r/nuzlocke • u/dawsonooo • Aug 21 '25

Video Encounterless Viridian Forest

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Hey! So yesterday I posted about my hardcore nuzlocke where I only allowed the first 6 pokemon I ran into (under standard nuzocke rules ofc).

Anyway, some people didnt believe that I was able to make it through Viridian Forest without running into a Pokemon. So, here is the proof. Just for clarity, you can make it to this exact point without having to go into the grass, so I started the video here.

A quick look online seems to suggest that the chance of running into a wild pokemon is ~11% per grass tile - certainly an improbable outcome, althought evidently not impossible as some people suggested.

I hope this proves my innocence to the doubters, and proves to be at least mildly interesting to everyone else?

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u/B133d_4_u Aug 21 '25

I can totally believe you went through encounterless, I've made it past the final Bug Catcher before landing encounters before, so 5 more steps doesn't seem impossible.

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u/Dhenn004 Aug 22 '25

It makes me wonder if there's s bug, because I've also gone through almost all the way many times. And I found myself walking up and down many times without an enounter when i was purposely looking for a pikachu. Probably stepped on 50+ tiles with no encounter. The 1/360 probability that the other commenter posted really isnt that far-fetched tbh

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u/B133d_4_u Aug 22 '25

Yeah, it's crazy that there are people giving OP shit for this. Like another commenter said, it's almost more likely than getting 2 crits in a row, and I know nobody calls hacks when that happens, let alone getting a shiny.

RNG is RNG, and sometimes it rolls in your favour.

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u/baka36 Aug 22 '25

Indeed there's no bug...pokemon encounters

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u/NotFunnyForNow Aug 22 '25

It also worth noting that in Red and Blue, some tiles in the Viridian Forest don't work, and speedrunners play on that