How to play

Controls

On a gamepad, the D-pad and left stick move your Pokémon and navigate every menu, A confirms, B goes back and Start pauses. In a run, A fires the special attack.

In Settings → Controls → Keyboard and gamepad, you can change the key and the gamepad button of every action (move, special, Mega, lunge, pause, confirm and back). The arrows and Esc always work.

On phones you can install the game as a fullscreen app: open the browser menu and choose "Add to Home Screen".

The run

Pick one of 27 starters, Kanto to Paldea. Each one has its own stats, starting move, learnset and special attack (see the Pokédex).

Walk around and dodge: your moves fire on their own as their cooldowns come back. Survive 15 minutes of ever bigger hordes. At the end Mewtwo shows up, and beating it wins the run. After that you can keep going in endless mode.

If your HP hits zero the run is over (unless you are holding a Revive, or are in a rift’s arena or a place, which just send you back out to the map). The Poké Dollars you picked up go to your wallet.

Regular enemies get tougher every minute (bosses don't): at 5:00, 2.2x HP and 1.35x damage; at 10:00, 4.6x HP and 1.94x damage; at 15:00, 8.8x HP and 2.89x damage.

Difficulty

Pick the difficulty in the partner select's bottom bar, next to the Start button (or with the X key). Every level is open from the start and your pick is saved. Normal is the base run; the other levels multiply:

Timeline

Biomes and weather

A run walks through 5 biomes, 3 minutes each, with no loading screen: the ground dissolves into the next place and every biome has its own music. Breakables change their look too (in the cave, tall grass becomes a rock and the berry tree a giant mushroom).

Each biome pulls the horde towards its types: a stage's new species are 3x likelier to have a local type (more Grass and Bug in the forest, more Rock and Ground in the cave), without leaving the others out.

The weather changes a few times per run and applies to everyone: your moves and the enemies' attacks alike. Each biome has its own likely weather, and the weather icon shows next to the clock.

Weather

The wild horde

The horde has 415 wild species from all 9 generations, and every run draws its own cast: about 18 species, only a few new ones per stage, so you can tell who is coming.

Each species sits in a tier set by its base stat total. The first stages draw from tier 1 (weak basic Pokémon) and the end of the run from tiers 4 and 5 (evolved Pokémon). Swarms take a flying Pokémon of their tier, and rings a Pokémon of their tier you have already met this run.

In-game stats come from the base stats: HP from the tier and the bulk (HP, Defense and Special Defense), damage from the tier and the best attacking stat, speed from base Speed, EXP from HP, and knockback resistance from HP and Defense (flying and ghost types are lighter).

Once the horde passes 90% of the stage's cap, new arrivals come in as elites (up to 30% of the cap), with a red outline: 1.6x HP and EXP and 1.25x damage. Keeping the screen clear keeps it from turning into a horde of elites. No elites spawn during the Mewtwo fight.

From 1:00, one of each stage's new species runs: 1.6x faster (never faster than you without bonuses), with 70% of the HP, speed lines, and it aims where you're going to be, up to 1s ahead. Running in circles won't shake it.

Tiers

Tier	Base stat total	Species	Examples
Tier 1	up to 269	58	ZubatSwinubAzurillFomantis
Tier 2	270 to 329	82	PoliwagNatuDuskullJangmo-o
Tier 3	330 to 399	71	WeepinbellYanmaVibravaPancham
Tier 4	400 to 469	93	MachokeWobbuffetMedichamBronzong
Tier 5	470 or more	111	RapidashCrobatTorkoalTrevenant

Tiers by stage

Levels and moves

Fainted Pokémon drop Exp. Candies. Walk near them to collect them (the Dowsing Machine widens the reach).

On every level up, pick 1 of 3 offers: a new move from your Pokémon's learnset, a move upgrade, a new held item or another item level. You can hold up to 6 moves and 6 items. Moves go up to Lv 8.

Type items (Charcoal, Mystic Water…) only show up if your Pokémon learns moves of that type. When there is nothing left to offer, you get an Oran Berry (+40 HP).

Reroll (draw new offers) and Skip (pass on a level up without picking anything, handy when no offer fits) are charges bought in the Kecleon Shop.

A run starts with a draft: with the clock stopped, you pick your 2nd move out of 3 from your Pokémon’s list.

Every base move splits into two paths at Lv 4 and Lv 7: the card says "2 paths" and, once picked, opens into both. Each path changes how the move plays (bouncing, exploding, leaving a trail, echoing…), not just its numbers.

Every card rolls a rarity: a rare one (10% chance, blue frame) gives 2 levels at once, and a shiny one (1 in 64, twice as often with the Shiny Charm) is a free pick, followed by another.

Forget takes an offer out of the run: the card flies off, the slot is rerolled and that move, item or duo move never comes back. Charges come from the Kecleon Shop’s Escape Rope, every boss beaten and every evolution.

The move list grows with your Pokémon: each evolution unlocks new moves (a toast shows which), and they show up more often for the next 3 level ups. There are more moves than slots, so every run leaves some out.

Beaten bosses drop a TM with a move from outside the learnset, the Move Tutor teaches moves that suit your type, and clearing a rift offers the legendary’s own move (one per run). With every slot full, learning one asks you to forget a move.

Your Pokémon evolves at Lv 12 and Lv 28, just like on the handhelds. Each evolution adds HP and stats, and the final one powers up the special attack.

At its first evolution (Lv 12 for Smeargle, which never evolves), your Pokémon awakens an Ability: pick 1 of 3 (the third is the Hidden Ability), and it lasts the whole run. Eevee, Snorunt, Scyther, Charcadet, Kirlia and Poliwhirl can evolve into more than one form, each with its own type, special, moves and Abilities. The paths that need an item in the official games need it here too (Gallade and Froslass the Dawn Stone, Politoed the King's Rock, Scizor the Metal Coat, Kleavor the Black Augurite, Armarouge and Ceruledge their armors, Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon, Glaceon and Sylveon their stones): bought at the Kecleon Shop, it's yours for good; dropped by a boss, it lasts until the run ends. Without items, Eevee becomes Vaporeon, Jolteon or Flareon, drawn at random, and with items you choose; Scyther and Charcadet without an item don't evolve, but get 15% stronger. Some single-line evolutions need an item too: Porygon2 the Up-Grade, Porygon-Z the Dubious Disc and Exeggutor the Leaf Stone; without it, the form before stays, 15% stronger.

Held items

Move evolutions

Just like in Vampire Survivors: max out a move and hold its paired item. On your next level up (or the next Poké Ball), the evolution shows up as an offer and replaces the move in the same slot.

One item can evolve more than one move: Charcoal works for both Ember and Fire Spin, for example.

Signature, TM, legendary and duo moves don’t evolve: they are already a final move and grow along their own paths.

Duo moves

Take two moves to max level (or evolve them) and, if their types make one of the recipes below, a golden card offers to fuse them into a duo move: it takes the first one’s slot, frees the second’s and grows up to Lv 5. The two moves it used never come back. Don’t want the fusion? Forget takes the card away, and that recipe won’t come back this run.

Recipes go by type, so they work with any Pokémon. A run fits only 1 duo move, and the Poké Ball never fuses moves on its own.

Cursed items

From 1.5 min on, a locked chest has a 50% chance to hide a cursed item: very strong, but with a price. You choose to take it or leave it. It takes no item slot, stays until the run ends, and you can hold up to 2.

Special attack

Besides the automatic moves, every Pokémon has a manual special attack: press Space, the A / ✕ gamepad button or the round button on screen. It charges for a moment (you move slower) and then fires: some aim the way you are walking, others hit all around you or fall from the sky on the nearest foes. Quick Attack and Extreme Speed are manual too, since they move you: press Shift, X / □ or the lunge button to lunge at the foe ahead.

Each of the 18 types has its own special, and your Pokémon uses its first type's. Its cooldown shrinks with the Cooldown stat, down to 4s. At the final evolution it becomes the stronger version, with more damage and area.

Some agile lines trade their type special for a chain dash: the Pokémon slashes through to the nearest foe and, on a hit, has half a second to press again and jump to the next one, up to its jump limit. The cooldown only starts when the chain ends. Aegislash trades its special for Stance Change instead: it swaps between Shield Forme, which takes less damage, and Blade Forme, which hits harder.

