Emerald hack: Pokémon Emerald Z (Fakemon Hack | Complete | v1.2.0 available! Material drop system implemented!)

[discodriver44]

Enjoying this hack so far, though i think it could use a few better grinding spots between the 3rd and 5th gyms.

 

[R0guePhant0m]

This hack is good however exp is hard to come by and it would be incredibly beneficial to add gen 6 exp share to reduce grinding times

 

[JJSponge120]

This hack is good however exp is hard to come by and it would be incredibly beneficial to add gen 6 exp share to reduce grinding times

The creator said in an earlier post that the Gen 6 exp. share won't be added here as it would most likely throw off the level curve. I'm bummed about it, too, but I hope that this game can continue to improve and find alternative ways to make grinding less tedious.

 

[JJSponge120]

Is there any kind of documentation that shows when the fakemon evolve or how they evolve?

It should be in the text files included with the download.

 

[s4bleknight]

Hi. I'm Celeste. My first ROM hack, Pokémon Fire Red Advanced, was finished over six years ago, and it's a charming little thing, but it's from a long-gone era, when the Fairy-type was novel and everyone was using MrDollSteak's base and I thought I was a boy. Times have changed. We've all matured.

My second hack was Pokémon Emerald Advanced, a project that in retrospect was ultimately too ambitious to succeed with my skill at the time, which is why it remains unfinished, stuck forever at gym 6. But I liked a lot of the ideas that went into it. There was a spark of something solid there.

I made other hacks from then to now, but most too minor to mention. (Hey, Viva Las Vega enjoyers.) I grew busy, I gained other interests, but something in me still had that desire to create.

Thus, here we are. I present a project that in some ways scales back those lofty ambitious, but in other ways far exceeds anything I could have dreamed of back then. I give you Pokémon Emerald Z.

What it is:
A hack of Pokémon Emerald that contains, among other things, over 100 Fakemon with thoughtful designs and high-quality sprites, a carefully-curated Pokédex, shuffled Gym Leaders, buffs to weak Pokémon, some new maps, and a lot of love.

What it is not:
A difficulty hack, an includes-every-Pokémon hack, a quality-of-life hack, a source of free Fakemon, a peanut-free product, a blood sacrifice to the dark god Ba'al, an illustrated guide to cold fusion, affiliated in any way with Elon Musk.

That's the gist. Here are some screenshots. I'll provide some more details in spoilers below, if you want to peruse. Thanks for reading. I hope you give it a try, and I hope, if you do, that you have fun.

Spoiler: I'd like more details, please

The features of this hack include, but are not limited to:
- A Pokédex of 500 Pokémon, chosen from generations 1-9, with a large variety of my own Fakemon added in. These Fakemon have full, detailed learnsets, quality sprites, interesting concepts that lend themselves to unique gameplay, icon sprites, and custom cries.
- Many buffs to weak Pokémon, as well as customized learnsets. These include Fur Coat Furret, Anticipation Golisopod, Electric Surge Electrode, Psychic / Ghost Chimecho, Noxious Torque Revavroom, and a non-terrible way to access Zen Mode Darmanitan.
- Your usual modern battle mechanics, which is to say the physical / special split, Fairy-type, the stuff you don't need to be told about and which I can't honestly tout as a feature.
- There are no Mega Evolutions or other gimmicks.
- 12-character Pokémon names and 16-character Ability and move names, because we've put up with Fletchindr and StmpngTantrm for too long.
- New moves and Abilities.
- 99 TMs. TMs, for balance reasons, are single-use, but remain accessible.
- More interesting and useful replacements to the Battle Tents. In Slateport is a TM fan club, where new copies of TMs you've discovered can be made. In Verdanturf is an old, abandoned manor where Ghost-type Pokémon lurk. In Fallarbor is a Hyper Training station where you can maximize your Pokémon's IVs.
- Trick House now leads to the Trick Forest.
- All Gym Leaders and Elite Four members have been shuffled around, so your team will be tested in different ways. Gym puzzles are not overhauled, but have at least token modifications to make them more fitting.
- There is a Shiny Charm immediately accessible in your room, which can also be removed at any time. This is specifically because, as a Fakemon hack, I want people to be able to find shinies of the new Pokémon.
- Something happened in Altering Cave.
- Difficulty was not a primary focus of this hack, so there are no level caps or competitive movesets. I would still say the game is more difficult than the main series games; the AI is generally smarter, there are still some mean moves, and of course there's no holds barred on the secret postgame boss. Trainer Pokémon generally don't have EVs until the endgame; before then, Gym Leader Pokémon will have some HP EVs to make them more durable, but that's it.
- Almost no Pokémon are fully locked to lategame. If you know how to find them, you can get almost every Pokémon in the hack before gym 3.
- The ruins that once held the Regis are now accessible from the start, and have all-new puzzles.
- Winning big at the Game Corner is much easier.
- The game is currently complete through to the Champion fight. Postgame is inaccessible. Battle Frontier will maybe someday be a thing, says literally every Emerald hack ever made.
- Cramorant is here.

