Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Fortune (1.2 Update Finally Out!)

[petililwrong]

FYI you can't select female petilil as your starter (works fine as partner). When you select it, it asks if you want to be Munchlax.

 

On a related note, how important is Fast Friend in this hack?

Edited June 26 by petililwrong

[TepigNinja]

Hey just letting you know, but I completed Igglybuff's special episode last night, and during the monster house boss fight, it began to snow for some reason! Im not sure it was triggered by one of the opponents abilites or what. It has literally zero impact on the fight since none of the pokemon on your side or the enemy can benefit from it and snow doesnt cause damage unlike hail, which is pretty funny honestly. Still, thought I should let you know.

[Tundra07]

Hey was wondering if anyone knows if save data is available from emulators on tablets/smartphones? Or if the same method works where you just name it the same and put it in the same place. Im loving the update but would rather not have to complete the entire game again 

[Sundance]

Hello, 

I’ve encounter a bug, when you switch Hoopa’s form to unbound, it freezes the game when you enter a dungeon! I tried with other like Meloetta and Ogerpon and it worked but im not sure with other forms.

[WindchildWhimsy]

7 hours ago, petililwrong said:

FYI you can't select female petilil as your starter (works fine as partner). When you select it, it asks if you want to be Munchlax.

 

On a related note, how important is Fast Friend in this hack?

fixed as of a few seconds ago!  ^^

not insanely important, it's a handy few percent but Kecleon's recruit rate was buffed slightly so you don't *need* Fast Friend to recruit anything.

5 hours ago, TepigNinja said:

Hey just letting you know, but I completed Igglybuff's special episode last night, and during the monster house boss fight, it began to snow for some reason! Im not sure it was triggered by one of the opponents abilites or what. It has literally zero impact on the fight since none of the pokemon on your side or the enemy can benefit from it and snow doesnt cause damage unlike hail, which is pretty funny honestly. Still, thought I should let you know.

oh that's funny!  idk how that happened lol.  I have it fixed on my end.  

 

3 hours ago, Tundra07 said:

Hey was wondering if anyone knows if save data is available from emulators on tablets/smartphones? Or if the same method works where you just name it the same and put it in the same place. Im loving the update but would rather not have to complete the entire game again 

should be, but I'm not exactly an expert on mobile emulators lol

 

1 minute ago, Sundance said:

Hello, 

I’ve encounter a bug, when you switch Hoopa’s form to unbound, it freezes the game when you enter a dungeon! I tried with other like Meloetta and Ogerpon and it worked but im not sure with other forms.

ahhh hmm, I'll look into it!  

[pokepuff2988]

19 hours ago, pokepuff2988 said:

I don't know if this is an emulator issue or not, but, I just updated the game and now my save files won't work? I exported the ones I wanted before updating, but now when I import them, all I can do is walk around until I touch anything (button, load zone, etc.) and then nothing happens when something should, and I get softlocked. Also, the rom itself seems to work fine?, it just when I put my saves into it that it starts doing the softlock thing. 

Is this a thing I can fix?

Update: I tried a new patch, a new rom, same save, but it's all the same response (except for when I press the menu button, the game now screams at me + softlocks). Should I just give up and restart?

[smartini]

Hello,
on the Version from 24/06/2026 the first fight against 4 Sableyes in the Future Special Episode is a fight against 4 Giratina instead.

[WindchildWhimsy]

12 hours ago, smartini said:

Hello,
on the Version from 24/06/2026 the first fight against 4 Sableyes in the Future Special Episode is a fight against 4 Giratina instead.

that shoulda been looooooooooong fixed; hell, I played through that SE just a couple days before that date and did not run into this?  o.o and I'm looking at the fight in SkyTemple now and it's correctly 4 Sableye.  update your game and see if the problem persists.  you may need to restart the SE if it does.  

[smartini]

8 hours ago, WindchildWhimsy said:

that shoulda been looooooooooong fixed; hell, I played through that SE just a couple days before that date and did not run into this?  o.o and I'm looking at the fight in SkyTemple now and it's correctly 4 Sableye.  update your game and see if the problem persists.  you may need to restart the SE if it does.  

Updated the game, issue persisted. I couldn't find the button to restart the SE so (after some testing with the original rom to see if that one maybe was modified without my knowledge (it wasn't)) I just decided to fight the Giratinas instead. A few reviver + stun seeds did the trick.
Am a bit concerned about proceeding with my current save file though, I only started playing the SEs yesterday on the patch from the 24th, so maybe my entire save is f-ed because I started playing on 1.1 and I won't see some new content...

Speaking of which, in a previous reply you said early evolution would be possible in 1.2, how early are we speaking? Because I couldn't evolve my starters after unlocking the spring (on 1.2), which seems to be the usual trigger for early evo.

