| __ | | | |__) |___ | | __ ___ _ __ ___ ___ _ __ | ___// _ | |/ // _ | '_ ` _ / _ | '_ | | | (_) || <| __/| | | | | || (_) || | | | |_| ___/ |_|____||_| |_| |_| ___/ |_| |_| _____ _ _ | __ | | | | | |__) |_ _ | |__ _ _ __ _ _ __ __| | | _ /| | | || '_ | | | | / _` || '_ / _` | | | | |_| || |_) || |_| | | (_| || | | || (_| | |_| ___,_||_.__/ __, | __,_||_| |_| __,_| __/ | |___/ _____ _ _ / ____| | | (_) | (___ __ _ _ __ _ __ | |__ _ _ __ ___ ___ / _` || '_ | '_ | '_ | || '__|/ _ ____) || (_| || |_) || |_) || | | || || | | __/ |_____/ __,_|| .__/ | .__/ |_| |_||_||_| ___| | | | | |_| |_| FAQ/WALKTHROUGH created: 21/03/05 version 3.5 By: zapper (Andy) Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Walkthrough I. Game Basics II. Characters A. Littleroot Town - A whole new adventure begins B. Oldale Town and first showdown against rival C. Petalburg City D. Rustboro City E. Dewford Town F. Slateport City G. Mauville City a) Verdanturf Town H. Fiery Path I. Fallarbor Town J. Meteor Falls K. Mt Chimney L. Lavaridge Town M. Petalburg City once more N. Fortree City O. Mt Pyre and the Orbs P. Lilicove City Q. Mossdeep City and the final showdown R. Sootopolis City S. The Last route to Victory - Ever Grande T. Elite Four 3. Miscellanous A. Now what??? B. Latias & Latios C. The Wanted Rayquaza D. The 3 Regis E. Contests/Combos F. Shoal Cave G. Meteor Falls H. Battle Tower I. Hidden Machine J. Evolution stone K. Fossils L. New Mauville M. Special Pokemon N. S.S. Tidal O. Move Tutor P. Game Corner Q. Diploma R. The TV S. The Lottery T. Berry Master U. Abandoned Ship V. Pokemon Center W. Mossdeep Space Center -------------------------------------- | Introduction | -------------------------------------- It has been a few years since Nintendo released a brand new Pokemon RPG. Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire has been hyped as one of the most anticipated game of the year for GBA. To simply put it, this game really exceed my expectation. The improvement that They've done with the game is just really much for Pokemon players to enjoy. New Features - There are two kind of Bike in this game - 2 on 2 battle against certain trainer - New HM, Dive - Contest - Trainer Eye - Running Shoes, which work like bicycle of previous games (yay!) no more of the walking crap! - New Land - 135 new Pokemon - Trick House - More Complex fishing system (see fishing section for detailed explanation) There are a few differences between the two version: Basically, the game is almost identical in gameplay. However, there are a few differences as mentioned below. Besides this difference, some Pokemon might be commonly found in one version while rare in the other version. Ruby: - You will fight Team Magma in this game, and Latios could be encountered randomly in the wild after beating the elite four. - Pokemon exclusive to Ruby are: Zangoose, Solrock, Groudon, Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry, Mawile - After you awakened Groudon, the weather will be sunny. - Latios is catchable randomly in the wild. - You'll get the Red orb - The % of certain Pokemon in certain areas might be different (e.g. Plusle and Minun, Volbeat and Illumise) - You get a Red Tent for beating the Trick House Sapphire - You will fight Team Aqua in this game, and Latias could be encountered randomly in the wild after beating the elite four. - Pokemon exclusive to Sapphire are: Seviper, Lunatone, Kyogre, Lotad, Lombre, Ludocolo - After you awakened Kyogre, the weather will be rain. - Latias is catchable randomly in the wild. You'll get the Blue orb - The % of certain Pokemon in certain areas might be different (e.g. Plusle and Minun, Volbeat and Illumise) - you get the blue tent for beating the Trick House |-------------------------------------| | Walkthrough | |-------------------------------------| Note* this walkthrough can be copied only if ask of permision e-mail me at burn_1_2@hotmail.com I. Game Basics Many of you know the controls so if you do skip this section. For first timers here are the controls A button= Use to comfirm anything B button= Cancel an option Start button= This is the menu screen press this and all your imformation pops up. Select button= (Select a key item) You can register an item and use tem easily by using the select button. You can also re-arrange the order of moves by using this button. An often overlooked button in the days of R/B/Y. L/R button= This button is used for Nothing. However, you can change it's function to work like the A and B button from the setting option. Stopping evolution Press the "B" button while your Pokemon is evolving. Teaching Pokemon a HM/TM Go to your pack select a TM/HM and use them to one of your Pokemon. (Not all Pokemon may be able to learn a particular moves). Using a HM in the field Press A against the obstacle that you want to go through. This works for every HM except for Flash. You could also do it manually by going to the Pokemon status screen and the option to use HM will appear if you check each individual Pokemon. Someone PC's (later Lanette's PC) There's an option for you here to change your PC wallpaper as well as rename the boxes. Another useless addition to the Pokemon PC. However, something that will