Pokemon Contemporary Emerald v1.1 Documentation
Category: Documentation
Language: English
Related: Pokemon Contemporary Emerald
Author: spearmintz
Source: Pokecommunity
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Table of Contents
New Pokemon
Note 1: I have not removed ANY normal Hoenn pokemon, they are all still catchable, usually in the first location they are normally found at the very least. For example, Poochyena is usually initially found on route 101, which remains true. However Poochyena is spammed in the following 10+ routes, so I swapped it with alternate encounters to improve pokemon diversity. This generally means OG Hoenn pokemon are rarer encounters.
Note 2: I curated this dex purely on vibes and what Pokemon I like. It may not be perfectly balanced necessarily, but I mostly only added basic pokemon, and left the latter half of the game more vanilla encounter-wise, as usually I prefer to make a team early-game so I can use them throughout.
Note 3: If you play the "Vanilla" version, there are NO NEW POKEMON ADDED OR ENCOUNTERS CHANGED. It will be entirely regular Emerald, with just the item and mechanical changes described above.
| New Pokemon | Location |
|---|---|
| Weedle | Route 101 |
| Mankey | Route 101 |
| Grubbin | Route 101 |
| Galarian Zigzagoon | Route 101 |
| Exeggcute | Route 102 |
| Snubbull | Route 102 |
| Cottonee | Route 102 |
| Solosis | Route 102 |
| Ferroseed | Route 102 |
| Flabébé | Route 102 |
| Horsea | Route 103 |
| Houndour | Route 103 |
| Staryu | Route 103 |
| Starly | Route 104 |
| Shellos | Route 104 |
| Dwebble | Route 104 |
| Fletchling | Route 104 |
| Wimpod | Route 104 |
| Murkrow | Petalburg Woods |
| Skorupi | Petalburg Woods |
| Sewaddle | Petalburg Woods |
| Joltik | Petalburg Woods |
| Phantump | Petalburg Woods |
| Dewpider | Petalburg Woods |
| Impidimp | Petalburg Woods |
| Nymble | Petalburg Woods |
| Pidgey | Route 116 |
| Togepi | Route 116 |
| Mareep | Route 116 |
| Scraggy | Route 116 |
| Applin | Route 116 |
| Growlithe | Route 116 |
| Toedscool | Route 116 |
| Eevee | Rusturf Tunnel |
| Elekid | Rusturf Tunnel |
| Magby | Rusturf Tunnel |
| Shinx | Rusturf Tunnel |
| Croagunk | Rusturf Tunnel |
| Blitzle | Rusturf Tunnel |
| Roggenrola | Rusturf Tunnel |
| Slowpoke | Dewford (Old Rod) |
| Galarian Slowpoke | Dewford (Old Rod) |
| Frillish | Route 106 (Old Rod) |
| Tynamo | Route 106 (Old Rod) |
| Tympole | Route 107 (Old Rod) |
| Skrelp | Route 107 (Old Rod) |
| Tyrogue | Granite Cave 1F |
| Sandile | Granite Cave 1F |
| Golett | Granite Cave 1F |
| Inkay | Granite Cave 1F |
| Alolan Geodude | Granite Cave 1F |
| Gastly | Granite Cave B1F |
| Gligar | Granite Cave B1F |
| Drifloon | Granite Cave B1F |
| Riolu | Granite Cave B1F |
| Drilbur | Granite Cave B1F |
| Timburr | Granite Cave B1F |
| Honedge | Granite Cave B1F |
| Nacli | Granite Cave B1F |
| Sneasel | Granite Cave B2F |
| Swinub | Granite Cave B2F |
| Vanillite | Granite Cave B2F |
| Axew | Granite Cave B2F |
| Cubchoo | Granite Cave B2F |
| Larvesta | Granite Cave B2F |
| Alolan Sandshrew | Granite Cave B2F |
| Alolan Vulpix | Granite Cave B2F |
| Dratini | Granite Cave Steven's Room |
| Larvitar | Granite Cave Steven's Room |
| Beldum | Granite Cave Steven's Room |
| Bagon | Granite Cave Steven's Room |
| Gible | Granite Cave Steven's Room |
| Deino | Granite Cave Steven's Room |
| Goomy | Granite Cave Steven's Room |
| Jangmo-o | Granite Cave Steven's Room |
