The dwellers of the Buried Relic welcome you

The Buried Relic is a Pokémon fansite aimed at providing guides and tools both for regular play and shiny hunting, mainly focused on some of the older generations of games, although not completely limited to those. You will also find resources available in this dungeon.

The knowledge of the Pokémon community is in constant evolution, and the will to answer the most obscure questions keeps the machinery moving towards the truth. Nonetheless, some information related to niche topics stays confined among the participants in small communities, making it difficult for some users to access it. One example of this are the Gamecube installments of Pokémon (Colosseum/XD: Gale of Darkness) and how one would go on about shiny hunting in these games.

Latest news

16 February 2026

The Buried Relic turns 3??!! Hello! It's been a while since the last update. There have been many things going on. Life, I suppose. I have been quietly updating the website, mostly cleaning the code, but I still have some other things I want to try to add to see if the performance improves. Especially with images.

I will soon add some minor things like an RSS feed for whoever wants the latest updates directly from the web. My plan this year is to be a bit more active and add some stuff I've had cooking in the oven for a while. One of them has been very time-consuming but fun to work on. I wanted to show a small teaser of it before the 3rd anniversary, but I hope to post it sooner rather than later. This time I went more in-depth into Generation 3 save files. Please stay tuned for any updates on social media! I will also work on posting more regularly!

26 June 2025

Summer is here! Much to my demise, as it was around 38ºC (100ºF) the other day. But here is the news. Buried Relic is hosting its first community event: Frontier Frenzy! The main focus of this event is to plan a strategy, train a team, and achieve a win streak while also finding shinies during this journey.

If you are a PvE battler interested in shiny Pokémon or a shiny hunter on the verge of trying battle facilities, this event will be the perfect excuse to start once and for all! Whether you want to go full tryhard or take a more casual approach, you will be able to share your experiences with others. The event begins on the 1st of July and is active until the 31st of the same month. Save the date!

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Latest news

1 June 2025

Hello! It has been a while since the last update. Apologies for that; life happens. But here is a brand new tool: the Move PP Tracker! An easy-to-use PP tracker to assist you in avoiding potential surprises during battles. This tool also includes preset movesets for some of the important Pokémon you can find in the games. Please make sure to read the instructions on how to use them, and don't hesitate to use the contact page if you have any doubt, find an error, or have some suggestions!

Summer is here soon, and there's more to be shown in the very near future. Keep tuned in through social media or visit the page to check for new updates!

Shiny of the week

Hunt suggestions

- Generation 3: Lickilicky was not present in Generation 3 yet, but Lickitung's similar shiny and rarity makes it worth hunting here. Lickitung is only obtainable as an in-game trade with an NPC in FRLG or as a Shadow Pokémon in XD: Gale of Darkness. Eggs are the only hunt option. As an extra idea, you can use it as a ribbon master and eventually get Lickitung in Generation 4.

- Generation 4: Lickitung appears as a mass outbreak in Diamond and Pearl, on Lake Valor, with a 40% chance to appear. It has a higher chance to appear in HGSS, on Route 44, with a level 24 repel trick (75%), but with a low 20% encounter rate. It can appear 100% of the time with the right repel trick, but with an abysmal 5% encounter rate, it's not worth it at all.

- Generation 5: Lickilicky is one of the Pokémon who can appear 5% of the time in rustling grass in B2W2 (Route 2). Lickitung also appears on the same route in normal encounters.

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