school assignments

[indigo_league]

Unlike the region of Kanto, where young kids are just given an electric rat, a handful of pokeballs and get sent out into the wilderness, Paldea takes a different approach to learning. A revolutionary new idea called... school.

And while you are here, you are also given the opportunity to participate in some school assignments and enjoy learning in a slightly more structured manner. Or you can just be in it for the rewards.







On this page, you can find all the current open School Assignments which your character can accept. There will also be a small FAQ to answer a few questions. Oh, and new assignments will become available as time progresses so make sure to check back from time to time.



Oh no, school.

Oh yes, school! Paldea finds education to be very important and wants your characters to experience it while they are here. No matter how young or old your characters are, we can always learn more.

Are these Assignments mandatory?

You are not an actual student of the Academy, so no, the assignments are not mandatory. The Academy really would like you to participate, but if you'd rather not, there is no way they can make you do the work.

Except maybe by offering you some cool rewards.

How can I prove I've completed an assignment/obtain my reward?

This will differ for each assignment. For many of them, claiming your reward is just hand waved. So you can say whether your character has completed that assignment or not. For some more intense assignments, or ones that come with really good rewards, there might be a requirement to meet (such as linking us to a thread or submitting a small write-up).

Each assignment will say exactly what needs to be done to claim the reward, so make sure to read through them carefully!

Where can I redeem my Assignments?

We have a thread over here where you can post to redeem a certain assignment. Just let us know what assignment your character was working on and meet the requirement and we'll let you know if it has been accepted.

Can characters work together on Assignments?

In some cases, characters will have to do some group work to complete an assignment. This will be noted in the assignment itself! For all other assignments -- they are individual assignments, so your character has to meet all the requirements on their own, however, there is nothing stopping you from teaming up with another character with the same assignment and working on it together.

Can each assignment only be done once?

Some assignments can be done multiple times by the same character. In this case, the assignment will note they are repeatable. There will also be some assignments that can only be done once. For example, visiting all the cities in Paldea is a one time deal! You cannot show up every day and say you've gone to each city.

Additionally, assignments can be done by multiple characters. Just because Character A has visited every Paldean City, doesn't mean Character B can't do the same assignment. For the most part, these assignments are not first come, first serve! There will be a few that can only be done once, but this will be noted on the assignment in question (and none of those are available just yet)

I have a question about my assignment or requirement.

Please comment here and we will clarify things ASAP.

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[indigo_league]

Assignment Redemption

[indigo_league]

<B>Character:</b> <B>Assignment:</b> <B>Requirement:</b> <I>Special notes:</b> if relevant!

Re: Assignment Redemption

[phdepression]

Character: Jotaro Kujo
Assignment: Beach Pics (Photography Club)
Requirement: N/A

Special notes: Honestly, it's almost comical how fast Jotaro submits very nice shots of the Secluded Beach. His Palafin is in the background of some but they're good photos overall!

[nightyorb]

Character: Riz Gukgak
Assignment: Gym Newbie
Requirement: One approved gym badge

Special notes: I will be back

[phoenixwiz]

Character: Harry Potter
Assignment: Pic Stop (Photography Club)
Requirement: Handwaved

Special notes: Intrigued by the rumors and hearing about the possible presence of the Varoom line in the mines from the Photography Club, Harry decides to head to East Area Three and begins taking photos of how really harmless they are. He notices from his observations and photos that the Varoom and Revaroom are playfully racing each other and having friendly battles with each other. Much to his surprise during his mine trip, they really want to befriend him and his team and some of them do wish that he could take one of them as a part of his team so badly.

He decides to take on the challenge by letting one excited Varoom to fight his Hisuian Arcanine Godric and Hippowdon Helga. They are able to battle her and she proves to be a good battler too which allows him to catch her, making her a part of his team and as a proof that the Varoom line doesn’t mean to cause any trouble in the mines. They just want to have a place to call home and play in.

[outofsynth]

Character: Min-Gi Park
Assignment: Gym Newbie
Requirement: Of course he fought Ryme first.

3 redeems!

[phdepression]

Character: Jotaro Kujo
Assignment: Within your grasp!!
Requirement: Link to a small travel report - April 12

Character: Jotaro Kujo
Assignment: Gym Newbie
Requirement: Badge acceptance!

Character:Jotaro Kujo
Assignment:Make it rain!
Requirement: Log set in South Area Five.
Special notes: The April 4 log also has a small encounter.

