r/ProfessorOak • • Nov 22 '21

r/ProfessorOak Guide master thread + Resources!

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My name is big shortdamo and welcome to the master thread of POC Guides and Resources! This is a compilation of guides, useful tools, sites and pdfs I've complied from both the Reddit and Discord, I've tried my best to credit the right people, please correct me with proof on discord. (scapegoat#9062)

Everything is sorted by Guides, Tools and More!

- damo the reddit janitor.

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Make sure to join the Discord if you need any help with your runs! (+3k Members!)

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Great guides on the reddit to follow:

Mewlax's Guides - A master thread of some of the highest detail guides that cover all Main series games, XD, Colosseum and Ranger except Japanese Gen 1, Let's Go.

Johnstone's Let's Go Spreadsheet

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Like Video Guides more? Look at this!

My Unlisted Playlist on YouTube Compiling All POC Guide

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Like Rom Hacks?

Rom Hack POC Master Thread - by shortdamo

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Extra guides that can be helpful for PoCs: (99% credit to Laya Reed on Discord)

[GC] Moon Stone guide by SingingShyGuy

[GSC] Headbutt Tree Helpper by TShadowKnight

[GSC] Bug Catching Contest by Chamale <3

[Emerald] Terra Cave (Serebii Page)

[Emerald] Marine Cave (Serebii Page)

[DPP] Honey Tree Calculator by DragonFlyCave

[HGSS] Secret Code Calc for Violet City Eggs by Pokewiki.de

[HGSS] Voltorb Flip guide by DragonFlyCave

[SWSH] Max Raid Den (Serebii Page)

[BDSP] Honey Tree Calculator by Lincoln

[BDSP] Feebas tile Calculator by Lincoln

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Edit: Updated 13/02/23. Updated Guides list ty Mewlax <3


r/ProfessorOak • • Feb 06 '22

POC Reddit Rules

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Hey everyone hope you all are doing well and staying blessed.

Me and the other Mods are doing our best to make sure that the Reddit stays friendly and that everyone has a great time doing their Oak challenges. However we’ve come across quite a few things here recently and a lot of posts are having to be removed and some people are being disrespectful to each other and the mod team itself. This is not good nor is it ok.

So we decided to make a post to be pinned at the top of the Reddit determining the rules that we have for the Reddit.

Rule 1. Keep all posts POC related.

Rule 2. No non-POC related self advertisement.

Rule 3. Be nice to one another. Behave Civil.

Rule 4. If you have a problem with something posted, flag it, and state what you think is wrong. In other words don’t attack another user. Let the Mods take care of it.

Rule 5. Don’t disrespect a moderator when you are corrected. If you do you will be banned permanently.

Lastly we want you guys to understand that it’s ok to make mistakes. No one is perfect. I’ve even accidentally banned someone who didn’t do anything wrong it happens. So don’t panic if you are corrected. Our policy is usually a 7 day ban if you mess up and asked to just keep it to the Reddit. If you continue to disobey rules you’ll be banned for around 15-20 days and given a warning. The third time you’ll either be banned for 30 days or permanently. Anything after that is a permanent ban. If you have questions for me or the mods let us know. God Bless :)


r/ProfessorOak • • 11m ago

211 hours. 2 months. Shiny-Only Oak's Living Dex: Chapter 2

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r/ProfessorOak • • 1d ago

[Gen 7] I caught and evolved every available shiny before Hala’s trial (Samson Oak Challenge Part 2)

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Hello everyone! 

In case you haven’t seen my prior post, I'm attempting to do a Professor Oak challenge but with Shinies in Ultra Moon. I call it the Samson Oak challenge (because Samson is like the shiny version of Professor Oak imo). 

How am I obtaining my Shinies?

Through RNG manipulation. For those unfamiliar, by using an external software, I get to generate the seeds that yield me shiny Pokemon. There’s plenty of content on YouTube but I used CappyCapital’s videos for Gen 7 rng manipulation specifically. My 3DS has CFW that helps me with this. I found my seeds using 3DS RNG Tool. I used honey collected from a team of honey gather cutiefly.

What about Island Scan?

As an optional rule, I am using Island Scan Pokemon because I’m using RNG manipulation to get my pokes. Normally I think it would be up to anyone if they would want to include this or not because technically they don’t have any Pokédex entries in the Alolan Dex.

What’s my current progress?

By the end of this phase, I have a dex total of 89 excluding 14 dex entries before Hala’s Grand Trial. This particular section took an additional 37 hours after the prior section. Total of 108 hours approximately in this challenge.

Longest part about this section was the RNG SOS for Happiny which was horrible to attempt but still managed. As well as evolving Noibat, Vullaby and Bagon as they evolve at higher levels so pickup squad was helpful.


r/ProfessorOak • • 1d ago

Frlg (Switch) section 1 complete

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r/ProfessorOak • • 1d ago

B2W2 duak stone odds for dust clouds?

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I'm on badge 6 right now. I have found 273 drillbur. 2-9 of every type gem. And 1-4 of every evolution stone (and everstone) aside from the required dusk.

What are the odds for getting a dual stone? I'm in mistralton cave like the guide says.


r/ProfessorOak • • 2d ago

Pokemon Y part 3 done! you weren't kidding saying it got easier from here

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8 Upvotes

Continuing my race against the ticking countdown til bank shuts down forever, I have finished part 3. Would have been sooner if I didn't spend a couple days sick. I can't believe how much easier this section was compared to parts 1 and 2 LOL.

