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Legendary Locations

Where every Legendary and Mythical Pokémon lives, what gates it, and the level its encounter script uses.

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In game, the Quest Log’s Legends chapter ticks each one off as you catch it and names where it is once you have seen it. Every fixed wild battle in the ROM, legendary or not, is in the Scripted Encounters index.

Hoenn, before the League

Regirock, Regice and Registeel

Lv 40ROM

Desert Ruins, Island Cave and Ancient Tomb, after the Sealed Chamber puzzle (Wailord first, Relicanth last, as in vanilla). Volo sells goods in the Sealed Chamber later.

Magearna

Lv 30 / 50ROM

Devon Corp, Rustboro: the door behind the receptionist (the “Basement” map). Serena’s Master Class battle is tied to it.

Type: Null

Lv 50ROM

The same Devon basement lab as Magearna. Silvally’s memory discs are sold as items.

Jirachi

Lv 30ROM

Artisan Cave (the Mossdeep script is the same event).

Shaymin

Lv 30ROM

Flower Paradise; a Route 101 script also spawns one. The Gracidea flower event in Floaroma is Sinnoh lore only.

Victini

Lv 30ROM

Sootopolis City event.

Diancie

Lv 30ROM

Desert Underpass (the Fossil Maniac’s tunnel). A Diancie Doll item also exists.

Marshadow

Lv 30ROM

Altering Cave.

Hoopa

Lv 50ROM

Depths of the Abandoned Ship. Its rings later open the Sea Spirit’s Den.

Keldeo

Lv 30ROM

Victory Road. A tutor teaches Secret Sword for the Resolute Form.

Cobalion, Terrakion and Virizion

Lv 70ROM

A Victory Road area; Blake says he “brought them here to train”.

Rayquaza

StoryROM

Sky Pillar during the Delta Episode (bring the Mach Bike). It joins you whether you catch it or knock it out. Dragon Ascent can be re-taught at the Meteor Falls shrine.

Hoenn post-game: Ultra Wormholes and islands

Cosmog, Solgaleo and Lunala

Lv 15ROM

Meteor Falls Draconid cave after the Delta Episode; a second from Ghetsis’s Giant Chasm. Evolves at 65: by day for Solgaleo, by night for Lunala. Needed for the Ultra gates until you get the Ultra Suit.

Groudon

Lv 70ROM

Terra Cave (Route 115) after Maxie’s Ultra League mission. Beat Maxie there and he leaves the Red Orb.

Kyogre

Lv 70ROM

Marine Cave (Route 125) after Archie. Beat Archie there and he leaves the Blue Orb.

Cresselia

Lv 50ROM

Mt. Pyre Ultra Wormhole.

Genesect

Lv 50ROM

New Mauville.

Mewtwo

Lv 50ROM

Cerulean Cave, past the Rocket executives. An Armored Mewtwo event comes later.

Giratina

Lv 80ROM

The Distortion World (holding a Griseous Orb), after Cyrus’s rental battle in the Hoenn post-game. If you leave it, go back in from the islet on Route 129, or through the passages that open at the Spear Pillar and Sendoff Spring during Lost Artifacts.

Kyurem

Lv 50ROM

Giant Chasm after Ghetsis, who also hands over the DNA Splicers.

Reshiram and Zekrom

Lv 50ROM

Dragonspiral Tower, reached through Icirrus City.

Volcanion

Lv 50ROM

Nebel Cave (the Route 116 wormhole).

Floette (Eternal Flower)

Lv 1ROM

Timeless Woods, through the same Route 116 wormhole.

Zygarde

Lv 70ROM

Terminus Cave. Zygarde Cells and Professor Sycamore’s shop handle its forms.

Xerneas and Yveltal

Lv 50ROM

Allearth Forest and Allearth Lake (the Kalos forest) after Lysandre. Earlier releases of the hack itself crashed here; use bugfix 2.

Manaphy

Lv 30ROM

The Deep Sea map (the Lilycove lab and Dive quest that also leads to Shadow Lugia).

Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres

Lv 50ROM

The mysterious island (Lyra’s mis-given ticket). Articuno and Zapdos are scripted at Navel Rock; Moltres is in the same chain.

Ho-Oh

Level unknowncommunity

Summit of the island’s Bell Tower after the bird battles; Ethan entrusts it to you.

Shadow Lugia

Lv 70community

Attacks you on the island and flees, leaving a stone. Later: the Lilycove lab quest, Dive with a Grass type to find it, raise it to 40 with Ancient Power, then the Ultra maze event and the Silver Airship at Mossdeep. The scripted battle itself is in the Abandoned Ship.

Raikou, Entei and Suicune

Level unknowncommunity

The Johto slice during the Ultra-cave story; needed before Ho-Oh.

Mew

Level unknowncommunity

Old Sea Map from the villa NPC on Steven’s Island, then sail from Lilycove to Faraway Island.

