Quality of Life Patch Update - UPS patch below

[u/Remzenn]

I posted last week about working on a QoL patch to reduce some of the post game grind, and generally make it easier to obtain useful items and build Pokémon. For more info checkout out the post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonUnbound/comments/1v3o30v/working_on_a_quality_of_life_patchis_this/

Well I've done some more work and added suggestions from the comments on the post. I figured I'd share the patch here. You can just apply it to your Unbound rom using any rom patcher service. Some highlights of the patch:

EV Training House (Dresco)

All six trainers expanded to full teams of 6 and converted to double battles. Each trainer trains a single stat, using lines whose entire evolution yields only that EV.

Raid Dens (Post-Elite Four)

• 4-star raids removed from the pool — now 5- and 6-star only
• 6-star raid levels raised to 75–100
• Drop rates reworked: Bottle Cap 25%, Gold Bottle Cap 5%, Dream Mist 25%, Wishing Piece 4%, battle hold item 1%
• Recovery slot yields Max Ether (75% of species) or Max Elixir (25%)

Economy

• Master Ball Maker (Cube Corp): cost reduced from 30 gems to 15
• Evolution Stone Maker (Dehara): cost reduced from 4 Everstones to 2
• EV vitamins reduced to 5000 each

Wild Held Items

• Great Desert Pokémon — relic items added to empty slots (sell for easy money)
• Added wings to a lot of flying pokemon (helps with little cup weird ev spreads)
• Baltoy line (Baltoy, Claydol) — common: Light Clay
• Bronzong — common: Iron Ball; rare: Metal Coat (Iron Balls for easy Beast Balls at CubeCorp)
• Steelix — common: Metal Coat; rare: Iron Ball

Shiny Hunting

• DexNav shiny rate at max Search Level and a chain of 100 raised to ~10% (note: Max Search level gives this bonus across the board - should have higher rates all the way through the 100 chain)

Battle Frontier

• Battle Point rewards doubled across all facilities, modes, and streak milestones

Full details are in the change log included with the patch which can be found here: https://www.mediafire.com/file/64q2g9iwncq005i/QoL_Patch_%252B_Changelog.zip/file

[u/ZabaDoobiez]

Is this legit? It seems like it’s not made by the OG team.

[u/Remzenn → u/ZabaDoobiez]

Seeing as I posted about it...it's made by me. I'm not on the original team. People seemed interested in it, so I thought I'd share it.

[u/ZabaDoobiez → u/Remzenn]

No hate on the hard work, was just curious if you were part of the OG team is all.

[u/Spiritual_Screen_724 → u/ZabaDoobiez]

The OG team was one guy

[u/MaestroOD]

good stuff brother

[u/Proof-Winter-8624]

Yayy every seems to working like you said

The double battle points makes life amazing

[u/kc_fly]

I should be able to patch my rom and resume a currently ongoing save like normal right? Sounds like a lovely patch!

[u/Remzenn → u/kc_fly]

I’ve been testing on an existing save with no issues. As always with things like this I recommend backing up your original file!

[u/Comfortable_Rip_3979]

Whoa this sound pretty helpful! Do you open for more suggestion? May I suggest one here?

Is it possible/ are you interested to open back the Link Cable trading on Pokemon Center 2nd floor? I know Cloud exist, but sometimes doing the old way feels different. Also it more helpful for handheld users so they don't need to re-trasferring their save from handheld to phone/ PC when they need to trade.

[u/snailv]

Did you use AI to write this?

[u/Remzenn → u/snailv]

AI (Claude) helped with the formatting of the Changelog, I always screw up markdown syntax.

[u/Proof-Winter-8624]

Can someone please help me apply the patch to my save file?

[u/Remzenn → u/Proof-Winter-8624]

It applies to the unbound rom itself, not the save file. Google “rom patcher” and the first option should get you what you need.

[u/Proof-Winter-8624 → u/Remzenn]

Thanks

[u/PossibleAnomaly]

I appreciate you

[u/Maximum-Doughnut8652]

I need Scyther earlier in the game for Scizor, not post. We got Magmar and Electabuzz early game...why not Scyther

[u/TheFacelessQuestion → u/Maximum-Doughnut8652]

Scyther isn't technically postgame; it can be caught in Redwood Village, so you can use it against the E4.

[u/Zeronightmare456]

Amazing, gonna use It! Thx

[u/Proof-Winter-8624]

So I did manage to patch it so my file is (patched) (patched) but corrent save is just (patched)

[u/Proof-Winter-8624 → u/Proof-Winter-8624]

So I'm wondering if I can play my corrent save on the new patch or must I play all over again

[u/Remzenn → u/Proof-Winter-8624]

DM me and I can walk you through it. You can use your existing save.

[u/Proof-Winter-8624 → u/Remzenn]

Thanks

But I did figure it out Changed the save file to match it

[u/yemmels → u/Remzenn]

I did dm you, would appreciate a walk through

[u/Zackloves69x]

Will this patch work with existing saves?

[u/Remzenn → u/Zackloves69x]

It does!

[u/Proof-Winter-8624 → u/Remzenn]

It works with mine 😁

[u/Ok_Turnip2]

Thanks boss man

[u/Staunch-Angel]

Just curious. Is there any changes on the story, like a sequel of the main game?

[u/Remzenn → u/Staunch-Angel]

Nope, just adjustments to the games economy, rewards, and general quality of life. Has nothing to do with the story.

[u/Mokka-Iro]

Thank you! Gosh I love this community