Bestfriends

Was great working with @YoungCabbage on this, and now makes one of the lesser accessible items more available to everyone,
This is a video looking at the method from a different perspective where I look at building & buying from scratch the pokemon required for the method,
Be Sure To Check Out Both Videos
 
 

Easy Toxic Orb Farming Method
Created By: @YoungCabbage & @AngryGorilla
 
***(If you don't like to read check out this YouTube video below)***
This new Toxic Orb Farming Method Is BROKEN! (Farm Toxic Orbs 2.5x FASTER In PokeMMO!)
 
Muk has caused a lot of problems for item farmers eager to get their hands on a Toxic Orb. The reason for this is due to one of its two abilities being Sticky Hold. Which prevents the wild Muks held item from Thief, Trick, Switcharoo, and any other move that steals the held item of a wild Pokemon. Wild Muks can also have the move, Fling. A move that throws the held item as an attack which causes the held item to be consumed thus deleting the item from existence. So what do we do?
 
@Tnums Created an amazing method and video which utilized a Togekiss with imprison and a reactive gas Weezing which has been very helpful albeit a bit slow. You can Find that Video Here: 
[PokeMMO]Toxic Orb Item Farming Guide w/ Repel Trick
 
So I hit the drawing board and came up with this strategy (Along with the help of my good friend and Angry Gorilla) And we are happy to introduce it to you all today!
 
The method goes like this:
 
1. The Location: Celedon City 
We are no longer hunting in the Pokémon Mansion, nor the Power Plant. We will actually be in celedon city in the old mans dirty pond. (gross I know)
The encounters for this pond have been organized by @Bestfriends on his amazing "PokeMMO Encounter Index" and can be seen below.

The reason we want to hunt in this pond is because your character actually moves faster in the surf animation then simply sprinting in either the Mansion or the Power Plant. You also get a chance to encounter one of the roaming Legendary Birds since you are doing encounters outdoors. But we obviously only want to encounter Muk, so what do we do? 
 
2. Repel Trick at level 37
Muks only spawn at level 38 and is the highest level Pokémon in the encounter pool. So what we want to do is lead our party with a level 37 Pokémon, and pop a repel so that way only Pokémon with a level HIGHER than 37 will appear. This is called "Repel Tricking." This will only allow Muk to spawn which is what we want. It may feel like it takes a while in between encounters but trust me, sooner or later a Muk will appear. But what Pokémon do we lead with?
 
3. Dusknoir: The Bane of Sticky Hold
Dusknoir is the PERFECT pick here for many reasons. Lets get into why. 1 in order to Thief the held item from a Muk, you need to be able to do the following.
1: See if Muk is even holding an item.
2: Prevent Muk from using fling.
3: Get rid of Muks "Sticky Hold" ability so you can take the item.
4: Use a move like Trick to steal the item off the Muk.
5: be quick enought to flee the battle after the item has been taken.
 
And Dusknoir checks all of these boxes with the following build:
 

 
This build will work will with any old Dusknoir. You don't need a 5x31 natured Pokémon. The only things you need to ensure this will work is it NEEDS to be level 37 (for the repel trick to work properly) the Hidden Ability Frisk (To see if the wild Muk is holding an item) 252 evs in Sp. Def (to be able to tank Sludge Bomb and Sludge Wave; Muk's two attacking moves) 252 evs in Speed to out-speed the muk and flee the battle, and the moves that you see on screen. Now that we know where, how, and what we are hunting, lets walkthrough the battle.
 
4. The Battle
The battle is very simple. Just follow these steps.
 
- Make Sure the level 37 Dusknoir is at the front of your party
- Pop a Repel
- Move around in the pond until you encounter a wild Muk
- If Dusknoir Frisks an item from the Muk move onto the next step. If not, Run away
- Use imprison to block the wild Muk from using Fling
- Use skill swap to get rid of Muks Sticky Hold ability switching it with your own
- Use Trick to steal the item from the Muk
- Run away, put the item in your bag, and repeat!
 
This method is very simple but very efficient and I have proof from 5 hours of farming using this method. See below.
CabbageGorilla Method:
 

 
And the 2 best hours of the Tnums Togekiss weezing strat:
 

 
Quite the difference huh? Keep in mind that Muk will not hold the Toxic orb 100% of the time. It also can be found holding a nugget, as well as black sludge. So cross your fingers you get the Toxic Orb to drop! If not, simply continue farming them and you will get one eventually.
 
