Download Pre-Patched Pokemon Elite Redux GBA ROM Hack
- Creator: Darkyy92x
- Version: 1.5.2
- Hack of: Emerald
- Updated: August 17, 2023
Pokemon Elite Redux is a GBA Rom Hack by Darkyy92x based on Pokemon Emerald. And it is now available to download. It was last updated on August 17, 2023.
Also, be sure to check out Pokemon Gardie’s Adventure
Description
Pokemon Elite Redux is a game that places a strong emphasis on challenging gameplay and diverse team-building options. It allows players to utilize up to 4 different abilities simultaneously, and every Pokemon and trainer has been manually rebalanced for optimal gameplay. With over 100 new abilities and a variety of new moves, players can enjoy a unique experience inspired by popular hacks such as Inclement Emerald and Radical Red. Plus, the game includes many quality-of-life improvements and eliminates the need for tedious grinding. Overall, Pokemon Elite Redux offers a fresh take on the classic Pokemon gameplay formula.
TL;DR: if you enjoy facing challenges, engaging in battles, and building teams without having to grind endlessly, then you will definitely appreciate this hack. Pokémon Elite Redux is not your typical difficulty hack as its features are unlike anything you have experienced before. In addition, this hack comes with numerous Quality of Life improvements that make the gameplay fresh and unique.
Features
Up to 4 Abilities At The Same Time
Every Pokémon can have up to 3 switchable abilities along with up to 3 fixed ones (innates). This creates fun new strategies and endless replayability, as you can play many Pokémon in several ways. Imagine Gyarados with Moxie & Aerilate or Intimidate at the same time!
Every Single Trainer Has A Full Custom Moveset
Every Trainer party has been reworked manually, considering all new/changed abilities & moves. Most trainers have full competitive movesets with varying held items. Every rematch has been crafted individually for variety. You won’t meet the same brain-dead Poochyena with Tackle everywhere 😉
Fair But Unique Difficulty
We don’t like creating difficulty by giving the Player much fewer or worse tools than the AI, and we mean it. Most strategies the AI uses, you can too. Be creative! Battle Style is always “Set”. When choosing the Elite Difficulty, there is a good chance you will get slapped by the first Trainer if you’re not prepared. Also, there are not too many unfair advantages for the AI (like unobtainable abilities, permanent battle effects, etc.).
110+ New Custom Abilities
Featuring a total of over 370 abilities with around 50 changed/extended abilities, you will have lots of options to defeat the many challenges awaiting you. Also, all ability descriptions have been rewritten for more accuracy!
Reworked & Stronger AI
We revamped the AI to include all new/changed abilities & moves. Also, every Trainer now uses the smartest AI.
Zero Grinding!
- You can set EVs quick & easy on the Summary Screen.
- Furthermore, you can change natures and abilities via Summary Screen.
- You’ll get a new Candy Box (unlimited rare candies) so you can switch teams often to try out new strategies. Rare Candies have Gen 8 mechanics, which means you can evolve at the Level Cap. You can either level up to 4 levels at a time or jump directly to the current Level Cap to save time!
- Every Pokémon has 31 IVs by default. You can easily change Hidden Power types with the Type Gems.
- You can set your Speed IVs to 0 (for Trick Room teams) or back to 31 with the new Iron Pill item.
- All Poké Balls have a 100% catch rate. You can use any ball you like. Additionally, every ball is infinite use.
- All held items stay on your Pokémon after battling – no more re-equipping Berries & Focus Sashes!
- Auto-Heal before every battle – no need for medicines or other healing items anymore.
Reworked Pokémon, Abilities, Moves & Items
Every single Pokémon has been given love individually, e.g. Gyarados is now Water/Dragon with Levitate, and Gengar can be used physically or specially. We reworked many moves to be less frustrating or more fun to use. For example, Aurora Beam now always lowers the foe’s Attack by one stage. The type chart hasn’t been touched. Some items like Big Root and Shell Bell have been buffed.
Teach Moves Directly From The Party Menu
Now you can teach all available Level-Up moves, Egg moves, TMs/HMs and Tutor moves conveniently.
