NUZLOCKE RULESET · [series name]
Game and version: [e.g., Pokémon Platinum, original release]
Start date: [yyyy-mm-dd]
Replace each [bracket] with your decision and delete the options you do not use.

1. CORE RULES
- I may only try to catch the first Pokémon I encounter in each area.
- A Pokémon that faints leaves the run: [released / moved to the graveyard box].

2. CONVENTIONS
- Nicknames: [required / optional].
- The first-encounter rule starts once I get Poké Balls: [yes / no].
- Blackout (whole team fainted): [the run ends / I continue with the box / other: ...].
- Resetting to repeat an encounter or avoid a death: not allowed.

3. WHAT COUNTS AS AN AREA
- General rule: [every place with its own name on the map / other: ...].
- Grass, water, fishing and caves in the same place: [one encounter / one per method].
- Floors or levels of a building or cave: [one area / each floor counts].
- Places I revisit with Surf, Bike or other abilities: [already used / new encounter].
- Unclear cases decided before starting: [...]

4. SPECIAL CASES
- Starter Pokémon: [free / counts as the encounter for ...].
- Gifts: [count as their area's encounter / are free / are banned].
- Eggs: [same as gifts / other rule: ...].
- Static encounters and legendaries: [count as an encounter / free / banned].
- Duplicates: [no clause / reroll if the species is already caught / applies to the whole evolutionary line]. Reroll limit per area: [...].
- Shinies: [extra catch allowed / no clause].
- Failed catch (it flees, faints or I knock it out): the area is [used up / other: ...].
- Fishing: [is the area's encounter / counts separately].

5. DEATHS AND BLACKOUTS
- Fainting outside battle (for example, from poison in the overworld): [counts as a death / does not count].
- Death caused by a misclick or a disconnection: [always counts / other: ...].

6. DIFFICULTY (OPTIONAL)
- Bag items in battle: [allowed / banned]. Held items: [allowed / banned].
- Battle style: [Switch (Shift) / Set / Set applied voluntarily].
- Level cap: [level of the strongest Pokémon in the next required battle / other: ...].
- Pokémon League: [Champion's cap for every fight / one cap per member / other: ...].
- Candies and training: [...].

7. ON STREAM
- Where this ruleset is published: [description / chat command / panel].
- How I settle a new question: [I decide before continuing and add it here with a date].

CHANGE LOG
- [date]: [rule added or clarified, and why]