Battle Chateau

Introduction

This building is found along Route 7 - Reviere Walk. During your first visit, you’ll find Viola inside. In this event, you’ll obtain the title of “Baron” (male player) or “Baroness” (female player). The butler can tell you more information about the chateau while the maid can provide more information about Writs.

Writs

Writs are invitations you send out to trainers. The Writ of Invitation will cause a greater frequency of trainers arriving at the chateau. The Writ of Challenge will cause more motivated players to arrive. Each Writ cause P50,000 each. Later on, more effective Writs will become available with the corresponding increase in cost as well. All writs expire on midnight on the day it was used.

You can check the rooms and talk to the other nobility inside to challenge them into battle. As you keep defeating the nobility inside, your rank will increase, giving you access to better Writs, in turn giving you the opportunity to invite better opponents. You can fight your opponents again after an hour though the nobles will come and go as you visit each room.

Grinding

The Battle Chateau is a good way to grind experience and money, which can be further enhanced by held items, O-Powers and writs.

Money Grinding

What You Need:

Amulet Coin or Luck Incense

You can get the Amulet Coin in the Parfum Palace. This doubles the money earned in a battle where the Pokemon holding the item participated on. The Pokemon holding this item doesn't need to win a battle; you can make it appear then switch it to another Pokemon if you want to.

Luck Incense

If you lost your Amulet Coin (let's say you accidentally traded the Pokemon holding it) then don't fret. You can buy this incense from the guy in the dock of Coumarine City. It has the same effect and it also enables a certain Pokemon to produce its baby form when breeded.

Prize Money Power LV3

You can get this from Mr. Bonding in Hotel Cyllage, Cyllage City. You must increase its level to LV3 (max) to maximize its effects. It will be easier using it on your friends or random people online as it uses lesser points.

(Optional): Black Writ of Challenge

You can get this writ after reaching the Grand Duke/Duchess rank. This writ will increase the levels of all Pokemon used by rival trainers in the Battle Chateau by 20. It will also double the winnings.

What to do

When inside the Battle Chateau, target the old gentlemen and ladies . They are easily distinguishable so you can't mistake them from anybody else. They almost always have the best amount of prize money at the end of battle. Be wary of the butler "nobles" or sprites as they don't carry that much with them. You can earn a lot in one battle, provided that you used the LV3 O-power, Amulet Coin and defeated a higher ranked senior.

Experience Grinding

Requirements:

What You Need:

Lucky Egg

You can get this from the Couramine Hotel, Coumarine City. This item will allow the pokemon holding it gain more experience points. Perfect for the pokemon you're raising outside of battle via Exp Share.

Experience Point Power LV3

You can get this from Mr. Bonding in Anistar City. Use this before a battle to increase the experience points you'll get. Max it up to fully enjoy its benefits.

(Optional): Black Writ of Challenge

You can get this writ after reaching the Grand Duke/Duchess rank. This writ will increase the levels of all Pokemon used by rival trainers in the Battle Chateau by 20. It will also double the winnings. For example, a LV65 Audino by a duchess-rank furisode girl can yield up to 10,000 exp. You can get more for a boosted (traded/Lucky Egg'ed) Pokemon.

What to do

First, you must turn off the battle animation in the options to free up precious time. The effect of the O-power lasts only for three minutes and you wouldn't want wasting precious seconds in battle animations.

Aside from the defeated Gym Leaders, Elite Four or even the Grand Duchess Diantha herself who will occasionally visit the chateau, you can also get good experience from different furisode girls. They'll start visiting once you've reached the marquis/ marchioness rank. They'll always use Audino in their teams, which are really easy to defeat but also give out a LOT of experience.

Items

Occasionally after a battle, some generous opponents will give you items, which can be sold to shops. The quality of the items given depends on the defeated opponent's rank.

*Excluding the Elite Four and Duke Hennessy

Ranks

Baron / Baroness Rank

After defeating all trainers inside, your rank will be upgraded to Viscount / Viscountess. The cash prize you earned from the last battles should provide a good boost to your funds, especially if you used a pokemon holding an Amulet Coin all throughout the battles.

Viscount / Viscountess Rank

Earl and Countess Rank

Marquis and Marchioness Rank

Duke and Duchess Rank

Gym Leaders

Defeated gym leaders will visit the chateau after defeating them.

Gym Leaders, Elite Four and Grand Duchess

After defeating the champion, the gym leaders can still be fought but their Pokemon levels will get boosted by 10 levels and their prize money will increase as well.

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