Spoiler: I'd like to see the available Pokémon, please

Spoiler: I'd like details on the available Pokémon, please

Everything you need to know short of TM / tutor compatibilities and egg moves is in a .txt document included with the download. You'll also find item locations, Gym Leader teams, and wild Pokémon locations.

Spoiler: I'd like to learn any known bugs, please

- In a double batle, if you knock out a Pokémon with Opportunist with a move that raises your stats, Opportunist will trigger after the Pokémon has already fainted.
- Using a Persim Berry from the Bag may not actually cure confusion.
- There are a few moves that will freeze the game when using the MyBoy emulator - Incinerate and Flip Turn are the known ones. It may also freeze in the Game Corner on the roulette table. I do not advise using MyBoy to play this game. It was designed for mGBA and hardware. These bugs will probably not ever be fixed, as they're issues with the emulator and not the game.

Spoiler: I'd like to ask another question, please

Can you add x Pokémon?
No. I chose this dex carefully and have no intention to add to it at the moment.

Can you add Mega Evolution?
No. I will also not add any of the other battle gimmicks. The hack is called Emerald Z because I am Z-nogyroP, not because of Z-Moves, or Zygarde.

Can I use your Fakemon in my project?
No.

Where can I get Hisuian Sneasel?
You can't. You also can't get Pichu, Cleffa, Azurill, Igglybuff, Galarian Darumaka, Galarian Darmanitan, Sneasler, or Dusk Lycanroc. This is because I don't really like them.

Is there an official Discord?
No, and I'd kindly ask people not try to start an unofficial one, either. I can't stop you, but I have neither the desire nor time to moderate a Discord or participate in one. If you have questions, feel free to ask in this thread, or, hell, you probably know someone who knows someone who knows me. Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon it.

Why is the documentation in .txt format instead of on Google Sheets or something?
Call me old-fashioned.

Why did you change Brendan and May's dialogue?
I have no idea what you're talking about.

Spoiler: I'd like a hint, please

Where can I find the other starters?
How thoroughly have you explored Prof. Birch's lab? Not very, I'll bet.

Spoiler: Solution

Input the code ANOTHER POKÉDEX into the Altering Cave statue.

Where can I find Drumble?
If you fast-forwarded through Wally's catch tutorial, you might've missed it.

Spoiler: Solution

Drumble is a very rare Headbutt encounter in almost all areas.

Where can I find Pokémon #364?
New Mauville has the same encounter tables for the cave-esque entrance and the interior, but somehow you can only find it in the interior.

Spoiler: Solution

Stepping on switches in New Mauville has a chance to trigger an encounter. In addition to #364, you can find Rotom and, very rarely, Meltan.

Where can I find Pokémon #379?
Feebas isn't in the game, but it'd be a shame to put that weird encounter method to waste.

Spoiler: Solution

It can be fished up on Route 119 in six specific spots. Unlike original Feebas, though, it has a 100% encounter rate in those spots, to make it easier.

Where can I find Pokémon #483?
Y'know, Bagon shows up on all floors of Meteor Falls now. So, uh, what's the point of going deeper, exactly?

Spoiler: Solution

Find it as a static encounter in the room where Bagon could originally be found.

How can I get the Alolan forms of Raichu, Marowak, or Exeggutor, the Galarian form of Weezing, or the Hisuian forms of Braviary or Avalugg?
All of those are branched evolutions from the original base forms. The item necessary is held by Pokémon you receive, but only one of them is free.

Spoiler: Solution

All of these evolve with the Strange Souvenir, which is held by in-game trades except the one in Rustboro and the gift Type: Null, and for sale in Ever Grande City.

How do you get the Fossils?
Normal RSE methods will grant you the special ones. The others come from the HGSS method.

