Badge 4 route — Shade
Stop condition: Shade badge earned OR usage remaining reaches 5%; always save, quit, archive/stitch recordings. Source: https://bigjra.github.io/reborn/ (Episode 5). Installed 19.5.43 assets used to verify events.
- Shelly room scene -> outside Cain heals before optional challenge. Cain: Brionne32, A-Marowak33, A-Grimer35, Nidoking36. Ampharos beats lead; Marshtomp beats Marowak/Grimer; Swoobat/Cryogonal Nidoking.
- Agree to save Heather. Orphanage: partner heals after battles. Talk partner; explore upstairs BEFORE left hallway; then Anna downstairs. Hallway left -> bottom green terminal. Upstairs free Noel/all cages; downstairs right free Charlotte without twice talking in cage; other kid gives 4 candy M. Archive Key behind right plant after lower room battle; unlock left archive for candy L. Sigmund at top: Electivire38, Musharna34, Hypno35, Rotom35, A-Raichu36. Growlithe/Marshtomp levels/evolutions, X-Scissor Kricketune on psychic mons. Avoid Electric vs Motor Drive lead.
- Accept Anna fast travel -> Railnet. Rock Smash east -> Dull Key bottom right, open gate, group at top activates Shade story.
- Prepare level40. Obtain Mining Kit/available candies, Fire Stone to evolve Growlithe after Flamethrower34. Consider dark attacker or Discharge Ampharos to flip field. Avoid unnecessary sidequest bosses.
- Shade: activate 4 monitors in two wings. Gengar35 WideLens Hypnosis/DreamEater/ShadowBall/Thunderbolt; Dhelmise35 Lum BrickBreak/GigaDrain/AnchorShot/ShadowClaw; Rotom37 Leftovers PainSplit/ConfuseRay/ShadowBall/Discharge; Banette36 SyntheticSeed ShadowClaw/KnockOff/DazzlingGleam/DestinyBond; Doublade37 SyntheticSeed GyroBall/ShadowClaw/BrickBreak/SD; Mimikyu38 Sitrus Disguise Thunderbolt/SD/ShadowClaw/PlayRough. All ghost damage field-boosted. Discharge flips to Factory. Fire covers two steels/grass. Sleep protection Gengar. Unaware Swoobat ignores Mimikyu boosts but weak to ghost. Plan team fully before challenge.
- Stop after Omen Badge + TM ShadowClaw, cap45. No next story.
Recording session023 onward: ScreenCaptureKit window-only content,852x640,30fps maximum; VFR normalized before action-trim/4x archive. Stop file recordings/session-NNN.stop. Originals gym1-3 unchanged, preferred clean exports recordings/clean/.
Refined Shade preparation: join Magma in North Obsidia alley (Fire double), Maxwell -> shack beside flower shop -> Craudburry house south of Center (two Water singles), guaranteed Fire Stone. This mandatory-later quest also trains Ampharos to40 and Growlithe to39. Evolve after Crunch39. Avoid rival boss level45 quest for now. Orphanage supplies4CandyM and1CandyL; use where useful before Sigmund. Swampert already38 after office pair.
Sigmund refinement: use Candy L +3M to bring Kricketune35 (38187exp) to40 (56660exp). Learn Fell Stinger36 over Fury Cutter3; skip Taunt38. X-Scissor0 then Technician Fell Stinger3 finishing Musharna can grant +3Atk, letting X-Scissor crush Hypno/Raichu. Swampert39 handles Electivire/other Electric; Ampharos39 PowerGem handles Rotom (do not Electric into Motor Drive). Cryogonal36 is special-bulk backup for Raichu. Remaining1M can cap Ampharos39 if needed. Verify actual opposing order and HP, do not batch across switches. Current moves: Swampert RockSlide0 MudShot1 MuddyWater2 Protect3; Growl Flamethrower1, Crunch2 at39.
Magma route verified:79event150[63,18] from64,18LEFT→165[31,12]. Guard16513[26,12] talk twice, yes; Nihil/Kriz doubles. Maxwellevent14[8,12] sets95=2 afterbriefing; switch128Magma. TM46event24[11,13]. Exit165[32,12]→79[64,18]. Gate79[8,19]LEFT→424[12,5],424[3,5]LEFT→80[55,60]. Do not use79event10[7,22], blocked fromright. Shack80event29[18,22]→169[30,9], Maxwellevent8[31,7] sets95=3,129true. Craudhouse80event28[18,61]→169[4,11] thenbackdoor→174. Shop80event31[30,22]→171[8,9], counter6,5.
Sigmund done first attempt; afterrescueautoheal. KRockSmash2 overStruggleBug; RockSmash DOES requireteachingwithonlyhardcap. RailnetDullKeydone, group10428, shortcut10312switch1999opened. UsedlastSuperRepel. Magmaentrywon3roundsMuddyWater+PowerGem, Amph40learnedDischarge2. NextTM46+Maxwellbriefing. LapisMart171counter6,5 (167isBikeShop).
Shade opening refinement: Ampharos40 ChestoBerry lead, Discharge2 flips ShortCircuit toFactory and dealsSTAB; watchCursedBody disabling it, thenPowerGem/switchArca. Arcanine39 Crunch2+Flamethrower1 primaryGhost/Steelcoverage; MorningSun3 healing. XSpDef1inbagcanhelpArca/Gengar/Rotom ifneeded. Kricketune CANNOTlearnThief, attemptedUIrejected, nochange; KXScissor0/Sing1/RockSmash2/FellStinger3. CryoLightScreenbackup. NormalpartyAmp0Swamp1Arca2Cryo3Swoo4K5. ArcstillExpShareuntil40. Maproute towardShade afterMagmafinalhandoff:79[22,49]DOWN→29[31,9];29[9,10]LEFT→37[74,12];37[25,7]UP→57[77,76];57[40,26]UP→423[7,13];423[7,3]UP→130[50,37];130[75,9]UP→422[8,13];422[8,3]UP→142[29,37];142eastedge connection[41,26]→144[0,0],144eastconnection[94,0]→146[0,1]. VerifywalkablebridgeYbeforequeuing. LapisMartcounter7,5LEFT+C (6,5counterimpassable).
Travel correction29upperPeridotexit9,10notreachablefrom31,9usingcurrentroute; use29[9,60]LEFT→37[74,62], then37[25,7]UP. Bridge144verifiedy10(path93tiles). Maxwellhandofffinished95=6. Fieldplanning: Discharge flipsBOTHways, so twoDischarges restoresShortCircuit. FactoryElectric1.5; SyntheticSeedFactorygivesSpAtk+1+LaserFocus(crit), ShortCircuitgivesSpDef+1+MagnetRise. GhostShadowBall/ShadowClaw1.3onlyShortCircuit. WatchBanetteDestinyBondactualtext (do notblindlyKOafterDB). battle_move SLOT --watch parsingfixed; canturnbattleTurboOFFforbossifneededtoreadmessages.
Openingfinal: Ampharos40Chesto lead. XSpDef first (+2SpD) givesShadowBallmargin, thenDischarge2. GengarnicknamedCOREY (matchfoeCorey inUI); ShadowBallcanlowerSpDef, CursedBodycandisableDischarge. InspectactualHP/stages/field. 2Dischargescanflipfieldback; PGemfinisheriflowenoughpreservesFactory. Shade2HyperPotions. MimikyuConfuseRay+ThunderWaveplannedtocontrolSD (ElectricstatusTWaveworksMimikyuFairyGhost); saveAmpwhenpossible. No blindbatchacrossfoechanges.