Generation 6 National Living Dex Resources
Hello! I decided this year to complete a gen 6 national living dex and wanted to add some resources I used to make the process easier. With the announcement of Pokémon Bank shutting down soon, now is definitely the time to do this if you've already wanted to! I'll include resources for modded 3ds users and unmoddded. Let me know if any of my links are bad or are wrong and I will update and fix them! This is my first big post on Reddit ever so I'm sorry for mistakes.
Resources
For Modded and Unmodded Players -
You'll need two 3ds/2ds and a copy of each generation six game. You'll have to play through Kalos 3 times and through Hoenn 3 times as well to obtain every pokemon, I'll go into this later though. I also highly recommend using or getting Pokemon Bank, it exponentially speeds things up and it's an extremely helpful resource to use before it shuts down.
Something of note is that this process will take longer for unmodded players and unfortunately certain Pokemon could potentially set you back months so I highly recommend modding your 3ds for convenience. I will go over these problems Pokemon in a later section.
Pokédex Tracking -
For organizing and keeping track of how my Pokédex should look in Bank, I used this website:
This tracker allows you to make an account to keep track of your progress, and if you right click on a Pokemon (or hold down on mobile) you can see their Pokédex info on Bulbapedia, PokemonDB, or Serebii. All credits to the creator(s), it's an amazing resource!
I also utilized this website for quick info on where Pokémon are found in each game:
Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Locations
PLEASE READ. Mirage Island Issues -
Certain select Pokemon are only obtainable through Mirage Islands. For most of these pokemon they are also available through Friend Safari in which I have resources to help modded players later in this post. There are some Pokemon which are exclusive to these islands only though. The problem is, these islands sometimes unfortunately don't update and especially with the Nintendo Network being shut down, updating your Mirage spots can be even harder. These Pokemon can potentially set you back months if you don't update your islands or if you miss the day the Pokemon are available. This issue is circumventable for modded players. However for unmodded players, this could cause a lot of setbacks.
Money
Happy Hour/Payday -
Overtime, all the resources you'll have to buy will dwindle down your money so I'll put in ways to obtain it easily in each game. First, I recommend leveling up your Prize Money O-Power to Lvl. 3. Next, you should get a Smeargle with Happy Hour and Payday. This is still possible due to Secret Base QR codes in ORAS.
Here's the link to the QR code:
https://imgur.com/glyZi2V
Here's a link to an amazing post going into detail about this secret base:
Move tutors hate her! Teach your Smeargles Happy Hour and Pay Day - in the course of a single battle - with this one easy trick! : r/pokemon
Prize Money O-Power Locations -
- In X and Y, go to the Cyllage City Hotel and on the second floor in one of the rooms you will find Mr. Bonding.
- In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, go to the Mauville City Pokemon Center after obtaining the Balance badge and talk to the bard. If you haven't gotten any O-Powers from him before he'll give you all the ones you missed out on when you interact with him.
Grinding -
The best grinding place in ORAS in my opinion is the Pokemon League/ Elite Four which awards about ~500k per run through with Happy Hour, Amulet Coin, and Prize Money Power Level 3.
The best grinding place in X and Y in my opinion is Restaurant Le Wow and the Battle Chateau. Le Wow costs about 100k per entry but profits well over 300k if you complete it in the right amount of turns, use Prize Money Lvl. 3, Amulet Coin, Happy Hour, and make sure to sell your Balm Mushroom rewards after finishing.
The Battle Chateau in X and Y works very well to get you up to the required money amount to challenge Restaurant Le Wow and is a great stepping stone. Profits do depend on your rank though.
Exp Grinding
Exp. Point O-Power -
- In X and Y this O-Power is given by talking to Mr. Bonding in the Anistar City Pokemon Center.
- In ORAS this O-Power is given by talking to the Bard in Mauville City after obtaining the Feather Badge
Blissey Secret Bases -
This is the best way to grind, however it's exclusive to ORAS. Your Pokemon don't need to be strong as the Blissey in these bases will not fight back. I'll link a post containing the QR codes and more in depth instructions on how these work.
