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Janp April 4th, 2021 7:00 AM

Egglocke Extravaganza (2021 Easter Event) ♥ Now open as a regular challenge!
 
This is currently a Spotlighted Challenge! Here's how it works.

Spotlight period: March 1st to May 31st, 2023


The Egglocke Challenge
2021 Easter Event
Now reopened as a regular challenge thread!
In the spirit of Easter and Easter bunnies, this challenge has to do with eggs! Just choose one of the games for which there's a save file for (down below), and have at it! This challenge is completed once you beat the region’s Elite Four and the credits fully roll.
This challenge was originally a Monthly Event Challenge, lasting from Easter 2021 - that is April 4th, to May 4th, 2021. But is now open to anyone, without any time limits!

Rules:
🎀 This is still a nuzlocke, so every Pokémon that gets knocked out is considered dead, and cannot be used in battle ever again. You can box them or release them, your choice.
🎀 You also must nickname all the Pokémon that you will use in your team, if they don't already have a name. It creates a stronger bond between you and them!
🎀 As for the catches, it's still like in a nuzlocke: as soon as you get your Pokéballs, you may only catch the first Pokémon you find in each area. If you do though...
🎀 You have to swap every Pokémon you catch with one of the eggs that are in your PC, and use the Pokémon that hatches from there instead. If you don't have access to a PC yet, you can keep using your starter Pokémon for as long as you need.
🎀 You can use the various Rare Candies included in each Save file to raise the level of the Pokémon that hatches right up to the level of the Pokémon you caught and that is being replaced. But, please, don't use those candies in place of your regular grinding! Only those you find during your adventure should be used for that reason.
Yes, that's it! Have fun with it~ 🐰

Save files:
Here you can find all the different savefiles that you can use for this event. Pick the one for your favorite game and start playing - and feel free to update the challenge in this thread, at your leisure!To make sure that the save file is recognized...
  • For games up to Generation 5, you'll want to make sure that the Game file and the Save file have the same name, and are in the same folder (for VBA and most other emulators), or that the save file is in the "Battery" folder (for DesMuMe).
  • For Citra, you have to open up the emulator, right click on the game that you want to play, and then "Open Save Directory". From there, you'll need to replace the "main" file inside with the one you get from here, while also making sure that the name stays the same!
Also note that the only difference between dual versions like Ruby & Sapphire or Diamond & Pearl is the gender of the main character. Third versions might have different set of eggs tho!
Of course, don't hesitate to ask for help here or in the Discord server if something is iffy with these files! (#pokemon-gaming is the preferred channel for everything Challenges as of now!)

With that in mind, have fun and enjoy the challenge!

Challengers and Champions:
🎀 Sydian - Sapphire - CHAMPION
🎀 Kyuuji - Black 2
🎀 waters_echo - White - CHAMPION

Event Leaderboard:
Spoiler:
🎀 Janp - Heart Gold - CHAMPION
🎀 saniachan - Leaf Green - 3 Badges
🎀 भाग्य ज्योति - Emerald - CHAMPION
🎀 Eleanor - Platinum - CHAMPION
🎀 Kostucha - Platinum - CHAMPION
🎀 Hyzenthlay - White 2 - 0 Badges
🎀 Rabinov - Soul Silver - CHAMPION
🎀 Austin - Soul Silver - CHAMPION
🎀 Pichu - Fire Red - 1 Badge
🎀 Aslan - Ruby - CHAMPION
🎀 Mertis - Platinum - 1 Badge
🎀 Sydian - Sapphire - 5 Badges
🎀 Sorvete - White 2 - 4 Badges
🎀 Mercury - Emerald - 2 Badges
🎀 waters_echo - Leaf Green - CHAMPION
🎀 Circus - Emerald - 6 Badges

saniachan April 4th, 2021 3:47 PM

I don't celebrate the Easter itself, but might as well...

Your name: saniachan
Your game of choice: Leaf Green
Any optional rules:
  • Naming theme: Henry Stickmin characters
  • I'll pick my mons from box 1-6 in order for each captures, then roll a 1-30 RNG for which egg to take.
The best Easter Pokémon: lots of rabbit mons, but X Arcaealocke made me love Bunnelby~

Edit: Anyway, are there any changes for "impossible" evolutions (e.g. Feebas in FRLG)?

भाग्य ज्योति April 4th, 2021 9:59 PM

A nice event.

Your name: भाग्य ज्योति
Your game of choice: Emerald
Any optional rules: I am naming my Pokemons based on historical and mythical characters.
The best Easter Pokémon: Gigantamax Cinderace (Scorbunny)

Janp April 4th, 2021 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saniachan (Post 10330024)
Edit: Anyway, are there any changes for "impossible" evolutions (e.g. Feebas in FRLG)?