And there you have it! by following this method you can farm these toxic orbs roughly 2.5x FASTER than we have been able to in the past! I hope you all find this useful and would love to open the comments to anyone who can make this method even more efficient! Regardless I appreciate you reading this post and wish you luck farming Toxic Orbs!
 

Cerulean City (Surfing): Poison Barb, Big Pearl, Poké Ball (player found), Great Ball (player found), Potion (player found)

Repel, Stardust and Star Piece can be found while fishing directly south of Fuchsia City, Route 19. 

Expert Belt and Awakening can be found in Twist Mountain. 

Player found Razz Berry in the external part of Pinwheel Forest

Player found NeverMeltIce in Cold Storage (New Location!)

Found a player found Great Ball on Route 3 Unova
Edit: Potion on Route 3 is player found

Introduction and Usage
 
Ability explanation
 
Nature explanation
 
Good sweet scent Pokémon to bring along to pair with a Rampardos/Haxorus/Basculin
 
 
 
Rampardos
Optimal Build
 
IVs explanation
 
EVs explanation
 
Moves explanation
 
Related Guides/Posts
 
Credits
 
 
 
Haxorus
Optimal Build
 
IVs explanation
 
EVs explanation
 
Moves explanation
 
Related Guides/Posts
 
Credits
 
 
 
Basculin
Optimal Build
 
IVs explanation
 
EVs explanation
 
Moves explanation
 
Leveling Strategy
 
Related Guides/Posts
 
Credits
 

PokeMMO Vanity Index

 
Have you ever wondered what are the names of all the vanities out there on PokeMMO? The goal of this guide is to provide you a clothing brochure so you can easily find the vanity that you are looking for. When constructing this guide, I made sure that you can use "CNTL + F" or the "Find In Page" feature for easier pinpointing. This guide's pictures were made using @BlueNose's Dressroom website. However, the website is no longer in operation. The good news is now @squickGianno has added the Cosmetic Showroom once more! Thank you to @YIBU and him for making this happen!
 
Feel free to try out this fun website yourself: https://pokemmo.eulify.app/tools/cosmetics
 
As for the format order of how the clothes are listed, I went in order according to how the Dressroom website has listed the clothing. For the future Fishing Rod vanities, I added a section on Fishing Rods since this section is listed in your Customizations Window in game. I hope everyone enjoys exploring through the PokeMMO Vanity Index!
 

X-Ray Vision for PokeMMO's Gym Leaders, Elite Four Members, and Much More (Story Mode Only)

Good day everyone, I hope you are enjoying PokeMMO so far! This guide idea started all the way back in late 2022 when I was experimenting with an Imposter Ditto while fighting Iris in Unova. Once this happened, a lightbulb suddenly came on... "what would happen if people knew the sets?" As a result of this, I decided to make Shuppets and Duskulls with Frisk, Kirlias and Porygon2s with Trace, and Dittos with Imposter (before Level 13 Dittos could spawn in the wild, I would make Low Leveled Smeargles with Transform). This is to ensure the accuracy of the information being recorded. Once all the information was documented, then I could start publicly disclosing my findings. My goal with this guide is to help newer players who may be stuck at a certain Gym Leader, Elite Four Member, or any other Story Related NPC.
 
@MightyBoxer's Statement in a PM:
 
If you are looking for guidance as to what pokemon you can equip for a region, then here are some suggestions...
And I have some advice pertaining to your story run...
Without further ado, lets dive straight into the sets I have documented!
 
Guide Key
(Region Name)
(Map of Region)
0. Dale's Team (If the trainer has a number beside him/her, then this represents a badge number.)
= Hidden Ability
 
If you need guidance as to Ability mechanics on PokeMMO, then feel free to check out the PokeMMO Ability Index!
 
If you need a list of each Pokemon's Base Stats, then feel free to check out the Pokemon Base Stat Index for PokeMMO!
 
