FAQ

Talk to Professor Oak after earning all 16 badges. Once you have completed both the Johto and Kanto Gym challenges, Mt. Silver becomes available.

Read the bookshelves in the Daycare room from left to right.

If you are still stuck, check the Static, Gift & Trade Pokémon section in the official spreadsheet documentation, or visit the website page here:
Static, Gift & Trade Pokémon

All HM locations are listed under the Items, TMs, HMs tab in the official spreadsheet.

You can also use the website’s TM and HM guide here:
TMs & HMs Location

Use the bike and press R to change gears. (See the Image below for better Clarity)

If you want to Download the above image then use the below link to download it in High Quality:
Ice Puzzle Solution Image

The Ruins of Alph puzzle chambers work differently from the vanilla games. You need to use the Pokémon related to each puzzle and place that Pokémon in the first slot of your party.

Legendary Pokémon locations can be found in the official spreadsheet under the Static, Gift & Trade Pokémon tab. Some legendary events also require key items, which are listed under the Items, TMs, HMs tab.

Useful pages:
Static, Gift & Trade Pokémon
Items Location

Put Celebi in the first slot of your party, then enter the Tohjo Falls radio room to trigger the Giovanni battle.

To trigger the Giovanni and Silver scene, put Celebi first in your party and explore Route 22.

Go to the Power Plant and speak with the chief engineer. When you leave, a guard will ask for help.

After that:

1. Go to Misty’s Gym and encounter the Rocket Grunt.
2. Find the Rocket Grunt again on Nugget Bridge.
3. Battle and defeat him.
4. Return to Misty’s Gym.
5. Watch for the sparkle.
6. Interact with the spot where it sparkled.

After defeating Pryce, Professor Elm will call you and tell you that Team Rocket has taken over the Goldenrod Radio Tower.

Go to Goldenrod City and deal with the Radio Tower event. You also need 7 badges total, so make sure Chuck and Jasmine have both been defeated.

Once you reach Kanto, you can go to Saffron City and find the Dojo. Any Gym Leaders you have met in the world can be rematched there.

For each Gym Leader’s location and unlock condition, check:
Gym Leader Rematches

You can also check rematch teams here:
Trainer Teams

You need to progress through the Kanto story. At a high level, do the following:

1. Obtain Lt. Surge’s Badge.
2. Surf to the Power Plant east of Cerulean City and start the missing Machine Part quest.
3. Go to Cerulean Gym and encounter the Rocket Grunt.
4. Find the Machine Part where the sparkle appears.
5. Return the Machine Part to the Power Plant.
6. Go to Lavender Town Radio Tower and receive the Expansion Card.
7. Wake the Snorlax east of Vermilion City.
8. Go through Diglett’s Tunnel to Pewter City.
9. Travel through Pallet Town toward Cinnabar Island.
10. Progress through the Cinnabar Island and Seafoam Islands story events.

After enough story progress, the Kinglers south of Fuchsia City should disappear.

You need to meet these conditions:

1. Have either the Rainbow Wing or Silver Wing.
2. Obtain all 8 Johto Gym Badges.
3. Claim the Master Ball from Professor Elm.
4. Defeat the Kimono Girls in Ecruteak City afterward.

Some doors are just decorative and cannot be opened. Don’t worry — you are probably not missing anything.

Evolution details are listed in your in-game Pokedex and in the official spreadsheet under the Evolutions / Breeding section.

You can also check:
Evolution & Breeding

Because Pokemon Heart & Soul currently uses Gen 3 items only, several evolutions that normally require Gen 4 or later items have been changed.

Official docs:
Pokémon Heart & Soul Spreadsheet Documentation

Nature Mints become available at the Goldenrod Flower Shop after defeating Morty.

For more item information, check:
Items Location

Bring berries to Kurt in Azalea Town.

These balls work differently from the vanilla games and are type-effective. For more information, check the Berries tab in the official spreadsheet or visit:
Berries Location & Info

The only other Poké Balls in the game are regular Poké Balls, Great Balls, Ultra Balls, Master Balls, and Premier Balls.

Yes. Pokémon Heart & Soul fixes broken Emerald RNG, and soft resetting changes your seed.

Technically yes, but it is not recommended.

When you reload a save state, you are usually reloading the same RNG seed. That means if you repeat the same actions at the same time, you will often hit the same few frames again and again.

To make save state resetting work, you would need to change your actions slightly each time, which is usually slower and less efficient. Soft resetting is easier and more effective.

