| ↲ Paldea Ribbon | Vortex Legendary Ribbon | Kanto Ribbon ↳ |
In order to unlock Legendary Pokémon encounters, a player must obtain ribbons by defeating gym leaders. Each ribbon represents a Pokémon region and unlocks its respective legendaries. All gym leaders in a region need to be defeated. You can track your progress from your profile by checking your obtained badges. In the past, elite 4 members, champions, battle frontier brains, and battle maison members had to be completed for all legendary Pokémon to become obtainable but is no longer the case after a v4 update.
Note: Unlike other regions gyms which can be accessed directly via the site navigation under the battle tab, Vortex gyms must be located in the cities of the map. The cities are indicated on the mini-map as red squares.
Vortex League
Gym Leaders
| Nightshade Gym | 
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Selwyn
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| Six random Ghost-type Pokémon with levels ranging between 14-16. | |
| Granite Gate Gym | 
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Caldur
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| Six random Rock-type Pokémon with levels ranging between 18-21. | |
| Lava Ridge Gym | 
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| Riven
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| Six random Fire-type Pokémon with levels ranging between 25-28. | |
| The Quays Gym | 
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| Thalassa
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| Six random Water-type Pokémon with levels ranging between 30-33. | |
| Blackstock's Toll Gym | 
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| Umbra
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| Six random Dark-type Pokémon with levels ranging between 36-40. | |
| Starfall Gym | 
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| Merrin
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| Six random Fairy-type Pokémon with levels ranging between 45-50. | |
| Everbloom Gym | 
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| Thorne
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| Six random Grass-type Pokémon with levels ranging between 52-56. | |
| Vortex Citadel Gym | 
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| Draven
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| Six random Dragon-type Pokémon with levels ranging between 60-65. | |
Unlocked with Vortex Ribbon
 #9996 Dratinice |
 #9997 Dratinire |
 #9998 Dratinilic |
 #9999 Darkrown |