- Sudowoodo
Bonsly will evolve into Sudowoodo when it levels up and knows the Mimic move. Bonsly learns Mimic at level 17.

- Polishing your Badges
Open your Trainer card menu, then open your badge case. Rub the stylus over the badges that you have won from the gym leaders; they will become shiny after a good polishing. Also, each badge makes a different noise, allowing you to play them like an instrument.

- Shemei
Go to Flower Elysim to catch Shemei.

- Mesprit
Mesprit is found at Lake Verity after battling and capturing Dialga/Palkia.


This trick requires a Staraptor level 55 with Aerial Ace, but Quick attack may work. Walk or swim your way to Mesperit. Do not fly. Save the game once you are close, and have Staraptor out. Use your Staraptor's Aerial Ace to hit the Mesperit. If it does not, level up solely by battling Magikarp. Do this a few times. If Mesperit dies, turn off the game, and try again. Once you have finally gotten Mesperit's health to the red bar zone, every time you see him, try one of these: Quick Ball, Great Ball, Dusk Ball (if in a cave and/or night), or Nest Ball. Alternately, use a Master Ball.

- Azlef
Found at Lake Valor after battling and capturing Dialga/Palkia.

- Tag mini-game
While in the Union room, you can play a game of tag with anyone in there at the moment.

- Spiritomb
Spiritomb is a Ghost-Dark type Pokemon with no weakness and immunity to Normal, Fighting, and Psychic type attacks. To catch it, go to Route 208. Talk to the person with the headband just south of where you enter the route. He will give you the Odd Keystone. Next, go to Route 209 south of Solaceon Town. Place the Odd Keystone in the fissure in the ground that resembles a small volcano, which is actually called the Hallowed Tower. Then, talk to 32 people in the underground. Notice: Hikers do not count. However, you can have one friend with the game go into the underground, talk to your friend, go up, then back down 32 times. The Hallowed Tower will now be restored. Go inside to catch a Spiritomb. Its appearance is rare.

- Mystery Gift
Go to Jubilife City, then enter the television station. Talk to anyone you see. If you find the person, enter 'EVERYBODY HAPPY'; enter 'WI-FI CONNECTION' for the WiFi people. You can get Pokemon such as Arceus, Shaymin, and Darakai. Notice: You must have a WiFi or DS wireless link cable.


Go to Jubilife City, then enter the television station. Go to the third floor, and look for a boy and girl standing next to each other. Talk to the boy and say 'EVERYONE HAPPY' and 'WI-FI CONNECTION', and he will activate the mystery gift.

- Special items
Catch a Pokemon that knows the Trick move, then go to a Pokemon such as Bidoof or Starly. The Pokemon that knows the move Trick must have an item. Then, use the move Trick on the Pokemon to sometimes get a rare item.

- Larger Spheres
When you are in the underground and want faster growing Spheres, bury Spheres of the same color in the same spot. They will all become one large Sphere.

- Kureseria
Meet at Full Moon Island, then go to Shino and look in the grass. At random, a wild Kureseria will appear.

- Traps and Spheres duplication
Notice: This trick requires two Nintendo DS systems. While underground, get some Traps or Spheres, then go to the surface and save the game. Go back down, and set your Trap or Sphere anywhere, then set the other person to COM and take the Trap or Sphere. Turn your game off, but leave the other person's game on and save it. Both people should now have the same Trap or Sphere.

- Underground warning
If someone is in your Secret Base and you are about to go back up to the surface, tell them first. If you go back up to the surface when someone else is in your Secret Base, it will take them back to the menu of the game, and they will lose all of their progress.

- Unown
Get some Dusk Balls, and go to Solaceon Town. Move west up the top, then enter the cave. Go inside and walk around. You will find lots of Unowns. One Dusk Ball should catch them without failure.

- Foreign language Pokemon from trading
If you receive a Pokemon from the Global Trade Station and it is in a foreign language, but does not have a nickname, its name will be changed to the language of you game when it evolves.

