Haha yeah, two Siberians and a mix…some days I become a walking furball myself (I constantly thank whoever invented lint rollers)! Dang, sorry it’s been crazy for you for quite some time. Me too. A name like Shiv is just tempting fate…just saying. With that level of irony, I’d say it kinda is amusing. Ya know, it never crossed my mind we could potentially see more dreamers outside the established lot…that’s certainly an exciting prospect to see what shenanigans they get up to! Especially if contrasting power sets is a thing. I dunno why but I'm just imagining some rando dreamer really enjoying pokémon fusions. Considering some of those wacky places the colored tokens are hidden in and that the Dreamscape Manor has a bookcase door leading to a secret room, I wouldn’t put it past those two. A hidden underground area or something of the sort seems right up their alley. Just had a semi-unrelated idea while writing this…what if those tokens lead to Aurora’s research? I’d assume Shiv must’ve had some inkling about the research. And whatever they lead to must be helpful to the protagonist and her research seems like it could be quite useful. It could be used to hinder them in some capacity, or it could be used to appeal to her past self (kinda like how her fifth diary page does) and help her fight off Darkrai’s control. There definitely could be an emotional component to it. Both Tristian and Shiv were also going through some emotional turmoil and struggled against Darkrai. If it is a component, then it will be interesting to see what emotional struggles Aurora will be faced with if she ever receives a chance to cast aside Darkrai as well. The grid is a curious idea. We still don’t know much about it…and whether or not it has an effect on those who are within it for a prolonged period of time (aside from aging in deeper layers). Maybe by being in a different plane of reality for some time it weakens Darkrai’s connection to them. Being forgiven by Aurora is just one outcome. She can also be attacked by Aurora, and she will still break free from Darkrai’s control by the end of Act 3 so Aurora’s forgiveness might not be the thing that helps her. Though I wouldn’t be surprised if Aurora’s forgiveness could help out in some capacity later on. If the control stems from hypnosis, then it might be possible given how Keegan was able to use Hypnosis again. If it isn’t then yeah, we certainly don’t have enough data to really determine if it’s a possibility quite yet. That could be one reason why Darkrai doesn’t seem overtly concerned about the heroes as of yet. It knows it could just use Nova as a mole/insider at any point. Or it simply plans on yoinking Nova from the heroes’ side at a pivotal moment, adding more firepower to their side. Either would be pretty beneficial to it I would assume. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. That one had me quackling XD My money is on a joke item too, though it’d be pretty sweet if it’s usable in the future! That’s actually a pretty adorable thought, I like that idea. I wonder what its favorite food would be. For some reason I’m just imagining Darkrai trying some intense spicy food-dreams. Occasionally Tristan collabs with Booker and dream-Jarred on his memes. If anyone teaches Aderyn about memes my bet is that she’d be the one who’d totally be into wholesome/relatable pokémon memes. Reeve absolutely is! Instead, he’d rather save his wit for when he sees Garret in person. I certainly can't wait to see where the other gym leaders will fit into this meme group. As much as I’d like to say my sneak skills pulled me through, I think I just got lucky with where it teleported to in all honesty. I can see how it can be a painnnnn if the teleporting bastard decides to be stubborn! At least finally lassoing him must have been quite satisfying. Finally, someone is giving Shiv a taste of his own medicine, good on him! After days of searching, they finally find Jarred. One minute he’s rambling on about his sore toes and the next he’s just gone, leaving in his wake a puddle of water.

You have huskies? Oh, wow, you must get *covered* in fur. Yeah, things have been really hectic here for a while. I actually have been wondering about the irony of a guy named Shiv getting shanked twice. I bet it's probably the devs thinking it was funny. Those are definitely some great points. If/when we get introduced to more dreamers, I eagerly await contrasting their power sets. Maybe it's personality-based... That's true, the player definitely can't get into those rooms. Or maybe there's more underground rooms, but they're hidden? Yeah, the Undercity seems too risky... It could be that there was an emotional component to it? When Nova got confronted by Aurora, she was genuinely afraid for her life and her past misdeeds were thrown in her face. It could have been enough of a shock to break her out of Darkrai's hold/hypnosis/dream/whatever. Or maybe it was prolonged exposure to the Grid? The shock of being forgiven by Aurora? As for whether they can be *re*controlled, right now I just don't think we have enough data to tell. If they can, then maybe Darkrai let Nova go on the assumption that she'd immediately join the heroes, on the logic that eventually, it could just re-hypnotise her later and then it'd have a mole and intel on the heroes' plans. Quackling, if you will. *finger guns* Honestly, the only theory I have is that the mayo is either a joke item or will be used in the future. I like to think that Darkrai can eat dreams, so it can taste food that way. In contrast, Tristan's memes are all the rage in the Dreamscape. Meanwhile, Ava and Emily make memes about Connor being terrible, Aderyn doesn't know what a meme is and Reeve is too elegant to waste his time. (Garret makes memes about him.) Oh, good. (Lassoing Darkrai has historically been a real pain for me. Damn teleporting bastard.) They keep trying to catch him to study him, but he vanishes the moment they're not looking.

