Pokémon Divine Sword & Blessed Shield (Version 1.1 Major Update! EXP. Candies Return!)

Pokémon Divine Sword & Blessed Shield - v1.1
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I can't believe I am finally writing this, but Phives and I are proud to finally present Pokémon Divine Sword & Blessed Shield, a difficulty romhack. Why release another romhack when Sacred Sword & King's Shield is out, you may ask? Well to be quite honest, that project was rushed and is not something we are particularly proud of. So, we have been working on an entirely new one ever since the release of the Crown Tundra. Now, over half a year later and a LOT of hours sunk into playtesting, we are finally ready to release the first version!

Intro - What is Pokémon Divine Sword & Blessed Shield?
Pokémon Divine Sword & Blessed Shield is a difficulty romhack, taking inspiration mostly from Drayano's work. However, I also played Radical Red last year and took some inspiration from that, although outside of QoL features those are purely optional. So don't worry if you want to play in Switch mode and use healing items in battle! We've made edits to nearly every Pokemon, mainly focusing on making egg and tutor moves available through normal level up movesets as well as providing buffs and new moves to tons of different Pokémon. Of course, there is documentation for everything included in the google drive folder with the download. We've of course redone the team of every single trainer in the game, and hope to encourage team building in order to over come these challenges. However, it is important to remember that all of this is done within the confines of Sword & Shield. We cannot make the AI super smart, nor can we force certain aspects like a level cap, etc. However, we have gone to great lengths in order to make it the best we possible could.

Notable Features:
  • Completely reworked Raid rewards system
  • All 600 Pokémon from Sword & Shield (including DLC) catchable outside of the Isle of Armor and Crown Tundra
  • Overhauled boss battles
  • Quality of life features such as purchasable EV reducers
  • Shop overhauls in order to make competitive items easily accessible
  • Healing items disabled during trainer battles (THIS IS OPTIONAL)
  • Battle Items removed from the game (not optional, as X items are the new purchasable EV reducing items)
  • Edited Adventure Guide for in game documentation
  • Edited Pokémon & various buffs/moveset edits.

Screenshots (there are lot of them and they are BIG so here is your warning):
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v1.1 Changelog: Return of the EXP. Candies

!!SELL ALL OF YOUR "MEDICINE" ITEMS THAT ARE IN YOUR "ITEMS" POUCH PRIOR TO UPDATING IF YOU DO NOT USE THE USABLE HEALING ITEMS PATCH!!

Healing items have been moved back to the "Medicine" pouch, and are still not usable in battle without the patch.

EXP. Candies make their return, obtainable through shops in every Pokecenter. They appear as you get Gym badges in the following tiers:
  • XS - 0 Badges ₽600
  • S - 2 Badges ₽1,000
  • M - 4 Badges ₽3,000
  • L - 6 Badges ₽9,000
  • XL - 7 Badges ₽27,000
All changes regarding EXP. Candies are tentative and subject to change. Please provide your feedback!
In addition, all Nature Mints are now purchasable from the start of the game at all Pokecenters for ₽7,500.
Wishing Pieces are also in every Pokecenter for ₽5,000

As a test, Ballonlea's Pokecenter has a new NPC behind the left counter that will offer to feed your pokemon Max Soup for 3 Max Mushrooms.
Max Mushrooms can be purchased at any Pokecenter after receiving 5 Gym Badges.
In future updates, this NPC will be in all Pokecenters.
Max Mushrooms are now in the "Items" pouch.


Hammerlocke City - Centeral Pokemon Center (Right Counter) Now has the following items:
  • Power Bracer
  • Power Belt
  • Power Lens
  • Power Band
  • Power Anklet
  • Power Weight
  • Destiny Knot
  • PP Up
  • Razor Claw
  • Protector
  • Reaper Claw
  • Whipped Dream
  • Sachet

Motostoke City - Souther Pokemon Center (Right Counter) Now has the following items:
  • Speed Down
  • HP down

Hammerlocke City - West Pokemon Center (Right Counter) Now has the following TMs:
  • Bounce
  • Fling
  • Power Swap
  • Guard Swap
  • Speed Swap
  • Drain Punch
  • Trick Room
  • Wonder Room
  • Magic Room
  • Razor Shell
  • Mystical Fire

Hammerlocke City - East Pokemon Center (Right Counter) Now has the following TMs:
  • Fire Punch
  • Ice Punch
  • Thunder Punch
  • Solar Blade
  • Self-Destruct
  • Giga Drain

Video Detailing the Changes

Details for how to install are in the README included in the Google Drive folder. Please read it. Documentation is also in that folder, which is linked at the bottom of this post.

Credits & Thanks
  • The amazing creators of pkNX, this project would not be possible without their hard work
  • Drayano, for allowing us to reference some of their changes from Renegade Platinum.
  • The creator of Radical Red, soupercell, for allowing us to use certain Pokémon edits from their romhack in ours
  • https://twitter.com/__Toner___ for the logos

Pokejobs being broken is an intentional feature in order to prevent an EXP/EV exploit.
The only part of the Post Game that is currently finished is the Hop & Sordward/Shielbert section. Champions Cup rematches and such are not edited yet.

