Heart Gold/Soul Silver Help and Small Questions thread

[MithosKuu]

I'm trying to evolve a pokemon via happiness as early as possible (so walking to max happiness at level 1, then gain a level) I am assuming that talking to the pokemon displays different messages depending on its happiness like in yellow, what sort of messages should I be expecting to see at max happiness?
Right now I'm getting stuff along the lines of "Riolu is jumping for joy!" "Woah! Riolu suddenly hugged you!" "Riolu is coming along happily!" etc.

[randomspot555]

Apologies if this is the wrong area to ask this, but since it somewhat pertains to Soul Silver/ Heart Gold I figured it's my best bet.

If I'm looking for a place to talk about trading, is there a thread on this site where I could do that? I looked for a little but was unsuccessful. Thanks

We closed the Wi-Fi trading forum (and the Wi-Fi Battle forum) because this forum just doesn't have that big of a Wi-Fi community at this point.

There are stickied threads for each in D/P/Plat discussion forums.

You can also make Pokesav Pokemon requests in Pokemon Requests and request that they be traded to you via Wi-Fi.

[pokemonfan]

Has anyone been able to catch Heracross ? I can only find Aipom and Spearrow through Headbutt :/

I caught one in azalea town. Fly back there and there is a tree by Kurt's house where you can headbutt and find a heracross. It was a pain to catch, I suggest you have netballs.

[dia]

i did all the stuff to get snorlax (i have the lullaby) but it wont wake up when i speak to it

[FreeSpirit]

i did all the stuff to get snorlax (i have the lullaby) but it wont wake up when i speak to it

Did you use the item when you're in front of the snorlax?

[Swampert91]

i did all the stuff to get snorlax (i have the lullaby) but it wont wake up when i speak to it

yeah the poke flute needs to be playing and touch snorlax and the radio will wake it up

[wraith89]

When would Zapdos appear outside of the power plant? Do I have to beat Cerulean Gym first or something?

[Guardna]

When would Zapdos appear outside of the power plant? Do I have to beat Cerulean Gym first or something?

To get Zapdos, you need the Earth badge.

I caught one in azalea town. Fly back there and there is a tree by Kurt's house where you can headbutt and find a heracross. It was a pain to catch, I suggest you have netballs.

Thanks a lot :D, I caught one there and another one at the beginning of Route 42.

[pokemonfan]

Thanks a lot , I caught one there and another one at the beginning of Route 42.

Anytime

I'm trying to evolve a pokemon via happiness as early as possible (so walking to max happiness at level 1, then gain a level) I am assuming that talking to the pokemon displays different messages depending on its happiness like in yellow, what sort of messages should I be expecting to see at max happiness?
Right now I'm getting stuff along the lines of "Riolu is jumping for joy!" "Woah! Riolu suddenly hugged you!" "Riolu is coming along happily!" etc.

I'm not entirely sure if you can tell by what they say when interact with them... but... I know of a way where you can tell. There is a happiness rater in Goldenrod city, she's north of the bike shop. She will take the pokemon in the first slot of your party and rate their happiness.

She would say one of the following things listed below:


Sentence Happiness
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"It looks really happy! It must love you a lot." 250-255
"I get the feeling that it really trusts you." 200-249
"It's friendly toward you. It looks sort of happy." 150-199
"It's quite cute." 100-149
"You should treat it better. It's not used to you." 50-99
"It doesn't seem to like you at all. It looks mean." 0-49
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The numbers mean how high their happiness points are. Of course, you would want them to be as high as possible to get your riolu to evolve. If the points are not as high as they can be you could do some of the things listed below:

Walking 256 steps +1 +2
Massage, Veilstone City +3 +5
Massage, Ribbon Syndicate +5 +6
Using vitamins +2 +6
Gaining a level +2 +6
Using EV Berries +2 +6
Using healing items +1 +2

The first number is how much the happiness points would increase by. The second number is how much the happiness points would increase by if the pokemon was caught in a luxury ball or a friend ball (green apricorn).

I hope this helped.

[Skyblade12]

Has anyone been able to catch Heracross ? I can only find Aipom and Spearrow through Headbutt :/

I got Heracross, on the route where you find Sudowoodo blocking the way (36, I think?). Just a random tree along the side of the route.

Also, Pokemonfan, IIRC, the Friend Ball does not have the passive effect that the Luxury Ball has. It just makes the Friendship of any Pokemon you catch equal 200 when you catch it, with no continuing boost after that, doesn't it?

[SwitzaHouse]

hey i was wondering if there is a calculator to check ur trainer id so u can tell what trainer u can look like, instead of playing until violet city and having to start over if u dont have the right one. i ask because i want to have my trainer look like a bug trainer. im crazy i know.

[wraith89]

I found a level 3 Heracross at Azalea Town (behind Kurt's house and in courtesy of UnderXRay). I tried looking elsewhere and only got Spearows and Aipoms at the mountainous routes even if I used to get Heracross up there back in the original GSC. I understand your frustration since everyone else could find Hera and I couldn't... so try headbutting at Kurt's place.

[pokemonfan]

I found a level 3 Heracross at Azalea Town (behind Kurt's house and in courtesy of UnderXRay). I tried looking elsewhere and only got Spearows and Aipoms at the mountainous routes even if I used to get Heracross up there back in the original GSC. I understand your frustration since everyone else could find Hera and I couldn't... so try headbutting at Kurt's place.

I found mine at Kurt's. I tried for 20 minutes to catch one of those dumb things and wasted all my pokeballs! It killed itself using struggle, but I came back a couple badges later and captured it with ease. Thank goodness for butterfree and sleep powder .

[pokesavmaster]

Could someone please list off all of suicunes locations in Johto and Kanto? Just need to know for sure

[wraith89]

Could someone please list off all of suicunes locations in Johto and Kanto? Just need to know for sure

Um... if I have this right...
1) Cianwood City
2) Route 42 (requires Surf and Cut to access Suicune)
3) Vermilion City (once you reach there via S.S. Aqua)
4) Route 14 (or 15?)
5) Cerulean Cape (you need all 16 badges first and you finally fight it)

Question for everyone... what triggers Groudon's appearance in Soul Silver/Kyogre's appearance in Heart Gold? I have all 16 badges but there is nothing there... would I require some sort of item or whatnot?

EDIT: Never mind... found out somehow :/