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How do I unlock the Johto legendaries? Raikou, Entei, Suicune, Lugia, Ho-Oh and Celebi
Check your Johto League member count, then complete tracking, single-run status goals or the specified high-difficulty battle. Lugia and Ho-Oh also require capturing all three legendary beasts.
Read answerHow do I unlock Raikou? Johto League requirements
Have 30 Johto members in your League. Fill Raikou’s tracking gauge in Ecruteak City with Johto companions. Paralyze 1,500 companions in a single run with Johto companions.
Read answerHow do I unlock Entei? Johto League requirements
Have 32 Johto members in your League. Fill Entei’s tracking gauge in Ecruteak City with Johto companions. Burn 3,000 companions in a single run with Johto companions.
Read answerHow do I unlock Suicune? Johto League requirements
Have 34 Johto members in your League. Fill Suicune’s tracking gauge in Ecruteak City with Johto companions. Freeze 1,500 companions in a single run with Johto companions.
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How do I unlock Lugia? Johto League requirements
Have 40 Johto members in your League. Capture Raikou, Entei and Suicune. Win in Ecruteak City on Nightmare with Johto companions.
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How do I unlock Ho-Oh? Johto League requirements
Have 40 Johto members in your League. Capture Raikou, Entei and Suicune. Defeat Ho-Oh atop the Tin Tower on Hard with Johto companions.
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How do I unlock Celebi? Johto League requirements
Have 45 Johto members in your League. Defeat Celebi in the Shrine of Time on Hard with Johto companions.
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How do I unlock Larvitar? Johto rare companion requirements
Have 25 Johto members in your League. Win in Ecruteak City on Hard with Johto companions.
Read answerWhat should I focus on in my first PokéBonk run?
Focus on movement, avoiding danger and choosing upgrades. Moves fire automatically: defeat enemies, collect experience candy, and use items, support companions and evolution to prepare for bosses.
Read full answerWhich keys control movement, jumping, interaction and the map?
The defaults are WASD to move and the mouse to turn the camera. Space jumps, Shift slides, E interacts, C uses incense, R activates a charged ultimate, Tab opens the map and Esc pauses.
Read full answerWhat counts as winning a Classic run?
Classic has three regions, each with a 10-minute timer. Defeat the Guardian and take the portal to advance. After region three, enter the Sanctuary and defeat the map’s Legendary companion to finish the run.
Read full answerHow do upgrades, rerolls, skips and banishes differ?
Level-ups offer new moves, move upgrades or vitamins. A reroll replaces the choices; a skip gives up this upgrade for ₽; a banish removes the selected card from the choices for the rest of this run.
Read full answerHow many move slots are there, and what is the level cap?
You start with 3 move slots and can unlock a fourth in the Lab. Ordinary moves have a base level cap of 8. Vitamins use separate slots and improve stats such as damage, area, speed and critical hits.
Read full answerHow do evolution and ultimates work during a run?
Companions evolve at their own level thresholds, changing form and improving stats. Ultimates charge during battle: press R when the badge beside the moves is full. You are invulnerable while the ultimate is being performed.
Read full answerWhy does pressing R not activate my ultimate?
Check whether the ultimate badge beside your moves is full. R activates a charged ultimate; it does not bypass charging. You are invulnerable while performing it.
Read full answerHow should I start using statuses and elemental reactions?
First apply a status reliably, then hit with the type that triggers a reaction. Read the damage category and status description, and consider coverage instead of guessing from a move’s name or type.
Read full answerHow do regular, Great and cursed Poké Balls differ?
Regular Poké Balls cost ₽, and opening each one raises the cost of later balls. Great Balls are free and offer better items. Cursed balls are also free, but trigger a ghost ambush.
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How do I recruit an Alpha, and what if I release it?
Weaken the Alpha, approach during its short capture window and press E to throw a Friend Ball. A recruited Alpha follows and attacks automatically for the rest of this run. Releasing it instead gives a free Poké Ball and Rare Cand…
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Why can I not choose an Alpha I recruited in an earlier run?
Support Alphas help only in their current run. A permanent playable League member requires its League challenge first, followed by a successful wild capture in a later run.
Read full answerWhat should I do with full incense, and how do rifts and relics work?
Map activities award incense. Press C to open a typed rift, defeat its swarm and Alpha, then choose 1 of 3 relics. The region timer pauses inside the rift.
Read full answerHow do forgetting, fusion and merging moves differ?
Talk to Hypno on the map to spend ₽ forgetting a move and learn one new move per region to fill a vacancy. Bill’s machine can fuse two level-8 moves into a stronger move, or merge two moves into one slot with a random bonus.
Read full answerHow do I keep a combo, and what does it reward?
Keep the gap between knockouts within 3 seconds to maintain a combo. Milestones such as ×10, ×25, ×50 and ×100 award ₽, experience-candy attraction and HP.
