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Secondly, you may not print this FAQ off and sell it for profit, and that is copyright infringement; STEALING. The latest version of this FAQ will always be on www.gamefaqs.com. To my knowledge, this FAQ is hosted on these sites only: www.gamefaqs.com www.neoseeker.com www.supercheats.com www.cheats.de If you see this FAQ on another site, let me know so I can add it to the list. If you see this FAQ on another site without credit to me, then let me know too, so I can contact them about it. ----------- 1.0 Contents ----------- Use CTRL + F to find a certain section of this FAQ. 1.0 Contents 2.0 Updates 3.0 Introduction 4.0 Ribbon List --- 4.1 4th Generation Ribbons --- 4.2 HeartGold / Soulsilver Only Ribbons --- 4.3 3rd Gen Only Ribbons --- 4.4 Ribbons only available through hacking 5.0 Strategies for 10 Ribbons --- 5.1 Strategies that require Migrating --- 5.2 Strategies using only one Game Card 6.0 FAQs 7.0 Contact Me 8.0 Credits ----------- 2.0 Updates ----------- 19th Aug 2010 - Added a strategy for getting 10 ribbons. Also re-arranged two sections to make more chronological sense. (Version 2.3) 17th Aug 2010 - A far-too-belated update, regarding all the info about the weekday ribbon-givers in HG/SS, with thanks to David Chen for providing me with all of the information. (Version 2.2) 15th Mar 2010 - Updated contact information since I recently changed my email address. (Version 2.1) 13th Dec 2009 - HUGE update. Realised how I'd missed out all the as-of-yet unobtainable ribbons thanks to Serebii. Added all of these in under a new section. Made a new section for the newly-obtainable ribbons in HG/SS, and added in the HG/SS locations for the existing ribbons section. Some other smaller corrections made too. (Version 2.0) 19th Sept 2009 - Recieved an email from Andrew Clapp. Updated Classic Ribbon Info accordingly. (Version 1.31) 15th Sept 2009 - Updated some info on the Classic Ribbon due to an email from a Chris Macdonald. Also added cheats.de to the list of websites hosting this guide. (Version 1.3) 1st Sept 2009 - Again, minor update; added supercheats.com to the list of websites hosting this guide. (Version 1.22) 1st Sept 2009 - Very minor update; Got an e-mail from neoseeker asking to use my guide. Updated the list of websites to include neoseeker.com. (Version 1.21) 31st Aug 2009 - FAQ accepted! Corrected World Ability Ribbon description with thanks to relkaw. Added Earth Ribbon which I realised I had missed upon going through my friend's Sapphire. (Version 1.2) 31st Aug 2009 - Pulled FAQ from queue - realised I'd made a huge mistake regarding the emotion ribbons. Very relieved it hadn't been published on the site. Fixed this major error. Edited a few spelling mistakes before resubmitting the FAQ. (Version 1.1) 30th Aug 2009 - Finished Entire FAQ! (Version 1.0) ---------------- 3.0 Introduction ---------------- While trying to complete the Pokedex in Platinum in the summer of 2009, I learnt about the club in the Resort Area that allows you to get a second massage for your Pokemon, and so evolve Pokemon that evolve by happiness twice as fast. However I knew you needed 10 ribbons to get into this club, so I looked for an FAQ to give me a list of ribbons so I would know which were the easiest to get. However, I couldn't find one. So, after patrolling through Sinnoh trying to find all the ribbons, I decided to make the FAQ myself. I hope you find this FAQ helpful and useful. If you find any mistakes, please email me (see the Contact Me section) and I will edit this FAQ and add you to the credits. Side note, I am playing the European version of Platinum. I am 99 percent sure that there are no differences in the ribbon descriptions between the EU and the NA versions of the game, but if there are, feel free to let me know that too. --------------- 4.0 Ribbon List --------------- I will list the Ribbons in chronological order - that is, the order in which they become available to you in the game. They are listed using this format: No. 0 Name: In-Game Description: How to Get: Additional Notes: (If I feel extra information needs to be added.) Fairly self explanatory. =) The numbers are there purely so you don't accidentally lose your place; the ribbons aren't numbered in the games. The first section lists all the ribbons available in 4th gen (Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver) while the second lists the ones found only in 3rd Gen (Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed, LeafGreen and Emerald on the GBA and Colloseum and XD on the Gamecube.). Some ribbons, like the Effort Ribbon, are the same in both Hoenn and Sinnoh - that is, if you get it in Hoenn, it will appear exactly the same on your