Science Club

[sinningtree]

Characters: Min-Gi Park [outofsynth], Duo Maxwell [divine_braid] & Shuichi Minamino/Kurama [sinningtree], supported by Carly Nagisa [insidescoop] & Vinegar Doppio [epitaffio]
Assignment: Book It!
Requirement:
This heist is very much a team effort. At Carly's suggestion they're going to be scouting it out in advance, trying to get a feel for the layout, guard times, closing times, exits, and weak points under the guise of being regular library goers. From there Carly will be taking more of a backseat, giving the less senior Rockets the chance to prove their worth.

The theft itself will largely be carried out by Duo and Kurama. Kurama is pretty handy when it comes to technology. He can deal with any security cameras, high-tech locks, or other electronic security measures they may need to take care of. Duo is better with more traditional or purely mechanical locks, so he'll be tackling those. They will have the assistance of Min-Gi's Venomoth, as well as Duo's Abra and will be taking advantage of their Teleports to move the books out of the library once they can access them. They will be equipped with satchels to carry them, but can blip in and out as needed if they get too full, and can use Venomoth's status moves to take care of any surprise Pokémon or people they come across even with the precautions they've taken. Doppio is on standby in an agreed location to relieve them of their prizes.

As someone who's been here longer (and who is decidedly less experienced in the art of thievery), Min-Gi is the brawn of this operation. Or will be if he needs to be. As far as Pokémon are concerned, it's largely his they'll be using. Ideally they'll be doing this at a time where there are no human librarians. However, if this is not possible, or if there are human security guards after hours, then Min's Chatot will use his imitation skills to try and lure them to a quiet corner where he can Sing them to sleep. His Ditto (using the shape of his Venomoth) will be patrolling and trying to take care of any Pokémon using status effects to incapacitate them until they're done. If it does come down to battle, he should hopefully have a pretty decent idea of what Pokémon he'll be facing and between them the only types no one on his Rocket team can resist are fire, electric, and dark. Empoleon is always his first choice for battle unless it is something he's weak to.

Between Venomoth, Dittomoth, and Abra they all have a getaway buddy with Teleport for either when they're done, or in event of emergency.

Special notes: Kurama is technically from 90s Earth, but because of anime rules there's a weird mishmash of tech you'd expect, and Spirit World (magical) tech that seems a lot closer to smartphones, etc... that you'd find today. Since Kurama has been shown to be able to hack Spirit World technology we are hoping that is a skill it's okay to transfer over to technology in Paldea.
- Min-Gi's Rocket roster.

[paladinlost]

Character: Cecil Harvey
Assignment: Gym Newbie
Requirement: The children did all the work, really.

[behindblueskin]

Character: Keldor
Assignment: Gym newbie
Requirement: Round one

[outofsynth]

Character: Min-Gi Park
Assignment: Gym Enthusiast
Requirement:
- Ryme
- Tulip
- Katy
- Brassius

[nightyorb]

Character: Riz Gukgak
Assignment: Gym Enthusiast
Requirement: I, II, III, IV


Assignment: Buff Brains
Requirement: In progress thread


Assignment: Make It Rain
Requirement: Riz came to North Area One with Adaine to find one of these illustrious roaming ghosts. And, because Riz Gukgak is a nerd of the highest order, he first hit up the Academy library to read up a little on these creatures. And one things he learned is that they like to run away. A lot.

Now, hey, Riz is a Rogue with a bonus action Disengage himself, so he can't fault them. But he also doesn't just want to be jogging endlessly all across Area One chasing one.

So instead, for this encounter, Riz turned to some of this other rogue tricks. First he scouted around the area for an appropriate place where trees or rocks funnel everything down one narrow path. And if no appropriate place can be found, he'll use his Klawf to make one. He then used his spider pokemon Spinarak and Galvantula to cover the path with sticky webbing, creating a barrier to slow down, if not fully stop a fleeing Gimmighoul.

With his trap set, Riz'll use his Murkrow to flush out a Gimmighoul. As Murkrow is a Dark Type, Gimmighoul should be pretty afraid of it. And seeing as Murkrow is just the tiniest bit quicker than Gimmighoul, he should also be capable of keeping up with it as he lands attacks near (not on!) the Gimmighoul to guide it down the appropriate path to trap.

