- Author: ShockinglyGongas
- Latest Version: 1.6.0.5
- Last Updated on: August 24, 2025
Welcome to the complete Pokemon Royal Sapphire Documentation — your one-stop guide to every change, feature, and update in Pokemon Royal Sapphire.
Here, you’ll find links to official documentation of Pokémon changes, wild encounters, learnsets, move changes, evolution methods, item locations, trick house, and more.
Pokemon Royal Sapphire Documentation
Pokemon Changes, Items, and Trainer Battles
Detailed info on all Pokémon changes (stats, abilities, etc.), every available item (Marts, gifts, NPCs), and a complete trainer battle list.
Pokemon Locations
Every obtainable Pokémon organized by area/route. Perfect for team building and hunting specific encounters.
Learnsets
Level-up moves for every Pokémon in the game. Essential for planning movesets and strategies.
Move Changes
A full breakdown of buffs/nerfs to moves, rebalances, and newly added effects.
Trick House
All Trick House updates: badge requirements, rewards, trainers, and layout changes.
Postgame
Complete postgame guide including legendary hunts, secret bosses, and new missions.
Damage Calculator
Accurately simulates battles with Royal Sapphire’s mechanics. Great for team building and testing strategies.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Why is there no Physical/Special Split?
- There are three main reasons:
- This is a binary hack, so adding the split is far more complex than in decomps.
- The goal was to keep the authentic Generation 3 Ruby/Sapphire feel. Most modern hacks use the split, so this makes the game stand out.
- Adding the split would also require adding many new moves to balance types, which isn’t possible in a binary hack. Instead, all learnsets were updated so physical-oriented Pokémon learn more physical moves and special-oriented Pokémon learn more special moves. The game is balanced around this system, so it still feels fair.
Is there a hard level cap?
- No. Since this is a binary hack, hard caps couldn’t be implemented. More importantly, the game isn’t tuned to be difficult enough to require one. The design balances around scaling trainers, so you won’t feel forced to grind. Documentation is available for trainer levels, but you can also play blind and enjoy the experience.
Why no infinite Rare Candies or Repels?
- Again, because of binary limitations, infinite-use key items aren’t possible. To work around this, Rare Candies and Repels are sold in every Poké Mart for just 1 PokéDollar. You can also get infinite Rare Candies by talking to the GameCube in the player’s home.
KNOWN ISSUES That won’t be fixed!
- May/Brendan sprite display as red in the Region Map
- May sprite displays as red in the Introscene/Outro
- Some Shinies got side-effect palette changes, such as sneasel (Sneasler is fixed), slowking, sandslas. These remained unchanged because I decided they looked cool and so I kept them.
Closing Note
That’s all for now! If you found this documentation helpful, consider sharing it with other Pokemon Royal Sapphire players so they can benefit too.
This Royal Sapphire documentation covers most of the changes and features in detail, but if you still If you have questions, can’t find something, or want to report a bug, join the discussion on the official Pokemon Royal Sapphire PokeCommunity thread or the official Discord server, the creator and many active players are there to help.
Documentation Credits
- Gongas
- Bagon
- Llamarizzi
- Viktrick
- Dreammeme0
- Vylegon
- KinglerChamp
- TomFinnOx
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