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Pokemon Emerald Version FAQ/Walkthrough
Version 0.42 - January 10, 2006
by Matt Johnson - shika at mail dot com

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0. Table of Contents
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0. Table of Contents

1. Legal Info...........................................................[isuyu]

2. Things You Should Know
2a. Controls............................................................[movey]
2b. Abilities...........................................................[sppow]
2c. Contact Moves.......................................................[ctmov]
2d. Ability: Soundproof.................................................[urdef]
2e. Special Conditions..................................................[mjsts]
2f. Evil Status Effects.................................................[mnsts]
2g. Weakness List.......................................................[nowek]
2h. Nature List.........................................................[pom10]
2i. Frequently Asked Questions..........................................[dafaq]
2j. Game Options........................................................[howto]

3. Welcome to Hoenn.....................................................[wasup]
3a. Pokemon, Go!........................................................[chsds]
3b. The Adventure Begins................................................[wstnw]
3c. Oldale Town.........................................................[wtsos]
3d. May Battle 1........................................................[mf103]
3e. Leaving Home........................................................[psout]

4. The First Badge......................................................[stbaj]
4a. Petalburg City......................................................[dadeo]
4b. Into the Woods......................................................[bugsy]
4c. To Rustboro.........................................................[scysf]
4d. Rustboro City.......................................................[grfbo]
4e. Boss: Roxanne.......................................................[oleem]

5. The Second Badge.....................................................[nkbaj]
5a. Brendan the Savior..................................................[pekoh]
5b. May Battle 2........................................................[mfrbc]
5c. Mr. Briney's Compassion.............................................[87/97]
5d. Dewford Town........................................................[tinpm]
5e. Boss: Brawly........................................................[rochf]

6. The Third Badge......................................................[dybaj]
6a. Granite Cave........................................................[dltss]
6b. Life's a Beach......................................................[dnudy]
6c. Slateport City......................................................[hsbc?]
6d. Oceanic Museum......................................................[fmtgi]
6e. Route 110 (1 of 2)..................................................[tvlc1]
6f. May Battle 3........................................................[mf110]
6g. Route 110 (2 of 2)..................................................[tvlc2]
6h. Mauville City.......................................................[gfqlb]
6i. Cycling Road........................................................[vrum!]
6j. Boss: Wattson.......................................................[pitaf]

7. The Fourth Badge.....................................................[htbaj]
7a. Operation Tunnel Completion.........................................[mbltn]
7b. Verdanturf Town.....................................................[tditl]
7c. Route 111...........................................................[hm6fn]
7d. "Colorless?"........................................................[tincg]
7e. Fallarbor Town......................................................[noghe]
7f. Meteor Falls........................................................[kexdr]
7g. Maxie Battle 1......................................................[ffttg]
7h. Lavaridge Town......................................................[y?ynt]
7i. Boss: Flannery......................................................[jisth]

8. The Fifth Badge......................................................[blbaj]
8a. Mirage Tower........................................................[nsind]
8b. Whirling Heat!......................................................[so3rg]
8c. Petalburg Revisited.................................................[ttsyd]
8d. Boss: Norman........................................................[bptaf]

9. The Sixth Badge......................................................[ftbaj]
9a. The Very Taaaaaall Grass............................................[yshil]
9b. Weather Institute...................................................[ctwtw]
9c. May Battle 4........................................................[mf119]
9d. Fortree City........................................................[mgcpw]
9e. Another Invention of Devon..........................................[nwuh3]
9f. Boss: Winona........................................................[ctoam]

10. Shoifin'............................................................[brktm]
10a. Route 115..........................................................[wbhb4]
10b. Routes 105 & 106...................................................[wsptr]
10c. Routes 107-109.....................................................[ddtas]

11. The Seventh Badge...................................................[mnbaj]
11a. Lilycove City......................................................[tpifh]
11b. May Battle 5.......................................................[mflcc]
11c. Lilycove Department Store..........................................[tabpm]
11d. Mt. Pyre...........................................................[gosty]
11e. Magma Hideout......................................................[mghdt]
11f. Maxie Battle 2.....................................................[rghlm]
11g. Aqua Hideout.......................................................[fafft]
11h. Eastward...........................................................[124n5]
11i. Mossdeep City......................................................[sctof]
11j. Boss: Liza & Tate..................................................[b2tpt]

12. The Eighth Badge....................................................[rnbaj]
12a. Space Center.......................................................[mgagn]
12b. Fiery Fury! Magma Showdown.........................................[huxly]
12c. Treasure Hunting...................................................[ilfs.]
12d. Seafloor Cavern....................................................[wihlc]
12e. Watery Wrath! Aqua Showdown........................................[ttrrs]
12f. Sky Pillar.........................................................[gggrn]
12g. Pacifidlog Town....................................................[ew!bi]
12h. Protractor Path....................................................[rntig]
12i. Sootopolis City....................................................[cttap]
12j. Boss: Juan.........................................................[wkdmf]

13. The Pokemon League..................................................[t2wef]
13a. Explore Hoenn......................................................[sgdlk]
13a1. Abandoned Ship....................................................[ntssa]
13b. Ever Grande City...................................................[gplhx]
13c. Duel of Friends....................................................[syipe]
13d. Victory Road.......................................................[wiate]
13e. Elite Four - Sidney................................................[sidip]
13f. Elite Four - Phoebe................................................[fiebs]
13g. Elite Four - Glacia................................................[olbdy]
13h. Elite Four - Drake.................................................[abalr]
13i. The Champion.......................................................[ntstv]

14. Fit For a Champion..................................................[perxy]
14a. BZZT-Colored Dragons...............................................[mtrxy]
14b. S.S. Tidal.........................................................[koppl]
14c. Altering Cave......................................................[woops]

15. Special Pokemon.....................................................[wupsy]
15a. Beldum - Take Down Sucks...........................................[yiduz]
15b. Desert Underpass...................................................[dthoy]
15c. Marine Cave........................................................[korge]
15d. Terra Cave.........................................................[crunk]
15e. Sky Pillar Redux...................................................[fstbk]
15f. The Regis..........................................................[hsfww]
15g. Dances With Steel..................................................[wlvs2]

16. Battle Tent.........................................................[btltn]
16a. Slateport Battle Tent..............................................[sbtlt]
16b. Verdanturf Battle Tent.............................................[vbtlt]
16c. Fallarbor Battle Tent..............................................[fbtlt]

17. The Trick House.....................................................[wlttm]
17a. Trick 1............................................................[cutty]
17b. Trick 2............................................................[butny]
17c. Trick 3............................................................[smshy]
17d. Trick 4............................................................[musly]
17e. Trick 5............................................................[dalzy]
17f. Trick 6............................................................[dorzy]
17g. Trick 7............................................................[warpy]
17h. Trick 8............................................................[slidy]

18. Mauville Game Corner................................................[spdwl]
18a. New Mauville.......................................................[sthvn]

19. Shoal Cave..........................................................[shlbl]

20. The Battle Frontier.................................................[oatef]
20a. Battle Tower.......................................................[povwe]
20b. Battle Dome........................................................[trney]
20c. Battle Palace......................................................[ih8it]
20d. Battle Arena.......................................................[stkao]
20e. Battle Factory.....................................................[nalss]
20f. Battle Pike........................................................[lsisx]
20g. Battle Pyramid.....................................................[gipih]

21. The Safari Zone.....................................................[nohrt]
21a. Safari Zone Expansion Project......................................[zpijd]

22. Trainer Hill........................................................[tagui]

23. Pokemon Contests....................................................[dudah]
23a. PokeBlocks 101.....................................................[goshp]
23b. Commanding Round 1.................................................[z;lkd]
23c. Dominating Round 2.................................................[rtios]
23d. Contest Combos.....................................................[tjcki]
23e. Paint It!..........................................................[crwr2]
23f. Claydol, Lord of Contests..........................................[ph33r]

24. Pokemon News........................................................[ontv7]

25. Match Call..........................................................[lrody]

26. Effort Values.......................................................[trngi]

27. Mirage Island.......................................................[sikrt]

28. Record Corner.......................................................[mixit]

29. Berry Crush.........................................................[lkhgz]

30. In-Game Trades......................................................[tta43]

31. Version History.....................................................[wendi]

32. Acknowledgements....................................................[helpr]

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1. Legal Info [isuyu]
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"dmon2" and
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2. Things You Should Know
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Should Pokemon Emerald be your first Pokemon adventure, or if you just
need a
refresher, this section is dedicated to helping you get started.

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2a. Controls [movey]
============

How to enjoy your Pokemon adventure.

D-Pad - Move around. Also used to navigate menus.

A - Used to confirm a command, talk to people, scroll through text,
and
check signs and items.
B - Used to cancel a command. When the Running Shoes are obtained,
can be
held to run. If you have the Acro Bike, can be used to perform tricks.
L - If Button Mode is set as L=A, L can function as A. If Button Mode is
set as LR, can function as Left on the D-Pad when navigating menus
and
boxex.
R - Change text characters when chatting in the Union Room. If
Button Mode
is set as LR, can function as Right on the D-Pad when navigating
menus
and boxes.

Start - Out of battle, brings up the main menu.
Select - Uses registered Key Item (if one is assigned). Changes order of a
Pokemon's moves.

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2b. Abilities [sppow]
=============

Each specie of Pokemon has one (sometimes two, but only one of the two
at a
time) of 76 different Abilities (plus two you can only get through using a
cheat device, so 78 if you count that) that are designed to help it in
battle.
This is a list of each and every one of them.

o----------o------------------------------------------------------------------o
| AIR LOCK | Weather effects are cancelled. This means that
Solarbeam |
o----------o still requires a charge, Thunder can miss in rain, etc. |
| |
| Available To: Rayquaza |
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o------------o----------------------------------------------------------------o
| ARENA TRAP | Your current Pokemon cannot flee unless they are
Flying- |
o------------o type or have either the Levitate or Run Away Abilities. If |
| none are true, the only way to escape is to faint, use |
| Baton Pass, or defeat whatever it is that's Trapped you. |
| |
| Emerald only: If a Pokemon with this Ability is on your |
| team, encounter rate goes up. |
| |
| Available To: Trapinch, Diglett, Dugtrio |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o--------------o--------------------------------------------------------------o
| BATTLE ARMOR | Your foe's moves will never land a critical strike.
|
o--------------o |
| |
| Available To: Anorith, Armaldo, Kabuto, Kabutops |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-------o---------------------------------------------------------------------o
| BLAZE | When this Pokemon's HP fall below 1/3, Fire-type moves
deal |
o-------o 1.5x normal damage. |
| |
| Available To: Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken, Charmander,
Charmeleon, |
| Charizard, Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-----------o-----------------------------------------------------------------o
| CACOPHONY | Sound moves fail when used with this Pokemon in
play. See |
o-----------o the "Ability: Soundproof" section for a list of all such |
| moves. |
| |
| Available To: None. Nobody's got it, but it IS there... |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-------------o---------------------------------------------------------------o
| CHLOROPHYLL | While Sunny Day is in effect, this Pokemon's speed
will |
o-------------o rise. This does not mean "Speed goes up by 1 level" and |
| will still allow you to boost it up six times. |
| |
| Available To: Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry, Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume,
|
| Bellossom, Tropius, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel, |
| Tangela, Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff, Sunkern, Sunflora, |
| Exeggcute, Exeggutor |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o------------o----------------------------------------------------------------o
| CLEAR BODY | The Intimidate Ability and moves that lower stats,
such as |
o------------o Growl or Leer, fail when used on this Pokemon. |
| |
| Available To: Tentacool, Tentacruel, Beldum, Metang, Metagross,
Regirock, |
| Regice, Registeel |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o------------o----------------------------------------------------------------o
| CLOUD NINE | Weather effects are cancelled. This means that
Solarbeam |
o------------o still requires a charge, Thunder can miss in rain, etc. |
| |
| Available To: Psyduck, Golduck |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o--------------o--------------------------------------------------------------o
| COLOR CHANGE | Pokemon's type changes to the type of move that
directly |
o--------------o damaged it last. |
| |
| Available To: Kecleon |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o--------------o--------------------------------------------------------------o
| COMPOUNDEYES | Accuracy of this Pokemon's attacks is multiplied
by 130%. |
o--------------o |
| team, chances increase that a wild Pokemon |
| will hold an item. |
| |
| Available To: Nincada, Venonat, Venomoth, Yanma, Butterfree
|
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o------------o----------------------------------------------------------------o
| CUTE CHARM | When a contact move is done to this Pokemon, and
the foe is |
o------------o of the opposite gender, there is a 30% chance the foe will |
| be inflicted with Attract. See the "Contact Moves" section |
| for a list of all such moves. |
| |
| team, chances that wild Pokemon are the |
| opposite gender will increase. |
| |
| Available To: Skitty, Delcatty, Igglybuff, Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff, |
| Cleffa, Clefairy, Clefable |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o------o----------------------------------------------------------------------o
| DAMP | This awkward Ability forbids self-destruction. |
o------o |
| |
| Available To: Psyduck, Golduck, Wooper, Quagsire, Poliwag, Poliwhirl,
|
| Poliwrath, Politoed |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o---------o-------------------------------------------------------------------o
| DRIZZLE | Rain Dance starts when this Pokemon enters battle. This
|
o---------o lasts the entire battle, unless Sandstorm, Hail, or Day is |
| used, or a Pokemon with the Sand Stream or Drought |
| Abilities is brought into play. |
| |
| Available To: Kyogre |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o---------o-------------------------------------------------------------------o
| DROUGHT | Sunny Day starts when this Pokemon enters battle.
This |
o---------o lasts the entire battle, unless Rain Dance, Hail, or |
| Sandstorm is used, or a Pokemon with the Drizzle or Sand |
| Stream Abilities is brought into play. |
| |
| Available To: Groudon |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o------------o----------------------------------------------------------------o
| EARLY BIRD | Sleep lasts for half the duration it normally would.
|
o------------o |
| |
| Available To: Girafarig, Doduo, Dodrio, Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry, Natu,
|
| Xatu, Ledyba, Ledian, Houndour, Houndoom, Kangaskhan
|
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o--------------o--------------------------------------------------------------o
| EFFECT SPORE | When a contact move is done to this Pokemon, there
is a 10% |
o--------------o chance the foe will be inflicted with Sleep, Poison, or |
| Paralyze. See the "Contact Moves" section for a list of all |
| such moves. |
| |
| Available To: Shroomish, Breloom, Paras, Parasect |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o------------o----------------------------------------------------------------o
| FLAME BODY | When a contact move is done to this Pokemon, there
is a 30% |
o------------o chance the foe will become Burned. See the "Contact
Moves" |
| section for a list of all such moves. |
| |
| team, egg hatch steps are cut in half. |
| |
| Available To: Slugma, Magcargo, Magby, Magmar |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o------------o----------------------------------------------------------------o
| FLASH FIRE | When a Fire-type move is done to this Pokemon, Flash
Fire |
o------------o will activate, granting immunity to direct Fire-type |
| damage, as well as making all Fire damage from this Pokemon
|
| multiply by 150%. |
| |
| Available To: Vulpix, Ninetales, Growlithe, Arcanine, Houndour,
Houndoom, |
| Ponyta, Rapidash, Flareon |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o----------o------------------------------------------------------------------o
| FORECAST | Type changes depending on the weather. No weather =
Normal, |
o----------o Hail = Ice, Sunny Day = Fire, Rain Dance = Water.
Sandstorm |
| does not change this Pokemon's type. |
| |
| Available To: Castform |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o------o----------------------------------------------------------------------o
| GUTS | Attack is multiplied by 150% if this Pokemon is affected by
|
o------o a Special Condition. |
| |
| Available To: Taillow, Swellow, Makuhita, Hariyama, Machop,
Machoke, |
| Machamp, Heracross, Tyrogue, Larvitar, Rattata, Raticate, |
| Ursaring |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o------------o----------------------------------------------------------------o
| HUGE POWER | Doubles Attack in battle. If this Ability is Skill
Swapped, |
o------------o Attack is returned to normal. |
| |
| Available To: Azurill, Marill, Azumarill |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o--------o--------------------------------------------------------------------o
| HUSTLE | All damage from this Pokemon is multiplied by 150%.
|
o--------o Accuracy for this Pokemon's moves is multiplied by 80%.
|
| |
| team, higher-level wild Pokemon become more |
| common. |
| |
| Available To: Corsola, Delibird, Togepi, Togetic, Remoraid |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o--------------o--------------------------------------------------------------o
| HYPER CUTTER | This Pokemon's Attack can not be lowered. If Haze
is used, |
o--------------o Attack will still be set at +0. |
| |
| Available To: Mawile, Trapinch, Pinsir, Corphish, Crawdaunt, Gligar,
|
| Krabby, Kingler |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o------------o----------------------------------------------------------------o
| ILLUMINATE | If this Pokemon leads your party, encounter rate goes
up. |
o------------o |
| |
| Available To: Chinchou, Lanturn, Volbeat, Staryu, Starmie |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o----------o------------------------------------------------------------------o
| IMMUNITY | This Pokemon cannot be Poisoned by any means.
|
o----------o |
| |
| Available To: Zangoose, Snorlax |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-------------o---------------------------------------------------------------o
| INNER FOCUS | This Pokemon cannot flinch by any means, even by
Fake Out. |
o-------------o |
| |
| Available To: Girafarig, Snorunt, Glalie, Zubat, Golbat, Crobat, Abra,
|
| Kadabra, Alakazam, Dragonite, Farfetch'd, Sneasel |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o----------o------------------------------------------------------------------o
| INSOMNIA | This Pokemon cannot fall asleep by any means, even by
Rest. |
o----------o |
| |
| Available To: Shuppet, Banette, Murkrow, Spinarak, Ariados, Drowzee,
|
| Hypno, Hoothoot, Noctowl |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o------------o----------------------------------------------------------------o
| INTIMIDATE | Any foes that are on the field when this Pokemon is
first |
o------------o brought into battle will have their Attack dropped by 1 |
| level. Pokemon with the Hyper Cutter, White Smoke, or Clear
|
| Body Abilities are immune to this effect. |
| |
| team, lower-level wild Pokemon become scarce. |
| |
| Available To: Mightyena, Gyarados, Mawile, Salamence, Masquerain,
|
| Hitmontop, Arcanine, Ekans, Arbok, Stantler, Tauros, |
| Snubbull, Granbull |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o----------o------------------------------------------------------------------o
| KEEN EYE | Accuracy of this Pokemon cannot be lowered. |
o----------o |
| team, lower-level wild Pokemon become scarce. |
| |
| Available To: Skarmory, Wingull, Pelipper, Sableye, Hoothoot,
Noctowl, |
| Sneasel, Hitmonchan, Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot, Spearow, |
| Fearow, Farfetch'd, Sentret, Furret |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o----------o------------------------------------------------------------------o
| LEVITATE | Damage-dealing Ground moves fail when used on this
Pokemon. |
o----------o |
| |
| Available To: Solrock, Lunatone, Baltoy, Claydol, Vibrava, Flygon, |
| Koffing, Weezing, Chimecho, Latias, Latios, Duskull, |
| Unown, Misdreavus, Gastly, Haunter, Gengar |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o--------------o--------------------------------------------------------------o
| LIGHTNINGROD | In a 2-on-2 battle, all Electric attacks done to your
team |
o--------------o will target this Pokemon, regardless of whether or not it
|
| was the original target. |
| |
| team, you will receive calls more often. |
| |
| Available To: Electrike, Manectric, Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Cubone,
Marowak |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o--------o--------------------------------------------------------------------o
| LIMBER | This Pokemon cannot become Paralyzed by any means.
|
o--------o |
| |
| Available To: Persian, Hitmonlee, Ditto |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-------------o---------------------------------------------------------------o
| LIQUID OOZE | When HP are absorbed (moves like Mega Drain, etc.),
the foe |
o-------------o loses HP equal to the amount that would have been
gained. |
| |
| Available To: Tentacool, Tentacruel, Gulpin, Swalot |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-------------o---------------------------------------------------------------o
| MAGMA ARMOR | This Pokemon cannot be Frozen by any means.
|
o-------------o |
| team, egg hatch steps are cut in half. |
| |
| Available To: Slugma, Magcargo, Camerupt |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-------------o---------------------------------------------------------------o
| MAGNET PULL | If their Pokemon is Steel-type, it can not escape
battle. |
o-------------o |
| team, Steel-type wild Pokemon appear more. |
| |
| Available To: Magnemite, Magneton, Nosepass |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o--------------o--------------------------------------------------------------o
| MARVEL SCALE | Defense is multiplied by 150% if this Pokemon is
affected |
o--------------o by a Special Condition. |
| |
| Available To: Milotic |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-------o---------------------------------------------------------------------o
| MINUS | If a Pokemon with the Plus Ability is this Pokemon's |
o-------o partner in 2-on-2, this Pokemon's Special Attack is |
| multiplied by 150%. |
| |
| Available To: Minun |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o--------------o--------------------------------------------------------------o
| NATURAL CURE | Upon being recalled, all Special Conditions are
healed. |
o--------------o |
| |
| Available To: Roselia, Swablu, Altaria, Corsola, Staryu, Starmie, Celebi,
|
| Chansey, Blissey |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-----------o-----------------------------------------------------------------o
| OBLIVIOUS | This Pokemon cannot be Attracted by any means.
|
o-----------o |
| |
| Available To: Wailmer, Wailord, Illumise, Numel, Barboach, Whiscash,
|
| Lickitung, Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking, Smoochum, Jynx, |
| Swinub, Piloswine |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o----------o------------------------------------------------------------------o
| OVERGROW | When this Pokemon's HP fall below 1/3, Grass-type
moves |
o----------o deal 1.5x normal damage. |
| |
| Available To: Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile, Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur,
|
| Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-----------o-----------------------------------------------------------------o
| OWN TEMPO | This Pokemon cannot become Confused by any
means. |
o-----------o |
| |
| Available To: Spoink, Grumpig, Spinda, Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking,
|
| Lickitung, Smeargle |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o--------o--------------------------------------------------------------------o
| PICKUP | May pick up an item after a battle. |
o--------o |
| |
| Available To: Zigzagoon, Linoone, Phanpy, Meowth, Aipom, Teddiursa
|
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o------o----------------------------------------------------------------------o
| PLUS | If a Pokemon with the Minus Ability is this Pokemon's |
o------o partner in 2-on-2, this Pokemon's Special Attack is |
| multiplied by 150%. |
| |
| Available To: Plusle |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o--------------o--------------------------------------------------------------o
| POISON POINT | When a contact move is done to this Pokemon, there
is a 30% |
o--------------o chance the foe will become Poisoned. Poison-types and
|
| Pokemon with the Immunity Ability are immune to this |
| effect. See the "Contact Moves" section for a list of all |
| such moves. |
| |
| Available To: Roselia, Seadra, Qwilfish, Nidoran(F), Nidoran(M), |
| Nidorina, Nidorino, Nidoqueen, Nidoking |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o----------o------------------------------------------------------------------o
| PRESSURE | When a move is used on this Pokemon, an extra PP is
used. |
o----------o |
| team, encounter rate goes up. |
| |
| Available To: Absol, Deoxys, Dusclops, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres,
Mewtwo, |
| Lugia, Ho-oh, Raikou, Entei, Suicune, Aerodactyl |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o------------o----------------------------------------------------------------o
| PURE POWER | Doubles Attack in battle. If this Ability is Skill
Swapped, |
o------------o Attack power is returned to normal. |
| |
| Available To: Meditite, Medicham |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-----------o-----------------------------------------------------------------o
| RAIN DISH | This Pokemon recovers 1/16 its max HP between turns
as long |
o-----------o as rain continues to fall. |
| |
| Available To: Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-----------o-----------------------------------------------------------------o
| ROCK HEAD | This Pokemon takes no recoil damage. |
o-----------o |
| |
| Available To: Aron, Lairon, Aggron, Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Geodude,
Graveler, |
| Golem, Bagon, Shelgon, Relicanth, Cubone, Marowak, Onix,
|
| Steelix, Sudowoodo, Aerodactyl |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o------------o----------------------------------------------------------------o
| ROUGH SKIN | When a contact move is done to this Pokemon, the
foe will |
o------------o be damaged by 1/16 their max HP. See the "Contact Moves"
|
| |
| Available To: Carvanha, Sharpedo |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o----------o------------------------------------------------------------------o
| RUN AWAY | This Pokemon will always be able to flee or switch out,
|
o----------o even if the foe has used Mean Look or has otherwise
trapped |
| it. |
| |

| Available To: Poochyena, Doduo, Dodrio, Aipom, Dunsparce, Ponyta,
|
| Rapidash, Rattata, Raticate, Sentret, Furret, Snubbull, |
| Eevee |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-------------o---------------------------------------------------------------o
| SAND STREAM | Sandstorm starts when this Pokemon enters battle.
This |
o-------------o lasts the entire battle, unless Rain Dance or Sunny Day is
|
| used, or a Pokemon with the Drizzle or Drought Abilities is |
| brought into play. |
| |
| Available To: Tyranitar |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-----------o-----------------------------------------------------------------o
| SAND VEIL | While Sandstorm is in effect, this Pokemon's evasion
will |
o-----------o rise. This does not mean "Evasion goes up by 1 level" and |
| will still allow you to boost it up six times. Pokemon with |
| this Ability are protected from Sandstorm damage. |
| |
| team, encounter rate goes down in sandstorm. |
| |
| Available To: Sandshrew, Sandslash, Cacnea, Cacturne, Gligar, Diglett,
|
| Dugtrio |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o--------------o--------------------------------------------------------------o
| SERENE GRACE | Effect percentages double. |
o--------------o |
| |
| Available To: Jirachi, Chansey, Blissey, Togepi, Togetic, Dunsparce |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o------------o----------------------------------------------------------------o
| SHADOW TAG | Foe's switching and fleeing is prevented. |
o------------o |
| |
| Available To: Wynaut, Wobbuffet |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-----------o-----------------------------------------------------------------o
| SHED SKIN | Between turns, if this Pokemon is affected by a Special
|
o-----------o Condition, there is a 1-in-3 chance that it will be healed. |
| |
| Available To: Silcoon, Cascoon, Seviper, Ekans, Arbok, Metapod,
Kakuna, |
| Dratini, Dragonair, Pupitar |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-------------o---------------------------------------------------------------o
| SHELL ARMOR | Your foe's moves will never land a critical strike.
|
o-------------o |
| |
| Available To: Shellder, Cloyster, Corphish, Crawdaunt, Omanyte,
Omastar, |
| Krabby, Kingler, Lapras, Clamperl |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-------------o---------------------------------------------------------------o
| SHIELD DUST | Effect percentages are reduced to zero. |
o-------------o |
| |
| Available To: Wurmple, Dustox, Weedle, Caterpie, Venomoth
|
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o------------o----------------------------------------------------------------o
| SOUNDPROOF | Sound moves fail when used with this Pokemon in
play. See |
o------------o the "Ability: Soundproof" section for a list of all such |
| moves. |
| |
| Available To: Mr. Mime, Whismur, Loudred, Exploud, Voltorb,
Electrode |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-------------o---------------------------------------------------------------o
| SPEED BOOST | Speed goes up by 1 level between turns. |
o-------------o |
| |
| Available To: Ninjask, Yanma |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o--------o--------------------------------------------------------------------o
| STATIC | When a contact move is done to this Pokemon, there is a
30% |
o--------o chance the foe will become Paralyzed. Those with the
Limber |
| Ability are immune to this effect. See the "Contact Moves" |
| |
| Available To: Electrike, Manectric, Voltorb, Electrode, Pichu, Pikachu,
|
| Raichu, Elekid, Electabuzz, Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o--------o--------------------------------------------------------------------o
| STENCH | If this Pokemon leads your party, encounter rate goes
down. |
o--------o |
| |
| Available To: Grimer, Muk |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-------------o---------------------------------------------------------------o
| STICKY HOLD | Held item cannot be stolen. |
o-------------o |
| team, fishing for Pokemon becomes easier. |
| |
| Available To: Grimer, Muk, Gulpin, Swalot |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o--------o--------------------------------------------------------------------o
| STURDY | One-hit KO moves fail when used against this Pokemon.
|
o--------o |
| |
| Available To: Aron, Lairon, Aggron, Skarmory, Donphan, Nosepass.
|
| Magnemite, Magneton, Onix, Steelix, Pineco, Forretress, |
| Shuckle, Geodude, Graveler, Golem |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o--------------o--------------------------------------------------------------o
| SUCTION CUPS | Forced switching (Roar/Whirlwind) is prevented.
|
o--------------o |
| team, fishing for Pokemon becomes easier. |
| |
| Available To: Lileep, Cradily, Octillery |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-------o---------------------------------------------------------------------o
| SWARM | When your HP fall below 1/3, Bug-type moves deal 1.5x
|
o-------o normal damage. |
| |
| team, you'll hear Pokemon's cries in the |
| wild more often. |
| |
| Available To: Volbeat, Heracross, Beautifly, Ledyba, Ledian, Scyther,
|
| Scizor, Spinarak, Ariados, Beedrill |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o------------o----------------------------------------------------------------o
| SWIFT SWIM | While Rain Dance is in effect, your Pokemon's speed
will |
o------------o rise. This does not mean "Speed goes up by 1 level" and |
| will still allow you to boost it up six times. |
| |
| Available To: Magikarp, Luvdisc, Feebas, Horsea, Kingdra, Lotad,
Lombre, |
| Ludicolo, Surskit, Clamperl, Huntail, Gorebyss, Relicanth, |
| Goldeen, Seaking, Omanyte, Omastar, Qwilfish, Mantine, |
| Kabuto, Kabutops |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-------------o---------------------------------------------------------------o
| SYNCHRONIZE | When this Pokemon becomes poisoned, burned, or
paralyzed, |
o-------------o that Special Condition is mirrored on the foe. Poison-
types |
| cannot be poisoned, and Fire-types cannot be burned. |
| |
| team, chances that wild Pokemon will have the |
| same nature as this Pokemon are increased. |
| |
| Available To: Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir, Natu, Xatu, Abra, Kadabra, |
| Alakazam, Mew, Espeon, Umbreon |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-----------o-----------------------------------------------------------------o
| THICK FAT | Fire- and Ice-type moves deal half their normal damage
when |
o-----------o used on this Pokemon. |
| |
| Available To: Azurill, Marill, Azumarill, Makuhita, Hariyama, Spheal,
|
| Sealeo, Walrein, Spoink, Grumpig, Snorlax, Miltank, Seel, |
| Dewgong |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o---------o-------------------------------------------------------------------o
| TORRENT | When your HP fall below 1/3, Water-type moves deal
1.5x |
o---------o normal damage. |
| |
| Available To: Mudkip, Marshtomp, Swampert, Squirtle, Wartortle,
|
| Blastoise, Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-------o---------------------------------------------------------------------o
| TRACE | Copy the foe's Ability until this Pokemon is recalled. |
o-------o |
| |
| Available To: Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir, Porygon, Porygon2 |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o--------o--------------------------------------------------------------------o
| TRUANT | This Pokemon cannot attack twice in a row. |
o--------o |
| |
| Available To: Slakoth, Slaking |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o--------------o--------------------------------------------------------------o
| VITAL SPIRIT | This Pokemon cannot fall asleep by any means, even by
Rest. |
o--------------o |
| team, higher-level wild Pokemon become more |
| common. |
| |
| Available To: Vigoroth, Mankey, Primeape, Delibird |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-------------o---------------------------------------------------------------o
| VOLT ABSORB | Whenever an Electric-type move strikes this
Pokemon, it is |
o-------------o healed by up to 1/4 its maximum HP instead of losing HP.
|
| |
| Available To: Chinchou, Lanturn, Jolteon |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o--------------o--------------------------------------------------------------o
| WATER ABSORB | Whenever a Water-type move strikes this Pokemon,
it will be |
o--------------o healed by up to 1/4 its maximum HP instead of losing HP.
|
| |
| Available To: Vaporeon, Wooper, Quagsire, Poliwag, Poliwhirl,
Poliwrath, |
| Politoed, Lapras, Mantine |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o------------o----------------------------------------------------------------o
| WATER VEIL | This Pokemon cannot be Burned by any means.
|
o------------o |
| |
| Available To: Wailmer, Wailord, Goldeen, Seaking |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o-------------o---------------------------------------------------------------o
| WHITE SMOKE | The Intimidate Ability and moves that lower stats,
such as |
o-------------o Growl or Leer, fail when used on this Pokemon. |
| |
| team, encounter rate goes down. |
| |
| Available To: Torkoal |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o--------------o--------------------------------------------------------------o
| WONDER GUARD | This Pokemon can only be directly damaged by
weaknesses. |
o--------------o |
| |
| Available To: Shedinja |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

o---------o-------------------------------------------------------------------o
| ------- | No special ability. |
o---------o |
| |
| Available To: None. Nobody's got it, but it IS there... |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

=================
2c. Contact Moves [ctmov]
=================

These moves are classified as contact moves; that is, certain things may
happen
due to your Pokemon coming in contact with the foe, or touching them
in some
way.