Read full answerCan I save an unfinished run and continue on another device?
Use Save & exit during a calm moment. The saved run can be continued for up to 14 days, including on another device. This is separate from the retention rules for long-term account progress.
Read full answerWhat does each altar do, and which should I use first?
Stand inside an Unown altar’s circle to charge it and choose a blessing. Challenge altars reward a Great Ball for defeating a same-species wave. Curse altars give a Rare-or-better item but permanently add enemies for the run. Guar…
Read full answerDoes Meowth’s shop disappear, and what do eggs and the dojo do?
Meowth’s shop appears periodically and stays for only 45 seconds. A nest’s egg follows you and hatches into a companion after enough knockouts. The dojo lets you choose an ability and earn an upgrade by passing its challenge.
Read full answerWhy is a companion still locked after I complete its League challenge?
The challenge is only the first step. In a later run, its wild form appears with a silhouette and direction indicator. Weaken it and press E to try catching it: you get at most 3 attempts, and it joins the League only after a succ…
Read full answerHow do I recognise a Shiny, and what does catching it unlock?
A Shiny appears with a rainbow beam. Catching it unlocks a Shiny appearance for its evolution line. Encounters occur roughly once every 5 runs, not on a guaranteed fifth run. A Shiny Stone guarantees a Shiny in region 1.
Read full answerHow do maps and difficulties unlock, and what do medals measure?
Choose a companion, then a map and difficulty. Winning a map unlocks the next one; Normal, Hard and Nightmare unlock by beating the previous difficulty. Fast victories earn Bronze, Silver, Gold or Crown time medals.
Read full answerHow does Survival differ from Classic, and what are the key times?
Survival has no region transitions or portals: last as long as possible on its separate time leaderboard. Bosses appear every 5 minutes, with the map’s Legendary at minute 15 and Mewtwo at minute 35.
Read full answerHow does Daily Mutation work? Can I bring items or play co-op?
Daily Mutation is a daily Classic challenge with the same map, seed and dedicated difficulty for everyone, recording your best run of the day. It needs no prior map unlock and allows neither backpack items nor co-op.
Read full answerHow many people can play co-op, and what is shared?
Co-op requires an account. Play with 1–3 friends, for up to 4 players, each controlling one companion on the same map in Classic or team Survival. Poké Balls are shared and fallen teammates can be revived.
Read full answerWhere are events, and is Big Adventure another Classic run?
Events sit near quests in the menu and offer special modes, stamp books and cosmetic rewards such as frames, avatars and titles. Big Adventure is about collecting equipment and extracting, with rules separate from Classic.
Read full answerWhere does Stardust come from, and what should beginners buy first?
Region progress, bosses and victories award Stardust, with more in Hard and Nightmare. You can build permanent progress even without a win. Quests and achievements also award it; spend it in the Lab and shop.
Read full answerWhere do Bonk Coins drop, and what is the per-run limit?
Guardians and Legendary companions sometimes drop Bonk Coins, up to 3 per run. They pay for treasure spins. Drops are random: a boss defeat does not guarantee a coin.
Read full answerWhich Lab upgrades should I prioritise, and which last between runs?
The Lab spends Stardust on permanent upgrades for later runs: damage, HP and speed, as well as move and vitamin slots, rerolls, revives, support-team capacity and backpack capacity.
Read full answerWhat do item unlocks, the archive and templates do?
Unlocked items join the Poké Ball reward pool. Archiving removes unwanted items from that pool. Save your selections as templates to switch between physical, special or other build plans.
Read full answerHow should I use move favourites, archiving and shared builds?
Plan moves and vitamins for each companion before starting. Star key moves so Lab affinity increases their appearance weighting, and archive moves you do not want offered.
Read full answerHow many starting items can I bring, and are they consumed?
Bring 2 by default, or 3 after a Lab upgrade. Backpack items are consumed when brought into a run and can be replenished through quests, achievements, guilds, treasure or the shop. Select them on the preparation screen before star…
Read full answerHow do treasure spins, duplicates and jackpots work?
Treasure has Charmander, Bulbasaur and Squirtle wheels, each with 10 non-repeating rewards. Each spin costs 3 Bonk Coins. Claimed rewards leave that wheel’s pool, bringing you closer to its jackpot.
Read full answerWhen must I claim daily and weekly quests, and can I replace them?
There are 3 daily and 3 weekly quests, such as knockout goals, wins on a map or using a type. They award Stardust and backpack items, with a bonus for finishing the full set. Unwanted quests can be rerolled.
Read full answerHow are achievements different from quests, and where do Mastery appearances come from?
Achievements are long-term challenges, not cleared on the daily or weekly quest cycle. They award Stardust, with some also granting titles and Mastery appearances for League members.
Read full answerWhat information can I find in the Pokédex?
The Pokédex records encountered companions and their data, plus moves, vitamins and items. Open the relevant card to check status effects, growth and who can learn a move, rather than assuming main-series rules apply.
