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Pokémon Unbound Nuzlocke Guide

This guide contains useful information the Fan Game Unbound Nuzlockes. It describes the story, some of the game's unique features, lists available Pokémon, the number of encounters, and detailed overviews of all Boss battles.

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Welcome to the Pokémon Unbound Nuzlocke guide. Pokémon Unbound is a fan-made game set in the Borrius region with a unique story and challenging gameplay. Your mission is to protect the region from the Shadows, an organization trying to release a dark force that was sealed away centuries ago.

Key Features

Revamped Game Engine

This game has a custom battle engine that matches the quality of Gen 8, with a seamless gameplay experience. You can catch your favorite Pokémon from Gen 1 to 7, and enjoy various quality-of-life features like Unlimited Bag Space, Auto-Run, and Daily Raids.

No more HM Slaves

There's a brand new HM system that allows any Pokemon that can learn an HM to use it in the overworld, which means you don't have to carry HM slaves.

Additional Content

There are over 80 unique missions that players can explore, character customization options with up to 300 combinations of skin tones, hair colors, and outfit colors, and several mini-games such as Cloud Burst, Safari Sniper, and Underground Mining. The game includes plenty of events throughout the day, some of which can only be experienced at certain times. Plus, there are rich post-game features, like battling in Pokemon Unbound's battle facilities, catching legendary Pokemon, and more.

Difficulty settings

The game has four different difficulty modes, ranging from Easy to Insane, so players can select the mode that suits their level of challenge and play style. This ensures that everyone can enjoy the game at their own pace.

This guide covers the Difficulty mode and there's a guide for Expert mode available here

Insane and Easy guides coming soon!

So gear up, trainer, and get ready to embark on an epic Nuzlocke journey through the Borrius region in Pokémon Unbound in this brilliant Fan Game!

Unbound Encounters

A fun aspect of Nuzlocke runs is the variety of encounters forcing you to try out new Pokémon you've never used before. That is why it's important to know which Pokémon will be available during a run. We've compiled a list of every encounter for Pokémon Unbound so you can quickly see who you might want on your team!

Pokémon Unbound has 61 different encounter locations with 467 different Pokémon available as wild encounters. Hover over a Pokémon to see where to encounter it!

21 Fairy Pokémon encounters

21 Fighting Pokémon encounters

23 Dragon Pokémon encounters

25 Dark Pokémon encounters

27 Ghost Pokémon encounters

28 Steel Pokémon encounters

31 Fire Pokémon encounters

32 Psychic Pokémon encounters

33 Ice Pokémon encounters

34 Electric Pokémon encounters

40 Bug Pokémon encounters

40 Rock Pokémon encounters

44 Poison Pokémon encounters

47 Grass Pokémon encounters

48 Flying Pokémon encounters

48 Ground Pokémon encounters

53 Normal Pokémon encounters

99 Water Pokémon encounters

21Fairy Pokémon
FAIRY

21Fighting Pokémon
FIGHTING

23Dragon Pokémon
DRAGON

25Dark Pokémon
DARK

27Ghost Pokémon
GHOST

28Steel Pokémon
STEEL

31Fire Pokémon
FIRE

32Psychic Pokémon
PSYCHIC

33Ice Pokémon
ICE

34Electric Pokémon
ELECTRIC

40Bug Pokémon
BUG

40Rock Pokémon
ROCK

44Poison Pokémon
POISON

47Grass Pokémon
GRASS

48Flying Pokémon
FLYING

48Ground Pokémon
GROUND

53Normal Pokémon
NORMAL

99Water Pokémon
WATER

Unbound Boss Battles

In order to complete a Unbound Nuzlocke and become the Champion, you will need to win 31 Boss battles throughout the Borrius region - ranging from bickering Rival & Evil team fights, to Gym Leaders & ultimately the Elite Four.

These can be a challenge, especially when your dear nicknamed nuzlocke mons are at risk. So below we've listed detailed overviews of all these fights! Giving you all the information you'll need to face everything from Rival's Larvitar to Penny's Sceptile.