The following Abilities are affected by contact moves:

o------------o--------------o------------o--------------o------------o--------o
| Cute Charm | Effect Spore | Flame Body | Poison Point | Rough Skin |
Static |
o------------o--------------o------------o--------------o------------o--------o

CONTACT MOVE LIST
-----------------

o--------------------------------------------------------------------------o
| Aerial Ace Drill Peck Leaf Blade Rollout |
| Ancientpower Dynamicpunch Leech Life Scratch |
| Arm Thrust Endeavor Lick Seismic Toss |
| Astonish Extremespeed Low Kick Shadow Punch |
| Bide Facade Mach Punch Skull Bash |
| Bind False Swipe Mega Kick Sky Uppercut |
| Bite Fire Punch Mega Punch Slam |
| Blaze Kick Flail Megahorn Slash |
| Body Slam Fly Metal Claw Smellingsalt |
| Bounce Focus Punch Meteor Mash Spark |
| Clamp Frustration Needle Arm Steel Wing |
| Constrict Fury Attack Outrage Stomp |
| Counter Fury Cutter Overheat Strength |
| Crabhammer Fury Swipes Peck Submission |
| Cross Chop Future Sight Petal Dance Superpower |
| Crunch Guillotine Poison Fang Tackle |
| Crush Claw Headbutt Poison Tail Take Down |
| Cut Hi Jump Kick Pound Thief |
| Dig Horn Attack Pursuit Thrash |
| Dive Horn Drill Quick Attack Thunderpunch |
| Dizzy Punch Ice Ball Rage Tickle |
| Double Kick Ice Punch Rapid Spin Vicegrip |
| Double-Edge Iron Tail Return Vital Throw |
| Doubleslap Jump Kick Revenge Waterfall |
| Dragon Claw Karate Chop Reversal Wing Attack |
| Drill Peck Knock Off Rock Smash Wrap |
o--------------------------------------------------------------------------o

=======================
2d. Ability: Soundproof [urdef]
=======================

o------------------------------------------------o Grasswhistle
| The Soundproof Ability negates all moves that | Growl
| are based on sound. It's helpful to know which | Heal Bell
| moves fall into this category, so I've taken | Howl
| the liberty of composing this list of moves. | Hyper Voice
| Each attack listed to the right is sound-based | Metal Sound
| and will fail if used on a Pokemon that sports | Perish Song
| the Soundproof Ability. Although no Pokemon so | Roar
| far can naturally have the Cacophony Ability, | Screech
| it works just like Soundproof. If none of the | Sing
| blocked moves are different, why did they | Snore
| exclude it? Will it be in Diamond and Pearl? | Supersonic
o------------------------------------------------o Uproar

======================
2e. Special Conditions [mjsts]
======================

Taken from the Pokemon TCG, I use the term "Special Condition" to
refer to
major status effects. These can only be inflicted one at a time.

BRN - Burn. Attack stat is cut in half. Damaged by 1/8 max HP between
turns. Go
to a Pokemon Center or use a Rawst Berry, Lum Berry, Burn Heal, Full
Heal, or Full Restore to cure this condition.

FNT - Faint. Cannot be used in battle. Go to a Pokemon Center or use a
Revive,
Rare Candy (at Lv.99 or lower), Revival Herb, or Max Revive to cure
this
condition.*

FRZ - Freeze. Cannot attack. If Flamethrower or Fire Blast is used on the
Frozen Pokemon, said Pokemon will defrost. Also, if said Pokemon
uses
Flame Wheel or Sacred Fire, user will also defrost. May defrost after a
random number of turns. Go to a Pokemon Center or use an Aspear
Berry,
Lum Berry, Ice Heal, Full Heal, or Full Restore to cure this condition.

PAR - Paralyze. Speed is cut by 75%, 20% chance per turn of being
immobilized.
Have the move Smellingsalt used on you, go to a Pokemon Center, or
use a
Cheri Berry, Lum Berry, Parlyz Heal, Full Heal, or Full Restore to cure
this condition.

PSN - Poison. HP will drop by 1/16 between turns. The exception to this is
if
the PSN status is inflicted by the use of Toxic or Poison Fang, in
which
case poison damage begins at 1/16 max HP and increases between
turns.
Outside of battle, each Pokemon inflicted with the PSN status will
lose 1
HP for every four steps taken by the Trainer, regardless of how the
status was inflicted. Go to a Pokemon Center, or use a Pecha Berry,
Lum
Berry, Full Heal, Full Restore, or an Antidote to cure this condition.

SLP - Sleep. Cannot attack unless Sleep Talk or Snore is used. Will wear
off in
battle after a random amount of turns. If the SLP status is inflicted by
use of Rest, it will wear off in two turns (one if the Pokemon has the
Early Bird Ability). Go to a Pokemon Center, or use a Blue Flute,
Chesto
Berry, Lum Berry, Full Heal, Poke Flute, Full Restore, or an
Awakening to
cure this condition.

* - While FNT can be considered a Special Condition, when I tell you to
inflict
a Special Condition (like for catching legendaries), I do not mean to
inflict
the FNT status, even though a few moves do just that (Horn Drill, for
example).

=======================
2f. Evil Status Effects [mnsts]
=======================

These status effects are evil because there's no limit to how many you can
put
on a Pokemon. To cure the evil status effects, simply switch out... if you
can.
They have no abbreviations, but the list goes like this:

1. Attract. The foe of the opposite gender falls in love with the user. As a
result, they have a 50% chance of not attacking. Don't want to
hurt the ones you love, right? Use the move Attract to obtain
this effect. Wears off when the user of Attract is recalled. Can
also be cured by use of Mental Herb or Red Flute.

2. Confuse. The foe becomes more confused than a hungry baby at a
topless
club, which means there's a 50% that the foe will hurt itself.
Use Swagger, Flatter, Confuse Ray, Supersonic, Confusion,
Psybeam, or Water Pulse to inflict this effect. Will wear off
after a random amount of turns. You may also use a Yellow
Flute,
Persim Berry, Lum Berry, Full Heal, or Full Restore to cure this
condition. Note that you can also confuse yourself by using
Petal Dance, Outrage, or Thrash.

3. Curse. The foe is afflicted by a vicious curse that takes 1/4 of a
foe's max HP between turns at a one-time cost of 50% the user's
max HP. Have a Ghost-type use the move Curse to obtain this
effect.

4. Disable. The foe's last successfully performed move is disabled,
preventing its use for a random number of turns. Use the move
Disable to obtain this effect. Only one move can be Disabled per
Pokemon at any given time.

5. Encore. The last move the foe used will be repeated over 2-6 turns.
Use
the move Encore to obtain this effect.

6. Flinch. This effect can only be seen if the Pokemon trying to obtain
this effect is faster than its foe. The foe will retract in fear
for one turn, preventing them from attacking. Equip a Pokemon
with a King's Rock item or use Astonish, Bite, Extrasensory,
Fake Out (your Pokemon's first turn only), Headbutt, Hyper
Fang,
Needle Arm, Rock Slide, Sky Attack, Secret Power inside a cave,
Snore, Stomp, or Twister to obtain this effect.

7. Imprison. The foe can no longer use moves the user knows. Use
Imprison to
obtain this effect.

8. Haunted. Sleeping Pokemon are tormented by a frightening
nightmare that
will take 1/4 their max HP away between turns as long as they
sleep. Use Nightmare on a Pokemon inflicted with SLP to obtain
this effect.

9. Seeded. Seeds are planted on the foe's body, sucking their life away
at
a rate of 1/16 the foe's max HP between turns. Note that Grass-
types cannot be seeded. Use Leech Seed to obtain this effect.

10. Taunted. The foe becomes enraged, and in their blind fury can only
use
moves that cause direct damage for two turns. Use Taunt to
obtain this effect.

11. Tormented. The Pokemon cannot use the same move twice in a row.
Use the
move Torment to obtain this effect.

12. Trapped. The Pokemon cannot escape battle. Most will wear off
between
3-5 turns after use. Have either the Arena Trap* or Shadow Tag
Ability, be a Metal-type against a Pokemon with the Magnet Pull
Ability, or use Bind, Fire Spin, Ingrain, Mean Look, Sand Tomb,
Spider Web, Whirlpool, or Wrap to obtain this effect.

* Flying-types, as well as those with the Levitate and Run Away
Abilities, are not affected by Arena Trap.

=================
2g. Weakness List [nowek]
=================

o----------o------------o-------------o------------o
| TYPE | WEAKNESSES | RESISTANCES | IMMUNITIES |
o----------o------------o-------------o------------o

o----------o------------o-------------o------------o
| NORMAL | FIGHTING | | GHOST |
o----------o------------o-------------o------------o
| FIGHTING | PSYCHIC | ROCK | |
| | FLYING | DARK | |
o----------o------------o-------------o------------o
| | GHOST | PSYCHIC | |
| PSYCHIC | BUG | FIGHTING | |
| | DARK | | |
o----------o------------o-------------o------------o
| | ELECTRIC | FIGHTING | |
| FLYING | ROCK | BUG | GROUND |
| | ICE | GRASS | |
o----------o------------o-------------o------------o
| GHOST | GHOST | BUG | NORMAL |
| | DARK | POISON | FIGHTING |
o----------o------------o-------------o------------o
| | FIRE | FIGHTING | |
| BUG | FLYING | GROUND | |
| | ROCK | GRASS | |
o----------o------------o-------------o------------o
| DARK | FIGHTING | GHOST | PSYCHIC |
| | BUG | DARK | |
o----------o------------o-------------o------------o
| | | FLYING | |
| ELECTRIC | GROUND | ELECTRIC | |
| | | STEEL | |
o----------o------------o-------------o------------o
| | GROUND | | |
| | WATER | NORMAL | |
| ROCK | STEEL | FLYING | |
| | GRASS | FIRE | |
| | FIGHTING | | |
o----------o------------o-------------o------------o
| | FIRE | | |
| ICE | ROCK | ICE | |
| | STEEL | | |
| | FIGHTING | | |
o----------o------------o-------------o------------o
| | | FIRE | |
| | ROCK | ICE | |
| FIRE | WATER | STEEL | + |
| | GROUND | BUG | |
| | | GRASS | |
o----------o------------o-------------o------------o
| | WATER | ROCK | |
| GROUND | GRASS | POISON | ELECTRIC |
| | ICE | | |
o----------o------------o-------------o------------o
| | | FIRE | |
| WATER | ELECTRIC | ICE | |
| | GRASS | STEEL | |
| | | WATER | |
o----------o------------o-------------o------------o
| | | GHOST | | Key
| | | DARK | | ---
| | | FIGHTING | | * Can't be Poisoned.
| | | PSYCHIC | | + Can't be Burned.
| | | FLYING | |
| | FIRE | BUG | |
| STEEL | FIGHTING | ROCK | POISON |
| | GROUND | ICE | |
| | | DRAGON | |
| | | NORMAL | |
| | | STEEL | |
| | | GRASS | |
o----------o------------o-------------o------------o
| | FIRE | WATER | |
| | BUG | GRASS | |
| GRASS | FLYING | GROUND | |
| | POISON | ELECTRIC | |
| | ICE | | |
o----------o------------o-------------o------------o
| POISON | PSYCHIC | FIGHTING | * |
| | GROUND | BUG | |
o----------o------------o-------------o------------o
| | | FIRE | |
| | ICE | ELECTRIC | |
| DRAGON | DRAGON | WATER | |
| | | GRASS | |
o----------o------------o-------------o------------o

===============
2h. Nature List [pom10]
===============

Hardy: (no change) Bold: +DEF, -ATK Timid: +SPD, -ATK
Lonely: +ATK, -DEF Docile: (no change) Hasty: +SPD, -DEF
Brave: +ATK, -SPD Relaxed: +DEF, -SPD Serious: (no change)
Adamant: +ATK, -SP.ATK Impish: +DEF, -SP.ATK Jolly: +SPD, -
SP.ATK
Naughty: +ATK, -SP.DEF Lax: +DEF, -SP.DEF Naive: +SPD, -
SP.DEF

Modest: +SP.ATK, -ATK Calm: +SP.DEF, -ATK
Mild: +SP.ATK, -DEF Gentle: +SP.DEF, -DEF
Quiet: +SP.ATK, -SPD Sassy: +SP.DEF, -SPD
Bashful: (no change) Careful: +SP.DEF, -SP.ATK
Rash: +SP.ATK, -SP.DEF Quirky: (no change)

==============================
2i. Frequently Asked Questions [dafaq]
==============================

Question: WHICH ONE IS THE BEST STARTER?

Answer: Torchic was very popular in Ruby & Sapphire because of its
ability to
sweep the entire Elite Four. Well, the Elite Four's been changed
around a little in Emerald, and so where Torchic shined most, she
now
fails at life. To that extent, Treecko would serve better. It fares
pretty well against the Elite Four, but if you don't choose Treecko,
that means you're stuck with Torkoal (ew), Magcargo (double ew),
and
Ninetales for Fire-types... unless you've got Colosseum.

Question: WHAT DOES POKEMON COLOSSEUM HAVE TO DO WITH
ANYTHING?

Answer: Colosseum has no trading restrictions. Once a Colosseum file
has
cleared Story Mode, that file can trade with Emerald. Under normal
circumstances, Emerald could only trade with Ruby, Sapphire, and
Emerald until the Emerald player entered the Hall of Fame and
received the National Pokedex. Let's say you have a Furret in
LeafGreen you want to raise in Emerald. You have no Badges in
Emerald, so you can't trade directly between Emerald and
LeafGreen.
But wait! If you trade Furret into Colosseum from LeafGreen, you
will
be able to put it into Emerald, as long as it comes directly from
Colosseum!

How cool is that?

Question: HOW DO I GET JIRACHI AND DEOXYS?

Answer: You can get Jirachi by using the bonus disc that came with the
English version of Pokemon Colosseum. To get Deoxys, you'll have
to
trade it from FireRed or LeafGreen.

Question: HOW DO I GET TO SOUTHERN ISLAND?

Answer: Did you ever do it for your copy of Ruby & Sapphire? The same
thing
applies for Emerald, but what I said was totally off. Apparently, all
you have to do is mix records with a Ruby or Sapphire cartridge
that
has the Eon Ticket in it, and it should appear in your game. Take
this ticket to Slateport City's Harbor and talk to the lady in front
of the ferry. She'll introduce you to a sailor who will tell you a
little about nothing, and then take you there. Upon arriving, you'll
notice that the outside is just trees, except for one sign that
reads:

"Those whose memories fade seek to carve them in their hearts..."

Anyway, the real reason you're here is what's inside. Walk inside,
and you'll encounter a weird object. What is it? Some say it's an
egg, others say it's a stone. Nobody really knows for sure. Save
before examining the stone. Once you do, Latios or Latias will
appear. The one that appears depends on the color you told your
mother. The color you didn't choose determines what dragon is
here.
If you told your mom a red thing was flying around, Latios will be
here. A blue thing flying around means Latias. Each of them are
Lv.50, and he/she carries the Soul Dew item, which increases
his/her
Special Attack and Special Defense. This is the ONLY opportunity
you
have to catch the other one because you can only examine the
stone
once, so just reset if you kill him/her.

Question: HOW DO I GET MEW?

Answer: Mew is found on "World's Edge Island," and you need some
sort of Old
Sea Chart item to get there. I know nothing of this place, don't ask
me about it.

Question: CAN YOU RATE MY TEAM?

Answer: I don't rate teams, sorry.

Question: PLEASE SUPPLY ME WITH CODES FOR THIS GAME.

Answer: No. I'd ask you not to e-mail me asking for codes, but I'm sure
some
yutz is going to anyway, so I will.

**** DO NOT E-MAIL ME ASKING FOR CODES, I WILL NOT
GIVE YOU ANY. ****

Question: WHAT IS ITEM FARMING?

Answer: Item farming is quite simple. All you need to do is carry five or
six
Pokemon on your team that have the Pickup Ability, then do some
fights. The idea is that with so many Pokemon who have Pickup,
one or
more of them will have an item when the battle ends. These items
can
then be dequipped and sold for quick, easy cash.

In Ruby & Sapphire, this was easy. Nuggets were a fairly common
item
to be found on Zigzagoon (earliest Pokemon with Pickup).

They changed it in Emerald, though. Normally, one would walk
around
with a few Lv.3 Zigzagoon and start raking in the items. Now, if you
want the good items, you're going to have to start raising those
Pokemon that can Pickup. And I mean a lot. I had a Lv.49
Teddiursa
that started bringing me Rare Candies, but then started to get lame
by bringing home X Attack and Repel. Ew. The best items are, of
course, brought by Lv.91-100 Pokemon. Have fun.

Question: WHAT POKEMON HAVE THE PICKUP ABILITY?

Answer: Zigzagoon, Linoone, Phanpy, Meowth, Aipom, and Teddiursa.

Question: IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS GOOD, WHERE IS FEEBAS?

Answer: Ok, good news/bad news time. The good news: It's only on one
route,
which makes it easier to find. The bad news? It's on Route 119. Have
you ever actually taken the time to walk through it? It takes quite a
while, and there's lots of water to search. You'll have to search
each and every square of water if you want to find Feebas. When
you
fish, you may want to fish around 4 or 5 times in each square before
moving on. Magikarp and Feebas CAN and WILL appear on the
same tile,
along with Tentacool and Carvanha. I would estimate that the
chances
of finding a Feebas are 40-60%, assuming the given square actually
supplies a Feebas.

Question: HOORAY, FEEBAS I HAVE. WHAT PURPOSE DOES IT
SERVE?

Answer: Feebas is like Magikarp that it evolves from a sucky creature
into a
powerful one. Feebas, unlike Magikarp, can actually learn
techniques.
This is mainly because Feebas is a lot harder to evolve. Use the
31-35 berries (whichever makes Dry and something else) and make
PokeBlocks like whoa. Feebas requires 170 Beauty points to evolve.
You can't tell by yourself, but the Dry+ berry is best. Only three or
four should be needed. Once you think Feebas has 170 Beauty, level
it
up. If it doesn't evolve, you still need to feed it more. If it won't
eat, you screwed up somewhere, and you need to start over with a
brand new Feebas. I suggest breeding.

Milotic, Feebas' evolution, is pretty solid as a Water-type. It
learns Mirror Coat and Recover, which is always nice. It also has a
respectable Special Defense stat, which means it can survive a
couple
weakness hits.

Question: WHERE IS THE NAME RATER?

Answer: Slateport City, in the building to the left of the Pokemon
Center.

Question: WHERE IS THE MOVE DELETER?

Answer: Lilycove City, in the house to the right of the Department
Store.

Question: WHERE IS THE MOVE TUTOR, THE ONE THAT KNOWS
EVERYTHING?

Answer: Fallarbor Town, west of the Battle Tent.

Question: I NEED THE _____ ROD, WHERE IS IT?

Answer: Old Rod - Dewford Town.
Good Rod - Fisherman east of Mauville, just after the water.
Super Rod - Mossdeep City.

Question: WHERE CAN I GET A BAGON?

Answer: Bagon is in Meteor Falls. You need Waterfall to reach her, and
she
only appears in the spot where you get TM02, Dragon Claw.

Question: I NEED THE DIG TM! WHERE CAN I GET ONE?

Answer: Nowhere. There's only one Dig TM in the entire game. Now
hold on a
second. Don't hang yourself just yet. There IS hope, if you've got
patience. There are only two Pokemon in Emerald that can
naturally
learn Dig: Trapinch and Nincada. They learn Dig at Levels 41 and
45,
respectively. Don't e-mail asking me if I possibly missed one, those
two are it as far as Hoenn is concerned. However, those with FRLG
can
catch a Diglett in Diglett's Cave. They already know Dig.

Question: HOW DO I GET AZURILL?

Answer: Breed two Marill. Make the male hold the Sea Incense, found in
Mt.
Pyre. You need to ascend the tower from the inside, then drop
through
the bottom hole to get them.

Question: HOW DO I GET WYNAUT?

Answer: There are two ways. One is to hatch the egg the old woman in
Lavaridge gives you. The other is to breed two Wobbuffet, and have
the male hold the Lax Incense, also found in Mt. Pyre. See
instructions on the Sea Incense to get the Lax Incense...it's on the
floor above it.

Question: I WANT ANOTHER MASTER BALL. HOW DO I GO ABOUT
GETTING ONE?

Answer: Win the lottery. No, seriously. Once each day, you can go to the
ground floor of the Lilycove City Department Store, and talk to the
lady on the right. She will tell you that you can pick a Loto Ticket.
If the numbers on the aforementioned ticket match the ID of any of
your Pokemon, you win a prize. Match all five numbers, and you
will
walk out of there one Master Ball richer (unless you drop it).

Question: WHAT DO I USE THE MASTER BALL ON? YOU
CONVENIENTLY DID NOT SAY.

Answer: Sorry about that. Use it on the BZZT-colored dragon that roams
Hoenn.

Question: WHAT IS MIRAGE ISLAND?

Answer: A mystical island found in the big empty space on Route 131.

Question: HOW DO I GET TO MIRAGE ISLAND?

Answer: There's a man in Pacifidlog Town in the house southeast of the
Pokemon Center who will tell you if he can see Mirage Island. If he
sees it, it's there. Take each and every one of your Pokemon to this
man every single day until he sees Mirage Island. Then go splurge.

Question: WHAT IS ON MIRAGE ISLAND?

Answer: Wynaut. Lots and lots of Wynaut. Oh, and a Liechi Berry. It's
one of
a kind, so plant it and grow some more! In battle, it raises Attack
when HP get low.

Question: I CANNOT FIND TM22, SOLARBEAM! WHERE IS IT?

Answer: The Safari Zone. See the Safari Zone Section for details.

Question: I SUCK AT FISHING, PLEASE EXPLAIN IT TO ME!

Answer: No more free fish in this game. No, they make you work for
your
Pokemon in this version. An improvement, if you ask me. Anyway,
when
you fish, you will see a series of dots. When it says "Oh! A bite!",
press A. If you're fast enough, you'll hook it and start a battle. If
you're too slow, you'll lose the fish and have to start again. If
you're not fast enough, but not too slow, you'll start with the dots
again. Note that sometimes you won't get a bite.

Question: TIMER BALLS? REPEAT BALLS? WHERE DO I GET THOSE?

Answer: Head to the Rustboro side of Rusturf Tunnel and talk to the
Devon
Researcher. He will give you a Repeat Ball, as well as tell you that
they will now be selling them (as well as Timer Balls) in Rustboro
City's PokeMart.

Question: NO ONE WILL REMATCH ME! WHY NOT?

Answer: It's random when someone wants to rematch you, but the
rematches
won't start until you defeat Norman.

Question: WHAT IS POKERUS?

Answer: You have been graced with the most awesome thing since the
invention
of held items, the Pokerus. Pokerus is shown as PKRS on the
Summary
Screen (and only there), and you can find it where a status effect
would normally be shown (it'll only appear if there is no status).
What it does is double EV points given from a particular battle. For
example, for every Electrike your Pokemon slaughters, it gets 1
point

in Speed. If the slaughterer is infected with PKRS, it would receive
double the points, or 2. Now let's say that this certain Pokemon is
equipped with the Macho Brace for double points again, or 4. This
means that Electrike will give you 4 Speed points every time you
kill
it. Assuming all you run into is Electrike, and you always kill it in
one shot, it would take you about 20-30 minutes to complete Speed
EV
training.

Question: POKERUS IS AWESOME! CAN I KEEP IT FOREVER?

Answer: All good things must come to an end. The same holds true for
PKRS.
After a random amount of time (a few days at most, usually) the
PKRS
will vanish. Those that were already infected with PKRS will have a
small black dot appear between the Ball that was used to catch it
and
their Level. Those with the dot cannot be infected again. However,
there is a way to preserve your PKRS: Simply get someone you
generally don't really care about (in my case, a Lv.5 Azurill, which
will be how I refer to the sucker you infect), and infect them with
PKRS. Drop it in the Box (mark it with all four marks so you can
easily find it) and let it sit there forever. It won't infect your
Box Pokemon, but the PKRS won't leave, either. Whenever you
have
someone new to infect, bring out Azurill and infect the new guy.
Once
that's done, drop it off again. It's usually helpful to infect
multiple Azurill so you don't ever have to worry about the PKRS
mysteriously running out on you.

Question: MY GAME IS GLITCHED, SHEDINJA HAS ONLY 1 HP!

Answer: Nope. Whether you're Lv.1 or Lv.100, good ol' Sheddy will
always have
1 HP. This is to counter the fact that Shedinja's Ability prevents
all damage except that done by one of its five weaknesses.

Question: WHAT ARE SHEDINJA'S WEAKNESSES?

Answer: Fire, Flying, Rock, Dark, and Ghost.

Question: CAN SHEDINJA BE KILLED BY SPECIAL CONDITIONS AND
EVIL STATUS EFFECTS?

Answer: Yes, but only if there's no damage involved (like Poisonpowder
instead of Poison Sting). Shedinja can also be killed by weather and
Struggle.

Question: I CAUGHT A SHINY POKEMON! WHAT'S SO SPECIAL
ABOUT IT?

Answer: Nothing. It's a normal pokemon with a different color. ^_^

Question: HOW DID YOU GET YOUR COOL TEAM SO EARLY?

Answer: Can't you read? I traded them from my Ruby game. It says that!

More as I think of them... x_x

================
2j. Game Options [howto]
================

When you're on the file select screen, as well as when you open the main
menu,
the Options menu is available. This is an explanation of what everything
does.

1. Text Speed. Cycle left or right to change how fast text appears. The
default choice is Mid speed. To choose anything but
'Fast' is insanity.

2. Battle Scene. Use this to decide if you want to see the attacks'
animation (on) or not (off). 'On' is default. If you turn
this option off, the Pokemon will not animate.

3. Battle Style. You can choose to be able to switch out when you faint
one of your foe's Pokemon (Switch) or sit there and wait,
like in Colosseum and Link Battles (Set). The Switch
option is default.

4. Sound. You can choose to hear the sound through one speaker
(Monaural) or two (Stereo). Of course, unless you're
wearing headphones, this option's useless.

5. Button Mode. Have L and R function as left and right, respectively,
in
menu screens and boxes (LR), or have the L button
function as A (L=A). 'Normal' is default, which makes
both buttons do nothing.

6. Frame. Choose one of 20 borders to be used for all text boxes
and menus. Type 1 is default.

The very last option is Cancel. Use that or press B to exit.

===================
3. Welcome to Hoenn [wasup]
===================

Major Objectives
----------------

* Meet the locals.
* Have your first battle with your first Pokemon.
* "Practice" with your rival.
* Gain the ability to run and leave home.

Watch the brand-new introduction. Press Start on the title screen to
come to
the main menu. Once there, you can choose to start now and customize
later, or
just go into your options right now.

If there is no save file, or you wish to start a new game to overwrite a
previously saved game, select "New Game." Professor Birch will appear
and he
will introduce himself and Pokemon. You will then be asked to choose
your
character's gender. There's no law that says men have to play as Brendan
and
women are stuck being May, so pick whichever character you like,
decked out in
their spiffy new outfits. After that, you will need to name yourself.
Whoever
you don't choose will end up being your rival.

Professor Birch will finish his little speech, and let you get started.

You start the game in the back of your moving truck. You're the new kid
in
town! After a few seconds, the truck will stop. Before we get going, let's
get
acquainted with the main menu. Bring it up by pressing Start.

The first option is for your pack. Since this is the start of your adventure,
it's empty. You'll be filling it up throughout your journey.

The choice below that is your name. This is where you go to see your
Trainer
ID, how many Poke Dollars (referred to henceforth as 'money') you
currently
have, and how many Badges you've earned. Press A to see the back - the
entire
thing's blank... for now. Press B Button to flip it back to the front, or
press
A or Start to exit.

The next selection is the most important one - Save. Use this to save your
progress. If you don't, you'll regret it.

Below Save is Options. You can change the various options of the game.
We've
already covered that area, but if you go back to the top of this document,
you
can find the Game Options section shortcut. Use that to review the
options and
their different uses.

When the truck stops, leave by moving right. Your mother greets you and
takes you inside, where two Vigoroth are helping you move in.

Go upstairs and examine the clock. Set the time, and make sure you're
accurate;
you can't reset it. After that, go to your PC. Select "Withdraw Item," then
take the Potion. Go downstairs and your mother will tell you to quickly
come to
the television. It's a news report on Petalburg Gym, and maybe your
father, the
Gym Leader there, will be on! Oh, nope. Guess we're too late. Your mom
will
suggest you go next door to meet one of your dad's friends, Professor
Birch.
You're not one to refuse the requests of your mother, so get moving.

Upon entry, May's mother will welcome you and tell you that her
daughter is
upstairs, or so she thinks. Well, let's investigate. Go up the steps and you
will find a lone Poke Ball on the floor. Examine it, and May will enter
from
downstairs. She'll introduce herself and explain that she heard about you
from
dear old Dad. Well, that's fantastic. You've already made a name for
yourself
and you've only been in Hoenn for five minutes.

She'll remember that she needed to go help Professor Birch out, and
she'll go
to her PC to prepare.

================
3a. Pokemon, Go! [chsds]
================

You are free to leave May's house. There's nothing left to do, so why not
check
out the surrounding area?

But wait, what's this? Something's happening just off in the distance - oh,
it's just Professor Birch doing laps. Wait, doing laps? No, that's not it. A
closer look reveals that the good professor is being chased by a wild
Pokemon!
It's a Zigzagoon, and it has the professor cornered. He begs you to take a
Pokemon from his bag to battle the fearsome beast with the cute little
tail and
adorable raccoon eyes. The Pokemon you choose here will eventually
become your
first Pokemon. As such, we are presented with a difficult choice - who to
pick?

Treecko is Grass in type, and remains that way throughout its evolutions.
It
works wonders against the first Gym, and once it evolves into its final
form,
gains some crazy speed bonuses, making it one of the fastest Grass-types
in the
game. However, due to the many types that resist Grass, and the equally
abundant types Grass is weak to, Treecko's use is limited for most of the
game.

Torchic is a Fire-type, but gains a Fighting-type when it evolves into
Combusken. Torchic is the #1 choice for most players, and is the
recommended
choice for beginners, in this writer's opinion. While Torchic has the
hardest
time fighting alone against the first Gym, it has type advantages against a
variety of types, making it easy to clear the game.

Mudkip is pure Water, and gets a Ground-type upon evolution. Mudkip
also has an
easy time against the first Gym. Only three of 17 types resist Water, so
that
gives it a good edge against opponents, almost always being able to do at
least
normal damage.

Each of these Pokemon evolve at Lv.16, and again at Lv.36. Make your
choice and
start your battle against Zigzagoon, Lv.2.

Zigzagoon is Lv.2, so it should die in two hits or so. If your Pokemon
would
die from Zigzagoon's attack, it will flee, so don't worry about losing.
Select
"Attack," then Pound (if you have Treecko), Tackle (Mudkip), or Scratch
(Torchic). Gain experience points.

========================
3b. The Adventure Begins [wstnw]
========================

Birch will take you back to his lab, and will allow you to keep the
Pokemon you
used earlier. Give it a nickname if you wish (ten characters maximum).
He'll
force you to go visit May on Route 103, so she can teach you what it
means to
be a Pokemon Trainer. Sweet. Let's get going, shall we?

You have unlocked the Pokemon sub-menu. Use this menu to view your
Pokemon's
status or command one of them to use an out-of-battle technique.

o---------------------------o
| ROUTE 101 POKEMON LISTING | There are no Trainers on this short
route to the
o---------------------------o next town, and few Pokemon. Kill your fair
share
| Zigzagoon (Rare) | of them and continue.
| Wurmple (Common) |
| Poochyena (Common) | o----------------------------------------------o
o---------------------------o / Wurmple evolves by gender, but not entirely.
/
/ Most females will turn into Silcoon, and /
o------------------------o likewise, most males will turn into Cascoon. /
/ However, this isn't an absolute rule. Wurmple's evolution is set when /
/ you catch it, so no soft resetting if you get the one you don't want. /
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------o

===============
3c. Oldale Town [wtsos]
===============

o-----------------------o Oldale Town isn't far from Littleroot, and there's
| OLDALE TOWN SHOP LIST | not a whole lot to do here. If you speak
to the man
o-----------------------o donned in an apron, he will escort you to the Poke
| Potion...........$300 | Mart and give you a free Potion. If you fill out the
| Antidote.........$100 | questionnaire on the counter with "LINK
TOGETHER
| Parlyz Heal......$200 | WITH ALL," you will activate Mystery Gift. Not
sure
| Awakening........$250 | how that ties in with Emerald, but hey. It's there.
o-----------------------o
One last thing - if at any time you ever buy exactly ten Poke Balls, the
shopkeeper will give you a free Premier Ball. This has the same catch rate
as a
Poke Ball, but it looks prettier. Eleven Poke Balls for the price of ten! Not
a
bad deal. Remember, you have to buy _exactly_ ten, not multiples of it.

You can't leave west because some yahoo is sketching the footprints of a
rare
Pokemon. Whatever. Go north instead, to Route 103.

o---------------------------o
| ROUTE 103 POKEMON LISTING | If you go up a little, you will see
May. It may
o---------------------------o not be wise to talk to her just yet, because
| Poochyena (Common) | she's itching for a fight. Make sure your
friend
| Zigzagoon (Uncommon) | is at full HP and isn't in any need of PP
| Wingull (Rare) | restoration.
o---------------------------o

When you're ready, save your game and talk to May.

================
3d. May Battle 1 [mf103]
================

My Pokemon:

o------------o-----o
| Name | Lvl |
o------------o-----o
| Mudkip | 6 |
o------------o-----o

May's Pokemon:

Find your starter. May's team
is in the column below it.

o---------------o---------------o---------------o
| Treecko | Torchic | Mudkip | <- Which one's your starter?
o---------------o---------------o---------------o
|Torchic.......5|Mudkip........5|Treecko.......5| Money: 300
o---------------o---------------o---------------o

Practice, nothing. This is the real deal. If you lose, say bye to half your
money.

People with Torchic can use Focus Energy (learned at Lv.6) to raise the
critical hit ratio, making it slightly easier to inflict critical hits.
Scratch, Scratch, and Scratch some more.

Mudkip-users need to be wary of Treecko's Leer attack. It lowers Defense,
which
will make Pound do major damage. To somewhat counter Leer, use
Growl.

Treecko-havers can use Leer to help increase Pound's damage. If Torchic
uses
Growl, continue using Leer so your attacks don't do piddle damage.

Remember, you have Potions at your disposal. Don't hesitate to use
them!

================
3e. Leaving Home [psout]
================

May will tell you to go home. Follow her through Route 103, Oldale
Town, and
Route 101. Get to the Pokemon Lab, and Professor Birch will bestow the
Pokedex
upon you. In a nutshell, the Pokedex records Pokemon data.

You have unlocked the Pokedex sub-menu. Use this menu to view
information
(owned Pokemon only), compare sizes (owned Pokemon only), hear
cries, and see
the location of all Pokemon you've encountered.

May will also give you five Poke Balls so you can catch Pokemon of your
own.
Oldale Town's Poke Mart will now carry Poke Balls.

You're free to go, but wait! One last thing. Whether you talk to her or she
talks to you, your mom will give you the Running Shoes. Press and hold B
Button
to dash. Be careful, though! If your Pokemon are weak and you're trying
to
sneak past a Trainer who isn't facing you, be sure to walk, not run! If you
run
past a Trainer, the Trainer will face you, catch you, and fight you if you
haven't defeated them already.

Now go! Get out of this miserable town!

