Emerald hack: Pokémon Emerald Horizons - Emerald Difficulty Hack [Complete, v1.11f ft. New Rocket Storyline, Boss Gauntlet, Gen 1-8, Side Quests, and QoL features]

[BrandonXL]

After 70 hours in game (probably 40-45 actual), ive finally beaten the elite 4!

This was the toughest game ive ever played, pokemon wise. absoluty amazing expericence and i cannot recommend it more. once i got past the first gym i was fine most of the time. the battles against the auro pokemon were tough, especially groudon.
hardets battle was with steven in the double battle against Team Aqua. he had 3 ground/fire types against a water team. i couldnt keep any of them alive more than a turn.
im not much of a team builder. Winning team was mostly ubers. i did have around 30 mons in the pc, all lv 100, that i tried to cycle through. things like salamence, garchomp, gyarados, diance, chaldelure, articuno, azumarill, aegislash, volcarona, hydreigon, porygon2, chansey, swampert, blaziken. all tried and failed.

This was the team who finally managed to beat it.

Mega Mewtwo Y - Mewtwoite Y
Rayquazza - White Herb
Dragapult - Choice Specs/Band
Tyranitar - Weakness Policy
Zapdos - Life Orb
Dracovish - Choice Scarf

Dracovish honestly did nothing in all 5 fights. poor pick. none of the elite 4 are weak to water. it did a bit of chip damage but i would have preferred something else. i didnt bother with status spam, spikes, field changes, speed of other stat changes. this was brute force. no save scumming. i did restart each battle several times however until i found out what worked.

Mewtwo was the MVP. the ability to change moves inbetween fights helped. Mewtwo swepped the dragon trainer with just ice beam. getting mewtwo involves a lot of tough trainers but i think it was worth it. i did them all at the lv 100 cap and they were tough. good practice for the elite 4.

ive since gone and beaten steven and red. might give the bosh rush a go soon.

some questions:
how do i get to the isle of armour?
i accidently defeated lugia. will it respwan again if i beat the elite 4?
where is Ho-oh? the sceenshot makes it look like its ontop of the boss rush pyramid, which makes sense as a winners prize as lugia was the red prize.
will battle frontier be added?

once again an amazing experience. truly well done to you. i made this account just to say how much i enjoyed this.

There's nothing wrong with a mostly Ubers team, especially when most of the E4 is Ubers themselves! And yeah...that Team Aqua multi-battle was intentionally pretty one-sided haha.
I'm personally surprised Dracovish wasn't able to revenge kill + chunk the next mon; there are a good amount of Dracovish clears in the E4. Mewtwo is definitely fair game, especially if you have to go through Blue (who may be the hardest Trainer, depending on your team comp).

1. Isle of Armor is just north of Pacifidlog; there's a little land strip you can surf to.
2. Unfortunately, the way things are set right now, legends are a one-time encounter.
3. Ho-Oh is accessible after beating Red; there's an NPC inside the pyramid that will take you to the top.
4. Battle Frontier and the last five quests are the goal for the last major update, but I am currently taking a little break since v1.10/v1.11 took quite a bit of time.

Thank you so much for the kind words; it really does mean a lot and I'm always so happy to hear about run MVPs, hardest fights, etc. This was a real treat for me to read :)

Where can I find a Nest Ball? They're supposed to be available in Verdanturf Town but they're not there even after beating Watson.

The marts are all the same and become increasingly more diverse as you get more badges; Nest Balls (and other balls) are in the Lilycove Dept. Store.

 

[henrylockwood]

I don't know how to beat kyogre and the rest of archies or whatever his name is team
please help

 

[BrandonXL]

I don't know how to beat kyogre and the rest of archies or whatever his name is team
please help

Hi, you made it that far already, so you definitely can beat this as well! Some good strategies could be sunny weather, Sturdy, Assault Vest, Unaware, or even Focus Sash.

 

[henrylockwood]

Hi, you made it that far already, so you definitely can beat this as well! Some good strategies could be sunny weather, Sturdy, Assault Vest, Unaware, or even Focus Sash.

