Pokemon But I Only Care About Getting Super Rich

I played Pokemon Emerald to see how much money the game would let you collect - without using any of the "money farming" methods (Match Call, recurring items, etc.) If you played the game optimally trying only to make the most money - what is the net value of your cash + items? Let's find out!

[@stormRed]

"Wow! That's the biggest Lotad I've ever se- IS THAT A MASTER BALL???"

[@randomspider725]

I love how Mudkip seems to consistently be the best choice for Hoenn-based challenges. The Mudkip supremacy continues!

[@The_DJMITRI]

One of the best typings in the game, no major grass specialist and countering most of gym leaders does speak for itself

[@S4turn-yt]

“I heard u liek mudkipz.”

[@strawhatsteve2198]

Except without getting hit. Torchic's Scratch with 100% accuracy beats Treeko and Mudkip's Tackle and Pound with 95%

[@waterierStone]

@@strawhatsteve2198 pound also has 100% accuracy, but treeko sucks against like every gym.

[@Elite4koga]

Torchics my favourite

[@ashleylightheart126]

My head canon is that all the skitties in your PC commune all name themselves after the item you give them.

[@titancat2487]

Love this lol

[@lythd]

love this

[@Ari_Fudu]

My favourite pokemon, NEVERMELTICE

[@djhunstiger]

Give them all half price protein, sale every item you have and exchange it for half price protein, everything is protein.

[@Flamerai42]

use a picked up leppa berry on meowth for the steven fight, costs 10 pokedollars, and gains 10 uses of pay day which should be a net profit of 4990 raising your total to $2,467,404

[@eneasantoni1181]

But then you can't use the amulet coin

[@pinguu9780]

@@eneasantoni1181 you can, you just have to give it to a different pokemon

[@eneasantoni1181]

@@pinguu9780 but you need 5 skittys without items to use covet

[@cristobalpinochet]

I was about to comment the same thing

[@waterierStone]

@@eneasantoni1181 you can just use them from your bag

[@jaynajuly2140]

one request: it would be nice to see a $$ counter on screen go up after each gym leader to see where you are in the process!

[@caliburnleaf9323]

Technically speaking, the legendary pokemon battles are non-repeatable, and thus could be argued to be fair game for pay day.

[@notsm]

Was looking for that. I agree.

[@Rhino1004]

Some games actually respawn the legendaries if you KO instead of capture. However, the condition to respawn requires beating the Elite 4 again. So in this challenge, legendaries do technically become non-repeatable since the E4 aren't.

[@significantgumption]

@@Rhino1004 oh that’s mental gymnastics now. is it ok to complete a repeatable action if it’s only repeatable based on another repeatable action? i think we can give him a pass for this one 😂😂

[@Rhino1004]

@@significantgumption He did make a rule regarding berry bushes!!

[@andrewgalbreath2101]

Turns out the best business plan is to start a Kitty Mill

[@vlc-cosplayer]

Never underestimate the depth of the pockets of cat ladies (and furries)

[@MatsuyoRific]

@@vlc-cosplayer As a cat lady, with a furry for a roommate, I fear you grossly overestimate the amount of money we have

[@adonysus]

@@MatsuyoRificoverestimate /right now/. the future is green, cat lady and furry roommate

[@jacksonpercy8044]

@@MatsuyoRific The "suspiciously wealthy furry" stereotype doesn't come from nowhere :P

[@fortello7219]

"Do I LOOK like I want a Pokemon? I want to make MONEY! "You can wager cash on them in an elicit dog fighting ring." _"Well you should have led with that!"_

[@geordineilson5476]

Even better, It's not illicit. It's perfectly legal!

[@Silver_Sonic_23]

14:23 This is definitely the happiest I've ever seen someone be to get the Castform. Solo-run people despise it and nuzlockers usually just box it immediately.