==================
4. The First Badge [stbaj]
==================

Major Objectives
----------------

* Make it to Petalburg City.
* Watch how a Pokemon is caught.
* Get through the woods and enter Rustboro City.
* Earn your first Badge.

You can catch Pokemon of your own, now that you have Poke Balls! The
general
strategy for catching any Pokemon is to use your Pokemon's moves to
knock the
HP of the wild Pokemon to a low level (shown by a red HP bar). Once
there, you
can use different types of Poke Balls to try to catch the Pokemon. Easy,
huh?
Of course, better Poke Balls make it easier to catch Pokemon that are
normally
easy to catch. For example, if you tried to catch a Zigzagoon at full HP
with a
Poke Ball, you would probably fail. If you tried to catch that same
Zigzagoon
with an Ultra Ball, chances are you will succeed. Level matters, but not a
lot.
Unless you cheat to get 1000 Master Balls, low-level legendaries are still
just
as hard to catch as their legitimate counterparts. On with the adventure.

Run, run, run through Route 101, and head west out of Oldale, now that
that
guy's done sketching his feet. All that time, wasted. Bah. You'll find your
first real Trainer battles here.

o---------------------------o Youngster Calvin
| ROUTE 102 POKEMON LISTING | Poochyena, Lv.5
o---------------------------o Money: 80
| Wurmple (Common) |
| Zigzagoon (Uncommon) | Bug Catcher Rick
| Poochyena (Uncommon) | Wurmple, Lv.4 (x2)
| Lotad (Rare) | Money: 64
| Ralts (Rare) |
| Seedot (Rare) | Ralts evolves into a very good Psychic-type, and
o---------------------------o if you have the patience, be sure to catch one.
They take a small amount of work to level, since they don't learn a
damaging
attack until Lv.6. Let Ralts lead a battle, then switch it out immediately
so
it will gain experience.

Youngster Allen
Zigzagoon, Lv. 5; Taillow, Lv.3
Money: 48

To Allen's left lie some berries. You can pick these berries, plant and
water
some more, and come back later to get more berries. You don't have a
watering
device yet, so just pick them and be on your way.

Lass Tiana
Zigzagoon, Lv.4; Shroomish, Lv.4
Money: 64

There's a Potion south of Tiana. Don't leave it there.

==================
4a. Petalburg City [dadeo]
==================

o--------------------------o Welcome. There isn't a whole lot to do except
try
| PETALBURG CITY SHOP LIST | to leave via the west exit, but a person
there
o--------------------------o will stop you. He tells you that all new Trainers
| Poke Ball...........$200 | first check if a town or city has a Gym. It just
| Potion..............$300 | so happens that Petalburg City does have its very
| Antidote............$100 | own Gym, so he will escort you to the Gym's
door.
| Parlyz Heal.........$200 | Head inside and you will meet the Gym Leader,
who
| Awakening...........$250 | is also your father. He'll say a few words before
| Escape Rope.........$550 | a boy named Wally enters.
| Repel...............$350 |
| X Speed.............$350 | Wally's a rather lonely boy who would like a
| X Attack............$500 | Pokemon of his own to accompany him on his
way
| X Defend............$550 | home, for the sake of pure companionship. Your
| Orange Mail..........$50 | dad, Norman, is more than happy to help. He
will
o--------------------------o lend Wally a Lv.7 Zigzagoon and your services.

Don't we get a say in this?

Yeah, sure, whatever. Follow Wally back onto Route 102, where he will
encounter
a Ralts. Watch him battle and capture the Ralts. Overjoyed, he will take
you
back to the Gym and return the Zigzagoon to Norman. He will then
leave, and you
are free to do the same after a few more words from Dad. You two will
battle
someday, but not at this time.

On your way out of the city, a guy in sunglasses will come up to you and
promptly diss you. We'd love to throttle this punk who dares to belittle
the
future Champion, but he takes off before we get a chance to. Leave west
to the
first part of Route 104.

o---------------------------o All the Pokemon here appear at relatively the
| ROUTE 104 POKEMON LISTING | same rate. If you want Wurmple
that bad, go to
o---------------------------o Route 102 and catch all the Wurmple you want.
| Poochyena (Common) |
| Taillow (Common) | Trainer fights.
| Marill (Common) |
| Wingull (Common) | Youngster Billy
| Wurmple (Uncommon) | Zigzagoon, Lv.5; Seedot, Lv.7
o---------------------------o Money: 112

Go north of Billy and talk to the upper fisherman for a battle, then go
past
the house and challenge the girl.

Fisherman Darian Lady Cindy
Magikarp, Lv.9 Zigzagoon, Lv.7
Money: 360 Money: 1400

That wasn't so hard, was it? Go back to Petalburg and heal. Buy a couple
Parlyz
Heals and then get your butt into the woods near Cindy. Don't forget to
grab
the berries on your way in if you haven't done so already.

==================
4b. Into the Woods [bugsy]
==================

o---------------------------------o
| PETALBURG WOODS POKEMON LISTING |
o---------------------------------o Before you go anywhere, you need to go to
| Poochyena (Common) | the right. You'll see an empty patch in
| Taillow (Common) | the grass. Stand next to it, face it, and
| Shroomish (Uncommon) | press A to get a free Potion. Exit the
| Wurmple (Uncommon) | woods and go south a bit. Get the
Poke
| Cascoon (Uncommon) | Ball, then re-enter the woods and go
west.
| Silcoon (Rare) | North of there lies a battle.
| Slakoth (Rare) |
o---------------------------------o

Bug Catcher Lyle
Wurmple, Lv.3 (x4)
Money: 48

Get the Parlyz Heal, then follow the linear path. You'll see a guy, Devon
Researcher, wandering around, looking for a Shroomish. We're going to
be on our
way, now...

Just kidding. An impatient Team Aqua Grunt feels like ambushing the
Devon
Researcher right here in the woods and stealing some very important
stuff! The
Devon Researcher hides behind you and asks you to step up and lay the
smackdown
on this guy. Let's do it.

Team Aqua Grunt
Poochyena, Lv.9
Money: 180

After being defeated, the grunt will flee. Devon Researcher will give you a
Great Ball as thanks. These babies are a step up from Poke Balls, and it'll
be
a little while before you can buy these in a store, so you can consider this
a
gift - or free money. Continue on your journey.

Bug Catcher James
Nincada, Lv.6 (x2)
Money: 96

Grab the Ether and leave through the north exit. Ah, sunshine!

===============
4c. To Rustboro [scysf]
===============

We're almost there, but we still have to take on the other half of Route
104.

Pick up the berries next to where you emerged, then go behind the
building.
There, face the first empty patch you should see and press A for a Poke
Ball.
Pick up the visible Potion, then stand next to the empty patch two
squares
northeast of the Potion. Press A for a Super Potion.

o------------------------------------o Go back and go in the building. This is
| PRETTY PETAL FLOWER SHOP SHOP LIST | the Pretty Petal Flower
Shop, but it
o------------------------------------o isn't open yet. It will open once you
| Red Plant....................$3000 | get your third Badge. Talk to the girl
| Tropical Plant...............$3000 | at the top and she'll give you the
| Pretty Flowers...............$3000 | Wailmer Pail, which is what you need to
| Colorful Plant...............$5000 | water berries and make them grow. If
| Big Plant....................$5000 | you talk to the girl on the right, she
| Gorgeous Plant...............$5000 | will give you a berry. You can talk to
o------------------------------------o this girl once a day to get a berry.
What she has in stock:

Cheri - Pecha - Aspear - Persim

Funny how I failed to mention this before, but there's a guy standing
right
outside this shop who will give you TM09, Bullet Seed, for free.

Time to get down to business - massacring Trainers.

Rich Boy Winston Lass Haley
Zigzagoon, Lv.7 Lotad, Lv.6; Shroomish, Lv.6

Twins Gia & Mia Fisherman Ivan
Lotad/Seedot, Lv.6 Magikarp, Lv.5 (x2); Magikarp, Lv.7

o-------------------------------------------o
/ Gia & Mia won't fight you unless you have /
/ two able-to-battle Pokemon on your team. /
o-------------------------------------------o

Talk to the old lady next to Ivan and she will give you a Chesto Berry.

When you get near the city, instead go right and get into the area
between the
fence and the trees. Follow this path to get an X Defend, then backtrack
and
enter the city.

=================
4d. Rustboro City [grfbo]
=================

o-------------------------o We can finally buy Super Potions now, but you
may
| RUSTBORO CITY SHOP LIST | not necessarily need to purchase them
over Potions
o-------------------------o because of low HP.
| Poke Ball..........$200 |
| Potion.............$300 | Go into the first building on your left. Go to the
| Super Potion.......$700 | second floor and talk to the boy to get a
Premier
| Antidote...........$100 | Ball.
| Parlyz Heal........$200 |
| Escape Rope........$550 | Go into the house west of the Pokemon Center
and
| Repel..............$350 | speak with the guy there for HM01, Cut. You can't
| X Speed............$350 | use it out of battle yet, but get it anyway.
| X Attack...........$500 |
| X Defend...........$550 | Go into the Pokemon Trainer's School and talk
to
o-------------------------o the teacher at the front to get a Quick Claw.

A little north of there you'll find Rustboro's Gym. To the right of that is a
house containing a guy who will trade you his Seedot for your Ralts. You
can
find your own Seedot much later, so only do this trade if you're really
that
desperate to have one right now.

Now we're ready to head into the Gym.

=================
4e. Boss: Roxanne [oleem]
=================

Before we actually tackle Roxanne, we need to get past her wall of lowly
Gym
Trainers. There are only three of them, and the first one is right in front
of
you.

Youngster Josh
Geodude, Lv.10
Money: 160

Now here's the fun part. A new feature in Pokemon Emerald is that if you
enter
the sight of two Trainers, they will both challenge you for a Double
Battle.

If you only have one able-bodied Pokemon to battle with, though, you'll
just
fight one Trainer, then the other one immediately.

These team battles will be pointed out like it is below.

Youngster Tommy <- Team Battle! -> Hiker Marc
Geodude, Lv.8 (x2) Money: 428 Geodude, Lv.8 (x2)

Also, you can also choose to just fight one Trainer at a time by directly
speaking to that Trainer.

Once you've blazed through this yawn-fest, heal if you need to, then
come back
and save your game. Ready to fight your first boss?

My Pokemon:

o------------o-----o
| Name | Lvl |
o------------o-----o
| Marshtomp | 16 |
o------------o-----o

Roxanne's Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Name | Lvl | Name | Lvl | Name | Lvl |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o Money: 1500
| Geodude | 12 | Geodude | 12 | Nosepass | 15 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o

If you have a Water-type attack at your disposal (Water Gun more than
likely),
use that and kill off the Geodude in one shot. Nosepass is pure Rock, so
no
easy pickings there. It has an Oran Berry attached to it, and Roxanne has
two
Potions at her disposal. Each of her Pokemon know Rock Tomb, a Rock-
type attack
that will lower Speed by 1 level with each hit. Defeat Roxanne to earn the
Stone Badge, the ability to use Cut out of battle, and TM39, Rock Tomb.

===================
5. The Second Badge [nkbaj]
===================

Major Objectives
----------------

* Save the Devon Researcher... again.
* Earn your second Badge.

Not a whole lot to do...

Now that you can use Cut out of battle, teach it to one of your Pokemon,
or
just get a Cut slave. Nincada's a good bet, and we can get one in about 30
seconds.

Leaving the Gym, we find that a Team Aqua Grunt is making off with
some Goods.
Devon Researcher begs him not to, but by then, the grunt is long gone.
Follow
the Devon Researcher to the end of Rustboro City, but go right instead
(you
can't explore Route 115 right now). Devon Researcher will ask you to
retrieve
the stolen goods, and you have no choice but to agree. Head right to
Route 116.

======================
5a. Brendan the Savior [pekoh]
======================

o---------------------------o Here's our Nincada. Catch one and teach it Cut
| ROUTE 116 POKEMON LISTING | if no one else can learn it. Abra's a
tricky one
o---------------------------o to catch, since all it knows is Teleport. Use a
| Taillow (Common) | Great Ball if you still have any to increase
| Whismur (Common) | your chances of catching it.
| Abra (Uncommon) |
| Nincada (Uncommon) | Route 116 is also the location of many
Trainers
| Poochyena (Rare) | that are more than willing to take half your
| Skitty (Rare) | money.
o---------------------------o

Start by going through the bottom path. Get the Repel and fight. Keep
going.

Bug Catcher Jose School Kid Karen
Wurmple, Lv.8; Nincada, Lv.8 Shroomish, Lv.9

Youngster Johnson <- Team Battle! - > Hiker Devan
Shroomish, Lv.8; Lotad, Lv.8 Money: 448 Geodude, Lv.8 (x2)

Hiker Clark
Geodude, Lv.8
Money: 320

When you get to the cave, continue right and pick up the X Special from
the
plateau. Then return to the entrance and hear about this old guy, Briney,
and
his darling little Wingull, Peeko. Turns out that the grunt we're after also
ganked Peeko.

Everyone's lucky we're so nice. Go into Rusturf Tunnel.

o--------------------------------o Yep, the only Pokemon here is Whismur.
Pick
| RUSTURF TUNNEL POKEMON LISTING | up the Poke Ball.
o--------------------------------o
| Whismur (Always) | The grunt will back off a little, but when
o--------------------------------o you talk to him, he'll start a fight.

Team Aqua Grunt
Poochyena, Lv.11
Money: 220

Afterwards, he forks over the goods, and Mr. Briney will take Peeko. You
can't
go right because some rocks are in your way, so leave from where you
came. This
time, on your way back, use Cut and take the upper path. There are more
Trainers and items for you.

Lady Sarah <- Team Battle! -> Rich Boy Dawson
Lotad/Zigzagoon, Lv.8 Money: 3200 Zigzagoon/Poochyena, Lv.8

School Kid Jerry <- Team Battle! -> Lass Janice
Ralts, Lv.9 Money: 324 Marill, Lv.9

Pick up the berries and the Ether west of Jerry and Janice. Hop the ledge.

Youngster Joey
Machop, Lv.9
Money: 144

When you get back into the city, the Devon Researcher will give you
another
Great Ball as thanks. He'll also take you to see the president of Devon
Corporation, but not before asking you to deliver those goods yourself to
a
Captain Stern in Slateport City.

The president will ask you to deliver a letter to one Steven in Dewford
Town.
He'll also heal your Pokemon and give you the PokeNav as an incentive
to be his
errand boy.

Leave Devon Corporation and a worker will stop you. He'll take the
PokeNav and
tweak on it a little, then tell you about the new thing he added - Match
Call.

Match Call is similar to the phone function of the PokeNav in the metal
games.
When you beat certain Trainers, you will register them in Match Call.
They'll
call you periodically to either ask for a rematch or just spill random
banter.

From this point on, Trainers whose names have an asterisk next to them
mean
that they will be registered in Match Call upon defeat.

Go back to Route 116 and register Karen and Jerry.

To get to Dewford Town, our first destination, you'll need access to a
boat.
Mr. Briney used to be a sailor, so we need to visit him in his house by
Petalburg City. Let's get going.

================
5b. May Battle 2 [mfrbc]
================

On your way out of Rustboro City, you'll see May standing there. Talk to
her,
and you'll register her in Match Call. She'll then ask if you want to fight.
If
you tell her no, she'll just babble at you and leave you be. If you talk to
her
again, she'll ask if you want to fight. Say yes and get ready for free EXP.

My Pokemon:

o------------o-----o
| Name | Lvl |
o------------o-----o
| Marshtomp | 19 |
o------------o-----o

May's Pokemon:


o---------------o---------------o---------------o
o---------------o---------------o---------------o
|Lotad........13|Slugma.......13|Wingull......13| Money: 900
|Torchic......15|Mudkip.......15|Treecko......15|
o---------------o---------------o---------------o

Lotad has only two weaknesses, and you should already have one of them
at your
disposal. A Wing Attack or two should do the job.

No problems at all. Torkoal is easily taken care of because it is
horrendously
slow. Water Gun will make short work of it.

Unless you traded a Pokemon in from Ruby or Sapphire, you don't have
any
Electric-type moves at your disposal. You can use Bide and pay back
Wingull's
damage if you like, or just stick with Tackle (if you still have it).

Torchic's no threat, use Water Gun. Water-types mean Ember does no
damage.

Mudkip is easy, too. It doesn't have that double weakness thing going on,
but
if you have a Shroomish, Absorb means you win.

Treecko can also easily be taken care of with a Wingull of your own,
should you
have one. Wing Attack is strong and will OHKO it if your Wingull is a
high
enough level.

===========================
5c. Mr. Briney's Compassion [87/97]
===========================

Okay, now we're ready to hitch a ride south. There are a few things to do
on
your way to Mr. Briney's place, so listen up.

On Route 104, register Haley in Match Call. Cut the tree next to her and
get an
X Accuracy.

In Petalburg Woods, go left and register James. Cut the trees to your
right and
talk to the girl there. She will give you the Miracle Seed, Grass's power-up
item. Each type has at least one hold item that raises the power of its
respective type's moves.

Don't equip them. They're just a waste of time, because the amount it
does
increase the damage by is so insignificant that you'd barely, if ever, notice
a
difference. Throw them in your PC and don't let them see the light of
day.

There's a visible Great Ball to the right of her. Jump the ledges and
examine
the empty patch in the grass, found in the lower left corner. It's a
Tinymushroom. Left of that is a visible X Attack.

And a tip from Zach Asselstine:

" And, in the 5c. Mr. Brineys Compassion, in the Petalburg Woods,
there are 2 tinymushrooms, once you cut down the 2 trees, the first
patch of grass has an arch 2 tiles up. Examine the last tile there
for the second(or in my case, first) mushroom."

When you emerge, register Cindy and Winston. Mr. Briney's house is
here, but
continue right. Pass through Petalburg City and register Calvin on Route
102.
Go home and register your mom.

Now go back to Mr. Briney's house and speak with him. Tell him yes and
you'll
start sailing. On the way to Dewford, Norman will call, and you will
register
him in Match Call. After that, you will make land in Dewford.

================
5d. Dewford Town [tinpm]
================

Dewford Town has no Poke Mart. Enter the house in front of you and
talk to the
guy on the right to get a Silk Scarf, one of Normal's power-up items.

If you talk to the young man between the Pokemon Center and Dewford
Hall, you
will hear the trendy saying. You can pick two words or phrases and
change this
saying anytime you like. Doing so will change the six tiles on which
Feebas
will appear on Route 119. The tiles are not set with each phrase, so if you
and
your friend have the same trendy phrase, you won't necessarily find
Feebas on
the same tiles.

Of course, I find it infinitely easier to trade a Feebas or Milotic from Ruby
or Sapphire into Emerald and breed to get more. No point in suffering
needlessly, right?

Talk to the fisherman next to the Gym and tell him yes to get the Old
Rod.

================
5e. Boss: Brawly [rochf]
================

When you get into this Gym, you will find that the entire place is pitch
dark,
with the exception of you and your immediate surrounding area. The
Gym will get
brighter when you defeat the Trainers inside, so let's get crackin'.

Hug the east wall and go right. When you can go down, do it.

Battle Girl Laura
Meditite, Lv.13
Money: 312

Four steps up and to the right. Then go up.

Battle Girl Lilith <- Team Battle! -> Sailor Brendan

Meditite, Lv.13 Money: 728 Machop, Lv.13

Go back down and left, then go up and left. Down and left.

Black Belt Takao
Machop, Lv.13
Money: 416

Now go right and up.

Black Belt Cristian
Makuhita, Lv.13
Money: 416

Simply go right and up a little, then right.

Battle Girl Jocelyn
Meditite, Lv.13
Money: 312

Go left, taking the upper path, to reach Brawly.

My Pokemon:

o------------o-----o
| Name | Lvl |
o------------o-----o
| Marshtomp | 21 |
o------------o-----o

Brawly's* Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o Money: 1900
| Machop | 16 | Meditite | 16 | Makuhita | 19 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o

Machop isn't that much of a threat; dispose of it quickly. Meditite knows
Focus
Punch, which will murder your Pokemon if it hits. When fighting
Meditite, do
not use any moves that do not cause damage, unless you want to die.
Makuhita
has Vital Throw, which never misses, but goes second. If you have a
Kirlia, use
Confusion to put Makuhita in its place. Defeat Brawly to earn the
Knuckle
Badge, the ability to use Flash out of battle, and TM08, Bulk Up.

==================
6. The Third Badge [dybaj]
==================

Major Objectives
----------------

* Hand over the president's letter.
* Deliver the Devon Goods to Captain Stern.
* Trek to Mauville City.
* Earn your third Badge.

The path to badge number three is fairly long. There are tons of Trainers
for
you to decimate and lots of Pokemon to be caught. Let's not waste any
time.

================
6a. Granite Cave [dltss]
================

Get a Pokemon that can learn Flash. Abra, Nincada, and Skitty on Route
116 are
good choices, as well as Ralts on Route 102. Head out to Route 106. There
are
two Trainers for you to battle here.

Fisherman Ned Fisherman Elliot
Tentacool, Lv.11 Magikarp, Lv.10 (x2); Tentacool, Lv.7

Follow the shore on the path above Elliot to the last square. Press A to
become
one Poke Ball richer. Enter Granite Cave.

o------------------------------o Talk to the Hiker near the entrance and he
| GRANITE CAVE POKEMON LISTING | will give you HM05, Flash.
Flash is arguably
o------------------------------o the most horrible move in existence. Teach
| Zubat (Common) | it to a garbage Pokemon you don't care
about.
| Makuhita (Common) | I don't care what anyone says, Flash has
no
| Aron (Common) | business being anywhere on anyone's team.
| Abra (Uncommon) |
| Geodude (Uncommon) | Aron will not appear on the ground
floor, so
| Sableye (Rare) | you'll have to go down the ladder to find it.
| Nosepass (Rare) |
o------------------------------o Make sure you pick up the Escape Rope first.

Use Flash. If you go up and right a little, you'll see an odd thing. This is a
sandy slope, and you'll find that you can't go up it. To do that, you will
need
the Mach Bike. You will have a bicycle by the time you get the third
badge, so
fret not. Go straight down from here and you'll find a Poke Ball. Get back
on
the path and go down the ladder at its end.

This is the only spot where you can find Sableye. You'll also see rocks that
can be smashed. Breaking them is the only way to get Nosepass, but right
now
you can't do that yet - you'll have to come back once you've earned the
right.

Follow the path until you are going right again. You'll see an odd-shaped
rock
on a plateau. Examine this rock to get an Everstone. Go to the end of the
path
and go up the ladder. Then go up the ladder to your left. You will be back
on
the ground floor. Go all the way left and into the lighted door.

A man is standing in this room. Speak to him, and he will introduce
himself.

My name is STEVEN.
I'm interested in rare stones,
so I travel here and there.
Oh?
A LETTER for me?
[Name] handed over the
LETTER.
STEVEN: Okay, thank you.
You went through all this trouble to
deliver that. I need to thank you.
Let me see...
I'll give you this TM.
It contains my favorite move,
STEEL WING.
Obtained the TM47!
[Name] put away the TM47
in the TMs & HMs POCKET.
STEVEN: Your POKEMON appear quite
capable.
If you keep training, you could even
become the CHAMPION of the POKEMON
LEAGUE one day. That's what I think.
I know, since we've gotten to know each
other, let's register one another in
our POKENAVS.
... ... ... ... ... ...

Registered STEVEN
in the POKENAV.
Now, I've got to hurry along.

He will leave, and you should do the same. Leave this room and jump the
ledge
to the right. Leave via the entrance.

==================
6b. Life's a Beach [dnudy]
==================

I'm almost willing to bet money that it's time-based, or step-based, but
shortly after emerging from Granite Cave, Roxanne called me and told
me she'd
like to fight me once she trains her Pokemon some more.

If you want, you can tell Mr. Briney to take you back to Petalburg. Walk
back
to Rustboro City and go see Devon Corporation's president. As thanks for
delivering his letter, he will fork over the Experience Share. This item,
when
held, will automatically take half the experience points earned and give
them
to the holder of this item. The other half is evenly distributed between
the
rest of the battlers, even if the holder of Exp. Share participated.

Or you could do it later. It's up to you, really. Go back to Mr. Briney and
have him take you to Slateport. If you went back to Rustboro, you'll have
to
sail to Dewford Town before sailing to Slateport. Just talk to him again.

When you get to Slateport Beach, start by going to the right. Talk to the
little girl and she'll give you the Soft Sand, Ground's power-up item.

Go left and battle the sailor.

Sailor Huey
Wingull, Lv.12; Machop, Lv.12
Money: 384

If you enter the sailor's and the tuber's shared tile of sight, you will get
jumped... by another tuber hiding under the umbrella! Sneaky kids!

Tuber Ricky <- Team Battle! -> Tuber Hailey
Zigzagoon, Lv.13 Money: 104 Marill, Lv.13

o-------------------------------o
/ Ricky's Zigzagoon knows Surf! /
o-------------------------------o

But wait! What would happen if you picked off Hailey, then entered
Ricky's and
the sailor's shared tile of sight? Yep. That's right. Another Double Battle.

Tuber Ricky* <- Team Battle! -> Sailor Edmond
Zigzagoon, Lv.13 Money: 468 Wingull, Lv.13

Hm... third possibility. If you took Ricky out, and then entered Hailey
and
Edmond's shared tile of sight, would you fight them both? Yes.

Sailor Edmond <- Team Battle! -> Tuber Hailey
Wingull, Lv.13 Money: 468 Marill, Lv.13

Defeat them in any order you wish. It is possible that you will fight
Edmond
and Hailey first, and then Ricky if you didn't defeat him.

Pick up the Potion near the old man and his Zigzagoon to your right,
then go
left and enter the Seashore House.

Mr. Sea, the owner, will reward you if you can manage to defeat the three
Trainers inside. Seems easy enough. Let's get crackin'!

Start with the tuber to your right upon entrance.

Tuber Simon
Azurill, Lv.12; Marill, Lv.12
Money: 48

Go straight up and take on the lady.

Beauty Johanna
Goldeen, Lv.13
Money: 1040

Two down, one to go!

Sailor Dwayne
Wingull, Lv.11; Machop, Lv.11; Tentacool, Lv.11
Money: 352

That was easy. Talk to Mr. Sea and he'll reward you with six bottles of
Soda
Pop. Not a bad prize... he could have just shown you the door. He'll sell
you
Soda Pop at $300 a bottle after this. Soda Pop heals 10 HP more than
Super
Potions do, and it costs less than half the cost of a Super Potion! Buy
them!

Right, you're done here. Get out and go north into Slateport City.

==================
6c. Slateport City [hsbc?]
==================

o----------------------------o
| SLATEPORT MARKET SHOPS |
o------------------o o----------------------------o o--------------------o
| Southernmost man | | Energy Guru |
o------------------o---------o The southernmost man o--o--------------------
o
| Azurill Doll.........$3000 | has three dolls for | Protein.........$9800 |
| Marill Doll..........$3000 | sale. You can't sell | Iron............$9800 |
| Skitty Doll..........$3000 | them back to him, so | Carbos..........$9800 |
o----------------------------o make sure you know | Zinc............$9800 |
what you want to buy before you buy them. These are |
Calcium.........$9800 |
items for your Secret Base. What's a Secret Base, | HP Up...........$9800 |
you ask? You'll find out... later. Buy them if you o-----------------------o
want, or come back once you have more spare cash.

o------------------o
| Northernmost man | <- This guy only starts selling you stuff after you
o------------------o------o have received TM43, Secret Power. They're all
| Red Brick..........$500 | items for your Secret Base. The Bricks are used
| Blue Brick.........$500 | to hold one small doll. The Balloons pop when
you
| Yellow Brick.......$500 | step on them, and water comes out. Just leave
your
| Red Balloon........$500 | base and they will be fixed again.
| Blue Balloon.......$500 |
| Yellow Balloon.....$500 | o-------------------o
| C Low Note Mat.....$500 | This guy will also start -> | Easternmost
man |
| D Note Mat.........$500 | selling to you once you o--o-------------------o
| E Note Mat.........$500 | get TM43. | TM10...........$3000 |
| F Note Mat.........$500 | | TM43...........$3000 |
| G Note Mat.........$500 | o----------------------o
| A Note Mat.........$500 |
| B Note Mat.........$500 |
| C High Note Mat....$500 |
o-------------------------o

At the northern end of Slateport Market, you'll see a woman satanding
near
another guy in an apron. Talk to her, and she'll give you the Powder Jar
so you
can crush berries. Berry Crush can only be done with FireRed, LeafGreen,
or
Emerald, and the Wireless Adapter is necessary to do so.

o--------------------------o Get a Harbor Mail. Buy one, right now. Do it.
| SLATEPORT CITY SHOP LIST | You'll want one later, and you'll hate
yourself
o--------------------------o if you don't do it right now!
| Poke Ball...........$200 |
| Great Ball..........$600 | Great Balls are finally available to be bought,
| Potion..............$300 | so if you plan on catching the wild Pokemon on
| Super Potion........$700 | the upcoming routes, you'll definitely want to
| Antidote............$100 | buy a few.
| Parlyz Heal.........$200 |
| Escape Rope.........$550 | The Pokemon Fan Club is west of the Poke
Mart.
| Repel...............$350 | The man next to the Azumarill will offer to
| Harbor Mail..........$50 | teach one of your Pokemon how to use
Swagger.
o--------------------------o

Wait, what?

This is a Move Tutor, one of several in Hoenn. Each Move Tutor will offer
to
teach one of your Pokemon a certain move... once. In comparison, they
are
living, breathing TMs. It's suggested to never use Move Tutors until you
are
finished with the game, because these moves cannot be passed on via
breeding
unless the Pokemon has the move listed as an Egg Move.

If you plan on doing some leveling in the next area, you're going to want
to
pick up some Parlyz Heals.

Enough about that. Time to actually progress. By now I'm sure you've
noticed
the long line of Team Aqua members in front of the museum (they, being
the
manly (sexy where applicable), respectable villains they are, are each
paying
the fee to get in the museum). We need to go to the building just south
of
that, to Stern's Shipyard. Enter and go straight up, you'll see a guy.

This is Dock. He's designing a ferry... but who cares about him, where's
Captain Stern? Dock has no clue. Thanks for nothing. Get out of this
place.

Oh, look. The Team Aqua members are inside the museum now, so you
can enter!

==================
6d. Oceanic Museum [fmtgi]
==================

It costs $50 to get in. Pay it, you have no choice.

If you talk to the grunt who's closest to the entrance, he will recognize
you.
Who is this guy? He's the goon "you thumped before, remember?" In an
effort to
gain your forgiveness, he will fork over TM46, Thief. Then he takes off.

Go upstairs, save, and talk to the guy. Sweet, we meet Capt. Stern at last.
But
wait! Two Team Aqua Grunts come upstairs and demand the Devon
Goods! Fight!

Team Aqua Grunt
Carvanha, Lv.15
Money: 300

Fight again!

Team Aqua Grunt
Zubat, Lv.14; Carvanha, Lv.14
Money: 280

After you thrash the second grunt, they will start worrying about what
their
boss will do to them. As if on cue, Archie, leader of Team Aqua, will come
upstairs, talk some smack, then vanish. Then, at long last, you will deliver
the Devon Goods. Free healing!

You can leave at anytime, so go - oh, what? It's that guy in sunglasses, the
guy that dissed you earlier! Time to show this guy what for.

Er... no, apparently not. He introduces himself as Scott, and you will
register
him in your PokeNav. He wants to look at the talents of other Trainers,
so he
takes off. Pfft. At least he didn't diss you this time.

If you didn't go to the Battle Tent before coming to the Oceanic Museum,
Scott
will come out of the Battle Tent if you try to go in and urge you to take
the
challenge. Even if you don't want to, go inside and talk to the sailor. He,
like, will give you TM41, Torment.

For more information on Battle Tents in general, see section 16.

Okay. You're finished with Slateport City. Did you get a Harbor Mail? If
you
didn't, get your butt to the Poke Mart and buy one.

======================
6e. Route 110 (1 of 2) [tvlc1]
======================

o---------------------------o
| ROUTE 110 POKEMON LISTING | This route's huge. It splits off onto a
smaller
o---------------------------o route, and it is also home to Cycling Road,
| Poochyena (Common) | which you cannot access yet.
| Gulpin (Common) |
| Electrike (Common) | If you go north a bit, Professor Birch will
| Minun (Uncommon) | appear. You will register him in your
PokeNav,
| Plusle (Rare) | so now you can get your Pokedex rated any time!
| Wingull (Rare) |
| Oddish (Rare) | Time to beat on the Trainers.
o---------------------------o

Pokefan Isabel* <- Team Battle! -> Pokefan Kaleb
Plusle/Minun, Lv.14 Money: 2240 Minun/Plusle, Lv.14

Head west onto Route 103. Talk to the lady to continue your training.

Aroma Lady Daisy
Shroomish, Lv.14; Roselia, Lv.14
Money: 560

Keep going left, battle the twins, then the guy.

Twins Amy & Liv* Pokefan Miguel*
Plusle/Minun, Lv.15 Skitty, Lv.15

Now give the angry fisherman another reason to be angry.

Fisherman Andrew
Magikarp, Lv.5; Magikarp, Lv.15; Tentacool, Lv.10
Money: 600

Go back to where Daisy's standing. Cut the tree there and walk into the
middle.

Black Belt Rhett <- Team Battle! -> Guitarist Marcos
Makuhita, Lv.15 Money: 960 Voltorb, Lv.15

Pick up the PP Up. Go behind the trees and get the berries, then continue
left
and get the Guard Special.

Now we're ready to tackle this long route. At the fork, you will see a
house.
This is the Trick House, a house where a strange, balding man will set up
various challenges for you to beat, called Tricks. There are eight Tricks in
all, and at present, you can only do the first one. You'll need Cut to do it.

For more information regarding the Trick House, see section 16.

Pick up the Dire Hit once you're back on Route 110, then beat the little
kid.

Youngster Timmy
Aron, Lv.15; Electrike, Lv.13
Money: 208

Save your game. Head up and see a familiar face.

