Pokemon Farming: Totodile

November 8, 2007 | 59 Comments

TotodileToday we are happy to bring you the water starter, Totodile!

What, we’ve done Totodile before? While you are correct in stating that fact you must also understand that Totodile is one of our most asked for Pokemon. This is due in large part to the difficulty in acquiring one in the course of normal game play.

Even though Totodile has been farmed more than once her at the farm I’m going to do it again. As always I would like to remind everyone to read this entire post and the instructions at the bottom before you post a comment.

I admit that I have not been as prolific as I normally am on here but I have an excuse. I have been so busy trading Pokemon that I just completed my Pokedex. Yes, I now have data for 490 Pokemon. No, I do not use cheats and that is why I do not have data for 493 Pokemon.

The Totodiles I am offering up are from the same parents I used back in September when I last offered up this Pokemon. Same parents, different DS game. These Pokemon are from my copy of Pokemon Diamond.

    Without further ado, here is the list of their attacks:

  • Superpower - Fight This is a great physical attack with a power of 120! However it also lowers your Attack and Defense, use it as a finishing move.
  • Ice Fang - Ice What better attack than this for getting back at those Grass Pokemon that you know your opponent is going to throw at you?
  • Aerial Ace - Flying As if Ice Fang was not good enough I even passed on the “never miss” move Aerial Ace!
  • Aqua Tail - Water Not as powerful as Hydro Pump but it is more accurate.

The original Pokemon had Crunch instead of Superpower but while in the day care center they leveled up and learned it.

In case you might not have noticed all of those moves are Physical Attacks. Why is this important? It is important because Totodile and his later evolutions are heavy on the Attack score and not so much on the Special Attack.

Rules
1. I only want the Pokemon Starly for these Totodiles.
2. The Pokemon you trade to me should be holding something.
3. I prefer berries over all other items.
4. The only exception to berries are the two items that Magby/Elekid hold when caught in the wild.
5. For berries I need: numbers 60+.
6. When you leave your information in the comments below your trainer name must be correct. When I do the trading I refer to the comments on the site to see who gets what.
7. When you enter the Wi-Fi zone select the trade option and wait for me to select you.
8. If you can, be early. I am sometimes on early.
9. Don’t be afraid to trade amongst yourselves.

My information:
Trainer: Betty
Friend Code: 2019 7914 1640

    Instructions

  • Have something to trade to me
  • Be in the Wi-Fi zone by 7:00PM EDT (New York Time) on Friday November 9, 2007
  • Be ready



Posted by HMTKSteve | Filed Under Farming, Water 

Pokemon Farming: Totodile

September 24, 2007 | 196 Comments

TotodileToday we are happy to bring you the water starter, Totodile!

What, we’ve done Totodile before? While you are correct in stating that fact you must also understand that Totodile is one of our most asked for Pokemon. This is due in large part to the difficulty in acquiring one in the course of normal game play.

Even though Totodile has been farmed more than once her at the farm I’m going to do it again. As always I would like to remind everyone to read this entire post and the instructions at the bottom before you post a comment.

While training the parent Pokemon for this brood I had a real good set of attacks and a mom and dad with good IVs. I started breeding, and I started hatching, and I started crying! I made the mistake every breeder makes now and then. I forgot that Pokemon in the day care will learn new moves if they level up while in the day care. My carefully crafted plans were thwarted when one of the parents gained a level and learned a new move, replacing one of the old moves.

Understanding that this may happen again because these two Pokemon were still in the prime “learning zone” I was off to the Elite Four to level these two up as fast as I could. I also had to make a short detour into the Underground to dig up some Heart Scales.

A few hours later I was back in business! You are probably wondering what awesome moves these Pokemon have aren’t you? Well, I’m not going to tell! Nope, at least not yet.

I was a little bit worried while hatching my last group of eggs. When I pulled the Totodile out of the Day Care Center both of them had learned a new attack! I put them in at a high level so I thought they would not gain enough EXP to level up but they did.

    Without further ado, here is the list of their attacks:

  • Crunch - Dark This is a great physical attack and fits with the powerful set of mandibles on this Pokemon!
  • Ice Fang - Ice What better attack than this for getting back at those Grass Pokemon that you know your opponent is going to throw at you?
  • Aerial Ace - Flying As if Ice Fang was not good enough I even passed on the “never miss” move Aerial Ace!
  • Aqua Tail - Water Not as powerful as Hydro Pump but it is more accurate.

