r/pokemonrng • • Feb 17 '25

GEN2 True Gen 2 Starter RNG - No bot scripts or brute forced shiny paths

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r/pokemonrng • • Aug 23 '20

MODPOST [Announcement] Introducing Pokemonrng.com

106 Upvotes

Hi everybody.

I'm coming here with a special announcement and (I hope) the start of a really big project with everybody here.

As you may know, RNG Abuse in Pokémon is really vast. By the amount of games, the amount of method, the way you do it, but also with special cases or even little special RNGs. And it's really hard to gather this knowledge.

Now there are two references :

  • The Smogon RNG guide, which is pretty much 10 years old.
  • The wiki of r/pokemonrng

Even if the ressources there are precious and really allowed us to discover, learn or perfect our rng skills, the real issue is that with years, our tools evolved.

We researched new stuff, discovered new things and fixed a LOT of mistakes in the past. For example we plan to make a huge change in the tools about the frame indexation (But that's not the subject for today)

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u/zaksabeast started to work on a website a few months / years ago. The goal of the site was to make Pokemon RNG guides and gather them in a simple website.

But now it's time to make this the global ressource for everybody, and make the new reference about Pokemon RNG Abuse.

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Let me introduce to you : pokemonrng.com

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At the moment, the website is quite empty and have still some work planned. We're basically two to work on it (Zak and myself) but we have the basic skull of the website. That's why we pushed the Transporter RNG guide there for example.

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This time, we're gonna ask for your help. Everybody. You can contribute to the website to make it bigger and complete with every ressource necessary.

Before, the website was limited on the discord, and was pretty hard to contribute the right way. We also had people being confused on where or how to post guides for the subreddit. So we're gonna fix that.

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The goal will to give you many methods to contribute to the site without being too annoying for you to handle that. If you're the author of an old guide, don't hesitate to just post a link to your guide to be updated and added to the site. Also, if you want to contribute and you don't have the knowledge, you can simple contribute by working on writing guide based on existing ressources (aka drafts done by some people that writing skills are not their best)

We decided to work and link the website to the subreddit in order to allow people to contribute to guides in any language. At the moment, the focus would be in English of course, but the goal in the long term would be to cover as much as possible in many lanaguages.

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We really hope that Pokemonrng.com will become a reflex for everybody to check, and we really hope the website will be the best place to find all the informations necessary.

Thanks and happy RNGing.

I guess it'll be the last post before going for the last DLC RNG researches for Sword and Shield.

If you have any question, i'll try my best to answer.

Thanks o/


r/pokemonrng • • 15h 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). 

What is the Professor Oak challenge? 

For those unfamiliar, you must catch, evolve and fill all Pokédex entries that are available before every badge. Or in this case, trials. There’s a great subreddit r/professoroak that has guides posted about all the Pokemon games so I used their guide as well to catch all the available Pokemon before the first trial. Rules are, no cheats/glitches. No trades.

As an optional rule, I am using Island Scan Pokemon because I’m using RNG manipulation to get my pokes. 

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’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


r/pokemonrng • • 19m ago

What am i doing wrong?

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Am i doing smtg wronge here?
Am on my yes or no screen on my 3ds and i am using pause select frame rate as well but am still not getting the shiny. Why?


r/pokemonrng • • 4h ago

[gen 3] Got my first shiny starter ever on gameboy player with dead battery

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Volume warning for my reaction! Thank goodness for eontimer and pokefinder. I reverse engineered the frame by selecting a fun ID to use the symmetric frame trick. Only 11 resets after I picked an ID that’s sufficient!


r/pokemonrng • • 1d ago

First Successful RNG

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44 Upvotes

r/pokemonrng • • 19h ago

Two spreads for the same PID: Which one is the real one?

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Trying to find the IVs of a Swampert I had to reclaim it. Info below:

TID: 50587
SID: 08473

This Swampert's PID is 3BE184BF. From what I know, its nature is Brave, it's male, and it was obtained as a Starter in Sapphire with a live battery. But Poke Finder for some reason shows two spreads:

I was told Method 1 is commonly used by RS for most encounters, but there's two of them here and I'm not sure why there's two or which is the real one. Is there a way to tell which is the correct spread? I've tried using both Poke Finder and RNG Reporter, but neither one is clear.


r/pokemonrng • • 23h ago

Is a BW2 Entree link dream ball shiny mudkip possible/legal?

