Stage (Shuffle)

Stages in Pokémon Shuffle are the individual puzzles that the player can challenge. Each stage has a six-by-six board of tiles on the lower part of the screen and an opponent Pokémon on the top part. The board is the player's puzzle, which they must solve by making matches to defeat the opponent. When the stage starts, the board is generally filled with a random arrangement of the player's chosen . Matching three or more icons (in a line or in T, L, or cross shapes) deals to the opponent depending on the Attack Power of the matched Pokémon. When the opponent's HP is depleted, it can be caught (if it hasn't been already). Some stages may include disruptions: obstacles introduced to the board either at the start of the stage or by the opponent.
Stages typically cost ×1 to play. Some stages may cost more, while certain special stages require instead. Clearing a stage awards Coins and , with more Coins received the first time a stage is cleared than subsequent times. If the player runs out of moves or time, experience is only awarded in proportion with the damage done to the opponent's HP. If the stage is cleared, the Support Pokémon whose icons were cleared most (identified by a crown on its head) receives twice as much experience. Many stages also have other rewards for completing them, such as currency, items, or .
 Typical rewards
Stage group 	Initial Coins	Subsequent Coins 	Experience
Main stages 	Coins ×100 	Coins ×30 (3DS) or Coins ×20 (Mobile)	Equal to move limit
Expert stages 	Coins ×300 	Coins ×30 (3DS) or Coins ×20 (Mobile)	10 Exp. Points
Special stages	Coins ×200 	Coins ×0-30 	5 Exp. Points
Prior to starting a stage, the player can also use Coins to buy to alter the way the stage plays out.
==Rank==
When a stage is completed, a Rank (C, B, A, or S) is given based on the number of moves or amount of time that was left at the end of the stage. For most main stages and expert stages, the requirement for S-Rank is for the player to finish with at least half of their initial moves or time remaining (rounded down). The initial moves/time includes the effect of the items Moves +5 or Time +10, if either were used (making an S-Rank easier to achieve). Special stages generally have custom requirements for an S-Rank; some do not even award this sort of Rank at all (often due to using a different type of ranking).
If the player has cleared a stage at least once, their highest Rank will be displayed on the stage's "overworld" icon and on its title card.
Ranks have no explicit effects except for in expert stages, which are unlocked depending on the number of main stages the player has achieved an S-Rank on.
==Groups==
Stages are split into three groups: main stages, expert stages, and special stages. Each group of stages can be accessed from the others, as well as a Survival Mode. Survival Mode is a marathon challenge of 60 of the first 300 main stages using one set of Support Pokémon.
===Main stage===
Main stages are the game's "main" mode (equivalent to a story mode). These stages restrict the number of moves the player is able to use to try to win. By virtue of the large number of stages, the main stages offer a large number of Pokémon to catch in the game.
The first 11 main stages constitute a tutorial run by Amelia, guiding the player through basic mechanics and ending after explaining Mega Evolution. These are the first 11 stages the player must play in any game; upon completing the 11th stage (Happiny), access to the special stages mode is unlocked.
Main stages are divided into areas. Each area has its own name, visual design, and music. Main stages are unlocked sequentially by clearing the previous stage.
The final stage in each area is a "boss" battle, usually featuring a Mega Evolved Pokémon (nominally owned by a who only appears briefly as a silhouette at the start of the stage). The first time these final stages are cleared, the player is rewarded with items such as: the of the foe they defeated, Jewels, Hearts, or . In Blau Salon onwards, some stages with boss-like difficulty and rewards appear in the middle of an area as well as at the end.
UX stages, a harder version of main stages, can be unlocked after clearing main stage 700 and earning 500 S-ranks. UX stages generally have 3× the HP of their main stage counterparts.
However, HP is not increased for "pure puzzle" stages, where the player must make specific moves in order to clear the stage. These puzzles generally rely on pre-set Pokémon to deal damage, rather than the player's selected Support Pokémon - so increasing HP would not increase the difficulty of the stage. Note that stages which start with a puzzle before then giving the player freedom to use their Support Pokémon do not count as "pure puzzle" stages, therefore they will still have increased HP.
Area 	Stages 	Final boss
Puerto Blanco 	1-10 	
Sandy Bazaar 	11-20 	
Night Festival	21-30 	
Isla Asul 	31-45 	
Rainbow Park 	46-60 	
Galerie Rouge 	61-75 	
Sweet Strasse 	76-90 	
Silbern Museum	91-105 	
Mt. Vinter 	106-120	
Castle Noapte 	121-135	
Jungle Verde 	136-150	Y
Wacky Workshop	151-180	
Pedra Valley 	181-210	
Albens Town 	211-240	
Roseus Center 	241-300	
Desert Umbra 	301-350	X
Violeta Palace	351-400	
Blau Salon 	401-450	Unbound
Graucus Hall 	451-500	
Nacht Carnival	501-550	
Prasino Woods 	551-600	
Zaffiro Coast 	601-650	Shiny
Marron Trail 	651-700	Primal
For a period of time, clearing certain main stages would unlock the next two stages, allowing the player to skip the immediately-next stage. This may have been because of the difficulty of those stages, which was scaled down in later versions. On the 3DS, this feature may have been introduced in version 1.3.0v1.3 change list : PokemonShuffle; it is uncertain when it was introduced in Mobile, or when it was removed in either version. UX stages do not offer skips.
====3DS main stages====
The latest version of the 3DS game available from the eShop was 1.5.0; updates were downloaded by checking in. If the 3DS game was downloaded and not updated before the servers shut down on March 31, 2023, stages 641 onwards and UX stages would not be available.
===Expert stages===
Expert stages restrict the amount of time the player has to win, rather than the number of moves, thereby imposing a greater challenge compared to the main stages. The player progressively unlocks these stages by earning an S-Rank in progressively more main stages.
The Expert Stages section is first unlocked by completing 12 main stages with an S-Rank, thereby unlocking the first three stages in the area.
===Special stages===
Special stages consist of a changing set of stages available for limited periods of time. These stages have a wide variety of formats, but various themes often recur, such as Pokémon Safari stages, and they often contain rare Pokémon.
Special stages are unlocked after the player has completed main stage 11 and thereby Amelia's tutorial.
Special stages are downloaded during the process, and can only be played during the limited event period. Most special stages require Hearts to play like other stages, but some require Coins instead.
==In other languages==
==References==
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