This guide was last updated on 6/6/2012. The method taught in this guide is not guaranteed to work; I haven't tested it yet.

Contents

• Prerequisites
• Introduction
  • The C-Gear and the PIDRNG
• Finding C-Gear Seeds
• Finding Standard Seeds for your C-Gear Seed
  • Generating PID Frames
• Setting up Eon Timer
• Hitting your C-Gear Seed and Target PID Frame
  • Updating Eon Timer
• Credits & Thanks

Prerequisites

Before you delve deeper into this guide, make sure you have the following:

• RNG Reporter 9.96 Alpha 6 or later (later is recommended if released, because at the time of writing this guide, alpha 6 is the most recent). 9.96.5 Beta is the latest version.
  • Download 9.96 public beta from the 5th gen. PRNG Help Thread once it is released, because there is a small bug in Alpha 6.
  • Mac users: This guide does not have directions for PPRNG users. Use ReligiousJedi's guide if you are using a Mac.
• Eon Timer v1.6.
• A basic understanding of Entralink abuse.
  • Reading Sephirona's Entralink abuse guide is highly recommended. Having experience with 4th generation RNG abuse is also helpful.
• Any DS system with a Pokemon Black or White cartridge.
  • Make sure you have a Pokemon in the Entree Forest.
  • You also need your DS parameters.
• A way to find exact IVs.
  • Some rare candies will make this so much easier, so try to find as many as you can.

Introduction

Entralink abuse is the ugly side of fifth generation RNG manipulation. It requires you to hit a delay, similar to fourth generation RNG. But that's not even the ugliest part. Up until now, nobody knew how to manipulate the nature of Entralink Pokemon, so catching the perfect Pokemon from the Entree Forest could take hours, days, or even weeks depending on your luck. But thanks to Smogon's great researchers, Entralink RNG abuse became a whole lot easier. It's still a bit of a nuisance, but this guide was created to make it as easy as possible.

The C-Gear and the PIDRNG

The C-Gear is what made Entralink PID abuse complicated. In order to catch your Pokemon from the Entree Forest, you need to turn on the C-Gear and enter the Entralink. Then, go into the Entree Forest and interact with your Pokemon. Selecting "yes" when you are asked to add the Pokemon to your party is when the IVs and PID of the Pokemon are determined. Once you turn on the C-Gear, however, it begins advancing the PID frame (which determines the nature) and it won't stop until your turn it off. This is similar to trying to RNG abuse in an area with many NPCs; your PID frame is constantly being messed with. So, how are you supposed to hit a target PID frame? Basically what you have to do is select "yes" at a specific time. The C-Gear advances the PID frame by approximately one frame per second. With the help of Eon Timer and RNG Reporter, you can time yourself just right and be able to consistently hit your target nature.

One final thing to note is that the C-Gear seed does not determine the PID frames, the two are completely separate. The standard seed is what determines the PID frames. Therefor, you need to hit both a C-Gear seed and a Standard seed to get your target IVs and nature. This may seem a bit complicated, but it's actually fairly simple. It will be explained more later on.

Finding C-Gear Seeds

The first step of any type of RNG abuse is finding seeds. Open up RNG Reporter and open the 5th generation Time Finder. Since the C-Gear has to be turned on in order to get to the Entralink, you need to search for C-Gear seeds. The C-Gear seed will determine the IVs of your Pokemon.



First, select the correct profile at the top. Change the method to IVs (C-Gear Seed). The encounter type doesn't matter, so just leave that alone. Specify the IVs you would like, then enter a delay range and a frame range. A minimum delay of 3000 or 4000 is recommended; anything lower might have you rushing. Your maximum delay is personal preference, but the lower you make it, the less seeds you will find. The minimum frame should always be 21 (this is the initial frame for Entralink Pokemon) and the maximum frame can be whatever you prefer. 21 is the initial frame because interacting with the Pokemon in the Entree forest advances the frame. Here's a good explanation from OmegaDonut:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat OmegaDonut Little Entralink tidbit: The act of talking to a Pokemon in the forest advances the IVRNG 26 frames. The IV generation is included in this, so a Pokemon effectively starts on frame 23 (which is RNG Reporter's frame 21). If you say no to encountering the Pokemon, the IVRNG advances will happen anyway. You can quickly and easily advance the IVRNG by talking to a Pokemon and refusing to encounter it. For example -- First thing I do when enter the forest is talk to a Pokemon. If I catch it, it will have the IVs corresponding to RNG Reporter's frame 21. If I say no, then talk to it again to capture it, it will have IVs corresponding to RNG Reporter's frame 47 (21 + 26).

