How to Make Unlimited Money While AFK in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet 

After some testing, my friend @HoodlumCallum had some great success using this strategy with a Flutter Mane instead: Moonblast - 252 Defense EV / 252 SpAttack EV Using choice specs increases ur chances but you can run Amulet Coin if you’re feeling risky! Also I understand that you can just duplicate items in order to make money, this is a more automated way of doing things and also not every player feels comfortable with abusing glitches as Pokémon themselves have banned for far less. I like to keep my main save files clean and legit and i’m sure other people do, please respect that!

It's been a long time coming. Look at this man all grown up making another tutorial video years later.

Just did this for 24 hours straight with no failure. Got the following rewards: $6,6M, 7 Bottle Caps, 1 Golden Bottle Cap, 50 Rare Candys, bunch of M/S Candy and other various items which I can't count. Used a lv. 100 Flutter Mane, Sp. Atk/HP and bit in Sp. Def, Choice Specs and Moonblast. Thanks so much for this! Dropped a like & sub :)

Nintendo: The tournament at the end of the game is going to be the most challenging experience Pokemon players have ever had to face Luke: So what you want to do is mash the A button

This seems more consistent than going through the desert or just doing raids for nuggets and stuff

I think Falinks could work. It gets defiant as its hidden ability. you run into the same crit issue, but thats all. baby doll eyes makes you stronger.

Chi-Yu with dark pulse choice specs is insane, its ability debuffs sp def, and then dark pulse stab with specs just melts everyones team

Gholdengo is immune to all status effects and stat decreases, that would allow you to run the coin amulet

I started it out with my florges using moonblast. She's now lvl 100 and I tried running her w/ amulet coin and it worked pretty well! I maxed out her sp atk and the baby doll eyes had no effect since I was only using moonblast. Ran some numbers and it averaged at about 115,000 per tournament, hitting just shy of 500,000 an hour. If you try this please leave your results in the replies! I used a very small sample size so probably not completely accurate!

Was really awesome seeing alot of the thinking behind this video live, and super glad it worked for you! Will be trying this soon myself

I’m gonna save this video once I finish the story, crazy to see you doing a video like this but it I really appreciate it!

I actually think that Mabsosstiff would work just as well, with the same move, and it has a little more attack. It has Guard Dog, to make it immune to Intimidate, and Intimidate instead raises it's attack by +1.

If anyone wants a truly consistent option, I found that a level 100 Iron Valiant running Choice Specs spamming Moonblast with 252 EV's in both HP and Spe Atk (hyper trained as well) can guarantee you don't lose. Poison isn't an issue because the Pokemon that can are usually one of the last three pokemon to come out, meaning it doesn't have enough time to kill, and Baby-Doll Eyes doesn't affect it. Unfortunately, Iron Valiant needs to run Choice Specs due to Penny's Sylveon, as it needs the item to be able to one shot. If running the Amulet or Booster Energy, her Sylveon will be able to take one hit if it is not a crit, and it can kill if she crits instead. There are other pokemon that can take a hit, but none of them can kill in one shot like Sylveon. The lack of Amulet Coin is unfortunate, but I have tested this for days now and Iron Valiant clears it with no problem consistently. So, if you're looking for a way to clear without a chance of losing, this is a good solution. I am pretty confident this works 100% of the time, but, if anyone tries it and does lose, please tell me. I will edit this to say so.

Thank you for the useful information probably if not the best way to do it without glitching or duping in the game 🙏🏾

Do you need to bottlecap the IVs to have that much health? Mine has 30 less health and I got beat by dendra's third Tauros first time I tried immediately

Hey I'm having abit of trouble with this method regarding the controller I went to check on the progress after a few min and sall my controller was off (it was fully charged and everything it just went into sleep mode) do I need to have it plugged into the console at all time or just plugged into a charger?

