Pokémon Ranger/Challenges

Pokémon Ranger has 3 minigames called Challenges. The Marine Sea Challenge can be started by talking to the MC on the docks right next to the Lapras in Summerland. The Grassland Challenge can be started by talking to the MC in the upper right corner of Ringtown. The Capture Arena Challenge can be found by walking through the bottom left exit of Fall City then go inside the building and talk to the receptionist.

All of these challenges are optional and don't need to be done for the story of the game but if you want to complete the Browser then you need to do the Challenges as some Pokémon are locked behind them or they only appear in them.

Capture Arena

The Capture Arena Challenge is available after you watch the end game credits roll. If you are looking to complete the Browser then you need to beat Spensers high score of 50,000 to unlock Fearow in the Grassland Challenge.

You start the challenge with 2 minutes on the clock and Pokémon will appear. There are certain Pokémon for each level and to advance to the next level you need to capture the boss. For the boss to appear you need to capture a certain amount of Pokémon. You also can't use Poké Assists here. For each Pokémon capture, you will get points

The Pokémon in the Capture Arena don't give xp for your Styler and they don't register in your Browser. They also have the same amount of loops as they do in the wild but if you do extra loops you will get 1 second added to the timer per extra loop AFTER the required amount of loops are done. You can get up to an additional 10 seconds. If you capture more than 1 Pokémon at a time instead of getting time added, you will get a point multiplier like 2x for 2 Pokémon and 3x for 3 Pokémon. Also Pichu, Pikachu and Raichu recharge your Styler on top of giving you additional time with extra loops.

The challenge ends when you either run out of time or your Styler loses all of its power.

Strategy

This isn't easy and it may take several tries so don't panic if you can't beat Spensers high score right away.

The strategy to beating Spenser's score is as follows:

• Always do 10 extra loops on Pichu, Pikachu and Raichu
• In levels 1 and 2: Capture 1 Pokémon at a time as quickly as you can and try to get 10 extra loops with each Pokémon.
  • Zigzagoon, Taillow and Corphish are difficult to capture so try to do as many loops as you can but not getting 10 is ok.
• In levels 3+: Try to get the multipliers as much as you can. If you can get the multiplier then try to get additional time

Levels

The table below is all the Pokémon you can find in each level.

Pokémon	Requirements	Points	Loops
Level 1
Chikorita	None	300	3
Torchic	None	300	3
Mudkip	None	300	4
Pichu	None	500	1
Zigzagoon	None	600	2
Taillow	None	800	4
Rhydon	Capture 10 Pokémon	2,000	8
Level 2
Pichu	None	500	1
Bulbasaur	None	600	3
Paras	None	700	4
Poliwag	None	1000	4
Bellsprout	None	800	4
Combusken	None	800	5
Machoke	capture 10 Pokémon	3,000	8
Level 3
Skitty	None	1000	3
Grimer	None	1500	5
Meowth	None	1100	5
Snubbull	None	1300	4
Pichu	None	500	1
Corphish	None	1200	6
Muk	capture 11 Pokémon	4000	10
Level 4
Phanpy	None	1500	5
Treecko	None	1200	4
Mankey	None	1600	5
Pichu	None	500	1
Ludicolo	None	2000	8
Spinarak	None	1800	3
Politoed	Capture 12 Pokémon	5000	7
Level 5
Machop	None	1500	6
Beedrill	None	1000	3
Pichu	None	500	1
Bagon	None	2500	5
Venonat	None	3000	3
Magmar	None	2000	6
Dragonite	Capture 13 Pokémon	6000	3
Level 6
Pichu	None	500	1
Bulbasaur	None	600	3
Combusken	None	800	5
Poliwag	None	1000	4
Larvitar	None	1500	3
Bagon	None	2000	5
Donphan	None	2500	10
Quilava	None	3000	6
Crawdaunt	None	3500	10
Flygon	Capture 14 Pokémon	6000	6
Level 7
Bulbasaur	None	600	3
Pikachu	None	1000	2
Poliwag	None	1000	4
Machop	None	1500	6
Bagon	None	2500	5
Shelgon	None	2600	6
Graveler	None	3000	11
Venonat	None	3000	3
Wartortle	None	3000	8
Houndoom	None	3400	6
Magcargo	None	4800	4
Salamence	Capture 15 Pokémon	8000	22
Level 8
Venonat	None	500	3
Croconaw	None	600	5
Meditite	None	700	4
Skitty	None	1000	3
Pikachu	None	1000	2
Snubbull	None	1300	4
Ariados	None	1550	6
Gastly	None	2500	5
Ninjask	None	4200	1
Crobat	None	5800	4
Hypno	None	6000	9
Steelix	Capture 15 Pokémon	9000	10
Level 9
Lotad	None	700	3
Slakoth	None	800	6
Ekans	None	900	5
Pikachu	None	1000	2
Treecko	None	1200	4
Phanpy	None	1500	5
Wurmple	None	2800	3
Glalie	None	3800	9
Golem	None	4400	16
Piloswine	None	4800	7
Shiftry	None	5800	4
Charizard	Capture 15 Pokémon	10000	11
Level 10
Torchic	None	300	3
Bellsprout	None	800	4
Pikachu	None	1000	2
Snubbull	None	1300	4
Spinarak	None	1800	3
Bagon	None	2000	5
Beedrill	None	3000	3
Machamp	None	4000	10
Raichu	None	4000	3
Scizor	None	5000	12
Scyther	None	5000	3
Blaziken	None	6000	8
Heracross	None	6000	8
Venusaur	None	7000	10

