Frequently Asked Questions

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Account

What is the Daily Raffle?

The Daily Raffle is a reward for logging in once a day. Users that login more often get better rewards. The rewards are usually items and in-game coins.

How do I add/remove Friends?

You can go to their profile via Profile Search Users Enter the username. When the profile appears, Click on +Friend or -Friend whichever may apply.

You will also find a list of friends under Profile Friends & Blocklist.

What do the points mean?

Points are meant to show your relative progress in the game. In DelugeRPG, points are not a score that only go up.

The points are calculated using various factors such as your total experience, average experience, unique pokemon, battle wins, age of pokemon, trainer challenge score etc. There are bonuses for having good quality quick trades, and penalties for receiving an account warning in the past 30 days.

Here 'age of pokemon' is an approximation of how long ago most of the pokemon in an account were caught. Having more recently caught pokemon in the account is beneficial here.

The specifics of the formula used is not made public.

How do I get more in-game Coins?

The simplest way to obtain more in-game Coins is by winning battles. Gym battles tend to pay higher. It is also possible to win Coins in the Daily Raffle by logging in every day. You can also sell any spare items at the pokemart for 40% of its cost.

Someone contacted me saying they were Game Staff and want my password or want me to change my email

DelugeRPG only has one Game Staff and he does not need your password or any other info to access your account. All such messages can be assumed to be a scam and preferably reported.

See Account Security page for ways to keep your account safe.

How do I make sure I don't get scammed/hacked?

Account/Password sharing is the cause of almost all "hacks" in DelugeRPG. Not doing that gives you a major advantage.

See Account Security for other ways to keep your account safe

I forgot my password! What can I do?

If you have set a recovery email in your profile, you can go to the Login Page and click on Forgot Password. It is not possible to recover an account if you do not set an email on it.

What should I not do? (Game Rules)

See our Rules page for a list of all our rules.

We also have a forum post explaining the purpose of each rule and the spirit in which they are enforced.

I'd like to report another player!

If you'd like to report another player for violating any of the game rules, you may do so on the forums

Why the age gate?

The age gate, a minimum age to play the game, was voluntarily added to reduce the wastage of game resources and game staff's time. While we do not attempt to verify the age of players, based on behaviour, we find that younger users take up a disproportionate amount of game moderation time and resources.

This includes rude behaviour, account sharing, begging, falling for simplest of scams, an expectation of a classroom like environment where an adult is expected to resolve petty conflicts, aversion to reading or difficulty comprehending forum posts and pages such as this.

The game will continue to be family-friendly as before, and game rules regarding player behaviour remain the same.

How do I delete my account?

At this time accounts cannot be deleted by yourself. You can simply stop logging in and the account will eventually be deleted. (We do not store any personal data. If you have set an email, you can set it to a blank one)

I did not log into my account for a long time, and now I cannot find it?

We delete accounts if they have not been accessed for longer than 15 months. Such accounts cannot be recovered. We do this because we cannot afford to store millions of abandoned accounts and their pokemon.

Please log in before that period to ensure that your account stays active.

Linked accounts of our patrons on Patreon, present and past, will not be deleted for inactivity.

Note: Banned accounts and accounts that have not progressed past the starter selection process may be deleted sooner.

I got a warning! / I got banned! When will it go away?

Bans are permanent unless stated otherwise. Warnings are also permanent in that they will always be visible to you.

For the duration of 30 days, warnings will cause your points to drop and other users may be able to see that you have recently received a warning. (They cannot see the content of the warning.)

To appeal your warning or ban ot for any additional info on this, please refer to the Warnings & Bans page.

What is Accessibility Mode in Profile Settings?

Accessibility Mode is an account option that attempts to make the game slightly more accessible to blind and partially blind users.
It will make the game a bit slower. So, it is best to leave this option off unless you require it.
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Game Limits

What is the limit on the exp on one pokemon?

The exp limit at this time is 250,000,000

Do note that Exp received will increase when the Pokemon reaches 10 Million Exp, and will then start halving beginning at 50 Million and at every 50 million interval from there on.

What is the limit on coins that can be obtained?

Maximum coins is limited to 25,000,000. You will have to start spending it to continue receiving coins from battles and elsewhere.

What is the limit on battle wins?

Exp received in battle is reduced by 20% every 100,000 battles. This will stack with halved exp from pokemon exp at every 50 million interval.
Using separate accounts to bypass this will result in a ban.
(Patrons who have pledged $3 or over on Patreon are exempt from this reduction.)

