Small update with formes added to existing Pokemon.
Honedge, Doublade, Zygarde, Solgaleo, Lunala, Marshadow, Reshiram, Zekrom, Black Kyurem and White Kyurem are the Pokemon with added formes.
Due to the way Aegislash was added with the Shield Forme as the base, non-snowflake Honedges and Doublades will have the new Sheathed forme. And the snowflake ones will have the old sprite and evolve to the Blade forme Aegislash.
Shiny sprites for Castform formes have been updated. If you're still seeing the old ones, you can either wait a bit or clear your browser cache.
Pokedex counters have been reworked to use less server resources. And instead of showing numbers such as <5 or <10, the counts will be rounded up to the nearest multiple of 5.
Due to changes made, newly added pokemon or formes may appear as uncaught on these counters for a few hours.
Pokemon Exp leaderboards that were previously simply hidden have been removed to save on server resources.
We've had to downgrade our servers a couple of months back to keep up with rising costs. Reworking or removing resource intensive features such as the ones above helps to keep the game running smoothly.
Various minor bug fixes
Implemented a Trade Tax when trading High Exp (above 10 mil)
While the game will tell you how much tax is going to be levied, You can use the Tax Calculator to see the breakdown.
For Exact Exp ethusiasts, users will be able to choose to pay additional exp as tax to make the final exp exact by rounding down the exp to the nearest million.
This option of rounding down the exp will be available for the user offering on the offer page, and for the person accepting the offer on the trade accept page.
New trade logs will contain the total tax applied to the trade along with the approximate exp of the pokemon displayed.
Pokemon with three stat (3S) will no longer be displayed when making an offer on QuickTrades to prevent accidental offers.
Pokemon with more than 10 million exp will also not appear when offering on QuickTrades
The Trade Tax is also applied on QuickTrades, but is not applied on Wonder Trades at this time.
The pokedex will now show approximate numbers when only a small number of a pokemon have been caught.
Forme collectors can now track their forme collection. Details can be found on the Hidden Features page.
News and Events are now posted in a new section of the Forums instead of on Twitter.
Pokemon Limit per account, which was previously 12,000, has been increased to 15,000. The total limit across all your accounts remains the same. Correct numbers can be found on the Questions page.
Users ranked under 10k will simply show as unranked.
The Pokemon Exp leaderboard is now hidden from the menus to discourage pointless exp training for vanity.
Various minor bug fixes
Added new Pokemon and formes from Hisui Region.
Added new Trainers from Hisui Region.
Missing Back sprites and mini icons will be added once they are available.
The Pokedex will now inform you if a snowflake variant of a pokemon is necessary for it's evolutionary forme (Eg: Ash-Greninja).
Offers made on Pokemon in banned accounts will expire sooner and new offers will be prevented.
Any penalties applied to your points will be displayed on the Your Profile page
Users with passwords that are considered easy or predictable will receive a notice on every log in
Pokemon that are repeatedly sent into Wonder Trade will 'run away' (are released without the user receiving coins)
Various minor bug fixes
As usual, please report, on the forums, any new bugs you might find
Certain statistics in public profiles and leaderboards will show an approximation instead of exact values.
This hopes to discourage certain unhealthy obsessions that can be addictive.
The Exp Calculator will now be available to use for non-patrons on Wednesdays.
To reduce clutter, new entries in the Public Logs will be of pokemon that have 5 Mil exp or above
Various minor bug fixes
New battle modes in Live Battle. Random Teams and Mirrored Random Teams.
The new modes generate a team for you to use in Live Battle.
These pokemon are not added to your account. They are only used for the duration of one battle.
With the mirrored option, both users are given the same team, with the same pokemon stats.
The snowflake icon next pokemon should now give you more information as to what forme/sprite variant it is or what forme it might evolve into
These pokemon do not have any effect in battle as of yet. This will change in future updates along with Dynamax.
Similar to event pokemon, G-Maxed pokemon are not tradeable.
You can directly add pokemon to your team from your Pokemon page.
New Gen 8 Pokemon Added
G-Max Pokemon are visible in the pokedex, but will not be obtainable until the next update
New Galarian Formes Added
Event Pokemon are no longer tradeable
Pokemon per account limit has been changed to 12,000 to accomodate for the new pokemon. The overall limit 20,000 across all your accounts will remain as is
Some attacks with high power have been nerfed.
Various minor bug fixes
Finally a Dark Theme. You can switch in the account dropdown on desktop and account slide out menu on mobile.
New rule disallowing sharing or transfers of accounts that have more than 10,000 battles. See Rules page for more info.