interest you would be the fact that Pokemon will be sent to the next empty boxes. In other words, you don't have to change your PC boxes when its full. No more tearing your hairs out when you discover your PC Box is full when you are throwing a ball at legendary Pokemon. II. Characters Brendan (Main Character) From: Littleroot Town The main Character of the game. He lives in Littleroot Town. He will be your rival if you choose to play as a girl. Along the course of the game, if he is your rival he will help you by giving you items. May (Main Character) From: Littleroot Town The main character of the game. She live in Littleroot Town. She will be your rival if you choose to play as a boy. Along the course of the game, if she is your rival she will help you by giving you items. Note* It seems your rivals is a lot nicer than the old Pokemon games. Wally From: Petalburg City You will meet him in Petalburg City gym, he will catch a Ralts. He is also your 2nd rival in the game. You will battle him a few times during the course of the game. You can challenge him again in Victory Road. Pokemon: Gardevoir Steven Stone From: Mossdeep City The Champion of the Pokemon Leauge. He will occasionally pops up in the game. During the course of the game, he will give you TM 47 Steel Wing as well as HM 08 Dive. You'll fight him in the Pokemon leauge of course He's also the master of the stell Type. He's also the son of Devon Corp president. Pokemon: Skarmory, Metagross, Cradily, Armaldo, Aggron, Claydoll. Carefull very high defensis so be prepared!! Professor Birch From: Littleroot Town You helped him when he was attacked by Pochyena. In return, he will let you kept the Pokemon. He will also give you the Pokedex. Professor Birch is also the father of your rival. You'll also get your Pokedex from him. Pokemon: Mudkip, Treecko, Torchic Norman The Petalburg City gym leader. When you first visited him, he will tell you to come back to fight him once you've earned 4 badges. He's also the main character father who just moved from Johto. Pokemon: Slaking, Vigoroth Archie From: ??? Leader of the notorious team Aqua. Maxie From: ??? Leader of the notorious team Magma. Captain Stern From: Slateport City One of the key figures for your conflict with Team Aqua and Magma, his submarine was the target for team Aqua and Magma in their quest to reach their ambition. Later on, Capt Slate will build the S.S. Tidal which could take you to the battle tower. Lanette From: Route 114 The creator of Hoenn Pokemon storage system. She is a parallel of Bill in the older version. The Beginning Before the game starts, you will see a screen of Professor Birch talking about Pokemon, just like what Oak and Elm did in the previous version. (The Pokemon shown alongside the professor is Azzuril). You will be asked whether you want to be a boy trainer, or a girl trainer, as well as your name. You can't choose your rival name, and if you choose to be a boy, your rival name will be May. If you choose a girl trainer your rival default name will be Brendan. a) LITTLE ROUTE TOWN Little Route Town a whole new adventures begins! You'll start in a truck it seems your family just moved in. Anyways once you get in your new home go upstairs and press (A) on your clock make the time right and your mom will come she will tell you that the movers are done so go downstairs. She will tell you to come to the T.V your dad will be on but it seems to end,,,, awhhhhhh. Anyways go to the house next door. Your rivals mom will greet you then once she's done go upstairs and talk to your rival. She/he will talk and talk and talk until she realizes that she has to help his/her dad (Professor Birch) on field work, so go out the house and head north. Yay, my favourite part we get to see action!!! So look who's in trouble it's the Proffesor, he is chased by a puppy! (lol) he will tell you to look in his bag and pick a pokemon inside there are Torchic (fire) Mudkip (water) and Treeko (grass) pick any one you want it's your choice so pick and battle the insane little puupy. After the battle you will get 15 exp and Professor Birch will thank you. You will then be in the Professor's lab he will give you the pokemon you used to battle with poochyena (the insane puppy) He will tell you to go and look for his son/daughter say yes and your almost on your first trainer battle! Now it's time to continue and head for the next town. Exit the town and head to route 101. --------------------------------------------------- B. Oldale Town - The Pokemon Center and your Rival --------------------------------------------------- Walk along route 101. There's nothing here, except some wild Pokemon, namely Zigzagoon and Wurmple. You can't catch them yet, so level up one or two levels. Soon enough, you'll be on your way to Oldale Town. Not much to see here. This town just like Viridian in R/B/Y and Cherrygrove in G/S/C. As usual, there is a Pokemon Center to heal your Pokemon and also a Pokemart. Buy some potions and left for the next route. As usual, Nurse Joy is still in every Pokemon Center. Now the Pokemon Center has it's own escalator. On the second level of the Pokemon Center, you'll be able to find three booths - One for Battling, One for Trading, and