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Finally, a guide for Pinkan Island! This unlocks the place where you hunt while asking "when next event?" The Pinkan Island Quests Prerequisites: - Johto Champion - A minimum of 25 hours of playtime. Recommendations before starting: - Have a relatively strong team - Prepare for submitting an Electabuzz and Scyther to the Ranger. Both Pokémon will need to be at least level 90 with max happiness, and once submitted, will be lost permanently. You do not need to be the original trainer of them. Part I Unlocking the island To start the quest, head to Vermilion City, and speak with Officer Jenny, who can be found in the middle of the cities pathway. Looks like Jenny was trying to apprehend 2 members of Team Rocket who managed to give her the slip. After offering your help, you're tasked with talking to locals for more information while she calls for backup. You'll find a witness next to the bench West of the PokeCenter. She saw our suspects heading North to Route 6, so lets head that way. The route looks free of shady characters, so continue on to Saffron City. As we leave the stophouse, interacting with the Biker ahead informs us that the suspects mentioned they were going to steal supplies for a mission. The best place for supplies is the Department Store in Celadon City, so head there. The store owner is a knowledgeable fellow, who says they've been robbed of their hunting supplies. Dang, they got away. OR HAVE THEY??? On Route 7, we have 2 Team Rocket persons, whom you overhear confessing to their crimes. They are Butch and Cassidy, who do not take kindly to your eavesdropping and fight you. After defeating them, they run away. Head back to Officer Jenny and update her with what happened. She informs you of secret plans for Team Rocket to steal Pokémon from Pinkan Island. Head South to the Harbor and talk with the Pinkan Island Sailor On Pinkan Island Immediately upon arrival, Officer Jenny explains the situation. A radio call reports a lower than expected pink population, and we'll go to the forest in the south to investigate. In this town, you'll find a PokeCenter (PC). Make sure you have a Pokémon with the move "Rock Smash". Once you head south from the town, you'll be stopped by the Pinkan Ranger. After offering to help them, the Ranger will take your Pokeballs as hunting the protected Pokémon is illegal. Going south into Pinkan Island Forest, you'll run into a Team Rocket grunt. He has a Raticate (86), Hypno (85), and a Weavile (86). After he runs off, we'll need to ferret out 3 more Team Rocket grunts in the forest. You'll get pop up notifications when you're getting close. Interact with the trees or shrubs to find them. Once you've cleared the route of Team Rocket, head south to Pinkan Island Cliff. You'll see numerous Rangers fighting Team Rocket, but a few Grunts will be alone and cornering a Pink Pokémon. The first will be a grunt confronting a Vileplume, with a level 100 Houndoom, Donphan, and Ariados. After, interact with the Vileplume, which now freed, leaves behind a Miracle Seed. You'll next find a grunt cornering a Parasect. He'll have a level 100 Venomoth, Beedrill, and Ariados. After the battle, interact with the Parasect, which will send it back to the forest, leaving behind a Big Mushroom. Further on, we'll see Butch and Cassidy again, cornering a Pink Rhyhorn, and with a new and improved team. They'll have a Nidoking (89), Nidoqueen (88), Shuckle (86), Aggron (87), Cloyster (87), and a Primeape (86). Officer Jenny arrives to provide support. After defeating them, Jessie and James of Team Rocket show up. We'll use the distraction as an opportunity to free the Pink Rhyhorn, but it's a bit wary of strangers, so try to calm it down first. However, Giovanni shows up to stop us. We'll have a brief moment before the battle to heal up with potions or other items if needed. He'll have a full team of level 100 Pokemon, featuring Persian, Tyranitar, Excadrill, Rhyperior, Nidoking, and Mega Kangaskhan. After defeating Giovanni, Officer Jenny with thank you for your help, and will return to you your Pokeballs. The damage done by Team Rocket was severe, keeping the island closed a bit longer. You are transported back to shore of Pinkan City. At this point, you will need your prepared Electabuzz and Scyther. If they're not ready, you can take the ship back to Vermilion. Otherwise, collect the 2 Pokémon at the PC, and head south to talk to the Pinkan Ranger again. You will permanently donate the 2 Pokémon to the Ranger, which will help restore the affected populations. Once donated, speak to the Ranger again, who will now allow you to hunt Pinkan Pokémon. This also unlocks 2 Pinkan bosses for challenging, Officer Jenny (lighthouse in Pinkan City) and Klohver (Pinkan Island Meadow) Part II Oh wow a part 2, never saw this coming. Hope the sequel is good Since first being released to the players, Pinkan Island has received a major update, featuring new hunting locations and a Dungeon. To unlock these areas, we'll need to do a mini quest Recommendations before starting: A Pokémon with the move Headbutt (or the item Battering Ram from the in-game shop ) A relatively strong team, as the routes have quite a few trainers with level 60+ Pokémon and a final NPC with a team at around level 90. Getting started with new locations From Pinkan Island Meadow, head west to the entrance of the Pinkan Island Meadow Tunnel, which takes us to the other side of the Meadow. From here, we'll Surf, heading east and back to Pinkan Island Forest until we come to a waterfall covering a cave entrance (note, there are stairs just to he left of this image, which allows quicker access from Pinkan Island Forest. Inside is Pinkan Island Cave, which has several NPCs you can fight or avoid. There are also some items here as well. Halfway through the cave we'll find Officer Jenny again. She'll tell you that, despite good efforts, the Pinkan population hasn't full recovered yet, and will be investigating it with the researcher Rayford. Continue through the cave, and once outside, follow Pinkan Island Path as it snakes north, with a few more trainers to keep you on your toes. Legends, Berries, and the Muse This brings us to Pinkan Island Woodlands. Here you'll find Officer Jenny conversing with Dr. Rayford, who says that the Pinkan population is now growing, and believes the source of the trouble lies with a lack of Pinkan Berries, which allow the Pokémon to produce Pink offspring. After offering your services, Officer Jenny will send you off to headbutt trees to find which ones carry the Berry. Start by interacting with all the headbutt trees in Pinkan Island Woodlands, before moving to Pinkan Island Woodlands Easts and Pinkan Island Woodlands West. You'll encounter some Pokémon in the trees While searching in Pinkan Island Woodlands East, you'll come upon a stone with writing on it, which says When the moon completes and the muse descents. Then the tree will bear what the blessing presents. A Musician will approach and talk of a legend, a "Muse", and Melody Berries not growing either. As he doesn't find the Muse here, he'll head to Pinkan Island Woodlands West. After you've headbutted all trees, speak again to Officer Jenny. They are unable to determine why the Berries no longer grow, but are interested in what you have to say regarding Melody Berries, and insist you go find him again. In Pinkan Island Woodlands West, head counterclockwise to reach the Musician on the island. He will tell yourself, Officer Jenny, and Dr. Rayford about a legend about a "Muse" performing during a full moon and provides a blessing, which effects the trees and their berries. He is searching for the Muse, and has looked everywhere but to the north. From Pinkan Island Woodlands, head North to Pinkan Island Woodlands Clearing. There is nothing of interest here, so continue on to Pinkan Island Vale and Pinkan Island Mountains Here, we come across Meloetta, who is also the "Muse". She is in distress because she lost her voice, and is unable to sing her blessing. While trying to figure out what to do, Officer Jenny recalls that a guard at the mountain peak hasn't been responding, so we'll go North to investigate. A Ranger is hearing things, and Nurse Joy is unable to help him. The Guard says after a song started, a giant tree grew suddenly, making ominous noises, and drowned out the song. Nurse Joy can help the Ranger, but needs you to find ingredients first (a special type of mushroom and a fern). The fern will be from a random plant on this route (Pinkan Island Mountains), while the mushroom can be found randomly from the pink mushrooms on the previous route (Pinkan Island Vale). Beware, some of the Ferns and Mushrooms have Pokémon! Once you have the ingredients, go back to the Ranger. Once the Ranger is cured, he says it's too dangerous to proceed and will challenge you to see if you are strong enough. Once defeated, you can head North to Pinkan Island Peaks where you'll find the Crux of Melody Dungeon, which is now unlocked, as are all the new routes you've traveled through to get to this point. Additionally, the Gondola between Pinkan City and Pinkan Island Peaks is now available for you to use, which offers quick travel to the Dungeon and the newly discovered hunting routes. Thanks for reading, we hope you found this guide to helpful. Best of luck hunting your Pink Pokémon!