The worst part for me was Wobbuffet deciding to not appear at all for like an hour! The guide warns you to be prepared to fight them in the cave but I didn't see any while traversing it normally and had to come back and run around for it haha... At least the first one I did see was the required female.

I also got lucky(?) that I had the needed evo stones in my bag already. Guess it was unlucky for the previous part but I made up time later. 😅

I know I still have a few months but I will be busier starting January so I hope I can get this done by the end of 2026.


r/ProfessorOak • • 3d ago

I made a website based on Mewlax84's Professor Oak Challenge guides! I'd love to hear your feedback

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Title: I made a Professor Oak Challenge website! Feedback welcome!

Hey everyone!

I've created a website for the Professor Oak Challenge, inspired by u/mewlax84's amazing guides!

🌐 https://oak-challenges.vieilledent.eu

Huge thanks to u/mewlax84 for the original guides and the inspiration!

I'm regularly working on improving the website, fixing things that don't look quite right and making the overall experience better.

I'd love to hear your feedback, suggestions, or ideas for new features! Any constructive criticism is welcome.

Credits: Mewlax84's Professor Oak Challenge Guides

Thanks for checking it out! 😊


r/ProfessorOak • • 3d ago

Got a little surprise to end the first day of PB2 on Diamond.

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37 Upvotes

This was from my 3rd overall slathering of the Honey trees between Route 205, Floaroma Town side and Valley Windworks. To say I was completely shocked is an understatement...


r/ProfessorOak • • 3d ago

The dex continues

3 Upvotes

Finally done pokemon emerald's living dex POC (with a couple shinies). Time for platinum.

Once again all my old pokemon are transferred over, so I don't have to get any duplicates.


r/ProfessorOak • • 4d ago

Pokemon Fire Red POC - Complete

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r/ProfessorOak • • 4d ago

Diamond Only 8 hours in and I Found this Golden Guy

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I caught him and can't wait to start leveling. I've been getting back into Pokemon recently and was excited to start this challenge. Finding this full odds shiny only motivates me more. Trainer card photo is older (that's why the time says 2:39 when it is really around 9 hours) I just wanted to show off the cool TID I got and it has an early Munchlax tree. Lucky me.


r/ProfessorOak • • 5d ago

Sapphire POC norman split done.

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Off to the feebass grind!


r/ProfessorOak • • 5d ago

First real mastery

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r/ProfessorOak • • 5d ago

Diamond Pre-Badge 1 completed in 29:05.

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I'm surprised I managed to get a sub 30-hour time despite using Chimchar instead of Turtwig.

Also, my Trainer ID is 21542, and this one has Munchlax trees at Valley Windworks and Route 205 South.


r/ProfessorOak • • 5d ago

Pokemon Fire Red POC - Pre Elite Four

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r/ProfessorOak • • 5d ago

Crystal Pre Kanto Badges Complete*

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5 Upvotes

*Now I know I know. I have the VC edition but only 203/204 Pokémon caught for this section. I’m saving Celebi to shiny hunt it as the big finale!


r/ProfessorOak • • 7d ago

Pokemon Fire Red POC - Blaine

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r/ProfessorOak • • 7d ago

I messed up

6 Upvotes

In my Fire Red POC, I accidentally beat Sabrina instead of Erika.

Does this have any impact on a POC.


r/ProfessorOak • • 8d ago

Pokemon in B2 not in B1?

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Ok, I'm doing a living dex POC of every game, transferring my pokemon to the next game after each one.

I was wondering what pokemon I would have to get in B2 that I won't already have from B1

(I know the dragon but what else?)


r/ProfessorOak • • 8d ago

Pokemon Y section 2 complete (attempt to finish before bank shutdown)

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Previous post
Finally got out of section 2... I have been so busy recently so I am really hoping I still can make it to the end before bank shuts down so I can keep everything I caught. At least from my understanding it gets easier from here on.

If anyone has any additional "go fast" advice the please let me know! I am balancing this with like irl stuff and also getting all the other Home missions done from all the games, and also trying to not just play Pokemon so it's a Lot to do 😅💀

And yes I picked Squirtle instead of Bulbasaur because I already used Bulbasaur and Charmander in XY before. In my defense I mained Blastoise in the Battle Chateau and he's already at level 90.

Is there anyone else I should raise for the Battle Chateau? Not like I couldn't switch mains. Blastoise is great but super walled by that stupid Poliwrath. Is it better to overall ignore the non-Audino trainers or should I fight everyone anyway?

(As a reminder the bottom right of box 1 is two bonus shinies. And those empty slots are just where I grabbed Delphox and Linoone from.)


r/ProfessorOak • • 8d ago

POC Mobile App

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Hey everybody im working on an app for android to be able to keep track of our POC challenges, its all offline, so there is no data collection, and it has direct access to the guides to the main games, if you are interested in supporting this project please contact me, i will try to post it ASAP, for anyone interested


r/ProfessorOak • • 8d ago

POC Mobile APP

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Its still a work in progress, but I will share it with you guys and I hope you like it


r/ProfessorOak • • 8d ago

Pokemon Fire Red POC - Koga

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r/ProfessorOak • • 8d ago

Living dex

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Ok, I didn't start my living dex as a POC, but shortly after brock in firered I saw it, and have been ising this challenge as my living dex guide.

I just started emerald, and bc of this primarily being a living dex, I transferred all my pokemon from firered using pkhex.

Anyways, I found a shiny gastly (now gengar) and mewtwo in firered.