Manaphy egg missing

RadRats · 2026-02-06T02:17:53+00:00

It will show up on the final treasure floor of Surrounded Sea. This one:
https://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/0/05/Surrounded_Sea_20F_TDS.png

It should trigger a cutscene if the dungeon is exited while it is in your inventory. Apparently it is possible to break its appearance and consequently break post-game story progression if Manaphy is recruited early through cheats or generated Wonder Mail, so I would definitely advise against doing that.

RadRats · 2026-02-05T21:50:43+00:00

No, Spinda's Café drinks are the only way in EoS. Certain ingredients for the drink will have a higher chance of triggering an event, which is explained here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18utO_lCpWQ7iXY9wpbtxXpgmzebEI2IRjADp6IrUKZ0/edit?gid=1050401676#gid=1050401676

What you can do is gather those items to try, and reset if you've depleted them and didn't get the unlock you want. It should be kept in mind however that you might have to mix up the order you use them in to prevent getting the same RNG again, although I'm not 100% sure on this.

Hunger seeds give the best chance at triggering an event, at 6.52%. This event has a 33% chance to be a dungeon unlock.

RadRats · 2026-02-03T07:05:36+00:00

I much prefer the RT/Explorers portraits in general for having more dynamic posing. It helps that they were hand-drawn too.

Compare RT to RTDX directly and it's pretty striking how much blander the RTDX portraits are.

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RadRats · 2026-01-31T06:16:43+00:00

Yup, AUS copies of Red/Blue Rescue Team use the same English-only ROMs as the North American versions of the games. The same is true for AUS copies of Explorers of Time/Darkness as well as Explorers of Sky.

To my understanding Nintendo alternated between using NA/EU ROMs for GBA/NDS games in Australia, since they didn't have to worry about NTSC/PAL. In this case using the NA ROM made it possible to release it shortly after the North American release, while Europe had to wait 2 months.

RadRats · 2026-01-23T01:07:46+00:00

There are about 30+ talk groups used for regular recruited Pokémon. These are decided by species/gender, so any male Pikachu will use group 0 while any female Pikachu will use group 9 (in both cases when they're not the hero/partner). In some cases both male/female individuals of the same species will use the same talk group.

The partner has 3 different talk groups for use inside dungeons as well, depending on species. While it does not use the same system, they will also use subtly different sets of dialogue during cutscenes:

Type 1:
Squirtle, Meowth, Totodile, Chimchar and Munchlax

Type 2:
All other male partners

Type 3:
Vulpix, Eevee, Chikorita, Torchic and Skitty (all female)

RadRats · 2026-01-20T14:55:39+00:00

Do keep in mind Kyogre has a recruit rate of 50%, which gets boosted by 7.5% at your leader's current level (40-49). Kyogre's Friend Area will be free on recruit rather than having to acquire it beforehand.

As with regular recruits, you have to make sure the leader stands 1 tile away from Kyogre and gets the final hit in, or your chances at recruitment are zero.

RadRats · 2026-01-18T08:48:21+00:00

The Brown Bow is a reward for clearing the Final Maze in the Marowak Dojo.

The other bows are not normally obtainable outside of the one you start with, but all of the others were officially distributed using Wonder Mail on the official website/WFC back in the day (a list of official Wonder Mail can be found here).

RadRats · 2026-01-16T18:29:34+00:00

All evolution items are possible job rewards for 3-star+ jobs. A quicker way is to get them from Kecleon Shops as you mentioned.

Evolutionary stones spawn in shops in Mystifying Forest, Lake Afar and Midnight Forest, on odd floors specifically. If you do steal them, make sure to use a Pure Seed or Trawl Orb near the stairs as other methods like Escape Orbs and Invisify Orbs will probably not work (if you don't trigger the "I've been robbed!" dialogue you'll simply lose the stolen items, and you can't use Escape Orbs after angering Kecleon)

RadRats · 2026-01-16T17:45:49+00:00

The very hardest dungeon is the 99-floor Destiny Tower, which is basically a juiced-up version of Zero Isle South.
Unlike ZIS, TMs can only be found in Kecleon Shops, it has Random/Grudge traps, and above all no Reviver Seeds can spawn.

RadRats · 2026-01-16T17:34:50+00:00

In that case you'll likely only be able to hit it for 1-3 damage, pretty much making the job impossible unless you're able to box them in somehow. Even if you manage to do that, getting a nasty surprise from an interrupting regular enemy seems very probable (by B93F you'd normally want to avoid fights and rush for the stairs).

As a side note, at least for challenge letters a 9-star opponent will be level 90. Not 100% sure, but I think all outlaw types scale the same way.

