Pokémon Refined Gold Overhaul

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PlatformNDS

AuthorRefinedPlat

PostedSeptember 9, 2025

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Refined Gold offers improved wild Pokemon diversity with a focus on integrating Pokemon normally unavailable or agonizing to find such as Sneasel and Marill, while keeping true to the regional dex. Overall progression, design and especially postgame content has been bolstered and improved to make the game play and feel better while retaining the sense of identity of vanilla Heartgold as much as possible. In the Overhaul, the level curve has been completely redone to make the slog of grinding weak mons for weak gyms into a proper, engaging Pokemon experience. In both games, Kanto has been remade into an actual postgame instead of an empty parade of nothing.

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Current version is v4.0 as of 1/18/2025

Key Features

A bustling new encounter table that stays true to vanilla while incorporating Pokemon like Omanyte, Sneasel and Snubbull in a way enjoyable and accessible for the player.

Access to EVERY POKEMON in the G4 National Dex in the postgame WHILE keeping the main game encounter table Regional Dex only.

Pokedex location tables have been updated to match these!

All trade evolutions are fixed of course.

Improved access to evo items so Pokeathlon is less mandatory. Gliscor etc are still post-Lance.

A postgame TM, berry and evo item shop as QoL - no need to hoard main game!

Access to Shard Tutors, written by myself! Now you're cooking with coverage!

Tutors are Ecruteak City, Lake of Rage, Saffron City respectively. Shards are more accessible now.

Substantially improved trainer rematches for the Fighting Dojo and misc. postgame rematches.

A mini-quest of Post-Blue Superbosses that has you face off against familiar faces to prevent a looming threat. This offers both thrilling challenges for your well-furnished team and a pantheon of challenging foes to Exp. Share grind on should you pursue the National Pokedex.

Full restoration of the Celebi and Spiky-Eared Pichu events!

All legendaries can be rebattled infinitely once they are captured so you can finish the dex and still shiny hunt.

Misc Trainer additions to add more trainer class variety and give Lyra/Ethan a little more screentime

A variety of script and flavor text additions to breathe life into Kanto and Johto! Enjoy the Pewter Museum, chitchat with Blue, hang out with Whitney, and more!

To be clearabsolutely no type, stat or ability changes. As well as no Fairy-type. The hack is lavish within its bounds and minimalist outside of it; these go against the spirit of the hack.