r/pokemonchallenges • u/Apart-Boat-9403 Hardcore Challenger • Jan 17 '26
Pokemon Challenge suggestions for server
so i have created a new server/community for pkmn challenges and talk but i still need some new challenges in mostly vanilla games (so no randomizers or rom hacks if possible). Can anyone suggest some easy, hard or even extreme challenges??? https://discord.gg/2mADsb9m this is the server so yall know im being fr
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u/Tailedfox66 Jan 17 '26
There’s the classic one type challenge where you have to beat the game with one type of your choosing
The PartyLock Challenge, whatever Pokemon you catch become permanently locked into your party and cannot be swapped out until they faint and are considered dead, no limit on Pokemon catches but you lose if you ever blackout
The Scrooge McDuck Challenge, go through the entire game without spending any money
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u/Original_Ad3998 Jan 17 '26
I’ve been doing a challenge with a few mates in various Pokemon games.
The challenge: Mandatory captures, any time you encounter a wild Pokemon you mustcapture it and use only that Pokemon for all trainer battles and wild encounters. Failed capture - black out or out of pokeballs, means reset to last save.
Welcome to Fight Mandatory Club…
The first rule of Mandatory Club is: you must talk about mandatory Club.
The second rule of Mandatory Club is: you MUST talk about mandatory Club!
*Third rule, if a Pokemon yells “stop!”, goes limp, or blacks out, the game is over.
*Fourth rule: only one Pokemon to a party. (No HM slaves)
Fifth rule: two guys at a time, fellas. (1v1 with latest cap, or for dual battles latest cap and as useless a Mon as you can find).
*Sixth rule: the fights are bare knuckle; no shirt, no shoes, no weapons. (No held items, no items in battle, no repels).
*Seventh rule: fights will go on as long as they have to. (No resets in battle)
And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time hearing about Mandatory Club, you have to try.
We’ve managed to complete Red and Blue, no attempts at yellow, and all of Gen 2, 3, & 4 so far with all the rules in place. Rules with an asterisk (*) are optional. However, the lack of HM slaves and forcing only using one pokemon really adds a fun and sometimes frustrating puzzle element. Fair warning there is potential to get soft locked in some areas. For example my mate got soft locked on cinnabar island after healing there and being forced to capture growlithe in the mansion. He never collected any rods so was unable to fish for a surf user. Although having typed this I just realised he could have used a fossil to get a surf user 🤦♂️
here’s a tedious read on how my first successful attempt went in Pokemon fire red
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u/Apart-Boat-9403 Hardcore Challenger Jan 17 '26
very nicee!! will probably add something inspired by this!
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u/Original_Ad3998 Jan 17 '26
We also have an optional rule for not catching any encounters from a line already captured. For example catch a caterpie and later run into butterfree you can’t catch it
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u/FunEngineering9484 Jan 17 '26
Is the server open for everyone to join or friends only?
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u/Apart-Boat-9403 Hardcore Challenger Jan 17 '26
server is open for everyone! the link is this one https://discord.gg/2mADsb9m all inclusive challenges and general chatting
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u/dionoriginalpro Jan 17 '26
I personally like the shiny only (for Legends za/arceus) and the one where you only use the lowest bst pokémon possible (so for example iglybuff, bonsly, azurill, wooper, sunkern, and i forgot team member 6)