Alphadaemon

Because afterwards there's the dinner cutscene with sprites too big to be handled by the game

26 minutes ago, RaizePrime said:

Hi! First of all, this is an incredible rom hack.

However, while accepting rewards from doing jobs, my game crashed. I was accepting a bounty reward from Magnezone at the time.

This is on a New 3DS XL, running TwilightMenu++ on version 27.23.0 with nds-bootstrap on version 2.14.0

I did try to send you a message on Discord about this as well, but it seems you have friend requests turned off.

I am currently rerunning the jobs and will update this comment if it crashes again or if it doesn't crash.

Skip daily cutscenes in the L menu

18 minutes ago, Nabbit said:

I figured out some of my old issues like unlocking Spinda Cafe dungeons. I have a new one though: sky attack, which takes one turn to charge, fires off immediately. I know some pokemon are allowed to move twice in one turn based on abilities, but I recruited one of these sky attackers recently and it had no such ability. I'm not sure if there's anything I can do to fix this. (But it does a wicked amount of damage and keeps one shotting me)

Also I'll look to see if other charge attacks are effected. Not sure yet.

 

I also figured out the switching "bug": My partner and I are both Zoruas and I got mixed up on who's the leader lmao x-x

No Charger.

4 hours ago, SteakCheese said:

This is just after finishing Blizzard Island. I also had 3 Pokémon at the table so I guess that's why there were too many actors.

What are the three mons? It's very odd that it crashes there specifically...

17 hours ago, YaBoiBayoWulf said:

Game crashed after doing some jobs in Waterfall Cave. It was after I finished and was getting all my rewards, just before the cutscene of the dinner and saving for the next day passing. 

Enable daily cutscene skip from the L trigger menu

2 hours ago, SteakCheese said:

While using Spinda's Café, he said Also a Pokémon sent this to you, and then I got this crash.

No clue about that. It never crashed for anyone here... unless... when is that in story? Maybe there are too many actors on screen

56 minutes ago, Phuuchi said:

I restarted the game on Desmume and the glitch still happens where it freezes in between dungeon floors

Cannot do much about a bug I've never ever been able to reproduce at all

4 hours ago, Phuuchi said:

You’re the first person I’ve seen having the same issues as me. I’ve used Delta emulator on iPad and even reset the game and used Desmume on PC with the same issues. I can’t get past floor 4 in mystifying forest for months now.

Delta is garbage. If you have a quick save in dungeon it's doomed to crash at the same point if you started the dungeon on Delta too...

3 hours ago, nettori said:

Hmm, I tried two different emaluators after seeing what you said about melon. And the other emulator gives the same same issue it freezes. I don't use cheats either. 

Define "other emulator"? MelonDS PC has no issues whatsoever, same goes for Desmume and Bizhawk. Drastic, Twilight Menu++ and Retroarch have proven to work too...

7 minutes ago, nettori said:

Hey just stumbled upon this rom, really like the concept and wanted to thank you for your efforts in putting this together. I just started playing it and I did want to bring up that when I pick Mew as the leader and start in beach cave, the first attack freezes the game. Just thought to bring this up for future reference. Thanks again.

No, it doesn't. It depends on your emulator and cheats enabled. I've had several people choose Mew as the leader and complete a run

18 hours ago, Nabbit said:

How do you unlock Spinda Cafe dungeons then?

By playing the game, you should see how

8 hours ago, HitchhikerEnvy said:

Hi again! I’m wondering if you’re aware of a bug unlocking Destiny Tower. At the café, I unlocked both Inferno Cave and Obsidian Forest by drinking gummies.
 

Those are supposed to be rank up rewards (I still got the notice I unlocked them as I ranked up even though I’d had them unlocked since graduation), and I haven’t been able to trigger the new dungeon event with Spinda ever since to get the tower. I must’ve used a couple hundred gummies now. It could just be really bad rng but if it’s a bug I don’t want to keep grinding the mazes for more. 

The Spinda event should never trigger in the first place. Spinda unlocks no dungeon now as stated somewhere in the OP. Inferno Cave unlock is also intended. Keep in mind the postgame is much different compared to Sky so don't consider something different from Sky as a bug, all of it is intended and if there's a bug, it should be something unnatural

On 4/22/2026 at 8:32 PM, HitchhikerEnvy said:

Making an account to leave feedback and ask a couple of questions. First off- love the hack. The difficulty spike was surprising in places but appreciated. I’ve had to change my playstyle, and I’m having to make full use of the game’s systems, which I love. 

1. I’m 55 hours deep and just unlocked Marine Resort and I was excited to evolve. Disappointed to find out I can’t, but I understand it’s a known bug. It seems like you’re still active here- I’m just wondering whether you think the fix will come this year. I understand this is a solo project, so no burden of expectation I’m just curious.