Yes, there might be some Pokémon made especially to laugh in your face.

Eleanor April 5th, 2021 12:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by भाग्य ज्योति (Post 10330442)
A nice event.

Your name: भाग्य ज्योति
Your game of choice: Emerald
Any optional rules: I am naming my Pokemons based on historical and mythical characters.
The best Easter Pokémon: Gigantamax Cinderace (Scorbunny)

Wait, who is the best Easter Pokémon? :)) That's not really a question to answer personally, even though I would definitely agree that Scorbunny is amazing, but... the answer is already in the first post - this is here to make sure you're reading the rules, and you don't have to go back and do stuff again, for example, because you haven't followed one by mistake 😇

Anyways... I may hate myself for this but, in the spirit of that Wedlocke challenge from last year that I was never able to complete...
🥚 Your name: Eleanor
🥚 Your game of choice: Platinum
🥚 Any optional rules: hmmm I don't think so?
🥚 The best Easter Pokémon: Scorbunny Bunnelby (no but really why Bunnelby? jamp pls)

saniachan April 5th, 2021 1:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Janp (Post 10330450)
Yes, there might be some Pokémon made especially to laugh in your face.

Aight then. Seems like I've already got some... interesting mons here. 😏

Speaking of, here are my encounters so far:
Spoiler:
  • Pallet Town: Ellie Rose the Squirtle Duskull (box 1 egg #23)
  • Route 1: Amelia Esteban the Rattata Poliwag (box 2 egg #24)
  • Route 22: Henry Stickmin the Rattata Feebas (box 3 egg #14)
  • Route 2: Dave Panpa the Pidgey Slowpoke (box 4 egg #16)
  • Viridian Forest: Carol Cross the Caterpie Aipom (box 5 egg #1)

But unfortunately, just a little bit into the gameplay and already lost Carol to a wild Rattata/Pidgey (I forgot) while grinding at Route 22. Man, just when I was eager to see how she would fare without evolution... 😔

Anyway, I trained everyone else up to level 10 with Ellie being the most painful to train, then faced Brock while still underleveled. Would've been hard weren't it for Amelia's Bubble Beam trivializing the whole battle. I mean, shooting water-type attacks to a pair of rock/ground mons? Come on~

https://i.imgur.com/W70vQRIm.jpg

The Team

भाग्य ज्योति April 5th, 2021 5:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eleanor (Post 10330480)
Wait, who is the best Easter Pokémon? :)) That's not really a question to answer personally, even though I would definitely agree that Scorbunny is amazing, but... the answer is already in the first post - this is here to make sure you're reading the rules, and you don't have to go back and do stuff again, for example, because you haven't followed one by mistake

Oh, its an answer. I thought its the best easter mon for JanP.

And with this, I have arisen with many questions. Are nuzlockes encoded or we have to follow them anyways?
Quote:

Originally Posted by Janp (Post 10330450)
{I have questions}

1. no real need to post at every badge, but still there is a list in the last containing how many badges trainers have collected. (Looks like it's been added after some time). If it's necessary, I have acquired 2 badges.

2. As for the catches, it's still like in a nuzlocke: you may only catch the first Pokémon you find in each area. Is this feature encoded in the ROMs or its a ruleto follow? I have been able to catch more than 1 Pokemon in an area. Shall I stop catching a mon if I have already caught one.

3. You have to swap every Pokémon you catch with one of the eggs that are in your PC, and use the Pokémon that hatches instead. This means, Easter eggs must not be hatched independently, isn't it? We must hatch one only if we have caught a mon to replace it with? Cause currently I have hatched 2 extra just by running.

4. Just this much for now! Sorry if any of them are out of context. This is my first engagement here in this section...

saniachan April 5th, 2021 6:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by भाग्य ज्योति (Post 10330560)
1. no real need to post at every badge, but still there is a list in the last containing how many badges trainers have collected. (Looks like it's been added after some time). If it's necessary, I have acquired 2 badges.

2. As for the catches, it's still like in a nuzlocke: you may only catch the first Pokémon you find in each area. Is this feature encoded in the ROMs or its a ruleto follow? I have been able to catch more than 1 Pokemon in an area. Shall I stop catching a mon if I have already caught one.

3. You have to swap every Pokémon you catch with one of the eggs that are in your PC, and use the Pokémon that hatches instead. This means, Easter eggs must not be hatched independently, isn't it? We must hatch one only if we have caught a mon to replace it with? Cause currently I have hatched 2 extra just by running.