[@eneasantoni1181]

And then the people who do casual runs think it's ugly

[@Connowot387]

@@eneasantoni1181It doesn’t have boobs! 😂

[@eneasantoni1181]

@@Connowot387 true, it has testicles

[@ravenstires1747]

Meh, you need a 2nd mon for the Tate and Liza fight. Gen 3 is a bad game to solo run to begin with

[@ccgarciab]

As a casual, while nuzlocking the game, Castform was my best answer to Winona's Altaria

[@BynineStudio]

wow, who knew that the trainers in Juan's icy basement prison had nuggets on their pokemon?! you learn something every day!

[@kenzoventurella1559]

“Catching all the Pokémon doesn’t get me money” meanwhile team rockets illegal Pokémon selling enterprise

[@cyberdarkturtle6971]

They don't sell pokemon in the games. Remember, the anime, manga, and dorkly bits are not canon

[@13KuriMaster]

@@cyberdarkturtle6971 Don't they operate the Celadon Game Corner? (at least in the Kanto games) And you know, if they do it as apart of the anime, AND the manga (both official material), is it really so hard to believe that they were doing it in the games as well... albeit, in a less noticeable way/a way Red didn't see?

[@katonnor]

if a child will come and shut down all your businesses and take items and money from you then it is not profitable

[@cyberdarkturtle6971]

@@13KuriMaster who said they were stealing pokemon?

[@13KuriMaster]

@@cyberdarkturtle6971 Well, their introductory paragraph on the pokemon wiki says: "Team Rocket ... was a criminal organization set to *steal* other people's Pokémon, ... Team Rocket's main objective was obtaining powerful and rare Pokémon to help their criminal syndicate in the hopes of someday taking over the world. They obtain these Pokémon by regular capture, or more often, theft. ..." If you prefer Bulbepedia, It's introductory paragraph says: "Team Rocket ... is the villainous team in pursuit of evil and the exploitation of Pokémon. The organization is based in the Kanto and Johto regions, with a small outpost in the Sevii Islands. While its main focus is *stealing* or capturing rare and strong Pokémon, and subsequently *selling* them, it also funds and conducts cruel experimental research on Pokémon. At times, it has even killed Pokémon. Their oath, as posted on the wall of one of their many bases, is *"Steal Pokémon for profit. Exploit Pokémon for profit. All Pokémon exist for the glory of Team Rocket."* Their ultimate goal is to take over the world using Pokémon. Now, do you think those would be apart of the INTRODUCTORY paragraphs for Team Rocket, if it wasn't something that happened in the games at least once?

[@Ryanwizardstaff]

The Skitty abuse in this video is unprecedented. One shackled to the perpetual fate of beeing a breeding machine and the rest of it's offspring deemed eternal item holders... My god O.o

[@jacksonpercy8044]

Honestly Castform and the OG Skitty are the real winners of this run.

[@jadethenidoran]

I'm pretty sure PayDay works on wild Pokemon, so while using it on random encounters would be banned according to the no repeatable methods rule, using it on the legendaries would be fine.

[@KiziXKhaoS]

He specifically states that fact in the video. He only uses it on trainers.

[@jadethenidoran]

@@KiziXKhaoS I know, but legendaries aren't repeatable encounters, so in my opinion using Payday on those but not regular wild Pokemon would be fine

[@MachuThePichu]

@@jadethenidoran I know the regis are repeatable in emerald, maybe only if you run away? I forgot how it works

[@dscyrux]

​@@MachuThePichuThey respawn when you fight the league again. Since his rules don't allow rematches, he can never respawn them, making them one-time events in essence.

[@significantgumption]

@@dscyrux but they’re technically repeatable so i’ll give him a pass even if they aren’t in his run

[@eshasunrise]

Can't wait to see the Johto games, where your mom has a bank account she lets you use, and you've got two gym runs before the postgame hits.

[@caliburnleaf9323]

Yeah, but she also spends your money without asking you, which is not good for business.

[@eshasunrise]

@@caliburnleaf9323 on set intervals, for items at cost, so it's not as much of a waste as you'd think. It's mostly just the deco to worry about. Plus, that inconsistency makes it more interesting.

[@KimParkkinen]

@@caliburnleaf9323 You can tell her to not do that, so she just saves up the money, even in the OG games!

