Nuzlocke Tracker

Pokémon Pearl Nuzlocke Guide

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

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

Pokémon Pearl has 58 different encounter locations with 193 different Pokémon available as wild encounters. Hover over a Pokémon to see where to encounter it!

3 Dragon Pokémon encounters

5 Fire Pokémon encounters

5 Steel Pokémon encounters

6 Ice Pokémon encounters

7 Ghost Pokémon encounters

8 Rock Pokémon encounters

9 Fighting Pokémon encounters

9 Dark Pokémon encounters

13 Electric Pokémon encounters

16 Grass Pokémon encounters

18 Bug Pokémon encounters

18 Ground Pokémon encounters

21 Flying Pokémon encounters

21 Psychic Pokémon encounters

23 Normal Pokémon encounters

25 Poison Pokémon encounters

42 Water Pokémon encounters

3Dragon Pokémon
DRAGON

5Fire Pokémon
FIRE

5Steel Pokémon
STEEL

6Ice Pokémon
ICE

7Ghost Pokémon
GHOST

8Rock Pokémon
ROCK

9Fighting Pokémon
FIGHTING

9Dark Pokémon
DARK

13Electric Pokémon
ELECTRIC

16Grass Pokémon
GRASS

18Bug Pokémon
BUG

18Ground Pokémon
GROUND

21Flying Pokémon
FLYING

21Psychic Pokémon
PSYCHIC

23Normal Pokémon
NORMAL

25Poison Pokémon
POISON

42Water Pokémon
WATER

Pearl Boss Battles

In order to complete a Pearl Nuzlocke and become the Champion, you will need to win 26 Boss battles throughout the Sinnoh 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 Barry's Starly to Lucian's Bronzong.

8 Gym Leader fights

5 Elite Four fights

5 Rival fights

8 Evil Team 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 Barry might have a fire type to take advantage!

Gym Leader fights

Elite Four fights

Rival fights

Evil Team fights

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