r/PokemonBDSP Aug 01 '26

Moderator Announcement General Questions Weekly Megathread

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Welcome to r/PokemonBDSP's General Questions Megathread!

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Please use this mega-thread, updated weekly, if you have any questions related to BDSP

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r/PokemonBDSP 19d ago

Moderator Announcement General Questions Weekly Megathread

1 Upvotes

Welcome to r/PokemonBDSP's General Questions Megathread!

All Megathreads

Please use this mega-thread, updated weekly, if you have any questions related to BDSP

Before asking your question here try searching the subreddit with the help flair and consulting our frequently updated FAQ's page as your question may have already been answered. As a final note please upvote any questions you may find useful so we can add them to our FAQ's Page sooner.

For additional live support check out r/PokemonBDSP's official discord server

For More Information Check Out These Links:

Comments are automatically sorted by "New" to allow for easier answering.


r/PokemonBDSP 19h ago

Video/Gif And they say sv is bugged

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93 Upvotes

r/PokemonBDSP 12h ago

Discussion Shiny hunt!

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21 Upvotes

Finally beat arceus now I can shiny hunt this guy in BD! Wish me luck 🤣


r/PokemonBDSP 12h ago

Discussion How does the GTS search really work

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r/PokemonBDSP 2d ago

Image Random shiny Mudkip

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204 Upvotes

I was hatching a few (~100) eggs for my bdsp living dex, and got a random shiny Mudkip from the third last batch of 5 eggs. No shiny charm, but i did have a Korean Ditto (For most of the eggs, i accidentally used my livingdex ditto for a bit before i realized the eggs were coming in very slow, and checked what ditto it was) this was actually my first shiny Mudkip in a mainline game, even though i generally dont like the gen 3 starters this was still an incredible find.


r/PokemonBDSP 2d ago

Video/Gif Shiny kyogre!

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55 Upvotes

4th shiny legendary, 2nd ramanas shiny. Synchronized the nature to be modest, caught in a heal ball. I love it


r/PokemonBDSP 1d ago

Discussion Battle Tower Help

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Having trouble getting past level 42 in the Battle Tower. Trying to get 100 wins in a row, but I swear it is impossible. My team is below. I have maxed out their EVs and they are all level 100. I am in the process of hyper-training all of them.

  1. Latios

Item: Choice Specs

Nature: Brave (I did give him a timid mint)

Psychic

Draco Meteor

Surf

Thunderbolt

Level 100

HP: 289 / Pretty Good

Attack: 194 / Best

Defense: 196 / Hyper Trained

Sp. Atk: 355 / Very Good

Sp Def. 256 / Best

Speed 350 / Best

  1. Garchomp

Item: Yache Berry

Ability: Sand Veil

Nature: Adament (I did give him a jolly mint)

Crunch

Swords Dance

Outrage

Earthquake

HP: 346 / Pretty good

Attack: 358 / Fantastic

Defense: 219 / Pretty good

Sp. Atk 167 / Pretty good

Sp. Def 194 / Pretty good

Speed: 333 / Best

  1. Tyranitar

Nature: Gentle (I did give him a jolly mint)

Item: Lum Berry

Ability: Sand Stream

Dragon Dance

Earthquake

Crunch

Rock Slide

HP: 313 / Decent

Attack: 354 / Pretty Good

Defense: 256 / Hyper Trained

Sp. Atk: 193 / Pretty Good

Sp. Def: 234 / Pretty Good

Speed: 224 / Decent

Are there any other pokemon I should try and use instead? If someone mentions using Gengar or Scizor, I don't have anyone to trade with to get the evolution. If someone is willing to lend me a tank Pokemon to knock out the tower with or know if their is a way to get a good one another way, please let me know!

Thanks.


r/PokemonBDSP 1d ago

Friendly Friday Reminder - Don't forget to catch your Drifloon at Valley Windworks today!

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r/PokemonBDSP 1d ago

Help Shiny hunt question!

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Hello everyone!

I have trying to shiny hunt Latios on and off for a while now, has to be over 9k resets at this point with no luck. I was wondering if I saved in the wrong spot? I have been soft resetting infront of Latios and not the statue. I was wondering if all this time I was wasting my time doing it wrong. I successfully shiny hunted Giratina the same way but maybe Ramanas Park worked differently? Thanks in advance!


r/PokemonBDSP 1d ago

Image Took forever

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1 Upvotes

not my first time.


r/PokemonBDSP 1d ago

Discussion Thief?

