NaNoWriMon
The path to reaching 50,000 words is long and treacherous, but you don't need to go alone! NaNoWriMon love to accompany novelists on their journies, growing with every word put on the page. With enough care, some may evolve or even take on special battle forms. If you'd like to create one of your own, simply fill out the form below.
Note that in order to make a NaNoWriMon, you will need an account on the official NaNo site and an active novel. If you're able to update your official word count, you're all set! The word count shown on your NaNoWriMon image will update automatically after you change it on the NaNo site, but it can take up to an hour to catch up. NaNoWriMon only work for the November challenge, not for Camp NaNo, Script Frenzy, etc.
- Have a question or having trouble getting the form to work? Try the FAQ.
- Want to show off your NaNoWriMon on the NaNoWriMo forums? Here's how!
AngerAndAgony
Posted November 02 2017
Hiya! So I started up mine for this year and he won't update at all? I don't know why he isn't getting my word count at all. I chose a male Shuppet named Amaryllis.
Negrek Admin
Website: Thousand Roads
Posted November 03 2017 in reply to AngerAndAgony
Should be fixed.
Nicholas S.
Posted November 02 2017 in reply to AngerAndAgony
Same here. My female Duskull, Scully, isn't updating at all and I'm not sure why.
Negrek Admin
Website: Thousand Roads
Posted November 03 2017 in reply to Nicholas S.
Looks fine to me.
Lisette C.
Posted November 02 2017 in reply to AngerAndAgony
I'm having the same problem... I've already read, that there might be problems at the start of November, but I just saw someone elses signature, where the pokemon WAS hatched, and I'm just afraid, I have done something wrong... :)
Kitani
Posted November 02 2017
I went to paste the code into the signature area but it doesn’t have those brackets to click on for you to enter the code into. The entire code button isn’t there. Is there another way?
Negrek Admin
Website: Thousand Roads
Posted November 03 2017 in reply to Kitani
Can you post a screenshot of what the signature edit box looks like for you?
Z. Evans
Posted November 05 2017
I can't get the codes to work. I've tried both of the one displayed above, but I can't seem to find a way to get the this to appear. It just comes up as a code.
Negrek Admin
Website: Thousand Roads
Posted November 05 2017 in reply to Z. Evans
Does this FAQ entry help?
Katy
Website: my NaNo profile
Posted November 08 2017
Oops, I may have commented in the wrong area! I'm having a bug with my NaNoWriMon. I put an Eevee in my signature, and he evolved into an Umbreon when his level got to the mid-30s. He is now 43. But he keeps turning back into an Eevee! I'm trying to figure out if I'm doing something weird that's making him revert back to his baby stage. Will he just fluctuate until 50 and then stick to his big form after that? Thanks -Katy
Negrek Admin
Website: Thousand Roads
Posted November 19 2017 in reply to Katy
This should be fixed, let me know if it's still a problem.
Moon_dust
Website: Moon_Dust NaNo
Posted November 10 2017
Hi - I’m copying the URL code in my NaNo author info page and my forum signature page but no image appears, just a blank square. I see other ppl with the NaNoWriMon so I’m wondering how to make this work? Thx!
Moon_dust
Posted November 10 2017 in reply to Moon_dust
My image link doesn’t link to anything: Error page
Negrek Admin
Website: Thousand Roads
Posted November 19 2017 in reply to Moon_dust
That's really strange. You have the wrong URL; the one you should be using is this one:
<a href="http://thousandroads.net/fanfic/nanowrimon/"><img src="http://thousandroads.net/fanfic/nanowrimon/serve?user=Moon_dust&id=8061" alt="Moon_dust's NaNoWriMon" /></a>I tried making another 'mon with your username and it gave me the correct code; did you modify the one you got at all? (Only difference is the one you were using has your username all lower-case, which does indeed cause an error.)
AernJardos
Posted November 10 2017
First off, thank you so much for making this fantastic Pokemon-Nano link. I love it!
Now for my question, my male frillish evolved into a female jellicent. It still has the male marker-sign, but the color scheme is female. The color scheme as a frillish was the male blue, but as a jellicent he is quite pink. Is this normal? Just a limitation of the system?
Username: AernJardos Pokemon: Maínomai
Thank you for your time!
Negrek Admin
Website: Thousand Roads
Posted November 19 2017 in reply to AernJardos
No, definitely not the intended behavior, and not the kind of bug I would have expected, either (would have thought female jellicent would appear as male).
But this should be fixed and correct itself the next time your wordcount updates. Let me know if Maínomai stays pink!
Valerie
Posted November 11 2017
Does this work with the young writer's program for NaNo? My son has an account on there with a username: eyeball
and would like a Pidgey if possible.
Negrek Admin
Website: Thousand Roads
Posted November 17 2017 in reply to Valerie
Unfortunately not. The YWP does not use the same wordcount API as the main NaNo event, so it's not compatible with these or any other third-party wordcounters.
Larissa
Website: redcrown.net
Posted November 11 2017
Hey, Negrek!
Was trying to make one of these with Alola Ninetales, but I keep getting regular Ninetales despite picking it on the form. And I mean, I love all Ninetales, but it seems like a bug.
