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Welcome to a world of pokemon, Pokemon Battle Arena (PBA)
A game created by Kyro.
Chapter 1: Getting Started
Hello! So this is your first day into the Pokemon world you say?
Well lets get you started.
Go to http://www.pokemonbattlearena.net/ to log in or sign up (if this is your first time) and then play!
This game may be hard and tricky when you just starting but you'll soon figure out.
This is a guide focused on lots of questions I have seen asked around in the chat box so I have decided to post this guide as my 2nd guide.
Chapter 2: Mirrors
Mirrors are like a different channels with different people.
There is:
- Mirror 1
- Mirror 2
- Mirror 3
- Mirror 4
- Mirror 5 (Premium Server)
Please note that to battle or trade (See Chapters 3 & 4) with a trainer you both need to be on the same mirror or else they won't see the request or you won't see the request!
Also, you can see people from all them mirrors but if you request them or they request you, you or they won't see it!
You can check which mirror your on in your URL:
Example: http://mirror02.pokemonbattlearena.net/members/
Chapter 3: Rules of the Game
I have chosen 10 rules that you will stick to in PBA!
1. Use proper grammar
2. Respect all staff members and other
3. Do not share accounts with other people as it is your fault if you cannot log in to your account
4. Do not use full caps in sentences, it will be annoying and gets more attention which is not fair to others who don't do all caps.
5. Do not use bad language and swear
6. No spamming, it is not allowed and staff members will not put up with this
7. Don't beg for Pokemon, money, or to be a moderator, most people will not answer to this
8. Do NOT pretend to be a moderator or another person because you will be banned for this
9. Do what your told by moderators and don't argue with them
10. Speak English unless you are in another language chat, this gets really annoying!
Chapter 4: Explore Section
Unlocked Maps
This is the page where you see all the maps you have unlocked, you start off at Hollow Brook Town and find your way through all the maps.
Skill Shop
This is the Shop where you buy some special skills for a certain Pokemon.
First you choose a Pokemon, then buy a skill for that Pokemon. After you have bought the skill there will be a link for you to continue shopping or to add the skill to your Pokemon. If you choose to continue shopping you can always choose the skill for the Pokemon by going to 'Trainer HQ - My Pokemon' (See Chapter 5).
Pokemart
This is a shop where you can buy evolution stones and poke balls. Potions are not programmed to work yet.
I don't want to go into a lot of detail so I'm just going to post some websites about these things.
Evolution stones
http://www.pbaforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=4340 (Thank you Shohs)
Pokemon Center
This is where you get your lineup (See Chapter 9) to be healed.
In the Poke center you can also swap Pokemon from your lineup into the poke center.
Chapter 5: Find Battles Section
Battle Trainers
Here you can battle trainers/gym leaders from all the regions that you know.
You can get items to evolve a certain Pokemon, train all your Pokemon and earn lots of money.
Check out my guide on this: http://www.pbaforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=10647
Find Trainers
Looking for offline battle with other trainers?
You came to the right place!
All you need to do is search for a person to fight with and then simply click 'Battle'!
Chapter 6: Trainer HQ Section
My Pokemon
This is where you can search through all your Pokemon to change skills, evolve them, look at their levels or just look at their pure awesomeness picture!
To evolve a Pokemon you will need the item to evolve the Pokemon (evolution stone (Chapter 3) or item obtained from trainer(Chapter 4)).
After you got the item there will be a link under the Pokemon which says 'Evolve Me'!
My Pokedex
By checking your Pokedex, you can see what Pokemon you have caught, normal, metal, shiny, dark and ghost. It is very useful because you can see which Pokemon you are missing and you can simply click on the Pokemon's name and see where to catch it.
It will also show a little picture of the Pokemon.
My Inventory
In your backpack you can check what pokeballs you have, evolution stones, badges, berries and other things.
My Profile
In your profile you can see your lineup, Trainer name, when you joined, when you were last seen, number of log ins, Global Ranking, Wins against Wild Pokemon, Pokemon caught and unique Pokemon caught.
You can also accept friend requests in your profile, you just have to scroll down and see your 'Pending Requests'. You can also add friends in chat box by clicking their name and request them as a friend or search for their name and do the same thing.
