New World Dilemma

New World Dilemma 新世界で交錯する心 Intersecting Hearts in the New World
Event notification image
Type	Legendary event
First run	August 17 to September 3, 2020
Rerun(s)	March 15 to April 8, 2021 August 19 to September 16, 2021
Featured sync pairs	Cyrus & Palkia

New World Dilemma (Japanese: 新世界で交錯する心 Intersecting Hearts in the New World) was the fifth legendary event in Pokémon Masters EX. It was focused on the sync pair Cyrus & Palkia. This pair could be teamed up with by completing the final story area of the event, A Perfect, Complete Answer.

During this event, players could earn Prize Coins from battles that could be used to draw items from a prize box pool. If the grand prize was drawn from the prize box, players could advance to the next prize pool. Extra Prize Coins were automatically exchanged with coins once the event was finished.

This event featured the Full-Force Battle, where players were challenged to defeat a large group of strong opponents. Similar to the Legendary Arena, players could use multiple teams with a limited number of total sync pairs, with the opponents' health carrying over between rounds and with previously used pairs unable to be used again until the challenge is reset. Medals could be earned by completing specific missions.

This story was added to Legendary Adventures on December 24, 2021.

First run

The event first ran from August 17 to September 3, 2020. The "Sygna Suit Cynthia Poké Fair Scout" gave players an increased chance of recruiting Sygna Suit Cynthia & Kommo-o for the duration of the event.

In this run, there were five battles against Cyrus available from the start that the player could complete to earn Prize Coins. The grand prizes in the prize box included area info for event story areas, co-op sync orbs, 5★ Power-Ups, and a 5★ Strike Move Candy. In addition, custom items to unlock Cyrus & Palkia's level cap were available starting from the 5th prize box pool.

Completing each Full-Force Battle rewarded players with a 3★ Strike Move Candy and a 4★ Strike Move Candy, respectively, as well as a medal available through event missions. A third medal was awarded for completing the second Full-Force Battle with 6 sync pairs or less. The other event missions rewarded players with Gems for completing story areas and unlocking Cyrus & Palkia's level cap, and the reward for completing all missions was 300 Gems.

Second run

The event reran from March 15 to April 8, 2021. Cyrus & Palkia's sync grid was expanded in conjunction with the event, and the "Lisia Spotlight Scout" gave players an increased chance of recruiting Lisia & Altaria from the beginning of the event to March 29, 2021.

In this run, the structure of the event was significantly altered. Rather than pulling area info from the prize box, players alternated between completing story areas and completing event battles until all area info for the event had been unlocked. An additional battle against Cyrus was added, and the stamina cost for most battles was lowered.

Instead of using generic Prize Coins to make pulls from the prize box, Dragon-themed Legendary Prize Coins F were used. The grand prizes in the prize box included 3★ Level-Up Manuals, co-op sync orbs, 5★ Scout Tickets, Custom ★ Power-Ups for Cyrus & Palkia, and a Support Move Candy Coin. As Cyrus & Palkia could now be powered up using regular sync pair items, the prize pools no longer included custom items.

The rewards for completing Full-Force Battles, including the medals rewarded by event missions, were the same as the previous run. All the other event missions were altered. A 1★ medal was added as an event mission reward for completing A Perfect, Complete Answer, and a few missions awarded Gems and 3★ Level-Up Manuals for completing battle areas in the event a certain number of times. Other missions allowed players to obtain three additional copies of Cyrus & Palkia as rewards for leveling up the sync pair to certain levels, and a fourth additional copy for completing all other missions.

If the player had already raised Cyrus & Palkia to maximum potential, exchanges were available in the shop to convert their Custom ★ Power-Ups into 5★ Power-Ups or 3★ Power-Ups.

Third run

The event reran again from August 19 to September 16, 2021. In this run, Legendary Prize Coins M could be used to make pulls from the prize box, and the grand prizes now included 3★ Level-Up Manuals, co-op sync orbs, 5★ Scout Tickets, Custom ★ Power-Ups for Cyrus & Palkia, and a Strike Move Candy Coin. The rewards for completing the Full-Force Battles were changed to a 3★ Tech Move Candy and a 4★ Support Move Candy, respectively; everything else was the same as the previous run.

