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[[File:SM Prerelease trial start.png|thumb|Starting [[Lana]]'s trial]]
[[File:Key island challenge amulet Sprite.png|thumb|The island challenge amulet]]
The '''island challenge''' (Japanese: '''島めぐり''' ''island-visiting'') is a rite of passage for burgeoning [[Pokémon Trainer]]s in the [[Alola]] [[region]]. Trainers can partake in these rites when they turn 11, which involve traveling through each of the four major islands of Alola and completing various '''trials''' (Japanese: '''試練''' ''trial'') on each. The goal of those taking the island challenge is to become the strongest Trainer, known as the island challenge champion. 

Participants in the island challenge are given an island challenge amulet to identify them. The island challenge consists of a number of trials on each of the Alola region's four islands, with each usually headed by a [[Trial Captain]]. Trials are not limited to [[Pokémon battle]]s; they may involve finding designated [[item]]s or a test of knowledge, among other tasks. Trials are all difficult tasks that require Trainers to prove themselves. To complete the trial, the Trainer must defeat a [[Totem Pokémon]] in an [[SOS Battle]]. It is stated that there are 7{{sup/7|SM}}/8{{sup/7|USUM}} trials active at any given time, though not all of them may be presided over by a Trial Captain.

The final trial on each island is called the '''grand trial''' (Japanese: '''大試練''' ''grand trial''). In the grand trial, the Trainer must battle the [[Island Kahuna|island kahuna]]. If they complete an island's grand trial, they are recognized as having cleared all of that island's trials and can move on to the next island.

==Mechanics==
During a trial, the player cannot flee from battles (including with {{m|Teleport}}), {{m|Roar}} will fail, {{a|Wimp Out}} and {{a|Emergency Exit}} will not activate to allow a Pokémon to flee nor switch, and wild Pokémon cannot be caught. If the player leaves the trial site before completing the trial, they have to start the trial again. Upon completing a trial, the player earns a [[Z-Crystal]].

Similar to [[Badge]]s, completing trials can expand the amount of items purchasable in [[Poké Mart]]s, and completing grand trials will make [[outsider Pokémon]] [[obedience|obey]] the player.

==Trials==
===[[Melemele Island]]===
====Ilima's trial====
In this trial, the player must find and battle two Yungoos{{sup/7|SUS}}/Alolan {{p|Rattata}}{{sup/7|MUM}} and a {{p|Gumshoos}}{{sup/7|SUS}}/Alolan {{p|Raticate}}{{sup/7|MUM}}. The Pokémon can be found in the dens scattered around the cavern. Along the way, the player will face two {{tc|Team Skull Grunt}}s and battle one of them. Once defeated, the two grunts will help the player finish the trial.
* [[Trial Captain]]: [[Ilima]]
* Trial site: [[Verdant Cavern]]
* [[Totem Pokémon]]: {{p|Gumshoos}}{{sup/7|SUS}}, [[Regional variant|Alolan]] {{p|Raticate}}{{sup/7|MUM}}
* Reward: [[Normalium Z]]

====Grand trial====
In this grand trial, the player has to defeat [[Island Kahuna]] [[Hala]].
* Trial site: [[Iki Town]]
* Reward: [[Fightinium Z]], [[Trainer Card (game)#Stamps|Melemele Trial Completion stamp]]

===[[Akala Island]]===
====Lana's trial====
This trial begins with Lana leading the player through Brooklet Hill, requesting an investigation into the cause of splashing water in the area, with the help of their new ride Pokémon, [[Lapras]]. Upon reaching the Totem's Den, the player must defeat the Totem Pokémon, which emerges from the splashing water in the center. In Pokémon Sun and Moon, the trial site is merely in the Totem's Den, and the explicit trial consists of simply defeating the Totem Pokémon.
* [[Trial Captain]]: [[Lana]]
* Trial site: [[Brooklet Hill]]
* [[Totem Pokémon]]: {{p|Wishiwashi}} ({{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Wishiwashi|School Form}}){{sup/7|SM}}, {{p|Araquanid}}{{sup/7|USUM}}
* Reward: [[Waterium Z]]

