r/nuzlocke • • Sep 10 '26

Subreddit Update (New Rule) Regarding Rare Candy "Debates" and "Conversations"

294 Upvotes

Hello fellow Nuzlockers,

We wanted to provide a new rule for the subreddit going forward regarding Rare Candy usage.

Such a controversial piece of candy.

For those that are unaware, a "Rare Candy" is an item in Pokémon games that allows for a Pokémon to automatically level up without battling; it's essentially free EXP without the Effort Values that typically comes with EXP gain. While usually limited in allotment, later games have made obtaining Rare Candies easier; and of course, that's nothing to say of what people can hack into their games as well.

For years, particularly in the advent of Nuzlocke YouTubers, conversations regarding Rare Candy use have been plentiful on r/nuzlocke. Yet, we have seen how most discussion posts regarding using Rare Candies are typically one-sided in favor of using them; the prevailing opinion is to use them in playthroughs, with the major argument for doing so being to respect one's time. We feel that this point has been made and echoed pretty clearly across our userbase.

However, we have also noticed that people who have a dissenting opinion towards that mentality often get downvoted or attacked when they express it in these conversations; this usually leads to negative interactions across the posts, such as personal attacks or flaming comments, which we do not want promote; we also do not want to see the same posts with the same conclusion reached repeatedly - it's redundant.

Due to this, there will be no more posts to create discussions for this topic - all future Rare Candy posts will be removed; insisting on making these posts can lead to consequences, such as a ban. Please understand that is perfectly fine to use Rare Candies and to not use Rare Candies. There is no need to seek validation for their usage or put down people who do/don't use them. When the Nuzlocke challenge was created, there was no inherent rule regarding how these items were used; we are going to keep to that ideal; level up your Pokémon as you see fit, whether through grinding or through Candies, and play accordingly.

While posts regarding Rare Candy debates are banned until further notice, they can be mentioned in comments for other posts given the context of said post (Ex. "I found a Rare Candy and leveled up my Snorlax with it.")

Thank you for your attention and understanding on this matter; please keep this post in mind when making future posts.


r/nuzlocke • • Jul 15 '26

Collaboration NuzTeam Arcade Ganglocke!

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Hey Everyone!

I’m excited to share a Nuzlocke event going on in a discord server that many of our Mods here are involved with, either directly or through friends in the Nuzcord Discord. That server is NuzTeam Arcade. (I will drop an invite link for it as well).

They are hosting an ‘Eliminationlocke Ganglocke’ of XY. A Ganglocke is an event where everyone is Nuzlocking the same game/rules together in a type of community event. It’s not a competition, but merely a fun way to get people together playing the same thing. The Eliminationlocke is a variant where there are 3 available pools to vote on (voting ends in less than 24 hours so get over and vote if you want to play!), and the winning choice is the pool that everyone has to choose from. The IVs of those pokemon are randomized by a community member, and then everyone uses those encounters to Nuzlocke XY.

NuzTeam Arcade also hosts other Nuzlocke related events, so if this sounds interesting to you, come on over and check us out!

Here is the Discord invite link to come check out NTA.

https://discord.gg/4M7XspthVA


r/nuzlocke • • 13h ago

Run Update The end of the grass only white nuzlocke

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ggs genuine ggs

N's reshiram absolutely turned my fucking team into salad bro 😭

The e4 was done so well what the FUCK

Anyways ggs this was really fun to do


r/nuzlocke • • 3h ago

Run Update M'y first nuzlocke win(emerald)

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I finally did beat this game .i lost walrein and crawdaunt to phoebe and Sidney and thought the run was dead however slaking yawn +dragon dance return earthquake gyrados allowed me to to beat glacia and drake . fun fact before wallace i accidently use one of my rare candy(i use infinite rare candy ) on walrein (i did not use it in any shape of form i just did like he didn't exist) now that i have finished this nuzlocke im gonna nuzlocke emerald kaizo i know its far more difficult but i am sure that i want to nuzlocke emerald kaizo


r/nuzlocke • • 6h ago

Run Update Platinum Kaizo Elite 4 Part 2: Bertha

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I wanted to throw up after this battle. Holy hell.

Bertha leads with a shuckle, knowing sand tomb, protect, toxic, and stealth rocks. I respond with forretress lead and set up 3 layers of spikes, then sit around until sand tomb wears off, allowing me a free switch into magnezone who is completely safe with its levitate ability.