Yes. You can change the clock from a Pokémon Center.

However, changing the time may lock you out of certain daily events for 24 hours.

Talk to the Ability Expert in the Saffron Dojo.

Please note that this is still Gen 3-based, so some later-generation abilities do not exist. For example, Scyther does not have Technician, and there are no Hidden Abilities.

IVs cannot be changed.

EVs can be reduced using certain berries available in Kanto. Their exact locations are listed in the Berries tab of the official spreadsheet and on the website here:
Berries Location & Info

Yes, it does.

The EXP Share S splits battle EXP between the holder and any Pokémon that participated in battle. The EXP Share Key Item generates additional EXP and shares it with the party.

For example, if you defeat a Pokémon worth 100 EXP:

• The battling Pokémon and the EXP Share S holder each receive 50 EXP.
• Party members who did not participate also receive extra EXP from the EXP Share Key Item.
• This can make the total EXP gained by the party higher than the defeated Pokémon’s base EXP value.

The following stat changes are known:

• Blastoise: Speed accidentally reduced from 78 to 76
• Poliwrath: Attack increased from 85 to 95
• Farfetch’d: Attack increased from 65 to 75
• Ledian: Special Attack accidentally reduced from 55 to 45
• Ariados: Special Defense increased from 60 to 70
• Blaziken: Speed increased from 80 to 85
• Masquerain: Speed increased from 60 to 70
• Delcatty: Speed increased from 70 to 90
• Luvdisc: Speed increased from 97 to 102
• Volbeat: Defense increased from 55 to 65
• Illumise: Defense increased from 55 to 65

If level caps are enabled, the caps after Badge 8 are based on:

• Johto Champion Lance’s party
• Kanto Champion Lance’s party

In certain Nuzlocke and randomizer configurations, the first Pokémon in your party can use additional field moves. This is done to prevent softlocks.

Nuzlocke restrictions are disabled in the Bug Contest and Safari Zone because those areas have specific items and quests built around catching Pokémon.

Due to technical limitations, move relearning is disabled when random moves are turned on.

For normal Move Relearner details, check:
Move Tutors, Relearner & Deleter

Yes. All Pokémon can be caught, obtained, or evolved.

For locations and completion help, check:
Pokédex
Pokémon Locations / Wild Encounters
Static, Gift & Trade Pokémon

Official docs:
Pokémon Heart & Soul Spreadsheet Documentation

Here are some good money-making methods at different points in the game:

• Win the Bug-Catching Contest. First prize can be earned with a strong Pinsir or Scyther, and the evolution stone reward can be sold for money.
• Use a Butterfree or Venonat with Compound Eyes and farm held items from wild Pokémon.
• Grimer can hold Nuggets.
• Magnemite can hold Metal Coats.
• Slowpoke can hold King’s Rocks.
• Sell Berry Balls, which are easy to farm and sell for good money.
• After the Rocket Radio Tower event in Goldenrod, you can get the Amulet Coin. It works as long as someone in your party is holding it.

For item locations, check:
Items Location

Go to Route 47, which connects Cianwood City with the Safari Zone and Route 48.

Head down through the caves until you reach the water, then surf and go up one of the accessible waterfalls. In the grass there, you can encounter Chansey, which gives a lot of EXP.

Chansey may also hold a Lucky Egg, which increases EXP gain by 1.5x when held.

Yes. Larvitar can be found in the early-access part of Dark Cave, but it has a low encounter rate.

In the official documentation, this area is listed as Dark Cave South Side under the Wild Encounters tab.

You can also check:
Pokémon Locations / Wild Encounters

Official docs:
Pokémon Heart & Soul Spreadsheet Documentation

First, check the Static, Gift & Trade Pokémon tab in the official documentation for shiny lock information.

General shiny hunting methods:

• For gift Pokémon, save in-game and soft reset.
• For overworld interact encounters, excluding Mew, Deoxys, and Celebi 1, run away and re-encounter.
• For wild Pokémon in grass, caves, or water, keep encountering Pokémon normally.

Useful page:
Static, Gift & Trade Pokémon

Most encounters should be shiny hunt compatible.

The main exception is in-game trades, which have pre-programmed genders and natures.

For more details, check:
Static, Gift & Trade Pokémon

After you awaken the legendary beasts in the Burned Tower basement, Entei begins roaming the map. You can track its location through your Pokédex.

