Question About PKHex & GO

[Altinos]

I'm very new in editing saves using PKHex and a hacked Switch. My goal is to have a very clean, OCD friendly Pokemon Home collection.

I understand that if a Pokemon is only obtainable in game A but placed in a game B save using PKHex, it can't transferred to Home because it has no Home Tracker as it never crossed through Home (or maybe I can transfer it but it'll be deleted, or it'll be illegal, I don't know. I read different things.).

GO versions of many Pokemon are so much cleaner, as they are not IV locked or nature locked, so I'd rather have GO versions in my Home collection. I also need a Melmetal that can only be found in GO. But if they must cross from Home first for me to transfer them back to Home, how can I use PKHex to create a GO originated Pokemon and transfer them to Home? Do I have to actually catch them in GO first, send them to Home, and then transfer them to the game, and then edit using PKHex? Is there any way around it?

Thanks in advance to everyone responding to this post.

 

 

 

 

 

[theSLAYER]

4 hours ago, Altinos said:

how can I use PKHex to create a GO originated Pokemon and transfer them to Home?

You can use Encounter Database to make them in Sword/Shield saves, then transfer into HOME to get an appropriate HOME tracker.

1. Can only use SWSH. Doing this from any other game will cause HOME to error out.
2. You’re limited to species that exists in SWSH, for obvious reasons. HOME won’t allow entry of non-existent species from SWSH.
3. This method may stop working in the future. Any of such created mons may become blocked by HOME in future updates.

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Do I have to actually catch them in GO first, send them to Home, and then transfer them to the game, and then edit using PKHex?

If you’re modifying ANY immutable values (species beyond the evolutionary line, IVs, nature (not stat nature; not the one that can be modified by mints), PID [regardless of shininess], EC etc), you would break the HOME tracker. So don’t do that. 

[DrewD15]

On 2/13/2024 at 4:13 PM, theSLAYER said:

You can use Encounter Database to make them in Sword/Shield saves, then transfer into HOME to get an appropriate HOME tracker.

1. Can only use SWSH. Doing this from any other game will cause HOME to error out.
2. You’re limited to species that exists in SWSH, for obvious reasons. HOME won’t allow entry of non-existent species from SWSH.
3. This method may stop working in the future. Any of such created mons may become blocked by HOME in future updates.

If you’re modifying ANY immutable values (species beyond the evolutionary line, IVs, nature (not stat nature; not the one that can be modified by mints), PID [regardless of shininess], EC etc), you would break the HOME tracker. So don’t do that. 

I've been trying non-stop variations on this since January.  This method worked for me until 2024.  I used to bring non-shiny mon caught in GO to SV and LoA to convert them to shiny and then send them back to HOME (changing no other factors than shiny variant [all counted as legal in PKHex]).  But this method is now broken.  I've even ruined some legit shiny mon caught in GO by evolving them on the SV and LoA game saves; using PKHex.

I think personally I will stop using PKHex for this reason until we know what the future of transferring Pokémon from gen 9 to gen 10 looks like.  I'm really hoping that we can transfer mon from game cards directly to the next gen without using Home; like in previous versions of Pokémon games (HGSS to BW).  And/or there will be a way to move everything  from GO to gen 10 in some future transfer compatibility update that we can later hack.  Thanks for your comment here.  Wishing something like points 1-3 would be mentioned on your other post (see below).  It's a bit technical for us non-techies who are trying to get every shiny via PoGO and not the main series.

Thanks for the explainer here @theSLAYER!