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Pokemon Survivor Guides

Every Pokemon Survivor guide on the site, grouped by what you need first. Each one is read from the game's own data files and dated when it was last checked.

Where to start with the Pokemon Survivor guides

Begin with the Pokemon Survivor guide for your first runs, then how to play Pokemon Survivor for controls and saving. Starters picks your partner, tips covers the habits that keep a run alive, and best Pokemon pairs with the tier list. Later, bosses, rifts and gacha explain what the long runs ask of you.

Getting started

Where new players begin: the first runs, your partner, multiplayer and the Pokemon worth building around.

Beginner guidePick a partner, read the screen, choose cards and spend your first coins.7 min read How to playControls, menus, accounts and saving, on PC and phone.6 min read TipsTwelve tips for longer runs, each tied to how the game works.6 min read StartersAll 29 starters, their first moves and the test answers that give each one.8 min read Best PokemonThe top 20 by Stat Score, the best by role and what the score leaves out.7 min read MultiplayerHow to set up a group, what changes in co-op and how the leaderboards work.6 min read CodesWhether the game has redeem codes, and the ways you actually earn tickets.5 min read Burst vs PokeSurvivorTwo fan games with similar names, and how to tell them apart.5 min read

Builds and mechanics

How damage, weather, move evolution and the upgrade cards work, so a build is a decision and not a guess.

Type chartSoftened multipliers for every type, in attack and defense.6 min read WeatherFive weather events, what each boosts and how often they roll.5 min read Move evolutionThe rule, the stat card each move needs and what it gains.7 min read UpgradesCosts, effects and the coin formula, plus the level-up stat cards.6 min read

Bosses and rifts

What arrives at which minute: the five bosses, the rifts, the legendaries inside them and the Judgment of Arceus.

BossesWhen each boss appears, its health, attacks and drops.5 min read RiftsRift odds, arena rules, legendary health and rewards.6 min read LegendariesAll 87 legendaries, how rifts and the gacha give them, tiers and odds.7 min read Judgment of ArceusThe minute 30 fight: Arceus attacks, the legend queue and the rewards.5 min read

Gacha and progress

Tickets, banners and pity, shiny odds, the daily and weekly missions and all 130 achievements.

GachaRarity rates, the 70-pull pity, x10 pulls and all nine banners.5 min read Shiny oddsShiny odds from the gacha, wild enemies and rifts, and what a shiny gives.4 min read MissionsAll 10 daily and 6 weekly mission types with their rewards.4 min read AchievementsEvery achievement with its goal, ticket and coin reward and title.6 min read

How these Pokemon Survivor guides are kept up to date

Every guide names its sources at the foot of the page, with the date it was last checked. When the game updates, the changes go into the guides they touch and the update log records what changed. Spot a mistake? The about page explains how to send a correction.