Official Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Help Thread

[Vetus]

Here is a huge problem I always have with Pokewalker:
>I make 5.000-10.000 steps on Pokewalker.
>I go to Poke Radar to catch some rare Pokemon that appears on bushes with 3 or 4 exclamation marks.
>Instead almost all the times only common Pokemon at bushes with 1-2 exclamation marks appear.

I know that it's all about timing but I'm either too early (I choose 1-2 exclamation mark bush and a common Pokemon pops out) or too late (the Pokemon gets away and I have to start over again). Is it indeed all about timing? If so, which exactly is the right timing? Or there is another trick? That's why I have never caught any Flying or Surfing Pikachu yet. Everybody with a Pokewalker have them except me and it sucks.

[Earendil]

Here is a huge problem I always have with Pokewalker:
>I make 5.000-10.000 steps on Pokewalker.
>I go to Poke Radar to catch some rare Pokemon that appears on bushes with 3 or 4 exclamation marks.
>Instead almost all the times only common Pokemon at bushes with 1-2 exclamation marks appear.

I know that it's all about timing but I'm either too early (I choose 1-2 exclamation mark bush and a common Pokemon pops out) or too late (the Pokemon gets away and I have to start over again). Is it indeed all about timing? If so, which exactly is the right timing? Or there is another trick? That's why I have never caught any Flying or Surfing Pikachu yet. Everybody with a Pokewalker have them except me and it sucks.

First of all, the rarer Pokewalker Pokemon only appear when you get a lot of steps in at one time/ in a single day (in the case of the Flying/ Surfing Pikachu, about 9,000-10,000 at the minimum). They will not show up with only a few thousand (only the more common ones will), hence why you're probably having that problem. Also, steps do not carry over from day to day, so if you lose them at midnight, you have to start over.

For example, right now I am carrying my own Pokewalker around in the hopes of building up enough steps (8,000, to be exact) to be able to look for Selfdestructing Munchlax. I have to reach 8,000 steps today, and look for Munchlax today, in order to be able to find it. The very rare Pokemon also have low encounter rates (5% for my example, and 2%/3% for the Flying and Surfing Pikachu), so you are not always guaranteed to find them, even if you do get enough steps in.

Timing does not actually have anything to do with it (so you need not worry about that); it is all probability, like hunting in the grass in-game. Sometimes you'll find nothing, but other times, you'll run into two 5% encounter probability Pokemon in a row (this has actually happened to me with Munchlax before). Think of each ! as the start of a chain (like chaining shinies in Platinum). Ignoring them will break the chain, and ruin your chances at finding something. Just keep at it--in the process, making sure you walk at least 10,000 steps a day too--and you'll eventually find one.

Something that also helps with Yellow Forest is taking back a few !! Pikachu, if you never run into the !!! ones- rare Pokemon also have a small chance of appearing with only two exclamation points. With Yellow Forest, of course, you'll never know what you caught in the !! bush until you bring them back, though, as the sprites are all the same. I've taken a fair number of Flying and Surfing Pikachu back this way (on one notable ocassion, three of the former all at once). On the other courses, it's much easier to determine if you have found one of the rarer Pokemon, as they are all different.

You can use this page as a reference for the step requirements: http://www.serebii.net/heartgoldsoul...ker-area.shtml.

Does all this help?

[Classic Pokemon]

nope, there is only one Ho-oh

[gvtheogioP]

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[nickfire915]

Does anybody got a shaymin they dont need so I could do the arceus event in pokemon heart gold

[nickfire915]

Hey do u have a shaymin so I could do the arceus event in my pokemon heart gold

[Zoruagible]

Hey do u have a shaymin so I could do the arceus event in my pokemon heart gold

Try the trading section if you need a Shaymin and Shaymin is not needed for the Arceus event. Only the event Arceus is

[canadiandragon]

Hey guys, I'm just about to face Ho-Oh in my HeartGold game, and though I have a space free in my party, I don't want to use Ho-Oh on my team, so I'm trying to figure out a good sixth member of my team and I need some help! My team consists of:

Feraligatr
Growlithe (soon to be Arcanine)
Magnezone
Golem
Pidgeot

All are levels 36-38. I was thinking of catching a Jynx in the Ice Cave on the way to Blackthorn, but after checking on the Serebii.net Pokedex I found that Jynx's movepool is rather lacking. Any other suggestions, possibly for a suitable ice-type? Or a different type that would work well with my team. Cheers

[Zoruagible]

I would recommend Umbreon or Tauros.