================
6f. May Battle 3 [mf110]
================

My Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Kirlia | 20 | Koffing | 20 | Manectric | 26 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Wailmer | 25 | Trapinch | 20 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o

May's Pokemon:


o---------------o---------------o---------------o
o---------------o---------------o---------------o
|Lombre.......18|Slugma.......18|Wingull......18|
|Wingull......18|Lombre.......18|Slugma.......18| Money: 1200
|Combusken....20|Marshtomp....20|Grovyle......20|
o---------------o---------------o---------------o

I traded these winners from my Ruby game.

Remember stomping the crap out of Lotad before? Same thing applies
here.

Bring out Wingull against Combusken or Marshtomp to pretty much
ensure your
victory against them. Water Gun the chicken and Wing Attack on the
mud fish.

Any Water-type will do against Slugma...

No Fire-types yet, so you'll have to rely on Flying if you want to pick on
Grovyle's weakness.

After the fight, she will reward your training efforts with the Itemfinder.
This nifty little doo-dah gives out a little sound if you use it and you're
near an item on the ground. It also points you in the direction of the
item.

She'll get on a bike and ride away. I bet you want one, too, huh?

======================
6g. Route 110 (2 of 2) [tvlc2]
======================

Continue north and you'll see two guys who are... doing something.

Walk between them, eh?

Collector Edwin* <- Team Battle! -> Guitarist Joseph
Lombre/Nuzleaf, Lv.14 Money: 1288 Electrike/Voltorb, Lv.14

Head right and you'll see an item ball. If you go to take it, you get
jumped.

Psychic Edward <- Team Battle! -> Triathlete Alyssa
Abra, Lv.15 Money: 960 Magnemite, Lv.15

Now you can take the item, which is an Elixir. Sweet. Keep going up and
you'll
see a dood by the water. Fight him, Fishermen are always easy.

Fisherman Dale
Tentacool, Lv.11 (x2); Wailmer, Lv.14 (x2)
Money: 560

=================
6h. Mauville City [gfqlb]
=================

o-------------------------o Mauville's Poke Mart is right near the southern
| MAUVILLE CITY SHOP LIST | entrance to the city. Before going there,
enter
o-------------------------o the house that's to its left. Inside is a girl
| Poke Ball..........$200 | who will give you the Coin Case if you have a
| Great Ball.........$600 | Harbor Mail in your inventory. If you didn't get
| Super Potion.......$700 | one back in Slateport, hit yourself on the face.
| Antidote...........$100 |
| Parlyz Heal........$200 | Below the house to the right of the Poke Mart is
a
| Awakening..........$250 | hole in the fence. Go in this hole and pick up
the
| Repel..............$350 | free X Speed. Now go into the house and talk to
| X Speed............$350 | the guy - er, the dude - and he will fork over
| X Attack...........$500 | HM06, Rock Smash.
| X Defend...........$550 |
| Guard Special......$700 | Now go up to the main road of the city and
enter
| Dire Hit...........$650 | the shop to the right of the bikes. This shop is
| X Accuracy.........$950 | Rydel's Cycles, and it's where you're going to get
o-------------------------o your bike. Tell him you came from far away, and
he
will generously offer to give you one of his bikes.

You can choose between the Mach Bike and the Acro Bike. The Mach
Bike is useful
because you will travel extremely quickly, you can cross cracked floors,
and
you can go up sandy slopes (like the one in Granite Cave). The downside
is that
it's hard to turn corners because you're going so fast, you cannot do tricks
like the Acro Bike can, and the Mach Bike is not terrain-friendly.

The Acro Bike maintains a constant speed all the time. It's like running
without holding B Button. You can do simple tricks by using B Button
and the D-
Pad. You can cross over white bars that you'll see later in the game using
the
Acro Bike, and you can also hop up small stones by bunny hopping (hold
B while
not moving).

You can change bikes at any time by simply talking to Rydel.

Inside the Pokemon Center, you'll find a guy with funky-colored hair.
This
guy's hair color depends on the last digit of your Trainer ID, and he does
different stuff with each hair style. If the last digit of your Trainr ID is...

...0 or 1, you'll have the Bard. This guy "sings." You will be able to change
just one word of this song, and then he will sing it again. Once you
change a
word, you can't alter it any more.

...2 or 3, you'll have the Hipster. He will tell you a hip word or phrase to
be
put in the word bank.

...4 or 5, you'll have the Trader. He'll offer to swap a Secret Base
decoration
with you. Whatever you trade him will stay in his inventory, so when you
mix
records, whoever you mix records with will get what he had before plus
your
item.

...6 or 7, he will tell stories about different people.

...8 or 9, he will ramble and ask you questions.

So what happens when you mix records?

The person you mix records with gets the effects what you just did, and
then
they can do it themselves. For example, if you change a word to the song
(0 or
1) and mix records with your friend, who has the hip phrase guy (2 or 3),
you
will get the hip phrase guy and your friend will get your altered song.
Your
friend can then edit the song and mix records again, so he will get the hip
phrase guy back (plus another new word or phrase to use) and you will
get the
edited version of your altered song.

What else changes when you mix records? See section 28.

The fat man near the Gym is a Move Tutor who will teach the move
Rollout to one
of your Pokemon.

Since we're near the Gym, let's head inside. No, wait, there's a small boy
in
the way. Could have sworn we've seen him before. White shirt... pea soup
green
hair... oh, it's Wally! He wants to challenge this Gym, but his uncle steps
in
to lay down the law. Wally desperately wants to prove himself to his
uncle, so
he asks you to have a battle with him.

It's such an easy fight, I'm not even going to give him a section of his
own.

PKMN Trainer Wally
Ralts, Lv.16
Money: 960

It should take no more than one hit to drop Ralts, two if you accidentally
chose the wrong move.

After the fight, Wally's uncle will ask you to visit Wally in Verdanturf
Town
to the west. We'll be doing that, but not right now. After they leave, Scott
will show up and sing your praises.

Yeah, after the stuff he pulled back in Petalburg, he had better.

We're done as far as the story goes. If you want information on the Game
Corner, check section 17.

There's just one small thing you should do before battling Wattson, and
that's
to open up Cycling Road. By 'open up,' I simply mean beat all the
Trainers.
Better to do it now when the experience is worth it.

================
6i. Cycling Road [vrum!]
================

To get on Cycling Road, you will need a bike. Either one will do, but you
will
need the Mach Bike if you want to do the time trial.

Follow the path, fighting Trainers as you go. The first girl won't fight, but
the second one will.

Triathlete Abigail* Triathlete Anthony
Magnemite, Lv.16 Magnemite, Lv.14 (x2)

Triathlete Benjamin* Triathlete Jasmine
Magnemite, Lv.16 Magnemite, Lv.14 (x2); Voltorb, Lv.6

Triathlete Jacob
Voltorb, Lv.6 (x2); Magnemite, Lv.14
Money: 560

=================
6j. Boss: Wattson [pitaf]
=================

There are electrical fields blocking your path. To change the locations of
the
field, you step on the bolt-shaped switches. Start by battling the two
people
to the left of the entrance.

Battle Girl Vivian <- Team Battle! -> Guitarist Kirk
Meditite, Lv.17 (x2) Money: 952 Elecktrike/Voltorb, Lv.17

Step on the switch. Go up and battle the little boy.

Youngster Ben
Zigzagoon, Lv.17; Gulpin, Lv.17
Money: 272

Step on the switch. Go down via the right side, right and up. Step on the
switch and fight.

Bug Maniac Angelo <- Team Battle! -> Guitarist Shawn
Illumise/Volbeat, Lv.17 Money: 1564 Voltorb/Magnemite, Lv.17

Go up and battle Wattson. If you need to heal, do so.

My Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Kirlia | 23 | Koffing | 23 | Manectric | 26 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o

Wattson's* Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o Money: 2400
| Voltorb | 20 | Electrike | 20 | Magneton | 22 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Manectric | 24 |
o------------o-----o

If you want an automatic win, bring out a Ground-type with a Ground
move, like
Geodude with Magnitude. Sure, Wattson has a little bit of anti-Electric
measures, but none of then step to the awesome of Ground. Each of
Wattson's
Pokemon know Shock Wave, which never misses as long as the foe is on
screen. It
may never miss, but immunity still applies, so just bust out your Ground-
type.
Easy like Sunday morning. Defeat Wattson to earn the Dynamo Badge,
the ability
to use Rock Smash out of battle, and TM34, Shock Wave.

===================
7. The Fourth Badge [htbaj]
===================

Major Objectives
----------------

* Complete Rusturf Tunnel.
* Stop Team Magma!
* Earn your fourth Badge.

You will register Wattson in your PokeNav after the battle. Now that we
have
our third Badge, we're ready to get out of here, but which way? Mauville
City
has four different routes leading out of the city, one in each compass
direction.

If you so choose, you can visit the Pretty Petal Flower Shop on Route 104.
There's a girl outside who will give you a White Herb. The shop is also
open.

For now, we're going to head right, to Route 118. You can't explore
most of it, but the battles here are designed to fight right now, while the
experience is more valuable.

Re-heal if you need to, then go to Route 118. Walk between the two
Trainers.

Aroma Lady Rose* <- Team Battle! -> Youngster Deandre
Roselia (x2)/Shroomish, Lv.14 Money: 784 Zigzagoon/Aron/Electrike,
Lv.14

Go right and fight the Trainers.

Fisherman Wade Guitarist Dalton*
Tentacool, Lv.16 Magnemite/Whismur, Lv.15

Now we're going to Verdanturf Town to open up Rusturf Tunnel, so get
moving.
Wally should call shortly and you will register him.

How did he register you in the first place?

Whatever. Continue to Route 117. Make sure you have a Pokemon that
knows Rock
Smash.

===============================
7a. Operation Tunnel Completion [mbltn]
===============================

o---------------------------o The first building you see is the Day-Care. If
| ROUTE 117 POKEMON LISTING | you leave one of your Pokemon with
the woman, it
o---------------------------o will gain 1 experience point for every step you
| Poochyena (Common) | take. If you leave two of your Pokemon
with her,
| Oddish (Common) | those two Pokemon are of different gender,
and
| Illumise (Uncommon) | are part of the same Egg Group (any group
except
| Marill (Uncommon) | the No Eggs group), you will get a Lv.5 baby
of
| Volbeat (Rare) | the female's lowest form. If you use Ditto, who
| Seedot (Rare) | can breed with anyone, you'll get whichver one
o---------------------------o isn't Ditto. If you make the female (or Ditto if
the other parent is male) hold the Everstone, there is a 50% chance the
baby
will have the same nature as the other parent. This is Emerald only. Also
Emerald only is the secret behind Volt Tackle. If you breed two Pikachu,
two
Raichu, one of each, or pair either Pikachu or Raichu with Ditto, and
make
something that isn't Ditto hold the Light Ball, then breed, the baby Pichu
will
know Volt Tackle.

Pikachu isn't obtainable yet, so we're just going to wail on some Trainers
now.

Start with the top path. Fight the girls.

Sr. And Jr. Anna & Meg*
Zigzagoon, Lv.15/Makuhita, Lv.17
Money: 544

Now go back and take the bottom path this time. Pick the berries and
fight your
way left.

Triathlete Dylan*
Doduo, Lv.17
Money: 680

PKMN Breeder Isaac*
Whismur/Zigzagoon/Aron/Poochyena/Taillow/Makuhita, Lv.11
Money: 440

Triathlete Maria*
Doduo, Lv.17
Money: 680

Going left, you'll see a woman pacing between two others. If you walk
between
her and whoever she's facing, you'll fight a team battle between the two.

Battle Girl Aisha <- Team Battle! -> Triathlete Melina
Meditite, Lv.17 Money: 1088 Doduo, Lv.17

Psychic Brandi <- Team Battle! -> Triathlete Melina
Ralts, Lv.17 Money: 1088 Doduo, Lv.17

There's a Revive past the tree you can cut down.

Bug Maniac Derek
Dustox, Lv.16; Beautifly, Lv.16
Money: 960

Walk through the flowers and pick up the Great Ball on the lower right
side. Go
all the way left and press A on the last square to get a Repel. Last Trainer!

PKMN Breeder Lydia*
Wingull/Marill/Goldeen/Shroomish/Roselia/Skitty, Lv.11
Money: 440

We have arrived at our destination!

===================
7b. Verdanturf Town [tditl]
===================

o---------------------------o For such a small town, Verdanturf has quite a
| VERDANTURF TOWN SHOP LIST | huge selection. You can buy Nest
Balls only in
o---------------------------o Verdanturf. Burn and Ice Heals make their
debuts
| Great Ball...........$600 | here, but each has limited use. Don't bother
| Nest Ball...........$1000 | buying them. Fluffy Tails are not equip items.
| Super Potion.........$700 | You use them in a wild battle and you will flee,
| Antidote.............$100 | at the cost of the Fluffy Tail.
| Parlyz Heal..........$200 |
| Awakening............$250 | As you can see, there is another Battle Tent
| Burn Heal............$250 | here. For information regarding Verdanturf's
| Ice Heal.............$250 | Battle Tent, see section 15b.
| Repel................$350 |
| X Special............$350 | Enter the cave to the left of the Poke Mart.
| Fluffy Tail.........$1000 | This is the Verdanturf side of Rusturf Tunnel.
o---------------------------o We were here before, when we were saving
Peeko.

Before we do some more saving, though, go left and outside. Stand two
steps
below the stairs and take one step left. Press A for the Blackglasses,
Dark's
power-up item. There's also an HP Up on the plateau, so get that, too.

Go back to the entrance and go up. Someone wants to battle you.

Hiker Mike
Geodude, Lv.16 (x2); Machop, Lv.16
Money: 640

Go straight up and get the Max Ether. Bust the rock below the girl and
her
boyfriend will reward you with HM04, Strength.

Leave through the west exit. Talk to the Devon Researcher and he'll give
you a
Repeat Ball. Rustboro City's Poke Mart will now carry Repeat and Timer
Balls.

Leave the cave. Inside the Battle Tent, if you talk to the girl in the upper
left corner, she will give you TM45, Attract.

There's a girl who will tell you how much your lead Pokemon likes you.
She
lives in the house in the southwest corner. Next to her is where Wally
lives.
Nothing of interest is there.

All right! We're getting ready to progress. You can complete Trick 2 if
you'd
like, or you can come back later and do them all once you beat the Elite
Four.

You can also take the Mach Bike back to Granite Cave (bring an Escape
Rope
first) and ride up the sandy slope. You'll see a ladder, but it's easier to
just fall down a hole to the left. Pick the Repel up, then go up the ladder.
You need to cross all the cracks without stopping, and you need to do it
while
accelerated. There's a point to stop in the middle, and the second patch
of
cracked floor has a rock in the middle of it to screw you up and make you
fall.
Make it to the end and go down the ladder to find a Rare Candy. You can
also
descend into the cave and break rocks to rarely find Nosepass. That's all.

=============
7c. Route 111 [hm6fn]
=============

Start things off by having the team battle north of Mauville.

Camper Tyron <- Team Battle! -> Aroma Lady Celina
Sandshrew, Lv.19 Money: 1024 Roselia, Lv.18

To the right is Trainer Hill. It isn't open yet, and there is nothing of
importance there. Instead, go left and fight the next team battle for an
item.
Yes, you can go around the trees and get it anyway, but what's the fun in
that?

Picnicker Bianca <- Team Battle! -> Kindler Hayden
Shroomish, Lv.18 Money: 864 Numel, Lv.18

Your reward: an Elixir. If you're up for the challenge, you can talk to the
guy
in front of the house. He asks if you would like to challenge his family of
four in a series of battles, but conveniently forgets to mention that all
four
battles must be done consecutively. The guy to his right says something
on that
note, but I'm telling you in case you didn't bother talking to him (and if
you're following this walkthrough to the letter, you didn't). His family
isn't
all that hard, though. Just wait and see.

Winstrate Victor Winstrate Victoria
Taillow, Lv.16; Zigzagoon, Lv.16 Roselia, Lv.17

Winstrate Vivi Winstrate Vicky
Marill, Lv.15; Shroomish, Lv.15; Numel, Lv.15 Meditite, Lv.18

When you're done, go in the house and talk to Victoria. She will give you
the
Macho Brace because you thwomped her entire family.

Continue north and bust the rocks in your way. There's a TV crew just
ahead
that you should battle.

Interviewer Gabby & Ty
Whismur/Magnemite, Lv.17
Money: 1632

After the fight, Gabby will ask if you would like to be interviewed. You
can
tell her one word or phrase - any word or phrase. Doesn't matter. You'll
see
the interview on TV later. Keep on going.

Picnicker Irene Camper Travis
Shroomish, Lv.17; Marill, Lv.17 Sandshrew, Lv.18

You'll come to a fork in the road. One path leads up, one leads left. You
can't
go up, though, since there's a sandstorm and you don't have proper eye
protection. Your only choice is to go west to Route 112.

o---------------------------o Fifty Numel, one Marill, no lies. Keep fighting.
| ROUTE 112 POKEMON LISTING |
o---------------------------o Camper Larry
| Numel (Common) | Nuzleaf, Lv.18
| Marill (Rare) | Money: 288
o---------------------------o

Picnicker Carol
Taillow, Lv.17; Lombre, Lv.17
Money: 272

Go up to the mountain base and fight the Hikers.

Hiker Trent* Hiker Brice
Geodude, Lv.16 (x2)/17 Numel, Lv.17; Machop, Lv.17

There are two Team Magma goons blocking the path, so you can't use the
cable
car. Your only option is to go through Fiery Path, entrance to the left.

o----------------------------o There's a side path in this cave to take, but
| FIERY PATH POKEMON LISTING | you can't take it because you need
to use
o----------------------------o Strength out of battle, and you can't do that.
| Machop (Common) | Not yet. Soon, but not yet.
| Numel (Common) |
| Slugma (Uncommon) | For now, all you can do is just follow it to
| Koffing (Uncommon) | the end. You will end up on Route 112.
| Torkoal (Uncommon) |
| Grimer (Rare) | Go to the right. These people turn, so you
o----------------------------o might not get them in a team battle.

Kindler Bryant <- Team Battle! -> Aroma Lady Shayla
Numel/Slugma, Lv.18 Money: 1296 Shroomish/Roselia, Lv.18

Okay. Go right and you're back on Route 111, above the desert you can't
cross.
If you have the Mach Bike, you can gain speed above the desert and go up
the
sandy slope. A Trainer awaits you to the right.

Black Belt Daisuke
Machop, Lv.19
Money: 608

Now go back down the sandy slope and continue as normal on Route 111.

Cooltrainer Wilton*
Electrike, Lv.17; Wailmer, Lv.17; Makuhita, Lv.17
Money: 816

Above this guy is a guy who will give you TM43, Secret Power, if you
agree to
use it to make your own special room. This special room is called a Secret
Base. Large trees like the one you're standing next to can be used for
Secret
Bases. Each side of the tree is a different Secret Base. The indents in the
wall that you've been seeing for the entire game can also be used.

Right, now continue on. The house in there contains a lady who will
constantly
tell you to rest. Just tell her no to continue.

The girl next to the berries will give you a Razz Berry every day.

Onward!

Cooltrainer Brooke*
Wingull, Lv.17; Numel, Lv.17; Roselia, Lv.17
Money: 816

After that, you may proceed to Route 113, which has the best music in the
game.

================
7d. "Colorless?" [tincg]
================

o---------------------------o Ignore the whiteness that covers the grass for
| ROUTE 113 POKEMON LISTING | now. Continue left.
o---------------------------o
| Spinda (Common) | Youngster Jaylen
| Slugma (Uncommon) | Trapinch, Lv.19
| Skarmory (Rare) | Money: 304
o---------------------------o
Go up a little and examine the small ash pile for an Ether. Jump the
ledge.
There are three more yahoos for you to smoke. All three want a fight, and
you
can slaughter them in any order. All you need to do is walk between the
ninja
boy and the camper guy.

Ninja Boy Lung <- Team Battle! -> Pokemaniac Wyatt
Koffing/Ninjask, Lv.18 Money: 1296 Aron, Lv.18 (x2)

If you go around, pick up the Super Repel, and take out Wyatt, you'll
fight
Lung and the camper guy.

Ninja Boy Lung <- Team Battle! -> Camper Lawrence
Koffing/Ninjask, Lv.18 Money: 504 Baltoy/Sandshrew, Lv.18

Step one step right of Lung and Lawrence and press A to get a Nugget.

Now just keep going left. There isn't anything special on this route.

Parasol Lady Madeline*

Numel, Lv.19
Money: 760

Twins Tori & Tia
Spinda/Spinda, Lv.19
Money: 456

Pick up the Max Ether and be on your way. Get in the house and talk to
the guy
at the top to get the Soot Sack. Now you can collect the ash that covers
the
grass on Route 113. Take the ash back to this guy and he will make you
some
flutes using the ash you collect. Each tile of grass counts for 1 ash. Leave
the route to restore the grass to its ashy glory. Using Max Repel is helpful
when collecting ash. I think the ash items suck big time. Most aren't
worth
making.

o--------o------------o--------------------------------o See? Told you. All
| COLOR | ASH NEEDED | EFFECT | these items aren't
o--------o------------o--------------------------------o even worth getting.
| Blue | 250 | Wakes a sleeping Pokemon. | You only need to buy
o--------o------------o--------------------------------o one flute (they last
| Yellow | 500 | Gets rid of confusion. | forever), but if you
o--------o------------o--------------------------------o really want to waste
| Red | 500 | Destroys attraction. | your hard-earned ash
o--------o------------o--------------------------------o that badly, at least
| White | 1000 | Encounter rate goes up. | save it for something
o--------o------------o--------------------------------o a little less sucky
| Black | 1000 | Encounter rate goes down. | (like the items that
o--------o------------o--------------------------------o are listed below).

You can also make two items for your Secret Base.

o------------------------o------------o You might not want these items,
| NAME | ASH NEEDED | either. The Pretty Desk is huge, and
o------------------------o------------o takes up a ton of room in your Secret
| PRETTY CHAIR | 6000 | Base. I don't care where it is, I just
o------------------------o------------o don't think that the Pretty Desk goes
| PRETTY DESK | 8000 | anywhere. The Pretty Chair doesn't
o------------------------o------------o even look cool. Phenomenal waste.

Anyway, get out of here and keep on going. See the little boy in the ash?

Ninja Boy Lao*
Koffing, Lv.17 (x3)
Money: 204

Jump the ledge to the left and examine the ash pile for TM32, Double
Team.

One last fight before the next town.

Youngster Dillon
Aron, Lv.19
Money: 304

Okay, just kidding.

Picnicker Sophie <- Team Battle! -> Bird Keeper Coby
Marill, Lv.17; Lombre, Lv.19 Money: 912 Skarmory, Lv.17; Swellow,
Lv.19

==================
7e. Fallarbor Town [noghe]
==================

o--------------------------o Inside the Poke Mart is a Move Tutor who will
| FALLARBOR TOWN SHOP LIST | teach your Pokemon the art of
finger-waggling
o--------------------------o (Metronome).
| Great Ball..........$600 |
| Super Potion........$700 | You can purchase Super Repels now! Sweet
monkey.
| Antidote............$100 | I suggest you pick up a few to keep the wimps at
| Parlyz Heal.........$200 | bay.
| Escape Rope.........$550 |
| Super Repel.........$500 | If you go to the PC in the Pokemon Center,
you'll
| X Special...........$350 | find that a woman is in the way. Speak to her and
| X Speed.............$350 | she will introduce herself as Lanette, creator of
| X Attack............$500 | the Pokemon Storage System on PC. She will
invite
| X Defend............$550 | you to her house on Route 114, then kindly get
| Dire Hit............$650 | out of your way.
| Guard Special.......$700 |
o--------------------------o You'll notice there's no Gym in this town.

Yeah, I told you the path was long. Fallarbor Town is about the halfway
point
between the third and fourth Badges. There's a Battle Tent here, and if
you
want more information on all the Battle Tents in Hoenn, see section 16.

One of the only houses in Fallarbor Town belongs to Professor Cozmo,
and he
isn't in at the moment. He went to Meteor Falls with Team Magma...
could he be
one of them?

Who cares, take the invisible Nugget from the crater next to his house.

The other house belongs to _the_ Move Tutor, who will teach one of your
Pokemon
a move it has forgotten that was already naturally learned. Of course,
there's
a price, albeit a small one - all he wants is a Heart Scale. You don't have
any, and you shouldn't have any reason to want to relearn lost moves.

Time to head on out.

================
7f. Meteor Falls [kexdr]
================

Our next destination is a short walk away, but there are a few Trainers
who
stand in our way. Silly Trainers, little do they know of the horrible,
agonizing defeat that awaits them.

Take this guy, for example.

Fisherman Nolan
Barboach, Lv.19
Money: 760

The guy standing next to a Poochyena will give you TM05, Roar.

The house that's near Nolan is home to the Fossil Maniac. He loves
fossils.
He's in the back, digging a hole, but if you talk to his kid brother, he'll
fork over TM28, Dig.

o------------------------------------------------------o
/ Save it. There's only one, and you'll need it later! /
o------------------------------------------------------o

Don't use it. Not only is it bad in battle, but if you want some legendaries,
you're going to need it later. Just leave it in the TMs & HMs Pocket.

Okay. Keep on truckin'. There's a team battle on the right side of the
water,
but the Fisherman might turn and prevent you from doing it.

Fisherman Kai <- Team Battle! -> Picnicker Charlotte
Barboach, Lv.19 Money: 1064 Nuzleaf, Lv.19

Congratulations, you're now the proud owner of a brand new
Energypowder. It's
really bitter, so your Pokemon will lose happiness points if you feed a
bitter
item (like the Energypowder) to it.

There's a guy on the bridge. I'm not missing him this time. Fight him.

Fisherman Claude
Magikarp, Lv.16; Barboach, Lv.18; Goldeen, Lv.17
Money: 720

And now the girl just past the bridge.

Picnicker Nancy
Marill, Lv.18; Lombre, Lv.18
Money: 288

o---------------------------o Yeah, wild Pokemon.
| ROUTE 114 POKEMON LISTING |
o---------------------------o Go all the way to the left and press A on the
| Lotad (Common) | last square for a Revive. If you go behind the
| Swablu (Uncommon) | house - see it? - you can pick up some
berries.
| Lombre (Rare) |
| Seviper (Rare) | The guy next to the girls will give you one
o---------------------------o berry a day. His stock:

Wepear - Pinap

Challenge the girls.

Sr. And Jr. Tyra & Ivy
Roselia, Lv.18/Graveler, Lv.20
Money: 640

It's about time you get in that house, isn't it? This is Lanette's house. If
you examine her computer, you will find an e-mail from Bill of Kanto.
Talk to
her and she will apologize for the mess. In exchange for you keeping your
yap
shut, she will give you a Lotad Doll.

South of Lanette's house is a Camper that you may fight if you so wish.

Camper Shane
Sandshrew, Lv.18; Nuzleaf, Lv.18
Money: 288

And below him, a young man in half a dinosaur suit.

Pokemaniac Steve*
Aron, Lv.19
Money: 1140

Examine the rock behind him to get a free Carbos. Go up the steps to
your left.
Smash the rock and collect the Protein, then follow the path counter-
clockwise
until you get to the next Trainer.

Kindler Bernie*
Slugma, Lv.18; Wingull, Lv.18
Money: 576

Head south for a team battle. Watch out, the chick turns away
occasionally. Run
near her to get her attention.

Hiker Lucas <- Team Battle! -> Picnicker Angelina
Geodude/Numel, Lv.18 Money: 1008 Lombre/Marill, Lv.18

Death to yodelers.

Hiker Lenny
Geodude, Lv.18; Machop, Lv.18
Money: 720

Meteor Falls off the port bow!

o------------------------------o Go straight up for a Full Heal.
| METEOR FALLS POKEMON LISTING |
o------------------------------o Go left and you'll see a scene in which Team
| Zubat (Common) | Magma steals the Meteorite. They will also
| Golbat* (Common) | drop a hint that they're going to use it at
| Solrock (Rare) | Mt. Chimney. Then Team Aqua shows up, just
| Bagon* (Rare) | as Team Magma takes off - to Mt. Chimney.
o------------------------------o Then Team Aqua will give chase to Team
Magma,
who ran to Mt. Chimney. If you talk to Prof.
* - These Pokemon only appear in Cozmo, he will wonder what Team
Magma's going
Meteor Falls' upper area, which to do at Mt. Chimney. You know, it's the
you need Waterfall to get to. oddest thing, but doesn't it sound like
Not only do you not have everyone in Meteor Falls is trying to tell
Waterfall, but you can't use it you to go somewhere? I wonder where
that
out of battle yet, either. place could be...

Go all the way left and up the steps to find the _ONLY MOON STONE IN
EMERALD_.

Go south, jump the ledges, and get out. You'll be on Route 115.

Fight the dooder guy.

Black Belt Nob*
Machop, Lv.19
Money: 608

Bust the rock next to him. A Great Ball is your prize. Some berries are
south
of it. Team battle, see it?

Collector Hector <- Team Battle! -> Psychic Marlene
Zangoose/Seviper, Lv.18 Money: 1512 Meditite/Spoink, Lv.18

There's a PP Up south of them. Go up and west past Nob to a girl running
on the
beach. Fight her.

Battle Girl Cyndy*
Meditite, Lv.18; Makuhita, Lv.18
Money: 432

Now get back in Meteor Falls. Go up the stairs and out the door to the
right.

Do you remember where to go?

==================
7g. Maxie Battle 1 [ffttg]
==================

Okay. We've been to Mt. Chimney before, but we couldn't go to the
summit
because two Magma grunts were blocking the path. Those numbskulls
are gone now,
so we can get to the top and save the world.

Backtrack. Yeah, that's right. Go backwards. All the way back to Route 112
backwards. That means past Fallarbor, through Route 113, down Route 111,
and
through Fiery Path.

On your way out, push the boulder out of the way and follow the path to
find a
Fire Stone and TM06, Toxic.

Once you're out, just get on the lift and ride to the top.

Things aren't looking good for Team Aqua. They are outnumbered, and
it's up to
you to assist. Feel free to go up the left side and walk between the two
grunts
who want a piece of the future Champion.

Check out the hot (no pun intended) Team Magma symbol!

Team Magma Grunt <- Team Battle! -> Team Magma Grunt
Zubat, Lv.20 Money: 800 Numel, Lv.20

Next?

Magma Admin Tabitha
Numel, Lv.18/22; Poochyena, Lv.20; Zubat, Lv.22
Money: 880

Boss Magma is right ahead. Heal and save.

My Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Gardevoir | 30 | Koffing | 29 | Manectric | 29 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o

Maxie's Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o Money: 2000
| Mightyena | 24 | Zubat | 24 | Camerupt | 25 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o

It's recommended to lead with a special attacker (Grass, Water, Fire,
Dragon,
Dark, Ice, Psychic, and Electric are classified as special attacks), since
Mightyena's Intimidate Ability will hinder a physical attacker's ability to
do
what it does best: put the hurtin' on anything. Mightyena knows Sand-
Attack, so
you need to be quick about killing it. I wasted time trying to get my
Pokemon
some experience, and I almost had to worry about losing. Don't do that.

Zubat? Are you kidding? Can you say "one hit KO?" Psychic with
anything.
Thundershock, Thunderbolt, Shock Wave, just stop reading and murder
the thing.

Camerupt is equally easy due to a double weakness to Water. Take out
whatever
Water-type attacks you've been using so far and get yourself a heapin'
helpin'
of wet camel.

After the fight, Maxie and his Magma goons will take off. Archie comes in
and
thanks you, then he bolts too, leaving you with the Meteorite. Take it.

Return it to Professor Cozmo and he'll give you TM27, Return.

==================
7h. Lavaridge Town [y?ynt]
==================

Yes! We are finally ready to take on the fourth of Hoenn's Gyms. We just
have
to get there first. On your way out, buy some Lava Cookies from the old
lady.
They function like Full Heals, but Lava Cookies cost you a third of the
price.

As we hop down the path, you can see small rocks you can't jump on. If
you have
the Acro Bike, though, you can start bunny hopping up and down them!
You will
also notice ashy grass and a bunch of Trainers. Time to take 'em on!

Hiker Eric
Geodude, Lv.20; Baltoy, Lv.20
Money: 800

o-----------------------------o
| JAGGED PASS POKEMON LISTING | Wait, is that a Team Magma
Grunt? Let's check.
o-----------------------------o ... Yep. Here comes the pain.
| Numel (Common) |
| Machop (Uncommon) | Team Magma Grunt
| Spoink (Rare) | Poochyena, Lv.22; Numel, Lv.22
o-----------------------------o Money: 440

Hideout? What hideout? Where? He isn't talking... but he gives you
props, so we
can be kind enough to let him go - for now. Battle the unsuspecting girl.

Picnicker Diana*
Shroomish, Lv.19; Oddish, Lv.19; Swablu, Lv.19
Money: 304

Before you jump too far, pick up the Burn Heal to the right. Okay, now
fight.

Picnicker Autumn <- Team Battle! -> Triathlete Julio
Shroomish, Lv.21 Money: 1176 Magnemite, Lv.21

Camper Ethan
Zigzagoon, Lv.20; Taillow, Lv.20
Money: 320

Leave via the exit and breathe some fresh air. Lavaridge Town is just
ahead. If
you accidentally jumped a ledge and do not have the Acro Bike to get
back up,
simply ride the cable car up to Mt. Chimney's summit and then leave
again.

There's a Nugget on a ledge that you jump from Lavaridge Town. Don't
miss it.

Time for actual Lavaridge stuff!

o--------------------------o Whoa, Revives! Score! Stock up on them, you're
| LAVARIDGE TOWN SHOP LIST | going to need them. Refill your stock
of Super
o--------------------------o Potions if it needs refilling, or, if you're a
| Great Ball..........$600 | penny pincher, you can buy the cheaper, more
| Super Potion........$700 | efficient Soda Pop way back on Slateport
Beach.
| Antidote............$100 |
| Parlyz Heal.........$200 | The lady to the left of the old man in the sand
| Awakening...........$250 | has an egg she's willing to give to you if you
| Burn Heal...........$250 | have an open space in your party. This is a
| Revive.............$1000 | Wynaut egg, and Wynaut evolves into Wobbuffet
at
| Super Repel.........$500 | Lv.15, where it will learn Counter, Mirror Coat,
| X Speed.............$350 | Safeguard, and Destiny Bond at once. Wynaut's
o--------------------------o only natural moves are Charm, Splash, and
Encore.

