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.
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20 | ![]() |
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25 | N/A | N/A |
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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 ![]() |
none | ||
SM2 | Stage 10 | Mega Audino ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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 ![]() |
yes | Eevee ![]() 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 ![]() |
yes | yes | Espeon ![]() Disruptions follow these patterns:
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SM11 | Stage 37 | Meowth ![]() |
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 ![]() |
yes | Disruptions follow these patterns:
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SM16 | Stage 18 | Klefki ![]() |
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 ![]() |
yes | yes | |
SM21 | Stage 44 | Pidgeotto ![]() |
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 ![]() |
yes | yes | |
SM26 | Stage 26 | Chingling ![]() |
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 ![]() |
yes | yes | Illumise ![]() |
SM31 | Stage 64 | Dratini ![]() |
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 ![]() |
yes | yes | |
SM36 | Stage 111 | Vanillish ![]() |
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 ![]() |
yes | yes | |
SM41 | Stage 178 | Tangela ![]() |
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) ![]() |
yes | yes | Deoxys (Normal Forme) ![]() |
SM51 | Stage 54 | Vaporeon ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
yes | ||
SM60 | Stage 300 | Mega Rayquaza ![]() |
yes | yes | Rayquaza ![]() |
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 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
SM2 | Stage 6-9 | Randomly selected from Puerto Blanco | possible | includes Audino ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
SM3 | Stage 10 | Mega Audino ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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 ![]() |
yes | yes | Barrier disruption ×4 tiles (Counter 0, 4) |
SM11 | Stage 45 | Mega Slowbro ![]() |
yes | non-Support Pokémon disruption ×3 tiles with Slowpoke ![]() | |
SM12-14 | Stage 31-74 | Randomly selected from Isla Asul, Rainbow Park & Galerie Rouge | possible | ||
SM15 | Stage 103 | Raichu ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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 ![]() |
yes | yes | non-Support Pokémon disruption ×4 tiles twice with Snorunt ![]() |
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 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
possible | Zoroark: Unbreakable-block disruption in the two center columns (Counter 0) then non-Support Pokémon Disruptions ×3 tiles with Zorua ![]() Ampharos: every other tile is a Barrier Disruption (Start) then non-Support Pokémon Disruption ×4 tiles with Flaaffy ![]() Mismagius: on-Support Pokémon Disruption ×5 tiles with Misdreavus ![]() | |
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 ![]() |
yes | yes | Barrier disruption on bottom 4 rows (Start) then non-Support Pokémon Disruption ×5 tiles with Flaaffy ![]() |
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 ![]() |
yes | yes | non-Support Pokémon disruption with Eevee ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() |
yes | yes | non-Support Pokémon disruption with Espeon ![]() |
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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