Survival Mode
Survival Mode (Japanese: ポケロード Poké Road) is a Pokémon Shuffle area that challenges players to clear a series of 60 stages, without being able to alter their initial selection of Support Pokémon. It was added in version 1.3.0 (March 23, 2016) for Shuffle 3DS, and version 1.6.0 (April 26, 2016) for Shuffle Mobile.
Survival Mode is unlocked after players clear the first 150 main stages. These main stages do not need to be defeated at any specific Rank, unlike unlocking Expert Stages.
One run of Survival mode costs Hearts ×3. When starting the mode, players select an initial team of up to 4 Support Pokémon, which cannot be changed until that run of Survival Mode ends.
The stages that can appear are selected from the first 300 main stages in a semi-random fashion. Certain stage numbers are guaranteed to be a specific Pokémon - usually a boss - while the in-between stages are randomly selected from sets of main stages. Each stage's HP and disruption patterns are the same as they would be in their original main-stage form. However, Pokémon cannot be caught in Survival Mode.
Before starting a stage, the player has the option to spend Coins on items, similar to normal play. However, only the " Exp. Points ×1.5", " Mega Start", and occasionally " Disruption Delay" items are available for purchase.
Players are initially given 5 moves to use in stage 1, and are granted 5 additional moves (called "victor's bonus moves 5") at the end of each stage. Remaining moves are carried over to subsequent stages. Survival Mode will end when the player runs out of moves without defeating the foe, or when the player clears the final stage, which is stage 60.
Survival Mode also offers the ability for players to "Take a Break" between stages. Selecting this option pauses the current Survival Mode challenge, and creates a "temporary save point". Players may have only one temporary save point at a time, and cannot use other Pokémon Shuffle play modes while a temporary save point exists. Players are forced to return to their Survival Mode save point once they restart Pokémon Shuffle, or their temporary save point will be erased.
In Survival Mode's original implementation, it was composed of 50 stages, selected from the first 150 main stages. On July 25, 2017, Survival Mode was revamped to increase its difficulty and rewards: the range of main stages was increased to the first 300, the amount of stages in the challenge was extended to 60, and the quality and amount of Enhancement rewards was increased. However, the unlock requirement stayed the same: clearing the first 150 main stages.
Rewards
Coins and Experience
Each stage cleared in Survival Mode grants these immediate rewards:
- Coins ×20.
- 2 Experience to all Pokémon on the team. The Pokémon who was matched the most during the stage, indicated by a crown, receives 4 experience instead.
- If a stage ends in failure, 1 experience is granted instead. (The crown does not appear in this case.)
Milestone rewards
Clearing certain stage milestones will grant Enhancements, with different rewards for the first and subsequent times each milestone is reached.
Level | 1st time reward | Afterward |
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10 | Exp. Booster M ×1 | Exp. Booster S ×1 |
20 | Raise Max Level ×1 | Exp. Booster S ×2 |
25 | Exp. Booster M ×1 | Exp. Booster S ×3 |
30 | Raise Max Level ×1 | Exp. Booster M ×1 |
35 | Exp. Booster L ×1 | Exp. Booster M ×2 |
40 | Raise Max Level ×2 | Exp. Booster M ×2 |
45 | Exp. Booster L ×1 | Exp. Booster M ×3 |
50 | Raise Max Level ×5 | Exp. Booster L ×1 |
55 | Skill Booster L ×1 | Exp. Booster L ×1 |
60 | Raise Max Level ×10 | Skill Booster S ×1 |
Level | 1st time reward | Afterward |
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10 | Exp. Booster M ×1 | Exp. Booster S ×1 |
20 | Exp. Booster L ×1 | Exp. Booster S ×2 |
25 | N/A | N/A |
30 | Raise Max Level ×1 | Exp. Booster S ×3 |
35 | Level Up ×1 | Exp. Booster M ×1 |
40 | Raise Max Level ×1 | Exp. Booster M ×2 |
45 | Level Up ×1 | Exp. Booster M ×3 |
50 | Raise Max Level ×3 | Exp. Booster L ×1 |
Survival Mode can be completed repeatedly to collect a large amount of experience in the form of boosters: up to 3,900 experience-as-boosters can be obtained from a 55-stage run (excluding the last 5 stages, as the final reward is a skill booster).
Stages
The sequence of stages is not completely random for Survival Mode. Some stages are set, while the others are random within a specified set of stages.