Type	Special → final evolution	Cooldown	Used by
Normal	Hyper Voice → Boomburst A shockwave all around you that pushes everything back.	9s	EeveeAzurillTeddiursaSwabluSlakothMunchlaxPorygonSmeargle
Fire	Flare Blitz → Blast Burn A flaming charge that leaves a trail of fire.	10s	CharmanderCyndaquilTorchicChimcharTepigFennekinLittenScorbunnyFuecocoCharcadetGrowlitheVulpix
Water	Hydro Pump → Hydro Cannon A focused blast in the direction you move.	12s	SquirtleTotodileMudkipPiplupOshawottFroakiePopplioSobbleQuaxlyPoliwagAzurillMagikarpHorseaFeebas
Grass	Grass Knot → Frenzy Plant Rings of roots burst from the ground and slow foes.	11s	BulbasaurChikoritaTurtwigSnivyChespinRowletGrookeyBudewShroomishExeggcute
Electric	Thunderbolt → Bolt Strike Lightning strikes the nearest foes and may paralyze them.	9s	PichuMareepShinxToxelElectrike
Poison	Toxic Spikes → Malignant Chain You run a little faster and leave a poison trail behind.	11s	Zubat
Flying	Air Cutter → Aeroblast A wall of wind that sweeps the way you move and pushes foes back.	9s	PidgeyNoibat
Bug	Pin Missile → Attack Order A ring of stingers fired every way that may poison.	9s	GrubbinLarvestaScyther
Rock	Rock Slide → Diamond Storm A rockfall around you that hits hard and pushes back.	10s	RockruffGeodudeRoggenrolaKabutoLarvitar
Ground	Bulldoze → Precipice Blades A wall of stone blades that sweeps the way you move and slows foes.	10s	CuboneTrapinch
Ghost	Shadow Ball → Astral Barrage A ring of shadow balls fired every way that may paralyze.	9s	GastlyShuppetLitwickPhantumpDrifloonSandygast
Fighting	Vacuum Wave → Aura Sphere A ring of energy spheres fired every way.	9s	Machop
Psychic	Psychic → Expanding Force Psychic waves all around you that push and slow foes.	9s	AbraRalts
Ice	Icicle Crash → Blizzard Icicles rain down around you and slow foes.	10s	SphealSwinubSnorunt
Steel	Magnet Bomb → Doom Desire Columns of steel light crash on the nearest foes: few, but heavy.	10s	AronBeldum
Dark	Dark Pulse → Night Daze Waves of darkness all around you that push and may put foes to sleep.	9s	ZoruaHoundourDeinoScraggy
Fairy	Dazzling Gleam → Light of Ruin Beams of light fall on the nearest foes and may put them to sleep.	9s	TogepiTinkatink
Dragon	Dragon Pulse → Draco Meteor A meteor shower around you that may burn.	11s	SwabluDratiniDreepyBagon
Grass	Leaf Blade → Solar Blade Slashes through to the nearest foe. Press again right after a hit to jump to the next one.	8s	TreeckoSprigatito
Fighting	Force Palm → Close Combat Strikes through to the nearest foe. Press again right after a hit to jump to the next one.	8s	Riolu
Dragon	Dual Chop → Dragon Rush Rushes like a dragon into the nearest foe. Press again right after a hit to jump to the next one.	8s	Gible
Flying	Aerial Ace → Brave Bird Dives into the nearest foe. Press again right after a hit to jump to the next one.	8s	Starly
Steel	Smart Strike → Iron Head Lunges blade first into the nearest foe. Press again right after a hit to jump to the next one.	8s	Honedge
Steel	Stance Change Swaps between Shield Forme (−30% damage taken, moves ×0.7) and Blade Forme (moves ×1.3, +10% damage taken).	2s	Honedge
Psychic	Forme Change Cycles Normal, Attack (moves ×1.35, +25% damage taken), Defense (−40% damage taken, moves ×0.75) and Speed Forme (+35% speed).	2s	No playable Pokémon yet
Dragon	Dragon Flare A long dash in blue dragon flames, with a fire trail and a blast at the end.	8s	Charmander
Psychic	Psystrike Three huge psychic waves around you that push and slow.	7s	Abra
Ghost	Poltergeist A ring of 24 shadow shots in every direction that may paralyze.	7s	Gastly
Fairy	Moonblast Twelve moonbeams strike the nearest foes and may put them to sleep.	7s	Ralts
Fighting	Aura Sphere A chain dash of up to 6 jumps; every landing bursts a ring of Aura Spheres.	7s	RaltsRiolu
Rock	Stone Edge A heavy rain of stone blades around you.	8s	Larvitar
Grass	Petal Blizzard Three waves of petals around you that slow foes down.	7s	Bulbasaur
Fire	Heat Wave Two huge heat waves around you that may burn.	7s	Charmander
Water	Water Pulse Four water pulses around you that may slow foes down.	7s	Squirtle
Electric	Volt Tackle Electric chain dash of up to 6 jumps; every landing bursts a ring of bolts.	7s	Pichu
Electric	Rising Voltage Fourteen bolts strike the nearest foes and may paralyze.	7s	Pichu
Flying	Hurricane A huge wall of wind that sweeps the way you walk.	7s	Dratini
Grass	Solar Beam Twelve sunbeams strike the nearest foes.	7s	Chikorita
Water	Wave Crash Chain dash of up to 6 jumps, wrapped in water.	7s	Totodile
Dragon	Dragon Claw Chain dash of up to 6 jumps; every landing bursts a ring of draconic energy.	7s	Treecko
Fire	Blaze Kick Flaming chain dash of up to 6 jumps that may burn.	7s	Torchic
Water	Muddy Water Three waves of mud around you that slow foes down.	7s	Mudkip
Steel	Meteor Mash A heavy rain of steel meteors around you.	7s	Beldum
Flying	Sky Attack Chain dash of up to 6 jumps; every landing bursts a ring of wind blades.	7s	Starly
Ground	Earth Power Three waves of earth around you that slow foes down.	7s	Gible
Dragon	Scale Shot A ring of 24 scales fired every way.	7s	Gible
Fighting	Focus Blast Ten energy spheres strike the nearest foes.	7s	Riolu
Fire	Heat Crash Eight flaming impacts strike the nearest foes and may burn.	7s	Tepig
Grass	Spiky Shield Two waves of spikes around you that push everything back.	7s	Chespin
Fire	Mystical Fire Three waves of mystical fire around you that may burn.	7s	Fennekin
Dark	Night Slash Chain dash of up to 6 jumps; every landing bursts a ring of dark waves.	7s	Froakie
Flying	Air Slash A ring of 24 air blades fired all around.	7s	Pidgey
Water	Waterfall A huge wall of water sweeping the way you walk.	7s	Magikarp
Electric	Zap Cannon Three huge electric waves around you that nearly always paralyze.	7s	Mareep
Steel	Bullet Punch Chain dash of up to 6 jumps on a short cooldown; every landing bursts a ring of steel shards.	6s	Scyther
Dark	Fiery Wrath A heavy rain of dark flames around you that may burn.	7s	Houndour
Steel	Heavy Slam Eight huge steel impacts crash on the nearest foes.	7s	Aron
Electric	Wild Charge You run faster and leave a trail of sparks that may paralyze.	9s	Electrike
Fairy	Hyper Voice Three waves of charmed sound around you that may put foes to sleep.	7s	Swablu
Ghost	Phantom Force Chain dash of up to 6 jumps; every landing bursts a ring of shadows.	7s	Shuppet
Ice	Sheer Cold Three waves of absolute cold around you that slow foes hard.	7s	Snorunt
Flying	Double-Edge Twelve dive-bombs crash on the nearest foes.	7s	Bagon

Types and status

Damage uses the real type chart, softened so no build is ever useless: super effective deals 1.5x, doubly super effective 2x, not very effective 0.75x, and immunities become 0.5x. Yellow numbers with "!" mean super effective.

Some moves inflict status conditions. Chance and power grow with upgrades and items.

King's Rock raises the status chance, Toxic Orb raises burn and poison damage, and Light Clay makes statuses last longer.

Bosses

Bosses arrive at fixed times. Legendaries make an entrance with a screen flash, their cry and a banner. All of them get an HP bar at the top and their own attacks: marked circles on the ground show where a hit will land, so step out of them.

Each boss switches between two ways of fighting every 4 to 9 seconds: up close, it rushes in and slams the area around itself; at range, it stops a few steps away and aims at you. Under 50% HP it enrages (red outline, cry and a screen flash): 15% faster, 20% less time between attacks and, 35% of the time, a second attack right after the first.

Standing still doesn't work: every boss aims where you stand or along the path you're taking, and running far away earns you a leap or an aimed volley. Enraging also unlocks a new attack. On Hard bosses attack 8% more often, with 15% more projectiles and slightly shorter warnings, and chain 50% of the time when enraged; on Nightmare, 16% more often, 25% more projectiles, 65% chains and one extra attack each. The legendaries on the map (the trio, the mythical, Mewtwo and Arceus) fight in three phases, ticked on the HP bar: each phase brings a new way to move (flying with a shadow, charges, teleports, cages) and the last one an ultimate with a marked safe spot (shelters, the gap between lances, a ring's way out, far from or right next to the boss). From Hard up, Mewtwo's last phase also leaps and fires wide volleys.

Bosses don't get tougher over time, and each one drops a Poké Ball and a shower of Poké Dollars.

For each boss's first 60s, while it's nearby, only 30% of the regular enemies spawn, so the fight is with it; then the horde comes back. Each boss has until the next one arrives: if it's still standing when the next boss shows up, it flees and leaves nothing behind. Mewtwo is the last one: it blasts the horde away when it arrives and, while it stands, only 20% of the regular enemies spawn, so the fight is about dodging its attacks.

At 7:00, 9:30 and 12:00 come the three members of a legendary trio, drawn at the start of each run: Kanto birds (Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres), Johto beasts (Raikou, Entei, Suicune) and Hoenn Regis (Regirock, Regice, Registeel). HP, contact damage and speed belong to the time slot, not the Pokémon, so no draw is easier than another; what changes is the attacks.

At the end, with a 10% chance, a mythical Pokémon joins Mewtwo: Mew, Celebi or Jirachi, also drawn per run.