one for Mixing Records. Head North, and after walking for a while, you will find your rival. Be prepared for your first battle. You should have levelled up your Pokemon during the journey so far. The Pokemon he choose will be a starter Pokemon that has a type advantages over your Pokemon. Your rival's Pokemon will be at level 5. It shouldn't be hard to beat him/her if you level up enough. If your rival is a boy, his name would be Brendan, if she's a girl, her name would be May. Rival Battle Brendan/May Pokemon: Treecko lvl 5 or Mudkip lvl 5 or Torchic lvl 5 (Depnding on your starter) For Example: If you choose Treecko the grass starter your rival will have Torchic the fire starter. This battle should be simple if you level up enough. Presumably, your starter should be at leve 7-8. With this, you will not face any difficulties beating her/him My party: Torchic lv.12 Rivals party: -------- Torchic| = Mudkip lv.5 Mudkip | = Torchic lv.5 Treeko | = Treeko lv.5 -------- After beating your rival, go back to Oldale Town but you are now allowed to buy the items in the shop. At the entrance of the town, you will see your rival. Talk to him/her, and he/she will tell you to follow him/her back to Littleroot Town. Now, go back to Littleroot Town and talk to Proffesor Birch. He will give you 5 Pokeballs and a Pokedex. Exit the town, and before that while passing your house, your mother will give you a running shoes. With this running shoes, now you can run by holding the "B" button of your gameboy. Running Shoes will allow you to travel much faster. It could be used anywhere except in buildings. Now, head back to Oldale Town again. You might want to capture some Pokemon along the way. Once in Oldale Town, exit the town using the west exit to route 102. You will find yourself in a route with a few trainers. In this route, you'll be able to catch Pokemon such as Ralts (they are quite rare though). Continue walking along the route and soon you'll arrive at Petalburg city. ------------------------------------------- C. Petalburg City - Meet your Father here ------------------------------------------- Significant Places: Petalburg Gym, Wally house Go to Pokemon Center to heal your Pokemon and stock up on the potions. Now go to the gym. A trainer called Wally will come and begged your father to be given a Pokemon. Norman will lend him a Zigzagoon which will be used to catch Ralts. Afterwhich, he will take you back to the gym leader. It is your father. He will told you that did not have enough experience, and you need 4 badges before you can challenge him. Take note of this and come back to this gym after you've got 4 badges. Now head to the west exit of the town and make your way to the route 104. Fight some of the trainers here, you might want to catch a Ralts balk there in route 102 if you want. At the end of the route 104, you'll end up in Petalburg Woods. Petalburg Woods Petalburg Woods will remind you of Viridian Forest. There are heaps of Bugs Pokemon bugging you here. Soon enough, you'll bump into a researcher which was attacked by Team Magma/Aqua. This will be your first ever meeting with Team Magma/Aqua, but it certainly won't be the last. Team Magma/Aqua Pokemon: Poocyhena lv.11 My party: Torchic lv.15 , Ralts lv.14, Lombre lv.15 After defeating him, make your way out of the forest. There are parts of the forest which you will need cut in order to access it. Come back later to acess this area and grab some items. --------------- |RUSTBORO CITY| --------------- Significant Places: Devon Corp, Rostboro Gym, Cutter house Rustboro City is among one of the biggest city in the game. On the North-East, is the building where you will get your Poke-Nav later in the game-the Devon Corp. Heal your Pokemon and head to the gym. The Gym is awfully similar to Pewter City Gym in term of layout and even the type used. RUSTBORO GYM Gymleader = Roxane Pokemon: Geodude lv.14 Nosepass lv.15 My party: Combuskin lv.17,Ralts lv.16,Lombre lv.16 This will be very easy if you picked Mudkip/Treeko as your starter if you started with torchic you better evolve it and teach it Double Kick so we could beat her in two turns right? Wrong , Nosepass has incredibly high Def and Sp.Def he could last at least three of your hits and when you bring nosepases health down she will use potion so try to OHKO it. After you step out of the gym, you will see one of team Magma/Aqua member. He will head North, followed by a man in the green suit that you encountered earlier in the forest. Make your way to a tunnel (far left), North-East of the city. Herethe man earlier whom you saved in Petalburg Woods will tell you that team Magma/Aqua has run off with the Devon package. In front of the cave's entrance, you will see an old man called Mr Briney he tells you that his Wingull was taken hostage by Team Magma/Aqua. So, go inside and fight the member of Team Magma/Aqua. Once you've beaten Team Aqua/Magma talk again to the guy in Rustboro city who inform you about Team Aqua/Magma.He will take you to a building, the Devon corporation and give you a Poke-Nav-A new version of pokegear in which you can see the map for your reward of beating team Aqua/Magma. The president of the company will also give to you two