HOW EASILY CAN YOU COMPLETE PROFESSOR OAK'S CHALLENGE IN POKEMON LEGENDS ARCEUS?

After uploading the Catch 'em All video for Pokemon Legends: Arceus, a lot of you wanted to see how hard it would be to take on the most grind-intensive challenge I know. Today we're going to find out how easily you can complete Professor Oak's Challenge in Pokemon Legends Arceus! This video took a lot of time and effort to put together, so I'd really appreciate it if you shared this with a friend. If you have any suggestions for the next video, leave it in the comments below! Have a great day :)
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[@JohnstoneYT]

Thanks for checking out the video! I got approved for Super Thanks if you want to show extra support on the video, but as always I appreciate you all for just watching what I do :) New video later this week! I'm super excited for the new uploads I have planned :)

[@peterblanchard8566]

Good to see you back Johnstone. I've been watching more SmallAnt sine you've been gone. I'll let you decide your own opinion on how that's going 😜

[@bethanyb6742]

i won’t stand for oshawott slander >:(

[@tuckersalm4338]

Hope you’re still planning on making the video about all the shinies you got while perfecting the dex 🤞 love the stuff man

[@chester3890]

Ok now you gotta explain why you dislike oshowatt cause is insanely cute he goes Splish splash

[@sharkronical]

Where is Live channel upload

[@Igorcastrochucre]

In Pokémon HGSS, you have to get 5 evolutionary stones from random calls, even though you can buy them in the very next section of the game.

[@breadzeppelin2165]

the pokeathlon?

[@nitrodog96]

Only four, isn't it? One fire stone for Growlithe or Ninetales depending on your version, and three Leaf Stones for Exeggutor, Vileplume and Victreebel, right?

[@dabmonstr7403]

@@nitrodog96 sun stone for bellosom too iirc

[@nitrodog96]

@@dabmonstr7403 You get that one from Pickup iirc, that's why ChaoticMeatball got his whole team of Aipom to level 31

[@Kairos_Akuma]

That wasn't HGSS. It's the OGs you're thinking off. In HGSS you can obtain them from the Pokeathlon.

[@rb6837]

Man said “Cherubi” like it’s just another Pokémon that isn’t hard to catch at all

[@Haydenrwyatt]

Ha I had to transfer one from pokemon home cause of how much a pain in the ass it was

[@Rayquaza_Enthusiast]

I caught cherubi last I had every other Pokémon not including arceus

[@riolugaming5017]

While playing this game I had so much fun going around catching and battling every Pokémon that when i actually decided to fight the nobles I was about 40 levels over, I also reached the point where all level Pokémon obeyed me before I even fought electrode, so that was fun

[@breadphones28]

same ! I haven't fought the last noble yet but I've already gotten all stars trying to finish all pokédex entries, i took a huge break because i gave up before doing the eeveelutions lol

[@valoressbqiskrnrjbx5025]

Same!!! Like legit me

[@jkfbekfh2535]

Same it felt too op showing up to the 1st noble battle with a lvl 50 samurott because i grinded too much

[@mschmidt7387]

@@breadphones28 only about half the game is beating the nobles

[@vibes_4225]

oh same, not like level-wise but definitely rank wise

[@frederickkriesel2724]

You can capture Chimchar befor the quest with it being in a tree. It's on the same hill as the second camp. Either NorthEast or Northwest of it.

[@YujiUedaFan]

Monferno too, but I hear the spawn is super rare. Funny because I got Monferno right away there before the first lord.

[@scottvergin4732]

I didn’t find Chimchar except for on the island, but I do find Monferno near the second camp.

[@janwillemdewaard354]

To unlock the quest you need to have beaten Kleavor i think

[@yaycupcake]

You can actually get up on top of the mountains surrounding the lake in the tutorial section (before talking to Mai or getting Wyrdeer). There is one spot you can climb on foot -- it's near Alpha Luxio.

[@hhjan594]

Yes I have totally done that before and I caught Togekiss even before talking to Mai. Hilarious.