Pokemon as if you got it in Sinnoh. You can, therefore, only get it once on each Pokemon. Also, the first 20 Ribbons in each list will be the Contest Ribbons. I know that 99 out of 100 users will already know how to get them, but for the sake of this being a complete list, I've included them. So you can skip them easily, I have put a line saying END OF SINNOH CONTEST RIBBONS after the contest ribbons, so you can ctrl+c that phrase, ctrl+f, ctrl+v and enter, and you've skipped them. -------------------------- 4.1 4th Generation Ribbons -------------------------- No. 1 Name: Cool Ribbon In-Game Description: Super Contest Cool Category Normal Rank winner! How to Get: Win a Normal Rank Cool Contest at the Contest Hall in Hearthome City. No. 2 Name: Cool Ribbon Great In-Game Description: Super Contest Cool Category Great Rank winner! How to Get: Win a Great Rank Cool Contest at the Contest Hall in Hearthome City. No. 3 Name: Cool Ribbon Ultra In-Game Description: Super Contest Cool Category Ultra Rank winner! How to Get: Win an Ultra Rank Cool Contest at the Contest Hall in Hearthome City. No. 4 Name: Cool Ribbon Master In-Game Description: Super Contest Cool Category Master Rank winner! How to Get: Win a Master Rank Cool Contest at the Contest Hall in Hearthome City. No. 5 Name: Beauty Ribbon In-Game Description: Super Contest Beauty Category Normal Rank winner! How to Get: Win a Normal Rank Beauty Contest at the Contest Hall in Hearthome City. No. 6 Name: Beauty Ribbon Great In-Game Description: Super Contest Beauty Category Great Rank winner! How to Get: Win a Great Rank Beauty Contest at the Contest Hall in Hearthome City. No. 7 Name: Beauty Ribbon Ultra In-Game Description: Super Contest Beauty Category Ultra Rank winner! How to Get: Win an Ultra Rank Beauty Contest at the Contest Hall in Hearthome City. No. 8 Name: Beauty Ribbon Master In-Game Description: Super Contest Beauty Category Master Rank winner! How to Get: Win a Master Rank Beauty Contest at the Contest Hall in Hearthome City. No. 9 Name: Cute Ribbon In-Game Description: Super Contest Cute Category Normal Rank winner! How to Get: Win a Normal Rank Cute Contest at the Contest Hall in Hearthome City. No. 10 Name: Cute Ribbon Great In-Game Description: Super Contest Cute Category Great Rank winner! How to Get: Win a Great Rank Cute Contest at the Contest Hall in Hearthome City. No. 11 Name: Cute Ribbon Ultra In-Game Description: Super Contest Cute Category Ultra Rank winner! How to Get: Win an Ultra Rank Cute Contest at the Contest Hall in Hearthome City. No. 12 Name: Cute Ribbon Master In-Game Description: Super Contest Cute Category Master Rank winner! How to Get: Win a Master Rank Cute Contest at the Contest Hall in Hearthome City. No. 13 Name: Smart Ribbon In-Game Description: Super Contest Smart Category Normal Rank winner! How to Get: Win a Normal Rank Smart Contest at the Contest Hall in Hearthome City. No. 14 Name: Smart Ribbon Great In-Game Description: Super Contest Smart Category Great Rank winner! How to Get: Win a Great Rank Smart Contest at the Contest Hall in Hearthome City. No. 15 Name: Smart Ribbon Ultra In-Game Description: Super Contest Smart Category Ultra Rank winner! How to Get: Win an Ultra Rank Smart Contest at the Contest Hall in Hearthome City. No. 16 Name: Smart Ribbon Master In-Game Description: Super Contest Smart Category Master Rank winner! How to Get: Win a Master Rank Smart Contest at the Contest Hall in Hearthome City. No. 17 Name: Tough Ribbon In-Game Description: Super Contest Tough Category Normal Rank winner! How to Get: Win a Normal Rank Tough Contest at the Contest Hall in Hearthome City. No. 18 Name: Tough Ribbon Great In-Game Description: Super Contest Tough Category Great Rank winner! How to Get: Win a Great Rank Tough Contest at the Contest Hall in Hearthome City. No. 19 Name: Tough Ribbon Ultra In-Game Description: Super Contest Tough Category Ultra Rank winner! How to Get: Win an Ultra Rank Tough Contest at the Contest Hall in Hearthome City. No. 20 Name: Tough Ribbon Master In-Game Description: Super Contest Tough Category Master Rank winner! How to Get: Win a Master Rank Tough Contest at the Contest Hall in Hearthome City. END OF SINNOH CONTEST RIBBONS (Finally, the interesting ones.) No. 21 Name: Footprint Ribbon In-Game Description: A Ribbon awarded to a Pokemon deemed to have a top-quality footprint. How to Get: Go East of Pastoria City until you see the house on the sand. The man in this house will "read" the footprint of the lead Pokemon in your party. If your Pokemon trusts you (ie. it has two small hearts on the happiness checker app) then he will give that Pokemon this ribbon. Additional Note: Even if your lead Pokemon doesn't trust you enough, the footprint doctor