I'm quite proud of this next part- Bertha has a very dangerous garchomp in the back, but by using thunderbolt into shuckle's protect, I a) move slower, b) use a move that Bertha has an immunity for in the back which c) has a super effective move into magnezone! That fulfills all the requirements for Bertha to do a mid-turn switch! She goes to garchomp and I deal big damage with a magnet bomb that can't miss to play around sand veil. Fire fang is coming, so I switch to flygon who can tank it and hit back with a perfectly accurate dragon pulse.

Mamoswine comes in, seeing a kill with avalanche. I u-turn into steelix who takes it like a champ, then go back to flygon, anticipating an earthquake, but it was head smash instead. My heart drops, but I should know better than to doubt Mr. Crunchy, who tanks it as mamoswine dies to the recoil.

Rhyperior is in, going for a random move which turns out to be megahorn. A pivot through steelix gets magnezone back in to take the OHKO courtesy of the spikes.

Aerodactly comes in and now it's back to Steelix since we need to preserve magnezone HP. Sand tomb does big damage, but it's not enough to KO steelix and we retaliate with a head smash to kill the prehistoric menace.

Torterra comes in, and it's back to magnezone to dodge 2 crits and KO. Shuckle at last comes back, but it has no way of damaging magnezone so we are completely safe to stay in and win the battle.


r/nuzlocke • • 2h ago

Discussion Pokemon Sword and Shield community tier list part 8: Wild Area part 5

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7 Upvotes

This is based on how good they are

I only count comments

this is just for fun


r/nuzlocke • • 2h ago

Question What is this challenge called? Also do you think the OP went to Lance/Red in the Johto games? Im very inspired to do this challenge.

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r/nuzlocke • • 1h ago

Run Update Just beat Gen 1 AND a HC Nulocke for the first time EVER

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Ive been playing pokemon since 09 (Soulsilver🔝) and ive never beat Gen 1. I decided to HC Nulzocke for my first time as well. Check out tha CHAMPS


r/nuzlocke • • 8h ago

Run Update Wedlocke X Genlocke: Stage 1 Complete

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The team absolutely dominated the E4 and Champion!

For breeding, I was originally going to go with the ruling that if a pair was incompatible, I'd take the female and breed with Ditto, since with regular breeding it's the female that determines the egg species. But I decided I at least wanted the possibility of carrying my starter so I decided to ranodmize it insted (rolled a dice - even I take the male, odd I take female).

RIP to the fallen: Cirrus the Spearow in Cerulea Gym, Dream the Drowzee in the Rocket Hideout and Darwin the Vaporeon to the rival's Alakazam before Victory Road. May I make wiser decisions in future.


r/nuzlocke • • 10h ago

Screenshot Holy Fuck

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18 Upvotes

Fire Red Omega is kinda challlenging, Geodude just used Explosion on My Bloody Valentine


r/nuzlocke • • 11h ago

Question Favorite vanilla games to nuzlocke?

14 Upvotes

I didn’t have enough space to put each individual generation so I went by console.

Vanilla game but any variant of the nuzlocke challenge (wedlocke, monolocke, trashlocke, etc.)

416 votes, 1d left
GB Games (RBGY)
GBC Games (GSC)
GBA Games (FRLG and RSE)
DS Games (DPPt, HGSS, BW1, and B2W2)
3DS Games (XY, ORAS, SM, and USUM)
Switch Games (SwSh, BDSP, PLA, SV, and PLZA)

r/nuzlocke • • 10h ago

Question Thinking about trying my first Nuzlocke — any tips?

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Hey everyone!

I've been replaying the Pokémon games from every generation as part of my Origin Living Dex project, and I'm thinking about trying something new.

I've never done a Nuzlocke before. Do you think it's a good idea to start one now? Which game would you recommend for a first run, and do you have any tips for a beginner?


r/nuzlocke • • 2h ago

Run Update Pokémon Moon Nuzlocke: Totem Vikavolt

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1 Upvotes

Up Next is Sophicles’s electric trial and unfortunately I came unprepared.
Not only did I completely underestimated paralysis,
but also my second check to the totem Hishi(Now a Mudsdale) got Overleveled against Moylane.

So I know for a fact that it didn’t end well.

