Pixelmon
Pixelmon puts collectable Pokémon in the FusionFall world: pick a starter, keep a party of six, and switch the whole thing off if you do not want it.
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What it is
Pixelmon is an optional side game inside FusionFall Forever. Wild Pokémon roam the zones, you catch them with Poké Balls, train a party of up to six and fight turn-based battles. It runs next to the normal game: your nanos, weapons and missions are not affected, and you never need a Pokémon to finish anything.
Pixelmon works on desktop, web and mobile, with the same collection on all three. It was added in B73 (October 11, 2026) and has been extended in most releases since.
This page covers the basics: the starter, the party display, the keys and how to turn Pixelmon off. See Pixelmon: Catching and Battles for catching, battles, items, storage and trades, and Pixelmon: Legendaries, Shinies and the Pokédex for rare spawns and the Pokédex.
Getting your starter
The starter offer appears once you have finished the tutorial and your Time Lab introduction. You do not have to reach the Past first: characters at levels 1 to 4 in the Future get the offer too.
The Pixelmon window opens with three choices:
| Starter | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Bulbasaur | Grass / Poison | 5 |
| Charmander | Fire | 5 |
| Squirtle | Water | 5 |
Click a starter to see its model and details, then press CHOOSE. Your partner joins your party and you also receive 20 Poke Balls. The choice is made once per character.
Not ready? Press LATER (or Esc) and pick another time by opening Pixelmon Collection from the game menu. If you do not want Pixelmon at all, the same screen has a red button: "Don't want Pixelmon? Click here to disable them."
The party display
While Pixelmon is on, a narrow column on the left of the screen shows your party:
- the heading PARTY n/6;
- one row per Pokémon with its portrait, name, level, HP and a small health bar;
- a status tag such as FNT when a Pokémon has fainted;
- a hint line with the current keys.
Click (or tap) a row to select that Pokémon. Click the selected row again to open its summary. The heading opens the full Pixelmon window, which has these tabs: PARTY, PC, POKEDEX, BAG, MART and BATTLE.
The column hides itself while a battle or the Pixelmon window is open.
Keys and touch controls
| Action | Desktop and web | Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Select the previous Pokémon | [ | PREV button in the party display |
| Select the next Pokémon | ] | NEXT button |
| Send out or recall the selected Pokémon | R | Send / recall button |
| Throw at the Pokémon you are aiming at | R | the same button, which changes to Throw |
| Challenge another player's Pokémon | R while aiming at it | the same button, which changes to Challenge |
| Open the collection | game menu, Pixelmon Collection | Pixelmon Collection in the touch menu |
| Close the collection | Esc or the close button | the close button |
The three keys can be changed. In the party display open Rebind keys, click the action and press the new key. The hint line always shows your current bindings.
Pixelmon keys do nothing while you are typing in chat, talking to an NPC, riding transport or fighting a card duel in the Wizard101 zones.
Companions
Press R with nothing in your sights and the selected Pokémon is thrown out in a flash of light. It then follows you around the world, and other players with Pixelmon switched on can see it. Press R again to call it back.
A sent-out Pokémon is purely for company: it does not fight FusionFall monsters. Flying species hover beside you. A fainted Pokémon cannot be sent out, so the hint line asks you to select a healthy partner.
Your collection at a glance
- Party: up to six Pokémon that travel with you.
- PC: 32 storage boxes of 30 slots each, opened from the PC tab wherever you are.
- Bag: Poké Balls and medicine are normal FusionFall inventory stacks. Held items and other supplies show in the BAG tab.
- Pokédex: every species, marked as caught, seen or missing.
Each Pokémon's summary shows type, ability, nature, HP, the experience needed for the next level, its six stats and up to four moves. When a Pokémon wants to learn a move or is able to evolve, the summary shows a line for it and a button to act on it.
Turning Pixelmon off (and back on)
Pixelmon is opt-out, and the setting is saved per character: turning it off on one character leaves your others alone.
- Web and mobile: Settings, Game UI, Pixelmon UI.
- Desktop: Settings, Game UI, Other, SHOW POKEMON IN WORLD (shown when the Pixelmon add-on is installed).
- The WORLD POKEMON: ON / OFF button in the Pixelmon window does the same thing.
With it off you see no wild Pokémon, no followers and no party display, and you are not asked to choose a starter. A battle that is already running finishes normally. Other players cannot trade or battle Pokémon with you while it is off. Switch the setting back on at any time and everything you owned is still there.
On desktop, the launcher also has an Install Pixelmon tick box (on by default). Untick it if you would rather not download the Pixelmon files.
Where Pixelmon is not available
- In the Peach Creek Showdown arena: no followers, send-outs or battles (since B162, November 6, 2026).
- While you are knocked out, in FusionFall combat, trading or riding transport such as the Monkey Skyway.
Ultra extras
FusionFall Ultra members get two Pixelmon perks, each with its own page: the Shadow Lugia and the Rare Radar, which points to the nearest shiny or legendary.