In case you might not have noticed all of those moves are Physical Attacks. Why is this important? It is important because Totodile and his later evolutions are heavy on the Attack score and not so much on the Special Attack.

Rules
1. I don’t care what you trade me though I would prefer a non-Sinnoh Pokemon.
2. The Pokemon you trade to me should be holding something.
3. I prefer berries over all other items.
4. The only exception to berries are the two items that Magby/Elekid hold when caught in the wild.
5. For berries I need: numbers 60+.
6. When you leave your information in the comments below your trainer name must be correct. When I do the trading I refer to the comments on the site to see who gets what.
7. When you enter the Wi-Fi zone select the trade option and wait for me to select you.
8. If you can, be early. I am sometimes on early.
9. Don’t be afraid to trade amongst yourselves.

My information:
Trainer: Ezekial
Friend Code: 0559 3242 3898

    Instructions

  • Have something to trade to me
  • Be in the Wi-Fi zone by 7:00PM EDT (New York Time) on Monday September 24, 2007
  • Be ready



Posted by HMTKSteve | Filed Under Farming, Water 

Pokemon Farming: Staryu

August 22, 2007 | 31 Comments

StaryuIn honor of my recent trip to the shoreline…

The Pokemon Staryu has been around since the early days of Pokemon. It is a genderless Water Pokemon (need Ditto to breed) that evolves with the help of a Water Stone into the Water/Psychic Pokemon Starmie. Remember this though, with the exception of Water Gun at level 28 Starmie gains no new moves from leveling up. You can teach the Pokemon TM and HM moves but otherwise you want the move set in place before you evolve.

You can catch this Pokemon in Diamond and Pearl by going to Canalave City or Sunyshore City and Fishing with the Super Rod but why go through all that trouble when you can get one right here?

Staryu can be hatched with one of two abilities:

  • Illuminate: When Staryu is in the first party slot, Wild Pokémon appearances are more frequent
  • Natural Cure: Status Conditions are healed when withdrawn from Battle

Because Staryu is genderless you can not pass on cool egg moves. Sadly these Pokemon only have Tackle and Harden as moves.

Rules
1. I don’t care what you trade me though I would prefer a non-Sinnoh Pokemon.
2. The Pokemon you trade to me must be holding something.
3. I prefer berries over all other items.
4. The only exception to berries are the two items that Magby/Elekid hold when caught in the wild.
5. For berries I need: 60+.
6. When you leave your information in the comments below your trainer name must be correct. When I do the trading I refer to the comments on the site to see who gets what.
7. When you enter the Wi-Fi zone select the trade option and wait for me to select you.
8. If you can, be early. I am sometimes on early.
9. Don’t be afraid to trade amongst yourselves.

My information:
Trainer: Ezekial
Friend Code: 0559 3242 3898

    Instructions

  • Have something to trade to me
  • Be in the Wi-Fi zone by 7:00PM EDT (New York Time) on Wednesday August22, 2007
  • Be ready



Posted by HMTKSteve | Filed Under Farming, Water 

Pokemon Farming: Feebas

August 21, 2007 | 68 Comments

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Tonight, Im handing out the Fish Pokemon, Feebas!

When this guy debuted in the RSE games, the method of obtaining him and evolving him was a unique one. It involved fishing the vast expanses of water on a certain route, checking each tile to see if you came across the special one containing Feebas (6 tiles out of some 400 had Feebas in them, I was lucky enough to find him my fourth try!) In D/P, you could find him in the same manner, in a lake in Mt Coronet with the Super Rod, but with only 4 tiles with Feebas in them, and then they change every day. He’s really really hard to find!

His uniqueness does not end there. Feebas itself is almost useless, it learns useless moves, but can learn a number of TMs unlike Magicarp. But like Magikarp, its evolution is so much more desirable. To get Feebas’s evolution you need to make him certain Poffins to max out his beauty and then level him up. These Poffins need to be made from Dry berries, like Wiki, Apicot, Pamtre, and Charti and make better values when you blend them with a friend! Shoot for Poffins 20+ of course the higher the number, the better! You can only feed him 12 Poffins, and thats it, if you didn’t max his beauty out by then, you never can! (I learned this the hard way!) Another thing that helps is you’re Feebas is for them to have certain nature, like Modest, Rash, Quiet, or Mild, that they prefer dry food.dpffa350.png

Max his beauty, level him up, and you will have yourself the Lovely Milotic, a water type who is a formidable opponent, with a high Special Defense.

