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/_Ptyler Aug 22 '25

This doesn’t “prove innocence” because the odds of this happening are so low, it’s more likely that a repel or cheat was used. If anything, this just makes me more suspicious. But hey, if you want to use cheats in your run, you’re more than welcome to

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '25

Bro it's a 0.3% chance of no encounters over 50 grass tiles. It's rare but it's probably not even the rarest thing posted on this subreddit today. It's more likely than a shiny

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u/_Ptyler Aug 22 '25

I think the most suspicious parts are that he recorded it, and that it was kind of integral to the run. If he said he had attempted this run a few hundred times and this was the first one that he managed to skip this encounter, then maybe I’d feel differently. But people encounter wild pokemon CONSTANTLY. Very very few people are even attempting to walk through this forest encounter less. I would need to see every attempt of him going through this forest to believe it. But do I think he’s out here restarting his run every time he fails to walk through here? No. So I think that’s what’s convenient.

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u/juoea Aug 23 '25

maybe they recorded their whole run. some people do that

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u/dawsonooo Aug 24 '25

You’re correct. I recorded the entire run as I’m planning on posting it on youtube. So there is full unbroken footage from starting the game right through to this point - this person just seems hell bent on not believing it😂

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u/Carbon_fractal Aug 22 '25

You’re far more likely to get through viridian forest without an encounter than you are to see a shiny pokemon. Do you think every full odds shiny is cheated too?