Current version
Survival Mode Stage |
Equivalent main stage | Pokémon | Reward | Disruption | Notes |
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SM1 | Stage 5 | Eevee from Puerto Blanco | none | ||
SM2 | Stage 10 | Mega Audino from Puerto Blanco | yes | Disruptions follow these patterns:
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SM3 | Stage 11-147 | Randomly selected from Sandy Bazaar, Night Festival, Isla Asul, Rainbow Park, Galerie Rouge, Sweet Strasse, Silbern Museum, Mt. Vinter, Castle Noapte, and Jungle Verde. | possible | ||
SM4 | Stage 45 | Mega Slowbro from Isla Asul | yes | Disruptions follow these patterns:
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SM5 | Stage 11-147 | Randomly selected from Sandy Bazaar, Night Festival, Isla Asul, Rainbow Park, Galerie Rouge, Sweet Strasse, Silbern Museum, Mt. Vinter, Castle Noapte, and Jungle Verde | possible | ||
SM6 | Stage 105 | Mega Ampharos from Silbern Museum | yes |
The board starts with Barrier disruptions covering the bottom 4 rows. Disruptions follow these patterns:
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SM7 | Stage 11-147 | Randomly selected from Sandy Bazaar, Night Festival, Isla Asul, Rainbow Park, Galerie Rouge, Sweet Strasse, Silbern Museum, Mt. Vinter, Castle Noapte, and Jungle Verde | possible | ||
SM8 | Stage 135 | Mega Gengar from Castle Noapte | yes | Eevee is a 5th non-Support Pokémon.
Disruptions follow these patterns:
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SM9 | Stage 11-147 | Randomly selected from Sandy Bazaar, Night Festival, Isla Asul, Rainbow Park, Galerie Rouge, Sweet Strasse, Silbern Museum, Mt. Vinter, Castle Noapte, and Jungle Verde | possible | ||
SM10 | Stage 150 | Mega Mewtwo Y from Jungle Verde | yes | yes | Espeon is a 5th non-Support Pokémon.
Disruptions follow these patterns:
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SM11 | Stage 37 | Meowth from Isla Asul | yes | Disruptions follow these patterns:
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SM12 | Stage 11-147 | Randomly selected from Sandy Bazaar, Night Festival, Isla Asul, Rainbow Park, Galerie Rouge, Sweet Strasse, Silbern Museum, Mt. Vinter, Castle Noapte, and Jungle Verde | possible | ||
SM13-14 | Stage 151-209 | Randomly selected from Wacky Workshop and Pedra Valley | possible | ||
SM15 | Stage 104 | Aerodactyl from Silbern Museum | yes | Disruptions follow these patterns:
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SM16 | Stage 18 | Klefki from Sandy Bazaar | yes | ||
SM17 | Stage 11-147 | Randomly selected from Sandy Bazaar, Night Festival, Isla Asul, Rainbow Park, Galerie Rouge, Sweet Strasse, Silbern Museum, Mt. Vinter, Castle Noapte, and Jungle Verde | possible | ||
SM18-19 | Stage 151-209 | Randomly selected from Wacky Workshop and Pedra Valley | possible | ||
SM20 | Stage 180 | Mega Aerodactyl from Wacky Workshop | yes | yes | |
SM21 | Stage 44 | Pidgeotto from Isla Asul | yes | ||
SM22 | Stage 11-147 | Randomly selected from Sandy Bazaar, Night Festival, Isla Asul, Rainbow Park, Galerie Rouge, Sweet Strasse, Silbern Museum, Mt. Vinter, Castle Noapte, and Jungle Verde | possible | ||
SM23-24 | Stage 151-209 | Randomly selected from Wacky Workshop and Pedra Valley | possible | ||
SM25 | Stages 148 | Heracross from Jungle Verde | yes | yes | |
SM26 | Stage 26 | Chingling from Night Festival | yes | ||
SM27 | Stage 11-147 | Randomly selected from Sandy Bazaar, Night Festival, Isla Asul, Rainbow Park, Galerie Rouge, Sweet Strasse, Silbern Museum, Mt. Vinter, Castle Noapte, and Jungle Verde | possible | ||
SM28-29 | Stage 151-209 | Randomly selected from Wacky Workshop and Pedra Valley | possible | ||
SM30 | Stage 210 | Mega Heracross from Pedra Valley | yes | yes | Illumise is a 5th non-Support Pokémon. |
SM31 | Stage 64 | Dratini from Galerie Rouge | yes | ||