====Kiawe's trial====
In this trial, three pairs of dances are performed, and the player has to identify what is different between each pair, battling two [[Regional variant|Alolan]] {{p|Marowak}} and a [[Hiker]] in between dances.
* [[Trial Captain]]: [[Kiawe]]
* Trial site: [[Wela Volcano Park]]
* [[Totem Pokémon]]: {{p|Salazzle}}{{sup/7|SM}}, [[Regional variant|Alolan]] {{p|Marowak}}{{sup/7|USUM}}
* Reward: [[Firium Z]]

====Mallow's trial====
In this trial, the player has to find ingredients hidden in the trial site, and battle some Pokémon, respectively two [[Fomantis]] and a [[Sudowoodo]] to retrieve them. After collecting all of them, they are used to create an aroma that lures the Totem Pokemon.
* [[Trial Captain]]: [[Mallow]]
* Trial site: [[Lush Jungle]]
* [[Totem Pokémon]]: {{p|Lurantis}}
* Reward: [[Grassium Z]]

====Grand trial====
In this grand trial, the player has to defeat [[Island Kahuna]] [[Olivia]].
* Trial site: [[Ruins of Life]]
* Reward: [[Rockium Z]], [[Trainer Card (game)#Stamps|Akala Trial Completion stamp]]

===[[Ula'ula Island]]===
====Sophocles's trial====
In this trial in {{g|Sun and Moon}}, the player has to help Sophocles open a security door by answering several audio questions and fighting Pokémon in between. After answering the last question, the player battles the Totem Pokémon. After defeating the Totem Pokémon, [[Molayne]] will also congratulate the player and gift them with a [[Steelium Z]].

In {{g|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}, the player has to help Sophocles lure out the Totem Pokémon by lining up {{p|Charjabug}} together to power a {{p|Vikavolt}}-shaped machine, and battling Pokémon between each power increase.
* [[Trial Captain]]: [[Sophocles]]
* Trial site: [[Hokulani Observatory]]
* [[Totem Pokémon]]: {{p|Vikavolt}}{{sup/7|SM}}, {{p|Togedemaru}}{{sup/7|USUM}}
* Reward: [[Electrium Z]]

====Acerola's trial====
In this trial, the player has to take a photo of the Totem Pokémon in the Abandoned Thrifty Megamart. After drawing the attention of the Totem Pokémon by photographing other Ghost-type Pokémon in the area, the player follows the Totem Pokémon to the back room and battles it after taking a photo of it. After photographing the other [[Ghost]]-type Pokemon, the Pokemon, a [[Gastly]] and a [[Haunter]], will promptly attack the player.
* [[Trial Captain]]: [[Acerola]]
* Trial site: [[Thrifty Megamart (Abandoned Site)]]
* [[Totem Pokémon]]: {{p|Mimikyu}}
* Reward: [[Ghostium Z]]

====Grand trial====
In this grand trial, the player has to defeat [[Island Kahuna]] [[Nanu]].
* Trial site: [[Malie City]]
* Reward: [[Darkinium Z]], [[Trainer Card (game)#Stamps|Ula'ula Trial Completion stamp]]

===[[Poni Island]]===
In {{g|Sun and Moon}}, the player's experience with Poni Island's portion of the island challenge is a bit different than that of the other islands. While Poni Island does have a Trial Captain named [[Mina]], whom the player briefly meets, she does not have any trial for the player. Instead, Hapu's grand trial is the player's first challenge on Poni Island. After that, the player is confronted by a natural trial at the Vast Poni Canyon on their way to the [[Altar of the Sunne]]{{sup/7|S}}/[[Altar of the Moone]]{{sup/7|M}}.

In {{g|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}, however, Mina has a trial ready for the player, and all the trials are done in a different order, starting with the Vast Poni Canyon trial, continuing with Mina's trial after the events surrounding {{p|Necrozma}}, and concluding with Hapu's grand trial, which has been moved to [[Exeggutor Island]].