Portable PC
Just like in newer Pokémon games, there is no need to go back to the Pokémon Center just to change your party. Also, you can now edit all your Pokémon directly in the PC!
Upgraded Battle Engine & Battle UI
- Using RH-Hideouts Battle Engine, all Pokémon from Gen 1 to 7 (1200+ Species) plus many Gen 8 Pokémon are catchable, and most Gen 8 moves, abilities & items too. Including Mega Evolution, but not Z-Moves.For some Mega Evolutions, you can even choose between 3 different abilities!
- Vastly improved Battle UI, which shows Type Effectiveness & STAB to help with some new typings. It even considers abilities such as Levitate. Also, you can press L when selecting moves to check Power, Accuracy, and if the move makes contact – just like in CFRU hacks!
- Frostbite has replaced Freeze: No more annoying freezes! Frostbite deals 1/16 HP damage per turn. The Special Attack of the affected Pokémon is halved. 3x chance of Frostbite in hail.
Diverse Postgame
- There are many really strong trainers (including Gym Leaders & E4) waiting for you after you’ve beat the E4. There are up to 4 carefully crafted rematches per trainer. You also don’t have to wait a day anymore to rematch Gym Leaders – you can battle whenever you like!
- You can choose Singles or Doubles, with or without Legendaries for important RematchesAfter beating the Champ, you can catch all remaining Legendaries (Gen 1 – 7 and two special Pokémon from Gen 8) if you have beaten all trainers on certain routes.
Easy Catching / Tweaked DexNav
Featuring ghoulslash’s improved DexNav, which we further tweaked for easier catching. You can instantly scan for the Pokémon you want from the beginning. They also don’t run away anymore. Did I mention, you will have unlimited Pokéballs with 100% catch rate?
Access To Many Battle & Evolution Items From The Start
You’re not limited by any means – it’s totally fine to send your 252/252 Atk/Speed Pokémon with Choice Band and Adamant nature against the first trainer. You’ll also get all Mega Stones before battling Norman (5th Gym).
Accessible For Everyone
Intended as a difficulty hack first, but you can pick between three difficulty modes and three level caps. Play how you like it. You can also turn off EVs completely anytime in any mode.




- Easy Mode: Trainers have no EVs, but you can have them. That’s a huge advantage, but the teams will still be a challenge! Bag use in battles is disabled. The Set battle style is enforced.
- Ace Mode: Same teams & limitations as in Easy Mode, but every trainer has custom EVs. Also, there is a sleep clause, which prevents putting more than 1 Pokémon to sleep.
- Elite Mode: Same limitations as in Ace Mode, but you’ll face much harder teams for important fights, like Gym Leaders and the Pokémon League. Additionally, you have to unlock more innates by defeating the first 2 Gyms.
Various Fun Randomizer Modes
Encounter Randomizer, Ability Randomizer, Innate Randomizer, Move Randomizer




Tons Of Quality Of Life Changes
- Rewritten move descriptions for more clarity or to describe new effects, now it’s much easier to see the chance for additional effects like flinching, or which moves affect Iron Fist / Mega Launcher etc.
- Updated Move Details Screen – now shows more move details like Critical Hit Rate, Chance of Secondary Effects, etc.
- Enable/disable permanent repel from the Options Menu
- Level Cap System: Once a Pokémon is over the cap, it’ll only get one EXP point per KO. You also see the current level cap in the Start Menu.
- Smart Level Scaling – Wild Pokémon and Trainers scale to your level, even works with the DexNav.
- Updated Summary Screen – now also shows Base Stats at a glance.
- Register items in a list menu (press L to access list)Expanded Bag Space with more pockets
- Unlimited TM use, new TM case from Fire Red
- No need to teach HMs, also you can fly to already visited places with every Pokémon
- You can now get the Mach and Acro bike simultaneously
- Berries grow instantly, and yield 100 berries
- Wild Encounters on Berry Trees
- Disabled random calls from Trainers
- In-Game Tutorial NPC, explains the most important changes
- New item: Iron Pill: Use it on any Pokémon to set Speed IVs to 0. Use again to set back to 31.
