XY In-Game Tips and Tricks
HM Slaves
All the Pokémon that can learn HM moves that are useful in-game. There are only five: Cut, Fly, Surf, Strength, and Waterfall. Rock Smash is a TM this generation.
- Bidoof / Bibarel
- - Cut / Surf / Strength / Waterfall
- - Rock Smash
- Charizard
- - Cut / Fly / Strength
- - Dig / Rock Smash
- Corphish / Crawdaunt
- - Cut / Surf / Strength / Waterfall
- - Dig / Rock Smash
- Dragonite
- - Cut / Fly / Surf / Strength / Waterfall
- - Rock Smash
- Fletchinder / Talonflame
- - Fly
- - Flame Body as ability; useful for breeding
- Hawlucha
- - Cut / Fly / Strength
- - Rock Smash
- Tropius
- - Cut / Fly / Strength
- - Rock Smash
- - Sweet Scent; useful for horde battles
- Zigzagoon / Linoone
- - Cut / Surf / Strength (Linoone)
- - Dig / Rock Smash
- - Pickup as ability
Helpful NPCs
- Name Rater
- - Inside the Pokémon Center in Camphrier Town
- - Cannot change names of Pokémon that were received from a trade or an event
- Masseuse
- - Next to the Pokémon Center in Cyllage City
- - Can only get one massage per day
- Happiness Checker
- - Pokémon Fan Club in Laverre City
- EVs Judge
- - Pokémon Fan Club in Laverre City
- - If your Pokémon has 510 EVs, he'll give it the Effort Ribbon
- IVs Judge
- - Inside the Pokémon Center in Kiloude City
- Hidden Power Checker
- - Anistar City. He will also give you the Hidden Power TM
- Move Reminder & Deleter
- - Dendemille Town. The woman is the reminder and the old man is the deleter
- - They'll only do the job in exchange for a Heart Scale
Fast Money
Battle Chateau
The Battle Chateau on Route 7 is a building where different trainers can battle. The difficulty will advance through the game as you defeat players and get a new rank. You start as a Baron or Baroness and can get up to Grand Duke or Grand Duchess. You can also re-battle Gym Leaders once you acquire a higher rank.
- Baron / Baroness: Pearl
- Diantha: Comet Shard or Pearl String
- Duke / Duchess: Nugget
- Duke Hennessy: Nugget or Big Nugget
- Earl / Countess: Big Pearl
- Elite Four: Big Nugget
- Gym Leader: Pearl String or Nugget
- Marquis / Marchioness: Star Piece
- Viscount / Viscountess: Stardust
Items
- Prize Money Power
- - Cyllage City Hotel
- - Increases money earned from battles
- Luck Incense
- - Purchased in Coumarine City for 9,600 Poké Dollars
- - Make a Pokémon hold this item in order to double the money you earn from battles
- Gold Writ of Invitation
- - Increases the money you earn from battling by 50%
- - Can be purchased in the Battle Chateau for 100,000 Poké Dollars
- Amulet Coin
- - Parfum Palace in Route 6
- - Make a Pokémon hold this item in order to double the money you earn from battles
- Big Mushroom
- - Route 14, Route 16
- - Sold for 2,500 Poké Dollars
- Big Pearl
- - Azure Bay
- - Sold for 3,750 Poké Dollars
- Comet Shard
- - Anistar City
- - Sold for 15,000 Poké Dollars
- Nugget & Big Nugget
- - Dendemille Town, Kiloude City, Battle Chateau
- - Lumiose City, Poké Ball Factory, Terminus Cave on Route 18
- - Sold for 5,000 and 10,000 Poké Dollars, respectively
- Pearl String
- - Battle Chateau
- - Sold for 7,500 Poké Dollars
- Stardust
- - Shalour City, Route 8, Route 13, Super Training, Battle Chateau
- - Held by wild Staryu and Starmie
- - Sold for 1,000 Poké Dollars
- Star Piece
- - Ambrette Town, Azure Bay, Terminus Cave in Route 18, Victory Road, Lumiose City, Camphrier Town, Route 13, Battle Chateau
- - With Rock Smash: Route 8, Ambrette Town
- - Held by wild Staryu and Starmie
- - Sold for 4,900 Poké Dollars
Moves
- Happy Hour & Pay Day: Make a Pokémon use these moves in order to double the money you earn from battles
O-Powers
These are the Pass Powers of Gen VI and they're given by Mr. Bonding, a very cheerful and flamboyant person that is found in various places.
- HP restoring, Capture, Attack & Defense Power: Route 5, as soon as you receive your starter
- Sp. Attack Power: Camphrier Town Hotel
- Sp. Defense Power: Ambrette Town Hotel
- Speed Power: Geosenge Town Hotel
- Critical Power: Pokémon Center in Shalour City
- Accuracy Power: Pokémon Center in Dendemille Town
- PP Restoring Power: Snowbelle City
- Stealth Power: Couriway Town Hotel
- Prize Money Power: Cyllage City Hotel
- Encounter Power: Pokémon Center in Laverre City
- Befriending Power: Pokémon Center in Coumarine City
- Bargain Power: Couriway Town Hotel
- Exp. Point Power: Pokémon Center in Anistar City
- Hatching Power: Café Introversion in Lumiose City, after getting all the other O-Powers and being stylish
Mega Stones
All the Mega Stones, listed in alphabetical order after the starters' ones. The Mega Stones that weren't handed to you can be found from 8 to 8:59pm after Professor Sycamore talks to you in order to upgrade the Mega Ring.
- Starters' Mega Stones: Given by Professor Sycamore depending on the starter you picked
- Unselected Starters' Mega Stones: Purchasable from a store in Lumiose City for 30,000 Poké Dollars
- Abomasite: Frost Cavern in Dendemille Town after saving Abomasnow
- Absolite: Kiloude City
- Aerodactylite: Fossil Lab in Ambrette Town
- Aggronite: Cyllage City Gym (Pokémon Y)
- Alakazite: Reflection Cave on Route 11
- Ampharosite: Azure Bay on Route 12
- Banettite: Chamber of Emptiness in Route 22
- Blazikenite: Mystery Gift; not obtainable anymore
- Garchompite: Victory Road (Rock Smash needed)
- Gardevoirite: After trading Diantha any Pokémon in Lumiose City
- Gengarite: Laverre City
- Gyaradosite: Couriway Town
- Heracronite: Santalune Forest on Route 2 (Pokémon Y)
- Houndoominite: Route 15 (Pokémon Y)
- Kangaskhanite: Ambrette Town
- Lucarionite: Given by Leader Korrina after beating her
- Manectite: Route 15 (Pokémon X)
- Mawilite: Shabboneau Castle in Camphrier Town
- Medichamite: Laverre City
- Mewtwonite X/Y: After beating or catching Mewtwo in Pokémon Village
- Pinsirite: Santalune Forest in Route 2 (Pokémon X)
- Scizorite: Frost Cavern in Dendemille Town behind Abomasnow
- Tyranitarite: Cyllage City Gym (Pokémon X)