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* What are Base Stats?

All pokemon of the same species share identical base values for each of their 6 stats. These base values are used in the formulas that calculate a pokemon's stats. For example, all Altaria's have an HP base stat of 75. To see base stats for any species, just go to a good pokedex. Base stats stay the same as long as your pokemon remains the same species.

* What are Dynamic or Hidden values?

There are three dynamic (or hidden) values that are used to calculate each main statistic (Like Attack, Defense etc.) as your pokemon grows. These values are not shown to you by the game anywhere, so you might not even know that they exist. That is why they are sometimes called hidden values. These values are dynamic, which means they can and do change (unlike base stats) as your pokemon level up.

There are 3 kinds of these values:
Individual Values (IVs) are like a pokemon’s genes and provide randomness within a species
Effort Values EVs are determined by the Effort Points that your pokemon has earned
Personality Value (more commonly known as the pokemon’s Nature).
Each of these hidden values is used in the main formulas to determine your stats.

* What are EVs and EPs?

Do you know how each time you battle you get experience points that you see and eventually will grow a level? Well, you also get something else for each battle called Effort Points. But unlike with the experience points, you do not see Effort.

Each time your pokemon battles another pokemon it earns Effort Points in certain stats. Every 4 effort points gives you 1 Effort Level, which results in an increase of 1 stat point (ability point) in your actual stat. You do not see the Effort points, or the effort values---only the increase in stat ability points when your pokemon levels up. At low levels you won’t see much stat change, sometimes not any at all, but you ARE getting Effort Points. The higher your pokemon’s level the more apparent the stat increase will be.

* How does Effort work?

Any one individual stat can be maxed out at 255, but the total for all stats is capped at 510. So only 2 stats can be totally maxed out (if the others are zero). In general, you will reach the cap after around 250 to 300 battles. After you reach the cap you will not get further effort regardless of how much battling you do.

If you switch with more than one pokemon when battling an opponent, then each of your pokemon who battles get the same amount of effort points just like they would if they battled alone. Two on two battles work the same way. Many online pokedex and show you the number of effort points that are given by each pokemon. For Example, The basic idea is that if you want your pokemon to be really fast, battle pokemon that give it Effort in its Speed stat.

How can I check if my pokemon’s EV has been maxed?
To learn if your EV has reached 510, talk to the lady next to the Energy Guru in Slateport. If your lead pokemons EV is maxed, she will give you an ‘effort ribbon’.

* What about IVs?

When you get a pokemon, regardless of how you get it, a value from 0 – 31 is randomly assigned to each of its 6 stats. These are Ivs. They never change. They are like genes and determine in large part what your pokemon's quality is. The higher the numbers, the better the quality of the stats.

* What about Hidden Power?

IVs also determine both what TYPE of attack a pokemon’s Hidden Power is and what POWER it is. Since IVs never change, you cannot change or choose what the hidden power of your pokemon is (except on Netbattle where you define your pokemon).

* Which pokemon can I trade from Coloseum to R/S/E?

Espeon-from start
Umbreon-from start
Makuhita
Bayleef
Quilava
Croconaw
Misdreavus
Slugma
Noctowl
Flaffy
Skiploom
Quagsire
Furret
Yanma
Remoraid
Mantine
Qwilfish
Dunsparce
Meditite
Swablu
Sudowoodo
Plusle-not shadow
Hitmontop
Entei
Ledian
Suicune
Gligar
Sneasel
Piloswine
Stantler
Ariados
Aipom
Murkrow
Forretress
Granbull
Vibrava
Raikou
Sunflora
Delibird
Heracross
Skarmory
Miltank
Absol
Houndoom
Tropius
Metagross
Tyranitar
Smeargle
Ursaring
Shuckle
Togetic
HO-oh (non-shadow)

* Where is Feebas and how do i get it?

This pokemon is the hardest to locate of all. It exists on only six tiles at a time on/in the water areas of Rt 119. A tile is a one 'square' where you can step or surf. (Yes, it can be on a tile in the middle of the water too!) Each time you change the Dewford Town 'saying', Feebas will move randomly to a set of 6 different tiles.

The only way to find this pokemon is to painstakingly fish from one tile to an adjacent tile until you have covered the entire area. Fish several times on each tile since Feebas may not appear on your first fishing attempts. The only way to find the darn thing is by process of elimination; one tile at a time.

I have always used the good rod or the super rod, but some posters have said they prefer the Old Rod so you may want to give that a try too.

