In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, your Star Rank indicates your status within the Galaxy Expedition Team and how much you’ve learned about the Pokémon of the Hisui area. With Star Ranks, you’re now incentivized to focus on completing the Pokedex and its research tasks instead of battling and defeating Gym leaders.
Research tasks involve Catching, battling, and evolving a certain number of Pokémon so you can learn more about them and put them in the Pokedex. Doing this will help you in earning points towards your Star Rank. This guide will help you understand Star Rank, how to increase it, and your rewards on each rank in Pokémon Legends Arceus.
How to increase Star Rank
To improve your Star Rank in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, you must complete both Research Tasks and Pokédex entries to earn Pokémon Research Points.
Making discoveries in your Pokédex earns you points; after you’ve accumulated enough, you’ll level up. If you complete a Pokedex Entry for Pokémon, you will get 100 Exp/Points towards the Star Rank.
As your Star Rating rises, so does the number of points required to advance to the next level. This means that, rather than focusing on your favorites, you’ll have to fill Pokédex entries for a wide range of Pokémon.
If you want to boost your Star Rank faster, catch every new Pokémon you see and evolve them whenever possible.
Try exploring regions on the map that you haven’t been to before. Especially those with lower Pokedex entries per given area. This will allow you to find new entries to quickly fill up your Pokedex and Research Rank.
Pokémon Legends Arceus All-Star Rank Rewards List
In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, you can achieve ten Star Ranks with no Star Rank at the start. The awards you gain from survey reports grow as your Star Rank rises.
Here are all of the awards for the Star Ranks in PLA, along with the number of Pokémon Research Points necessary to unlock them. Reaching each Star Rank also determines what max-level Pokémon will obey your commands in combat. The higher your rank, the higher the level of these Pokémon can be.
| Star Rank | Required Research Points | Highest Pokémon Level that Obeys | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Star | 500 | 20 | Use Heavy Balls Crafting Recipe: Heavy Balls |
| Crafting Recipe: Revive | |||
| Second Star | 1,500 | 30 | Use Feather Balls Crafting Recipe: Feather Balls |
| Crafting Recipe: Super Potion | |||
| Unlocks Crimson Mirelands | |||
| Third Star | 3,500 | 40 | Use Great Balls Crafting Recipe: Great Balls |
| Unlocks Cobalt Coastlands | |||
| Fourth Star | 6,000 | 50 | Use Leaden Balls |
| Crafting Recipe: Leaden Balls Crafting Recipe: Hyper Potion | |||
| Unlock Coronet Highlands | |||
| Fifth Star | 8,500 | 65 | Use Wing Balls Crafting Recipe: Wing Balls |
| Unlock Alabaster Icelands | |||
| Sixth Star | 11,000 | 80 | Ultra Ball Recipe |
| Max Potion Recipe | |||
| Seventh Star | 15,000 | All | Gigaton Balls |
| Gigaton Ball Recipe | |||
| Eighth Star | N/A | All | Jet Ball |
| Jet Ball Recipe | |||
| Full Restore Recipe | |||
| Ninth Star | 30,000 | All | 10 Rare Candy |
| 20 Grit Pebbles | |||
| Tenth Star | 50,000 | All | 20 Rare Candy |
| 10 Grit Rocks |
Pokémon Legends Arceus 10 Star Rank rewards
Getting 10 Star Rank is not that easy; you will need 50,000 Pokémon Research Points to achieve 10 Star Rank. Once you get these points and have the 10 Star Rank, you are at the top Rank in the Galaxy Expedition Team.
The 10 Star Rank is the highest possible rank in the Pokémon Legends Arceus and has perks. For achieving this milestone, you will be rewarded with 10 Grit Rocks and 20 rare Candies.
