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[Greiger]

It's not really too much of a spoiler since this was true in a few other games but just in case:

Spoiler: Why charjabug et al evolve there (click to show/hide)

 I think there is a special boulder there that allows those pokes to evolve.  There is a similar stone for ice types on victory road, and I recall seeing the grass one someplace earlier.  The jungle I think.   I think the thing that throws people off is that this particular stone is so big that it's essentially impossible to distinguish it from normal terrain.  While the others are smaller and much easier to identify as something special.

It's bad only compared to some of the other dungeons. It really isn't that bad overall.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Hope ya brought a Fairy-type...

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I brought a grass-type with a fairy-type move. Does that count?

Repel is your friend. Although that doesn't work on the ones that are visible in the overworld

Yeah, I know. But.. Any interesting mons here I should look for though? I feel this place might have at least one I might want to catch.

There is a small hidden cave to the west right before the path north after opening the shortcut with strength machamp. Inside that cave at bubbling fishing spots you have a 10% chance to find dratinis.  They also very commonly sos call dragonair.

Bad news, the bubbling fishing spot only appears in the back of that cave.  Being a PITA because you need one ride poke to break the rocks, and another to fish.  Good news is it will respawn if you leave the cave and reenter if you don't get them on the first try.

[BFEL]

Was in the mood for lols so started a Randomized Nuzlocke run in Zeta. I'm horribly underprepared for this.
The wiki says it doesn't enforce the "only one catch per area" thing but I'm starting to wonder.
15 pokeballs
No captures.

I'm basically Youngster Joey. "I TRIED TO CATCH A PIDGEY TODAY, BUT IT GOT AWAY"

[Ultimuh]

I'm basically Youngster Joey. "I TRIED TO CATCH A PIDGEY TODAY, BUT IT GOT AWAY"

Now you know how NPCs feel.

[Oneir]

Bad news, the bubbling fishing spot only appears in the back of that cave.  Being a PITA because you need one ride poke to break the rocks, and another to fish.  Good news is it will respawn if you leave the cave and reenter if you don't get them on the first try.

If you don't mind gaming the system (or are just super tired of rocketing back and forth on your shark), you can always save at the bubbling spot and soft reset. (I wore out all my patience running back and forth for feebas, so that's my excuse.)

[Akura]

Playing around a bit with Isle Avue, and it doesn't seem like the hot spring hatches every egg at the same rate. I put in two Beldum eggs at the same time last night, and today one of them hatched, while the other has been at "looks like it will hatch any moment now" for nearly an hour since.


It also doesn't seem like anyone wants to trade version-exclusive Ultra Beats. I've had a Kartana up for trade for couple of days now for Celesteela, but nobody's taking. I took it off the GTS and gave it a Pearl String to see if that will entice anyone.

[Reudh]

Wonder Trade's given me some rather bizarre offerings. I got a Pheromosa, a shiny 6IV Bagon, a shiny 6IV Popplio, and numerous other well-trained or bred pokemon besides.

[Akura]

Really? All I've gotten so far is a Ratata, and a Lv.1 Magikarp in a Beast Ball... whose stats I've yet to check. I haven't unlocked the IV calculator yet.

[Greiger]

From what I understand a number of people have been in the giving mood and been giving away stuff like 6iv dittos and various shinies for the holiday.  I myself while I have no shinies have been wondertrading away some decent 3 4 and 5 iv babies.

Just gave away my last wondertrade.  A 6 iv marvel scale dratini.  Name seemed vaguely familiar so I hoope one of y'all got her

[Reudh]

Really? All I've gotten so far is a Ratata, and a Lv.1 Magikarp in a Beast Ball... whose stats I've yet to check. I haven't unlocked the IV calculator yet.

It's actually very easy to churn out baby pokemon. Flame body pokemon in the lead, five eggs, then in that spot just south of the nursery, you can run in circles in the little box where an item used to be while on Tauros. You'll hatch an egg in a matter of a minute or two of running, then by the time you do so, you can go up to the farm girl and replace the newly hatched pokemon with another egg. I've gotten something like 60 eggs hatched so far using that, wonder traded all of them.

[Neonivek]

You know what would be interesting but they can never do now?

If they got rid of the whole Shiny system and instead replaced it with a system so "Shiny" pokemon can be any color or any multitude of colors.

[RekkaAtsuma]

You know what would be interesting but they can never do now?

If they got rid of the whole Shiny system and instead replaced it with a system so "Shiny" pokemon can be any color or any multitude of colors.

Like say a Gardevoir that's red or grey in place of the green or blue? Back in Gen-3 days I thought my former friend had a red Kirlia in his box, but my mis-conception  was due to getting a glance of a Shiftry sprite.
Then Pokken gives me Red Gardevoir. which leads to this idea of mine that could easily be the new system:

Instead of finding Shiny Pokemon, you instead have that much chance of finding a held-item that allows you to recolor you pokemon, the item is held by wilds and cannot be theif'ed/etc and is completely consumed when you recolor you pokemon. which like SuMo clothing, can be done with Berries or some other consumable item, making such pokemon even rarer.
I'd say the recolor Pokemon would be untradeale but the recoloration item(s) could be.

[Sirus]

But since there doesn't seem to be a way to know what item a wild Pokemon might be holding without using Thief, doesn't that mean that a player would, on average, have to capture 4,000 individual pokemon just to get a single color-changing item? That's an insane number of pokeballs, and would glut Wonder Trade/GTS even more than it already is.

[Neonivek]

But since there doesn't seem to be a way to know what item a wild Pokemon might be holding without using Thief, doesn't that mean that a player would, on average, have to capture 4,000 individual pokemon just to get a single color-changing item? That's an insane number of pokeballs, and would glut Wonder Trade/GTS even more than it already is.

Let players know if a pokemon is holding a color change item... In fact... give it away by making them a different color

Pokémon is starting to be bogged down by its own mechanics

[RekkaAtsuma]

But since there doesn't seem to be a way to know what item a wild Pokemon might be holding without using Thief, doesn't that mean that a player would, on average, have to capture 4,000 individual pokemon just to get a single color-changing item? That's an insane number of pokeballs, and would glut Wonder Trade/GTS even more than it already is.

You know how shiny pokemon give off a visual and audio "glimmer" when they appear? that glimmer could still be there, indicating the held item.

Let players know if a pokemon is holding a color change item... In fact... give it away by making them a different color

Pokémon is starting to be bogged down by its own mechanics

Or that,

Or heck, even both. lol.

[Culise]

But since there doesn't seem to be a way to know what item a wild Pokemon might be holding without using Thief, doesn't that mean that a player would, on average, have to capture 4,000 individual pokemon just to get a single color-changing item? That's an insane number of pokeballs, and would glut Wonder Trade/GTS even more than it already is.

Frisk, too.  Item farming basically amounts to the following:
1. Put a fainted Pokemon with Compound Eyes (increased chance of wild Pokemon having held items) in first slot
2. Put a Pokemon with Frisk (and if possible, a move like Thief, Covet, Trick, or Switcheroo) in the second slot - Banette is a nice option
2a. If your Pokemon with Frisk doesn't have a thief-type move, add a Pokemon with such a move to your team
3. Farm forever.

Good for Lucky Eggs, good for evolution stones, but not good for anyone who didn't have time or patience to farm without surcease.  Tying a feature to a consumable item that cannot be taken with those moves, though, would be a bit of a pain.  Frisk would be the only way to check if the item is held.