Ruby hack: Pokemon Weathered Ruby (Completed) [Version 1.0]

Pokemon Weathered Ruby

Pokemon Weathered Ruby is an enhancement hack of the original Ruby release featuring entirely revamped trainers along with rebalanced stats/learnsets for many of the original 386 Pokemon. The hack can be played through casually, but it has also been curated for a rather difficult, yet streamlined, Nuzlocke experience. Attached below along with the Lunar IPS Patch is an in-depth 33 page document (along with a 40 page document containing original dev notes) explaining all the changes made to this hack, and it serves predominantly as a guide to all the changes made to Pokemon and key trainers throughout the hack. Make sure you also read the "Sample List of Changes" tab below (if you'd like).

I hope this hack can serve as both an excellent introduction for new players looking to try a difficult romhack, and as a challenging experience for more experienced players and/or nuzlockers. This hack was made over the past 10 months, and looking to find the perfect balance of difficulty was the main goal of the project. I think the fact that this hack is as well based on the shorter (relative to the other games in Gen III) Ruby vanilla game allows it to provide a very short and sweet experience, and it served as a good first foray for me into the romhacking scene. For those who would be interested in an expansion of this romhack's core foundation (same stat changes, etc.), I am working already here and there on a direct sequel: Pokemon Weathered Red, based on the FireRed rombase. It is already about 40% complete, and should release sometime in early Q2 2022.





Recommended Level Curve:


Sample Encounters from a Playthrough:


Version 1.0 Release (12/22/21)

Sample List of Changes (More in full document!)


Credit to the authors of HexManiacAdvance, AdvanceMap, and XSE for making this possible.

If any changes are made, rather it's to the hack itself or the documents, it will be notified on here.
Enjoy! - 3331

Downloads: (PATCH COMPATIBLE WITH v1.0 ENGLISH RUBY ROMBASE)

Looks good! Approved!

Ok Im going to try it after inclement emerald, may be next week. Thank you. Can you upload mediafire version in gbahaks? Please.

I'd like to run the game in my boy gba in my android, but I dont konw if this is the correct format.

I donwload the file from gbahacks but it does not have the changes from last release.

I downloaded the game from documun but starters are in lv. 5.

Hi, are you patching on a 1.0 Ruby release? That is most likely your problem. I did not share any files of this game outside of this posting (although I am indifferent to it). If you are having trouble patching I'm sure there are some resources on here to help.

Ty but Im not sure... I tried by many ways... dowloading ruby rom and the patch, patching with an app the ruby rom with the patch but even though starters are lvl.5... may be later I find a patched rom. Btw I read the docs, nice work.

You are the best, thank you.

Do you yeil evs in this hack?

Moves updated to Gen VI values// was lech life even 20 power in gen VI?

No changes seen with Luvdisc, Volbeat and Illumise. Did you forgot them or something?

I think Illumise is kinda useful if you use Encore correctly. As for the other two, I didn't bother with a couple bottom tier Pokemon for this romhack I didn't really think the changes I tried on them were good, so for better or worst I left them alone. I think in retrospect the only Pokemon I forgot that I wanted to change was Dunsparce lol. Don't plan on changing anything for this atm, working on something else... In the new hack I'm working on I actually do have some changes on Luvdisc though, along with a myriad of others left unchanged or underwhelming in this hack. I have to get around to posting it in the Progressing section eventually for early feedback.

Link to reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonROMhacks/comments/17euoph/pokemon_weathered_ruby/

Returned to this in Oct. 2023 just to check, really want to get back into hacks with decomp but it just requires so many dev hours lol

Also, that second FireRed romhack direct sequel to this is dead in the water atm I was able to get to Koga - Blaine. may post a patch if I can find the most recent file from those sessions. it's been since like, early 2022 since I've edited the file.

I put a lot of work into that games overworld though so I may power through and try to finish it in the midnight hours. Time will tell.