Can a Pokemon gain friendship while it is fainted?

Question

I'm looking to see if I can stall friendship gains by having the lead be fainted. BDSP does not make it easy to bypass affection and I wanted to see if doing this can migitate the effects

Editor edit: We already know that fainting lowers friendship. Can a Pokemon gain friendship after that happens, by doing things like taking steps?

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https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Fainting#Effects_of_fainting

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That page only says a Pokemon looses friendship if it faints. It does not specify if the pokemon can still gain friendship while fainted.

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It's possible to disable the "walking with partner" feature via the summary page in BD/SP. Not sure how much, if any, friendship that contributes but if you're willing to do away with it, it may help delay the in-battle effects.

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How do you know this?

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I can test this up until gen 7. Would it be valid if I tested this in a gen 7 game?

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The tag says BDSP, but if the mechanics are unchanged since Gen 7 answer would be valid. Obviously it depends on what the OP wants, though.

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A. Research and B. Experience

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*What* research and *what* experience? It's important to know exactly where the information is from or how you proved it. If the answer is just an assumption, then it's not really proving anything, sorry.
Either way, this doesn't address the whole issue -- there are far more ways to increase friendship that don't involve XP. For example, friendship accumulates if you simply walk with the Pokemon in your party. Does that method (or any others) still increase friendship when the Pokemon is fainted?

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@CoolMan Do you want me to put this question back on the unanswered list?

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look, I know I am bad at this. please just give me a break :'(

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If you know you're bad at this, why did you answer?

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I answered because I thought that was how the site worked. Now I know it doesn't work like that. I will give sources in the future

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I can't find anything on Bulbapedia, but I believe it would be safe to assume that they don't gain friendship when fainted.

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And on the subject of my earlier, flawed, (and hidden) answer, just to clarify, the official Pokémon guidebooks don't say anything about your question. (I think)

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No. Once a Pokemon faints, it will not gain friendship again until revived via item or Pokemon Center.

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How do you know? Did you read this somewhere (link?) or test it?

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I read it somewhere, I forget where, so i tested it by taking an Eevee, fainting it, carrying it in my party fainted for an hour, then revived it, used rare candy to level up, and it didnt evolve. so it didnt gain friendship while fainted (or maybe it did and gained very little? but i dont know how to test that)

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Ok I'm going to say Yes a Pokemon still gains friendship even when fainted.
pokemon company typically reuses the same code for every game without really changing anything.

and that's how it worked in early gen games, there was no check for if your Pokemon was fainted or "alive"
when adding friendship.

I know this because I've seen the code.

Also walking for an hour wouldn't be a good test as friendship gained
is different for each type of friendship event, and walking offers the least.
at just 1.

and it doesn't work for each step instead every 130 or so steps you have a 50% chance
to gain a single friendship point...

if you don't want the dumb friendship mechanics best way is to just keep a bunch of herb/root/powder items on you and just constantly use a bunch of those before big fights on a pre-damaged team.

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What game did you test in?

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Sorry, maybe I shouldn't have instantly converted to comment, but where's your proof?