndaquil traded in Sonata City, which is received at level 5 regardless of what level Druddigon is traded.

Otherwise, trading mechanics remain the same.

Torren

Location Player's Pokémon Traded Pokémon Nickname Item Ability OT Route 1 Totodile Delta Dwebble (Cake) Gateau None Own Tempo or Scrappy Hiker Sam Midna Town Heatmor or Durant Gastly Terror None Levitate Juggler Wolf Midna Town Any Bug-type Elekid Thundervolt None Static Ace Trainer♀ Mimi Suntouched City Butterfree Natu Oracle None Synchronize or Early Bird Lady Tara Route 3 Any Steel-type Delta Scyther Cleaver None Hustle or Ice Cleats Hiker Trevor Vipik City Floette Sneasel Razor None Inner Focus or Keen Eye Waiter Jack Roggan Town Any Ghost-type Larvesta Helios None Flame Body Camper♀ Sally Helios City Stunky Smeargle James None Own Tempo or Technician Artist♂ Smells Helios City Gyarados Barboach Jester None Oblivious or Anticipation Picnicker Mia Helios City Any Dragon-type Delta Lotad Demyx None Magic Bounce or Synchonize Firebreather Neil Utira Town Any Pokémon Slugma My Mixtape None Magma Armor or Flame Body Firebreather Carl Utira Town Any Dragon-type Drilbur Tenga None Sand Rush or Sand Force Hiker Jeremy Miara Town Beedrill Machoke* Vishnu None Guts or No Guard Juggler Eren Miara Town Vigoroth Haunter* Deimos None Levitate Gentleman James Miara Town Any Pokémon Slugma Camelot None Magma Armor or Flame Body Scientist Cathy Miara Town Vibrava Tropius Bananarama None Chlorophyll or Solar Power Lady Sasha Miara Town Any Pseudo-legendary (or pre-evolution) Delta Koffing Koffing None Cloud Nine or Amplifier Cooltrainer♂ Mikasa Sonata City Druddigon Cyndaquil Vulcan Typhlosionite Blaze Firebreather Cato Kepler City Heat Rotom Beldum Deep Blue None Clear Body Hiker Dan Hekate Town Machoke Haunter* Deimos None Levitate Crush Girl Sarry Selene City Any Rock-type Pupitar Gojira None Shed Skin Guitarist James Oranos Town Any Water-type Gible Jaws None Sand Veil Blackbelt Steve Amphitrite City Any Dark-type Noibat Radar None Frisk or Infiltrator Blackbelt Jereth Amphitrite City Bulbasaur Delta Shuckle Baggy None Sturdy or No Guard Blackbelt Dorian Deyraan Town Any Pokémon Zorua Kostya None Illusion Miner Minor Route 16 Any fully evolved Pokémon with elemental Hyper Beam Delta Girafarig Palindrome None Anger Point or Stench Lady Bottril Narra Town Any level 52 Delta Growlithe Glory None Intimidate or Inner Focus Blackbelt James Gaea Town Any Water-type Darumaka Damage None Hustle Juggler Steve Battle Frontier Minun Delta Plusle Positron None Cute Charm Hiker Samm Battle Frontier Plusle Delta Minun Electron None Cute Charm Hiker Mass

Dream Realm
Location Player's Pokémon Traded Pokémon Nickname Item Ability OT Prion Town Any level 1 Delta Doduo D.Brown None Trace or Compoundeyes Blackbelt Derrick Cerebrum Town Any Dragon-type Delta Yamask Pam None Aftermath Veteran Grey Erebus City Any Pokémon Druddigon Lego None Rough Skin or Sheer Force Rich Boy Pat

Holon
Location Player's Pokémon Traded Pokémon Nickname Item Ability OT Settlement Oscar Any Poison/Ghost or Poison/Dark Delta Numel Virulence None Poison Point or Venomous Ruin Maniac Tim Settlement Alfa Any Dragon-type Delta Maractus HK-47 None Clear Body or Motor Drive Sketchy Sam Settlement Juliet Any Pokémon Delta Feebas Apophis None Rattled or Run Away Ruined Man

Trivia

• In Roggan Town the player is able to trade for a Larvesta whose OT is Camper♀ Sally. This is likely a typographical error, as the female counterpart of the Camper trainer class is referred to as a Picnicker both in the cores series games and in Pokémon Insurgence.
• The nickname of the Beldum traded in Kepler City, Deep Blue, is a reference to a chess computer created by IBM that was able to beat reigning champion Garry Kasparov in a 6-game chess match.
• The nickname of the Darumaka traded in Gaea Town, Damage, is a reference to the YouTuber, TyranitarTube, and his playthrough of an extreme randomizer Nuzlocke of Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, where a Darmanitan named Damage was his ace throughout the entire run.
  • TyranitarTube also performed a Nuzlocke of Pokémon Insurgence, which has become one of the game's most viewed playthroughs. Ironically, TyranitarTube never came across this in-game trade during the entire run.