Spoiler: Solution

Mirage Tower and the Desert Underpass give you the Old Amber and Ancient Egg. All the others can be found through Rock Smash drops.

Where do you get the X-Scissor TM?
Someone in Rustboro gave you something similar. Might be worth checking again?

Spoiler: Solution

The Cutter's daughter in Rustboro will give you the TM after you get five badges.

How do you solve Trick Forest?
Trick Forest can be fully cleared the moment you have access to it. You'll need Cut and one other easily-accessible out-of-battle move. Run around and experiment.

Spoiler: Further hints

The white flowers teleport you, the purple flowers don't. That's pretty inconvenient. And some of those trees, what's their deal?

Spoiler: Solution

Using Headbutt on a golden tree will cause certain white and purple flowers to swap colours, which is necessary to progress and get certain items and find Trick Master.

What's the deal with those Cut trees? They're not actually blocking anything, are they? …Are they?

Spoiler: Solution

The scroll Trick Master wants is blocked by five statues, each corresponding to a Cut tree in the forest. When the tree is cut, the statue disappears.

Leaving and re-entering a map causes cut-down trees to grow back. What about teleporting within the same map? Does that count as leaving?

Spoiler: Solution

Using a flower to teleport resets the trees, so there's a specific one that must be cut down first. Another is hidden in a grove of thinner trees.

What's the deal with Altering Cave?
Altering Cave isn't very useful at first, unless you know someone else who's gotten further than you. Its utility is in replays and TM crafting.

Spoiler: Solution

Altering Cave lets you find encounters from later-game areas early by inputting codes found on scrolls or in other places in those areas.

How do you unlock the Desert Ruins?

Spoiler: Braille Translation

ESCHEW ALL NORMALITY TO ACCESS OUR SECRETS.

The Braille isn't capitalized correctly. It's more properly written as, "Eschew all Normality to access our secrets."

Spoiler: Solution

Interact with the door with a full party and no Normal-type Pokémon or moves.

How do you unlock the Island Cave?

Spoiler: Braille Translation

LEAD IMMUNE TO POWDER IMMUNE. LAST IMMUNE TO BURN IMMUNE.

There are a lot of immunities in Pokémon. What traits can grant immunity to powder moves or the burn status? Which of those traits themselves have immunities?

Spoiler: Solution

Your first Pokémon must be immune to Grass, i.e. with Sap Sipper or Green Thumb. Your sixth must be immune to Fire, with Flash Fire or Well-Baked Body.

How do you unlock the Ancient Tomb?

Spoiler: Braille Translation

OUR DOOR OPENS ONLY FOR THOSE WHO BEGIN WITH BRAVERY.

"Begin" refers to the first Pokémon in your party. What makes a Pokémon brave?

Spoiler: Solution

Lead with a Brave-natured Pokémon. It must be naturally Brave - a Brave Mint won't suffice.

Where do you get the Memories for Silvally?
The man who gave you Type: Null mentioned where it came from. I'm sure she'd like to see it all grown up.

Spoiler: Solution

If you talk to Dr. Sponsibel in the Weather Institute with Silvally in your party and enough bag space for all 17 Memories, she'll give them to you.

Spoiler: I'd like to see the credits, please

Firstly, the Pokeemerald Expansion project and the folks in the RHH Discord. This project is Expansion-based and would not be possible without it, even though I've probably cut out and / or mangled a good 30% of the features it includes.

DNS: ShinyDragonHunter

Lotad, Taillow, Swellow, Snorunt, Magnezone, Beldum, Metang, Metagross fronts: Wiznatts
Skiddo front: Azria
Gogoat front: Smogon XY Sprite Project
Gen 9 icon sprites, except Tandemaus line, Varoom line, and Glimmet line: Ezerart
ALL Fakemon, Poochyena, Mightyena, Pelipper, Shroomish, Breloom, Palossand, Heliolisk, Carvanha, Sharpedo, Cramorant, Dracovish, Snorlax, Tatsugiri, Kartana: Me
Remaining sprites: The assorted DS-Style 64x64 Resources

Basically every single cry: Skurleton (for real, can't thank you enough)

Playtesting: Stevie, Nihil, Ibis, Jill, Atlas, Chessa, Jim, and several other wonderful friends

If you were responsible for a part of this hack and don't see your name here, let me know! I have an exceedingly poor memory!

Spoiler: I'd like to download it, please

v1.0.2 can be downloaded here. The recommended emulator is mGBA, but it should also work on VBA and on cart. Several bugs have been reported on the MyBoy emulator, so I do not recommend using that.

