Horribly rare pokemon any rates less than 1/10,000. The reality is that commons could be any rate > 1/20, Rares any rate between 1/20 and 1/200 and very rares any rate between 1/200 and 1/10,000.

The staff in the past told players that commons were 1/10, rares 1/100, and VR were 1/1000. The old system was only partially disclosed to the players. Now more information about the spawn rates. Pokemon that are not fresh water pokemon will no longer be found in fresh water areas for example, or pokemon that should be fish for (Magikarp) will no longer be encounter-able by surfing. We will also be trying to find a more structured system for surfing and fishing spawns. Looking at all the current spawns in game and changing what pokemon are on what map, what rates they are, and possibly the pokemon levels on certain maps (namely Johto). I will provide more information about this below. For example common will no longer have a chance of 1/10, rares will no longer be 1/100, ect. Changing the rates of the different rarities. This means no more common/rare/very rare/horrible rare naming system. Because of this we have decided to do several things to bring better balance to pokemon encounters including: The staff have decided PWO has gotten to the point where the current spawns and rarity rates are no longer healthy for the game.

Handy note rate spawns