Pokemon Vortex Changelog

v6.0.0

What's New?

The rest of Paldea is here! From Lechonk to Pecharunt, all of the Paldea Pokédex is now added
The entire website is now mobile-responsive! No more pinch zooming on every page load for you mobile players! (Sorry not sorry it took so long for this one)
The "Side Pokédex" collection is now live - Various Pokémon not available in the usual 6 variants, inspired by some favourite Pokémon designs of the anime series and spin-off games
Current Side Pokédex Contents:

Each Pokémon from the Side Pokédex collection will rotate on a monthly basis as roaming event spawns, starting right now with Mewtwo (Shadow)
Fossil forms of the following Pokémon are now available via an undisclosed method:

The world map now has an underground well system (Wellspring Pass) that can be used to fast travel between four points on the map in the North, East, South and West.
A new cave location has been added west of Shore's End called Crysterra Hollow
Carbink forms from the Pokémon movie "Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction" have been added to the Pokédex and are available as spawns within the newly added cave; Crysterra Hollow:

Achievements are finally here! Some may even reward things if you can figure out how they unlock...
Achievement completion is available on player profiles as well as a more detailed list of each of their individual achievements earned/not earned
You can now send/receive daily gifts of items, Pokédollars & avatars to/from friends within the social requests hub
The dropdown rows of the Pokédex now have shortcuts to each individual Pokémon's dex entry
Pokédex entries of player owned Pokémon now display the date the Pokémon was obtained
Pokédex entries now display other forms of the Pokémon (if it has any)
Pokédex entries now display a full list of purchasable attacks for the current Pokémon
The minimap option previously found in the Pokédex tab has been moved to within the map system itself for ease of access (under the map settings cog)
When viewing the minimap, you can now select "Location Pokédex" to see what you have obtained and not obtained from that location
A new spawn rarity called "Paradox" has been implemented and is exclusive to the Paradox class of Pokémon from Paldea - (Rarer than UB)
Gigantamax evolution is now available from the newly added item Max Soup. This item can currently only be earned from the Galar sidequests with a guaranteed drop
8 new gym badges from Paldea are available to earn from their gyms under the gym battle selection
The elite 4 and champion from Paldea are now available to battle under the league battle selection
Team Yell is now available as special battles and has a badge
Team Star is now available as special battles and has a badge
8 new gym badges exclusive to Pokémon Vortex can be earned by locating their gyms on the map and defeating the gym leaders
The 8 Vortex gyms have randomised rotating teams that will change daily based on the elemental theme of the gym
The Paldea region has been added to Sidequests, comprising of 155 battles and new rewards exclusive to that region
125 new profile avatars have been added for Pokémon from the Paldea region
Avatars have been added for some previously existing Pokémon that didn't have one
Many of the existing avatars have been redesigned/improved
New additions to the daily challenge avatar reward pool
A new Pokédex collection has been added for Paradox Pokémon
Three new mega evolutions from the upcoming game Pokémon Legends Z-A have been added (More on the way):

Two new Pokémon Vortex exclusive mega evolutions have been added:

Clans have been rebuilt from the ground up for an optional team-based approach in how you play Pokémon Vortex (check the clans FAQ for more detail on how it all works)
Each clan now has a combined Pokédex they can fill with their clanmates that contributes towards the revitalised clan leaderboard
Clan leaders and co-leaders can now set up community challenges for their clan out of catching and battle challenges, similar to the dashboard daily challenges except clan challenges are a competition between participants of who can finish first and can only have one winner
Optional rewards from your item/avatar inventory or Pokédollars can be added to clan challenges before they start
Clan leaders and co-leaders can now send out alerts to their clan members with a new notice system
A list of your clan members has been added to the "Your Lists" section of the members side tab
Leaders and co-leaders of clans can now freely change their clan tag
If a leader leaves a clan with more than one member, they must now first transfer leadership rather than the system randomly assigning it down the ladder. (leaders can still freely leave a clan where they're the only member)
Clan pictures are back! The picture of a clan is based upon the currently set avatar of the leader's account
The clan leaderboard can now be ordered by various statistics instead of the singular points order
Our Discord quiz has had some new rewards added such as the item Gimmighoul Coin and the Pokémon Gimmighoul (Chest)
Trade listings now has an improved and more detailed search, order and filter system
Your Pokémon storage (View All Pokémon) has an improved filter system
Changing team has an improved filter system
Evolving a Pokémon will now explain more clearly what is required for an evolution if you don't yet meet the requirement. It will also display evolutions not available and detail when they *would* be available rather than just not being present in the list of evolution options
The evolution process now shows the evolution's attacks to better help you decide whether you want to replace the attacks in the process
All adverts have been removed from the website and it's now completely funded by the optional store purchases
The seasonal leaderboard has had a live countdown to the end of the season added
Mass release now has a filter for season-caught Pokémon
Your Pokémon's attack types are now visible while battling
The move False Swipe's secondary effect of leaving an opponent at 1HP now works in trainer battles instead of just wild battles
Ditto's move Transform now works in wild battles
Various new Pokémon were added to the daily login reward pool
Editing a Pokémon in PokéHub now has shortcuts for changing attacks, selling, trading and releasing
The message system has a new and improved spam detection and filter
Social features are now restricted for new accounts to combat scam and spam attempts