There are a few alolan regional forms available such as vulpix and marowak that I can think of off the top of my head though I believe there aren’t any hisuian forms as of yet. There’s a list of all available pokémon in the Episode 6 Encounters, Passwords, Side Quests, and more! post if you’re curious about the alolan/galarian forms that are available.

Hi I am, incredibly sorry for the 4 month delay on this, completely on me. This should be working just fine now! Game.rxdata Hi hello, here you go! Game.rxdata

Hi, is it possible to convert my file? I saved in the right spot (I think) and I finished E5, thank you! Game.rxdata

I'm aware that mons from all the way up to Gen 8 are included in the game, but does that include regional forms, such as Hisuians and Alolans? Totally not asking because I want a Hisuian Zoroark.

I got the same error and I can't find a solution

Hi, it's been a while since I have played but I have played the latest update. From memory there aren't any items but there is a password you can use to make it so you don't need to have a pokemon know the move, though you will still need to obtain the HM and meet the criteria to use them. I'll pop it in a spoiler section just in case with how to use passwords.

Don’t worry about it! Craziness is bound to happen sometimes. I hope everything has been a lot more chill for you in recent weeks! It kinda got crazy for me too…plus I ended up getting destroyed by summer allergies and all my huskies decided to coat blow at the same time. Oh boy. Things are a lot calmer and I’m right as rain now (and swimming in a much smaller sea of fur) so I’m back and ready to discuss! Full on red string conspiracy boards filled with the wildest theories that’d make even Boyd Cooper proud! They also contain the letter o…is there a deeper meaning here? Is it a coincidence that Shiv’s name is Shiv and he’s the one that ended up stabbed? There’s just so many mysteries about. Interesting question… I actually do wonder if they have the same powerset. There is definitely an overlap between their powers. Though there are little things like Aurora using her power to increase the rate of growth for her pokémon, something I’m not sure if Shiv has done. Granted there’s nothing to say he hasn’t at some point either. There is also the cryptic talk about colors and their dreams…not sure if the colors are expressions of their personalities, ideals/goals, or abilities (could be a combination of all those, who knows) but they have very different, contrasting colors. If abilities do play a part in this distinction, then maybe it is possible their powersets do differ in some ways. If they do have the same powerset it does make sense that it would boil down to personality/availability, absolutely. There’s always a chance the research is tucked away in one of the rooms upstairs. It doesn’t seem like anyone knows about the manor in Silver Rise and its association with their family, so it could be a good place to stash the research. On the other head, the manor is in disrepair and if it’s still there it’s probably not in the best of conditions so maybe not. The Dreamscape seems like a safe enough place for sensitive research like that. Not many people would be able to access it and theoretically she could create a crafty hiding place for it like in a secret room in their manor or maybe turned it into a tree or something. Absolutely a valid possibility! The only other place that I can think of that Aurora is associated with is the Undercity however that seems pretty unlikely to me. When Nova confronts Darkrai after it is released Darkrai mentions something about attempting to “deal” with Nova when she broke free so it dropping her of its own volition doesn’t seem too likely. That being said it could be possible that the showdown between the twins and Nova is that *what* factor. If I remember correctly Nova disappears after that encounter and later on, she’s quite opposed to Darkrai. It seems that encounter could have been the catalyst, and she regained control sometime after that encounter and before the events of Bountilia. Maybe there is another possibility. I forgot about it but way back at the beginning Nova remarks about some strange feeling and when pondering the feeling she