I’m not sure how you invested in Krookodile, but if you invested a bunch in speed, you could (probably) take some of that investment away and give it HP or Def investment to help protect from a Taurus crit

The only obstacle I’ve run into has been Deandra. She leads Falinks for me, and Crunch doesn’t OHKO. It’s complete chance if she his CC with Falinks or not. If she does, the Moxie boost doesn’t guarantee an OHKO on the first tauros she sends out. And with what HP you DO have left, the second Tauros will use Aqua Jet and finish you off. Great strat, but she can be a run killer

Can this be done at any stage of the game or only if your mon is level 100? I'm pre E4 and my highest level mon is 65

What about using Roaring Moon; 252 ATK, 252 SPD, holding a choice scarf, energy booster, or clear amulet? It can learn crunch by TM and it as well receives STAB.

Just got the hour split pad compact and I’m definitely trying this once I beat all the gyms again

If anyone is still wondering about this, now that home is compatible, I've found what I think is the ideal mon. I've been using magearna modest with max speed max sp. atk using dazzling gleam and holding the amulet coin. Because of magearna's ability, it still one shots both the gengar and toxapex that gave miraidon the issue. I had this running last night and made about 4.5 million and it was still going when I woke up.

Quick question. Can we send a low level pkmn with the amulet coin that only dies and then will auto switch to the kroko?

What controller do you use that has turbo input, I have a Nintendo pro controller and idk if it has turbo input.

Luke, thanks so much for this tutorial! Now I’m interested in trying to figure out if there are any better options. Are there fast and strong Clear Body Pokémon that could run the game with the Amulet Coin?

I use Choice Specs Flutter Mane with Moonblast for this! The only thing that might cause issues is Bullet Punch crit from Scizor, but I've never seen it happen to know if it OHKO's. I'm max speed + max Sp.A EVs but some of the speed EVs can probably go to defense to save it if it does go down to the crit.

how are you getting around it asking if you want to switch pokemon after each KO? I can't see an option for set mode

Honestly appreciate this video so much!

I've been testing this strat and you can OHKO almost everyone: - Gholdengo lv 100 - 31 IVs (except Atk) - EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 Def - Choice Specs - STAB Flash Cannon You could try it with Amulet Coin as long as you don't fight Penny, any Goodra trainer because of Muddy Water or the dude with Pachirisu. Thanks for the tip! :D (btw Austin John Plays channel brought me here)

Thank you for this! Dont want to abuse those glitches and dupes

So using the same strategy you did I flew threw I think 4-5 academy tournaments but I’m not geting 100k a run? I started at 114k and ended at 279k, that averages 55kish a run. Still good but not that 100k, am i doing something wrong?

Wait hold up… semi-unrelated, but could a person AFK Masuda hunt with a turbo controller? Or does continually checking the basket over and over prevent it from producing anything?

Magic bounce haterenne is the way to go, I have some in dream balls too lol. Intimidate doesn’t matter and reflects all non-attacking moves.

just wanna put it out there that ev training through wild pokemon is incredibly easy this gen, you only need maybe 60k for the power items to speed it up

Are all Turbo controllers the same? Because mine does not seem to work hiting the turbo and A button at the same time....

Haven’t gotten to that point yet, but how about a Kingambit with Defiant and Night Slash?

I’m doing the same thing except with Sylveon. Pixilate, timid, Coin amulet, 252 SpA, 252 Spe, hypervoice as first move. Seems to be most reliable. I only tried with 4 different mons but sylveon turned out to be the best and also my fav pokemon

Could Gimmigoul's evolution work? I know it has a move like pay day, but would it be strong enough?

Do you think this would work with defiant annihilape?

Which vitamins and mint are used for this build?

quaquaval has moxie as a HA and aqua step raises your speed every time you use it, so it could be good. dragapult gets clear body so you can run it with an amulet coin and it can do atk or sp atk. Dondozo could also possibly be bulky enough to sweep through with heavy slam.