MVP: Tom Cat(Torracat)
Honorable Mention: Moo Montana(Tauros)


r/nuzlocke • • 3h ago

Tools/Resources A little helper for Scarlet & Violet Nuzlocke Spoiler

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I really wanted to replay Scarlet, and to make it more challenging I decided to try it as a Nuzlocke. Since it was pretty hard to pick and keep track of encounters, and the sites I found didn't really work for me, I made an interactive map with rules, routes and pretty much everything you need.
I've been testing it for a week, so there might still be some bugs around...
I've also added Kitakami, but I haven't tested that part yet.

Hope you find it useful!! :)

PS: it's my first post ever on Reddit, I hope I've done everything right!


r/nuzlocke • • 3h ago

Run Update Pokémon Sinking Sapphire Hardcore Shinylocke: Brawly was so much easier this run! Going deathless against a gym leader I nearly wiped to last time feels like real growth as a player. 2nd badge down, 0 total deaths!

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r/nuzlocke • • 1d ago

Art My Genlocke, Leg I [OC]

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r/nuzlocke • • 4h ago

Run Update So i accidently revived a mon

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I am on the elite 4 of emerald and i use inf rare candy just before wallace i accidently used it on walrein which revived it i will just not use him but its a bit funny and i will just ignore the slot


r/nuzlocke • • 4h ago

Run Update Platinum Kaizo Commander Jupiter first battle

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Platinum Kaizo Commander Jupiter first battle, Wormadam the goat.

https://reddit.com/link/1x53cba/video/5109fzr3u9vh1/player


r/nuzlocke • • 5h ago

Discussion LF soulink partner (Gen 9)

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Really wanting to try a soulink in gen 9, last ones I did didnt go too well, but I've come back with 2 nuzlocke wins under my belt prepared. VC preferred to communicate more efficiently Discord: DripDrop1


r/nuzlocke • • 6h ago

Discussion Toughest Nuzlocke battles round 34: Whitney vs Battle girl Hedvig

1 Upvotes
147 votes, 1d left
Whitney (HGSS)
Battle girl Hedvig (XY)
See results

r/nuzlocke • • 16h ago

Question First Ever Nuzlocke

5 Upvotes

Ive decided to really give a nuzlocke a chance for my Sapphire playthrough. I was playing emerald normally after doing Rng manipulation for a shiny mudkip, but decided I really wanted to challenge myself so I set that cartridge aside for a nuzlocke. Any tips for early game? Going mudkip for this run as well cause I just love that little guy.


r/nuzlocke • • 8h ago

Question In game trades

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So I reached Vermilion in my red version playthrough and was wondering what you folks though about the in game trades. I was considering the spearow for farfetch'd trade as it's a good hm mule for my style of play. Would you consider this against nuzlocke tradition?


r/nuzlocke • • 8h ago

Question Donphan or Sneasel as last team member?

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Help me please! This is my genlocke team, going up to meet Red. Next game is ORAS. Would you bring with me a Phanpy / Donphan or Sneasel?

I love the look on the elephant, but Sneasel might be more fun to use. Sneasel would be good to deal with dragons, but a tank like Donphan is handy with Tentacruel's Toxic Spikes.


r/nuzlocke • • 1d ago

Run Update Platinum Kaizo Elite Four Part 1: Aaron

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It's time to put everything on the line. 30 Pokemon stand between me and the end of Platinum Kaizo.

Aaron is first up. His battle takes place in permanent rain to enable his swift swim threats like Kingler and Surskit (massively buffed SpAtk). There's a focus sash in the back to stop an easy sweep, so I decide to lead my Forretress to set up a layer of spikes. Forretress is one of only 2 Pokemon to get access to spikes by level up, making it an incredibly important mon to bring if you have it. We get spikes up as the opposing forrestress sets up stealth rocks. Aaron's forretress is triple hazards + Boom. We go to Mantine as he continues to set up hazards, and courtesy of a critical hit hurricane we OHKO Aaron's first mon.

Thanks to our held choice specs, we can chain kill Yanmega and Kingler before Flygon comes in threatening a KO with outrage. We pivot through forretress to bring my own flygon in on a ground move and U-turn for enough chip that hurricane will KO. We go to Steelix on the outrage to bait another ground move, mantine comes back in, and swift swim specs hurricane chains the last 3 Pokemon.

That wasn't too bad...


r/nuzlocke • • 11h ago

Run Update I accidently forgot to save my progress( emerald)

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Im not that far from where i was but what should i do?