Time	Boss	HP	Attacks
2:30	Onix	1,100	At range: 3 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 4s (14 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4.5s (16 damage) Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 7s (16 damage), if you keep away Ring of 8 projectiles every 4.5s (12 damage), under 50% HP At range: Volley of 3 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 5s (14 damage), on Nightmare only
5:00	Snorlax	2,800	Up close: Area slam around itself every 5s (22 damage) At range: 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 4.5s (20 damage) Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 7.5s (22 damage), if you keep away At range: 4 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 4s (18 damage), under 50% HP Up close: Ring of 10 projectiles every 4.4s (16 damage), on Nightmare only
7:00	Articuno Kanto birds	5,200	Phase 1 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (18 damage) At range: Ring of 12 projectiles every 3.2s (18 damage) At range: 3 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 4s (18 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4s (20 damage) Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 7s (20 damage), if you keep away Up close: Leaves a harmful trail for 2.4s (12 damage), on Nightmare only Phase 2 (under 66% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (18 damage) Vanishes while its shadow chases you; it stops and it lands there, every 8.5s (20 damage) At range: A beam out of itself, its line blinking first, every 6s (16 damage) At range: Ring of 12 projectiles every 3.6s (18 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4s (20 damage) Volley of 5 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 4s (18 damage), under 50% HP Ultimate Sheer Cold, every 18s: Ring of 20 projectiles closing on you, with one way out, every 18s (18 damage); Ring of 20 projectiles closing on you, with one way out, every 18s (18 damage) Phase 3 (under 33% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (18 damage) Vanishes while its shadow chases you; it stops and it lands there, every 10s (20 damage) A beam out of itself, its line blinking first, every 6.5s (16 damage) At range: 3 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 4s (18 damage) Up close: Ring of 12 projectiles every 3.6s (18 damage) Up close: Leaves a harmful trail for 2.4s (12 damage), on Nightmare only Ultimate Snowscape, every 18s: A blast over everything (26 damage), except in the marked shelters; Ring of 14 projectiles every 18s (16 damage)
7:00	Raikou Johto beasts	5,200	Phase 1 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (18 damage) At range: 3 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 3s (18 damage) Up close: Leaves a harmful trail for 1.6s (10 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 3.8s (20 damage) Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 6.5s (20 damage), if you keep away Ring of 10 projectiles every 4.4s (16 damage), on Nightmare only Phase 2 (under 66% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (18 damage) Charges down a marked lane, 3 in a row, every 7s (18 damage) At range: 3 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 3.2s (18 damage) Up close: Leaves a harmful trail for 1.6s (10 damage) At range: 5 marked strikes on the ground near you every 3.2s (16 damage), under 50% HP Ultimate Discharge, every 18s: Area slam around itself every 18s (20 damage); Ring of 14 projectiles every 18s (16 damage) Phase 3 (under 33% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (18 damage) Charges down a marked lane, 2 in a row, every 8s (18 damage) At range: 3 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 3s (18 damage) Up close: Leaves a harmful trail for 1.6s (10 damage) Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 6.5s (20 damage), if you keep away Ring of 10 projectiles every 4.4s (16 damage), on Nightmare only Ultimate Thunderclap, every 18s: 4 parallel lances across the screen, the gaps between them safe, every 18s (18 damage); 4 parallel lances across the screen, the gaps between them safe, every 18s (18 damage); 4 parallel lances across the screen, the gaps between them safe, every 18s (18 damage); Charges down a marked lane, every 18s (20 damage)
7:00	Regirock Hoenn Regis	5,200	Phase 1 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (18 damage) At range: 4 marked strikes on the ground near you every 3.4s (18 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4.2s (20 damage) Up close: Ring of 8 projectiles every 3.8s (18 damage) Volley of 3 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 5s (18 damage), if you keep away Up close: Area slam around itself every 4.6s (20 damage), on Nightmare only Phase 2 (under 66% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (18 damage) Shuts you in a circle of flames or rocks, every 11s (14 damage) At range: 3 parallel lances across the screen, the gaps between them safe, every 6.5s (18 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4.2s (20 damage) Volley of 3 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 5s (18 damage), if you keep away At range: 3 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 3.6s (18 damage), under 50% HP Ultimate Stone Edge, every 18s: 9 marked strikes on the ground near you every 18s (18 damage); 9 marked strikes on the ground near you every 18s (18 damage) Phase 3 (under 33% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (18 damage) Shuts you in a circle of flames or rocks, every 12s (14 damage) At range: 4 marked strikes on the ground near you every 3.4s (18 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4.2s (20 damage) Up close: Ring of 8 projectiles every 3.8s (18 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4.6s (20 damage), on Nightmare only Ultimate Rock Wrecker, every 18s: Volley of 1 projectile aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 18s (28 damage); Volley of 1 projectile aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 18s (28 damage); Volley of 3 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 18s (26 damage)
9:30	Zapdos Kanto birds	8,000	Phase 1 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) At range: 4 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 2.6s (24 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 3.6s (24 damage) Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 6.5s (22 damage), if you keep away At range: Volley of 4 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 4.4s (20 damage), on Nightmare only Phase 2 (under 66% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) Charges down a marked lane, 2 in a row, every 7s (22 damage) At range: 3 parallel lances across the screen, the gaps between them safe, every 6s (22 damage) At range: 3 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 3.4s (22 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 3.8s (24 damage) Ring of 12 projectiles every 4s (20 damage), under 50% HP Ultimate Zap Cannon, every 18s: A beam out of itself, its line blinking first, every 18s (26 damage); 2 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 18s (24 damage) Phase 3 (under 33% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) Charges down a marked lane, 2 in a row, every 8s (22 damage) At range: 4 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 2.8s (22 damage) Up close: Ring of 12 projectiles every 4s (20 damage) Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 6.5s (22 damage), if you keep away At range: Volley of 4 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 4.4s (20 damage), on Nightmare only Ultimate Electric Terrain, every 18s: A blast over everything (30 damage), except far from it; 5 parallel lances across the screen, the gaps between them safe, every 18s (22 damage)
9:30	Entei Johto beasts	8,000	Phase 1 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) At range: 5 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 3.4s (22 damage) Up close: Leaves a harmful trail for 2.4s (14 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4.4s (26 damage) Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 6.5s (24 damage), if you keep away Up close: Ring of 10 projectiles every 4.4s (20 damage), on Nightmare only Phase 2 (under 66% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) Charges down a marked lane, 2 in a row, every 7.5s (24 damage) At range: 4 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 3.6s (22 damage) Up close: Leaves a harmful trail for 2.4s (14 damage) Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 6.5s (24 damage), if you keep away Volley of 5 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 4s (20 damage), under 50% HP Ultimate Eruption, every 18s: 9 marked strikes on the ground near you every 18s (22 damage); 6 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 18s (22 damage) Phase 3 (under 33% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) Charges down a marked lane, 2 in a row, every 8s (24 damage) At range: 5 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 3.4s (22 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4.4s (26 damage) Up close: Leaves a harmful trail for 2.4s (14 damage) Up close: Ring of 10 projectiles every 4.4s (20 damage), on Nightmare only Ultimate Burning Bulwark, every 18s: Shuts you in a circle of flames or rocks, every 18s (12 damage); 3 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 18s (20 damage); 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 18s (22 damage); 4 marked strikes on the ground near you every 18s (20 damage)
9:30	Regice Hoenn Regis	8,000	Phase 1 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) At range: Ring of 14 projectiles every 3.4s (20 damage) At range: 2 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 4.2s (24 damage) Up close: Leaves a harmful trail for 2.8s (12 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4s (24 damage) Volley of 3 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 5s (22 damage), if you keep away Up close: Ring of 10 projectiles every 4s (18 damage), on Nightmare only Phase 2 (under 66% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) At range: 3 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 6s (20 damage) Ring of 18 projectiles closing on you, with one way out, every 9s (18 damage) Up close: Leaves a harmful trail for 2.8s (12 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4s (24 damage) Volley of 3 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 5s (22 damage), if you keep away At range: 4 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 3.6s (20 damage), under 50% HP Ultimate Blizzard, every 18s: 5 parallel lances across the screen, the gaps between them safe, every 18s (20 damage); 5 parallel lances across the screen, the gaps between them safe, every 18s (20 damage) Phase 3 (under 33% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) At range: 3 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 6.5s (20 damage) Ring of 18 projectiles closing on you, with one way out, every 10s (18 damage) At range: Ring of 14 projectiles every 3.6s (20 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4s (24 damage) Up close: Ring of 10 projectiles every 4s (18 damage), on Nightmare only Ultimate Glaciate, every 18s: A blast over everything (26 damage), except far from it; A blast over everything (26 damage), except right next to it
12:00	Moltres Kanto birds	11,500	Phase 1 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) Leaves a harmful trail for 3.2s (14 damage) At range: Ring of 8 projectiles every 4.5s (20 damage) At range: 3 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 3.8s (20 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4.2s (22 damage) Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 6.5s (24 damage), if you keep away Up close: Area slam around itself every 4.6s (22 damage), on Nightmare only Phase 2 (under 66% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) Leaves a harmful trail for 3s (14 damage) Vanishes while its shadow chases you; it stops and it lands there, every 9s (24 damage) At range: A beam out of itself, its line blinking first, every 6.5s (18 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4.2s (22 damage) Volley of 7 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 4s (20 damage), under 50% HP Ultimate Heat Wave, every 18s: Volley of 9 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 18s (20 damage); Volley of 9 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 18s (20 damage) Phase 3 (under 33% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) Leaves a harmful trail for 3.2s (14 damage) Vanishes while its shadow chases you; it stops and it lands there, every 10s (24 damage) At range: 3 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 3.8s (20 damage) At range: Ring of 8 projectiles every 4.5s (20 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4.2s (22 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4.6s (22 damage), on Nightmare only Ultimate Overheat, every 18s: A blast over everything (34 damage), except right next to it
12:00	Suicune Johto beasts	11,500	Phase 1 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) At range: Ring of 16 projectiles every 3.6s (20 damage) At range: 2 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 4.4s (22 damage) Up close: Ring of 10 projectiles every 3.2s (18 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4.2s (22 damage) Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 6.5s (24 damage), if you keep away Up close: Leaves a harmful trail for 2.4s (14 damage), on Nightmare only Phase 2 (under 66% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) Charges down a marked lane, 2 in a row, every 7.5s (22 damage) At range: A beam out of itself, its line blinking first, every 7s (18 damage) At range: Ring of 14 projectiles every 4s (20 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4.2s (22 damage) Volley of 3 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 3.8s (22 damage), under 50% HP Ultimate Hydro Pump, every 18s: 2 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 18s (20 damage); 2 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 18s (20 damage) Phase 3 (under 33% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) Charges down a marked lane, 2 in a row, every 8s (22 damage) At range: Ring of 16 projectiles every 3.6s (20 damage) At range: 2 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 4.4s (22 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4.2s (22 damage) Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 6.5s (24 damage), if you keep away Up close: Leaves a harmful trail for 2.4s (14 damage), on Nightmare only Ultimate Aqua Ring, every 18s: Ring of 22 projectiles closing on you, with one way out, every 18s (18 damage); Ring of 20 projectiles closing on you, with one way out, every 18s (18 damage)
12:00	Registeel Hoenn Regis	11,500	Phase 1 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) At range: Ring of 18 projectiles every 4s (20 damage) At range: 4 marked strikes on the ground near you every 3.8s (24 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4.6s (26 damage) Volley of 3 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 5s (24 damage), if you keep away Up close: Ring of 12 projectiles every 4.2s (20 damage), on Nightmare only Phase 2 (under 66% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) Charges down a marked lane, every 8s (26 damage) At range: 2 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 6.5s (22 damage) At range: Ring of 16 projectiles every 4.4s (20 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4.6s (26 damage) Volley of 3 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 5s (24 damage), if you keep away At range: 4 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 3.6s (22 damage), under 50% HP Ultimate Heavy Slam, every 18s: Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 18s (28 damage); Ring of 18 projectiles every 18s (20 damage) Phase 3 (under 33% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) Charges down a marked lane, every 8.5s (26 damage) At range: Ring of 18 projectiles every 4s (20 damage) At range: 4 marked strikes on the ground near you every 3.8s (24 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4.6s (26 damage) Up close: Ring of 12 projectiles every 4.2s (20 damage), on Nightmare only Ultimate Metal Burst, every 18s: Area slam around itself every 18s (24 damage); 3 parallel lances across the screen, the gaps between them safe, every 18s (22 damage); 3 parallel lances across the screen, the gaps between them safe, every 18s (22 damage); Ring of 18 projectiles every 18s (20 damage)
15:00 (3.3%)	Mew	9,000	Phase 1 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) At range: Ring of 8 projectiles every 2.4s (22 damage) At range: 3 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 3.6s (20 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 3.5s (22 damage) Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 6s (22 damage), if you keep away Up close: Ring of 10 projectiles every 4s (20 damage), on Nightmare only Phase 2 (under 66% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) Teleports and lands on a marked circle, every 8s (22 damage) At range: Ring of 8 projectiles every 2.8s (22 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 3.5s (22 damage) Volley of 5 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 3.6s (20 damage), under 50% HP Ultimate Psychic, every 18s: 3 parallel lances across the screen, the gaps between them safe, every 18s (20 damage); 3 parallel lances across the screen, the gaps between them safe, every 18s (20 damage) Phase 3 (under 33% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) Teleports and lands on a marked circle, every 8.5s (22 damage) At range: 3 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 3.6s (20 damage) At range: Ring of 8 projectiles every 2.6s (22 damage) Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 6s (22 damage), if you keep away Up close: Ring of 10 projectiles every 4s (20 damage), on Nightmare only Ultimate Ancient Power, every 18s: Ring of 16 projectiles closing on you, with one way out, every 18s (18 damage); Ring of 16 projectiles closing on you, with one way out, every 18s (18 damage); 4 marked strikes on the ground near you every 18s (18 damage)
15:00 (3.3%)	Celebi	9,000	Phase 1 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) At range: Ring of 10 projectiles every 2.6s (22 damage) At range: 3 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 3.6s (20 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 3.5s (22 damage) Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 6s (22 damage), if you keep away Up close: Leaves a harmful trail for 2.4s (14 damage), on Nightmare only Phase 2 (under 66% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) Teleports and lands on a marked circle, every 9s (20 damage) Leaves a harmful trail for 2.4s (12 damage) At range: Ring of 10 projectiles every 2.8s (22 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 3.5s (22 damage) Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 6s (22 damage), if you keep away Volley of 5 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 3.6s (20 damage), under 50% HP Ultimate Future Sight, every 18s: 5 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 18s (20 damage); 5 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 18s (20 damage) Phase 3 (under 33% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) Teleports and lands on a marked circle, every 9.5s (20 damage) At range: Ring of 10 projectiles every 2.6s (22 damage) At range: 3 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 3.6s (20 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 3.5s (22 damage) Up close: Leaves a harmful trail for 2.4s (14 damage), on Nightmare only Ultimate Magical Leaf, every 18s: Volley of 5 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 18s (18 damage); Volley of 5 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 18s (18 damage); Ring of 18 projectiles closing on you, with one way out, every 18s (18 damage)
15:00 (3.3%)	Jirachi	9,000	Phase 1 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) At range: 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 3.4s (30 damage) At range: Ring of 8 projectiles every 3s (20 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 3.5s (22 damage) Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 6s (22 damage), if you keep away At range: Volley of 4 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 4.2s (20 damage), on Nightmare only Phase 2 (under 66% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) Teleports and lands on a marked circle, every 8.5s (22 damage) At range: Ring of 8 projectiles every 3.2s (20 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 3.5s (22 damage) At range: 4 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 3.6s (20 damage), under 50% HP Ultimate Doom Desire, every 18s: 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 18s (30 damage); 4 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 18s (20 damage) Phase 3 (under 33% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (22 damage) Teleports and lands on a marked circle, every 9s (22 damage) At range: 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 3.4s (30 damage) At range: Ring of 8 projectiles every 3s (20 damage) Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 6s (22 damage), if you keep away At range: Volley of 4 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 4.2s (20 damage), on Nightmare only Ultimate Wish, every 18s: 12 marked strikes on the ground near you every 18s (22 damage); 12 marked strikes on the ground near you every 18s (22 damage); 12 marked strikes on the ground near you every 18s (22 damage)
15:00	Mewtwo	22,000	Phase 1 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (28 damage) Ring of 16 projectiles every 3s (26 damage) At range: 5 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 4.5s (30 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4.5s (30 damage) Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 6s (28 damage), if you keep away Phase 2 (under 70% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (28 damage) Teleports and lands on a marked circle, every 8s (28 damage) Ring of 16 projectiles every 3.4s (26 damage) At range: 5 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 4.5s (30 damage) Up close: Area slam around itself every 4.5s (30 damage) Volley of 3 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 4s (26 damage), under 50% HP Ultimate Telekinesis, every 18s: Ring of 22 projectiles closing on you, with one way out, every 18s (26 damage); Volley of 5 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 18s (26 damage) Phase 3 (under 40% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.4s (28 damage) Teleports and lands on a marked circle, every 7.5s (28 damage) Ring of 16 projectiles every 3.2s (26 damage) At range: 5 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 4.5s (30 damage) Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 6s (28 damage), if you keep away Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 3.8s (28 damage), on Hard and Nightmare Volley of 5 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 2.6s (26 damage), on Hard and Nightmare Ring of 12 projectiles every 4.5s (24 damage), on Nightmare only Ultimate Psystrike, every 18s: 5 parallel lances across the screen, the gaps between them safe, every 18s (26 damage); 5 parallel lances across the screen, the gaps between them safe, every 18s (26 damage); A blast over everything (34 damage), except in the marked shelters