Bug Fixes

The recently obtained Pokémon feed on the dashboard will no longer stall and load in the next Pokémon mid-animation
Pokémon "scared" by a Mystic-variant opponent will no longer succeed in inflicting a status effect from the failed attack
A rare case of trade offers failing causing a Pokémon to get stuck in an "offer limbo" has been fixed
Finneon and Lumineon that had the non-existent move of "Aqua Fin" have been corrected and replaced with the move Gust
Phione that had the non-existent move of "Aqua Flume" have been corrected and replaced with the move Whirlpool
Content sub-menus and page-number options no longer require very precise clicks within the element to trigger its expected action
Attacks that did no damage in wild battles will no longer display whether they were super effective or not
The move Vice Grip has had its name corrected to Vise Grip
The move False Swipe will no longer do damage to Ghost-type Pokémon
PV+ auction posts to Discord now have a 10 second cooldown to avoid rate limiting and failed posts
Changing the currency in the store while in the Pokémon section will no longer revert back to the default Mewtwo (Armor)
Wormadam (Plant)'s missing attacks have been added
Many visual fixes/improvements

Game Balances

The Galar gyms are now under the gym battle tab rather than found around the map
The Vortex-exclusive legendaries now require the Vortex Ribbon to encounter their map spawns rather than all legendary ribbons
Regional forms usually tied to Sidequest locations now require their region ribbon to encounter their spawns instead. For example, to encounter Meowth (Galarian) you need the Galar Legendary Ribbon rather than being on the Galar region of sidequests. (Spawn rarity of these Pokémon are unaffacted)
The clan points formula has been changed and is now based on Pokédex completion, season wins and experience trained by their OT on clan-owned Pokémon
Clan role "Elitist" has been renamed to "Elite"
Clan member capacity has been reduced from 100 to 35
Legacy clan battles no longer contribute to a clan's leaderboard position
Clan experience is now limited to Pokémon caught while in a clan and trained by its OT (Exp earned from all battle types)
The Season Battle Tower is now how clans gain "wins"
Using an item that would result in "no effect" during trainer battles will no longer consume the item and instead, just fail
Ursaring now evolves into Ursaluna (Bloodmoon) at night or Ursaluna during the day using a Peat Block
Yamask (Galarian)'s evolution requirement is now level 34 instead of the Sidequest location of "Dusty Bowl in Galar"
Magneton, Nosepass & Charjabug's evolution requirement is now a Thunder Stone instead of the Sidequest location of "Magnetic Field" across various regions
PokéBay bid cooldowns are now per auction rather than shared across all auctions
Gigantamax opponents faced in the Season Battle Tower no longer have a HP buff
Paldea starter Pokémon are now available for account registration
Butch & Cassidy have been removed from the Team Rocket special battles and replaced with Ariana & Archer
Sird has been removed from the Team Galactic special battles and replaced with Charon
Zygarde (Cell) has been removed from a fixed location and is now a common roaming spawn
Eiscue (Ice) and (Noice) have had their day/night spawns swapped with each other
Zekrom's Route 19 night spawn has been moved to Steelmouth Power Plant (both day & night)
Marowak's Route 10 day spawn has been moved to Nightshade Crypt (both day & night)
The move Grassy Glide has had its base power lowered from 70 to 55
The move Rapid Spin has had its base power raised from 20 to 50
The move Struggle Bug has had its base power raised from 30 to 50
The move Hurricane has had its base power lowered from 120 to 110
The move Sucker Punch has had its base power lowered from 80 to 70
The move Aura Sphere has had its base power lowered from 90 to 80
The move Gunk Shot has had its accuracy raised from 70% to 80%
The move Dragon Pulse has had its base power lowered from 90 to 85
The move Smart Strike has had its base power lowered from 80 to 70
The move Heat Wave has had its base power lowered from 100 to 95
The move Super Fang has had its base power lowered from 90 to 1 and now utilises its secondary effect of halving the opponent's HP
The move Natures Madness has had its base power lowered from 80 to 1 and now utilises its secondary effect of halving the opponent's HP
The move Incinerate has had its base power raised from 30 to 60
The move Parabolic Charge has had its base power raised from 50 to 65