SM32 | Stage 1-147 | Randomly selected from Puerto Blanco, Sandy Bazaar, Night Festival, Isla Asul, Rainbow Park, Galerie Rouge, Sweet Strasse, Silbern Museum, Mt. Vinter, Castle Noapte, and Jungle Verde | possible | ||
SM33-34 | Stage 211-238 | Randomly selected from Albens Town | yes | ||
SM35 | Stage 230 | Medicham from Albens Town | yes | yes | |
SM36 | Stage 111 | Vanillish from Mt. Vinter | yes | ||
SM37 | Stage 1-147 | Randomly selected from Puerto Blanco, Sandy Bazaar, Night Festival, Isla Asul, Rainbow Park, Galerie Rouge, Sweet Strasse, Silbern Museum, Mt. Vinter, Castle Noapte, and Jungle Verde | possible | ||
SM38-39 | Stage 211-238 | Randomly selected from Albens Town | possible | ||
SM40 | Stage 240 | Mega Medicham from Albens Town | yes | yes | |
SM41 | Stage 178 | Tangela from Wacky Workshop | yes | ||
SM42-44 | Stage 1-147 | Randomly selected from Puerto Blanco, Sandy Bazaar, Night Festival, Isla Asul, Rainbow Park, Galerie Rouge, Sweet Strasse, Silbern Museum, Mt. Vinter, Castle Noapte, and Jungle Verde | possible | ||
SM45 | Stage 241-259 | Randomly selected from the first half of Roseus Center | yes | possible | |
SM46-49 | Stage 241-259 | Randomly selected from the first half of Roseus Center | possible | ||
SM50 | Stage 260 | Deoxys (Normal Forme) from Roseus Center | yes | yes | Deoxys (Normal Forme) is a 5th non-Support Pokémon. |
SM51 | Stage 54 | Vaporeon from Rainbow Park | yes | ||
SM52 | Stage 151-209 | Randomly selected from Wacky Workshop and Pedra Valley | possible | ||
SM53-54 | Stage 261-299 | Randomly selected from the second half of Roseus Center | possible | ||
SM55 | Stage 290 | Rayquaza from Roseus Center | yes | yes | |
SM56-57 | Stage 261-299 | Randomly selected from the second half of Roseus Center | possible | ||
SM58-59 | Stage 183-185 | Randomly selected Snorlax , Granbull , or Frogadier from Pedra Valley | yes | ||
SM60 | Stage 300 | Mega Rayquaza from Roseus Center | yes | yes | Rayquaza is a 5th non-Support Pokémon. |
Exclusions from random selection
When stages are randomly selected from a set, some stages are excluded from appearing:
Stage set | Exclusions | ||||
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11 - 147 | |||||
151 - 209 | |||||
1 - 147 |
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211 - 238 | |||||
241 - 259 |
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261 - 299 | |||||
Original version
This original sequence of stages was replaced with the July 25, 2017 update and is no longer available.
Survival Mode Stage |
Equivalent main stage | Pokémon | Reward | Disruption | Notes |
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SM1 | Stage 1-5 | Randomly selected from Puerto Blanco | none | includes Bulbasaur , Charmander , Eevee , Espurr , and Squirtle | |
SM2 | Stage 6-9 | Randomly selected from Puerto Blanco | possible | includes Audino , Pichu , Pidgey , and Togepi | |
SM3 | Stage 10 | Mega Audino from Puerto Blanco | yes | Breakable-rock disruption ×1 tile (Counter 0, 2) | |
SM4-5 | Stage 11-19 | Randomly selected from Sandy Bazaar | possible | ||
SM6 | Stage 20 | Mega Kangaskhan from Sandy Bazaar | yes | Breakable-rock disruption ×4 tiles (Counter 3) | |
SM7-9 | Stage 22-44 | Randomly selected from Night Festival & Isla Asul | possible | ||
SM10 | Stage 30 | Mega Sableye from Night Festival | yes | yes | Barrier disruption ×4 tiles (Counter 0, 4) |
SM11 | Stage 45 | Mega Slowbro from Isla Asul | yes | non-Support Pokémon disruption ×3 tiles with Slowpoke (Counter 0, 3) | |
SM12-14 | Stage 31-74 | Randomly selected from Isla Asul, Rainbow Park & Galerie Rouge | possible | ||
SM15 | Stage 103 | Raichu from Silbern Museum | yes | Barrier disruption encompassing every other column (Start) then ×2 tiles (Counter 3) | |
SM16 | Stage 31-74 | Randomly selected from Isla Asul, Rainbow Park & Galerie Rouge | yes | ||
SM17 | Stage 90 | Mega Mawile from Sweet Strasse | yes | Unbreakable-block disruption ×4 tiles twice then Barrier Disruption on a random row (Counter 2) | |