[WindchildWhimsy]

4 hours ago, smartini said:

Updated the game, issue persisted. I couldn't find the button to restart the SE so (after some testing with the original rom to see if that one maybe was modified without my knowledge (it wasn't)) I just decided to fight the Giratinas instead. A few reviver + stun seeds did the trick.
Am a bit concerned about proceeding with my current save file though, I only started playing the SEs yesterday on the patch from the 24th, so maybe my entire save is f-ed because I started playing on 1.1 and I won't see some new content...

Speaking of which, in a previous reply you said early evolution would be possible in 1.2, how early are we speaking? Because I couldn't evolve my starters after unlocking the spring (on 1.2), which seems to be the usual trigger for early evo.

do the mirror offering quest, at like the third offering you'll unlock it

[DocTheBees]

I seem to also be having the 4 giratina issue in SE5, i've tried updating my game and changing out my rom. the issue persists on the most recent patch.

EDIT: The problem appears to have fixed itself, I'm not sure how. But the fight goes as intended now.

Edited June 30 by DocTheBees

[Dynamo_Lynn]

Hello again, I would like to thank you once more for putting more work into this, this is an incredible Romhack and you should be proud of yourself and the people who worked on it. 

 

I have a question though ; it's been months now I've been playing, so I'm pretty much in end-end-end game (mons are level 80, finished Zero isles, Destiny Tower, etc) so I'm wondering if my save will still be usable if I get the new patch? Or is it just not worth it and I should jump into a new playthrough? 

[WindchildWhimsy]

3 hours ago, Dynamo_Lynn said:

Hello again, I would like to thank you once more for putting more work into this, this is an incredible Romhack and you should be proud of yourself and the people who worked on it. 

 

I have a question though ; it's been months now I've been playing, so I'm pretty much in end-end-end game (mons are level 80, finished Zero isles, Destiny Tower, etc) so I'm wondering if my save will still be usable if I get the new patch? Or is it just not worth it and I should jump into a new playthrough? 

yes it's compatible

[ExBurningRaptor]

Heya big fan of this ROM hack of Mystery Dungeon, and I was just curious, do the cheats not work for this one. I just wanted some extra funds and have no clue how to use Skytemple in order to add money to the game. If any knows how to add money to the game via skytemple then that help will be nice thank you.

[iRule37]

Sorry if this exists and I just missed it. Is there a comprehensive changlog comparing the newest version to the original game?

[SnailorMoon]

Would you consider changing runaway ability for starters? I know ponyta has it and it's kind of annoying if they're your partner. 

[Galax]

Hi, im sorry to ask but i can't download SkyTemple to look at the movepool for some reason. Do anywone know if there are a wiki of it or a solution of why i can't download SkyTemple (It say : It the wrong version for my computer)

[Dynamo_Lynn]

It seems like Purity Grove non longer properly puts your party to level 1. Could you check on your end? I tried to do some missions there but my party kept their level. 

[Shuckle]

Does anyone have suggestions for really good new Pokemon to use in Fortune? I have at least 300 gummis taking up too much storage space.

[Dynamo_Lynn]

On 7/6/2026 at 5:51 AM, Shuckle said:

Does anyone have suggestions for really good new Pokemon to use in Fortune? I have at least 300 gummis taking up too much storage space.

Hawlucha and Goldengo are absurd Unburden Pokemon (Goldengo is a super easy mode for level 1 dungeons, because it has super high stats at level 1 for some reason, Unburden which is a broken ability in PMD, and good move pool).

Litwick line has amazing typing and movepool, especially with access to Confuse Ray, and Starter level up stats (also great for level 1 dungeons). 

Murkrow is not a new Pokémon, but it now has Starter stats since 1.2 update so it's even better than it already was, with Super Luck ability and Sharp Shooter IQ skill. 

Mimikyu is a solid Pokémon with good typing and Intimidate, which makes it really bulky, but it has poor level up stats, so your gummies will help there. 

Tinkaton has one of the best fan sprites in this game by far, has one of the best typings, and a strong movepool. Other  great Fairy type are Tapu Fini which has Adaptability in this, and Rapidash-Galar (another excellent level 1 dungeon pick).

I'm gonna stop here cause there's really a lot of great stuff you can use in this, but the new starters in particular should get your attention. 

Edited 20 hours ago by Dynamo_Lynn

[Sundance]

Hello ! Im taking so much fun on this 1.2 so thank you for that. Through my shiny/legendary hunt I ve encountered several bugs/freeze. Ive tried many Times to ensure those are real. Not much but i think it will be helpfull to you to know those.

- Hoopa Unbound makes the game freeze when you enter any dungeons

- When you take out the mega stone from Groudon in a dungeon, it freezes the game. No problem with Kyogre 

- You can enter any dungeons with Melmetal but when you finish it/ get ko / give up it freezes the game. 
 

- As long as i tried, you cannot recruit Moltres if you already have the galarian one (didnt try with zapdos but it worked with articuno) so if we have to, can you re recruit the galarian one after say farewell ? 
 

Thank you again for this ROM hack