Forretress in Polished Crystal

Bug / Steel — where to catch it, what it learns, and how it differs from the official games.

Compared with the official games

Its stats, type and abilities match the official games — this hack leaves them alone. Its level-up moves and TM list may still differ; those are listed above.

Other changes in this hack

Learns Flash Cannon the moment it evolves
Catch rate 75
Base experience 118
EV yield: 2 Def
Egg groups: Bug
Growth rate: Medium Fast
Move tutors: Body Slam, Counter, Defense Curl, Double-Edge, Endure, Headbutt, Iron Head, Rollout, Sleep Talk, Swagger, Zap Cannon

Forretress in other guides

The same Pokémon, as 16 other hacks change it:

Unbound Emerald Rogue Infinite Fusion Radical Red Gaia Blaze Black 2 Redux & Volt White 2 Redux Inclement Emerald Elite Redux Emerald Imperium Emerald Kaizo Blaze Black 2 & Volt White 2 Sacred Gold & Storm Silver Renegade Platinum Rising Ruby & Sinking Sapphire Blaze Black & Volt White Fire Red Omega

Where to find Forretress

Area	Method	Level
Noisy Forest	Headbutt		5% rare
Noisy Forest	Headbutt (rare tree)

Level-up moves

Lv	Move	Type	Cat	Pow	Acc	PP
1	Agility Sharply raises the user's Speed.	Psychic	Stat	—	—	30
1	Flash Cannon	Steel	Spec	80	100	10
1	Protect Foils attack that turn. It may fail.	Normal	Stat	—	—	10
1	Tackle A full-body charge attack.	Normal	Phys	40	100	35
1	Toxic Spikes Poisons foes when they switch in.	Poison	Stat	—	—	20
6	Focus Energy Raises the criti- cal hit ratio.	Normal	Stat	—	—	30
9	Bug Bite Bites the foe and eats a held Berry.	Bug	Phys	60	100	20
12	Substitute Makes a decoy with 1/4 user's max HP.	Normal	Stat	—	—	10
17	Rapid Spin A high-speed spinning attack.	Normal	Phys	50	100	20
20	Defense Curl Raises the user's Defense.	Normal	Stat	—	—	40
23	Take Down	Normal	Phys	90	100	15
28	Spikes Hurts foes when they switch in.	Ground	Stat	—	—	20
32	Reversal Stronger if the user's HP is low.	Fighting	Phys	1	100	15
36	Explosion Very powerful but makes user faint.	Normal	Phys	250	100	5
42	Reflect Raises Defense with a barrier.	Psychic	Stat	—	—	20
46	Gyro Ball Does more damage at lower speed.	Steel	Phys	1	100	5
50	Double-Edge A tackle that also hurts the user.	Normal	Phys	120	100	15
56	Zap Cannon An attack that always paralyzes.	Electric	Spec	120	50	5
60	Iron Head	Steel	Phys	80	100	15

* a legal move, just moved to level-up · ** new to this hack

TMs & HMs (30)

#	Move · where to get it	Type	Pow
TM03	Curse Celadon Mansion	Ghost	—
TM06	Toxic Celadon Game Corner	Poison	—
TM09	Venoshock Route 11	Poison	65
TM10	Hidden Power Lake of Rage	Unknown	70
TM11	Sunny Day Celadon Dept. Store	Fire	—
TM15	Hyper Beam Goldenrod Dept. Store	Normal	150
TM16	Light Screen Goldenrod Dept. Store	Psychic	—
TM17	Protect Goldenrod Dept. Store	Normal	—
TM19	Giga Drain Erika	Grass	75
TM21	Bulldoze Route 39	Ground	60
TM22	Solar Beam Goldenrod Dept. Store	Grass	120
TM26	Earthquake Victory Road	Ground	100
TM27	Return Goldenrod Dept. Store	Normal	1
TM28	Dig National Park	Ground	90
TM31	Brick Break Route 36	Fighting	75
TM32	Double Team Celadon Game Corner	Normal	—
TM33	Reflect Goldenrod Dept. Store	Psychic	—
TM34	Flash Cannon Route 9	Steel	80
TM37	Sandstorm Celadon Dept. Store	Rock	—
TM39	Swift Union Cave	Normal	60
TM41	Substitute Lake of Rage	Normal	—
TM42	Facade Dim Cave	Normal	70
TM44	Rest Dim Cave	Psychic	—
TM45	Attract Whitney	Normal	—
TM48	Rock Slide Brock	Rock	75
TM64	Explosion Underground	Normal	250
TM68	Giga Impact Celadon Game Corner	Normal	150
TM72	Volt Switch Route 10	Electric	70
TM74	Gyro Ball Magnet Tunnel	Steel	1
HM04	Strength Cianwood City	Fighting	80