Nuzlocke Tracker

Pokémon Black Nuzlocke Guide

This guide contains useful information for a Black Nuzlocke. Lists of all of the available Pokémon, the number of encounters, and detailed overviews of all Boss battles.

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Black Encounters

A fun aspect of Nuzlocke runs is the variety of encounters forcing you to try out new Pokémon you've never used before. That is why it's important to know which Pokémon will be available during a run. We've compiled a list of every encounter for Pokémon Black so you can quickly see who you might want on your team!

Pokémon Black has 47 different encounter locations with 274 different Pokémon available as wild encounters. Hover over a Pokémon to see where to encounter it!

10 Ice Pokémon encounters

10 Ghost Pokémon encounters

11 Steel Pokémon encounters

11 Dragon Pokémon encounters

14 Electric Pokémon encounters

15 Fire Pokémon encounters

16 Fighting Pokémon encounters

19 Dark Pokémon encounters

21 Poison Pokémon encounters

22 Ground Pokémon encounters

23 Psychic Pokémon encounters

24 Rock Pokémon encounters

30 Bug Pokémon encounters

30 Grass Pokémon encounters

37 Normal Pokémon encounters

39 Flying Pokémon encounters

70 Water Pokémon encounters

10Ice Pokémon
ICE

10Ghost Pokémon
GHOST

11Steel Pokémon
STEEL

11Dragon Pokémon
DRAGON

14Electric Pokémon
ELECTRIC

15Fire Pokémon
FIRE

16Fighting Pokémon
FIGHTING

19Dark Pokémon
DARK

21Poison Pokémon
POISON

22Ground Pokémon
GROUND

23Psychic Pokémon
PSYCHIC

24Rock Pokémon
ROCK

30Bug Pokémon
BUG

30Grass Pokémon
GRASS

37Normal Pokémon
NORMAL

39Flying Pokémon
FLYING

70Water Pokémon
WATER

Black Boss Battles

In order to complete a Black Nuzlocke and become the Champion, you will need to win 38 Boss battles throughout the Unova region - ranging from bickering Rival & Evil team fights, to Gym Leaders & ultimately the Elite Four.

These can be a challenge, especially when your dear nicknamed nuzlocke mons are at risk. So below we've listed detailed overviews of all these fights! Giving you all the information you'll need to face everything from Bianca's Snivy to Marshal's Conkeldurr.

8 Gym Leader fights

9 Elite Four fights

16 Rival fights

5 Evil Team fights

Select your starter type

Like all Pokémon games, you will have to select a starter. The type will update some of the boss teams to match. For example, if your starter was a grass type Bianca might have a fire type to take advantage!

Gym Leader fights

  • - Striaton Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Nacrene Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Castelia Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Nimbasa Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Driftveil Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Mistralton Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Iccirus Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Opelucid Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Elite Four fights

  • - Pokémon League W Room

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Pokémon League NW Room

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Pokémon League NE Room

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Pokémon League E Room

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Pokémon League W Room

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Pokémon League NW Room

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Pokémon League NE Room

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Pokémon League E Room

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Pokémon League Champion

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Rival fights

  • - Nuvema Town

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Nuvema Town

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Route 2

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Tranier's School

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Preschool

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Nacrene City

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Castelia City

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Route 4

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Route 5

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Driftveil City

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Route 7

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Route 8

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Route 10

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Victory Road

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Undella Town

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Castelia City

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Evil Team fights

  • - Accumula Town

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Nimbasa City

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Chargestone Cave

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - N's Castle

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - N's Castle

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Now that you're ready to take on the Pokémon Black Nuzlocke Challenge, why not keep track of all your encounters with the Nuzlocke Tracker?