Pokemon Sacred Sword & King's Shield

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NEW ROMHACK RELEASED - DO NOT USE SACRED SWORD/KING'S SHIELD

BETA RELEASE V. 1, By Kobazco & Phives, with help from Drayano
Works for both Sword & Shield
NO POST GAME
YES, YOU NEED A MODDED SWITCH
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THIS ROMHACK IS CURRENTLY BEING ENTIRELY REWORKED. AS SUCH, THIS CURRENT VERSION/ROMHACK IS NOT SUPPORTED PAST SWORD/SHIELD 1.0, AND NO UPDATES WILL MADE. I AM USING THIS THREAD TO SHOWCASE UPDATES ON THE REWORK, WHICH WILL BE A MUCH MUCH MORE INDEPTH EXPERIENCE. PLEASE BE PATIENT UNTIL THE REWORK COMES OUT.

NOTICE: I likely will not be updating this mod to work with new patches until all of (or maybe just one of) the DLC is out. When the DLC releases, we will have a LOT more Pokemon to work for in terms of team building and editing wild Pokemon. With that in mind, I hope everyone looks forward to the DLC. Until then if you want to use this mod, please make sure you are on the base version of the game.
Context time! I made popular (But not too indepth) romhacks for SM & USUM, most notably Rising Sun & Waxing Moon. However, this time, things are different! This time I bring to you all a fully featured difficulty hack. Hundreds of Pokemon have had their Hidden Abilities made easily obtainable, stats buffed, abilities buffed, and enhanced movesets! For all of these changes & more, see the gdrive folder with the download and all documentation.

Changes:
  • All important trainers have 6 Pokemon and and are much more difficult. (Hop begins to have 6 after the 1st gym)
  • Important trainers also have manually changed movesets, abilities, natures, and even IVs and EVs assigned. They also have the smartest AI assigned to them.
  • Level curve expected to naturally provide you with high level Pokemon. Trainers will have Pokemon around and usually slightly higher leveled than that of your own. (GROSSLY SUBJECT TO CHANGE, PLEASE RELAY TO ME WHAT THE LEVEL CURVE IS LIKE IN YOUR EXPERIENCE. THIS SHOULD NOT REQUIRE AN INSANE AMOUNT OF GRINDING)
  • Hundreds of Pokemon have had their stats buffed, hidden abilities made available, and enhanced movesets. Some even have type changes, or completely new abilities available.
  • Evolution methods changed for trade Pokemon. See documentation.

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Disclaimer & Important Information
  • The post game is currently unedited.
  • The wild Pokemon are currently unedited in terms of level and where they appear.
  • This has been made in mind with the exp share enabled and usage of Max Raid battles to gain exp candies. If you are falling behind in levels, go to the wild area and grind on raids. The no EXP share patch is completely optional and this hack was not made with it in mind.
  • This is a first beta release, please give any and all feedback, especially on the existing level curve.
  • I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY BANNED CONSOLES. OBVIOUSLY DO NOT PLAY ONLINE WHILE USING THIS ROMHACK.
Instructions:
  • Download the Pokemon Sacred Sword & Kings Shield.rar in the gdrive folder.
  • Rename the folder in the .zip file to the proper titleid if needed. Sword: 0100abf008968000 Shield: 01008db008c2c000
  • Place this titleid folder in atmosphere\titles or sxos\titles depending on what cfw you use.
  • Launch the game with CFW active!
  • If you want only the trainer edits, go into the romfs folder and delete the folder titled "pml"
Credits:
  • Kurt & SciresM for creating & updating pkNX
  • Phives for doing the majority of the work on the implemented Pokemon changes.
  • Drayano for allowing us to use this Renegade Platinum changes and provide guidance when asked.
 
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  • This has been made in mind with the exp share enabled and usage of Max Raid battles to gain exp candies. If you are falling behind in levels, go to the wild area and grind on raids. The no EXP share patch is completely optional and this hack was not made with it in mind.
Where can I find that No Exp Share Patch?
 

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It absolutely baffles me how Game Freak can't understand that their pokemaniac audience that have been playing Pokémon for 10+ years, even two decades, want the game to be challenging. Yet they balance it for 7 year old players and never offer a hard mode.

It always comes down to the fans to make something like this. Thank you as usual for delivering something that won't make me fall asleep from boredom!
 

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I have no words to thank you guys for doing this! Thank you so much! I was waiting for such a hack. I just installed it and I'm using it on a "German" mid-game save file. It works for now. Should I delete the save and start over? I just beat the 3rd gym.
Also, is there a problem with any other language than English?