will still "read" your Pokemon's footprint. You just won't get the ribbon. No. 22 Name: Effort Ribbon In-Game Description: Ribbon awarded for being an exceptionally hard worker. How to Get: Talk to the woman on the left in Sunyshore Market, and she will give this ribbon to the lead Pokemon in your party if it has accumulated all 510 EVs. How to Get in HG/SS: Same as in D/P/Pt, but the woman is in Blackthorn City. She is in the house to the north-east of the Pokemon Centre, on the right side of the table. (The one on the left wants to trade a Dodrio for a Dragonair.) Additional Note: This ribbon can also be obtained in Hoenn, from a woman in Slateport City Market. It counts as the same ribbon - you can't get it once from Hoenn then once more from Sinnoh. 2nd Additional Note: If you do not know what EVs are, see this FAQ: http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/file/946308/56146 No. 23 Name: Alert Ribbon In-Game Description: A Ribbon for recalling an invigorating event that created life energy. How to Get: Talk to the woman in the most north-western house in Sunyshore city on a Monday. How to Get in HG/SS: Talk to Monica on the beach on Route 40 (appears on Mondays). Upon talking to her for the first time, she will give you a Sharp Beak. Additional Note: In D/P/Pt, It doesn't matter what you respond to the girl with, she will give you the ribbon whatever you say. Same goes for all the "emotion" ribbons (ribbons no. 23 through 29). 2nd Additional Note: In HG/SS, a person giving out these ribbons will appear on a certain route on each day of the week. However, the first time you talk to them, they will give you an item instead (and you have to wait until next week for them to give out the ribbon). No. 24 Name: Shock Ribbon In-Game Description: A Ribbon for recalling an event that made life more exciting. How to Get: Talk to the woman in the most north-western house in Sunyshore city on a Tuesday. How to Get in HG/SS: Talk to Tuscany in Route 29 (appears on Tuesdays). Upon talking to her for the first time, she will give you a TwistedSpoon. No. 25 Name: Downcast Ribbon In-Game Description: A Ribbon for recalling feelings of sadness that added spice to life. How to Get: Talk to the woman in the most north-western house in Sunyshore city on a Wednesday. How to Get in HG/SS: Talk to Wesley at the Lake of Rage (appears on Wednesdays). Upon talking to him for the first time, he will give you a Black Belt. David Chen, the guy who provided me with the information on the weekday ribbon-givers in HG/SS, says this about the location of Wesley: "When it's low tide, enter at hidden entrance on the left side and go all the way to the end of the maze-like area. When it's High tide, he is near the Fish Guru's house." No. 26 Name: Careless Ribbon In-Game Description: A Ribbon for recalling a careless error that helped steer life decisions. How to Get: Talk to the woman in the most north-western house in Sunyshore city on a Thursday. How to Get in HG/SS: Talk to Arthur on Route 36 on a Thursday. Upon talking to him for the first time, he will give you a Hard Stone. No. 27 Name: Relax Ribbon In-Game Description: A Ribbon for recalling a refreshing event that added sparkle to life. How to Get: Talk to the woman in the most north-western house in Sunyshore city on a Friday. How to Get in HG/SS: Talk to Freida on Route 32 on a Friday. Upon talking to her for the first time, she will give you a Poison Barb. She is difficult to find, behind a group of trees behind the Pokemon Centre near Union Cave. No. 28 Name: Snooze Ribbon In-Game Description: A Ribbon for recalling a deep slumber that made life soothing. How to Get: Talk to the woman in the most north-western house in Sunyshore city on a Saturday. How to Get in HG/SS: Talk to Santos in Blackthorn City on a Saturday. Upon talking to him for the first time, he will give you a Soft Sand. He is just behind the Pokemon Centre. No. 29 Name: Smile Ribbon In-Game Description: A Ribbon for recalling that smiles enrich the quality of life. How to Get: Talk to the woman in the most north-western house in Sunyshore city on a Sunday. How to Get in HG/SS: Talk to Sunny on Route 37 on a Sunday. Upon talking to him for the first time, he will give you a Magnet. He is near three apricorn trees. No. 30 Name: Sinnoh Champ Ribbon In-Game Description: Ribbon awarded for beating the Sinnoh Champion and entering the Hall of Fame. How to Get: Beat the Pokemon League, and every Pokemon in your party will be awarded this ribbon. No. 31 Name: Ability Ribbon In-Game Description: A Ribbon awarded for defeating the Tower Tycoon at the Battle Tower. How to Get: Win 20 battles in a row in the Single room at the battle tower to battle Palmer. Beat him, and the three Pokemon you used to win receive this ribbon. Additional Note: For all the Battle Tower Ribbons, only the Pokemon you're using at the time of completing the requirements recieve this ribbon, even if you hadn't used them before completing the streak; in this case, if you use the same Pokemon for the first 14 battles then change them for battles 15-21, only those you are currently using will recieve the ribbon. 