Boss Pokémon

Boss Pokémon are rare types of Pokémon. They are stronger and larger than normal Pokémon, and fight more aggressively than normal Pokémon when in battle. They cannot be captured, but can drop several rare items upon defeat.

Levels

Boss Pokémon do not display levels above their heads, unlike normal Pokémon. Instead, their levels are scaled based on the highest-level Pokémon in the player's party when the boss Pokémon is engaged in battle.

Boss Pokémon have colored text that shows above them, which lacks a level and can be seen from farther away than the overhead text above normal Pokémon. This text indicates the level advantage compared to the player's highest-level Pokémon that the boss Pokémon will be.

The following table displays the level advantage that each type of boss Pokémon will have over the player's highest-level Pokémon.

Name	Color	Level Multiplier	Levels Above
Common	Standard	1	5
Uncommon	Green	1	10
Rare	Blue	1	20
Epic	Purple	1	30
Legendary	Gold	1	40
Ultimate	Cyan	1	50
Haunted	Lavender	1.25	3
Drowned	Teal	1	20

For example, if the player's highest-level Pokémon is level 90, a rare (blue label) boss Pokémon will be level 110 (Boss pokemon are able to exceed the normal maximum level). However, if the player's highest-level Pokémon is level 60, the same rare boss Pokémon will instead be level 80. The moveset of a wild boss Pokémon may change with each battle (if a player escapes from or is defeated by the boss Pokémon); however, its growth, nature, ability, and IVs will not change between encounters.

Types

There are two different types of boss Pokémon, each spawning in different ways:

Mega Evolved Boss Pokémon

A Mega Evolved boss Pokémon will attempt to spawn once every 10000 ticks (8.33 minutes), with a 30% chance of success (with default config settings). The species of Mega Evolution is randomly selected from all existing Mega Evolutions that can spawn in the spawn location, noting that these spawn locations may differ from regular pokemon of that species (a full list can be found here). Mega evolved boss Pokémon can only naturally spawn as epic, legendary and ultimate bosses.

Mega Evolved boss Pokémon can be spawned with the /pokespawn command with the regular form of the Pokémon and the boss:[epic-ultimate] argument. For example, an ultimate boss Mega Venusaur can be spawned with the command, /pokespawn venusaur boss:ultimate).

Colored Boss Pokémon

These boss Pokémon spawn within the world with a random chance on each spawn (by default, 1/256). The two exceptions to this are haunted bosses and drowned bosses, which spawn in haunted towers and the special quest "The Drowned", respectively.

Bosses of uncommon tier or above are tinted according to the type of boss Pokémon that they are (this tint is not to be confused with a shiny pokemon or a special palette). Common, uncommon, rare, epic and haunted boss Pokémon will have their regular palette, while legendary, ultimate and drowned boss Pokémon will be shiny.

Drops

Boss Pokémon can drop several rare items after they are defeated. Different boss Pokémon tiers have different possible drops, but all of them can drop up to three different items (one from each group), as well as the non-boss drops for that species (for example, a boss Venusaur will drop vines).

Common Boss Pokémon

Group 1: 100% Chance	Group 2: 100% Chance	Group 3: 25% Chance
XS Exp. Candy	X Attack	Old Rod
S Exp. Candy	X Defense	Leftovers
Dynamax Candy	X Sp. Atk	Fire Stone
Rare Candy	X Sp. Def	Water Stone
	X Speed	Leaf Stone
	X Accuracy	Thunder Stone
	Guard Spec
	Film
	Air Balloon
	Light Clay
	Mental Herb
	Power Herb
	White Herb
	Sticky Barb
	Weakness Policy
	Blunder Policy
	Repel
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Uncommon Boss Pokémon

Group 1: 100% Chance	Group 2: 100% Chance	Group 3: 25% Chance
S Exp. Candy	Safety Goggles	Old Rod
M Exp. Candy	Toxic Orb	Up-Grade
Dynamax Candy	Flame Orb	Fire Stone
Rare Candy	Life Orb	Water Stone
	Eviolite	Leaf Stone
	Heavy-Duty Boots	Thunder Stone
	Protective Pads	Moon Stone
	Throat Spray	Sun Stone
	Room Service	Dawn Stone
	Red Card	Dusk Stone
	Rocky Helmet	Shiny Stone
	Assault Vest	Ice Stone
	Wide Lens
	Scope Lens
	Zoom Lens
	Super Repel
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Rare Boss Pokémon