====Vast Poni Canyon trial====
At the end of the Vast Poni Canyon, before the player can reach the Altar of the Sunne{{sup/7|SUS}}/Moone{{sup/7|MUM}}, the player must defeat a Totem Pokémon who guards the entry point. A {{p|Jangmo-o}} and a {{p|Hakamo-o}} will also assail the player before they reach the Totem Pokémon.
* Trial site: [[Vast Poni Canyon]]
* [[Totem Pokémon]]: {{p|Kommo-o}}
* Reward: [[Dragonium Z]]

====Mina's trial====
In Mina's trial, appearing only in {{g|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}, the player begins by battling [[Mina]], who will reward the player with the Pink Petal upon winning. Next, she orders the player to defeat the other Captains in Alola and receive their petals (with [[Nanu]] taking [[Acerola]]'s place). Each Captain will offer to take the player to the next Captain's location after obtaining their petal, and some Captains (depending on version) challenge the player to battle them before giving out their petal.
* Orange Petal: Ilima at [[Hau'oli Cemetery]]
* Blue and Green Petals: Lana and Mallow at [[Lush Jungle]] (the player must battle Mallow{{sup/7|US}}/Lana{{sup/7|UM}} first)
* Red Petal: Kiawe at [[Wela Volcano Park]]
* Yellow Petal: Sophocles at the [[Hokulani Observatory]] (the player must battle him first{{sup/7|US}})
* Purple Petal: Nanu at [[Aether House]] (the player must battle him first{{sup/7|UM}})

When the player has collected all the petals and returns, Mina assembles them into the Rainbow Flower, which summons the Totem Pokémon to her house.
* Trial site: [[Seafolk Village]]{{sup/7|USUM}}
* [[Totem Pokémon]]: {{p|Ribombee}}{{sup/7|USUM}}
* Reward: [[Fairium Z]]

====Grand trial====
In this grand trial, the player has to defeat [[Island Kahuna]] [[Hapu]].
* Trial site: [[Vast Poni Canyon]]{{sup/7|SM}}, [[Exeggutor Island]]{{sup/7|USUM}}
* Reward: [[Groundium Z]], [[Trainer Card (game)#Stamps|Poni Trial Completion stamp]]

===Final trial===
<!--information based on Nanu's dialogue on Altar of Sunne/Moone as well as Kukui's when he's greeting us at the league for the first time-->
In the past, after clearing all trials and grand trials, usually challengers would head to the summit of [[Mount Lanakila]] and have a final trial, where they have to defeat all four kahunas in a row in order to be acknowledged as an island challenge champion. However, this final trial ceremony has now been replaced with the newly founded {{al|Pokémon League}}. Becoming the Champion earns the player the [[Trainer Card (game)#Stamps|Island Challenge Completion stamp]], getting all [[outsider Pokémon]] regardless of level to obey the player.

===[[Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon Special Demo Version]]===
====Kukui's trial====
In this trial, the player must find and photograph four elusive Pokémon. Upon capturing each Pokémon in a photo, they will attack the player. The first two Pokémon the player can find are {{p|Jangmo-o}}, who are followed by a {{p|Hakamo-o}}, with Totem Hakamo-o being the final subject.
* [[Trial Captain]]: {{prof|Kukui}}
* Trial site: [[Ten Carat Hill]]
* [[Totem Pokémon]]: {{p|Hakamo-o}}
* Reward: [[Z-Ring]] and [[Electrium Z]]

==In the anime==
[[File:SM010 Ash VS Hala dub.png|thumb|250px|Ash facing Hala in the Melemele grand trial]]
In the {{pkmn|anime}}, the island challenge is a way for Trainers to obtain Z-Crystals, and are said to have been created in order to raise Trainers to love and protect the islands of [[Alola]] as well as the people and Pokémon who inhabit them<!--SM009-->. The challenges are made up of lesser trials which must be passed before challenging the [[Island Kahuna|island kahuna]] in a grand trial. These trials are not presided by [[Trial Captain]]s, and trialgoers are able to freely challenge a [[Totem Pokémon]] without having someone providing guidance or supervising them. Most Totem Pokémon are said to follow the lead of the Island Guardian. 

