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

[Phuuchi]

I tried reading through the guide at the beginning but couldn’t find anything on the ultimate items and how they work?

[Alphadaemon]

On 6/29/2026 at 1:49 AM, Phuuchi said:

I tried reading through the guide at the beginning but couldn’t find anything on the ultimate items and how they work?

Ultimate Items are powerful items with strong effects, at the cost of bag slots (-7 per ultimate item). Most (if not all) of them are found through endgame dungeons.

Now that I think about it, I should add a symbolic link in Ultimate items descriptions so the mechanic is detailed ingame...

[hamcircle]

Hey, great hack, love it. Can't wait for the update that adds more pokemon (though I know that'll take time, good luck with that) then it'll truly obviate every other hack out there!

 

Noticed a small bug though, thought I'd report. Op post says "Explorer Rank upgrade dungeons are unlocked after recycling 150 times along with Zero Isle Center if you have beaten World Abyss." Zero isle center unlocks regardless of world abyss.

Also, op post says that "- Field effects are disabled in Vanilla and Difficult" when they do, in fact, apply on Difficult difficulty.

[mpturtle007]

Hey, thanks to @Alphadaemon for making and maintaining this great rom hack. I have a rather vexing bug - when you reach the end of Mystifying Forest for the graduation exam and fall through the pit, the game freezes on the frame in the attached image.  I also attached a save state file from shortly before this happens. 

Disabling daily cutscenes as many have said works for fixing freezes does not work to resolve this. I cleared out my job list as well and tried again, as well as cleared some other dungeons. It seems like this particular cutscene is the only issue I am having. Sadly, I cannot progress anymore in the game without getting through this. Please let me know if there's any other information I can provide to make debugging this easier. Please help 

pkm-explorers-of-alpha--about-to-freeze.dst

[Alphadaemon]

On 7/3/2026 at 10:22 PM, hamcircle said:

Hey, great hack, love it. Can't wait for the update that adds more pokemon (though I know that'll take time, good luck with that) then it'll truly obviate every other hack out there!

 

Noticed a small bug though, thought I'd report. Op post says "Explorer Rank upgrade dungeons are unlocked after recycling 150 times along with Zero Isle Center if you have beaten World Abyss." Zero isle center unlocks regardless of world abyss.

Also, op post says that "- Field effects are disabled in Vanilla and Difficult" when they do, in fact, apply on Difficult difficulty.

ZIC unlocks early but you cannot enter it if you haven't beaten Darkrai. World Abyss completion ensures you unlock it if you didn't for some reason.

Not sure what you are talking about when it comes to field effects working on Difficult though. They never ever worked in this difficulty and the code designed to prevent them from working on Vanilla is located right before the one preventing them to work on Difficult. What are you calling "field effects"? Just making sure because Mysteriosity is its own thing.

As for new mons, it will sure take time. I've got so many other projects that are less frustration inducing that I cannot get back to this project unless I decide to focus on it. Context around it makes it extra hard to happen but it will. I already have Gens 5 to 9 abilities coded except for 2 after all.

4 hours ago, mpturtle007 said:

Hey, thanks to @Alphadaemon for making and maintaining this great rom hack. I have a rather vexing bug - when you reach the end of Mystifying Forest for the graduation exam and fall through the pit, the game freezes on the frame in the attached image.  I also attached a save state file from shortly before this happens. 

Disabling daily cutscenes as many have said works for fixing freezes does not work to resolve this. I cleared out my job list as well and tried again, as well as cleared some other dungeons. It seems like this particular cutscene is the only issue I am having. Sadly, I cannot progress anymore in the game without getting through this. Please let me know if there's any other information I can provide to make debugging this easier. Please help 

pkm-explorers-of-alpha--about-to-freeze.dst 1.37 MB · 0 downloads

Press ABXY at the same time and the cutscene shall procede properly afterwards iirc.

[usbcorde]

Hi! I'm a Japanese player who's been having a great time with this game. It really brings back childhood memories, and although it's quite challenging, I've been enjoying it a lot. Thank you so much for making this!

I have a question. After clearing Dialga (the first ending) and completing a certain dungeon, you can obtain the item that allows the protagonist Pokémon to evolve. I started with Charmander and have already evolved it into Charmeleon.

Is there currently any way to evolve it into Charizard? Or is the second evolution only possible after reaching Marine Resort, just like in the original game?

[Anpyron]

14 hours ago, usbcorde said:

Hi! I'm a Japanese player who's been having a great time with this game. It really brings back childhood memories, and although it's quite challenging, I've been enjoying it a lot. Thank you so much for making this!

I have a question. After clearing Dialga (the first ending) and completing a certain dungeon, you can obtain the item that allows the protagonist Pokémon to evolve. I started with Charmander and have already evolved it into Charmeleon.

Is there currently any way to evolve it into Charizard? Or is the second evolution only possible after reaching Marine Resort, just like in the original game?

You can evolve your starters a second time by beating Zero isle Center (unlocked at 150 recycles at Spinda Cafe)

[Yawn]

Download link doesn't appear to work on page 1. Looks great !

[Mega Pyukumuku]

Hello! Loving this so far. I seem to be stuck during the cutscene when entering Quicksand Desert for the first time. It's odd because the characters freeze up but the falling sand in the background keeps flowing. I've tried playing around with the settings like disabling daily cutscenes, etc. but nothing seems to resolve the issue and I can't advance beyond this point. Could it be because of my starting team? My MC is Shiny Rayquaza and partner is H-Zorua. Is there a way to get around this or do I need to start over with a new team? Here is a screenshot of where the game freezes:
(I am playing on PC)

UPDATE: Ended up testing separately with vanilla starters (Shinx and Riolu) and was able to progress past that point without any issues, so it does seem like it has something to do with Shiny Rayquaza/H-Zorua maybe?
 

Edited Wednesday at 05:06 PM by Mega Pyukumuku

[Wadeige]

Not seeing anyone else with this issue, but the game is completely unplayable for me. Crashes 100% of the time when attacking/being attacked. Regardless of starter, tried two different emulators, 2 different patchers, US roms from different sources, nothing has worked for me.

[Alphadaemon]

On 7/28/2026 at 10:31 AM, Mega Pyukumuku said:

Hello! Loving this so far. I seem to be stuck during the cutscene when entering Quicksand Desert for the first time. It's odd because the characters freeze up but the falling sand in the background keeps flowing. I've tried playing around with the settings like disabling daily cutscenes, etc. but nothing seems to resolve the issue and I can't advance beyond this point. Could it be because of my starting team? My MC is Shiny Rayquaza and partner is H-Zorua. Is there a way to get around this or do I need to start over with a new team? Here is a screenshot of where the game freezes:
(I am playing on PC)

UPDATE: Ended up testing separately with vanilla starters (Shinx and Riolu) and was able to progress past that point without any issues, so it does seem like it has something to do with Shiny Rayquaza/H-Zorua maybe?
 

Maybe the fact you are playing with a ginormous starter poses issues... it should definitely have something to do with this.

5 hours ago, Wadeige said:

Not seeing anyone else with this issue, but the game is completely unplayable for me. Crashes 100% of the time when attacking/being attacked. Regardless of starter, tried two different emulators, 2 different patchers, US roms from different sources, nothing has worked for me.

This doesn't help understanding your issue while the game works perfectly for everyone else. Could you specify on which emulator you are playing, if your base rom is clean (because yes, it has to be clean), which patcher you used...