Pokémon guides & reference

Short reference pages for the things players look up mid-game: what an abbreviation stands for, which Pokémon a silhouette belongs to.

• Pokémon game abbreviations — What RBY, GSC, RSE, FRLG, DPPt, HGSS, BW, XY, ORAS, USUM, SwSh, BDSP, PLA, SV and PLZA stand for — every mainline game, one page.
• Pokémon silhouette guide — Mega Evolution silhouettes from Legends: Z-A, each beside its Pokémon name and available location clue.
• Matching Pokéballs guide — Legal Matching Pokéballs 2.1 for 970+ Pokémon — the best colour-matching ball for normal and shiny forms, searchable. No spreadsheet scrolling.
• Pokémon move priority chart — How Pokémon move priority brackets work, with nonzero-priority moves and conditional boosts linked to their details.
• Pokémon stat calculator — Calculate final stats from IVs, EVs, level and nature — including the separate SP rules used by Pokémon Champions.
• Trade codes — Which link codes players agree on for trading and trade evolutions, per game.

Walkthroughs & how-to guides

• Orange Mail in Pokémon Emerald: Where to Buy & Use It — Buy Orange Mail in Pokémon Emerald for 50 at Petalburg City. Follow screenshots to write a message, give it to a Pokémon and avoid the Harbor Mail mix-up.
• Pokémon Champions Roster: Every Pokémon, Mega & Held Item — Every Pokémon, Mega Evolution and held item legal in Pokémon Champions, the current regulation set rules, and a timeline of every update since launch.
• Sinnoh Underground Guide: Diamond, Pearl & Platinum — Every fossil, evolution stone and item you can dig up in Diamond, Pearl and Platinum — plus the trainer-ID split that decides Cranidos or Shieldon.
• Pokémon Emerald Battle Frontier: All 7 Facilities & Brains — 7 Brains: Anabel (Tower), Tucker (Dome), Spenser (Palace), Greta (Arena), Noland (Factory), Lucy (Pike), Brandon (Pyramid) — Symbol streaks, teams & BP.
• How to Catch Feebas in Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald — How to get Feebas and Milotic in Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald: find the 6 Route 119 fishing tiles, then evolve Feebas with 170 Beauty.
• Sevii Islands Guide: All 7 Islands in FireRed & LeafGreen — How to reach every Sevii Island in FireRed and LeafGreen: the Tri-Pass and Rainbow Pass chain, what each island holds, and the postgame order.
• Where to Find the Ruby & Sapphire in FireRed & LeafGreen — The Ruby is under Mt. Ember, the Sapphire in Dotted Hole — then Gideon steals it. Every step to Celio’s machine, plus both warehouse passwords.
• Tanoby Ruins: All 28 Unown Forms in FireRed — Find all 28 Unown forms in FireRed and LeafGreen. Solve the Tanoby Key puzzle in Sevault Canyon to make them appear in the seven chambers.
• Legends: Arceus Unown Locations: All 28 Forms in Hisui — Where all 28 Unown hide in Legends: Arceus: the Research Notes hint and place for every form A to Z, ! and ?, and what catching the set opens up.
• Lost Cave in FireRed: The Exact Path Through Every Room — Nine turns from the entrance to Selphy: the exact Lost Cave route on Five Island, what the rock count in each room means, and every item detour.
• How to Catch Rayquaza, Groudon & Kyogre in Emerald — Cross Sky Pillar's cracked floors for Rayquaza, then use Emerald's weather reports to find Groudon in Terra Cave and Kyogre in Marine Cave.
• How to Unlock the Regis in Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald — Wailord first or Relicanth first? The Route 134 dive, the Sealed Chamber braille and all three Regi doors — with exact steps for R/S and Emerald.
• Abandoned Ship Guide: Scanner, Storage Key & All Rooms — How to clear the Route 108 wreck: the Storage Key and TM13, the four cabin keys, the hidden Scanner, and Stern's DeepSeaTooth or DeepSeaScale choice.
• Deoxys on Birth Island: Emerald, FireRed & LeafGreen — Deoxys waits at Lv 30 on Birth Island. The AuroraTicket events, the exact triangle-puzzle solution, and which forme you get in each Gen 3 game.
• How to Get Chikorita, Cyndaquil & Totodile in Emerald — Catch 200 Hoenn Pokémon and Professor Birch offers one Johto starter in Emerald. What counts as complete, and how to get the other two.
• How to Catch Latios & Latias in Emerald — Choose the blue or red TV report in Emerald, track the level 40 roamer, trap it with Wobbuffet and learn how the Eon Ticket unlocks the other Lati.
• Catch Raikou, Entei & Suicune in HeartGold & SoulSilver — Where Raikou and Entei roam in HGSS, how to stop them fleeing, and every stop of the Suicune chase from the Burned Tower to Route 25.
• Kurt’s Apricorn Balls in HGSS: All 31 Trees & Every Ball — All 31 Apricorn trees in HeartGold & SoulSilver, which colour Kurt turns into which ball, and when the Level, Lure, Fast or Heavy Ball is worth it.
• HGSS Headbutt & Pokéwalker Guide Index — Choose the HeartGold and SoulSilver Headbutt tree guide or the dedicated Pokéwalker course guide. Older section links still work.
• HGSS Headbutt Trees: Locations, Rare Trees & Heracross — Find Headbutt tree Pokémon in HeartGold and SoulSilver, learn the Trainer ID rule, and locate Heracross and the secret trees.
• HGSS Pokéwalker Guide: Courses, Unlocks & Pokémon — Every regular Pokéwalker course in HeartGold and SoulSilver: watt unlocks, exclusive Pokémon, step requirements and special courses.
