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.
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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.

Spoiler: Screenshots

Videos:

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.

Download & Documentation​

 

[Kobazco]

Outline remove option is able?

This is something you have to do yourself. I do not provide other/additional mods/cheats. Everything should work fine with my romhack though.

 

[JonJaded]

Thanks a ton for this, staying tuned...

I knew I held off on Pokemon for something; this must be it.

 

[cloud-strife777]

I tested this sword mod & works great !
Thx for this for more fun

 

[tom8779654]

Do you need to start a new game for this to function properly or can you continue on an existing save? I've only gotten to right before the first gym.

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Do you need to start a new game for the hack to work properly or can you use an existing save? I'm currently right before the first gym.

 

[Kobazco]

Do you need to start a new game for this to function properly or can you continue on an existing save? I've only gotten to right before the first gym.

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Do you need to start a new game for the hack to work properly or can you use an existing save? I'm currently right before the first gym.

You can start on an existing game, but its recommended to start a new one as your levels and such will not be correct for where you are in the game

 

[tom8779654]

You can start on an existing game, but its recommended to start a new one as your levels and such will not be correct for where you are in the game

Gotcha thank you! I'll just grind a bit i think, rather not have to go through all the exposition in the beginning haha.

 

[Quixomatic]

Any way to apply this to a *.NSP file being used on Yuzu?

 

[Deleted member 511979]

I would love to see improved menu sprites for pokemon and items. They are quite... yucky compared to lets go. Idk what game freak did but it looks like all the sprites were compressed, they have a-lot of noise and colour leakage. Ill be working on this one myself if your interested

edit: shiny menu sprites would also be quite amazing. And varying menu sprites for different forms and stuff (such as silvally)

 

[Jeeksoi]

How are the levels near the end of the game? I thought it was dumb to cap battles in the 50s.

 

[Lital]

Great mod from what I've played so far! Though I did get a couple of non-serious bugs. The new area text shows random characters, and the pokedex shows random characters in the Form section.

 

[Gh0sti]

so does this romhack allow me to catch every pokemon available in game including if im playing sword I can capture sheild exclusives in sword?

 

[Kobazco]

I would love to see improved menu sprites for pokemon and items. They are quite... yucky compared to lets go. Idk what game freak did but it looks like all the sprites were compressed, they have a-lot of noise and colour leakage. Ill be working on this one myself if your interested

edit: shiny menu sprites would also be quite amazing. And varying menu sprites for different forms and stuff (such as silvally)

Yes let me just hire a spriter to redo the official Pokemon sprites AND reprogram the game to have shiny sprites. I'll get right on that.

In case you didn't realize, this is sarcasm and you're asking for waaaaaaaaaay too much.

How are the levels near the end of the game? I thought it was dumb to cap battles in the 50s.

The currently level curve is subject to change, but as things go you should end up around lvls 80-90 with minimal grinding not counting doing raid battles every once in a while. If you ever feel behind, just take 10 minutes to go clear the available raids.

Great mod from what I've played so far! Though I did get a couple of non-serious bugs. The new area text shows random characters, and the pokedex shows random characters in the Form section.

Yeah I noticed the weird text issues as well. I can't understand why they really happened but they don't seem to effect anything for now at least.

so does this romhack allow me to catch every pokemon available in game including if im playing sword I can capture sheild exclusives in sword?

No, not yet. In the future when editing wild pokemon becomes much easier through the use of pkNX, I plan to make it so you can catch every Pokemon in the game.

 

[Rizyq]

There's a Schoolgirl Kayleigh on Route 3 that has a Purrloin holding Black Sludge. Not sure if that's intended, since it just hurts it every turn. Her other pokemon is a lvl 15 Skwovet and she's guarding the Beat Up TM and a berry tree if any of that helps.

 

[Kobazco]

There's a Schoolgirl Kayleigh on Route 3 that has a Purrloin holding Black Sludge. Not sure if that's intended, since it just hurts it every turn. Her other pokemon is a lvl 15 Skwovet and she's guarding the Beat Up TM and a berry tree if any of that helps.

Hi for me at least in testing, this is a prankster Purrloin with trick. Sad to hear that she didn't trick the black sludge onto you right away, she did for me.

 

[Vel]

Does this just modify the game that you have, or is this like an entirely new copy of sword and shield? I'm interested. Mostly just in the missing pokemon and exclusive pokemon being obtainable in each game + items

 

[Kobazco]

Does this just modify the game that you have, or is this like an entirely new copy of sword and shield? I'm interested. Mostly just in the missing pokemon and exclusive pokemon being obtainable in each game + items

Hi, please make sure to read the description of the mod, as I explain in detail what is and is not included. This is a mod of the game, as is anything that will be released in this manner. If you want something including missing Pokemon, you're going to have to wait a solid 6 months to a year. As for exclusives/items, I just answered that like 2 hours ago AND have information on it in the main page description.

 

[fenomeno0chris]

Keep up the great work!
Cant wait to get my hands on your next release, where you can catch all pokemon.

 

[DavrosTheta]

Thank you so much for this. I really wasn't having fun with Shield at all and was going to throw in the towel. But this has made it so much more enjoyable.

I'm playing Sacred Shield with this mod and "Disable EXP Share" and it makes the game amazing.

Thank you again.

 

[Kobazco]

Thank you so much for this. I really wasn't having fun with Shield at all and was going to throw in the towel. But this has made it so much more enjoyable.

I'm playing Sacred Shield with this mod and "Disable EXP Share" and it makes the game amazing.

Thank you again.

Glad to hear you're enjoying it! Just keep in mind I did not balance this around no exp share, so you might end up falling behind/have to do some grinding. Good luck and I hope you have fun regardless though!

 

[DavrosTheta]

Glad to hear you're enjoying it! Just keep in mind I did not balance this around no exp share, so you might end up falling behind/have to do some grinding. Good luck and I hope you have fun regardless though!

Grinding is actually a favourite pastime of mine probably because I grew up on NES era JRPGs. It's kind relaxing for me hahaha.