Special enemies

Some wild Pokémon do more than chase: they heal, shield and call in the horde, or attack from afar. They are seasoning, never the bulk: from 1:00 on, each stage brings at most one species with a behavior, it shows up less than the rest and there are never more than 6 alive at once. Keep an eye out.

Every one of their attacks warns you first: a "!" over the head, a red circle, a line or a shadow on the ground that blinks faster as the hit gets close. The first time each one shows up in a run, a message explains what it does.

Pokémon	Behavior	What it does
Drifloon	Kamikaze	Walks up, stops, blinks red and explodes after 1.1s. The blast deals 2.5x its contact damage to you and takes 60% of the HP of enemies in the circle. Get out of the red circle, or lure it into the horde: the blast hurts enemies too.
Bronzor	Shield	Every 5s, wraps nearby allies in a shield that soaks damage equal to 40% of their max HP, for 6s. Blue numbers are absorbed damage. Take out the shielder or wait for the shield to blink and fade.
Vikavolt	Beam	Stops, draws the beam's line on the ground for 0.8s and fires: 1.6x its contact damage. The aim locks when the line shows up: one step aside is enough.
Lokix	Leaper	Leaps over the horde to where you stood. The shadow on the ground marks the landing 1.2s ahead, and the impact deals 1.5x its contact damage. Get off the shadow before it lands.
Voltorb	Kamikaze	Walks up, stops, blinks red and explodes after 1.1s. The blast deals 2.5x its contact damage to you and takes 60% of the HP of enemies in the circle. Get out of the red circle, or lure it into the horde: the blast hurts enemies too.
Electrode	Kamikaze	Walks up, stops, blinks red and explodes after 1.1s. The blast deals 2.5x its contact damage to you and takes 60% of the HP of enemies in the circle. Get out of the red circle, or lure it into the horde: the blast hurts enemies too.
Magnemite	Beam	Stops, draws the beam's line on the ground for 0.8s and fires: 1.6x its contact damage. The aim locks when the line shows up: one step aside is enough.
Chansey	Healer	Every 4s, a green pulse heals 25% of the max HP of wounded allies nearby. Take it down first, or the horde keeps topping up.
Hitmonlee	Leaper	Leaps over the horde to where you stood. The shadow on the ground marks the landing 1.2s ahead, and the impact deals 1.5x its contact damage. Get off the shadow before it lands.
Bronzong	Shield	Every 5s, wraps nearby allies in a shield that soaks damage equal to 40% of their max HP, for 6s. Blue numbers are absorbed damage. Take out the shielder or wait for the shield to blink and fade.
Nidoqueen	Summoner	Every 6s it calls in 2 reinforcements (Nidoran♀ and Nidoran♂), up to 4 at once. The reinforcements stop once she falls.

Legendary rifts and endless mode

Every run has 2 legendary rifts: one around 4:00 and another around 10:20. Each one starts with an omen: the legendary's weather takes over the sky (pouring rain, harsh sun, a gale, a storm, a rainbow, a meteor shower, time stumbling) and a huge tear opens in the air off screen, with a purple arrow on the edge pointing at it. It stays open for 40s. If a boss is alive when it's due, the rift waits up to 45s for the boss to fall, so both rifts come even when bosses take a while.

Stepping in is optional: stand inside the tear for 1s. Each legendary has its own domain (table below), and first comes the crossing: a place bigger than the screen, heading north, with the Pokémon that serve the legendary coming at you and a threat closing in from behind (the tide, a wall of lava, floors crumbling away, time coming apart) that hurts whoever lags. At the end, the way back seals, the camera travels to the legendary and it arrives with a title card and its own theme.

The battle has three phases, marked on the HP bar. Each phase transforms the arena (the cavern floods into islands, lava rises in channels, the top of the Sky Pillar falls into the sky) and builds to an ultimate, always telegraphed and with a marked safe spot: behind a rock, on an island, in the gap between beams, under Ho-Oh's wings. Standing still doesn't work: attacks land where you stand. Latias and Latios fight together, and Deoxys swaps Formes every phase. If the battle runs past about 3 minutes, the domain collapses and throws you back with no reward.

Once beaten, the legendary kneels and you throw the Poké Ball: every win counts toward catching it (see Legend Mode). Fainting inside doesn't end the run: the rift casts you back onto the map with 30% HP, no reward, and your Revive stays in the Bag. The run clock stops inside; the horde outside freezes and nothing new spawns until you come back.

The reward is worth the risk: lots of EXP, a bag of ₽ on top of the boss shower, extra Poké Balls, a Rare Candy, a Super Potion and half your HP back. In 1 of 8 rifts the legendary is shiny and pays double ₽ plus another Poké Ball.