Colors for different types
Normal
Electric
Grass
Bug
Fire
Water
Ice
Flying
Ground
Rock
Steel
Fighting
Poison
psychic
Ghost
Dark
Dragon
 
Type Chart
 

Bicycles
 
Bicycle (Animation) (Colorable) (Bike Store in Kanto or Hoenn. Each color change is worth $50,000.):

 
Motorcycle (Animation) (Gift Shop Price: 1,000 Reward Points):

 
Flaming Motorcycle (Animation) (Seasonal Vanity every late October):


(The Animation was made by @Kyu for the Update Log)
 
christmas sleigh (Animation) (Seasonal Vanity every late December):

 
lucky red dragon (Animation) (Limited Vanity from 2024):
 

(The Animation was made by @Kyu for the Update Log)
 
lucky gold dragon (Animation) (Limited Vanity from 2024):


(The Animation was made by @Kyu for the Update Log)

Cheren Route 10 if you pick tepig
 

Bianca Route 8 if you pick Tepig
 

You can access that room after the Giratina fight during the storyline, prior to that you can't.

Barry's Team at Route Pokemon League (If you picked Piplup as a Starter)  <- Need to fix this in the guide as it says 203

PokeMMO Tutor Moves Listing and Requirements (2nd Edition)

Before you read this guide, I would like to thank @Lin for his trust in me to restore his PokeMMO Tutor Move Listing and Requirements Guide.
 
Feel free to check out the First Edition of this guide.
 
 
Following the 29/07/2020 update, every region has 2 NPC's which can be found in every pokemon center in each region. One of which is a move master that will teach your pokemon certain moves in return for specific items and the other is able to reteach your pokemon moves that it has or would otherwise learn from levelling up as well as functioning as a move deleter as well. Also following the 28/4/2023 update, a lot of moves were converted from Tutor Moves to TMs. If you no longer see a move that you desire listed here, then feel free to refer to my TM Shop Locations and Catalog Guide.
 
This moves offered by the move tutor in each region is different and this guide lists which moves are available in which region and what they require to tutor. Each move tutor requests a specific colour of shard and another specific item as listed below.
 
Use CTRL+F to search for a specific move you're looking for.
 
 
Kanto: 
 
AncientPower - 1x Red Shard, 3x Hard Stone
Bounce - 1x Red Shard, 2x Float Stone
Covet - 1x Red Shard, 2x Desting Knot
Dual Chop - 2x Red Shard, 1x Dragon Fang
Signal Beam - 2x Red Shard, 2x SilverPowder
Twister- 1x Red Shard, 1x Dragon Fang
 

Hoenn: 
 
After You - 1x Green Shard, 2x Quick Claw
Defense Curl - 1x Green Shard, 1x Shed Shell
Fire Pledge - 1x Green Shard, 1x Charcoal
Gastro Acid - 1x Green Shard, 1x Black Sludge
Grass Pledge - 1x Green Shard, 1x Miracle Seed
Magic Room - 2x Green Shard, 1x TwistedSpoon
Ominous Wind - 1x Green Shard, 2x Spell Tag
String Shot - 1x Green Shard, 1x SilverPowder
Water Pledge - 1x Green Shard, 1x Mystic Water
Wonder Room - 2x Green Shard, 1x TwistedSpoon
Worry Seed - 1x Green Shard, 1x Miracle Seed
 
 
Unova: 
 
Aqua Tail - 2x Blue Shard, 2x Mystic Water
Block - 2x Blue Shard, 2x Shed Shell
Hypnosis - 1x Blue Shard, 1x Metronome
Last Resort - 2x Blue Shard, 2x Silk Scarf
Magic Coat - 2x Blue Shard, 1x Light Clay
Magnet Rise - 2x Blue Shard, 2x Float Stone
Nightmare - 1x Blue Shard, 1x Spell Tag
Sucker Punch - 2x Blue Shard, 3x Quick Claw
 
 
Sinnoh: 
 
Bind - 1x Yellow Shard, 2x Grip Claw
Faint Attack - 1x Yellow Shard, 1x BlackGlasses
Fake Out - 2x Yellow Shard, 3x Quick Claw
Heal Bell - 2x Yellow Shard, 1x Soothe Bell
Role Play - 1x Yellow Shard, 1x Destiny Knot
Sky Attack - 2x Yellow Shard, 2x Sharp Beak
Snore - 1x Yellow Shard, 1x Metronome
Synthesis - 2x Yellow Shard, 2x Big Root
Ice Ball - 2x Yellow Shard, 1x NeverMeltIce
 
 
 
The Move Maniac: 
The move maniac can be found in all the pokemon centers and offers the same functions in each region.
They can teach a pokemon any move that it has previously learnt or usually learns via levelling up (this include moves learned at a future level and also pre-evo and start moves).
They teach these moves in return for heart scales (the number of which varies between 1 and 4 depending on the move).
They also offer to delete any move for a fee of  1,000.
 