Plot

Cyrus arrives on the island of Pasio, surmising that Pasio was not the world he desired. He encounters the player and Cheryl on the beach, and Cheryl recognises Cyrus as the leader of Team Galactic whose plans had been foiled in the Distortion World. However, Cyrus denies knowing about the Distortion World, and comments that he had been attempting to make a world without spirit using the powers of Dialga and Palkia, before being interrupted by a mysterious ring which had brought him to Pasio. Cyrus exclaims that he will create a new world regardless of any setbacks. Cheryl and the player attempt to defeat Cyrus in a battle, however they are defeated by Cyrus's Palkia. Cyrus tells them that they had lost because their judgment had been clouded by their spirit, which is a vague and incomplete thing. Cynthia comes to intervene, but Cyrus disappears.

Meanwhile, Cyrus is walking through a forest where he meets Sophocles and a friend's Rotom. The two share a conversation ranging from sync pairs, Pasio, inventions, and Rotom, before Cyrus begins to divulge about the crude and incomplete state of the current world. As Cyrus leaves, Elesa finds Sophocles and brings him to the Pokémon Center where they meet Cynthia and Cheryl. Cynthia predicts that Cyrus will want to search for Lear, in order to obtain the power of the source that had brought him to Pasio. Sophocles, determined to stop Cyrus, joins with the player and Cheryl to find Cyrus.

The three apprehend Cyrus at a desert, however, they soon begin to lose against the legendary Pokémon Palkia. As Cyrus tries to get away, Cynthia, in her sygna suit, and her Kommo-o joins forces with the protagonists. She relays to Cyrus that her strength lies in the bonds that are born from spirit. Cynthia's sync stone begins to glow, and Kommo-o delivers a final blow against Palkia. After Cyrus's defeat, Sophocles comes up to Cyrus and explains to him that though there are sad and lonely moments, the spirit helps them to appreciate the happy moments even more because of this.

Area info

Area name	Unlock condition (First run)	Unlock condition (Second and third runs)	Completion Rewards
The Man from Another Dimension	Plays automatically on log-in	Available from start	First run: Gems ×10 Second and third runs: Creating a New World
Creating a New World	Available from start	Complete The Man from Another Dimension	Gems ×10 Second and third runs: Take Down Cyrus! Round 1
Kindred Spirits	Pull from the prize box (Pool 1)	Complete Take Down Cyrus! Round 1	Gems ×10 Second and third runs: Take Down Cyrus! Round 2
Sophocles the Brave	Pull from the prize box (Pool 2)	Complete Take Down Cyrus! Round 2	Gems ×10 Second and third runs: Take Down Cyrus! Round 3
Bonds of Spirit	Pull from the prize box (Pool 3)	Complete Take Down Cyrus! Round 3	Gems ×10 Second and third runs: Take Down Cyrus! Round 4
A Perfect, Complete Answer	Pull from the prize box (Pool 4)	Complete Take Down Cyrus! Round 4	Gems ×10 Cyrus & Palkia Second and third runs: Take Down Cyrus! Round 5

Battles

First run

Name	Difficulty	Trainer	Pokémon			Stamina	First-Time Rewards	Completion Rewards	Battle Rewards
			Left	Middle	Right
Take Down Cyrus! Round 1	Normal	Cyrus	Gible Weakness:	Palkia Weakness:	Deino Weakness:	20	Gems ×30	400 coins Prize Coin ×26	Prize Coin ×1-4
Take Down Cyrus! Round 2	Hard					20	Gems ×30	600 coins Prize Coin ×34	Prize Coin ×1-4
Take Down Cyrus! Round 3	Very Hard		Haxorus Weakness:	Palkia Weakness:	Kingdra Weakness:	20	Gems ×30	1,000 coins Prize Coin ×42	Prize Coin ×1-4
Take Down Cyrus! Round 4	Super Hard					20	Gems ×30	1,500 coins Prize Coin ×52	Prize Coin ×1-4
Take Down Cyrus! Round 5	Ultra Hard					20	Gems ×30	2,000 coins Prize Coin ×62	Prize Coin ×1-4
Full-Force Battle! Round 1	Super Hard	Masked Man	Donphan Weakness: ↓ Vibrava Weakness: ↓ Salamence Weakness:	Garchomp Weakness: ↓ Kingdra Weakness: ↓ Dragonite Weakness:	Solrock Weakness: ↓ Turtonator Weakness: ↓ Dragalge Weakness:	—	Gems ×30 3★ Strike Move Candy Full-Force Battle! Round 2	None	None
Full-Force Battle! Round 2	Ultra Hard					—	Gems ×30 4★ Strike Move Candy	None	None