Spoiler: Changelog

- Lotad, Lombre, & Ludicolo: Hidden Ability is now Tangled Feet instead of Own Tempo.
- Ludicolo: Sp. Atk 90 -> 95, Sp. Def 100 -> 105
- Shiftry: Attack 100 -> 105, Sp. Atk 90 -> 95
- Oricorio-Pom-Pom: Hidden Ability is now Tangled Feet instead of Quick Feet.
- Scovillain: Secondary Ability is now Tangled Feet instead of Insomnia.
- Granvas & Mezosaic: Hidden Ability is now Levitate instead of Synchronize.
- Mezosaic: Now learns Razor Wind by move relearner instead of Air Cutter.

- Revamped Ability: Tangled Feet - At the end of each turn, this Pokémon's Speed stat is either sharply boosted, boosted, lowered, or harshly lowered, at random.

- New item: Explorer's Guide - Non-consumable. When held, allows Dig, Dive, and Fly to be executed in one turn instead of two. Found in the Fossil Maniac's tunnel.

- The Data tab of the Pokédex now explains evolution methods, though it does not necessarily provide all of the details.

- EXP no longer scales with level. In the absence of the Gen 6+ Exp. Share, this should hopefully make levelling a bit less painful. I'm definitely looking for feedback on how this affects the overall level curve - please let me know!

- Berries now grow much faster and have slightly higher yields. Basic Berries like Chesto and Pecha will grow fully in one real-time hour. The rarest Berries like Starf and Liechi will grow in twelve hours. Berries like Lum and Sitrus will take around 3-4, while type-resist Berries take 2. Berry trees also no longer disappear when fully-grown if left unpicked.

- Tate and Liza now only have two Super Potions instead of four.
- Player can now receive either the Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, or Flamethrower TM from the Winstrates.
- X-Scissor TM is now available after three badges instead of five.
- Fallarbor's Hyper Training Station now contains an IV judge.
- The postgame superboss now hints that they can be fought after the Champion.
- Trainers in Victory Road can now be rematched once you reach the Pokémon League, although it may not exactly be... ethical.

- Fixed alternate form cries and summary screen dex numbers.
- Lilycove Ferry can no longer take you to the Battle Frontier (yet).
- May's dialogue no longer references the player being the child of a Gym Leader.
- Migreat can now properly change forms with the Lost Compass.
- Ponyta, Rapidash, Darumaka, and Darmanitan are now properly compatible with the Overheat TM.
- Subzerebrum now evolves at the correct level.
- The Fallarbor Hyper Training Station is now usable if you have a Gold Bottle Cap but no regular Bottle Caps.

Spoiler: Old versions

v1.0.1

Spoiler: v1.0.1 Changelog

- Fixed the weirdness with Scavenger, I hope.
- No longer possible to softlock in Mauville Gym.
- A few very minor battle engine related bugfixes related to Corrosion, Emergency Exit, and some Life Orb interactions.
- Added a patching guide in the download.

v1.0.0

Question. You know what the shiny rate is with or without the shiny charm?

 

[DoradinKishi]

I've recently downloaded the game and I seem to have an issue with the move incinerate. As I go to use it my game then resets, though I don't know if this has something to do with the emulator I'm using. MyBoy for android.

 

[Winlock24]

So a weird glitch happens when my pocheyna knocks out an opponent
With more than one pokemon

When the new pokemon comes in Poochyna will now have copied that pokemons moves and leaving the other pokemon with no moves

 

[Eternatus228]

Just wanted to ask but where's Migreat located?

 

[Z-nogyroP]

Is the EV cap for an individual stat still 255, or did you lower it to 252?

252.

Question. You know what the shiny rate is with or without the shiny charm?

1/512 with, 1/4096 without.

I've recently downloaded the game and I seem to have an issue with the move incinerate. As I go to use it my game then resets, though I don't know if this has something to do with the emulator I'm using. MyBoy for android.

As mentioned, this is an issue with MyBoy.

So a weird glitch happens when my pocheyna knocks out an opponent
With more than one pokemon

When the new pokemon comes in Poochyna will now have copied that pokemons moves and leaving the other pokemon with no moves

This sounds like you might be on the 1.0.0 patch, as this was solved in 1.0.1. Try updating to the latest patch, and if you still have this issue let me know (preferably with additional details or a video).