- Easier evolution (Night / Day / Friendship / Trade Evos removed)
- Day & Night Inverter for wild Pokémon (old guy in every Pokémon Center)
- Nurse Joy: insta-heal without dialogue (but not really needed anymore because of auto-healing before battles)
- You can change Eevolutions forth and back >> there’s an NPC in Rustboro Pokémon CenterThis gives the possibility to have moves like Leaf Blade (from Leafeon) for Flareon
- All eggs hatch in 4 cycles (shortest possible)
- Removed daycare egg daily limit
- Eviolite doesn’t prevent evolutions to allow for faster teambuilding, but still gives 50% Defense Boosts
- Auto Run – Also works indoors. You can hold B while it’s on to walk, or to run when it’s off. You can even hold B to surf faster!
- The name rater can be found in every Pokémon Center. You can even rename other trainers’ Pokémon!
- Decapitalisation: no more capslock
- No more low HP beep – finally!
Custom Options Menu
- Auto Run
- Permanent Repel
- Display damage: shows the damage dealt
- Ask for Nickname
- Play with or without EVs anytime (if you disable, the enemy also doesn’t have EVs)
- AI controlled battles – the AI controls your team in battle, which is fun sometimes!
- Shiny Rate Booster (up to 1/5 chance)
- Individually-Unique Pokémon Colors Patch
Boosted Shiny Rate: Now you can boost the Shiny Rate drastically – no need to waste hours looking for the color you want!
All Moves Are PP Maxed: Like in Pokémon Showdown, every move is PP maxed (yours and the AI)
Lots Of Useful Items From Nurse Joy: Every time you talk to her in any Pokémon Center, she fills up your bag again:


- Candy Box – level up (up to 4 levels with one click or directly to the current Level Cap), without grinding
- Upgraded DexNav – instantly see all Pokémon in an area without battling them first
- All relevant Battle Items (Leftovers, Choice Band/Scarf/Specs, Life Orb, Type Gems and much more)
- All TMs and HMs + TM Case (but you need to progress the story like usual to unlock Surf etc. in the overworld)
- One of each Pokéball – they don’t get used anymore when you throw them
- All useful Berries (Sitrus, Salac, Figy etc.)
- Iron Pill – to set your Speed IVs to 0 or back to 31, useful for Trick Room
- Honey for some wild encounters
- Escape Rope to save time
Useful Stuff
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Previous Versions
Credits
- pret: Decompilation of Pokémon Emerald
- Dizzy Egg / RHH: Battle Engine, Pokémon Expansion, Item Expansion, nature-coloured stats, higher money cap
- Rioluwott (Pokémon ROWE) – I would have never finished this hack without you
- Giolitti – coding, texting, playtesting & balancing
- NocturneOfShadow – for helping with playtesting, balancing and creating trainer parties
- Thundertacos – for helping a ton with playtesting, balancing and lots of great suggestions
- Tuna – for helping a ton with playtesting, balancing and lots of great suggestions
- GobouLePoissonBoue – for helping a ton with playtesting, balancing and reporting all sorts of bugs 😉
- Kaixer – for creating many teams used in the hack and helping with docs
- Frozen – for helping a ton with playtesting, balancing and working on teams
- Cyro – for helping a ton with playtesting, balancing and lots of great suggestions
- rabbidbunnyz – for helping a ton with playtesting, balancing and lots of great suggestions
- TheSlayingStray – for helping a ton with playtesting, balancing and lots of great suggestions
- PCG – for helping a ton with playtesting, balancing and lots of great suggestions
- adri – for helping a ton with playtesting, balancing and lots of great suggestions
- aArin – for helping a ton with playtesting, balancing and lots of great suggestions
- Attactaxi – for helping a ton with playtesting, balancing and lots of great suggestions
- Nigel – for helping a ton with playtesting, balancing and lots of great suggestions
- Barack Oboughmer – for helping a ton with playtesting, balancing and lots of great suggestions
- Gorilink – for helping a ton with playtesting, balancing and lots of great suggestions
- D U K – for helping a ton with playtesting, balancing and lots of great suggestions
- Sol Raven – for helping a ton with playtesting, balancing and lots of great suggestions
- Café – for helping a ton with playtesting, balancing and lots of great suggestions
- ryuuune – for helping a ton with playtesting, balancing and lots of great suggestions
- Dreamfield – for helping a ton with playtesting, balancing and lots of great suggestions
