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Bosses & rifts

Bosses

Poke Survivor Bosses, Rifts & Arceus's Judgment

PokéSurvivor boss fights at minutes 3, 6, 9, 12, 15: base HP, damage and XP, every Pokémon that can be the boss, how rifts open, and Arceus's Judgment at minute 30.

Boss schedule

A boss arrives at each of these minutes. While it is alive, regular waves drop to 25% and there are no surges.

Boss schedule
MinuteBase stat totalBase HPBase damageHP / damage at spawn (solo)XPPossible bosses
3:00490–5451,890412,457 / 53220213
6:00520–5804,320506,912 / 80420110
9:00540–6007,5605814,364 / 11068051
12:00580–70012,1506726,730 / 1471,00016
15:00600–70021,6008254,000 / 2051,80012
Base values grow with time: when a boss spawns, its HP and damage are multiplied by 1 + t/600, where t is the run time in seconds (×1.3 at minute 3, ×2.5 at minute 15). In co-op, boss HP also goes up 30% per extra player and then ×1.4.

Boss drops

  • One of the 11 held items, every time. All held items
  • A ×10 ticket 1 time in 3.
  • 10 coin pickups, a heal orb, a magnet orb and a burst of experience.

Rifts

  • From 75 s into a run, the game rolls for a rift every 30 s: 20% the first time, then 20 points more after each miss up to 100%, so you go at most about 2.5 minutes without one. Rolls do not count while a boss is alive, and no rifts open from minute 28.
  • A rift stays open for 45 s. Step in to fight a legendary in a closed arena themed on one of its types, with a 120-second limit.
  • Legendaries you have not defeated yet are 4 times as likely to be picked. 87 legendaries can appear.
  • The legendary has 3,200 + 9 × t HP and 36 + t/20 damage (t = run time in seconds), so later rifts are tougher. Co-op raises its HP the same way as a boss's.
  • Win: a held item, 3 tickets, coins, a ×10 ticket 1 time in 2, and a bond, which lets you fuse moves so they fire together from one slot.
  • Lose (everyone down or time up): you return with some HP and no reward, and the run goes on.
  • The legendary is shiny 1 time in 512, if it has a shiny form.

Arceus's Judgment (minute 30)

  • At minute 30 the regular run ends and Arceus's Judgment begins in a huge arena. If you are in a rift or choosing a card at that moment, it starts right after.
  • Arceus cannot be damaged. Touching it costs 40% of your HP, and it attacks with pillars of light, cross beams and shockwaves, all marked on the ground first.
  • Every 5 s a random legendary joins, each with 2× the HP and damage of the one before. The first is scaled to the damage you dealt to a single foe before the Judgment.
  • There is no time limit: the legendaries keep coming until you fall. They give experience only, no coins, tickets or items.

Judgment achievements

Which Pokémon can be the boss

Each run draws one boss per slot at random from the non-legendary Pokémon whose base stat total is in the slot's range, never the same Pokémon twice in a run. 254 Pokémon can be a boss.

Minute 3 (213 Pokémon)

Rules on this page that are not in the data release are read from the game's code at commit a9b21f0 (enemies.js, spawner.js, rift.js, judgment.js, enemy.js, pickup.js).

Numbers on this page come from data release 2026-10-13-a9b21f0 (game commit a9b21f0).

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