When you finally do locate one, then catch a bunch of them making sure to get both males and females. As far as I know, they will still be on that same tile until the saying is changed again in Dewford town but they can be such a pain to find that you must be ready by making sure you have lots of poke balls. You do not need to battle Feebas; just start throwing balls once you find one of the 6 tiles that they are located on.

Warning: The trendy phrase can change on its own so it's important to check what the saying is Before you start fishing. Otherwise it can change and you won't even know it. To be safe, change it before starting to fish because it shouldn't change to something else right away. After changing it I usually would have a day or more before it changed again. I've never seen anyone post what makes it change on its own, nor how frequently it happens. It's probably random.

Also, sometimes when you go to change the trendy saying, it won't be changed. I think this is if you try to change it too soon after the last time it was changed but am not sure. If anyone knows why sometimes you cannot change the trendy saying please post.

* What about Evolving Feebas into Milotic?

Feebas evolves into Milotic by maxing its Beauty using Dry flavor pokeblocks. The 4 natures that do not like Dry flavor pokeblocks are; adamant, careful, impish and jolly, so you may not want to use those natures. Any other nature should be able to eat enough Dry pokeblocks to max beauty. Mine has a Docile nature, which is neutral, and it evolved just fine. Do not use many Chesto berries as they are low level and it'll eat its fill but not max beauty. Use Dry berries with a high level. Some examples would be Hondew and Corn, maybe Kelpsy too. Also, I've heard that Pamtree is great but be careful since you only get one per game and it takes a very long time to grow more. Refer to the Berry thread Sticky.

* Is Mirage island real? If so how do i get to it?

Is it real or is it only a mirage? That's what you'll wonder when you hear about this mysterious island on RT 130 from a gentleman in Pacifidlog Town. Mirage Island appears when you show the gentleman a Pokemon with all IVs of 0 but the chances of capturing a Pokemon like that are extremely low. (The name given to a Pokemon like this is "Mirage Island-Sensitive", or “Mirage Island-Friendly” Pokemon).

Whenever you're in Pacifidlog Town, talk to the man and see if he can see the island from his window. If he can, Surf to it! There you will find lots of Wynaut and the one and only Liechi Berry. If not, try again later. Bring lots of different Pokemon when talking to the Mirage Island man!

Note: It is extremely rare to get to see Mirage Island, so don't make yourself or anyone else crazy over this. To see Mirage Island, you need to have a pokemon with all zero IVs. The odds of this are 1 in 1,073,741,824.

* Eon Ticket Questions:

The Eon ticket is an e-card that allows you to catch the opposite Lati@s that your cartridge has in a special location called Southern Island. This makes it possible to catch Latias in Ruby and Latios in Sapphire. The big deal though is when you catch one this way, an item called Soul Dew is attached which increases Lati@s Special attack and Special defense.

* Breeding Questions:

A popular topic and one that has info spread out over many different threads. I haven’t seen a concise summary of Breeding info on any single thread, but I may have just missed it. This is one subject where the guide is very useful since it tells the rules of breeding, which egg group(s) each pokemon belongs to and the Egg moves that can be learned. Breeding chains---where you need to have multiple breeding steps to get a desired move---seem to be the most sought-after information, and here is where looking through the page Topics can help you. The pokefor site also has sections on related topics like Breeding Basics, Egg Moves, and Egg Groups that you may find helpful.

* What about hatching eggs?

WHEN eggs hatch is related to the number of steps you take after getting the egg, not elapsed clock time. That’s why the Mach Bike can speed this up. I’m not sure what everyone else does, but the following works good for me. After getting an egg, I ride the Mach bike back and forth in a straight line going from near the water on RT 118, thru Mauville and passed the Day care to the garden fence on Rt 117, then I just turn around and do it in reverse. Keep going back and forth and you’ll burn up steps fast. Each time you pass the Daycare look to see if the dude is standing outside the fence and he’ll give you the next egg. I repeat this until I have 5 eggs. This takes 5 minutes usually since I get an egg every minute.

Once I got 5 eggs I put the parents back in the box and ride the Mach bike repeatedly back and forth again. Usually the first egg takes about 6 or 7 minutes to hatch, but then the others hatch one after the other so that in total it takes about ten minutes to hatch all 5 eggs. I’m sure there are other ways to hatch eggs, and maybe someone will post a more effective way. With this method you’ll get 5 new baby pokemon in about fifteen minutes.

* What are my chances for getting an Egg

Reminder: Breeding requires a male and female that share the same Egg Group.