Removals

Eternatus' Shore's End night spawn has been removed
Glaceon's Route 14 night spawn has been removed
Darkrown's Route 16 night spawn has been removed
Lapras' Route 25 night spawn has been removed
Cacturne's Route 6 night spawn has been removed
Lapras' The Quays day spawn has been removed
Clawitzer's Route 8 day and night spawns have been removed
Fearow's Route 4 day spawn has been removed
Corvisquire's Route 10 night spawn has been removed
Arbok's Nightshade Crypt spawn has been removed
Slowpoke's Shore's End day and night spawns have been removed
Slowpoke (Galarian)'s Shore's End day and night spawns have been removed
Nosepass' Craggy Stairway spawn has been removed
Diancie's Route 22 day spawn has been removed
The fullscreen toggle for the map system has been removed and now must always be used in fullscreen
Clan Battles have been removed in favour of the Season Battle Tower
Clan losses are no longer a displayed statistic anywhere
The battle losses statistic of clans has been removed
The scrapped feature of "Clan Skill Trees" has had all mention removed from the clan system
The online members list has been removed as it appears its primary purpose had become to target new/returning players for scams and message harassment
The "Premium" Pokédex collection has been removed and the Pokémon belonging to it have been split into their secondary collections (where applicable)
The key item Event Ticket has been discontinued and no future event will ever need one
The menu option for the Event Center was removed and will only appear when an event is running that utilises that section of the game
Social links for profiles have been removed

v5.6.1

What's New?

The Pokémon Vortex Store has moved to inside the game for ease of access
The previous "Premium" subscription has had a rebranding and is now known as PV+ as well as being made cheaper and now with alternative tiers
Mystery Box opening has been redesigned to be more interactive and engaging

Bug Fixes

Daily login rewards will now be triggered just be re-entering the dashboard rather than having to log out and back in

Game Balances

The attack False Swipe will now leave wild opponents at 1 HP
Pokédollar rewards from Mystery Boxes of all three tiers have been increased

Removals

Our long-lived forums have now been permanently closed down
Any mention of and links to the forums have been removed from the game

v5.5.4

What's New?

Paldea is on the way! The three starter Pokémon from the Paldea region are now obtainable in the wild
A new mechanic of wild spawns has been added called "Roaming Pokémon". These Pokémon have no fixed location and will move around on an hourly basis
New Pokémon & their locations:

Sprigatito - Route 23
Fuecoco - Route 7
Quaxly - Mudbray Ranch
Calyrex - Route 10
Regieleki - Route 18
Regidrago - Route 20
Glastrier - Roaming
Spectrier - Roaming
Gimmighoul (Roaming) - Roaming

You will now be given optional daily challenges varying in difficulty to catch a Pokémon you do not own or to win a set amount of Season Battle Tower battles
Completing Daily challenges will award you with Pokédollars or exclusive avatars based on the difficulty of the challenge
You can now release multiple Pokémon at the same time via the trash can icon on view all Pokémon
You can now release Pokémon from your trade listings
A new feature called PokéHub has been implemented where you can have an overview of your Pokémon and edit various parts of it
The ability to change the ball of a Pokémon has been added within PokéHub
You can now see who has trained a Pokémon, how much experience and when within PokéHub (limited to the last six months)
Two new Pokéballs have been added; Love Balls and Premier Balls
Two new evolution items have been added; Scroll of Darkness & Scroll of Waters which are used to evolve Kubfu into Urshifu. These items can be obtained from Galar Sidequests
The Pokédex now shows Pokémon spawn locations along with overviews of those specific locations
You can now see a small map overworld from the Pokédex tab which also includes your current location
The Pokédex will now show the other five variants of a Pokémon when viewing a dex entry
Searching for a Pokémon in the Pokédex will now also show evolutions where applicable (Search for Pikachu *evo)
The ability to change your account email address in the options tab has returned and now has a level of verification
When logging in, the game will now detect if your timezone is incorrectly set and ask if you would like to correct it
The Promo Code inventory sub-category can now be filtered by Pokémon, Items and Pokédollars
There are now seasonal indicators on each Pokémon in the Pokédex just like the map system (green + icons)
Daily Challenges completed and Avatar collection percentage statistics are now available on profiles
You can now release a Pokémon as soon as you catch it from the post-catch menu bar
You can now list Pokémon for auction from your trade listings
All Avatars have been redesigned and many new ones added in the new style
Changing team has been redesigned with filters, orders and better search functionality

Bug Fixes

Shadow Dreepy has had its sprite corrected
Galarian Yamask avatar is no longer absent in the Unova avatar list
Great Ball cost in the Pokémart has been corrected
Fixed a bug that allowed fainted Pokémon to attack under certain circumstances
Fainting a wild Pokémon will correctly update account total points
Your trade listings will now remember page number & order when removing a trade

Game Balances

Fossil restoration variants have been altered to better reflect map spawn rates (Shiny and Shadow are more rare)
Lottery Pokémon prize variants have been altered to better reflect map spawn rates (Shiny and Shadow are more rare)
The following Pokémon have been moved from fixed locations to the new Roaming status:

