Non-player character battles

Overview

Non-Player Character (NPC) Battles are a pivotal point of Pokémon World Online. NPC battles are a great way (and currently the most efficient way while you are training for gym battles) for trainers to gain experience for their Pokémon.

Interesting to note is that even after you defeat an NPC, you can battle them again. The waiting period varies and for those NPCs that have a cooldown that exceeds 5 days, their Pokémon grow stronger.

The Battle

The NPC battle runs similarly to battling a wild Pokémon. The battle screen is exactly the same, with the four buttons labeled Fight, Pokémon, Bag, and Run on the bottom-left side corner. The number of Pokémon that a trainer has is shown by the number of highlighted Pokéballs on the top-left side of the battle screen.

The object of the battle is simple: to faint all your opponent's Pokémon before your opponent faints all of your Pokémon. The battle will last until either all your Pokémon have fainted (i.e. all Pokémon have 0 HP left) or all the opposing trainer's Pokémon have fainted. If you lose, you will be teleported back to your last Pokémon Center. If you win, you will receive a small amount of reputation points. NPC battles, in general, either give .2 or .3 reputation. Gym Leaders will normally give 3 reputation points, but may not be battled after you win the respective badge for that gym. If you lose a Gym battle, you can try again in 24 hours.

There are some differences between an NPC battle and a battle with a wild Pokémon. One exception is that you may not run away from a trainer. It is also worth noting that you are not allowed to use potions during battles with gym trainers. In addition, the server will sometimes time-out in trainer battles. If this happens it is best to close your game and restart the client. In rare circumstances trying things like 'spamming the run button' may restart your battle, however this can also be interpreted by the game as illegal behaviour which will result in loss of pokedollars from your account.

Known Glitches

Sometimes something during a NPC battle may not work the way that you expect it to work. As an example, sometimes the battle will freeze. If you are lucky, you may be able to unfreeze your client by "spam"-clicking the Run button. Otherwise, you will need to log out to get out of the battle. Another known glitch of sorts are that some NPCs may not have trainer images, which will cause that trainer to appear as a white box within the battle screen (or the NPC battle image will not match the NPC's overworld sprite). There is very little that can be done on a player's end to fix that. Finally, sometimes the NPC text will be stuck on the screen when the battle is initiated. The fix for this problem can be found on the client troubleshooting page.