Legendary	Domain	Types	Base HP	Attacks
Lugia	Whirl Islands	PsychicFlying	3,400	Phase 1 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.6s (14 damage) Fan of 3 gusts that shove you, every 5.5s (12 damage) A beam out of itself, its line blinking first, every 9.8s (14 damage) Ring of 12 projectiles every 5.5s (12 damage) 3 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 6.4s (12 damage) Calls helpers every 12s Ultimate Aeroblast, every 22s: A beam out of itself, its line blinking first, every 22s (26 damage) Phase 2 (under 66% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.6s (18 damage) 2 whirlpools pull you toward the eye, every 8s (12 damage in the eye) Fan of 4 gusts that shove you, every 5.1s (12 damage) Charges down a marked lane, 2 in a row, every 10.3s (18 damage) Ring of 14 projectiles every 6s (14 damage) Ultimate Hurricane, every 21s: A whirlpool pulls you toward the eye, every 21s (26 damage in the eye); Ring of 14 projectiles every 21s (14 damage); Ring of 14 projectiles every 21s (14 damage) Phase 3 (under 33% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.6s (14 damage) Area slam around itself every 0.42s (16 damage) Fan of 5 gusts that shove you, every 4.4s (12 damage) A whirlpool pulls you toward the eye, every 10.3s (12 damage in the eye) Ring of 16 projectiles every 6.4s (12 damage) Ultimate Sky Attack, every 20s: Teleports and lands on a marked circle, every 20s (28 damage); Teleports and lands on a marked circle, every 20s (28 damage); Teleports and lands on a marked circle, every 20s (28 damage); Ring of 20 projectiles every 20s (15 damage)
Ho-Oh	Bell Tower	FireFlying	3,400	Phase 1 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.6s (14 damage) 4 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 4.8s (13 damage) Ring of 12 projectiles every 5.5s (12 damage) Volley of 5 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 6.4s (11 damage) Calls helpers every 12s Ultimate Sacred Fire, every 22s: A blast over everything (28 damage), except right next to it Phase 2 (under 55% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.6s (14 damage) Leaves a harmful trail for 3.2s (10 damage) Charges down a marked lane, every 9.8s (13 damage) 3 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 5.8s (13 damage) Volley of 6 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 6.9s (11 damage) Ultimate Brave Bird, every 20s: Charges down a marked lane, 2 in a row, every 20s (16 damage); Ring of 16 projectiles every 20s (12 damage) Phase 3 (rises from its ashes with 40% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.6s (14 damage) 4 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 4.4s (13 damage) Ring of 16 projectiles every 4.8s (12 damage) Leaves a harmful trail for 2.6s (10 damage) Volley of 7 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 6s (12 damage) Ultimate Burn Up, every 19s: A blast over everything (30 damage), except far from it; Ring of 24 projectiles every 19s (13 damage)
Kyogre	Seafloor Cavern	Water	3,800	Phase 1 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.6s (11 damage) Ring of 12 projectiles every 4.4s (14 damage) A beam out of itself, its line blinking first, every 5.6s (16 damage) 3 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 5s (13 damage) Calls helpers every 12s Ultimate Water Spout, every 26s: A blast over everything (28 damage), except behind a rock Phase 2 (under 68% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.6s (11 damage) Vanishes while its shadow chases you; it stops and it lands there, every 7.5s (22 damage) Volley of 5 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 4.8s (14 damage) 2 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 6.4s (18 damage) Calls helpers every 13s Ultimate Surf, every 20s: A blast over everything (30 damage), except on the islands Phase 3 (under 34% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.6s (11 damage) 4 parallel lances across the screen, the gaps between them safe, every 5.2s (23 damage) Ring of 16 projectiles every 4.2s (14 damage) Vanishes while its shadow chases you; it stops and it lands there, every 9s (22 damage) A beam out of itself, its line blinking first, every 10s (16 damage) Ultimate Origin Pulse, every 18s: 5 parallel lances across the screen, the gaps between them safe, every 18s (23 damage); 5 parallel lances across the screen, the gaps between them safe, every 18s (23 damage); 5 parallel lances across the screen, the gaps between them safe, every 18s (23 damage); Ring of 24 projectiles every 18s (15 damage)
Groudon	Magma Cavern	Ground	4,200	Phase 1 3 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 5.4s (13 damage) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.2s (14 damage) Area slam around itself every 5.8s (16 damage) Leaves a harmful trail for 2.4s (7 damage) Ring of 10 projectiles every 6s (9 damage) Calls helpers every 14s Ultimate Eruption, every 24s: A blast over everything (22 damage), except right next to it; 3 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 24s (12 damage); Area slam around itself every 24s (12 damage) Phase 2 (under 68% HP) 5 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 5.2s (14 damage) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.2s (14 damage) Volley of 5 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 4.6s (10 damage) Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 9s (18 damage) Ring of 12 projectiles every 6.5s (9 damage) Calls helpers every 14s Ultimate Scorching Sands, every 22s: A blast over everything (26 damage), except far from it; Ring of 14 projectiles every 22s (9 damage) Phase 3 (under 34% HP) 6 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 6s (15 damage) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.2s (14 damage) Area slam around itself every 6.5s (18 damage) Leaves a harmful trail for 2.4s (8 damage) 4 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 5s (12 damage) Leaps onto you, a circle marking where it lands, every 10s (20 damage) Ultimate Precipice Blades, every 20s: 8 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 20s (20 damage); 8 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 20s (20 damage); 8 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 20s (20 damage); Area slam around itself every 20s (22 damage)
Rayquaza	Sky Pillar	DragonFlying	3,000	Phase 1 Ring of 10 projectiles every 4.6s (9 damage) Volley of 3 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 4.2s (13 damage) 2 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 6.2s (14 damage) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.6s (14 damage) Swoops down a marked lane, every 9.5s (13 damage) Calls helpers every 13s Ultimate Hyper Beam, every 22s: A beam out of itself, its line blinking first, every 22s (20 damage) Phase 2 (under 68% HP) Swoops down a marked lane, 2 times, every 8.5s (13 damage) 4 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 5.2s (15 damage) Ring of 12 projectiles every 5s (9 damage) 3 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 6.5s (14 damage) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.6s (14 damage) Calls helpers every 16s Ultimate Draco Meteor, every 21s: Area slam around itself every 21s (18 damage); Area slam around itself every 21s (18 damage); 3 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 21s (18 damage); Area slam around itself every 21s (18 damage) Phase 3 (under 34% HP) Swoops down a marked lane, 2 times, every 7.5s (20 damage) Vanishes while its shadow chases you; it stops and it lands there, every 10s (22 damage) A beam out of itself, its line blinking first, every 13s (18 damage) Ring of 16 projectiles every 4.6s (12 damage) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.6s (14 damage) 4 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 5.5s (15 damage) Ultimate Dragon Ascent, every 20s: Vanishes while its shadow chases you; it stops and it lands there, every 20s (26 damage); Vanishes while its shadow chases you; it stops and it lands there, every 20s (26 damage); Swoops down a marked lane, 2 times, every 20s (22 damage); Ring of 20 projectiles every 20s (13 damage)
Dialga	Spear Pillar	SteelDragon	3,600	Phase 1 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.6s (15 damage) A beam out of itself, its line blinking first, every 6.2s (18 damage) 3 marked strikes on the ground near you every 6.9s (18 damage) Ring of 14 projectiles every 5.8s (14 damage) Calls helpers every 13s Ultimate Flash Cannon, every 22s: 5 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 22s (22 damage); 4 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 22s (22 damage); 5 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 22s (22 damage) Phase 2 (under 66% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.6s (15 damage) Teleports and lands on a marked circle, every 9.2s (20 damage) 5 marked strikes on the ground near you every 5.3s (18 damage) A beam out of itself, its line blinking first, every 8s (18 damage) Ring of 16 projectiles every 6.2s (14 damage) Ultimate Roar of Time, every 21s: Stops time: your attacks freeze in mid-air for 3.6s, every 21s; 6 marked strikes on the ground near you every 21s (18 damage); A blast over everything (28 damage), except behind a rock Phase 3 (under 33% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.6s (15 damage) 5 marked strikes on the ground near you every 5.3s (18 damage) 2 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 6.9s (18 damage) Ring of 18 projectiles every 5.8s (14 damage) Teleports and lands on a marked circle, every 10.3s (22 damage) Ultimate Roar of Time, every 19s: Stops time: your attacks freeze in mid-air for 4s, every 19s; 7 marked strikes on the ground near you every 19s (18 damage); A blast over everything (30 damage), except far from it; Ring of 24 projectiles every 19s (15 damage)
Latias	Southern Island	DragonPsychic	3,200	Phase 1 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.6s (16 damage) Leaves a harmful trail for 2.4s (12 damage) Volley of 3 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 5.4s (14 damage) 3 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 5.2s (15 damage) Calls helpers every 13s Ultimate Mist Ball + Luster Purge, every 21s: 5 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 21s (24 damage); 5 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 21s (24 damage) Phase 2 (under 66% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.6s (16 damage) 2 copies streak down a marked lane through where you stand, one after another, every 6.6s (15 damage) Area slam around itself every 3.8s (22 damage) Volley of 4 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 5.2s (14 damage), on Hard and Nightmare Leaves a harmful trail for 2.2s (12 damage) Ultimate Double Team, every 20s: 6 copies streak down a marked lane through where you stand, one after another, every 20s (21 damage); 6 copies streak down a marked lane through where you stand, one after another, every 20s (21 damage) Phase 3 (under 33% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.6s (16 damage) 2 copies streak down a marked lane through where you stand, one after another, every 6s (15 damage) Area slam around itself every 3.8s (22 damage) Ring of 12 projectiles every 5s (12 damage), on Hard and Nightmare Volley of 5 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 5.6s (14 damage) Leaves a harmful trail for 2.2s (12 damage) Ultimate Draco Meteor, every 19s: A blast over everything (30 damage), except right next to it; 5 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 19s (24 damage)
Latios	Southern Island	DragonPsychic	3,200	Phase 1 Area slam around itself every 3.4s (22 damage) A beam out of itself, its line blinking first, every 5.8s (18 damage) Ring of 10 projectiles every 5.6s (12 damage) 2 marked strikes on the ground near you every 7s (13 damage), on Hard and Nightmare Phase 2 (under 66% HP) Area slam around itself every 3.4s (22 damage) 2 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 6.4s (18 damage) 2 copies streak down a marked lane through where you stand, one after another, every 7.6s (15 damage) Ring of 12 projectiles every 5.6s (12 damage) Ultimate Luster Purge, every 18s: 5 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 18s (24 damage); 5 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 18s (24 damage) Phase 3 (under 33% HP) Area slam around itself every 3.4s (22 damage) A beam out of itself, its line blinking first, every 8s (14 damage) 4 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 5.2s (13 damage) 2 copies streak down a marked lane through where you stand, one after another, every 7s (15 damage) Ultimate Draco Meteor, every 18s: A blast over everything (30 damage), except far from it; 5 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 18s (24 damage)
Deoxys	The Drifting Meteoroid	Psychic	2,800	Phase 1 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.6s (16 damage) Ring of 12 projectiles every 4.6s (12 damage) A beam out of itself, its line blinking first, every 6.2s (12 damage), on Hard and Nightmare 3 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 5s (13 damage) Calls helpers every 12s Ultimate Hyper Beam, every 22s: A beam out of itself, its line blinking first, every 22s (24 damage); A beam out of itself, its line blinking first, every 22s (24 damage) Phase 2 (under 72% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.6s (16 damage) Volley of 5 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 2.9s (12 damage) 3 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 5s (15 damage) 4 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 4.2s (14 damage), on Hard and Nightmare Teleports and lands on a marked circle, every 9s (16 damage) Ultimate Psycho Boost, every 16s: 5 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 16s (20 damage); 5 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 16s (20 damage); 5 beams out of itself, its line blinking first, every 16s (20 damage); Ring of 24 projectiles every 16s (13 damage) Phase 3 (under 50% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.6s (16 damage) Raises a barrier linked to Solrock and Lunatone: while one stands, it takes no damage (back 10s after the last one falls) Ring of 22 projectiles every 3.8s (12 damage) 4 marked strikes along your path, from where you stand to where you're heading, every 4.6s (13 damage) Volley of 3 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 6s (14 damage), on Hard and Nightmare Ultimate Cosmic Power, every 20s: A blast over everything (30 damage), except right next to it Phase 4 (under 30% HP) 1 marked strike on the ground near you every 2.6s (16 damage) Charges down a marked lane, 2 in a row, every 4.6s (17 damage) Teleports and lands on a marked circle, every 5.6s (17 damage) Ring of 14 projectiles every 4.2s (12 damage) Volley of 3 projectiles aimed at you, with aim lines before it fires, every 3.6s (12 damage), on Hard and Nightmare Ultimate Extreme Speed, every 17s: Charges down a marked lane, 5 in a row, every 17s (19 damage)
Arceus	Endless mode	Normal	300,000	Phase 1 7 marked strikes on the ground near you every 3s (45 damage) Ring of 24 projectiles every 4.5s (40 damage) Phase 2 (under 60% HP) 7 marked strikes on the ground near you every 3.2s (45 damage) Ring of 24 projectiles every 5s (40 damage) Teleports and lands on a marked circle, every 12s (40 damage) Ultimate Hyper Beam, every 18s: A beam out of itself, its line blinking first, every 18s (32 damage) Phase 3 (under 30% HP) 7 marked strikes on the ground near you every 3s (45 damage) Ring of 24 projectiles every 4.5s (40 damage) Teleports and lands on a marked circle, every 12s (40 damage) 3 parallel lances across the screen, the gaps between them safe, every 8s (36 damage) Ultimate Judgment, every 18s: A blast over everything (60 damage), except in the marked shelters; 9 marked strikes on the ground near you every 18s (45 damage)

