Nuzlocke Tracker

Pokémon Scarlet Nuzlocke Guide

This guide contains useful information for a Scarlet Nuzlocke. Lists of all of the available Pokémon, the number of encounters, and detailed overviews of all Boss battles.

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Nuzlocking is a fun and challenging way to play Pokemon games, and Pokemon Scarlet and Violet is no exception. However, with the game's open-world design and overworld encounters, the traditional method of random encounters can be difficult to implement. Fortunately, there's where Nuzlocke.app can help!

Adapating to the open world

But if you still enjoy the randomisation and variety that comes from a nuzlocke, there are a few ways that you can adapt the rules to accommodate Pokemon Scarlet & Violet's open world.

Pre-select your encounters

Randomized encounters

You can use the Nuzlocke.app tracker and select the Randomize feature when making a new game. This will pre-select an available from each location for you to encounter and "hide" them in tall grass under you're ready to reveal them!

Raid dens

Another interesting way to randomise your encounters in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet is to use the new Tera Raid Dens. There are loads of them scattered around every location and you have no idea what will be in it until you arrive.

Close your eyes

Once you reach a new location, try closing your eyes and wandering around randomly until you hear the familiar sound of battle music. It's a little bit lo-fi but it gets the job done!

Regardless of how you choose to randomize your run, you'll want to use the Nuzlocke.app tracker to help plan your team and prepare for the game's challenging boss fights. You'll find full teams, movesets, and stats for all bosses below, giving you the best chance of keeping your team alive and emerging victorious!

So, what are you waiting for? Grab your Pokeballs and your sense of adventure, and get ready to embark on a journey like no other in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Nuzlocke!

Scarlet 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 Scarlet so you can quickly see who you might want on your team!

Pokémon Scarlet has 32 different encounter locations with 319 different Pokémon available as wild encounters. Hover over a Pokémon to see where to encounter it!

14 Rock Pokémon encounters

16 Steel Pokémon encounters

17 Ice Pokémon encounters

20 Fighting Pokémon encounters

20 Fire Pokémon encounters

21 Fairy Pokémon encounters

22 Electric Pokémon encounters

23 Ghost Pokémon encounters

23 Dragon Pokémon encounters

26 Bug Pokémon encounters

27 Poison Pokémon encounters

29 Psychic Pokémon encounters

30 Ground Pokémon encounters

32 Dark Pokémon encounters

33 Grass Pokémon encounters

38 Flying Pokémon encounters

41 Water Pokémon encounters

44 Normal Pokémon encounters

14Rock Pokémon
ROCK

16Steel Pokémon
STEEL

17Ice Pokémon
ICE

20Fighting Pokémon
FIGHTING

20Fire Pokémon
FIRE

21Fairy Pokémon
FAIRY

22Electric Pokémon
ELECTRIC

23Ghost Pokémon
GHOST

23Dragon Pokémon
DRAGON

26Bug Pokémon
BUG

27Poison Pokémon
POISON

29Psychic Pokémon
PSYCHIC

30Ground Pokémon
GROUND

32Dark Pokémon
DARK

33Grass Pokémon
GRASS

38Flying Pokémon
FLYING

41Water Pokémon
WATER

44Normal Pokémon
NORMAL

Scarlet Boss Battles

In order to complete a Scarlet Nuzlocke and become the Champion, you will need to win 32 Boss battles throughout the Paldea 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 Nemona's Sprigatito to Hassel's Baxcalibur.

8 Gym Leader fights

5 Elite Four fights

7 Rival fights

7 Evil Team fights

5 Titan fights

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 Nemona might have a fire type to take advantage!

Gym Leader fights

  • Katy - Cortondo City

    Katy has a team of 3, made up of a level 14 nymble, a level 14 tarountula & a level 15 teddiursa. The level cap for this fight is level 15.

  • Brassius - Artazon City

    Brassius has a team of 3, made up of a level 16 petilil, a level 16 smoliv & a level 17 sudowoodo. The level cap for this fight is level 17.

  • Iono - Levincia City

    Iono has a team of 4, made up of a level 23 wattrel, a level 23 bellibolt, a level 23 luxio & a level 24 mismagius. The level cap for this fight is level 24.

  • Kofu - Cascarrafa City

    Kofu has a team of 3, made up of a level 29 veluza, a level 29 wugtrio & a level 30 crabominable. The level cap for this fight is level 30.

  • Larry - Medali City

    Larry has a team of 3, made up of a level 35 komala, a level 35 dudunsparce & a level 36 staraptor. The level cap for this fight is level 36.

  • Ryme - Montenevera City

    Ryme has a team of 4, made up of a level 41 banette, a level 41 mimikyu, a level 41 houndstone & a level 42 toxtricity. The level cap for this fight is level 42.

  • Tulip - Alfornada City

    Tulip has a team of 4, made up of a level 44 farigiraf, a level 44 gardevoir, a level 44 espathra & a level 45 florges. The level cap for this fight is level 45.

  • Grusha - Glaseado City

    Grusha has a team of 4, made up of a level 47 frosmoth, a level 47 beartic, a level 47 cetitan & a level 48 altaria. The level cap for this fight is level 48.