[@AVerySexuallyDeviantOrange]

Might be considered an exploit, not sure

[@zuthalsoraniz6764]

Since the intention of the "no glitches or exploits" rule really is "no sequence breaking", I think this should not be allowed.

[@AVerySexuallyDeviantOrange]

@@zuthalsoraniz6764 nvm he got it at the end of that section we were both wrong lmao

[@hhjan594]

@@zuthalsoraniz6764 I think these two are very different. I consider the lake Verity top as a secret hidden spot that you can access in the early game if you go out of the way to do that. Also if you don't go to these high places in the Feildlands, you won't be able to get sky tumblestones to craft Feather balls. It's also pretty questionable if that place is considered "sequence breaking" since you normally don't need to go there for any reason. The pokemon that spawn up there are just evolutions of pokemon that spawn down the mountain, except the one Togekiss that's flying above the lake.

[@5DGAMER_]

Y does everyone neglect my boi oshawott’s existence:(

[@panzerelite1344]

I'm here with you friend. Our boi oshawott shall not be neglected any longer!

[@iwishoneday]

Oshawott is my favorite Pokémon

[@AceOf_Games]

Who?

[@ttv_snipes_ex1192]

Because its ugly

[@BlargTheEnderman]

I love oshawott in black and white hes kinda rough in this game

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

Great vid!! Learned a lot watching it. This is a lot more hardcore than I thought it would be. That satchel grind in the fieldlands is absolutely ridiculous sounding. I had no idea they make them progressively spawn in more frequently as you progress - good info to have. Also didn't know you could catch those Qwilfish early, either.

[@PokekaiPJArchives]

Hi Absol! Or Matt.

[@Nate-xi4zf]

Eyyyy umbrella

[@thequinnimator4092]

hey umbrella ☂️

[@RedMadMichael]

Its out friend ☂️

[@No-idea-tbh]

💦 ☂ 😑

[@maubeerbluffin4552]

I've actually managed to catch Remorade in the Crimson Mirelands, already. It spawns in the water next to the "hidden"/"obscured" area near the Roselia spawn there. In that area you find a few Ralts, too.

[@YukiKazeko]

6:10 - You surprisingly don't NEED Wyrdeer. With enough perfect angles and rolling, you can get up there.

[@gabriellockwood2780]

All you need to get the Darkrai Quest is to have Save Data from BDSP (up to Gym Badge 1~2, which is around the time you unlock Mystery Gift as well)

[@115UndeadAnarchy115]

You need any save data from BDSP IIRC. I borrowed a friends, started the game and saved as soon as I could and it unlocked the Darkrai quest

[@wolfetteplays8894]

@@rajeetdave there’s shaymin if you’ve played SwSh???

[@ImThylacine]

Yes! Another Legends challenge! I've watched the perfect Pokedex challenge SO many times now while grinding for my own perfect dex - I'm about a third of the way there now!

[@eamondaley2899]

I was thinking that entire video like... yeah! I can do this task! Until I saw the end. Capping points at 99,990 is so lame and not even a single pokeball for a reward for perfect dex

[@justinlaprairie6857]

Nice

[@Zach90888]

I have 68 left to do. Getting tired though

[@Zach90888]

I’m done baby!

[@justinlaprairie6857]

Good job zack

[@blakelee6691]

Hope you are feeling better and in a better headspace John! We all need breaks sometimes!

[@QuayzaGG]

The "What is going on guys" after loading up bdsp almost actually killed me due to laughter

[@JazzyWaffles]

"-a ten-year-old is smarter than him-" John's editor (presumably himself?): *inserts the scene where Cylene says you're 15 immediately afterwards* Great job everyone

[@Pam234]

Glad im not the only one to see this 😂

[@nexusvine4475]

If anyone is interested it’s at 1:15

[@ResearcherOak]

I did this in my original run and you and I noticed a couple differences. The first one is that I didn't know you could catch Qwilfish in the Fieldlands, and the second one is that I was struggling to come to terms with the fact that I'd have to beat Arcanine without Magnezone, but it actually spawned! I definitely didn't know about the thunderstone.