2. assuming you know about this bug as well, but neither the lists nor ID selector options will let me choose other forms for starters. 

The fix will come when it comes, no ETA.

Lists let you choose Genders and pack Regional forms if added, IDs are unique for each Pokémon, meaning Vulpix won't share the same ID as Alolan Vulpix.

On 4/23/2026 at 9:25 PM, ofori said:

Hi, I adore this hack and have had a blast playing it but had a quick question regarding a Pokemon. Altaria's abilities are shown to be cloud 9 and natural cure when checking/verifying through Skytemple, and in-game when not in a dungeon. However, when in a dungeon it has the overcoat ability in-game instead of cloud 9. Is this intentional? I am confused why it switches in dungeons. I would like to do a run with Swablu/Altaria and it seems to me that the team wide weather shield is more powerful than the overcoat ability. I'm hoping this is an easy thing I missed and someone can provide a quick answer. I apologize if I missed something and the answer is obvious, and thank you in advance. 

Difficulty-based abilities, some "too broken" abilities are unavailable to players on Expert and above for the sake of balance. Don't trust SkyTemple for this game's metadata as there are a lot of under the hood changes SkyTemple itself will never be able to show. 

On 4/25/2026 at 4:51 PM, Nabbit said:

Hi, I read the last five pages of this thread and I haven't found a sure answer to this. I know some legendaries can mega evolve, but are there any other ones? I just wanted to know if I should be looking for mega stones or not.

I'm really enjoying the mod.  The only bug I keep running into is switching between manual and automatic in dungeons. Sometimes it gets stuck on manual, and the only way to fix it is restarting the ROM. (Won't let me progress to a new floor either if I try going up the stairs.) I'm playing on melonDS 1.1

For now there are no Megas other than Diancie, theoretically speaking. It's available more as a proof of concept and less as a mechanic immediately available to each and every Pokémon with a Mega.

This bug about switching modes I have never seen before. No clue where it comes from...

6 hours ago, kenjosh said:

hello!

stumbled upon this great hack yesterday and I was wondering if i can modify things such as moveset, iq group of starters, abilities and choosing them as starter using id. ive tried modifying them through skytemple but the patches aren't applied in game. thanks in advance!

No, I made metadata changing impossible through SkyTemple 

3 hours ago, Trooper said:

I found this hack the other day and have been playing it all weekend. Really like it. But I was wondering. How come it seems like some Pokemon are just randomly shiny? Like Magnezone and Kangaskhan are the ones I've seen so far. Team Charm, Grovyle, Volbeat, and Illumise also appear shiny in the game's intro video before the titlescreen. I'm not complaining or anything, but I'm wondering why the change was made. 

Because I wanted them to be, nothing else.

On 3/19/2026 at 3:56 AM, North21 said:

So I’ve been playing with Hisuian Voltorb and I just learned sonic boom and spark which is voltorbs regular moveset. Can hisuian voltorb learn grass types tms and do they have a different moveset than regular voltorb. I’m still early in my play through so I just wanted to make sure 

Yes, movepool is different between Hisuian and Kantonian

5 hours ago, tinasha said:

Im really sorry. I don't really know how to dm here and it's my fault for not asking permission first. I'll delete it and thank you for your warning.

That's ok haha, thank you for your understanding!

On 3/16/2026 at 4:55 AM, tinasha said:

 

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Use this action replay code to modify the 1st item in your bag. After enabling this cheat code press START it should modify the 1st item. Disable it when your done.

Could you, like, not post cheats here? You have no guarantee that they will work for other users and versions, and also there's already a cheat in place that goes around the evolution restriction. Keeping this here can lead to people trying it on possible future versions and encountering more issues.

In general, asking the creator if you could post it is common sense 

8 hours ago, Shakko said:

How so? I'm inside of the dungeon so I can't access the L menu

If you quicksaved in dungeon, that's too late. If you used save states, you are advised to not use them as they are not a proper way to save your progress.

On 2/27/2026 at 6:11 PM, Shyul said:

Have the learnset been updated (or do you plan to do it) to reflect later generations one? For exemple can Azumarill learn helping hand since it's a move that got added in gen V in its learnset?

If it should learn X move and the move isn't breaking anything, it should be added in the learnset in some way.

18 hours ago, yoyster54 said:

Hello! I was doing the Solorun challenge and I was unaware that the game would still have you bring your partner in for story dungeons and the like. Is this intended, or is it impossible to remove your partner from story dungeons? I figured the 'Choose who will enter the Dungeon' prompt would still be present. For example, I'm doing the First Expedition to Fogbound Lake, and it brought both the partner and Bidoof (and my partner was hilariously underleveled).