Group 1: 100% Chance	Group 2: 100% Chance	Group 3: 25% Chance
M Exp. Candy	PP Up	Good Rod
L Exp. Candy	PP Max	Lucky Egg
Dynamax Candy	Calcium	Dubious Disc
Rare Candy	Carbos	Linking Cord
	HP Up	Gracidea
	Iron	Reveal Glass
	Protein	DNA Splicers
	Zinc	Scroll of Darkness
	Choice Band	Scroll of Waters
	Choice Scarf	Exp. Share
	Choice Specs
	Everstone
	Destiny Knot
	Focus Sash
	Focus Band
	Macho Brace
	Power Anklet
	Power Band
	Power Belt
	Power Lens
	Power Weight
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Epic Boss Pokémon

Group 1: 100% Chance	Group 2: 100% Chance	Group 3: 25% Chance
M Exp. Candy	Buginium Z	Good Rod
L Exp. Candy	Darkinium Z	Lucky Egg
XL Exp. Candy	Dragonium Z	Silver Bottle Cap
Dynamax Candy	Electrium Z	Amulet Coin
Rare Candy	Fairium Z	Rare Candy
	Fightinium Z	Exp. Share
	Firium Z
	Flyinium Z
	Ghostium Z
	Grassium Z
	Groundium Z
	Icium Z
	Normalium Z
	Poisonium Z
	Psychium Z
	Rockium Z
	Steelium Z
	Waterium Z

Legendary Boss Pokémon

Group 1: 100% Chance	Group 2: 100% Chance	Group 3: 25% Chance
L Exp. Candy	Draco Plate	Super Rod
XL Exp. Candy	Dread Plate	Nether Star
Dynamax Candy	Earth Plate	Silver Bottle Cap
Rare Candy	Fist Plate	Isi's Copper Hourglass
	Flame Plate	Ras Silver Lens
	Icicle Plate	Master Ball
	Insect Plate	Exp. Share
	Iron Plate
	Meadow Plate
	Mind Plate
	Pixie Plate
	Sky Plate
	Splash Plate
	Spooky Plate
	Stone Plate
	Toxic Plate
	Zap Plate

Ultimate Boss Pokémon

Group 1: 100% Chance	Group 2: 100% Chance	Group 3: 25% Chance
XL Exp. Candy	Lunalium Z	Super Rod
Dynamax Candy	Marshadium Z	Nether Star
Rare Candy	Mewnium Z	Elytra
	Solganium Z	Gold Bottle Cap
	Tapunium Z	Silver Bottle Cap
	Ultranecrozium Z	Ability Patch
	Orb	Isi's Silver Hourglass
	Adamant Orb	Ras Golden Lens
	Lustrous Orb	Master Ball
	Griseous Orb	Exp. All
	Omega Shard
	Alpha Shard

Spooky Boss Pokémon

Group 1: 100% Chance	Group 2: 100% Chance	Group 3: 25% Chance
XS Exp. Candy	PP Up	Old Rod
S Exp. Candy	PP Max	Up-Grade
M Exp. Candy	Calcium	Fire Stone
Dynamax Candy	Carbos	Water Stone
Rare Candy	HP Up	Leaf Stone
	Iron	Thunder Stone
	Protein	Moon Stone
	Zinc	Sun Stone
	Fire Stone	Dawn Stone
	Water Stone	Dusk Stone
	Leaf Stone	Shiny Stone
	Thunder Stone	Ice Stone
	Moon Stone
	Sun Stone
	Dawn Stone
	Dusk Stone
	Shiny Stone
	Ice Stone
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Drowned Boss Pokémon

Drowned pokemon currently have no special drops.

Mega Evolved Boss Pokémon

When a player first defeats a Mega Evolved boss Pokémon, the player will gain access to a Mega Bracelet, an accessory required to trigger Mega Evolution.

Mega Evolved Boss Pokémon can also drop the corresponding Mega Stones required for the boss Pokémon's Mega Evolution. The first defeated Mega Evolved Boss Pokémon of each Pokémon species will always drop its Mega Stone, while subsequent boss Pokémon defeats will have a chance of dropping the corresponding Mega Stone again.

Boss Tier	Drop Rate
Epic	1/40
Legendary	1/20
Ultimate	1/10

For example, a player who has not obtained any Mega Stones or a Mega Bracelet defeats a boss Mega Venusaur. The Venusaur is guaranteed to yield a Mega Bracelet and a Venusaurite. If the player finds another boss Mega Venusaur, there is a chance that the boss will drop a second Venusaurite for the player upon defeat. If the player later finds a boss Mega Blastoise, the Blastoise will be guaranteed to drop a Blastoisinite because it is the first Mega Blastoise that the player has defeated.

Other

In addition to their regular drops, boss pokemon have a chance to drop a rare candy upon defeat. This Rare Candy may stack with others in the regular drop pool, meaning it is possible to recieve multiple rare candies from the same boss pokemon.

Config settings

For config options regarding boss spawning, see this page.