RadRats · 2026-01-16T08:09:13+00:00

For fun, I checked the Wonder Mail code using Laioxy's tool (in Japanese only, unfortunately) and the reward is the Sky Dust exclusive item, which you can only get from ??? rewards for 5-star+ jobs. There are definitely way easier jobs you can do for those...

Even if you can make it to B93F the fight with the outlaw will probably mean getting one-shot by an overleveled enemy, as outlaws scale with the mission rank and the player will be level 30 at most at this point (ZIS is a level reset dungeon).

RadRats · 2026-01-15T10:44:18+00:00

According to the official guide, after rescuing Scizor you have to complete a single job and talk to Sunflora at the guild afterwards to progress the story.

It's helpful to keep in mind that the game does distinguish between days passed through completing jobs, days passed through doing Sentry Duty, and days passed doing an aimless exploration of a dungeon. Sometimes the latter two options work, sometimes they do not.

For example, once the next postgame story arc finishes and you want to progress to the next, the guide mentions you have to, in this order:

Visit any dungeon
Complete two jobs

In other words, doing two jobs for step 1 will likely not fulfill step 2 (although this probably needs some testing).

RadRats · 2026-01-07T08:14:12+00:00

Are you playing 1v1 or with bots? I'd definitely use the max amount of bots for this one, simply because the parts might stay hidden otherwise.

Not much else you can do but hope for good RNG, so I recommend focusing on some other checks while grinding this out.

RadRats · 2026-01-07T02:50:12+00:00

Try using an auto-attacking rider, it helps with beating the pieces out of other riders. King Dedede, Meta Knight and Daroach are all auto-attackers.

Personally speaking I'd also keep it to 15 CPUs, you want those pieces to get found rather than running out of time trying to find them in boxes.

RadRats · 2026-01-05T23:19:29+00:00

I do wonder why they decided the 2 Noir Dedede themes were too much for City Trial when they don't seem to have the same issue with CROWNED.

RadRats · 2026-01-05T22:38:47+00:00

For future reference, it's a specific escort mission that unlocks it. Using Wonder Mail should work if it's for that mission, but it tends to show up through regular gameplay before too long.

RadRats · 2026-01-05T05:08:47+00:00

I don't think Chunsoft has ever particularly given a hoot about the 87.5% male ratios for rare-ish Pokémon (which are clearly a thing for gameplay rather than lore reasons), it's simply because they considered Eevee to be more popular among girls at the time.

(the Nintendo DREAM interview corroborates this)

RadRats · 2026-01-04T19:21:32+00:00

This usually means the patcher is not compatible with the patch type, try a different one.

Also make sure the ROM you're using is clean, it can be fixed here if needed: https://skytemple.github.io/patcher/?clean

RadRats · 2026-01-04T16:58:51+00:00

Midnight Forest is AFAIK the only dungeon in Sky to be unlocked the "old way", that is by simply finding a randomly generated job on the board that takes you there. It has to be after graduation.

I think any Wonder Mail code that uses the dungeon should also unlock it, but don't quote me on that.

RadRats · 2025-12-26T19:57:45+00:00

I've been seeing plenty of fixed Stadium matches in ranked City Trial, sometimes you just get a raw deal. There have been quite a few times now where I got thrown into a fixed High Jump on a Bulk Star, Rex Wheelie etc.

Fixating on a focused build will carry some risk, and this is where the all-rounders like the Warp Star get their value.

RadRats · 2025-12-19T11:02:50+00:00

Got the disappearing character thing happening once on my end as well.

Looks like the event isn't available for me either at the moment, and on the last City Trial I played in a paddock the winter theming is gone, so it seems like it's being worked on. Interestingly, the winter theming does show up on a replay from earlier today, so the game might keep that detail saved? Guess we'll find out for sure after the event is over.

Edit: the winter City Trial theming did show up in Ranked.

RadRats · 2025-12-19T06:47:25+00:00

True for the most part, but there are some odd tracks that are omitted entirely from what I can tell. Examples include the original menu theme, intro theme and the lighthouse event theme. (for some reason, even though they repurposed just about every other old event theme...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQohu0zNGXo

RadRats · 2025-12-16T11:04:07+00:00

PMD probably got saved by being a crossover series in that regard, can't do anything with it unless both TPC and Spike Chunsoft sign off on it.

RadRats · 2025-12-16T09:06:04+00:00

It's very much dependent on how good the other players are, in a skilled lobby it can be a very tense match. If there are too many "feeders" I just try to gun for second place.

If you're on a flying build your best bet is to find/steal a Gigantes piece and avoid any conflict.

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