Sources

Usage

Supports

• Public version label v2.8 as observed on 2026-08-27
• Public mode names: Story, Battle Tower, Challenges, Daily Pokésort
• Pokédex, Achievements, Hall of Fame, Items and Passive Items UI labels
• Story description including Classic and Nuzlocke
• Battle Tower public description including staged regional maps and type traits
• Team order can be changed by dragging Pokémon
• Pokelike's fan-made and unaffiliated disclaimer
• Official Pokelike game destination

Limitations

• Does not expose a complete Trait rules dataset in the crawlable page
• Does not support unpublished drop rates or hidden boss statistics
• Does not by itself support community strategy claims

Usage

Supports

• Current public version label v2.9
• Story
• Battle Tower as staged regional maps
• Battle Tower Starter selection from Pokémon already captured by the player
• Battle Tower Type Traits and regional bosses
• The public Battle Tower description says five regions
• Challenges
• Daily Pokésort
• Items
• Passive Items
• Team-order UI
• Official game destination

Limitations

• Does not provide the detailed Item effects extracted from the versioned official client asset
• Its five-region Battle Tower wording is stale against the six accessible stages in the current v2.9 client
• Does not list complete Battle Tower Region names, order, boss names, unlock rules, rewards, or EV rules
• Does not establish that every Wiki page has been reviewed for v2.9
• Does not by itself support community strategy claims

Usage

Supports

• A Pokelike 2.8 subreddit announcement exists
• The announcement discussion describes Weekly Challenge as a place to test temporary or potentially recurring modes

Limitations

• Do not call the author the game developer unless that identity is established from the source used
• The post does not expose a complete structured changelog in crawlable text

Usage

Supports

• The standard 18 Pokémon types
• The official current-series type effectiveness chart
• The general role of attacking and defending types

Limitations

• The page explicitly notes that type affinity can differ by game
• It does not confirm any Pokelike-specific type chart variation

Usage

Supports

• API resource structure for Pokémon, Pokémon species, types, generations, regions and evolution data
• Field definitions used to prepare a local Pokémon data snapshot

Limitations

• Does not confirm Pokémon availability in Pokelike
• Does not describe Pokelike-specific items, traits, modes or builds
• Production must not depend on runtime API availability

Usage

Supports

• The PokéAPI project and its source dataset
• The source project's BSD-3-Clause license
• A reproducible source for local data snapshots

Limitations

• source project licensing does not grant rights to Pokémon trademarks or official artwork
• Do not import or display official Sprite assets
• Does not establish Pokelike-specific availability or mechanics

Usage

Supports

• A community Team Analyzer exists
• Players use team weaknesses, resistances, immunities and offensive coverage
• Capture and full-team swap comparisons are recognized product needs
• A userscript-based approach creates an installation barrier

Limitations

• Do not copy its prose, UI or code
• The thread does not define Pokelike Wiki's product rules
• Boss data from the userscript is not automatically approved for this project

Usage

Supports

• Publicly described userscript feature set for coverage, weaknesses, boss preview and catch/swap helpers

Limitations

• The source project currently declares no license
• Do not copy source code
• Do not create a derivative userscript
• Do not copy its UI or game-DOM integration

Usage

Supports

• Players want an easy-to-read collected Trait guide
• Trait information is difficult to consult during Endless replacement decisions

Limitations

• The post itself does not supply a complete Trait rules dataset
• Do not use it as the source for exact thresholds or effects

Usage

Supports

• Players are confused by Trait activation
• Players connect Trait understanding with Battle Tower progression and Pokémon upgrades

Limitations

• The question alone does not establish exact Trait mechanics
• Extract exact rules only from a source that states them

Usage

Supports

• Players ask how Soothe Bell interacts with Lum Berry and other start-of-fight effects
• The thread contains conflicting community observations about the exact number of boosts
• The conflict is a useful Item-page and source-handling example

Limitations

• Do not hard-code a deterministic two-boost or four-boost result from this thread
• Do not present either comment as an official rule

Usage

Supports

• Community reports that completing the Generation 1 Pokédex unlocks the Shiny Charm
• Community reports that the charm increases or doubles the shiny rate
• Players need a direct Shiny Charm guide

Limitations

• Treat exact unlock and rate details as community-sourced unless a Pokelike official or game source is added
• The thread contains unrelated or uncertain comments that should not be generalized

Usage

Supports

• Players want Starter, investment and cross-region Pokémon guidance
• Community strategies include focusing upgrades on a limited pool of Pokémon
• Battle Tower pages should distinguish player strategy from game mechanics

Limitations

• Individual Pokémon recommendations are player strategies, not official rankings
• Do not convert one comment into a universal Tier List

Usage

Supports

• Players seek an Endless guide and Build direction
• The thread contains a concrete community strategy around Dark types, Razor Claw and Stealth Goggles
• Build pages need prerequisites, items and alternatives

Limitations

• The shared Build is version-sensitive community strategy
• Do not label it the official or guaranteed best Build

Usage

Supports

• Players need collection-aware Unova investment advice
• The question includes Starter, leveling and missing-Pokémon decisions
• The thread contains community examples such as a Dratini-to-Dragonite route

Limitations

• A single successful route is not a universal Unova solution
• Do not publish a fixed best team without defining conditions

