hack Pokemon Mystery Dungeon - Explorers of Alpha (3.0.3, last update 3/10/2025)

[Alphadaemon]

I FINALLY had some time to write hotfixes for the current update. They take the form of cheat codes and are meant to address the two reported issues I've had the most and that are fixable through that mean.

Illusion no longer transforms ally appearance into Kecleon

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Starter evolution fix.
ENABLE ONLY IF NEEDED (changes Mk.I evo item for Sky Gift, changes Mk.II evo item for Dream Shard)

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[Yom]

Are certain dungeon's floors only expanded after progressing through the story or something? Or are Doors in dungeons now random in its appearance rate/floor location?

Currently at Mt Horn during the Guild Expedition, and found a key on Floor 10. Considering Floor 10 is just the right half of Floor 5, I assumed there must be a secret passage to get to the middle of the floor, blocked by a Door. But even after combing through Floors 11~15(?), I didnt see anything noticeable to use the Key on. Decided to soft reset and check out every previous floor just in case, but still couldnt find anything.

So basically:

Did I miss a hint or are the hidden items/door just unavailable yet?

[Alphadaemon]

24 minutes ago, Yom said:

Are certain dungeon's floors only expanded after progressing through the story or something? Or are Doors in dungeons now random in its appearance rate/floor location?

Currently at Mt Horn during the Guild Expedition, and found a key on Floor 10. Considering Floor 10 is just the right half of Floor 5, I assumed there must be a secret passage to get to the middle of the floor, blocked by a Door. But even after combing through Floors 11~15(?), I didnt see anything noticeable to use the Key on. Decided to soft reset and check out every previous floor just in case, but still couldnt find anything.

So basically:

Did I miss a hint or are the hidden items/door just unavailable yet?

You can already access the center room. The Key is here for farming purposes

[JS_]

40 minutes ago, Yom said:

Are certain dungeon's floors only expanded after progressing through the story or something? Or are Doors in dungeons now random in its appearance rate/floor location?

Currently at Mt Horn during the Guild Expedition, and found a key on Floor 10. Considering Floor 10 is just the right half of Floor 5, I assumed there must be a secret passage to get to the middle of the floor, blocked by a Door. But even after combing through Floors 11~15(?), I didnt see anything noticeable to use the Key on. Decided to soft reset and check out every previous floor just in case, but still couldnt find anything.

So basically:

Did I miss a hint or are the hidden items/door just unavailable yet?

You need mobile scarf

[Brendell]

On 7/31/2025 at 3:06 AM, Yom said:

Knowing that its designed with Manual mode in mind helps. Cause I won't have to worry about eventually trivializing the game later by using it.

After playing with Manual Mode, Hardcore got a lot more manageable even without a good 2 range move on either the MC or my Partner. The biggest problem I had before was how much juking you'd need to avoid getting pot shotted to half health by a rando with QuickAttack/BulletPunch/WaterGun/whatever. But actively using Manual Mode makes the positioning puzzle to avoid that a whooooooole lot more manageable. Plus, now I have 2 actions to make use of the bag compared to 1 on Auto. Which is a HUGE difference maker (and one of the many reasons I banned Manual Mode at first)

Certain items not dropping as often outside of certain dungeons is taking me some time to get used to, though. Room-wide status Orbs, Oran Berries, and Max Elixirs being the one I've been really aching for lately. Gotta make a short list of places to farm them in mind

All that said, I very much appreciate the overall design and challenge of this hack though. Really feels like I can sink my teeth into the mechanical meat of these games with this difficulty 

Again, I'm playing fully randomized, so I don't know for sure, but! I'm fairly confident that Alphadaemon mentioned that the Beach Cave is a good place to farm Max Elixers, and potentially other basic exploration supplies. Oran Forest got replaced with Nectar Forest, but I'd guess that they could be farmed out of one of the early dungeons. If nothing else, you can snag Apples from the Apple Forest, and trade them 2 to 1 for Oran Berries at the Recycling center. If you don't have access to them yet, it'll unlock with either Adventure Rank, or number of times you've recycled; I forget which.

I have no clue about the room-wide orbs. I usually try and grab a 'mon with a room wide move instead. Though, Manual mode was my savior (and actually really fun) during the Charm chapter, as none of them really get Room Wide moves. Save for Surf or Blizzard I suppose, but I didn't have access to my storage on the difficulty I'm playing on.