things to deliver. One for Steven (Beware a boring person ahead), and the other, the Devon package itself for Captain Stern in Slateport City. Go out and head south skip May/Brendan and go down the Petalberg Woods. You will see a house next to the dock go in, there will be Mr.Briney (The old man you saved earlier) try to talk to him and you will be on the ferry to Dewford Town. ------------------------------------- | Dewford Town | |------------------------------------ What to do: Gym get knuckle badge, give letter to Steven Welcome you arrived at Dewford now what should we do? ? ? ? I know let's heal your pokemon and leave,,, right, wrong there is plenty things to do , another badge and we must deliver the letter to Steven. Okay, heal your pokemon and enter the gym. DEWFORD GYM TRAINERS (Fighting) Trainer: Battle Girl Lana Pokemon Used: Meditite 14 Trainer: Blackbelt Hideki Pokemon Used: Meditite 14 Trainer: Battle Girl Tessa Pokemon used: Meditite 12 (2x) Machop 12 Leader Brawley Brawley's pokemon: Machop lv.17, Makuhta lv.18 --------------------------- My party: Kadabra lv.20, Combusken lv.21,Lombre lv.20, Have a psychic pokemon or a flying pokemon to demolish Brawly if you don't you'll have a hard time, Machop will Bulk up then he will start Karate Chopping carefull very strong!! After you beat Brawley he will give you the knuckle badge and let's you use Flash out of battle go out the entrance and head north to route 106. You will see a cave go in talk to the hiker to get flash, teach it to a pokemon if no one can learn it then go back to the place where you have to help the devon researcher and catch a Nincada. If someone can learn it you in luck go left and go downstairs. You might notice you can't seem to see anything well use flash now head west and go down to the stairs. In these section I will not tell you the way to fin Steven. Finding Steven is easy. Once you found Steven, give the letter to him amd he will give you TM.47 Stell Wing then he'll leave. If you have an Escape Rope, use it, if not, go all the way back. Once thats done talk to Mr.Briney and he will take you to Slateport. |----------------------------------| | SLATEPORT CITY | |----------------------------------| Before you enter Slateport go to the beach and fight ALL the trainers there. After you get a LOT of expirence from battling them go in the house in the beach defeat all the trainers and talk to the man next to the Vending Machine, he will give you 6 Soda Pops. After your done go to Slateport city looks like Team Aqua's causing trouble again... First of all, head to the Mart and buy yourself a Harbor Mail for 50 money. Save it, because you will need it later. Enter the shipyard below the Oceanic Museum (the building surrounded at first by Aqua men), and talk to the man straight up from when you enter (the guy sitting in front of the desk). That's Dock. He will tell you that Captain Stern went somewhere. I'll save you some trouble - he's in the Oceanic Museum. So go there. You must pay 50 dollars to enter once you pay talk to the aqua/magma member who is turning around, he will give you TM.46 Theif then he will leave. Go up stairs and talk to Captain Stern then two Magmas/Aquas will come and challenge you into a battle Trainer: Team Magma Grunt Pokemon Used: Numel 15 Trainer: Team Magma Grunt Pokemon Used: Zubat 14, Numel 14 Beat them and their boss Maxie/Archie will come he will talk then they will leave, after Captain Stern will take the Goods and leave now go out of the Museum and head north *Warning* Lot's of Magnemites ahead! Upon leaving Slateport via the north exit, you have just entered "The Electric Zone". Electric Pokemon are very popular from now until Wattson, so Mudkip's gonna have a field day if you chose her/him. Fighting in the grass on Route 110 will land you an Electrike. These little buggers are very fast and learn Thunder Wave, so be careful. With their Abilities, you can be paralyzed from using an attack that involves touch. Go up, (left leads) to more Trainers and some water. Right takes you to the grassy path that leads to Mauville. Take the grassy path right. Head up, and look! It's May! * Save before facing her * May's Pokemons: ______________ Torchic | = Numel lv.18, Shroomish lv.18, Marshtomp lv.20 Mudkip | = Wailmer lv.18, Numel lv.18, Grovyle lv.20 Treecko | = Wailmer lv.18, Shroomish lv.18, Combusken lv.20 -------------- My pokemons: Alakazam lv.26 Lombre lv.26 Combusken lv.26 Manectric lv.26 Took me a lot of training I'm such an idiot! i wasted at least 3 hours on it , but i think it's worth it. Defeat May, and she'll give you the Itemfinder, which allows you to sense nearby invisible items. Continue on the path until you reach Mauville City. |---------------------------------------------| | MAUVILLE CITY | |---------------------------------------------| Did you remember to pick up a Harbor Mail in Slateport? If you didn't, you can either skip this completely or go back, get one, and then come back. Anyway, take your Harbor Mail into the first building you see upon entering the city (it should be the one just to the right of the Game Corner; there's a man standing next to it). Talk to the girl in there, and she will happily trade your Harbor