The only time you should use this method of advancement is if you can't find a seed with a convenient target frame. Finally, hit generate.

Once you find some seeds, pick one to use. Usually, the seed with the lowest frame and delay is the most convenient option. You can check the delay of each seed by right clicking it, and selecting Generate More Times. The new window that pops up is called the Seed to Time window. After you pick the seed you'd like to use, open the Seed to Time window for it. You will be using this later.

Finding Standard Seeds for your C-Gear Seed

Now that you've selected a C-Gear seed to use, you need to generate standard seeds for that C-Gear seed. In order to do this, right click your seed in the time finder and select Generate Entralink Nature Seeds. Since standard seeds are determined when you enter the game, you will always hit a standard seed, even when you're trying to hit a C-Gear seed. Take a look at the Seed to Time window. Notice all the date, time, and delay combos. Those target times are what you need to hit in order to get your target IVs. The standard seed that you hit will depend on which target time you decide to hit (along with some other smaller factors). What the Entralink Seed Search window does is it searches through many standard seeds with your target nature to find some that you will be able to hit with your target C-Gear times.



Now, in the Entralink Seed Search window make sure you have the right profile selected. Choose the nature(s) you would prefer, and if your target is genderless, then check the box underneath the drop down menu for the natures. The min/max advances are the minimum time you are willing to wait, and the maximum time you are willing to wait before you catch your Pokemon. Remember, you will be relying on the C-Gear to advance the PID frames for you, which is why you will need to wait a certain amount of time before catching your Pokemon. A value of 30 or 40 is recommended for the minimum advancements, and the maximum advancements can be as high as you'd like. If you have an IV frame above 21, then having a higher value in the minimum advancements is recommended. The Minimum Cluster Size is the minimum amount of back-to-back PID frames with the same nature that the Entralink Seed Search will search for. For example, one of the results you might get is a Standard seed with frames 90, 91, 92, and 93 all being a Timid nature. These clusters make it much easier to hit your target nature, because even if your timing is off by a little, you might still hit a frame with the right nature. Finally, the Delay Calibration is where you input your Calibrated Delay from Eon Timer. This is necessary because the Calibrated Delay could make it impossible to hit your Standard seed second. The Entralink Seed Search will adjust the Standard search seed accordingly so you won't have to manually adjust. So, if your Calibrated Delay is -80 in Eon Timer, type in 80 in the Entralink Seed Search. Now hit generate.

***Note to 9.96 Alpha 6 users: The Entralink Seed Search has a small issue with the delay calibration feature, because it doesn't account for the standard seed seconds offset. For example, if I enter in 80 for my calibrated delay in alpha 6, and Entralink Seed Search gives me a standard seed with a target second of 45, then when I enter all my info into Eon Timer, the first timer will be 45 seconds. This is a problem, however, because on a DS Lite, if you enter the game at 45 seconds, the standard seed you will hit will be 46 seconds. In order to fix this, just toy around with the value you put into the delay calibration box. My calibrated delay is -80, and I fixed the issue by putting 50 in the delay calibration box (subtracted 30 from 80. I don't know why it worked but it did).

Scroll through your list until you find a standard seed you want to hit. If you want to increase the results you get, you can increase the maximum advancements value, or select more keypresses. You can select more keypresses in the Profile Manager.



Once you choose a standard seed, look at the column named C-Gear Date/Time. This is your target time for your C-Gear seed. Go to the Seed to Time window to find this target time and highlight it.

