Catching, battling, items and rewards. The rules and reference tables for ShadowRPG.
New accounts get ₽100,000, a starter kit of balls, and one of 24 starters at Level 5.
Pick a zone near your party's level, click around to find a wild Pokémon, then throw a ball.
The Pokémon Center is free and fully heals your party. Heal between fights.
Spend the ₽ you win in battles at the Mart, on gear like the Exp. Share.
Bank your Daily Login Bonus, hunt the Weekly Promo Pokémon, and watch Announcements for new events.
Account setup, navigation and trainer guidelines.
Six steps from a brand-new account to a trainer with a team and friends.
Create your account on the Sign Up page. New accounts start with ₽100,000 and a starter kit of 20 Poké Balls, 20 Great Balls, 20 Ultra Balls, and 1 Master Ball.
Master Balls are scarce: that one is your only freebie.
Pick one of the 24 starters across 8 generations at Level 5. This is your first party member.
A private message from SirPokas along with a Shiny Pokémon (one of Pikachu, Eevee, Lapras, Snorlax, Dratini, Espeon, Umbreon, Tyranitar) at Level 25 in your PC Box, plus 200 Mega Shards.
Trainer's Corner is the community boards for trades, contests, and questions. New players: hit Help & Questions if you're stuck on anything (no question is too small). Looking to swap something? Post your wishlist in Trades. Patch notes and event launches go up in Announcements, worth checking first thing each day.
The ShadowRPG Discord is live chat with other trainers, event pings, trade negotiations, and the fastest way to reach the mod team. Flash events and contests are often announced there first.
Both sidebars stay open on every page. Get familiar with them early: they're how you navigate.
The Pokémon Center is free. Going into a wild battle with a chipped lead means a faster KO.
A mono-type team gets walled by one matchup. Aim for 3 to 4 different types in your party.
Some maps have Poké Balls lying on the floor, each holding a rare item, and so does the bottom room of Solaceon Ruins. Walk into one to take it. The first trainer to reach a ball gets it, and every ball refills each Sunday when the weekly promo changes.
A regular wild can be caught with cheaper balls; a Master Ball thrown at a Caterpie is wasted.
Some fights ban Master Balls, force fixed catch rates, or scale up when you faint. Solaceon Ruins' Regis are the clearest example.
The system blocks it, but the rule exists for a reason: you need at least one to play.
The community is small; reputation travels.
Wild encounters, catching rules and rare Pokémon.
20 themed maps in total, scaled by level range: pick one near your party's level.
On a zone page, click anywhere on the map to search that spot. Each click has a 35% chance of rolling a wild encounter; misses just show a "nothing here" message and you can click again to keep searching. Some maps have themed item drops on catch (e.g. Eterna Forest drops Leaf Stones, Mt. Silver drops Thunder Stones).
Every wild encounter rolls from the map's own pool only, no extended-pool fallback, no cross-map leakage. Power Plant gives you electric mons, Frozen Path gives you ice mons, Flower Paradise gives you fairies. The 461+ base-form species needed for the Pokédex are distributed across these 20 themed pools, so every catchable species has a thematic home.
Legendary intercept (per-region): any zone has a 10% chance (~1 in 10 encounters) of replacing a normal encounter with a random legendary, unlocked per region as you clear each region's gyms + champion. Clearing Kanto unlocks Gen 1 legendaries; clearing Johto adds Gen 2; etc. See Wild Legendaries for the full breakdown.
Wild legendaries spawn as the plain variant, unless your lead holds the Legendary Lure: then each has a 1/4,000 chance to come out Shiny, Plasma or Alpha. Shadow never spawns wild (it comes from challenges, promos, contests and gifts). Spawn level is 1.5× your strongest party Pokémon (Lv 50 floor) so the fight is always uphill at any progression. Caught legendaries always enter your box at Lv 100 regardless of spawn level: the trophy is normalized so catches can't snowball the next spawn. Catch rates are flat per ball throw: Master 100% / Ultra 10% / Great 5% / Poké 2.5%. HP weakening doesn't affect them.
No per-species cap: you can stockpile as many copies of a given legendary as you can catch. Each keeps appearing in the wild as long as the gate (cleared region) holds.
All 104 legendaries spawn in the wild once their region is cleared, including Mew, Celebi, Rayquaza, Arceus, Genesect, Volcanion, Calyrex, the four Tapu Island Guardians, all 9 Ultra Beasts, Necrozma, Magearna, Marshadow, Zeraora, Meltan / Melmetal, plus Zapdos / Raikou / Entei / Suicune / Deoxys. The challenges that previously locked some of these still grant the variant-tinted versions (Shadow Mew via the Kanto dex-completion claim, Plasma Zapdos via Magnet Train, etc.): wild gives normal, challenges give variants.
Click a zone to see its full species pool. Each map rolls strictly from its own pool: these are the only species you'll see on that map. Layered on top: a 5% chance the roll spawns the species' evolved form, the weekly Promo Pokémon (8% per click while active), and, once you've cleared the matching region, the legendary intercept (10% per encounter, or 15% with the Legendary Lure equipped on your lead Pokémon). The intercept is now map-agnostic: any legendary you've unlocked can appear on any map.
The pitch-black tunnel at the start of Johto, also home to the region's poison-types.
Pool: Aron · Diglett · Drilbur · Ekans · Geodude · Gulpin · Mankey · Nidoran♀ · Nidoran♂ · Rattata · Roggenrola · Sandshrew · Seviper · Skorupi · Slugma · Trubbish · Zubat
The puzzle-filled ancient site in Johto, also harbors the region's psychic-types.