Allow me to add to the information provided by the others. Not every Protean Froakie has the chance to become Battle Bond when fully evolved. In order for it to be eligible to get that ability, the Froakie has to be caught under very specific circumstances. This is usually time and/or location restrictions, and usually announced to the players when in place. Protean Froakies caught outside of these parameters will not become Battle Bond Greninjas. These time restrictions are usually tied to a major event, world quest, or outbreak. Previously, there have been announcements on the PRO Discord or in-game on when and were these special Froakies can be caught. They're usually only obtainable for a limited time, often in a specific location, and the methodology can be varied. Sometimes, a small percentage of these Protean Froakie caught at that time can become Battle Bond, or that regular Protean is rarer, meaning most Protean caught would become Battle Bond. There have also been cases where regular Protean was turned off completely, meaning all Protean Froakie caught then would become Battle Bond. For example, it was available during this past Halloween Event, starting on October 11th. Unlike previously, it wasn't announced on Discord but in the game, with the message: This meant that Protean Froakie encountered at the location Necropolis had a chance of being Battle Bond when evolved, while Froakie in other locations (Eumi Island or Guild Island) did not have them. You could still encounter a regular Protean Froakie, which remained as Protean Greninja when evolved. This is different from the Halloween event of 2023, in which it was only available October 20th - 22nd. During that time, regular Protean was turned off, meaning every Protean Froakie encountered would become Battle Bond upon final evolution. As the others have described above, there are 2 ways of detecting if a Protean Froakie has the ability to become a Battle Bond Greninja. The method Yukemo77 describes can be helpful if you have caught multiple Protean Froakies from different times or events. I hope this make this a bit clearer