Cheap and effective medicine, my foot. This o-----------------------------o
place, more or less, sucks. Energy Powder | POKEMON HERB SHOP
SHOP LIST |
cures 50 HP and costs $200 less than Super o-----------------------------o
Potions. Energy Root cures 200 HP and costs |
Energypowder...........$500 |
3/5 the price of a Hyper Potion, which does | Energy Root............$800 |
the same thing. Heal Powder is Full Heal, | Heal Powder............$450 |
and you just bought some Lava Cookies, which | Revival
Herb..........$2800 |
win. Revival Herbs are Max Revives, but they o-----------------------------
o
eat your Pokemon's friendship for breakfast. Besides, no one sucks so bad
that
they can afford to keep feeding their Pokemon Revival Herbs in order to
stay
alive.

Frustration (base damage up if user hates you) is harder to power up than
Return (base damage up if user likes you), anyway. This place needs to go
out
of business.

In this same shop is a fat old guy. Talk to him and he will give you
Charcoal,
Fire's power-up item.

Next door is a Move Tutor (the kid) who teaches the move Mimic.

Go in the Pokemon Center. Get in the hot springs via back entrance. Step
in
front of the old lady on the right. Face left. Feel around. Ice Heal.

...I hope it was on the ground.

Quickly get out of there. Heal and get your butt in the Gym! It's go time!

==================
7i. Boss: Flannery [jisth]
==================

Flannery's right in front of you. You can see her if you go around the left
ledge. She laughs because you can't get to her! Time to put her in her
place,
but we're not allowed to climb the ledge. Those that have played through
Flannery's Gym in the gem games or Sabrina's Gym in the color/metal
games
already know the routine. For those who are new at this (e-mail me if
Emerald
is your first Pokemon game. That's pretty amazing.), or those who need a
refresher, here it is: Every time you step on some water, you are either
sucked
in to the floor below or be thrown up to the floor above.

You'll notice there are no Gym Trainers. Well, that's because they're all
hiding. In the water. Flush them out, then take them out. I'll walk you
through
it. Fall in the water next to the entrance. Three steps right. See what I
mean?

Kindler Jeff
Slugma, Lv.22 (x2)
Money: 704

Now go back in the same water hole and get in the one above you.

Go left and you'll see a bunch of holes. Walk between the two holes.

Kindler Jace <- Team Battle! -> Hiker Eli
Slugma, Lv.23 Money: 1656 Numel, Lv.23

Of the three holes that remain, if you jump in the northwest one, you will
be
jumped by two very wet men. You can take it; go ahead and jump.

Kindler Cole <- Team Battle! -> Cooltrainer Gerald
Numel, Lv.23 Money: 1840 Kecleon, Lv.23

Next battle is straight up.

Kindler Axle
Numel, Lv.23
Money: 736

Go in the hole next to Axle. Trainer's in the upper right-side hole.

Kindler Keegan
Slugma, Lv.23
Money: 736

Jump in the remaining hole. Trainer is _still_ in the upper right hole.

Battle Girl Danielle
Meditite, Lv.23
Money: 552

She should go take over Roxanne's Gym and become Rustboro's Gym
Leader. Your
path out is again the left hole. Go in it.

Go in the center hole. If you go in the far right hole, then go in the other
hole in the room you emerge in, you'll have to start over!

Now go in the right hole. If you go in the left hole, you have to start over!

Heal and save.

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o

Flannery's* Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Numel | 24 | Slugma | 24 | Camerupt | 26 | Money: 2900
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Torkoal | 29 |
o------------o-----o

Funny story, really. So I'm busting out Wailmer and I tell him to start
sending
Numel to a watery grave on the Surf Express, but Wailmer had a different
plan
in mind. He decided to ignore me and use Rollout instead. I started to
yell at
him, but he was all "Just watch, fool." And so I watched - watched
Wailmer kill
off Flannery's entire team with Rollout. Three hits for Numel, Slugma and
Camerupt both get OHKOed. After that, I said, "Okay, you proved your
point.
Will you do Surf now?" To which Wailmer replied with a ten-foot wave of
watery
goodness intent on crashing down on the final target a fifth of its size.
And
crash it did, delivering swift and brutal justice, Ball Whale style.

That, minus the ignoring and the Pokemon talking, should be your
strategy.
Numel and Camerupt both should die in one hit to any Water technique
that's not
Bubble or Water Gun. Slugma is just weak, use Ground or Rock to take
care of
it. The same goes for Torkoal. The thing you have to watch out for is
Overheat.
It hurts. Hurts like a rusty sword stabbed into your body several times,
then
having salt and lemon juice used to cure your wounds. And Sunny Day
makes it
worse. The good part for you is that it lowers the user's Special Attack by
2
levels. Flannery's too stupid to switch out, so with every Overheat she
does,
that's just one step closer to her defeat. Do so and earn the Heat Badge,
the
ability to use Strength out of battle, and TM50, Overheat!

==================
8. The Fifth Badge [blbaj]
==================

Major Objectives
----------------

* Get a fossil.
* Earn your fifth Badge.

Exit the Gym and May will see you. Aw, you missed her bathing in the
hot
springs. Poor Brendan. He keeps a pretty straight face about everything,
so
we're cool. May will almost diss you, but then Brendan gives her the evil
eye
and she quickly straightens up.

Good girl.

She'll give you the Go-Goggles, which will shield your eyes from the
desert's
raging sands. You can go there now!

The desert has an everlasting Sandstorm effect when in battle, and some
Pokemon
here have the Sand Veil ability, which can prove quite annoying.

================
8a. Mirage Tower [nsind]
================

o------------------------------o Once in the desert, you should be able to see
| MIRAGE TOWER POKEMON LISTING | this huge sand tower right in
the middle of
o------------------------------o the desert. If not, wait a while and come
| Trapinch (Common) | back. You'll need the Mach Bike and Rock
| Sandshrew (Rare) | Smash to ascend it. To get to the top, go
o------------------------------o clockwise, then counterclockwise twice.
You'll see two gnarly-shaped things. Break the rock and examine them.
They are
fossils, and if you take one, the tower will collapse. Which to take?

Root Fossil becomes Lileep, a Rock/Grass Pokemon. As such, it is only
weak to
Steel, Bug, Ice, and Fighting, and that's hot. It learns a few annoyance
attacks, but Cradily has the ability to sweep, too.

Claw Fossil becomes Anorith, a Bug/Rock Pokemon. A lot of its natural
moves are
bad. Armaldo's strength lies in Egg Moves and TMs.

Pick whichever one you like. Both evolve at Lv.40. After choosing, you
will
jump from the tower and watch as it and the other fossil sink into the
sand.

When you get time, take the fossil to Devon Corporation's second floor.
Talk to
the Devon Researcher on the bottom and he will offer to resurrect it.
Then you
are free to explore the desert as you see fit.

==================
8b. Whirling Heat! [so3rg]
==================

o------------------------o
| DESERT POKEMON LISTING | Just past Mirage Tower is a Stardust on
the upper
o------------------------o left side. While you're in the neighborhood, why
| Trapinch (Common) | don't you slaughter the guy who's standing by
it?
| Sandshrew (Uncommon) |
| Cacnea (Uncommon) | Oh, nope. Guess he doesn't want to battle.
Don't
| Baltoy (Rare) | feel bad, there's a girl northeast of him who will.
o------------------------o

Picnicker Heidi
Sandshrew, Lv.22; Baltoy, Lv.22
Money: 352

Follow the path north and beat on this other kid right here.

Camper Beau
Baltoy, Lv.21 (x2); Sandshrew, Lv.21
Money: 336

All the way up in the northeast corner is another fight.

Camper Drew
Sandshrew, Lv.23
Money: 368

Now head south for a while and you should see this girl.

Picnicker Becky
Sandshrew, Lv.22; Marill, Lv.22
Money: 352

Examine the rock near her for a Rare Candy. Southwest of her is a guy
pacing
around a rock. Examine the rock for a Stardust. Fight the guy.

Ruin Maniac Dusty*
Sandslash, Lv.23
Money: 1380

Three people again, walking between two of them will trigger a team
battle.
Make sure the guy in the middle is facing the partner you want him to
have.

Ruin Maniac Bryan <- Team Battle! -> Picnicker Celia
Sandshrew/Sandslash, Lv.22 Money: 1672 Marill/Lombre, Lv.22

Ruin Maniac Bryan <- Team Battle! -> Camper Branden
Sandshrew/Sandslash, Lv.22 Money: 1672 Taillow/Nuzleaf, Lv.22

Go as far south as you can to pick up TM37, Sandstorm. That's all. Leave
south.

=======================
8c. Petalburg Revisited [ttsyd]
=======================

South from Route 111 to Mauville. Take Cycling Road to Slateport (you
can
complete Trick 3 now if you so choose). It might be wise to pick up some
Soda
Pop as long as you're here. Have Mr. Briney take you to Dewford, then
tell him
to take you to Petalburg.

As long as you're in town, trek to Devon Corporation in Slateport City, go
to
the second floor, and get your fossil revived.

Since you beat Flannery, Petalburg's Poke Mart now carries Great Balls
and
Super Potions in addition to normal merchandise. Get in the Gym when
ready.

================
8d. Boss: Norman [bptaf]
================

Norman's Gym is separated into nine different rooms.

Key:
G = Gym Leader's Room where Norman awaits.
G S = Strength Room. Swords Dance is used.
/ \ 1 = 1-Hit KO Room. Slash is used to get critical hits.
S 1 C = Confusion Room. Confusion is inflicted, then heavy
/ \ / \ damage is dealt while you kill yourself.
C D R D = Defense Room. Defense-increasing moves are used.
\ / \ / R = Recovery Room. Recovery moves and items are used.
SP A SP = Speed Room. Agility is used.
\ / A = Accuracy Room. Never-miss moves are used.
E E = Entrance

Pick whatever rooms you like.

Strength Room 1-Hit KO Room
------------- -------------
Cooltrainer Jody Cooltrainer Berke
Zangoose, Lv.26 Vigoroth, Lv.26

Confusion Room Defense Room Recovery Room
-------------- ------------ -------------
Cooltrainer Parker Cooltrainer Alexia Cooltrainer George
Spinda, Lv.26 Wigglytuff, Lv.26 Slakoth, Lv.26
Money: 1248 Money: 1248 Money: 1248

Speed Room Accuracy Room
---------- -------------
Cooltrainer Randall Cooltrainer Mary
Swellow, Lv.26 Delcatty, Lv. 26

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Wailmer | 32 | Trapinch | 32 | Swellow | 29 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o

Norman's Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Spinda | 27 | Vigoroth | 27 | Linoone | 29 | Money: 3100
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Slaking | 31 |
o------------o-----o

Norman dropped one of his Slaking for a Spinda and a Linoone. Let's see
how
well they fare...

Spinda knows Teeter Dance, which will confuse your Pokemon. Spinda is
fairly
weak, and it should not take very much to kill. If you get confused, switch
out. Spinda is a joke.

Vigoroth is a lot stronger, though. Its Ability prevents it from being put
to
sleep, so don't try any of that.

Linoone should start off with Belly Drum, so you should be able to kill it
in
one hit. If you don't, start praying. Belly Drum raises a Pokemon's Attack
by 6
levels, and Linoone is already quick as it is.

Slaking is Norman's strongest Pokemon, and it has way high Attack
power. Its
Truant Ability lets it only move every other turn, and Norman doesn't get
to
heal Slaking while Truant is taking effect. Use that to your advantage.
Start
with small-damage attacks to whittle down the HP. Slaking has a Sitrus
Berry
attached, so keep that in mind. When Truant is going to activate, strike
Slaking down with a power hit.

Each of Norman's Pokemon know Facade. Facade is normally somewhat
weak, but it
doubles in base power if the user is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.
Coming
from a Normal-type, Facade can wreak havoc. Slaking doing it means
death for
most Pokemon. Good luck. Defeat Norman to earn the Balance Badge,
the ability
to use Surf out of battle, and TM42, Facade.

==================
9. The Sixth Badge [ftbaj]
==================

* Stop Team Aqua!
* Earn your sixth Badge.

Wally's father will drag you out of the Gym after the battle. He's really
happy
that Wally's been doing so well since he caught a Pokemon. As a reward
for
helping out his son, he gives you HM03, Surf.

Ooh, yay. Teach it to a Water Pokemon of your choice. See how cool Surf
looks
by surfing on the water next to the Gym. A Max Revive needs some
rescuing.

Starting now, watch your Match Call. People will start to want rematches.
I
wouldn't honor their requests just yet, because you still can't use Fly. It
won't be too long before you get it, however, so sit tight.

Well, no, just ride. Go back home and talk to your mom. She will give
you the
Amulet Coin, a spiffy little item that doubles money earned from Trainer
fights.

Go up past Oldale Town to Route 103. Surf to the right and have a battle.

SwimmerF Isabelle <- Team Battle! -> SwimmerM Pete
Marill, Lv.15 Money: 240 Tentacool, Lv.15

As long as you're here, why not do Trick 4?

On Route 110, you can see a small break in the wall where you can Surf.
Get in
the water and go up. A lone Rare Candy wants you. Go back down to the
main
Route and make your way to the city. You'll see Wattson standing in the
middle
of the city. He'll ask you if you will go into New Mauville to shut down
the
Generator. He will give you the Basement Key so you can get in.

Forget him. Do it later. If you really want to do it now, see section 17.

Before going, make a quick stop north to the Winstrate house. Surf on
the water
and pick up the HP Up.

Leave east out of Mauville. Surf across the water to Route 118. Examine
the
rock to get an Iron. Talk to the fisherman and tell him yes for the Good
Rod.

Fight the reporters.

Magnemite/Loudred, Lv.27
Money: 2592

============================
9a. The Very Taaaaaall Grass [yshil]
============================

Onward!

Fisherman Barny
Tentacool, Lv.25; Carvanha, Lv.25
Money: 1000

If you try to progress, Steven will hop down and have a little chat with
you.

"STEVEN: Hi, [Name]!

It's me, STEVEN!
We met in the cave near DEWFORD.
Have you met many kinds of POKEMON
since I last saw you?
There are many, many kinds of POKEMON
in this wide world of ours.
If you wanted to raise only your
favorites, that's fine.
Perhaps you find it more fun to raise
all sorts of Pokemon.
As a TRAINER of POKEMON,
what do you think?
Of course, it's not any of my business.

It would be nice if we were to meet
again somewhere."

Then he'll take off. You should do the same. Go right first.

o---------------------------o We're going to go to the right first. You can't
| ROUTE 118 POKEMON LISTING | explore all of Route 123 from this
side, but
o---------------------------o there's a little bit of it that you can do.
| Electrike (Common) | There's an item ball on a ledge, so go past
the
| Zigzagoon (Common) | bird keeper and get it... or slaughter him.
| Linoone (Uncommon) |
| Manectric (Uncommon) | Bird Keeper Chester
| Wingull (Rare) | Taillow, Lv.25; Swellow, Lv.25
| Kecleon (Rare) | Money: 800
o---------------------------o

It's a Hyper Potion. Jump the ledge and take out the guy next to you.

Bird Keeper Perry
Wingull, Lv.26
Money: 832

A few steps right and you're on Route 123. The kid runs fast, so if you
want to
take both Trainers out simultaneously, I suggest walking directly in the
path
of the girl with no space between you.

Cooltrainer Jazmyn <- Team Battle! -> Bug Catcher Davis
Absol, Lv.27 Money: 972 Pinsir, Lv.27

There's a house, several berries for you to pick, and a fight to the right.

Aroma Lady Violet
Roselia, Lv.26; Gloom, Lv.26
Money: 1040

You may notice that at times, it will rain on routes between here and
Fortree
City. Battles fought here will have Rain Dance in effect.

The house you see is the Berry Master's house. Inside, the man, the Berry
Master, will give you two berries a day. His stock:

Kelpsy - Qualot - Hondew - Grepa - Tamato - Cornn - Magost - Rabuta -
Nomel

His woman will give you one of the first ten berries when you tell her two
words or phrases. If it isn't a special phrase listed below, you will
randomly
get one of the first ten berries.

The best berries for PokeBlocks are made from berries 31-35, and she's got
'em.
How to get one from her? Tell her these words:

Spelon Berry - GREAT BATTLE. These words are in the bank by default.
This Berry
increases Cool and Beauty.

Pamtre Berry - CHALLENGE CONTEST. To get CONTEST, beat the Elite
Four. The word
CHALLENGE is default. This Berry increases Beauty and Smart.

Watmel Berry - OVERWHELMING LATIAS. OVERWHELMING is
default. To get LATIAS,
simply encounter her. This Berry increases Smart and Cute.

Durin Berry - COOL LATIOS. COOL is default. To get LATIOS, simply
encounter
him. This Berry increases Cute and Tough.

Belue Berry - SUPER HUSTLE. HUSTLE is default. Beat the Elite Four to
get the
word SUPER in your bank. This Berry increases Tough and Cool.

You can tell her a good saying every day, but you can only get the five
berries
listed above ONCE from the Berry Master's wife. Telling her "Great
Battle"
after getting a Spelon Berry will yield one of the first ten berries. You can
get Watmel and Durin Berries from the Quiz Lady in Lilycove City. If you
don't
have her, too bad, sucks to be you. Mix records with your friend who has
one
and you'll get her (and his quiz, so unless friend is going to part with a
Watmel or Durin Berry, tell friend not to make a quiz). To get more of
these
rare berries, plant them. They all take three days to bear fruit once
planted,
so water them every 18 hours.

Leave and go behind the house. Behind the fence, examine the last tile to
be
one Revive richer. There's an Ultra Ball to the south, get it. Twins to the
right, murder them.

Twins Miu & Yuki
Beautifly/Dustox, Lv.26
Money: 624

Go back to the spot by the two Bird Keepers and now go north to Route
119.

o---------------------------o The extremely tall grass snares bike tires.
| ROUTE 119 POKEMON LISTING | You won't be able to ride either bike
through
o---------------------------o here. This means you have to walk from
Trainer
| Linoone (Common) | to Trainer, fighting the wild Pokemon along
the
| Oddish (Uncommon) | way.
| Zigzagoon (Rare) |
| Kecleon (Rare) | Hope you brought some Super Repel.
| Tropius (Rare) |
o---------------------------o Inside the very tall grass is the Mimic Circle.
The Trainers here will, to an extent, reverse mimic your movements. If
you go
left, they go right. If you go up, they go down. It isn't hard to catch one
and
knock them on their face.

Start with the schmuck who's right near the beginning of the route.

Bug Catcher Kent
Ninjask, Lv.25
Money: 400

Now, go left. This guy's kinda hidden well because of the rain, but you
can
spot him no problem if you move near him.

Bug Maniac Donald
Wurmple, Lv.24; Silcoon, Lv.24; Beautifly, Lv.24
Money: 1440

There's a Super Repel a little north of Donald, next to a boy who exactly
mimics your movements. Trap him so he can't move and then fight him.

Bug Catcher Greg
Volbeat, Lv.25; Illumise, Lv.25
Money: 400

Now trek over to the right side. Once you pass the big group of trees, go
down.

Bug Maniac Taylor
Wurmple, Lv.27; Cascoon, Lv.27; Dustox, Lv.27
Money: 1620

Another bug bozo near the item ball northeast of Taylor.

Bug Maniac Brent
Surskit, Lv.26
Money: 1560

Pick up the Hyper Potion and fight the last Trainer in this mimicry cult.

Bug Catcher Doug
Nincada, Lv.28; Ninjask, Lv.28
Money: 448

Gah! I hate them almost as much as I hated fighting the Trainers in
FRLG's
Pattern Bush. Bug Pokemon evolve young; everyone here should have
had a bunch
of Lv.30 powerhouses. Instead, we get stuff like Lv.24 Wurmple. Look
out.

Get in the water. Surf to the fisherman, speak with him.

Fisherman Chris
Magikarp, Lv.29; Carvanha, Lv.29; Tentacool, Lv.20; Feebas, Lv.26
Money: 920

Get the Zinc in the corner and go back to the mainland. If you have the
Acro
Bike, you can cross those white bars. Press Up and B Button at the same
time
when you're parallel to the short bars and you will jump for them. Use
Down and
B Button to get back. The only things over there are a Calcium (examine
the
flowers to the north) and two Secret Base locations.

On the mainland, go up the steps and continue north. Did you get
jumped?

PKMN Ranger Catherine*
Gloom, Lv.26; Roselia, Lv.26
Money: 1248

Continue on the path.

PKMN Ranger Jackson*
Breloom, Lv.27
Money: 1296

Go through the grass. See the person hiding? Don't fight! Team battle
above!

Parasol Lady Rachel <- Team Battle! -> Bird Keeper Phil
Goldeen, Lv.26 Money: 1872 Swellow, Lv.26

Go north on the left side and pick up the Hyper Potion. If you have the
Mach
Bike, you can just ride up the sandy slope and continue. Even so, I
suggest you
cut through the grass. There's an Elixir to the far right. Go back and go up
the stairs, from the _left_ side. Double battle time!

Kindler Dayton <- Team Battle! -> Ninja Boy Takashi
Slugma/Numel, Lv.25 Money: 1100 Ninjask/Koffing, Lv.25

Go up and fight another Flying fanboy.

Bird Keeper Hugh
Wingull, Lv.25; Tropius, Lv.25
Money: 800

We're nearly there, but there's a required pit stop we have to make.

=====================
9b. Weather Institute [ctwtw]
=====================

Team Aqua's taken control of the Weather Institute, and you have to
bust some
heads. The bed serves as a Pokemon Center. It's incredibly
straightforward. No
side paths or anything like that. You'll see. Let's get started.

Team Aqua Grunt Team Aqua Grunt
Carvanha, Lv.28 Zubat, Lv.27; Poochyena, Lv.27

Go upstairs.

Team Aqua Grunt <- Team Battle! -> Team Aqua Grunt
Poochyena/Carvanha, Lv.27 Money: 1080 Zubat/Poochyena, Lv.27

Team Aqua Grunt
Poochyena, Lv.26; Zubat, Lv.26; Carvanha, Lv.26
Money: 520

Aqua Admin Shelly
Carvanha, Lv.28; Mightyena, Lv.28
Money: 1120

After the fight, you get a free Castform. It changes type depending on the
current weather, but won't change if a sandstorm whips up. It's a very
versatile Pokemon. Because there are three different weather
transformations
for Castform, that means you can use TMs and Move Tutors to customize
your
Castform to make it just how you want it to be. Its signature attack is
Weather
Ball, which changes type depending on the weather. Sounds like
Castform, right?
True, it is almost identical to Castform, but if there's a sandstorm in play,
Weather Ball will become Rock-type. It is Lv.25 when you get it, and
carries a
Mystic Water (Water's power-up item).

The bed will forever serve as a Pokemon Center. You can go east now, but
before
you do, save your game.

================
9c. May Battle 4 [mf119]
================

Cross the bridge and go down. Get the Elixir, then surf down. You'll see
some
tall grass and an empty square in the middle. Land and go to the bottom
in the
middle. Face up and press A for an Ultra Ball. Now go as far down as you
can
go. Get the Leaf Stone, then come back to the land and go up.

My Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Wailmer | 34 | Vibrava | 35 | Swellow | 33 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o

May's Pokemon:


o---------------o---------------o---------------o
o---------------o---------------o---------------o
|Pelipper.....29|Slugma.......29|Slugma.......29|
|Lombre.......29|Pelipper.....29|Lombre.......29| Money: 1860
o---------------o---------------o---------------o

Slugma, in the rain? Weak to Water? Why haven't you Surfed it yet?

Lombre is only weak to Flying, Bug, and Poison. I didn't have Bug, but I
had
the other two. Electric works well, although it inflicts normal damage.

Grovyle should be taken down by any Flying-type you have on your team,
with the
exception of maybe Pelipper. Not saying that Pelipper can't straight up
kill
Grovyle, but hey. Give it a try.

Pelipper's double weak to Electric. Zzzap.

For each starter, use the same strategy you've been using all game.
YAWN.

After the fight, she will reward you with HM02, Fly. You can't use it out
of
battle yet, and I'll bet you're itching to. You still have a little bit of
stuff to do before you can, so too bad!

Scott shows up when May leaves, spouts his usual useless babble, then
leaves.

================
9d. Fortree City [mgcpw]
================

Don't get your hopes up yet! There are still a few more fights! You'll see
the
first one easy - yellow hair behind a tree. But if you hug the trees to the
left and go up into the fake-looking one, you get a team battle!

Guitarist Fabian <- Team Battle! -> Ninja Boy Yasu
Manectric, Lv.26 Money: 1144 Ninjask, Lv.26

North near some berries is the last fight.

Ninja Boy Hideo
Koffing, Lv.25 (x2)

Money: 300

You may now enter the city.

o------------------------o Ultra Balls: the other other white meat. These are
| FORTREE CITY SHOP LIST | a step up from Great Balls. Nothing in the
game is
o------------------------o better, except Master Balls.
| Great Ball........$600 |
| Ultra Ball.......$1200 | Hyper Potions heal 200 HP. Buy some for the
Pokemon
| Super Potion......$700 | with at least 100 HP.
| Hyper Potion.....$1200 |
| Antidote..........$100 | There are two paths in the city to take. There are
| Parlyz Heal.......$200 | only two houses on the bottom path, and one is
at
| Awakening.........$250 | the end, so take the top path.
| Revive...........$1500 |
| Super Repel.......$500 | In the first house, the boy will trade you his
| Wood Mail..........$50 | Plusle, nickname, for your Volbeat. Both are
fairly
o------------------------o rare in Emerald, so this may be a fair trade.

In the next house, the old lady will give you a quiz. Answer "Right" twice
and
then "Left" and she'll give you TM10, Hidden Power.

Her husband, next to her, is a Move Tutor that teaches the move Sleep
Talk.

Nothing's in the third house, but below it... yeah. You know what that is.
Fortree City's Gym. You want to get in, but something's blocking the way.
Isn't
that lovely? We're going to get to the bottom of these invisible obstacles
in
just a bit.

In the last house, talk to the boy. He will his dispatch his Wingull, but
won't
tell you where. We'll find out later. Go down the ladder and enter the
house on
the bottom path. There are two shops here, each having items for a
Secret Base:

The two o------------------------o-----------------------o Each chair is
$3000 desks | Left man | Right man | one tile wide.
are 1 tile o------------------------o-----------------------o
wide. The | Small Desk.......$3000 | Small Chair.....$2000 | There isn't a
$6000 ones | Pokemon Desk.....$3000 | Pokemon Chair...$2000 |
whole lot else
hold three | Heavy Desk.......$6000 | Heavy Chair.....$2000 | to say about
tiny dolls, | Ragged Desk......$6000 | Ragged Chair....$2000 | the chairs.
and the | Comfort Desk.....$6000 | Comfort Chair...$2000 |
$9000 ones | Brick Desk.......$9000 | Brick Chair.....$2000 | I'm just trying
hold 9 tiny | Camp Desk........$9000 | Camp Chair......$2000 | to fill room
so
dolls or 1 | Hard Desk........$9000 | Hard Chair......$2000 | this side looks
big doll. o------------------------o-----------------------o as full as the
other side. :)

You may leave the city via the right exit. Hope you don't get jumped.

==============================
9e. Another Invention of Devon [nwuh3]
==============================

Did you get jumped?

Parasol Lady Clarissa
Roselia, Lv.28; Wailmer, Lv.28
Money: 1120

Go right. See the three empty squares in the very tall grass? The bottom
one
has a Revive. Get it. Fight the reporters.

Magneton/Loudred, Lv.30
Money: 2880

After you leave Route 120, Gabby & Ty will be found on Route 111. Then
they'll
move to Route 119, and then back here. You can do this repeatedly, but
their
levels will steadily increase until Ty's Loudred evolves.

Now fight the guy near them.

Bird Keeper Robert*
Swablu, Lv.29
Money: 928

Cross the bridge and you'll see Steven. If you try to go past him, you'll get
stopped by _another_ invisible thing. Talk to Steven to continue.

STEVEN: Hm? [Name], hi.
It's been a while.
There's something here that you can't
see, right?
Now if I were to use this item on
the invisible obstacle...
No, no. Rather than describing it,
I should just show you.
That would be more fun.
[Name], are your POKEMON ready for
battle?

Yes/No

No

STEVEN: No?

I'll wait here, so you can get ready.

(Talk again, asks you if you're ready)

Yes

STEVEN: [Name], show me your true
power as a TRAINER!

Steven will use the Devon Scope to see the invisible Kecleon standing
nearby.
Its Lv.30 self will attack you.

Kecleon's Ability is Color Change. This Ability changes Kecleon's type to
whatever move hit it last. For example, if I use Surf on Kecleon, and it
lives,
it changes from Normal to Water. Using Rock Smash on it next changes
it from
Water to Fight(ing). Moves that hit multiple times will trigger Color
Change
after the first hit. For example, if you use Bullet Seed on a Normal-type
Kecleon, the first volley of seeds will change Kecleon's type to Grass. Any
further seed shots will deal not-very-effective Grass-type damage. See?
You can
use this to your advantage, however, if you know moves that counter one
another. Medicham is a perfect example. Hi Jump Kick to inflict serious
damage
and change Kecleon's type to Fighting, then Psychic it to inflict even
more
super-effective damage! Good stuff.

I said I wouldn't say anything, but what the hey. You could have Vibrava
or
Altaria by now. You can use Dragon moves on Kecleon over and over for
continuous super-effective damage.

You can capture this Kecleon. It isn't one of a kind. You may have ran
into a
couple on the way here. Do what you will with it.

STEVEN: I see...
your battle style is intriguing.
Your POKEMON have obviously grown
since I first met you in DEWFORD.
I'd like for you to have this
DEVON SCOPE.
Who knows, there may be other
concealed POKEMON.
Obtained the DEVON SCOPE!
[Name] put away the DEVON SCOPE
in the KEY ITEMS POCKET.
STEVEN: [Name].

I enjoy seeing POKEMON and TRAINERS
who strive together.
I think you're doing great.

Well, let's meet again somewhere.

Then he will fly away on his Pokemon.

On your way back to Fortree City, go to the stairs by the water. Fight the
Lv.30 Kecleon, pick up the Nest Ball, then use Surf. Enter the cave below
and
surf across the water to find TM11, Sunny Day.

When you're back, get to the Gym. You don't want to do anything except
stomp
the life out of Winona's Pokemon and get yourself the ability to fly. The
Kecleon blocking the way will run. Time to win.

================
9f. Boss: Winona [ctoam]
================

To get to the sexy Winona, you'll need to make your way through a series
of
rotating doors, like the one you see to the left. Walk through it.

If you walk through the second one from the top, you can skip the
Trainer.

Bird Keeper Humberto
Skarmory, Lv.30
Money: 960

If you want a team battle, walk through the third door from the right
side.
Then loop around and go straight up into the girl's line of sight.

Bird Keeper Jared <- Team Battle! -> Picnicker Ashley
Doduo/Tropius/Skarmory, Lv.27 Money: 1296 Swablu (x3), Lv.27

Continue on. Go through the long door from the top, step right. Go up
through
the doors and fight another double battle.

Camper Flint <- Team Battle -> Bird Keeper Edwardo
Swellow/Xatu, Lv.29 Money: 1392 Doduo/Pelipper, Lv.29

There's a fourth (sixth) fight to the left.

Bird Keeper Darius
Tropius, Lv.30
Money: 960

On the left side, walk through the doors from the left side. Now push the
long
door up. Go up and through the door. Go down the left side and push the
long
door to the right. Then push it up and continue.

My Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Gardevoir | 35 | Weezing | 35 | Manectric | 35 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Wailmer | 35 | Vibrava | 35 | Swellow | 36 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o

Winona's* Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Swablu | 29 | Tropius | 29 | Pelipper | 30 | Money: 3300
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Skarmory | 31 | Altaria | 33 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o

Winona starts off small, using a Swablu. Your evolved Pokemon should
have no
trouble cutting Swablu's life short.

Tropius knows Sunny Day, which will send its Speed through the roof.
Also on
Tropius' moveset is Solarbeam, which requires no charge now that it's
sunny.
Tropius has a double weakness to Ice, which is not hindered by the sun,
so if
you can use Ice Beam, then by all means, do it.

Winona loves double weaknesses. Pelipper is double weak to Electric. If
you
have a Pokemon with Thunderbolt, bring it out and deliver the OHKO.
Pelipper
knows Protect, so you'll probably have to suffer through one or two
before it
goes down.

Skarmory is just plain weak to Electric. Use whatever Pokemon you used
to kill
off Pelipper.

Altaria is Winona's star Pokemon. If you couldn't tell, Altaria evolves
from
Swablu. It is Dragon/Flying in type, and Pokemon veterans know what
that means.
Hello, Ice Beam.

All her Pokemon know Aerial Ace, a Flying-type move that will never
miss. Don't
bother using evasion tactics in this battle, or any battle for that matter.
Evasion is cheap. :( Defeat Winona to earn the Feather Badge, the ability
to
use Fly out of battle, and TM40, Aerial Ace.

============
10. Shoifin' [brktm]
============

We're going to take a little break from our quest to boot out the
Pokemon
League Champion and take this time to explore Hoenn's watery side.
Now that we
can use Fly, moving about has gotten 100 times easier!

Don't forget to do Trick 5!

==============
10a. Route 115 [wbhb4]
==============

Fly to Fallarbor Town. Head to Meteor Falls and get on Route 115 by
leaving via
the southern exit. Remember where Cindy is? Start surfing. Go down and
get the
Super Potion, then start surfing north. Once you're back on land, go up
and
you'll find four Trainers you can fight. The item ball contains a Heal
Powder.

Triathlete Kyra <- Team Battle! -> Expert Timothy*
Doduo/Dodrio, Lv.26 Money: 2120 Hariyama, Lv.27

Ninja Boy Jaiden <- Team Battle! -> Expert Timothy*
Ninjask/Gulpin, Lv.26 Money: 1392 Hariyama, Lv.27

Ninja Boy Jaiden <- Team Battle! -> Triathlete Kyra
Ninjask/Gulpin, Lv.26 Money: 1352 Doduo/Dodrio, Lv.26

Triathlete Kyra <- Team Battle! -> Black Belt Koichi
Doduo/Dodrio, Lv.26 Money: 1936 Machop, Lv.24; Machoke,
Lv.28

North are some berries and the wild Pokemon, but first, another fight!

