💿A Complete Guide to TMs

Contents

1. What are TMs?

2. Obtaining TMs

   1. Battling

3. Generational Differences

   1. What are TRs?

4. Using TMs

5. FAQ

What are TMs?

TMs stand for technical machines, which are a set of tools used within Pokemon to teach specific moves to a given Pokemon that they otherwise do not learn naturally via level up. In doing so, you gain access to a whole new range of ways to battle with your chosen partner, whether that be gaining access to a strong attack, getting type coverage sorted, or even some sneaky status moves.

Obtaining TMs

There is one primary way for a player to get new TMs, however it requires some level of work from the player to get a hold of exactly what they are looking for.

Battling

TMs are obtained by imprinting moves onto blank TMs, which makes the first logical step being obtaining a blank TM for yourself to use. These are obtained as rare drops from Pokeloots and Bosses, so keeping picking up and battling any you see, and you're sure to come across some.

Now you have all the materials, imprinting onto a TM is as simple as placing the blank TM into your Pokemons held item slot, and then having them use the move you'd like to imprint in battle 100 times. Once complete, your blank TM will change into a fully functional TM of the desired move.

Generational Differences

It's important to specify that Pixelmon remains faithful to the Pokemon games, ensuring that a Pokemon can learn moves from TMs that appeared in its learnset from any past generation. However, in order to do so you must ensure you have the right generation of TM. Only select generations of blank TMs are available to players.

What are TRs?

TRs stand for technical records, which function almost identically to TMs and are strictly a Galarian (Generation 8) feature only. The key difference between the pair is that TMs can be used an unlimited number of times, whereas TRs can only be used once, and are consumable items.

Additionally, because TRs do not last as long as TMs, they are typically easier to obtain, only requiring that the user imprint them with a move 25 times, instead of the usual 100.

Using TMs

Much like any other consumable item, all you need to do is right click your chosen Pokemon with the TM to unlock it within their remembered moves, allowing you to add it to their moveset at any time from the summary menu.

FAQ