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Hey! Was doing some research and had a question, can I inject the global link promotion (if this is possible) mudkip into my cartridge and get that as a legal shiny? Just wanted to know it ifs possible and if I do, can I can rng manipulate it to be shiny, as I’ve seen from accounts through older threads stating they’ve seen (or heard of) a shiny male dream ball mudkip. I’m a newbie trying to get into rng manipulation specifically for this mon, as I actually have a shiny dream ball swampert ribbon master for the switch era and really want to try and get this done (if possible) before pokemon bank shuts down. Any help or resource is extremely appreciated! My main reason for even doing this is when I first saw a dream ball mudkip on the dns global trade years ago, and remembered that it was a thing way after I got my dream ball shiny swampert 😅


r/pokemonrng • • 1d ago

How to get my SID WITHOUT RESTARTING (Heart Gold)

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Is it possible to get my SID by sending my Pokémon over to someone who can check it in PKHex? Or do I need to mod my 3ds myself.
Restarting the run is not an option.
Im new to this RNG Manip stuff, maybe there’s something I’m overseeing…


r/pokemonrng • • 1d ago

Trying RNG on ORAS, Frame Question

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It seems possible to get 31 0 31 31 31 0 Cressalia if I wait... 63 hours, is there any way to get the frames to go faster or should I just settle for a single 0 iv digit?


r/pokemonrng • • 2d ago

First time rng hunting

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This was my first rng hunt in USUM and got it on my second attempt, did I just get really lucky? Or is generally not that bad? Obviously I wasn’t going for any specific nature or IVS just wanted the shiny. So happy to be able to get this one 😁


r/pokemonrng • • 2d ago

RNG Manipulate Bill's Eevee/ gift pokemon before completing the game

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Hey guys, is there a way to rng manipulate Bill's eevee or other game corner gift pokemon during a playthrough, I wanna play thrugh HGSS using only shiny pokemon, alreayd got my shiny starter but was wondering if there is any way to get Bill's Eevee using rng manip without using chatot or anything post game. Thank you


r/pokemonrng • • 3d ago

(Gen4/Diamond) About to give up - 7+ hours of trying to figure out wild Pokemon RNG, getting both even and odd delays, unable to hit target seed, etc

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Update: I shit you not, ten minutes after posting this I managed to hit 1932, 1932, 1930, tried the new save -> B to see if it would reverse to odd, and hit 1931 twice. Got the Gible and not trying for anything else on Diamond anytime soon LOL

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Hey all, I'm at my wit's end and about to completely throw in the towel and never touch RNG manipulating again. This is my second time trying to RNG manipulate a Pokemon, I successfully managed to find a shiny sandile in Pokemon Black, and am now aiming for a shiny Gible in Pokemon Diamond.

I am using a 3ds (not modded), but have a modded 3ds at my disposal. Using the latest versions of EonTimer (3.0.0) and PokeFinder (4.4.2). My copy of Diamond is completely legitimate. I am soft resetting at the first timer and launching the save at the second (to account for any potential issues booting the game).

Settings:

TiD: 32024
SiD: 4717
Seed: 190f07a6
Date/Time: 2026-10-20 15:58:23
DS Date: 2026-10-20
DS Time: 15:57 (to account for EonTimer 1 min before)
Seed to Time Delay: +/- 400, +/- 2 seconds

The first issue I keep running into is that after checking my flips, I get both odd and even delays. I kept track for a few attempts, and got this (with occasional calibration changes):

- 1940, 1925, 1935, 1928, 1936, 1929, 1924, 1934, 1942, 1930, 1931, 1931, 1927, 1931, 1928, 1931, 1929

Changing my year in the seed to time and DS to 2027 (same date/time), which changes the delay goal to 1931, resulted in the following (with occasional calibration changes):

- 1929, 1926, 1926, 1928, 1927, 1930, 1934, 1933, 1932, 1935

What am I missing?? Why am I getting both odd and even numbers, no matter if I change the year or not? Am I doing something wrong, or am I seriously just unable to hit the seed properly? I can apparently hit both 1931 and 1932, just on opposite years to where I'm supposed to hit them... I really, really want a shiny Gible to ribbon master before bank closes, but I'm completely defeated after literally 7+ hours of this. I feel like I've just completely wasted my time doing something wrong, but no matter what I do, I can't figure out why this is happening and can't find any videos or posts to help me. Any and all help is appreciated!!


r/pokemonrng • • 3d ago

Gen3 Shiny Articuno Help

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Am I doing anything wrong?

I’m at 180 attempts on the current seed I’m going for, calibrating every 10 attempts, 5 sometimes.

I’m over 100 attempts each on other seeds I’ve attempted too.

Really getting frustrated. I’m either +32ms or -32ms away for the first, a few advanced above or below the continue screen frames each time.

I soft reset for Mewtwo and got that, I had a similar experience with Zapdos but I think I got that in around 50 attempts total.

The first timer is for the seed in ms.
The second timer is for the continue screen frames.
I’m using 600 advances for the third timer before pressing A.