 
Ultimate Moves
Kanto Location: Isle 2 (See spoiler for pictures) Sinnoh Location: Route 228 (See spoiler for pictures) Blast Burn!

 
Requires Charizard, Typhlosion, Blaziken, Infernape, or Emboar as a first party member. Cost: x3 Charcoals   Hydro Cannon! Requires Blastoise, Feraligatr, Swampert, Empoleon, or Samurott as a first party member. Cost: x3 Mystic Waters   Frenzy Plant! Requires Venusaur, Meganium, Sceptile, Torterra, or Serperior as a first party member. Cost: x3 Miracle Seeds  

PokeMMO Tutor Moves Listing and Requirements (2nd Edition)

Before you read this guide, I would like to thank @Lin for his trust in me to restore his PokeMMO Tutor Move Listing and Requirements Guide.
 
Feel free to check out the First Edition of this guide.
 
 
Following the 29/07/2020 update, every region has 2 NPC's which can be found in every pokemon center in each region. One of which is a move master that will teach your pokemon certain moves in return for specific items and the other is able to reteach your pokemon moves that it has or would otherwise learn from levelling up as well as functioning as a move deleter as well. Also following the 28/4/2023 update, a lot of moves were converted from Tutor Moves to TMs. If you no longer see a move that you desire listed here, then feel free to refer to my TM Shop Locations and Catalog Guide.
 
This moves offered by the move tutor in each region is different and this guide lists which moves are available in which region and what they require to tutor. Each move tutor requests a specific colour of shard and another specific item as listed below.
 
Use CTRL+F to search for a specific move you're looking for.
 
 
Kanto: 
 
AncientPower - 1x Red Shard, 3x Hard Stone
Bounce - 1x Red Shard, 2x Float Stone
Covet - 1x Red Shard, 2x Desting Knot
Dual Chop - 2x Red Shard, 1x Dragon Fang
Signal Beam - 2x Red Shard, 2x SilverPowder
Twister- 1x Red Shard, 1x Dragon Fang
 

Hoenn: 
 
After You - 1x Green Shard, 2x Quick Claw
Defense Curl - 1x Green Shard, 1x Shed Shell
Fire Pledge - 1x Green Shard, 1x Charcoal
Gastro Acid - 1x Green Shard, 1x Black Sludge
Grass Pledge - 1x Green Shard, 1x Miracle Seed
Magic Room - 2x Green Shard, 1x TwistedSpoon
Ominous Wind - 1x Green Shard, 2x Spell Tag
String Shot - 1x Green Shard, 1x SilverPowder
Water Pledge - 1x Green Shard, 1x Mystic Water
Wonder Room - 2x Green Shard, 1x TwistedSpoon
Worry Seed - 1x Green Shard, 1x Miracle Seed
 
 
Unova: 
 
Aqua Tail - 2x Blue Shard, 2x Mystic Water
Block - 2x Blue Shard, 2x Shed Shell
Hypnosis - 1x Blue Shard, 1x Metronome
Last Resort - 2x Blue Shard, 2x Silk Scarf
Magic Coat - 2x Blue Shard, 1x Light Clay
Magnet Rise - 2x Blue Shard, 2x Float Stone
Nightmare - 1x Blue Shard, 1x Spell Tag
Sucker Punch - 2x Blue Shard, 3x Quick Claw
 
 
Sinnoh: 
 
Bind - 1x Yellow Shard, 2x Grip Claw
Faint Attack - 1x Yellow Shard, 1x BlackGlasses
Fake Out - 2x Yellow Shard, 3x Quick Claw
Heal Bell - 2x Yellow Shard, 1x Soothe Bell
Role Play - 1x Yellow Shard, 1x Destiny Knot
Sky Attack - 2x Yellow Shard, 2x Sharp Beak
Snore - 1x Yellow Shard, 1x Metronome
Synthesis - 2x Yellow Shard, 2x Big Root
Ice Ball - 2x Yellow Shard, 1x NeverMeltIce
 
 
 
The Move Maniac: 
The move maniac can be found in all the pokemon centers and offers the same functions in each region.
They can teach a pokemon any move that it has previously learnt or usually learns via levelling up (this include moves learned at a future level and also pre-evo and start moves).
They teach these moves in return for heart scales (the number of which varies between 1 and 4 depending on the move).
They also offer to delete any move for a fee of  1,000.
 