Base HP is the first rift's, at 4:00. After that, the legendary's HP and contact damage grow with the clock: +75% HP per minute. Every rift brings a different legendary.

Endless mode

After you beat Mewtwo, the victory screen offers to keep going in endless mode. If you don't want to, you leave with the regular victory, and the bonus is paid right away.

The horde keeps growing: more enemies spawn, the on-screen cap rises and rings and swarms arrive every 40 seconds. Rifts keep opening.

At 20:00, Arceus descends to hunt you. It gets faster the longer it hunts, until nobody can outrun it, and it never loses you: wander off and it reappears at the edge of the screen. It can be beaten, but it has 300,000 HP; if it falls, it comes back 2 minutes later, stronger.

Time survived is the main score: every minute past 15:00 pays ₽60 in the bonus, and every defeated Arceus another ₽2,500.

Legend Mode

All 23 legendaries in the game can be caught and played in Legend Mode. To catch one, beat it as a boss, in any mode: every win before the catch, it breaks free of the Poké Ball and the game keeps count (Kyogre broke free… 2/3); on the win that completes it, it's caught and shows up in the Legendaries tab of the partner select. Beating a shiny one on the catching win, or on any win after, unlocks its shiny.

In Legend Mode the legendary doesn't evolve: it awakens at Lv 12 and Lv 28 (an Ability, power and a Forget charge; Kyogre and Groudon turn Primal, Rayquaza turns Mega), starts with its legendary move and an innate ability that's always on, and the horde comes tougher (Pressure), all evolved Pokémon, with no basic forms and no outbreak of the day. Latias, Latios and Mewtwo Mega Evolve with the Mega Stone and the MEGA button, like everyone else, and Deoxys's special swaps its Forme (Normal, Attack, Defense, Speed). A run lasts as long as ever, all three difficulties still apply and the mode has its own ranking, split by difficulty: on the rankings, the Standard | Legendary row switches boards.

The legendaries on the map (the run’s trio, the rare mythical beside Mewtwo, Mewtwo at the end and Arceus in endless mode) make an entrance with a title card and fight in three phases, building to an ultimate with a marked safe spot. When one falls, the capture plays right there in a quick scene; rift legendaries are caught at the end of their domain. A legendary never faces itself: the rifts, the trio and the mythical skip the one you play, and a Mewtwo takes on the Mewtwo Clone at the end.

Legendary	Where to beat it	Wins	Innate	Legendary move
Articuno	Legendary trio	3	Snow Cloak	Snowscape
Zapdos	Legendary trio	3	Static	Electric Terrain
Moltres	Legendary trio	3	Flame Body	Overheat
Raikou	Legendary trio	3	Inner Focus	Thunderclap
Entei	Legendary trio	3	Pressure	Burning Bulwark
Suicune	Legendary trio	3	Inner Focus	Aqua Ring
Regirock	Legendary trio	3	Clear Body	Rock Wrecker
Regice	Legendary trio	3	Clear Body	Glaciate
Registeel	Legendary trio	3	Clear Body	Metal Burst
Mew	Beside Mewtwo (1 in 10)	1	Synchronize	Ancient Power
Celebi	Beside Mewtwo (1 in 10)	1	Natural Cure	Magical Leaf
Jirachi	Beside Mewtwo (1 in 10)	1	Serene Grace	Wish
Mewtwo	Final boss	5	Pressure	Telekinesis
Lugia	Legendary rift	3	Multiscale	Whirlwind
Ho-Oh	Legendary rift	3	Regenerator	Sacred Fire
Kyogre	Legendary rift	3	Drizzle	Origin Pulse
Groudon	Legendary rift	3	Drought	Scorching Sands
Rayquaza	Legendary rift	3	Air Lock	Dragon Ascent
Dialga	Legendary rift	3	Pressure	Roar of Time
Latias	Legendary rift	3	Levitate	Mist Ball
Latios	Legendary rift	3	Levitate	Luster Purge
Deoxys	Legendary rift	3	Pressure	Psycho Boost
Arceus	Endless mode, last of all	1	Multitype	Judgment
Darkrai	Halloween Night 2026 (event)	2	Bad Dreams	Dark Void

On Halloween Night 2026 (October 24 to November 2), Darkrai comes as an event legend: it only shows up in the Nightmare rift, which can take a rift's place in a haunted run, and 2 wins catch it. It plays with Dark Void, which puts crowds to sleep, and the innate Bad Dreams, which hurts whoever sleeps near it. After the event it returns to the shadows, but whoever caught it keeps playing it. It doesn't count toward Arceus.

Difficulties in Legend Mode

Pressure stacks on every difficulty: these are Legend Mode’s multipliers.

Places: the cave, the graveyard and the sky

From 1:40, about every 4.17 minutes, the entrance to a place shows up off screen, with an arrow on the edge pointing at it: a cave’s mouth in a hill, a graveyard’s gate or an updraft between standing stones. It stays open for 45s and, if a boss is alive, waits up to 45s for it to fall. A run shows different places before any repeats.

Going in is optional: stand 0.6s in the doorway. Inside, the world waits, as in a rift: the horde freezes and nothing new spawns, but the run clock keeps going. Each place has its own Pokémon, which get stronger as the run goes on, and a time limit; when it runs out, you come back out the way you went in. Fainting inside doesn’t end the run: a rescue team takes you back to the door with 30% of your HP, without the reward and with your Revive kept.

Place	Time	Who lives there
Dark Cave	100s
Haunted Graveyard	90s
Above the Clouds	50s

Dark Cave

Dark Cave, a Mystery Dungeon: 2 floors of rooms and corridors in the dark, laid out anew on each visit, then the treasure chamber. You only see a circle of light around your Pokémon (72 px); Fire types carry a flame (104 px) and Electric types use Flash (96 px). Crystals glow in the rooms, and Pokémon out in the dark show only their eyes.

Find each floor’s stairs, which glow in the dark, and head down; items and ₽ lie on the floor. In the treasure chamber the chest is guarded by a Monster House of 6 Pokémon (one more every 2 minutes of the run): stand next to it to open it. It pays ₽, a Poké Ball, a Rare Candy and a Super Potion, with a 25% chance of an egg.

As in the games, a wind warns three times (with 40s, 20s, and 8s left) and, at 100s, blows you out of the cave.

Haunted Graveyard

Haunted Graveyard: only ghosts live there, and they rise from the graves. They float through the headstones; you don’t. Every ghost you defeat sends its spirit into the Odd Keystone in the middle of the graveyard.