Grassland Challenge

Capture Challenges work in the following way: You'll have 3 minutes to capture as many Pokémon as you can. Different Pokémon will give you different amounts of points, mostly depending on their rarity and difficulty to capture. Once the time is up, your points will be tallied and compared against the current high score of the the challenge. You can do the challenges as many times as you want but certain Pokémon won't unlock until after the game credits roll or meeting other criteria. There are also some Pokémon that are exclusive to the challenges so if you want to complete the Browser, you will need to do them. Unlike the Capture Arena, Pokémon in the challenges will register to your Browser but you still can't use Poké Assists. Also you don't need to do extra loops in these next challenges.

New Pokémon to go for in this challenge:

• Spearow
• Skarmory
• Spoink
• Fearow
• Abra
• Slowpoke
• Doduo
• Dodrio
• Tauros
• Kecleon
• Bulbasaur

Pokémon	Requirements	Points	Loops
Bulbasaur	None	200	3
Tangela	None	200	2
Torchic	None	300	3
Combusken	Capture 2 Torchic	700	5
Arcanine	Capture 2 Combusken	2,000	7
Kirlia	None	300	5
Gardevoir	Capture 2 Kirlia	500	9
Doduo	Capture 2 Gardevoir	1,800	3
Spearow	None	400	4
Fearow	Beat high score of 50,000 in Fall City Capture Arena	2,601	6
Spoink	None	400	4
Rapidash	Capture 2 Spoink	1,600	7
Tauros	None	500	8
Donphan	None	800	10
Abra	After 1 minute	1,000	4
Slowpoke	Capture 2 Abra	1,600	7
Kecleon	After 1 minute	1,000	4
Dodrio	Beat Joel's high score of 5,000	2,301	4
Skarmory	Watch game credits roll	2,301	3

Marine Sea Challenge

The Marie Sea Challenge has the same rules at the Grassland Challenge. It's just different Pokémon.

You also need to visually see the size difference in the shadows and Pokémon's reactiond to determine which one it is underwater. Some Pokémon are clearly visible as well like Staryu and Starmie.

New Pokémon to go for in this challenge:

• Starmie - random location (visible)
• Horsea - random location (small shadow underwater)
• Seadra - near lighthouse (medium shadow underwater)
• Goldeen - random location (small shadow underwater)
• Seaking - randomly around the lighthouse (medium shadow underwater)
• Remoraid - top left and top right deep end water(small shadow)
• Octillery - with Remoraid (medium shadow)
• Mantine - bottom middle and top middle deep end water (large shadow)
• Luvdisc - Heart shaped deep end water in top right corner(small)
• Wailmer - bottom left and top middle deep end water (large shadow)
• Sharpedo - foggy area in bottom right corner (visible)
• Psyduck - middle left area (visible)

Pokémon	Requirements	Points	Loops
Magikarp	None	200	1
Gyarados	During post-game, capture 5 Magikarp	2,300	11
Carvanha	None	200	4
Sharpedo	None	400	11
Remoraid	None	200	2
Mantine	Capture 4 Remoraid	1,500	8
Staryu	None	200	5
Starmie	Capture 2 Staryu	600	9
Psyduck	Capture 2 Starmie	1,600	32
Octillery	None	500	2
Luvdisc	After 1 minute	700	2
Goldeen	None	300	1
Seaking	Capture 2 Goldeen	700	2
Wailmer	Capture 2 Seaking	2,200	16
Pelipper	Beat Cameron's high score of 3,500 points	2,301	12
Horsea	Watch game credits roll	400	3
Seadra	Watch game credits roll	800	5
Kingdra	Capture 2 Horsea	2,300	6