Pool: Azelf · Baltoy · Bronzor · Chingling · Cleffa · Diglett · Drowzee · Elgyem · Girafarig · Gothita · Hatenna · Igglybuff · Indeedee Male · Mesprit · Misdreavus · Munna · Ralts · Solosis · Spoink · Unown · Uxie · Woobat · Wynaut · Yamask · Zubat
The ghost-haunted woods in Sinnoh, bug paradise across all 9 regions, plus grass-types and the occasional curious Pokémon.
Pool: Bunnelby · Burmy · Cascoon · Caterpie · Chespin · Combee · Durant · Ferroseed · Foongus · Gastly · Goomy · Gossifleur · Heracross · Hoppip · Illumise · Karrablast · Kricketot · Ledyba · Mothim · Nincada · Pancham · Pansage · Paras · Petilil · Phantump · Pichu · Pidgey · Pineco · Scatterbug · Scizor · Sewaddle · Shelmet · Shroomish · Silcoon · Skiddo · Slakoth · Snivy · Spearow · Spinarak · Sunkern · Treecko · Turtwig · Venipede · Venonat · Volbeat · Weedle · Wormadam Plant · Wurmple · Yanma
Themed drop: Leaf Stone (6% on catch)
A deep woods on Three Island in the Sevii Islands, fairy hollows, fruit groves, and gentle normal-types.
Pool: Aipom · Bellsprout · Bouffalant · Carbink · Carnivine · Caterpie · Cherubi · Chikorita · Dedenne · Deerling · Drampa · Exeggcute · Fennekin · Flabébé · Fletchling · Froakie · Hawlucha · Helioptile · Kecleon · Komala · Litleo · Lotad · Oddish · Oranguru · Paras · Patrat · Pidgey · Pidove · Sentret · Spinda · Spritzee · Stantler · Swirlix · Tangela · Teddiursa · Tropius · Turtwig · Weedle · Zangoose · Zigzagoon
Themed drop: Leaf Stone (8% on catch)
A grave site on Five Island in Kanto, every restless ghost-type and dark omen finds their way here.
Pool: Absol · Cofagrigus · Cubone · Dhelmise · Drifloon · Drowzee · Duskull · Gastly · Grimer · Houndour · Koffing · Litwick · Murkrow · Sableye · Shedinja · Shuppet · Sinistea · Yamask · Zubat
Themed drop: Moon Stone (6% on catch)
The specialized catching parks in Kanto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh, wide-roaming park for normal-types and the iconic Eeveelutions.
Pool: Audino · Bidoof · Buneary · Ditto · Doduo · Dratini · Dunsparce · Eevee · Espeon · Exeggcute · Flareon · Glameow · Happiny · Hoothoot · Jigglypuff · Kangaskhan · Larvitar · Leafeon · Lickitung · Lillipup · Meowth · Miltank · Minccino · Munchlax · Persian · Phanpy · Pikachu · Pinsir · Purrloin · Rhyhorn · Scyther · Skitty · Smeargle · Snubbull · Starly · Tauros · Umbreon · Vaporeon · Whismur
The slippery ice cavern leading to Blackthorn City, every ice-type from across regions huddles here.
Pool: Arctovish · Arctozolt · Bergmite · Cryogonal · Cubchoo · Delibird · Drowzee · Eiscue Ice · Glaceon · Glalie · Mr Rime · Sandshrew · Seel · Smoochum · Sneasel · Sneasler · Snom · Snorunt · Snover · Spheal · Swinub · Vanillite · Zubat
Themed drop: Moon Stone (8% on catch)
An icy, tide-affected cavern in Hoenn, also catches the spillover of every coastal water-type that didn't get its own zone.
Pool: Alomomola · Barboach · Basculin Red Striped · Bruxish · Buizel · Carvanha · Chinchou · Clamperl · Clauncher · Corphish · Corsola · Dewpider · Dracovish · Ducklett · Feebas · Finneon · Frillish Male · Goldeen · Gorebyss · Horsea · Huntail · Krabby · Lapras · Lotad · Luvdisc · Magikarp · Manaphy · Mantyke · Mudkip · Oshawott · Panpour · Phione · Piplup · Politoed · Poliwag · Psyduck · Quagsire · Qwilfish · Relicanth · Remoraid · Seel · Shellder · Shellos · Slowking · Slowpoke · Squirtle · Staryu · Surskit · Tentacool · Totodile · Tympole · Vaporeon · Wailmer · Wimpod · Wingull · Wishiwashi Solo · Wooper · Zubat
Themed drop: Water Stone (8% on catch)
A foggy, maze-like cave in the Sevii Islands, also harbors Kalos's odder hidden Pokémon.
Pool: Binacle · Diggersby · Diglett · Drowzee · Espurr · Furfrou · Gastly · Golett · Honedge · Impidimp · Inkay · Klefki · Koffing · Misdreavus · Morpeko Full Belly · Poochyena · Pumpkaboo Average · Scraggy · Skrelp · Spiritomb · Stunky · Yamask · Zorua · Zubat
The mountainous home of Dragon-types in Hoenn, every dragon line and ancient fossil-dragon eventually surfaces here.
Pool: Axew · Bagon · Beldum · Deino · Dracozolt · Dratini · Druddigon · Duraludon · Flapple · Gible · Horsea · Kabuto · Magikarp · Omanyte · Swablu · Turtonator · Tyrunt · Zubat
Themed drop: Fire Stone (6% on catch)
The Sky Pillar where Rayquaza sleeps, every flying-type from across regions roosts here.