mentions it feels cloudy. Many of the villagers describe the effects of hypnosis in similar ways. And some do experience some lingering effects, like Leonard still battling the protagonist even after Drowzee was dealt with. Assuming that they are under the influence of hypnosis (maybe a stronger form ‘cause its Darkrai or something?) then it’s possible it can be dispelled in a similar manner as the Keegan situation. In the confrontation Connor unravelling the truth of the situation seemed to cause the afflicted to snap out of it. That could be what breaks hypnosis or is at least one component in breaking it. If that is the case the events of Cellia revolved heavily around their past. Add in the fact that Nova had realized beforehand the Onyx Stone may be useless and everything is just made up and she would be well on her way to grasping the situation and breaking the hypnosis she’s under. On a side note, I’m pretty curious as to whether or not Darkrai could bring Nova under its control again. Like is it a situation of once you’re free you’re absolutely free? Or is there a possibility she could end up under Darkrai’s control yet again? If Nova truly is lying, then honestly props to Darkrai for staging such a ruse. It’s certainly a risky move. It now has a pawn inside the protag’s group. If it goes in this direction, I wonder what Darkrai is planning going forward. Excellent villain bio for Quackington. *cue the cackling quacks* I don’t recall that we have…the mayo is an untouched mystery I believe. According to the item description it is useless. Got any interesting ideas about it? I was hoping to break the credit market by selling mayo in Reeve’s club but alas destroying the credit economy is not in the cards…yet. Maybe when we meet Quackington officially he can use the mayo in some recipe or something that could be used as like a super revive or healing item. Or some other requirement for another quest. All I know is that I ended up with a silly headcanon that the protagonist really enjoys homemade mayo after acquiring 37 jars of it (I was bound and determined to find a use for the mayo on a different save…so now I have 37 jars of mayo xD). Man, ‘tis a shame Darkrai can’t even enjoy the popcorn. It is just a well-meaning pedant at heart. That would be highly entertaining to see! I totally forgot he calls him old, he so would! Rosetta and Aaron tag-team Garret in response, sending out a plethora of memes about his horrendous boating skills. Oof that one about Tristian hits right in the feels. Poor guy! Nothing but crickets for Tristan. It didn’t even know what hit it, Darkrai has been lassoed successfully. It was well worth going back and finishing, thanks! Seriously that is a scary thought. Both of them are driven and quite determined individuals. Combine that with Shiv’s powers and Waldnehall’s ruthlessness and Ayrith could be in a predicament. It would make for some fun bit of chaos though! It’s probably a good thing that right now their goals aren’t aligned. What an investigation that would be! Even they cannot unravel the mystery that is Jarred. That is both impressive and mildly concerning.

Hello I got this error message while trying to open the game it says that the save is corrupted can someone help ?

Great game so far. At first I was afraid it would be too similar to Reborn and Rejuvenation but it has it's own vibe, which I like. Quick question but are there any optional items that replace HMs? I haven't found any yet. If there are none, can I suggest adding them? Having to carry around HM slaves just isn't fun, especially since HM moves are generally pretty bad and while easier than Reborn and Rejuvenation, the level cap make wasted moves a lot more annoying.

So I've noticed that my game freezes whenever the "Quest Log Updated" notification should appear on the top left of the screen, just after talking to the specific NPC to trigger the start of the quest. It's only on specidic side quests, so far it's happened on 41 (Boss's Lost Comrades), 75 (The Ranger's Comeback) and 97 (Just Along for the Ryder). I'm using the most recent Linux version and had no problems at all apart from this one. (Made a separate post since it's not exactly a minor bug but not important enough to be a major/fatal one)