Unown (Ex) and Unown (Qm) have been moved from Common spawns to Rare spawns
Beast Balls used on non-Ultra Beasts will no longer be consumed and fail and will instead just fail
A new total Pokémon limitation of 10,000 has been imposed. Users who have more than this will have their stats adjusted soon to reflect this change and will not be able to obtain more Pokémon until they're below this limit again.
Crabrawler now evolves using an Ice Stone rather than being at Mount Lanakila in Sidequests
The auction watch list history is now limited to date back six months
Ultra Balls have been removed from middle tier Mystery Box rewards

Removals

Chimchar's Route 7 night spawn has been removed
Leafeon's Route 23 night spawn has been removed
Nicknaming as its own feature has been removed and merged with PokéHub
All links and mentions of Wonder Trade have been removed

v5.4.2

What's New?

Introducing the Season Battle Tower, the new way for you to rack up wins and experience for your chance at a seasonal rank.
Battle randomised teams in an endless tower of trainers

Bug Fixes

NPC Pokémon from gyms & sidequests have had their genders corrected rather than always displaying as male
A rare occurance of a saved team being unselectable has been corrected

Game Balances

Placing 5th - 10th in a season will now award 2VC instead of 1VC
"Immune Training" for seasonal ranking has been eradicated

v5.3.5

What's New?

Saved Teams is finally here! Create your teams and easily switch between them when needed, saving you more time to play the game how you want
Season records of players can now be found on their public profiles in the members side-tab (Archiving started August 2020)
Clans can now be set to Open, Closed, or Invite Only, giving clans more control about how, when and who can join
The following Pokémon have been added to the Pokédex:

Vivillon (Vortexball)

iDEAL is now available as a payment method in the store for players in the Netherlands

Bug Fixes

Premium avatar identifiers on PokéBay and the user inventory have been corrected to include the new avatars from update 5.2.x
Clan battle links now correctly link back to the opponent's clan page
An issue causing a deleted clan's requests to remain and reappear upon clan recreation has been corrected
Clan battle matchmaking has been optimized to load opponents much faster
Minor visual fixes

v5.2.3

What's New?

The Hisuian region has arrived! The following Pokémon have been added to the Pokédex:

New evolution items; Lustrous Globe, Adamant Crystal, Peat Block & Black Augurite are now available from the Sinnoh Sidequests to evolve some of the new Hisuian Pokémon
New mega stone Froslasite has been added to Mystery Boxes to mega evolve Froslass to the newly added Froslass (Mega)
New items N Lunarizer and N Solarizer have been added to the Season Shop allowing players to fuse Necrozma with Lunala/Solgaleo to create Necrozma (Dawn Wings)/(Dusk Mane)
New item Ultranecrozium Z has been added to the Alolan Sidequests rewards in the rare reward pool to evolve Necrozma (Dawn Wings)/(Dusk Mane) into Necrozma (Ultra)

Bug Fixes

PokéBay auctions no longer display broken images in lists for released Pokémon or deleted Avatars
Corrected Pokémon nicknames not displaying on the end of battle screen
Clobbopus evolution has been corrected

Removals

Master Balls have been removed from the uncommon Sinnoh Sidequests reward pool
Beast Balls have been removed from the rare Alolan Sidequests reward pool

v5.1.19

What's New?

Seasons now reward a new currency called VC () which can be spent on various exclusive Pokémon, avatars and items in a new season shop
The map system will now indicate if you have caught a Pokémon this season with a + icon over the caught Pokéball indicator
There are new graphics settings/options for the map system allowing more control of the look and performance to fit your devices capabilities
Various new avatars are now available to be unlocked (more on the way)
You can now see your own seasonal rank on the leaderboard even if you are not yet in the top 100
The remaining time left of a season is now displayed on the seasonal leaderboard instead of a vague date
Select Pokémon now have Shadow variant avatars and are available as seasonal rewards
Various Galarian items previously exclusive to sidequests are now available in Mystery Boxes
The following Pokémon have been added to the Pokédex:

Bug Fixes

Added some missing type combination borders for Pokémon "cards"
Various visual fixes and spelling corrections
Restoring a fossil will now correctly update your unique Pokémon count
Clan members lists now have a fallback ordering which will stop users appearing on multiple pages
Fixed an issue causing Farfetch'd and Sirfetch'd to crash the trade search
Dusk Balls will no longer appear to be held when none are
Dusk Balls have had their capture rate altered and fixed for Pokémon caught at night
Seasonal points are now correctly recalculated when evolving a Pokémon
Account passwords can no longer be the username of the account
Resolved an issue causing "ghost" clan requests
Fixed the ability to assign more clan co-leaders than should be allowed
Alolan Pokémon can no longer be evolved when in the Galar sidequests
Clampearl requiring the opposite items to evolve has been corrected
Fixed trade forum listings showing cached/broken images
Redeemed promo codes no longer show the redeemed date/time in UTC and will use your set timezone
Dragon Breath's paralysis status effect has been corrected
The daily login calendar will no longer display incorrectly on certain screen sizes
Galarica Wreath is now sellable on PokéBay
A bottleneck causing the stats charts from failing to load for some users has been fixed
Various visual fixes and spelling corrections

Game Balances

You can now only login once per account. (If someone else logs into an account, the previous login session will be killed and the user logged out)

Removals

The legacy map system has been completely removed for all users old and new
Losses have been removed from profiles

v5.0.0

What's New?