Pool: Aerodactyl · Archen · Articuno · Chatot · Farfetch'd · Fletchling · Gastly · Minior Red Meteor · Moltres · Natu · Noibat · Oricorio Baile · Pidgey · Rufflet · Sigilyph · Skarmory · Spearow · Swablu · Taillow · Vullaby · Zapdos · Zubat
Themed drop: Moon Stone (6% on catch)
The final cave gauntlet before the Elite Four, pseudo-legendary bases and battle-hardened warriors.
Pool: Amaura · Deino · Diglett · Geodude · Klink · Koffing · Larvitar · Machop · Onix · Pawniard · Sandshrew · Sawk · Sneasel · Throh · Timburr · Tyrunt · Zubat
A secluded tropical island in the Hoenn sea, said to be home to the Eon Pokémon.
Pool: Abra · Castform · Dratini · Exeggcute · Latias · Latios · Magikarp · Pidgey · Ralts · Skrelp · Spearow · Staryu · Tangela · Togepi
Themed drop: Water Stone (10% on catch)
The hidden blooming field at the end of Seabreak Path, every fairy-type has a sanctuary here.
Pool: Alcremie · Aromatisse · Azurill · Bellossom · Bellsprout · Budew · Bulbasaur · Cherubi · Cleffa · Comfey · Cottonee · Diancie · Exeggcute · Flabébé · Gardevoir · Igglybuff · Mawile · Milcery · Mime Jr. · Morelull · Oddish · Roselia · Seedot · Slurpuff · Spritzee · Sunkern · Sylveon · Tangela
Themed drop: Leaf Stone (10% on catch)
A sun-drenched coast, palm groves, hammock huts, white sand beaches.
Pool: Applin · Arrokuda · Blipbug · Chewtle · Clobbopus · Cramorant · Cufant · Dreepy · Falinks · Grookey · Nickit · Perrserker · Pincurchin · Rookidee · Runerigus · Scorbunny · Sirfetchd · Skwovet · Sobble · Stonjourner · Toxel · Wooloo · Yamper
Themed drop: Water Stone (8% on catch)
A coastal town and lighthouse port, palm-lined boardwalks and lazy beaches.
Pool: Bounsweet · Cutiefly · Fomantis · Grubbin · Litten · Mareanie · Mimikyu Disguised · Passimian · Pikipek · Popplio · Pyukumuku · Rockruff · Rowlet · Salandit · Sandygast · Yungoos
Themed drop: Water Stone (8% on catch)
A nature reserve where Paldea Pokémon roam free, the canonical home for every Gen 9 species we've cataloged.
Pool: Armarouge · Bombirdier · Bramblin · Capsakid · Ceruledge · Cetoddle · Charcadet · Cyclizar · Dipplin · Dondozo · Fidough · Finizen · Flamigo · Flittle · Frigibax · Fuecoco · Gimmighoul · Glimmet · Greavard · Klawf · Lechonk · Maschiff · Nacli · Nymble · Orthworm · Pawmi · Poltchageist · Quaxly · Rellor · Shroodle · Smoliv · Sprigatito · Squawkabilly · Tadbulb · Tandemaus · Tarountula · Tatsugiri · Tinkatink · Toedscool · Varoom · Veluza · Wattrel · Wiglett
Themed drop: Sun Stone (6% on catch)
The final peak between Kanto and Johto, endgame mountain wildlife, including the volcanic fauna of its inner caldera.
Pool: Aerodactyl · Beldum · Charcadet · Charmander · Chimchar · Cyndaquil · Darumaka · Deino · Fennekin · Geodude · Gible · Goomy · Growlithe · Heatmor · Houndour · Larvesta · Larvitar · Machop · Magby · Magnemite · Mankey · Numel · Onix · Pansear · Pichu · Ponyta · Sandshrew · Sizzlipede · Slugma · Swinub · Tepig · Torchic · Torkoal · Tyrunt · Ursaring · Vulpix
Themed drop: Thunder Stone (10% on catch)
An abandoned electric facility outside Cerulean City, sparking conduits and dormant machinery.
Pool: Blitzle · Dedenne · Electabuzz · Electrike · Elekid · Emolga · Helioptile · Joltik · Magnemite · Mareep · Minun · Pachirisu · Pichu · Pincurchin · Plusle · Porygon · Porygon2 · Rotom · Shinx · Stunfisk · Tadbulb · Togedemaru · Tynamo · Type: Null · Voltorb · Wattrel
Themed drop: Thunder Stone (8% on catch)
A sun-baked dune scattered with crumbling rocks and old training stones, fighters, ground-dwellers, and rock Pokémon all call it home.
Pool: Anorith · Aron · Bonsly · Cacnea · Carbink · Crabrawler · Cranidos · Croagunk · Cubone · Diglett · Drilbur · Dwebble · Geodude · Gligar · Hippopotas · Hitmonchan · Hitmonlee · Hitmontop · Lileep · Lunatone · Machop · Makuhita · Maractus · Meditite · Mienfoo · Mudbray · Nosepass · Onix · Phanpy · Riolu · Roggenrola · Rolycoly · Sandile · Sandshrew · Shieldon · Shuckle · Silicobra · Solrock · Stufful · Tirtouga · Trapinch · Tyrogue
Themed drop: Hard Stone (6% on catch)
Poké Balls lie on the walkable maps. Walk into one to open it: each holds one prize, and the first trainer to get there takes it. A taken ball is gone for everyone until the week turns over, every Sunday at 12:00 UTC (when the weekly promo changes), and then every ball is back.
| Prize | Chance |
|---|---|
| 10 Mega Shards | 25% |
| An evolution stone (one of 10: Fire Stone, Water Stone, Thunder Stone, Leaf Stone, Moon Stone, Sun Stone, Shiny Stone, Dusk Stone, Dawn Stone, Ice Stone) | 20% |
| A trade-evolution item (one of 11: Up-Grade, Dubious Disc, Protector, Electirizer, Magmarizer, Reaper Cloth, Razor Claw, Razor Fang, Prism Scale, Linking Cord, Oval Stone) | 15% |
| 10 Ultra Balls | 10% |
| A held item: Lucky Egg, Leftovers, Amulet Coin or Exp. Share | 10% |
| A Legendary Lure | 8% |
| A Master Ball | 7% |
| A Mega Stone (one of 48) | 5% |
Each map below shows the shortest walk to every ball from where the map starts (S), worked out with the game's own rules. Some walks need Surf (a Water-type in your party), a boulder pushed, a small tree cut or a rock smashed: you do each by walking into it. Open a map to see its pictures.