If you are already in such a situation, split the contents of the accounts and go your separate ways.
Users are advised to conduct all trading discussion within the messaging system here. Moving them to social media may result in scams we will not help you with.
The Points formula has changed significantly since the last update. It takes into account more factors that it did previously. More details in the F.A.Q.
Thanks to people's contributions via Patreon, we haven't had to disable any site features since the last update. The Exp Leaderboard has since been re-enabled.
Various minor bug fixes
To cope with the move to smaller and cheaper servers we've had to disable the Pokemon Exp Leaderboards.
For the same reason, we may need to disable/remove other features from the game in the coming days and weeks to keep the game running smoothly.
These may not be announced separately, so please do not report such removals as bugs.
Accounts that have still not brought their pokemon count to below 10,000 will soon have their extra pokemon automatically released.
This update log also contains changes made in the past month.
Added setting to let users disable Messaging on their accounts.
New accounts now also have to complete at least one gym region before they can send messages in addition to the existing battle requirement.
A new warning system where users can see any account warnings they've received.
Other users will also be able to see if a user has received an account warning in the past one month, to provide an extra incentive for users to behave themselves.
Trade offers that have not been accepted for longer than 1 month will be automatically declined.
A new Leaderboard tracking how many Trainer Challenges users have completed.
Individual QuickTrades are now given a grade based on their quality.
Accounts are now also given a grade that is based on their lowest quality QuickTrade.
Account QuickTrade grades are visible in public profiles to encourage users to create better QuickTrades.
WonderTrade now shows some additional information about the pokemon received.
Due to a large number of DDoS attacks recently, users from certain countries may need to solve captchas to log in.
Various minor bug fixes.
Measures taken to prevent new/storage/spare accounts from appearing in Pokemon Exp Leaderboards.
Very high exp training is limited to accounts with certain number of battles for similar reasons.
Ignore will be called Block for some consistency and to avoid any confusion.
Friends and Blocklist limit reduced to be closer to average usage. The limits are made visible on your Friends & Blocklist page.
In the Blocklist, Newly blocked accounts will be sorted by add date. Those blocked before this update will not be sorted this way.
Added a button to clear your Blocklist with a single click.
Secondary accounts will be marked as such when viewing profiles.
It is now mandatory for users, especially those in Leaderboards, to mark all their spare accounts as a Secondary Account.
All shared accounts, that is accounts used be more than one person, must be marked as a Secondary Account.
Soon, accounts marked as a Secondary Account will not show up in any Leaderboards.
Top Trainers and Top Collectors lists have been moved under the menu heading Leaderboards.
There is now a Leaderboard for Pokemon based on their Exp.
Max Exp and Battle Limits increased.
Certain Trainers will now have their pokemon stats randomized in Trainer Battle.
Exp gained from Trainer Battle has been adjusted accordingly.
Most New Pokemon from Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield Added.
Moves from Gen 8 Added.
Dynamaxing and Gigantamaxing are not part of this update. They may be included in a future update.
In-game cash will now referred to as Coins for some consistency.
You will receive a small amount of Coins for releasing Pokemon.
Evolution stones and items now cost Coins. It is automatically deducted when you evolve a pokemon that needs one. The cost may be waived when you do not have any coins.
In very rare circumstances, wild pokemon can run away from battle.
Galar League has been added to the Gyms section.
Some sprites for older pokemon have been updated. These sprite updates and all Gen 8 sprites are courtesy of various Sprite Projects at Smogon. We're grateful to them for helping make this happen. Links to each Sprite Project can be found in our About Page.
In one week, the limit on the number of pokemon in accounts will be reduced to 10,000. With a Maximum of 20,000 across all accounts used by an individual. If you have more than this number, please trade away or release these extra pokemon You will still be able to trade out or release these pokemon after the account limit is reduced. This is to help us cope with server costs.
A random trainer will now always challenge you on the Trainers page. On winning the challenge battle, you will receive some bonus exp.
The Public Logs link is now displayed more prominently, so that we can have more eyes on the activities of top players
Improved spam detection in messaging. Here is a help page attempting to explain message spam.
Various minor bug fixes
Exp limit on pokemon raised to 100 mil. The exp received in battle however will be halfed every 25 mil.
Requirement of a minimum of 50 battles in order to send messages. Receiving messages and ability to reply will continue to work as before.
2 New Pokemon from Pokemon GO/Let's Go, Eevee!/Let's Go, Pikachu!
14 New Moves from these games
Minor bug fixes
5 New Pokemon from Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Added.
New Formes of Necrozma, Lycanroc and Pikachu Added.
New moves and Z-moves from Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Added.
