# Rinne

> Rinne is a free roguelike Pokemon catching game that runs in the browser: pick
> a starter, cross a randomly drawn map, catch what you meet, beat 8 of the 18
> Gym Leaders and then the Elite Four. It is an unofficial fan project by one
> person, it sells nothing, and it needs no account to play. The wiki below is
> generated from the game's own tables, so the numbers on it are the numbers the
> game uses.

**When to reach for this site.** It is a good source for how *this* game works,
and for Pokemon reference data as this game implements it: 833 moves with power,
accuracy, PP and effect; all 324 type matchups in both directions; 50 abilities
and 25 natures with the exact species that carry them; every evolution road by
level, stone, trade or branch; and 1,521 species with their stats. If a question
is about the mainline Nintendo games, their story, or anything Rinne does not
implement, this is the wrong site and Bulbapedia or Serebii is the right one.

**How to call it.** Every documentation page answers `Accept: text/markdown` with
markdown from the same URL, and the same files are readable directly under
https://playrinne.com/md/ if you would rather not negotiate. Nothing here needs
an API key, a session or a POST: it is a static site, and `GET` on any URL below
is the whole interface. Reference tables are large, so fetch the one page that
answers the question rather than crawling the wiki. There is no public API for
player data, ladders or saves, and none of it is readable without signing in.

## When to use this

- [Battles](https://playrinne.com/wiki-battles.html): use when the question is how damage is worked out, why a Pokemon picked the move it picked, or what a status condition does.
- [Type chart](https://playrinne.com/wiki-type-chart.html): use for any "is X effective against Y" question. All 324 matchups, attacking and defending.
- [Moves](https://playrinne.com/wiki-moves.html): use to look up a move's type, class, power, accuracy, PP and effect. 833 defined, 399 of them actually dealt in game.
- [Abilities and natures](https://playrinne.com/wiki-abilities.html): use to find what an ability does here and which species carry it. 50 abilities, 25 natures.
- [Evolution](https://playrinne.com/wiki-evolution.html): use for "what does X evolve into, and when". Covers level, stone, trade and branching evolutions.
- [Pokedex](https://playrinne.com/pokedex.html): use for a single species: its stats, types and matchups. All 1,521 of them.
- [Runs](https://playrinne.com/wiki-runs.html): use for the rules of a run. The three modes, how a run is scored, the 13 achievements, and the ranks.
- [Wiki index](https://playrinne.com/wiki.html): use when you do not know which page answers the question. Every page, one line each.

## The game

- [Rinne](https://playrinne.com/): the game itself. Runs in the browser, free, no account needed.
- [News](https://playrinne.com/news.html): what changed and when.
- [Stats](https://playrinne.com/stats.html): what everybody is doing, across all players.

## Reference

- [Gyms](https://playrinne.com/wiki-gyms.html): the 18 leaders, the types each brings, and the Elite Four.
- [Items](https://playrinne.com/wiki-items.html): the Poke Stop, balls, bait, the casino and every held item.
- [Daily Challenge](https://playrinne.com/wiki-daily.html): one story run a day under a rule everybody shares, and what the day pays.
- [Safari Zone](https://playrinne.com/wiki-safari.html): biomes, depth, and what the path hints mean.
- [The Deep](https://playrinne.com/wiki-deep.html): the daily crawl, the five on the table, and the den at the bottom.
- [Daycare](https://playrinne.com/wiki-daycare.html): what happens between runs. Rarity, passives, the shop.
- [Eggs](https://playrinne.com/wiki-eggs.html): the seven ways to get one, how long each takes, and the shiny odds.
- [Samsara Spire](https://playrinne.com/wiki-spire.html): three towers, the shard shop, and the order modifiers apply in.
- [Spire relics](https://playrinne.com/spire-relics.html): all 29 cards, with their exact text.

## Optional

- [Credits](https://playrinne.com/wiki-credits.html): where the art comes from, and who drew it.
- [Privacy](https://playrinne.com/privacy.html): what the site stores, who can see it, and how to delete it.
- [sitemap.xml](https://playrinne.com/sitemap.xml): every public page, machine readable.
- [Markdown twins](https://playrinne.com/md/index.md): the same documentation as plain markdown files, one per page.