- Easy wins
This trick requires a Shedinja, a Pokemon that knows Skill Swap, and a Ghost-Dark hybrid, and can only be used in a double battle. Enter the Shedinja, and have the Pokemon that knows Skill swap fight first. Have the Pokemon that knows Skill swap use it on Shedinja. Then, switch Shedinja out with your Ghost-Dark hybrid, and have the Pokemon who knows Skill Swap use it on your Ghost-Dark hybrid. Because no move can deal Super Effective damage to a Ghost-Dark hybrid, using this trick to swap Shedinja's Wonderguard over to one will make it completely invincible. However, even with Wonderguard, the Ghost-Dark hybrid will only be invulnerable to attacks. This means that special conditions, recoil, etc. will still do damage to it.

- Microphone cures
You can say certain things into the microphone to cure your Pokemon of various statuses. You can cure Sleep by saying 'Wake up!' a few times and Confusion by saying 'Snap!'.

- Emuritto
Meet at Trust Lake, then go to Shino and look in the grass. At random, a wild Emuritto will appear.

- Drifloon
To catch Drifloon the balloon Pokemon, go to Valley Be victorious indworks on Friday during the day after you have defeated Team Galactic. This can be done multiple times. Drifloon is a Ghost/Flying-type; Drifloon evolves into Drifblim at level 28.

- Create an attire
This trick requires the National Dex. Go to Canalave City. Talk to Sailor Eldrich, then say 'No' to his offer. Fly home (Twinleaf), and save the game. Turn off the DS. When you continue the game, it will begin with a quiz (like the interviews). Select a word and choose 'Confirm'. Your character should look like the selected word. For example, using the word 'AIPOM' will result in your character dressed in an 'Aipom suit'. The trainer card now shows the sprite in an Aipom suit. Recommended words are CHARIZARD, BATTLE, ARCEUS, and LINK.

- Professor Rowan talks on PC while captive
After you defeat Saturn at Lake Valor, go to Lake Verity. You will find out that Professor Rowan is being held captive by Team Galactic. Go to a Pokemon Center, and go to Rowan's PC on the PC. Professor Rowan will be talking to you.

- Icicle Plate
Go to the route between Mt. Coronet and Snowpoint City. Go where the hail gets stronger and faster, and look for two houses. In one, there will be a hiker who says that he lost his HM Rock Climb. The HM is right outside of his house. Once you have it, see the hiker again. He will give you both the HM and the Icicle Plate.

- Ambipom
Aipom will evolve into Ambipom when it levels up and knows the move Double Hit. Aipom learns Double Hit at level 32.

- Easy National Dex Pokemon
Visit Lucas' or Dawn's little sister in Sandgem Town. Every day she will tell you where a certain National Dex Pokemon is swarming at a certain route. There is different Pokemon information every day.

- Mime Jr.
To get Mime Jr., you must trade it from Pokemon Diamond.


Talk to the person in the Pokemon Mansion after you get the National Dex. A random rare Pokemon will appear every day. One of them may be Mime Jr.

- Gengar
Notice: This trick requires another DS and a second Pokemon Diamond or Pearl game. Get the Haunter from the top-left house in Snowpoint City for a Medicham. These are found easily outside Lake Acuity. Then, using both games, trade the Haunter for something else. When you trade, the Haunter will become a Gengar. Trade back and you will have a Gengar.

- Training weak Pokemon
This trick is more effective at the beginning of game, especially when you have to get your first two badges. First, catch a Kricketot, and train it by using Bide. After awhile, it will evolve into a Kricketune. It will now learn new moves. Use the same trick with Machop. It will also learn Bide. These Pokemons are helpful when they are stronger, especially when you face the second Gym leader (when you have chosen Piplup in the beginning).

- Mr. Mime
Mime Jr. will evolve into Mr. Mime when it levels up and knows the Mimic move. Mime Jr. learns Mimic at level 18.

- Instant defrosting without an item
If you have a Pokemon on the field that is frozen and knows a Fire-type move, use that move. The Pokemon will instantly defrost, and the move will continue as if the Pokemon was never frozen. This trick will not work if the move fails.