Negrek Admin
Website: Thousand Roads
Posted November 17 2017 in reply to Larissa
Hey, Larissa! ;)
You actually should have been able to create an Alolan ninetales without a problem, but the preview code wasn't set up to handle alternate forms, so it would always show the regular ninetales in the preview. Should be fixed!
Larissa
Website: redcrown.net
Posted November 17 2017 in reply to Negrek
Aha, that'd do it. Thanks! 💗 Now to get through November so I can get Ultra Moon...
Negrek Admin
Website: Thousand Roads
Posted November 18 2017 in reply to Larissa
Excellent! Best of luck with your writing. And enjoy the game... I won't be able to play USUM for a while myself!
H^2quared
Posted November 12 2017
Hi, I was trying to sign up for this but it can't seem to find my account. It's H^2quared I've already set up my novel and input my word count in the NaNoWriMo website, so that's not the problem.
Negrek Admin
Website: Thousand Roads
Posted November 16 2017 in reply to H^2quared
Works now!
Nanesh
Posted November 17 2017
For some reason, my male Nidoran doesn't evolve. I haven't ticked the 'do not evolve' boxes, so that's not the problem. I've even tried making another Nanowrimon (dratini) and that one stays Dratini even though I'm already level 100. My friend's Nanowrimon do evolve, so what's going wrong?
src="http://thousandroads.net/fanfic/nanowrimon/serve?user=Nanesh
id=5094" alt="Nanesh's NaNoWriMon" />
Negrek Admin
Website: Thousand Roads
Posted November 18 2017 in reply to Nanesh
This should fix itself the next time you update your wordcount. If you aren't planning on adding more words since you're past 50k, then let me know and I can fix it manually.
Nanesh
Posted November 19 2017 in reply to Negrek
Thanks for the reaction. I have updated my wordcount almost daily, but it stays a Nidorino unfortunately.
Agent_Bugs
Posted November 17 2017 in reply to Nanesh
I'm having the same issue with my Charmander evolution line. It evolved into a Charmeleon when it should have, but he's now level 90 and is still a Charmeleon - which is especially awkward as that's my least favourite of the evolutionary line... a fix would be appreciated but either way thanks for making these. I love the extra motivation of levelling up my pokemon :)
Negrek Admin
Website: Thousand Roads
Posted November 19 2017 in reply to Agent_Bugs
Your charmeleon should evolve once you update your word count, but if it doesn't please tell me what your NaNo username is so I can look at it. There are a LOT of people with charmeleon. ;)
Amaya Nyx
Posted November 17 2017
Hi! I used Nanowrimon last year and I loved it so I wanted to use it again this year. I have a little Litwick named Incandescent, but I'm well past the 50k mark and it's still a Lampent. Should I make another one? I don't remember clicking do not evolve or anything like that.
Any help would be appreciated, either way thanks so much for making such a fun little motivation device.
Negrek Admin
Website: Thousand Roads
Posted November 19 2017 in reply to Amaya Nyx
This should fix itself the next time you update your wordcount. If you aren't planning on adding more words since you're past 50k, then let me know and I can fix it manually.
Amaya Nyx
Posted November 19 2017 in reply to Negrek
Sorry I've updated since I've read your reply, thank you for that by the way, but he's still a lampent unfortunately.
Amalthae
Posted June 19 2018
Hi, I'd like to make a NaNoWriMon for Camp NaNo, is it possible to make a Camp version of it? Thanks :)
Negrek Admin
Website: Thousand Roads
Posted June 21 2018 in reply to Amalthae
No, Camp NaNo does not provide a public word count the way NaNoWriMo does, so NaNoWriMon do not work with it.
Amalthae
Posted June 21 2018 in reply to Negrek
Well, too bad. Thanks for answering :)
TZ Krasner
Posted July 08 2018
I want to connect a WriMon to my Camp project. Is that doable?
Negrek Admin
Website: Thousand Roads
Posted July 23 2018 in reply to TZ Krasner
No, NaNoWriMon are only compatible with the November challenge.
WriteF
Posted July 22 2018
Does this only work for november? I only got a tracker on the normal site. It does show:
"Did you write a novel in November 2017?" But no other place to enter a novel. Does this only work in november? I do have a Goal Tracker and a novel on the Camp NaNoWriMo site
Negrek Admin
Website: Thousand Roads
Posted July 23 2018 in reply to WriteF
It only works for November.
TristanGP1019
Posted October 11 2018
I would like to have more than just the NaNoWriMon in my signature, but it always says "too long" when I add anything else. Anything I can do to fix this?
Negrek Admin
Website: Thousand Roads
Posted October 19 2018 in reply to TristanGP1019
NaNo forum signatures have a 300 character limit, and a typical NaNoWriMon will take up a little over half that (it depends on the length of your username). If you want to free up space, you can delete the link around the image (the first and last set of angular brackets, <a href="http://thousandroads.net/fanfic/nanowrimon/"> and </a>). That takes it down to a little over 100 characters. If you need more space than that, you can also delete the "alt={your username}'s NaNoWriMon" bit. For it to work right, the rest has to stay.
M
Posted October 13 2018 in reply to TristanGP1019
I tried to choose Espeon and it crashed.
Negrek Admin
Website: Thousand Roads
Posted October 20 2018 in reply to M
Should be working now. Thanks for letting me know there was a problem!