My House
You buy a house for $20,000 first. Then you can grow berries or release a Pokemon. When you were buying a house you would have been able to choose whether or not if people could release a Pokemon into your Yard. When you or someone else releases a Pokemon in your yard, there is a chance of it appearing while you walk in your yard. The rate of finding a Pokemon that you or someone else has released depends on its level when released. The more of the kind of Pokemon you release the better chance of it appearing in your yard.
You can choose to remove a certain Pokemon by going to My House and click remove on a Pokemon or you can call Pokecontrol to remove all the Pokemon in your yard.
My Inbox
The Inbox is where you can send and receive messages. To send a message you just go to 'Compose a Message' and find the person you want to send to then type in a message and click 'Send'. You can only send to a friend.
Spend My Credits
Here you can buy things with credits(See Chapter 10). You can buy Elemental Maps or buy pokemon. There are some Pokemon only available from spending credits so you might want to buy those!
Chapter 7: Settings Section
Change Setting
In here you can choose to show only yourself or everyone on maps.
You can change your current password into a new one or change the style of the page.
Send a Message
To send a message you just go to 'Compose a Message' and find the person you want to send to then type in a message and click 'Send'.
You can only send to a friend.
Pokedex
This pokedex is different, you can find any Pokemon and see where they can be found.
This can be very useful for finding Pokemon instead of searching for hours or asking questions.
Donate For Credits
You can choose to donate real money for credits to buy rare Pokemon.
You buy it with your credit card.
Logout
After a long day of playing PBA, you can finally log out and have a rest.
Chapter 8: Battling
To battle another trainer, both of you need to be in the same mirror ( See Chapter 2), then both of you need to agree with a meeting place. You both go to that meeting place and then you decide which one of you requests.
- To request another person you find where that person is on the map and click on him/her and click 'Request Battle', decide if you want items or no items and then you'll be sent to a waiting page where you wait until the other person accepts.
- To Accept a request you wait until they request and then you check your Inbox (See Chapter 5) to see a message from the person saying Battle Request from (Name)', click on that you will then see a link saying, 'Accept Battle Request sent by (Name)'. When you click on that, it will come up with the the Battle screen where you choose your starting Pokemon that you want to fight with first, you can also chat during the battle.
Chapter 9: Trading
To Trade with another trainer, both of you need to be in the same mirror ( See Chapter 2), then both of you need to agree with a meeting place. You both go to that meeting place and then you decide which one of you requests.
- To request another person you find where that person is on the map and click on him/her and click 'Request Trade' and then you'll be sent to a waiting page where you wait until the other person accepts.
- To Accept a request you wait until they request and then you have to move at least one step to refresh where everyone is and you'll see a pokeball pop up at the top-left section of your screen on the right of the speech bubble. When you click on that you will then see a small window pop up with a link saying, 'Accept Trade Request sent by (Name)'. When you click on that, it will come up with the trade screen where both of you can trade.
How do you trade you ask? To trade a Pokemon, you simply tick a Pokemon that you want to trade and click 'Update Trade'. If you want to trade pokemoney, then you put in an amount of pokemoney in and click 'Update Trade'.
When both of you agree with what Pokemon and how much pokemoney you have put in you then click 'I Accept'.
Chapter 10: Your Lineup
Your lineup is your main Pokemon which you fight with , it can hold up to 6 Pokemon. You can choose to swap a Pokemon from your lineup into the pokecenter and grab out another Pokemon to train. When you heal your Pokemon int he pokecenter, it will only heal your lineup.
Chapter 11: Credits
Credits are used to buy Pokemon common and rare. You can get credits from donating or, as part of the system update, getting 1 credit each day when you log in.
You can also get credits by using Paypal or your credit card.
- $10 = 50 credits
- $18 = 100 credits
- $15 = 100,000 pokemoney
Chapter 12: Elemental Maps
Elemental Maps can be bought with credits (See Chapter 6). When you have bought an elemental map you can go to one by going to Explore - Unlocked Maps.
In there you can find that type of Pokemon in unevolved stage. You can also find legendary Pokemon!
I will now add a list of Elemental Maps and how many credits they are worth.
