Unbound Mission Log, Dowsing Machine and mining guide

Use the Mission Log to separate found items from missing ones

The creator FAQ says collectible details, including Zygarde Cells, Legendary Portals and TMs, are recorded in the Mission Log when you find them. Treat it as your run’s record, not as proof that an unvisited place has already been checked.

Before returning through several areas, list what you already know: objective, recorded progress, places you actually checked, and the condition that remains unresolved. This is particularly useful when a broad walkthrough mixes a first campaign with postgame exploration.

Example: a collection objective remains unfinished after a long session. Review recorded finds before searching the same place again. If the log does not establish the missing location, keep that location open as a question; this page does not invent a complete coordinate list.

Keep the Dowsing Machine on a convenient registered input

The FAQ addresses the Dowsing Machine disappearing when a text box opens: register the Motorcycle first and Dowsing Machine second, then set L-Button Mode to 2nd Reg Item in Options.

1. Check the order of your registered items.
2. Select the intended L-Button Mode in the game’s Options.
3. Return to a suitable exploration area and try the mapped GBA L input.
4. After a conversation closes, invoke the tool again through that input.
5. If it does not respond, check whether the same input works elsewhere.

The setting names refer to GBA commands, which may differ from the labels on your handheld. If a system shortcut captures L before the game receives it, changing registered-item order alone will not fix the input path. Use the GBA control diagnosis to investigate that symptom.

Example: the tool works when selected from the menu, but not with the shoulder button. That result narrows the problem to registration, the selected button mode or mapping. It is a different problem from a tool you have not obtained.

Dive and mining: check ADM access first

The creator’s route to the ADM is postgame purchase from Captain Davy in Seaport City’s shipyard. With an ADM, select Mining Scan as R-Button Mode and press R while exploring KBT Expressway, underwater or Crystal Peak’s left side room.

Do not make a postgame tool the required answer to an early-story obstruction. Read the current objective and choose the route available to you now. If the goal is optional exploration after clearing the game, the ADM route belongs in that later plan.

The table is an access and controls guide. It does not establish exact treasure odds, scan intervals, mining rewards or every usable tile. Check the in-game response before extending a route based on an assumption.

Use the game’s own DexNav explanation

The creator directs DexNav questions to Nat Log’s assistant in Blizzard City and explains its availability around the period before the third Gym. Speak to that assistant for the detailed rules in your game.

Begin with one question: are you locating a species, evaluating a possible recruit or investigating a hunting mechanic? Those goals require different information. Identify the target and current area, then apply the assistant’s instructions. An online shiny-hunting sequence is not automatically an answer to an ordinary team-recruitment question.

1. Confirm you have reached the tool’s progression point.
2. Read the assistant’s explanation before using a guide from another game.
3. Choose the species and the purpose of the search.
4. Record any requirement or result the game actually displays.
5. If the search fails, report that specific result with the installed version and area.

No exact shiny odds, chain-breaking rules or hidden-ability guarantees were established in this source check. Those details need a matching reference; we do not import them from Crystal Clear’s separate Dex Tracker guide.

Field eligibility before spending a move slot

The creator describes field HM use through a Pokémon that can learn the move, without requiring it to occupy a battle move slot. The postgame ADM provides a separate route. Do not turn the later tool into a prerequisite for every earlier journey.

Example: you are about to replace a useful attack only to pass a field obstacle. First check whether an eligible party member already supplies the documented field action. If the option is absent, investigate eligibility and progression before spending the move slot. This is not a complete badge-by-badge HM table.

Keep the battle team’s jobs separate from the field task. The party review describes your checked battle roles; it does not verify HM eligibility. A member can solve one task without being the answer to the other.

Treat save missions as progress over real sessions

The maker says save-count missions are intended to reward normal play and recommends enabling save prompts. They are not an instruction to stand still repeatedly saving instead of progressing.

1. Read the mission’s actual progress in your own run.
2. Choose a real exploration or battle objective for the session.
3. Use the game’s save prompt or a deliberate in-game checkpoint as you progress.
4. At the end, inspect the mission separately from the ordinary save’s Continue check.

Example: you finish a tool-configuration session and save. Your immediate result is a working shortcut and preserved progress; the save-count goal can continue across later sessions. Do not replace the objective you wanted to play with a repetitive counter exercise just because the mission remains open.

On a handheld, emulator quick-resume and saving inside Unbound are separate operations. This guide does not claim a state file counts toward the mission. Use the GBA save workflow to verify ordinary progress, and the Mission Log to inspect the game’s own objective record.

Plan one exploration session with an observable finish

Choose a goal small enough to verify: inspect one recorded collection entry, configure the Dowsing shortcut, or try Mining Scan in one named area after obtaining the required tool. Write the starting location and required access beside that goal.

Worked example: you return after a break and remember wanting to mine, but have not recorded the relevant tool. First inspect your key items and campaign progress. If the ADM is missing and its documented access is still unavailable, choose a current mission or recruitment goal. If it is present, configure the scan input and test a listed area. Both branches end with a concrete next action.

Finish by noting what changed: a log entry, a working shortcut, an obtained prerequisite or a question that remains. That is more useful for the next session than “explored for a while.” The local session notebook can store that note; it does not inspect your save or count collectibles.

For battle preparation, use Unbound difficulty, EXP and scaling. For the separately documented original TrimUI Brick software path, use the game/device guide. Neither is evidence that every handheld configuration behaves identically.

Exploration questions

Sources and version scope

• Skeli’s creator thread and exploration FAQ

Mechanics are paraphrased from these maker references. Worked examples and the order of checks are Pocket Deal Radar’s interpretation, not independent playtests or hardware results. Compare the reference with your installed game. The game profile retains its separate release and patch evidence.

For emulator, storage and save-file setup, use the platform handheld guide. This page provides no ROMs, BIOS files, prepatched games or mirrors.