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# Nuzlocke Challenge

The weekly Nuzlocke Challenge. Beat 8 leaders in a row, and lose your whole team if you fall.

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<p align="center">The Nuzlocke Challenge is the hardest test on Cobblemon AU. Take one team of 6 through <strong>8 gym leaders in a row</strong>. Win and you earn big rewards. Lose a single battle and <strong>your whole team is deleted</strong>.</p>
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<p align="center"><strong>Pokémon deleted in the Nuzlocke Challenge are gone forever.</strong> Only bring Pokémon you're prepared to lose.</p>
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## ✅ Before you start

|                    |                                                                                              |
| ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 🏆 **Requirement** | Beat the Elite Four of **any one region**                                                    |
| 🐾 **Team**        | Exactly **6 Pokémon** in your party. These are locked in as your team for the whole run.     |
| 🗓️ **Attempts**   | **One attempt per week**. Starting a run uses it up. Lost your run? See Second Chance below. |
| 🖥️ **Server**     | The Nuzlocke Challenge is on the **Hub**                                                     |

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## 🗓️ This week's leaders

Every week, **8 leaders** are picked at random from all **32 gym leaders** of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh. Everyone faces the same 8, in the same order. A new lineup comes out every **Friday at 6pm AEST**.

Type `/nuzlocke lineup` to see this week's leaders before you commit.

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⚠️ These aren't the normal gym teams. Every Nuzlocke leader has a new, much stronger team built around a strategy, often with Legendaries, a Mega Evolution and a Tera Type. Expect a real fight.
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## 📜 The rules

* **Lose a battle and your whole team is deleted.** Forfeiting, disconnecting or dying during a battle counts as losing.
* **Win and your whole team is fully healed** for the next leader, even the Pokémon that fainted.
* **No items during battles.** Revives, Max Revives and Revival Herbs are banned for the whole run, and so is the move Revival Blessing.
* **These 6 are your only team.** You can't swap in other Pokémon.
* **Every battle is at level 100.**
* **Gym rules apply.** Your team is checked against the normal gym ban list when you start and before every battle.
* A server restart or a battle stopped by staff costs you nothing. You just face that leader again.

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## ▶️ Running the challenge

| Command             | What it does                                                                       |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `/nuzlocke`         | Shows your current run, or how to start one                                        |
| `/nuzlocke start`   | Start a run (you'll be asked to confirm)                                           |
| `/nuzlocke battle`  | Fight your next leader                                                             |
| `/nuzlocke status`  | Your progress                                                                      |
| `/nuzlocke lineup`  | This week's 8 leaders                                                              |
| `/nuzlocke rewards` | What you can win                                                                   |
| `/nuzlocke quit`    | End your run early and keep your team. Your attempt for the week is still used up. |

Each battle takes you to an arena in the leader's region, and you're sent back when it's over.

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## 🔁 Second Chance

Lost your run? You can buy **one more attempt** that week from the **Nuzlocke Reset** NPC for **$500,000**.

* Only if your run **ended in a loss**. A run you finished or quit doesn't qualify.
* **Once per week.** Lose your second attempt and you'll have to wait for Friday's reset.
* You'll need a new team of 6, since your old one is gone.

Talk to the NPC, then click again to confirm. `/nuzlocke` tells you when a Second Chance is available.

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## 🏆 Rewards

**For every leader you beat:** $10,000 multiplied by how many leaders you've beaten so far. That's $10,000 for the first, $20,000 for the second, and so on up to $80,000 for the eighth.

**For clearing all 8**, the whole server hears about it, and you get:

| Reward                           | Chance |
| -------------------------------- | ------ |
| Master Ball                      | Always |
| 30 Battle Points **or** 50 Glory | Always |
| 3 Mega Stone Crate keys          | Always |
| Hat Crate key                    | Always |
| 2 Shiny Crate keys               | 35%    |
| Plushie Crate key                | 30%    |
| 2 Relic Coin Sacks               | 30%    |
| Paradox Crate key                | 25%    |
| Ultra Beast Crate key            | 25%    |
| Legendary Crate key              | 10%    |
| Radiant Crate key                | 8%     |
| Shiny Card                       | 2%     |
| Alpha Card                       | 2%     |
