Unlocking a locked battle box.

[Draexzhan]

So, I got banned for hacking from Global Link (Giving myself large quantities of already obtainable items), but it happened before I was able to unlock my battle box I used in a competition, so now it's permanently locked. I asked about this on the PKHeX subforum, and Kaphotics told me "We won't provide info on how to manually unlock/bypass the locked-box restriction; it keeps users honest during competitions."

Fair. Completely understandable. Which is why I've come here to ask if someone who knows how do that would be willing to do it for me. It'd keep the knowledge secret, and still solve my problem. Here's proof that I'm already banned and can't use this to cheat in competitions. If more proof is requested, I'll do what I can to provide it.

Just so we're clear, I'm not asking for the locked Pokemon to be duplicated. I already know how to do that and can easily accomplish it. I'm asking to have all of my battle boxes available to me again. I like doing large quantities of multi battles with some friends of mine, so the more battle boxes available to me, the less others will need to wait for me switching Pokemon around. If/when someone posts they're willing and able to help me, I'll send them my save.

If this is breaking the cheating rule, my apologies. I know I'm at the very least cutting it close here, but I feel a strong need to at least try asking.

Edited April 16, 2017 by Draexzhan

[Holmfry]

Hello! Apologies for awakening an old thread but I ran into this same exact issue with Scarlet and since this was the only place I could find that got me close to the answer, I thought I'd add some more info to help folks out.

I solved it (without undoing the lock on my mon) by going to each Pokémon you want unlocked, and right click on them, then press View.  Once their info is on the left pane, hold down CTRL+ALT and right click on the mon again.  Click Legality and on the result screen that says they're good, click "copy to clipboard". 

Then, choose a new empty box slot and hold down CTRL+ALT while right clicking on the empty spot, then click Set. You will now have an unlocked, exact replica of your mon.

Once done, export the main save file, put it on your switch, and Restore using JKSV.

Hopefully this helps others like us.

Enjoy your newly freed Pokémon!

[Kaphotics]

8 minutes ago, Holmfry said:

Hello! Apologies for awakening an old thread but I ran into this same exact issue with Scarlet and since this was the only place I could find that got me close to the answer, I thought I'd add some more info to help folks out.

I solved it (without undoing the lock on my mon) by going to each Pokémon you want unlocked, and right click on them, then press View.  Once their info is on the left pane, hold down CTRL+ALT and right click on the mon again.  Click Legality and on the result screen that says they're good, click "copy to clipboard". 

Then, choose a new empty box slot and hold down CTRL+ALT while right clicking on the empty spot, then click Set. You will now have an unlocked, exact replica of your mon.

Once done, export the main save file, put it on your switch, and Restore using JKSV.

Hopefully this helps others like us.

Enjoy your newly freed Pokémon!

Could have just Viewed the locked slot then Set it to another (effectively cloning it); the pressing/holding is irrelevant.

Ctrl+Click is the keycombo to View (as per the program shortcuts in Options->About PKHeX).