Hello @Dzimmjow, Apologies for the delayed response. You should be able to encounter Wattson at the Mauville PC to start the quest, who is found down the stairs from the officer. Should you need any additional help in the future, please feel free to create a new thread. Wish you the best

Hello @Rudedingo22, Apologies for the very delayed response. Is it possible you had done very well the in a previous FCC, but never collected the rewards? If this was the first interaction you had with the NPC since then, this would explain why you would first be rewarded from the previous contest before you could submit your catch from this contest.

Hello @Nottanyaa, I apologize for the significantly delayed response. I am a little confused. Is the issue that the NPC gives you the cooldown time immediately after the message "He hope to see you again!", without having to interact a 2nd time?

Due to lack of response, this thread is now closed. If you require any help in the future, please feel free to create a new thread.

Hello @Xiatian, I just wanted to check in one last time to see if you needed any additional help with this quest. Otherwise, I plan to close this thread to help clean up General Support for active threads.

No problem, glad to have helped get it figured out. As the issue has been resolved, this thread will now be closed. If you need any help again in the future, please feel free to create a new thread. Have a great day!

Hello @Moshen, Im sorry to see you ran into this issue to start the quest. I suspect the issue lies with seen vs caught data. For the Heatran quest, you'll need all non-legendary caught data for Sinnoh. In the screenshot above, Professor Rowan is discussing your seen data for Sinnoh. Hence the confusion. On the bright side, I believe you're only missing Drapion for your non-legendary caught data in Sinnoh. I believe once you have the caught data for that, you should be able to proceed with the quest.