Once Entei is defeated or caught, Raikou begins roaming. Until one of them is caught, Entei and Raikou take turns respawning after being defeated.

Shininess and IVs are rolled when a beast is knocked out, or when you nickname one after catching it. Because of this, the easiest way to shiny hunt the first beast is to keep finding and knocking it out until a shiny appears.

If a shiny beast flees, don’t panic. It will keep its shininess and IVs until it is defeated or caught.

After catching one beast, the strategy changes. If Entei is caught, Raikou will not automatically respawn after being knocked out until you beat the Kanto League. If you are using save states, you can save before nicknaming Entei and reload until you find a shiny Raikou.

If save states are not available and you still need to shiny hunt Raikou after catching Entei, beat the Kanto League to make Entei respawn, then continue knocking them out until a shiny Raikou appears.

No. Pokémon Heart & Soul does not include regional forms.

Pokémon Heart & Soul started as a GBA remake of Crystal and is based on Emerald. You will find Generation 1–3 Pokémon evolution lines, along with later evolutions for those families.

Pokémon that appear in HGSS but were not in Crystal generally do not appear unless they are an evolution of a Gen 1–3 Pokémon family. Regional variants are not included.

Useful pages:
Pokédex
Pokémon Locations / Wild Encounters

A full video tutorial for farming Heart Scales is available here:
Watch the Heart Scale farming tutorial

Heart Scales are used by the Move Relearner, who can be found in Blackthorn City. For related move services, check:
Move Tutors, Relearner & Deleter

The G.S. Ball can be found in the Ruins of Alph.

For the exact location and a visual walkthrough, you can follow this video guide:
Watch the G.S. Ball location guide

You can also check related item and event information here:
Items Location
Static, Gift & Trade Pokémon

Visit the official GitHub releases page and download the file ending in .ups.

Official GitHub:
Pokémon Heart & Soul GitHub Releases

You can also use the website’s download page:
Pokémon Heart & Soul Download

You need:

• The .ups patch file from GitHub
• A legal copy of Pokémon Emerald ending in .gba, not .zip
• A clean Emerald ROM matching this SHA-1 hash:
  F3AE088181BF583E55DAF962A92BB46F4F1D07B7

Recommended patchers:

ROM Patcher JS
Hack64 Web Patcher

For a full guide, see:
Pokémon Heart & Soul Download & Patching Guide

MyBoy and gpSP are not recommended and may not work properly with Pokémon Heart & Soul.

If your game crashes right after the initial copyright text or goes black and never loads, try a different emulator.

Recommended emulator information is available here:
Pokémon Heart & Soul Download & Patching Guide

To transfer your save smoothly:

1. Move your character to the nearest Pokémon Center.
2. Save the game normally using the in-game save option.
3. Back up your save file.
4. Rename the save file so it matches the updated ROM name.
5. Start the new ROM and confirm your save appears.
6. Load the game and leave the Pokémon Center before doing anything else.

This updates everything properly for the new patch.

Save files can transfer. Save states usually cannot.

Common save file extensions include:

• .sav
• .srm
• .fla

For more update steps, check:
Pokémon Heart & Soul Download & Patching Guide

Open the docs in Google Sheets, not just a browser preview.

On desktop, go to Google Sheets. On mobile, install the Google Sheets app.

iPhone:
Google Sheets on the App Store

Android:
Google Sheets on Google Play

Official docs:
Pokémon Heart & Soul Spreadsheet Documentation

There are no official plans to add Hoenn.

Pokémon Heart & Soul is open source, so community members are welcome to make their own forks using the project’s GitHub source.

Official GitHub:
Pokémon Heart & Soul GitHub

The best place to start is the community’s ROM hacking discussion area, where people work on their own projects and forks.

You can also visit the official GitHub repository:
Pokémon Heart & Soul GitHub

Cheats and save editors go against the design philosophy of Pokémon Heart & Soul.

The game made one concession for Nuzlocke mode by adding Infinite Rare Candies, but more cheat support is not planned.

Emerald cheats found online are not supported and may not work. They can also break the game, so issues caused by cheats are not supported.

This is a GBA limitation.

The visual glow effect comes with some compromises. It was either no glow effect, or glow effects with a few minor visual issues.

Some community members have made tools to display information in other formats. These tools are not official, and the Pokémon Heart & Soul developers and moderators cannot provide support for them.

For official information, use the website documentation and the official spreadsheet docs.

Useful links:
Full Documentation
Pokémon Heart & Soul Spreadsheet Documentation