Everything you need to master PokeBot

Step one

Quick start

After PokeBot is invited to a server, run /start or /pb start. The bot will guide you through creating a trainer and choosing the starter for your current regional journey.

The core loop

How the adventure works

PokeBot is built around a connected RPG loop. Explore routes, battle and catch Pokémon, strengthen your party, earn money and items, complete story encounters, collect badges, defeat the League, and unlock the next regional journey.

Find your path

Travel and exploration

Locations form a connected travel graph. You normally move between directly connected, unlocked destinations. Badge gates and story progress can block routes until you meet their requirements.

Useful route commands

Fast travel

Once destinations are discovered and the required travel method is available, use /fly map and /fly location. /teleport can return you to a discovered route when a party Pokémon knows Teleport.

Fishing

Fishing uses route-specific encounter tables and your best available rod. Check /fishing info, view your rod with /rod, and start an encounter with /fish.

Expand your collection

Catching Pokémon

Wild encounters are rolled for the current route. Each encounter keeps its shiny result for that encounter, so reopening controls does not reroll the Pokémon. Different Poké Balls can receive conditional catch modifiers depending on the target or situation.

Recommended catching flow

1. Use /wild or /explore to find a Pokémon.
2. Lower its HP and apply a useful status condition when possible.
3. Open the Bag during battle and select a suitable Poké Ball.
4. After capture, the Pokémon enters an open party slot or is sent safely to the PC.

Pokédex tools

Use /pokedex view for regional completion, /pokedex search for species information, and /pokesearch to find configured regional routes for a Pokémon.

Think before every turn

Battle system

PokeBot uses turn-based battles with move priority, speed order, accuracy, evasion, critical hits, Same-Type Attack Bonus, type effectiveness, status effects, stat stages, residual damage, move PP, switching, items, fainting, experience, and level-ups.

Recovering battle controls

Use /battle resume if the active interaction panel is lost or Discord no longer shows the buttons. Use /battle forfeit only when you intend to abandon the battle.

Manage your roster

Team and PC storage

Your active party contains up to six Pokémon. Extra catches are stored in PC boxes. Pokémon have individual records for level, EXP, HP, PP, IVs, EVs, nature, ability, gender, moves, held item, capture history, ownership, favourite status, lock status, and trade history.

Releasing Pokémon

Use /pb release or /pc release. Releases require confirmation and are blocked for protected favourites or locked Pokémon. A held item is returned safely when supported.

Prepare before the next battle

Economy and items

PokéCoins are used for Poké Balls, medicine, machines, evolution items, held items, Mega Stones, rods, and other regional supplies. Your normal bag and wallet are stored separately for each region.

Healing

Use /heal at a valid Pokémon Centre. A blackout sends you to the appropriate nearby or League recovery location and restores the party.

Exp. Share

Use /expshare status, /expshare on, and /expshare off after the feature is available.

Train with purpose

Levels, moves, and evolution

Pokémon gain experience according to their configured growth rate. Team cards, detailed Pokémon cards, and battle results display current EXP and progress toward the next level. Level 100 is shown as maximum level.

Learning moves

Level-up prompts let you replace an existing move. Pending decisions are saved so they can survive a restart. Use /learn moveinfo to inspect compatible moves and /learn move to teach eligible level-up or machine moves.

Machines are reusable where the game data permits. Compatibility is checked against the exact species and form.

Evolution

Supported evolution methods include levels, items, friendship, trade-style requirements, held-item trade rules, and special conditions. Use /pokemon evolve to resume a pending evolution.

Earn the title

Gyms and the Pokémon League

Each regional campaign contains eight Gym challenges, an Elite Four gauntlet, a Champion, Hall of Fame records, story battles, and post-League legendary opportunities.

League gauntlet rules

• You may prepare, heal, and buy items at the League entrance before beginning.
• After entering the first Elite Four battle, healing services, shopping, flying, and leaving are restricted.
• Elite Four progress is saved between members during the active run.
• Losing or forfeiting resets the run and returns you to the League entrance with a healed team.
• After the first clear, Elite Four rematches use high-level teams with Mega aces and Champion rematches reach Level 100.

A new beginning in every generation

Regional journeys

PokeBot includes Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, Alola, Galar, and Paldea. Complete the active regional League and resolve the required legendary progression to unlock the next region.

What changes between regions

Each region stores its own party, Pokémon collection, PC boxes, box names, ordinary items, PokéCoins, current location, and starter state. Global trainer records, key items, settings, statistics, Pokédex information, and Hall of Fame records can remain trainer-wide.

Foreign Pokémon

Transferred Pokémon remain collectible and manageable, but a Pokémon whose origin does not match the active region is excluded from that region’s battle party, lead selection, switching, and battle-item targets. This prevents a completed-region team from skipping the intended progression of a new journey.

Region commands

Use /region travel to enter an unlocked region. /fly region is an alias. Returning to a visited region restores that region’s exact saved team, PC, bag, wallet, and location.

Unlock greater power

Mega Evolution and special forms

Mega Evolution requires a compatible Pokémon, the correct owned Mega Stone, and a valid Mega accessory such as the Mega Ring. Special supported forms include Charizard X and Y, Mega Greninja, Rayquaza, and Battle Bond Ash-Greninja.

When all requirements are met, an in-battle Mega action becomes available under supported battle rules. Only the allowed transformation can be used in a battle.

Play together

Trading and duels

Protected trading

Trades use private panels, selection and lock stages, a final confirmation, rollback protection, transaction files, and receipt IDs. Both players must confirm before ownership changes.

Friendly duels

Duels support singles, doubles, or trios team sizes with optional balancing. Move choices are made privately, battle HP and PP are isolated from the saved adventure state, and results are recorded.

Use /duel request, /duel accept, /duel rules, /duel history, and /duel leaderboard.

PokeBot Overlord

/duelpokebot challenge starts an unrestricted Level 100 boss encounter. Use /duelpokebot info to inspect the rules, reward, and all six boss builds before challenging it.

Rare encounters

Events and legendary battles

Weekly Mythical event

Use /event mythical to search the current weekly event for its featured Mythical Pokémon. Event availability and encounter rules are shown in Discord.

Legendary progression

Regional League clears earn legendary encounter opportunities. Use /legendary info to review earned encounters and /legendary battle to select or retry one.

Legendary encounters can maintain a shiny chain across eligible replays. League rematches may grant the next unresolved encounter without wiping an active chain.

Your progress is protected

Recovery, blackouts, and save safety

PokeBot uses atomic JSON writes, per-player locks, rotating backups, schema migrations, validation, corruption recovery, and multi-player transaction rollback for trades.

When something is interrupted

Blackouts

When no healthy Pokémon remain, the trainer is returned to an appropriate nearby Pokémon Centre without being moved forward past unfinished route progression. League defeats return the trainer to the League entrance. The party is automatically healed.

For Discord server owners

Adding and supporting PokeBot

1. Use the official invite link and select the Discord server you manage.
2. Confirm the requested permissions and complete Discord’s authorization screen.
3. Make sure PokeBot can view the game channel, send messages, embed links, attach files, read message history, and use application commands.
4. Run /pb about or /pb help to confirm commands are visible.
5. Direct members to /start and this guide.

For public support, use /pb support or join the official support server.

Common questions

Frequently asked questions