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 . 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 , unlike unlocking Expert Stages.
One run of Survival mode costs ×3. When starting the mode, players select an initial team of up to 4 , 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 on items, similar to normal play. However, only the " Exp. Points ×1.5", " Mega Start", and occasionally " Disruption Delay" 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.
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==Rewards==
===Coins and Experience===
Each stage cleared in Survival Mode grants these immediate rewards:
* ×20.
* 2 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 , with different rewards for the first and subsequent times each milestone is reached.
 Revamped 
Level	1st time reward 	Afterward
10 	Exp. Booster M ×1 	Exp. Booster S ×1
20 	Raise Max Level ×1 	Exp. Booster S ×2
25 	Exp. Booster M ×1 	Exp. Booster S ×3
30 	Raise Max Level ×1 	Exp. Booster M ×1
35 	Exp. Booster L ×1 	Exp. Booster M ×2
40 	Raise Max Level ×2 	Exp. Booster M ×2
45 	Exp. Booster L ×1 	Exp. Booster M ×3
50 	Raise Max Level ×5 	Exp. Booster L ×1
55 	Skill Booster L ×1 	Exp. Booster L ×1
60 	Raise Max Level ×10	Skill Booster S ×1
 Original rewards:
Level	1st time reward 	Afterward
10 	Exp. Booster M ×1 	Exp. Booster S ×1
20 	Exp. Booster L ×1 	Exp. Booster S ×2
25 	 	
30 	Raise Max Level ×1	Exp. Booster S ×3
35 	Level Up ×1 	Exp. Booster M ×1
40 	Raise Max Level ×1	Exp. Booster M ×2
45 	Level Up ×1 	Exp. Booster M ×3
50 	Raise Max Level ×3	Exp. Booster L ×1
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<BR>Stage	Equivalent main stage	Pokémon 	Reward	Disruption	Notes
SM1 	Stage 5 	from Puerto Blanco 	 	none 	
SM2 	Stage 10 	from Puerto Blanco 	 	yes 	Disruptions follow these patterns:
* Pattern 1: Breakable-rock disruption ×1 tile (Start and Counter 2).
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 	from Isla Asul 	 	yes 	Disruptions follow these patterns: 
* Pattern 1: Places ×3 (Start and Counter 3). Repeats until moves remaining are 14 or less, then switches to pattern 2.
* Pattern 2: Barriers on 1 column (Counter 2).
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 	from Silbern Museum 	 	yes 	
The board starts with Barrier disruptions covering the bottom 4 rows.
Disruptions follow these patterns:
* Pattern 1: Places ×5 (Counter 4). Switches to pattern 2.
* Pattern 2: Barrier Disruption ×5 tiles (Counter 3).
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 	from Castle Noapte 	 	yes 	is a 5th non-Support Pokémon.
Disruptions follow these patterns:
* Pattern 1: Barrier disruption encompassing center two columns (Counter 3). Switches to pattern 2.
* Pattern 2: Places ×1 (Counter 1). Switches to pattern 1 after this pattern occurs 3 times.
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 	Y from Jungle Verde 	yes 	yes 	is a 5th non-Support Pokémon.
Disruptions follow these patterns:
* Pattern 1: Unbreakable-block Disruption ×2 or Barrier Disruption ×2 (Counter 2). Switches to pattern 2 after this pattern occurs 2 times.
* Pattern 2: Unbreakable-block Disruption ×6-8 and Barrier Disruption ×2-3, in one of 3 specific layouts (Counter 2). Switches to pattern 1 after this pattern occurs 2 times.
SM11 	Stage 37 	from Isla Asul 	 	yes 	Disruptions follow these patterns:
* Pattern 1: Coin disruptions ×3 tiles (Start)
* Pattern 2: Coin ×1, ×2, ×3 or Breakable-rock ×1 Disruptions (Counter 3)
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 	from Silbern Museum 	 	yes 	Disruptions follow these patterns:
* Pattern 1: Non-support Pokémon Aerodactyl disruption ×3 tiles (Counter 3)
* Pattern 2: Breakable-rock Disruption ×1 (Counter 1)
SM16 	Stage 18 	from Sandy Bazaar 	 	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 	from Wacky Workshop 	yes 	yes 	
SM21 	Stage 44 	from Isla Asul 	 	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 	from Jungle Verde 	yes 	yes 	
SM26 	Stage 26 	from Night Festival 	 	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 	from Pedra Valley 	yes 	yes 	is a 5th non-Support Pokémon.
SM31 	Stage 64 	from Galerie Rouge 	 	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 	from Albens Town 	yes 	yes 	
SM36 	Stage 111 	from Mt. Vinter 	 	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 	from Albens Town 	yes 	yes 	
SM41 	Stage 178 	from Wacky Workshop 	 	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 	(Normal Forme) from Roseus Center 	yes 	yes 	(Normal Forme) is a 5th non-Support Pokémon.
SM51 	Stage 54 	from Rainbow Park 	 	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 	from Roseus Center 	yes 	yes 	
SM56-57 	Stage 261-299 	Randomly selected from the second half of Roseus Center 	 	possible 	
SM58-59 	Stage 183-185 	Randomly selected , , or from Pedra Valley 	 	yes 	
SM60 	Stage 300 	from Roseus Center 	yes 	yes 	is a 5th non-Support Pokémon.
 	 	 	 	 	