 
Ultimate Moves
Kanto Location: Isle 2 (See spoiler for pictures) Sinnoh Location: Route 228 (See spoiler for pictures) Blast Burn!

 
Requires Charizard, Typhlosion, Blaziken, Infernape, or Emboar as a first party member. Cost: x3 Charcoals   Hydro Cannon! Requires Blastoise, Feraligatr, Swampert, Empoleon, or Samurott as a first party member. Cost: x3 Mystic Waters   Frenzy Plant! Requires Venusaur, Meganium, Sceptile, Torterra, or Serperior as a first party member. Cost: x3 Miracle Seeds  

I'll be honest, its a tough job being a PokeMMO developer. As a news reporter, you have to analyze your surroundings and I have to say, the developers put a lot of sweat and tears into this game. Your allowance could be based upon the Gift Shop. Sometimes holidays is when the dev team really "rake it in." When people ask me if they should buy reward points, I say "yes" most of the time. When the Gift Shop is not making that much, the dev team's earnings cut. Its a stressful business, but I am thankful that the devs of this game are extremely dedicated to making this game a wonderful experience!

PokeMMO Ribbon Assistance

 
Introduction
Welcome! If you are reading this guide, you are most likely curious as to how to obtain all the ribbons PokeMMO has to offer as of this moment. Rather than giving a lengthy intro, I would like to give a short preface and dive into the functional aspects. This guide will not provide you much additional details. The goal is to give you an easy roadmap to obtaining all the ribbons because I do not want to write more than what you need to know. This info comes directly from @DragoTamer and every tip/secret he used. Also, quite a bit of the guide has been ghost written by him to ensure the accuracy of the information given (full props to him for writing really well in the third person).
 

 
Contest Moveset
Move Template: Curse/Endure, Façade, Giga Impact/Hyper Beam, Double edge/close combat/superpower/etc.
Curse/endure lets you move to position 4. Façade lets you earn the max number of hearts for that move since you are in fourth position, and it also keeps you safe from moves that give black hearts to Pokémon ahead of them. Giga impact/Hyper beam works best in position 4 particularly in the last turn. This gives you 4 hearts and take away 4 hearts from the Pokémon ahead of you, unless they have the oblivious status. Double edge/close combat/superpower are all moves that give you a lot of hearts but if you get hit by a move that takes away your hearts, you lose more than normal. Use moves like double edge/close combat/superpower wisely.
If you look at the above move types, you’ll find that they aren’t all cool type, beauty type, cute type, smart type, or tough type. The biggest misconception is that you need different moves for different contests, and this will cost you more Pokéyen. You just need a strategy of moves which the above moveset allows you to do.
DragoTamer mapped out as many moves as he could for NPCs in master rank. The reason he focused on Master Rank is because if you use his move template from above, you will have absolutely no issues on reaching master rank.
There are certain things to watch out for. Certain Pokémon can use quick attack to position themselves in first place and then use swift. Espeon is an example. Other Pokémon like heracross and wobbuffet can use endure and curse respectively to position themselves in fourth place and then use moves like façade to gain a lot of points too. If a Pokémon uses a move that makes them oblivious, a move that takes away hearts won’t work on them unless you have two Pokémon using a move that takes away hearts. An example is if a Pokémon uses a move that gives them oblivious status and Pokémon in position 2 uses hyper beam, oblivious saves them from losing hearts, but if a Pokémon in position 3 also uses hyper beam, Pokémon 1 will then lose hearts.
 
There will be Pokémon that can only use some or may not be able to use any of the above moves that are listed. In cases like these, DragoTamer has given me a list of Pokémon from his previous orders and the movesets he used so that they can serve as a source of inspiration for you. He has shared a link which I will include below to see the effects of each move. In a situation where you have Pokémon like unown, ditto, magikarp, etc. DragoTamer stated that the best way is to use a single partner to assist you. The best Pokémon for your partner to have is a Tyranitar that knows double team, hyper beam, and hone claws. This Pokémon and moveset allows your partner to perfectly coordinate with you. In turn 1, you use curse/endure and they use double team or hone claws. In turn 2, you use façade and your partner uses hyper beam. In turn 3, you use curse/endure and your partner will naturally end up in position 3. Repeat the above process. Double Team is a cool type move so you use Hone claws whenever you are in a cool type contest. The cost of making this Tyranitar for support purposes is very cheap and the only significant drawback is that Tyranitar needs to have ribbons up to hyper rank. This isn’t too big of a drawback because you only need ribbons up to hyper rank and you can obtain those quickly.
 