[EJJJ]

Hello, I'm having fun playing Explorer of Alpha. I've even finished the Dark Lies at the moment, but the Alora Marowak is gone on the beach! Is this supposed to be like this? I was going to get the Ascent Stone to evolve, but I was taken aback because the Alora Marowak disappeared. How do I evolve in this case? My chosen Pokemon is H-Zorua/Zhango. i trying to evolve H-Zorua

Edited August 4 by EJJJ

[Alphadaemon]

17 minutes ago, EJJJ said:

Hello, I'm having fun playing Explorer of Alpha. I've even finished the Dark Lies at the moment, but the Alora Marowak is gone on the beach! Is this supposed to be like this? I was going to get the Ascent Stone to evolve, but I was taken aback because the Alora Marowak disappeared. How do I evolve in this case? My chosen Pokemon is H-Zorua/Zhango. i trying to evolve H-Zorua

Check the cheat code I posted in one of my posts.

[pugodances]

Hello, great romhack. I found few bugs that do not matter that much, but still very good work,  especially on making pmd actually hard. I was wondering, when is it possible to recruit palkia? I finished the main story, got the dungeon with cresselia, but I cant go back to special rift. Read somewhere a porgono Z should take me there but there s no such porgono Z on sharpedo cliff. Thanks in advance to anyone that will help.

[Alphadaemon]

19 minutes ago, pugodances said:

Hello, great romhack. I found few bugs that do not matter that much, but still very good work,  especially on making pmd actually hard. I was wondering, when is it possible to recruit palkia? I finished the main story, got the dungeon with cresselia, but I cant go back to special rift. Read somewhere a porgono Z should take me there but there s no such porgono Z on sharpedo cliff. Thanks in advance to anyone that will help.

Have you unlocked Marine Resort?

[pugodances]

26 minutes ago, Alphadaemon said:

Have you unlocked Marine Resort?

.. nope ahaha thanks ill keep playing and doing the scizor missions until i unlock it.

The only bug thats annoying its that me and my partner look like this the whole time, and also my team does in dungeons (since i evolved zoroark) is it fixable/fixed later or not? Either way ill keep playing:)

[Alphadaemon]

15 minutes ago, pugodances said:

.. nope ahaha thanks ill keep playing and doing the scizor missions until i unlock it.

The only bug thats annoying its that me and my partner look like this the whole time, and also my team does in dungeons (since i evolved zoroark) is it fixable/fixed later or not? Either way ill keep playing:)

If you are playing on MelonDS mobile or Delta, that's normal because those two are naturally garbage all-around and thus not recommended.

[Burningocean2012]

So far I can say 3.0.3 has been fantastic! I really recommend this romhack to anyone on the fence. The amount of work put into this is massive and I'm impressed.

10/10

☆Currently far into postgame☆

[Brendell]

On 8/7/2025 at 5:42 AM, pugodances said:

.. nope ahaha thanks ill keep playing and doing the scizor missions until i unlock it.

The only bug thats annoying its that me and my partner look like this the whole time, and also my team does in dungeons (since i evolved zoroark) is it fixable/fixed later or not? Either way ill keep playing:)

Oh! Strangely, I've gotten this after evolving pokemon as well, even though I'm using DraStic instead of Melon or Delta. What fixes this for me, and many other little bugs, is Saving in game, then going into the emulator menu and "resetting" the game. Then loading in-game. Then it's fine! Doesn't work with save states though.

[3DSfanboy]

I am having difficulties getting the required items to battle Registeel, What are the required items to fight him?

[Brendell]

On 8/10/2025 at 4:11 AM, 3DSfanboy said:

I am having difficulties getting the required items to battle Registeel, What are the required items to fight him?

I just picked up one of each of the items that spawn on the floors before the bosses. They might be Evo items? I forget exactly.

[EJJJ]

Hello, I found a bug while playing the game. 

I'm Zorua /celebi and used to delta app

1. Celebi's sleeping cut scene and fighting cut scene are weird. she runs around in the cut scene and the fighting cut scene.

2. If you fall into a pit during your graduation exam, the game will stop. The game will stop even when you apply vanilla/ daily cut-syn skip mode. How do I fix this?

I'm sorry I can't speak English! I'm enjoying the game. I'll be waiting for your answer!

