Modifying dynamax raids to choose what pokemon to spawn.

[Bryansouza87]

Hi, I've been playing pokemon Sword for a while and I noticed that some of the legendaries that I wanted to catch (from Crown Tundra DLC) are exclusive from Shield, so I was thinking if you guys know any way to modify the dynamax raid (doesn't have to be exclusivity on crown tundra) to choose what pokemon to appear.

Thanks in advance

[theSLAYER]

4 hours ago, Bryansouza87 said:

Hi, I've been playing pokemon Sword for a while and I noticed that some of the legendaries that I wanted to catch (from Crown Tundra DLC) are exclusive from Shield, so I was thinking if you guys know any way to modify the dynamax raid (doesn't have to be exclusivity on crown tundra) to choose what pokemon to appear.

Thanks in advance

In PKHeX block editing, you can look for max lair notes. The game has the feature of saving 3 notes on past dynamax adventure encounters. The notes is basically species ID of the legendary. 

[Bryansouza87]

4 hours ago, theSLAYER said:

In PKHeX block editing, you can look for max lair notes. The game has the feature of saving 3 notes on past dynamax adventure encounters. The notes is basically species ID of the legendary. 

My apologies for not being very smart, so first you open ''Block data'' and where should I go next?

[evilsneasel]

22 minutes ago, Bryansouza87 said:

My apologies for not being very smart, so first you open ''Block data'' and where should I go next?

*UInt32 KMaxLairSpeciesID1Noted

*UInt32 KMaxLairSpeciesID2Noted

*UInt32 KMaxLairSpeciesID3Noted

[Bryansouza87]

14 minutes ago, evilsneasel said:

*UInt32 KMaxLairSpeciesID1Noted

*UInt32 KMaxLairSpeciesID2Noted

*UInt32 KMaxLairSpeciesID3Noted

Where would that be?

[Kaphotics]

21 minutes ago, Bryansouza87 said:

Where would that be?

Use the dropdown in the screenshot you posted.

The dropdown can be searched by typing in whatever you want to search (like MaxLair) and hit enter, the list will be filtered to only entries containing what you searched for.

[Bryansouza87]

7 minutes ago, Kaphotics said:

Use the dropdown in the screenshot you posted.

The dropdown can be searched by typing in whatever you want to search (like MaxLair) and hit enter, the list will be filtered to only entries containing what you searched for.

I saw thoses options, what do I do next?
 

[theSLAYER]

5 minutes ago, Bryansouza87 said:

I saw thoses options, what do I do next?
 

Click on the entry. Then right side would be space to update the value. Indicate species value 

[Bryansouza87]

1 minute ago, theSLAYER said:

Click on the entry. Then right side would be space to update the value. Indicate species value 

It only says value and value type tho

[theSLAYER]

8 minutes ago, Bryansouza87 said:

It only says value and value type tho

Yeah type in the species number. Have to be a boss in max raids

[Bryansouza87]

So if I wanna choose palkia, the specie number would be 484 right? after putting palkia's number what would happen in-game?

[Bryansouza87]

6 minutes ago, theSLAYER said:

Yeah type in the species number.

just wanted to make sure im doing everything right

[Bryansouza87]

16 minutes ago, theSLAYER said:

Yeah type in the species number. Have to be a boss in max raids

So after putting the value (484 which is palkia's pokedex number) should I press any buttom after? or I can safely close this tab and then override my save?

[theSLAYER]

27 minutes ago, Bryansouza87 said:

So after putting the value (484 which is palkia's pokedex number) should I press any buttom after? or I can safely close this tab and then override my save?

Yeah close box editor window. You can reopen it to confirm it changed. Then export the save. For now export to a different location and keep a backup of the unmodified version.

[Bryansouza87]

2 minutes ago, theSLAYER said:

Yeah close box editor window. You can reopen it to confirm it changed. Then export the save. For now export to a different location and keep a backup of the unmodified version.

Got it, so the legendary at the end of max lair should be palkia right?

[theSLAYER]

3 hours ago, Bryansouza87 said:

Got it, so the legendary at the end of max lair should be palkia right?

After you restore the edited save into your game, when you start the adventures, the scientist lady wi ask you if you want to use a note, select the Palkia note, and It’ll be Palkia

[Bryansouza87]

5 hours ago, theSLAYER said:

After you restore the edited save into your game, when you start the adventures, the scientist lady wi ask you if you want to use a note, select the Palkia note, and It’ll be Palkia

Got it, thank you for helping me. One last thing tho, is there a way to also modify dynamax raid that is present at the wild area?

[theSLAYER]

14 minutes ago, Bryansouza87 said:

Got it, thank you for helping me. One last thing tho, is there a way to also modify dynamax raid that is present at the wild area?

Not via this method. This method makes use of the fact that there’s a boss and there’s a note writing feature.

For raids in wild area, you can manipulate it to the a different spawn within the raid itself using the Randroll + rarity and Den Type.

