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Help Thread: Official Hack Checking Thread

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ToWriteLove

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  • Would someone mind doing a couple of hack checks for me? I can post all the info once I get home, but is there a way to make sure it isn't hacked minus just looking at it? Like some kind of coding or something?
     

    Road

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  • Would someone mind doing a couple of hack checks for me? I can post all the info once I get home, but is there a way to make sure it isn't hacked minus just looking at it? Like some kind of coding or something?
    I'm sure there's a way to pull off the .pkm file from the game and analyze the data to see if it was written by the game or by an outside program and put in the game (or altered in some way), but it's likely a hassle and not worth it. Just looking at it's info gives you a great deal of info on its legitimacy. There's a few extra things you can do (ie. checking to see if the OT/ID is a known hacker, making sure Egg Moves are legit via Move Rememberer, maybe checking to make sure ID and SID match for Shinyness if that's still a thing) if you wantto be EXTRA thorough, but actually ripping the file out of the game is a stretch. Also, looking at it is basically all you need when it comes to Event Pokemon; people who hack events tend to be sloppy (dates are wrong/match Powersave dates, locked nature is different, ribbons are missing, etc), and often the same ones get passed around so other people tend to know which ones are legit and which ones are hacks.

    tl;dr If it looks fine, it's fine enough. Also we would all be happy to check it for you~ (Posting pictures of its summary also works, if you don't want to type stuff out.)
     
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    Darkrai
    Shiny: Yes
    Ability: Bad Dreams
    HP: 282
    A: 166
    D: 216
    Sp: 383
    SA: 369
    SD: 216
    Game Caught: Daimond/Pearl/Platinum
    Region: Sinnoh
    ID: 05318
    OT: ALAMOS
    Nature: Timid
     

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    Darkrai
    Shiny: Yes
    Ability: Bad Dreams
    HP: 282
    A: 166
    D: 216
    Sp: 383
    SA: 369
    SD: 216
    Game Caught: Daimond/Pearl/Platinum
    Region: Sinnoh
    ID: 05318
    OT: ALAMOS
    Nature: Timid
    Hello! Is it Lv. 100? Can you list out Ribbons? Has it been EV Trained? :)
     
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    Hello! Is it Lv. 100? Can you list out Ribbons? Has it been EV Trained? :)
    PokeBall: Cherish Ball
    Level: 100

    Ribbons:
    Alola Champion Ribbon
    Battle Royale Master Ribbon
    Battle Tree Great Ribbon
    Battle Tree Master Ribbon
    Hoeen Champion Ribbon
    Kalos Champion Ribbon
    Sinnoh Champion Ribbon
    Contest Star Ribbon
    Coolness Master Ribbon
    Cutness Master Ribbon
    Beauty Master Ribbon
    Cleverness Master Ribbon
    Toughness Master Ribbon
    Best Friends Ribbon
    Training Ribbon
    Skillful Battler Ribbon
    Expert Battler Ribbon
    Effort Ribbon
    Alert Ribbon
    Shock Ribbon
    Downcast Ribbon
    Carless Ribbon
    Relax Ribbon
    Snooze Ribbon
    Smile Ribbon
    Gorgeous Ribbon
    Royal Ribbon
    Gorgeous Royal Ribbon
    Footprint Ribbon
    Legend Ribbon
    Classic Ribbon
    Contest Memory Ribbon
    Battle Memory Ribbon

    It was EV trained in Special Attack and Speed
     
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  • PokeBall: Cherish Ball
    Level: 100

    Ribbons:
    Alola Champion Ribbon
    Battle Royale Master Ribbon
    Battle Tree Great Ribbon
    Battle Tree Master Ribbon
    Hoeen Champion Ribbon
    Kalos Champion Ribbon
    Sinnoh Champion Ribbon
    Contest Star Ribbon
    Coolness Master Ribbon
    Cutness Master Ribbon
    Beauty Master Ribbon
    Cleverness Master Ribbon
    Toughness Master Ribbon
    Best Friends Ribbon
    Training Ribbon
    Skillful Battler Ribbon
    Expert Battler Ribbon
    Effort Ribbon
    Alert Ribbon
    Shock Ribbon
    Downcast Ribbon
    Carless Ribbon
    Relax Ribbon
    Snooze Ribbon
    Smile Ribbon
    Gorgeous Ribbon
    Royal Ribbon
    Gorgeous Royal Ribbon
    Footprint Ribbon
    Legend Ribbon
    Classic Ribbon
    Contest Memory Ribbon
    Battle Memory Ribbon

