Parties and challenge runs

Playing with friends

Open the Party window under Community to invite another trainer. Use the Party chat tab or type /p followed by your message to talk to the group. Adventure is the standard character mode for players who want to trade and travel together.

Starting a trial

The character creator offers two Kanto challenges. Choose before you begin the adventure.

• Nuzlocke. Only the first Pokémon you encounter in each area is eligible to catch. A fainted Pokémon is lost for the run. Outside trading is closed, and you stay in Kanto until you beat its Champion. By default, the rules begin when Oak gives you your first Poké Balls.
• Soullink. Form your group before you leave the starting bedroom. Catches are linked across players. When a linked Pokémon dies, its partners die too. All partners must be online to continue.

Check the rule choices before locking in a trial. The shiny clause permits a shiny outside the first encounter, and the dupes clause lets you keep searching after encountering a species from an evolution line your run has already caught. Randomizer appears as “Coming soon” in the picker.