[@CanisMythson]

The other problem is, would he consider collecting interest to be a repeatable source of income? I know, it sounds weird to say when it is one of the biggest ways to earn money in reality, but as far as the rules he sets for these challenges, I legit think he'd ban it as it is infinite income in theory.

[@cloudthelemon756]

I sat here wondering when he would just catch a flying type pokemon in the safari zone since he said it was for free.

[@thutmosetoure1396]

This isn't Pokémon Emerald. This is Pokémon Emerald Mine.

[@acekingbones]

If you are able to obtain 3 PP Ups or a PP Max, you can max out the PP for Meowth’s Pay Day (if it’s profitable) to use even more against Steven’s team

[@honchdreigon606]

Actually yeah, you're right. PP Ups and PP Maxes both sell for 4900, so it'd be optimal to use 1 PP Max. That gives an additional 12 uses to Pay Day, meaning you'd get 12000 back if you're able to use all of them, which leads to a profit of 7100. Even if you can't use all of them though, you'd still only need to use 5 extra at minimum to turn a profit.

[@cristobalpinochet]

⁠​⁠@@honchdreigon606you can also use a leppa berry to get 10.000 for the price of a mere 10, and if meowth is weak enough to need more pp you can manually use more leppa berries to give him 10 more pps

[@Darkytz]

​@@cristobalpinochetif he used assist to get payday, wouldn't that be 20 pp per skitty then? Give them all a leppa berry and max one of their pp with the max, great money making on steven then

[@cristobalpinochet]

@@Darkytz Damn, I didnt think of that, that’s a great idea, the only problem is that it’s super rng dependent, but if the stars align it could be the best way to do it (sadly the move deleted can’t help that much since surf and waterfall and I think also strength is needed to get to Steven to begin with, and covet is also necessary to steal items)

[@Darkytz]

@@cristobalpinochet should be worked on a bit tho, some moves don't get used from assist. So they could be used as well. And given the amount of possible assists, you'd most likely run out of HP against steel and rock types before winning, but I'm sure with the right amount of tail whips and such you could probably get a whole lot of cash from the battle. If I had more time, I'd find the theoretical limit for this battle, as it is so iconic and might be the biggest money stack in any version of the games

[@xMistaBeastxGames]

"Emerald" in the title would be good since it's a sequel. I nearly didn't click since I'd seen the previous video! Glad you made another!

[@jacksonpercy8044]

Yeah I really don't like that about modern youtube, there's very little distinction between videos in a series these days, which isn't helped by the fact that some people change the title and thumbnail of their videos for more clicks. Other than that it's a good video! Also I haven't watched your videos in like 7 years, nice to see that you're still active :)

[@somerandompersonintheinternet]

The master ball usage on a Lotad is pure gold

[@jcnot9712]

28:49 the first pokemon you show to either of those npc is guaranteed to be record breaking, since there isn’t a size to compare them to. The second one you show them has to be bigger than the first.

[@deadeyecf5315]

Really glad to hear you didn’t waste time on xp grinding. Infinite rare candies make these challenges far more entertaining for everyone.

[@lilyyy411]

You could maybe breed meowths and have meowths of various levels. this might make a profit even considering removing the other mons from the daycare

[@andrewworks2551]

Yep, and then reset battles as you get to 20/20 on paydays with the meowths, this would also be a lot easier on battles where you don’t need skitty as well

[@RomanTorchic]

Jokes on you, I’m watching this 2 months after it came out

[@jebroiroij2176]

18:07 I was very afraid for a second when skitty was one of the pokemon destined for an eternity in the daycare, had a brief thought that the other one would be wailord

[@TyroRNG]

One thing missed I can think about is giving meowth a leppa berry against steven and having another pokemon hold the amulet coin to switch in and out (partaking in the battle) This would give 10 extra uses of payday (so long as steven has enough pokemon and hp to take 30 paydays)

[@maddywhite5044]

I just love how you put some thought in what your doing and still keep it entertaining with your commentary. Great job my capitalistic friend!