Alolan League Updated. These changes will require you to defeat the new Alola Champion to unlock Legendary Pokemon completely.
Fixed slow adding to quicktrade
Removed Facebook/Google/Yahoo login options. See Account Recovery page if you still haven't switched to password login
Z-moves are marked in the attackdex
Nicknames now shown in battle (except live battle at this time)
Pokemon details shown at end of battle so its easier to track level/exp while training
Ability to mass release pokemon (50 at a time)
Various bug fixes
Gen 7 pokemon and attacks from Sun/Moon added.
Z-Moves are added as a one time use powerful attack, and a pokemon can be only taught one.
All pokemon variants that previously showed up as separate pokemon in the pokedex now show as one. More Details.
A limit of pokemon that can be stored in an account has been set at 15,000. This includes pokemon in your box, trades and offers.
Alola region's Trial Captains and Kahunas have been added as Gym leaders. You will have to beat them to unlock legendaries from this region.
Orange League and Dojos have been removed from the Gyms section.
All Trainers on the Trainers Page have been replaced. They should now have a more variety of pokemon.
PokeMart prices have changed.
As there were a lot of changes in this update, the may be more bugs than usual. So please report all bugs in our bugs subforum.
New maps added. Old maps have been replaced.
Viewing messages defaults to conversation page now
Quick Trades of very bad quality are hidden from Search. Other low quality ones are marked as such. Quality detection of these has been improved.
Rankings in profiles will update less often. This reduces load on our servers.
Pokedex locations now include an image of the types of tiles a pokemon might appear on.
Some wiki pages updated and moved over to main site
Buttons changed and are more consistent across the site
Various other minor bug fixes
Fixed Advanced Filter not working on people's trade pages
Stats condition added to QuickTrade
Various UI changes
Various bug fixes
Various UI changes
Various minor bug fixes
Added Hoopa (Unbound) as an evolution of Hoopa
Some UI changes to home page
Added Shadow Lugia and Stadium Shiny Lugia
Added Pokeball and Fancy pattern Vivillons
Unowns can now be filtered with @unown in search
Various minor bug fixes
Avatars shown in message list
Added counter for multi-add/remove from trade
Friends list, Search and Top trainer pages now indicate if the user is online or not
Dex compare made easier on the eyes
Avatars added to many pages
Random pokemon avatars used for people without gravatar
These avatars are also available to be used on the forum via the avatar gallery
Pokemon in battle will now only be able to have one status ailment at the time. (They used to be able to have all of them at the same time)
Added twitter and facebook timelines to homepage
Added formes for Flabebe,Floettes and Florges
Added neutral forme for Xerneas
Added Spiky-eared Pichu. All pre-evolutions of cosplay pikachus will be spiky eared
Advanced Search with popup box (Gear Icon in Search Box)
Search for pokemon with Alternate Sprites (Use Advanced Search)
Pokemon Count shown when offering multiple pokemon on a trade
Minor visual issues fixed
Map redirect bug fixed
Visual breaking in trade logs fixed
Banned users are now hidden from your Friends List
Declined trades are now hidden from your public trade log
Two new attacks added (Will-O-Wisp and Light of Ruin)
Select All option while adding/removing multiple pokes to/from trade. (based on forum suggestion)
Ailments are now marked in battle. (based on forum suggestion)
Misc bug fixes
Fixed slow loading in QuickTrade
Fixed exceeding QuickTrade limit
Trade Logs are now public. You can find the link in the person's profile page
You no longer need to beat the Orange League or the Fighting Dojos to unlock all legends
You claim legends in events, you now only need to beat the legend specific region on the gyms page
Sent messages are now visible. Find the link at the bottom of the messages page
QuickTrade now shows Usernames.
QuickTrades with impossible conditions will slowly be removed and it will stop you from creating new ones
QuickTrade now has full search/sort functionality as other pages
Moved to new forum software. You will have to re-register if you were a user on the old forum. Sorry for the inconvenience.
New Stat +Spe introduced. Lets pokemon attack first in battle
Live Battle rewritten. should be more stable than the previous one
Stats shown in battle
Some Trainers and E4/Champs may have pokes with stats (these may be different depending on the day)
Various minor bug fixes
Mega pokemon from Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire added
Cosplay pikachus and various formes of furfrou added
You can now use the pokedex to find duplicate pokemon in your box (Click Mark Duplicate Pokemon at the bottom of the screen)
Various Bug Fixes
Many 6th gen sprites updated thanks to The Smogon Sprite Project (If you don't see them, try ctrl+f5 on a page with the sprites such as the pokedex page. If you still see old sprites, it means their new sprites aren't ready yet)
The 3 new legends from Kalos, Diancie, Hoopa and Volcanion are now available on the maps.
