Pokemon Imbued Crystal ROM

Pokemon Imbued Crystal is a GBC ROM Hack by Handheld Hero based on Pokemon Crystal. It was last updated on July 04, 2025.

Description

Pokémon Imbued Crystal is an improvement/QoL hack, with a small difficulty increase, and bonus content that seeks to remain as canon as possible.

Features

• Obtain all 251 Pokémon.
• Virtual Console Celebi event.
• Link Cable item evolves all trade evolution Pokémon.
• Rival, Blue, and Red have teams based on Pokémon Adventures manga.
• Three different starters than original Crystal, with a password system (courtesy of wiki tutorials) that give six other sets of starter Pokémon.
• Star Ball: Turns a caught Pokémon shiny.
• Best Ball: Gives a caught Pokémon flawless DVs.
• Team Rocket’s new hideout: The Secret Store. A Mart with tons of cheaply priced items.
• Smartphone key item to access your PC anywhere.
• Gym Leaders, Rival encounters, Elite 4, and other NPCs have revamped teams.
• Third Pokémon stat page now shows Friendship as well.
• New forth Pokémon stat page shows DVs and Stat Exp.
• Reset the game clock with ease.
• Fairy type and Fairy type moves.
• Odd Egg contains 14 possible shiny Pokémon with unique move sets.
• Kurt makes three new pokeballs.
• And much more..

Bonus content

• Find six different Snubbull NPCs, each one gives a unique password for a new set of starter Pokémon.
• A Hidden Grotto awaits towards the beginning of the game, featuring 18 different Pokémon. This area shows up on the Town Map, but can you find the hidden entrance?
• Giovanni returns once again! This time he’s in a different location than HG/SS, and his team has been beefed up!
• Team Rocket’s new hideout, the Secret Store. This new store boasts twenty niche items to bolster your playthrough. But to find it you’ll have to solve this riddle; “In Cherubi’s realm A potted palm Shades a secret”

Changelog

V1.4.1

• Viridian Forest’s Beehive crashed the game if the player interacted with it. Thank you to @maggzthrash for spotting this game breaking problem.
• Levitating Pokémon did not function entirely and some non-levitating Pokémon were immune to moves like Earthquake. This one was a little more complex, so a big thank you to @Ai-Chin Chen for not only spotting both parts of this problem, but for also thoroughly testing it, to help me narrow down what had to be fixed.

V1.4

Additions

• Mom gives you a Gameboy for your room now.
• A new item called Espresso has been added.
• Handheld Hero’s NPC gives the player two gifts. Find him in the Daycare on Rt 34.
• Pokémon considered to be “Levitating” in the air are now immune to Ground type moves, just like Flying types.
• Characters Yellow and Green, from Pokémon Adventures manga, have been added as NPC trainers.
• Beedrill Hives have been added to the Ilex and Viridian Forests.

Updates

• Switched Clair and Pryce’s post victory gift HM key items.
• Male and female Rocket Grunts have a more vibrant red color in their battle sprite artwork.
• All gift Pokémon now have flawless DVs (In accordance with everyone’s votes).
• Dragon, Bug, and Fossil starter sets have been replaced with Godzilla, Baby, and Mythological sets (In accordance with everyone’s votes).
• The surf sprite has been switched from Lapras to Surfing Pikachu.
• When choosing your starter, the picture shown on screen is now in color.

Adjustments

• Blastoise now learns Lock On.
• Silver (rival) has a lvl 15 Croconaw during your second battle with him. This has been corrected to a lvl 15 Totodile.
• The items mom buys for you have been revamped.
• Prof. Elm’s Aid gives you 6 Potions instead of 1, at the beginning of the game.
• Some standard NPC Trainer teams have been spruced up for more of a challenge.
• Pokémon selected for the new password starter sets, have had their beginning move pools slightly tweaked.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue with the nickname of one of the trade NPC’s Pokémon.
• Renamed Twins Greek & Norse to Twins Myth & Kal. Their names were too long and caused a graphical text glitch.

V1.3.1

• Getting Clair’s item crashes the game, this has been addressed.
• When smashing rocks you can now find more than just Star Pieces. The following is now available as well; All Evolution stones, Hard Stones, and Nuggets.
• When headbutting trees you can now find more than just Gold Leaves. The following is now available as well; All eight Apricorn colors.
• Fixed an issue where you could smash rocks without Rock Smash or the Jackhammer.

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