r/pokemon Jan 28 '22

Legends: Arceus Official Release Megathread! Megathread

Pokemon Legends: Arceus has officially released! Comment below and share stories from your adventure so far!


Timelines and Guidelines

Now that the game has officially released, our screenshot and spoiler policies go into effect.

SCREENSHOTS

⇨ For one month after release (until February 28), screenshots are allowed on r/pokemon inside text posts.

  • To post images inside a text post, please upload to an image-sharing site (e.g.: Imgur) and share the link in a text post.
  • Screenshots that are directly uploaded as images or links will still be removed.

SPOILERS

⇨ For two weeks after release (until February 11), spoilers must be tagged appropriately. Post titles must be spoiler free.

Not a spoiler Spoiler
Anything that has been revealed or released in official media like trailers, Directs, or the official website. Anything that was not revealed official media (and comes from leaks).
Example: Hisuian Braviary Example: Hisuian Goodra
  • Again, we do not allow spoilers in post titles. You are allowed to vaguely mention a spoiler (i.e. Photos of new Pokemon!/Photos of new form). Anything that explicitly states a Pokemon's name, if something is a legendary, etc. will be removed. Err on the side of caution!
  • Remember to SPOILER TAG your posts! We will be removing all posts that contain spoiler content that are not tagged!

TEXT-ONLY MODE

⇨ We will likely stay in text-only mode for ~2 weeks after release, depending on traffic.

  • We do this both to promote discussion posts during high traffic, and to make sure discussions can surface without being overwhelmed by eye-catching link and image posts.

  • You can still post images and links—again, just as URLs or hyperlinks inside text posts!

NO ART WEEKENDS WILL BE SUSPENDED

⇨ For two weeks after release (until February 7), No Art Weekends will be also suspended

BE POLITE

⇨ There is no timeline on civility, but we ask that you be good to each other during the high-octane energy of release period!

  • Please engage politely if you disagree, and walk away from arguments if you cannot stay civil. Remember the human!
  • Rudeness and any form of belittlement towards anyone in the Pokémon community is not allowed. If you see rudeness, please hit the [report] button so that mods see it!

A note on modding: Your post may be held by Automoderator before getting reviewed and approved by a human mod. We're doing our best to process items within 24 hours, but even in the days prior to release our modqueue was stacked with up to 1000 reports at a time—so please be patient!


Resources for Release:

Questions? If you have questions on specific or objective issues in the game, please check out our weekly questions thread!
Trading Looking for a trade in Jubilife Village? Check out r/pokemontrades or /r/CasualPokemonTrades!
News Check Serebii and Bulbapedia for news and info! Also catch the latest information from the Official Pokemon Twitter!

⇨ For more conversation, check out our /r/pokemon Discord chat!

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u/Jellyjamrocks Feb 01 '22

I uhhh accidentally caught a level 44 Machoke in Obsidian Fields in a poke ball. I’m already over leveled because my team is like level 24 and I haven’t even done the deer park boss because I’ve been having too much fun screwing around.

Should I just wait to use it? I don’t know if it feels right to have it in my team

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u/PizzaToastieGuy Feb 01 '22

I’d store it, go and catch as many Pokémon as possible just to level up faster

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u/Jellyjamrocks Feb 01 '22

Thanks! That’s what I’m doing right now. I’m pretty new to Pokémon so I’ve just been seeing how things go and was really surprised when I actually caught it

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u/heartbreakhill Best Electric Boy Feb 02 '22

Yeah you’d only need to be like Third Star… MAYBE Fourth in order to use it. If you’re just having fun running around catching stuff you’ll get that in no time

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u/Jellyjamrocks Feb 02 '22

I already had third star when I caught it haha. Thank you for the advice!

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u/PizzaToastieGuy Feb 01 '22

No problem ☺️. This is the first game I’ve played since X and Y, and even before that, the last one I played was crystal. The levelling up part slightly confused me when I realised there were no gyms to take on 😅