Last but not least, how can I donate you guys?

Darky
 
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I have no words to thank you guys for doing this! Thank you so much! I was waiting for such a hack. I just installed it and I'm using it on a "German" mid-game save file. It works for now. Should I delete the save and start over? I just beat the 3rd gym.
Also, is there a problem with any other language than English?

Last but not least, how can I donate you guys?

Darky
Hi, I'm glad you are excited to play our hack. You could start mid save file, but you'd be a bit underlevled. If you're not too far in restarting would be good because you also miss out on any battles that happen before the 3rd gym, which are quite a bit.

There's no issue in other languages other than you won't have any of the custom logos/text changes I made displaying the current version number.

If you'd REALLY like to give us money for some reason, my twitter is linked on the main page, which in turn has a paypal.me in my twitter bio.
 
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Hi, I'm glad you are excited to play our hack. You could start mid save file, but you'd be a bit underlevled. If you're not too far in restarting would be good because you also miss out on any battles that happen before the 3rd gym, which are quite a bit.

There's no issue in other languages other than you won't have any of the custom logos/text changes I made displaying the current version number.

If you'd REALLY like to give us money for some reason, my twitter is linked on the main page, which in turn has a paypal.me in my twitter bio.
Hi Koabzco,

Thank you so much for answering so quick.
I guess I'll restart for the joy / experience of battling.

I just donated you $20. More to come if there are some future updates! =)
 
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I have no words to thank you guys for doing this! Thank you so much! I was waiting for such a hack. I just installed it and I'm using it on a "German" mid-game save file. It works for now. Should I delete the save and start over? I just beat the 3rd gym.
Also, is there a problem with any other language than English?

Last but not least, how can I donate you guys?

Darky


I 100% want to donate to this mod!
 

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This thing is perfect, I'm using it on an existing save where there was no challenge and my team just got wiped out in the 3rd gym because my team is really underleveled since I keep changing my team not wanting to overlevel them lol. Plus all of their pokemon know type advantage really well and they all seem to have something in their pocket in anticipation of what pokemon I use.
Thanks for putting all your hardwork, it's making the game so much more fun! Can't wait for future versions where you change the post-game as well!
 
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Will I have issues legitmacy issues when trading with an original copy of the game on an unmodded switch if I just copy the trainers file? I really just want the difficulty enhancement while possibly trading it to my legal copy.
 

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Will I have issues legitmacy issues when trading with an original copy of the game on an unmodded switch if I just copy the trainers file? I really just want the difficulty enhancement while possibly trading it to my legal copy.
Yes you more likely than not will have issues.
 

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So I will be forced to do raid or grind to keep up with level curves? Can't you do level scaling instead?
 

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So I will be forced to do raid or grind to keep up with level curves? Can't you do level scaling instead?
You will not be forced to do raids. If you completely ignore this mechanic of the game that gives you good rewards though, you'll end up a little bit behind. Its very possible to beat the AI while a few levels down, as they aren't exactly perfect.

But I wanted to create an experience that didn't make the player feel bad for doing raids/camping for exp. If you feel as if you're struggling for some reason, you can spend 10 minutes to get your team like 5 levels. I did actual level scaling and it will be tough regardless.
 

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So I noticed there was some changes on the google drive yesterday, including to the zip file. Is there a changelog anywhere?
 

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So I noticed there was some changes on the google drive yesterday, including to the zip file. Is there a changelog anywhere?
We haven't announced anything in terms of the changes because its mostly very minor fixes to things we forgot about. Fixing some minor evolution changes etc while we get ready for the next big version. I should've announced there was a bug fix though, looks like I forgot sorry.

We also added a new detailed list of changes we made to Pokemon.
 
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Thanks, and btw on the main page it mentions "important characters" were improved. Does that mean regular trainers leading up to the post game haven't been changed yet? And if I install and play now it should be okay to update the modhack later correct?
 

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Thanks, and btw on the main page it mentions "important characters" were improved. Does that mean regular trainers leading up to the post game haven't been changed yet? And if I install and play now it should be okay to update the modhack later correct?
Important trainers have been changed, they just haven't been all given 6 pokemon/made super difficult. Everything up until the post game is completely finished. And yes, updating can always be done at anytime without losing anything.
 

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Is Mega Evolution planned on being reimplemented sometime?

Considering how the Omastar was imported from Let's Go, assumedly the mechanic could be pulled from that too as well as at the very least the Kanto Megas.

Although I have no idea how difficult that might be, but it's just a thought.
 

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