Battle Pass (TCG Live)
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The Battle Pass is a feature on Pokémon TCG Live that provides an improving stage or ladder rung of rewards for players successfully winning matches and completing daily quests. Players have the duration of a Pokémon Trading Card Game major expansion's debut (approximately 9 weeks) to progress through a varying number of tiers. Players start with Tier 0 unlocked, and earn experience through matches and completing Quests to unlock higher tiers. Players collect rewards from each tier, including decks, booster packs, Collector Crates, Deck accessories, and Avatar Customizations. Once the next expansion released, progression is fully reset. This feature was substantially revised for the release of Surging Sparks. ([1])
Pre-Surging Sparks
The Battle Pass usually consisted of 50 tiers, though Twilight Masquerade had 51 Tiers and Shrouded Fable had 30 Tiers [2]). Unlocking the next tier required 1000 experience.
The Battle Pass had two tracks. The first was the Basic Pass, which was available to all players by default. The other track is the Premium Pass, which had to be purchased with 600 Crystals. Each one has separate rewards, but Tiers unlocked applied to both tracks. Note that the Premium Pass was purchased for each Battle Pass; this status does not carry over.
Instead of purchasing the Premium Pass, the player could also purchase the Premium Pass + for 1800 Crystals. It also unlocked the Premium Pass, but additionally unlocked each tier up to and including Tier 15. Each tier can be unlocked instantly for 200 Crystals, bypassing the need of earning experience. Multiple tiers can be unlocked at once in this way, with the cost multiplied by the number of tiers.
The tracks were similar in some ways and different in others. Both tracks have a complete deck rewarded at Tier 0. The Basic Pass would reward a number of additional cards meant for upgrading the deck it grants, while the Premium Pass would reward a number of additional cards meant for upgrading the deck it grants. A minimum of 16 cards would be rewarded in such a way, though there were some Battle Passes have additional cards and the number was not always the same between the Basic Pass and the Premium Pass. Shrouded Fable included the most additional cards, with 22 on both tracks. The Basic Pass rewarded Credits, booster packs of the current expansion, and a Collector Crate of the current expansion. The Premium Pass rewarded Coins, Crystals, booster packs of prior expansions, Deck accessories, Avatar Customizations, and a second Collector Crate of the current expansion.
Post-Surging Sparks
From Surging Sparks on, the Battle Pass only has one track. It runs for 74 tiers, with one deck rewarded at Tier 0 and a second deck rewarded at Tier 33. As such, the card rewards for upgrading the decks are redistributed among the tiers, with the last of the first deck's cards being rewarded at Tier 28 and the last of the second deck's cards being rewarded at Tier 60. Coins were discontinued as a currency late into Stellar Miracle, so the Tiers no longer include them.
While The Pokémon Company International stated that tiers can no longer be unlocked by spending Crystals, as of November 9th, 2024 unlocking tiers in this way is still possible.
Quests
One way to get experience for the Battle Pass is to complete quests. The player gets two quests per day, each chosen at random from separate lists of "common" quests and "uncommon" quests. The quests can be thought of as appearing in "slots" with a "common" quest being in the left "slot" and an "uncommon" quest appearing in the right "slot". Each quest may be replaced by using a reset icon in the upper right corner of the "slot", with the new quest retaining no progress from the original quest. Each quest can be replaced once a day. If a quest was partially completed before the day changed, then completing that quest allows a new quest for that day to appear instantly in the "slot". Otherwise, the player has to wait until the next day to obtain another quest for the "slot".
Certain events, such as the Pokémon TCG Live First Annivsary Summer Bash event, add quests to the lists. These quests can be more specific than the normal ones, as they may require the player to take more specific actions like healing damage or playing Pokémon of specific Energy types.
"Common" quests reward 50 Coins and 300 experience when completed while "uncommon" quests reward 60 Crystals and 500 experience when completed. After coins were discontinued, quest immediately stopped granting coins. All quests instead grant 45 Crystals and 220 experience.
| "Common Quests" | "Uncommon Quests" |
|---|---|
| Play 1 Item card. | Play 3 Item cards. |
| Play 1 Stadium card. | Play 3 Stadium cards. |
| Play 1 Supporter card. | Play 3 Supporter cards. |
| Put 2 Pokémon V into play. | Put 4 Pokémon V into play. |
| Put 2 Pokémon ex into play. | Put 4 Pokémon ex into play. |
| Attach 3 Energy cards to your Pokémon. | Attach 9 Energy cards to your Pokémon. |
| Attach 1 Tool to your Pokémon. | Attach 3 Tools to your Pokémon. |
| Choose to use 2 Abilities. | Choose to use 4 Abilities. |
| Choose to use 3 Abilities. | - |
| Use an Attack that costs at least 2 energy. | Use an Attack that costs at least 3 energy. |
| Retreat 2 Pokémon. | Retreat 3 Pokémon. or Retreat 4 Pokémon. |
| Deal 100 Total Damage to your opponent's Pokémon. | Deal 400 Total Damage to your opponent's Pokémon. |
| Deal 50 Total Damage to your opponent's Pokémon in a single hit. | Deal 100 Total Damage to your opponent's Pokémon in a single hit. |
| Knock out 1 opponent's Pokémon. | Knock out 2 opponent's Pokémon. |
| Take 1 prize card. | Take 3 Prize cards. |
| Evolve 2 Pokémon. | Evolve 4 Pokémon. |
| Complete 1 Match without conceding. | Complete 2 Matches without conceding. |
References
https://www.reddit.com/r/PTCGL/comments/1ehm6ub/only_30_tiers_on_the_shrouded_fable_battle_pass/
https://www.reddit.com/r/PTCGL/comments/1ggv5gt/premium_pass_retired_starting_with_surging_sparks/
https://www.reddit.com/r/PTCGL/comments/10knw74/full_list_of_quests/
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