91 steps
Go to Berry Forest → · Balls marked Surf need a Water-type in your party to cross the water.
94 steps · 3 trees to cut
75 steps · 2 trees to cut
139 steps · Surf · 6 trees to cut
Go to Galar → · Balls marked Surf need a Water-type in your party to cross the water.
47 steps · Surf
5 steps
Lost Cave Room 10 · 62 steps
Lost Cave Room 11 · 18 steps
Lost Cave Room 12 · 20 steps
Lost Cave Room 13 · 41 steps
Lost Cave Room 14 · 50 steps
12 steps
Go to Meteor Falls → · Balls marked Surf need a Water-type in your party to cross the water.
1F 1R · 85 steps · Surf
1F 1R · 37 steps
1F 1R · 13 steps
1F 1R · 183 steps · Surf
B1F 2R · 166 steps · Surf
13 steps
71 steps
94 steps
122 steps
87 steps
120 steps
75 steps
Go to Rockfall Dune → · Balls marked Surf need a Water-type in your party to cross the water.
55 steps
16 steps
88 steps · Surf · 1 rock to smash
84 steps · 1 rock to smash
Go to Safari Zone → · Balls marked Surf need a Water-type in your party to cross the water.
89 steps · Surf
131 steps
190 steps · Surf
86 steps · Surf
166 steps
Go to Shoal Cave → · Balls marked Surf need a Water-type in your party to cross the water. · 🌙 The cave floods at night (high tide, 20:00 to 06:00 UTC, RPG time): the balls marked so can only be reached then.
Entrance Room · 143 steps · high tide only (20:00 to 06:00 UTC) · Surf
Inner Room · 127 steps · high tide only (20:00 to 06:00 UTC) · Surf
Stairs Room · 88 steps · can't be reached at high tide (20:00 to 06:00 UTC)
Ice Room · 268 steps · can't be reached at high tide (20:00 to 06:00 UTC) · 3 boulder pushes
Ice Room · 272 steps · can't be reached at high tide (20:00 to 06:00 UTC) · 3 boulder pushes
Go to Victory Road → · Balls marked Surf need a Water-type in your party to cross the water.
1F · 67 steps
1F · 148 steps · 4 boulder pushes · 2 rocks to smash
B1F · 169 steps · Surf · 2 boulder pushes · 1 rock to smash
B1F · 119 steps · 5 boulder pushes · 2 rocks to smash
B2F · 165 steps · Surf · 2 boulder pushes · 1 rock to smash
Room 7 · 61 steps
Room 7 · 59 steps
Room 7 · 59 steps
Room 7 · 57 steps
In a wild battle, open the Bag pane and throw a ball. Each throw consumes one ball whether or not the catch lands. Better balls have higher catch rates:
| Ball | Strength | Full HP | Near KO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poké Ball | Base rate | ~13% | ~39% |
| Great Ball | 2× base | ~26% | ~78% |
| Ultra Ball | 3× base | ~39% | Capped at 100% |
| Master Ball | Guaranteed 100% catch | 100% | 100% |
A guaranteed 100% catch regardless of HP or level cap. Banned in some boss fights via the disabled-ball list. New accounts start with one free; more come from challenge rewards (quests, dex prizes, contests). Master Balls aren't sold at the Mart.
| Your cap | With N gym badges across all regions you can catch wilds up to Lv (20 + N×10) at full chance. |
|---|---|
| Examples | 0 badges → Lv 20 cap, 8 badges (one region cleared) → Lv 100, etc. |
| Over the cap | Non-Master balls still throw and still consume, but catch chance pins to a flat 0.05%: possible but lottery-rare. |
| Master Ball | Ignores the cap entirely. |
| How you'll know | The battle log will tell you when you're over the cap. |
Caught Pokémon go to your party if there's a free slot, otherwise to the first non-full PC Box.
Wild legendaries have their own catch math: flat per-throw rates that ignore HP, ball bonus, and the badge cap. Master 100% / Ultra 10% / Great 5% / Poké 2.5% per throw. Plan to throw a few Ultra Balls before one sticks. See Wild Legendaries for the full table.
