Help understanding save flags

[Cursed Wizard]

Hello everyone, I have been using the various posts on this forum for a year now, using them to understand the RNG of Pokémon, the use of PKHeX, and all things that I never had access to before, so I wanted to thank everyone for the help.

 

Now I have a question regarding save editing and the consequences this has on the generated Pokémon.

 

I used a script on PKSM to remove flags from the game in order to shiny hunt some missed Pokémon in my old save files like ORAS and USUM.

 

Now I have seen through the use of PKHeX that once the flag is removed, the Pokémon that spawn are legal, and the machine creates the Pokémon as expected.

 

If I wanted to bring these Pokémon to Home, is there a way for anyone to know that they have been caught again through the use of scripts? Could it result in me getting banned or the Pokémon being illegal? Technically, they are legal but not 100% legitimate, but I wanted to know if the Pokémon are good for tournaments and things like this, considering I hunted them normally; I just got an extra shot at catching them.

Any help is appreciated, thanks in advanced ^^

[Kaphotics]

You should not be using Pokemon obtained from cheats, glitches, or anything as a result of external modification in tournaments, as it is against the rules of both the tournament and our site. 

Re-enabling unique encounters can be detected if said encounters leave traces in the save file (such as roamers), and if it originated from your save file and doesn't match that retained data/another "unique" same encounter is present, it is detectable. Official tournaments have disqualified players from having multiple unique encounters from the same save file. 

Additionally, unique encounters can trigger other events, which can upset the logical flow of story progress/game state, resulting in unintended/impossible behavior and resulting encounters. There are examples, but it varies from encounter to encounter if it actually triggers unintended behavior. 

Pokemon may be legal in isolation, but the secondary effects might not be apparent/overlooked until someone actually looks. Will they look, and what will they look for? Too general to answer.

[Cursed Wizard]

1 minute ago, Kaphotics said:

You should not be using Pokemon obtained from cheats, glitches, or anything as a result of external modification in tournaments, as it is against the rules of both the tournament and our site. 

Re-enabling unique encounters can be detected if said encounters leave traces in the save file (such as roamers), and if it originated from your save file and doesn't match that retained data/another "unique" same encounter is present, it is detectable. Official tournaments have disqualified players from having multiple unique encounters from the same save file. 

Additionally, unique encounters can trigger other events, which can upset the logical flow of story progress/game state, resulting in unintended/impossible behavior and resulting encounters. There are examples, but it varies from encounter to encounter if it actually triggers unintended behavior. 

Pokemon may be legal in isolation, but the secondary effects might not be apparent/overlooked until someone actually looks. Will they look, and what will they look for? Too general to answer.

Alright just needed clarification on this, i will try to reobtain the pokemon in the legit way, thanks for the help^^

[Cursed Wizard]

28 minutes ago, Kaphotics said:

You should not be using Pokemon obtained from cheats, glitches, or anything as a result of external modification in tournaments, as it is against the rules of both the tournament and our site. 

Re-enabling unique encounters can be detected if said encounters leave traces in the save file (such as roamers), and if it originated from your save file and doesn't match that retained data/another "unique" same encounter is present, it is detectable. Official tournaments have disqualified players from having multiple unique encounters from the same save file. 

Additionally, unique encounters can trigger other events, which can upset the logical flow of story progress/game state, resulting in unintended/impossible behavior and resulting encounters. There are examples, but it varies from encounter to encounter if it actually triggers unintended behavior. 

Pokemon may be legal in isolation, but the secondary effects might not be apparent/overlooked until someone actually looks. Will they look, and what will they look for? Too general to answer.

Oh right since we are on the topic, if I use hacked masterballs to capture legendaries does it make the pokemon illegal? 

[Soul DS]

On 7/17/2025 at 7:40 PM, Cursed Wizard said:

Oh right since we are on the topic, if I use hacked masterballs to capture legendaries does it make the pokemon illegal? 

As long as the Master Ball can be obtained and used at this moment of the game (naturally obtaining it through the story/lotto, or through trades), it shouldn't be an issue.