Pokemon Royal Sapphire (v1.7) GBA Download

Pokemon Royal Sapphire is a Completed GBA Rom Hack made by ShockinglyGongas. Explore a reimagined Pokemon Sapphire with tougher battles, new forms, revamped maps, and an expanded Team Aqua story.

Pokemon Royal Sapphire Completed GBA Rom Hack

Author: ShockinglyGongas
Hack Off: Sapphire
Language: English
Released on: August 09, 2025
Latest Version: v1.7 Hotfix
Updated On: November 29, 2025
Status: Completed

Description

Pokemon Royal Sapphire is a heavily enhanced and reimagined version of Pokemon Sapphire. Think of it as a blend of quality-of-life improvements and increased challenge—similar in spirit to hacks like Renegade Platinum for difficulty and accessibility, and Gaia for expanded storytelling.

At its core, Royal Sapphire retains the classic Gen 3 mechanics and overall Hoenn experience, but with a fresh twist. The storyline has been rewritten and expanded to offer a new perspective while still keeping that nostalgic charm. You’ll notice changes to maps, wild encounters, trainers, learnsets, and key story moments—all designed to make it feel like you’re experiencing Hoenn for the first time again.

Curious about what’s been changed? Keep reading below for all the details!

Features

Gen 3 mechanics only (no phys/spec split, no Fairy, 1/16 crits)
Expert AI for all trainers
New starters: Hisui Sneasel, Hisui Qwilfish, Galar Slowpoke
All maps fully redesigned
Same gym order and story flow with new events
Custom tilesets based on Gen 3 style
Updated trainer and overworld sprites
Custom blue battle UI
Expanded Team Aqua storyline with Kyogre and Lugia
Rewritten NPC dialogues across towns
Every trainer and boss battle reworked
No healing items used by AI; smarter team setups
Buffed starters; no stat/type changes otherwise
Many Pokemon have new abilities
Easier evolutions; no trade evolutions
Most moves now have 100% accuracy
Many move effects changed or replaced
Marts sell cheap rare candies, repels, healing items
Game Corner gives 5 TMs per buy, very cheap
All item access through overworld or Marts
Updated in-game trades and Lavaridge Egg (Eevee)
Full documentation + Lua tools included
Postgame includes rematches, legendaries, secret bosses
Fully completable Pokédex
Shiny odds increased to 1/2048

Quality Of Life Improvements:

Rare Candies Added to the player’s gamecube as well as every PokéMart for no grinding.
Full Restores, Max Repels, Max Elixirs in Most or Every PokéMart.
Berries are Found as soon as they become available to the player in PokéMarts.
PokeCenters now have Sponsor Corners! On the top left, Tutors, Marts and Deleters will appear!
Every Mart Item in the Game has had their price altered to be easily bought.
You get several TMs of each, most of the time.
Game Corner has new TMs, and they’re all 10 Coins each and give away 5 per purchase.
All Pokemon have custom Learnsets to make Physical/Special split a NON-Issue.
Pokemon have had their abilities changed as a way to buff them.
Evolution methods or levels changed to buff certain pokemon.

