HOW EASILY CAN YOU COMPLETE A LIVING NATIONAL DEX IN POKEMON BRILLIANT DIAMOND/SHINING PEARL?

[@TheRampantTragedy]

John: Please, honey trees, can I have a Heracross? Honey trees: Best we can do is 30 mangos.

[@minefish]

XD

[@DarkenedRaven]

Meanwhile my first honey tree was a Heracross.

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

And a fishing suit

[@wabb1e156]

go underground theres alot of them. Also my first tree was a heracross

[@Sauron17011]

I got 2 munchlax on different trees before I got a heracross.

[@mrjimi1]

FYI, the effect of the luxury ball works even if the pokemon inherited the luxury ball through breeding. So, you can get the luxury ball effect while also starting at 120 friendship from hatching. Not as nice as the friend ball effect, but paired with a soothe bell, stat reducing berries and the 100 steps thing, you can get it high very quickly.

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

WHAT?!

[@casheverett6300]

Its my dream to see a full living shiny dex in all generations. That would be amazing but near impossible.

[@genuinegenie7078]

Especially in the first generation

[@machina5]

Just gen em in

[@allen2reckless676]

A drive has done it tho

[@KryptCeeper969]

@@machina5 might as well photoshop a certificate stating that you are the best pokemon trainer ever also.

[@machina5]

@@KryptCeeper969 No I want a weal pokieman certificate uwu But yeah, might as well. Just as valid.

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

It's surprisingly easier to do now because of the fact the national dex is cut down to just these two games

[@allen2reckless676]

Oh I read that bad. U mean how the National dex is cut down to just 4 generations and basically all the Pokémon from all 4 gen’s and be caught in this game.

[@cadenchung4493]

@@allen2reckless676 what he mean is that in the previous games if u want to complete the national dex u need to have more than the current 2 version u have. Take example: if u want to complete the x and y poke dex u need dpp b2w2 and both x and y

[@allen2reckless676]

@@cadenchung4493 oh okay. My bad

[@ДаниярЖахан-д6и]

@@cadenchung4493 actually no, you dont need gen 4 and 5 games to conplete gen 6 national dex. Disregarding Mythicals, you can catch every pokemon with only gen 6 games. What sucks is that you need every gen 6 game, due to exclusives, but, you can always risk with the GTS. I am speaking from experience

[@Griffnix]

@@ДаниярЖахан-д6и You can catch every Pokémon in Gen 3, 4, and 6 without outside gen games. Gen 7 would need the most would Pokémon transfered.

[@teelo12000]

When I was Feebas hunting on original Ruby back in the day, I found a Shiny Carvanha before I found a Feebas.

[@brendanmemmott1597]

Yo i found a shiny magikarp doing the same thing in emerald. Was sad i couldn't get a shiny feebas

[@krisiverse]

In Emerald I got a shiny Ralts while trying to find a Seedot on route 102... and I still never found Seedot 😂

[@corazonfeathers8116]

​@krisiverse bro that was me trying to find a Skitty for my team, ran into a shiny Nincada before it lmao

[@pixel6894]

Sorry to revive a dead comment, but how do you shiny hunt in gen 3? Just spam random encounters? I don’t really know how to make that effective for specific Pokémon?

[@teelo12000]

@@pixel6894 I wasn't shiny hunting. I was Feebas hunting and completely RNGed upon a Shiny Carvanha.

[@calamity8465]

I found not one but TWO munchlaxes on TWO DIFFERENT honey trees before I found a SINGLE heracross two days after the second one. Needless to say the trees don't like me.

[@DanielPereira-ey9nt]

I had the same happen in platinum, i found 2 Munchlax both holding leftover before i got a female Combee (didnt know you could reset for gender)

[@darknessscythe1]

I found a Heracross on my 3rd tree in Brilliant Diamond, I was floored.

[@Jewao]

@@darknessscythe1 I found one on my second tree ever, God looked out for us

[@JadeJoules]

Heracross was my first tree. He is also the main powerhouse of my team.