 
The above table is not a complete list of Pokémon that DragoTamer worked with, but it is a large enough sample for you to understand the standard set of moves he used as well as some variation
 
Contests Pokeblock recipes
 

 
A White Pokéblock needs all 5 flavor profiles. A White Pokéblock Plus needs a very in all categories.
 
Black Pokéblocks -1 Enigma berry + 1 random berry - Need: 27 Enigma + 27 Random for 27 blocks
Red Pokéblock Plusses - 3 Figy berries - Need 48 Figy for 16 blocks
Yellow Pokéblock Plusses - 3 iapapa berries - 96 iapapa for 32 blocks; 4 aspear berries - Need 128 apsear for 32 Blocks
Green Pokéblock Plusses - 3 Aguav berries - 48 Aguav for 16 blocks
Pink Pokéblock Plusses - 3 Mago berries - Need 48 Mago for 16 blocks
Blue Pokéblock Plusses - 3 Wiki berries - Need 48 Wiki for 16 blocks
White Pokéblock Plusses - 1 Starf berry + 1 Petaya berry + 1 Payapa berry - Need 16 Starf + 16 Petaya + 16 Payapa for 16 blocks
 
Order of completing contests
 
First Coolnesss and toughness: max both Feed black pokéblocks Next Smartness and Toughness: max both Feed black pokéblocks Third max Cute and Beauty: max both Feed black pokéblocks Fourth max whatever stats you like. (16 white pokéblock plusses to raise all contest stats equally)  
1. Feed 16 red Pokéblock plusses and 16 yellow Pokéblock plusses. Complete all of cool and tough contests including master rank. Use the process mentioned above for teaming up with a single friend in a link to complete the master rank in a surefire way. Otherwise you can still complete it yourself, but it may take longer
2. Feed 9 black Pokéblock when you have completed all cool and tough contests including master rank
3. Feed 16 yellow Pokéblock plusses and 16 green Pokéblock plusses. Complete all smart contests including master rank
4. Feed 9 black Pokéblocks when you have completed all smart contests
5. Feed 16 cute Pokéblock plusses and 16 blue Pokéblock plusses. Complete cute and beauty contests including master rank
6. Feed 9 black Pokéblocks when you have completed all smart contests
7. Feed Pokéblocks of your choice now to have your contests stats appear as you like. DragoTamer achieved his even contest screen by using 16 white Pokéblock plusses using the recipe listed above. He created that recipe with @LordHydra‘s help
 
Working together with a partner to speed things up. To assist with master ranks with a friend, have a Pokémon know the following:
 
Hyper Beam or Giga Impact Double Team (cool) Hone Claws  
Tyranitar is a perfect choice. It’s cheap to obtain one. The moves themselves are cheap as well. This is stated above, but it is also included here in case you miss it. The only drawback is that Tyranitar needs to have all hyper rank ribbons to assist you, but it is not difficult to get it all hyper rank ribbons. You don’t exactly need Tyranitar, it can be another pokemon that has ribbons up to hyper rank at least. You also don’t need all three moves above as long as you have Hyper beam or Giga impact and one of the two moves.
 
 
Contest Categories and Ranks
There are five contest categories: Beauty, Coolness, Cuteness, Smartness and Toughness. And each contest category has four ranks: Normal, Super, Hyper and Master. Each category also has a set of moves that are favored by the crowd (beauty moves for beauty contest), compatible moves and incompatible moves as seen in table below:
 

 
This above table comes from the guide that @Myyshka wrote. Thank you for creating such a beautiful table!
Rewards from winning master ranks contests include berries, rare candies, luxury balls, nuggets, heart scales, etc.
Costs you should plan for
Total contest costs: 460,000
Costs for one contest category: 216,000
Battle Tower: About 100,000 (adjusting moves, EVs, etc.)
All Normal + Super + Hyper: 360,000
EV Berries + EV training outsourcing: 136,000
Note: These values may differ when you go into contests. These are rough calculations to plan for, not exact calculations to expect.

