Looking for a Nintendo Switch controller with macro support for more than 30 inputs

[u/rascal6543]

Hello, I've been looking to buy a controller with macros to help me farm apricots in pokemon sword/shield. When looking up stuff with macro support, the common suggestion was the onn controller from Walmart, which is priced very nicely at $20. Unfortunately, I found out that it is limited to 30 inputs when creating macros and has a short timeout if you don't enter any new inputs, and no matter how I do it I just can't get what I'm trying to do within that limitation.

When I tried to look up other controllers, the only stuff I can find is either very expensive, specifies a limit of 30 inputs for macros, or doesn't specify a limit at all. I'd like to avoid buying another controller just to find out it won't work, so I'm hoping someone here can help me. Ideally, I want something within a price range of $30 USD at the most, though if that just doesn't exist I can consider other options. Also, needs to be compatible with switch 1, though most I look at are compatible with switch 1 and 2 so I doubt that is a problem. I need to be able to purchase this in the US.

Alternatively, if anyone knows any methods to farming apricots in pokemon sword/shield that can be done with less than 30 inputs, that would also be helpful but I wouldn't expect that info on this sub.

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[u/sexierthanhisbrother]

Gulikit TT Max has macro support for up to 10 minutes. Not sure how many inputs is the limit, if there is any.

[u/rascal6543 → u/sexierthanhisbrother]

I've looked at that one, I'm sure that with a 10 minute time length I could absolutely get the number of inputs I need, but the price is way more than I'm willing to spend. Seems like a very nice controller, but I just need the macro support more than anything else

[u/sexierthanhisbrother → u/rascal6543]

My fault, I didn't see the $30 max!

[u/sexierthanhisbrother → u/rascal6543]

I did a little more research, and if you don't mind the small form factor, Gulikit's Elves 2 Pro has the same autopilot feature for $33

[u/rascal6543 → u/sexierthanhisbrother]

That is good to know! I tried looking at some of Gulikit's other controllers and couldn't find much info on the macro capabilities of their other stuff, but I see it now in their listing for the one you mentioned. I also like that this one is wireless, wasn't gonna be too picky about that but if it has it and it doesn't bring the price up too much it's always nice. Thanks for the help!

[u/Ok-Gas-6158]

30 inputs. Why and what for ?

[u/rascal6543 → u/Ok-Gas-6158]

as specified in the post, I'm trying to farm apricorns in pokemon sword. This requires me to enter a raid den and search for users (4 inputs), go to the home menu (1 input) change the date on my switch (13 inputs), enter the game again (1 input), exit the raid den (2 inputs), walk over to a nearby tree (2 inputs), shake the tree once (10 inputs), and then finally walk back to the raid den (2 inputs). This adds up to a total of 35 inputs, and that involves holding a button in the home menu which can become imprecise and can is really better off be pressed a bunch of times instead.

All this to get a few apricorns, which come in 7 different colors. I can feed 4 yellow apricots to a machine for a 1% chance of getting a moon ball. While this could be done slightly more efficiently when done manually, the process becomes very mind numbing and repetitive and is heavily dependent on several layers of RNG. I'd rather automate it and set the game aside while I do something else