HOW EASILY CAN YOU COMPLETE THE LIVING NATIONAL DEX FOR POKEMON HOME/SWORD/SHIELD?

With the release of Pokemon HOME, one important task that a lot of people are focusing on is completing a living national dex that they can use for future games, as well as some cool in-game rewards. This process has become increasingly difficult over the years, but what does it take to catch them all? Today we're going to find out how easily you can complete the living National Dex in Pokemon Sword and Shield. 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]

Hey if you're just watching this video after March, the requirements for Magearna now don't require having a full living dex in your Pokemon HOME. You just need to have a completed Pokedex and it will unlock! You don't need all the alternate forms, but just make sure to check if all your Pokemon are being registered in your HOME Pokedex :)

[MegaConrad]

Ahh, another "How I can torture myself in the most convoluted way possible in a Pokemon challenge?" video from John.

[wendigovanderblitz]

"...every living pokémon..."
*Ghost Types:* Ah, we're good.

[Otaku_de_closet]

This guy is insane. I feel like we should have a Pokémon Master Johnstone in any game.

[imagomonkei]

With BDSP, I finally feel like this is achievable again. Getting the Gen 5-6 Pokémon I'm missing will be difficult still, but I should easily complete Gen 1-4 after Home is working in BDSP. And I have 7-8 finished already.

Update to this: My local library carries Pokémon Y, Omega Ruby, and White 2. Between all of those, I was able to grind through and get everything I was missing filled in. Now I'm just waiting on HOME support for BDSP and PLA to make it official. In the meantime, I'm nearly through my 2nd PLA run to get both Formes of Enamorus.

[TomsSauce]

As someone who did this recently, with a lot of tedium, made me really miss EXP candies from Sword and Shield. but it's done for all future games now as you just said!

[julianschubert]

Speaking of DP exploits: Look up the cute charm glitch. It gives you a 30% Shiny chance for all Pokémon with a gender. Awesome Video!

[Aqua]

“My arch-rival jrose11” I literally almost died with laughter when he said that

[mythaniakeroberos]

Some QOL improvements I'm seeing in the last two years:
- You don't need to play both USUM, thanks to SWSH - Crown Tundra - Dynamax Adventures
- Getting Meltan and Melmetal is much easier thanks to the Melmetal reward in HOME, taking a day instead of a month
- You don't need to play Pokémon Colosseum (GCN) for Jirachi, thanks to BDSP save file gifts (SWSH save)
- You don't need to buy a Pokeball Plus for Mew, thanks to BDSP save file gifts (Lets GO save)
- You don't need to play Pokémon Ranger (DS) for Manaphy and Phione, thanks to Legends Arceus
- You don't need to play DPPt for Darkrai, Shaymin and Arecus preforming the tweaking glitch, you can now play Legends Arceus to get them
- Arceus main story
- Darkrai BDSP save
- Shaymin SWSH save
- Keldeo is now available in SWSH - Crown Tundra (after post game of SWSH)

- Victini, Meloetta, Genesect all still require the mystery gift download spoof (or events/trades)
- Diance, Hoopa, Volcannon, Marshadow, and Zeraora are completely unavailable (without events or trades)

[MatTheSoundless]

It's nice that Mew and Jirachi are now easily available in BDSP if you have Let's Go/Sword and Shield data, makes them much easier to get now for a living dex- ^^

[RandalfElVikingo]

Before I start watching the video I have a story for you:

Last week I was watching your challenge for Ruby/Sapphire and I decided to start playing the later just because the Pick Up Zigzagoon strategy sounded like a lot of fun.

During my play, I beated Wattson and I decided to return to the second route for a Ralts. I found one and after I captured it, I found another one right away but it was a SHINY! I captured the shiny but the nature was Impish :'(.

Then I was training a Rhyhorn and I returned to the tree city to cure myself and suddenly I got Pokérus! I was like "this file is really wild... I bet I can find a Feebas very easily" So I was hunting for a Feebas and wild SHINY Carvahna appeared! I found the Feebas later, on an easy spot but the Carvahna was funny.

I have never captured two full odds shinies before (I found Pokérus before, that does not impress me that much lol).

So I have to thank you for the wild experience lol.

[WrenchNinja]

You dont have to wait a week for the Meltan box. They updated last year, you have to wait 3 days for the cooldown to be done.

[the_knut]

I was so lucky that I started my living dex during the 20th Anniversary, where they were giving out a new mythical every month.

[AlekWheeler]

Best part: after all that transferring and trading and collecting, you can’t actually transfer the special Megenerna into any game

[伯龍亥的路博巴士頻道]

Note:
If anyone trying the tweaking in do to get shaymin, Darkrai or arceus, you should catch them in Pokemon diamond, not pearl version.
Legit Darkrai and Arceus is only transferable to pokebank if caught in diamond version. For Darkrai, you need to upgrade it to level 50 in diamond and forget pursuit. For arceus, upgrade it to level 100 in diamond and caught outside of Hall of Origin (Mystery Zone or Jubilife City).
Shaymin does not transfer though, you can use a glitch to get it in platinum (original event).
Shiny Arceus or Darkrai may not transfer into pokebank, using a special device works.
If you are trying this, you should use the latest route make by retire, combining wrong warp by union room and fake sinnohs in the void, and never disables your step counter, making the route hardly fail.

[SnazyDesu]

me: :(
john: whhhaat is goin on guys!!
me: :)

[LucasBSP]

i just want everyone to know that the expansion pass is coming and they will introduce a lot of older Pokemon mostly likely legendaries so please keep that in mind before getting new games of consoles if you dont want to

[dakotakuefler]

Solid video man.

Last year I started my live dex collection when HOME opened up. I made the choice to modify and make a personal ruleset:
- I have to catch a Pokémon from the earliest gen that it is available to me, if for some reason I absolutely can’t catch, breeding is okay.
- every Pokémon has to have my OT or be an event Pokémon as a place marker.

I borrowed Sapphire, Black, White2, and Y from a friend, owned moon and platinum, downloaded red and silver digitally, and picked up a copy of ultra sun.

With a 3DS and DS, I’ve been having lots fun hunting chronologically and sending everything from the transporter to bank and soon bank to home.

It’s hard to say if the bank will stick around much longer and so the idea of collecting old pokes from their oldest generations and moving them to the home gives me sense of closure to the hand helds dying off.

[martyc]

7/05/2020 - I am trying to complete this challenge before the end of the summer. I'll keep myself up to date here. (I'm a little behind on keeping track of my progress)

Edit: 7/16/2020 As of this date, I have 34.49% of the National Pokedex completed

Edit: 1/31/2021 - It’s been awhile! But as of this date, I have 65.96% of the National Pokédex completed!

Edit: 5/3/2021 - it’s been a few months, and I’ve gotten really busy with life, but I’ve had chances to grind here and there. So, as if this date, I have 82.02% of the National Pokédex completed. I’m getting so close! I’ll keep you guys updated. 😄

[martinguy]

“How easily can you catch every single Pokémon with it’s hidden ability” ;)