A new interactive world has been created to explore and find Pokémon on. Hunt with friends ~~or frenemies~~ in real-time in a whole new take on how Pokémon Vortex is played and experienced
All generation 8 Pokémon (Galar region) have been added to the Pokédex
The Sidequests have been updated to include a Galar region with over 100 new battles
Find the Galarian gym leaders out in the new Pokémon Vortex world to obtain eight new gym badges, unlocking access to the newly added Galar legendary Pokémon
The Pokédex has been redesigned to make collecting your favourite Pokémon more seamless and fun.
Various new avatars are now available to be unlocked (more on the way)

Bug Fixes

Rebattling Giovanni's Rocket battle will no longer send you to his Gym battle
Tooltips will no longer flicker when hovered over in a particular way
Searching for PokéBay auctions by ID when a username also exists with that number will no longer crash the page
Unique Pokémon count will now update correctly when evolving a Pokémon
Redeeming a sidequest prize when not eligible will no longer crash the page
Users with messages turned off can no longer send messages themselves
Friend requests will no longer duplicate in rare cases, causing "stuck" requests
Incorrect item pluralisations in PokéBay listings have been corrected
Various visual fixes and spelling corrections

Game Balances

Shadow and Shiny Pokémon are now rarer than other variants
Elite 4's, champions and battle facilities are no longer required to unlock legendary Pokémon. Instead, you will only have to complete each region's gym leaders to unlock the corresponding region's legendary Pokémon
Redeeming a Pokémon through promo code will no longer contribute to seasonal stats

Removals

You will no longer be required to select a trainer when registering an account (One will be randomly selected for you)
The dashboard no longer displays a version features breakdown and instead shows a news/announcements feed

v4.3.25

What's New?

The long awaited dragon map is finally here!
The following Pokémon are now available permanently within the dragon map:

The following Pokémon are now available on various maps:

Grookey - (Grass Maps)
Sobble - (Water Maps)
Scorbunny - (Fire Maps)
Meltan - (Electric Maps)

The avatar inventory has been redesigned to be much easier to navigate when collecting, buying and selling
You can now see statistics about certain parts of your account in chart-form on your profile
A username retrieval system has been added for those of you who forget your usernames (Follow the link from the login screen)
Creating an account will now attempt to automatically select your timezone for you
You can now delist auctions that have not received any bids yet
The Vortex Ball & Mystery Box items have been redesigned
Darkrown, Dratinice, Dratinilic, Dratinire, Arbok (Mega), Snorlax (Mega) & Mewtwo (Armor) now have avatars
Winners of our Discord quiz will now receive the newly added item Meltan Candy, used to evolve Meltan (400 is needed)
Many Pokémon have had their sprites replaced resulting in much sleeker designs more accurate to the Pokémon
Pokémon type icons have been updated to give a more modern look

Bug Fixes

"Who's online" on the Discord pop-up menu has been fixed and will show a random selection of 100 online users updated hourly
Farfetchd has had its name corrected to Farfetch'd
A bug causing empty trade offers has been fixed
Crobat has had its type corrected to Poison/Flying from Flying/Poison
Fixed incorrectly selected items being the item triggered
Players who join a clan will now have their pending requests for other clans removed automatically
The attack Dragon Breath paralyzing Fairy-type Pokémon has been corrected
Viewing your team on IE, Edge and old versions of Safari will no longer align out of the content area
Map 16/17 collisions have been corrected
Shadow Trumbeak's back sprite has been corrected
Fixed an incorrectly displayed error when listing multiple Pokémon for trade at once
Searching PokéBay for a number will now check if it is also a username as well as an auction ID
Fixed an edge-case for auction bids showing in the incorrect order
Shiny Castform forms and Shiny Magearna have had their sprites corrected to reflect their recently released real shiny colours
Corrected Latiosite sprite colouring
Fixed the nonsensical order of avatars listed when selecting one for use on profiles (It is now alphabetical)
Corrected Poipole's evolution method being displayed in the Pokédex sidetab
Fixed an error causing the Snorlax avatar to not unlock under its spcific requirements
Using a Hyper Potion when you have no Super Potions will no longer cause it to fail
The chat bar will no longer randomly disappear
Fixed an issue where intrusive browser extensions would cause wild battles to fail loading
Evolving Meltan will no longer reset Meltan Candy item quantity candy to 0
Various text and visual fixes have been applied