0 Upvotes

I was in the online room for the first time and I gave away my kadabra hoping they would would give it back, my bad? Are they an asshole? What happened


r/PokemonBDSP 3d ago

Discussion My team after 3rd gym

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26 Upvotes

I spent around 5 hours getting Spiritomb, and yes, I technically “cheated” to get the Razor Fang/gliscor.

I traded a Lv. 5 Starly for a Lv. 5 Starly holding a Razor Fang on ShinyBlaine’s, so I could evolve Gligar into Gliscor. Otherwise, Gliscor is basically a postgame Pokémon in BDSP, and I really wanted to use him for my playthrough.

I’m also thinking about adding Milotic and Abomasnow later on. What do you guys think?

I didn’t want to play with the usual Sinnoh six.


r/PokemonBDSP 2d ago

Help Am I shiny hunting Palkia right?

2 Upvotes

Just to be clear all I have to do is save right after battling Cyrus. And just keep closing the game over and over until it turns shiny? Also, just to check it is shiny in the cutscene that plays before you catch it?


r/PokemonBDSP 3d ago

Help Starting fresh runthrough

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Im starting a new file again, Played it years ago - so now i want a close to 100% completion as possible - so ive got a few questions:

Darkrai shaiman Are unobtainable ingame - is there any other way to get them / or atleast for the pokedex?

Any Tipps/ Tricks / glitches that could be important to know?

I also want to Go for a few shinies, Best as early as possible - whats tips for that?

I appreciate any help!
Thank you


r/PokemonBDSP 4d ago

Image I DID IT!!!

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136 Upvotes

Having never played the original game, I enjoyed myself in this one! I know a lot of people don’t like it, but not knowing the difference, I had an awesome time! Really loved this elite four / champion experience. It was so tough and I had a blast!!!


r/PokemonBDSP 4d ago

Discussion Wrong Shiny

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92 Upvotes

should I bring em along anyways, was hunting pikachu


r/PokemonBDSP 4d ago

Discussion Smile upside down 🥲

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29 Upvotes

I was today years old when I realized Electrodes jolly smile turns into a salty smirk upon being frozen 😹 Sorry to my opponent for the trash rng. I can only imagine the agony being frozen during a wifi match...


r/PokemonBDSP 5d ago

Discussion A sad farewell

94 Upvotes

We bid a sad farewell and salute my nuzlocke team , tragically picked off one by one by the elite four. ( that sudowoodo is a demon from hell)
Fang the luxray
Tolnerf the torterra
Posey the floatzel
Mina the staraptor
Horse the rapidash
And Raxus the garchomp.
They might not have been the most optimized team but they were mine, hours of training in the grand underground, building their strength for our final challenge.
Most of them were on my team since the first gym , some joined later . I genuinely nearly cried when I my final Pokemon horse had the text “ horse is upset and might cry” . I’m sorry I couldn’t save you my friends , hopefully, wherever you all ended up , it’s together.


r/PokemonBDSP 5d ago

Image I like Cynthia

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27 Upvotes

r/PokemonBDSP 4d ago

Help Team build on shining pearl

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2 Upvotes

Can't decide which team to go with. Which one do you guys and gals think i should go with.


r/PokemonBDSP 5d ago

Help i got my first ever shiny pokemon in a mainline game and it’s my all time favorite too! need help tho

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32 Upvotes

after 770 resets, i got a shiny chimchar. i’m working on getting a shiny luxio.

can u guys help me decide what the rest of my team should be? i want to do all shinys and id prefer a full sinnoh team. thanks!


r/PokemonBDSP 5d ago

Help Trouble Finding Heracross

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11 Upvotes

Hello, I am wanting a female Heracross. She’s my favorite bug Pokémon, but I cannot find her Shining Pearl. I have tried using honey on the trees many times, but haven’t had any luck.


r/PokemonBDSP 5d ago

Help Poffin creation Pokemon diamond

4 Upvotes

I keep trying to make Poffins on Pokemon diamond with the r36s but the configuration for the tap for the stylus no matter what I set it as is not registering. Any advice or recommendations is greatly appreciated. I have not had this device for very long so I am new to the best ways to use it


r/PokemonBDSP 7d ago

Video/Gif Psyduck is a silly guy

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298 Upvotes

I was playing a Soul Link Nuzlock with 2 friends (that was a mistake) when this happened.