Play PokeBonk Online

How to start your first run

1. Press Play PokeBonk, then choose Play as a guest! in the game.
2. Select a starter and confirm the button naming that partner.
3. From the main menu, choose Play. In the League, confirm the Pokémon with I choose you!
4. Choose Viridian Forest and Normal, then press Start!
5. Keep moving and gather experience. When an upgrade appears, read whether it changes an owned move, adds a new attack or improves a stat.

We checked this Guest-to-run route in the host’s v0.8.27 on October 26, 2026, and reached Viridian Forest, Zone 1/3. This was a startup check, not a completed run or a performance benchmark.

For more detail, see the beginner guide. Its newer-build menus can differ from this hosted version.

Keep the game and your guide handy

Click inside the game to give it keyboard focus. Use its Settings → Controls screen to check or change the keys for this version.

• Expand gives the game more browser space. Exit expanded view returns to the page.
• Minimize folds the game away while you read. The Restore game button stays at the bottom of the screen.
• Restore keeps the same frame loaded; it does not deliberately refresh the game.
• Pause inside the game first. Our window controls cannot pause a cross-origin game for you.

Choose a starter by what you want to learn

The checked entry screen offers Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle. Read the selected partner’s actual passive before confirming.

• Bulbasaur: its Healer role is a starting point for learning recovery.
• Charmander: its Fire-focused role is a starting point for learning offensive choices.
• Squirtle: its Defender role is a starting point for learning defensive positioning.

These are role-based directions, not a measured strongest-starter ranking. Our starter comparison, evolution guide and build planner guide cover newer checked beta builds; use this game’s displayed values if they differ.

Your save belongs to the game host

This window loads a version hosted by Pokemon Team Builder. The host states that its accounts and progress are separate from pokebonk.com. We do not operate its servers or manage your game account.

For existing progress, use the host where you created the account. This embedded edition and pokebonk.com have separate accounts and saves.

If the host stops loading, use the hosted game in its own tab ↗ (external website, opens in a new tab) or the original PokeBonk project ↗ (external website, opens in a new tab). The original project is a separate service and may be on a different version.

See our game-window privacy notice for third-party loading and storage.

Keep the original game and this hosted edition separate

The .75 project note (checked October 29) ↗ (external website, opens in a new tab) identifies pokebonk.com as the only official game website. This guide is independent; its hosted window is a separately sourced older edition, not the original project’s account service. Use the original host for your existing original-game account and progress. This page cannot transfer or restore that progress.

pokebonk.com — original game ↗ (external website, opens in a new tab)