[@brandikins11]

I’ve probably slathered honey on a hundred different trees looking for Heracross. This morning I said “here we go again” as I began to check my first one. Low and behold, a Heracross appeared. But with that kind of luck buddy (two Munchlax) you need to go to Vegas. 😂

[@chloukscolor7905]

So you’re telling me someone can in fact complete a living National dex solo ? (Except for trade evolutions). Unprecedented. Wonderful. I want all future games to enable that, even if it’s only small scale.

[@martl6115]

@@andrews2115 really? can you do trade evolutions with pokemon home?

[@expo_pkmn]

@@martl6115 nope

[@monkeymask9596]

i love that theyre making the national dex not necessarily easier, but more cost efficient, if you buy sword+shield and the dlcs you have a massive chunk done right there, a lot of what youre missing is in this game as well, so the grind is still there but theyre all very focused into a couple games now.

[@RVIU11]

Yeah and now I am at a point where I am missing Celebi, Darkrai and Arceus... which I can´t get unless I had taken part in a 30 day Pomo event that happened in April. At which point I didn´t even have a switch. Kinda pissed. I can´t even trade those Pokemons from Pokemon Go.

[@kariemacmackin5915]

@@RVIU11 have you considered getting legends arceus? You can get darkrai if you have save data from bdsp, and arceus is part of the stor7

[@wolfetteplays8894]

Honestly, I hate it. It’s spitting in the face of veteran players to cater to the kleptomaniac zoomer mentality that destroyed X & Y

[@zoroearc2582]

If I'm not mistaken, datamines of the SV DLC have shown that the only Pokémon you can't get on Switch are the Patrat line, the Elemental Monkeys and Furfrou

[@greythomas5113]

​@@wolfetteplays8894Skill issue?

[@StickMaster500]

I still remember going on Route 225 and using my Action Replay to collect each and every Pokemon in Pokemon Pearl in order to complete the National Dex. Those were good times.

[@AtomicX160]

I did the same right outside of Canalave City

[@eksmad]

Ooooh and I still remember YOU! :D

[@kingkmtso5107]

My spot was the route above solaceon Town

[@andrewlessard1574]

Vivid memories of me leaving Hearthome and using my action replay.

[@excalibur493]

Those were the days

[@NatTheNewt]

Love that you keep the "but how'd I do?" Even though we just saw u catch them all 😄

[@devantimbol1255]

I stumbled on this video a couple of months back and started working on a living dex as well. I revisited my old games and imported them to home, which was a mess since I did not sort my boxes at all. Right now, I'm about 30 Pokémon left to complete the living Dex in BD and it has been a fulfilling and fun experience!

[@curtymac7]

That moment when John has a living national dex before you have your starter cause your shiny hunting

[@bcav712]

Are you still shiny hunting?

[@curtymac7]

@@bcav712 NOPE! AFTER 180 hrs I got my turtwig hahaha

[@aidenbustos8625]

@@curtymac7 best starter

[@bcav712]

@@curtymac7 found a shiny Turtwig in Arceus! I know it’s not as impressive as what you did but I love the little guy!

[@Crxsseyed1]

@@curtymac7you should totally shiny hunt the other 2 lmao

[@yoshifighter727]

19:16 “I feel like I’m in a MATH PROBLEM!” -Johnstone 2021

[@rayflyers]

He caught 'em all, including all the mangoes! Also, Budew in Platinum was my first shiny, so I love seeing your shiny Budew here.

[@danthemaninapan]

Mathematically, when trying to get a Feebas, fishing each square once is a better strategy than fishing it two or three times. The probability of catching a Feebas on your first tile is 4/528 * 1/2. That is, 4/528 chance of being on the correct tile, and 1/2 chance of seeing the Feebas there. This equates to about a 0.3% chance. However, if we fish on that tile and see a different pokemon, we have new information about that tile, which means the probability of finding a feebas there updates. Using a formula for conditional probability (i.e. the probability of seeing a Feebas given that you've already seen another Pokemon on that square), the new probability of finding a Feebas on that square turns out to be about 0.19%. Because the probability of finding Feebas on that one tile decreases after seeing another Pokemon, the probability of finding Feebas on some other tile must increase, which means investigating a new tile is always better than investigating the same tile again.