8 Gym Leader fights

5 Elite Four fights

5 Rival fights

12 Evil Team fights

1 Mini Boss fight

Select your starter type

Like all Pokémon games, you will have to select a starter. The type will update some of the boss teams to match. For example, if your starter was a grass type Rival might have a fire type to take advantage!

Gym Leader fights

  • Mirskle - Dresco Town Gym

    Mirskle has a team of 3, made up of a level 21 floette, a level 20 gloom & a level 18 weedle. The level cap for this fight is level 21.

  • Vega - Crater Town Gym

    Vega has a team of 3, made up of a level 26 liepard, a level 27 absol & a level 25 sneasel. The level cap for this fight is level 27.

  • Alice - Blizzard City Gym

    Alice has a team of 4, made up of a level 32 dodrio, a level 31 gliscor, a level 33 crobat & a level 33 pinsir. The level cap for this fight is level 33.

  • Mel - Fallshore City Gym

    Mel has a team of 4, made up of a level 36 bewear, a level 37 heliolisk, a level 36 miltank & a level 37 lopunny. The level cap for this fight is level 37.

  • Galavan - Dehara City Gym

    Galavan has a team of 5, made up of a level 46 golem, a level 44 magneton, a level 45 eelektross, a level 46 manectric & a level 45 lanturn. The level cap for this fight is level 46.

  • Big Mo - Antisis City Gym

    Big Mo has a team of 5, made up of a level 52 conkeldurr, a level 52 pangoro, a level 53 mienshao, a level 52 hariyama & a level 53 lucario. The level cap for this fight is level 53.

  • Tessy - Polder Town Gym

    Tessy has a team of 5, made up of a level 56 toxapex, a level 57 armaldo, a level 58 kingdra, a level 57 seismitoad & a level 58 gyarados. The level cap for this fight is level 58.

  • Benjamin - Redwood Village Gym

    Benjamin has a team of 5, made up of a level 61 araquanid, a level 62 forretress, a level 61 drapion, a level 62 butterfree & a level 62 scizor. The level cap for this fight is level 62.

Elite Four fights

  • Moleman - Pokémon League

    Moleman has a team of 5, made up of a level 74 excadrill, a level 76 flygon, a level 76 sandslash, a level 74 quagsire & a level 75 gliscor. The level cap for this fight is level 76.

  • Elias - Pokémon League

    Elias has a team of 5, made up of a level 74 mimikyu, a level 75 aegislash, a level 75 trevenant, a level 76 chandelure & a level 76 banette. The level cap for this fight is level 76.

  • Arabella - Pokémon League

    Arabella has a team of 5, made up of a level 74 ribombee, a level 75 sylveon, a level 75 togekiss, a level 76 azumarill & a level 76 mawile. The level cap for this fight is level 76.

  • Penny - Pokémon League

    Penny has a team of 5, made up of a level 74 goodra, a level 75 tyrantrum, a level 75 kommo-o, a level 76 hydreigon & a level 76 sceptile. The level cap for this fight is level 76.

  • Jax - Pokémon League Champion

    Jax has a team of 6, made up of a level 76 salamence, a level 74 hitmontop, a level 75 magnezone, a level 74 gastrodon, a level 76 pyroar & a level 75 staraptor. The level cap for this fight is level 76.

Rival fights

  • Rival - Frozen Heights

    Rival has a team of 1, made up of a level 10 larvitar. The level cap for this fight is level 10.

  • Rival - Icicle Cave

    Rival has a team of 2, made up of a level 12 swinub & a level 13 larvitar. The level cap for this fight is level 13.

  • Rival - Frost Mountain

    Rival has a team of 3, made up of a level 32 toucannon, a level 32 swinub & a level 33 pupitar. The level cap for this fight is level 33.