Wild encounters roll a small chance for a special variant. Only one variant flag at a time, in this priority order:
| Variant | Stats | Flat HP | Wild chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden🎀 GOLDEN | ×2 to every stat | Max HP doubled | 0% (events, Golden Weekly Promos, a few challenge rewards) |
| Alphaα | +25% to all stats | +15 | 0.05%, ~1 in 2,000 |
| Plasma◇ | No stat multiplier | +10 | 0.075%, ~1 in 1,333 |
| Rainbow🌈 | +15% to all stats | +5 | 0.05%, ~1 in 2,000 |
| Dark🌑 | +15% to all stats | +5 | 0.025%, ~1 in 4,000 (rarest) |
| Toxic☠️ | +15% to all stats | +5 | 0.05%, ~1 in 2,000 |
| Shiny★ | No stat multiplier | +5 | 0.075%, ~1 in 1,333 |
| Shadow◆ | +50% to all stats | +15 | 0% (Shadow Weekly Promos only) |
The strongest variant, handed out at events, as gifts, in the odd Golden Weekly Promo and by a few challenges: Solaceon Ruins' Unown Collection gives a Golden Unown !, and each of its Regis wakes Golden one time in ten (catch it and it's yours, Golden). The Pokémon is drawn in gold, its brightest highlights left white, inside a pulsing gold aura, with a shine that sweeps across it and twinkling gold stars. ×2 to every stat (HP, Atk, Def, SpA, SpD, Spe, so double max HP too), ×2 XP for the Golden Pokémon itself, and ×2 battle money whenever one is on your battling team (once per battle, however many you bring). 0% wild chance: never from wild rolls, lures, pity, breeding or contests. When the Weekly Promo is a Golden one, its promo encounter is Golden, one catch per trainer like any promo. Golden Pokémon can be traded, but can't be donated or listed on the market.
The strongest wild variant. Its own colours washed red, with a thin red rim. +25% to all stats (HP, Atk, Def, SpA, SpD, Spe) plus a +15 flat HP bonus. Always spawns at its evolved form. Per-encounter chance 0.05%, roughly 1 in 2,000 wilds.
Duotone purple / cyan sprite. +10 flat HP bonus (no stat multiplier). Per-encounter chance 0.075%, roughly 1 in 1,333 wilds.
Alternate color palette. +5 flat HP bonus (no stat multiplier, mostly cosmetic). Per-encounter chance 0.075%, roughly 1 in 1,333 wilds.
Pastel rainbow painted across the sprite, like a Rainbow Rare card. +15% to all stats plus a +5 flat HP bonus. Per-encounter chance 0.05%, roughly 1 in 2,000 wilds.
Grayscale sprite; the rarest wild variant. +15% to all stats plus a +5 flat HP bonus. Per-encounter chance 0.025%, roughly 1 in 4,000 wilds.
Sickly acid-green sprite. +15% to all stats plus a +5 flat HP bonus. Per-encounter chance 0.05%, roughly 1 in 2,000 wilds.
Purple-tinted sprite inside a pulsing purple aura, with a violet shine that sweeps across it and violet embers rising. Boss tier, stronger than Alpha: +50% to all stats (HP, Atk, Def, SpA, SpD, Spe) plus +15 flat HP. 0% in normal wild encounters: you earn Shadows from Champion bundles, Pokédex completion, Battle Towers, the Battleground, the Game Corner, events and contests (see Shadow Pokémon Sources), or catch one in a week when a Shadow is the Weekly Promo.
A transient battle effect (requires holding a Mega Stone) that gives +30% to all stats for the duration of the fight only. Stacks on top of any other variant.
Independent of the variant roll, 5% of wild encounters spawn already-evolved (Alpha is always evolved as a special case).
When a parent has a variant trait, the offspring egg has 0.075% to inherit Shiny, Plasma, Rainbow, Dark, or Toxic, 0.05% for Alpha, and 0% for Shadow and Golden (neither ever passes). See the Breeding Center for the full mechanics.
Every legendary in our pool is genderless (no ♂/♀ symbol next to its name), including Latias, Latios, Cresselia, and Heatran which canon assigns genders, and so is every Pokémon the games make genderless: Magnemite, Voltorb, Staryu, Ditto, Porygon, Beldum, Bronzor, Rotom, Klink, Golett, Carbink, Sinistea, Gimmighoul and the rest, every stage of each line. A genderless Pokémon breeds only with a Ditto.
104 normal-variant legendaries spawn in the wild once you've cleared their region's gym set + champion. Wild gives normal only.
That includes the Kanto / Johto beasts, Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Mew, Celebi, Rayquaza, Arceus, Genesect, Volcanion, Calyrex, the four Tapu Island Guardians, all 9 Ultra Beasts, Necrozma, Magearna, Marshadow, Zeraora, Meltan / Melmetal, the Crown Tundra regis (Regieleki / Regidrago), Glastrier, Spectrier, Kubfu, Urshifu, Zarude, Zacian, Zamazenta, Eternatus, every box, beast, mythical, and Ultra Beast in our catalog. Variant tiers (Shadow / Shiny / Plasma / Alpha) of legendaries never spawn wild, those come from challenges, promos, contests, and giveaways.
| Roll chance | 10% per wild encounter, or 15% when your slot-1 Pokémon holds the Legendary Lure |
|---|---|
| Spawn level | floor(1.5 × your strongest party Pokémon), Lv 50 floor |
| Catch level | Always Lv 100 (caught legendaries are normalized, no snowball) |
| Map filter | Map-agnostic. Any legendary you've unlocked can appear on any wild encounter: Pal Park, Eterna Forest, anywhere. Pick your hunt by which Lure you have equipped, not by which zone you walk through. |
| Per-species cap | None, keep catching |
| Variant | Normal by default. With the Legendary Lure equipped, every legendary spawn rolls a 1/4,000 chance to come out as a Shiny / Plasma / Alpha variant (uniform pick among the three). Shadow tier never spawns wild, that's reserved for challenge / promo / contest / gift rewards. |
A single universal held item. Awarded when you complete the Pokédex for Gens 1 to 8 (Kanto through Galar). Gen 9 (Paldea) is excluded from the requirement: its 906 to 1025 range contains species not yet seeded in the game, so completion isn't currently possible there. The lure drops on the gen-completion claim at /pokedex/complete that finishes your 8th gen, alongside the gen's Shadow signature reward. Equip it on your lead party Pokémon to:
One per account. Gen 1 to 8 dex completion is the endgame milestone the Lure unlocks. (Reworked 2026-05-25 from a per-region 9-item set into one universal item gated behind near-complete Pokédex progress.)