Battle Girl Helene <- Team Battle! -> Psychic Alix
Meditite/Makuhita, Lv.26 Money: 1298 Kadabra/Kirlia, Lv.26

o---------------------------o Not too much here, but this is the only spot
| ROUTE 115 POKEMON LISTING | where you can find Jigglypuff. Up on
the rocks
o---------------------------o you can easily spot TM01, Focus Punch.
| Swablu (Common) |
| Taillow (Common) | If you have the Mach Bike, you can go up the
| Swellow (Uncommon) | sandy slope and follow the path to get an
Iron.
| Jigglypuff (Rare) |
o---------------------------o That's all for Route 115. Next destination!

=====================
10b. Routes 105 & 106 [wsptr]
=====================

Fly to Petalburg City. Go west out of the city and get on the beach. Begin
your
journey southward, fight two Trainers.

SwimmerF Imani SwimmerM Dominik
Marill, Lv.26 Tentacool, Lv.26

Get on land and fight the guy.

Ruin Maniac Foster
Sandshrew, Lv.25; Sandslash, Lv.25
Money: 1500

Go left. Surf on the left side and go around the small island for a team
battle.

Bird Keeper Josue <- Team Battle! -> Ruin Maniac Andres*
Taillow/Wingull, Lv.25 Money: 2300 Sandshrew (x2), Lv.25

Now surf north of those two ding-a-lings and fight some more.

SwimmerF Beverly
Wingull, Lv.25; Wailmer, Lv.25
Money: 200

Get back on the main part of Route 105 and continue south.

SwimmerM Luis
Carvanha, Lv.26
Money: 208

See the small bit of sand to the left? Stand on the upper tile and face
south.
Press A and you're one Heart Scale richer. The Move Tutor in Fallarbor
Town
wants these, remember?

Near that spot is an Iron. Feel free to take it. Route 106 is right ahead.

SwimmerM Douglas
Tentacool, Lv.24 (x2)
Money: 192

There's a Protein and a Trainer. Take them in whatever order you want.

SwimmerF Kyla
Wailmer, Lv.26
Money: 208

Stop in Dewford Town to heal. Go into Dewford Hall and talk to the guy
in
glasses. He will give you TM36, Sludge Bomb.

===================
10c. Routes 107-109 [ddtas]
===================

Surf east out of the city. Surf these routes, fighting the Trainers as you go.

SwimmerF Denise SwimmerM Tony*
Wingull, Lv.25; Goldeen Lv.25 Carvanha, Lv.26

Sis And Bro Lisa & Ray SwimmerM Darrin
Goldeen, Lv.25/Tentacool, Lv.27 Tentacool, Lv.24 (x2); Wingull,
Lv.24

SwimmerF Beth <- Team Battle! -> Triathlete Camron
Goldeen, Lv.26 Money: 1248 Staryu, Lv.26

SwimmerF Missy SwimmerM Matthew
Goldeen, Lv.26 Carvanha, Lv.26

You will see the Abandoned Ship shortly after doing battle with Matthew.
At
this point in the game, you do not have the HM needed to completely
explore it,
nor do you have the Badge required to use it out of battle, so avoid it for
now
and come back once you do. Don't hesitate to fly back to Dewford for a
quick
heal if necessary. There are a lot of Trainers on these routes. They aren't
hard, but your Pokemon's PP will get drained quickly. When ready,
continue.

SwimmerF Tara
Horsea, Lv.25; Marill, Lv.25
Money: 200

Cooltrainer Carolina <- Team Battle! -> Sailor Cory*
Manectric (x2)/Swellow, Lv.24 Money: 1920
Wingull/Machop/Tentacool, Lv.24

Collect the Star Piece and move on.

SwimmerM Jerome
Tentacruel, Lv.26
Money: 208

Onto Route 109. You're almost done.

Bird Keeper Elijah <- Team Battle! -> Fisherman Carter
Skarmory (x2), Lv.25 Money: 1800 Wailmer/Tentacruel, Lv.25

Surf northwest and fight the couple. Examine the area in front of the girl
for
another Heart Scale.

Young Couple Mel & Paul
Dustox/Beautifly, Lv.27
Money: 1728

Just north of them is a guy who gave me the slip for six months (thanks
to Ben
Stanley (bstanley52 at gmail dot com) for showing me this guy's
location).

SwimmerM David
Tentacool, Lv.25; Carvanha, Lv.25
Money: 200

Go southeast and pick up a PP Up. Get back in the water and fight the
girl.

SwimmerF Alice
Goldeen, Lv.24 (x2); Wingull, Lv.24
Money: 192

North of her are two little girls. Show 'em what for.

Tuber Austina Tuber Gwen
Marill, Lv.26 Marill, Lv.26

That's all for aquatic side training. Defeat the Trainers in Match Call who
have fooled themselves into thinking they can beat you, then fly to
Fortree
City to continue your quest.

=====================
11. The Seventh Badge [mnbaj]
=====================

Major Objectives
----------------

* Visit Hoenn's biggest city.
* Witness the awakening of an ancient Pokemon.
* Tail Team Aqua.
* Earn your seventh Badge.

Leave Fortree City via the east exit to be on Route 120. Get moving.

o---------------------------o A few of these Trainers you've fought already.
| ROUTE 120 POKEMON LISTING | Start with the guy just past the
bridge.
o---------------------------o
| Oddish (Common) | Note the rain.
| Mightyena (Common) |
| Marill (Common) | Bird Keeper Colin
| Poochyena (Uncommon) | Wingull, Lv.28; Natu, Lv.28
| Absol (Rare) | Money: 896
| Seedot (Rare) |
o---------------------------o There are two team battles next. Hooray.

Parasol Lady Angelica <- Team Battle! -> Cooltrainer Leonel
Castform, Lv.30 Money: 2640 Manectric, Lv.30

Ninja Boy Riley <- Team Battle! -> Battle Girl Callie
Nincada/Koffing, Lv.28 Money: 1008 Meditite/Makuhita, Lv.28

Pick up the Revive and continue.

Cooltrainer Jennifer
Sableye, Lv.30
Money: 1440

Cut the tree and you will find six Aspear Berries. Get them if you wish,
Freeze
is horrendously uncommon.

Very tall grass time. Follow the cleared path down and then take a right.

PKMN Ranger Jenna
Lotad, Lv.28; Lombre, Lv.28; Nuzleaf, Lv.28
Money: 1344

If you go all the way left and down, you'll find another Kecleon. Kill it,
flee
from it, catch it, or ignore it. If you ignore it, you'll have to cut through
the grass to fight the next Trainer.

PKMN Ranger Lorenzo
Seedot, Lv.28; Nuzleaf, Lv.28; Lombre, Lv.28
Money: 1344

There's a Nugget directly below where you fought Lorenzo if you fought
him on
the clearing. You should see it anyway, just get it. Go to the right and
jump
the ledge. Cross the bridge. Fight the bozo.

Bug Maniac Jeffrey*
Surskit, Lv.27 (x3)
Money: 1620

Pick up the Hyper Potion and go to the lower left. Pick the berries and
speak
to the girl. She will give you one berry a day, and the berry she gives you
depends on your Trainer ID. If the number ends in...

...0 or 5, you will get a Figy Berry.
...1 or 6, you will get a Wiki Berry.
...2 or 7, you will get a Mago Berry.
...3 or 8, you will get an Aguav Berry.
...4 or 9, you will get an Iapapa Berry.

Go up the steps and pick the whole mess of berries. Surf down and get
the Full
Heal. Go back up and have a fight.

Ninja Boy Keigo
Koffing, Lv.28; Ninjask, Lv.28
Money: 336

Continue up and have another fight.

Ruin Maniac Chip
Baltoy, Lv.27; Sandshrew, Lv.27; Sandslash, Lv.27
Money: 1620

Now go back to the main route and continue right.

Hex Maniac Tammy <- Team Battle! -> Bug Maniac Cale
Duskull/Shuppet, Lv.29 Money: 2436 Dustox/Beautifly, Lv.29

o---------------------------o Follow the grass below the fence. Examine the
| ROUTE 121 POKEMON LISTING | last square for an HP Up. Go back
and straight
o---------------------------o up for a mess of berries. Battle to the right.
| Mightyena (Common) |
| Shuppet (Common) | Beauty Jessica*
| Oddish (Common) | Kecleon, Lv.29; Seviper, Lv.29
| Gloom (Rare) | Money: 2320
| Poochyena (Rare) |
| Wingull (Rare) | Continue right and you will see some Aqua
goons
| Kecleon (Rare) | head off to Mt. Pyre. This is normally where you
o---------------------------o would follow them, but screw that idea. We're
going to get another Fly location first. Ignore the goons and continue
right.
Pick up the Zinc and fight the girls.

Sr. And Jr. Kate & Joy
Spinda, Lv.30/Slaking, Lv.32
Money: 1024

The building you see is the entrance to the Safari Zone, but you won't be
able
to get in because you don't have a PokeBlock Case. We'll be getting one
shortly, so don't you worry. Just move along.

PKMN Breeder Myles <- Team Battle! -> PKMN Breeder Pat
Makuhita/Wingull/Tropius, Money: 2000
Poochyena/Shroomish/Electrike,
Lv.25 Lv.25

Take the Revive. Go up and left to fight an old man.

Gentleman Walter*
Manectric, Lv.29
Money: 2320

The item ball contains a Carbos. Get it if you wish. Fight the woman.

Pokefan Vanessa
Pikachu, Lv.30
Money: 2400

The battle below her is a team battle, but both of the Trainers turn.

Cooltrainer Marcel <- Team Battle! -> Cooltrainer Cristin*
Manectric/Shiftry, Lv.29 Money: 2734 Loudred/Vigoroth, Lv.29

Examine the empty square in the grass for a Max Revive. Pick the berries
and
enter Hoenn's largest city.

==================
11a. Lilycove City [tpifh]
==================

Inside the Pokemon Center, there is a lady. Like the man in Mauville
Pokemon
Center, this lady also changes with your Trainer ID.

One choice is the Quiz Lady. She will ask you a horrendously easy
question, and
you answer it with an equally easy answer that she will provide. Tell her
that
and she gives you an item. She will also give you the chance to make your
very
own quiz with nine words or phrases. She will take an item of your choice
from
your inventory as the prize for answering the quiz correctly. You must be
careful, though, because there's no way to get the item you select back.

Another choice is the Favor Lady. She will ask for a certain type of item,
and
you need to make a wild guess as to what she wants. Think about what
type of
item she wants, and base your guess on that. If she wants a pointy item,
don't
be tossing Poke Balls at her and expect to get anything except fake
thanks.

wham-ish: Max Repel: Protein
slippery: Ice Heal

When you mix records, the Quiz Lady will give your quiz to your friend,
but
only if the answer to your quiz is in your friend's word bank! If it isn't, the
Quiz Lady will give your friend one of her quizzes and one of her items.

The Favor Lady will tell your friend about the item you gave her and how
[description] it was. Or wasn't. If you failed, then your friend gets to try
his luck at pleasing her. If you got an item, friend gets to possibly have to
give her another type of item.

For such a large city, most of the buildings here don't mean anything.
The
Lilycove Department Store is north of the Pokemon Center, but May is
standing
in front of it, and we don't want to mess with her.

Not yet, anyway. We're going to explore the rest of the city first.

The house to the right of the Department Store is the Move Deleter's
house.
This is where you go if you want to delete HM moves from your
Pokemon.

Further right is a gentleman who will give you one berry a day. His stock:

Pecha - Aspear - Persim - Leppa

Jump the ledge and enter the house. Talk to the man for TM44, Rest.

Now go down until you are on the beach. Go up the right side of the
beach and
you will see many rocks. Examine the lowest one in the middle for a PP
Up.

Go all the way down to where you can see the lighthouse (yeah, it's a
lighthouse). See the rock? Examine it for a free Poke Ball.

Now go all the way to the left and examine the lone rock for a Heart
Scale.

Back in the main part of the city, go to the center and then down to
where the
old couple is at. Follow this path right and take the Max Repel sitting in
front of the lighthouse.

The large red building is where the Pokemon Contests are held. If all
players
are playing Pokemon Emerald, you can do Pokemon Contests with 2-4
players.
However, if a player using Ruby or Sapphire joins in, you must have 4
players.

See section 22 for more information regarding Pokemon Contests.

You can also Berry Blender with one, two, or three CPU players, or you
can link
up with 1-3 friends. It doesn't matter what game is being played.

Head left past the Department Store and go into the Lilycove Museum.
Go
straight up and talk to the museum's curator. Tell him you "Saw it" and
you are
interested in paintings, and he'll take you upstairs where he will ask you
to
find awesome art. Little does he realize that this awesome art is going to
come
from you, but hey. Who cares? See section 22e for more information.

=================
11b. May Battle 5 [mflcc]
=================

My Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Wailord | 40 | Vibrava | 40 | Swellow | 40 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o

May's Pokemon:


o---------------o---------------o---------------o
o---------------o---------------o---------------o
|Pelipper.....32|Slugma.......32|Slugma.......32|
|Ludicolo.....32|Ludicolo.....32|Pelipper.....32|
|Tropius......31|Tropius......31|Tropius......31| Money: 2040
o---------------o---------------o---------------o

The only Pokemon May has this time as opposed to last time is Tropius,
and it
has a very awesome double weakness to Ice. May sure likes getting
beaten
easily. Don't have Ice moves at your disposal? Fire works wonders, too.

==============================
11c. Lilycove Department Store [tabpm]
==============================

Yeah, that's right, this place is so huge it gets its own section.

On the first floor, the only thing of interest here is the lady on the right.
Once a day, you can talk to this lady and she will draw a Pokemon Loto
Ticket.
If the number on this ticket matches the ID numbers of _any_ Pokemon
you have
(on your team and in your Boxes), you will be the proud owner of a brand
new
Master Ball. There is only one Master Ball in the game, and if you either
miss
it or waste it, this is the _only_ other way to get a Master Ball in the
game.

On the rooftop, there is a Move Tutor who will teach Substitute to a
Pokemon.

Other than that, there are no other people of interest. Without further
ado,
the Lilycove Department Store Shop List:

o------------------------o o-------------------------o As you can see, these
| SECOND FLOOR LEFT LADY | | SECOND FLOOR RIGHT LADY | two
shops have every
o------------------------o o-------------------------o item for sale you've
| Poke Ball.........$200 | | Potion.............$300 | seen thus far, and some
| Great Ball........$600 | | Super Potion.......$700 | that make their debut
| Ultra Ball.......$1200 | | Hyper Potion......$1200 | here, like Max Repel &
| Escape Rope.......$550 | | Max Potion........$2500 | Full Heal. I suggest
| Full Heal.........$600 | | Revive............$1500 | stocking up on both.
| Antidote..........$100 | | Repel..............$350 | Max Potions restore all
| Parlyz Heal.......$200 | | Super Repel........$500 | HP, and your Pokemon
| Burn Heal.........$250 | | Max Repel..........$700 | do not have the HP to
| Ice Heal..........$250 | | Wave Mail...........$50 | warrant the use of one.
| Awakening.........$250 | | Mech Mail...........$50 | Don't buy Hyper Potions
| Fluffy Tail......$1000 | o-------------------------o either. There's an item
o------------------------o that is better suited for that. It's on the roof.

The third floor deals in o-----------------------o o------------------------o
Pokemon stats, both | THIRD FLOOR LEFT LADY | | THIRD FLOOR
RIGHT LADY |
temporary and permanent. o-----------------------o o------------------------o
The X items aren't all | Protein.........$9800 | | X Speed...........$350 |
that useful, in my | Iron............$9800 | | X Special.........$350 |
opinion. I recommend | Carbos..........$9800 | | X Attack..........$500 |
against buying the $9800 | Zinc............$9800 | | X Defend..........$550 |
stat boosters, at least | Calcium.........$9800 | | Dire Hit..........$650 |
at this point in time; | HP Up...........$9800 | | Guard Special.....$700 |
by now, your EVs are o-----------------------o | X Accuracy........$950 |
already messed up anyway. Do EV training later. o------------------------
o

o------------------------o Technical Machine time! The lady
| FOURTH FLOOR LEFT LADY | on the left sells you some
pretty
o------------------------o sweet TMs, like Fire Blast. I
(Fire Blast) | TM38.............$5500 | think Fire Blast is a better move
(Thunder) | TM25.............$5500 | than Flamethrower, but only for
(Blizzard) | TM14.............$5500 | linkplay. In game, Flamethrower
(Hyper Beam) | TM15.............$7500 | is better because it has three
o------------------------o times the PP of Fire Blast.

o-------------------------o This lady deals in defensive TMs.
| FOURTH FLOOR RIGHT LADY | Protect can be learned by
any
o-------------------------o Pokemon that can learn a TM.
(Protect) | TM17..............$3000 | Safeguard isn't learned by a lot
(Safeguard) | TM20..............$3000 | of Pokemon, and it isn't very
(Reflect) | TM33..............$3000 | useful anyway. Reflect and Light
(Light Screen) | TM16..............$3000 | Screen are boss moves. I suggest
o-------------------------o having at least one on your team.

o---------------------------o The four women o----------------------------o
| FIFTH FLOOR TOP LEFT LADY | on this floor | FIFTH FLOOR TOP
RIGHT LADY |
o---------------------------o will all sell o----------------------------o
| Pichu Doll..........$3000 | you items for | Pika Cushion.........$2000 |
| Pikachu Doll........$3000 | your Secret | Round Cushion........$2000 |
| Marill Doll.........$3000 | Base. The dolls | Zigzag Cushion.......$2000 |
| Jigglypuff Doll.....$3000 | are one tile | Spin Cushion.........$2000 |
| Duskull Doll........$3000 | large, and they | Diamond Cushion......$2000 |
| Wynaut Doll.........$3000 | can only be put | Ball Cushion.........$2000 |
| Baltoy Doll.........$3000 | on a table or | Grass Cushion........$2000 |
| Kecleon Doll........$3000 | desk. Same goes | Fire Cushion.........$2000 |
| Azurill Doll........$3000 | for cushions. | Water Cushion........$2000 |
| Skitty Doll.........$3000 | o----------------------------o
| Swablu Doll.........$3000 |
| Gulpin Doll.........$3000 | I love Secret Bases! Space filler, hooray!
o---------------------------o
o-------------------------------o
o------------------------------o Posters go | FIFTH FLOOR BOTTOM
RIGHT LADY |
| FIFTH FLOOR BOTTOM LEFT LADY | on walls. o------------------------
-------o
o------------------------------o Mats are | Surf Mat................$4000 |
| Ball Poster............$1000 | large and | Thunder Mat.............$4000 |
| Green Poster...........$1000 | circular, | Fire Blast Mat..........$4000 |
| Red Poster.............$1000 | and they | Powder Snow Mat.........$4000 |
| Blue Poster............$1000 | go on the | Attract Mat.............$4000 |
| Cute Poster............$1000 | floor. The | Fissure Mat.............$4000 |
| Pika Poster............$1000 | Glitter, | Spikes Mat..............$4000 |
| Long Poster............$1500 | Jump, and | Glitter Mat.............$4000 |
| Sea Poster.............$1500 | Spin Mats | Jump Mat................$4000 |
| Sky Poster.............$1500 | are the | Spin Mat................$4000 |
o------------------------------o exception. o-------------------------------o

o-------------------------o
| ROOFTOP VENDING MACHINE | Behold one of the best healing
items in the game -
o-------------------------o Lemonade. For a mere 350 money, you can buy
this
| Fresh Water........$200 | wonder drink that restores HP by 80. It beats
| Soda Pop...........$300 | Super Potion hands down and gives Hyper
Potions
| Lemonade...........$350 | a run for their money. Buy several.
o-------------------------o

You may be wondering where in the o-------------------------------------o
world you're supposed to find this | LILYCOVE DEPT. STORE CLEAR-
OUT SALE |
clear-out sale. The answer: TV. Yes, o-------------------------------------o
in order to be a part of this fabulous | Mud Ball.......................$200 |
event, you will need to watch TV. It | Fence Length...................$500 |
will usually about the sale two or 3 | Fence Width....................$500 |
days before the event. Every day, | Tire...........................$800 |
watch them count down until the day of | Breakable Door................$3000
|
the sale. Head up to the rooftop and | Solid Board...................$3000 |
speak to the shopkeeper by the vending | Sand
Ornament.................$3000 |
machine. Buy multiples of everything; | Stand.........................$7000 |
this event is very rare. Solid Board | Slide.........................$8000 |
is what you'll need so you can cover | TV............................$3000 |
the holes in your Secret Base. The | Round TV......................$4000 |
Stand and Slide are huge; they take up | Cute TV.......................$4000 |
about 8 tiles. Rhydon Doll is as large | Wailmer Doll.................$10000 |
as a Wailmer Doll, and goes on a large | Rhydon Doll..................$10000 |
mat or huge desk. o-------------------------------------o

=============
11d. Mt. Pyre [gosty]
=============

We're ready to continue. The only reason we visited Lilycove City was so
we
could Fly back to Lilycove City. Yeah, it's close to here, but we're going to
be going far away shortly. I know you don't want to walk from Fortree to
Lilycove all over again.

Go to where you saw the Aqua grunts before and surf south. It doesn't
matter if
you go right or left, your goal is the bottom center... sort of. Get inside.

o--------------------------o Please don't waste time looking for Duskull
here.
| MT. PYRE POKEMON LISTING | They are extremely rare.
o--------------------------o
| Shuppet (Common) | You're supposed to go out the side door
found on
| Duskull (Rare) | the first floor, but there are Trainers to defeat
o--------------------------o and items to collect on higher floors. Do that
first. Talk to the person in the upper right corner to get the Cleanse Tag.
It's a hold item that lowers the general encounter rate. That's all here, go
upstairs.

Pokemaniac Mark <- Team Battle! -> Hex Maniac Leah
Rhyhorn, Lv.31 Money: 2604 Spoink, Lv.31

Black Belt Zander <- Team Battle! -> Hex Maniac Leah
Hariyama, Lv.31 Money: 1736 Spoink, Lv.31

Young Couple Dez & Luke
Delcatty/Manectric, Lv.31
Money: 1984

Pick up the Ultra Ball and move to the next floor. This next fight's a team
fight, but both girls look away. It's hard to catch them together.

Psychic Kayla <- Team Battle! -> PKMN Breeder Gabrielle*
Wobbuffet/Natu/Kadabra, Money: 1664
Skitty/Poochyena/Zigzagoon, Lv.26
Lv.26
o-------------------------------------------o
/ Be careful! Shadow Tag forbids switching! /
o-------------------------------------------o

Should you decide to take out Kayla first, you can do another team battle
if
you manage to sneak past Gabrielle and keep the guy's attention. The
item ball
contains a Super Repel; get it before or after the battle, it doesn't matter.

Psychic William <- Team Battle! -> PKMN Breeder Gabrielle*
Ralts (x2)/Kirlia, Lv.26 Money: 1664 Skitty/Poochyena/Zigzagoon,
Lv.26

Next floor. One fight, then next floor. One more fight, then next floor.

Hex Maniac Tasha Black Belt Atsushi
Shuppet, Lv.32 Hariyama, Lv.32

On the next floor, there's a team battle. They both spin in opposite
directions, so it's easy to put yourself between them.

Hex Maniac Valerie* <- Team Battle! -> Psychic Cedric
Sableye, Lv.32 Money: 1536 Wobbuffet, Lv.32

The item ball contains TM30, Shadow Ball. Pick it up and fall down the
hole.
Pick up the Lax Incense and fall down the bottom hole. Don't forget to
pick up
the Sea Incense before falling down the holes. Now go down the stairs
and out
the side door.

o---------------------------------o The path to the top is surprisingly
| MT. PYRE SUMMIT POKEMON LISTING | straightforward. Vulpix can
only be found
o---------------------------------o here; make sure you get one before you
go.
| Shuppet (Common) |
| Vulpix (Rare) | Not too far in and you will see an item
| Duskull (Rare) | ball that contains TM48, Skill Swap.
| Wingull (Rare) |
| Chimecho (Rare) | Soon you'll see the path get all misty.
o---------------------------------o Straight up from this point is a Max
Potion. Go all the way to the left and follow the small path up to the end.
Examine the... thing... and you will be rewarded with an Ultra Ball. Back
on
the main path, you will see another thing blocked off by a wall and some
grass.
Examine this thing for a Max Ether.

Head up the center into the next area, where a few Aqua grunts lie in
wait.
Turns out they laid the smackdown on Team Magma, who turned tail
and fled (as
it should be). Now you have to beat _them_. Still easy. Here we go.

Team Aqua Grunt Team Aqua Grunt
Carvanha, Lv.32 Zubat, Lv.32

Poochyena/Wailmer, Lv.30 Money: 1200 Wailmer/Zubat, Lv.30

After that, go up and Archie will tell you that even though Maxie beat
him to
the top of Mt. Pyre, he still got what he wanted - the Red Orb. Grandma
over
here will tell you how disastrous it is now that the Orbs have been
separated.
Looks like someone's going to be a high-class errand boy... oh, but first,
take
this. Turns out someone from Team Magma dropped it... it's the Magma
Emblem!

Now you can... do... what? Where to go from here? Well... let's see. We've
been
everywhere we can go so far except east of Lilycove. Going there, we see
that
Team Aqua is still training their Wailmer. Can't leave yet. There's a cave
that
we can go inside. Oh, this is the Aqua Hideout. Two grunts won't let us
in, but
one says that Team Magma is trying to awaken an awesome Pokemon at
their
hideout.

Where is it, though? This grunt doesn't know. The other one says that
Team
Magma is trying to awaken an awesome Pokemon at Mt. Chimney.

Could Mt. Chimney be their hideout? I didn't see any secret entrances
before...

==================
11e. Magma Hideout [mghdt]
==================

To get through this dungeon, you're going to need Strength.

So we're up on Mt. Chimney. Doesn't look like Team Magma's here, but
there are
civilian Trainers for you to battle. Let's take care of them first - no sense
in wasting the experience!

Beauty Shirley Beauty Sheila Expert Shelby*
Numel, Lv.21 Shroomish, Lv.21 Meditite, Lv.21; Makuhita, Lv.21

Beauty Melissa <- Team Battle! -> Hiker Sawyer*
Marill, Lv.21 Money: 2520 Geodude, Lv.21

Jump down Jagged Pass, and the ground will shake because of the Magma
Emblem.
Another shake, and a cave opens up! So that's where they've been
hiding...

o-------------------------------o Activate Strength. Push the bottom boulder
| MAGMA HIDEOUT POKEMON LISTING | to the left, then push the
one above it to
o-------------------------------o the left. Follow the path.
| Geodude (Common) |
| Torkoal (Common) | Team Magma Grunt
| Graveler (Rare) | Poochyena, Lv.29
o-------------------------------o Money: 580

This place is way too straightforward. Just keep following the path.

Team Magma Grunt Team Magma Grunt
Numel, Lv.29 Mightyena, Lv.29

Fight the next two grunts. I don't care if you can make them team you;
it's way
too much hassle to even try.

Baltoy, Lv.28; Numel, Lv.28 Baltoy, Lv.28; Zubat, Lv.28

Finally, some diverging paths! Go down the steps, to the left, and up into
the
door. Go straight up and battle someone who regrets joining Team
Magma.

Mwahaha. Finally, someone's seeing the light. Join us, friend...

Numel, Lv.29 Money: 1160 Mightyena, Lv.29

Pick up the Full Restore and continue on the main path. Head up on this
second
path for more battles.

Zubat, Lv.29 Poochyena, Lv.29

Obtain the Max Elixir and follow the main path again. Go through the
door and
follow this new path. Fight a lonesome grunt.

Team Magma Grunt
Zubat, Lv.29
Money: 580

Continue on and you'll find a Rare Candy. Awesome. Now go back to
where you
found the first fork in the road and take the bottom door. Keep going.

Team Magma Grunt
Zubat, Lv.29
Money: 580

I love it! So many Team Magma Grunts questioning the ways of Team
Magma!...oh
hey, look. A fork in the road. Get in the door. Go up the left side and pick
up
a PP Max. That's gotta be awesome. There's a rather lonely grunt at the
top of
this room, so let's go keep him company. Chalk one up for the "Magma
Grunts who
Regret Joining Team Magma" team!

Team Magma Grunt
Mightyena, Lv.29
Money: 580

Now leave this room. Time to finish this room off, so go down and fight
this
one chick.

Team Magma Grunt
Baltoy, Lv.29
Money: 580

Pick up the Nugget and go through the door.

Another fight isn't too far off, and I'll bet he has a single Lv.29 Zubat.

Team Magma Grunt
Baltoy, Lv.29
Money: 580

Team Magma needs a little more diversity. At least increase the levels as
you
get deeper in. Use different Pokemon. This is so boring!

Numel, Lv.29 Money: 1160 Zubat, Lv.29

Magma Admin Tabitha
Numel, Lv.26; Zubat, Lv.30; Mightyena, Lv.28; Camerupt, Lv.33
Money: 1320

We're fighting administrators now... we must be getting close to the end.
Pick
up the Max Revive, dead ahead. A little more and you'll see Maxie
standing near
a rather large beast surrounded by magma. I think a heal and save is in
order.

===================
11f. Maxie Battle 2 [rghlm]
===================

Maxie will chant off some cheesy lines, expecting this Blue Orb to put
Groudon
under his command, but Groudon isn't going to have any part of that. He
takes
off, leaving Maxie stupefied. He blames it on you and commences attack.

My Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Wailord | 40 | Vibrava | 43 | Swellow | 42 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o

Maxie's Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o Money: 3120
| Mightyena | 37 | Crobat | 38 | Camerupt | 39 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o

Not much has changed about Mightyena since the last time you met.
Treat it the
same as you've treated every other Mightyena you've come across.

Thank the gods that Maxie's pathetic Zubat has evolved into the much
more
fearsome Crobat. It's wicked fast and its Attack isn't too shabby. Even
though
it isn't the highest level, this is Maxie's best Pokemon. You're probably
best
using an Electric-type if you have one, or something that knows Electric
moves.

Camerupt means Surf, the end.

Team Magma will vanish after Maxie says a few more words. Go in the
door and
pick up the Escape Rope. Use it to leave this dungeon.

Whew. That was long. I wonder what Team Aqua's up to? Let's pay them
a visit.

=================
11g. Aqua Hideout [fafft]
=================

No HMs needed to get through this dungeon.

The two Team Aqua grunts are still blocking the way. Good job, men;
they give
away Archie's location. Fly to Slateport City and go up to the harbor at
the
north end of the city. Talk to Captain Stern. After Gabby & Ty leave,
Archie
will speak through a megaphone from inside. He's going to take the
Submarine
Explorer 1 (henceforth referred to as 'the sub')! As we get inside, near
Archie
and he will commend you for chasing him this far, but, as always, it's too
late
to do anything. He will dare you to visit his hideout in Lilycove, then
jump in
the water and take off in the sub. Fly back to Lilycove City and enter the
hideout.

The two grunts who blocked the way are gone, so we now have access to
the main
part of the dungeon. Fight the grunt circling around near the entrance.

Team Aqua Grunt
Poochyena, Lv.32
Money: 640

Go down the stairs. Step on the right teleporter. Pick up the Max Elixir
and
warp back. Now step on the left teleporter and head to the right.

Team Aqua Grunt
Carvanha, Lv.32
Money: 640

Go down and left. Step on the teleporter. Step on the teleporter on the far
right. Step on the teleporter to the right of that one. Now step on the
teleporter to the _left_. Now step on the teleporter on the far left. Go left,
and you will see four item balls:

Master Ball -> * * <- Lv.30 Electrode
Nugget -> * * <- Lv.30 Electrode

Yeah. You can run or catch the Electrode, if you want. Don't leave the
Master
Ball behind. You will eventually be shut off from this dungeon forever, so
don't forget it!

Warp back to the teleporters and take the middle one, then the left one,
then
the upper one. Now go right and have a team battle.

Zubat/Carvanha, Lv.31 Money: 1240 Poochyena/Zubat, Lv.31

Take the teleporter, go downstairs. One grunt to fight.

Team Aqua Grunt
Carvanha, Lv.32
Money: 640

Take the bottom teleporter, pick up the Nest Ball. Go back and take the
teleporter on the right. Up the steps.

Team Aqua Grunt
Zubat, Lv.32
Money: 640

Now go down the stairs on the right for a team battle.

Zubat, Lv.32 Money: 1280 Carvanha, Lv.32

Step on the teleporter. Time for me to stop you right in your tracks!

Aqua Admin Matt
Mightyena, Lv.34; Golbat, Lv.34
Money: 1360

Argh, I've been defeated. Oh well. After a few words, step on the bottom
teleporter, go up the stairs, and get out.

=============
11h. Eastward [124n5]
=============

This is the last little bit we have to do before attempting the 7th Gym.
Heal
your Pokemon and leave east out of the city. First fight's a team battle.

SwimmerF Grace <- Team Battle! -> SwimmerM Declan
Marill, Lv.34 Money: 544 Gyarados, Lv.34

Moving along

SwimmerM Spencer
Tentacool, Lv.33; Wingull, Lv.33
Money: 264

Now go southwest from him.

Sis And Bro Lila & Roy*
Chinchou, Lv.34/Carvanha, Lv.33
Money: 792

Now head east.

SwimmerF Jenny
Wailmer, Lv.34
Money: 272

Southeast of her.

SwimmerM Chad
Tentacool, Lv.33; Wailmer, Lv.33
Money: 264

The house you'll see is the shard master's house. Take any colored shards
you
find to this guy and he will, depending on the color of the shard, give you
an
appropriate-colored evolution stone.

Before we actually make land in the city, though, continue northeast
onto Route
125. Go straight north to the land and start your beatdown.

Sailor Ernest*
Wingull, Lv.33; Machoke, Lv.33
Money: 1056

Now go to the right.

SwimmerF Sharon
Seaking, Lv.34
Money: 272

North and east a little bit.

SwimmerF Tanya
Luvdisc, Lv.34
Money: 272

Go up some and you'll see two dudes walking back and forth. If they're
walking
in the same direction, surf around so only one of them is visible. The
other
one won't move, so you can make it so you can Double Battle them.