Hi @Kiruhoshino, After consulting with the developers, it was determined this was not something we could do. I know this is not what you want to hear, but allow me to offer some advice. While a fire move will certainly help when leveling against the bugs in Viridian, its not required. Scratch will still work, though not as well. At level 12, your Charmander will learn Dragon Breath, a decent move that will help you level up a bit more quickly. Then, at level 16, your Charmander will learn Dragon Rage. This is an excellent move, especially early in the game. It automatically does 40hp damage to your foe, which will be 1-hit-knock-outs against most Pokémon you'll encounter through Mt. Moon. Additionally, your Charmander will learn Fire Fang at level 17 (if you do not first evolve it into Charmeleon) Once you arrive in Cerulean City, there is a NPC titled "Move Relearner" near the bridge in the norther part of the city. For $2000, he will reteach your Pokemon previously known level moves, like Ember for your Charmander. Also, once you have defeated the gym leader Brock in Pewter City, you can talk to Officer Jenny near the gym. She offers several mini quests, one of which will involve using one of your Pokémon to headbutt a tree. The trees in Pallet Town have a small chance of dropping Charmander, along with the other Kanto starters. This is a way of obtaining another Charmander in the early part of your adventure. Alternatively, if you do not wish to proceed with your story without your Charmander knowing Ember, you can login to the Silver Server, as you have yet to play on that server. This will start at the beginning, and the Charmander you pick here will have the move Ember. As you haven't done much yet on your Gold character, perhaps you would rather start anew with your Silver character. I hope you find one of these options acceptable, and I do again apologize for being unable to help you with your original request.

Hello @Kiruhoshino, Im sorry to see you'd encountered such an odd issue. I believe this is because we updated to Gen9 moves, which has Charmander learn the move ember earlier than previously. I have forward this thread to the developers to see if there's anything that can be done. Once I hear back from them, I'll make sure to let you know

Glad to have helped. Now that you've got it working fine, you can change the password to something safer to protect you account. As the matter is now resolved, I'll close this thread. If you need anything else in the future, please feel free to create a new thread. Enjoy the game!

Perhaps there is an issue with the password, like using a special character? I would recommend resetting the password to something relatively simple (do not share it) and see if you're then able to login. Make sure its not a password saved with your password manager. Once we can get you logging in properly, you can then changed your password to something safer.

Hello @Gameenjoyer, Sorry to see you're having problems logging in. Double check that your username and password are correct. Also, see if you can login to the PRO Dashboard - if so, you can change your password or email here if needed. Please let me know if any of that works for you.

Due to no response, I will close this thread and mark as resolved. Should you have any questions in the future, please feel free to create a new thread.

Due to inactivity, I will close this thread and mark as resolved. Should you have any questions in the future, please feel free to create a new thread.

Excellent, glad to hear it! I will go ahead and close this thread. If you need help again in the future, please feel free to create a new thread. Have a great day!

I am glad to see you were able to catch Baby XD001. I will now close this thread and mark as resolved. If you need any help in the future, please feel free to create a new thread.

As you were able to advance the quest, I will go ahead and close this thread. If you need any help in the future, please fee free to create a new thread.

Due to no response, I will close this thread and mark as resolved. Should you have any questions in the future, please feel free to create a new thread.

Excellent, I see you have obtained a Lagging Tail. As the matter has been resolved, I will go ahead and close this thread. Should you need anything else in the future, please feel free to create a new thread. Have a great day

Hello @Xiatian, Is the message from Rowan referring to your seen data of all Sinnoh region Pokémon, or the caught Pokémon? For the quest, you'll need all of the caught data for the regions non-legendary Pokémon (#387-#479)

Hello @Azulax, I believe the issue has now been resolved. Talk to Professor Rowan again, and continue onwards with the quest as you normally would. Please let me know if you are able to acquire the Orbs. Edit - I see elsewhere you have finished the quest, congrats!

Hi @Croocroo, If you haven't downloaded the game recently, please feel free to try again. Make sure its a fresh download and a clean installation folder, preferably a different one from the previous. Let me know if you are able to play the game, or if you continue to have issues.

Hello @Gothilga, The escape ropes were removed from your inventory and you were refunded. As the matter is now resolved, I will close this thread. If you need anything else from us, please feel free to make a new post. Have a great day!