Where To Get Heart Scales In Bdsp. Players will come across an NPC that can teach a Pokemon any move that it has forgotten as they progress through Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl. However, this NPC will not provide his services for free, and fans will need to tempt him with a unique gift. A Heart Scale is that exceptional item, and this article will show you how to obtain one in Pokemon BDSP.
Renri Seong updated this page on February 17, 2022: A mis-click can easily cause a Pokemon’s moves to overwritten and forgotten. While getting Pokemon to recall Moves gotten easier over time, it wasn’t always that way in the beginning. Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, being faithful remakes of Diamond and Pearl, return to their beginnings by requiring players to put in a little more effort if they want their Pokemon to remember a certain Move. In BDSP, players will need to give the Move Reminder a Heart Scale. The Dowsing Machine required to find most Heart Scales, however there other ways to obtain them without having to use the Poketch. This guide has updated with extra information on “fishing” for Heart Scales and the necessity of remembering Pokemon Moves.
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Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl: Heart Scale Locations
Fans looking for Heart Scales in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl can look for them in four distinct places. As a result, players should prioritise those two sources, which each yield one guaranteed Heart Scale. If a fan still requires more of these items, they can concentrate on the other two sources, which can supply a limitless number of Heart Scales but take a lot of patience.
Route 212
Players should enter Route 212 from Pastoria City to find the first guaranteed Heart Scale. Players should proceed northwest once they join this path until they come across one of Pokemon BDSP’s honey trees. The Heart Scale concealed in the dirt at the corner of that row, and fans should take a few feet to the left from this place to approach a group of trees that form a vertical barrier.
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Route 214
Fans can uncover another guaranteed Heart Scale by travelling to Veilstone City and entering Route 214 from the south. There is some fence on the right side of this route that creates a number of routes that travel below, and fans should follow those channels until they reach a purple-clad trainer. Just to the west of that trainer is a tall grass loop, and the second Heart Scale hidden in a gap in that loop.
Grand Underground
Pokemon BDSP’s Grand Underground is a good place to go if you need an endless supply of Heart Scales. These riches can mined from the sparkling patches appear on the walls in that place, but because of their rarity, fans should not expect to find a Heart Scale every time they dig.
Luvdisc
Luvdiscs are another endless supply of Heart Scales, and fans may catch these fish-like Pokemon by fishing on Route 224 with the Super Rod. In Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, this location can reached after obtaining the National Dex, and players who want a chance at a Heart Scale should catch the Luvdiscs they encounter or use Thief or Covet on them.
Luvdisc has a 50% chance of carrying a Heart Scale, which is quite high for wild Pokemon that carry goods. Fishing Pokemon, on the other hand, demands more patience than Random Encounters. When the exclamation mark comes over Lucas/Dawn while fishing, players must press the A button. The time the exclamation mark appears and fades varies depending on the Rod used. Some players may have difficulty with the “quick-time event” because Luvdisc can only fished up using the Super Rod.
Fortunately, there are methods for making it easier to catch Pokemon. Abilities have offered to Pokemon since Generation 3. The majority of Pokemon have a primary, secondary, and hidden ability. Even though Abilities generally utilised to gain a passive edge in fight, some Abilities can used in non-battle situations. When fishing, abilities that prevent Pokemon from running in combat make it simpler to catch them.
The following Abilities guarantee 100% hooking a Pokemon:
- Suction Cups (Octillery, Cradily)
- Sticky Hold (Grimer, Shellos)
- No Guard (Machop)
Machop can found as early as Route 207, just north of Oreburgh City. If you grab a Macho, make sure to check their Summary to see if they have No Guard. Set a Machop/Machoke/Machamp to the front of the party once players have a Machop/Machoke/Machamp, and then go fishing for Luvdisc on Route 224.
Why BDSP Players Should Use Heart Scales
Although obtaining Heart Scales can be time consuming, having a few on hand can be advantageous. Stronger moves learnt as Pokemon evolve, but sometimes a “strong move” learned at “level 1.” At level 1, Gallade, for example, learns Night Slash, a Dark-type attack. Ralts, on the other hand, does not develop into Kirlia until level 20, and if it isn’t male and players don’t have a Dawn Stone to use on him, he cannot evolve into Gallade. By the time players receive Gallade, he’ll long past the level where intended to learn Night Slash, therefore he won’t able to learn it by levelling up.
This is where Pastoria City’s Heart Scales and Move Tutor come in help. In BDSP, players can use Heart Scales at the Move Tutor to teach their Pokemon any move that they should already know. Remember the move must have “learned” by a Pokemon first. Gallade can’t go to the Move Tutor and learn Close Combat if it’s level 56, because the move only learned at level 63. Before players can spend Heart Scales to relearn a high-leveled Move, Pokemon must have their Moves “registered.”