 

Edited August 12 by EJJJ
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[Ragnell17]

Currently at Amp Plains Clearing and struggling in this fight. Might need some tips on how to best approach this boss battle. I'm on Expert with Level-Scaling enabled, and I'm using Zorua!U and Togepi as my team, and get overwhelmed by the Howl stacking of the Manetrics and due to the field effect my orbs no longer work. Trying my best with stun and sleep seeds but I might be missing something to make this fight more manageable before the Manetrics start sweeping the field.

Edited August 13 by Ragnell17

[Xanderos]

I got to the point where it's the day when Team Skull joins the guild but when I finish an expedition and get the rewards the game stays on a black screen and won't progress. Also I'm not sure if the cheat code for Zorua is supposed to change it's appearance or not but it doesn't change even though it says that the illusion is broken after she gets hit.

[Rican]

Hii, i have a genuine question, i know this takes a lot of works doing sprites and all that but do you have in mind putting the ultra beast? I would really love the concept of the ultra beast and their own dungeon, but thats just me, i saw them in another romhack of sky tho i was not fan of the game style of that hack i thought seein them was amazing and cool 

Edited August 15 by Rican

[Alphadaemon]

8 hours ago, Xanderos said:

I got to the point where it's the day when Team Skull joins the guild but when I finish an expedition and get the rewards the game stays on a black screen and won't progress. Also I'm not sure if the cheat code for Zorua is supposed to change it's appearance or not but it doesn't change even though it says that the illusion is broken after she gets hit.

It's supposed to not change the appearance now yes. People complained about playing Zorua but not seeing Zorua so I offered this solution. Also enable cutscene skip.

1 minute ago, Rican said:

Hii, i have a genuine question, i know this takes a lot of works doing sprites and all that but do you have in mind putting the ultra beast? I would really love the concept of the ultra beast and their own dungeon, but thats just me, i saw them in another romhack of sky tho i was not fan of the game style of that hack i though seein them was amazing and cool 

Ultra Beasts, just like all Gen V onwards entries, are planned for 4.0

[Jonathanx]

Hi! I'm really enjoying EoA so far, it's awesome! I have  a quick question please: do you have an IQ Skill List and would you be able to share it?

[Rican]

Hi again lol um i cames across something that idk if its a bad bug or sum but i just cleared world abyss and scyzor told me to go check on torkeal soo i just tried to go to the hot springs or any dungeon and it does not let me like it cancels it im playing on drastic and the game ran amazing until that moment

Edited August 16 by Rican

[Baced]

Hi, i have a question that I tried to ask around but never got an answer to. 

How do i do the legendary treasures? I got moltres, articuno and zapdos. But I tried sea shrine, bottomless sea, shimmer desert, mystery jungle, and altar of dreams and I was always met with a Dungeon Complete screen instead of the legendary pokemon at the end. Some of these dungeons I had been given the message after trying multiple times. I do not know what is happening or what to do. Otherwise a great mod to sky, I put 145 hours in this.

[Alphadaemon]

1 hour ago, Baced said:

Hi, i have a question that I tried to ask around but never got an answer to. 

How do i do the legendary treasures? I got moltres, articuno and zapdos. But I tried sea shrine, bottomless sea, shimmer desert, mystery jungle, and altar of dreams and I was always met with a Dungeon Complete screen instead of the legendary pokemon at the end. Some of these dungeons I had been given the message after trying multiple times. I do not know what is happening or what to do. Otherwise a great mod to sky, I put 145 hours in this.

No missions entering them otherwise you will have the dungeon complete screen.

21 hours ago, Rican said:

Hi again lol um i cames across something that idk if its a bad bug or sum but i just cleared world abyss and scyzor told me to go check on torkeal soo i just tried to go to the hot springs or any dungeon and it does not let me like it cancels it im playing on drastic and the game ran amazing until that moment

Party issue most likely? I saw that bug but don't recall the solution to it.

On 8/16/2025 at 4:01 AM, Jonathanx said:

Hi! I'm really enjoying EoA so far, it's awesome! I have  a quick question please: do you have an IQ Skill List and would you be able to share it?

Opening the rom in SkyTemple and checking the IQ tab will let you see it.

[Baced]

I see thank you. i assume it is the same with Zero Isle Center and its requirement for the ascend stone mark 2's, right?