The first Story Mode: eighteen Gym Leaders, two roads after the eighth badge, and a Champion nobody has seen.
Season 1 is the original Story Mode. Every run draws its Gyms from eighteen leaders, offers four at each badge, and asks for eight to reach the League. Who the leaders are and what they bring is on the Gyms page.
After the eighth badge the road splits in two. The Cruise goes by sea, with Deckhand Milo, Captain Sereia and the Rival, Fukugawa, aboard. The Cinder Road climbs a volcano past Surveyor Wren, Ockra and Forgewarden Solene. Each road ends with its own Legendary.
The League is Corvax, Seraphine, Draven and Ilyra, the Unbeaten, fought back to back. The Champion waits at the top of the hill.
How a Season 1 run is scored, with every achievement, is on the Runs page.
The day Season 2 opened, Season 1's ranking froze and stays on the homepage as a record. Season 1 stays playable as content: runs still count for your Pokedex, achievements and Daycare, but no longer enter a ranking.
| Who | Reward |
|---|---|
| Every account that beat the Champion | Season 1 Champion ribbon |
| Top 10 of Classic and Pro, top 3 of Nuzlocke | A title, such as "Season 1 Classic #3", and a Shiny Starter Egg: the starter of your best run, shiny |
| First place of each board | A medal ribbon |
The trainer portraits, Gym backgrounds and scenes of Season 1 were made for Rinne.