Game Balances

Clans that had over 100 members have been adjusted to only have 100 members in preparation for future clan updates
End of sidequest regions will now award much larger amounts of money
Eevee will now evolve into Leafeon using a Leaf Stone and Glaceon using an Ice Stone
Gible has been added to the Dragon map as a common spawn
You now only need gym badges of a specific region to encounter that region's legendary Pokémon on the maps

Removals

All links and references to Google+ have been removed as the service is now closed down
The "Edition" stat on Pokémon has been discontinued
Moss Rock & Ice Rock items have been removed from the game
Options to reset Gyms and Special battle progress no longer exist
The Kalos Battle Maison is no longer available to battle
Pokémon Vortex service status is no longer in the options side-tab and instead has it's own external service found here

v4.2.9

What's New?

You can now reset a Pokémon's nickname (for free) if you are the OT
PokéBay bids now have a cooldown to tackle spam bidding (The cooldown is 10 seconds)
The following Pokémon have been added to the Pokédex:

Poipole
Naganadel
Blacephalon
Zeraora
Lycanroc (Dusk)
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
Necrozma (Ultra)
Snorlax (Mega)
Arbok (Mega)
Melmetal

Rockruff can now be evolved into Lycanroc (Dusk) between 17:00 and 17:59
Blacephalon can now be found on the Fire cave maps with an Ultra Beast spawn rarity
Poipole can now be found on the Psychic maps with an Ultra Beast spawn rarity
Stakataka can now be found on the Cave maps with an Ultra Beast spawn rarity
You can now localise times displayed in the game by choosing a timezone when creating an account or by setting a timezone in the options tab for your current account. (Note: You cannot change your timezone once you have picked one so please be sure to pick the correct one. If you are unsure of your timezone, you can ask for help on our Discord)
The following new items have been added and made available through varied methods:

Snorlaxite
Arbokite
Exp Boost

You can now view a full list of every registered account with filters and orders when not logged into the game
Premium account types are now available to purchase through our store. This account type is a monthly subscription service that comes with multiple perks which can be read about in detail on the Premium Subscription store purchase page
You can now have personal temporary experience boosts on your account with the item "Exp Boost". This item will double your own account's experience earned from battles. (This item stacks with global experience boosts events)
Map time of day and evolutions affected by time is now based on your timezone when you specify one in the options tab
The following Pokémon have had their sprites redesigned and replaced:

Meltan
Porygon (Hammer)
Porygon (Shield)
Porygon (Sword)

Bug Fixes

Metagross (Mega) now has the attacks it was missing
Attacks that were nerfed in a previous update now display the correct power and price when purchasing them
Zygarde (Complete) now has the attacks it was missing
The attack Leech Life has had it's base power corrected from 20 to 80
Pending clan requests from a user already in a clan will no longer appear
Genderless Wishiwashi have been assigned a random gender based on their gender ratio and all further caught Wishiwashi will not be genderless
All Pokémon that had "broken data" from v3 have been corrected
Pyukumuku's spawn in the cave water has been extended to night as well instead of just day
The 31^st date on the daily login calendar will no longer always be blank if you logged in on that day

Game Balances

Alakazite has been added to the Kanto Sidequest prize pool

Removals

The now redundant global clock on the in-game notification bar has been removed
The ability to "like/dislike" news on the home page has been removed
Global chatrooms on the in-game chat bar has been removed (Please consider using our Discord to communicate with other players. You can still use the chat bar to talk one-on-one with friends and receive notifications)

v4.1.10

What's new?

You can now "watch" auctions with a new watch list so you know how an auction went even after it ended
You can now refresh an auction you're viewing from the PokéBay navigation for ease of access
People who place in the top 100 of a season will have their best rank (over all time) displayed on their public and private profiles
Messages saved in your sent folder will now display if the recipient has read the message or not
You can now put a Pokémon up for auction as soon as you catch it from the end battle navigation
Promo codes in your inventory can now be redeemed in single clicks from within the inventory
"Quick bidding" has been added to auctions - Submit the bid entry empty and it will automatically bid the recommended amount

Bug Fixes

Relisting items from an unsold auction will no longer throw an error (Unless you no longer have the item)
Renaming a Pokémon that already has a nickname will no longer throw an error
The tooltip info of items on the bottom of the Pokémart list are no longer hidden behind the site footer
The Pokédex side tab will now display the correct number of duplicate Pokémon collected
Darumaka's evolution split has been fixed
Shadow Croagunk's backsprite has been corrected
Missing back sprites for Arceus (Fairy) have been added
Missing PokéBay image for Red Orb has been added
Many of the ajax menus have had their links adjusted so the whole button triggers the link rather than just the text
Multiple display & text fixes

Game Balances

Bidding on an auction now requires minimum increments based on the current price of the auction
Premium avatars now have a star identifier in auctions and inventory so you can tell them apart
Sandygast has been added to the grass maps in the sand/water section (Maps 3, 6, & 9)

Removals

The "duration" column when viewing auction lists has been removed from most places as showing the end date is sufficient enough

v4.0.0

What's new?