    It was EV trained in Special Attack and Speed

    When those memory ribbons are given, the older generation ribbons disappear. Correct if I'm wrong, but I think that Darkrai is hacked.
     

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    PokeBall: Cherish Ball
    Level: 100

    Ribbons:
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    It was EV trained in Special Attack and Speed

    When those memory ribbons are given, the older generation ribbons disappear. Correct if I'm wrong, but I think that Darkrai is hacked.

    Also IVs are 31/0/31/31/31/31. Definitely a hack :(
     
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    Zoroark
    LVL: 100
    Gender: Female
    OT: Harvey
    ID: 42461
    Pokeball: Duskball
    Ability: Illusion
    Nature: Timid
    HP: 262
    A: 221
    D: 156
    Sp: 339
    SA: 339
    SD: 156
    EV trained: Special Attack and Speed
     

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  • it says a fateful encounter in the hoenn region, so I'm assuming she was bred or caught in ORAS

    I would say legit since it's possible to catch a female Zorua in a dusk ball and breed for a 6IV. A shiny is also possible through TSV method. But not 100% without looking at the data.

    Its impossible if she was caught like that though and not bred, since 6IV is rare in the wild and RNG was not really doable in gen 6.

    (sorry for all the notifs) Maybe try searching for the TID on the internet and seeing if it's from a TSV community or known hacker.
     
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    it says a fateful encounter in the hoenn region, so I'm assuming she was bred or caught in ORAS

    I would say legit since it's possible to catch a female Zorua in a dusk ball and breed for a 6IV. A shiny is also possible through TSV method. But not 100% without looking at the data.

    Its impossible if she was caught like that though and not bred, since 6IV is rare in the wild and RNG was not really doable in gen 6.

    (sorry for all the notifs) Maybe try searching for the TID on the internet and seeing if it's from a TSV community or known hacker.

    The fateful encounter tag is a problem however:
    https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Fateful_encounter
    A fateful encounter (Japanese: 運命的な出会い fateful encounter) is a flag attached to certain event Pokémon and some wild Mythical Pokémon that indicates they were met in a special manner.

    If she has that flag, she's hacked.
     

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    I was thinking maybe that was a problem, sorry for giving wrong information! Haven't touched Pokemon in a few weeks so I'm a bit rusty haha

    Don't worry about it, any help when trying to figure out if a Pokémon is hacked is appreciated! :)
    It does sound legit if you overlook this little information ^-^;
     
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    I would say legit since it's possible to catch a female Zorua in a dusk ball and breed for a 6IV. A shiny is also possible through TSV method. But not 100% without looking at the data.

    Its impossible if she was caught like that though and not bred, since 6IV is rare in the wild and RNG was not really doable in gen 6.

    (sorry for all the notifs) Maybe try searching for the TID on the internet and seeing if it's from a TSV community or known hacker.

    thanks :)

    Don't worry about it, any help when trying to figure out if a Pokémon is hacked is appreciated! :)
    It does sound legit if you overlook this little information ^-^;

    sorry, I was looking at my darkrai when I said the fateful encounter thing

    ZOROARK says "seems to have traveled across both space and time to reach you from the Hoenn region"

    Sorry about the mix up!

    I was thinking maybe that was a problem, sorry for giving wrong information! Haven't touched Pokemon in a few weeks so I'm a bit rusty haha

    it was a mix up I was looking at the wrong pokemon when I was checking its thing

    it actually said it crossed space and time to come from the hoenn region

    I was looking a the shiny darkrai when I wrote fateful encounter >.<
     
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