Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver cheats

Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver cheats
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With these Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver guides and tips, you can get a head start on filling in your Pokedex and finding hidden items.

Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver guides

Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver cheats

Get A Kanto Starter Pokemon

First, you need all gym badges from Kanto and Jhoto. Then, you need to go to the top of Mt.Silver and battle Red. His best is a level 88 Pikachu, so be prepared for a tough battle. You NEED to BEAT him. after that, go to professor Oaks lab. he will offer you a Charmander, Squirtle, or a Bulbasuar. Have fun!

Special Day Pokemon

You can catch some Pokemon that you can't find in Jhoto or Kanto.You go to your Pokegear and go to radio.Go to Pokemon talk and listen to it.It'll say there's breaking news and a Pokemon then it'll say which route or city.

F.E.A.R. Rattata/Tailow

Have 2 rattatas/tailows that know Quickattack. Keep breeding them until one Rattata/Tailow has Endeavor. Give it a Focus Sash. Keep it at level 1. During battle, the enemy will almost always strike first with their superior speed, but with Focus Sash, your pokemon can still live with 1HP. Then use Endeavor. Now the enemy pokemon will be at 1 hp also. Use Quick Attack to finish off the opponent and bewilder the other trainer.

This is best used for Wi-Fi battles as storymode will level up your rattata/tailow.

Accurate Thunder

When an opponent's Pokemon is in the air, by using Bounce or the HM move Fly, or the weather is rainy, Thunder has a 100% chance to hit. It may also have increased damage.

How To Easily Find And Catch A Ditto

Head to Route 35. Go North and enter the patch of grass to the East of the entrance to the National Park/Pokeathlon Dome. Run around for a bit and eventually a ditto will appear. Around Level 10-14.

Use Fastballs, Great Balls or Ultra Balls.

Catch A Ditto

You need to have a few things before you can access this hint:
-a pokemon that can use surf and waterfall
-the rising badge
-access to Route 47

First, go to Cianwood City. Then, enter the cave that takes you to Route 47. Follow the path until you reach a cave. Inside, you should see two ladders, and a man who tells you some cryptic metaphor about diverging paths. Take the ladder on the right, the one that goes down. In the new chamber, run to the exit due south of you. You should be standing on a small beach at the base of a cliff. Use surf, and then surf to the left and up into a channel between two cliffs. You should see a waterfall. Go up to it, use waterfall, and surf forward a bit farther once you are at the top. You should see a tiny alcove on your right with a patch of grass. Land there, and go into the grass. They are quite abundant in this grass patch, and hover around the 30-35 level range.

How To Get Latias And Latios In The Same Game[With No Cheats]

Kanto:Pewter city and Beginning of Vermilion city

(if you have Heart Gold)To get Latias(requirements are none)you go to the fanclub in Vermilion city then you get the Clefairy doll for copycat after she losses it.Then after you do that a guy will come up to you and he will show you a picture of Latias then if you go to your pokegear you will see Latias roaming around.How you get Latios(requirements are Enigma stone)I do not know where the Enigma stone is but go to the museum in Pewter city and you go to the right side in it and talk to blue hair dude/the one who showed you pick of Latias and he will be surprised to see the Enigma stone then him and the Scientist will start talking and blue hair will go outside and there is Latios.(in Soul Silver)its the same thing but its in reverse so once you get the poke doll, a blue hair will show you a picture of Latios,museum would be where Latias is

100% Catch (Action Replay)

In a wild pokemon battle

Your having trouble with catching Entei. You really want to catch him, but you used your master ball on Ho-oh. What should you do? Enter this cheat in your action replay to get a 100% catching rate on ANY pokemon!

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12247612 00004280
D2000000 00000000
9224670A 00002101
1224670A 00002100
D2000000 00000000

Strongest Possible Attack

Double Battle

Although the circumstances would be nearly impossible, a level 100 Shuckle can potentially deal the most damage in one single attack through the use of numerous stat boosters, having the defense stat the absolute highest, by using Helping Hand, Metronome held item, Power Trick, a Skill Swap to Pure Power or Huge Power, and the Defense Curl/Rollout combo. Also, Shuckle's partner must have the ability Flower Gift and the weather must be sunny. On the 5th impact of Rollout, if used against a level 1 Ledyba or Yanma that have been hit with negative Defense modifiers (such as Screech), it can deal 213,896,052 damage with a critical hit.

Early Fossil

Ruins of Alph

Before you are able to this, you will need the violet City gym badge. Once you have it, go through the North West exist and speak tho the chubby guy at the far end, he will give you HM6 . Now teach 1 of your Pokemon Rock Smash, (best choice for this is Onix.. receive from trade in Violet city for a Bellsprout )once a pokemon has learned Rocksmash, head south of the guy that you received HM6 into the Ruins of Alph. You will immediately see rocks that are breakable (behind the rock to the far west is a rare candy).. there is a high possibility the you will receive a max revive or max ether, or if u r really lucky a fossil or amber.