- TetBR – for helping a ton with playtesting, balancing and lots of great suggestions
- Rize – for helping a ton with playtesting, balancing and lots of great suggestions
- ponk – for helping a ton with playtesting, balancing and lots of great suggestions
- BuffelSaft (Inclement Emerald) – for your outstanding work with Inclement Emerald and letting me use it as a base, I’m so thankful for this opportunity
- Ydarissep – for setting up the Online Pokédex, creating the Yda patch (IE), helping with ROM hacking & teaching and helping me getting started with your base / patch
- Karathan / Sbird1337 (Sovereign of the Skies) – for helping me with abilities and bugfixing
- ghoulslash (Unbound, Voyager)- for helping in Discord, DexNav, Auto-Run, Fast Surf, Medicine Reuse, Expanded OW IDs, plural giveitem
- Skeli (Unbound) – for inspiration regarding quality, QoL, Parental Bond code
- Lunos – for your help & patience in Discord, Reusable TMs, OW poison changes, Gracidea form change
- Archie – for your tutorials & help in Discord
- beniboy (Exceeded)- for inspiring me with his ROM hack & lots of abilities/innates (multi-abilities)
- soupercell (Radical Red) – for difficulty, ability & move inspiration
- AsparagusEduardo – Decapitalisation, More Bag Pockets, Pokédex+
- TheXaman – for Pokédex Plus and running indoors
- Howls – for your amazing documentation of Inclement Emerald and letting me use it as a base
- Wyserth – for decapitalisation
- Contributors to the Simple Modifications thread: various small changes
- Camthesaxman: expanded OW IDs
- lightbox87: whiteout money
- NobodySociety: Fire Red style fishing
- Furret: Music Expansion (HGSS and DPPt tracks)
- SamuRH/Xhizy: RHH/PRET intro
- Chaos Rush, Mr. Dollsteak, contributors to the DS-Style sprite resources: Pokémon sprites
- Crema: Temtem’s “Tem Vial”, which inspired the Poké Vial item
- Anyone I forgot, who helped me on this amazing journey!
I am using my boy emulator. I am trying to mega evolve but it’s not happening. What are the steps.
Love the game. But I’ve one major problem. There’s a certain amount of battles when I first started the youngster character would show up instead of your character. If it’s a bug please fix it soon. I’d very much appreciate it. Until then I probably won’t play this again until that is fixed. Other than that I love the game.
I was just wondering what number while chaining the shinys odds are boosted
I’m new to hackroms, and I’ve been playing this one for weeks, I love it. But I saw you mentioned there’s a new update. Do I have to restart it again or is there a way to patch it? TIA. ♥
1. First you need to run the gba file and save in game.
2. Download the new version of the game.
3. Locate your saves folder for my boy (if you’re on android) through a file editor app (like zarchiver)
4. Rename your .sav file to the same name as the new version of the game. (but first, be sure to make a copy of a save file and store it somewhere just to be safe)
5. Run your game and there should be an option to use your save!
Was the infinite repel purposefully removed from the Options menu? I’ve noticed in 1.5 it’s no longer a toggle in the Option menu, whereas in 1.0 I still have the toggle.
I noticed a problem in the game that is only having 14 Boxes, which makes it very difficult to complete the Dex Is there any way to increase the number?
I got a couple questions:
If multiple abilities is an option why not more then 4 Moves?
2# if Eevee can evolve into Umbreon via a Moon Stone WHY THE HELL CANT UMBREON LEARN MOONBLAST ITS THE MOONLIGHT POKEMON YET BELLOSSOM CAN LEARN IT
Use a shader it will improve your gba graphics Steps to use a shader (1) go to playstore and search emulator shaders (2) download it and it will not open as an app but it will function in myboy (3) go to myboy and go to settings and again go in video option (4) there is a option named gls shader click on it and there will be menu and select The 4th option
please update to 1.5
updated it
thanks! but it’s already updated to 1.5.1 now
😭
Okay so…..as I’m playing …..please update to more ability choices …..please…….. Unlimited choices of abilities… And actually be able customize the innate as well… Unlimited choices
I agree with the second part of this. It would be really neat to swap innate abilities. Maybe not an infinite amount of options, but a set of three like the main ability would add more layers for team development. Could work new pokemon into scenarios they might not normally fit into. Would be fun.
