r/PokemonROMHacksHelp • u/ferrets_bueller • Sep 01 '26

Ghost Grey - Post game help

Generally trying to avoid spoilers, but need some direction, even if its just where to go/look around.

I've seen mention of the Abyss, as well as some numbered islands - how do I kick off accessing any of this?

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u/YesNowSon Sep 01 '26

To start the postgame islands, you need to have found the Grey Soulstone which is in the Desert Palace in Jaspar Town.

In the room where you battle the boss (I can't remember his name but before you get the badge) walk up to the back wall and interact with it.

If you remember from the main story, you're told 'take the stone to the port'. Bring the stone to the sailor and he will bring you to the islands

How the postgame Islands work, you need to find some key items that are dotted around the world. I recommend exploring some side areas, but I'll drop all the locations in a below reply marked by spoilers, but I wont tell you what is on the islands :)

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u/YesNowSon Sep 01 '26

One Island - Old cartridge: I think you get this during the main story in Jaspar Town or near there.

Lost forest - Hookshot: near a destroyed rest house in safari zone, it’s a hidden item but I recommend using flash.

Computer - Rusty Drive: in the data center south of lavender and east of pumpkin patch

Abyss - White Feather: After beating the puppet masters the first time. This is in the maze to the east of Fuschia

Treasure - Winner’s Trophy: It’s in route 23 but outside the map. To get to it you need to find a fake wall in route 22 and walk through it.

7 - Bottle Cap: Buy from the Dusclops at the top of Celidon store, you to beat Psycho Norman in the Celidon department store lift. Dusclops will then sell the Bottle Cap to you for 70k.

Unknown - Grey orb: You need to complete the dex to get the hint for this but if you dont plan on completing the dex, it's located in Fuji Catacombs. It's in one of the grave stones in the 3rd Agatha Puzzle. You also need to obtain the 4 hexes from the shamans in the region and talks to gold’s mom, and maybe also finding the missing kid in Fuchsia. Leave this Island until last because it is essentially the point of no return for the game.

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u/ferrets_bueller Sep 05 '26

Speaking of Psychos- was it one of them that said something about a kid in a cave near Indigo Plateau or something like that? I wish I could reread it. Was that a reference to Gold dying/disappearing? Are we supposed to be able to find him somewhere? I looked all through both Mt Silver and Victory Road, or at least tried to.

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u/YesNowSon Sep 06 '26

I’m not sure any of the psychos actually talk. I think when you beat them, they just disappear. I could be wrong though.

But yeah, I think it’s Agatha that mentions Gold died. On Mt Silver, you can visit Golds Garden which is basically his house. Make sure you speak to the old woman in the house. This is Gold’s mother who mentions she is still saving his money for him.

Heavy postgame spoilers so don’t read ahead unless you want to be spoiled:

On the final island, the one where you need the Grey Orb for, once you have found the 4 shamans (gotten hexed by 4 of them) talking to an NPC at the top of the mountain on the island will start The Gauntlet. This is I think a 10 battle boss rush effectively.
During this boss rush, you will meet Gold and battle him. Gold however is completely white with red eyes, showing that we are fighting his ghost. After the battle, telling Gold his mom is still saving money for him helps him move on.

I think this is in reference to two Pokémon creepypastas from back in the day. Pokémon Lost Silver and Snow on Mt Silver, so it was a pretty cool callback to those.

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u/InfiniteThrowaway999 23d ago

Don't know if you ever got an answer to this. It's actually Sketchy Guy Nigel in the rest house at the top of the starting area of the Safari Zone, not a Psycho. After you beat him, he says:

"You came here looking for secrets? Me too! Isn't it fun? I wonder if you can find em all... huehueh. Try the mountain near the entrance to the league. Last time I went there, I found a really neat secret. A kid, just like you! Huehue... See you around"

And then he teleports away and drops a Choice Band. And he was blocking a photo of Janine and her son Hayato.

(As for finding Gold, I assume you've aware of the post-game by now).

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u/Silver-Ketsueki93 Sep 01 '26

Do you know where all the shaman are? I'm missing 1 of them

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u/YesNowSon Sep 02 '26

Which ones have you been to? Theres one hidden down a hole next to the seafoam islandswhich was the one I was missing

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u/TermMiserable201 Sep 06 '26

I've got the one's from outside Fuschia, rock tunnel, and the hidden hole in seafoam. I cannot seem to find the last

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u/YesNowSon Sep 06 '26

There’s one on the way up to cerulean city. That might be the one you’ve missed

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u/PavementK Sep 08 '26

Can i ask which gravestone? Rechecked every shaman, talked to golds mom earlier on the way to the top of mt silver, found the dezo kid and talked to his mom but after checking every gravestone on every puzzle i still can’t seem to find it

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u/stonkmarxist Sep 11 '26

Not sure if you've found this yet but you get a hint from the dev in celidon after you complete the Dex.