***Note to 9.96 Alpha 6 users: 9.96's Seed to Time window has a small bug. It doesn't allow you to select a profile, so all the times it generates are off by a handful of minutes because the Seed to Time doesn't know which MAC address to use. Download RNG Reporter 9.95 beta and use its Seed to Time window instead. Make sure you enter the correct seed and MAC address at the top.

Generating PID Frames

Go to the main window of RNG Reporter to generate PID frames for your standard seed.



First, change the method to Method 5 PIDRNG. Copy the seed and paste it in the correct spot. Then, go over to the right of the window and click Calculate Initial PIDRNG Frame. Right above that, there's a drop down menu to select the gender ratio. Pick the right gender ratio for your target Pokemon. Now hit generate. Before you scroll down to your target frames, right click any of the frames a select Display Characteristics in Search. Enter your target IVs. Finally, scroll down and find your target frame. Don't worry if one of your target frames says "Skip." It's still possible to hit skip frames. You're going to use these PID frames often to check how far off you were from your target frame.

Setting up Eon Timer

The final step before the actual RNG abuse process is setting up Eon Timer. Open the application.



First, change the mode to Entralink+. Leave the calibrated delay at whatever the default is (unless you've already calibrated; then use the value you found). Enter your target delay in the correct spot, along with your target second for your C-Gear seed. Both of those can be found in the Seed to Time window. Input 356 in the EL Calibration box, even if it's not the default (again, if you already calibrated for this, then use the value you found). Keep the Frame Calibration at 0. The Target Advances is how many frames you need to advance to hit your target. The number that goes here can be found by a simple subtraction problem.

Code:

Target Frame - Initial Frame = Target Advances

The value you insert for target frame could be any one of your target frames. Leave the rest of the spots blank. You'll use them later. Lastly, make sure your timer's settings are right by clicking the gear in the bottom left corner and changing them to your preferences. The big things to look for in the settings window is the Countdown Mode, Action Interval, Action Count, and the Console. The best Countdown Mode is probably Audio. Action Interval and Action Count are easiest to follow at 1000 and 6, respectively. The Console can be found under the Timer tab in the Settings window. Select the Console that you are using. Now you're ready to begin the actual RNG abuse process.

Hitting your C-Gear Seed and Target PID Frame

Make sure you're saved in an area where you can warp to the Entralink, and there are no WNPCs. Route 9 and the Pokemon League are two examples. Also make that you have all Pokemon moved to the deepest clearing except your target Pokemon, because they act as WNPCs and can advance your frame. You can bring them back from the deepest clearing to RNG them later. Go to the settings of your DS, and set the date to your target date. Then, go to your time settings. Look at Eon Timer, and right under the timer value it will say Minutes Before Target: #. This will tell you what time you need to set your DS to. For example, my target time is 18:23:xx, and Eon Timer tells me to set my DS clock to two minutes before my target, so I would set the time to 18:21. Before you do this, look at the Entralink Seed Search window and make sure this time matches the time for your standard seed. The target time for my standard seed is 18:21:45, which is correct. Also make sure that Eon Timer's first timer will allow you to hit your standard seed. My standard seed's target second is 45, and I'm using a DS Lite, so my timer should be 44 seconds long (round to the nearest second).


Image stolen from Sephirona's Entralink Abuse guide!

After you've checked to make sure everything is correct, start Eon Timer and set your DS clock at the same time so they're synchronized. Wait at the DS menu until the first timer ends. Listen to the beeps carefully to be as accurate as possible. With the Action interval at 1000 and the Action Count at 6, the beeps should sound at these seconds: 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, and a final beep that tells you when the timer ends. Once the first timer does end, enter Pokemon Black or White. Remember to press any keypresses needed for your standard seed, or to press nothing if you have no keypresses.


Image stolen from Sephirona's Entralink Abuse guide!