Times
Each contest ribbon except Master: 5 minutes, 20 seconds
Master ranks can also be 5 minutes and 20 seconds each roughly, each time, as long as you obtain help using a Pokémon with 2-3 specific moves I listed earlier.
 
Master Rank NPC Pokémon movesets.
Delcatty: attract, safeguard, doubleslap, fake out
Electrode: electro ball, explosion, discharge, sonicboom
Espeon: swift, morning sun, quick attack, tail whip
Gengar: lick, confuse ray, destiny bond, sludge bomb
Gyarados: thrash, crunch, hyper beam, dragon dance
Heracross: Endure, Reversal, counter, fury attack
Loudred: retaliate, hyper voice, echoed voice
Pichu: tail whip, sweet kiss, attract, charm
Porygon: conversion, recycle, conversion 2, return
Sharpedo: agility, take down, swagger, taunt
Wobbuffet: mirror coat, counter, safeguard, destiny bond
--
Altaria: dragon dance, outrage, draco meteor,
Bellosom: petal dance, sweet scent, flash,
Dragonite: slam, outrage, twister,
Kirlia: trick room, psych up,
Luvdisc: charm, attract, sweet kiss,
Meowth: growl, pay day,
Sableye: knock off, faint attack, mean look,
Slaking: slack off, chip away, counter,
Slowking: facade, yawn, focus punch,
Togepi: encore, yawn,
Ursaring: fake tears, aerial ace, leer
Note: DragoTamer mapped out all these moves and stated that although some Pokémon only have 3 out of 4 moves mapped, the fourth move does not matter because the chances of the NPC having their Pokémon use the fourth move is so low that it is just never used. You’ll see through regular playing that the moves that are mapped out are the ones that will make contests tough.
 
Ribbon Syndicate
Please reference the guide that I have written about the Ribbon Syndicate: https://forums.pokemmo.com/index.php?/topic/131739-ribbon-guide-and-how-to-access-the-ribbon-syndicate/
 
Effort Ribbon
To obtain the effort ribbon, you must ensure the Pokémon of your choice has obtained a total of 510 EVs. After doing so, go to the Slateport Market and talk to the NPC shown below. You can also do this at the Sunyshore Marketplace as well.
 


 
Known Bugs to watch out for and to avoid
1. When you are playing contests, do not open a summary screen of your Pokémon at any point. Depending on when you open it, it will turn into a giant black box, and you cannot close it until you leave the contest
2. Once you agree to enter a contest, do not disconnect. If you do need to disconnect, only do it once your character is on the stage. Depending on the instance in which you connect, you will be warped to a bugged location in which you will need to use the unstuck command. (This bug is the worst btw)
3. Fatal rend error is possibly on windows if you’ve got music streaming services or too many windows open while you’re in the middle of a contest.
 
The information above is pretty much everything you need to complete the contests. There is a lot more info in terms of theoretics and other aspects that you can check out below. The information above is purely what DragoTamer uses and has compiled, and he has had great success. He has since retired from the business and you can check out his shop here:
 
Guides for additional explanations of various Contest concepts
 
Credits
@DragoTamer – Co-author and information source. I should note that he is an exellent ghost author.
@LordHydra – Partner in the Ribbon Shop. He and DragoTamer worked together to create their Battle Tower Strategy as well as the cheapest white Pokéblock plus formula listed above.
@Requi – Fantastic Banner designs.
@HumongousNoodle – Added 2 new Battle Tower Strats! Also added a strat for the Elite Four Rematches.
@iapapa - Added a video describing the Elite Four Strat that he came up with.
@BigDaddyAlex - Added a new Elite Four Team, Video of the strat being executed, and even a spreadsheet for all the Elite Four Sets! Check out his guide!
@LucasLyn5 and @BiuBiv - Added new information about the Legend Ribbon and the Weekly Ribbons from Johto.
@Biqueta - Helped to check information in regards to the weekly Ribbons.
 

Twist mountain everstone can also be found without the help of pickup, i have found one while xp grinding before e4 on an alt

Ruin Valley: Super Potion (player found)

We all know this is the real @Kyu
 

I think that the story line is suppose to be painful because the developers want to prevent alt runs. Newer players are apathetic to this fact, but alt runners hate this part of the alt business.

Barry's Team at Pastoria City (If you picked Piplup as a Starter)
Barry's Team at Canalave City (If you picked Piplup as a Starter)
Will do the rest when I get round to finishing the alt