| Dreepy | Granite Cave Steven's Room |
| Frigibax | Granite Cave Steven's Room |
| Oddish | Route 110 |
| Bellsprout | Route 110 |
| Budew | Route 110 |
| Combee | Route 110 |
| Toxel | Route 110 |
| Hisuian Voltorb | Route 110 |
| Varoom | Route 110 |
| Magnemite | Route 110 |
| Pawniard | Route 111 |
| Capsakid | Route 111 |
| Bulbasaur | Route 112 |
| Chikorita | Route 112 |
| Treecko | Route 112 |
| Turtwig | Route 112 |
| Snivy | Route 112 |
| Chespin | Route 112 |
| Rowlet | Route 112 |
| Grookey | Route 112 |
| Sprigatito | Route 112 |
| Alolan Grimer | Fiery Path |
| Charmander | Route 113 |
| Cyndaquil | Route 113 |
| Torchic | Route 113 |
| Chimchar | Route 113 |
| Tepig | Route 113 |
| Fennekin | Route 113 |
| Litten | Route 113 |
| Scorbunny | Route 113 |
| Fuecoco | Route 113 |
| Squirtle | Route 117 |
| Totodile | Route 117 |
| Mudkip | Route 117 |
| Piplup | Route 117 |
| Oshawott | Route 117 |
| Froakie | Route 117 |
| Popplio | Route 117 |
| Sobble | Route 117 |
| Quaxly | Route 117 |
| Chinchou | Route 114 |
| Scyther | Route 114 |
| Pinsir | Route 114 |
| Cutiefly | Route 114 |
| Rookidee | Route 114 |
| Galarian Ponyta | Route 114 |
| Hisuian Qwilfish | Route 114 (Good Rod) |
| Hisuian Sneasel | Meteor Falls 1F |
| Porygon | Meteor Falls 1F |
| Rotom | Meteor Falls 1F |
| Litwick | Meteor Falls 1F |
QoL Features Added
- Modern Battle Mechanics (Gen 9)
- Updated Learnsets (Gen 9)
- Physical Special Split
- Pokemon types and type effectiveness shown in battle
- Move relearner available through any Pokemon's "Summary" screen
- Trade evolutions are all obtainable
- Level caps for each gym to prevent steamrolling
- Nature and Ability changing via respective items described below
- Free rare candies (cannot be sold) to help when grinding gets boring
- General QoL like running indoors, better fishing, item information on picking something up, no overworld poison, ability pop-ups etc
- Gen 6 Exp. Share (Toggleable)
Item Locations
- Free EXP Share, Rare Candies, Shiny Charm, Box Link, and Mega Ring in Oldale Mart
- Both fossils are buyable in Rustboro Pokemart
- Reviving the Root Fossil will give the player Lileep, Omanyte, Cranidos, Tirtouga, and Tyrunt, all at level 10
- Reviving the Claw Fossil will give the player Anorith, Kabuto, Aerodactyl, Shieldon, Archen, and Amaura, all at level 10
- All Nature Mints sold by Energy Guru in Slateport Market
- All Type boosting items (Sharp Beak, Charcoal etc) sold in Slateport PokeMart
- All evolution items sold in Mauville PokeMart
- All Battle Items sold in Lilycove Department Store
- All Mega Stones sold in Lilycove Department Store
- All TM's sold in Lilycove Department Store
- Ability Patch and Ability Capsule sold in Lilycove Department Store
Pokemon Changes
- Archen and Archeops got their abilities changed from Defeatist to Rattled/Tangled Feet or HA Tough Claws because I love them and it always felt unfair that they got Defeatist, vs Slaking who's OP and balanced by Truant
- Deino evo changed to 30, and Zweilous changed to 45
- Larvesta evo changed to 35
- Dreepy evo changed to 30, and Drakloak changed to 45
- Dragonair evo changed to 45
- Pupitar evo changed to 45
- Frigibax evo changed to 30, and Arctibax changed to 45
- Pawniard evo changed to 35
- Shelgon evo changed to 45
- Gabite evo changed to 45
- Sliggo evo changed to 45
- Skrelp evo changed to 35
- Vanillite evo changed to 25, Vanillish changed to 40