Battle wins are currently capped at 500,000

What is the limit on pokemon I can have in my accounts?

The limit on the amount of pokemon you can have in one account at a time is 15,000.

You can however have a total of 20,000 across all your accounts. It is possible to be banned for having more than this amount.

How many pokemon can be included in a Trade Offer?

A Maximum of 100 Pokemon can be Offered in a single Trade Offer. The Maximum Exp that can be included in an offer is 2,500,000,000

(If you think a pokemon is worth 200 pokemon, when the game only allows 100 in a single trade, consider asking for 2 pokemon that, in your opinion, are worth 100 pokemon each. Same with the exp limit.)

After how many steps will I encounter a Legendary or Mythical Pokemon?

Thats not how it works. A dice is rolled on each step you take, so there is an equal chance of getting a rare pokemon on each step. So, your past encounters have no effect on your future steps/encounters.

See our page on Probability for more info.

After how many steps will I encounter a pokemon with all three stats?

Pokemon are assigned stats only after they are caught. Over a long term, you may get pokemon with all the stats once every 700 or so catches.

What are the requirements for training high exp?

To train pokemon over 50,000,000 exp, you need at least 10,000 Battle Wins on your account.

To train pokemon over 100,000,000 exp, you need at least 20,000 Battle Wins and a completed Normal Pokedex on your account.

What is the maximum number of friends I can add?

The current limit on how many friends one can add is 100

What is the maximum number of accounts I can block?

The current limit on how many accounts you can have blocked is 500

Gameplay

Is the Daily Raffle reward the same for everyone?

Nope. Its randomly selected for each account. So, your friends will have received something different than the one you got.

What does this mean? "There are 23726 Normal, 374 Shiny, 1116 Metallic, 1078 Ghostly, 558 Dark, 717 Shadow Giratina (Origin)(s) on DelugeRPG"

Thats the number of pokes that exist across all players' accounts. These numbers do not indicate how rare a pokemon is, because it does not account for the Pokemon that have been released or those that appeared to someone on the map but did not end up being caught.

Even though players often use it that way, these numbers are a bad indicator to determine value in trade. The counts are approximate and do not update in real time.

The Skip Pokemon Selection button is missing! The Release into the Wild button is missing!

These buttons may be hidden in browsers with ad blockers. This is not a bug.

There's too many ads!

We understand. Here's an attempt at explaining why it is the way it is.

What are Trade Fees?

When a trade has pokemon with high exp (over 1 million), and the total of such pokemon's exp exceeds 5 million, a small percentage of it may be deducted when the offer is accepted.

The primary purpose of this is to have an easy way to remove exp from the 'Exp Trade' market, since exp is only added when users train their pokemon.

While the fee breakdown is not currently published, the rate will vary between 5-10% depending on how many high exp pokemon the offer contains (10% is only reached when you offer about 80 or more high exp pokemon).

This replaces the previous Trade Tax (that had 10/20/30% slabs) which caused users to hoard pokemon with 10m exp because it was below the tax threshold. The fee system encourages using different exp pokemon (10m,25m,50m etc) as users will try pack more exp into fewer pokemon when offering.

I want to pay as little in Trade Fees as possible!

First, Keep in mind only high exp pokemon and their exp is taken into account and only the exp above 1 million will incur fees. Fitting the exp into fewer pokemon will keep the rate low.

Using previously hoarded 10m exp pokemon can be used for smaller trades since the fee will only be calculated on the 9m. But as the number of pokemon in the offer rises, it will make more sense to use higher exp pokemon.

That said, people still trying to avoid the fee at all costs can still use 1m exp pokemon for that purpose.

This means that a variety of exps are now usable in trade instead of everyone sticking to 'untaxed' 10m.

Purposely splitting trades to avoid fees may be seen as abuse and may result in a ban.

What is Exp Trade Tax?

It has been replaced with Trade Fees. See above.

What is the Exp Eraser?

It helps you get your pokemon's Exp to a specific number if you wish to. See Exp Eraser page for more info.

It is recommended to use this over the Exp Calculator as it's a simpler and easier method to achieve the same thing.

What is the Exp Calculator?

The Exp Calculator tries to calculate who you can battle to get a pokemon to a specific exp.

Having a Pokemon's exp at a particular value provides no in-game benefit. It is simply an exercise in vanity that has become a tradition in the DelugeRPG Community

The Exp Calculator is available to our Patreon members at all times and available to everyone on Wednesdays (as per game clock).