You’re in luck today, I’m handing out this very hard to find little bugger, to save you all from the hunt for it that would surely drive you insane! I will not hand out natures that ‘hate’ dry foods, I don’t want it to be any harder than it has to be!

Want an ugly fish?

  • Comment with your Name and Friend Code
    • Even if we have traded before, I need your information again!
  • Get a Pokemon to trade (preferably non-sinnoh, though I will take anything, items are always appreciated. If anyone has a Stantler, I’d be more than happy to get it, it is not required though! Thanks!)
  • Be in the Wi-Fi zone between 8pm EDT on August 21 (Tuesday)
  • Make yourself available to Trade (Invite–>Trade) I will come to you when I’m ready.

My Information:
Trainer name: God

Friend Code:5369 6895 7194

Feebas, the classic ugly duckling story! See you all tonight!

Posted by TheTaterTot | Filed Under Farming, Water 

Pokemon Farming: Totodile

July 31, 2007 | 71 Comments

TotodileToday in Johto week, we are happy to bring you the water starter, Totodile!

Totodile and the giant alligators he grows up to be are powerful little buggers, like all the other starters, with the decent stats and all. He was my first choice when I played my Silver game, so we go way back! And like any of the past game’s starters, they are among the few pokes not obtainable in D/P. To even get him you have to play through all of emerald, beat the E4, and then you could only pick one of the 3 Johto starters, so if you picked one of the other fine Johto starters, you’d have to repeat the whole process to obtain the others. Not like the game isn’t great and playable over and over again, but that is a lot of work! Trading for Totodile is easier, and me handing them out in farming? Easier still!

Now, the Totodile I’m offering today, can do some things normal Totodiles it’s age can’t do! Taking a cue from BryGuy, I thought I’d try my hand at breeding move sets, because breeding and hatching eggs was getting too easy. These little guys come equipped with:

  • Ice Fang
  • Crunch
  • Iron Tail
  • Dragon Claw

And, if you think the move set is bonkers and you think I’m bonkers for picking it, remember this is my first try, I just tried a set that made me think “I’d want that!” Regardless, I enjoyed the challenge and hope you’ll enjoy my handcrafted babies. If not, you have a Totodile, and those are really hard to come across!

To get your little claws on one these freshly hatched Totodiles:

  • Comment with your Name and Friend Code (even if we have traded before, I need this! I do have to clear out my pal pad and people get deleted sometimes, sorry! I have to make room for all this trading!)
  • Get something (preferably non-sinnoh, though I will take anything, items are always appreciated)
  • Be in the Wi-Fi zone between 6:30pm-7:30pm EDT on July 31st (Tuesday)
  • Make yourself available to Trade (Invite–>Trade) I will come to you when I’m ready.

My Information:
Trainer name: God

Friend Code:5369 6895 7194

I’ll be on early to see if my wifi is up to the challenge, you’re all welcome to come by!
-Farmer Tot(odile)



Posted by TheTaterTot | Filed Under Farming, Water 

Pokemon Farming: Mudkip

July 5, 2007 | 60 Comments

Today, we bring you the Hoenn water starter, Mudkip!Mudkip

First off, let me introduce myself. I go by TheTaterTot ’round these parts, a name I was given regarding a cheap college diet I was living off some time ago. I am still in college, but I enjoy a much more diverse diet nowadays.

I, too, hail from the Midwest-from Ohio, which is a pretty cool place. Apparently, when we are not farming corn in the Midwest, we are farming Pokemon electronically! I joke, of course, I myself live in apartment in the city, I don’t even have a yard.

Enough of my rambling, let’s get to the task at hand–Mudkip farming!

For my first crop for all of you, I’m giving out Mudkips. Mudkip, beyond being my personal favorite of any of the starters, grows up to be Swampert, who is ground/water type with the highest overall base stats of any of the starters.

Now all of you can know and share my love of Mudkip with your very own in D/P!

My Information:
Trainer name: God

Friend Code:5369 6895 7194

    Instructions

  • Comment with your Name and Friend Code
  • Decide whether you want a male or female, I have a lot in my boxes to choose from
  • Get something (preferably non-sinnoh, though I will take anything)
  • Be in the Wi-Fi zone by 7:00PM EDT
  • Make yourself available to Trade (Invite–>Trade) I will come to you when I’m ready.

Here’s to a good crop!



Posted by TheTaterTot | Filed Under Farming, Water