====Exclusions from random selection====
When stages are randomly selected from a set, some stages are excluded from appearing:
Stage set	Exclusions				
11 - 147 	
* All Mega Evolved Pokémon
* (stage 21)
* (stage 126)
* (stage 130)
* (stage 146)				
151 - 209	
* All Mega Evolved Pokémon
* (stage 165)
* (stage 170)
* (stage 183)
* (stage 191)
* (stage 198)
* (stage 205)				
1 - 147 	
* All Mega Evolved Pokémon
* (stage 21)				
211 - 238	
* (stage 219)
* (stage 230)				
241 - 259	
* (stage 248)				
261 - 299	
* (stage 264)
* (stage 266)
* (stage 278)
* (stage 288)
* (stage 297)				
 	 				
===Original version===
This original sequence of stages was replaced with the July 25, 2017 update and is no longer available.
Survival Mode<BR>Stage	Equivalent main stage	Pokémon 	Reward	Disruption	Notes
SM1 	Stage 1-5 	Randomly selected from Puerto Blanco 	 	none 	includes , , , , and
SM2 	Stage 6-9 	Randomly selected from Puerto Blanco 	 	possible 	includes , , , and
SM3 	Stage 10 	from Puerto Blanco 	 	yes 	Breakable-rock disruption ×1 tile (Counter 0, 2)
SM4-5 	Stage 11-19 	Randomly selected from Sandy Bazaar 	 	possible 	
SM6 	Stage 20 	from Sandy Bazaar 	 	yes 	Breakable-rock disruption ×4 tiles (Counter 3)
SM7-9 	 	Randomly selected from Night Festival & Isla Asul 	 	possible 	
SM10 	Stage 30 	from Night Festival 	yes 	yes 	Barrier disruption ×4 tiles (Counter 0, 4)
SM11 	Stage 45 	from Isla Asul 	 	yes 	non-Support Pokémon disruption ×3 tiles with (Counter 0, 3)
SM12-14 	 	Randomly selected from Isla Asul, Rainbow Park & Galerie Rouge 	 	possible 	
SM15 	Stage 103 	from Silbern Museum 	 	yes 	Barrier disruption encompassing every other column (Start) then ×2 tiles (Counter 3)
SM16 	 	Randomly selected from Isla Asul, Rainbow Park & Galerie Rouge 	 	yes 	
SM17 	Stage 90 	from Sweet Strasse 	 	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 	from Galerie Rouge 	yes 	yes 	Breakable-rock disruption ×5 tiles (Counter 0, 3)
SM21-22 	 	Randomly selected from Puerto Blanco, Sandy Bazaar, Night Festival, Isla Asul, Rainbow Park, Galerie Rouge 	 	possible 	
SM23-26 	 	Randomly selected from Rainbow Park & Galerie Rouge 	 	possible 	
SM27 	Stage 60 	from Rainbow Park 	 	yes 	Breakable-rock disruption ×5 tiles (Counter 3)
SM28-29 	 	Randomly selected from Silbern Museum & Mt. Vinter 	 	possible 	
SM30 	Stage 120 	from Mt. Vinter 	yes 	yes 	non-Support Pokémon disruption ×4 tiles twice with then Barrier Disruption encompassing one or two random columns (Counter 2)
SM31 	 	Randomly selected from Puerto Blanco, Sandy Bazaar, Night Festival, Isla Asul, Rainbow Park, Galerie Rouge, Sweet Strasse & Silbern Museum 	 	possible 	
SM32-33 	 	Randomly selected from Sweet Strasse & Silbern Museum 	 	possible 	
SM34-36 	Stage 129-131 	Randomly selected Zoroark , Ampharos , Mismagius from Castle Noapte without repeating the same opponent 	 	possible 	: Unbreakable-block disruption in the two center columns (Counter 0) then non-Support Pokémon Disruptions ×3 tiles with (Counter 1)<BR>: every other tile is a Barrier Disruption (Start) then non-Support Pokémon Disruption ×4 tiles with (Counter 15, 4)<BR>: on-Support Pokémon Disruption ×5 tiles with (Counter 0, single time only)
SM37 	 	Randomly selected from Puerto Blanco, Sandy Bazaar, Night Festival, Isla Asul, Rainbow Park, Galerie Rouge, Sweet Strasse, Silbern Museum & Mt. Vinter 	 	possible 	
SM38-39 	 	Randomly selected from Sweet Strasse, Silbern Museum & Mt. Vinter 	 	possible 	
SM40 	Stage 105 	from Silbern Museum 	yes 	yes 	Barrier disruption on bottom 4 rows (Start) then non-Support Pokémon Disruption ×5 tiles with (Counter 4) then Barrier Disruption ×5 tiles (Counter 3)
SM41 	 	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 	from Castle Noapte 	yes 	yes 	non-Support Pokémon disruption with that also falls in from the top (Start) then Barrier Disruption encompassing center two columns (Counter 3) then non-Support Pokémon Disruptions ×1 tile with three times (Counter 1) then repeat the Barrier and non-Support Pokémon Disruptions sequence
SM46 	 	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 	Y from Jungle Verde 	yes 	yes 	non-Support Pokémon disruption with that also falls in from the top (Start) then Unbreakable-block Disruption ×2-6 tiles then Barrier Disruption ×2 then repeating and mixing at random (Counter 2)
 	 	 	 	 	
==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.
==In other languages==
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