The entire site's user interface has been redesigned to give a much smoother gameplay experience
Clans are back! And have been reworked from the ground up
Clans have been given user roles to give to their members and each with a limitation of power

Leader - The creator of the clan (Has 100% power over the clan)
Co-Leader - Assigned by the leader (Can invite, accept, kick and promote/demote the member/elitist role)
Elitist - Assigned by co-leaders/leader (Can invite people to the clan)
Member - Automatic role when joining a clan (Has no power over the clan)

Clan roles are displayed on profiles
User country is displayed on profiles
Completed sidequests is displayed on profiles
Link your external social accounts on your public profile (Facebook, Twitter, Google+ & more)
Leaders can now transfer ownership of their clan to another user
Clans can now be disbanded when there is only 1 member left
Leaders leaving a clan will result in the clan being transferred to the next highest roled member
Each clan member has their own seasonal battle counter to help the clan know who is active
Link your forum account to your game account to be able to give your clan a custom icon in the clan settings
Each clan gets their own private, password-protected group chat to speak with all the other clan members
You can now search for a clan and filter the clan list to help you find what you're looking for quicker
The top trainer leaderboard is now called the "Global Top Trainers" and consists of every player with the highest points
A new leaderboard based on your location called "Local Top Trainers" has been added so you can see who's the best in your country
Another new time based leaderboard called "Seasonal Top Trainers" has been added and will reset monthly as well as give everyone on it an exclusive prize at the end
The old friends list has been converted to a follower list and a new request-based friends list has been implemented
A new chat bar has been added to the bottom of the site when logged in, you can talk privately with friends or in groups as a clan
Notifications are integrated into the chat bar and you will now be notified of messages, trades, badge unlocks, friend requests and clan invites
A translate option is on the chat bar which will translate the entire page you're on to a language of your choice (Translations provided by Google)
You can now unlock, collect and change your avatar as a user for your profile and used in chat
Profiles will now display your global and country rank whether you're on the leaderboard or not
All of Pokémon Vortex's services can be monitored whether they're working or not in the options tab
You can now reset your account progress in the options tab for the following:

Gyms
Sidequests
Special Battles (Formerly event battles)

When you change your password, anyone else logged into your account will be logged out to re-authenticate
You can now drag and drop your team Pokémon into a slot of your choice rather then moving them all up/down one at a time
Nickname any Pokémon you have caught yourself (You must be the original trainer)
Pokémon nicknames are displayed wherever possible instead of the actual Pokémon name
Suggestion lists are available when searching for a Pokémon in your storage or when changing your team
Clicking a Pokémon in the Pokédex will drop down a count to show if you have duplicates of that specific Pokémon
The Pokédex will now show what ball you caught it in if you have one obtained (If you have more than one, it will show the ball of the first caught Pokémon)
You can now search the Pokédex or order it by dex number, name or rarity
All user lists in the members tab will now show the user account type, avatar and clan tag of each user
Viewing all your Pokémon now has a list or grid view and is able to be filtered by name, dex number, experience (highest or lowest) and Pokémon primary/secondary type
Selecting a gym/battle facility/villanous team to battle will now signify better if you have or haven't completed it
Alolan league has been added (Must be completed to be able to find legendaries again)
Team Skull has been added to the villainous teams/special battles and awards a profile badge
Selecting a user to battle now has a "random" option and will find a random user based on your search criteria if set
There are new Pokéballs to be used in wild battles:

Dive Ball (Higher catch rate for water Pokémon)
Dusk Ball (Higher catch rate at night)
Moon Ball (Higher catch rate for Pokémon that evolve with a moon stone)
Net Ball (Higher catch rate for bug/water type Pokémon)
Beast Ball (Will only catch Ultra Beasts)
Vortex Ball (Will catch anything without fail)

You can now put a Pokémon up for trade right after catching it without the need to navigate to view all Pokémon
The following new Pokémon have been added:

All of generation 7 (Alolan Pokédex)
Porygon (Hammer)
Porygon (Shield)
Porygon (Sword)