With 20 spirits the keystone cracks and Spiritomb breaks out (1,100 HP at 1:30, more as the clock runs; 1 in 8 is shiny). Beating it pays ₽, a Poké Ball, a Rare Candy and a Super Potion, heals 30% of your HP and has a 25% chance of an egg. At 90s dawn breaks and the ghosts fade, Spiritomb beaten or not.

Boss	Attacks
Spiritomb	Ring of 10 projectiles every 3.4s (16 damage) 3 marked strikes on the ground near you every 4s (18 damage) Area slam around itself every 6s (20 damage)

Above the Clouds

Above the Clouds: only a Flying-type Pokémon can ride the updraft up, and it doesn’t even show up for those who can’t fly. Up there you fly with a tailwind (+15% speed), only flying Pokémon come and a flock crosses the sky every 9s.

Every 4s a wing drifts in on the wind and across the sky: grab it before it’s gone. Each wing raises a stat for the rest of the run. At 50s the wind calms and you glide back down.

Landmarks on the map

The map has landmarks, placed from the run's seed like mountains and lakes: at most one per 3×3 stretch of the map (80% of them have one), always dressed for the biome the run is in. As you come close, a wooden sign names it in the corner of the screen.

Four of them keep a treasure: stand next to it for 0.6s to open it. Each opens once per run, and a glint marks the ones still closed. The tunnel has no treasure but it's a shortcut: stand in one of its mouths for 0.4s and you come out of the other, on the far side of the ridge, while the horde loses track of you.

Between them, bushes, fallen logs and lone rocks and trees. All of it blocks whoever walks (the horde too), but flying Pokémon, ghosts and bosses go over it.

Mega Evolution

36 lines can Mega Evolve. The first rift legendary you beat with one of them leaves the line's Mega Stone with its loot. Charizard, Raichu, Gardevoir, Garchomp, and Lucario have two Megas: the legendary leaves both stones and the one you pick up decides the Mega (the other crumbles). With the stone in hand and your Pokémon at its final evolution, the MEGA button shows up (E key, or Y on a gamepad).

Press it and the Key Stone reacts: the world holds still for 1.1s while rainbow energy wraps your Pokémon, and the Mega Evolution ends in a burst that pushes back and hurts the horde around you and makes you invulnerable for a moment. The Mega form lasts 20s, gets the stats below, swaps the special for its own (ready to use right away) and turns its ability on. Then it goes back to normal and needs 60s before it can Mega Evolve again: save it for a boss, a rift or a closing ring.

Mega	Mega Stone	Ability	Mega special
Mega Venusaur	Venusaurite	Thick Fat HP +50, armor +3 and 1 HP/s regen. The special becomes Petal Blizzard.	Grass Petal Blizzard Three waves of petals around you that slow foes down.
Mega Charizard X	Charizardite X	Tough Claws moves +30%, speed +8 and armor +1. The special becomes Dragon Flare, a dash in blue dragon flames.	Dragon Dragon Flare A long dash in blue dragon flames, with a fire trail and a blast at the end.
Mega Charizard Y	Charizardite Y	Drought turns the sunlight harsh (outside rifts), so Fire moves hit ×1.5; moves +25% and area +15%. The special becomes Heat Wave.	Fire Heat Wave Two huge heat waves around you that may burn.
Mega Blastoise	Blastoisinite	Mega Launcher +1 projectile per move, projectiles 30% faster and armor +2. The special becomes Water Pulse.	Water Water Pulse Four water pulses around you that may slow foes down.
Mega Pidgeot	Pidgeotite	No Guard area +20%, projectiles 30% faster, speed +10 and moves +20%. The special becomes Air Slash.	Flying Air Slash A ring of 24 air blades fired all around.
Mega Raichu X	Raichunite X	Electric Surge foes within 70 px may get paralyzed, moves +30% and Electric moves +25%. The special becomes Volt Tackle, a chain dash that throws bolts on every landing.	Electric Volt Tackle Electric chain dash of up to 6 jumps; every landing bursts a ring of bolts.
Mega Raichu Y	Raichunite Y	No Guard area +25%, projectiles 30% faster, cooldowns −10% and speed +8. The special becomes Rising Voltage.	Electric Rising Voltage Fourteen bolts strike the nearest foes and may paralyze.
Mega Alakazam	Alakazite	Trace every special also fires 2 of your moves (like Metronome), cooldowns −15% and moves +10%. The special becomes Psystrike.	Psychic Psystrike Three huge psychic waves around you that push and slow.
Mega Gengar	Gengarite	Shadow Tag foes within 90 px lose 45% of their speed, moves +25% and cooldowns −10%. The special becomes Poltergeist.	Ghost Poltergeist A ring of 24 shadow shots in every direction that may paralyze.
Mega Gyarados	Gyaradosite	Mold Breaker moves +35%, Dark moves +30% and armor +2. The special becomes Waterfall.	Water Waterfall A huge wall of water sweeping the way you walk.
Mega Dragonite	Dragoninite	Multiscale takes 25% less damage, moves +25% and speed +6. The special becomes Hurricane.	Flying Hurricane A huge wall of wind that sweeps the way you walk.
Mega Mewtwo Y	Mewtwonite Y	Insomnia moves +40%, cooldowns −15% and area +15%. The special becomes Psystrike.	Psychic Psystrike Three huge psychic waves around you that push and slow.
Mega Meganium	Meganiumite	Mega Sol HP +40, 2 HP/s regen and Grass and Fairy moves +30%. The special becomes Solar Beam.	Grass Solar Beam Twelve sunbeams strike the nearest foes.
Mega Feraligatr	Feraligite	Dragonize Dragon moves +35%, Water moves +20%, moves +25% and armor +1. The special becomes Wave Crash, a chain dash.	Water Wave Crash Chain dash of up to 6 jumps, wrapped in water.
Mega Ampharos	Ampharosite	Mold Breaker Dragon moves +35%, Electric moves +20%, moves +25% and HP +30. The special becomes Zap Cannon.	Electric Zap Cannon Three huge electric waves around you that nearly always paralyze.
Mega Scizor	Scizorite	Technician moves +25%, cooldowns −15% and armor +1. The special becomes Bullet Punch, a chain dash of up to 6 jumps that bursts a ring of steel shards on every landing.	Steel Bullet Punch Chain dash of up to 6 jumps on a short cooldown; every landing bursts a ring of steel shards.
Mega Houndoom	Houndoominite	Solar Power moves +35%, Fire moves +20% and burns and poison 20% stronger. The special becomes Fiery Wrath.	Dark Fiery Wrath A heavy rain of dark flames around you that may burn.
Mega Tyranitar	Tyranitarite	Sand Stream whips up a sandstorm (outside rifts) that wears the horde down and doesn't touch Tyranitar. HP +60, armor +3 and moves +20%. The special becomes Stone Edge.	Rock Stone Edge A heavy rain of stone blades around you.
Mega Sceptile	Sceptilite	Lightning Rod speed +12, moves +20% and Grass and Dragon moves +20%. The chain dash becomes Dragon Claw and every landing bursts a ring of draconic energy.	Dragon Dragon Claw Chain dash of up to 6 jumps; every landing bursts a ring of draconic energy.
Mega Blaziken	Blazikenite	Speed Boost speed +16, moves +25% and cooldowns −10%. The special becomes Blaze Kick, a chain dash that may burn.	Fire Blaze Kick Flaming chain dash of up to 6 jumps that may burn.
Mega Swampert	Swampertite	Swift Swim brings the rain (outside rifts), so Water moves hit ×1.5; HP +50, moves +25% and speed +8. The special becomes Muddy Water.	Water Muddy Water Three waves of mud around you that slow foes down.
Mega Gardevoir	Gardevoirite	Pixilate Normal and Fairy moves +30%, moves +15% and 1.5 HP/s regen. The special becomes Moonblast.	Fairy Moonblast Twelve moonbeams strike the nearest foes and may put them to sleep.
Mega Gallade	Galladite	Inner Focus moves +30%, Fighting moves +25% and speed +8. The chain dash jumps up to 6 times and each landing bursts a ring of Aura Spheres.	Fighting Aura Sphere A chain dash of up to 6 jumps; every landing bursts a ring of Aura Spheres.
Mega Aggron	Aggronite	Filter takes 25% less damage, armor +3 and moves +15%. The special becomes Heavy Slam.	Steel Heavy Slam Eight huge steel impacts crash on the nearest foes.
Mega Manectric	Manectite	Intimidate foes within 80 px lose 30% of their speed, speed +12, moves +20% and cooldowns −5%. The special becomes Wild Charge.	Electric Wild Charge You run faster and leave a trail of sparks that may paralyze.
Mega Altaria	Altarianite	Pixilate Normal and Fairy moves +30%, Dragon moves +20%, HP +30 and 1 HP/s regen. The special becomes Hyper Voice.	Fairy Hyper Voice Three waves of charmed sound around you that may put foes to sleep.
Mega Banette	Banettite	Prankster cooldowns −20%, +10% condition chance on every move and moves +15%. The special becomes Phantom Force, a chain dash that bursts a ring of shadows on every landing.	Ghost Phantom Force Chain dash of up to 6 jumps; every landing bursts a ring of shadows.
Mega Glalie	Glalitite	Refrigerate Normal and Ice moves +30% and moves +25%. The special becomes Sheer Cold.	Ice Sheer Cold Three waves of absolute cold around you that slow foes hard.
Mega Salamence	Salamencite	Aerilate Normal and Flying moves +30%, speed +12 and moves +25%. The special becomes Double-Edge.	Flying Double-Edge Twelve dive-bombs crash on the nearest foes.
Mega Metagross	Metagrossite	Tough Claws moves +30%, armor +2 and speed +6. The special becomes Meteor Mash.	Steel Meteor Mash A heavy rain of steel meteors around you.
Mega Latias	Latiasite	Levitate takes 15% less damage, HP +30 and moves +25%. The special becomes Scale Shot.	Dragon Scale Shot A ring of 24 scales fired every way.
Mega Latios	Latiosite	Levitate moves +35%, speed +8 and projectiles 20% faster. The special becomes Dragon Claw.	Dragon Dragon Claw Chain dash of up to 6 jumps; every landing bursts a ring of draconic energy.
Mega Staraptor	Staraptite	Contrary moves +30% and speed +10. The chain dash becomes Sky Attack and every landing bursts a ring of wind blades.	Flying Sky Attack Chain dash of up to 6 jumps; every landing bursts a ring of wind blades.
Mega Garchomp	Garchompite	Sand Force moves +30%, Ground, Rock and Steel moves +30% and armor +1. The special becomes Earth Power.	Ground Earth Power Three waves of earth around you that slow foes down.
Mega Garchomp Z	Garchompite Z	Levitate speed +14, cooldowns −15% and moves +15%. The special becomes Scale Shot.	Dragon Scale Shot A ring of 24 scales fired every way.
Mega Lucario	Lucarionite	Adaptability Fighting and Steel moves +35% and speed +10. The chain dash jumps up to 6 times and every landing bursts a ring of Aura Spheres.	Fighting Aura Sphere A chain dash of up to 6 jumps; every landing bursts a ring of Aura Spheres.
Mega Lucario Z	Lucarionite Z	Aura Guard takes 20% less damage, armor +2 and Fighting and Steel moves +25%. The special becomes Focus Blast.	Fighting Focus Blast Ten energy spheres strike the nearest foes.
Mega Emboar	Emboarite	Mold Breaker moves +35% and HP +40. The special becomes Heat Crash.	Fire Heat Crash Eight flaming impacts strike the nearest foes and may burn.
Mega Chesnaught	Chesnaughtite	Bulletproof takes 30% less damage, armor +2 and HP +50. The special becomes Spiky Shield.	Grass Spiky Shield Two waves of spikes around you that push everything back.
Mega Delphox	Delphoxite	Levitate cooldowns −15%, moves +20% and area +15%. The special becomes Mystical Fire.	Fire Mystical Fire Three waves of mystical fire around you that may burn.
Mega Greninja	Greninjite	Protean moves +30%, speed +8 and cooldowns −10%. The special becomes Night Slash, a chain dash that bursts a ring of dark waves on every landing.	Dark Night Slash Chain dash of up to 6 jumps; every landing bursts a ring of dark waves.