Thanks for the video, I've been doing it with a Sylveon with special attack and hp EVs. So far so good. It one shots the Gengar thanks to the Ghost tera

Do you know how to stop the controller from auto disconnecting if I leave it going, That’s the only thing holding this back from working for me

I am using a turbo controller, but with duct tape to keep pressing the A button 😂. How is it called the controller that lets you hold the turbo mode?

The turbo joycons I have and love are the binbok joycons. They have a back button that’s mappable one each joycon as well as the turbo. AND they are on sale on their site until 11/30 obviously more expensive then a wired controller but I’ve had mine for 6 months, use them daily, and still love them so much.

Been trying a few different builds for this strat to keep on amulet coin, and I got so frustratingly close with moxie Honchkrow 252 atk, 252 def, 4hp using Drill Peck. Only thing that seemed to be a loss from quite a few runs was Pachirisu can survive with a sliver of health sometimes and then paralyzes with nuzzle and it's basically a guaranteed loss after that. I also tried super luck with night slash and it is very consistent but Dendra is capable of winning if she hits all her close combats and Hariyama hits his stone edge and at least one of them is a crit, if none of them crit I would survive with around 30 hp. Also you need max friendship to guarantee the crit, and it also helps with making the opponent miss sometimes. I had very little luck with moxie Salamence that people are suggesting, lost two runs in a row with that. 252 spatk, 252 def, 4 hp Flutter Mane just smashing moonblast with an amulet coin and zero strategy is funny enough almost guaranteed too, but I've lost a run to being toxic'd by Jacq's Swalot early, and I think Scizor can kill you if it gets a lucky two in a row bullet punch crit, also Penny has a chance if her Flareon both crits and burns with flare blitz.

How do I get a turbo controller to mash A? I use a switch lite so does something like a turbo controller work for me?

Would a max speed skeledirge with torch song be able to sweep with amulet coin, you then ignore baby doll eyes and intimidates

Also make sure that your pokemon is not shiny so that you're not wasting time waiting for the sparkles

Hey Luke, what item is your krookadile holding?? ❤❤

Recommendations for a turbo controller 😮?

I set myself up to do this, and I found an interesting issue, but I was dying to Arven. Greedent isn't getting 1 shot, and 3 times in a row now I've gotten hit with body slam and have gotten the unlucky 30% of being paralyzed. Which is slowing me down far too much to hit first, or I'm getting fully paralyzed.

This is super cool, but I won't be doing this for awhile. I've barely done all the titans for the ride abilities. And beat one gym. Been playing super slow haha.

I use a similar strategy, but with SpA EV IV maxed Miraidon + Choice Spec boosted Flash Cannon SpA is unreduceable by any of the Pokemon in the tourney (looking at you Intimidate), and I just leave the auto controller turbo-ing A to cycle the tourney completely Used to use Dragon Pulse till I realized the Fairies were immune when equipping the Amulet Coin Hasn't failed even once yet since swapping to this strat, even if 2 of Penny's Eeveelutions require 2 hits to take down

Any turbo controller recommendations for switch lite that wont go to sleep after x amount of minutes? Thanks

Wouldnt Gholdengo work? its beefy and has Good as Gold to make it immuned to stat drops

Salamance gets Moxie as a Hidden Ability, just use an Ability Patch on it and spam Dual Wingbeat over and over.

I love to see these types of videos from people who DONT do them often because the RU-vidrs that do, almost always use exploits or hacks to get this money or unlimited items. It’s good to know of legit ways to grind but not in a way you have to scour the region or actually use your brain lol

Hey @Gameboyluke I want your personal opinion on this I took your video idea with the krokodile with Moxie and thought I'd try the same thing with a Gyarados with the Moxie ability and adamant nature hyper trained in everything and so for with the clear amulet I haven't come across any issues so far I'm gonna go through the academy again with the amulet coin

I was wondering would the amulet coin be better or is there some mons with intimidate on some teams.