Elite Four fights

  • Rika - Elite Four

    Rika has a team of 5, made up of a level 57 whiscash, a level 57 camerupt, a level 57 donphan, a level 57 dugtrio & a level 58 clodsire. The level cap for this fight is level 58.

  • Poppy - Elite Four

    Poppy has a team of 5, made up of a level 58 copperajah, a level 58 magnezone, a level 58 bronzong, a level 58 corviknight & a level 58 tinkaton. The level cap for this fight is level 58.

  • Larry - Elite Four

    Larry has a team of 5, made up of a level 59 tropius, a level 59 oricorio, a level 59 altaria, a level 59 staraptor & a level 60 flamigo. The level cap for this fight is level 60.

  • Hassel - Elite Four

    Hassel has a team of 5, made up of a level 60 noivern, a level 60 haxorus, a level 60 dragalge, a level 60 flapple & a level 61 baxcalibur. The level cap for this fight is level 61.

  • Geeta - Top Champion

    Geeta has a team of 6, made up of a level 61 espathra, a level 61 gogoat, a level 61 veluza, a level 61 avalugg, a level 61 kingambit & a level 62 glimmora. The level cap for this fight is level 62.

Rival fights

  • Nemona - Poco Path

    Nemona has a team of 1, made up of a level 5 sprigatito. The level cap for this fight is level 5.

  • Nemona - Mesagoza

    Nemona has a team of 2, made up of a level 8 sprigatito & a level 9 pawmi. The level cap for this fight is level 9.

  • Nemona - Levincia City

    Nemona has a team of 3, made up of a level 21 rockruff, a level 21 pawmi & a level 22 floragato. The level cap for this fight is level 22.

  • Nemona - Medali

    Nemona has a team of 4, made up of a level 36 lycanroc, a level 36 goomy, a level 36 pawmo & a level 37 meowscarada. The level cap for this fight is level 37.

  • Nemona - Alfornada City

    Nemona has a team of 4, made up of a level 42 lycanroc, a level 42 sliggoo, a level 42 pawmot & a level 43 meowscarada. The level cap for this fight is level 43.

  • Arven - Poco Path Lighthouse

    Arven has a team of 6, made up of a level 58 greedent, a level 59 cloyster, a level 60 scovillain, a level 61 toedscruel, a level 62 garganacl & a level 63 mabosstiff. The level cap for this fight is level 63.

  • Nemona - Mesagoza

    Nemona has a team of 6, made up of a level 65 lycanroc, a level 65 goodra, a level 65 dudunsparce, a level 65 orthworm, a level 65 pawmot & a level 66 meowscarada. The level cap for this fight is level 66.

Evil Team fights

  • Giacomo - Team Star Dark

    Giacomo has a team of 2, made up of a level 21 pawniard & a level 20 revavroom. The level cap for this fight is level 21.

  • Mela - Team Star Fire

    Mela has a team of 2, made up of a level 27 torkoal & a level 26 revavroom. The level cap for this fight is level 27.

  • Atticus - Team Star Poison

    Atticus has a team of 4, made up of a level 32 skuntank, a level 32 muk, a level 33 revavroom & a level 32 revavroom. The level cap for this fight is level 33.

  • Ortega - Team Star Fairy

    Ortega has a team of 4, made up of a level 50 azumarill, a level 50 wigglytuff, a level 51 dachsbun & a level 50 revavroom. The level cap for this fight is level 51.

  • Eri - Team Star Fighting

    Eri has a team of 5, made up of a level 55 toxicroak, a level 55 passimian, a level 55 lucario, a level 56 annihilape & a level 56 revavroom. The level cap for this fight is level 56.

  • Clive - Mesagoza

    Clive has a team of 6, made up of a level 60 oranguru, a level 60 abomasnow, a level 60 polteageist, a level 60 houndoom, a level 60 amoonguss & a level 61 quaquaval. The level cap for this fight is level 61.

  • Penny - Mesagoza

    Penny has a team of 6, made up of a level 62 umbreon, a level 62 vaporeon, a level 62 jolteon, a level 62 flareon, a level 62 leafeon & a level 63 sylveon. The level cap for this fight is level 63.

Titan fights

  • Klawf - South Province (A3)

    Klawf has a team of 1, made up of a level 16 klawf. The level cap for this fight is level 16.

  • Bombirdier - Weat Province (A1)

    Bombirdier has a team of 1, made up of a level 20 bombirdier. The level cap for this fight is level 20.

  • Orthworm - East Province (A3)

    Orthworm has a team of 1, made up of a level 29 orthworm. The level cap for this fight is level 29.

  • Great Tusk - Asado Desert

    Great Tusk has a team of 1, made up of a level 45 great-tusk. The level cap for this fight is level 45.

  • Tatsugiri - Casseroya Lake

    Tatsugiri has a team of 1, made up of a level 57 tatsugiri. The level cap for this fight is level 57.

Now that you're ready to take on the Pokémon Scarlet Nuzlocke Challenge, why not keep track of all your encounters with the Nuzlocke Tracker?

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