  1. "Not a requirement, but still appreciated." Most of us who take part in event challenges like this usually post our progresses every now and then. Everyone have their own ways of updating. You can be super detailed with your updates or just be like "Hullo, I just got this badge. Here's my team so far...", just do what you feel right.
  2. Nuzlocke rules are usually not encoded in the ROMs unless you play fanmade games that provides the option (like Uranium and Rejuvenation) and/or hack your own ROM to enforce the rules. If you play any main Pokemon games, you'll need to remember your own rules while playing.
  3. Okay, lemme explain the rules again: catch the first mon in a new area, go to the nearby Pokecenter, swap your caught mon with an egg, then hatch it. The newly-hatched mon will be your usable one. And once again, none of these are encoded in the ROMs by default, so any violations of the rules will be on the player.

भाग्य ज्योति April 5th, 2021 6:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saniachan (Post 10330581)
  1. "Not a requirement, but still appreciated." Most of us who take part in event challenges like this usually post our progresses every now and then. Everyone have their own ways of updating. You can be super detailed with your updates or just be like "Hullo, I just got this badge. Here's my team so far...", just do what you feel right.
  2. Nuzlocke rules are usually not encoded in the ROMs unless you play fanmade games that provides the option (like Uranium and Rejuvenation) and/or hack your own ROM to enforce the rules. If you play any main Pokemon games, you'll need to remember your own rules while playing.
  3. Okay, lemme explain the rules again: catch the first mon in a new area, go to the nearby Pokecenter, swap your caught mon with an egg, then hatch it. The newly-hatched mon will be your usable one. And once again, none of these are encoded in the ROMs by default, so any violations of the rules will be on the player.

Thanks a lot!

Kostucha April 5th, 2021 7:53 AM

I don't really like nuzlockes, but I'll give this one a try :)

Your name: Kostucha
Your game of choice: Platinum
Any optional rules: SET battle style
The best Easter Pokémon: Bunnelby

Hyzenthlay April 5th, 2021 9:24 AM

🥚 Your name: Hyzenthlay
🥚 Your game of choice: White 2
🥚 Any optional rules: Nah I'm going to wimp out and make this as easy as possible :fufu:
🥚 The best Easter Pokémon: Shiny Buneary, naturally! Yes I read the rules but I refuse to admit it's Bunnelby :')

Eleanor April 5th, 2021 9:25 AM

Eleanor's badge #1 - Platinum

So, here goes nothing! I'm really not the best with nuzlockes, I've picked a fairly hard game (Platinum) to attempt one, and I don't really know what I'm doing... so, let's go!
Of course, the first thing I can do is pick my starter (Piplup - this is because I hope that it will be easier to find, among the eggs I will hatch, some Pokémon that will be strong against Grass) and have him fight against Barry's Turtwig. I have no access to a PC just yet so this is the only thing I can do... once I do, though, all the way in Sandgem, I can immediately get my actual starter from an egg, which I pick at random. And so...
🎀 Route 201 - Piplup → Ecruteak, Spinarak
I'm obviously going with Pokémon cities and locations as the nickname theme, hoping that it will work well enough even later on!

Once I have some Pokéballs, it's time to get some more encounters and move on. The Old Rod from Jubilife also helps me get more Pokémon, although... I have to admit, I couldn't get my encounter from Route 204 because my would-be catch just fainted instead ;-;
🎀 Verity Lakefront - Bidoof → Abundance, Spoink (from Abundance Shrine in Unova!)
🎀 Route 202 - Bidoof → Fortree, Swablu
🎀 Twinleaf Town - Magikarp → Paniola, Slakoth
🎀 Route 218 - Magikarp → Mossdeep, Beldum
🎀 Route 219 - Magikarp → Phenac, Cubone (After Phenac City in Orre)
🎀 Ravaged Path - Zubat → Postwick, Taillow

Nothing too crazy, but it's some decent variety for now and it has some very interesting Pokémon, at least for later on! Even the moves that I got were quite nice and unique, although... maybe a bit too focused on Status moves!

Once I deal with everything there is to do in Jubilife, I have to battle Barry - which I do easily with Taillow's Quick Attack and Spinarak's Sonic Boom! (Genuinely overpowered at this point! Didn't know Spinarak could even have that move...)
I can get some more encounters around the Oreburgh area now:
🎀 Route 203 - Starly → Cianwood, Goldeen
🎀 Oreburgh Gate - Psyduck → Azalea, Hoppip
🎀 Oreburgh Mines - Geodude → Eterna, Oddish
🎀 Route 207 - Machop → Anistair, Mime Jr.