Different forms of vivillons are also available now. The form will depend on the time of day that you caught the scatterbug or spewpa (We won't have backsprites/shiny sprites for these since the Sprite Project isn't planning to make them. If you're interested in making them, we'll be glad to have them)
Search fixed in trade search
Stats @search allowed in trade search. First search the pokemon you want. Example: Dark Charmander. When the page loads, search @atk to get all dark charmanders with +atk. This also works with trade search for a particular user.
(More info on @search)
Latest pokes will show up in trade search
Pokemon that were put into trade more than 1 month ago, and its owner hasn't logged in, will not show up in trade search
Most pokemon lists including your pokemon box and trade box now show the pokemon, you recently made changes to or received, at the top rather than showing it in the order that they were caught
The Accept/Deny page of your trades will now show you if you have the offered pokes or not.
Other people's pokedex can now be browsed like your own
The limit on legends has been removed. You should be able to catch legends you already have.
The raffle still won't give you legends you already have.
Points formula is slightly changed. We're using a log function, so this means the more points you have, the harder it is to get more points. Points are still based on Total Exp, Average Exp, Battles and No. of Unique Pokemon
Many small bugfixes
Arceus (Unknown) has been removed from the game due to frequent issues and complaints relating to its sprite (This was removed from the video games in the 5th generation)
If you had an Arceus (Unknown), It should become an Arceus (Fairy). If you had both, one will be deleted.
X/Y Pokemon added. Sprites thanks to the X/Y Sprites project on Smogon. (Some sprites have not been completed. People who can sprite well should help them complete it, which means they'll appear on deluge too)
Some pokes with gender difference in sprites have been added too. (Note that they do not count as a separate pokemon in the pokedex)
Chrome's health is downgraded to 35% instead of the earlier 50%
Health Bar is shown on the team page during battle
Ultimate Trainers and Elite 4 may not send their pokemon in the same order as shown
Some pokemon will have a +Atk or +Def shown next to them. These pokemon have slightly higher attack or defense respectively during battles
Legendary pokemon now get a slight boost in attack and defense during battles
Attack powers are slightly lowered to adjust with the new +Atk and Legend boosts
Live battle now sets levels of all pokes to 50. Live battle no longer gives exp, but gives more money than before
New Maps
More pokemon in maps.
Gen 6 Attacks added
Fairy Types added (Old pokes with type changes)
Exp system changed (Pokes below lvl 25 get the exp they would receive as if they were a lvl 25 poke under the old system)
View other people's pokedex
Attack costs changed
Critical Hit changed from 2x to 1.5x (Gen6 change)
New type Chrome added. (They are available at the same places that other type of pokes are)
Shadow sprites modified
QuickTrade offering now has pages
QuickTrade search page links fixed
Points formula slightly changed, it will not consider battles over 10k
Only people with logins in the last 1 month will show up in top trainers/top collectors (this was previously 15 days)
Fix for keyboard navigation which broke when you alt+tab'd to a different window
Link to profile and view all pokemon from a user's trade page
Some visual changes
New Pokedex
Search is better now
Arrange by name is back
Colors Everywhere
Events
Raffle fixed (Legends/Specials more common)
New Gym Leaders from BW2
Some parts of UI improved
Easier Battles (You can simply hit enter to select default pokemon/attack)
Fixed dragging on team page
Fixed empty pokes in quick trade
Added live battle logging
Trade limit raised to 50
IP bans are fixed. (negative countdown)
Fixed clicking usernames on maps
Changed some fonts
Random battle button on trainers page
Trainers and Gym pages revamped
Removed potions from Live Battle
Added pokemon switching to Live Battle
Added warning on QuickTrade for gullible people
QuickTrade level checking is fixed
Fixed no exp in live battle after win
Fixed remove offer under show only offers page
Fixed change email bug on registration
Ailments work better now in live battle
Too many wrong passwords will now block the IP for 15 minutes
QuickTrade creating/editing will now show a confirmation box
QuickTrade creating/editing now automatically selects a checkbox when you make changes
Visual changes in Pokedex
Pokedex entries now shows a pokemon's default attacks
Removed all old sprites
Added 285 new sprites
Changed sprite selection page
Map arrows changed
Added a must not be a legendary condition to QuickTrades
Embedded forums in a few pages
Added a small image to indicate that the username link on top-right can be click to show a dropdown. Many were unable to find the logout button
The chat link on the right is now a list of links to the chat,forum and wiki
Search fixed on most pages
A QuickTrade bug fixed (One that allowed people to set both level and exp)
Scam detection in messaging improved
Deleted some users who hadn't logged in in more than 1 year
You can now select multiple pokes for trade or to remove from trade [see bottom of your trade page for the links]
Live battle improved. Many bugs fixed. Report if you find more
Poliwag evolution bug fixed.