 
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@Kobazco Did you change anything to the friendship requirement for Eevee into Umbreon? it's night and I'm over 160 friendship (checked with save editor just to be sure) and Eevee still doesn't evolve :D

Edit: I'm an idiot, was using the gifted Lets go Eevee.
 
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@Kobazco hi i have a small problem, i try to install the mod with atmosphere and it never frickin works soooooooooo do could you help me please
 

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Did someone manage to run it in yuzu? I can't save, it freezes every time when I'm trying to
Yes, I had the same issue. Make sure to turn off the DLC's in the Mod window and update your Yuzu (most recent EA works well). Also, turn language to English.
Unfortunately, Pokemon Sword is still very prone to crashing and as far as I know, theres no workaround for these occasional crashes.
 

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Where are you putting the mod for it not to work....Should be in the Atmosphere and then Contents folder.....
well yeah but its more of a signature patch error with awoo installer

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Where are you putting the mod for it not to work....Should be in the Atmosphere and then Contents folder.....
well yeah but its more of a signature patches error or something with awoo installer
 

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So if I understand correctly, for the new mons we need update 1.3? I have update 1.2 installed and it seems to not load with atmosphere
 

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@Kobazco In the documentation it says that Haunter evolves into Gengar at level 40. My Haunter is at level 41 and it hasn't evolved. Is there a mistake in the documentation? Do I have to level it up at night? Or is it just broken for me?
 

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@Kobazco In the documentation it says that Haunter evolves into Gengar at level 40. My Haunter is at level 41 and it hasn't evolved. Is there a mistake in the documentation? Do I have to level it up at night? Or is it just broken for me?

I have a problem somewhat relating to this as well. In my case, it's that Shelmet (And Karrablast) don't evolve when in the party together. I don't know if it's broken for just me or something else entirely.
 

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yuk.....dont use Awoo.....use these



So does the game launch....or does it not.. or can you get the game to load but the mod
ok thanks for the info
yuk.....dont use Awoo.....use these



So does the game launch....or does it not.. or can you get the game to load but the mod won't work?
ok thanks for the info
yuk.....dont use Awoo.....use these



So does the game launch....or does it not.. or can you get the game to load but the mod won't work?
i have to try it oout with my dad so ill tell ya if it works
 

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Hello! I've been really enjoying the hack so far but I thought I'd mention the move magnitude (learned by Boldore/Gigalith) doesn't work, the move in grayed out and had the placeholder text.
PQyuqwl

Also on another minor note the docs for Hop's route 5 battle (if you picked Scorbunny) has a small error, his Lycanroc's moveset is listed as rock tomb/leer/endeavour/covet, but he has sucker punch as one of it's moves.
 
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@Kobazco In the documentation it says that Haunter evolves into Gengar at level 40. My Haunter is at level 41 and it hasn't evolved. Is there a mistake in the documentation? Do I have to level it up at night? Or is it just broken for me?
Hi there, this was a bug so I had to fix it about 2 days ago. If you downloaded the game before then, please redownload it.

I have a problem somewhat relating to this as well. In my case, it's that Shelmet (And Karrablast) don't evolve when in the party together. I don't know if it's broken for just me or something else entirely.

Thanks for reporting this, I just fixed it so go redownload it.

Hello! I've been really enjoying the hack so far but I thought I'd mention the move magnitude (learned by Boldore/Gigalith) doesn't work, the move in grayed out and had the placeholder text.
PQyuqwl

Also on another minor note the docs for Hop's route 5 battle (if you picked Scorbunny) has a small error, his Lycanroc's moveset is listed as rock tomb/leer/endeavour/covet, but he has sucker punch as one of it's moves.

Thanks for this bug report, I've replaced magnitude with bulldoze in their movesets now.

My game keeps crashing with Yuzu. Does anyone know how to fix that? The crashes are totally random.
Yuzu isn't very stable, especially if you don't have early access. I can't say anything besides either have a better PC or pay for early access, but I can't say 100% that will fix your issue.

Anyways, everyone go ahead and update, I've fixed a few evolutions and such. Sorry for any inconveniences and thank you so much for playing!
 

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Oops, somehow a lot of our evolution changes were broken, so I just fixed them and updated the download. Please update if you haven't already!
 

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Yuzu isn't very stable, especially if you don't have early access. I can't say anything besides either have a better PC or pay for early access, but I can't say 100% that will fix your issue.
I actually have both (5600x, 16GB Ram, RTX 3070, most recent Yuzu Early Access), but it still crashes every 20 minutes or so. Probably going to wait until it is more stable.
 

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I actually have both (5600x, 16GB Ram, RTX 3070, most recent Yuzu Early Access), but it still crashes every 20 minutes or so. Probably going to wait until it is more stable.
I playtested the entirety of the romhack on yuzu, with basically no crashes of late so I don't know what to say. Guess its a coin flip with Switch emulation though.
 

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