[@wabb1e156]

someone just trade me one

[@ZZ-ex8py]

@@wabb1e156 just use the lottery number method

[@cameronmarshall800]

@@wabb1e156 I have one extra

[@goblez5900]

Theres literally a tool online to help you catch one. Idk why so many people still don't know that it's linked to your lotto number

[@Math.Bandit]

That might lead to a faster time on average, but also leads to a lot more outlier scenarios where it takes twice or three times as long. If you miss 4 coinflips (which is a 1/16, not crazy unlucky) then you end up having finished the whole lake and now you are back to the start with zero information.

[@kandyeggs]

I was recently inspired by you to attempt the Alola regional dex… I forgot my how useful/horrible Pokémon calling allies was! I’ve got more than half before the end of the story, so it’s going strong!

[@netherwarrior6113]

I completed the Pokédex around December for my ultra moon then a few days ago accidentally deleted 2 months of progress so I have to recatch and evolve more than 100 pokemon

[@sebastiencote1565]

Really cool! I didn’t know it was called a living dex, but I have been doing this for every game since Yellow! I’m only missing Heracross and Feebas (for obvious reason) in BD (and a few Trophy garden/Swarms exclusives). Waiting for my friend with SP for the trade Pokémon.

[@aaronlaughter6471]

Thanks for the stroll down memory lane, I still have my living dex in Pokémon home, all of which I been collecting sense Platinum (I been playing sense red, never transferred until it was gen 4 to 5), man Heart Gold and Soul Silver where amazing.

[@xoasis3214]

I summoned heracross, I told him I found mine and the next tree he checked he found his. It’s thanks to me John was able to find it. You’re all welcome. Seriously tho even tho I watched like 90% of all the streams this video was absolutely fantastic. The content you put out is always fantastic and I can’t wait for more. Keep it up John :)

[@aceofriddles]

That thing with finding Munchlax on the tree before finding Heracross also happened to me when I was hunting for Heracross in Platinum. Makes me wonder if Heracross is actually the super rare one

[@lumbagovideosnew5915]

Munchlax was the 1% chance back in DP, heracross is now the rarest honey tree encounter now I believe

[@Crxsseyed1]

@@lumbagovideosnew5915no, it’s still munchlax, it’s just that munchlax is now available outside of honey trees, while heracross isnt

[@samanthabackman1444]

Johnstone falling for the Haunter trade gave me way too much joy

[@ani3168]

@@lionsden8530 he was joking and it was pretty obvious

[@Nudah]

your videos are genuinely so good

[@Qihte]

poke nerd nudah?? i love it

[@DungForever]

Whenever I do a Living Dex, I always fully evolve everything then breed it to get the previous forms. I hate catching duplicates of the same Pokemon. It's also easier to just spend a day hatching eggs and leveling them up in a few battles.

[@EmptyPeace]

That's not a living dex then.. Living dex is having one of each. Not just completing the Dex which is what you're doing.. there's a difference.

[@cecilienielsen1881]

@@EmptyPeace If you breed for the previous evolutions after you're done evolving you still have a living dex.

[@EmptyPeace]

@@cecilienielsen1881 if you have one of each evolution then yes. If you have a pre evolution and evolve but dont catch another of the pre evo you dont.. You have a completed national dex. A living dex is having one of each so if you bring them to another game you have them all not just the evolution, then you'd still have to get the pre evos for the dex. Its different

[@rennnnnnnnnnnnn]

@@EmptyPeace No i think this person was saying something different. They were saying that they would rather (for example) catch a magikarp, then evolve it into a gyarados, and then breed the gyarados to get another magikarp rather than just catching two magikarp to begin with. So its still a full living dex 👍

[@mr.c207]

Can’t wait for the professor oak’s challenge in this game. It’s gonna be insane with the underground.