[@ultmewtwo]

I did this to but my qwilfish was from a trade

[@thelanktheist2626]

I’ll probably do this for my next run, a true and consistent 100%…

[@immortaliron2475]

17:15 Ah yes rhyperior. The ground rock type. Against the grass fighting type. Total cakewalk

[@judgementbird2248]

One thing I always keep as a rule for myself tbh is 'if there's a feed x times one try to do it' as it is an easy 5-10 levels of research for level 10. And after a freak accident that reset all my legends arceus data, I've been doing that for a fair handful of entries, because I would like to get the shiny charm again pretty fast.

[@CynamminStyx]

I’d say the pre-E4 section for this game should be called the “Pre-apocalypse” section.

[@hhjan594]

Great! Let's start a Professor Laventon's challenge, you need to gain as many research points as possible before each boss! This includes finishing each and every possible research task in the Pokedex, like catching 30 bidoofs, using 70 Thunders with Raichu, using 100 Strong style moves with Machamp, and defeating 10 Cherubis before fighting Kleavor. Thrust me, the last one is the most fucking difficult one.

[@AgusSkywalker]

Defeating Cherrim is even harder. They spawn in the same 2 trees as Cherubi with less than 10% chance.

[@hhjan594]

@@AgusSkywalker Holy shit I totally didn't know Cherrim was possible to spawn in the Feildlands.

[@tiehunterog]

Getting all the Scizors, Glaceons, Machamps, and Golems is awful, but in the second zone, you can get a sleeping Snorlax in a space-time distortion.

[@hhjan594]

@@tiehunterog Getting a sleeping Snorlax in a space-time distortion sounds very funny, nice joke LOL .......Wait, you are serious?

[@tiehunterog]

@@hhjan594 Absolutely serious. The POC discord has proof of it, if you're not convinced.

[@Trans4Hire]

I like the catching every Pokemon before a gym part of the professor Oak's challenge but I hate the evolving part, it's just endless grinding when the catching and finding part is what's actually fun

[@Knightros]

“It took me nearly an hour and a half to get find a peat block” So when I got it first try, died and lost it, then got it third try, was I super lucky?

[@Bapper0]

I’ve completed the dex and I’ve only gotten two peat blocks. One was from a mission.

[@axelferguson7884]

That’s definitely lucky. It took me SO long.

[@wintersong2266]

I searched for hours because of some shitty guides that told me to search for it in Crimson Mireland. Then for some reason I randomly decided to search for treasures in the Cobalt Coastlands and got it first try.

[@sushi287]

I got a peat block within 20 minutes of trying, died and lost it, and then spent the next 2 hours looking for one. You got incredibly lucky

[@DanTheGucciMan]

I was so close to selling my last one when I realized wait I may need this and I didn’t sell it thankfully

[@Too__]

Climbing up the cliff in the Obsidian Fieldlands to get the flying Togekiss should 100% be required because you can walk up there. You don't need any Wyrdeer shenanigans, literally walking can get you there.

[@tstealy89]

this was the video I have been waiting for! Thank you for the great content John!

[@aruwaurachi9649]

I personally did "Get as many stars before going to the second area". Got to 9 stars on the first area and then got bored, i made a reddit post and then never touched the game again ^^'

[@hhjan594]

I also tried this too, and I got my 10th star in the Mirelands....Then I decided to see when my research points max out. That happened in the Coastlands...... what should I do next?

[@thoopsy]

I did go to the top of Lake Verity as soon as I had Basculegion my first playthrough so it's reasonable to think that people would go up there early. Otherwise, another great one John! Perfect length to fold my laundry to!

[@demodragon3637]

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[@murarmight]

I found your channel recently and must say I love every video of yours. Congrats!!