| Ball | Per throw |
|---|---|
| Master Ball | 100%, auto catch |
| Ultra Ball | 10% per throw |
| Great Ball | 5% per throw |
| Poké Ball | 2.5% per throw |
HP weakening doesn't affect catch rate for legendaries, pure RNG per throw.
| Region | Count | Legendaries |
|---|---|---|
| Kanto | 5 | Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Mewtwo, Mew |
| Johto | 6 | Raikou, Entei, Suicune, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Celebi |
| Hoenn | 10 | Regirock, Regice, Registeel, Latias, Latios, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Jirachi, Deoxys |
| Sinnoh | 9 | Dialga, Palkia, Heatran, Regigigas, Giratina, Cresselia, Darkrai, Shaymin, Arceus |
| Unova | 13 | Victini, Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion, Tornadus, Thundurus, Landorus, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Keldeo, Meloetta, Genesect |
| Kalos | 5 | Xerneas, Yveltal, Zygarde, Hoopa, Volcanion |
| Alola | 23 | Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, Tapu Bulu, Tapu Fini, Cosmog, Solgaleo, Lunala, all 9 Ultra Beasts (Nihilego, Buzzwole, Pheromosa, Xurkitree, Celesteela, Kartana, Guzzlord, Stakataka, Blacephalon), Necrozma, Magearna, Marshadow, Poipole, Zeraora, Meltan, Melmetal |
| Galar | 11 | Zacian, Zamazenta, Eternatus, Kubfu, Urshifu, Zarude, Regieleki, Regidrago, Glastrier, Spectrier, Calyrex |
| Hisui + Paldea | 22 | Enamorus · Great Tusk, Scream Tail, Brute Bonnet, Flutter Mane, Slither Wing, Sandy Shocks, Roaring Moon, Walking Wake, Gouging Fire · Iron Hands, Iron Moth, Iron Thorns, Iron Valiant, Raging Bolt · Wo-Chien, Chien-Pao, Ting-Lu, Chi-Yu (Treasures of Ruin) · Koraidon, Miraidon · Terapagos |
Battle mechanics, training and regional League challenges.
Every kind of battle shares the same combat engine. Here's what you'll fight:
Explore any zone in Map Quick Jump. Each map has its own themed species pool and level range. Catchable.
/gyms for Kanto, plus the regional pages for Johto / Hoenn / Sinnoh / Unova / Kalos / Galar. Win all 8 in a region to earn the region's badges. Alola has no gyms: its Island Challenge is four trials run by trial captains and four grand trials run by the island kahunas, each won for a Z-Crystal.
Every region ends in one (an Elite Four and Champion, or the Champion Cup in Galar), unlocked after all 8 of that region's gym badges (Z-Crystals in Alola). A sequential gauntlet with carry-over HP (PP refills every battle) and dynamic level scaling. See Elite Four & Champion Cup.
At /pvp. Match against another player's team.
Also at /pvp. You fight a snapshot of the other player's party: they don't need to be online and they take no damage / lose nothing. Your active battler still earns XP, your wallet still gets the prize, and Exp. Share still distributes to bench mons. This is how the Blissey Gyms work under the hood: Sohan / Chansey / Andro stay parked with their 6× Blissey rosters and you grind against them.
| Damage | Standard Pokémon damage formula |
|---|---|
| STAB | ×1.5 for a matching type |
| Type effectiveness | ×2 / ×0.5 / ×0 |
| Critical hits | ~1/24 |
| Stat stages | Atk, Def, Sp.Atk, Sp.Def, Spd, Acc, Eva |
| Status conditions | Tick at end of turn: poison and burn each chip 1/16 max HP |
Status moves like Swords Dance, Dragon Dance, Calm Mind raise stats; opponent debuffs like Growl, Tail Whip, Leer lower theirs. Damaging moves can also have secondary effects, e.g. Crunch has a 20% chance to drop Defense, Ancient Power has a 10% chance to raise all five of your stats, and Overheat / Draco Meteor / Close Combat carry guaranteed self-debuffs.
Drain moves (Absorb, Giga Drain, Leech Life, Drain Punch, Draining Kiss) heal you for a fraction of damage dealt.
Each Pokemon has one passive ability that activates automatically in battle. Species can have different ordinary, hidden or special abilities.
Abilities can prevent status, change damage, summon weather or terrain, and react to switching. The assigned slot stays with a Pokemon through trades and evolution, although the ability name can change.
Hidden abilities do not appear from ordinary breeding parents. Eligible hidden-ability inheritance has a 60% chance; ordinary two-slot inheritance is 80% the donor's slot and 20% the other slot.
Map landmarks, puzzle instructions and leader teams for all 64 gyms and island challenges across eight regions.
Seven regions end in a 5-stage gauntlet: four Elite Four members, then the Champion (in Alola, where the League is new, a title match with Professor Kukui). Galar has no Elite Four: it ends in the 4-stage Champion Cup instead.