Second and third runs

Name	Difficulty	Trainer	Pokémon			Stamina	First-Time Rewards	Completion Rewards	Battle Rewards
			Left	Middle	Right
Take Down Cyrus! Round 1	Normal	Cyrus	Gible Weakness:	Palkia Weakness:	Deino Weakness:	10	Gems ×30 Kindred Spirits	400 coins Legendary Prize Coin F / M ×14	Legendary Prize Coin F / M ×1-3
Take Down Cyrus! Round 2	Hard					15	Gems ×30 Sophocles the Brave	600 coins Legendary Prize Coin F / M ×27	Legendary Prize Coin F / M ×1-6
Take Down Cyrus! Round 3	Hard					15	Gems ×30 Bonds of Spirit	800 coins Legendary Prize Coin F / M ×30	Legendary Prize Coin F / M ×1-7
Take Down Cyrus! Round 4	Very Hard		Haxorus Weakness:	Palkia Weakness:	Kingdra Weakness:	15	Gems ×30 A Perfect, Complete Answer	1,000 coins Legendary Prize Coin F / M ×33	Legendary Prize Coin F / M ×1-8
Take Down Cyrus! Round 5	Super Hard					20	Gems ×30 Take Down Cyrus! Round 6 Full-Force Battle! Round 1	1,500 coins Legendary Prize Coin F / M ×58	Legendary Prize Coin F / M ×1-14
Take Down Cyrus! Round 6	Ultra Hard					20	Gems ×30	2,000 coins Legendary Prize Coin F / M ×80	Legendary Prize Coin F / M ×1-20
Full-Force Battle! Round 1	Super Hard	Masked Man	Donphan Weakness: ↓ Vibrava Weakness: ↓ Salamence Weakness:	Garchomp Weakness: ↓ Kingdra Weakness: ↓ Dragonite Weakness:	Solrock Weakness: ↓ Turtonator Weakness: ↓ Dragalge Weakness:	—	Gems ×100 Full-Force Battle! Round 2 Second run: 3★ Strike Move Candy Third run: 3★ Tech Move Candy	None	None
Full-Force Battle! Round 2	Ultra Hard					—	Gems ×100 Second run: 4★ Strike Move Candy Third run: 4★ Support Move Candy	None	None

Event missions

August 17 to September 3, 2020

Mission Name	Objective	Reward
Mission 1	Complete the following area ×1 The Man from Another Dimension	Gems ×50
Mission 2	Complete the following area ×1 Creating a New World	Gems ×50
Mission 3	Complete the following area ×1 Kindred Spirits	Gems ×50
Mission 4	Complete the following area ×1 Sophocles the Brave	Gems ×50
Mission 5	Complete the following area ×1 Bonds of Spirit	Gems ×50
Mission 6	Complete the following area ×1 A Perfect, Complete Answer	Gems ×50
Mission 7	Unlock a level cap for the following sync pair ×1: Cyrus & Palkia	Gems ×150
Mission 8	Unlock a level cap for the following sync pair ×2: Cyrus & Palkia	Gems ×150
Mission 9	Complete the following area ×1 Full-Force Battle! Round 1	2★ New World Dilemma
Mission 10	Complete the following area ×1 Full-Force Battle! Round 2	3★ New World Dilemma
Mission 11	Complete the following area with 6 or fewer sync pairs falling to 0 HP: Full-Force Battle! Round 2	Defender of Spirit
Reward for completing all missions		Gems ×300

March 15 to April 8, 2021 and August 19 to September 16, 2021

Mission Name	Objective	Reward
Mission 1	Complete the following area ×1 A Perfect, Complete Answer	1★ New World Dilemma
Mission 2	Complete any of the following areas ×3 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 1 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 2 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 3 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 4 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 5 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 6	Gems ×200
Mission 3	Complete any of the following areas ×5 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 1 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 2 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 3 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 4 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 5 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 6	3★ Level-Up Manual ×20
Mission 4	Complete any of the following areas ×7 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 1 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 2 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 3 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 4 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 5 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 6	Gems ×200
Mission 5	Complete any of the following areas ×10 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 1 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 2 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 3 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 4 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 5 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 6	3★ Level-Up Manual ×20
Mission 6	Complete any of the following areas ×15 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 1 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 2 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 3 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 4 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 5 • Take Down Cyrus! Round 6	Gems ×200
Mission 7	Level up the following sync pair ×30 Cyrus & Palkia	Cyrus & Palkia
Mission 8	Level up the following sync pair ×40 Cyrus & Palkia	Cyrus & Palkia
Mission 9	Level up the following sync pair ×50 Cyrus & Palkia	Cyrus & Palkia
Mission 10	Complete the following area ×1 Full-Force Battle! Round 1	2★ New World Dilemma
Mission 11	Complete the following area ×1 Full-Force Battle! Round 2	3★ New World Dilemma
Mission 12	Complete the following area with 6 or fewer sync pairs falling to 0 HP: Full-Force Battle! Round 2	Defender of Spirit
Reward for completing all missions		Cyrus & Palkia