As the second timer is running, get into the game world from the menu but make sure that you don't turn on the C-Gear when it asks you to. Once you are in the game world, press the power button for the C-Gear. Now pay close attention; you have to be fast. Press "Yes" and then quickly tap the screen to get out of the warning shown. Then press X twice to enter and exit the menu so that the C-Gear animation doesn't play. Directly after that, tap the Wireless button on the C-Gear and then tap the Entralink button. All of this should be done quickly to minimize the amount of PID frames that the C-Gear advances. Once you reach the screen that says "______ warped to the Entralink!" the C-gear stops advancing. It begins advancing again when you enter the Entralink. After you've done all of that, wait for the second timer to end and then press A to enter the Entralink.



Once you are in Entralink, walk your 128 steps (or however many you need to hit your IV frame) here if your target IV frame is higher than 21, and then walk into the Entree Forest. It's important that you advance the IV frame in the Entralink, because the IV frame is reset once you enter the Entralink. Therefor, if you advanced the IV frame outside of the Entralink, and then entered it, your Pokemon would have the IVs from frame 21, not your target frame. Run up to your target Pokemon and press A to interact with it. When you are asked to add the Pokemon to your party, be ready to select "Yes." As the third timer ends, press A to engage in battle (not really a battle, more like a confrontation). Catch your Pokemon in the desired Pokeball.

Updating Eon Timer

If you got the wrong nature and/or IVs, don't worry, especially if it was only your first try. Make sure that you don't turn off your DS yet, though. You'll use this try to adjust for next time. When abusing the IVs and PID of Entralink Pokemon, I prefer to adjust Eon Timer to help me receive the correct nature before worrying about the IVs. If you'd rather adjust to hit your delay first, just refer to the second part of this section.



Take a look at the summary of your Pokemon, and check the nature. Find the main window of RNG Reporter with your generated PID Frames and look for a frame near your target (about +/-15) that has the nature that you just received. Subtract your initial frame from the frame with the matching nature, and type the number you get into Eon Timer where it says Actual Advances. Then hit Update. Now attempt to hit your delay and PID frame again. Repeat these steps if you get the wrong nature again. If you couldn't find a nearby frame with the same nature that you got, then you most likely hit your other timer0, so just try again.



In order to find out what time and delay you hit, you'll need to use the Seed to Time window. Find the window, and look at the bottom half. In the delays, enter +/- 500. In the seconds, enter +/- 3. For the minimum frame, enter 21. For the maximum, enter something a little higher than your target frame. Check the Roamer box if you have one. Now hit generate.



As you can see, Seed to Time generated seeds adjacent to your target seed. In order to find out which of these adjacent seeds you hit, you'll need to find the exact IVs. Metalkids IV calculator is highly recommended, and with assistance from a handful of rare candies, the IV judge in the Gear Station, and the Hidden Power guy in Mistralton's Pokemon Center, finding the exact IVs shouldn't be too much of a problem. Once you find the IVs, click Search IVs, and enter the IVs. Seed to Time will tell you what delay and time you hit after you click "Ok." As you get more accurate, you won't have to check for the exact IVs. You can use the characteristic to find out what you hit. For example, if I get a Pokemon with the characteristic "proud of its power," and it has low HP, then I could deduce that I hit delay 5030.



If you missed your target seconds, then use this formula to adjust your EL Calibration (don't use Seconds Hit and press update, it doesn't work):

Code:

([Seconds Hit - Target Seconds]* 60) + Current EL Calibration = EL Calibration

If you didn't hit +/-5 of your delay, you also should update your calibrated delay value. Eon Timer 1.6 unfortunately has a bug; if you input the delay you hit in the Delay Hit space and then click update, it updates the EL Calibration instead. For this reason, if you need to update your calibrated delay, download Eon Timer 1.6 Beta 1 (I think... don't remember) and use that to find your new calibrated delay, and then copy that value into Eon Timer 1.6. This was not listed in the Prerequisites because some people already have their calibrated delay. After you update your timer, you should be much more accurate, and eventually, successful!

Credits & Thanks

I'll begin by thanking all of Smogon's researchers and programmers, especially OmegaDonut, Bond697, Kaphotics, Slashmolder, and ToastPlusOne for their programs and contribution to Entralink PID abuse. I'd also like to thank Sephirona for her amazing basic Entralink abuse guide and her snapshots, along with Hozu for a snapshot I needed. That's about it...