Where do I buy items?

You may purchase Items from the PokeMart which is under the Profile link on the menubar.

Where do I buy evolutionary items?

Some Pokemon need evolutionary items to evolve. These items are automatically purchased at the time of evolutions. If you are very low on Coins, these will be made available for free.

What are 3S Auctions?

3S Auctions allow you Auction your 3S Pokemon (those with all three stats) in exchange for Pokemon with Exp. More information can be found in the Forum announcement post.

Pokemon

Where is the Pokemon Center? How do I heal a pokemon after battle?

There is no Pokemon Center in this game. All your pokemon are automatically healed after each battle.

I evolved my [pokemon] and now its not in my pokedex!

DelugeRPG uses the Live Pokedex system. Only the pokemon you currently have in your account are shown in the pokedex as obtained. So, say you want to have all the three stages of Squirtle in your pokedex, you will have to obtain 3 squirtles and then evolve two of them to Wartortle and Blastoise. This is different from the video games since all pokemon are available on DelugeRPG and they are pretty easy to catch.

What are formes?

Formes are variants of pokemon that are not considered a separate pokemon by our pokedex. These may include regional/seasonal variants of pokemon or pokemon that have gender differences in their sprites.
An Alolan Vulpix is a Forme of Vulpix. Catching either one will mark Vulpix in the Pokedex. You may however catch both if you wish to.

How do I get the different Pokemon formes?

Pokemon formes that appear on the maps are marked with the symbol. You cannot influence which specific forme of that pokemon appears. If a pokemon that appears with the symbol, looks the same as the normal forme, it is possible that it evolves into a different forme.

The Vivillon evolution tree is a special case. The forme/pattern of vivillon you get depends on when the Vivillon or its pre-evolution was caught. The forme available in the maps changes every hour. So all Scatterbugs/Spewpas/Vivillons caught during that hour will have the same pattern. The patterns also change day by day, so the pattern available today between 5 and 6pm won't be the same as the ones that appear tomorrow during the same time period.

How do you switch pokemon in your team with a Pokemon in your Pokemon box?

Click on the Change Team link under the Pokemon dropdown in the navigation bar. Once there you can change your team by dragging a Pokemon from your Pokemon box from below, to your team.

In case you have javascript disabled, go to Your Team and click replace in the spot where you want to put the new pokemon.

Can I nickname my Pokemon?

Yes. Go to the Your Pokemon page, and click the Pokemon's name, and enter the desired nickname.

Nicknames of pokemon are only visible to their trainers. And Nicknames are erased when a pokemon is traded.

What are the differences between Normal, Shiny, Dark, Shadow, Ghostly... Pokemon? How rare are they?

See our Pokemon Classes page

for more information on the topic.

What are the +Atk, +Def and +Spe next to my Pokemon? How do I obtain them?

Pokemon with and will have better attack and defense respectively in battles. This will also stack up with any type boosts they may have. pokes will attack before any non pokemon in battle (If both pokemon have this stat and there is a big difference in their levels, the higher levelled pokemon will go first. Otherwise, one is randomly picked).

Pokemon get their stats when they are caught/obtained via events and cannot gain/lose the stats afterwards. Nothing you can do will have any effect on what stats your pokemon gets.

How do I catch Legendary or Mythical Pokemon?

Once you beat all the gyms and elite four of a particular region, you can find legends of that region randomly appearing on all maps. Beat all gyms, elite four, dojos and champions to unlock all Legendary and Mythical Pokemon. Do note that they are pretty rare when compared to normal pokemon, so they will not appear all the time.

They have a 1-2% chance of appearing once all regions are defeated. Beating fewer regions lowers the chance by a proportional amount.

Legendary and Mythical Pokemon tend to have slightly higher attack and defense (6-9%) in battle.

Not sure which pokemon is a Legendary or Mythical? Check the Pokedex pages for Legendary and Mythical Pokemon

How do I catch Ultra Beasts or Paradox Pokemon?

Once you beat all the gyms and elite four of any one region particular region, you will unlock all Ultra Beasts and Paradox Pokemon.

They have a 2-3% chance of appearing once the conditions are met. These pokemon do not receive any stats boost in battle.

Not sure which pokemon is an Ultra Beast or Paradox Pokemon? Check the Pokedex pages for Ultra Beasts and Paradox Pokemon

What about Mega Evolutions?

Mega evolutions cannot be caught and will have to be evolved from their base formes. The option is available once the pokemon is at level 100.

