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Poke Derby guide

This is the path I would hand a new trainer: learn the 78-turn loop, read the five stats, pick a racer from the data, then look at overnight team races.

Poke Derby Base Camp on turn 9 of 78, with five stats and five training facilities
Screenshot: Poke Derby / Zietes
How to playCareer setup, the turn loop, race day, badges, and what happens after the finals.StatsSpeed, Stamina, Power, Guts, Focus, energy, and mood, in the guidebook’s own words.Best PokémonSpecies totals and distance grades from the 1.7.0 data. Not a community tier list.Team TrialsFour finished racers, one per distance, racing while you are away.

The loop in one pass

You raise one racer. A career is 78 turns: three 24-turn years named Rookie, Classic, and Senior, followed by six Finals turns. Each Finals race has a training turn before it; the final race is on turn 78. Each turn you train at one of five facilities, rest, picnic, take an event, race, catch a wild Pokémon, or buy a skill. A race puts you against eleven others. Before the gate you set four moves, one running style, and one held item.

Partners are a deck of up to five. The same evolution line counts once, and the five legendary or mythical Pokémon are not partners. After a career, the Hall of Fame keeps the racer, and coaches, eggs, lures, and items can carry into the next one.

How to use these guides

  • The public career data includes base failure tuning; partner bonuses and other modifiers mean a base calculation is not a full prediction.
  • There is no community tier list with a sample of races. Picks on the best-Pokémon page are sorted from species data.
  • Weekly Cup “top 12” comes from the trailer. The homepage says “the week’s best” and does not print the number 12. Both lines stay.
Race card with four moves, a running style, and a field of twelve runners
Screenshot: Poke Derby / Zietes. Race card with four moves, a running style, and twelve runners.
Twelve racers on a snowy Seafoam Islands course, with Squirtle using Streamlined Shell
Screenshot: Poke Derby / Zietes

Questions

How long is a Poke Derby career?

78 turns. Three years of 24 turns plus six Finals turns; the final race is on turn 78.

Where do I start if I only have ten minutes?

Read how to play for the turn loop, then the stats page before you spend the first training turns.

Keep reading

DownloadBrowser and Windows before you start a career.WikiFull tables for racers, partners, courses, and skills.Patch notes1.0.0 through 1.7.0, with the launch date kept separate from 1.0.0.

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