[onetruth]

Hey, new here, but I was wondering if anyone can help me evolve my Haunter in Gengar and Kadabra in ALakazam. They are pretty low level, so you cant really steal them...but anyways. Let me know, thanks. Im on soul silver.

[Zoruagible]

Hey, new here, but I was wondering if anyone can help me evolve my Haunter in Gengar and Kadabra in ALakazam. They are pretty low level, so you cant really steal them...but anyways. Let me know, thanks. Im on soul silver.

http://www.serebiiforums.com/forumdi...54-Trade-Forum
Try here

[RefreezePR]

Hate to be "that guy" who asks the pretty obvious question but I haven't played Soulsilver in like a year or so and I couldn't find this on the site but I've recently moved my pokemon from emerald to silver and I vaguely remember I have to recapture them somewhere but I don't remember where it is. Can someone tell me where it is that I have to recapture them?

Edit: Found it in Fuchsia City

[ShoesThief]

Hey all! About to go up against Claire. But most of my pokemon are pretty low levels in High-Low 30's. Where is a good spot to train seeing as Dragon's Den is off limits and the route going back to your home town is all 25's.

[Zoruagible]

Hey all! About to go up against Claire. But most of my pokemon are pretty low levels in High-Low 30's. Where is a good spot to train seeing as Dragon's Den is off limits and the route going back to your home town is all 25's.

I recommend Ice Cave

[ShoesThief]

I recommend Ice Cave

I'm there now. Still low levels but I guess i'll just train here and at the southern route...

[Zoruagible]

I'm there now. Still low levels but I guess i'll just train here and at the southern route...

You could call some trainers whose phone numbers you collected and see if they want a rematch. If you skipped any trainers in the gamer you could battle them now

[BroaddySN]

So I've got Black 2 and can only ever SR with the Latios. How foolish of me would it be to try and SR for the roaming Latias in HG? I'm aware I'd have to save prior to leaving the Silph Co. building or something in Kanto before Steven tells me about the Lati. Is the tracking period short enough to where this wouldn't be a colossal waste of time? Or would this be ultimately useless in trying to get a shiny Latias?

[AmphyLucky13]

Hi I need help with IV Breeding. Need some questions answered... PM ME when you finish reading or post here, this way other people who don't know, can learn also.

Questions:

Can you pass down the nature and IVs by
having the Female hold the Everstone (to get her nature passed on) and
breed with a Ditto (Male) to pass down
the IVs from that Ditto... to get
a pokemon with the nature from the Flaaffy
and the IVs from the ditto. Is that
how it works? Or how do you do this?

How do you get a good Pokemon with IVs
without using any of the power items?
Is there a method that I'm unaware of,
concerning my situation. Greatly would
appreciate the advice!

[Hydrohs]

Hi I need help with IV Breeding. Need some questions answered... PM ME when you finish reading or post here, this way other people who don't know, can learn also.

Questions:

Can you pass down the nature and IVs by
having the Female hold the Everstone (to get her nature passed on) and
breed with a Ditto (Male) to pass down
the IVs from that Ditto... to get
a pokemon with the nature from the Flaaffy
and the IVs from the ditto. Is that
how it works? Or how do you do this?

How do you get a good Pokemon with IVs
without using any of the power items?
Is there a method that I'm unaware of,
concerning my situation. Greatly would
appreciate the advice!

Either Pokemon can hold the Everstone to pass down Natures. Passing down IVs is different, a child will get three random IVs from its parents. It could get all three from one, or some other combination. IV breeding is mostly up to luck, since you can only influence at most 2 stats (By having each parent holding a Power item) you just have to keep trying until you get what you're looking for.

[Lugiash]

Hi, I'm on soulsilver and I've beaten all the story and all the little thing's and now I'm just trying to complete the pokedex and I was wondering if you can catch Mew or do you have to trade to get it.