Mega evolutions tend to have slightly higher attack and defense (6-9%) in battle.

Find out which pokemon have Mega evolution in the Mega Pokedex

How do I get G-Max Pokemon?

To G-Max evolve a pokemon, you need to finish the G-Max Challenge with that pokemon in your Team.

More details can be found on the G-Max Challenge page.

G-Max Pokemon also tend to have slightly higher attack and defense (6-9%) in battle.

A list of all the G-Max Pokemon available in the game can be found at the G-Max Pokedex page

Do these above stat boosts stack up?

These boosts to attack and defense stats do not stack up with each other. Meaning a Mega evolution of a Legendary pokemon will not get the boost twice.

What are unique pokemon?

This is the number of different pokemon you have. For example, two shiny totodiles will count as one unique pokemon, whereas, one shiny cyndaquil and one ghostly cyndaquil are two unique pokemon.

What is the rarest pokemon?

There is no one particular pokemon that is the rarest. Legendary pokemon and special pokemon (metallic,dark etc) are generally rarer than normal pokemon. So, shiny lugia is as rare as a shiny kyogre, but rarer than a normal lugia or a ghostly abra.

On what Map can I find [pokemon name]?

All Pokemon appear randomly on the maps. However, some Pokemon only appear on certain tiles. e.g water pokemon generally will appear in the water.

You can check the Pokedex to check where a particular pokemon is commonly found.

The pokemon I wish for is not appearing for me on the maps!

Whether it is a specific pokemon or a specific class of pokemon, or pokemon with specific stats that you wish for, it is not guaranteed to eventually appear for you on the maps.

It does not mean there is a problem with your account. It may be a bug if nobody is able to find them, but not just because you're having some bad luck.

Trade

Is ABC for XYZ a fair trade?

If you think it is worth it, just go for it. If you think it is unfair, reject it. There are no set trade values for pokemon. If someone tells you something is worth a lot more than you think it is, don't trade with them.

Players have created online chats/groups that give advice on trades, but without moderation, nothing stops players from coordinating to take advantage of you.

How much is [pokemon name] worth in Exp?

When you're trading pokemon, the values are decided by the two parties involved in the trade. Do not let others tell you theres a set value for every pokemon.

I cannot find the pokemon I want to send to Wonder Trade!

Pokemon with three stats or with high exp on them cannot be wonder traded since we found that almost all instances of this happening was by accident.

The pokemon I sent into Wonder Trade ran away!

This happens when the same pokemon is sent into Wonder Trade multiple times in a short period. This prevents pokemon, that multiple players do not wish to keep, from being infinitely Wonder Traded.

Battle

Can I battle my friends and how do I do it? (Live Battle/Online Battle/PvP)

Yes. Select Live Battle from under the Battle dropdown. It requires that your friend has enabled live battle on their profile.

To Enable Live Battle, visit Your Profile and under the Preferences section, tick the Allow other users to challenge me to a Live Battle option and Save.

Can I battle other people when they are not online?

You can battle people who aren't online by going to the Battle dropdown and selecting Computer Battle. However, their Pokemon will be "AI" controlled.

What is Inverse Battle?

During an Inverse Battle, type matchups are reversed. Any type that would be resistant or immune to another type is now weak to that type instead; also, any type that would be weak to another type is now resistant to that type instead. See Bulbapedia for more info.

See Inverse Typechart for a clearler understanding.

Do however note that pokemon with the Negative Class will have inverse matchup during regular battles and the normal matchup during an inverse battle.

See Pokemon Classes to see what abilities each class has.

Which type of attack are the best?

No one particular type of attack is best for all situations. An attack's strength also depends on the type of pokemon the opponent is, and also if the type of attack matches the type of pokemon that is using it. This means a Fire pokemon would do more damage using a fire attack than a normal pokemon using a fire attack. The attack would do even more damage if the opponent was weak to that particular type.

See Type Chart to see what types are weak to/strong against each type.

Details on Attacks can be found on the AttackDex

I can't seem to find [attack name] on DelugeRPG. When is it going to be added?

Only attacks that do physical damage and cause status ailments have been added to DelugeRPG. It is unlikely that the attacks, that have to do with detailed pokemon data or take multiple turns or depend on the weather etc., will be added.

Why are some attacks so expensive?

Attacks that are not normally learnt by your pokemon or do not share a type with your pokemon are much more expensive. If you want an attack that is unusual for your Pokemon, it would cost more to teach them that attack that it would if the attack was native to it.