What’s new – Changelogs

Version 1.7 Hotfix

New Features

Added Pre-status NPC in Mauville
Added Move Tutor in Fortree

Bug Fixes

Fixed Tileset issue in Route 116

Version 1.7 Overhaul & Vanity – Last Update

New Features & Changes
- New Starting Screen
- Battle HUD is now Dark Blue instead of Grey
- Can no longer softlock through PC Glitching in the Lab
- The Scanner and The Choice Band/Extra Leftovers are now only accessible Post-Waterfall instead of Post-Dive
- Updated Colors on May/Brendan slightly
- New Front Sprite for Alolan Raichu, Alolan Sandshrew, and Alolan Sandslash
- New Back Sprite for Alolan Raichu, Alolan Sandshrew, and Alolan Sandslash
Expanded Areas & Scripts
- Abandoned Ship has been expanded with new scripts and optional story
- Rusturf Tunnel has been expanded
- 115 Trail has been expanded with new scripts and optional story
- Route 122 has a new script and event
Moveset & Learnset Changes
- Hisui Arcanine: Removed Head Smash at level 78 (now level 80)
- Hisui Growlithe: Added Head Smash at level 75
- Hisui Electrode: Removed Swift at level 9; Added Frenzy Plant at level 72
- Entei: Can now learn Overheat
- Solarbeam PP: Reduced to 3
- Thunder PP: Reduced to 8
- Heat Wave PP: Reduced to 5
- Solarbeam TM: Removed from Safari Zone in favor of Dragon Claw
- Alolan Raichu: Now learns Thunder Wave at 26 and Light Screen at 41
- Flareon: Entirely overhauled learnset; now learns Early Flamethrower, Earth Power, and Sacred Fire
- Espeon: Now learns Crunch at 59
- Gorebyss: Now learns Mist Ball instead of Psychic
- Venomoth: Now has Compound Eyes ability
- Exploud: Now learns Brick Break, Extrasensory, and Icy Wind through Scale; can learn all Elemental Punches; gets earlier moves and Swords Dance at level 70
- Seismic Toss: Now correctly available to a variety of Pokémon
- Substitute: PP lowered to 3
- Seaking: Now gets Waterfall at 36, Megahorn at 40, Aqua Jet at 1
- Goldeen: Now gets Aqua Jet at 1
- Luvdisc: Learnset completely redone
- Piloswine: Now gets Blizzard at 51 and Bulk Up at 55
- Poliwag: Now evolves at level 18 instead of 25
- Plusle & Minun: Now both learn Volt Tackle at level 72
- Swalot: Now learns Flamethrower at 47
Map & Area Changes
- 119 Wilds PC House: Now features a Nurse Lady, similar to 111 Valleys
- 129 Islands: Slightly expanded
- Magcargo: Now has Blaze/Shell Armor instead of Blaze/Flame Body
- Gligar: Now has Hyper Cutter/Marvel Scale instead of Hyper Cutter/Sand Veil
- Swellow: Now has Guts/Early Bird instead of Guts 100%
- Sneasler: Now learns Superpower at 71 (instead of 70) and Sky Uppercut at 62 (instead of 54)
- Qwilfish: No longer learns Night Slash or Toxic; now learns Crunch at level 24 and Reversal at level 27
- Primeape: Removed Level 1 Scale Reversal, replaced with Counter
- Victory Road: Replaced Sea Incense in F1 with Dragon Fang
- Abandoned Ship: Added Sharp Beak to the Library
- Sprites Updated: Mawile, Tropius, Exploud, Absol, Kecleon, Scyther, Electabuzz, Magmar, Nidoking, Nidoqueen, and Arbok
Bug Fixes & Tweaks
- Fixed Dialogue issue in the Mt. Pyre Postgame Archie interaction
- Bug Buzz and Flash Cannon descriptions updated
- Overheat is no longer a contact move (unlike in vanilla Gen 3)

Version 1.6.0.6 – THE CLEANUP UPDATE

Removed 117 Hidden item
Removed Lavaridge Hidden item
Changed where a trick house NPC is
Removed Full restores from 3 trick house NPCs
Fixed [Maingame] No Oxford comma in Oldale NPC
Fixed [Maingame] Mossdeep NPC That explains TL’s Gimmick
Fixed [Maingame] Sidney’s Dialogue missing an “a”
Changed Route 131’s Grunt to a Boat
Changed Levels on a Certain Postgame team (Lv 88 -> Lv 98) [Postgame]
Fixed Gongas’ Dialogue [Postgame]
Fixed Evergrande’s First sign
Fixed a certain “a isle” typo to “an isle” [Maingame]
Fixed Shoal Cave having 3 walkable walls
Slightly changed shoal cave to be a bit more walkable
Swimmer Finger now correctly mentions route 121 instead of 122 when talking about Gentleman Walter [Maingame]
Fixed Route 133 having an unusable stair
A Certain Postgame NPC that was previously just a meme, now has a FIGHT that will help with your Dex! [Postgame]
Bone rush now actually displays the right Description
Roxanne now displays edited dialogue in the Tidal [Postgame]
Brawly now displays edited dialogue in the Tidal [Postgame]
Flannery’s Post-dialogue in the Tidal is now edited [Postgame]
119’s Corner has been slightly edited [Maingame]
Mystery Tomb’s Corners have also been slightly edited [Postgame]
DualWingBeat’s description no longer has a typo
Meltan and Melmetal’s descriptions have both been fixed [Postgame]
(Battle Tower Event) no longer Makes you reread their dialogue in the postgame Post-the fight [Postgame]
Battle tower now has a grass area to help with Dex completion [Postgame]
You can now fight a certain Postgame event Capture without being blocked by another [Postgame]
Dex Completion Certificate now has a custom Message for Royal Sapphire
Victory Road Sun room has been slightly changed visually [Maingame]
Victory Road Ice room Puzzle has been slightly changed [Maingame]
Victory Road Base room now has a shortcut so its easier to get back to the start from the end [Maingame]
Mt.Pyre Quest and outside are now EXTREMELY obvious, for those who may still have confusion. [Maingame]
Added an NPC to route 111 [Maingame]
Latias now holds the Soul Dew [Postgame]

Version 1.0.6.5

Fixed weird bug where Shiny Voltorb/Electrode were outright not in the game (???) They are now 🙂
Changed electrode’s boxsprite
Added everstones to Rustboros mart
Added escape rope to Rustboros mart

