Pomeg glitch: Difference between revisions

The '''Pomeg glitch''' or '''Pomeg Berry glitch''' is an oversight regarding the Pomeg Berry's ability ofto loweringdecrease HP [[bp:Effort value|EV]]s. It allows a Pokémon to attain 'negative' health.

If the player uses a Pomeg Berry at a low amount of HP, the glitch may be abused soto thatreduce the Pokémon's HP will drop below zero. Its HP will andthen roll down from (2^16)-1 or 65535 HP due to hitpoints being a [[unsigned]], two byte integer. In Emerald Version, this enormous health quantity will be displayed as '?35'.

The consequences of the glitch vary betweendepending on the game in which it is exploited on. The player's ability to reduceReducing a Pokémon's HP to negative values viathrough use of a Pomeg Berry ishas nobeen longermade possibleimpossible fromin Gen Vall games andfrom Black/White onwardonwards.

#Obtain a Pokémon whose HP will increase by 2 or more afterthrough usinguse of a HP Up on it. The Pomeg Berry will reduce its health by this valueamount later.

Once a Pokémon receivesattains this amountHP of HPvalue, it may be exploited to abuse other oversights in the game.

In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Versions are the only games in which, using healing items on a Pokémon with ?35 HP (or similar HP values) will not cause the Pokémon to faint. Instead, the Pokémon will be healed to full health. In Diamond, Pearl and Platinum Versions (and probably HeartGold/SoulSilver Versions, though this remains untested), healing items cannot be used on Pokémon with HP values below 0.

ThisWhen an Egg is sent into battle, the Pokémon inside the Egg will havebe displayed, with its palette changed to that of the red-and-beige Egg palette. The Pokémon inside of the Egg is capable of leveling up,; hence, it is possible to hatch an Egg into a Pokémon in a secondary or final evolutionary stage. If a Nincada is evolved while in an Egg, an extra Egg will appear in the party after that battle if there is an open slot. This Egg will hatch into a Shedinja.

Battling Eggs may be subjected to PoisonPoisoned, and maycan faint in the overworld dueas toa itresult. In this case, theThe player will not white out, asand the Eggmessage faintsthat providedannounces that the Poisoned Pokémon has fainted will not appear. If there is another livenon-fainted Pokémon in the player's party. Then, the player will constantly encounter brief delays everywhen 4 stepstravelling, as the game continuously treats the Egg as though it has fainted.faints every 4 steps.

Fainted Eggs may be revived to full health using a Sacred Ash, but this will not cure status conditions such as(including Poison). When this occurs, the Egg's full HP value will be momentarily displayed.