Bird Keeper Presley <- Team Battle! -> Expert Auron
Tropius/Xatu, Lv.33 Money: 2376 Manectric/Machamp, Lv.33

The item is a Big Pearl. Go left for another Double Battle.

Sr. And Jr. Kim & Iris o------------------------------------------o
Swablu, Lv.32/Numel, Lv.35 / The cave next to them is Shoal Cave.
You /
Money: 1120 / can explore it now if you want, but it /
o---o isn't covered in this section. If you /
Now go down a little bit / want to explore Shoal Cave, see section 19. /
and then you're done. o----------------------------------------------o

SwimmerM Nolen
Tentacruel, Lv.34
Money: 136

Now go south until you hit land. Welcome!

==================
11i. Mossdeep City [sctof]
==================

o-------------------------o The first person you'll see is a Move Tutor that
| MOSSDEEP CITY SHOP LIST | will teach Dynamicpunch to one of
your Pokemon.
o-------------------------o
| Ultra Ball........$1200 | In the house to the left of the Pokemon Center,
| Net Ball..........$1000 | there lives a boy who will tell you the route
| Dive Ball.........$1000 | your Secret Base is on. He's there as a safety
| Hyper Potion......$1200 | precaution so you can find your base in case
you
| Full Heal..........$600 | ever forget where it's at (like I did).
| Revive............$1500 |
| Max Repel..........$700 | Between this house and the Pokemon Center is
a
| X Attack...........$500 | guy who will tell you Steven gave him some wack
| X Defend...........$550 | item called... King's Rock, was it? Yeah. Anyway,
o-------------------------o this is a really stupid item, so he offers to give
it to you. Take it, yes.

Northwest of the Pokemon Center is an empty house.

Above the Pokemon Center is a house. In it is a guy who will tell you
what
color PokeBlocks your lead Pokemon likes.

The Poke Mart is to the east of the Pokemon Center. Below that is a
house where
you can play Wireless Adapter mini-games. All players must be using the
Wireless Adapter in order to play.

Now go to the right and down the stairs. Go to the right and pick up the
Net
Ball. Back up the stairs, to the right, up more stairs, go in the house and
talk to the Wingull. It will go away. Where did we see a Wingull in town
before?

Oh, yeah, that's right. That boy in Fortree City had one. If you pay him a
visit now, he will give you a Mental Herb.

Now go left and up into the house. Agree with the fisherman and he'll
give you
a Super Rod.

Now go back to the Wingull house and up into the Space Center. Talk to
the
sailor and he'll give you a Sun Stone. How nice.

Steven's here. He's standing on the left side next to... an intent-to-steal
notice? It reads:

To the staff of the SPACE CENTER:
How are you? We are doing fine.
We will soon visit you to take your
rocket fuel.
Please don't try to stop us.
We will take the fuel no matter what.
Let there be more land!
TEAM MAGMA

They're such nice criminals. What does Steven have to say?

STEVEN: [Name], have you read that
proclamation already?
TEAM MAGMA is coming after the rocket
fuel on this island.
I don't know what they'd need it for,
but they can't be allowed to take it.
I'll keep an eye on things for
a while longer.
In the meantime, why don't you go
check out the town?

That's code for "go beat the Gym." But are you prepared? There's nothing
else
to do, so you can enter the Gym at any time. Clear out the Match Call
first to
make sure you've fought all the Trainers. When you think you're ready,
enter
the Gym.

======================
11j. Boss: Liza & Tate [b2tpt]
======================

Wow. Supreme Gym facelift. This is completely different from the Ruby
&
Sapphire version. There's a square, some statues, what looks like
switches, and
Trainers. Moving on to this square... holy crap!

Psychic Preston <- Team Battle! -> Psychic Maura
Kirlia, Lv.36 Money: 1728 Kadabra, Lv.36

Oh, so the squares are actually switches that rotate the Trainers, and
these
circular doohickeys aren't switches, but teleporters that transport you to
a
different area of the Gym.

Let's step on the one up top. Step on the switch and fight the psychics.

Psychic Blake <- Team Battle! -> Psychic Samantha
Girafarig, Lv.36 Money: 1728 Xatu, Lv.36

Now go back to the beginning and step on the left teleporter.

Gentleman Clifford <- Team Battle! -> Hex Maniac Kathleen
Girafarig, Lv.36 Money: 3744 Kadabra, Lv.36

Step on the switch and fight the girl. Step on the switch and fight the
guy.

Psychic Macey Psychic Nicholas
Natu, Lv.36 Wobbuffet, Lv.36

Go down and step on the switch twice. Now go up and step on the top
teleporter.
You already fought the Trainers here, so continue left to the other
teleporter.

Step on the switch and fight the pair.

Psychic Virgil <- Team Battle! -> Gentleman Nate
Ralts, Lv.36 Money: 3744 Spoink, Lv.36

Step on the switch two more times. But wait... why isn't the girl up on top
moving? Oh, I get it. The switches only activate the arrows of the
appropriate
color, so stepping on a blue switch won't activate red arrows. Okay.

Yep, as I thought. Step on the red switch and fight the two girls.

Hex Maniac Sylvia <- Team Battle! -> Psychic Hannah
Meditite, Lv.36 Money: 1728 Kirlia, Lv.36

Step on the red switch twice. Go around and step on the blue switch four
times.
Make sure when you're stepping off the switch, you step to the right.
Now go
down and step on the bottom blue switch once. Go right and up into the
teleporter.

If you didn't step on the green switch earlier to clear a path, you'll have to
go back and do that. Advance forward, heal and save.

My Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Wailord | 45 | Flygon | 45 | Swellow | 46 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o

Liza & Tate's* Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o Money: 8400 (!)
| Claydol | 41 | Xatu | 41 | Solrock | 42 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Lunatone | 42 |
o------------o-----o

Holy crap! Tate's a guy! I found this out when I watched the episode
where Ash
defeated them... wow. Talk about a shock. I'm totally serious, I had NO
CLUE
Tate was male. Did you?

I don't care _what_ the game says, it's Liza & Tate. It's Nintendo's fault
for
not putting enough characters for names. "Tate&Liza" my left foot.

If you've ever done competitive Double Battles, you can see right away
where
this battle is leading. Claydol knows Earthquake, and Earthquake hits all
other
battlers in 2-on-2. The good thing about this (at least for your opponents)
is
that Xatu happens to be part Flying-type, and is therefore immune to
Ground,
making the full blast of the attack done to your Pokemon. Solrock and
Lunatone
both sport the Levitate Ability, so they are also immune the Ground-
based
Earthquake. This is why you're going to want to eliminate Claydol as fast
as
you can. Claydol's weaknesses are Bug, Dark, Water, Grass, and Ghost.
Grass-
and Bug-type Pokemon are resistant to Ground, so if you have any of
those, feel
free to use them. Of course, I annihilated these girls so quickly, I'm not
sure
who else on their team has Earthquake. It was like this: Manectric +
Wailord.
Manectric Thunderbolts Xatu, Xatu dies. Go Solrock. Wailord Surfs.
Claydol
Earthquakes. Manectric Thunderbolts Solrock, Solrock dies. Go
Lunatone. Wailord
Surfs, Claydol dies. Manectric Thunderbolts Lunatone, I win. That's all
that
happened, I didn't feel like having them pimp themselves out and rape
me with
Calm Mind. I suppose her Pokemon know that, too, but I think they get
too much
a kick out of using Earthquake to do that. It raises Special Attack and
Special
Defense, so it's pretty useful for Psychic-type Pokemon. Most, if not all,
can
learn it. If her Pokemon start to use it, focus your attention on that one.
If
both Pokemon start to use it, you had better get to steppin' or face a
world of
hurt from special techniques. And Earthquake. Defeat Liza & Tate to earn
the
Mind Badge, the ability to use Dive out of battle, and TM04, Calm Mind.

====================
12. The Eighth Badge [rnbaj]
====================

Major Objectives
----------------

* Be a part of Pokemon history.
* Witness the awakening of two ancient Pokemon.
* Earn your final Badge.

The last Gym lies in Sootopolis City, but there aren't any paths to get in.
You
see, Sootopolis City lies inside an inactive volcano filled with water, so we
need to enter from below. We can use Dive out of battle, but we don't
_have_
the HM for it. We'll need it to progress, so we better get our hands on
one.

Let's go visit Steven. Maybe he knows what to do. Head to the Space
Center and-

What's this? Maxie and four Team Magma Grunts walk towards the
Space Center.
Oh, yeah, that's right, they're going to steal rocket fuel. At least they gave
the people at the Space Center fair warning. Enter the Space Center, and
turns
out that Team Magma has everybody piled on one side. Time to clean
house.

=================
12a. Space Center [mgagn]
=================

Walk to the right and start massacring.

Team Magma Grunt
Zubat, Lv.31; Poochyena, Lv.31
Money: 620

Move up and battle the Grunt. See? He agrees with me.

Team Magma Grunt
Numel, Lv.32
Money: 640

Keep going.

Team Magma Grunt
Baltoy, Lv.32
Money: 640

You'll have to talk to this next Grunt. Apparently, he's blind.

Team Magma Grunt

Mightyena, Lv.26/28; Numel, Lv.30
Money: 600

Go upstairs and you'll be face to face... to face to face with 3 Magma
Grunts.
They all want a piece of you. Far be it from us to withhold it from them.

Team Magma Grunt Team Magma Grunt Team Magma Grunt
Zubat, Lv.32 Mightyena, Lv.32 Baltoy, Lv.32

Go down and to the left, and you'll see Steven being harrassed by Maxie
and
Tabitha. Talk to Steven to continue.

STEVEN: TEAM MAGMA...

What's the point of stealing rocket
fuel?
MAXIE: Fufufu... Since you're so
curious, you deserve an explanation.
We're going to jettison the entire
load into MT. CHIMNEY!
With GROUDON gone, we have no need
for that slag heap of a mountain!
So we'll use the fuel's power to make
the volcano erupt!
It will be savage!

Steven'll be taken aback by this statement. You will get two chances to
heal
and save. This is one of them. Heal and save. Talk to Steven again.

STEVEN: [Name]!
You're going to help me?
Let's go into battle together!
Are you ready?

No:

STEVEN: Then, hurry!
Get ready quickly!
(asks if you'll help if you talk to him again)

This is the other one. If you didn't heal and save before, do it now.

===============================
12b. Fiery Fury! Magma Showdown [huxly]
===============================

Yes:

You'll have to choose up to three Pokemon to enter. Do so and select
Confirm.

Pokemon I used:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Gardevoir | 45 | Wailord | 45 | Manectric | 45 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o

Steven will use these Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Metang | 42 | Skarmory | 43 | Aggron | 44 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
Reflect Aerial Ace Thunder
Psychic Toxic Protect
Metal Claw Protect Solarbeam
Light Screen Steel Wing Dragon Claw

Maxie's Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Mightyena | 42 | Crobat | 43 | Camerupt | 44 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o

Tabitha's Pokemon: Money: 5120

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Camerupt | 36 | Mightyena | 38 | Golbat | 40 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o

Steven's Metang is Steel/Psychic, and as such resists many types. Its Clear
Body Ability also stops Intimidate from working... on Metang. Your
Pokemon
still get hit with it. It's doubtful Steven's Metang will die unless you
yourself kill it.

Steven's Aggron probably knows the worst moveset in the universe.
Aggron is
Steel/Rock, the evolution of Lairon, evolution of Aron. It's double weak
to
Fighting and Ground. It's doubtful it will die if it ever sees play. I just
killed it because I'm greedy and want all the experience to myself.
Hahaha.

Steven's Skarmory has better moves, but it's just as easy to kill. I made
that
bird eat Fire Blast so fast it wasn't even funny.

Most of the time, though, Steven will either kill one of their Pokemon or
you
will die trying to eliminate Steven. Chin up and take it like a real man.

Does this situation look familiar? It's the Earthquake/Flying combination
we
just got done seeing in Mossdeep's Gym. If a Camerupt gets paired up
with a
Golbat or a Crobat, you know an Earthquake's on its way.

Of course, since we all know that Camerupt means Surf, that should
never
happen. The fact that the damage is split won't make it live. It still dies.

Since Maxie and Tabitha both have a Mightyena, that means a potential -
2 Attack
for your leader. Lead with a special attacker so Intimidate doesn't hurt it.

Don't bother with weaknesses for the Mightyena. They are weak. Power
hits will
do you good. If they use Scary Face on you, switch out. One Scary Face
will
make you slower than Camerupt, and having a Camerupt of ANY level be
faster
than your Pokemon is something to be ashamed of.

Crobat and Golbat can be treated the same way. Special hits are the way
to go.

After the battle, Maxie will realize how much of a putz he's been this
entire
time and wonder if Archie is a putz, too. He and Team Magma will leave
to
examine "more important matters."

STEVEN: Whew, that was too tense.
[Name], thank you.
I have something to give you as
thanks for your support.
Please come see me at home
after this.
Oh, yes, I don't live in RUSTBORO CITY.
I live right here on this island.

Steven just so happens to inhabit that empty house northwest of the
Pokemon
Center. That's why it was empty when we visited it before - he wasn't
home!
Upon entering, Steven will spot you.

STEVEN: [Name]...

As you can see, there's not much here,
but this is my home.
Thank you for all that you've done.

This is my token of appreciation.
It's the HIDDEN MACHINE DIVE.

No need to be shy--you've earned
this HM.
Obtained the HM08!
[Name] put away the HM08
in the TMs & HMs POCKET.
STEVEN: While you're using SURF, you
should notice dark patches of water.
Use DIVE if you come to deep water
like it. You'll drop to the seafloor.
When you want to come back up, use
DIVE again.
In some places, it won't be possible
for you to surface, though.

He'll go back to a chair and chill there for the rest of the game. Well,
yeah,
Steven, that's real nice, but what the Whismur am I supposed to do now?

STEVEN: Apparently, there's an
underwater cavern between
MOSSDEEP and SOOTOPOLIS.
You know, the one that CAPT. STERN
found in his submarine.

Oh yeah! I forgot about that... thanks, man.

=====================
12c. Treasure Hunting [ilfs.]
=====================

Before you forget, go do Trick 6. Your Pokemon could use the experience.

There aren't very many Trainers left in Hoenn for us to battle, and there's
plenty of awesome treasure to be had at the bottom of the ocean. Start in
Lilycove City. Buy lots of Max Repel so the wild Pokemon stay away.

o----------------------------o Doesn't matter what route you're on, this is
| UNDERWATER POKEMON LISTING | what you're going to find when
underwater.
o----------------------------o
| Clamperl (Common) | The exception to this is Relicanth; that can
| Chinchou (Uncommon) | only be found outside of Sootopolis City.
| Relicanth (Rare) | The first patch of dark water can be found by
o----------------------------o Grace & Declan, the first battle you can fight
when leaving through Lilycove's east exit. Go straight down and examine
the
empty patch in the seaweed for a Green Shard.

Swim back to the light-colored area and surface. Go to the right to find
some
more dark water. Go under and swim the path. When you get to the fork,
go right
and examine the empty patch for a Carbos. Continue let when you get to
the
bottom. Surface and go northeast. A Blue Shard waits for you.

Right, now just a little bit to the right and you'll find more dark water. Go
under, and you'll see a discolored spot in the light area. Examine this spot
for a Heart Scale. Go up until you find another spot like the one when
you
first dove down. Examine this dark area for a Calcium. Go all the way left
and
surface. Go right and pick up the Red Shard. Backtrack to the beginning
and get
back in the main part of the ocean.

Southeast of there is another dive spot, but there's nothing there. To the
right of there is yet another dive spot, and you can pick up a free Big
Pearl
if you can find the discolored area. A short distance southwest yields
another
dive spot. Get down and start swimming. Surface, follow the path, and go
under
again. Follow the path and surface. Your reward is a Green Shard.

Go north between the lands and you will see two dive spots. The bottom
one has
nothing, but the top one has a Pearl in a discolored area.

Go up some more. You will find some more dark water. Go under, follow
the path,
and surface. A Yellow Shard lies to the left.

So now go around the house on the left side and then straight down for
more
dark water. Go down and you'll find a Heart Scale in a discolored spot.

To get more treasure, we'll have to fight our way through Route 124. Go
west of
Mossdeep and then begin southward. Ready? Fight!

Triathlete Isabella <- Team Battle! -> SwimmerM Roland
Staryu, Lv.34 Money: 1632 Carvanha, Lv.34

Go south and weave through the rocks. This next fight is optional, but
fight
'em anyway.

Triathlete Isobel <- Team Battle! -> SwimmerM Leonardo
Staryu, Lv.34 Money: 1632 Carvanha, Lv.34

You're going to see _lots_ of dark water after this. Surf left and dive in the
thin strip of dark water on the left side. You should be able to see a
discolored spot; examine it for an Ultra Ball.

Surface and follow the dark water to the right, where you see a male
swimmer
swimming around. Dive at the "corner" of the dark water and you'll see
another
discolored spot. Pick up the Stardust, surface, and smite the boy.

SwimmerM Dean
Carvanha, Lv.31 (x2) Wingull, Lv.31
Money: 248

Surf down until you get to the white rock structure's southeast corner.
Dive
near the spot between two small rocks and you'll be able to clearly see a
discolored area. Examine it for a Big Pearl. Stay underwater. Surf
clockwise
and go straight up when you can turn right. Follow this path to a dead-
end with
a Heart Scale. Now you can surface. You're on the other side of the rocks!
Go
left and straight down for more dark water. Before you dive under, fight
the
girl just below that.

SwimmerF Brenda
Goldeen, Lv.34
Money: 272

Underwater, there are three different discolored splotches. From top to
bottom,
they are Yellow Shard, Pearl, Iron. Get them all and go back until you're
underwater on the dead-end path. Go all the way down and surface. See
the girl?
Go to her left.

SwimmerF Sienna <- Team Battle! -> Triathlete Pablo*
Luvdisc, Lv.33 (x2) Money: 1534 Staryu, Lv.33 (x2)

Dive in the dark water below them. Follow this path. Empty patch, see it?
Blue
Shard's there. Surface and stay above water. There's a swimmer dood to
the
right.

SwimmerM Barry
Gyarados, Lv.34
Money: 272

Follow the city's structure in a counterclockwise direction. Fight the
mermaid.

SwimmerF Nikki
Marill, Lv.33; Spheal, Lv.33
Money: 264

Go right. As soon as you get on Route 127, go right until you find the dark
water. Dive here and examine the lonely rock for a Star Piece. Resurface
and go
down. Fight the lady.

Triathlete Donny
Wingull, Lv.26; Staryu, Lv.34
Money: 1360

Go straight up, making sure to stay on the left side of the rocks.

Bird Keeper Aidan <- Team Battle! -> Cooltrainer Athena
Swellow/Skarmory, Lv.32 Money: 2560 Manectric/Linoone,
Lv.32

A Rare Candy needs a home. Feel free to give it one. Surf around the trees
to
the north and continue up to find a Zinc. Go right until you can't
anymore,
then start going down. You'll find a break in the rocks to the right. Get in
this little area. Stay off the land for now; surf all the way around this
island and you'll find some dark water. Dive down and you'll see a rock in
the
middle or so. Examine it for a Red Shard.

Now surface and start wasting the Trainers, starting with the fishing buff.

Fisherman Roger
Magikarp, Lv.15/25; Gyarados, Lv.35
Money: 1400

Move now in a counterclockwise direction. Fight the two fishermen.

Fisherman Henry
Carvanha, Lv.31; Tentacruel, Lv.34
Money: 1360

Fisherman Jonah
Wailmer, Lv.30; Tentacool, Lv.31; Sharpedo, Lv.32
Money: 1220

Now leave, but on the right side of the rocks you came through before.
Dive
underwater and you'll see a rock. Examine it for an HP Up. Surface, go
down,
and fight the dooder guy.

Triathlete Camden
Staryu, Lv.33 (x2)
Money: 1320

Straight down from here, you'll find another break in the rocks to the
right.
Go in here and to the right, you'll see deep water. Dive in and surface
over
there. Go up and get the Carbos. Dive, go over, surface. While you're
here,
fight the lone Trainer.

Black Belt Koji*
Machoke, Lv.34
Money: 1588

Back on the main route, continue south. You will see a big rock on the
right.
just as you pass onto Route 128. Dive down here and then go up (or go up
and
dive down). You'll see a rock. Examine it for a Heart Scale.

Resurface and get back on Route 128. Go down and left a bit, you'll see a
girl.
She wants to fight you.

Cooltrainer Alexa
Gloom, Lv.34; Azumarill, Lv.34
Money: 1632

Go to the right and you'll see a guy, let's fight him.

Cooltrainer Ruben
Shiftry, Lv.34; Nosepass, Lv.34
Money: 1632

Below him and to the left you will find a rather large squareish patch of
shallow water. Inside this squareish is deep water. Dive down and collect
the
Protein, then surface. Make it so you're on the outside of the squareish
box
and get in front of it as if you were going to continue south. You'll see a
man, fight him.

Triathlete Isaiah*
Staryu, Lv.35
Money: 1400

"But what about the right? There's a huge path there!"

Yeah, but that leads to Ever Grande City, and you can't even get in yet.
Dive
down here, and you'll see the entrance to a cave. Welcome to your next
stop.

====================
12d. Seafloor Cavern [wihlc]
====================

To get through this dungeon, you will need Strength and Rock Smash. If
you do
not have both on your team, return to Mossdeep and pick up Pokemon
until you
have them both. You're going to want to pick up a few Max Repels if
you're
short on them. I'd say you'll want at least 3 or 4, unless you plan on
fighting
the wild Pokemon. Then surf straight south to Route 128, to the large
square.
Dive in front and enter the cavern.

The sub is here. Looks like Team Aqua's here. Surface and go up into the
cave.

o---------------------------------o
| SEAFLOOR CAVERN POKEMON LISTING | Go up and activate
Strength. Crush the
o---------------------------------o small rock and push the boulder either up
| Golbat (Common) | or down - NOT right. Go right and push
the
| Zubat (Common) | boulder. You'll see a copule of Team Aqua
| Wailmer (Common) | Grunts. You can skip them both, but
what's
| Tentacool (Common) | the fun in that?
o---------------------------------o

Team Aqua Grunt o---------------------------------------o
Poochyena, Lv.36 / This dungeon can get very confusing. /
Money: 720 / There are doors that take you to two /
\ different rooms, and you may feel \
Up the steps, fight the other one. \ like I'm skipping a lot, but I'm just \
\ saving you a LOT of wasted time. \
Team Aqua Grunt o---------------------------------------o
Carvanha, Lv.36
Money: 720

I'm sure you can see the team battle down there. If you don't want to
fight
them, skip the next paragraph. and start after the words "Right here!"
There
are no items to be obtained.

Go down into the room. Go down and activate Strength. Of the upper
two
boulders, push the top one to the wall. Then push the bottom one down
and smash
the rock. Go in the door and jump the ledge. See the grunt? There's
another one
below him to team battle - sneak around get between them if you want.

Zubat, Lv.36 Money: 1440 Carvanha, Lv.36

Jump the ledge and go all the way to the bottom. Go in the door. You're
back at
the beginning. Now you start all over. Activate Strength from the left,
smash
the rock, push the boulder up or down, go right, push the boulder right.

***Right here!***

Go left and up through the door. Go up and activate Strength. Smash the
rock
near the door you just came out of. Go push the upper left boulder up
and go in
the door. Enter any of the water currents, you will end up at the same
spot. Go
either down or right. Now go right. IGNORE THE CAVE. GO LEFT. Now
go up, land,
and into the cave.

1 There's a Double Battle here. It's much easier to fight them, but
2 3 for the wimps out there, there's a ridiculously easy boulder puzzle
4 to figure out. Imagine the boulders are numbered like I have them
5 6 numbered to the left. Activate Strength and push #7 to the left.
7 Push #4 up, then push #3 up twice. Push #1 left and you're done.

For those who don't feel like wasting their time doing that, here's the
fight.

Aqua Admin Shelly <- Team Battle! -> Team Aqua Grunt
Sharpedo/Mightyena, Lv.37 Money: 2180 Mightyena/Golbat,
Lv.35

12 34 In the next room, you'll find another battle, but this time it's
567 forced. It isn't all that hard. Push boulder + up. Boulder 0 goes
8 9 left, x goes right. Boulder + goes left/right, 6 goes up. Boulder 5
0+x goes left, 7 goes right, 2 and 3 both go up, + goes off to the side.

The path is misty. Pick up the item ball for TM26, Earthquake.

We've seen this somewhere before... following a path to a large beast
thing.
This time, there's no one there, but a heal and save is still recommended.
When
you're ready, step in front of the creature.

================================
12e. Watery Wrath! Aqua Showdown [ttrrs]
================================

Archie will appear and introduce you to the beast - Kyogre.
Unfortunately, he
still thinks you're his enemy, and so he will begin his assault.

My Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o

Archie's Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o Money: 3440
| Mightyena | 41 | Crobat | 41 | Sharpedo | 43 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o

Sadly, Archie is a joke. Your levels should tower over his. You know how
to
handle Mightyena and Crobat. Sharpedo is Water/Dark, use Electric or
Grass to
take it out.

After the battle, Archie will compliment you on getting as far as you did.
He
will also say that it still doesn't mean a thing that you are here, because
with the Red Orb, he can...

Oh. Wait, just a moment. Kyogre must have gotten the memo from
Groudon that
there's no way that some lowly _human_ (that isn't the Hoenn Pokemon
League
Champion) is gonna control it, because Kyogre does the same thing
Groudon did
when we fought and owned Maxie: books out of the cave. Uh-oh, poor
Archie.
He'll get a call from his grunts saying that it's raining... _really_ hard.
Maxie will rush in and scold Archie for being a dink (although he admits
he was
one himself, which you can't help but respect the guy for), and after some
more
crying from Archie, the three of you will go outside.

Yeah. It's raining pretty hard out, thunder and lightning and - the sun?
Yeah,
that's right. Because both Kyogre and Groudon are loose in the world, the
weather has gone haywire. One minute it will be raining, and the next it
will
turn into scorching heat. Maxie and Archie go off-screen, and Steven
pops in.

STEVEN: [Name]!
What is happening?
This is terrible...

After the scorching heat wave ended,
this deluge began.
If this doesn't stop, all of HOENN...
No, the whole world will drown.
This huge rain cloud is spreading
from above SOOTOPOLIS...
What in the world is taking place there?

There's no point arguing here...
SOOTOPOLIS might provide answers...
[Name]...
I don't know what you intend do to,
but don't do anything reckless.
Okay.
I'm going to SOOTOPOLIS.

If you've been following this walkthrough to the letter, you didn't set foot
in
Sootopolis like I told you not to. To get there, go left until you hit the
rocks. Go up until you can go left, then go left until you see the white
structure of Sootopolis City. Follow the structure clockwise until you get
to
the bottom. Dive down and enter. Save your game if you'd like, because a
one-
time event is going to happen.

Surface and you will see Kyogre and Groudon "doing battle" with one
another. It
will shift to a cut scene where you will see detailed pictures of Kyogre and
Groudon... wiggling... in the rain. Yeeeah. Yep, that's about all they do.
Wiggle. At any rate, they will start ramming towards each other, with
zero
progress. If you swim around the beasts (funny, two colossus Pokemon
are
fighting each other and you're all "hey, you guys, just let me get around
ya
real quick, I need to heal"), you'll see the Pokemon Center to the right,
and
the Gym straight ahead. Archie's blocking your way, so you can't get in
right
now. Archie will wave the Red Orb around like a ding-dong and be all
"HEY!!!!
LOOK!!! U BOW 2 DIS!!!1!!" Maxie, on the other hand, simply calls to
Groudon,
saying that he finally knows the extent of its power and cannot control it,
then begs forgiveness. Ha, puny mortals. Luckily, your butts are about to
be
saved by a kid.

Steven's to your left. See him? Talk to him.

STEVEN: Those POKEMON fighting...
GROUDON... And KYOGRE...
The two super-ancient POKEMON
were awakened from a long sleep...
And now they are smashing each other
with their uncontrollable energy...
...[Name].

You being here now I'll take to mean
that you're prepared to become
involved in this crisis.
Well, then, there's someone that
I'd like you to meet.
Come with me, please.

You guys will walk a little, but Steven stops and runs his mouth some
more.

STEVEN: Listen, [Name].

Does seeing GROUDON and KYOGRE make
you think POKEMON are to be feared?
But that's not true.
POKEMON are really more...
...Why am I asking you this?
You already know.

Now you guys will walk to the entrance of a cave that an old man is
guarding.
Steven will say a few words to him, and the old guy will step aside.

STEVEN: Okay, here we are!

Inside here you'll find someone named
WALLACE.
I think you have what's needed to help
him...

Then you get shoved into the Cave of Origin.

o--------------------------------o
| CAVE OF ORIGIN POKEMON LISTING | Players of Ruby and Sapphire
will notice
o--------------------------------o straight away that you no longer need
Flash
| Zubat (Common) | to see your way. In fact, they will also
| Golbat (Uncommon) | notice that the cave is one room long.
| Sableye (Uncommon) | Yep. Follow the path, down the stairs.
o--------------------------------o

In Ruby and Sapphire, this is where the player would find Groudon or
Kyogre,
respectively, and a battle between the Lv.45 colossus would start. Not so
in
Emerald, as it's been drained of all liquid. Note the spiffy red and blue
rocks
on either side. At the bottom of this room is a guy. I take it this is
Wallace.

Guess so. Wallace will explain that he _used_ to be Sootopolis' Gym
Leader, but
"something came up." He doesn't go into detail, but he does say that he
left
his mentor, Juan, in charge of the Gym. So that's who he is. He says that a
third super-ancient Pokemon, Rayquaza, is what becalmed Kyogre and
Groudon back
in the day. Where is Rayquaza, though? Not like you have a choice, but
tell him
"Sky Pillar." Like you've ever been there, how'd you know it exists?
Wallace
will have a startling revelation, and you will be left alone.

Leave the cave. Hey, Steven, where's Sky Pillar?

STEVEN: The SKY PILLAR...

I've never been there.
I wonder where it could be?

...thanks, Steve. Way to let us down.

===============
12f. Sky Pillar [gggrn]
===============

It's up to us to go fetch Rayquaza and ask it nicely to send Kyogre and
Groudon
back to where they came from. If that doesn't work, it's more than
welcome to
come home in a Poke Ball. Either one works for me.

Now, the thing is that you've never been to Sky Pillar. Wallace knows
where it
is, but he conveniently left before you could ask him where it is (or how
you
knew about it in the first place). Steven doesn't know, either, and no one
else
cares. Their attention is all focused on the two gargantuans doing battle
in
the middle of the city, as it should be. Can't have some other kid playing
hero
at the last second, can we?

Now, I know I told you not to go east past Route 128. You'll be doing that
soon
enough, don't get your knickers in a bundle. The only other place we can
go is
south, so let's get going!

Go back to Seafloor Cavern. If you can't get there from Sootopolis, Fly to
Mossdeep and surf south until you get there. Route 129 is a short surf
away.

On the left side is your first Trainer.

o------------------------------------------------------------------o
/ When you challenge a Trainer, you can sit and wait until the /
/ weather is what YOU want it to be! If you want it sunny, wait /
/ until the sun starts shining and then press A on the final /
/ dialogue screen (there's no red arrow)! /
o------------------------------------------------------------------o

SwimmerM Reed
Spheal, Lv.33; Sharpedo, Lv.33
Money: 264

Dead end lies more south, so go south and left.

Triathlete Chase
Money: 1360

You have two choices, top path or bottom path. Top path has a swimmy
girl...

Triathlete Allison
Money: 1320

...bottom path has a Double Battle. Do 'em both, it's practically free exp.

SwimmerF Tisha <- Team Battle! -> SwimmerM Clarence
Chinchou, Lv.34 Money: 544 Sharpedo, Lv.34

And now we're on Route 130.
o----------------------------o
SwimmerM Rodney / Giant island in your way? /
Gyarados, Lv.34 / Lucky you! See section 27. /
Money: 272 o-----------------------------o

Go left some more and you will see two Trainers swimming up and down.
They are
supposed to be swimming towards and away from each other, so you can
catch them
in 2-on-2. Remember fighting Presley and Auron? Same thing.

SwimmerF Katie <- Team Battle! -> SwimmerM Santiago
Goldeen/Spheal, Lv.33 Money: 528 Tentacruel/Wailmer, Lv.33

Continue on. Great information? Sounds awesome.

SwimmerM Kevin <- Team Battle! -> Triathlete Talia
Spheal, Lv.34 Money: 1632 Staryu, Lv.34

If you speak with Talia after the fight, she will tell you that there's an odd
tower nearby, and you should check it out. Odd tower? Could it be Sky
Pillar?
Hmm. Continue left and you'll see a boy Trainer. Fight him.

SwimmerM Richard
Pelipper, Lv.34
Money: 272

Go straight up from him and you'll see a break in the rocks. Follow this
path
and enter... hey, Sky Pillar!

If we enter, go up and out the door, Wallace will show up. He left you
behind.
Oops, he says. Psh. Whatever. He says he's taken the liberty of unlocking
Sky
Pillar, so you guys can get to the top. An earthquake occurs, and now
you've
got to hurry. I couldn't help but laugh as the two of you start walking
towards
the entrance. Walked. Oh, but as soon as you get to the entrance, there's
another earthquake, and the wacky weather will start to be in effect here.
He
will become worried about Sootopolis and leave, leaving you in charge.

Enter the body of Sky Pillar.

o----------------------------o Have fun walking up the stairs and such.
| SKY PILLAR POKEMON LISTING |
o----------------------------o Encounters here are really low.
| Golbat (Common) |
| Claydol (Uncommon) | When you get to the top and leave to the
| Sableye (Rare) | outside, go up the steps and you will find
| Banette (Rare) | Rayquaza, fast asleep. Step near it and it will
| Altaria (Ultra-Rare) | awaken and instantly fly away.
o----------------------------o

You might know where it's going. I'm pretty sure you do. But wait! Don't
fly
away just yet! Leave Sky Pillar on foot. You're just a short swim away
from
another town!

Continue west.

SwimmerF Kara SwimmerM Herman
Seaking, Lv.34 Wingull, Lv.33; Tentacruel, Lv.33

SwimmerF Susie Sis And Bro Reli & Ian
Luvdisc, Lv.34 Azumarill, Lv.35/Wingull, Lv.33

Welcome to Pacifidlog!

