Date skipping for toxicroak?

Question

In Pokemon Pearl in the Great Marsh is it possible to change the date on the ds to guarantee a Toxicroak spawn? Not Croagunk, Toxicroak.

Comments

I’m pretty sure date skipping will lock all time based events for 24 hours. In other words, it’ll block you from getting anything

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Does it do that in pearl tho? Or in every single game?

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Not in every single game, but in pearl, yes

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oh ok *sigh* guess I can’t really get toxicroak

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Can't you just save before the date rolls over to the next day, check for toxicroak, then reset if it's not there?

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https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Time
Bulbapedia says the time lock exists only in gen 6 onward. I've also messed with the clock in Platinum before and I don't think it locked anything.

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There’s definitely time locks in Gen 4.
https://sinjohruins.com/Gen+4/Time+Travel+Penalty

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From experience, I don't recall any time locks for any of the daily encounters in DP (Swarms, Great Marsh, and Trophy Garden), though I wouldn't know for sure.

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The page doesn't say the Sinnoh Safari Zone is affected. It would explain why honey trees act weird, though.