I KNOW THE PERFECT POKÉMON! I’ve got it guys, it’s dragapult, here’s my reasoning. It’s ability clear body cancels any stat decreases so you don’t have to worry about attack drops and not killing, it has a 142 base speed and a 120 base attack so it is out speeding and reliably killing everything at level 100, now you might think im wrong here because dragon, psychic, ghost, normal, all it’s main move types have a type it doesn’t effect, but bug doesn’t, it gets u turn which is 70 power and bug hits everything, and because you have to do this with only one Pokémon you won’t even switch so it’s the perfect move! And to top it off you don’t need an item so there’s you’re amulet coin! Dragapult, with the amulet coin, using u-turn, no potential contingencies to plan for because no problems can even potentially happen while you’re afk, easy money! I think this is the Pokémon for the job guys Please like this so Lukey can see and if you do I hope this helps/works for you :)

What about gholdengo with metronome item? Good as gold prevents stats being reduced.

Why doesn’t it prompt you to change Pokémon when you’re battling? How do I make this go away for me ?

Couldn't u use the evolved form of gimighoul which can't be effected by status effects

The good thing about grinding money in this game is that, past the initial money sink to make a couple of Raid-viable Pokémon, the sheer amount of resources you get from 5-Star Raids can "pay off" the next Pokémon and make the process a lot easier. Your best bets are the box Legendaries to start.

Kingambit with attack and speed investment works with the amulet coin. Use the defiant ability for the intimidates/baby doll eyes and iron head as the move. Make sure you invest in speed not hp or you won't be able to beat the fighting teacher. I will update this if I lose a battle.

What if you use a weak Pokémon at the start with amulet coin? Just so it get killed immediately. Will you still get double money?

Can using a Quaquaval that has moxie work as a good knockout pokemon?

Honestly I think the power items are a far more efficient way of doing it this gen. For 360,000 up front you can get 6 of each power item. All of the Pokemon for each stat are plentiful in Poco Path/Inlet Grotto, and it takes only 28 encounters to max out a stat for your entire team. Ex. I was doing this for HP EV training, and knocked out 28 lechonk in about 8 minutes. This trained all 6 of my mons in HP, which would've cost 1.5 mil in HP Up vitamins

Been having good results with flutter mane. Modest, maxed IVs (except physical attack), max special attack EVs and max defense EVs. It tanks crit hexes from amoongus, bullet punches from scizor, and crits from toxapex like a champ and one-shots pretty much everything else. Should be fine to have an amulet coin and run without issue. Thanks for the vid! Edit: Added defense EVs for scizor

Wouldn't choice band also work instead of the shield?

Would defiant king gambit with sucker punch work? Then you can hold the amulet

Ok I know I've commented a bunch, but I think I just found yet another actually really viable if not perfect mon for this strat. Flamigo.... Even if Hassels Noivern were to have a Speed boosting Nature (i think the tournament mons are neutral Natures though, as far as I can tell) you would still outspeed it with 0 speed investment, so you get to outspeed everything. It's ability Scrappy cancels out intimidates and enables you to hit ghost types, which grants you the ability to use Close Combat, just also slap a Choice band on and most monst falls over like a wet noodle. As far as I can tell the only mon that can "potentially" be dangerous is Jacq's Slowbro, which you can work around. It does quad resist CC, but that shouldn't be a big problem, since you still 2-Shot it, with a slight chance to even 1-hit ko it. Just put your 252 EVs you saved by not specing into speed into SP-Def and you can tank a Psychic even at -4 SP-Def. (his Farigiraff is a guaranteed 1-hit, so it doesn't matter that it's a psychic terra type). NPCs tend to send out mons with type advantages after a defeat, so no matter what Jacq does you should always be in a range to survive a hit, since he either sends out Swalot or Slowbro right after his Arcanine (Swalot is also a 1-hit ko). I'll make a Flamigo today and let it run the entire night right when I get home and report back / edit if this doesn't work. So my recommended Set would be: Flamigo @ Choice Band Ability: Scrappy EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 SpD Adamant Nature - Close Combat