Mail for the Coin Case, which will allow you to play the games in the Game Corner. Are you tired of runing? If you are you can get a Bike here, here are what the Bikes can do: Mach Bike Acro Bike ========= ========= 1. Faster of the two bikes 1. Tap B = Wheelie 2. Can go up mud slides 2. Hold B = Bunny Hop 3. Cannot cross white bars 3. D-pad, then hold B = Wheelie Ride 4. Must accelerate 4. Bunny Hop,then D-pad = Bunny Ride 5. Can cross cracked floors 5. D-pad + B = Side Hop 6. Maintains same speed 7. Cannot go up mud Slides 8. Can cross white bars 9. Can hop up stones via Bunny Hop 10. Cannot cross cracked floors Well pick anyone you want it doesn't matter if you need the specific one you can come back and change. Go back to Cycling road to train your pokemon then go to the gym you think your ready for Wattson (Third Gymleader)? Well if you think you are your not if you don't your right, look who's in front of the gymleader, Wally! Time to battle Wallys pokemon: Ralts lv.16 My pokemons: Alakazam lv.28 Lombre lv.27 Combusken lv.27 Manectric lv.27 well at least he trained it, so beat him and enter the Gym. MAUVILLE CITY GYM LEADER WATTSON Trainer: Guitarist Kirk Pokemon Used: Electrike 18, Magnemite 18 Trainer: Youngster Ben Pokemon Used: Zigzagoon 19 Trainer: Guitarist Vivian Pokemon Used: Meditite 13 Trainer: Guitarist Shawn Pokemon Used: Voltorb 17 (3x) GYM LEADER: Watson Pokemons: Magnemite 22, Voltorb 20, Magneton 23 well if you have a ground pokemon you should better use it. if not then fighting moves on Magnemite and Magneton and anything you want on Voltorb. Now that you have DYNAMO Badge you can now able to use Rock Smash. TO get Rock Smash go to the house east of Pokemon Mart in Mauville City. Talk to him and he'll give you HM Rock Smash. Once you go west of Mauville, you'll see a house and an old guy in it. Go inside the house and you'll be in Day Care. You can leave your pokemon in here so they can level up. It will take a long time to level up your pokemon in there. Now, go outside and there's a lot of trainers in here. Fight them. Once you beat all the trainers, head all the way to the west. ----------------- |Verdanturf Town| ----------------- West of these place is a house called, Pokemon Contest. You can enter to your Pokemon to be in contest. Also, you can get a Contest Pass in which you needed participate in other contest across Hoenn Region. I'll explain later how the contest works. Let's proceed... Once you get in Vendanturf town, be sure to go first to Pokemon Center to heal your wounded pokemon. Once you do that, head to the cave just north of Pokemon Mart. You will see a girl in there, standing. Ingnore her and just go straight north. You'll be inside the Rusturf Tunnel in which connects to Rustboro City. Once you get in there, you'll see a man just standing. Talk to him and fight him.Now that you beat him, go north to get Max Ether. and go west. You'll see a guy from the other side of the rock and a woman from the other site of the rock. Go beside her and use rock smash to the rock. Once you've done it, the guy from the other side will give you HM Stregth. Now go back to Mauville City and head north from there. Once you head north you'll see a guy standing in front of him so you can batte him. Battle Him 4 times in a row. Trainer: Winstrate Victor Pokemon Used: Taillow 16, Zigzagoon 16 Trainer: Vivi Pokemon Used: Marill 15, Shroomish 15, Numel 15 Trainer: Victoria Pokemon Used: Roselia 16 Trainer: Vicky Pokemon Used: Meditite 18 Beat them and go in the house talk to the mom and she will give you macho brace.Now, keep going up and an interviewer and a cameraman will 2v2 battle you. After the battle, she will ask you if you want to be interviewed. Accept and you'll see a screen that looks like the one that appeared when the guy at Petalburg asked for your profile will appear and you have to select a few options. Maybe you will become famous but I don't know what you need to answer here (I noticed that some TV Screens are turned on after you are interviewed, and if you check them, the program is about you, but that's all). Right ahead, you will see the entrance of a desert. But as soon as you step on the desert, a sandstorm will blow and you can't go on. There is nothing you can do about it now, just head west. ______________________________ FIERY PATH ______________________________ This cave is just a passage. There is nothing to do here without STRENGTH, and even though you do have the HM, you can't use the move outside battles until you receive the 4th Badge. Just leave north to the other side of Route 112. To the south is the other entrance of the desert. As usual, the sand will blow. Head north and talk to the guy standing in front of a big tree. You will get a TM 43. You can use this to teach SECRET POWER to a pkmn, move that allows you to climb trees and open little indents on mountains. Inside those holes you can set up your Secret Base. I'll go into more details at another section. For now, just keep going. Inside the house blocked (in terms) by a bush, a woman will heal your pkmn. Heal and move on. If you have the Mach Bike, you can go up the sandfall and battle a trainer... If you don't, you can do this later. A girl