2nd Additional Note: The BT Ribbons are available in HG/SS also, through the exact same methods. No. 32 Name: Great Ability Ribbon In-Game Description: A Ribbon awarded for defeating the Tower Tycoon at the battle tower. How to Get: This time, win 48 battles in a row in the Single room at the battle tower to battle Palmer a second time. Beat him (he's difficult!) and the three Pokemon you used recieve this ribbon. No. 33 Name: Double Ability Ribbon In-Game Description: A Ribbon awarded for completing the Sinnoh Battle Tower Double Challenge. How to Get: Win 50 battles in a row in the Double room of the Battle Tower. The four Pokemon you use when passing the 50-win mark recieve this ribbon. No. 34 Name: Multi Ability Ribbon In-Game Description: A Ribbon awarded for completing the Sinnoh Battle Tower Multi Challenge. How to Get: Win 50 Battles in a row in the Multi room of the Battle Tower with one of the in-game trainers. The two Pokemon you use when passing the 50-win mark receive this ribbon. No. 35 Name: Pair Ability Ribbon In-Game Description: A Ribbon awarded for completing the Sinnoh Battle Tower Multi Challenge with a friend. How to Get: Win 50 Battles in a row in the Multi room of the Battle Tower with a friend, either by local connection or Wi-Fi. Both your and your friend's Pokemon will receive this ribbon after passing the 50-win mark. No. 36 Name: World Ability Ribbon In-Game Description: A Ribbon awarded for completing the Sinnoh Wi-Fi Battle Tower challenge. How to Get: I haven't got this ribbon myself yet; I find the Wi-Fi room of the Battle Tower very difficult. My friend recieved this Ribbon but he says he doesn't know after how many battles he recieved it. I would assume 50, judging by the other Battle Tower Ribbons, but if I'm wrong feel free to correct me. Or if I'm right, let me know for sure. :) EDIT: relkaw on the Platinum board confirmed that I was wrong; you have to reach Rank 5 in the Wi-Fi room to get this ribbon. It doesn't matter if you change your team, as always. This is his description: "You rank up every time you win 7 in a row and you rank down every time you lose three sessions before getting to the next rank. you don't have to win every single battle up to the 35 battles to get to rank five. In other words, you won't start at rank one if you lost a match when you were rank 4. You have to lose three times in that rank before you get ranked down, and even then you are only ranked down one rank. No. 37 Name: Gorgeous Ribbon In-Game Description: An extraordinarily gorgeous and extravagant Ribbon. How to Get: Once you've got into the Resort Area Ribbon Club, you can go to the man at the counter and he'll sell this to you for 10,000 pokedollars. No. 38 Name: Royal Ribbon In-Game Description: An incredibly regal Ribbon with an air of nobility. How to Get: Talk to the same man you got the Gorgeous Ribbon from, with a Pokemon with a Gorgeous Ribbon at the front of your party. He'll offer to sell you this for 100,000 pokedollars. No. 39 Name: Gorgeous Royal Ribbon In-Game Description: A gorgeous and regal Ribbon that is the peak of fabulous. How to Get: Same guy as the Gorgeous and Royal Ribbons. Talk to him with a Pokemon with the Royal Ribbon at the front of your party, and he'll offer to sell you this for 999,999 pokedollars. Additional Note: 999,999 POKEDOLLARS?! It's the Rolex of the Pokemon World! No. 40 Name: Classic Ribbon In-Game Description: A commemorative Ribbon obtained in a Mystery Zone. How to Get: This Ribbon is automatically attached to most Event Pokemon; Almia Darkrai, Movie11 Shaymin, TRU Manaphy etc. It cannot be obtained any other way. Additional Note: This Ribbon has three different descriptions. In my EU Platinum, it gives the description shown above. In my EU Diamond, it gives the description "A commemorative ribbon obtained at a mystery location." However, I am also aware it has the description "A Ribbon that proclaims love for a Pokemon." My assumption is that this is the description given by NA D/P/Pt copies, however, this is just my speculation; could someone who has the NA version of Platinum confirm / deny this? EDIT: A Mr Andrew Clapp emailed me on the 19th Sept, telling me that he has NA Platinum and he gets the "proclaims love" description on his game. Looks like I was right, yay. =P 2nd Additional Note: Any Pokemon with