And now what we're all waiting for, the battle against Roark! Which honestly has started off very well with Eterna using Swords Dance of all things and going for Razor Leaf on Geodude and Onix, knocking them out easily. But of course, things couldn't go this well! When Cranidos comes in, Eterna fails and gets knocked out with a Critical Hit! Such a terrible ending for a Pokémon that was meant to live forever... just as the name was meant to imply! >:(
At that point things get quite harder - I have to swap between Phenac and Cianwood, with Phenac hanging onto 1 HP at one time and Cianwood getting straight up knocked out... Cranidos is really a beast and yes, I should've trainer harder! I went in a little too eager to get my first cool update out and this is the result... but still, I got my badge and I'm here to tell the tale!
And so, the current team is...
🎀 Cianwood, Goldeen, lv. 11, Swift Swim
Psybeam, Haze, Sleep Talk, Hydro Pump
🎀 Eterna, Oddish, lv. 15, Chlorophyll
Razor Leaf, Synthesis, Swords Dance, Acid
🎀 Phenac, Cubone, lv. 12, Rock Head
Bone Club, Rock Slide, Ancient Power, Belly Drum
🎀 Abundance, Spoink, lv. 9, Thick Fat
Extrasensory, Future Sight, Substitute, Trick

I'll change up the team a bit and continue on with the next segment soon! Stay tuned <3 <3 <3

Arcaneum April 6th, 2021 2:30 AM

Your name: Rabinov
Your game of choice: Soul Silver
Any optional rules:
- Naming Convention: Planets, Satellites and Stars
- All Eggs selected by RNG

Eleanor April 6th, 2021 4:20 AM

Eleanor's badge #2 - Platinum

Second segment coming up! With Roark down, Phenac had no problems dealing with the Galactic Grunts both in Jubilife and Floaroma. Before going on with the Mars battle, I was able to get some more encounters as well and grind my team. Please welcome in...
🎀 Valley Windworks - Pachirisu → Cinnabar, Vulpix
🎀 Floaroma Meadows (Honey tree) - Combee → Indigo, Aerodactyl

Now... let's get the embarrassing part out of the way. I lost Indigo right away to Mars's Purugly - that thing hits so so hard, and I wasn't trained enough... luckily, Phenac was able to finish it off with a sliver of health left! Once again, Cubone is proving invaluable :)
With that done I can now explore the rest of Route 205 and Eterna Forest, taking advantage of Cheryl to really level up my team to great levels. I get Mossdeep to evolve into Metang and Postwick into Swellow, while also training in some new members like Cinnabar. Of course, I get some nice encounters too from all the new areas... except Eterna City, because the Magikarp that appeared went down in one hit after making me waste so many Pokéballs. Also pretty embarrassing... anyways!
🎀 Route 205 - Shellos → Seafoam, Omanyte
🎀 Eterna Forest - Bidoof → Spikemuth, Mawile (aka Pixel 2!)
🎀 Route 211 - Meditite → Cyllage, Corphish
🎀 Mount Coronet - Machop → Wyndon, Munchlax

I technically already got some nice items, including one fossil from the Underground as well, but I think I'll wait until I unlock the bike before getting it revived... in that case, that would become my Oreburgh city encounter! With how things are going this early in the game, something tells me I'll need a lot of help...
But if I want the bike, then of course one of the things I have to do is beat Gardenia and earn my second badge! That was... what can I say. 4 Wing Attacks from Swellow was all it took to defeat her, no joke - plus, not even Roserade could keep up with its speed! I'm already somewhat trembling for Jupiter, sure, but at least I can say that this Gym Battle was an easy victory with no thrills - a much needed change of pace if you ask me...

And so, the current team is...
🎀 Phenac, Cubone, lv. 19, Rock Head
Bone Club, Rock Slide, Ancient Power, Belly Drum
🎀 Abundance, Spoink, lv. 20, Thick Fat
Extrasensory, Future Sight, Substitute, Trick
🎀 Postwick, Swellow, lv. 23, Guts
Wing Attack, Quick Attack, Mirror Move, Refresh
🎀 Seafoam, Omanyte, lv. 16, Swift Swim
Aurora Beam, Bubble Beam, Bite, Slam
🎀 Mossdeep, Metang, lv. 20, Clear Body
Confusion, Metal Claw, Take Down
🎀 Spikemuth, Mawile, lv. 12, Hyper Cutter
Bite, Poison Fang, Swords Dance, False Swipe

And the deaths...
🎗️ Indigo, Aerodactyl
🎗️ Eterna, Oddish
🎗️ Cianwood, Goldeen

Next up it's Jupiter, the Cycling Road, whatever I get in the Oreburgh Museum, Hearthome... fun times :)

Janp April 6th, 2021 10:14 AM


Janp's Eggcellent Egglocke Eggventure




Time to start my own adventure while I still have some free time on my hands.

My original plan was for this to be hardcore Egglocke, but then I realized how bad the level curve in Johto is, so I will only use SET style and that's it. I'll also pick eggs randomly, since I'm the one who generated them. With that out of the way, let's start...