The four Tapus

Level unknowncommunity

The Tapu island trials: Tapu Bulu with Nanu, then Hala in Dewford (Tapu Koko), Hapu in Slateport (Tapu Fini) and Olivia in Mossdeep (Tapu Lele).

Necrozma

Lv 50ROM

Ultra Space Zero, after all 18 Z-Crystals and Faba. The N-Solarizer and N-Lunarizer come from Faba’s research.

Ultra Beasts

Lv 50–70ROM

Nihilego (EV Training Cave, Pacifidlog); Kartana, Xurkitree, Blacephalon, Guzzlord, Pheromosa, Celesteela and Buzzwole (Ultra Space maps); Stakataka (Meteor Falls Ultra Space, level 70); Poipole is a gift at Mt. Pyre. Bring Beast Balls.

Eternatus

Lv 50ROM

Ultra Space, after Leon is found wounded (the World Championship Island chapter).

Meltan and Melmetal

Lv 5community

Meltan is a level-5 gift in Lilycove City. Guides differ on the trigger: New Mauville per English players, the Lilycove hotel designer after completing the Hoenn Pokédex per Chinese guides.

Deoxys, Latias and Latios

Level unknowncommunity

Deoxys is faced in space at the end of the Delta Episode. For the Eon duo only Mystery Gift-style tickets are referenced in the text; community videos show them after the League.

Sinnoh and the Lost Artifacts

Heatran

Lv 30ROM

A Mt. Coronet opening reached from Snowpoint via Route 216, after the Sinnoh League.

Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf

Lv 50ROM

The “Test of Heart” caves at the three lakes.

Darkrai

Lv 50ROM

Lost Tower, at the end of the Solaceon nightmare quest: Dawn’s Lunar Wing wakes the sleeping woman, and the presence blocking the tower lifts.

Zeraora

Lv 50ROM

Scripted on Route 101 in the ROM; guides place its trigger in a Hearthome building.

Zarude

Lv 50ROM

Floaroma Town.

Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorus

Level unknownROM

The Valley Windworks researcher: track roaming rain (Tornadus) and storms (Thundurus) with the News Tracker, then pray at the Celestic shrine with both for Landorus.

Enamorus

Lv 50ROM

Cogita on Firespit Island summons it once you have caught the other three.

Meloetta

Lv 50ROM

Joins you after the Hearthome Contest Spectacular. A Relic Song tutor exists.

Glastrier, Spectrier and Calyrex

Lv 50ROM

Crown Shrine (the radish field in the snow); the priest gives the bond rope.

Zacian

Lv 50ROM

Iron Island, after the gatekeeper and the two heroes.

Zamazenta

Level unknowncommunity

Paired with Zacian’s story; not found as a separate script.

Regieleki and Regidrago

Lv 50ROM

Ruins of Decision: Regieleki with an Electric type in the party (Route 209 ruins); Regidrago with a Flygon holding the Draco Plate in slot one (Lake Acuity ruins).

Regigigas

Lv 60community

Snowpoint Temple, once the three golems light the statue.

Galarian Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres

Level unknownROM

The Sea Spirit’s Den, through Hoopa’s ring with Professor Oak, after the Kanto birds.

Kubfu and Urshifu

Lv 5ROM

A level-5 gift at the Battle Frontier, where you choose Kubfu or Rockruff. Urshifu itself appears on Maylene’s and Crasher Wake’s teams.

Dialga and Palkia

Lv 50 / 80ROM

Both at once (level 50, a Double Battle) in the Space-Time Rift behind the Spear Pillar altar, with all 17 Plates. Or pick one (level 80) in the Unown Ruins, reached through the tablet wall of the hidden ruins off Route 210 with all 17 Plates; that choice is gone once you have entered the ruins in Celestic Town.

Arceus

Lv 80ROM

The Mountain Top above Team Rainbow Rocket’s castle, once you have battled Giratina and hold all 17 Plates. It joins you whether you catch it or win.

Shiny hunting them

  • The hack uses odds of 1/8192 per try. Your PC starts with a Shiny Charm.
  • Save in front of a scripted encounter and reset if it is not shiny. With the patch, a shiny Pokémon’s battle box is gold from the moment it appears, so you can tell before the sprite finishes loading.
  • For ordinary wild Pokémon, a DexNav search adds shiny rolls as the species’ Search Level rises (about 0.33% at Search Level 255 and 0.61% at 999, multiplied by five with the Shiny Charm), with extra rolls on the 50th and 100th encounter of a chain.
  • A few side-content Pokémon are always shiny: the hidden Snivy, Litten, Grookey and Scorbunny battles, the Drifloon gift and the cursed statue’s Gengar. The Quest Log marks them with a red star.
Gold box on shinies
Gold stars: all six IVs perfect
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