Solorun is ultra experimental and I think for gauntlets I had to keep partner because it posed team management issues I think

11 hours ago, tinasha said:

Where do i get the ultimate items? There's supposedly 8 right? Atm i only found space globe and mechanical array.

There's 8 if you account those that are planned for future updates haha. Light Tetrahedron obtention is currently bugged and it might be the only one you are missing with the Holy Lyre.

12 hours ago, 3DSfanboy said:

Explorers of Alpha Review:

To start things off, The fact that you can choose a Pokémon via number is actually pretty flexible & gives more freedom of choice.

The dungeons exclusive to EOA such as Tower of Demise & Atomic Wastes for example, Are pretty unique & challenging in their own ways. Plus some of the dungeons have recoloured/exclusive tiles unique to them.

SPOILERS FOR THE LAST DUNGEONS!!:

Destiny Tower is more easier than the original, It has shinies that you can recruit in the dungeon & You can ACTUALLY recruit Arceus & get the space globe at the same time! (Much better than just a statue)

The only criticism I have for Destiny tower & other EOA Exclusive dungeons is that they don’t have their original soundtracks (although it is my personal nitpick).

 

Refighting previous bosses is also a nice touch, Basically matching the bosses albeit fully evolved.

 

Some of the Hisuian Pokémon are in this Rom hack which is a nice touch. Although I don’t understand why Genesect (Gen5) is in the game but not the rest of the gen5-9 are in (hopefully the ultra beasts will join in).

 

so in Summary:

pros: Choosing your Pokemon instead of the personality doing it for you.
Guaranteed legendary recruitment is good.

Mega Evolution is amazing.

Origin Dialga & Palkia are in the game!

you can go to the future & recruit Grovyle & co!

Destiny Tower’s reward is far better than the EOS reward.

Realm of Perfection is a fitting conclusion.

 

cons: Early overpowered items at the start of the game (which strips the challenge)

Palkia is recolored purple yet normal when you fight him.

Not all pokemon are in the game nationally (Gen 5-9)

 

I give Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Alpha a rating of 8/10.

It is something that feels like actual DLC for the original Explorers of Sky & I love it.

& it is definitely a love letter to the mystery dungeon games as a whole!

 

I hope more content will be added in the future. Alphadaemon, You have my support for this Rom hack!

 

 

Gens 5 to 9 aren't fully ingame because at the time when I released the version the 3.X version is based on (half-public version kind of thing), there was no stable ways to expand the ingame's species slots so I had to do with Base Sky's. Additions planned for a future 4.0

Another consequence of Alpha adding all treasures with a boss is that I need a legendary guardian for all treasures. Thus Marshadow for Martial Gong, Genesect for Chitinous Didgeridoo, Diancie for Rock Horn and Eternatus for Insidious Waterphone. All within base Sky's limits by the way!

As for early overpowered items, depending on the difficulty setting they are not that overpowered. They are here so you have more building options and, in lower difficulties, a way to help the player. I don't want the game to feel like "EoS' difficulty hack, the game" because it would hide the work around the game as a whole.

On 2/19/2026 at 1:42 AM, MoonlightKitsune said:

So, the tower of demise, which is necessary for the globes, crashes constantly, way more than any dungeon. Any way to get past it? Or maybe a code for the associated globe?

It's probably a you issue ngl, never heard of anything crashing as frequently as what you're experiencing. On which emulator are you playing?

On 2/18/2026 at 4:45 PM, Shyul said:

Same thing for me i'm hyped for version 3.1 and i can't stand the wait ^-^

But we gotta let the dev cook.

The dev is currently busy with other projects so he cannot get back to it as frequently. I picked it up once again yesterday but considering I won't be available to work on it for 2 weeks soon, the wait will have to continue.

On 2/18/2026 at 2:16 PM, drain said:

I have encountered a promblem that I failed to unlock Atomic Wastes even I recurited Deoxys via a battle. I tried to pass Fallen Star Remains again,but it is of no effect. Now I complete all the dungeon about world treasure except Atomic Wastes mentioned by Scizor. Is this a bug?

Atomic Wastes is in the Future. You have to complete Special Episode 5 to access it.

On 2/8/2026 at 4:54 PM, Creepyboi said:

 

Hello ! Loving the hack, having a lot of fun of it, after finishing the story,

 

but i have a question, is the game having issues with the numbers of floors available or did i do something wrong ? I think that the dungeon like this one don't have enough floor, i just cleaned it

This is a known issue about jobs in the current version. This is a floor available in higher difficulties. Next version prevents those.

On 2/5/2026 at 5:41 AM, SoftestPuffss said:

Started playing this mod last week and I've been having a blast with it so far! I have been deeply humbled by this game tearing me a new one and it's such a refreshing and hilarious experience for me personally. I made an account (just now...) mainly to ask a question here for confirmation.