I randomly picked Cyndaquil as my starter and quickly got to PC, where I picked 10th egg from 5th box. It hatched into Sableye. I should also pick a nicknaming theme... so let's go with astronomical objects for this one. So say hi to Acrux. She had pretty bad moves, so it was hard to level her up. Thankfully she learned Night Shade on level 8.

First rival battle was pretty easy, thanks to Night Shade. I named my rival Jamp, just to see where it goes.

Next encounters are:
Route 29 - Pidgey - actually 28th egg from 5th box containing Vega, the female Combee
Route 46 - Geodude - actually 17th egg from 6th box containing Rigel, the Shroomish
Route 30 - Caterpie - actually 1st egg from 3rd box containing Deneb, the female Wurmple
Route 31 - Bellsprout - actually 22nd egg from 2nd box containing Pollux, the male Ralts

Okay, so this happens, when you name your rival Jamp. Interesting...

Anyway, while grinding my not Flying-type friendly team, Deneb evolved in Silcoon, so I'll be getting Beautifly. I didn't really had much of a choice but to use Pollux to sweep the Gym, so I was expecting at least one death. But I got so lucky and inflicted not just a burn, but also a confusion on Falkner's Pidgeotto. And it kept hitting itself! First badge was soon mine.




Austin April 6th, 2021 10:58 AM

hi hi, i'll try this

🥚 Your name: Austin
🥚 Your game of choice: SoulSilver
🥚 Any optional rules: nope~
🥚 The best Easter Pokémon: Bunnelby

mikey April 6th, 2021 3:37 PM

🥚 Your name: Pichu
🥚 Your game of choice: FireRed
🥚 Any optional rules: Nope
🥚 The best Easter Pokémon: Buneary ofc

Aslan April 6th, 2021 3:56 PM

hi I'll have a go haven't played pokemon in a while but this sounds fun :D

🥚 Your name: Aslan
🥚 Your game of choice: Ruby
🥚 Any optional rules: No I think the real challenge will be finishing this in time HAH
🥚 The best Easter Pokémon: Bunnelby

भाग्य ज्योति April 7th, 2021 7:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Janp (Post 10331371)
{I got confused with Route}

Route 111 is a long route with a large desert in between. After getting go-goggles I entered the desert part of the route and mistakenly caught a pokemon (sandshrew), but then when I exited desert, there was no location sign change. And hence, I mistakenly caught a second pokemon in the same route 111, thinking its a different place. I have deleted the pokemon just after catching after I know that its a mistake. Shall this be counted as a fault? Shall I restart?

Janp April 7th, 2021 8:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by भाग्य ज्योति (Post 10332137)
Route 111 is a long route with a large desert in between. After getting go-goggles I entered the desert part of the route and mistakenly caught a pokemon (sandshrew), but then when I exited desert, there was no location sign change. And hence, I mistakenly caught a second pokemon in the same route 111, thinking its a different place. I have deleted the pokemon just after catching after I know that its a mistake. Shall this be counted as a fault?

Everything is fine. All of us make mistakes sometimes. So if you deleted the Pokémon, don't worry about it.

Eleanor April 7th, 2021 10:00 AM

Eleanor's badge #3 - Platinum

So! Important things out of the way first: Jupiter was fine, with Phenac handling even Skuntank without trouble. I really have to thank Cubone for getting this far! Cycling Road was fine as well, once again thanks to Phenac's amazing ground and rock type attacks, and this also allowed me to reach Oreburgh and revive my fossil, as well as getting more encounters. From there, getting to Hearthome was quite easy too, with just a few more routes, trainers, and... Cyrus dialogue.

Only when I went back to train... something bad happened. Phenac was defeated, because of a wretched Self Destruct from a Hiker's Geodude. I was training with the Vs Seeker and what can I say, maybe this one guy was tired of getting defeated... still, that was a pretty big deal for my team. I somehow found different Pokémon to train up and try to replace Phenac, but at this point I have to admit that I have a pretty evident Electric weakness in my "team" and I'm not sure how to handle it...