Version 1.6.0.4

Made Version NPC more obvious
Fixed azumarill rock smash issue on 108
Made it impossible to softlock on PROF’s Birch lab

Version 1.6

Fixed shoal cave nevermeltice puzzle
Fixed MULTIPLE tile movement wrong permissions
Wallys dad gives SLUDGE BOMB instead of a duplicate surf
You can no longer ignore Archie storyline in aqua hideout till the end of Tate&Liza split
Visual bug where you had 7 badges before Tate&Liza fixed
Sealed chamber now also requires dig like intended
Slowking slowbro learn sludgebomb through tm
Raichu now learns psychic
Added move relearner in lavaridge
Added move deleter to Fallarbor
Added move deleter to Petalburg
ALL Move descriptions should be in.
Oldale sponsor spot npc also mentions deleters now
Sandslash, sandshrew, alolan exeggutor, slowpoke tms list fixed
NATIONAL DEX IS OBTAINABLE THROUGH TALKING TO THE Route 101 “VERSION” NPC!
Added an Azumarill trying to smash the 108 rock before brawly as better blockage so theres no confusion!
Renamed Route 102 -> 102 Path
Renamed Route 105 -> 105 Sea
Renamed Route 116 -> 116 Trail
Renamed Route 119 -> 119 Wilds
Renamed Route 109 -> 109 Beach
Cut Tree in PETALBURG WOODS Will now disappear post beating brawly for Quality of life
Fixed minor tile error on 105
Fixed sealeo’s learnset, no longer gets draco meteor
A certain Postgame event NPC shown in maingame now has dialogue instead of being speechless
(Apparently this makes it funnier)
FIXED RIVAL 119 SPRITE TURNING INTO Odd PID Event Sprite
Rock Smash rock in Rusturf tunnel is destroyed post-wattson so you can’t softlock (with RMash)
Added dive spot that was gone in 124
Sneasel now learns rock smash after it has 4 moves so you get the choice of adding it
DualWingBeat now does contact like intended
Fixed route 104’s north fences visual bug
Added a PC to more houses next to their TV
Added PCs to Prof Birch’s lab so its easier to hatch a certain egg in LITTLEROOT
Added “League Champ Royal Sapphire 1.6” Text After hall of fame.
Changed “Welcome to the HALL OF FAME” to “ROYAL SAPPHIRE HALL OF FAME!”
Added “Magma hideout” background to Flannery’s gym fights
Fixed Infinite Entei/Regirock glitch
Changed solarbeam to 5pp
Wally no longer says “RALTS” instead of KIRLIA in verdanturf

Version 1.5.1

can no longer lock yourself in 123 by accident
You can no longer fight the glacia rematch pre e4

Version 1.5

Fixed 2 Certain Legendaries in postgame not being obtainable due to a glitch
Giga drain pp is now 8
Fixed tile errors in Fortree
Fixed Cycling road tile errors
Fixed oldale mart not selling candies Post Rival fight
Fixed some move descriptions
Added PCs to Resting houses (111 Valleys now has a PC so you dont have to rock smash everytime)
Battle frontier no longer softlocks you if you dont have a teleport or fly mon
Fixed bellossom/vileplume not getting weatherball
Fixed grunt sprite during the fight near pacifidlog isle

PS: Gonna chill with updates for a bit now. There’s still graphic changes that happen, but if something doesn’t stop you from playing the game, then it’s not a priority.
So do not report it in Bug-Reports! Thank you for your patience with all these updates in the first 48 hours!

Version 1.4.1

Actually fixed scanner issue

Version 1.4

LUA SCRIPT NOW HAS EXPORTS! No more need for pkhex!
Fixed New mauville tiles
fixed mauville gym tiles
fixed sign in evergrande
fixed meteor falls level 50 encounters being 21 now
fixed Slowking not getting sludge bomb in tms
Removed infinite masterball glitch in pacifidlog lmao
You can now access the scanner area in the abandoned ship post dive
Fixed wobbuffet/Tyranitar trades having failed abilities
fixed ninja boy and swimmers near pacifidlog

PS, 119 Rival does maybe still have the Sprite glitch, but this doesn’t changeGameplay, so it’ll be fixed in a later patch.
PSS, Move descriptions are not a priority, will fix in a later patch.

Known Bugs [All minor, no major important ones!]

May/Brendan sprite display as red in the Region Map
May sprite displays as red in the Introscene/Outro
Some Shinies got side-effect palette changes // Sneasel/Slowking/Golduck/Sandslash are some.
[Trick House] Trick House Question Robots ask VANILLA Questions!
[Postgame] Putting Mew in the Daycare Will create Eggs that will crash your game (Why would you put mew in there anyway)