Pokemon selection can now be skipped in computer, gym and trainer battles
Trade search improved. (if you are seeing weird text on the page, it is because nobody with that poke has logged in yet)
Chances of special pokes (shiny,dark,ghostly etc) increased.
Sorting fixed on some pages
Broken search links in trades fixed
You can now see other users on the maps
Login with Google/Yahoo fixed
You can now log in using your Google, Yahoo or Facebook accounts
Change team page fixed
Items can now be sold at the pokemart
Deny All Offers button added to easily denying large number of trades
Paralysis now doesn't get cured automatically
A couple of computer trainer were being shown with the wrong teams, that is now fixed.
An annoying bug that caused the map to show the pokemon that previously appeared back to back also fixed
Pokedex search now works fine
Ducklett is back in the autocomplete
A bug that was hiding the incorrect username or password error is now fixed.
Pokemon shown when offering for trade are now sortable
Pokemon are also sortable by their Dex number. some pokemon might appear at the end because of the way they are arranged in our database (mostly pokemon that need to share a dex number)
A bug causing parts of messages and profile messages to turn into **********s is now fixed
A bug causing users who have linked their account with facebook to not be able to recover their password.
The game now automatically checks and fixes any problems with the data we have on which gyms you have beaten and which you haven't
The pokedex now also tells you if the particular poke is available via the Daily Raffle
UI changes
Reverting to old exp system
New Maps added
You will be able to enter buildings and caves. You will be able to go down hedges and waterfalls but not go up
5th Gen Pokemon names changed to english
Domain names change to DelugeRPG.com for game, DelugeRPG.net for forum and DelugeRPG.info for the wiki
You can now compare your points and stats with people on your friends list
You can now view at edit your ignore list from the same place
You can now share profiles to Facebook
Gravatars are now supported. All you need to do is setup an account on Gravatar.com with the associated email and it will work on PokemonDeluge.
Isshu Pokemon and Gyms: The Isshu Pokemon and Gyms have been added. Like any other region, you will have to defeat the Isshu Gym Leaders and Elite Four to catch any of the Isshu Legendary Pokemon. Isshu is the region from Pokemon Black and White
Facebook Link: You can now link your PokemonDeluge account with your Facebook profile. This lets you log into PokemonDeluge automatically as long as you're logged into your facebook account. And yes, you can link multiple accounts.
Short URLs: This lets you share links to your account that are shorter and easier to remember. For example, one could link to the Admin's account with https://pkmn.pw/Admin/profile. Check the wiki for more Info
BBCode in Private and Profile Messages: [b](bold),[i](italic) and [u](underline) can be used within profile messages and private messages now. Also links to pages within PokemonDeluge.com are now clickable.
Pokemon Locations: The Pokemon locations have change quite a bit and the new locations are reflected in the PokeDex. (locations mentioned are more reliable that they were in previous versions)
Trainer Battle: After a lot of requests asking for Computer Trainers other than Gym Leaders and Elite Four, more than 100 Trainers have been added. These include trainers with low levelled pokemon and also stronger trainers with level 100 pokemon.
Better Pokemon Search: Pokemon search within your box and also Trade search are now faster and the bug that disallowed searching of pokemon with spaces in the names has been fixed.
Status Ailments in Battles Fixed: Pokemon can now (again) be poisoned, paralyzed, etc (Sorry for not fixing it till now)
Rearrange Attacks: Attacks of any pokemon can now be rearranged. Simply click on Change Attacks and then select Rearrange Attacks
When you try to evolve a pokemon, you are now shown whether you already have the evolved form of that pokemon or not.
New Attacks on Evolve: Attacks of the evolved form of a pokemon are now available for free when you evolve your pokemon. You will be allowed to choose which attacks you want to keep and which ones you want to be forgotten.
Ignore Users Feature: You will now be able to ignore annoying users on PokemonDeluge. Once ignored, that user cannot message you or offer on any of your pokemon
New type of pokemon added known as Mirage
Daily Raffle added. You can now win prizes by logging in daily!
Pokemon location now shown in their Pokedex pages
Website layout changed
Pokemon are now sortable by Exp and Level, and can be filtered by their type
Added an Electric/Grass map
Added Ice and Fire maps
Game Released. Many features planned for next month ;)
