GTS Cloning Guide

A note: If it's not a pokemon you're willing to lose, do NOT try this. The number of revolutions needed varies seemingly at random, and if you turn the DS off too late, then it will be put up for trade as usual and anyone can seek it and trade for it. Too early simply leaves the Pokemon in your box/party and it will not load one for trade.

Impossible pokemon, like the level 1 Arceus, are tempting to use, but hackers are everywhere and often lurk just for fun to steal your hard-earned pokemon. Event pokemon in particular get searched for a TON, so be wary of cloning Mew & Darkrai and the like.

One last important note: If you've turned your DS off after 7 turns of the clock or more, but not too late, you will get a blue screen informing you that your data is corrupt right before you load your game. DO NOT PANIC. This is normal and there is no risk to your game. It loads a backup of your last save (which is the moment your Pokemon is loaded to the GTS) and this is what makes the clone successful.

I've done it about hundred times before I got my Action Replay and never lost a Pokemon, but I guess there is a chance.

Ps: My new Pokesav topic took for ever to make!!!

PokeCenter wrote:I've done it about hundred times before I got my Action Replay and never lost a Pokemon, but I guess there is a chance.

Ps: My new Pokesav topic took for ever to make!!!

Thanks for making one for everyone, PC
And yeah, you won't often lose your pokemon, but so far I've lost 2 Darkrai (100 Caterpie, 100 Darkrai in return. Who has a level 100 Caterpie sitting around?) and 2 or three Mew. I lost them in the time it took me to hit my power button twice, save, and connect to NWifi.

Jeez 2 of my Guide topics took about 45min to make...

do i need to turn my ds off before it puts the pokemon up or when you are going back to the menu that says seek pokemon etc. etc.?

ILeikMudkipz wrote:do i need to turn my ds off before it puts the pokemon up or when you are going back to the menu that says seek pokemon etc. etc.?

As stated in the chat, if your screen passes the Clock one and your pokemon is loaded to the GTS, you did it wrong. Read over the guide again for exact instructions.

Jolteon00 said it worked perfect. She says "Thanks PokeCenter for psuhing me to try it myself it worked perfectly!"

PokeCenter wrote:Jolteon00 said it worked perfect. She says "Thanks PokeCenter for psuhing me to try it myself it worked perfectly!"

Yep! It'll really help me with collecting and trading now~ And this is a really straightforward guide.

Word of advice: the pokemon you seek, to be safe, might want to be something impossible that no one would already have hacked. Think about it. If you were a bad person and knew people put up prize pokemon asking for a level 1 arceus or mewtwo.. then you would make one of those and go searching for it. Granted, anything can be made, but probably not in the timespan it would take you to notice your pokemon is no longer in your party.
When I do it, I search for a level <9 female torterra. So it's a rare non-legend pokemon with the rare gender at a level it can't be found at.

Getting far away from your router is also a big help; sitting near it made cloning very irritating.

Good luck!

My Game Restarted From This Glitch, I Dunno Why

It didn't start the game over it just showed that blue message.

Ichimarunico wrote:

ILeikMudkipz wrote:do i need to turn my ds off before it puts the pokemon up or when you are going back to the menu that says seek pokemon etc. etc.?

As stated in the chat, if your screen passes the Clock one and your pokemon is loaded to the GTS, you did it wrong. Read over the guide again for exact instructions.

i have almost susessfuly cloned my pokemon. thank you guys for the clarification.

"Almost?" There really isn't a "Almost", so I'd call that spam. Don't do it again!

I've followed this guide over 20 times and it won't work are there any tips?

Wasim wrote:I've followed this guide over 20 times and it won't work are there any tips?

Are you sure you have a router?
If yes, are you sure you put an impossible pokemon (arceus level 1, etc)
If yes, are you sure you waited for the clock to spin 7 and a half times?

If you did, there's something wrong.

7 and a half times isnt necessarily true, if your router is slow it could take up to 10 turns, the topic says to stop one turn before it stops, so try it first with something you dont care about.

Omg.I cloned 5 teams with this.Thx PokeCenter.

I cloned 14 pokes with this.

Guys, we're glad it worked for you. But there's absolutely no need to muddy up the sticky with "Thanks it worked" posts. We know it works. That's why it's here.
Raquaza, that's obvious PT spam AND a double post two minutes apart. I'm sick of having to give you warnings constantly.

anyone have any ideas why this doesnt work for me? i see that they are in my party and in wifi , but when i try to get back it says wifi error.

Check your summary if it says summary just withdraw the Pokemon and if it says deposit you failed. I suggest trying again if you failed.

Thanks PC really! I managed to clone ALOT of pokemon using this! I rate it 10 out of 10.

Glad it helped!

Can this glitch work on heartgold/sould silver? If not then y?

I don't think so. They usually fix those cloning glitches.