With Gimmighoul slow/caught in the trap, Riz'll bring out his Dreepy Spin Cycle to actually battle it. Now, Spin Cycle is still just a little baby, so Riz doesn't know if he is actually strong enough to fully take down Gimmighoul, but he wants to give him some battle experience, nonetheless.

First, he'll have Dreepy use Infestation for the little bit of damage on each turn, then Astonish to deal damage. Should it look like Gimmighoul is too strong for him, he'll switch out Spin Cycle after a taste of violence and instead send out his Murkrow to quickly take the Ghimmighoul down with a few level 100 dark attacks. The coins he'll give to Adaine. He's just here for the good grade.

[seacub]

Character: Emporio Alniño seacub , Jotaro Kujo phdepression , Jolyne Cujoh strings_theory
Assignment: Defeat the Titan in North Area One!
Requirement: What with being in the North Area One for the ruins already, Emporio decided to take his time alone to look into the Houndstone while his friends were off to reunite with a new arrival. Houndstone are ghosts, so he figured, time to make use of that Ghost Affinity. The good news is he found what was setting them off.

...The bad news is he found what was setting them off, and it's really no surprise that as the teen starts scrambling to get his bearings in the face of a GIANT SLOWBRO, trained ghost pokemon nearby start panicking as well.

Jotaro and Jolyne enter the scene from the cliffs between North Area One and Tag Tree Thicket, and are quickly stuck hiding with Emporio amid the rocks while this Titan of a beast takes aim. They have very few options, and not a lot of time to act on them. Amid all the confusion, Emporio's Roaring Moon (slide 24), Metzli, uses Sunny Day to try and get a power boost via Protosynthesis...but that might not be the best idea since that thing can see them clear as day!!!

Fortunately, Jotaro's Fortress Sandygast apparently decided now was the best time to evolve into Pallosand, and the sandcastle does what it does best. ...Which is to say it starts chucking sand. Lots of it. Sand Attack is being absolutely spammed here.

Having arrived on the back of Ermes the Mudsdale, Jolyne takes a hint and has the massive steed use Sandstorm. Sucks for Metzli, but there's a Ground and a Ground/Ghost here, and the sand being whipped about only further helps to keep them from being hit.

Because that, as Jotaro puts it, is their...strategy. Don't get hit. No healing moves? Don't get hit. No cures for poison? Don't get hit. It's fine. They'll be fine.

Emporio feels like he can see where Jolyne gets it, and shakily orders Metzli to start revving themselves up with Dragon Dance. Jolyne, oblivious to this judgement, has Ermes do similar by using Iron Defense for her own defenses, and Bulldoze to cut down on that speed stat a little more.

Meanwhile Fortress has tried lulling the pokemon to sleep using Hypnosis, apparently intent on trying to eat its energy. It's not going fantastic, but being made of dirt makes for great camoflage, so between Giga Drain, Sand Tomb, and the fact that he's equipped with the ability Water Compaction, the little guy isn't doing too badly.

Even better though is that once the gang is all powered up, they strike through the sand like ghosts in the desert, if the desert was a frigid coastal plain. Metzli starts hitting hard with Throat Chop, as this isn't a Gym Battle and Emporio is prioritizing slaughter over the enemy having a challenge. Ermes meanwhile sends out plenty of High Horsepower kicks, since trying to use Earthquake here is a recipe for disaster. They pick, they peck, and finally when the storm is starting to fade and the Slowbro seems..? To take its last hit?

....

....It's unclear. Just what will they even see when the sandstorm clears? An angry slowbro with a GUN ready arm? ....Or a disappeared slowbro....

(Or even something else...)

Special notes: Hysterically, Galarian Slowking is a pokemon Emporio wants to try catching, so he might voice upset over the fact that they came so close to maybe finding one- feel free to play with the consequences of voicing such thoughts-

As an aside, this type of fight is pretty par the course in JJBA. BE HONORED, TITAN SLOWBRO

[paladinlost]

Character: Cecil Harvey
Assignment: Gym Enthusiast
Requirement: Part the first and part the second

(frozen comment) Geography Class

[indigo_league]

✥ City Hopper

Have your character visit every major city in Paldea once.

Requirements: Handwaved
Reward: P1000 + Voucher for one dinner at Every Wich Way
Repeatable?: No

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✥ Within your grasp!!