near the berry plants will give you a Berry. Keep going east to route 113 Notice the ashes falling from the volcano as you enter this route... One thing that you should be aware of: some items and trainers are kind of buried, so don't be scared to enter a battle with something you didn't see very well. And check all the "holes", there are items in some. Go in that house along the way, talk to the man and he'll give you a Soot Pack. Collect as many ashes as you can by stepping on the grassy area (notice that it becomes green) and then go back to the house to exchange ashes for certain items. After you are done with the game, grab the TM 32 in one of those holes and move west to... ____________________________ FALLARBOR TOWN ____________________________ Heal at the Pokemon Center, and talk to the girl blocking the PC. She will ask you to visit her at Route 114. If you can enter another house here, a girl will say she saw some Magma/Aqua guys at Route 114. Two houses left to the Pkmn Center is the house of the Move Tutor. He can make your pokemon remember natural moves that they had at early levels, if you bring him a Heart Scale later on, that is. The only place so far that you could have gotten this item that I know of is the beach east of Mauville, hidden under one of the stones, the beach west of Petalberg and the beach under Slateport.Now go to route 114.Enter the first house you see and talk to the first person you see for a TM 28. If you talk to the other man inside this house... he'll do nothing (that I know of). The old man with a Poochyena on his side will give you a TM 05 (two TMs in one Route 114. Enter the house and that girl that was blocking the PC at the Pokemon Center will give you a Seedot/Lotad Doll (R/S respectively). She is the person that takes care of the Pokemon Storage System now, and there's an e-mail from Bill. in one of the PCs. Go up the mountain, and break some rocks for items. Just keep going and enter the cave on the mountain. You don't get far before seeing Team Aqua trying to get away with a Meteorite. But just when Team Aqua's/Magma's about to split, guess who shows up but the *cough* good guys, Team Aqua/Magma. It's too late, though. Team Aqua/Magma gets away with the meteorite, and Magma's/Aqua's leader talks to you and introduces himself as Archie/Maxie. He explains Team Aqua's plans to you, they must be stopped, blah. After that, he leaves. During this time, about a thousand hints are dropped right in front of your face that you should go to Mt. Chimney. Why don't you do that? |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Mt. Chimney |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| After backtracking to Mt. Chimney, you'll notice the Aqua/Magma men blocking the lift are now gone, allowing you to ride it up to the summit. Do so. You'll see various battles between the grunts, and Maxie gets triple-teamed by three Aqua men. Your job is to bust up the clowns on the upper left side. a Grunt, Yours Truly, and finally..Archie himself. Mt. Chimney Trainers (Aqua vs. Magma) -------------------- Team Aqua Grunt Aqua Admin Matt Zubat, Lv.20; Poochyena, Lv.20 (sapphire) Carvanha, Lv.20 (x2); Poochyena, Lv.lv.20 (ruby) Numel,lv.20 (x2); =========================== Archie/Maxie Battle # 1 =========================== |||||||||||||||||| (sapphire) | Archie Mightyena lv.24 | Golbat lv.24 Sharpedo lv.25 | |||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| (ruby) | Maxie Mightyena lv.24 | Golbat lv.24 Camerupt lv.25 | |||||||||||||||||| My party: Alakazam lv.30 Golem lv.28 Machamp lv.30 Skarmory lv.29 Toarkol lv.29 Lombre lv.28 Well I suggest you *SAVE* in front of them, cause if you loose your gonna feel a lot of presure down there! So anyways you better have at least one pokemon above 32 and you'll be fine. Carefull of Mightyena's Intimadate and Golbat's speed, chances are that you don't have a pokemon faster than Golbat. After you beat'em Team Aqua/Magma will leave and there arch enemie (Team Aqua/Magma) will congrat you and he will leave. Before you go, talk to the machine to get the Meteorite. Now go south and head for Jugged Pass. JUGGED PASS There's nothing to do here, except you can catch pokemon and fight Trainers otherwise it's kinda just a hil. Keep on jumping until you reach to Lavaridge |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| LAVARIDGE TOWN |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Enter Lavaridge town, it may seem a little small but there's a lot to do in here. Heal your pokemon and talk to the old lady beside the hot tub, she will give you a egg. Once hatched it will be an Wynaut. Anyways enter the gym and face Flannery. _______________ Lavaridge town Gym _____________________________ Remember Sabrina’s Gym? Just like it, in a sense. One pool of water on one screen takes you to that same pool of water on a different screen. Here’s how to get to the leader: left, left, top left, up, middle left, up, top right, right, bottom left, down. Note that the Gym Trainers are hiding in some of the holes! Once you're ready, talk to Flannery. My pokemon: Alakazam lv.32 Golem lv.32 Machamp lv.32 Skarmory lv.31 Toarkal lv.31 Flannery's pokemon: Slugma lv.26 (x2) Toarkal lv.28 The