Prize box

August 17 to September 3, 2020

Prize Pool	Grand Prize	Custom Items Available
		Custom Great Buff Blend ×40 (Cyrus & Palkia)	Custom Buff Blend ×40 (Cyrus & Palkia)
1	Kindred Spirits	None	None
2	Sophocles the Brave	None	None
3	Bonds of Spirit	None	None
4	A Perfect, Complete Answer	None	None
5	Co-op Sync Orb ×1,500	1 in pool	1 in pool
6	Co-op Sync Orb ×1,500	1 in pool	1 in pool
7	5★ Power-Up ×1	2 in pool	2 in pool
8	5★ Power-Up ×1	2 in pool	2 in pool
9	5★ Strike Move Candy	2 in pool	2 in pool
10	Elite Four Notes ×10	3 in pool	3 in pool

March 15 to April 8, 2021

Prize Pool	Grand Prize
1	3★ Level-Up Manual ×50
2	Co-op Sync Orb ×2,000
3	5★ Scout Ticket ×2
4	5★ Scout Ticket ×2
5	Custom ★ Power-Up ×5 (Cyrus & Palkia)
6	Custom ★ Power-Up ×5 (Cyrus & Palkia)
7	Custom ★ Power-Up ×5 (Cyrus & Palkia)
8	Custom ★ Power-Up ×5 (Cyrus & Palkia)
9	Support Move Candy Coin ×1
10	Elite Four Notes ×10

August 19 to September 16, 2021

Prize Pool	Grand Prize
1	3★ Level-Up Manual ×50
2	Co-op Sync Orb ×2,000
3	5★ Scout Ticket ×2
4	5★ Scout Ticket ×2
5	Custom ★ Power-Up ×5 (Cyrus & Palkia)
6	Custom ★ Power-Up ×5 (Cyrus & Palkia)
7	Custom ★ Power-Up ×5 (Cyrus & Palkia)
8	Custom ★ Power-Up ×5 (Cyrus & Palkia)
9	Strike Move Candy Coin ×1
10	Elite Four Notes ×10

Shop

March 15 to April 8, 2021 and August 19 to September 16, 2021

Item given		Item received	Max exchanges
Custom ★ Power-Up ×10 Cyrus & Palkia	→	5★ Power-Up ×1	Unlimited
Custom ★ Power-Up ×1 Cyrus & Palkia	→	3★ Power-Up ×1	Unlimited

Gallery

Event banner
Medal 1★ New World Dilemma	Medal 2★ New World Dilemma	Medal 3★ New World Dilemma	Medal Defender of Spirit

Script

Main article: Legendary Adventures/Script → New World Dilemma

Trivia

• New World Dilemma was the first legendary event to:
  • Feature a Full-Force Battle.
  • Award medals on its first run.
  • Not award custom items to unlock the featured sync pair's moves and skills.
• New World Dilemma was one of only two legendary events that did not award additional copies or Custom ★ Power-Ups of the featured sync pair on its initial run. The other was Pure Hearts and Rainbow Wings.

In other languages

Language Title Japanese 新世界で交錯する心 Mandarin Chinese 在新世界交錯的心 French Émotions du nouveau monde German Neue Welt, neue Gefühle Italian Spiriti in un nuovo mondo Korean 신세계에서 교착하는 마음 Spanish Almas unidas en un nuevo mundo

See also

Legendary Events Kanto: Lurking Shadow Johto: Pure Hearts and Rainbow Wings Hoenn: The Dragon That Rules the Sky Sinnoh: New World Dilemma Unova: Father or Foe Kalos: Give and Take Alola: The Beast That Devours the Sun Galar: Howling Shield of Eternity Pokémon Masters EX event templates Story events • Villain events • Solo events • Trainer Files • Legendary events • All

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