Each one unlocks after all 8 of that region's gym badges (in Alola, all 8 Z-Crystals from the Island Challenge). The All Regions / Leagues hub shows your league progress at a glance:
| League | Lineup |
|---|---|
| Kanto Pokémon LeagueIndigo Plateau | Lorelei → Bruno → Agatha → Lance → Champion Blue |
| Johto Pokémon LeagueIndigo Plateau | Will → Koga → Bruno → Karen → Champion Lance |
| Hoenn Pokémon LeagueEver Grande City | Sidney → Phoebe → Glacia → Drake → Champion Steven |
| Sinnoh Pokémon League | Aaron → Bertha → Flint → Lucian → Champion Cynthia |
| Unova Pokémon League | Shauntal → Marshal → Grimsley → Caitlin → Champion Iris |
| Kalos Pokémon League | Malva → Siebold → Wikstrom → Drasna → Champion Diantha |
| Alola Pokémon LeagueMount Lanakila | Hala → Olivia → Acerola → Kahili → Professor Kukui (the League is new: beat him and you are its first Champion) |
| Galar Champion CupWyndon Stadium | Marnie → Hop → Bede → Champion Leon |
Levels are dynamic: Elite #1 matches your party's peak Pokémon level, and each subsequent stage adds +10. Champion lands at peak +40 (Leon, the 4th stage of Galar's Cup, at peak +30) with an Alpha ace (+25% to all stats, +15 flat HP, red wash). Always a wall.
Winning a league's last stage routes you to a region-themed celebration page (confetti on first visit) that displays the trainer roll call you defeated, your victorious party as a Hall of Fame entry, the full reward bundle, and the medallions earned. Reachable any time after first clear via the gauntlet hub or the All Regions / Leagues page.
Trainers run dedicated training rosters of Blissey, from Lv 50 up to Lv 3000. Blissey has massive HP and low offense, perfect for grinding XP without your team taking heavy damage. The Blissey Gyms hub lists every one; here are the first six.
Open the dedicated Blissey Gyms hub for the tier picker, or challenge them directly at /pvp as a regular Trainer Battle.
Ridiculous XP per win, but Shadow stats and Lv 200 mean it actually fights back.
Same Plasma stat profile as Sohan's tier but four times the level. ~76,500 XP per win (before Lucky Egg), only viable once your team is well past Lv 200.
Shadow stat boost on top of the heavy level scaling. ~133,875 XP per win (before Lucky Egg). Last stop before Pai's Alpha ceiling: your team needs to be comfortably past Lv 400 to survive a single hit.
Alpha (+25% to all stats, +15 flat HP) on top of the Lv 1000 baseline. ~191,250 XP per win (before Lucky Egg). Only attempt with a fully-trained team well past Lv 700; Alpha Blissey in this level band hits hard enough to KO mid-tier mons in one move.
Item effects, currencies, trading and the Pokémon Market.
What you earn, what you spend, and what your Pokémon can hold.
Earned from battle wins, Game Corner, Safari Contest, donations. Spent at the Poké Mart.
Currency for buying Mega Stones. Drops from wild catches at ~2%, from challenge rewards, and from Donation Center surplus.
Give one to a compatible Pokémon as a held item; in battle they Mega-Evolve, getting a new sprite, new typing in some cases, and a sizable stat boost.
Held items that give a permanent +30% damage to moves matching the crystal's type. Type-specific (Fire, Water, etc.).
Fire / Water / Thunder / Leaf / Moon / Sun / Dusk / Shiny. Apply at the Evolution Center to evolve eligible species.
Potions, Hyper Potions, Revives etc. Use mid-battle from the Bag, or visit the free Pokémon Center to fully heal your party.
From the Poké Mart (₽8,000). Every party Pokémon holding one gets full XP parity with the active battler, so the whole team levels in lockstep. Great at the Blissey Gyms.
×1.5 XP for the Pokémon holding it. Pair it with Exp. Share (full parity to bench) to power-level a whole team in lockstep. XP figures for the Blissey Gyms are shown before Lucky Egg.
While the holder is in battle and not at full HP, it restores 1/16 of max HP at the end of every turn (rounded down, min 1). Pairs especially well with bulky walls for league / Battleground runs where HP carries between fights: a Snorlax or Blissey switched in safely can stall chip damage back to full over a few turns. Drops from wild Snorlax / Munchlax / Wobbuffet / Wynaut at ~5% per catch. Stacks with healing items (use a Potion first, then let Leftovers top off the rest passively).
Prices, sources and effects for every item: Item Catalog →
Ways to swap, sell or part with a Pokémon:
Open offers any trainer can accept. Browse the queue, pick one, ship the swap.
Propose a trade to a specific trainer by name. They get a notification and can accept or decline.
Free-form negotiation board (Trainer's Corner sub-forum). Post your FT (For Trade) / LF (Looking For) lists; players reply with offers. Best for hunts ("LF Shiny Dratini, here's my offer list"), bulk swaps, and anything that needs back-and-forth. Mark deal done when you finalize.
List a Pokémon for ₽. Other players buy directly with cash. Auto-priced, time-decayed, and listings expire after 48h: see Pokémon Market.
Turn unwanted Pokémon into ₽ and a 25% chance of a Mega Shard. Rule: you can't donate party members, and you can't donate your last Pokémon overall.
Buy Pokémon from other trainers or sell your own at /market. Cash-only, no haggling, no swap negotiations.
Sellers don't pick the asking price. Starting price is computed from the Pokémon's total experience:
startingPrice = totalExp × 10
The asking price drops as the listing ages: divided by hours elapsed.
Sellers receive 100% of the final sale price. No platform cut. The buyer pays whatever the live decayed price is at the moment they hit Buy.
The History tab shows every listing you've closed, sold, expired, or cancelled, with the buyer's name (if it sold), original asking price, and close timestamp. Private to you; other players can't see your sales trail.
The Buy page has filters for type, variant (Shiny / Shadow / Plasma / Alpha), level range, and a species dropdown of everything currently listed. Sort by ending soon, price, level, or newest. Toggle "I can afford" to hide everything you can't buy.
Challenge rules, scheduled activities and prize Pokémon.
