3DS:Alternate Exploits/Homebrew Launcher (PicHaxx)

Required Reading

Pichaxx is an exploit for the game Pokémon Picross released by zoogie, originally discovered and demonstrated by MrNbaYoh. This method of using Seedminer for further exploitation uses your movable.sed file to write a custom save file for Pokémon Picross, which can then be used to launch the Homebrew Launcher.

This process requires your console-specific movable.sed file. If you don't have it yet, you can get it by following seedminer. (Don't continue to BannerBomb3.)

This process will overwrite your Pokémon Picross save file, if you have one. If you wish to preserve your Pokémon Picross game data, you should make a backup of your 00000001.sav file before overwriting it.

What You Need

• The game "Pokémon Picross" (free on eShop) installed on your device
  • You can scan this QR code using the Nintendo 3DS Camera for a direct link to the eShop app
  • Your SD card must be inserted in your device to install Pokémon Picross
• Your movable.sed file from completing Seedminer
• The latest release of Luma3DS (the Luma3DS .zip file)
• otherapps.zip

Instructions

Section I - Prep Work

1. Power off your device
2. Insert your SD card into your computer
3. Copy boot.firm and boot.3dsx from the Luma3DS .zip to the root of your SD card
   • The root of the SD card refers to the initial directory on your SD card where you can see the Nintendo 3DS folder, but are not inside of it
4. Copy the otherapp payload for your region/version/model from the otherapps .zip file to the root of your SD card and rename it to otherapp.bin

Section II - PicHaxx

1. Open the PicHaxx Injector website on your computer
2. Select your movable.sed file
3. Select "Build and Download"
4. Wait for the process to complete
5. Navigate to Nintendo 3DS -> <ID0> -> <ID1> -> title -> 00040000 -> 0017c100 -> data on your SD card
   • The <ID0> will be the same one that you used in Seedminer
   • The <ID1> is a 32 character long folder inside of the <ID0>
6. Copy the newly downloaded 00000001.sav file to the data folder on your SD card
   • Overwrite the old save file when prompted
7. Reinsert your SD card into your device
8. Power on your device
9. Launch "Pokémon Picross"
10. If the exploit was successful, your device will have loaded the Homebrew Launcher
    • If you get an error message, follow this troubleshooting guide

Next steps

At this point, there are a number of processes you may follow. Continue to the next section of the guide based on what you have access to.

Method	Requirements
---	Working shoulder buttons	System version
Installing boot9strap (HBL-USM) (Recommended)	Yes	Latest
Installing boot9strap (Frogtool)	No	Latest