I've been having occasional crashes when transitioning between dungeon floors. It doesn't happen too often, but tonight it's been happening very frequently while trying to complete Mt. Horn during the expedition chapter so I wanted to get a little insight on if this is a romhack issue or an emulator issue

I'm playing on BizHawk v2.9.1 for reference. If there's a recommended emulator in the initial notes for best performance, I will admit!! ...I skimmed most of the notes...... I'm sorry!

I've restarted and played up to Mt. Horn on DeSmuME and can confirm that it was almost certainly a BizHawk emulator issue. I'm now in Foggy Forest on DeSmuME and have only experienced maybe 2 or 3 crashes the entire time replaying from the beginning compared to the much more frequent crashes on BizHawk. Soooo I'll say problem self-solved!

BizHawk is still to this day fairly experimental and kind of skewed towards running original games rather than hacks, which implies doing workarounds to make original games work... which impacts hacks.

On 2/4/2026 at 1:10 AM, Drag0n23 said:

Hello, I just found out about this fantastic mod, I'm about to try it and I can't wait! I just wanted to ask if anyone knows if there is an Italian translation available, even a fan-made one, just to make the game easier to understand. Thank you very much.

No translations for the mod.

10 hours ago, Venomoth said:

How does the progression of the World Treasures storyline actually work? It's been a few days since we recovered the Chitinous Didgeridoo but Scizor still hasn't made any progress. This is more days than usual compared to events like the Marine Resort discovery or Grovyle's capture which usually take around two or three. As far as I know I've gotten every other treasure available, only missing the Fiery Drum, Insidious Waterphone, and...Jirachi and Giratina's items.
Along with Deoxys' dungeon, how exactly are these places unlocked? Are they all through Scizor? And how long do I have to wait between each expedition?

Sidenote, I did also recruit enough Pokemon for Clefairy's final reward, but...well it seems like many in this thread, I have no idea where "Mrs. Kecleon" is. Talking to the Kecleon Brothers doesn't yield much, which...fair, they are the Kecleon brothers. I don't really need the Purple Kecleon...don't really want it either except for completion's sake. But tying that thread up would just be satisfying.

(Also how can Dream Catchers be farmed? Based on Wynaut's offers there's probably a renewable source of them beyond Wigglytuff's rewards, and I just barely got the Shard I needed to evolve Kirlia...)

Do mission days between each quest. However if you did World Abyss before even having finished Scizor's quest (which ends with World's Abyss), you might have story-locked yourself.

The 475 recruits reward is bugged in current version.

Dream Catchers can be found through Mysteriosity locked doors and some side-dungeon rewards.

13 hours ago, Venomoth said:

There's nothing here. No Ascend Stones, just chests with leader-specific items and Premier Gifts.

It's technically not the first time I've been here -- the first time I had done a few missions on the way. This time I didn't accept any. Both times there was no Ascend Stone.

What now? Is Kirlia just stuck like this until the bug-fix? Is there nothing I can do?

Then you encountered the bug that'll be fixed by the next version coming very soon.

27 minutes ago, Venomoth said:

Is there any way to get Ascend Stone Mark II without heading to the depths of Zero Isle Center?

I just recruited Palkia and unlocked the Marine Resort. The Ursaring spoke to me and by all means it *seems* like I should be able to evolve my partner Kirlia, but that doesn't seem to be the case. I used the Marowak dungeon to evolve both starters the first time.

Looking at this thread, this does seem to be a known bug, so I would like to try my luck with the stones. Is there any other method?

No. Doing Zero Isle Center will reward you with the second ascension stone

59 minutes ago, OFlack said:

Hi wondering if anyone can help. I’ve just started a game and loving it. 
Got an issue with bidoofs wish, after getting the item from snover (right at the start) it goes to the food hall, but black screens and can’t go any further. Wondering if it’s a known issue or if I reset my data I might be able to play it? Really hoping anyone knows a way around because I love the QoL changes, but may have to stick to vanilla EoS to do a full run through.

fyi running on delta emulator on iOS.

Enable the Cutscene Skip with the L-trigger

44 minutes ago, Neosonic97 said:

Mhm.

At the cost of making the rest of the dungeon a hell of a lot harder 'cus you have to pray the wilds don't pick up any Reviver Seeds that spawn (you only have so much PP after all, and from my experience Max Elixirs are distressingly rare- a fact made even worse by the fact that there are PP-Zero and Random Traps present, too).

I think you should try to play the dungeon before making assumptions over a 0.08% Reviver Seed spawn and not exploring the first section to find critical resources that are guaranteed to spawn. I thought you were talking about the Reviver Seed stashes behind Key Doors but no you are truly talking about a 0.08% spawn so... yeah.