main thing you have to watch out for is Overheat. Overheat has insane power, but lowers Special Attack by two levels after each use. If your Pokemon aren't strong enough, chances are the first Overheat will OHKO you. Torkoal knows Attract as well, so stay on your guard. Dousing Flannery's spirits gets you the Heat Badge, the ability to use Strength out of battle, and TM50, Overheat. Leave the gym and you will be stoped by May/Brendan he/she will give you the Go-Googles which allows you to go through the desert. ===================================================== Petalberg City once more ===================================================== Mauville's the starting point of your long backtracking expedition. Heal, play games, do whatever you want, but when you're ready, go left and enter Verdanturf Town. Enter Rusturf Tunnel and exit the other side so you're on Route 116. Don't forget that you can pick up the Exp. Share from the president of Devon Corp. as thanks for being an errand boy. From Rustboro City, continue south. Go back through Petalburg Woods and head east into Petalburg. Nothing to do here but enter the Gym. Petalberg Gym Norman's Gym is separated into nine different rooms. Heal, if needed to be, then enter the 5th gym. Now that you have 4 badges, your father will let you get through. The gym is shaped a bit like a diamond, so you can fight from 3-7 junior trainers. Here's how you should do it to get the most EXP. It looks something like this: |---|---|---| | | G | | | |--D|D--| | | | 3 | 3 | | |--D|D-D|D--| | 2 | 2 | 2 | |-|D|D|D|D|-| | | 1 | 1 | | | |-|D|D|-| | | | | | |---|-E-|---| 1 = Trainers with one Level 27 Skittyroro (798 EXP, 1296G) 2 = Trainers with one Level 27 Linoone (739 EXP, 1296G) 3 = Trainers with one Level 27 Zangoose (954 EXP, 1296G) 4 = Gym Leader D = Door E = Entrance Once you get to the Gym Leader (Norman) you will be in a gym battle. My pokemon: Alakazam lv.33 Machamp lv.35 Golem lv.33 Skarmory lv.31 Toarkal lv.32 For winning you will recieve the Balance Badge. Ut allows you to use Surf and it will increase your pokemon's defensive power. You will also receieve TM 42 Facade. Its a great move with 70 attack, 100 accuracy, and will have double power if the opponent is paralyzed, poisoned, or burned. Now head out and go into Wally's house to the left of the gym. Talk to Wally's dad and he will thank you a couple times and then give you HM 03 Surf. You can teach this to a pokemon and use it to surf over water areas. This will increased the number of places you can visit greatly. It is also one of the best water moves because it has 100 Accuracy and 95 Attack. Now exit his house and go down to the bottom left of the town and surf over the small pond to reach an ether. Then head up to the upper right corner and surf over that area to grab the max revive. Also in this pond area you will be able to find Marills which is a great water pokemon. Now head left and then up through the forest. Cross the bridge and go back to Rustboro. Now head to the right and all the way into the cave once more, go through it and end up back in Verdanturf. Now head left into Mauville once again and then go north. This time when you reach the Desert Ruins enter them. You will see a trainer right to your left, so walk up to him to fight him. He will use a level 24 sandshrew, so watch out. He won't be hurt by the sandstorm, so make sure you use a rock or ground type so that the sandstorm doesn't widdle away at your HP each turn. Now go up and to the left to grab the stardust. Its just some red sand but it sells for a high price. Now head a little but to the right and up and you'll find another trainer. They will use a level 22 Baltoy, a level 22 Sandshrew, and a level 22 Baltoy. These aren't that hard, but will try to lower your accuracy. Head to the right and you'll find a female trainer. She uses a level 23 Sandshrew and a level 23 Baltoy. Now head up into the upper right corner and you'll find 2 fossils. You will only get to choose one so choose wisely. The choices are: Root Fossil: Lileep (Rock / Grass) Claw Fossil: Anorith (Rock / Bug) Choose which one you want and the other will disappear. Then, if you would like it to be turned into a pokemon, go back to Rustboro City and take it to Devon Corporation to get it revived. Now head down and fight the two trainers below. They will use a level 24 Sandlash and a level 24 Sandshrew. Beat them and then head back to Mauville city and prepared to take a trip through an underground area. Now once you've done that go talk to Wattson standing outside, he will give you a basement key you use that to enter New Mauville go to route ten and surf down, you will see a cave, enter it and find a way to turn the generator down, once that's finished go back to Wattson and he will give you TM.23 thunder bolt. After go east, Surf right. Talk to the fisherman on the water's edge to receive the Good Rod. Go right, and up on the grass, Steven appears, Well he will talk to ya, once he is done go and head to route 118. Route 118 Trainers ------------------ Bird Keeper Perry Bird Keeper Chester Wingull, Lv.27 Taillow, Lv.26; Swellow, Lv.26 Money: 864 Money: 832 Route 119 Trainers ------------------ Bug Catcher Kent Bug