All trials seen so far work similarly to the [[Vast Poni Canyon]] trial from the {{pkmn|games}}, with {{pkmn|Trainer}}s being rewarded by the Totem Pokémon itself if successful in {{pkmn|battle}}. However, [[Hala]] contradicts this by noting that it is rare for a Totem Pokémon to directly give the Z-Crystal to the Trainer themselves. Another difference lies in the fact that completing all trials in an island is not required for a battle with the island kahuna; Trainers will earn the right to face off against a kahuna after completing just one trial. 

{{Ash}} is currently taking the island challenge in conjunction with his studies at the [[Pokémon School]] in the [[Alola]] [[region]]. He competed in his first trial in ''[[SM009|To Top a Totem!]]'', in which he cleared the [[Verdant Cavern]] trial, earning a [[Normalium Z]] from the Totem {{p|Gumshoos}}. In ''[[SM010|Trial and Tribulation!]]'', he battled against Hala in the [[Melemele Island]] grand trial and won. Hala was about to reward him with a [[Fightinium Z]], but {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Tapu Koko}} switched it with an [[Electrium Z]]. His third trial took place in ''[[SM035|Currying Favor and Flavor!]]'', when he cleared the [[Lush Jungle]] trial, earning a [[Grassium Z]] from the Totem {{p|Lurantis}}. He then faced Olivia in the Akala Island grand trial in ''[[SM036|Trials and Determinations!]]'', earning a [[Rockium Z]] for defeating her. 

{{ashcl|Ash's classmates}} have completed some trials as well. For instance, {{an|Kiawe}} completed [[Olivia]]'s grand trial on [[Akala Island]] prior to ''[[SM001|Alola to New Adventure!]]'', receiving a [[Z-Ring]] and [[Firium Z]] as a reward. {{an|Lana}} completed the trial on [[Brooklet Hill]] in ''[[SM033|Big Sky, Small Fry!]]'' by defeating a Totem {{p|Wishiwashi}} in its [[List of Pokémon with form differences#Wishiwashi|School Form]] with her {{TP|Lana|Popplio}}, receiving a [[Waterium Z]] from the Pokémon and a Z-Ring, made from her {{key|VII|Sparkling Stone}}, from Olivia afterward.

==In the manga==
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
[[File:Island challenge amulet Adventures.png|thumb|120px|An island challenge amulet in [[Pokémon Adventures]]]]
The island challenge debuted in the {{chap|Sun & Moon}}. In [[PASM03]], [[Hala]], [[Olivia]], and [[Nanu]] orchestrated a tournament to be held at an [[Iki Town]] festival. The winner of the tournament will be awarded an island challenge amulet and be given the task of doing the island challenge in order to calm the [[guardian deities]], who had been angered by something. In [[PASM07]], {{adv|Sun}} won the tournament and was awarded the amulet as the grand prize.

Sun was given his first trial by [[Lana]], and was tasked with defeating the totem of [[Brooklet Hill]], a [[List of Pokémon with form differences#Wishiwashi|School Form]] {{p|Wishiwashi}}. Eventually, he completed the trial by defeating the lead Wishiwashi, causing it to revert back into its component Solo Form Wishiwashi.
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==Trivia==
* According to the chief of the [[Seafolk Village|sea folk]], long ago, [[Exeggutor Island]] used to be a {{cat|trial sites|trial site}}.
* Although it is made clear that adults cannot take part in the island challenge, several adult NPCs are among the people who may attempt [[Ilima]]'s trial while the player is tasked with substituting for a [[Trial Guide]] at the end of [[Alola Route 2]].

==In other languages==
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==See also==
* {{cat|Episodes with trials}}
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