Appreciate it. Couple questions

1. Ability Capsules I bought them at some point now I can't find the store
2. The item shop everytime I go into one and click buy the screen goes black. It started happening after I got the department store unlocked so idk if that was intentional or not.
3. For the kyogre fight I have no clue what pokemon to even use. Could use a pointer there
4. Where do I get some of those items like focus sash, assault vest, leftovers etc. I have been completing quests to get some.
5. Last one, Is there a good way to make money besides completing quests?

Thank you for the help

 

[henrylockwood]

Scratch number 3 off, thank you zapdos!

Appreciate it. Couple questions

1. Ability Capsules I bought them at some point now I can't find the store
2. The item shop everytime I go into one and click buy the screen goes black. It started happening after I got the department store unlocked so idk if that was intentional or not.
3. For the kyogre fight I have no clue what pokemon to even use. Could use a pointer there
4. Where do I get some of those items like focus sash, assault vest, leftovers etc. I have been completing quests to get some.
5. Last one, Is there a good way to make money besides completing quests?

Thank you for the help

Scratch number 3 off, thank you Zapdos!

 

[rillyribbedking]

This hack is so good!! The amount of quests and variety in pokemon makes the hack feel so free, thank you so much for making it.
Currently I'm looking for an Ash-Greninja and bought the Froakie in the game corner but once I evolved it to Greninja neither of the ability changing items let me get Battle Bond.
Is Ash-Greninja in the hack and if so how do I get it?

 

[BrandonXL]

Appreciate it. Couple questions

1. Ability Capsules I bought them at some point now I can't find the store
2. The item shop everytime I go into one and click buy the screen goes black. It started happening after I got the department store unlocked so idk if that was intentional or not.
3. For the kyogre fight I have no clue what pokemon to even use. Could use a pointer there
4. Where do I get some of those items like focus sash, assault vest, leftovers etc. I have been completing quests to get some.
5. Last one, Is there a good way to make money besides completing quests?

Thank you for the help

1 and 2 are related; what you're encountering definitely is an unintentional bug, but I can't reproduce it on my end. I also haven't tinkered with anything that I believe would impact that. That's not to say that the bug doesn't exist, but I can't get it on my end. Generally, I like to ask if you applied the patch to a clean Trashman file, did you try to use any cheats, and what emulator are you using?

For 4, those good items are tied to beating Kanto/Johto trainers; I think if you battle everyone, you should have pretty decent money.

This hack is so good!! The amount of quests and variety in pokemon makes the hack feel so free, thank you so much for making it.
Currently I'm looking for an Ash-Greninja and bought the Froakie in the game corner but once I evolved it to Greninja neither of the ability changing items let me get Battle Bond.
Is Ash-Greninja in the hack and if so how do I get it?

I'm glad you're enjoying things so far; Ash-Greninja is not currently in the game, but I'll look to rectify that in the future. Apologies, but hope this doesn't hamper your enjoyment!

 

[rillyribbedking]

1 and 2 are related; what you're encountering definitely is an unintentional bug, but I can't reproduce it on my end. I also haven't tinkered with anything that I believe would impact that. That's not to say that the bug doesn't exist, but I can't get it on my end. Generally, I like to ask if you applied the patch to a clean Trashman file, did you try to use any cheats, and what emulator are you using?

For 4, those good items are tied to beating Kanto/Johto trainers; I think if you battle everyone, you should have pretty decent money.

I'm glad you're enjoying things so far; Ash-Greninja is not currently in the game, but I'll look to rectify that in the future. Apologies, but hope this doesn't hamper your enjoyment!

Ah thanks! Theres still another 900 pokemon to fill that teamslot lol

 

[Ninja Isabelle]

I'm at the first aqua grunt in petalburg woods. The rich lady outside had 4 pokemon, the bug catcher immediately after had 4 pokemon, and now the grunt has coverage and 4 pokemon.. And you dont allow using items in battle? This seems a bit harsh for the beginning, what am I supposed to do? Grind for 30 mins to beat the first grunt?