I‘d advise people to boost EVs with defeating Pokemon in the first area (there are Pokemon for each EV and you can buy the Power items for 8 additional EVs per defeated Pokemon very early for 10k each) This way you‘ll save time and money, since you‘ll be able to EV train 6 pokemon at once and it takes maybe 10-15 minutes to max out one stat for all 6 pokemon. No money spent ^^ Because its an early area the wild pokemon are gonna be at level 10 max, so it should be quite easy to oneshot them.

actually not a bad method for afk farming without glitches. i like it!

I have a question is there any controller with the turbo function and that it doesn't need to be in TV mode? And if there is which one do you recommend?

It's a nice enough money making method, but if people want the money for EV increasing items, you're far better off buying all the bracelets from a store, equipping the appropriate stat bracelet to each team member, then go battle low level pokemon that also give the correct EV type (or the wrong EV type that you happen to have an abundance of berries for) and you can have an ENTIRE TEAM fully EV trained in about 30 minutes.

Step 1:be Elon Musk

Wouldn't Defiant Braviary work? Pretty much kills everything but should outlive all mons right?

I'm glad the theory crafting in stream yesterday worked out

This is really good and I'm thinking about doing this method as well once I finish shiny hunting. Keep up the great work, Luke

Please make another video on the list of pokemon and their respective builds that can be used for this method. Thanks!

Any tip on unlocking the 5-6 star raid... im stuck on 4 star eeevee... i already finish everything 3 main storyline, Ace Trainer Tournament, I got Miraidon... i don't know what's messing...

I'm using his setup with the exception of the double money held item and so far it's working great

how do you automaticly just not switch like set mode bc of i try this i just keep trying to swap pokemon

With the tubro controller do your still have to tape down the butto to press or will it press it automatically?

Flutter mane is pretty good as a special attacker granted it won’t ohko toxapex or penny’s flareon however it does with choice specs I checked to see if I was right I wasn’t but toxapex doesn’t survive 2 choice specs moonblasts so you don’t have to worry about losing to it

Thx for the tip fam love your vids

Does the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller have a turbo mode to afk farm money?

Not tested this, but would gholdengo work? It's ability avoids status and his signature move increases money gained. Might work/increase gains

Auto-generated captions at the beginning called you “Game Boy the UK” and I’m honestly just impressed that it knew where you’re from

While it may not be as easy as your strategy, would the gimmighoul evo and amulet coin plus it’s signature move be good?

does the switch pro controller have turbo for this?

What’s the controller everyone is using for this?

I’m assuming running into the Vespiquen with Pressure would be an issue? You only have enough PP for 24 attacks right?

So wait, how does this even work, because when I go into the tourney, it keeps trying to make me switch Pokemon, which then breaks the loop

I’m going to start this strategy and I’m not sure if I’ll be the only person doing this but I will be using Chi-Yu, Modest nature, max EV in special attack and HP, bottled capped in every stat and holding a amulet coin to double the money being earned

Is there a way to change the battle type to set instead of shift? I just tried this and it doesn’t work for me because after every battle i get stuck in a loop of it telling me that my pokemon is already it battle.

Excellent video! Top tip: for those that have a SwitchUp device if you map your chosen controller to R2 for playstation and the equivalent for other consoles. You can use the SWSH auto farm setting to spam through the tournament instead. Save yourself buying a turbo controller and if you already have another console you can use it to auto hatch shinies and stuff in all the switch Pokémon games!

I got a turbo controller myself to try this too, but for some reason, mine only mashes the button if you press the turbo and HOLD A. So I had to improvise and put a peice of tape around the A button to hold it down 😅 It's working so far, so I can't really complain