Shinies

Every regular wild Pokémon has a 1 in 450 chance to spawn shiny. It becomes an elite with 8x HP and 10x EXP, and always drops a Poké Ball and Poké Dollars. Map bosses, Mewtwo and Arceus are never shiny, but a rift's legendary has a 1 in 8 chance to be, and pays more.

Your starter has a 1 in 64 chance to be shiny, and stays shiny through every evolution of that run.

A Poké Ball (from bosses and shinies) grants a random upgrade on the spot, or a move evolution if one is ready.

A defeated shiny is yours: it shows up as caught, sparkle and all, in the in-game Pokédex (Pokédex, on the title menu). The Pokémon that comes out of an egg counts as caught too (and its evolution line as seen), and so does every form you played, the ones you evolved into included. The Pokédex holds the game's 589 species, remembers every one you have seen and how many you defeated, and the end of a run shows what is new.

★ See every shiny in the Pokédex

Eggs and the incubator

Besides the 27 starters, 63 playable Pokémon families hatch from eggs, from every type and generation: 90 Pokémon to play in all. Each one has its own starting move, special, mid-run evolution and stats.

Bosses, locked chests and rifts sometimes leave an egg, at most 2 per run. It goes to the incubator, which has 3 slots. Every 16 px walked in a run counts as a step, and every egg in the incubator walks along. An egg found mid-run already counts the steps taken after it.

The Incubator tab at Kecleon's shop sells more slots, yours for good: slot 4 for ₽150,000 (with the shop at Tent (Lv 2)) and slot 5 for ₽500,000 (with the shop at Kecleon Mart (Lv 4)), up to 5 slots. It also sells the Quick Incubator (₽8,000): in the incubator, tap an egg to use it, and that egg walks 2x as fast until it hatches.

Once an egg is ready, it hatches when you leave the run or in the incubator (in the main menu and in the Eggs tab of the Pokémon select). Families you don't have yet come out 3x more often. The hatchling has a 1 in 100 chance to be shiny, and then it stays shiny in every run.

A duplicate, or an egg found with the incubator full, becomes Poké Dollars. A player who never had an egg is sure to get the first one.

The Friendship Egg never drops in runs: it comes as a Mystery Gift when you sign up through someone's invite, and when a friend you invited finishes 3 runs. Only Munchlax hatches from it. At 3 friends you get the Ambassador title and an exclusive frame, at 5 an Ultra rare egg, and at 10 a shiny Dratini. Your link and each friend's progress are on the Invite friends card, on the home screen.

The Haunted Egg never drops in runs either: only Duskull's stall sells it, at the plaza, during Halloween Night (Oct 24 to Nov 2), one a day. Only Litwick, Phantump, Drifloon and Sandygast come out of it, 25% each, owned or not. After the event, it's back next year.

The Kecleon Egg never drops in runs either: it's a fixed card in the shop's Showcase: the day's first costs ₽10,000 and each one after costs double the last, up to 6 a day (₽320,000 for the sixth). Only Porygon, Exeggcute, Scraggy and Smeargle come out of it, 25% each. Porygon2 needs the Up-Grade, Porygon-Z the Dubious Disc and Exeggutor the Leaf Stone; Smeargle never evolves, but its Sketch copies the nearest foe's move. 100 stamps on the loyalty card bring a Kecleon Egg sure to hatch shiny.

Egg	Steps	Duplicate or no room	May hatch
Common Egg	2,000	₽300	PichuMachopEeveeTogepiSphealStarlyBudewRockruffGrubbinPidgeyZubatPoliwagGeodudeRoggenrolaMareepShinxAzurillShroomishSwinubSnorunt
Rare Egg	4,000	₽600	GastlyAbraRaltsRioluZoruaLarvestaNoibatHonedgeToxelTinkatinkCharcadetGrowlitheVulpixCuboneScytherMagikarpHorseaKabutoHoundourTeddiursaAronTrapinchSwabluElectrikeShuppet
Ultra Rare Egg	8,000	₽1,200	DratiniLarvitarBeldumGibleDreepyBagonSlakothFeebasDeino
Friendship Egg	2,000	₽600	Munchlax
Haunted Egg	3,000	₽1,500	LitwickPhantumpDrifloonSandygast
Kecleon Egg	4,000	₽2,500	PorygonExeggcuteScraggySmeargle
Shiny Kecleon Egg	4,000	₽2,500	PorygonExeggcuteScraggySmeargle

Map items

Item sources show up around the map. Any move breaks them, and each one drops an item. Stronger items get more common late in the run.

Regular enemies also drop an Oran Berry (1.2% chance) or an item (0.4%).

Map events

From 22s into a run, roughly every 31s a point of interest may show up near you (at most 3 at once). The important ones get an arrow on the screen edge. Take too long and they vanish.

Kecleon Shop and Poké Dollars

Fainted enemies sometimes drop Poké Dollars: a coin, a stack or a bag (₽10, ₽50 and ₽250). Tougher ones drop them more often, and bosses and shinies always pay out.

A bonus comes at the end of the run: ₽30 per minute survived, ₽1 per 4 fainted foes and ₽1,000 for winning. Quitting from the pause menu keeps the coins but forfeits the bonus.

Spend it all in the Kecleon Shop, on the plaza east of your partner's home in the lobby. Today's Showcase is the same for everyone and turns over at midnight Brasília time: a free gift every day, the Kecleon Egg (up to 6 a day, each for double the last), a deal at 30% off, consumables for your Bag, the day's egg and a style. Kecleon's purple brother sells TMs (buy one once, arm it before a run and the first TM that drops is that one) and evolution items: a path that needs an item only opens with it (no Dawn Stone, no Gallade), and a boss may also drop one in a run, for that run only. Training holds the permanent upgrades: the Refund button gives back everything you spent on them, so you can try other builds. It also sells Bottle Caps: +3% to everything per level, up to 3, only for the Pokémon that gets them. In Expansion you invest to grow the shop (Cart, Tent, Shop, Kecleon Mart and Department Store), with more items in the Showcase and the Bag. The Incubator tab sells extra incubator slots (for good) and the Quick Incubator, which makes one egg walk twice as fast. Friday to Sunday, from the Kecleon Mart on, Meowth's caravan stops on the plaza with an ultra egg, the Gold Bottle Cap and exclusive TMs; with 7 stamps on your loyalty card (one per day you visit the shop) he gives you 20% off. Without an account, progress is saved only in this browser.

Plaza Festival: about once a month, for 14 days, the fountain on the Kecleon plaza becomes a community pot. With an account (with a @handle and 3 finished runs), you toss ₽ into the fountain, from ₽100 up to ₽200k a day. Every milestone the pot passes becomes a Gift for every player, even guests and those who didn't give, and waits in the gift box until 7 days after the end. Giving ₽50k in one festival earns the Patron title, and the 10 biggest donors show on the fountain's plaque (you can hide your name). The first is the Lantern Festival, from Nov 3 to 16.

Missions and achievements

Missions is in the title screen menu. Every day brings 3 daily missions (₽100–₽300) and every week 2 weekly ones (₽1,000–₽3,000). They are drawn from your device's date, so everyone gets the same ones on the same day: dailies change at midnight and weeklies on Monday.

Progress counts at the end of every run, even if you quit from the pause menu, and adds up the runs of the day or week. Survival, level, endless and species missions count your best run. Missions use what the game has: defeat Pokémon of a type, in a weather or in a biome, win rifts, open chests, grab Meowth's Pay Day, defeat shinies and bosses, collect Poké Dollars, walk, see different species, hatch eggs (it counts when the egg hatches) and beat Mewtwo with a starter of some type. The reward goes straight to your wallet, and some weeklies also give an egg.

Achievements are lifetime goals with a bronze, silver or gold medal (Bronze ₽100, Silver ₽500, Gold ₽2,000 + Rare Egg). Some grant a title, like Shiny Hunter: tap it on the Achievements tab to show it on the title screen and on every run's results. Reward eggs go to the incubator (when it's full they become Poké Dollars) and, at the end of a run, share the per-run egg limit with the eggs you found.

Settings and music

Settings live in the title screen menu and in the pause menu, which is just Resume · Settings · Quit. Changes apply right away and are saved in this browser.

The soundtrack is original chiptune, composed in code and synthesized live in the browser with no audio files: a village theme in the menus, a march during the run and a boss theme while a boss is alive.