 

try reading it and testing it (at your own risk) to see if you can figure it out.

 

[Bryansouza87]

1 hour ago, theSLAYER said:

Not via this method. This method makes use of the fact that there’s a boss and there’s a note writing feature.

For raids in wild area, you can manipulate it to the a different spawn within the raid itself using the Randroll + rarity and Den Type.

 

try reading it and testing it (at your own risk) to see if you can figure it out.

 

I was able to understand mostly everything, the only thing I could not catch was the ''Randroll'' is there an explation for dummies? Sorry

[Bryansouza87]

4 hours ago, theSLAYER said:

Not via this method. This method makes use of the fact that there’s a boss and there’s a note writing feature.

For raids in wild area, you can manipulate it to the a different spawn within the raid itself using the Randroll + rarity and Den Type.

 

try reading it and testing it (at your own risk) to see if you can figure it out.

 

Nevermind, I was able to find out what it was. Ask a last question related to this topic hopefully, is there a way to force exclusive G-max pokemon? like my game is sword but is there to force a G-max lapras that is exlclusive to shield?

[theSLAYER]

6 hours ago, Bryansouza87 said:

I was able to understand mostly everything, the only thing I could not catch was the ''Randroll'' is there an explation for dummies? Sorry

The randroll explanation was in that tutorial.

 

2 hours ago, Bryansouza87 said:

Nevermind, I was able to find out what it was. Ask a last question related to this topic hopefully, is there a way to force exclusive G-max pokemon? like my game is sword but is there to force a G-max lapras that is exlclusive to shield?

glad you figured it out.

if it’s not in the base game raid, nor wild area events raids, then you won’t be able to force it. (I don’t remember what’s in the wild area event raids, so you gotta check)

You should check the wild area event for the finale:

 

[Bryansouza87]

4 hours ago, theSLAYER said:

The randroll explanation was in that tutorial.

 

glad you figured it out.

if it’s not in the base game raid, nor wild area events raids, then you won’t be able to force it. (I don’t remember what’s in the wild area event raids, so you gotta check)

You should check the wild area event for the finale:

 

Adding this to my game would instantly make dens have gigantamax raids or does it take time? I added it to my save and nothing happened lol

[Bryansouza87]

5 hours ago, theSLAYER said:

The randroll explanation was in that tutorial.

 

glad you figured it out.

if it’s not in the base game raid, nor wild area events raids, then you won’t be able to force it. (I don’t remember what’s in the wild area event raids, so you gotta check)

You should check the wild area event for the finale:

 

Honestly being new into this truly pains me so I'll summarize of everything I did.
I downloaded this file, opened PKHEX and went directly to ''Block data'', then I searched ''NormalEncount'' at ''Block Key'', I selected ''Imput Current block and chose the file ''NormalEncount'' as well from the extracted files, I did the same with other files like searching normal encount rigel1 and 2 and chose the rigel 1 and 2 from the extracted files respectively, (I'm sure that I did with every single file; bonus reward, dai encount, drop rewards, normal encount, and normal encount rigel 1 + 2) after that I saved my save and I exported it. Now I assume that if I go to den 037 aka Giant's seat 4 and keep trying to use wishing star eventually a gigantamax lapras raid will pop up right?

I'm sorry if I'm doing a mistake lol I'm extremetely new into this. 

[theSLAYER]

@Bryansouza87 I’m not at the computer so going off memory + old photo

I think there’s an easier way, like a button (or a plugin even) to add event raids to your save. in any case I *think* you imported it right. Check in game if there’s any event raids.

then after you imported the raid, go to PKHeX’s regular raid editing menu. It have a dropdown for dens, then it lets you edit the type of raid, Randroll, and stars. M

Set the stars to 4 (5 stars, with 0 as 1 star), set the dentype to something that means event or distribution. set the randroll to one that will match Lapras. Make sure the raid is active (wishing star or otherwise)

Give that a try, if doesn’t work lemme know 

edit: also the raid “stars” is locked behind story progression. Without hacking 5 star raids won’t show up if you’re not far enough in the game 

[Bryansouza87]

On 6/12/2025 at 7:43 PM, theSLAYER said:

@Bryansouza87 I’m not at the computer so going off memory + old photo

I think there’s an easier way, like a button (or a plugin even) to add event raids to your save. in any case I *think* you imported it right. Check in game if there’s any event raids.

then after you imported the raid, go to PKHeX’s regular raid editing menu. It have a dropdown for dens, then it lets you edit the type of raid, Randroll, and stars. M

Set the stars to 4 (5 stars, with 0 as 1 star), set the dentype to something that means event or distribution. set the randroll to one that will match Lapras. Make sure the raid is active (wishing star or otherwise)

Give that a try, if doesn’t work lemme know 

edit: also the raid “stars” is locked behind story progression. Without hacking 5 star raids won’t show up if you’re not far enough in the game 

Sorry for the late response, but your plan actually worked, tysm