One more reason to beat Fantina! I did it relatively easily with Metang taking some hits, Swellow getting deliberately burned (from Duskull) in order to activate Guts and KO Mismagius in just two hits (even with the Sitrus Berry), and finally Crobat dealing with Haunter. Now, time to move onwards and see what's coming... especially in terms of encounters, you know ^-^

By the way, here are all the new recruits!
🎀 Oreburgh City - Shieldon → Kin, Drowzee
🎀 Route 206 - Gligar → Shoal, Seel
🎀 Route 208 - Budew → Couriway, Azurill
🎀 Hearthome City - Eevee → Heahea, Skitty
🎀 Wayward Cave - Geodude → Moon, Zubat
🎀 Old Chateau - Gastly → Po, Skorupi

And so, the current team is...
🎀 Wyndon, Munchlax, lv. 19, Pickup
Lick, Curse, Amnesia, Double-Edge
🎀 Moon, Crobat, lv. 31, Inner Focus
Wing Attack, Faint Attack, Pursuit, Quick Attack
🎀 Postwick, Swellow, lv. 27, Guts
Wing Attack, Quick Attack, Mirror Move, Refresh
🎀 Seafoam, Omanyte, lv. 30, Swift Swim
Aurora Beam, Bubble Beam, Bite, Mud Shot
🎀 Mossdeep, Metang, lv. 22, Clear Body
Confusion, Metal Claw, Take Down
🎀 Spikemuth, Mawile, lv. 20, Hyper Cutter
Bite, Poison Fang, Swords Dance, False Swipe

And the deaths...
🎗️ Indigo, Aerodactyl
🎗️ Eterna, Oddish
🎗️ Cianwood, Goldeen
🎗️ Phenac, Cubone

mertis April 7th, 2021 10:21 AM

Im signing up!



Your name: mertis
Your game of choice: Platinum
Any optional rules: nope
The best Easter Pokémon: Scorbunny

Just have to find out how to format like everyone else

Sydian April 7th, 2021 1:31 PM

Your name: sydian
Your game of choice: sapphire
Any optional rules: no items in battle, held items and pokeballs are okay though
The best Easter Pokémon: petilil! :) i know it's not an egg, but it's little and green and spring-y aha. or bunnelby. ig.

so question do we get to put an egg in our party after each catch? the only locke variant i've done is a wonderlocke and it was like that kinda, you caught the first pokemon on a route then wonder traded it and used whatever you got.

also i'm gonna stream myself playing this so my updates might be a little different than how i like to do them. which will drive me nuts tbh but it's okay aha. if anyone is bored, come watch.

edit: bro................i can't get it to work lmao but i'm not surprised bc i'm literally the least tech savvy millennial

Aslan April 7th, 2021 6:04 PM

Very quick update! Will post smaller updates more frequently as opposed to writing a large update at the end.

Pokemon Ruby Egglocke - Update 1

  • Started the game
  • Picked Torchic as my starter
  • Immediately boxed Torchic and hatched my first egg (Lychee the Lickitung)
  • Body slammed my rival's Pokemon into the ground so it died instantly :D
  • Caught a Zigzagoon and hatched my second egg (Matcha the Ralts)
  • Caught a Wurmple and hatched my third egg (Red Bean the Vulpix)
  • Caught a Shroomish and hatched my fourth egg (Durian the Bellsprout)
  • Made my way to Rustboro and caught a Taillow, hatching my fifth egg (Sesame the Sneasel)
  • Went ahead to the cave to get my encounter and caught a Whimsur, hatching my sixth egg and last team member for now (Pearl the Goldeen)
  • Beat up a lot of people/grinded against wild Pokemon until my Lickitung was Level 14 and on equal footing with Nosepass
  • Swept Roxanne with Lickitung's combo of Belly Drum + Magnitude, earning the first badge!
  • Went back to the cave and saved Peeko (WROOOOOOOAR PEEKO) and made my way down to Mr Briney's house to take the ship to Dewford
  • Got to Dewford to deliver the letter to Steven and headed up to the cave to get my encounter, caught a Makuhita and hatched my seventh egg, Cutie the Spheal (in the event I have to use Spheal and it dies I will be DEVASTATED)
  • Used the cave as an opportunity to level up a lot of my Pokemon to mostly Lvl 15 ~ 20 (sorry Bellsprout, it was too much effort to level you when you only knew Wrap!) to comfortably take on Brawly, evolved Matcha the Ralts into Kirlia
  • Went to the gym and got the second badge using a combo of Kirlia's Confusion and Goldeen's Psybeam! Got a lucky confusion on the Makuhita and it knocked itself out...
  • Got an Old Rod from the fisherman in Dewford and caught a Magikarp, hatching my eighth egg which was Marina the Staryu
  • Delivered the letter to Steven after trying to navigate the cave without Flash (it was a struggle) and then headed back to Petalburg City to use my Old Rod to catch another Magikarp and hatch my ninth egg which was Howl the Misdreavus
  • Went to Slateport City, got up to the house full of trainers before Slateport and decided to save - will come back to tonight after work!

So far no deaths but I see that changing very soon...