Blissey Secret Bases Post:
EASY EXP: Blissey Super Secret Base QR Codes : r/pokemon
Daycare Infinite Loops -
Because every step you take awards a pokemon in the Daycare one experience point, leaving your 3ds on infinite loops in Kalos or Hoenn can be a way to level up your pokemon while you're afk.
- The infinite loop spot in Kalos is right outside of Prism Tower where you move left or right in a circle
- The infinite loop spot in Hoenn is in the Battle Resort where you hold up on the D-Pad or Circle pad to enter a due to the camera mechanics.
Modded 3ds Tools
Important Info -
I'm including these tools to help modded players finish their Pokédexes faster. I won't be giving instructions on downloading or linking actual files in this post, but I'll link resources for getting all of these nice tools here. For all of these make sure you enable game patching on the Rosalina Menu.
PokéReader -
This is a helpful tool for displaying seed information and is required for the Mirage Island RNG patch.
All credits Zaksabeast!
Written Installation Guide:
https://www.pokemonrng.com/install-pokereader/
GitHub Link:
GitHub - zaksabeast/PokeReader · GitHub
Register All Friend Safari Types Patch -
There's a helpful tool to trick your 3ds into thinking you have 72 friends with all different types of Friend Safaris available with all of the Pokemon. Here's a link to the video guide and the GitHub. All credits to Zaksabeast for making this amazing tool!
Video Guide:
Friend Safari is BACK! Catch Every Pokémon Without Online!
Zaksabeast GitHub Patch Link:
GitHub - zaksabeast/XY-All-Friend-Safaris-Patch: A patch to unlock all friend safari Pokemon on the Gen 6 XY games. · GitHub
Mirage Island RNG Manipulation Tool and ORAS Time Penalty Disabler -
This helpful tool allows you to timeskip to a Mirage Island with your desired Pokemon by use of Pokereader and inserting your seed information into the website. This can save so much time when it comes to Mirage Island exclusives and I highly recommend using it. Since this RNG manipulation requires time skipping, there's also a patch to disable the time penalty for changing your 3ds console time or date. All credits to all the creators involved in working on this amazing tool, they're all credited at the bottom of the RNG Tool and Time Penalty Removal website!!
RNG Manipulation Tool (Video Guide on Website):
Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Mirage Spot RNG
Time Penalty Removal Tool (ONLY FOR ORAS):
Remove Time Penalties in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Legendary and Starter Pokemon
Starters -
After beating the Pokemon League multiple times in ORAS, Professor Birch will gift you one of the generations two, four, or five starters once you enter route 101 again. Because of only being gifted one, you will have to replay Hoenn 3 times to get all of them if you are on an unmodded console. For modded players, you can use Checkpoint to create separate save states before obtaining each starter so you don't have to replay the game. Make sure you transfer each starter out after choosing them though.
Checkpoint usually comes installed when you follow tutorials on modding your 3ds but in case you dont have it, here's the link:
Releases · BernardoGiordano/Checkpoint
The generation six starters and generation one starters can be obtained through Friend Safari if you have the proper one. However you still need to replay Kalos multiple times because of the Legendary Birds.
Legendary Pokemon Info (Plus Deoxys) -
Something of note is that all of the ORAS legendary Pokemon can be challenged again after you defeat the Elite Four again. This is in the case you lose to them or knock them out. I think this is pretty well known but I didn't know it for a while so I thought I'd include it.
Legendary Bird Capture Strategy -
These three can only be obtained after beating X and Y and after being randomly encountered as roaming pokemon 11 times. It's ridiculous. The best strategy I've seen and one that helped me was to use repels with a high level Pokemon at the front of your party and repeatedly bike from the grass on Route 4 into Santalune City until you've encountered the roamer 11 times.
Castform..? -
Castform is only obtainable in gen 6 through a gift after freeing the Weather Institute from one of the evil teams in Hoenn. Make sure to save this Pokemon because not only will it gate keep completion of your Dex, it will also gate keep obtaining Thundurus, Tornadus, and by extension, Landorus.
Outro -
I may update this with more information if I realize I missed anything but I think I covered just about everything I personally used for an easier. Please let me know if there's any misinformation or if this is unhelpful. I really hope it makes a difference for anyone trying this! EDIT: Reddit broke a LOT of my links so I tried to get them all fixed up.