this Ribbon cannot be traded on the GTS. --------------------------------------- 4.2 HeartGold / SoulSilver Only Ribbons --------------------------------------- With the release of HG/SS, some previously unobtainable ribbons became obtainable. This may be the case for some more once there are more events for these games. No. 1 Name: Legend Ribbon In-Game Description: A Ribbon awarded for setting a legendary record. How to Get: Defeat Red in Mt. Silver, and all your party Pokemon will be awarded this ribbon. No. 2 Name: Premier Ribbon In-Game Description: A commemorative Ribbon obtained in a Mystery Zone. How to Get: There was a Wi-Fi event in Japan for a 10th Anniversary Mew, and this Ribbon was attached to it. The event is over now, although they may do still do a US event for it. So at the moment, if you see this Ribbon attached to any Pokemon other than a Japanese Mew, that Pokemon is hacked (or has been edited with a hacking device). ------------------------ 4.3 3rd Gen Only Ribbons ------------------------ Starting with the Hoenn Contest Ribbons; I've put END OF HOENN CONTEST RIBBONS after these too, so ctrl+f that for easy skipping. Also, I'm aware that the descriptions for these are different in the GBA games (obviously, in R/S/E, they would not have had to put "in Hoenn" after each description) but since this is a Pokemon Platinum guide, I have put only the in-game descriptions that appear in Platinum Version. No. 1 Name: Cool Ribbon In-Game Description: Hoenn Cool Contest Normal Rank winner! How to Get: Beat the Normal Rank Cool Contest in Hoenn. No. 2 Name: Cool Ribbon Super In-Game Description: Hoenn Cool Contest Super Rank winner! How to Get: Beat the Super Rank Cool Contest in Hoenn. No. 3 Name: Cool Ribbon Hyper In-Game Description: Hoenn Cool Contest Hyper Rank winner! How to Get: Beat the Hyper Rank Cool Contest in Hoenn. No. 4 Name: Cool Ribbon Master In-Game Description: Hoenn Cool Contest Master Rank winner! How to Get: Beat the Master Rank Cool Contest in Hoenn. No. 5 Name: Beauty Ribbon In-Game Description: Hoenn Beauty Contest Normal Rank winner! How to Get: Beat the Normal Rank Beauty Contest in Hoenn. No. 6 Name: Beauty Ribbon Super In-Game Description: Hoenn Beauty Contest Super Rank winner! How to Get: Beat the Super Rank Beauty Contest in Hoenn. No. 7 Name: Beauty Ribbon Hyper In-Game Description: Hoenn Beauty Contest Hyper Rank winner! How to Get: Beat the Hyper Rank Beauty Contest in Hoenn. No. 8 Name: Beauty Ribbon Master In-Game Description: Hoenn Beauty Contest Master Rank winner! How to Get: Beat the Master Rank Beauty Contest in Hoenn. No. 9 Name: Cute Ribbon In-Game Description: Hoenn Cute Contest Normal Rank winner! How to Get: Beat the Normal Rank Cute Contest in Hoenn. No. 10 Name: Cute Ribbon Super In-Game Description: Hoenn Cute Contest Super Rank winner! How to Get: Beat the Super Rank Cute Contest in Hoenn. No. 11 Name: Cute Ribbon Hyper In-Game Description: Hoenn Cute Contest Hyper Rank winner! How to Get: Beat the Hyper Rank Cute Contest in Hoenn. No. 12 Name: Cute Ribbon Master In-Game Description: Hoenn Cute Contest Master Rank winner! How to Get: Beat the Master Rank Cute Contest in Hoenn. No. 13 Name: Smart Ribbon In-Game Description: Hoenn Smart Contest Normal Rank winner! How to Get: Beat the Normal Rank Smart Contest in Hoenn. No. 14 Name: Smart Ribbon Super In-Game Description: Hoenn Smart Contest Super Rank winner! How to Get: Beat the Super Rank Smart Contest in Hoenn. No. 15 Name: Smart Ribbon Hyper In-Game Description: Hoenn Smart Contest Hyper Rank winner! How to Get: Beat the Hyper Rank Smart Contest in Hoenn. No. 16 Name: Smart Ribbon Master In-Game Description: Hoenn Smart Contest Master Rank winner! How to Get: Beat the Master Rank Smart Contest in Hoenn. No. 17 Name: Tough Ribbon In-Game Description: Hoenn Tough Contest Normal Rank winner! How to Get: Beat the Normal Rank Tough Contest in Hoenn. No. 18 Name: Tough Ribbon Super In-Game Description: Hoenn Tough Contest Super Rank winner! How to Get: Beat the Super Rank Tough Contest in Hoenn. No. 19 Name: Tough Ribbon Hyper In-Game Description: Hoenn Tough Contest Hyper Rank winner! How to Get: Beat the Hyper Rank Tough Contest in Hoenn. No. 20 Name: Tough Ribbon Master In-Game Description: Hoenn Tough Contest Master Rank winner! How to Get: Beat the Master Rank Tough Contest in Hoenn. END OF HOENN CONTEST RIBBONS No. 21 Name: Artist Ribbon In-Game Description: Ribbon awarded for being chosen as a super sketch model in Hoenn. How to Get: BEFORE competing in any Master-rank contest, go to the museum in Lilycove city and talk to the curator. Next, go beat any Master-rank contest. There will be an artist waiting for you when you come out of the contest. Answer yes to his