Read full answerDoes Pokédex research unlock playable companions?
Research primarily rewards avatars, frames and researcher milestones, not playable League members. Wild knockouts advance family research. Completing a family lets you use any member of its evolution line as an avatar.
Read full answerWhat do leaderboards, time trials and seasons measure?
Knockout records are separated by map and difficulty. The global board combines each map’s best run; companion boards track League members’ Master records. Time trials compare fastest wins and show region splits.
Read full answerHow do I join or create a guild, and what are the requirements?
Search for a guild and apply, or accept an invitation in your mailbox. Creating one costs 5,000 Stardust and requires 7 days played and 5 wins.
Read full answerHow do guild tasks, levels and streaks work?
Each week brings 3 shared guild tasks, each with 3 stars. Contributors can earn Stardust, items and even Bonk Coins from each star.
Read full answerHow are guild clashes and friendly duels decided?
Guilds receive weekly opponents on Monday. Two trainers play the same run separately, with one attempt each; the second sees the first player’s ghost. Furthest progress wins, with knockouts breaking a tie.
Read full answerWhere are my profile, friends, mailbox and feedback tools?
The trainer card at the menu’s top left displays your avatar, frame, title and best records. News, friends and mail are nearby. Open another trainer’s card to add them as a friend and check online status.
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How do you unlock PokéBonk legendary skins?
Mew Origin requires a Nightmare win. Mewtwo Cosmic Genome also requires Psystrike to deal at least 40% of the run’s total damage.
Read full answerWhat are the PokéBonk stat caps?
Dodge has a 60% hard cap and combined Critical Rate reaches 200%. Range and Luck have useful stopping points that should not be confused with hard caps.
Read full answerHow do I unlock the fourth move slot?
Buy 4th move for 1,500 Stardust in Lab → Upgrades → Run team. It is separate from the 3,000-Stardust Fourth option upgrade.
Read full answerWhat does Fourth option unlock, and how much does it cost?
Fourth option costs 3,000 Stardust and gives four choices at level-up. The fourth move slot is a separate 1,500-Stardust upgrade.
Read full answerHow do I unlock Mewtwo?
Have 60 League members, catch Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres, and clear Pewter Desert twice on Hard.
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How do I unlock Articuno?
Have 45 League members, clear Viridian Forest twice on Hard, and freeze 2,500 companions within one run.
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How do I unlock Zapdos?
Have 50 League members, clear Pewter Desert, and defeat 3,000 companions during rain within one run.
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How do I unlock Moltres?
Have 55 League members, defeat Moltres twice in Pewter Desert on Hard, and burn 8,000 companions within one run.
Read full answerHow do I unlock Mew?
Mew’s displayed challenge requires catching the other 78 League members. Defeats and research avatars do not replace captures.
Read full answerHow do I unlock Lapras?
Have 30 League members and complete 20 evolutions in total across your games. The recorded condition does not require one run.
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How do I get Dragonite? Do I need to unlock Dratini first?
Dratini requires 40 League members and 3 Legendary defeats. After its challenge, find and catch it in the next run, then evolve it into Dragonite.
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Which starter should I choose?
Compare Bulbasaur’s healing, Squirtle’s armor and shields, and Charmander’s Fire damage bonuses to choose a starting mechanic you enjoy.
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What are the starter evolution levels?
Recorded screens show Charmander and Squirtle evolving at levels 24 and 44, and Bulbasaur at 24 and 41. Check the levels displayed in PokéBonk.
Read full answerWhat do Starter, Lv. 2, Lv. 4 and Lv. 7 mean?
Starter, Lv. 2, Lv. 4 and Lv. 7 are character-kit milestones. They are separate from individual move upgrade levels within a run.
Read full answerWhy does an upgrade say that none of my moves use it?
Check the upgrade’s affected moves and your current damage classes. A Physical damage bonus does not necessarily apply to your existing moves.
Read full answerWhy do upgrade bonuses differ for the same move?
The same move and level transition can show different bonuses. Read each offer separately; the recorded samples do not reveal the full random formula.
Read full answerDo items have the same effects as in other games?
Familiar companions item names do not guarantee familiar effects. Read the actual PokéBonk effect and affected moves before choosing.
Read full answerAre shop prices fixed?
Recorded shop offers and refresh costs vary. Check the price of each offer; a few screenshots do not establish a universal pricing formula.
Read full answerWhat do the map legend numbers mean?
Map legend numbers show unused objects in the current zone. They describe remaining opportunities, not a fixed spawn total for every run.
Read full answerHow long is guest progress kept?
The published policy says guest accounts and progress are deleted after 60 days without use. This does not guarantee recovery of a missing save.
Read full answerCan a result be removed from the rankings?
Official rules prohibit automated runs, game modification and server-communication manipulation. Suspicious runs may be removed, and accounts may be suspended.
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