Catcher Doug Ninjask, Lv.26 Nincada, Lv.26 (x2) Money: 416 Money: 416 Bug Maniac Taylor Wurmple, Lv.25; Cascoon, Lv.25; Dustox, Lv.25 Money: 1500 Bug Catcher Greg Volbeat, Lv.26; Illumise, Lv.26 Money: 416 Bug Maniac Donald Wurmple, Lv.25; Silcoon, Lv.25; Beautifly, Lv.25 Money: 1500 Fisherman Eugene Magikarp, Lv.30; Carvanha, Lv.24; Tentacool, Lv.21; Feebas, Lv.27 Money: 960 PKMN Ranger Catherine* PKMN Ranger Jackson* Gloom, Lv.27; Roselia, Lv.27 Breloom, Lv.28 Money: 1296 Money: 1344 Bird Keeper Phil Taillow, Lv.25; Wingull, Lv.25; Swellow, Lv.25 Money: 800 Ninja Boy Yasu Ninja Boy Hideo Ninjask, Lv.27 Koffing, Lv.26 (x2) Money: 324 Money: 312 Ninja Boy Takashi Nincada, Lv.25; Ninjask, Lv.25; Koffing, Lv.25 Money: 300 Bird Keeper Hugh Swellow, Lv.27 Money: 864 You won't get to the Weather Institute for a while. You've got to go through lots of really tall grass, and fight lots of Trainers. Upon reaching the Institute, you'll see two Aqua guys blocking the way. Not much you can do except go into the building. You can use the bed as a Pokemon Center. Make your way through the few Aquas on the first floor, and the one or two on the second floor. Heal if you need to, then challenge the Admin. Smoke her, and Team Aqua leaves. Weather Institute Trainers -------------------------- Team Aqua Grunt Team Aqua Grunt Carvanha, Lv.28 Zubat, Lv.27; Poochyena, Lv.27 Money: 560 Money: 540 Team Aqua Grunt Poochyena, Lv.27; Carvanha, Lv.27 Money: 540 Team Aqua Grunt Poochyena, Lv.26; Zubat, Lv.26; Carvanha, Lv.26 Money: 520 Aqua Admin Shelly Carvanha, Lv.28; Mightyena, Lv.28 Money: 112 If you don't have an open slot in your party, you won't get Castform. Simply drop off a Pokemon and return in order to get Castform. Don't forget to remove its Mystic Water. Castform's a goofy-looking Pokemon who changes its type based on the weather. No, they're not breasts. When it's raining, Castform's type changes to Water. When it's sunny, Castform's type changes to Fire. When it's hailing, Castform's type changes to Ice. When a sandstorm is blowing, Castform's type remains Normal. Castform's signature move is Weather Ball. It's a move that changes type based on the weather. Weather Ball's type stays the same as Castform's current type, with the exception of Sandstorm. In a sandstorm, Weather Ball changes to a Rock type. Drop off Castform (unless you want to level it) in the nearby PC, heal, save, and cross the bridge.You don't get far before May stops you and challenges you. You should win easily. My pokemon: Alakazam lv.35 Machamp lv.36 Golem lv.34 Skarmory lv.35 Toarkal lv.35 Gyrados lv.34 May's pokemon: ******************************************** *Treecko | Torchic | Mudkip * < Find your Starter ******************************************** *Combusken..31|Marshtomp...31|Grovyle....31* *Shroomish..29|Shroomish...29|Numel......29* *Wailmer....29|Numel.......29|Wailmer....29* ******************************************** After defeating May, she gives you HM2, Fly. Do a jig if you want, and then continue north and east to Fortree City. *********************************** * * * Fortree City * * * *********************************** In Fortree City, almost everything is on top of a tree. Heal; buy some Ultra Balls if necessary. You can't enter the gym. Some mysterious force is blocking you. Go east out of the city into Route 120. Location: Route 120 As you enter Route 120, go all the way to the right, all the way down, and all the way to the left. You will see Steven on the bridge. You can also see the shadow of a pokemon, but there is supposedly no pokemon there. But when Steven uses the Devon Scope, BAM! You can see Kecleon! Pokemon Battle- Pokemon- Kecleon Lv. 30 If you already have a Kecleon, you don't need to worry about catching this pokemon. Kecleon is a good pokemon to have for the next gym. Anyway, after the battle, Steven will give you the Devon Scope (have you noticed something yet? Silph Co., Devon Co.. Silph Scope, Devon Scope). After Steven leaves, go back to Fortree City. Now heal if necessary and head to the gym. Use the Devon Scope on the mysterious force and Kecleon will appear. But this one runs away. Anyway, head into the gym. Location: Fortree City Gym- Bird Keeper Jared- Pokemon- Doduo Lv. 30 Picnicker Kylee- Pokemon- Swablu Lv. 30 Camper Tarell Pokemon- Taillow Lv. 29 Swellow Lv. 29 Birdkeeper Will- Pokemon- Wingull Lv. 28 Swellow Lv. 28 Pelliper Lv. 28 These can be easy with Thunderbolt. If you don't have an electric or ice pokemon, use Castform with Powder Snow or Kecleon who can learn T- bolt through the TM. The gym is made of little revolving things that are like puzzles. Leader: Winona- Pokemon- Swellow Lv. 31 Skarmory Lv. 31 Pelliper Lv. 30 Altaria Lv. 33 Best to bring both an ice and an electric pokemon in this fight. Electric pokemon have a x4 advantage over Pelliper and a x2 advantage over Swellow and Skarmory. But Altaria is part Dragon, so use an ice pokemon for a x4 advantage. This is a fairly hard gym fight even with those pokemon. Skarmory has Steel Wing, Pelliper has Protect, and Altaria has Earthquake. Once you beat this gym, Winona gives you TM40- Aerial Ace and the Feather Badge. Now leave the gym. It's time to head out to sea. Update later