[@awesome10billion]

This was a fun video to watch. I’m currently rewatching the other Professor Oak videos. I’m curious to know how would this challenge work when trying to do it in BDSP. It would be a fun stream to watch you planning and executing this

[@chizzicle]

Oshawott actually best water starter and one of the best, if not the best starter overall and I won't stand for this kind of slander

[@dr.sunbear4255]

#OshawottTeam

[@honeykrisp16]

Thank you,finally someone else who doesn't hate oshawott purely cause it's from gen 5

[@5ashll303]

Exactly cyndaquil fans out here acting like he isn’t the worst stater of the three. I swear johto fanboys;(

[@rory2345]

oshawott is so cool with its first two evolutions but samurott ruins it for me

[@5ashll303]

@@rory2345 both forms?

[@Gabowsk]

Pokémon: "GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL!" Also Pokémon: "You won't catch 'em all until 26 years into the future."

[@RGC_animation]

I love how ironically, it is the first section of the game that is the grindiest and most difficult part.

[@riventriss3960]

Oh? Ohhhh? Johnstone videos remind me of Coldstone ice-cream: a rare treat. Keep catching em all!

[@RacoonHand]

These professor oak challenges are so chill and some excellent content

[@No-idea-tbh]

Legends Arcues is an experience I want to experience again without spoilers

[@MarcusMcGrizz]

I literally just got done watching your full completion pokedex video. Great timing.

[@OmegaCrimson]

ive been seeing your challenges pop up in my feed and i quite enjoy watching them so take my sub homie

[@Justin131993]

Was so satisfied to know that you were aware that you could get Qwilfish in the fieldlands.

[@Patterrz]

i love johnstone

[@aidanmcguire3160]

me too

[@Echoesoftimelover]

Me three

[@dragun7667]

Me four

[@ProjectMATHEW]

Johnstone - master of Pokemon legends Arceus! Can't believe that finish in game time lol what the heck! I'm glad this game is so playable and you seem to have really done it to the max and are still willing to do it again. Speaks volumes to the calibre of this game I guess

[@impulsivemark]

Man you're awesome! I am yet to finish/complete mine but I am slowly slowly getting there!

[@simplybecca6959]

Glad to have you back man, excited for this one

[@stealth_elf959]

Whilst being a no star rank in the first area, I managed to get a lvl 30 Graveler because of a shaking rock near the alpha Snorlax

[@sleepdeprivedpikachu7235]

great video!!!! can't wait for the one next week!!!

[@dhaoschaos6671]

After seeing ur videos everyday I missed this show a lot glad u found it again thanks for the content

[@Joeri2]

I love the professor oak challenges!

[@redwaller1]

After getting to the post-game Heatran was the only legendary I caught that took more than one ultra-ball.

[@HarrisonMartin]

This is some serious dedication. Well deserving a like and a sub!

[@ajoconnor64]

this was honestly a very interesting and entertaining video. Great stuff and worthy of a sub.

[@retto4390]

Omg Johnstone is back I never realized how much I missed his sultry voice while I do other things

[@maxwellwilliams1802]

I think technically you can get manaphy during the coastlands "badge", because I think I was able to do so during my POC

[@abbilocke736]

Great video John! Glad to see it

[@Fantom_210]

Great video. Currently working on this challenge but making it to where I perfect each Pokédex page as well. There are a few tasks that can’t be done during certain sections but it’s a grind none the less

[@hhjan594]

That sounds like a professor Laventon challenge to me. Should be fun to catch a sleeping Snorlax in the Space-time distortion in the Mirelands.

[@angelcwooah6481]

I'm in the process of doing that, almost perfected everything, just working on Regigigas and some Eeveelutions for the battle tasks, only need to do catching for some mon to finish many pages I'm also attempted a collecting male and female Alpha Pokémon challenge, i don't have any Alpha Porygon or Magnemite, but i have at least one gender Alpha of every Pokémon, many sets are complete

[@linkzelda102]

any day there’s a new johnstone video is a great day

[@ShinyHunter576]

Preach

[@gengarzilla1685]

I managed to reach that island in the Crimson Mirelands on my first visit with a ridiculously precise jump from Wyrdeer. So anything there can be caught before you battle Lilligant.