Current badges: 2

Current team as of my last save:


Eggs hatched in PC/in reserve:
Spoiler:

1. Cutie the Spheal
2. Marina the Staryu
3. Howl the Misdreavus

Arcaneum April 7th, 2021 6:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sydian (Post 10332472)
Your name: sydian
Your game of choice: sapphire
Any optional rules: no items in battle, held items and pokeballs are okay though
The best Easter Pokémon: petilil! :) i know it's not an egg, but it's little and green and spring-y aha. or bunnelby. ig.

so question do we get to put an egg in our party after each catch? the only locke variant i've done is a wonderlocke and it was like that kinda, you caught the first pokemon on a route then wonder traded it and used whatever you got.

also i'm gonna stream myself playing this so my updates might be a little different than how i like to do them. which will drive me nuts tbh but it's okay aha. if anyone is bored, come watch.

edit: bro................i can't get it to work lmao but i'm not surprised bc i'm literally the least tech savvy millennial

So you catch a Pokémon then go immediately swap it for an Egg of your choosing from the PC and have to use whatever hatches. At least that's what I've been doing oop.

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Rabinov's Egglocke Challenge - New Beginnings

So firstly this is going to be a HUGE update because I forgot to post about my initial run, but then I am going to try and summarise each playthrough as best as I can for you.

The Adventure Unfolds


We started off with what's normally a hard choice of which Starter to choose... however because this was going to be swapped out in about 5 minutes at Cherrygrove so we picked our first Pokémon which was NZ the Totodile! Setting off on our little jolly, we actually managed an entire 1 encounter before making it to Cherrygrove City, where we immediately swapped it out for what would be Saturn the Phanpy.

Turns out I got the worst luck here, as now the Rival (aptly named Serebii) has a Starter which still counters mine in Chikorita. However a few Body Slams later and the rest was history. Then it was back to Prof. Elm and we're finally off on our Egglocke adventure! First up on Route 29, we manage to swap out a Pidgey for Jupiter the Pineco! This actually had a great selection of moves, so training was nice and easy (especially as we could only give it 1 extra level...). Now we have specifically skipped route 46 for later on when we can approach it via Blackthorn City, to capitalise on those extra levels (as the Pokémon caught don't matter too much).

This means our next destination was Route 30, home of the ever infamous Youngster Joey. En route, we managed to catch a Caterpie and swap this out for Uranus the Buizel, which came with Headbutt! This comes in handy later on, you'll see why. After a quick dispatching of the Trainers en route, a bit of level grinding against hordes of Weedle and much perseverance we make it to Route 31 where... I decide to catch a Weedle of my own! This got transferred for an Egg which hatched as Mercury the Glameow! Again, due to what I can potentially get in Dark Cave, I have skipped it for now to return once I reach the higher level areas.

A Rose amongst the Violets - Gym #1


We finally made it to Violet City good and proper (rather than popping in to grab Eggs and hatching)! First up... yup it's time to check out all the available routes and get catching! First up we go to Route 32, where we encounter a Mareep which gets to live snugly in our PC whilst Neptune the SCYTHER(!!!!!) Definitely happy with this pick! Skipping merrily back to Violet City, I decided to take on the Sprout Tower (and most importantly get another Pokémon here), with my newfly found partner being able to make quick work of everything in there. We catch a Rattatta which gets converted into Venus the Chinchou! Unfortunately due to a detrimental Nature, Chinchou is going to be my Surf/Whirlpool/Waterfall/Flash slave and nothing more than that.

So we go into the Gym after some more grinding on Route 32 and... well we absolutely stomp it. Phanpy at this point knows Ancientpower and Rollout, so it was a case of throwing these moves out and everyone got flattened. One Zephyr Badge later and we're free to go! Stopping by the PokéMart means we get the fabled Mystery Egg and well... that's another Pokémon to swap out! In doing so, we receive Mars the Onix. I can't trade to evolve this so I am not interested, this will become another HM slave once needed.

With that, it's time to head to our next destination - Azalea Town!

One quick sprint down Route 32 gets us to Union Cave. Now I know from previous nuzlockes that this is a place with many levels and lots of higher level Pokémon later on, so with a bit of luck and the Repel that Saturn had picked up earlier, we manage to make it out of Union Cave without one encounter. Nice! We did however get Poisoned a lot by the Firebreather's Koffings... very annoying. Anyway we make it out to the other side and onto the rainy Route 33. An encounter with a Hoppip turns into us receiving Mars the Staryu (I named it Mars because I plan on actually using it unlike Onix). We have a nice team coming along here, looking like some very good prospects.

And with that, it's time to move on to Azalea Town!