• How to Get Mew in Emerald: Faraway Island — Catch level 30 Mew on Emerald's Faraway Island. The Old Sea Map was a Japan and Taiwan event item and is no longer distributed.
• Emerald Secret Bases: All 24 Layouts, 75 Spots & Decorations — All 24 Secret Base room layouts in Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, each with every spot that opens into it, plus all 120 decorations and where to get them.
• How to Reach Mirage Island in Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald — Mirage Island appears only when a daily number matches a hidden value of a Pokémon in your party. The real mechanic, the Pacifidlog check, and the odds.
• All Move Tutors in Pokémon Emerald (Locations & Moves) — Every Emerald move tutor: ten free one-time tutors across Hoenn and both repeatable Battle Frontier BP tutors, with locations and prices.
• Trick House Guide: All 8 Puzzles in Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald — Every Trick House puzzle on Route 110: when each of the 8 unlocks, the HMs you need, where the Trick Master hides, and all rewards up to the final tent.
• Where to Find Every HM in Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald — Find all eight Hoenn HMs in Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, with each location, giver and Badge needed for field use.
• Pokémon Emerald Gym Leaders & Elite Four (+ Ruby/Sapphire) — Emerald Gym order: Roxanne (Rock, Stone), Brawly (Fighting, Knuckle), Wattson (Electric, Dynamo), then five more. Ruby/Sapphire differences & teams.
• HeartGold & SoulSilver Gym Order: All 16 Badges & Red — All 16 HGSS Gym Leaders in order with teams and levels, the Elite Four, Lance and Red, plus where to go after Morty and why the Route 40 gate is shut.
• Pokémon Transfer Chart: How to Move Pokémon Between Games — Interactive Pokémon transfer chart from Red and Blue through DS and 3DS to Switch and HOME, including Pal Park, Poké Transporter, Bank and GO.
• Pokémon Catch Rate Calculator: Gen 1 to 9, Game by Game — Your catch chance per ball, HP and status, with your game’s own formula — Red and Blue to Scarlet and Violet.
• Best HM Helpers in Every Pokémon Game — Which Pokémon should carry your HMs, from Red and Blue to HeartGold and SoulSilver — and where to catch them.
• Pokémon Event Distributions: Every Past Giveaway — Every Pokémon event since 1997: bonus discs, e-Reader cards, Mystery Gift, serial codes and Pokémon HOME gifts.
• Tera Raid Battles: How to Beat Any Boss in Scarlet & Violet — What Tera Raid Battles are in Scarlet & Violet, and how terastal.net's counter tool tells you exactly what beats any raid boss.
• Before Pokémon Bank Shuts Down: The DS, 3DS & GBA Checklist — Pokémon Bank ends 25 Feb 2027. A tickable checklist of the Pokémon, events and ribbons to secure on old cartridges before the last bridge to HOME closes.
• Pokémon EV Training Guide: Effort Values & Best Spots — What Effort Values do, how the 510 and 252 caps work, and the fastest EV training spot for every stat in Generations 3 to 9.
• Pokémon Ribbon Calculator & Ribbon Master Guide — Pick a Pokémon to check its obtainable Ribbons by game. Add optional Marks and see which depend on its original catch.
• Ultra Space Wilds: Every Legendary in Ultra Sun & Moon — How to reach Ultra Space Wilds in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon by Ultra Warp Ride, which wormhole leads where, and all 37 Legendaries by world.
• Pokémon RSE Contest Guide: Win Every Category — Win Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald Contests with five practical movesets, Pokéblock preparation, scarves, combos and Master Rank tactics.
• RSE Contest Paintings: Fill Lilycove Museum — Collect every Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald Contest painting: curator setup, the exact 800-point score, Artist Ribbon and Glass Ornament.
• Berry Master Codes: Wife Phrases in Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald — Get Berry Master codes and exact wife phrases for Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. Find the Route 123 house, daily gifts and rare Berry rewards.
• All Berries in Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald: Hoenn BerryDex — Explore the Hoenn BerryDex for Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald: all 43 Berries, locations, growth, watering, battle effects and EV reduction.
• Pokéblock Recipes in Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald — Make effective Gen 3 Pokéblocks with solo recipes, Nature preferences and Feel planning. Find the Case, Blender Master and Emerald Berry Crush.
• Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald Pokédex Completion Guide — Complete Hoenn's 200 required entries, unlock the National Dex, claim the diplomas and plan the trades and other games needed for all 386 Pokémon.
• Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald Trainer Card Stars Guide — Get the gold Trainer Card: Hoenn Pokédex, five museum paintings and the correct Battle Tower or Battle Frontier requirement for your edition.
• Ruby & Sapphire Battle Tower Guide: Rules, Prizes & Teams — The original Ruby and Sapphire Battle Tower: how to get there, Level 50 vs Level 100 rules, saving, every prize, the 50-win star and a sample team.