There are 4 possible things that Day Care Dude can say regarding egg probabilty:

1 "They're very friendly" ==> Eggs are 'extremely likely'
2 "The two seem to get along" ==> Eggs are 'somewhat likely'
3 "The two don't seem to like each other" ==> Eggs are 'not very likely' (I usually get them anyway but it takes longer)
4 "The two seem to prefer to play with other Pokemon"==> 'Not a chance' for an egg

* What about getting Rare Berries?

There are 35 berries you can get in R/S. This does not include some berries that are used by Battle Tower opponents (like Salac berry and Ganlon berry, etc). There currently is no way to get those in R/S but they may become available in the future.

Many of the 35 berries are common. The Liechi berry is rarest. It is found only on Mirage Island so almost nobody has that one.

The Aguav berry, Mago berry, and Wiki berry are only given to you on Rt 120 (you’ll get the same berry everyday) from the Rare-Berry Girl. Which berry you get depends on the last digit of your ID.

If your trainer ID ends with 0 or 5 you'll get Figy berry
If your trainer ID ends with 1 or 6 you'll get Wiki berry
If your trainer ID ends with 2 or 7 you'll get Mago berry
If your trainer ID ends with 3 or 8 you'll get Aguav berry
If your trainer ID ends with 4 or 9 you'll get Iapapa berry

There are some berries you can only get from the Berry Master’s Wife by telling her a saying. Not all words are in your vocabulary in the beginning of the game. Words are added as you play. You may need to accomplish a task before a certain word is added. For example, you can’t tell her “Cool Latios” until AFTER you encounter Latios in the wild. Here is the COMPLETE list.

Belue berry – “Super Hustle”
Durin berry – “Cool Latios” (only after you've seen Latios)
Pamtree berry – “Challenge Contest”
Spelon berry – “Great Battle”
Watmeal berry – “ Overwhelming Latias” (only after you've seen Latias)

Only the above 5 sayings will get you the corresponding berry, and only once per game. If you say ANYTHING ELSE, you will get a random berry (this includes a Lum berry too).

* What about Shiny Pokemon in R/S?

You can get Shiny pokemon in R/S, but they are rare. One poster gave the odds of encountering a Shiny pokemon at over 8000 to 1. Unlike in previous versions where these pokemon were marked with three small asterisk-like marks, the R/S Shinys do not have these. Instead, their Number appears in Yellow, not white, when you do a Summary on them, and the background color of their Summary image is also lighter in color too. The main way of identifying a Shiny pokemon is still by their different color.

* Locating/Catching the REGIs:

Note: The following section was written for R/S but can still be useful for Emerald, where there are a few minor differences. There are several steps involved on this side quest. Read ALL of the instructions BEFORE starting.

From Pacificlog Town, surf west using the southern-most currents until you get to the Diving spot on RT 134. It’s a small patch of darker water. Dive there and swim along the ocean floor. It will lead you to a rock with a message on it in Visual Braille. Dive to go up and you’ll be in the entrance room for the Sealed Chamber where you can use the 10 stone tablets to map out the letters of Visual Braille to the 26 letters in English.

(When you first step on to the cavern floor, you’ll be facing the stone with letters ‘wxyz’. The ‘abc’ stone is all the way in the northwest corner. Start there. All letters go from left to right from there, in order. The characters on the 2 small stones translate into a period and comma.)

After you know how to translate, read the message in the northern wall and you’ll learn how to break thru the wall to get into the inner cavern (you’ll nee DIG). Once inside, you’ll see another message telling you to ‘Put Relicanth in the lead of your party, and Wailord in the last position.’ Time to leave.

You can catch Relicanth on the ocean floor (RT 124 – 126). They are kind of rare. After you get both pokes and put them in the right order, return to the sealed chamber and walk up to the mound in the north of the cavern again. The ground will rumble and you’ll get a message saying something about locks far away opening. What you just did was open the 3 Ruins, so now you can go and try and catch the Regis.

Go to a Ruin. Keep your translated alphabet handy because only the Outer cavern doors to each Ruin have opened. You’ll need to enter the ruin, read and translate the text on the message stone, and perform an action in order to get into each Ruins inner chamber, where one of the REGIs awaits.

In one of the Ruins the message stone says to just stand there and wait. So WAIT! In the other two, you’ll need to have a pokemon that knows Fly or Strength, depending on which ruin you’re in. Once inside the inner chamber you’ll see a REGI, so Save and try to catch it.

* If you have any more questions then post them below.