Arceus Judgment: the 30-minute endgame
PokéSurvivor’s October 13 update adds invincible Arceus at 30 minutes, ends new rifts at 28, adds three achievements and resets the all-time leaderboard. Earned rewards remain yours.
Updates
PokéSurvivor patch notes by date: Arceus at 30 minutes, rift changes, move balance, rewards, mobile fixes and the guides affected by each update.
Rock Slide, melee, upgrades and rift changes
Historical PokéSurvivor changes: Rock Slide 26→21, melee damage +20%, new critical/reroll/ban upgrades, 50% rift ×10 drops and iPhone/co-op fixes. Overtime was later removed on October 13.
Bonds: fuse moves and free attack slots
The October 11 PokéSurvivor update adds Bonds for two-to-four simultaneous moves in one slot, a card-reroll button, capped run cards and fixes for tickets, upgrades and long-run freezes.
Boss warnings, eight attack kinds and harder fights
PokéSurvivor’s October 10 patch adds four boss warnings, half-health enrage, 12 moves, eight attack behaviors and run events. Read the fight and reward changes before choosing a route.
Mobile controls, English and web-app installation
The October 9 update adds phone/tablet touch controls, English, installable web-app play and automatic graphics quality. Giga Drain becomes Grass Knot and stops healing.
Missions, legendary rifts, held items and co-op
The October 8 update introduces missions, 127 historical achievements, items, move evolutions, 18 rift arenas, weather, ticket gacha and co-op for up to four. Current achievements later increase to 130.
First public release of PokéSurvivor
The author’s changelog records PokéSurvivor’s first public release on October 7, 2026. Later dated updates document the added systems; this entry does not invent a launch-day feature list.