VERSION HISTORY 6 RELEASES
Pokemon Lazarus Full Changelog
Follow the development of Pokemon Lazarus from the first public demo through the completed game and its later updates. This page keeps version-specific additions, balance changes and bug fixes in one place.
RELEASE TIMELINE
Pokemon Lazarus version history
The project began with a public demo in March 2025, reached its full release in November 2025, and continued with post-release fixes, balance work and additional content.
CURRENT RELEASE
Pokemon Lazarus v2.0
February 12, 2026
v2.0 expanded the finished game with additional Mega Evolutions, optional level-cap controls, DexNav shiny-hunting changes, balance adjustments and a large group of smaller fixes.
Major Additions
- Added Mega Evolutions for Typhlosion, Carracosta, Aurorus and Tyrantrum.
- Added Mega Crabominable and Mega Golisopod from Legends Z-A DLC.
- Added an option to disable level caps.
- Pokemon can now have their Poke Ball changed by using a new ball as an item from the Bag.
- Wishing Well Pokemon now arrive in Cherish Balls by default.
- Added two special challengers to Wakewater Isle.
DexNav Shiny Hunting
- DexNav shiny generation now starts with 4 base shiny rerolls.
- Each Shiny Charm adds 2 additional rerolls.
- A chain of 100 adds 10 rerolls.
- A chain of 50 adds 5 rerolls.
- Other chains above 20 add 3 rerolls.
- Pokemon Search Level now caps at 100 and provides 2 additional rerolls at the maximum.
- The shiny check now repeatedly runs the standard Pokemon creation process until the rerolls are exhausted or a shiny is generated.
Balance Changes
- Mega Raichu X is now Electric/Fighting.
- Raichu receives Power-Up Punch, Fire Punch and Thunder Punch as Level 1 moves available through the Move Relearner.
- Mega Scrafty’s ability changed to Filter.
- Mega Greninja’s ability changed to Protean, which works once per battle.
- Mega Gogoat’s ability changed to Stamina.
- Mega Heliolisk is now Electric/Fire with Drought.
- Aurorus gained Dazzling Gleam and Moonblast to support its Mega typing.
- Mega Centiskorch’s ability changed to Tinted Lens.
- Drakloak now evolves into Dragapult at Level 48 instead of Level 60.
Fixes & Smaller Changes
- Removed the low-health beep effect.
- TM21 now correctly teaches Acid Spray instead of Frustration.
- Raging Bolt no longer freezes Pokemon Centers while following the player.
- Updated Tyrantrum’s sprite.
- Black Augurite is no longer obtained from the Mining Minigame and is instead given by the girl in the Fossil House on Marmaro Island.
- Fixed Dive collision problems.
- Included numerous smaller bug fixes and moveset/TM learnset corrections.
FULL RELEASE UPDATE
Pokemon Lazarus v1.1
November 27, 2025
New Additions
- Added an EV/IV Stat Editor to the Party Menu.
- Added level caps to prevent overleveling with Rare Candy and EXP Candy.
- Pressing Start can now exit the Pinball minigame early to avoid rare softlocks.
- Spheal and Komala received rolling follower sprites by Galenorla.
- Enabled Pokemon Emerald Expansion intro credits.
Balance Changes
- Cherrim’s Flower Gift now summons sun like Drought.
- Slam now has -6 priority to prevent fast Pokemon from repeatedly forcing switches before the opponent can act.
- Type: Null now evolves into Silvally at Level 40 instead of through Friendship.
Bug Fixes
- Starters can now be shiny, with 1/1000 odds.
- The 5-Petal Outfit can now be accessed correctly.
- Removed the white box that could cover location names.
- Adjusted music volume, loops and trainer battle music.
- Fixed softlocks involving diving in grass, the Wanderer’s Woods ledge, Kalami City Gym Trainers and a missing Cut HM from Rania.
- Fixed University Students in Bronze Fields, Acrisia Mountains, Kalami City, Sea of Asteri, Kaptara Island and Palati City.
- Pokemon no longer target themselves in the Myrrini Island Battle Pavilion.
- Fixed collision issues in Sea of Vulcai and Areios Hideout.
- Added a Legendary Trio Quest completion failsafe.
- HM moves can now be used correctly from the Party Menu.
- Disabled Fly at the top of Tower of Dioxippus to avoid skipping a required event.
- Fixed the Battle Pavilion “???” Pokemon.
- Fixed the Egg Envy quest on Marmaro Island.
- Fixed the Myrrini Island Team Chimera event when an Egg is waiting for the player.
- Fixed Hydrapple’s overworld appearance.
- Fixed various NPC dialogue and Pokedex entry typos.
FULL GAME RELEASE
Pokemon Lazarus v1.0
November 14, 2025
v1.0 marked the full release of Pokemon Lazarus, completing the Ilios adventure beyond the earlier demo and adding substantial new content, including additional Mega Evolutions.
Complete Ilios adventure
The project moved from its limited demo period to the complete game.
Additional Mega Evolutions
More Mega Evolutions were added for the completed release.
Expanded far beyond the demo
The full release added the remaining story, locations and side content.
DEMO UPDATE
Pokemon Lazarus Demo 1.2
March 25, 2025
Changes & Fixes
- Added an Inn to Pokemon Centers so players could skip time.
- Added a recommended emulator list.
- Fixed the rare case where the professor could be invisible during the intro.