Side-content with their own rules and reward tracks. Most are unlocked from the start; a few require gym progression.
| Period | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly | Plasma+Shiny mons + ₽2.5M | Shiny + ₽1.25M | 3 random Mega Stones + ₽1M |
| Bi-Weekly | Alpha+Plasma+Shiny + ₽10M | Plasma+Shiny + ₽5M | Shiny + ₽2.5M |
| Monthly | Shadow+Alpha+Plasma+Shiny + ₽40M | Alpha+Plasma+Shiny + ₽20M | Plasma+Shiny + ₽10M |
Sign in once per UTC day to bank a streak. Reward milestones:
| Day | Reward | Cash |
|---|---|---|
| Day 7 | Random Shiny rare | ₽1M |
| Day 14 | Plasma rare | ₽2M |
| Day 21 | Shiny + Plasma | ₽4M |
| Day 30 | Shadow rare | ₽8M |
| Day 45 | Shiny + Plasma + Shadow | ₽16M |
| Day 60 | 2× Shadow | ₽32M |
| Day 90 | Curated prize, currently ShadowJirachi Lv 5 | ₽64M |
Cash doubles each tier, total ₽127M per cycle. The 90-day cap resets the streak. Miss a day and the streak restarts at 1.
A featured species, shown in the left sidebar. Catchable in any zone for the week with a small per-encounter chance. Resets Sunday at noon UTC.
The first hit per UTC day of certain triple-of-a-kind combos awards a featured Pokémon prize. Subsequent same-day hits pay regular cash.
Pair two compatible Pokémon (same species OR opposite gender) to produce a Lv 1 offspring with inherited variant chances.
Eggs always hatch as the base evolutionary form (or baby form when one exists): two Pidgeots → Pidgey, two Pikachus → Pichu, two Umbreons → Eevee, Hitmonlee × Hitmonchan → Tyrogue, etc.
Breeding is a fast way to fill out the base of an evolution chain you've already collected. Many baby Pokémon (Cleffa, Igglybuff, Smoochum, Magby, Riolu, etc.) are also catchable in specific wild zones; see the Pokédex Locator for exact maps.
Legendaries can't be bred.
Shadow variants don't spawn in the wild. Every path to one, consolidated.
| Source | What you get | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| League Champion bundle | Shadow base evo (Lv 5) per region | Dratini · Larvitar · Beldum · Riolu · Deino · Goomy · Jangmo-o · Dreepy |
| Pokédex completion (per gen) | Shadow legendary at Lv 5 | Mew · Celebi · Rayquaza · Arceus · Genesect · Volcanion · Melmetal · Calyrex |
| Radio Tower rescue | ShadowRotom Lv 50 | Once per account |
| New Mauville first clear | Shadow Magnezone Lv 50 | First clear only (every clear after pays cash and Mega Shards) |
| Battle Tower (Floor 3 Shadow boss) | Defeat the Shadow themed legendary | 8 type towers, 8 Shadow boss fights |
| Battleground · Monthly winner | Shadow variant prize | Top streak in monthly window |
| Game Corner · 3× Mewtwo / Mew | Shadow Mewtwo / Shadow Mew Lv 100 | Daily-capped triple-match jackpot |
| Promos / contests / gifts | Variant tier as advertised | Watch Discord + the Promo Pokémon card on the sidebar |
Per-prize species can be rotated by supermods via /admin/prizes, the actual Pokémon each source drops may shift over time.
Trainer's Corner, profiles, messages and community support.
Trainer's Corner is the in-game community forum, the place to post trade threads, run contests, ask questions, and read patch notes. Four sub-forums:
Official news, patch notes, event launches, and updates from the mod team. Mod-post only; everyone can reply. Pin this in your routine: it's where new features and time-limited events get announced.
Free-form trade negotiation. Post your FT (For Trade) / LF (Looking For) lists; negotiate offers in the replies. Mark Deal done when finalized. Pairs with the structured Trade Offers and Directed Trades systems: use the Forum for anything that needs discussion.
Player-organized contests, giveaways, raffles, and community events. Run your own: winners and prizes are coordinated by the OP. Great way to spend an extra Shiny.
Stuck on a quest, can't find a Pokémon, hit a bug, or just have a question? Ask here. Mods + experienced players jump in. No question is too basic.
| New threads | 1-hour cooldown between new threads (per sub-forum) |
|---|---|
| Replies | 30s cooldown between replies |
| Format | Plain text + auto-linked URLs |
| Length | 4,000 character body cap (2,000 for replies) |
| Closing | The OP can mark their own thread as done at any time: Deal done in Trades, Ended in Announcements and Contests, Solved in Help |
| Moderation | Mods can pin/lock threads and forum-ban abusers |
The right-sidebar Trainer's Corner link shows a small red pill with a count whenever one of your subscribed threads has new activity. You're implicitly subscribed to any thread you authored OR replied to. Opening the thread or posting a reply clears its unread state. Pill caps display at 99+.
The in-game forum for trades, contests, help, and announcements. See Trainer's Corner for the details.
Chat with other trainers, share catches, get help. Link in the right sidebar and the banner at the top.
Send and accept friend requests; build a roster of regulars you trade with.
Open DMs with anyone (no friend gating). The header shows an unread count when someone messages you.
Browse other trainers, view their party + box, send a message or initiate a trade.
Team Ranking, Top Pokémon, Total Levels, and Rarity leaderboards. A good way to find players with deep collections.
Milestones for catches, battle wins, gym badges, challenge completions. Drop into your profile's Achievements tab to see what you've earned.
₽ (Money)
Mega Shards
Mega Stones
Z-Crystals
Evolution Stones
Healing items
Leftovers