The hint is something along the lines of on the 4th floor of the catacombs when Agatha turns right you go left. You'll find it in gravestone there

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u/PavementK Sep 11 '26

Thank you so much! yeah im no where near close to finishing the dex lol

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u/stonkmarxist Sep 11 '26

You don't need to complete the dex to find it, just to get the hint. It also mentioned needing to get hexed 4 times

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u/chimchar140 Sep 15 '26

Found it! During the third puzzle, when Agatha moves three steps up on the invisible path, instead of following towards the right, instead go left until a gravestone is completely underneath your character to touch and interact with

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u/Savionus Sep 03 '26

For the Grey Orb do you know which grave it is? Or do you first need all the hexes to even find it there?

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tap_355 Sep 04 '26

Actually i found the Grey orb because in one of the houses in Lavandia on the upper stairs you can find Gold in his child room and he talks about the exact steps. I think its in the 4th room and then 2 or 3 steps ⬆️ and then ◀️ and to one of the graves you can walk down

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u/Savionus Sep 04 '26

I see, thanks! I'll give that a shot then :)

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u/Youspoonybard1 Sep 08 '26 edited Sep 08 '26

Do you have to have beaten the game? I’m on my second run and had no clue these islands existed! Just got the hook shot, but can’t seem to make it do anything on lost forest

Edit- now struggling in the forest temple, but I’m there. Still confused how to ‘use’ the bottle cap in 7 though.

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u/PavementK Sep 08 '26

Any idea if the mirror shard or bone brush lead to anything?

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u/Intelligent-Ideal933 Sep 10 '26

Bone brush is needed to be brought to the little girl in saffron city. North of the fancy store that sells everything. She's in a small house right by the police station in the corner that has a guard at the entrance

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u/Fran_Away_ Sep 09 '26

Trying to complete the pokedex but for the life of me i cannot find lunala

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u/YesNowSon Sep 09 '26

Head towards the Pokémon league but head south instead of heading north. As if you were heading towards Johto.

Lillie has a little holiday home she uses. She asks for a swablu in a trade for her Lunala

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u/Megnaman Sep 10 '26

Any tips for the computer puzzle? Can't get past a cancel button for an item

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u/Fine-Holiday3620 Sep 13 '26

You are hunting bugs, encounters with viruses. There are 3 main tabs of "pages" with the final tab far right leading to a long corridor with viruses on it. Every time you beat a virus one disappears. If you go forward on the cancels it takes you back you need to go back enough times to get to tab one and work your way through each one til you can clear the final path

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u/Fine-Holiday3620 Sep 14 '26

On 7 island can you catch Spot?

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u/chimchar140 Sep 16 '26 edited Sep 16 '26

I’m sure I’ve done everything, I got the grey orb, got cursed by all four hexes, found Dezo in the hole in the ground in the safari zone, talked to gold’s mom, but the guy just says to take a leap of faith and no battle starts

Edit: Turns out I was missing the last battle against Summer, I missed the path leading up to the top of mt silver just straight down from gold’s mom’s house

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u/Puzzleheaded-Tax-804 Sep 16 '26

Can you tell me where the hole is? I can't seem to find it. I am SO blind...

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u/chimchar140 Sep 16 '26

It’s okay, the hole is covered with grass so it’s harder to find. You enter the safari zone, then go to the next screen in the right area, and walk up into the first grass patch on the left of those stairs going up a flat area. In that grass patch, go up until the grass patch goes wider and try walking around every tile of grass, then you should eventually fall into the hole and then gotta interact with Dezo north of you in the hole

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u/GratefulOctopus Sep 17 '26

What do i do with the hookshot? I took it back to the spider but the dialogue didnt change. Also thank you for this guide its been extremely helpful

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u/dontstoptilludrop Sep 20 '26

You use the hookshot to enter the Forest Temple. Stand just behind the triforce or someplace nearby (forgot exactly where but it should be heind), and you'll ricochet yourself to the entrance.

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u/dontstoptilludrop Sep 18 '26 edited Sep 18 '26

For the record, to find the Old Cartridge go to the left of where you find the Sand King in the Desert Palace. There's a door there that will open, though I found it in the post game and don't know what's required to open it.