Elemental Maps
- Bug Type (costs 5 credits)
- Ground Type (costs 10 credits) Legendary Pokemon: Groudon
- Normal Type (costs 10 credits) Legendary Pokemon: Regigigas; Arceus
- Rock Type (costs 10 credits) Legendary Pokemon: Regirock
- Grass Type (costs 15 credits) Legendary Pokemon: Celebi; Shaymin
- Fire Type (costs 15 credits) Legendary Pokemon: Moltres; Ho oh; Heatran; Entei
- Water Type (costs 15 credits) Legendary Pokemon: Palkia; Suicune; Manaphy; Kyogre; Phione
- Electric Type (costs 15 credits) Legendary Pokemon: Rotom; Raikou; Zapdos
- Ice Type (costs 20 credits) Legendary Pokemon: Articuno; Regiice
- Cloud Type (costs 20 credits) Legendary Pokemon: Lugia; Rayquaza
- Psychic Type (costs 20 credits) Legendary Pokemon: Mew; Mewtwo; Deoxys; Uxie; Mesprit; Axeif; Cresselia
Chapter 13: Types of Pokemon
There are different types of Pokemon which can be effective, less effective or normal against different types of Pokemon.
Below are the different types of Pokemon and their effectiveness against each other:
Fire Type
- Super Effective Against
- Grass Type; Bug Type; Ice Type; Steel Type
- Weak Against
- Ground Type; Water Type; Rock Type
- Less Effective Against
- Dragon Type; Fire Type; Rock Type; Water Type
- Non-Effective
- N/A
Water Type
- Super Effective Against
- Fire Type; Rock Ground
- Weak Against
- Electric Type; Grass Type
- Less Effective Against
- Water Type; Dragon Type; Grass Type
- Non-Effective
- N/A
Flying Type
- Super Effective Against
- Grass Type; Bug Type; Fighting Type
- Weak Against
- Electric Type; Rock Type; Ice Type
- Less Effective Against
- Steel Type; Rock Type; Electric Type
- Non-Effective
- N/A
Fighting Type
- Super Effective Against
- Dark Type; Ice Type; Normal Type; Steel Type; Rock Type
- Weak Against
- Psychic Type; Flying Type
- Less Effective Against
- Bug Type; Flying Type; Poison Type; Psychic Type
- Non-Effective
- Ghost Type
Dark Type
- Super Effective Against
- Psychic Type; Ghost Type
- Weak Against
- Dark Type; Ghost Type
- Less Effective Against
- Dark Type; Steel Type; Fighting Type
- Non-Effective
- N/A
Bug Type
- Super Effective Against
- Psychic Type; Grass Type; Dark Type
- Weak Against
- Flying Type; Rock Type; Fire Type
- Less Effective Against
- Fighting Type; Fire Type; Ghost Type; Poison Type; Steel Type; Flying Type
- Non-Effective
- N/A
Dragon Type
- Super Effective Against
- Dragon Type
- Weak Against
- Dragon Type; Ice Type
- Less Effective Against
- Steel Type
- Non-Effective
- N/A
Electric Type
- Super Effective Against
- Flying Type; Water
- Weak Against
- Electric Type; Dragon Type; Grass Type
- Less Effective Against
- Dragon Type; Electric Type; Grass Type
- Non-Effective
- Ground Type
Ghost Type
- Super Effective Against
- Ghost Type; Psychic Type
- Weak Against
- Ghost Type; Dark Type
- Less Effective Against
- Dark Type; Steel Type
- Non-Effective
- Normal Type
Grass Type
- Super Effective Against
- Rock Type; Water Type
- Weak Against
- Fire Type; Flying Type; Ice Type; Poison Type; Bug Type
- Less Effective Against
- Poison Type; Steel Type; Grass Type; Flying Type; Dragon Type; Fire Type; Bug Type
- Non-Effective
- N/A
Ground Type
- Super Effective Against
- Electric Type; Poison Type; Fire Type; Steel Type; Rock Type
- Weak Against
- Water Type; Grass Type; Ice Type
- Less Effective Against
- Bug Type; Ground Type
- Non-Effective
- Flying Type
Ice Type
- Super Effective Against
- Dragon Type; Flying Type; Ground Type; Grass Type
- Weak Against
- Steel Type; Rock Type; Fire Type; Fighting Type
- Less Effective Against
- Fighting Type; Ice Type; Water Type; Steel Type
- Non-Effective
- N/A
Normal Type
- Super Effective Against
- N/A
- Weak Against
- Fighting Type
- Less Effective Against
- Steel Type; Rock Type
- Non-Effective
- Ghost Type
Poison Type
- Super Effective Against
- Grass Type
- Weak Against
- Ground Type; Psychic Type
- Less Effective Against
- Ghost Type; Ground Type; Poison Type; Rock Type
- Non-Effective
- Steel Type
Psychic Type
- Super Effective Against
- Fighting Type; Poison Type
- Weak Against
- Ground Type; Psychic Type
- Less Effective Against
- Steel Type; Psychic Type
- Non-Effective
- Dark Type
Rock Type
- Super Effective Against
- Bug Type; Fire Type; Flying Type; Ice Type
- Weak Against
- Water Type; Steel Type; Ground Type; Fighting Type; Grass Type
- Less Effective Against
- Fighting Type; Ground Type; Steel Type
- Non-Effective
- N/A
Steel Type
- Super Effective Against
- Rock Type, Ice Type
- Weak Against
- Fighting Type, Fire Type, Ground Type
- Less Effective Against
- N/A
- Non-Effective
- N/A
Chapter 14: Shiny, Metal, Dark and Ghost Pokemon
There are special and cool Pokemon that are shiny, metal, dark or ghost Pokemon.
