Tools
- Video camera (your phone's camera should work)
- 3DSRNGTool
General principle
Each time you boot your game, an initial seed (also called seed) is created. This seed is used to RNG abuse wild encounters, events, in-game gifts, etc. At the "Continue" screen of the game, before your character picture loads, you can see a clock. By checking the clock needle's position, we can find the initial seed. You need to check between 8 and 10 clocks without restarting the game. You can leave the "Continue" screen by pressing B.
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Step 1: Setup 3DSRNGTool
- Open the 3DSRNGTool you downloaded.
- Select your game version in the top right ("Sun", "Moon", "Ultra Sun", or "Ultra Moon").
- Go to "Tools" > "Gen 7 Main RNG Tool".
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- Ensure the InputBox has End Position selected with the number 4.
- Also select the Find Initial Seed via clock hands option.
Step 2: Recording the clock needles
- Boot your 3DS and open the game. Leave it on the "Press Start" screen.
- You can let the animations play; they do not affect the seed or frames.
- Start recording your 3DS with your camera.
- Press A or Start to go to the "Continue" screen.
- Record the entire clock movement: from when you enter the "Continue" screen until your character picture displays.
- Press B to return to the "Press Start" screen.
- Alternate between the "Press Start" and "Continue" screens until you have 10 clock movements.
Step 3: Finding the seed
After recording 10 clock movements, list them in the tool to find the initial seed.- In the InputBox, select the clock that matches the final position of each clock.
- This End Position occurs just before the picture loads.
- The End Position in the gif shown at the beginning is the last option in the Gen7 Main RNG Tool.
- You should see a number appear in the Needle List (12 for the gif demo).
- The tool tries to find your seed after you input 8 needle positions.
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- You may get various results with only 8 needles; this is why we checked 10 clocks. Add the remaining 2 until you see a single seed.
- The last 2 needle positions confirm your seed.
- If you don't get any results, check your video again to find mistakes in the needle positions.
- If you still can't find results, restart the game and record 10 new clocks.