[@apocritas]

I like that fixing your pen broke your Switch. Blowing on it just passed the broken-ness on to the next available object

[@LeamonPuppy]

I can’t remember how but I used some weird site to figure out the spots where feebas was in on the particular day I was on. I think it had something to do with the lotto ticket day number and you would put the number on the site and it would tell you the spots it was in, thats too bad you didn’t know about that it would have helped a ton lol. And heracross was a huge pain for me

[@Marik745]

“How many times can I speedrun these games while eating 30 mangoes?”

[@samuelstannard730]

The Professor Oak challenge in this game is going to be wild!

[@ConnorKrohnicles]

About the Feebas tile change, I’m fairly sure it doesn’t work quite the way he said. I entered the room to start fishing at 11:58pm and finally found it the next day at around 4pm without closing the game. After catching a bunch of feebas to trade my friends (I’m all out of feebas please don’t ask me for any) AND taking a screenshot of my location so I could continue to fish after trading in the same day, I went back to catch more feebas. To my surprise, even though it was still the same day and I went to the same tile, there was no feebas. I’m confident that the feebas tiles are locked upon entry to the room and if the time rolls to the next day, the tiles are only reset when you exit the room. Because I entered the room 2 minutes before the switch, the tiles were already primed to switch as soon as i left, but didn’t actually switch because i stayed in the room. If this is the case, it means you could fish in the same spot for weeks and still get feebas because the tiles don’t change. TLDR; Feebas tiles don’t spontaneously switch when the next day rolls over. They switch when the next day rolls over AND you leave the room.

[@ConnorKrohnicles]

Also also, in terms of your experience in the video, this means you could’ve just stayed in mt coronet and continued fishing for feebas because the tiles wouldn’t switch until you leave the room.

[@skydragonfire93]

Nobody is safe from Mindy and her Haunter holding an Everstone.

[@realar]

I hate her.

[@hrideshkumar414]

Who dont

[@nando5340]

So you can catch everything with regular poke balls wow respect

[@adhdweirdo4314]

Love how during the intro you played like, the best route music

[@Sam20309]

I’ve almost completed my living dex for this game. I was following the platinum dex though and now the only Pokemon I need are nosepass and probopass, swarms are a pain haha.

[@kartoffel2714]

I completed basically everything besides daily pokemon a week ago, since then I've been searching for leaf stones and kabuto fossils in the underground with no luck. But hey, atleast I have 50 thunder- and fire stones.

[@10Bendog]

I was watching this video as I was going around in Legends and just as you showed the Shiny Budew you got, I found one myself at an outbreak. Almost missed it too because it was under a tree's shadow, making the colors more difficult to spot, and I didn't hear the sound either, lol.

[@ExSpectre]

Fun fact, you can get a Spiritomb as soon as you get to the broken tower thing. It takes way way longer since you have to rely A LOT more on rng, but it’s doable.

[@rizu-kun9687]

"If Johnstone asked for mango slices and received 30 mangoes, how long will it take for him to catch a Feebas?"

[@WooffleDee]

35:15 Oh man I wondered who traded that Spinda with the funny name (which you all should do on Twitch by the way)

[@isabellabiagioli4757]

I caught munchlax as my first honey tree encounter and thought of you. I felt like you did when you found the feebas :)

[@super_NOOBTHE1ST]

This dude takes gotta catch ‘em all to a whole other level

[@anthonyt4053]

Brilliant checklist I'm about to reset on my diamond copy to attempt this so I applaud the effort you to man.

[@TheBuckeyefan18]

Saw some of the stream as well! Video turned out fantastic

[@dddrones]

1:26 you're the 4th person I've seen have a shiny during this encounter that's absolutely wild to me

[@CrushedParagon]

I see you made the same mistake I did and had an Octillery in front for Feebas, suction cups no longer helps with fishing; no guard, however, does

[@SimplyPlatano]

Watching this video is making me want to make my own living dex.

[@thomassantos3684]

Wouldn't have pegged John as a Claire fan, but that's pretty darn cool.

[@slackerofhell]

That Heracross grind was just evil lol! Took me a lot longer than it should've because I kept forgetting to check the trees hahaha!