[@samanthabackman1444]

I can't tell you how hard I burst out laughing at the cut off to BDSP with "Hey, how's it going guys-" lol I just can't. I love your editing so much

[@MalsOverHeaven234]

Finally new challenge and yeah!!!Love the vids

[@connorsprattley6077]

Petition to announce caught Pokémon in future professor oak challenges in pokerap style with a beat

[@TheTitaniumSamurott]

This video is a certified hit!

[@brandonlarson6415]

Great video! Was very entertaining and informative!

[@K_D_S88]

When I did my play through of this game I didn’t really know what a POC was but I ended trying to catch everything I could before I moved on with the story cause I wanted to be a perfectionist about it. I probably missed some of the harder ones you did here because I was playing casually but I think the fact that I not only caught all the Pokémon but also did at least 10 of the pokedex quests to get their icon filled in might have made up the difference.

[@IzraelGraves]

You can catch Gyarados in the very first section before you even get Wyrdeer.

[@bethanyb6742]

oshawott slander >:( not thankful

[@Im_just_some_guy]

Oshawott slander :) I'm thankful 😊

[@namebn]

Thanks for the tip about finding Qwilfish in obsidian fieldlands. I'm doing this myself and didn't notice them.

[@OlliePattz]

😂😂😂 0:49 I’m dead that’s the first time a youtuber has put a graph up about subs and I actually subbed, ur good 😂

[@Showsni]

I've noticed some of the satchels that spawn are people on my friend list. If you get friends to continually die in game, can you force satchels to spawn any faster?

[@wolfetteplays8894]

Yeah, but you won’t always be able to collect them. It rotates through various players. Also, satchels are real time locked, so you couldn’t force them to go faster anyway…

[@ThePC-eh2lt]

I was JUST rewatching the BDSP trainer card video thinking: “I wonder when the next Johnstone will come out…” 😄

[@yadhier4188]

another great video

[@courtneyevie]

my favourite part about this professor oak challenge is that it's slow to get going, but when it starts moving it really starts moving. the fieldlands takes anywhere from a few weeks to a month, the mirelands takes anywhere from a few days to a week, and then i managed to clean out the coastlands and highlands in the same day. it takes so long to start but as soon as you're done with the fieldlands the hard work is over and you can just relax and catch pokemon.

[@assordante2205]

If it were me doing this challenege, those 4 evolution items at the end of the first section just would have been marked as unattainable. But then again, I'm not a professional professor oak's challenge youtuber, so what do I know?

[@dakkath414]

Wait, Laventon just gives you the other two starters?! I found mine from massive mass outbreaks and I could've saved myself so much effort! RE: getting on top of the mountains around Lake Verity, my fave place to get up is near the patch you catch shaymin at.

[@ghastlyanarchy1720]

I was hoping for this challenge because I'd totally do this in Legends. Perfect.

[@Dunkelwald_]

This video resparked my passion for this game and tonight I will delete my old save file to start new and relearn everything. Thank you!

[@P4AN_]

What did oshawat do?

[@dr.sunbear4255]

Nothing wrong

[@morphoblu4]

1 thing I’m most impressed with, the fact that he pronounces every Pokémon name right You wouldn’t believe how many Poketubers pronounce so many names wrong Like, it’s probably the most simple part of your job, get it right

[@kristopherdawne]

Oh I've been doing this a way harder way: every pokemon to research 10 before progressing any part of the game. It took like 13 hours to cross the first bridge (a lot of that was getting stuff past the Snorlax side). I still haven't fought alpha Kriketune but I've gotten good at mashing myself into the cliffs to get up where the Big Boys live without Wyrdeer. I've got almost 80 Pokemon so far and not being able to upgrade my bag or camp in the middle of the map is deeply tedious

[@Vini-BR]

I once did a very long challenge of catching every pokémon you can and getting all dex researches possible in "Route 1" of this game. That is, everything you can accomplish before ranking up and crossing that bridge in Obsidian Fieldlands, and without connecting to friends or importing pokémon. I ended up grinding so hard that two of my pokémon reached lv100 (beating or catching alpha Alakazam and Snorlax did much of that). The hardest thing was finding enough thunder stones to evolve enough amounts of Eevee and Pikachu to get the tasks done for Jolteon and Raichu. It took me 75 hours of gameplay to get the whole challenge done and I redeemed 17,7k research points at once, which took me straight to 7 stars.