question, and he will put a sketch of your Pokemon on the 2nd floor of the museum, and your Pokemon will be awarded this ribbon. There can be five sketches in the museum at any one time; one for each category. Additional Note: Even if you already have a sketch of a Pokemon in the category you just won, you can answer yes to the artist again upon winning the contest; this will replace the sketch of the Pokemon in that category that was there before, and likewise, your Pokemon will get the Artist Ribbon. No. 22 Name: Champion Ribbon In-Game Description: Ribbon for clearing the Pokemon League and entering the Hall of Fame in another region. How to Get: Beat the Pokemon League in either Ruby, Sapphire, Firered, Leafgreen or Emerald. Additional Note: Some useless trivia for you; the Champion Ribbon is the only ribbon obtainable in FR/LG. No. 23 Name: Winning Ribbon In-Game Description: Ribbon awarded for clearing the Hoenn Battle Tower's Lv. 50 challenge. How to Get: After winning 49 battles at the Battle Tower in Lvl 50 mode, every Pokemon that you use to beat more 7-streak wins will recieve this ribbon. (So all the Pokemon that you use to beat the 56th battle will recieve this, and the same for the 62nd battle, and so on.) No. 24 Name: Victory Ribbon In-Game Description: Ribbon awarded for clearing the Hoenn Battle Tower's Lv. 100 challenge. How to Get: Same as Winning Ribbon, but in Lvl 100 mode. No. 25 Name: National Ribbon In-Game Description: A Ribbon awarded for overcoming all difficult challenges. How to Get: Automatically attached to all purified Shadow Pokemon from Colosseum and XD. The ribbon can only be attached to the Pokemon that could be caught in those games, and there is currently no other way to obtain it. No.26 Name: Earth Ribbon In-Game Description: A Ribbon awarded for winning 100 matches in a row. How to Get: Beat Mount Battle in either Colosseum or XD without changing your team to recieve this ribbon on all your Pokemon. ------------------------------------------ 4.4 Ribbons available only through hacking ------------------------------------------ These Ribbons are programmed into the games, but as of yet, have no method of obtaining other than using a hacking device. The first five of these ribbons were programmed into the 3rd gen games as well. The In-Game Descriptions are that of the 4th gen games, although I doubt they were any different in the 3rd gen. These are unlikely to ever be legitimately obtainable; No. 1 Name: Marine Ribbon In-Game Description: 2005 National Tournament Runner-up Ribbon No. 2 Name: Land Ribbon In-Game Description: 2003 National Tournament Semifinalist Ribbon No. 3 Name: Sky Ribbon In-Game Description: A Commemorative Ribbon obtained in a Mystery Zone. No. 4 Name: Country Ribbon In-Game Description: Pokemon League Champion Ribbon No. 5 Name: World Ribbon In-Game Description: Pokemon League Champion Ribbon The rest of these ribbons were introduced with the 4th gen. We may see some of these become obtainable with the Wi-Fi events of HG/SS. No. 6 Name: Record Ribbon In-Game Description: A Ribbon awarded for setting an incredible record. No. 7 Name: History Ribbon In-Game Description: A Ribbon awarded for setting a historical record. No. 8 Name: Red Ribbon In-Game Description: A commemorative Ribbon obtained in a Mystery Zone. No. 9 Name: Green Ribbon In-Game Description: A commemorative Ribbon obtained in a Mystery Zone. No. 10 Name: Blue Ribbon In-Game Description: A commemorative Ribbon obtained in a Mystery Zone. No. 11 Name: Festival Ribbon In-Game Description: A commemorative Ribbon obtained in a Mystery Zone. No. 12 Name: Carnival Ribbon In-Game Description: A commemorative Ribbon obtained in a Mystery Zone. ----------------------------- 5.0 Strategies for 10 Ribbons ----------------------------- One of the main reasons you may have visited this FAQ is to find out the easiest Ribbons to get so you can get into the Resort Area Ribbon Club. For those who don't know, the Ribbon Club allows you to massage Pokemon which increases happiness, meaning you can massage Pokemon twice a day as opposed to only once, halving the time it takes to evolve Pokemon that evolve by happiness. (The Ribbon Club also allows you to buy the Gorgeous, Royal, and Gorgeous Royal Ribbons.) In this section I will list some strategies to get 10 Ribbons as easily and quickly as possible. For each, I'll list the time it takes and an effort rating out of five. I will assume you haven't already got the once-daily emotion ribbon each time, and have money/berries to get pokeblocks/poffins. ------------------------------------- 5.1 Strategies that require Migrating ------------------------------------- The job of getting 10 ribbons on one Pokemon is made a lot quicker