Conquer the Glaseado Grasp

Requirements: Link to a log or a small travel report.
Reward: P3000 + TM Ice Fang
Repeatable?: No

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✥ Buff brains

Some members of the battle club have been calling the geography club members nerds who can't battle, and now it's time to show them that brains and brawn can coexist. How better than some training in the Bamboo Forest, where Pokemon are just as likely to fight with their minds as their fists?

Requirements: Link a thread or short write-up including a pokemon battle in the Bamboo Forest, or link to roster info for a Pokemon caught there.
Reward: Focus Sash
Repeatable?: No

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✥ The truth is out there!

There are many stories about Colonnade Hollow. Some say none are true, but one very adamant Geography Club member insists only one is! The story he believes? Aliens. Go do some research into this!

Requirements: Handwaved
Reward: P1000
Repeatable?: Yes

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(frozen comment) Battle Club

[indigo_league]

✥ Gym Newbie

Obtain one Paldean badge

Requirements: Link us to your badge acceptance
Reward: P1000 + TM Aerial Ace
Repeatable?: No

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✥ Gym Enthusiast

Obtain four Paldean badges

Requirements: Link us to your badge acceptances
Reward: P5000 + Mirror Herb
Repeatable?: No

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✥ Gym Master

Obtain all Paldean badges

Requirements: Link us to your badge acceptances
Reward: P10000 + Mirror Herb
Repeatable?: No

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(frozen comment) History Class

[indigo_league]

✥ Shrine Hunter

Visit the four ancient shrines in South Area One, West Area One, Socarrat Trail and North Area Two.

Requirements: Link to either a log involving a trip to one of the shrines or write up a short travel report for one shrine.
Reward: Loaded Dice
Repeatable?: No

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✥ Make it rain!

It's said that the coins Gimmighoul are interested in have a connection to the last-ever king of Paldea. Collect two dozen to bring in for inspection!

Requirements: Link to a log set in South Area Five, West Area Two, or North Area One where characters encounter a Gimmighoul, or write a brief scene for your character doing so alone.
Reward: Amulet Coin (first time only) + keep the coins
Repeatable?: Yes

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(frozen comment) Culinary Club

[indigo_league]

✥ Critique-al review!!

Visit and review one of the Paldean Restaurant chains

Requirements: Write up a small restaurant review
Reward: P1000
Repeatable?: yes (for each of the different restaurant chains)

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✥ Protect the Harvest

A request comes from the Orchards in South Area Two. Please help protect the growing plants from wandering pokemon, by defeating ten wild pokemon.

Requirements: Handwaved
Reward: P2000
Repeatable?: Yes

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(frozen comment) Photography Club

[indigo_league]

✥ Beach pics

Need beach pictures for collage!!! Take pictures at the Secluded Beach ASAP!! Will pay!!

Requirements: Handwaved
Reward: P2000 + 5 lure balls
Repeatable?: No

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✥ Pic Stop

Local miners are concerned after hearing talk of running machinery in East Area Three's inactive mining tunnels. They suspect someone's trying to jump their claim, but the Photography Club suspects the sounds are just playful Varoom and Revaroom. They want plenty of evidence that it's only fun and games before it comes down to a fight!

Requirements: Handwaved
Reward: Metal Alloy
Repeatable?: No

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(frozen comment) 'Science' club (rocket front)

[indigo_league]

Please note that these assignments are only for rockets! The admin in charge of the 'club' knows which characters are rocks and which aren't, and will only hand the rewards to true Rockets.


✥ Love loses!

Use the cover of the Saint George celebrations to steal money, items and pokemon. People who are busy drowning in each others eyes are great targets!

Requirements: Regular reward can be handwaved; for a big reward link to a log related to this assignment.
Regular reward: a small boost in rocket status + allowed to keep 10% of what you stole
Big reward: a large boost in rocket status + a repeatable TM.
Repeatable?: No

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✥ Book it!

The library at the Academy holds many rare and ancient books which are not publicly available. Those books might hold knowledge that could be of great value to Team Rocket <sup>*

*</sup> Please note that there security measures in place, both in the form of a librarian, their pokemon and physical barriers (locks). A successful heist will require good planning!

Requirements: A log or a mission write up.
Reward: A large boost in Rocket Status + Hidden Ability pokemon.
Repeatable?: No

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(frozen comment) Legendary Seekers Club

[indigo_league]

Note that this isn't so much a club as one Very Excited fanboy, who wants to be like his idols, those three guys from Staryoutube.