- Hidden Box Wallpaper
Go to Jubilife City and see the TV producer on the third floor of the TV Station. Tell him certain words when he asks you for your feedback on TV. Use this page to generate these words. This will activate a special Box Wallpaper in your game.

- Trainer card ranks
Successfully complete any of the following tasks in any order to earn a star and change the color of your trainer card, as indicated below: Overcome the Elite Four; win all of the Master Rank Contests, successfully complete the Underground Flag mini-game with friends, capture 482 different Pokemon; or win 100 times sequentially at the Battle Tower.

Silver Trainer Card (three stars)
Gold Trainer Card (four stars)
Bronze Trainer Card (two stars)
Blue Trainer Card (one star)
Black Trainer Card (five stars)

- Milotic
To evolve Feebas into a Milotic, raise its Beauty stat for the Pokemon Contests up to nearly full. Use the best Poffins possible that raise Beauty. Then, level it up and it should evolve into Milotic. If it does not, you need to raise its Beauty even more.

- Agunomu
Go to Aspiration Lake to catch Agunomu.

- Mario reference
Slow down the cry of some Pokemon in the Sinnoh Dex (for example, Starly) to hear a familiar sound from Mario.

- Riolu
After you help Riley in Iron Island Cave and defeat the two Team Galactic Grunts, he will give you an egg. The egg will hatch after 6,391 steps and contains a level 1 Riolu.

- Pal Park
Get the National Dex to access Pal Park on Route 221.

- Caterpie
Have the Game Boy Advance game Pokemon Leaf Green in the cartridge slot and search for Caterpie.

- Elekid
Have the Game Boy Advance game Pokemon Fire Red in the cartridge slot and search for Elekid in the Power Plant.

- Gligar
Have the Game Boy Advance game Pokemon Emerald in the cartridge slot and search for Gligar.

- Chimecho
Chingling will only evolve into Chimecho if it is happy with you and it levels up at night.

- Phantom character
Go to Jubilife TV, and do the steps to get a picture of your Pokemon. You must approach the photographer from the left or right side. If from the left, when asked to choose a Pokemon, press Left or Up. If from the right, press Right.

- Tricking the clock
Because the in-game clock is in sync with your Nintendo DS and since certain events only happen every once in a while, you can simply adjust your DS clock. For example, the guard in the Pokemon Mansion is guarding the Bronze Statue around the clock, but he takes a break between 2 and 5 a.m. Just adjust your clock to that time and he will be gone. You can also do this to speed up berry production by jumping a few days back and forth. Notice: When you move the clock forwards or backwards, you cannot migrate for 24 hours after trying to migrate, even if you set the clock back.

- Hiidoran
Go to Hard Mountain to catch Hiidoran.

- Weavile
Make sure you have your Sneasel keep pusheding the Razor Claw item, which can be found near the back of Victory Road. Then, level it up. As long as it is keep pusheding the item, it will evolve into a Weavile.

- Dialga/Palkia
You will need Rock Climb, Surf, and Strength to capture Dialga/Palkia. Begin out with Fighting or Ground type moves; this will cause twice the damage and reduce its HP a lot. Then, use Water, Normal, Electric, or Flying type moves which only do half the damage. Use this technique to get its HP to the red, then throw Pokeballs at it.


You will encounter a Dialga/Palkia at some point in the game (you can find one at Spear Pillar). If you fail to catch him the first time, visit Sandgem Town. You will find Lucas standing in front of the Pokemon Lab. Check with him regularly, and he will tell you when Dialga/Palkia has reappeared.

- Hatching female Pokemon
If you hatch an egg in Floaroma Town, it will always be a female unless it is a male only or genderless Pokemon, like Magnemite and Tauros.

- Transferring Pokemon
When you transfer Pokemon from Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, Fire Red, Leaf Green, or Emerald, they can never go back to their original game. Do not transfer every Pokemon in the boxes you see. Make sure you leave at least some Pokemon with high levels and medium levels so you can still catch the strong Pokemon such as legendaries.

- In-game reset
While you are playing this game, press L + R + Begin + Select.

- Solrock
Have the Game Boy Advance game Pokemon Ruby in the cartridge slot and search for Solrock.