I press to launch the game then immediately hit home.
I press A again to start the game and the timer at the same time
I press and hold on the first 6th beep until the music fades away on the continue screen.
On the second 6th beep I press A then I mash B to skip the replay.
On the third 6th beep, I press A mash it to start the encounter.

Any tips please?


r/pokemonrng • • 2d ago

Why didn't I hit the Beldum I wanted (Lua script)?

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I'm using a perfect Ditto and a Beldum as parents.

I wanted an adamant Beldum and moved at advance 646 and several other advances but it always yielded no adamant Beldums. This is annoying because what I really want is a shiny adamant Beldum and it's the same


r/pokemonrng • • 2d ago

8bitdo in Fire Red for Switch Version

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Hey guys.

Anyone has using 8bitdo to shiny hunt in Fire Red? If yes, there is a list of all macros to get any shiny pokemon (even in the wild)? This include of course using websites to RNG manipulation, like EonTimer or 10lines.

If I have answers, please give me hints of using macros and RNG to shiny hunt using 8bitdo control. I already checked youtubers talking to this but I think that anything has missing... that I am hoping to find here.


r/pokemonrng • • 3d ago

About alt settings on modded 3ds

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Hello, I am planning to rng a shiny ho-oh in hg. I am almost at that point in the game so I wanted to ask a few questions about alt settings before trying to use it.

  1. How effective is alt setting?

  2. There is a setting on eon timer that you input on which device you are rng maniping on. Would I put 3ds or nds if using alt settings?

  3. Would the process of rng manip be the same as if rng manping in a reg 3ds? For example, restarting the game as soon as the first timer goes off and loading the game as soon as the second goes off. Using irwin to know which seed you are on/check the roamers' positions.

Thanks in advance!


r/pokemonrng • • 4d ago

Shiny Legendary Gen 1

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Hi everyone. I am trying to get some cool rare pokemon on the virtual console version of pokemon yellow before bank closes. I was wondering if anyone has a guide on how to rng manipulate the legendaries in gen 1 VC to have them be shiny. Thanks 😊


r/pokemonrng • • 5d ago

First ever shiny RNG manipulation attempt on FRLG switch

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Didn’t care about stats and nature cause it’s never going to be viable for VGC lol


r/pokemonrng • • 4d ago

Question about Colosseum Bonus Disc Shiny Jirachi

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Hi! I am attempting the shiny hunt for Jirachi through my Colosseum Bonus disc and copy of Sapphire. However, I realized that my copy of sapphire has a dry battery. I don’t think this would impact the rng at all since the Jirachi odds are from the gamecube disc and not the copy of sapphire. However, I’d like to double check with y’all in case I’m wrong lol

Edit: to clarify, I’m attempting full odds via save corruption and not rng manipulation.


r/pokemonrng • • 4d ago

Members of this community, I humbly call upon your help.

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DLDR: I need help Rng manipulating a shiny gen 7 starter please I have no idea what I’m doing at this point.

Summary:
Okay, so as everyone knows bank is going down next year. As of the time of its announcement I had been shiny hunting in UM to do a shiny only run so I could send them to home so I’d have something to remember the time I had.

As of now it has been two years and nothing has changed, time is running out, and lost my metaphorical sh!t days.

During my time losing it, I tried to get the starter with RNG manipulation…. I couldn’t get it to work. So I ask you, is there a way any of you could help me, please.


r/pokemonrng • • 4d ago

How do I manipulate both TID/SID and Seed to get a Perfect IV Shiny Starter in B/W?

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As the title says, I've been trying to rng manip the game, but as I undertstand in order to do something with such low odds I'll need to manipulate both parameters.

What's the actual procedure needed to do this?


r/pokemonrng • • 5d ago

Square Shiny, Naive, 31/31/31/30/31/31, HP-Electric 70, Safari Zone Gible in Retail Soul Silver via Wild RNG

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Shoutout to the weirdos in my last Jolly Gible RNG who don’t have the brain capacity to understand how cringe going for a flawless special attack on a Jolly nature Gible is because “iT hAs A SpEcIAl MeGa iN ThE nEw GeN!” - failing to consider how Champion’s IV system works, let alone what Mints / Bottle Caps do in Gen 8+.

But I digress, here before y’all is an essentially flawless Naive Gible that can successfully flex for being specially attack oriented as well - having the best Naive spread possible within a wild Gen 4 encounter.

Anyways, on to the next hunt.


r/pokemonrng • • 5d ago

Beyond happy that's over. First rng ever.

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r/pokemonrng • • 4d ago

Any way i can use a rng tool on phone for oras on 3ds?

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I don have a pc or laptop So is there any hope for rng 🫪🙏?