SM18-19 | Stage 76-89 | Randomly selected from Sweet Strasse | possible | ||
SM20 | Stage 75 | Mega Altaria from Galerie Rouge | yes | yes | Breakable-rock disruption ×5 tiles (Counter 0, 3) |
SM21-22 | Stage 1-74 | Randomly selected from Puerto Blanco, Sandy Bazaar, Night Festival, Isla Asul, Rainbow Park, Galerie Rouge | possible | ||
SM23-26 | Stage 46-74 | Randomly selected from Rainbow Park & Galerie Rouge | possible | ||
SM27 | Stage 60 | Mega Lopunny from Rainbow Park | yes | Breakable-rock disruption ×5 tiles (Counter 3) | |
SM28-29 | Stage 90-119 | Randomly selected from Silbern Museum & Mt. Vinter | possible | ||
SM30 | Stage 120 | Mega Glalie from Mt. Vinter | yes | yes | non-Support Pokémon disruption ×4 tiles twice with Snorunt then Barrier Disruption encompassing one or two random columns (Counter 2) |
SM31 | Stage 1-104 | Randomly selected from Puerto Blanco, Sandy Bazaar, Night Festival, Isla Asul, Rainbow Park, Galerie Rouge, Sweet Strasse & Silbern Museum | possible | ||
SM32-33 | Stage 76-104 | Randomly selected from Sweet Strasse & Silbern Museum | possible | ||
SM34-36 | Stage 129-131 | Randomly selected Zoroark , Ampharos , Mismagius from Castle Noapte without repeating the same opponent | possible | Zoroark: Unbreakable-block disruption in the two center columns (Counter 0) then non-Support Pokémon Disruptions ×3 tiles with Zorua (Counter 1) Ampharos: every other tile is a Barrier Disruption (Start) then non-Support Pokémon Disruption ×4 tiles with Flaaffy (Counter 15, 4) Mismagius: on-Support Pokémon Disruption ×5 tiles with Misdreavus (Counter 0, single time only) | |
SM37 | Stage 1-119 | Randomly selected from Puerto Blanco, Sandy Bazaar, Night Festival, Isla Asul, Rainbow Park, Galerie Rouge, Sweet Strasse, Silbern Museum & Mt. Vinter | possible | ||
SM38-39 | Stage 76-119 | Randomly selected from Sweet Strasse, Silbern Museum & Mt. Vinter | possible | ||
SM40 | Stage 105 | Mega Ampharos from Silbern Museum | yes | yes | Barrier disruption on bottom 4 rows (Start) then non-Support Pokémon Disruption ×5 tiles with Flaaffy (Counter 4) then Barrier Disruption ×5 tiles (Counter 3) |
SM41 | Stage 1-134 | Randomly selected from Puerto Blanco, Sandy Bazaar, Night Festival, Isla Asul, Rainbow Park, Galerie Rouge, Sweet Strasse, Silbern Museum, Mt. Vinter & Castle Noapte | possible | ||
SM42-44 | Stage 121-134 | Randomly selected from Castle Noapte | possible | ||
SM45 | Stage 135 | Mega Gengar from Castle Noapte | yes | yes | non-Support Pokémon disruption with Eevee that also falls in from the top (Start) then Barrier Disruption encompassing center two columns (Counter 3) then non-Support Pokémon Disruptions ×1 tile with Haunter three times (Counter 1) then repeat the Barrier and non-Support Pokémon Disruptions sequence |
SM46 | Stage 1-148 | Randomly selected from Puerto Blanco, Sandy Bazaar, Night Festival, Isla Asul, Rainbow Park, Galerie Rouge, Sweet Strasse, Silbern Museum, Mt. Vinter, Castle Noapte & Jungle Verde | possible | ||
SM47-49 | Stage 136-148 | Randomly selected from Jungle Verde | possible | ||
SM50 | Stage 150 | Mega Mewtwo Y from Jungle Verde | yes | yes | non-Support Pokémon disruption with Espeon that also falls in from the top (Start) then Unbreakable-block Disruption ×2-6 tiles then Barrier Disruption ×2 then repeating and mixing at random (Counter 2) |
Trivia
- During Survival Mode, the player is transported to the overworld zone for the real main stage. After Survival Mode ends, the player's last location is set to the Eevee stage in Puerto Blanco.
- After playing Survival Mode, the player's team will overwrite the saved team on all main stages played during the run. For example: the player's Survival Mode team is saved to the real Eevee stage in Puerto Blanco.
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