Pokémon Unbound – Complete Game Guide
Explore Pokémon Unbound with walkthroughs, missions, Pokémon locations, items, and practical guides for your journey through the Borrius region.
What Is Pokémon Unbound?
A full Pokémon adventure set in the Borrius region, with a story to follow, challenges to overcome, and plenty to discover along the way.
Pokémon Unbound is a Pokémon ROM hack set in the Borrius region. Alongside its main story and Gym battles, the game gives you plenty of reasons to explore, build your team, complete optional missions, and come back to places you’ve already visited.
There is much more to keep track of than simply knowing where to go next. You can search for specific Pokémon, hunt down useful items and TMs, take on missions, discover Mega Stones, prepare for major battles, and explore content that opens up after the Pokémon League.
Whether you’re starting your first run, working through a difficult battle, filling out the Pokédex, or coming back for the post-game, this hub brings the information you need together in one place.
- REGION
- Borrius
- GAME
- Pokémon Unbound
- POKÉDEX
- Borrius & National
- DIFFICULTY
- Multiple difficulty settings
- MISSIONS
- 84 missions
- POST-GAME
- Pokémon League and beyond
- GUIDES
- Walkthroughs, locations, items & more
- FOCUS
- Explore, collect, battle & complete
Explore the Complete Hub
Looking for a Pokémon, stuck on a mission, or trying to find an item? Start with the section that matches what you need.
Pokédex
Find Pokémon available in Pokémon Unbound, along with their locations, evolutions, forms, and other useful information.
Browse the Pokédex →
Walkthrough
Follow the story through Borrius, from the early routes and Gyms to the Pokémon League and the adventures that follow.
Start the Walkthrough →
Missions
Explore the mission list and find the objectives, locations, requirements, and rewards you need to complete each one.
View Missions →
Items
Find useful items across Borrius and learn where to get them and what they are used for.
Browse Items →
Locations
Explore towns, routes, caves, buildings, and other important places throughout the Borrius region.
Explore Locations →
TMs & HMs
Find TM and HM locations and keep track of the moves available to build the team you want.
Find TMs & HMs →
Mega Stones
Track down Mega Stones and find out where to get them for the Pokémon that can use Mega Evolution.
Find Mega Stones →
Gyms & Elite Four
Prepare for Gym Leaders, major battles, and the Pokémon League with useful information for building and improving your team.
View Battle Guides →
Raid Dens
Find Raid Dens around Borrius and learn more about the encounters waiting inside them.
Explore Raid Dens →How to Download & Play Pokémon Unbound
Get started with Pokémon Unbound by preparing the game, patching it when needed, and opening it in a compatible emulator.
Get Pokémon Unbound in 5 Steps
Get the Patch
Download the free official patch from the developers’ Discord (#announcements) or PokeCommunity thread. Extract the ZIP and look for the .ups patch file.
Get FireRed
You need a clean Pokémon FireRed (US, Version 1.0) ROM, commonly labeled “1636 Pokémon FireRed Squirrels.”
Apply the Patch
You need two files: the FireRed .gba file and the Unbound .ups patch. Use ROM Patcher JS or an online patcher tool to apply the patch.
Open the Game
Load the resulting game file in a compatible emulator, such as mGBA (PC), Pizza Boy (Android), or Delta (iPhone).
Check the Version
Launch the game and look for the Pokémon Unbound title screen. Compare its version number with the latest developer release.
Need the Full Setup Guide?
Follow our detailed Pokémon Unbound download and setup guide for step-by-step instructions, patching information, emulator setup, screenshots, and common troubleshooting tips.
Full Download & Setup Guide →Version History
Keep track of Pokémon Unbound releases, updates, fixes, and changes across different versions of the game.
v2.1.1.1 LATEST
- Hotfix for a crash during the rival battle.
- This is the latest and recommended version to play.
v2.1.1
- Special Zarude gift distribution — claim it from the deliveryman after beating the League.
- Once Zarude is claimed, Gen 8 Pokémon can start being detected by the DexNav.
- Various bug fixes and stability improvements.
v2.1.0
- Unbound Cloud: bring Gen 8 Pokémon into your game.
- New content: 24 new moves from Pokémon Legends: Arceus; Dialga and Palkia get Origin Formes.
- Frostbite replaced the old Freeze status.
- Sandbox post-game: Battle Frontier plus all major post-game battles.
- DexNav upgrades: never spawns unreachable Pokémon, shiny-odds indicators.
- Raid updates: new drops including Hisui Rock, Black Augurite and Peat Blocks.
- Battle facilities: terrain seeds in the shop, higher BP for long streaks, Gen 8 tier rules.
- QoL wave: Dowsing Machine improvements, cheaper Master Ball, nature-changer stat display.
- Difficulty: boss teams rebalanced across all four modes; smarter AI.
v2.0.x
- Major engine update over v1.x with improved AI.
- Iterative patches (2.0.2 → 2.0.3.2): boss rebalancing, crash fixes, QoL additions.
- Save files carry over between small updates by renaming the .sav file.
v1.1.3.1
- New Game+ mode added.
- Randomizer mode added.
- General improvements and bug fixes.
v1.1.3
- Fixed nearly all reported graphical bugs.
- Fixed occasional crash when switching Pokémon in battle.
- Added the GS Cup tier to double battles.
v1.0
- The completed main game: full Borrius story, Borrius and National Pokédex, 84 missions, Battle Frontier, difficulty modes, daily events, minigames and Mega Evolution.
What Makes Pokémon Unbound Special?
Pokémon Unbound goes beyond a traditional Pokémon adventure, with a larger focus on exploration, team building, optional challenges, and content that continues well after the main story.
Explore the Borrius region through a full story, towns, routes, caves, missions, and plenty to discover along the way.
Find a wide variety of Pokémon, useful items, TMs, Mega Stones, and other resources to build a team that fits the way you want to play.
Multiple difficulty settings let you decide how demanding your adventure will be, with higher difficulties putting more emphasis on preparation, team building, and battle strategy.
The Pokémon League isn’t necessarily the end. Post-game missions, Legendary Pokémon, Raid Dens, collection goals, and other activities give you reasons to keep exploring Borrius.
Exploring the Borrius Region in Pokémon Unbound
Pokémon Unbound has a lot going on beyond the next Gym. From following the story through Borrius to finding a specific Pokémon, completing a difficult mission, tracking down an item, or preparing for a major battle, there is always something else to discover.
This hub brings those parts of the game together in one place. Use the Pokédex when you’re looking for a Pokémon, check Locations when you need to find somewhere, follow the Walkthrough when you’re stuck on the story, or head to the Guides when you need help with a particular mechanic or challenge.
Wherever you are in Pokémon Unbound, start with what you need and keep exploring from there.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers to some of the most common questions about Pokémon Unbound.