- Chansey
Happiny can evolve into Chansey if it is happy with you and you use an Oval Stone on it. If it is happy with you, it means that it will probably evolve into Blissey shortly after it evolves into Chansey.

- Hatching eggs quickly
If you have a Pokemon with the Magma Armor or Flame Body ability in your party, it will cut the hatch time in half.


If you have a Pokemon egg and are waiting for it to hatch, it will hatch after 10,250 steps. The best place to get a lot of steps is in Amity Square. By doing this, you are able to collect something from the Pokemon that you are walking after every 200 steps.


In Solaceon Town, get on the far right side of the path next to the Pokecenter. Then, ride your bike in the fastest gear up and down until you hit a tree or mountain and repeat. You must have done at least 400 steps each 'lap' to get an egg to hatch more quickly.

- Strange areas
Get on your bike, and turn on the fast gear. Go to any town or route. If you are in a town like Solaceon Town, go to the very top of the city. While riding all the way down through the city, rapidly press Left and Right. Your character should appear to be spinning while moving forward. If done correctly throughout the whole ride, the next route you are heading towards will be glitched with either an invisible wall, a white void, or a black void; your game may crash. Sometimes the void may be walkable. You can use this glitch to find new ways to capture the event pokemon Darkrai and Shaymin without the events.

- Lucario
Riolu will only evolve into Lucario if it is happy with you and it levels up in the day time.

- Calculator sound
Use the calculator on the Poketch. If you get an answer to a problem, it will make a sound corresponding to the number/Pokemon in the Pokedex, but only if you have seen that Pokemon.

- Chatot
Use the following trick to get Chatot early in the game. First, go to the grass in front of the Valley Be victorious ind Works and capture a Buizel. Train it to level 14. Then, go to Eterna City. Go into the building to the right of the Pokemart. There will be a boy at the table closest to the bookshelf. Talk to him and he will ask you to trade him your Buizel for his Chatot. Trade with him and you will get a level 14 Chatot.

- National Dex
Overcome the Elite Four to get the National Dex from Professor Oak. Alternately, successfully complete your Sinnoh Pokedex by seeing all 150 Sinnoh region Pokemon. Notice: They do not have to be captured. Then, go to Professor Rowan's lab and talk to him. Prof Oak will dash in and upgrade it.

- Magby
Have the Game Boy Advance game Pokemon Leaf Green in the cartridge slot and search for Magby in Hard Mountain.

- Pokemon available after National Dex
After getting the National Dex, you can obtain the following Pokemon:


- Make it rain in Solaceon Town
Go to Solaceon Town. Get on your bike, and ride it at its fastest speed to route 210. Go to where it rains. Go a little bit in it, then ride into Solaceon Town; it will look like it is raining.

- Araseus
Go to Beginning Dimension to catch Araseus.

- Uxie
Uxie is found at Lake Acuity after battling and capturing Dialga/Palkia.

- Pichu with Volt Tackle
Breed a female Pikachu keep pusheding a Light Orb with a male Clefairy to get an egg with a Pichu with Volt Tackle. Notice: To get a Light Orb, you must either trade it from Pokemon Leaf Green or Fire Red; or from a wild Pikachu.

- Weedle
Have the Game Boy Advance game Pokemon Fire Red in the cartridge slot and search for Weedle.

- Manaphy
Transfer the egg from Pokemon Ranger (2,560 steps to hatch).

- Evolving Pokemon by trading
An easy way to evolve Pokemon that can only evolve by trading is to use the Global Trade Station (for example, to evolve Pokemon such as Haunter to Gengar, Monchoke to Monchamp, Kadabra to Alakazam, etc.). Fly to Jubilife City, and go to the Global Trade Station. Talk to the woman at the counter, save the game, and enter. Select 'Deposit', then deposit the Pokemon that you wish to evolve. Request a Pokemon that is great such as level 100 female Piplups. Seek a desired Pokemon. Once you have found any Pokemon that you can trade for, trade it. After you have successfully made a trade, go to 'Summary', and take back your Pokemon. As soon as they come back, they will evolve, just like when someone trades them to you. This trick will work on all Pokemon that evolves by trades.