[@thefirstguyjaek255]

The use of the master ball on Lotad is DIABOLICAL 😂😭

[@loukianosvarsamis7133]

skitty can learn charm, psych up, and assist, so you can charm opponents to -6 attack, psych up, and copy meowoth's pay day with assist. this will cut your damage output to 1/4x and drastically increase profit per battle for pp considerations you can breed more meowths and skitties. in some of the later battles you can basically go through 120 pay day uses per battle, juicing your returns a lot

[@Commander_Gaius]

I had to look through your past videos because I was like “I could’ve swore I saw this weeks ago” 😂😂

[@jasminecole8596]

Could've used the limited, low-value leppa berries at the end to restore Payday PP to maximize value at Steven Stone, as the value would far outclass what was lost.

[@jasminecole8596]

(3d)

[@Giga-lemesh]

I am so glad to see another one of these, lets make it a series!

[@talljesuschrist]

My new favorite Pokemon channel. Been binging all of your stuff. Great content.

[@chudwick6516]

Going after Roxanne's like 15$ oran berry is intense hustler mentality Oh nice, even less than I thought

[@metaloom]

You could have caught a natu or a doduo in the safari zone to teach fly

[@babysophie102]

The concept is hilarious and this is a great video!

[@yannikbuhler4980]

Isn’t it worth to use one leppa berry in the last fight against Steven? This makes you hit 10 more pay days and gets you even more money, doesn’t it?

[@albevanhanoy]

The ad revenue from that video is probably not even close to that 15 000 bucks lol

[@KangasKong9944]

This was an awesome video! Thought of every option, and twists and turns!

[@Ruby_Mullz]

My thoughts on the metronome getting pay day is that it becomes easier with RNG manipulation. Even so, it’s easier but would still take way longer since it still needs set up every fight/turn.

[@benterry7934]

The part where you stall, use Rain Dance repeatly, and get growled at just so you can Covet AND Payday had me laughing so hard. The min-maxing you achieve in these videos is so entertaining!

[@user-sv1wk2wp4h]

the challenge i didnt think i needed to see but glad i did! liked and subbed well earned sir! :) now excuse me while i go binge watch some more of your content lol ^^

[@mrttam]

I've been watching your channel since you were called "Quick Nuzlockes"! Keep it up and thank you for making these amazing videos ❤

[@Rylockes]

Thank you so much!!!!

[@BlazeStorm]

The premier ball plot twist absolutely SENT me

[@CanisMythson]

If you ever harvested any leppa berries/ethers and sold them, you lost money. By giving them to Meowth you would have been able to keep using payday in the final fight

[@LotusAuer]

Thank you for doing the conversion at the end. The currency or Pokémon has always been a pet peeve of mine, as it's supposed to be Pokéyen not Pokédollars, as the horizontal slashes are very close to the ¥ as opposed to the $ vertical slash. As yen is/was about 100 yen to the dollar when Pokémon released, it's always been simple enough for me to see "a basic pokeball is $1" as opposed to "omg I can't believe this dude gave a kid $300 for beating him in a Pokémon fight", it just never made sense that way. I was slightly worried you didn't get it either which would have been sad as this is a series dedicated to the currency, so good on you

[@hazeofthegreensmoke505]

"I can't do repeatable actions" Spams payday 10k times

[@andersonantunesdeleu8591]

Wow you're insane! That's original, for sure! An idea I haven't seen so far and who knows if I would see but not by you. You're a genius! Have done everything detailfully! This is kinda nuts but amazing too!

[@IquonYT]

Lo and Behold, a Tad.... IN A MASTERBALL?!? Also, the plottwist at the end with museum is just chefs kiss... didnt see it coming.

[@logan847653]

I'll see you again in 1 month and a week. I'm excited for your grind.

[@TheDubbedCasualGaming]

The museum betrayal twist was so good!

[@companjan]

great video! i wish there was a moneycounter or more little updates on the current net worth, so we can really feel the cash flowing in ¥¥¥

[@SirPudge]

Great video! Love the concept!