You can find these Pokemon on the same map as the normal Pokemon itself.
For Example if you are looking for a shiny groudon, you would go to Ground Map (See Chapter 11) to find a shiny, metal, dark or ghost groudon.
These Pokemon are rare and may take a very short time or a very long time to get it.
Chapter 15: Chatbox & Forum
When you have logged in, you can access the chatbox and forum by looking at the top of the screen, with the link to chat room and forum next to each other in a rectangular box.
In the chat room you can choose to talk about random things, trade money and Pokemon or just talk and relax.
In the forum you can post guides, look at guides, post replies, enter fun contests, talk about your favorite music and food and lots more just check it out!
Chapter 16: Premium's
To get premium, you will need to donate for credits (See Chapter 11) first.
Then after you've donated you will get to be a premium.
Why is premium so special?
You encounter shiny Pokemon 5x better!
Chapter 17: Routes
If you are getting lost this chapter is the best for you. Before I post which route goes to which route, a route is a map which connects to another map and so on until the final map :)
Which route to which route
Hollowbrook Town --> Route 1
Route 1 --> Route 2, Route 4
Route 2 --> Route 3
Route 3 -->
Route 4 --> Seeker's Passage
Seeker's Passage --> Route 5
Route 5 --> Route 6, Route 7
Route 6 -->
Route 7 --> Stargate City
Stargate City --> Route 8
Route 8 --> Route 9, Route 11
Route 9 --> Route 10
Route 10 --> The Garden Caves Lvl1
The Garden Caves Lvl 1 --> The Garden Caves Lvl2
The Garden Caves Lvl 2 --> The Water Walk
The Water Walk --> The Water Walk Lotto Shop
The Water Walk Lotto Shop --> The Lotto Shop
The Lotto Shop -->
Route 11 --> Dynamo Town
Dynamo Town --> Route 12
Route 12 --> Route 13
Route 13 --> Route 14
Route 14 --> Route 15
Route 15 --> Route 16, Route 18
Route 16 --> Route 17
Route 17 -->
Route 18 --> Route 19
Route 19 --> Kaspar City
Kaspar City --> Route 21
Route 21 --> Route 22
Route 22 --> Route 23, Route 27
Route 23 --> Route 24
Route 24 --> Route 25
Route 25 --> Route 26
Route 26 -->
Route 27 --> Route 28
Route 28 --> Route 29
Route 29 -->
Guide Update Histroy
Note: DD/MM/YY
- Chapter 10 & 11 - 01/10/09
- Chapter 12: Elemental Maps - 02/10/09
- Chapter 13: Types of Pokemon & Effectiveness - 02/10/09
- Chapter 13: Types of Pokemon & Effectiveness Upgraded - 02/10/09
- Chapter 14's out!: Shiny, Metal, Dark or Ghost Pokemon! - 02/10/09
- Chapter 15 too!: Chatbox & Forum - 02/10/09
- Changed all chapters - added Chapter 3 - Rules of the game - 02/10/09
- Chapter 16: Premiums! - 03/10/09
- Chapter 12: Elemental Maps (Cloud Type Added) - 12/10/09
- Chapter 17: Routes! - 08/11/09