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Caz forgot to implement the buff in the new update, it will probably be back again for version 6 if he doesn't forget again.

Ava is an official gym leader in the game, and if I'm not mistaken, one of the stronger ones, meaning it would make most sense for the MC to collect other gym badges to get stronger before challenging Ava. The developers could put in a battle between the MC and Ava as just a casual friendly battle, but it would defeat the purpose of the Gym battle since you would already know you're more than capable of defeating her in an official gym battle, especially since we're already capped out at level 70 so there's not much you can really do that would make Ava spike in difficulty in a Gym battle. Soooooo basically the first battle with Ava will probably be a Gym battle with her somewhere nearing the end of our adventure, and perhaps the developers might add battles between the player and Ava following the Gym battle as friendly sparring matches, as well as being able to be re battled through the Battle Simulator built in the top floor of our mansion.

Hey man, don't ever feel pressured to get the game out as soon as possible by people who are "annoyed" at the release taking longer than they expected. You're developing this game for free, and are doing it solely out of passion and to provide the community with entertaining content. Take as much time as you need, because I know how it feels to have struggles with motivation and productivity, and working on fan games is no easy task. Otherwise, you've knocked it out of the park, these updates are really interesting to read and the new developments to older and new areas are beautiful. To you and the rest of the development team, keep up the good work!

I literally searched through all of Blackview and found her nowhere, I think the quest will be continued in episode 6, so right now there's no way to continue the quest, it just ends there.

Are you on the latest patch, 5.1? Last time I played, I remember that Garrett's goon would ask you if you wanted to travel to the EV training cave, you just wouldn't be able to access the basement itself, which I think was added in the latest patch and was not present in previous iterations of Episode 5. Otherwise, you can also go to Blackview City and teleport there via the teleporter in the Daycare if you purchased the upgrade through Mana. Also I think the Badges missing should have been fixed in 5.1, I've never experienced my badges missing when I played either.

I think it's stated somewhere in the journal entries in the Archives. I remember Aurora feeling pity for Kukui/Keegan as he was just foolishly following Shiv/essentially being used? I think it's in Journal Entry #5, the one you need the Archives Key to access.

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You don't, go to the bottom right of the Cellia Docks and find a sketchy house tucked away in a corner. If someone is blocking the house, that means you need to sleep in the hotel that was payed for you by Ava. After, once you return back to the house, there should be no one blocking the way. Once you enter the house, events will unfold and you will be allowed to enter Cellia City.

Hit the Windows key + R and then type in "Saved Games" (without the apostrophes of course), once you're in this folder, there should be another folder called "Pokemon Desolation". Once you click on this folder, there should be a bunch of files named for example: 1 - (Your characters name) - 0h 20m - 0 badges.rxdata There could be a lot of these files or very little, depending on the amount of backup files you allowed the game to generate in the settings. Once you find one that goes back to right before you got stuck, (a good one to look for is one quite a bit later than when you received the third gym badge) and then right click that file, hit rename, and then change the name to "Game.rxdata" (once again, without the apostrophes). Also make sure you delete the original Game.rxdata file before you do this. Next time you reload your game, your character will be where that backup save was made. And remember, make sure you do this on the latest patch, 5.1, so that you don't just run into the same problem again. If you still need any more help, let me know.

Hey! For future problems such as this one, please try and post it in the Troubleshooting section. Anyways, this problem should have been fixed in the latest update, which is 5.1. If the problem still persists, try asking again in the Savefile troubleshooting post in the Troubleshooting section and a developer can try and help, but yea, 5.1 should have fixed this problem. You can find the download here: EDIT: If for some reason the problem does persist, you can try and go to a backup save that occurs before you battle that grunt. Just make sure you're on the latest patch before you redo those events. It's fairly easy to do as well, but if you need some help with that, let me know.

Also next time you have a question like this please make sure to post it in the Discussions section and not the Manor section

Mega Evolution is possible right before the battle with the seventh gym leader, through a sidequest. However, you're very limited in the mons you can Mega at this point of the game.