Pokemon Emerald Imperium Known Bugs

This post covers all the known bugs in Pokemon Emerald Imperium, helping you avoid them during your gameplay. It’s designed to make your experience smoother, safer, and free from any unexpected issues.

Pokemon Emerald Imperium List of Known Bugs

Version 1.3.1

Bugs that got Fixed in v1.3.1

• Melmetal’s weight is a factor of 10 less than it should be (it is supposed to be 8000 hectograms, it is 800 hectograms in game). [Fixed in 1.3.1]
• When considering your last used move to see who is faster, the AI currently uses the priority of said move. This means that if you used a priority move like detect on the previous turn, the AI will assume your pokemon is moving in the priority bracket of this move, in this case +4 priority bracket. [Fixed in 1.3.1]

General Bug

• Sometimes if you start a double battle with 2 trainers that “spot you” (exclamation point pops up and they walk towards you to start the battle) it will be inconsistent which trainer is on which side. This mostly matters for nuzlockers, and you can reset if this happens and reload the map (leave the route and come back) to try and fix it.
• Flamethrower does not thaw frostbite.
• If an enemy pokemon is awakened by uproar, no enemy pokemon can be put to sleep during the fight as a result of an interaction with sleep clause.
• There is a spider on Pawkkie’s wall.

Ai Bugs

• The AI does not consider moves with dynamic typing (Ivy Cudgel, Hidden Power, etc) for Absorb AI moves.
• AI does not correctly see its own Hidden Power’s type when evaluating switch-in candidates. The exact way this bug works and which dynamic type moves are affected is not clear yet.
• AI does not correctly see its own Mold Breaker ability for scoring and hits to ko. The exact way this bug works is not clear yet.
• AI will not see your focus sash/sturdy for:
  • comparing its own damaging moves. If you have a sash, it will not make OHKO moves = 2HKO moves and increase scores if all equal, it will only compare OHKO moves. It will not score the move as a kill however, this is purely for the +1 to scoring that comes with a move being compared to other moves with equal number of hits to ko.
  • specifically on switches, when checking how many hits it would take to KO you and comparing that to how many hits it takes for you to KO it. e.g. if you have a sash and a move deals 110% to you, but you have a fast 2hko, it should see that it wins the 1v1 and considers that a viable candidate!

Version 1.3

• While not technically a known bug, my goal was to match the data for each Pokemon found in https://dex.radicalred.net/. We put a large effort into addressing all inconsistencies in 1.2, but it is still of course possible that we missed some things (especially learnset data), so please report any inconsistencies that are not documented as “intentional deviations from Radical Red”
• Barb Barrage currently only does double damage to a pokemon that is poisoned. In Radical Red, it will do double damage to a pokemon with ANY status. This functionality was not correctly ported to EI, so it only does double damage to a poisoned mon.
• Mr. Briney can disappear if you travel from Dewford back to the mainland or Slateport and lose a battle in some scenarios (save often when at Dewford town until fixed)
• Supercell slam into a Pokemon with Lightning Rod (or with Lightning Rod on the field) does not cause the crash damage for missing
• When an AI mon gets choice locked into a move that it is immune to because of Bulletproof (at least, maybe more) on the first turn it selects the move, it can then swap moves
• The AI does not consider moves with dynamic typing (Ivy Cudgel, Hidden Power, etc) for Absorb AI moves
• Using Entrainment to change the ability of the Primal Pokemon does not cause the Primal Weather (Harsh Sun, Heavy Rain) to disappear until the end of the turn instead of the instant the ability changed
  • Worry Seed seemingly works correctly
• Sometimes if you start a double battle with 2 trainers that “spot you” (exclamation point pops up and they walk towards you to start the battle) it will be inconsistent which trainer is on which side. This mostly matters for nuzlockers, and you can reset if this happens and reload the map (leave the route and come back) to try and fix it
• I forgot to change chatot ability to punk rock, notable for cooltrainer michelle
• There is a spider on Pawkkie’s wall

Version 1.2

While not technically a known bug, the goal was to match the data for each Pokemon found in https://dex.radicalred.net/. We put a large effort into addressing all inconsistencies in 1.2, but it is still of course possible that we missed some things (especially learnset data), so please report any inconsistencies that are not documented as “intentional deviations from Radical Red”

Old Bugs in v1.1 (Fixed in 1.2)

• Some of the color palettes of the follower Pokemon have issues being on screen at the same time as some of the custom overworld sprites. The example I have come across is Charmander or Gardenia’s palette not loading correctly, depending on which one is loaded on screen first. In theory, one specific follower probably causes the same issue for each of the custom overworld objects, so if you find another example of it please let me know!
• Some shiny overworld Pokemon do not display correctly (you can fix this easily by opening the party menu, bag, or some other menu)
• While not technically a known bug, my goal was to match the data for each Pokemon found in https://dex.radicalred.net/, and I am sure I missed some things (especially learnset data), so please report any inconsistencies that are not documented as intentional changes!
• Pomeg Berry merchant and some other mart workers can crash the game on MyBoy emulator