August 2024 Variants Update & Shiny Event in PokéRogue: All You Need to Know

Published on: August 19, 2024

August 2024 Variants Update PokeRogue

The August variant update for PokéRogue has introduced a range of new features, improvements, and bug fixes that enhance the overall gaming experience. This update is packed with exciting changes, including a shiny event, gameplay adjustments, and new features that players have been eagerly anticipating. Here's a detailed look at what this update entails, categorized for clarity.

New Features

Shiny Event

With the release of today's update, along with the new variants, we have a new Shiny Event!

  • 2x Increase of Wild Encounter Shiny Rates in all modes!
  • For the duration of the event, in Classic Mode, your Rival will give you:
    • 2 Shiny Charms (across the first two encounters with them)
    • 1 Ability Charm early on

Shiny Event in PokeRogue

Major Changes

  • New shiny creatures in the wild!
  • Admins arrive!

Minor Changes

  • Music: Added ORAS Champion theme for Mixed music.
  • Language Support:
    • Catalan language coming soon!
    • Japanese language added!
  • Gameplay:
    • Endless biome now consistently rotates every 5 waves.
    • Eternatus now references the number of classic sessions played.
    • More grunts and new dialogue added.
    • Phione eggs now have a 1/8 chance to hatch Manaphy.
    • Reverted the egg additive change back to multiplicative.
    • Starters can now remember egg moves.
    • Tandemaus now evolves into a family of 3 only 25% of the time.
    • The final boss' passive is now disabled.
    • Ultra Necrozma joins the battle!

Implementations/Fixes

Moves

  • Beak Blast re-implemented.
  • Bleakwind / Wildbolt / Sandsear: No longer lose accuracy in sun and sand.
  • Clanging Scales: Stat drop bug fixed.
  • Dragon Tail: Freeze bug fixed.
  • Flame Burst implemented.
  • Foresight implemented.
  • Freezy Frost: Stat changes elimination bug fixed.
  • Lucky Chant implemented.
  • Make It Rain: Stat drop bug fixed.
  • Miracle Eye implemented.
  • Move Failures: No longer apply respective buffs/debuffs.
  • Odor Sleuth implemented.
  • Protect Interactions changed.
  • Psycho Shift: Now treats Comatose as sleep.
  • Shell Trap implemented.
  • Sketch: Can no longer copy certain moves (Chatter, Mirror Move, Sleep Talk, etc.).
  • Thunder / Hurricane: No longer lose accuracy in sand.
  • U-turn and related moves:
    • No longer trigger regenerator twice.
    • No longer trigger static twice.
    • No longer cause weird UI behavior.

Abilities

  • Disguise: Now works like Ice Face.
  • Flash Fire:
    • Boost is no longer passed with Baton Pass.
    • Now properly triggers if the Pokémon is frozen.
  • Gulp Missile implemented.
  • Heatproof: Now reduces burn damage by half.
  • Levitate / Sand Attack interaction fixed.
  • Mycelium Might implemented.
  • Pastel Veil implemented.
  • Sand Spit: Now only activates when hit with a damaging move.
  • Stall implemented.
  • Sweet Veil updated.
  • Toxic Chain: Now only applies on damaging moves.
  • Zero to Hero: No longer triggers on switches due to fainting.

Items

  • Ability Charm: No longer offered as a reward after wave 189.
  • Eviolite: Now unlockable through an achievement.
  • Mini Black Hole: Now transferrable again.
  • Scope Lens: Now available for enemy trainers.
  • White Herb removed.

Quality of Life (QOL)

  • Auto-Filtering: Implemented in starter select for challenges.
  • Ether Weights: Shop weights adjusted for lower PP moves.
  • Flyout: Now correctly reflects PP changes from Spite.
  • Forced Switch: Skipped if the fainted party member has already been revived.
  • IV Scanner: Now lets you see the stats mid-battle.
  • Fresh Start Mode:
    • Mini Black Hole now disabled.
    • No longer possible to catch Pokémon in the last biome.
    • Starters no longer have a fixed cost of 3.
  • Localization Improvements: Various updates made.
  • Starter Select Screen: Several improvements made.
  • Smeargle Learnset: Reverted to pre-Gen 9.
  • Targeting: Now highlights held items.
  • Achievements Page: Now scrollable.
  • Menu Cursor: Now wraps around.
  • Passive Background: Now immediately updated upon unlocking.
  • Touch Screen Controls: Can now be moved around.
  • Sprite & Icon Updates: Various updates applied.
  • Wave 199 Rewards: Changed.
  • Item Transfer: Now shows valid Pokémon.

Other Bug Fixes

  • Arena Trap/Shadow Tag: Flyouts now show up properly.
  • Cosplay Pikachu and Rotom Forms: Now start with their signature moves.
  • Final Boss: 2nd phase transition now also occurs when receiving damage from a status.
  • No Retreat: Fixed failing when trapped by another effect.
  • Battle Victory UI Issue: Fixed rare glitch where a Pokémon fainting after battle victory caused UI issues.
  • Game Data Export: Fixed freeze issue.
  • Fresh Start Mode: Pokémon no longer remember egg moves through Memory Mushroom.
  • Pokémon Name UI: Fixed weird affixes attached to Pokémon names.
  • Egg Gacha: Prevented usage in the rewards screen.
  • Victini: Now listed in the correct generation.
  • Weather System: Now properly resets when the arena resets (e.g., on biome change).