For easy trade evolutions, you need a wireless network or a wireless hotspot. Get the Pokemon that you want to evolve though trade. Fly to Jubilife City, and go to the Global Trade Station. Put up the trading Pokemon to be evolved. Make sure you ask for rare Pokemon. Seek a desired Pokemon. After finding the Pokemon and trading it, go back to the Pokemon you had. Offer to take it back, and it will evolve. For example, offer Scyther with Metal Coat in the Global Trade Station. Go to seek Pokemon, put up Ditto for a Lapras, do this trade, and you now have a Lapras. Go back to the offer Scyther, and take it back. The Scyther should have evolved to a Scizor.

- More berries
If you want more berries, each time you plant some, water them during each cycle of growth.

- Getting all Pokemon
To get all Pokemon without using the Game Boy Advance Pokemon games, Nintendo WiFi is needed. In Jubilife City is a Worldwide Trade Station. Go in and talk to a person at the desk; say 'Yes' to everything. You will then be in a strange looking place. You will automatically go to a computer where you can search for a Pokemon you want; however, you must to trade a Pokemon they want for the Pokemon you want.

- Catching roaming Legendaries
There are two Pokemon that roam the map in Pokemon Diamond and Pearl. These Pokemon are Mesprit and Cresselia. The following trick is a fairly easy and effective (but a little time-consuming) way to catch them. Notice: These Pokemon will appear as 'seen' in your Pokedex before they begin roaming, so you will be able to begin tracking them immediately. Also, you must go through certain parts of the story before these Pokemon appear in the wild. First, raise a Pokemon with a high Speed rating and the False Swipe attack to about level 50. Then, use the Marking Map on your Poketch to find the Pokemon, and engage it in battle. Use False Swipe, and assuming your Pokemon was fast enough, the roaming Pokemon will take damage before fleeing the battle. Repeat this until the target is at 1 HP. The target will retain the damage you inflicted on it the next time you see it. Also, save the game after each encounter. Buy some Quick Balls. They have a better chance of capture if they are used early in a battle. Find the Pokemon again. Notice: Do not encounter it in an area that has a damaging weather effect, such as the northern blizzard area, as this will cause the Pokemon to faint and you will lose the chance to meet it again. If desired, you can inflict a status problem on it at this point, but do not give it a status effect that will inflict damage like Poison or Burn, as these will also defeat your target. Find the Pokemon and toss a Quick Ball at it. Because it is the first 'turn' in battle and the Pokemon is at a very low HP, the Quick Ball has quite a high chance of securing the Pokemon for you. If it was not caught, the worst that can happen is the Pokemon will run away and you must track it again.

- Parukia
Go to Spear Pillar to catch Parukia.

- Easy experience
Pay your money on any desired item. Then, go to the Pokemon League and keep fighting the Elite Four until you lose. You will have gained, then lost a small amount of money, but your Pokemon might have leveled up. If not, level up. You can buy a lot of Revives and Potions to use to get to the last of the Elite Four and they might just be level up.


Go to any Pokemart, and spend as much money as possible. Then, go to the Elite Four, and fight them. You can win or lose because you do not have much money to give them. However, you must have at least some money with you. Repeat this as many times as desired to gain experience. Notice: Do not do this if you are trying to save money.


Use the following trick to train Pokemon without using a Pokecenter. Go to Iron Island. Enter a cave, and look for a lift. Go down, then go to the left exit. You should see a trainer in blue called Riley. He will group with you and make sure all your Pokemon are healed, revived, and that their PP is maxed after each fight. You can leave and get more Pokemon you want to train and he will still be waiting there. By doing this, you will get twice as much experience (by fighting two Pokemon at once) and save a lot of money and time healing. Wild Pokemon are about level 30, so you can only go so far before it takes a long time to reach another level.

- Slow cry
When you listen to a Pokemon's cry on your Pokedex, the bottom of the Pokeball with the lines can be tapped to slow down the cry sound.

