What determines the size of the Magikarp shown to the Fishing Guru at Lake of Rage?
The Fishing Guru at the Lake of Rage has a dream of seeing the largest Magikarp. If you have one in your team, he will tell you how large it is. What determines its size?
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Magikarp’s size is determined by a combination of its IVs and the lower half of itsPersonality Value, a hidden, 32-bit integer assigned to every Pokémon that determines alotof the Pokémon’s traits (like ability, shininess, gender, etc.).
00000000 00000000 00000000 >00000000<The lowest two bytes ofpare used in the calculation:p1(surrounded by> <above) is mathematically equivalent top % 256, whilep2(surrounded by* *above) is equivalent to(p / 256) % 256(rounded down). The IV values are also not used in whole; only the four least significant bits of each are used: mathematically,' = IV % 16.
The first step in the calculation is as follows:s = ( ( (Atk' ⊕ Def') * HP' ) ⊕ p1 ) * 256 + ( ( (SpAtk' ⊕ SpDef') * Spd' ) ⊕ p2 )
“For the next step, h is the species' height in tenths of a meter. And the values of x, y, and z depend on"certain vales the Bulbapedia article has laid out in a chart I can’t include here.
The final part of the calculation gives the Pokémon’s size in millimeters. The final value of Size is also rounded down.Size = Rounddown( (s-z) / y + x ) * h / 10
If the game converts this number to inches, the final result will be rounded down to the nearest tenth of an inch.
Even though the Pokémon’s IVs help determine the size of a Pokémon, the equation makes it so that the Pokémon’s size cannot be manipulated by IV breeding, since the Personality Value (in this generation) cannot be manipulated by breeding in any significant way, and is therefore always random. The equation uses the PV to alter the output in an unpredictable manner. For all intents and purposes, there is no method to get specific Magikarp sizes outside of RNG abuse.
If you have the big Pokedex book for HG/SS, one ofthese, it will show you the differences of Magikarp sprites. The differences of spites are very small. I emphasizevery. Yet the main feature to tell the size of a Magikarp is something to do with their tails, either the shape or size of the encountered Magikarp. Unfortunately, I lost my copy and can’t tell what is the actual shape or to verify. Thislinkwill show you the prize of when you show the largest Magikarp. I couldn’t find any codes for this Question on Bulbagarden.
