Sacred Gold Nuzlocke Tips [ RECOMMENDED ]

In the Violet City Pokémon Center, talk to Primo. The codes are the same as vanilla, but the eggs are different. You can get a Smoochum, Wynaut, or Pichu.

Sacred Gold has brutal "gauntlet" sections (e.g., Team Rocket back-to-back fights in Mahogany, the Radio Tower arc). If your A-team is wounded, you will wipe. Sacred Gold Nuzlocke Tips

In vanilla HGSS, the level curve between Whitney and Morty is flat. In Sacred Gold, it is a vertical wall. Grinding is mandatory, but wild Pokémon hit hard. You cannot coast on type advantage alone. In the Violet City Pokémon Center, talk to Primo

Whitney is a psychological terror. Her Miltank has Scrappy (Ghost moves don't work), Thunder Punch, Fire Punch, and Milk Drink. Her Clefable has Cosmic Power. Sacred Gold has brutal "gauntlet" sections (e

Falkner has a Murkrow and a Pidgeot with terrifying coverage. Vanilla logic (Geodude) gets you killed because Murkrow knows Heat Wave.