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Run & Bun
Gen 3 · Hoenn (hack) · ROM hack · 2023 · 8 badges
- Generation
- Gen 3
- Goal
- 8 badges
- Available dex
- 385 species
- Bosses
- 23 in order
What it does to a run
- Emerald base running Gen 8 mechanics — anything its docs don't mention behaves like Gen 8.
- Hardcore rules are built into the game: set mode is forced and the bag is disabled in trainer battles.
- EVs are removed and level caps are hard-coded per boss; gym leaders heal your party before the fight.
- Custom battle AI with its own published AI document — reading it is part of playing.
- Permanent overworld weather, terrain and set-piece effects: Tailwind runs against you at Mt. Pyre, the opponent gets Aurora Veil in Seafloor Cavern.
Where runs die
- Brawly — the first gym, before Roxanne
- Norman at the level 42 cap
- Champion Wallace at level 99
Starters
Inherited from Emerald — check the hack's own docs, several widen the choice.
Official documentation
The gauntlet
Open as splits →The ace is the highest-level Pokémon on that team, and the cap is its level in the standard release — the number a Hardcore run caps at for that segment.
| Stage | Trainer | Type | Ace | Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boss | Aqua Grunt (Route 104) | water | Croagunk | Lv12 |
| Boss | Aqua Grunts (Museum) | water | Skrelp & Mareanie | Lv17 |
| Gym 1 | Brawly | fighting | Scraggy | Lv21 |
| Gym 2 | Roxanne | rock | Lunatone | Lv25 |
| Boss | Chelle (Route 117) | mixed | Rhydon | Lv32 |
| Gym 3 | Wattson | electric | Lanturn | Lv35 |
| Rival | Cycling Road Rival | mixed | Sceptile, Blaziken or Swampert | Lv38 |
| Gym 4 | Norman | normal | Cinccino | Lv42 |
| Boss | Vito (Fallarbor Town) | mixed | Alakazam | Lv48 |
| Boss | Maxie (Mt. Chimney) | mixed | Camerupt | Lv54 |
| Gym 5 | Flannery | fire | Charizard | Lv57 |
| Boss | Shelly (Weather Institute) | water | Mienshao | Lv65 |
| Rival | Route 119 Rival | mixed | Sceptile, Blaziken or Swampert | Lv66 |
| Gym 6 | Winona | flying | Staraptor | Lv69 |
| Rival | Lilycove City Rival | mixed | Moltres, Articuno or Zapdos | Lv73 |
| Boss | Archie (Mt. Pyre) | water | Sharpedo | Lv76 |
| Boss | Maxie (Magma Hideout) | fire | Groudon | Lv79 |
| Boss | Matt (Aqua Hideout) | water | Raikou | Lv81 |
| Gym 7 | Tate & Liza | psychic | Zoroark & Hoopa | Lv85 |
| Boss | Archie (Seafloor Cavern) | water | Kyogre | Lv89 |
| Gym 8 | Juan | water | Glalie | Lv91 |
| Boss | Vito (Victory Road) | mixed | Alakazam | Lv95 |
| Champion | Wallace | water | Kyogre | Lv99 |
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