if you have either Ruby, Sapphire or Emerald. If you have Colosseum or XD it will help too as you can get the National Ribbon with no effort at all. Strategy 1: The Two-Region Contest Strategy ------------------------------------------- Time: 1-2 hours (depends how good you are at contests) Effort: 4/5 Fairly straightforward; win all the ranks of a certain category or contest in Hoenn, get the Artist Ribbon, then migrate over and win all the ranks of that same category (although the moves' contest effects will have changed, as far as I'm aware they stay the same category) and get one emotion ribbon. If you can't win the Sinnoh Master Rank contest, then you could get the Effort Ribbon, or the Sinnoh Champ Ribbon instead, as these are relatively easy to get. If of course you win the contests with a Pokemon from Colosseum or XD then the National Ribbon will make up that last ribbon. You could also miss out the Hoenn Master Rank contest and replace with Champion Ribbon, and then go for the Footprint Ribbon, but if you find Hoenn master rank contests easy then you may as well do that since you get both the Master Rank Ribbon and the Artist Ribbon from doing so. Strategy 2: The Normal-Rank-Contest-Only Strategy ------------------------------------------------- Time: 1-2 Hours Effort: 3/5 (less focus on the contests, but you'll pretty much have to visit the move tutor at least twice, or put TMs to waste) Like above, but instead, only win the Normal Rank contests of each category, as opposed to all the ranks of a specefic category. Feed your Pokemon assorted Pokeblocks to boost appeal in all areas, enough to beat the other contestants on visual appeal, the just use two moves that fit with the category you're in and you're very, very likely to win, since the normal rank contests in both Hoenn and Sinnoh are mind-numbingly easy. Feel free to miss out some and replace with an emotion ribbon, the Footprint Ribbon, Champion Ribbon or the Effort Ribbon. I suggest missing out the Sinnoh contests since they require more concentration due to the dance section. The only snag with this is that it means a lot of heart scales/TMs go to waste as you have to constantly change the moves to fit the category. You're almost guaranteed to win if you have moves in the right category, and pretty much every pokemon can learn at least one move for each, but if you don't have moves in the right category it does become harder. Of course, this strategy takes a lot longer and requires a lot more effort if you need to get heart scales... --------------------------------------- 5.2 Strategies using only one Game Card --------------------------------------- Strategy 1: The Two-Contest Strategy ------------------------------------ Time: 2-3 Hours Effort: 5/5 (Damn Sinnoh Contests!) Win all the ranks of the contests in TWO categories. Yep, it hurts. This is how I did it: first, get a Rhydon. 2nd, buy 15 of the spicy- sour poffins from the basement of the department store. (This only appears in Platinum; in D/P, you'll have to make the poffins yourself) Feed Rhydon all these Poffins to max out his Cool and Tough stats, and then teach it Scary Face, Earthquake, Hammer Arm and Megahorn. Scary Face and Hammer Arm make Rhydon go last, Earthquake and Megahorn earn double score if they go last. Simple contest strategy, but it worked for me (Scary Face and Earthquake are Tough moves, while Hammer Arm and Megahorn are Cool). I was able to beat all ranks of the Cool and Tough contests with this Rhydon despite having next to no accessories for the visual appeal. However there is a contest FAQ too so look at that for better contest strategies. Obviously for the last two ribbons you can do what you like; an emotion ribbon and the Sinnoh Champ Ribbon are probably the easiest two to get. Add in the Effort Ribbon and Footprint ribbon if you are struggling with the two Master rank contests. Strategy 2: The Whole-Week-Long Strategy ---------------------------------------- Time: 7 Days Effort: 1/5 Every day, go to the ribbon girl and get an emotion ribbon. Then do whatever you like for the last 3. Win contests, beat the league, etc. It's a long process, since you can't just change the DS date (there is a way of doing it, but it's very tedious, it's not just a simple case of switching to the next day). This is by far the easiest, and I suppose less time consuming strategy (it doesn't take long to talk to that girl once a day) but since it takes a week you may want to opt for another strategy. I'm impatient, so I don't like this one. EDIT: I've had quite a few emails telling me about the switching-the- clock method, so I figure I should probably put it here. This method involves "time-travelling" so I'd avise not to use it if you play games