[@DarkAngel-jo8ix]

The mathematically most profitable use for the master ball is the best part of this video

[@deff8487]

I don't know how much of a difference it would make since I don't know if Pay Day has a cap but there's always the option of burning your Meowth so it deals less damage allowing it to use it multiple times

[@nachorzeszut1857]

Giving meowth a pp restoring berry would allow it to use more pay days, giving more money than the berries are worth

[@delta_power3049]

Villagers when they play a Pokémon game:

[@muzzyLimon]

You're an incredibly entertaining creator. Great video too

[@ryuger]

bro please keep this money making series going

[@topazmaymemory2982]

Spend it on a couple of those expensive ribbons

[@PoisonWoah]

I'm not sure if there are any, but if there are ethers you can pickup in emerald, it would have been more profitable to use them in the Steven battle (or any other battle that would last long enough) so you can reuse payday even more times. Technically speaking, it would also be more profitable to keep the Meowth alive with heals items to be able to do this. You may have done this, but not mentioned it in the video (or maybe there are no ethers to pick up), but I thought I would mention it. Please correct me if I am wrong about this.

[@arripkmn]

the skitty holding your items in the PC made me lol

[@backpackerraden6268]

Can't wait to see this in Gen IV where the bag has no limit

[@carabarabonanza]

You have absolutely earned a sub

[@Schmaucher]

Is there any benefit to using a PP UP / Max on meowth for the final battle? I forget how much they are. Did you even collect any or would you have had to buy?

[@ParadoxBrony]

Please do this with more games in the series I want to accomplish this myself for generation 4

[@Shifty319]

missed out on another opportunity to call it Pokémoney

[@Tailsfan-ki9fh]

Rylockes: "I'm not going to do the battle frontire." The berries you get for getting the silver and gold prints: stealth 100

[@wesleyrobinson4532]

Giving meowth that leppa berry of the last fight would probably be profitable.

[@dontaskquestions8721]

This reminds me of my 110% run of Fallout 4. I have to do the most profitable thing every time too, but not caps wise. If there's 2 options for a unique quest reward but also a really hard to do and niche way to get both, you absolutely have to get both. I have to beat the entirety of the 2nd biggest dlc for the game before meeting the first faction

[@h3llb0rn3]

Dude is criminally underrated for how good most of his videos are

[@HesGotaGun505]

Very cool! My first thought would have been to stack my team with Pickup Zigzagoons, but I guess that would be repeatable. Amazing job!

[@AriaHope]

I was about to question why you didn't use the luck incense from slateport to essentially get an amulet coin early, until I remembered that was only added in oras not original rse, Great work in pathing all of this out!

[@jackdreas4415]

For future videos can you put more than one music track in tbe background? Listening to the same loop of music gets old fast.

[@altariamotives16]

When you use every Pay Day, is it optimal to use a PP Max on it? I can't remember how much they sell for but it's an extra 12 PP, so even if you only do it once it might be useful

[@monopolyrubix1875]

This is unhinged and I love it.

[@notsm]

In Emerald you can catch a Ditto so you can breed yourself some more Meowth to exploit the Steve battle. Don't know if that would be worth it in the end but depending on how Steves pokemon did after getting payday'd 20 times by ONE lvl 100 Meowth. One does have to consider that one can only collect 99.999P after a single battle so 5 Meowth is enough to max that out. Depending on how expensive taking out Skitty and Castform are to take out that may be worth. Also I very much appreciate the fact that you mention that there is probably an optimal level for Meowth(s) to be for each fight to maximize money in that particular fight. Especially with the option for multiple Meowth with payday from the egg that would probably require far too much time to actually do.

[@Dudeman1738]

so even if it is a repeatable action, you can still use it once right? as long as you dont do that thing again. Example: a daily event like collecting a berry from someone, cant you collect it once?

[@RoyvanLierop]

You could have kept Meowth pre-burned to halve its attack stat.