[@ja3621]

16:20 tips for great marsh 21:45 chain exclusive pokemon

[@gabriellockwood2780]

I’ve mostly moved my BW Dex forward each new Gen. It made completing the XY/ORAS Dexes really simple. Anytime a new game releases, before I buy it, I try to learn which mons will be in the Regional Dex, so I can mass import the Dex to quickly finish the Dex in one game. (I play normally on my primary Switch; and skip the Dex filling on my Switch lite.) This helps me figure which Pokémon I still need to grind or Trade, etc.

[@WayWardWonderer]

I just KNEW that Troll-Trainer with the Haunter was still in the game, so I didn't even bother to talk to her!

[@Ylurple]

re: feebas, i learned that suction cups is bugged to do nothing, but no guard or arena trap will make you land a fish every time. also there's a calculator where if you input your lottery numbers from the jubilife lottery, you can narrow down your feebas tiles

[@garrettkippley2402]

Hey John, hilarious vid. Good call on spinda. I've been checking every day for the last 7 months and it hasn't shown yet. 35:19

[@jddunham8738]

As always, I respect the determination. You crazy, crazy s.o.b. Can't wait to see you hit 300k brother!

[@LTDextel]

My Feebas hunt only took like an hour and a half. Great content. Wonderful vid

[@mmikeyy]

Kricketune with a master ball killed me. LMFAO

[@Zeroshiki]

I haven't even started playing yet because I can't get shiny Turtwig, this man got the National Dex completed, probably more than once. 💀

[@1998Haris]

You came too far, no giving up man! 👊🏼 I respect you, good luck

[@DeinBleistift]

YES! YES! YEEEEEES! I was hoping so much you would do this video! I plan on completing the national Dex for the first time ever in these games. I'll try on my own, but if i ever get stuck i might just get here again and look for advice. Thank you!

[@1998Haris]

Falls du einen Diamant Tauschpartner brauchst, sag Bescheid! 😊

[@DeinBleistift]

@@1998Haris Bin selbst Diamant-Spieler, aber danke für's Angebot :)

[@slypii9362]

I love how normie in a math question “John has 30 mangos” is

[@KobeLoverTatum]

The next extra challenge you add with be a shiny living dex.

[@PROrangeV2]

The madlad has done it again!

[@darkmaster1201]

Watching the video: sure John 😃 Watching THE STREAM: LET'S GO

[@ThuggyMacho]

Beating the game in 20 minutes? There's no way.

[@donavin415]

this spreadsheet will be so helpful, love the content bro!

[@joeyteter9383]

Man, I got exhausted just listening to everything you’ve gotta do to complete it lol

[@sammieqt_]

20:41 John: _twitches_ Shiny Budew: "okay, alright, you got me, here I am"

[@SSJ3Goku90]

38:01 Well I didn't expect THAT message in twitch chat. Hi mom I'm famous! :'D

[@cicisstormshelter1076]

I find it hilarious to see you do a contest with Regigigas. Regigigas: "I do not deserve this humiliation!!!" X(

[@vestiges-of-teal]

29:24 what happened here. did the audio just decide to get deepfried?

[@beanie4969]

Something interesting: John finally caught a Heracross on route 214, which just so happens to be Heracross' national dex number

[@WinslowSmith96]

I smell a Professor Oak challenge on the horizon

[@baahblo]

I really hope he does another excel tutorial, the first part of the video was really helpful

[@juanmanuelgarcia4605]

I lost my mind with the oras national dex and watching you do the sinnoh national dex dang you were out of your mind. I salute you my man. I salute you.

[@55yamy]

So I started the game on the 27th of november and got Heracross on the 4th of december with 7 badges. It's so hard to find. Really nice video.

[@kingzerko]

Last week I got Lugia on my Brilliant Diamond copy and now I have 492 mons, so I completed the Nat Dex - only Deoxis missing.

[@Amelia4111]

THE I IN DEOXYS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A Y!