Quit Buggin' Me, Man... Gym #2


Before we can do anything about Bugsy Malone in the Gym, we gotta deal with that shady guy standing by the well. Thankfully, the way to do that isn't to reason with him or even battle him, but instead send an angry old man to him, who then proceeds to fall down the Slowpoke Well and break his back. Perfect. Not that I care too much really. I'm here solely for the next Pokémon encounter, which turns out to be a Zubat which promptly gets swapped out for Ganymede the Lapras! Another amazing strong pick... with no attacking moves. Brilliant. That aside, we make short work of the Grunts and Proton, seeming as Phanpy yet again can deal with most of their Pokemon with ease and those that we couldn't, well Pineco cleared them up very nicely.

So the Slowpokes have been saved, so no more $1,000,000 SLOWPOKETAILS, yay! Time for the important stuff - the Gym!

But first... I decided to get ahead of myself and nab the next encounter in Ilex Forest, mostly because curiosity now has me in a vicegrip this Egglocke, I need to know what my next Pokémon will be! Unfortunately this blindsided me, as Serebii decided to show up and battle us! His Pokémon were much higher levels than mine! However, through love, perseverance, friendship and much better battling knowledge than the basic AI, I managed to beat him, leaving me free to roam Ilex Forest.

My encounter was almost instant, allowing me to catch a Kakuna which I promptly replaced with Titan the Squirtle! Lots of Water Types going on at the moment... hoping for some different Types before Olivine City that's for sure! Whilst I was here, I solved the Farfetch'd puzzle to avoid the headache later once I got the badge, received HM01 Cut and decided to do a bit more grinding as the Kakunas/Metapods gave some good experience.

I finally felt safe enough to walk through Azalea Town Gym's doors. As they closed behind me, it was time for a massacre. Saturn and Neptune took several names and gained some crucial levels for Bugsy. Bugsy proved to be a bit challenging, that Scyther hits like an absolute truck especially with the addition of U-Turn to its moveset in HGSS. Thankfully a 4x Rock weakness meant Saturn dispatched it quickly and earned me the Hive Badge. Great! As we had cleared Ilex Forest, it was a very quick beeline to Goldenrod City for us.

Speeding through Ilex Forest, we had just one route between us and the city lights - Route 34. Lots of nice high level Drowzee for easy experience, so I spent quite a bit of time levelling up here and most importantly - catching one! This netted me Earth the Shuppet, very handy for a bit later on in the game for sure! After a quick visit to the Day-Care, it was time to hit boulevards of Goldenrod City...

Seas of Gold in a Ship of Silver - Gym #3


So Goldenrod... a lot to unpack here. Firstly I went to the Radio Tower to get Whitney back into her Gym (acing the quiz of course!), before setting off to the many new opportunities presented to me. First up was Route 35, with its several trainers and more importantly, delicious EXP. Absolute chaos ensues as my team absolutely tear these trainers up, notably Mars got a nice chunk of experience after wiping out both the Magmars the Firebreather had. At the end of the route, we take a detour to the grass to catch a Nidoran (Male), which turned out to actually be Phobos the Shellos. Another Water Type, ahhh...

After that, we set foot into the National Park... and make a beeline straight for Route 36. We get a very nice level 15 Hoothoot which becomes... Deimos the Nidoran (Male), weird! There isn't much to do here, so I booked it back to National Park to do some levelling on Trainers and wild Pokémon alike. After a few battles, Neptune actually learns False Swipe, so catching Pokémon just became a whole lot easier! That said, I had another complication with his particular place...

As I was playing during nighttime, the encounter rates in National Park are set to nothing but Hoothoot, meaning I can't capture anything else until it is daytime. BUT this is where Uranus comes in! Remember that Uranus has Headbutt? It was time to put it to use! A few bashes later and an Exeggcute falls from the tree! After a difficult capture, we finally manage to get it and snag ourselves Charon the Spoink for our troubles, nice! That said, everything is currently explored that I want to and therefore it's time to go crush the Gym!

So this Gym... is notorious for Whitney the Gym Leader to have an exceptionally horrible ace in Miltank. It's bulky, strong and has access to what feels like 100% flinch rate in Stomp and a very dangerous move in Rollout, so it's key to dispose of it quick. After a very tough battle with Metronome Clefairy, it was time for the epic showdown. Saturn gets a great Body Slam in, paralysing the Miltank and therefore causing it all sorts of issues. Several rounds of paralysis later, Saturn delivers the final blow and defeats Whitney, earning us the Plain Badge.

And that's where the show currently stops! I'll be playing some more tomorrow, so expect a much shorter and sweeter update! Sorry for the lack of Pokémon details, however here is where I currently stand.

Rabinov
Badges: 3
Deaths: 0
Pokémon Obtained: 14

Main Team:

https://i.imgur.com/mWg6TwL.png

Saturn - Phanpy



Ganymede - Lapras



Phobos - Shellos



Titan - Wartortle



Neptune - Scyther



Jupiter - Pineco





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