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[[File:Professor_Oak_boss_NPC.png|right|thumb|[[Professor Oak (boss)|Professor Oak]]'s boss NPC, which illustrates the overworld coloration of boss-NPC names.]]

'''Bosses''', oftentimes phrasally referred to as '''boss NPCs''', are transcendent battle NPCs that can be challenged by qualifying players for an assortment of high-end rewards and feature-unlockings. 

Since bosses constitute the strongest NPC-deployed lineups in the game—having maximal stats, 100 [[EVs]] across the board, and even exceeding the maximal levels that are attainable by players—they are considered the fulcrum of the PvM (player versus monster) aspect in [[Pokémon Revolution Online]].

Boss NPCs are identifiable with their distinctively <span style="color:#FF0000;">red-colored</span> names on the overworld. Some bosses might not be visible to the players until their prerequisites have been satisfied.

Boss-NPC characters are predominantly modeled after either [[Gym Leaders]], [[Staff|staff members]], or plot characters.
==Requirements==
Given their enviable rewards and stature as cream-of-the-crop end-game content, they typically will impose lofty requirements in order to be challengable. 

While requirements will boss-specifically vary, there are many commonalities and baselines that are shared among them; the more prevalent ones include 200-plus hours of playtime and six level-100 on-hand Pokémon.

==Rewards==
Some boss NPCs are compulsory in order to unlock essential features or progressional thresholds; for example, [[Youngster Joey (boss)|Youngster Joey]] must be defeated in order to advance to [[Hoenn]], since he will occlude the transregional porter thereto until he is defeated. For the most part, however, boss NPCs are optional to battle but tremendously rewardful for those who defeat them, as they offer Pokémon, items and other commodities that might not be as handily obtainable, otherwise.

===Incremental thresholds===

While prizesets will boss-specifically vary, most of them follow the same paradigm of reward-distrubiting. Most offer initially randomized prizes—typically enviable Pokémon or items at commensurately varying odds—until the incremental thresholds are met; typically after three-consecutive wins against the boss, they will allow you to select the prize, sometimes augmenting the selectable prizes to extra prizes that might not be rewardable, otherwise.

The consecution of battles will reset either upon losing to the boss or after the third-consecutive win. Bosses typically will remind you what streak you are on after defeating them.

===Pokémon===
Many bosses will reward Pokémon that might either be unhuntable or [[List of Pokémon by Rarity Tier|ultra-rare]], otherwise.

Boss-rewarded Pokémon may also have potential [[Pokémon Counterparts#Shiny Pokémon|shiny counterparts]], but most stipulate that the incremental thresholds must be met before the shiny chance is possible.

===Miscellaneous===
Many bosses are also multifunctional in the sense that they may serve as vendors or as [[Move tutors|move tutors]]. In these cases, they typically will require being battled at least one time before their commercial services are accessible; this entails that the requirements are satisfied, or they may not have any accessibly serviceable feature.

Supplementarily, an amount of Pokémoney ranging from {{Pdollar}}1-{{Pdollar}}10,000 will also be rewarded upon defeating the NPC.
==Challengable bosses==
===Active===
All presently challengable bosses are tabulated hereunder. Click on the boss name to access its individualized page for much more elaborate information regardingly.