[@oAyyJayy]

My only thought is, was there ever a pp max that you picked up? Or even just a pp up? Rather than selling them, could using any of them on payday have given a better return than selling? For example, on Steven, you used all the pp. If enough fights had that happen, could you have gotten more money from the extra payday uses? This is just the first thought I had, didn’t check anything myself, so could be completely wrong

[@Mayday468]

Might have been able to up the Steven money by breeding up meowths for more payday, or using some ethers. Daycare would depend on how much it costs to take out the ones already there, but the ether strategy is probably worth it

[@shepskydad]

The crippling addiction to Voltorb Flip hits too close to home

[@OwenBertram-iw2kx]

try getting the absolute max amount of money possible. Fill your pc. fill your bag, fill your party with items, fill your boxes with pokemon holding items. Get the max money threshold.

[@gutscross9706]

that ralts was bothering me fo SO LONG! sitting there in the party unexplained for such a long time

[@crish4172]

If you change the pokemons in the daycare for a Meowth to get Meowth eggs you can have more PP in Payday to use in the battles that requires more than 20, considering each payday gives you 1000$ it compensates the price of taking both of your pokemon out of the daycare (and a Pokeball for a Ditto because the Meowth is male)

[@ViVoUpTop]

Leppa berry on the meowth in the Steven fight would potentially net you more money. It’s a little thing but it was all about the minmaxing

[@zzzFaw]

so much dedication, really impressive

[@NoForksGiven]

And then there's 11-y-o me becoming a millionaire by farming the elite four for exp. I wanted to complete the pokedex and a lot of pokemon needed evolving. I actually maxed my starter's level doing this. To this day this is the only time I've ever gotten a pokemon to lvl 100. I usually reset after winning to use new pokemon

[@numbug1234]

I'm pretty sure in the Steven fight you could make even more money by catching 5 Smeargles in Artisan Cave, and then have each of those Smeargle Sketch Payday from Meowth (you just have to find 1-5 Double Battles where they're going to be able to survive long enough to Sketch) - then in the Steven fight you can turn 20 Paydays into 120 for an extra 100,000 pokedollars.

[@derAlphabet]

Did you level up your Meowth with using payday on Pokemon, that yield the best exp to money ratio? Or just using it on the pokemon with the least exp gained.

[@roodylabaze3092]

Now if you went to Mirage Island to get that Liechi Berry for that extra $10, that would’ve been crazy to see.

[@1Henrink]

The Skitty and the Castform have no idea the horrible life their children would live...still they can help on keep making more.

[@michaelperez4513]

If you caught and carried a zigzagoon you have a 10% of picking up an item after each battle, also it might’ve been worth it to use an ether on meowth vs Steven in order to get more pay days in

[@robinhassler6487]

He says in the beginning that Pickup is a repeatable thing, and therefore banned. The ether thing i agree with

[@morenopanni277]

Technically there is a way to make even more money after getting meowth. If you level up Sktty and Castform at level 100 you'll lose less money by getting them back from the daycare. Afterwards, if you head to the Desert Underpass near Fallarbor Town and catch a Ditto, then you can bring your Meowth there with a Ditto and get two Meowth that can learn Payday so that you earn more money from Steven's battle, which probably is the only battle that will make you use the entire PP of Pay day, but even if very tedious you should be able to make a little profit by getting those Pokémon in the day care and using a Pokeball to catch Ditto.

[@morenopanni277]

You have to catch a Ditto as that traded meowth can only be male unfortunately.

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Guy on a grindset that intrigues me, do this to every other generation

[@thereallegendarytrip7888]

Would using ppmax on payday allow for more money on the Steven fight?

[@monty6157]

you could have used pp ups on meowth's payday so he has enough pp to use it throughout the entirety of the final battle

[@SneakySquid1263]

I'd love to see this challange been done in hgss and the other gens!

[@Ducklann]

I said this last time but omg this drew gooden style is amazing

[@ashleyvanbeek7045]

technically you can make a lot more money by trading in a meowth right at the start and using payday on all of the mandatory trainers as well

[@PurpleSaturn726]

Hey, what’s the song you use in the very beginning of the video? The one after the Pokémon Emerald track