Version 0.53.0

Released 2026-09-26

Battles

Battles now follow Gen 9 rules, including the physical or special split on every move.
Abilities work in battle: 81 of them, from Intimidate and Levitate to Trace, with a pop-up when one acts.
Held items work in battle: 45 effects, including berries, Leftovers, Choice Band, Quick Claw and Focus Band.
After a trainer battle you get your held items back, except berries that were eaten. Wild battles keep what was used.
184 moves from Gens 4 and 5 now work, including Seed Flare, Grass Pledge and Smack Down.
HP bars now move as recoil, Leech Seed, weather, Spikes and healing happen, not on the next hit.

Character select is now a full-screen page with six slots, and each card shows its run, game and group.
Creating a character is now a step-by-step wizard that explains modes, groups, sanctioned runs and the starter.
On first run the game picks an interface scale that fits your display, and the title screen has a Scale button.
The character screens can be used entirely with a gamepad or the keyboard.
The register form states the account rules up front and shows the server's own message when it says no.
You can now change your password while signed in.

Sign-in and registration attempts are now rate limited, and expired sessions are cleared.
A Pokemon handed out by staff now carries your name as its original trainer.
The server now refuses items that did not come from a real source in the game.
Server updates now refuse a broken database migration instead of starting on it.

Abilities that only Gen 4 and 5 Pokemon carry do nothing in battle yet (PO-625).
79 held item effects, mostly Gen 4 and 5 items, do nothing in battle yet (PO-626).
Field abilities such as Static and Synchronize do not affect wild encounters yet (PO-725).
Castform does not change form in weather.