✥ Find Cassie!!

There are many legends about a mythical creature living in Lake Casseroya named Cassie. Get a picture of her to prove she exists.

Requirements: Handwaved
Reward: Staryoutube fame!! The thrill of the hunt!! Knowing you've added to our knowledge of legendary pokemon!!
Repeatable?: Yes (technically)<sup>*

*</sup> You will not be able to find 'Cassie', but you will find swarms of very vicious Veluza

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(frozen comment) Ranger Club

[indigo_league]

✥ Calm the hounds

Something seems to have upset the Hounstone in North Area One. While normally gentle, in their agitated state, they might cause injuries to travellers. Please go to North Area One at Night and calm down the Houndstone.<sup>*

*</sup> While searching for the Houndstone, characters may come across large tracks that cannot be identified as belonging to any of the local pokemon. Could this be what is upsetting the Houndstone?

Requirements: Handwaved
Reward: P1000 + 5 Gimmeghoul coins
Repeatable?: No

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✥ Trash pick-up!

Unfortunately more and more trash can be found in the seas around Paldea. Please head to the secluded beach and pick up any trash you might find. You may also find pokemon tangled up in fishing lines or nets. Please cut them free!

Requirements: Handwaved
Reward: TM Psycho Cut
Repeatable?: No

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✥ Nursed back to health!

An unusual number of injured pokemon are being spotted in the Tagtree Thicket. Please take a potion pack and go and heal the injured pokemon. Any pokemon that are too injured can be caught and brought back to the ranger club (you'll be compensated for your pokemon). Information on what may have been injuring the pokemon is much appreciated!

^* While in the Tagtree Thicket, you may spot a high number of fallen trees and broken branches.

Requirements: Handwaved
Reward: TM Roost
Repeatable?: No

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Emergency Assignments

[indigo_league]

Note that these Titan Assignments will be first come first serve. If you've got a group together, comment to the specific assignment to let us know you are taking it on, and then comment up above to claim your reward once you've met the requirements.

Don't worry! We will have multiple of these, so if you miss out on taking this assignment, please keep your eyes out for the next one!

Note that we are not assigning a specific level to these titan pokemon, as the goal is to team up and take down a mighty foe, and we feel everybody should be able to get involved in that.

[indigo_league]

✥ Defeat the Titan in North Area One!

There is a crisis in North Area One! Scouts posted in the area have discovered the source of those mystery footprints and the distressed Houndstone -- A Massive Galarian Slowbro is rampaging in the area and threatening the local ecosystem. Please go and defeat it ASAP.

Requirements: at least three to four people (or more); turn in either a comprehensive battle strategy for all involved, or link to a log where everybody has tagged in at least once.
Reward: P10,000 + Mirror Herb
Repeatable?: No.

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Completed!

Area Zero Assignments

[indigo_league]

[indigo_league]

✥ Help Science Progress!

While in Area Zero, your characters can engage in various tasks to help out the local scientists -- these can range from battling the strange machine pokemon to gather more date, help process and sort the data already present, help observe wild pokemon, help place things like trail cams and sensors to study the make-up of the cavern itself.

You are free to have your character help in any of these manners, or even come up with something not on the list. And in order to reflect the different levels of participation your characters might have, you can turn this assignment in on three levels.


Intern

Requirements: None/Handwaved
Reward: A small research stipend of P5000
Repeatable?: No


PHD Candidate

Requirements: A Log of at least five comments or a solution to this piece of field research.
Reward: A held item of your choice.
Repeatable?: No


Scientist

Requirements: A Log of at least fifteen comments or a solution to this piece of field research.
Reward: A redeemable shiny roll here. You can use this even if your character is a breeder, and if your character is a trainer, this roll will not count towards your normal shiny rolls.
Repeatable?: No

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note: If you are choosing to complete any of the research assignments, please submit your solutions here

Journalism Club

[indigo_league]

✥ My Time in Paldea--

The Journalism club is interested in hearing about your experiences while here in Paldea. How did the trip treat you? Was there anything that surprised you? Something that you feel your own region could use? Write it up, and let them know!

Requirements: Have your character write up their opinion on the Paldea trip or a facet of it. Can be as long or as short as you want it to be.
Reward: An Evolutionary Item of your choice!
Repeatable?: No

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