Sidequests has been completed all the way to Alola and have had their prizes reworked to much bigger pools
Promo code redemption now supports items and money codes
You are now awarded for logging in daily with small prizes (Particularly for new players)
A social hub has been implemented to keep track of your requests in one place
You can now change the order of your Pokémon's attacks by dragging and dropping them on the change attacks page
All Pokémon have had their change attack lists completed
Lottery is back and works on a much better system similar to real life lottery
The PokéMart has been redesigned to give a much smoother item purchase experience
The inventory has been redesigned to now show your promo codes and the ability to pack/unpack them ready for sale on PokéBay
The inventory now offers shortcuts to be able to buy/sell items quicker and easier
A new feature called PokéBay has been implemented which is an auction system similar to eBay
Start an auction on PokéBay with from pretty much anything collectible on your account from Pokémon to promo codes
Bid against everyone else to try and win an auction with your in-game money
Watch out for exclusive auctions started by the system for things available in no other way
Pokémon now have an "edition" stat based on it's availability and when it was obtained
Special battles (formerly event battles) now show completion for each individual battle
Last but not least, this changelog :)

Bug Fixes

An issue causing ajax content to mirror into the sidetabs when one is open
You can no longer purchase more items than you can carry from the PokéMart
The following Pokémon have all had their primary/secondary types corrected:

Snover
Abomasnow
Skarmory
Gligar
Surskit
Dustox
Doduo
Dodrio
Farfetch'd

Tympole's spawn on the land in the cave maps has been moved to the water of the cave maps
Dex numbers have been corrected for Genesect, Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist forms
An issue causing your character to move on the map when trying to type into the sidetab
Kyurem forms displaying as not obtained in the Pokédex
Viewing a profile from the "Who's on this map" link will no longer default to user ID 1
Opponent attack failure when user uses an item and the opponent's attack was the same
Electric attacks no longer paralyze ground types
Critical hit output message now displays every time one occurs
Lick will no longer paralyze normal type Pokémon
Thawing out of the freeze status will now display the attack used
A Pokémon hurting itself in confusion output has been corrected
Furfrou (Debutante) has had it's spelling corrected
Shiftry is no longer listed in the trade search list twice
Account points will now be re-calculated when a Pokémon is removed from trade
Returning to the map from a wild battle will now spawn you exactly where you left for the battle
Switching between user and Pokémon search in trades no longer fails after an ajax request
You can no longer offer on your own Pokémon in trade
Rare occurrence where a sidequest prize is not obtained when pressing claim has been corrected
The following attacks have all been corrected in spelling or capitalization:

Flare Blitz
Wake-Up Slap
Silver Wind

An issue causing certain items to max out when switching between battle and the PokéMart
Trade history will no longer show duplicate trades when the system has a lag spike
You can no longer remove a Pokémon name in trade search to give the result of every Pokémon up for trade
Initiating a battle against non-existant trainer's will no longer result in a null battle or automatic wins/losses
The map activity feed will no longer lose animation smoothness when the page is left open for a long time
Map activity feed will no longer say a Pokémon was caught if it was claimed from a promo code
Status effects not being remembered between switching Pokémon until an attack or item was used
Message options for delete/reply/forward will no longer appear when a message is not selected
Going "back" from a user profile to user search results not remembers what your last search was
You can no longer add yourself as a friend or block yourself
A bug exploit allowing users to change Pokémon attacks to non-existant attacks or null
A bug exploit that allowed users to evolve Pokémon into something they shouldn't be able to
Multiple Pokémon have had their gender ratios corrected
Slowpoke can no longer evolve to Slowbro before level 37
Snorunt can no longer evolve to Glalie before level 42
Kirlia can no longer evolve to Gardevoir before level 30
Trade offer counters for individual Pokémon will no longer display incorrect counts

Game Balances

Ultra Beasts have been given a spawn rate lower than legendary Pokémon
The following Pokémon have all been moved to a lower spawn rate on the maps:

Bulbasaur
Chikorita
Turtwig
Treecko
Snivy
Eevee
Porygon
Squirtle
Totodile
Mudkip
Feebas
Piplup
Froakie
Oshawott
Lapras
Vaporeon
Pichu
Jolteon
Charmander
Cyndaquil
Torchic
Chimchar
Flareon
Larvitar
Tepig
Fennekin
Dratini
Ditto
Bagon
Riolu

You can now find "rare" Pokémon on the maps without completing all gyms. (This does not include legendaries and ultra beasts)
Many mega stones were removed from the PokéMart and are now exclusive prizes to be won in other natural gameplay methods
Master Balls are no longer in the PokéMart
Master Balls can not catch Ultra Beasts
Shadow Pokémon are now immune to status effects as their battle perk
Multiple Pokémon have had their evolution methods altered based on time or sidequest location
Genders are now determined & displayed when a Pokémon spawns rather than after it is captured
Time of day for the maps is no longer optional and instead runs on the time of the server (7am - 7pm Days)
Level 5 Pokémon have been removed from the maps and level 6 is now the lowest you can encounter

Removals

Achievements have been removed and will be replaced with a much cleaner achievement system similar to Xbox Achievements/PlayStation Trophies
All wonder trade links have been removed and is now limited to inside wonder trade itself
The admin special battle (previously event battle) has been removed and made the badge no longer obtainable