- Duplicate items
This trick requires a Pokemon that knows 'Thief' and a Ditto. Enter a double battle with a Ditto without an item and a Pokemon keep pusheding the item you want to duplicate. Make Ditto transform into the Pokemon keep pusheding the item. Switch the Pokemon keep pusheding the item with the Pokemon that knows Thief. Use Thief on Ditto, then win the Pokemon battle. The Thief Pokemon will now have a duplicate of the item.

- Pokeballs
To get free Pokeballs of all types, go to the house to the right of the Pokecenter in Solaceon Town. Catch the type of Pokemon the man requests that day. Show it to him by the time he must run his article. Save the game before you show him the Pokemon. If you do not get the type of Pokeball desired, turn off the game and talk to him again.

- Lotad
Have the Game Boy Advance game Pokemon Sapphire in the cartridge slot and search for Lotad.

- Lucario egg
When you get a mysterious egg from Riley, you need to complete a couple steps for it to hatch. Clear your step counter and move 6,535 steps and it will hatch.

- Change Deoxys form
If you have a Deoxys and, for example, have speed form but you want attack form, go to Veilstone City. After that walk east, go to a meteorite. Talk to your Deoxys (top speed, middle normal, bottom left attack, bottom right defense) and it will change form.

- Vespiquen
Only female Combees will evolve into Vespiquen. Male ones are pretty much useless.

- Recommended Pokemon team

Lucario (level 60)	Drain Punch, Aura Sphere, Focus Blast, Flash Cannon
Ramoardos (level 60)	Fireblast, Thunder, Blizzard, Assurance
Empoleon (level 60)	Brine, Surf, Aqua Jet, Avalanche
Steelix (level 60)	Dragon Breath, Iron Tail, Crunch, Double-Edge
Staraptor (level 60)	Aerial Ace, Be victorious ing Attack, Fly, Close Combat
Bronzong (level 60)	Future Sight, Psychic, Shadow Ball, Gyro Ball

- Turnback Cave
Turnback Cave can only be found after getting the National Dex. Turnback Cave is located in Spring Path (the fourth and secret lake of Sinnoh), in Route 214. You can find the legendary Ghost/Dragon type Pokemon Giratina here. Unlike its Japanese version, Turnback Cave is actually a random generated maze, in which there are square-shaped rooms with four doors, one on each side, along with some rocks. Every time you enter a room, it is practically impossible to turn back to it (hence the name). There are special rooms with pillars. The goal is to pass through three of these pillars located randomly every time you enter into another room before entering into a total of thirty rooms. If you are lucky enough to pass through three of these pillars, you will find a room with a huge pillar and a wild Giratina standing in front of it in the center. Notice: Be careful; it is level 70. Once you catch/defeat it, take any door from the room. It will lead you to the main room, in which you have the option of leaving the cave through the door at the south in front of the stone tablet, or to try to generate the map again to get to the room in which Giratina was found. Though Giratina will not appear again, there are rare items you can get from the room. Depending on this criteria, you get a certain item or event:


- Yukishii
Go to Wisdom Lake to catch Yukishii.

- Phantom communication
While in the Union Room, stand where your friend spawns. When he or she enters the room, it will not notify you or show them, but on their DS it will show you and it will have a notice. When your friend communicates with you, it will say that your friend wants to talk, but on your DS you are the only one in the room.

- Evolving Lickitung
To evolve Lickitung, migrate one into Pokemon Pearl that knows Rollout; then level it up.

- Chatot Chatter
If you do some exploring and talking to people, you will eventually encounter someone who says Chatot can learn human words. Once you obtain one (after trading with a girl in an early town) and get it to about level 20, it will learn the move Chatter. Once it learns Chatter, go to your Pokemon menu and select 'Chatot'. It will show Chatter along with a summary, switch, etc. Then, press A and record what you want it to say into the DS microphone. Not only will Chatot say what you said whenever you use the move Chatter, but it will become its cry. Notice: This is not permanent, so you can change its Chatter as often as desired. Also, the speech will be slightly distorted so it will not sound exactly as you said it. The recorded sound lasts for only one day, so you will have to re-record it.