PokéSurvivor Updates · 2026-10-13: Arceus Judgment: the 30-minute endgame

Game update October 13, 2026 · Article updated October 14, 2026

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.

Changes at a glance

At 30:00, Arceus takes you to the Ruins of Judgment. It is invincible, accelerates its chase and attacks with light pillars, beams and shockwaves.
A legendary arrives every 5 seconds; each successive one has twice the previous legendary’s HP and damage.
Three achievements reward reaching Judgment, surviving one minute against Arceus and defeating three legendaries in that encounter.
The Arceus encounter has new music.
A flag on each leaderboard row lets players report a suspicious record.
The all-time leaderboard restarts because old long-run records no longer match this endgame. Daily, weekly and monthly boards are unchanged.
The old overtime scaling from minute 60 is removed. No new rifts open from 28:00 onward.
The leaderboard again checks that records were really played. The update says earned rewards are retained; this is different from having no anti-cheat checks.

Can you defeat Arceus?

No. Arceus is an invincible pursuer in this encounter, not an ordinary rift boss to unlock by winning. Keep moving through open space, dodge its attacks and kill the arriving legendaries when you can. The source code applies contact damage equal to 40% of maximum HP before any other relevant handling; touching it repeatedly is dangerous even with a large HP total.

Judgment legendaries award XP, but no per-kill coins, tickets or held items. The ×10 tickets in the achievement table are achievement rewards, not drops from every Judgment legendary. Ordinary enemy and run-event spawning stops during this endgame, so it is a survival challenge rather than a continuation of the normal farming route.

What changes at 28 and 30 minutes?

If you are still in an already-open rift arena when the clock reaches 30:00, Judgment waits until you return. The 28-minute cutoff prevents new portals from opening; it does not retroactively remove an arena you already entered.

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Run time	Rule	Your next action
Before 28:00	Normal rift checks can still occur when their conditions are met.	Use available rifts to earn the Bonds needed for your active group.
28:00–30:00	New rifts stop opening.	Stop waiting for another portal; finish upgrades and preserve health.
From 30:00	Judgment triggers when its state conditions permit. Legendaries arrive every 5 seconds and double successively.	Avoid Arceus and its warnings; pursue survival and the three encounter achievements.

The three new achievements and exact rewards

The rewards come from the achievement definitions. An ordinary legendary’s rift-defeat achievement is a separate goal; these three require Judgment progress.

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Achievement	Condition in one run	Reward
The Judgment (La Sentencia)	Reach the Judgment encounter at minute 30.	1 ×10 ticket; title: Juzgado
Before the Creator (Ante el Creador)	Survive 60 seconds against Arceus.	2 ×10 tickets; title: Elegido de Arceus
Divine challenge (Desafío divino)	Defeat 3 legendaries during one Judgment encounter.	2 ×10 tickets

Achievement conditions and rewards

Why did the all-time ranking restart?

The author reset the all-time board because older survival records came from a different endgame. The announcement explicitly keeps daily, weekly and monthly boards unchanged. This leaderboard reset is not an announcement that your Pokémon collection, upgrades or earned rewards were deleted.

If a record looks impossible, use the flag on that row to report it.
Record eligibility checks and keeping earned rewards are separate rules. The current announcement protects the leaderboard while preserving earned rewards.

Earlier October 13 snapshot: Every run counts

The website originally used the October 13 snapshot 89ee17ad, whose changelog removed anti-cheat eligibility checks and said rewards were retained. That is a historical statement from an earlier revision on the same date. The later a9b21f09 Arceus update restores leaderboard protection, changes combat progression and replaces the old 60-minute endgame.

Game date, page revision and sources

Game update: 2026-10-13. This page was revised on 2026-10-14 using the author’s changelog and game files at a9b21f09. The earlier 89ee17ad snapshot is retained below as history. Game update dates and this website’s content revision are separate.

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What to change in your next run

Finish your planned rift and Bond progression before 28 minutes; after that, prepare movement space and recovery for Judgment instead of waiting for minute-60 overtime.
Aim damage at the spawned legendaries and avoid Arceus. A build that once lasted 90 minutes is not evidence that it can defeat an invincible endgame pursuer.

Previous and next updates

2026-10-12 · Rock Slide, melee, upgrades and rift changes

Game data & sources

The linked game files show where these stats, costs and rules come from. Updates to the game may change them.

Data version: a9b21f09

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