[@maxurmon]

swarm exclusive pokemon are the worst, great marsh pokemon you get 6 a day and trophy garden you at least know when you will get them, swarm has the most exclusive pokemons of all daily events and you only get 1 a day and is random, it combines the worst aspect of every daily event, because of them my living dex looks very incomplete even when i already got every other pokemon, i will probably be able to fill it with home before they decide to appear

[@maxurmon]

two weeks since i made this comment, still no pidgey swarm

[@maxurmon]

today i finally got the pidgey swarm, i checked daily since i made the original comment, it has been 1 month since i made it, and 3 weeks since the first update, that is 5 weeks before a pidgey, i finally get my living dex

[@Amelia4111]

THE PLURAL FOR POKEMON IS NOT POKEMONS! NO S!

[@RasenRendanX]

I havent seen your videos in like.. a year so its kool to see your face and that you stream now! Ill be looking forward when Arceus is out and what videos you make for that

[@troyzoya9140]

He makes it look so fast like "and after 11 hours of streaming, I decided to take a break by catching more Pokémon" 💀

[@PsychOsmosis]

For an added challenge, my living Dex includes every form available in a given Pokémon game (as in every different picture you can see in the Dex, like gender differences for Pokémon who have them).

[@TheSphero]

Good thing Spinda isn't here... oh wait.

[@PsychOsmosis]

@@TheSphero Yeah, Spinda would be the obvious exception.

[@schaffs2]

I love this part 13:56

[@davidvanholland2026]

Hey man wanna say thanks for the google doc it has been very helpful however I do want to let you know about a mistake in there, it says to get a wynaut you need to breed a wobbuffet holding an odd incense but it actually needs to hold a lax incense

[@onegoldenkookie]

Watching the Feebas part and I am so glad there's the poke lotto method... saved me so much time

[@Quortezz3]

Yo awesome for the shiny Roserade, one of my favorites ever. Great vid as always!

[@Zuk0559]

I come back to this video once so often just to watch the mango part. Lmao funny everytime 😂

[@liampouncy7808]

You're looking really good btw, dude. I'll have to watch the vid to know whether that part is good. :P

[@Xzeihoranth]

'Super fun to take on', after that near-breakdown over the pen breaking.

[@argadiamon5693]

Congrats on your National dex, Mangoman

[@Pacenectar]

the mango intermission really added to the experience. math problem mango man

[@mariana.2103]

congrats john!! great video as always :))

[@Raddgreene]

Hey John, 16:01 what went wrong on the poffins is that you cannot use a berry more than once, I had to look that up and once I understood that, poffins were so much easier

[@alolamanalo]

Watching this as I work on my own pokedex in Shining Pearl :D

[@AdmiralBobbery123]

Is it really possible to complete the entire 493 (minus mythicals) without needing pokemon Home, Sword, or Shield? Just one BD and one SP to trade between? That’s honestly the best incentive I’ve seen to make me want to pick it up.

[@1998Haris]

I can tell you it really is possible :) a challenge, but one may complete it sooner or later.

[@MatterBe]

21:11 great transition :)

[@alexthunder9926]

Well John, I got a couple of new challanges for you. #1: How easy is it to get every pokeball sticker in Pokemon Shiny Pearl and brilliant Diamond. #2: How easy is it to get everything from th underground in Pokemon Pearl, Diamond, Shiny Pearl and Brilliant Diamond

[@treysmith9925]

I got so lucky with Feebas. I had set aside an entire day to get it, then found it on the second tile I tried

[@baileyjones7006]

I finally got the drive to do this but I’ve missed the Arceus and Darkrai events. 😐

[@Fishgobloopybloop]

The answer to your mango question is they got the equivalent price of whole mangos to pre sliced mangos

[@Calaveso]

This is the most cursed episode of the living dex challenge ever

[@hitavi4965]

"That's so many mangos dude, I feel like I'm in a math problem!" -John 2021

[@kylelambdin9659]

This video shows me just how lucky I am that I had a Heracross on my Nuzlocke team

[@Elainaa-p4p]

29:59 "HORRIBLE BREATH" made me laugh so hard I almost choke on my drink