Also……what is the online pokeDex the NPC was telling me about at the pokecenter
https://ydarissep.github.io/Elite-Redux-Pokedex/?table=speciesTable&
i love this so much reccomend it so much!!
When come the update when you can catch the other Pokémon from gen 8?
Is it possible to enable randomizer back? I accidentally disabled it while scrolling with the guy on the Pokémon Center
This game has so much to it, it’s actually incredible. 4/5
i found some bugs after playing for 30+ hours
these are the bugs that i found so far:
1. sometimes your game will crash right after you won.
2. when you use your mega evolve first, primal groudon/kyogre won’t work.
(sorry for bad english)
How to use mega evolution.
To call this a hack is insulting. It’s not a game it’s a simulation. It’s a snoozefest.
It’s fucking garbage.
sometimes your game will crash in double battle right after you won*
For the love of god please make a easier version I have 15 losses and haven’t made it though the first route way to hard I’m on easy mode and it’s not easy and so many customizable things but why can’t I disable set battle more or bag items what’s the point of easy mode if it’s still hard
Skill issue
Hi Bob, Darky here, the creator.
Elite Redux is a difficulty hack and the Easy Mode is just relatively easy for a difficulty hack.
But some other people also mentioned they would like to have an easier version, so I will make Easy Mode easier soon.
Thanks for checking out the game!
Yeah, no, it’s not a “difficulty hack,” it’s a battle simulator.
Talk to me when we can actually go on a journey and not have everything handed to us. Hard =_= fun or good
Skill issue
primal groudon/kyogre won’t work even if you have their orbi found some bugs after playing for 30+ hours
these are the bugs that i found so far:
1. sometimes your game will crash right after you won.
2. when you use your mega evolve first, primal groudon/kyogre won’t work even if you have their orb.
(sorry for bad english)
Can I ask you a question? I got ER from here and I am playing on Pizzaboy GBA Pro, but there’s no save option on the start menu. I can’t patch roms since I don’t have a PC unfortunately. Do you think it might be the emulator or the rom?
Omg I just saw the select to save message on the menu screen, disregard my comment, I’m an idiot
Hey Darky
So in the near future…..PLEASE IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT WE CAN ALSO MOD THE INATE ABILITIES AS WELL?!! …..like have complete customization of your pokemons abilities…. All four of em….. Its some serious ability combinations….and I think others will agree that we would like to test out…… I have been wanting something of that caliber for 20 years…I know creating games like this for the masses takes time…..and we the people VERY much so appreciate the sleep less nights and hard work….. I been playing pokemon since 1995…. I’ll be 35 …… So the masses if you get the team together and go over this will agree a *Complete customizable pokemon that u can change each and every ability to the bare core…. Is total bad ass…….. Example… : I love to use moves like Thrash, outrage and petal dance…. And since own tempo prevents confusion…. My pokemon wouldn’t ever get confused….. And multi link…. Since it completes a multi hit move moves like : thrash, outrage and petal dance wouldn’t have to be 2 to 3 …they can be 2 to five …I know y’all get a lot of request…… And I am but one of thousands…. Who request but hopefully several others who is here will agree with me and the masses take a notice that customizing all the abilities as well as innate….. Will change the game drastically….in a great way
About “easy” difficoulty i’ve founded it really too hard too do
My proposal is to make no changes but just have the possibility to chose, find and catch up to 5 non legendary pokemon you want in wild nature. In this way you would start with a complete good team in condition to face other trainers at the best of your possibilities.
Easy is easy not hard
You’re just ass, Bob
wow…. so much QOL changes…. Hatts off to the person who created this rom hack… You’re the best….
Ong
Wow penjelasannya sangat terperinci
EN: Wow very detailed explanation