In game, the Quest Log’s Key Items chapter lists the 55 key items in story order, names each one from the start and says where it comes from.
Key items that unlock mechanics
| Item | How to get it |
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| Mega Bracelet | After the fifth badge, talk to your mother in Littleroot. Stolen briefly during the Delta Episode and returned at Meteor Falls. |
| Z-Ring | Beat the trainer behind the Fortree City Pokémon Center. |
| Dynamax Band | Leon on World Championship Island, or Sonia in his room (the house below the Pokémon Center) if you missed him. |
| Key Stone | Beat Yanshan in the developer house on Steven’s Island. |
| Ultra Suit | Devon’s president after Team Rainbow Rocket is founded. Lets you enter Ultra Space without Solgaleo or Lunala. |
| Ultra Tome | The Ultra Researcher on Steven’s Island after your first successful wormhole run; it gains pages as you explore. |
| Beast Balls | NPC on the right side of Steven’s Island; one is also handed to you inside a wormhole. |
| N-Solarizer / N-Lunarizer | Faba’s research after the Necrozma fight. |
| DNA Splicers | Ghetsis at the Giant Chasm. |
| Lunar Wing | Dawn, during the Solaceon nightmare quest. |
| Meteorite | Memento after the Delta Episode; trade it to the Fuego Ironworks owner for a TM. |
| Old Sea Map | Villa NPC on Steven’s Island (Faraway Island, Mew). |
| Tickets | Ticket 1 from your father (Battle Frontier); the World Championship ticket from Scott (your first Silver Symbol, for example Anabel at the Battle Tower), for the Lilycove ferry; the Sinnoh ticket from Waji on the island. |
| Ride device | Team Galactic warehouse, Veilstone. Summons Ride Pokémon in Sinnoh. |
| Lustrous Globe / Adamant Crystal | Irida and Adaman at the Snowfall Hot Spring in Hisui, with Palkia and Dialga in your party. |
| Blank Plate | Volo, after the final battle. |
Key items the patch adds
| Item | What it does |
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| Journal | Handed to you automatically. Names your next story objective and opens the Quest Log. Every objective is listed here. |
| Sinnoh Map | Handed to you automatically. A map of Sinnoh, or of Hisui when you are there; A flies to a town you have visited. |
| Oval Charm | From the Day-Care Man on Route 117 once you have beaten the Hoenn League. Eggs appear about twice as often. |
| Mach Bike and Acro Bike | Once you own either, the other is added to your Key Items. |
Mega Stones
Read from the game’s own scripts (v5.7 bugfix 2). Nothing marks a Mega Stone on the map. The game puts each one on an object you cannot see, so walk up to the tile framed in the picture, face it and press A; the Itemfinder does not react to them. Click a picture to enlarge it. The two orbs behind Primal Reversion and Rayquaza’s Final Meteor are in the list too.
| Stone | For | Where to get it | The spot |
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| Venusaurite | Mega Venusaur |
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| Charizardite X | Mega Charizard X |
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| Charizardite Y | Mega Charizard Y |
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| Blastoisinite | Mega Blastoise |
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| Beedrillite | Mega Beedrill |
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| Pidgeotite | Mega Pidgeot |
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| Alakazite | Mega Alakazam |
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| Slowbronite | Mega Slowbro |
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| Gengarite | Mega Gengar |
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| Kangaskhanite | Mega Kangaskhan |
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| Pinsirite | Mega Pinsir |
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| Gyaradosite | Mega Gyarados |
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| Aerodactylite | Mega Aerodactyl |
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| Mewtwonite X | Mega Mewtwo X |
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| Mewtwonite Y | Mega Mewtwo Y |
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| Ampharosite | Mega Ampharos |
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| Steelixite | Mega Steelix |
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| Scizorite | Mega Scizor |
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| Heracronite | Mega Heracross |
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| Houndoominite | Mega Houndoom |
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| Tyranitarite | Mega Tyranitar |
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| Sceptilite | Mega Sceptile |
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| Blazikenite | Mega Blaziken |
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| Swampertite | Mega Swampert |
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| Gardevoirite | Mega Gardevoir |
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| Sablenite | Mega Sableye |
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| Mawilite | Mega Mawile |
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| Aggronite | Mega Aggron |
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| Medichamite | Mega Medicham |
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| Manectite | Mega Manectric |
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| Sharpedonite | Mega Sharpedo |
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| Cameruptite | Mega Camerupt |
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| Flygonite | Mega Flygon |
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| Altarianite | Mega Altaria |
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| Banettite | Mega Banette |
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| Absolite | Mega Absol |
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| Glalitite | Mega Glalie |
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| Salamencite | Mega Salamence |
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| Metagrossite | Mega Metagross |
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| Latiasite | Mega Latias |
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| Latiosite | Mega Latios |
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| Blue Orb | Primal Kyogre |
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| Red Orb | Primal Groudon |
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| Final Meteor | Mega Rayquaza |
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| Lopunnite | Mega Lopunny |
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| Garchompite | Mega Garchomp |
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| Lucarionite | Mega Lucario |
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| Abomasite | Mega Abomasnow |
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| Galladite | Mega Gallade |
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| Audinite | Mega Audino |
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| Diancite | Mega Diancie |
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Professor Elm on Steven’s Island does not hand out a stone for showing him the Kanto starters’ Mega Stones in v5.7: the script for it is still in the game, but nothing runs it, and he only says he is busy.