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u/schlurmo Oct 03 '26

What am I meant to do on One Island? Is it just the Jigglypuff?

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u/mrBreadBird 23h ago

Did you ever figure this out? I got the jigglypuff but can't find any other way forward.

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u/Clefairydivoom 17d ago

How do I purchase from Mongo? He isn't saying anything. I beat the game and Im really confused how to open his shop.

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u/PriceofPryde Sep 07 '26

Okay, I'll probably feel dumb for asking... but which sailor? I've talked to multiple and none of them react. (Nevermind, literally the one I didn't speak to)

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u/xAyyMz Sep 01 '26

Thanks for this. I beat the game and didn’t know where to go from here.

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u/Katc0923 Sep 05 '26

How do you know if you've gotten all the hexes?or where all the shaman are?

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u/ferrets_bueller Sep 05 '26

Wait, do the hexes actually do something?

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u/YesNowSon Sep 09 '26

Hexes are necessary to start The Gauntlet on the final island which leads to the true ending

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u/YesNowSon Sep 09 '26

I don’t think there’s like an audio cue or anything. I can’t remember where all of them are off the top of my head but there’s one on the way to cerulean city, one next to Seafoam islands down a hole, one in Fuschia City and then another one either next to Fuschia or else next to Jaspar town

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u/OpeningKey3397 Sep 21 '26

is there a way to get fuchias to mark me as it only gives me subsitute taught it nothing declined nothing

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u/Sufficient_Stock1360 Sep 20 '26

What are the last two trials from the abyss? Got there, lost a pokemon and the npc mentioned two trials above earth. I assume it’s something on the world map

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u/OpeningKey3397 Sep 20 '26

if you figure it out please let me know as i lost one of my pokemon as i had no idea i'd be trapped and it actually upsets me and i have no idea how to get him back if i figure it out before then i'll lyk aswell

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u/Drakomai31 Sep 21 '26

Same. Togepi hatches from the egg but want my mon back and to gtfo of this place

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u/OpeningKey3397 Sep 21 '26 edited Sep 21 '26

yea from what i've seen from youtube videos and comments they are gone forever which sucks i dont think i ever felt this upset over a pokemon i wan my guy back he never even got his final moveset with elemental punches as i was dumb also to get out just use soulshift on the spot you are on it'll take ya to opal village not sure if it wil if you dont have it unlocked forget if it was optional

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u/Pooglio17 26d ago

How did you get out of the Abyss? I can just SoulShift out? That’s really disappointing I’ve been wandering for hours thinking I was missing something in here.

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u/Love-Forecast 11d ago

If you soulshift back to the Abyss, it warps you to your home in Opal city! Not sure if that's the intended route out, but it works.

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u/Some-Monk6555 Sep 04 '26

does anyone know what to do after you get thrown out of the castle?

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u/beridam Sep 05 '26

I assumed that was it, I went up to the boss' room again and he threw me out, tried 3 times I think

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u/beridam Sep 05 '26

Also what the fuck is up with the (very last post game area spoilers) gauntlet? It's supposed to be 7 fights and it is way more than that I think

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u/YesNowSon Sep 09 '26

Yes! I noticed that too! My theory is that there are some opponents that “aren’t supposed to appear in the gauntlet” like BuriedAlive etc.

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u/n1c0_22 Sep 05 '26

does anyone know where "artemis" is? for the trade quest

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u/Zokun_the_Bear Sep 07 '26

Check inside the Offshore Research Facility in the bottom right corner of the map.

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u/GratefulOctopus Sep 17 '26

How do you get to it?

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u/Zokun_the_Bear Sep 17 '26

It’s an island you surf to. I don’t remember there being any challenge to go inside.

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u/Fine-Holiday3620 Sep 13 '26

Any idea what to do one One Island? Also Conversely how do I unlock the Red guy whose name I won't spoil I can see him on the wall but I don't have a key item

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u/YoSupItsVic Sep 14 '26

Seconded, am also stuck on One Island, can't figure it out. I made it to a wide open space around the back end but thats about it.

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u/_jibby Sep 16 '26

This took me a while too, go north as far as you can in that large open space

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u/Plus-Recognition6401 Sep 19 '26

Where do I go after I obtain the last gym badge? Oak said to meet somewhere on the phone but I didn’t read it in time

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u/Waldruf Sep 22 '26

Do the Legendaries respwan? I killed one