Just wanted to ask but where's Migreat located?

Migreat is the roaming legendary, akin to the Latis. It starts roaming after meeting Steven on Route 118.

 

[zRakanishu]

How do I get Wyrmonger?

 

[zRakanishu]

How do I get Wyrmonger?

Actually I just realized the docs don't mention how to obtain any Pokémon that can't be regularly encountered in the wild, is this intentional? Will we get docs for this in the future?

 

[Winlock24]

Incinerate crashes the game in the trick forest

 

[Z-nogyroP]

How do I get Wyrmonger?

Actually I just realized the docs don't mention how to obtain any Pokémon that can't be regularly encountered in the wild, is this intentional? Will we get docs for this in the future?

Incinerate crashes the game in the trick forest

Please read the first post. I know it's a lot of spoilers and a lot of text, but asking questions that already have answers clogs the thread, especially with one-liners.

- Pokémon not encountered normally that are actually difficult to locate even with effort all have sections under "I'd like a hint, please," including Wyrmonger, the fossils, and the other starters. All other static or gift-exclusive Pokémon can be very easily encountered if you have a healthy curiosity and talk to NPCs as you go.

- The Incinerate issue, as has been stated multiple times now including literally three posts above yours and in the known bugs section of the main post, is a problem with MyBoy, not the hack.

 

[zRakanishu]

Please read the first post. I know it's a lot of spoilers and a lot of text, but asking questions that already have answers clogs the thread, especially with one-liners.

- Pokémon not encountered normally that are actually difficult to locate even with effort all have sections under "I'd like a hint, please," including Wyrmonger, the fossils, and the other starters. All other static or gift-exclusive Pokémon can be very easily encountered if you have a healthy curiosity and talk to NPCs as you go.

- The Incinerate issue, as has been stated multiple times now including literally three posts above yours and in the known bugs section of the main post, is a problem with MyBoy, not the hack.

I'm dumb, I didn't see there was another submenu below the first submenu about the starters, my bad, still please make it more obvious next time please xd

 

[ectoplasmius]

resurrecting an ancient pokecommunity account of mine just to comment on this hack, because i've been absolutely ADORING it so far. wild to me that it's been so long since firered advanced came out and equally wild to me that it seems we ended up having a Perpendicular Gender Experience since then. fun times & fun hacks all around! i've really enjoyed the latest update to the EXP curve - i got up to the fifth gym on 1.00 and then restarted entirely on 1.02 when i found out it existed, been a lot happier with how much less grinding i've had to do so far. also the fakemon rule. i'm trying to use as many as i can just to see what they're all about. drumble is my new best friend.

Spoiler: The Drumble Hint

and that is NOT just the tree-inflicted concussion talking

one request for help that i put out into the world though, relating to your dastardly trick forest:

Spoiler: trick forest spoilers

i figured out that i need to use the cut trees for the statues in a particular order so they don't reset. i also figured that those conspicuous golden trees are probably something i'm meant to headbutt to make something happen, which will hopefully help me with the cut tree statue part of the ordeal. my problem is that for the life of me i cannot figure out how i'm supposed to actually get to any of the golden trees to headbutt them, since they seem completely inaccessible. i know they probably aren't intended to be completely inaccessible, and i'm likely just missing the one hidden spot that will let me teleport over there or something, so can someone please just show me where in the map i need to go to get to the golden trees? my poor tandemaus is having to do a lot of headbutting and cutting and i'm worried they're going to forget how to do anything else with their lives.

thanks for the great work!!

oh and also bonus points for that one house near the mimic circle with all the tandemaus. their collective nickname me laugh out loud and wake up my cat, 10/10

 

[2xTialos]

Will there be any way to change pokemon genders, for the sake of Gender Locked evolutions? It's very disheartening to get a shiny Snorunt, but be COMPLETELY locked out of Froslass, simply because it's a gender locked evolution.
That or making gender locked evolutions not a thing, and instead just change the gender[by changing the gender percentages on the evolution, similar to Azurill>Marill where it can change due to different percentages]

 

[Ethangoesgoomy]

Where to get mucus globs

 

[Winlock24]

Thank you for the responses you gave

What's the best way to play it on mobile
Android to be specific

As I don't belive mgba works on mobile

 

[Eternatus228]

So far looking for all the scrap metals. How many Scrap metals are there in the game?

 

[Anop]

Heya! Does anyone know how to teach Candleru a fire attack before evolving?? Thankss