Z-Crystals
All eighteen type Z-Crystals are held by Totem Pokémon at level 80, each in a hidden base-style spot in Hoenn. The species and crystals are read from the ROM; the route hints are from community guides. If you beat a Totem without getting its crystal, Selene on Steven’s Island can re-awaken it. Collecting all 18 is required to reach Team Rainbow Rocket’s castle and Necrozma.
| Z-Crystal | Totem (Lv 80) | Where |
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| Normalium Z | Gumshoos | Route 113 |
| Firium Z | Alolan Marowak | Route 114, near the Meteor Falls entrance |
| Waterium Z | Wishiwashi | Route 111, big tree on the left |
| Electrium Z | Vikavolt | Route 119 |
| Grassium Z | Lurantis | Route 120 |
| Icium Z | Alolan Ninetales | Route 111 desert, top |
| Fightinium Z | Bewear | Route 115, surf north |
| Poisonium Z | Salazzle | Route 119 |
| Groundium Z | Mudsdale | Route 115 / 119 |
| Flyinium Z | Toucannon | Route 114 |
| Psychium Z | Oranguru | Route 120 |
| Buginium Z | Golisopod | Route 111 desert, right |
| Rockium Z | Lycanroc | Route 114, big tree on the left |
| Ghostium Z | Palossand | Route 119 |
| Dragonium Z | Kommo-o | Route 111 desert slope |
| Darkinium Z | Alolan Raticate | Route 114 |
| Steelium Z | Alolan Sandslash | Route 119 |
| Fairium Z | Mimikyu | Route 110, surf south of Mauville, big tree on the right |
Extras: Pikashunium Z can be split into Pikashunium Z and Eevium Z by a machine on World Championship Island; Ash-Greninja’s Z comes from beating Ash at the Battle Frontier; the Tapunium Z comes from Nanu after the four Tapu trials; the developer’s note after Rainbow Rocket releases “a few unassigned exclusive Z-items”.
The 17 Plates
Needed for Dialga, Palkia and Arceus. Waji’s riddles and the resolved locations are on the Lost Artifacts page. In short:
- Hoenn: Fist (Sealed Chamber), Sky (the Wingull house on Route 119), Earth (Granite Cave 1F), Iron and Dread (Mauville Rocket base), Flame (Mt. Chimney), Splash (underwater on Route 126), Meadow (Route 120), Zap (New Mauville), Draco (the Meteor Temple).
- Sinnoh: Toxic (the marsh on Route 212), Stone (Oreburgh Mine), Insect and Mind (Solaceon Ruins), Spooky (Lost Tower), Icicle (Route 217 hut), Pixie (Mt. Coronet).
- The Blank Plate comes from Volo.
Shops and tutors worth knowing
| Who | Where | Offer |
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| Professor Sycamore | Post-game | Trades Zygarde Cells for items: Big Nugget (10), Rare Candy (10), Bottle Cap (30), Ability Capsule (30), PP Up (40), Gold Bottle Cap (120), Ability Patch (120), PP Max (120), random Glass Flute (10). |
| Lilycove Museum owner | Lilycove | Sells “Shiny Evolution Stones” once you are Champion; they evolve a Pokémon into its shiny colouring. |
| Poké Ball merchant | Roams; final sale in Littleroot | Balls from other regions, a limited number of times. |
| TM sellers | World Championship Island (after Sinnoh League); two old ladies left of the Battle Dome; Route 212/213 houses | Every TM. |
| Move tutors | Fallarbor (Heart Scales), Route 119 Bug Catcher (Net Ball), Abandoned Ship (Mt. Pyre ash), Pacifidlog (six scarves), Slateport (money), Trick House, Granite Cave (15 Escape Ropes), Rustboro hiker (Eviolite), glass-flute collector (five flutes), Blue Shard and coloured-shard tutors in Sinnoh | Tutor moves; the patch’s in-party relearner covers level-up moves for free. |
| Signature tutors | Various | V-create (Yanshan), Dragon Ascent (Draconid elder), Secret Sword (Keldeo), Relic Song (Meloetta), Dragon tutor with the Dragon Tablet, Cogita’s Hisui tutor. |
| Fossil services | Oreburgh Mining Museum | Fossil fusion (50,000), single Galar fossil revival (6,000), mine shovel (1,200). |
| Fuego Ironworks | Sinnoh | Buys Star Pieces at 10,000; TM for the Meteorite. |
| Eevee fan | Sinnoh | Trades Fire, Water, Thunder and Leaf Stones for coloured shards. |
| Nature and ability | Rustboro school; Route 101 Zigzagoon | Mints for a nature change (no quiz with the patch); Ability Pill and Patch as held items. |
| Hyper Training | Champion Island | Trained stats show as 31 on the EV-IV Display and rise at once. |
HMs
Cut (Rustboro), Flash (Granite Cave miner), Rock Smash (Mauville), Strength, Surf (Wally’s father after Norman), Fly, Dive, Waterfall (after Rayquaza calms the weather). With the patch, owning the HM and its badge is enough: Cut, Strength, Rock Smash, Surf, Waterfall and Dive work even when nobody in your party can learn them, and Flash is offered in the party menu inside a dark cave. In Sinnoh an HM is stored in the Team Galactic warehouse, and Rock Climb is available to Sinnoh trainers and via the ride gear.