...yeah, so, stuff kinda got a bit crazy over the past few weeks. Sorry. My bad. I mean, there's always the old conspiracy boards with red strings tied between him. Nova and Aurora have names ending in A: *what does it mean???* That's true, getting Nova's side beyond 'Darkrai made me do it' would definitely be good. I suppose the question is, is there any actual difference between Shiv and Aurora's powers, or do they just have the same powerset? Because if they do, then who Nova targeted would be down to personality/availability, wouldn't it? Oooh, Aurora's research. Good question. The Mansion of Sad Lonely Children seems pretty beyond repair in the present day, but maybe the Dreamscape could have some? You know, that's actually a great question. I can't remember if it was established as to *what* made Nova break free- did Darkrai drop her because it got the twins instead? Was it the thing with the twins in Cellia? Something to do with the player meeting Darkrai? Or has Nova been lying to us and Darkrai's still got her? He is the terror that quacks in the night. The chef that will serve the entirety of Ayrith up to Darkrai. He is... Quackington. *dun dun dun!* (Although, seriously, what's with the mayo? Did we ever speculate about that?) Darkrai and Shiv's reviews regularly go viral. And Darkrai takes its history expertise and uses it to criticise all parts of movies and shows set in the past. "That outfit's all wrong." "No, that building looks like it's from the seventeenth century, not sixteenth." "That slang wasn't in common use for decades." Shiv just throws popcorn at roughly where Darkrai's mouth would be and tells him to relax. Ahahaha, yeah, Emily totally spams the chat with memes, whether she found them or made them. Garret adds in memes about Aaron being old. Tristan works *really hard* on his memes and never gets any replies. I hope your Darkrai lassoing went well! Man, Shiv and Waldenhall as friends/associates is a scary thought. Those are two guys who could do some serious damage if they teamed up to achieve a common goal. And maybe they did know Tristan... Hahaha, no, Shiv and Waldenhall are working together to decipher the mystery of Jarred. They have got absolutely nowhere.

so this up-grade thing was slowing all my progress, I see... Thanks !

omg thank you very very much !!

Hey everyone! I recently started the game (like a few days ago), and I have been having an issue where seemingly at random the game has some sort of error and quits. It is fairly sporadic, and isn't at a specific/predictable point (that I have noticed). I can restart the app and play for a bit but it'll still eventually crash. For some background, I am on mac running Sonoma 14.5, I used the desolation_updater version that just opens up a terminal window and does some sort of process which seems to have updated but I'm not sure how to check what version it is on, and I downloaded and followed the steps for one of the patches (the mac-specific one). The 6.0.12 patch at the bottom of the downloads page just gives me a folder that doesn't have a playable game in it, but on one of my tries downloading it, it gave me some sort of "alias" version of the regular Desolation app? (If it isn't already clear I don't exactly know what I'm doing). I've attached a few screenshots of the pop-up I got during one of the shut-downs, as well as the Z-universal terminal which I used to open the app one time, and took a screenshot of the point at which it crashed. I'm not sure if it's my computer or that I messed up downloading (both are definitely possible), but would appreciate any help I can get, I am really enjoying the game so far! Thanks!

To gain access to the Depths in Cellia North you have to complete the engineer’s request that requires an Up-Grade. Afterwards Bob the engineer should have one final quest for you which will allow you entry into the sewers in Cellia North. The sewer entrance is located near where you fought the skuntank.

You can purchase an Up-Grade from the Cellia Trainers Emporium in Cellia Central (The Emporium is located in the north western corner of the city near the Cellia Sewers entrance where you obtain a squirtle). It costs 15 credits.

There is an NPC near the table full of player protagonists in Cellia Central that allows you to change your pronouns. He looks like the Move Relearner Rufas (Black hair with yellow dye, red outfit)!

Hi ! In order to defeat Reeve, I am desperatly looking for a Sableye. I saw on topics that we can find one in the Depths, I fristly searched in the Weapping Depths but it was obviously not the right ones. Then I saw on a video that these dephts are in the sewers, where the access is in Cellia North. However, I can't access the sewers by Cellia North, someone coul help please ?

Hi ! I'm stuck with the mission of the engineer in Cellia North because I can't find an Up-Grade, I searched in all Cellia but it is nowhere to be find. In addition, I heard that this mission is important for another, so someone could help me please ?

Hi ! I'm stuck with the mission of the engineer in Cellia North because I can't find an Up-Grade, I searched in all Cellia but it is nowhere to be find. In addition, I heard that this mission is important for another, so someone could help me please ?

How would one go about changing their pronouns in game? Just curious now Thanks!

As an addition, I will also say I know how to un-hide folders, it just did not do anything in this case.

Hello! I've been playing a new run and I did the police task for Rosetta, but I forgot to talk to her afterwards. Since I can't save Nova now I want to go back and reload an old save state, but as you know macbooks hide shit all the time. I tried following a few different guides for this sort of thing but I haven't found my savestates anywhere including where I would find the reborn saves (not that my reborn saves were there either) Anyone know what to do about this?