Remove Shiny- Locks in Pokémon games
This guide will show you how to remove shiny locks and edit shiny chance from the generation 6 and 7 Pokémon games on the 3DS using LayeredFS and pk3DS
Compatibility Notes
This guide requires you have CFW with Luma3DS 8.0+ (preferably latest).
This guide requires a computer running Windows.
What You Need
Section I - Dumping exefs and romfs from your game
Press and hold Start , while still holding Start , power on your console to launch GodMode9
Navigate to [C:] GAMECART
Press A on [TitleID].trim.3ds
Select NCSD image options...
Select Mount image to drive
Press A to enter drive
Press A on content0.game
Hover over the folder exefs and press R + A
Select Copy to 0:/gm9/out
When done hover over the folder romfs and press R + A
Select Copy to 0:/gm9/out
When thats done press Start
Your dumped exefs and romfs can be found in /gm9/out/
Section II - Removing shiny lock
Preperation Power off your console
insert your SD Card into your Computer
create a folder on your Computer named after the game you want to patch [gamefolder]
Move the exefs and romfs folders from your SD Card in the folder you just created [gamefolder]
go into the exefs folder
rename the .code file to .code.bin
extract the pk3DS .zip on your Computer and double click on pk3DS.WinForms.exe
click on file, open
now select the folder where the exefs and romfs folders are located Generation Specific
in pk3DS click on ExeFS, than on Shiny Rate
here click on EVERYTHING SHINY and than on SAVE, this is to check, if everything is running correct
Now click on CRO, than on Static Encounters
Remove the checkmark on every pokemon in the list
Click on SAVE and than on Gift pokémon
Remove the checkmark on every pokemon in the list
Click on SAVE and close pk3DS
go into your exefs folder and copy .code.bin
Paste the .code.bin folder in the Root of the game folder you created on step 3 of the preparion step
Rename the .code.bin file to code.bin
go into your romfs folder and copy DllField.cro
Paste the DllField.cro folder in the Root of the game folder you created on the step 3 of the preparion step
unselecting everything in Randomizer Options except Remove Shiny Locksdoesnt work
in pk3DS click on ExeFS, than on Shiny Rate
here click on EVERYTHING SHINY and than on SAVE, this is to check, if everything is running correct
Now click on RomFS, than on Static Encounters
in Section Gifts and Encounters remove the checkmark on Shiny Locks on every Pokemon
Click on SAVE and close pk3DS
go into your exefs folder and copy .code.bin
Paste the .code.bin folder in the Root of the game folder you created on step 3 of the preparion step
Rename the .code.bin file to code.bin
Copy the file called 9 in [gamefolder]\romfs\a\1\5 to the root of the [gamefolder]
Section IV - Preparing the SD Card
On Your SD Card go to /luma/titles/ and create a folder with the corresponding TitleID of the game you patched
Create a titles folder if you don't already have one
Copy the code.bin and DllField.cro file in the TitleID folder
On Your SD Card go to /luma/titles/ and create a folder with the corresponding TitleID of the game you patched
Create a titles folder if you don't already have one
Copy the code.bin in the TitleID folder
in the TitleID folder create a folder called romfs
in the romfs folder create a folder called a
in the a folder create 4 folders called 0, 1, 2 and 3
in each of the 4 folders need to be 10 folders called 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9
copy the file called 9 of the root of the [gamefolder] and paste it in [TitleID]\romfs\a\1\5
Section V - Patching the Game
Eject your SD Card from your Computer and reinsert it into your console
Press and hold Select , while still holding Select , power on your console to open the Luma configuration menu
Select Enable game patching then press Start to save and exit
Section VI - General Stuff
Deinstaling gamepatches start System Setting on the 3DS
Click on Data Management, Nintendo 3DS, Add-on content
Click on the game you want to patch and than click Delete Editing shiny Chance
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open pk3DS
ignore the next step, if the correct gamefolder is auto selected from pk3DS
if the correct folder isnt selected follow step 8 and 9 from Section II
in pk3DS click on ExeFS, than on Shiny Rate
here you can now setup your wanted shiny chances with Reroll Helper
hit SAVE after you selected the wanted shiny chance
close pk3DS and go to [gamefolder]/exefs and copy .code.bin to the root of the [gamefolder]
if the old code.bin file is here, delete the file first
rename .code.bin to code.bin
move code.bin to /luma/titles/[TitleID] on your SD Card and replace the old code.bin with the new code.bin