[@pixel6894]

I’m wondering if this is easier or harder than the wild area in swsh. Because that was kinda crazy.

[@fusionoftheaces9097]

you know after hearing your comments on "catching a male and female ralts" I feel the need to ask, am I the only one that remembers, Gardevior isn't Genderlocked like Gallade? you can evolve a Male ralts just as well into a Gardevior.

[@ArnoLamme]

Nice video, although I was secretly hoping you would do the near-impossible task of completing each available pokedex entry before progressing

[@AJLeomusic]

Love the videos!

[@SilentMeteorite]

Oshawott did nothing wrong!! And they just get even better with Dewott! I won't take this Oshawott evolution line slander!! I've always found it weird that they never gave it a third evolution though.

[@riceballsmashpokemongamere1705]

"And with Pokemon like Rhyperior on the team, this was an absolute cakewalk." Yeah, Rhyperior, a rock and ground type which is weak to grass and fighting.

[@GhotiBone]

Oh I've been waiting for this.

[@kingzerko]

Great vid!

[@brycecherak-behrendt828]

Professor oak challenge black and white 2 😈

[@rory2345]

i wanna see him do every medal

[@brycecherak-behrendt828]

@@rory2345 that'd be amazing

[@Hello-pv1xw]

You can start the fight with a noble and lose the fight to get a warp point to the arena which can be used in the first section before kleavor to get to blissey a bit faster.

[@ShyGuy2005]

I remember playing LA like this. Since exp was so easy to obtain and catching pokemon was a breeze, I made it a priority to catch every pokemon available before moving to the next area, and a few some other time. Im pretty sure that alone allowed me to exit the first area with around a 7-8 star rank. Rank ups were slow afterwards but i still stsyed firm to my promise and i had pretty much all besides the mythicals, giratina and weather genies caught before fighting Volo and finished the game with a living dex. PLA is too fun for its own good imo, despite everything but the main gameplay being lackluster.

[@ultmewtwo]

I did it to I had jet balls when still in 1st area

[@Uni_Dragon]

i loved the video :)

[@vbph2011]

How about the as-perfected-as-possible oak challenge?

[@AgusSkywalker]

You would spend weeks farming two trees just to perfect Cherrim and Cherubi. It's not worth it.

[@JH-lb6qf]

Put some respect on Oshawotts name!

[@RaynmanPlays]

6:57 Real Metal Gear Solid skills, sneaking up on that Blissey like that.

[@Illegal_Immigrant]

i really liked the "New video" joke near the end, it made me chuckle

[@brobros7125]

How dare you ignore oshawott

[@cloud__zero]

Great video! Unfortunately, because of your Oshawott comment I have blocked you and reported you to the FBI. Have a nice day!

[@TAYDEN_BACCAM]

Love the silent screams I get during the pokerap from the pokemon evolving

[@songofthieves]

Another benefit of Nintendo Online is that others can recover your bag, though it's unreliable. Still, recovering a lost evolution stone is worth a mention

[@thegoldengamer5787]

Oshawott is the only valid starter.

[@5ashll303]

He’s the one I picked. Even though Rowlet is my favourite.

[@matsu8518]

Oshawott hate in my pokemon video, Unacceptable. But really, what's wrong with oshawott? He's just a guy.

[@gokubroly12009]

And he’s just doing his best

[@5ashll303]

Exactly

[@bailunarae2466]

oh if I'm the only one not subbed your content must be good! +1 sub

[@min_is_mini]

Fun Fact: You can actually go to The Heartwood before fighting the Alpha Kricketune, there's a slope you can climb to get into where the Heights Camp would be and it just doesn't activate the cutscene so you can just go wherever, I would know because I did that and found a Shiny Buneary which started my Shiny only Playthrough of PLA ...that skip doesn't really mean a lot as you still need to fight the Kricketune but hey it's cool