- Fixed the starter gender lock.
- Fixed Berry Growth problems.
- For old saves, speaking to the Innkeeper in a Pokemon Center could manually enable time-based events, including Berry growth.
- Removed the glitched empty Pokemon from the Girlypop cheat code.
- Fixed unassigned followers crashing Pokemon Centers and certain events.
- Added quest information for the old woman’s Snom quest in Pythios Cemetery.
- Improved several Trainer sprites.
- Fixed the blank Togepi evolution description; Togepi evolves by level up.
- Fixed various smaller issues, including dialogue, the Low Kick description crash and Cubone evolution.
EARLY DEMO HOTFIX
Pokemon Lazarus Demo 1.1
March 21, 2025
Changes
- Removed debug functions from the public build.
- Adjusted level scaling and added failsafes to prevent Level 100 encounters near the beginning of the game.
INITIAL PUBLIC DEMO
Pokemon Lazarus Demo 1.0
March 21, 2025
The first public Pokemon Lazarus demo introduced players to the Ilios Region, its new story and characters, GBC-inspired presentation, overworld encounters and dynamic day/night system. The demo contained content through the third Gym and a little beyond.
23 Comments
no updates since march?
full version will released on november 14, 2025
Is there a log for evolution changes to any/all pokemon?
Hey, awesome game. Quick bug mention, hydrapple as a follower bugs out. Turns into a missing.no and no sprites kind of bug out. He does look normal when you walk down but every other direction bugs him out.
i found a simmiler bug some pokemon followers will bug out if you move with thembehind you then pick up an item before they finish moving.
Hi, I would like to report a bug in Pokémon Lazarus. I downloaded the latest version (without having a previous save), and every time I start the game, choose Froakie, and try to heal in the Pokécenter, the game just freezes. Could you fix it or explain what happened?
I have the same bug, It’s for choose Froakie?
Hi!! Same case although I chose sprigatito, I haven’t tested other starters tho and if it happens in other pokemon centers
Additionally it happens when I talked to the inn too even though on my first try it didn’t crash (the only difference between the first try that didnt crash, and the second that did crash on the inn was that my sprigatito had damage)
Hope this helps figure out the fix! 😀
Update!!
It seems to happen regardless of starter pokemon and seems to not only happen inside the pokemon center
So far the game freezes in the following:
– nurse joy
– only when you choose to heal
– does not happen if you cancel
– inn time change
– regardless of time
– does not happen if you cancel
– delivery man
– i think it occurs when dialogue ends
– i believe it happens as soon as an the battle event is triggered?
Stuff that i thought would trigger it but does not:
– pokemart works fine
– battle encounters work fine, both wild and trainer
– picking up berries
Things to consider:
– i am currently using myboy and I havent tested in other emulators yet
– bug happens regardless of if game is on fast forward or not
have you fixed it yet? cant even move past the intro cause it keeps crashing on the thug fight lol
anyone cant walkthrough grasses while diving?
Pokemon wont evolve at all. no held item and are past the evolution requirement? anyone else have this issue?
I just got the 5th badge and Rania is talking with Team Chimera outside of the gym on Myrinni Island but I can’t interact with them. Then if I go back to Prof Elia’s lab and talk to his assistant (I think Nick) and he says he heard about my interaction with Team Chimera even I was never about to interact. Also, Rania is in the lab and on the island at the same time. Plus, I go back to the mines and the Team Chimera grunt is still blocking me from entering. I can’t proceed to get dive and move on, am I missing something? Or is something going on with my game? Please help.
So there is a gamebreaking bug after you catch either groudon or kyogre where scyther boy is still there blocking you. For whatever reason after catching it does get rid of the quest in the phone. Just wanted to let you know, love the game but more than a bit stuck!
Anyone know where to find the changelog for the new 1.1 update?
When I made the comment, this page wasn’t updated yet.
Life orb still does damage with sheer force ability
How do I get into the stat modifier screen?
Is in the game Tediursa an its evolution line, Ursaring and Usaluna?
i cant see the lvl cap disable option in the new version still idk if its a bug but yeah downloaded both version from mega and media no diffenrence
i found a terrable bug that PERNMATLY destoys a berry patch, i accidently used “amaze mulch” and becuase i hadent saved in the last 30 minutes i was like “eff it” when ment to use “rich mulch” so i used the one i MENT to use oon the other patch, it JAMMED IT PERNMATLY they wont grow AT ALL and now the berry spot is DESTOYED, i tested it on ANOTHER spot with “amaze mulch” and “rich mulch” and same results. IDK where you go to report a bug.
The game (2.0) bugs on the first quest the rotom phone one, it freezes on android gba emulatos
Not exactly sure where to leave this comment, but 2.0 change log feels like a different one.
Just 100% completed this game over in Retro achievements, and the worst part was mining repeatedly for fossils specifically and doing it for 4+ hours. Left me with a ton of Wishing Stones, and well past the 10 needed for a quest.
My recommendation is if you ever do a 3.0, where your adding various updates like new megas, if you could perhaps tweak the formula so that wishing well instead gives out base forms not in your Pokedex.
The mining itself would be much to complicated to get changed, and has to deal with giving many resources besides fossils.
The Wishing Well can already give out mons like Type-Null if your lucky, so I think making it less RNG heavy would help out for people who want to skip things like endlessly Fossil Hunting.