Usage

Supports

• Players are actively attempting a Kalos Tower stage
• Players need collection-aware Starter and investment advice
• The thread includes a community strategy using Dragon, Fire, Flying and Steel

Limitations

• The public Pokelike homepage crawl describes five Battle Tower regions and does not itself document Kalos
• Present Kalos details as community-sourced until a direct Pokelike game or announcement source is added
• Do not call the suggested type combination guaranteed

Usage

Supports

• The Pokelike Reddit and Discord moderation policy restricts direct Pokésort solution spoilers
• Hints and help should respect the community's spoiler boundary

Limitations

• This is a community publication policy, not a Pokésort game-mechanics source

Usage

Supports

• The intended content split between Pokelike Daily Pokésort and the independent PokeSort 4×4 game
• A spoiler-aware bridge destination for users seeking Pokésort rules

Limitations

• The independent 4×4 PokeSort board is not the Pokelike Daily Pokésort
• Do not copy the full solver, archive or daily-answer functionality into Pokelike Wiki

Usage

Supports

• Competitor coverage research for Pokédex, Items, Traits, Battle Tower, Challenges and guides
• Identification of topics where Pokelike Wiki needs stronger tool and decision value

Limitations

• Do not copy text, tables, images, metadata or page structure
• Do not treat competitor prose as the sole factual source for Pokelike mechanics
• Do not import its database

Usage

Supports

• Ongoing discovery of current player questions, updates, Builds and problems

Limitations

• The subreddit as a whole is not a single factual source
• Specific claims must point to a specific post or comment thread

Usage

Supports

• Static JSON snapshots produced from PokéAPI
• A reproducible source for Pokémon species, varieties, forms and type relations
• A source commit that can be pinned for deterministic imports

Limitations

• Does not confirm any Pokémon or form is available in Pokelike
• Does not describe Pokelike traits, items, modes or builds
• source project licensing does not grant rights to Pokémon trademarks, sprites or artwork

Usage

Supports

• Two Trait points are required per Trait level
• A normal Pokémon contributes one point to each of its types
• A shiny Pokémon contributes two points to each of its types
• A shiny dual-type Pokémon can activate Tier 1 for both represented types
• The same discussion reports that training and shiny effects do not apply to normal or Nuzlocke gameplay

Limitations

• Community comment rather than an official Pokelike rules document
• Does not define Mutant point values
• Does not state a Pokelike version

Usage

Supports

• A community-reported effect summary for all 18 type Traits
• Per-Tier formulas or tables for Normal, Grass, Bug, Fire, Fairy, Fighting, Dragon, Poison, Flying, Ground, Psychic, Dark, Electric, Ice, Ghost, Steel, Water and Rock
• A statement that Steel damage reduction reaches 90 percent at Tier 6

Limitations

• The author explicitly says the list was written from memory and some specifics may be slightly off
• The exact Steel reflection values were not remembered
• Effect text may be displayed but must not drive a full battle simulation
• Does not state a Pokelike version

Usage

Supports

• The community explanation applies type Traits to Battle Tower and Challenge modes
• Two normal Pokémon of a type or one shiny Pokémon of a type activates a Trait
• Fire Tier 1 is described as an Attack and Special Attack boost

Limitations

• Community explanation rather than an official mode matrix
• Does not define every mode or every Trait effect

Usage

Supports

• Players discuss a Kanto Battle Tower stage

Limitations

• Does not define Kanto calculation rules

Usage

Supports

• Players discuss a Johto Battle Tower stage

Limitations

• Does not define Johto calculation rules

Usage

Supports

• Players discuss a Hoenn Battle Tower stage

Limitations

• Does not define Hoenn calculation rules

Usage

Supports

• The complete 36-record ITEM_POOL and 128-record PASSIVE_ITEM_POOL exposed by the official v2.9 client
• Official Item IDs, names, effect text, and stable order within each collection
• ITEM_POOL minimum-map and generation-two restriction fields when present
• PASSIVE_ITEM_POOL hook identifiers for extraction auditing

Limitations

• Does not support strategy recommendations or best-Item rankings
• Does not automatically prove identical behavior across every Pokelike mode
• Does not support stacking rules that are not explicit in the effect text
• Does not resolve the community-reported Soothe Bell and Lum Berry interaction dispute

Usage

Supports

• MAX_ACCESSIBLE_STAGE exposes six accessible Battle Tower stages
• STAGE_META orders Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, and Kalos as Stages 1 through 6
• STAGE_GEN_RANGES provides each stage's range bounds as National Pokédex IDs
• REGION_STARTERS provides the regional Starter species IDs for each stage
• FIXED_STAGE_REGIONS provides three fixed Trainer groups, names, and source order for every stage

Limitations

• Does not support best Starter, Tier List, win-rate, or guaranteed-team claims
• FIXED_STAGE_REGIONS does not by itself establish that every listed Trainer is a boss
• Does not establish explicit stage unlock conditions in the imported fields
• Does not establish a complete stage reward table, permanent upgrade rules, EV rules, or encounter table
• The importer intentionally excludes Pokémon rosters, sprites, images, maps, and other game assets

Usage

Supports

• Players discuss a Sinnoh Battle Tower stage

Limitations

• Does not define Sinnoh calculation rules