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{{BossRow|Boss=Archie|Region=Hoenn|Location=Marine Cave ([[Cave of Origins]])|Cooldown=Not rechallengable}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Arnie|Region=Johto|Location=[[Whirl Islands]] B4F}}
{{BossRow|Boss=BattleBot|Region=Sevii Islands|Location=[[Sevii Two Island]] (Two Island House)|Cooldown=15 days}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Brock|Region=Kanto|Location=[[Diglett's Cave]]}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Bruno|Region=Johto|Location=[[Mt. Mortar Lower Cave]]}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Bugsy|Region=Johto|Location=[[Amazon Forest]]}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Chuck|Region=Kanto|Location=[[Saffron City]] (Gold's Gym) }}
{{BossRow|Boss=Erika|Region=Kanto|Location=[[Viridian Maze]]}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Gingery Jones|Region=Hoenn|Location=[[Feral Site]] ([[Fiery Path]])}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Greinjack|Region=Johto|Location=In front of [[Blackthorn City]]'s [[Pokémart]]}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Guardian (Entei)|Region=Kanto|Location=[[Route 25]] ([[Route 25 Cave]])}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Guardian (Raikou)|Region=Hoenn|Location=[[Route 110]] ([[Secret Base Alpha]])}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Guardian (Suicune)|Region=Johto|Location=[[Lage of Rage]] ([[Secluded Lake]])}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Jessie & James|Region=Kanto|Location=[[Celadon City]]}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Kagawa|Region=Kanto|Location=[[Kalijodo Lake]]}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Koichi|Region=Kanto|Location=[[Saffron Dojo]]}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Lance (Cerulean Cave quest)|Region=Johto|Location=[[Dragons Den]] B1F}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Lance (Dragons Shrine)|Region=Johto|Location=[[Dragon Shrine]]}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Lorelei|Region=Johto|Location=[[Ice Path]] B2F}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Lt. Surge|Region=Hoenn|Location=[[New Mauville]]}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Maribela|Region=Kanto|Location=[[Vulcan Island shore]]|Cooldown=6 days}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Maxie|Region=Hoenn|Location=Terra Cave ([[Cave of Origins]])|Cooldown=Not rechallengable}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Misty|Region=Johto|Location=[[Route 41]]}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Morty|Region=Hoenn|Location=[[Mt. Pyre]] 4F}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Naero|Region=Kanto|Location=[[Cerulean Cave]] B1F|Cooldown=12 days, standardly; 6 with active [[membership]]}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Nikola|Region=Kanto|Location=[[Unknown Place]] ([[Trainers Valley]])|Cooldown=21 days}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Officer Jenny|Region=Orange Islands|Location=[[Pinkan City]] (Pinkan Lighthouse 2F)}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Officer Shamac|Region=Kanto|Location=[[Pewter City]] (Jail)}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Old Lady Janice|Region=Hoenn|Location=[[Lilycove City]] (Motel 2F)}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Professor Birch|Region=Hoenn|Location=[[Verdanturf Town]] (House 2)}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Professor Elm|Region=Johto|Location=[[Ruins of Alph]] (Research Center)}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Professor Oak|Region=Kanto|Location=[[Cinnabar Island]] (Lab Room 2)}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Ravine|Region=Hoenn|Location=[[Mt. Pyre Summit]]}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Red|Region=Kanto|Location=[[Mt. Silver Summit]]|Cooldown=One-off battle; not rechallengable}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Sage|Region=Johto|Location=[[Violet City]] ([[Sprout Tower]] F) }}
{{BossRow|Boss=Sgath & Keres|Region=Kanto|Location=[[Love Island]] (House 1)}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Steven|Region=Hoenn|Location=[[Valley of Steel]] (Underground)}}
{{BossRow|Boss=The Pumpkin King|Region=Kanto|Location=[[Route 6]]}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Toothless|Region=Hoenn|Location=[[Abandoned Ship]] B1F Room 1 ([[Route 108]])}}
{{BossRow|Boss=Youngster Joey|Region=Kanto|Location=Interposed between the multi-partitional [[Elite Four]] buildings at [[Indigo Plateau]]|Cooldown=2 hours if you lose; not rechallengable if you win}}
}}

===Discontinued===
All bosses on the tabular list below are discontinued bosses, meaning that they previously existed but have either been removed from the game or have been substantially reworked.

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{{BossRow|Boss=Officer Wargreymon|Region=Kanto|Location=[[Pewter City]] Jail}}
}}

==Cooldown time==
===Amount===
Most bosses will be rechallengable after 12 days have elapsed; the main exceptions are quest-compulsory bosses, which either cool down after 2 hours or will not be rechallengable by virtue of the fact that simply battling them will suffice to unlock the progressional reward.

[[Naero_(boss)|Naero]] is another anomaly, wherein the boss' cooldown time will be halved to six days if battled with active [[membership]] status at the juncture the battle was initiated.

===Cooldown-timers===
[[File:BossCooldownChecker.png|right|222px|thumb|The cooldown-checker performing a confirmatory check on [[Brock_(boss)|Brock's]] status.]]

The cooldown times can be checked by speaking to the cooldown-checker in [[Celadon City|Celadon]] Office 2F, [[Goldenrod City]] House 1, and [[Slateport City]] House 1; they will give you a confirmatory response as to whether or not they are ready. 

If you seek a more quantitative answer on the remaining cooldown time, you can interact with the boss in question; they will quantify how much time is remaining before they are rechallengable when asked.


[[Category:Gameplay features]] [[Category:Boss NPCs]]