Once you have broken all of these rocks do not return to the Ruins of Alph street, instead walk down until you are face to face with the ruin south of the rocks you just broke, them walk west, you should walk right through the ruin and into the opening behind it. there is a high chance that you will receive an old amber from these 2 rocks. if you don't receive anything, retry. ( It is possible 2 receive multiple fossil, as well at the old amber)

NOTE: Dome Fossils are exclusive to SS and Helix Fossils are exclusive to HG

Hatch Eggs Faster

Put a Pokemon with the ability Flame Body or Magma Armor in your party, and the number of steps required to hatch an egg will be halved.

How To Get Lapras

Union Cave

For you to find Lapras you must have the HM Surf. Go to Route 32 or 33 to enter Union cave and go to the lower left entrance by surfing across a small mass of water. Surf across the water to get to where Lapras is. There is a lot of water in the room she is in, but she's in the very end. Surf across the first body of water and then get off on your lower left. Go down and battle Ace Trainer Emma and then surf across the water and capture Lapras! Remember where it is because you can come back here every Friday to catch another Lapras, which you can trade, breed, collect, or whatever.

Where To Find All Of The "Day-Of-The-Week Siblings"

You can find Monica(Monday) on a beach near the entrance to Route 40. She will give you a sharp beak the first time you see her and after meeting the rest of the siblings she'll give you an Alert ribbon.

You can find Tuscany(Tuesday) almost in the middle of Route 29 on the first ledge from New Bark town. She will give you a TwistedSpoon the first time you see her and after meeting the rest of the siblings she'll give you a Shock Ribbon.

You can find Wesley(Wednsday) north of Route 43(Lake of Rage) in a dead end among the maze of trees. He will give you a BlackBelt the first time you see him and after meeting the rest of the siblings he'll give you a Downcast Ribbon.

You can find Arthur(Thursday) in Route 36 near the entance to Violet City. He will give you a Hard Stone the first time you see him and after meeting the rest of the siblings he'll give you a Careless Ribbon.

You can find Frieda(Friday) on the south side of Route 32. She will give you a Poison Barb the first time you see her and after meeting the rest of the siblings she'll give you a Relax Ribbon.

You can find Santos(Saturday) in Blackhorn city down a ledge that is eat from the gym. He will give you a Soft Sand the first time you see her and after meeting the rest of the siblings she'll give you a Snooze Ribbon.

You can find Sunny(Sunday) on Route 37 south from Ecruteak City near some Apricorn trees down a ledge. He will give you a Magnet the first time you see him and after meeting the rest of the siblings she'll give you a Smile Ribbon.

Those are all the "Day-Of-The-Week-Siblings". If you want... on Route is there house. In their house is a little note on the table listing all of their locations.

How To Easily Get A Bellsprout

In a tower in Ecruteak city there is a Building with a pond next to it and a waterfall, If u go in the building there are some monks and one of them is blocking the stairs :O but when u talk to him and don't have the right gym badge he will tell u to get it but afterwards he let's you in and there is an autumn path to bell tower with bellsprouts round about level 22 !!!

Hidden Ruins Of Alph Items

In the rooms where you have to complete a picture puzzle of Kabuto, Aerodactyl, Ho-Oh, or Omanyte, there is a plaque that has a word that is spelled using Unowns. Complete the following to get the hidden items:

Room with the Kabuto Puzzle: The word is "Escape". You must use an Escape Rope while facing the plaque. You can easily get an Escape Rope at the Violet City Pokemart. The four items you receive are Energy Powder, Heal Powder, Oran Berry, and Pecha Berry.

Room with the Aerodactyl Puzzle (accessible by Surfing): The word is "Light". Use Flash while facing the plaque. The four items you receive are Energy Root, Heal Powder, Moon Stone, and Sitrus Berry.

Room with the Ho-Oh Puzzle: The word is "Ho-Oh". You must have Ho-Oh first in your roster. The items you receive are Charcoal, Leppa Berry, Life Orb, and Revival Herb.

Room with the Omanyte Puzzle: The word is "Water". You must have a Water Stone in your bag. The items you receive are Leppa Berry, Mystic Water, Stardust, and Star Piece. You can get a Water Stone by spending Pokeathlon points on a Wednesday

How To Get A Shuckle

Cianwood City

In the house right next to the Safari Zone road and before the Pokemon gym there will be a person saying that a red haired kid stole his Pokemon and that he only has one left. He asks you if you can take care of it for for now so that his last Pokemon doesn't get robbed. when you get it and make it like you go back to his house and he will say that if he can have it back say yes and then he will say that shuckle really likes you and that you should keep it.

Nature Hint

Pokemon's Summary

The type of Poffin your Pokemon liked in D/P/Pt hinted at which stats your Pokemon's nature increased and decreased, but in SS/HG it is much more obvious. In SS/HG the stat which is increased is highlighted red and the stat which is decreased is highlighted blue, and if no stats are changed they are all white.

Need help facing the Gym bosses of HeartGold and SoulSilver? Take a look at our Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver boss battle guide.

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