like Animal Crossing Wild World that punish you for doing so, heh. Also, while I'm not 100% sure of this, I think the game will stop your berries growing, swarms changing, and all other day-by-day events rolling over for a full 24-hours if you do this strategy wrong, so use at your own risk. So here it is: Strategy 3: Time Traveller! --------------------------- Time: 30 minutes - 1 hour. Effort: 3/5 Save in front of the ribbon girl in Sunyshore City. Get the ribbon from her for that day, then save. Turn off the game. Turn on DS and before loading up the game go onto DS settings. Change the clock to 23:58 (Or 23:59 if you think you're quick enough to load the game in less than a minute). Load up the game, making sure the time does not hit 00:00. Once you've loaded up the game (as in, to the point where you are controlling your character) let the clock roll over to 00:00. Now, when you talk to the ribbon girl again, she should give you the next day's ribbon. Rinse and repeat for all the weekday ribbons, in under an hour. The last 3 ribbons shouldn't be too hard to get. Although I haven't tested, there's no reason this strategy shouldn't work with HG/SS, although it'll take longer since you have to fly to all the different locations. A couple of things to note: simply changing the date on the DS calender DOES NOT WORK. Although I don't know the science behind it, the game knows when it's out of synch with the DS clock so stops all the events happening if it finds that it is. For some reason, if the the clock rolls over to the next day while you're playing in-game, everything works as normal. That's why you have to change the time to just before midnight, and let it roll over. Also, when you're doing this, make sure to not change the date back to the current day until you've got all the ribbons. So if you'd made the game roll over to the 25th May, don't change it back to the 24th until you've got all the ribbons you want. Let it advance to the 26th to get the next one, then the 27th to get the next one, etc. because I'm fairly sure that if you replay the same date in-game, the game stops all day-by-day events working for 24 hours since it knows you're time travelling. So just keep changing the clock and advancing the date, then change the date back (after this, it will take a full 24 hours before the events start working again). -------- 6.0 FAQs -------- Q: You missed out / made an error in the description for ____ Ribbon! A: Okay, contact me by email (see 7.0) or make a topic for me on the Pokemon Platinum boards. If you're right, I'll add the correction and your name to the credits here. Q: You made a spelling/grammatical mistake! A: I did spellcheck, but okay, if you're bothered enough to email me about it, I'll change it. Don't think you're getting credit for it though. Q: I have a better strategy for 10 ribbons than the ones you listed! A: Email me that strategy, if I think it's decent, I'll put it up with credit to you. Q: I talked to the ribbon girl in Sunyshore and she refused to give my Pokemon a ribbon! What have I done wrong? A: Yes, no-one really asked this, but this was a mistake I made. The emotion ribbons are assigned to each day and if you talk to the girl when your lead Pokemon already has the ribbon assigned to the current day, she will say that she has more ribbons to give so come back with a different Pokemon. I hadn't realised my Garchomp had got the Smile Ribbon, I thought it had the Relax ribbon (which my Rhyperior turned out to have instead) which led me to believe you could only get one emotion ribbon per Pokemon, since I talked to her on a Sunday. -------------- 7.0 Contact Me -------------- If you have have a correction for me or just wish to say the FAQ was good then feel free to email me at: danstanyon21[at]hotmail.com In the subject of the email, please put "Ribbon FAQ Correction" or something along those lines. If I don't see that, I'll delete it. I'll write back once I've read your email to tell you that I've made the update. And please, no hate mail. That doesn't make me feel good inside. ----------- 8.0 Credits ----------- You - For taking the time to read my FAQ. GameFAQs and SBAllen - for hosting this FAQ and being/running the best game site I know. Serebii.net - Very user-friendly comprehensive site, I found out about the hack-only ribbons here. David Chen - Provided me with all the information regarding the emotion ribbon givers in HG/SS. Chris Macdonald and Andrew Clapp - Helped me out with some info on the Classic Ribbon. relkaw - Gave me the proper requirements of the World Ability Ribbon. Users of the Pokemon Platinum Board - They helped me out with some minor details. They're nice chaps there. :D (c) Dan Stanyon (chaomaster4000) 2009/2010.