  • Rival - Route 12

    Rival has a team of 5, made up of a level 45 toucannon, a level 46 mamoswine, a level 46 vaporeon, a level 47 pupitar & a level 46 fraxure. The level cap for this fight is level 47.

  • Rival - Magnolia Town

    Rival has a team of 5, made up of a level 61 toucannon, a level 63 mamoswine, a level 62 vaporeon, a level 63 haxorus & a level 65 tyranitar. The level cap for this fight is level 65.

Evil Team fights

  • Shadow Admin Marlon & Grunt - Cinder Volcano

    Shadow Admin Marlon & Grunt has a team of 4, made up of a level 26 duskull, a level 27 cacnea, a level 28 swoobat & a level 26 sableye. The level cap for this fight is level 28.

  • Shadow Admin Ivory - Cinder Volcano

    Shadow Admin Ivory has a team of 3, made up of a level 33 misdreavus, a level 34 kadabra & a level 32 vullaby. The level cap for this fight is level 34.

  • Shadow Boss Zeph - Cinder Volcano

    Shadow Boss Zeph has a team of 1, made up of a level 33 houndoom. The level cap for this fight is level 33.

  • Shadow Admin Ivory & Grunt - Underground Passage

    Shadow Admin Ivory & Grunt has a team of 5, made up of a level 38 incineroar, a level 35 gourgeist, a level 36 mismagius, a level 36 raticate & a level 37 alakazam. The level cap for this fight is level 38.

  • Shadow Admin Marlon - Thunder Cap Mt.

    Shadow Admin Marlon has a team of 5, made up of a level 39 zapdos, a level 41 dusclops, a level 40 cacturne, a level 39 swoobat & a level 41 krookodile. The level cap for this fight is level 41.

  • Ruin Agent Vega & Grunt - Ruins of Void

    Ruin Agent Vega & Grunt has a team of 6, made up of a level 45 liepard, a level 38 floette, a level 46 honchkrow, a level 39 sylveon, a level 47 absol & a level 38 ribombee. The level cap for this fight is level 47.

  • Shadow Boss Zeph - Shadow Base

    Shadow Boss Zeph has a team of 5, made up of a level 45 mightyena, a level 45 gengar, a level 46 umbreon, a level 44 exploud & a level 46 decidueye. The level cap for this fight is level 46.

  • Ruin Leader Aklove - Vivill Warehouse

    Ruin Leader Aklove has a team of 5, made up of a level 51 klefki, a level 51 roserade, a level 52 primarina, a level 52 togekiss & a level 53 hoopa. The level cap for this fight is level 53.

  • Ruin Admin Ivory - Crystal Peak

    Ruin Admin Ivory has a team of 5, made up of a level 60 toxicroak, a level 61 mismagius, a level 62 incineroar, a level 62 alakazam & a level 61 mandibuzz. The level cap for this fight is level 62.

  • Ruin Leader Aklove - Crystal Peak

    Ruin Leader Aklove has a team of 5, made up of a level 60 klefki, a level 62 primarina, a level 61 roserade, a level 62 gardevoir & a level 61 raichu. The level cap for this fight is level 62.

  • Ex-Shadow Admin Marlon - Crystal Peak

    Ex-Shadow Admin Marlon has a team of 5, made up of a level 62 krookodile, a level 60 swoobat, a level 61 machamp, a level 61 dusknoir & a level 62 sharpedo. The level cap for this fight is level 62.

  • Ruin Leader Aklove - Ruins of Void

    Ruin Leader Aklove has a team of 6, made up of a level 70 klefki, a level 74 primarina, a level 72 roserade, a level 71 togekiss, a level 73 raichu & a level 74 gardevoir. The level cap for this fight is level 74.

Mini Boss fights

  • Successor Maxima - Tramigan Mansion

    Successor Maxima has a team of 5, made up of a level 39 wigglytuff, a level 39 delphox, a level 40 empoleon, a level 40 ninetales & a level 41 altaria. The level cap for this fight is level 41.

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