====================
12g. Pacifidlog Town [ew!bi]
====================

This town is arguably the most pointless in Hoenn, because it serves zero
purpose in the main game. This town, however, is the starting point for
getting
your hands on a few Pokemon, which you may do any time after earning
the
seventh Badge. For more information, see section 15f.

As for now, this town is pretty much worthless. There's a guy in the
southeasternmost house that will tell you if he sees Mirage Island. For
more
information on that, check section 27.

In the house next to him, the guy will trade his Horsea for your Bagon.
This is
a terrible deal, as Horsea is much more common in this game (and oh,
say FRLG).

In the Pokemon Center is a Move Tutor who teaches Explosion! Woohoo!

====================
12h. Protractor Path [rntig]
====================

I call this next part Protractor Path because we're going to Slateport City,
using the currents. It's a straight line from here to there, and we're going
be
abusing Fly - a lot. Because of this constant half-circle we're doing, it
resembles a protractor, hence the name. Heal your Pokemon and get
ready to take
on these Trainers.

Go to the top of the current, and get in. You'll be swept to an open area.

SwimmerM Gilbert
Sharpedo, Lv.34
Money: 272

Swim into the upper current. Fight the girl.

SwimmerF Dana
Azumarill, Lv.34
Money: 272

Swim into the current. Swim into the current again, doesn't matter
where.
You'll end up in the same spot. Fight the girl.

SwimmerF Linda
Horsea, Lv.33; Seadra, Lv.33
Money: 264

Swim into the current, fight the girl.

SwimmerF Laurel
Luvdisc, Lv.33 (x2)
Money: 264

Fight the guy.

SwimmerM Jack
Gyarados, Lv.34
Money: 272

Go left and you're back in Slateport. Fly back to Pacifidlog.

Begin surfing straight left. Swim into the current between the rocks. You
will
be where Gilbert is. Swim down into the current and you'll be swept to a
Rare
Candy. Fly back to Pacifidlog.

Go back to where you swam into the current before, but this time swim
just
below the bottom rock. You'll get swept into a battle.

Fisherman Ronald
Magikarp, Lv.19; Gyarados, Lv.21/23/26/30/35
Money: 1400

Go to the left edge and you'll be able to see shallow water. Surf so you
land
on it. You'll see a girl walking up and down. She's actually part of a
Double
Battle with an old geezer.

Expert Paxton <- Team Battle! -> Cooltrainer Darcy
Swellow/Breloom, Lv.33 Money: 2904 Pelipper/Camerupt, Lv.33

Another Double Battle is to your left.

Expert Makayla <- Team Battle! -> Cooltrainer Jonathan
Roselia/Medicham, Lv.33 Money: 2904 Kecleon/Loudred, Lv.33

Pick up the Protein and surf left from the upper left side. Go up and fight
the
guy.

Cooltrainer Warren
Graveler, Lv.33; Ludicolo, Lv.33
Money: 1534

Swim left into the current. You will get caught by a rock. MOVE DOWN.
Now you
can move up. Swim down into calm waters. Swim through the rocks on
the side and
jump in between the two people.

Dragon Tamer Aaron <- Team Battle! -> Cooltrainer Marley
Bagon, Lv.34 Money: 3264 Manectric, Lv.34

Swim back down and go through the path on the other side. Swim into
the current
and fight the guys.

Sailor Kelvin <- Team Battle! -> Bird Keeper Alex
Machoke/Spheal, Lv.33 Money: 2112 Natu/Swellow, Lv.33

The item next to them is Star Piece. Get it and fly back to Pacifidlog.

Go back to where Ronald is, but instead of surfing left, go to the bottom
and
surf down into the current. When you land, do it again. Fight the
peoples.

SwimmerF Debra <- Team Battle! -> SwimmerM Franklin
Seaking, Lv.34 Money: 544 Sealeo, Lv.34

Swim left and you'll find a Max Revive. That's all for Protractor Path.

====================
12i. Sootopolis City [cttap]
====================

Fly back to Sootopolis City. You'll see a cut scene in which Kyogre and
Groudon
wiggle again, and then it shows Rayquaza flying towards you. A beam of
light
emerges from the cloudy sky, and Rayquaza descends. It gets all in
Kyogre and
Groudon's wheezy and it's all... "NO." in Rayquaza-speak. That's all it
takes -
one cry, and Kyogre and Groudon start frantically apologizing as if
they've
just invoked the wrath of an ancient Pokemon awakened from its
slumber.

Oh wait.

The two losers retreat to the depths. Rayquaza, job done, flies back
home. Talk
to Archie and Maxie, and they will vanish. That leaves Steven and
Wallace, so
let's talk with our buddy Steven first.

STEVEN: It looks like both MAXIE and
ARCHIE have gone away somewhere.
Perhaps they've gone to MT. PYRE to
return those ORBS...

o---------------------------o
| SOOTOPOLIS CITY SHOP LIST |
o---------------------------o Maybe. We'll see later. Okay, Wallace time.
| Ultra Ball..........$1200 | Yeah, he's grateful, sure, whatever. Just reward
| Hyper Potion........$1200 | us already. Yeah, we like that. Wallace gives
| Max Potion..........$2500 | you HM07, Waterfall, as thanks. He steps out
of
| Full Heal............$600 | the way so you can throttle Hoenn's strongest
| Revive..............$1500 | Gym Leader and all his underlings.
| Max Repel............$700 |
| X Attack.............$500 | You're going to have to if you want to access
| X Defend.............$550 | the rest of this city, so let's get going.
| Shadow Mail...........$50 |
o---------------------------o

===============
12j. Boss: Juan [wkdmf]
===============

The final Gym. Ready? To get to Juan, you will need to go past three
separate
levels of ice. All you need to do is step on each tile of ice once to get the
ladder to appear. If you step on any tile more than once, you will fall to
the
layer below, where all the Trainers await. Because it is possible to fight
Juan
without fighting any Trainers, I will first list how to get to him, then each
one of the Gym Trainers, starting with the ones on the topmost level.

Directions begin from the top of the stairs.

First level
-----------

Up, left, up, right x2, up, left

Second level
------------

Up, left x3, up x2, right x2, down, right x2, down, right x2, up x2, left x2,
down, left, up

Third level
-----------

Up, left x2, up, left, down, left x2, up x3, right, down, right x2, up, right,
down, right, down, right, down, right, up, right x2, down, right, up x3, left
x2, down, left, up, left x2

o--------------o
| Gym Trainers | Trainers are listed starting from the far left.
o--------------o

Third level
-----------

Lass Crissy Beauty Tiffany
Goldeen, Lv.39; Wailmer, Lv.39 Carvanha, Lv.39; Sharpedo,
Lv.39

Pokefan Bethany
Azurill, Lv.35; Marill, Lv.37; Azumarill, Lv.39
Money: 3120

Beauty Olivia
Clamperl, Lv.35; Corphish, Lv.37; Lombre, Lv.39
Money: 3120

Lady Brianna <- Team Battle! -> Beauty Bridget
Seaking, Lv.40 Money: 11200 Azumarill, Lv.40

Second level
------------

Lady Daphne <- Team Battle! -> Pokefan Annika
Luvidsc (x2), Lv.39 Money: 10920 Feebas (x2), Lv.39

First level
-----------

Lass Andrea Beauty Connie
Luvdisc, Lv.40 Goldeen, Lv.40

Heal and save before fighting against Juan.

My Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o

Juan's Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Luvdisc | 41 | Sealeo | 43 | Whiscash | 41 | Money: 4600
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Crawdaunt | 43 | Kingdra | 46 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o

Each of Juan's Pokemon know Water Pulse. This obviously Water-based
attack has
a 30% chance of confusing the opponent. Confusion isn't too fun, but it
can be
healed by use of Yellow Flute, Full Heal, Lum Berry, or Persim Berry.

As much as you want to use Rain Dance and Thunder, try not to. Luvdisc
and
Kingdra both have Swift Swim, which sends their Speed through the roof
and
pumps up Water Pulse's power, which all his Pokemon get STAB for, I
might add.

Luvdisc is a joke, one or two hits will take it down.

Sealeo is Spheal's evolved form, and is Water/Ice in type. It has Aurora
Beam,
but remember that it can't freeze your Pokemon. Electric moves will
work best
here, as Grass is weak to Ice.

Whiscash is Water/Ground, so it is immune to Electric. A strong Grass-
type move
will quickly dispose of it, but if you don't have any, then feel free to use
Water instead.

Crawdaunt evolves from Corphish, and is Water/Dark in type. Same
Electric
attacks from before will do here, or you could use Fighting to pick on
Dark's
weakness.

Kingdra, the big papa. Its types mean it is only weak to Dragon. It knows
Double Team, which many players know can be one of the most
annoying moves in
existence. You must be fast in killing off Kingdra. Shock Wave, Aerial
Ace, and
other moves that never miss will definitely help here. If you have none at
your
disposal, you'll need to hit Kingdra hard and fast. Big power moves like
Thunder and Hyper Beam will help. Beware, as Thunder has only 70
accuracy.

Defeat Juan to earn the Rain Badge, the ability to use Waterfall out of
battle,
and TM03, Water Pulse.

======================
13. The Pokemon League [t2wef]
======================

Major Objectives
----------------

* Collect the remainder of Hoenn's treasures.
* Defeat the last Trainers on the world map.
* Pass the ultimate test - Victory Road.
* Become the Hoenn Pokemon League Champion.

Now that we've defeated Juan and earned the final Badge, we're ready to
take on
the Pokemon League and knock out the Elite Four. But first, there's
exploring
to do and people to fight, now that we have the right to use Waterfall out
of
battle. However, Sootopolis City is now open to you, so let's check it out.

From the Gym, go right. In a building to the right of the Pokemon Center
is a
very lonely lady. Instead of giving Brendan some lovin', she offers a
Wailmer
Doll instead. This doll is giant, and can only fit on a mat or large desk.

The house above that contains two dudes arguing over which Pokemon is
bigger:
Lotad or Seedot. The left one wants to see your Lotad, the other, your
Seedot.

On the far left side of Sootopolis City is a young lady by the name of Kiri.
She will give you two berries a day. Her stock:

Tamato - Figy - Kelpsy - Iapapa

Up past the Poke Mart, in the upper left corner of the city, is a house with
a
guy in it who will bequeath upon you TM31, Brick Break.

It busts down the opponent's Light Screen and Reflect, base power 75.

That's all for Sootopolis City. Before you forget, go do Trick 7.

==================
13a. Explore Hoenn [sgdlk]
==================

Now that we can use Waterfall out of battle, we can access every area of
Hoenn.
Before going to the final dungeon, we'll go back to any place I didn't write
about and get any items and battle any Trainers there. There aren't very
many
waterfalls in Hoenn, so that part will be quick. First one's near Fallarbor
Town.

Go west onto Route 114. Surf and go up the waterfall. Pick up the Rare
Candy.

Go into Meteor Falls. There's a waterfall near the entrance. Ascend it and
get
in the cave. Go right and down the ladder. Go down, left, up the stairs, up
the
ladder. Get TM23, Iron Tail. Now go back and take the path above this
ladder.
The old fogeys want to whoop themselves a young'un.

Old Couple John & Jay*
Medicham/Hariyama, Lv.39
Money: 3120

"Up the steps, wicked clowns..."

Dragon Tamer Nicolas*
Altaria, Lv.37 (x2)
Money: 2776

Hop down the ledges, keeping to the left. Don't jump the last ledge, but
instead go down the ladder to the left. Follow this path north into a small
room. Want a Bagon? This is where to get it! Also in here is TM02,
Dragon Claw.

Wild Bagon will also rarely hold a Dragon Scale, needed to evolve Seadra.
Use
Thief or Covet to yoink it. You will steal it even if you kill Bagon.

When you've had your fill, leave and go down the right path. Enter the
door and
pick up the PP Up. You're done here.

Next one is near Fortree City. Bring the Acro Bike. Leave west onto Route
119,
and go down to the water. Surf left and up, get up the waterfall. You get a
few
free berries, and if you have the Acro Bike, you can cross the white bars
by
using D-Pad + B in the direction of the bar while parallel to the bar. Jump
to
the other side and go all the way up to find a Nugget. Cross the bars on
top
and then the ones below that. Get the Rare Candy.

Two areas left. Now we're going to explore the right half of Route 123,
found
south of Mt. Pyre. Bring a Pokemon that knows Cut, and make sure you
have a
Grass-type on your team. When you get to Route 123, you'll see some
berries to
pick.

There's a girl standing next to them that loves Grass-type Pokemon. If
you're
carrying a Grass-type on your team, she will give you TM19, Giga Drain.

Cut the tree to the right. There are three small paths. Bottom one has a
Rare
Candy, middle one has a Double Battle, and the top one is a lone Trainer.

Psychic Cameron*
Solrock, Lv.31
Money: 744

Ninja Boy Jonas <- Team Battle! -> Parasol Lady Kayley
Koffing, Lv.31 Money: 1612 Castform, Lv.31

Take the hidden PP Up and go left. You can either cut the tree and go
around,
or just go through the grass and fight the Double Battle.

Hex Maniac Kindra <- Team Battle! -> Collector Ed
Duskull/Shuppet, Lv.30 Money: 2520 Zangoose/Seviper,
Lv.30

Again, either cut the tree or through the grass. Jump the ledge and pick
up the
Elixir. Then go up and examine the empty spot in the grass for a Super
Repel.

Jump the ledge and fight the girl.

Cooltrainer Wendy
Mawile, Lv.29; Roselia, Lv.29; Pelipper, Lv.29
Money: 1392

Jump the ledge, go left, and fight.

Cooltrainer Braxton
Swellow/Magneton/Shiftry/Wailmer/Trapinch, Lv.28
Money: 1344

Jump the ledge going down and fight the two Trainers.

Guitarist Fernando* <- Team Battle! -> Bird Keeper Alberto
Electrike/Loudred, Lv.30 Money: 1920 Pelipper/Xatu, Lv.30

There is a Revival Herb next to ledge you have to jump. Another Double
Battle.

Psychic Jacki* <- Team Battle! -> Expert Fredrick
Kadabra/Lunatone, Lv.30 Money: 1920 Makuhita/Machoke,
Lv.30

Fly back to Lilycove and come to Route 123 again. This time, take the
upper
path instead of jumping the ledges at the bottom. There is a Calcium
waiting.

The last place in Hoenn that you have never fully explored is the
Abandoned
Ship, found east of Dewford Town. Fly there, and surf right until you get
there. Enter.

====================
13a1. Abandoned Ship [ntssa]
====================

To complete this dungeon, you will need Dive.

Go up the stairs and enter the door. Go in the door and fight the
Trainers.

Beauty Thalia* <- Team Battle! -> Youngster Demetrius
Wailmer/Horsea, Lv.25 Money: 2400 Zigzagoon/Electrike,
Lv.25

Go up into the next room. Out the door, enter the door to the left. Pick
up a
free Harbor Mail and get out. Go down the stairs, fight the sailor.

Sailor Duncan
Spheal, Lv.25; Machoke, Lv.25
Money: 800

Go into the broken door and get a Dive Ball. Leave and enter the door on
the
far left. Get the Escape Rope and enter the middle room. Dive down, go
left,
enter the room, surface.

This room has six cabins in it. Enter the bottom right one. You will see a
tile
flash; examine it and you will get the Rm. 1 Key. Don't forget the Water
Stone
on your way out.

Room 1 is the lower left room. Enter and two tiles will flash. Examine the
tile
above the hole for the Rm. 4 Key (the other one is literally just trash).
The
other item in here is TM18, Rain Dance.

As you would suspect, Room 4 is the upper left room. Enter it and
examine the
trash can for the Rm. 6 Key.

Room 6 is on the far right, top side. Enter and get the Luxury Ball, then
go
into Room 5 to the left. You'll see a door you can't get to from here, and a
bunch of nothing. To get the tiles to flash, you'll need to enter Room 5
from
outside. Never fear, as there is only one item here. Stand two tiles below
the
bottom trash can, face left, and press A to get the Rm. 2 Key.

Room 2 is the middle room on the bottom. Go in there and you'll find
just one
item, the Scanner.

That's all there is to do here, so now go back to the main part of the ship.
Go
up the left flight of stairs. Stand still and fight the kid.

Tuber Charlie
Marill, Lv.26
Money: 104

If you enter the room from the back, you will be jumped by two people.

Ruin Maniac Garrison <- Team Battle! -> Tuber Jani
Sandslash, Lv.26 Money: 1664 Marill, Lv.26

A Revive is south of them. At the bottom of the room is another Double
Battle.

Young Couple Kira & Dan*
Volbeat/Illumise, Lv.25
Money: 1600

Leave the room and go out the door. Go up the steps and into the door.
There's
a guy here along with a Storage Key. The guy will ask you to take the
Scanner
and deliver it to Captain Stern (where have we heard that before?), but
before
we do that, we have to see what's in the storage room.

Remember how to get there? Out the door, down the stairs, in the door,
down the
stairs, all the way to the right next to Duncan.

The only thing in here is TM13, Ice Beam.

Use the Escape Rope you found to get out of here. Fly to Slateport City.

The captain is in Slateport Harbor. Talk to him, and he'll offer you either
a
Deepseatooth or a Deepseascale in exchange for the Scanner.

So what do these things do? Well, both are used to increase Clamperl's
special
stats (the tooth boosts Special Attack, the scale jacks up Special Defense).
Coincidentally, equipping either of these items to Clamperl and then
trading it
causes it to evolve:

Deepseatooth -> Huntail
Deepseascale -> Gorebyss

Both are pure Water in type. Which one's better? I hate when people ask
me
that, because then they follow my word like it's gospel. If you're looking
for
a Baton Passer, Gorebyss isn't a bad choice. It gets Iron Defense from
Clamperl
and Amnesia through... level-up, I believe.

That's all for Abandoned Ship. Fly to Mossdeep City!

=====================
13b. Ever Grande City [gplhx]
=====================

Now we're ready to get to Ever Grande City. Still have Pokemon that
know Dive
and Waterfall? Fly to Mossdeep City if you haven't already and surf south
until
you get on Rout 128. Then, immediately turn right. Past the dark water
you will
see more dark water. Dive down and get the Pearl from the rock. Surface,
go
down, and fight.

Fisherman Wayne
Tentacool, Lv.31 (x2); Wailmer, Lv.36
Money: 1440

Go east and fight the girl.

Triathlete Katelyn*
Staryu, Lv.35
Money: 1400

Continue east.

SwimmerF Carlee <- Team Battle! -> SwimmerM Harrison
Seaking, Lv.35 Money: 560 Tentacruel, Lv.35

Nothing left to do but get to the end and scale the waterfall. There's a
Pokemon Center outside of Victory Road. Now you can Fly here, if you
ever need
to leave for any reason.

====================
13c. Duel of Friends [syipe]
====================

Enter Victory Road. Go up, up the stairs, and across the bridge, and a
certain
young man with pea soup green hair will come up to you... yeah. It's
Wally. He
credits you with him being able to get this far, and now that he's gotten
much
stronger, he wants to beat you into the ground.

Yeah, sure, man. Whatever you say, Wally.

My Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o

Wally's Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Altaria | 44 | Delcatty | 43 | Magneton | 41 | Money: 2700
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Roselia | 44 | Gardevoir | 45 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o

Quite the improvement from a Lv.16 Ralts, don't you think?

Altaria screams Ice Beam, give it what it wants.

Delcatty has virtually no vitality, so a good power hit or two should take
it
down.

Magneton wants a Pokemon to use Ground moves on it.

Roselia... fry it. That or use Flying, or power hits. It's weak, too.

Gardevoir is Ralts' final form. It knows Double Team like Juan's Kingdra,
so be
swift and be brutal. Faint Attack is your best friend.

=================
13d. Victory Road [wiate]
=================

o------------------------------o To get through this dungeon, you will need
| VICTORY ROAD POKEMON LISTING | Surf, Strength, Flash, and Rock
Smash.
o------------------------------o
| Hariyama (Common) | This is it. The final dungeon, where
Trainers
| Golbat (Common) | who have earned the eight Badges of
Hoenn go
| Lairon (Uncommon) | to test whether or not they are worthy
enough
| Makuhita (Uncommon) | to do battle against the Elite Four,
| Loudred (Uncommon) | strongest Trainers in Hoenn. The task:
get to
| Zubat (Uncommon) | the end. Quite simple, really. Standing
| Mawile (Rare) | around won't do us any good. Time to get this
o------------------------------o wagon train a-movin'.

Side note: Mawile is only found in the deepest part of this dungeon
(where you
need Surf). Bring a pokemon with Magnet Pull to make her come out.

Go back across the bridge down the stairs, left, down, up the stairs,
across
the bridge. Fight your first Trainer in the last dungeon.

Cooltrainer Albert
Magneton, Lv.43; Muk, Lv.43
Money: 2064

Go up, then up the stairs. Follow the path and pick up the Max Elixir. Go
back
to where you fought Wally and continue.

Cooltrainer Hope
Roselia, Lv.45
Money: 2160

Go down the ladder and activate Flash and Strength. Go down, left, push
the
boulder left. Go down, right, push the boulder right. Go down, right, up.
Break
the two rocks, then push the left boulder down and the right boulder up.
Keep
going and battle the girl.

Cooltrainer Shannon
Claydol, Lv.45
Money: 2160

Follow the path to the end. Go up the ladder, get the PP Up. Jump the
ledge and
go straight up.

Cooltrainer Samuel
Swellow, Lv.42; Mawile, Lv.42; Kadabra, Lv.42
Money: 2016

Continue north and push the boulder one square up and one square left.
Push the
other boulder left as well, bust the rock, pick up Full Restore. Now go
down to
the bottom and down the ladder. Fight the girl.

Cooltrainer Julie
Sandslash, Lv.42; Ninetales, Lv.42; Tropius, Lv.42
Money: 2016

Get in the water and simply surf to the other side. Go up the steps and
hug the
north wall for just a bit. See that spot where it dips into the wall?
Examine
the spot furthest north for a Max Repel, whoo hoo. Continue right, go up,
up
the ladder. Only thing here is an item ball containing TM29, Psychic. Go
back
down, continue south.

Cooltrainer Owen
Kecleon, Lv.42; Graveler, Lv.42; Wailord, Lv.42
Money: 2016

Now cross the bridge and prepare for a Double Battle.

Cooltrainer Dianne <- Team Battle! -> Cooltrainer Felix
Claydol/Lanturn, Lv.43 Money: 4128 Medicham/Claydol,
Lv.43

Keep going.

Cooltrainer Caroline
Skarmory, Lv.43; Sableye, Lv.43
Money: 2064

Up, to the right. Get in the water and surf right. Fight the guy if you wish.
The item ball he's blocking is a Full Heal.

Cooltrainer Vito
Dodrio, Lv.42; Kadabra, Lv.42; Electrode, Lv.42; Shiftry, Lv.42
Money: 2016

Go to the right. You'll see two squares you can stand on, on the right side.
Stand on the bottom one, face up, pick up the Elixir. Now surf back to
the left
side and go down the waterfall.

Ignore the ladder; go south and continue.

Cooltrainer Michelle
Torkoal, Lv.42; Medicham, Lv.42; Ludicolo, Lv.42
Money: 2016

Cooltrainer Mitchell <- Team Battle! -> Cooltrainer Halle
Lunatone/Solrock, Lv.43 Money: 4118 Sableye/Absol, Lv.43

Ignore the ladder, it leads to that ladder I told you to ignore. Go south.
Smash the rock, push the boulder down. Smash the rock, go around the
boulder
and up the ladder. Continue and fight.

Cooltrainer Edgar
Cacturne, Lv.43; Pelipper, Lv.43

Heal and save. In Ruby and Sapphire, this is where players fought Wally.
In
Emerald, we've already wasted him. The good folks at The Nintendo
Company
decided to grace us with a potentially incredibly hard Double Battle,
quite
possibly the hardest you've faced thus far.

Cooltrainer Katelynn <- Team Battle! -> Cooltrainer Quincy
Gardevoir/Slaking, Lv.43 Money: 4128 Slaking/Dusclops, Lv.43

o--------------------------------------------------------------------o
/ The first attack Gardevoir will do is Skill Swap, and Quincy's /
/ Slaking is its target. Remember Norman's Slaking? Remember how it
/
/ had Truant, so it didn't beat you _that_ badly? Yeah, well now /
/ Slaking doesn't have it anymore. Now Truant is on Gardevoir, /
\ leaving Slaking to beat you to death every turn. If Katelynn's \
\ Slaking and Quincy's Dusclops are paired together, guess what's \
\ going to happen? Yeah, Skill Swap. Truant Dusclops. That's not so \
/ bad, but it gets a lot worse considering Dusclops knows Toxic and /
/ Protect, has the Pressure Ability that will double PP used when /
/ attacked, and has phenomenal stats in both defenses. The only good /
/ way you benefit is that Dusclops gives Pressure to Slaking. If you /
\ kill Gardevoir or Dusclops before either has a chance to Skill \
/ Swap a Slaking, you're in for Shmooth Shailing. /
o--------------------------------------------------------------------o

After these two, it is the exit.

Once inside the Pokemon Center, you'll find a shop on the right
side.SHOP. Talk
to the guys blocking the door and they will move if you have eight
Badges.

The Pokemon of the Elite Four are, of course, the toughest Trainers you
can
fight. Your Pokemon should be, at the very least, Lv.45 if you want to
stand a chance. All of them, not just your Lv.60 Blaziken, it'll get wiped
out.
The Elite Four has changed from Ruby and Sapphire; no longer can
Blaziken clean
house like it did a couple years ago.

Do not e-mail me asking why you can't beat the Elite Four if the first
digits
of ANY of your battle squad's levels is below 40. I'll just ignore it.

Pokemon range from 46 at the lowest to 58 at the highest. Don't let the
levels
fool you, however. If you type match wisely, you can still come out on
top. On
the flip side, you shouldn't be too cocky, either. Type matching alone
won't
save you. Like I said, Lv.45 is BARE MINIMAL to survive.

Should you need more leveling, bust out Match Call and see who wants
to die. If
no one fears you and you still need levels, your only hope is to kill the
Pokemon in Victory Road; sadly, they're the strongest defeatable wild
Pokemon
in Hoenn.

Except for three. And you can't have them yet. Overload on Revives and
Full
Restores. They're expensive, but you should have enough money for at
least 20,
maybe 30, of each. That'll run you a little over 100,000 money.

The strongest Pokemon on each person's team has a Sitrus Berry
equipped that
restores 30 HP when HP drop into the yellow.

Each of the Elite Four has two Full Restores to be used at their discretion.

The Champion has four.

Make sure your Pokemon know the following attacks. Not all on one
Pokemon, just
make sure that these attacks find their way onto your roster if they
haven't
already.

* Ice Beam
* Thunderbolt
* Thunder (only if you have room. Thunderbolt may do the job)

There. Only three spots taken up out of a potential 24. If you're doing
something silly like One Pokemon Challenge, psh, fine, don't use them.
You're
probably high enough level to kill them off anyway (make sure you have a
healthy supply of PP restoration).

o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o
| If you're really having trouble against the Elite Four, spend every last |
| bit of money you've got on Revives and Full Restores. Continue to fight
to |
| your last breath to level up; you should at LEAST get past the first boss,
|
| because frankly, he's a joke. Once you die, buy more items and repeat
until |
| you emerge victorious. Thanks to calmsoldier at aol dot com for this tip
|
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

When you're finished preparing, heal your Pokemon and enter the door.
Go up the
stairs, save, and challenge Sidney.

========================
13e. Elite Four - Sidney [sidip]
========================

Sidney is a self-proclaimed master of the Dark type. While the majority of
Dark
beasts aren't part of the Hoenn Pokedex, he doesn't do too bad a job
covering
types. Sidney relies on status changes in order to get the upper hand, so
the
main strategy here is, as always, a quick assault.

Sidney's Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Mightyena | 46 | Shiftry | 48 | Cacturne | 46 | Money: 4900
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Crawdaunt | 48 | Absol | 49 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o

o-----------o Moveset: Roar, Double-Edge, Sand-Attack, Crunch
| Mightyena | Type: Dark
o-----------o Ability: Intimidate (Each foe's ATK-1 upon entry)

To start, we have Mightyena. We've been seeing these things for the
entire
game, and I'm willing to bet you're sick of everybody and their grandma
using
one. If you let Sand-Attack pile up, you will obviously not hit very much.
Anything you've ever done to counter a Mightyena can be used here.

o---------o Moveset: Torment, Double Team, Swagger, Extrasensory
| Shiftry | Type: Grass/Dark
o---------o Ability: Chlorophyll (Speed increase while sunny)

No Sunny Day, I'm surprised. Sidney's Shiftry had Fake Out instead of
Torment
in Ruby & Sapphire; they should have replaced it with Sunny Day. It
wouldn't
have been the first time a Grass-type had Sunny Day (Gary's Venusaur).
Oh well.
Double Team/Swagger is a common combo. Confuse, then lower chances
of hitting
if they break through. This is probably your first time seeing Extrasensory
in
the game; it is a strong Psychic-type attack that may make the foe flinch.

If you get confused, bust out that Yellow Flute for a free ATK+2. If you
want,
you can stall until you get Swaggered three times, curing with Yellow
Flute
each time. Then feel free to sweep the rest of Sidney's team. My strategies
for
the rest of Sidney's Pokemon are going to assume you didn't.

Got Aerial Ace? It gets around Double Team and picks on weakness.

o----------o Moveset: Leech Seed, Faint Attack, Needle Arm, Cotton
Spore
| Cacturne | Type: Grass/Dark
o----------o Ability: Sand Veil (Evasion+ in sandstorm, no sandstorm
damage)

You may or may not have seen Needle Arm before. It's a Grass-type move
with 60
base power with a 30% chance to make the foe flinch. It also does double
damage
on Pokemon that have used Minimize. Cotton Spore drops the foe's
Speed by 2.
The strategy here should be more than adequately obvious: Cotton Spore
to slow
your Pokemon way down, Needle Arm to make you flinch and sit there,
and Leech
Seed to suck your HP away while you sit and do nothing. Faint Attack is
only
there for STAB. If you battle Cacturne with a speedy Pokemon, he should
waste
all his time trying to slow you down with Cotton Spore. Once Cacturne
dies,
simply switch out.

o-----------o Moveset: Surf, Swords Dance, Strength, Facade
| Crawdaunt | Type: Water/Dark
o-----------o Ability: Hyper Cutter (Prevents Attack loss)

Not quite the same set as Juan's Crawdaunt, but it'll do. Swords Dance
will
beef up Crawdaunt's respectable Attack by 2, then leaves it free to
massacre
you with Strength and Facade, should he need to. That means no poison,
burn, or
paralysis! Remember! Surf is there for STAB and your friendly
neighborhood
Ghost-types. Electric or Grass attacks will work nicely, as will Sidney's
universal weakness to Fighting.

o-------o Moveset: Aerial Ace, Rock Slide, Swords Dance, Slash
| Absol | Type: Dark
o-------o Ability: Pressure (When attacked, foe's PP usage is doubled)

Ah, the backbone of Sidney's team, Absol. As you can see, Absol sports
only
physical attacks, one of which can easily make short work of your
Fighting-
types. You'll want a strong Pokemon with good Defense to withstand
Absol's
physical attacks. The good part is that Absol doesn't get STAB for
anything,
but Swords Dance _will_ make them hurt like no one's business. Keep in
mind
that Absol's Pressure Ability will take two PP away if you launch an
attack
against it. If you target yourself, like with Calm Mind or Recover, only 1
PP
will be used, however. Remember that, and hate going against Pressure
Pokemon.

When you win, heal, but don't save unless you're confident.

========================
13f. Elite Four - Phoebe [fiebs]
========================

In the next room we find Phoebe, a Ghost-type Trainer who wants to
make a team
of five out of three different Ghost Pokemon. She does okay, but it's a
little
boring seeing the same thing over and over. Phoebe's strategy is kind of
hard
to figure out, since she tries to do everything at once.

Phoebe's Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Dusclops | 48 | Banette | 49 | Banette | 49 | Money: 5100
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Dusclops | 51 | Sableye | 50 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o

o-------------o Moveset: Shadow Punch, Confuse Ray, Curse, Protect
| Dusclops 48 | Type: Ghost
o-------------o Ability: Pressure (When attacked, foe's PP usage is
doubled)

Annoyer of sorts. Dusclops has Pressure, too. Curse on a Ghost-type
means at a
one-time cost of half the user's max HP, the foe's HP get chopped by 1/4
the
foe's _maximum_ HP a turn. Protect is there for sheer annoyance. Expect
it to
be Dusclops' first attack, followed by Curse. Your job is to hit Dusclops
hard
as soon as you can. This will hopefully make Dusclops kill itself with
Curse,
which means you can switch out to avoid the devastating effect.

o---------o Moveset: Shadow Ball, Grudge, Will-o-Wisp, Faint Attack
| Banette | Type: Ghost
o---------o Ability: Insomnia (Prevents sleep)

Another annoyer. Both Phoebe's Banette are identical in level, so there
isn't
any way to know which one you're going up against, until it uses
something
other than Shadow Ball. Power hits are again key here, as Banette's
defenses
are mediocre. If Banette uses Grudge, and you kill it on the same turn or
the
turn directly after Grudge's use, the move you used to kill it will have its
PP
dropped to 0.

o---------o Moveset: Shadow Ball, Psychic, Thunderbolt, Facade
| Banette | Type: Ghost
o---------o Ability: Insomnia (Prevents sleep)

Mixed sweeper. Toxic and Skill Swap (Ruby & Sapphire only) have been
replaced
with the more useful Thunderbolt and Facade. Thunderbolt is simply a
strong
special attack that can be used in a pinch (or if you put Pokemon weak to
Electric against it, in which case you'll find out real fast that you're
fighting this Banette). We all know what Facade does.

Do you have a Banette, Dusclops, or Sableye of your own? Or anything at
all
that knows Shadow Ball? Some Normal-types can learn it. Should you
have one of
those, go ahead and use it. Doing so renders Banette's best attack useless.

o-------------o Moveset: Shadow Ball, Ice Beam, Rock Slide, Earthquake
| Dusclops 51 | Type: Ghost
o-------------o Ability: Pressure (When attacked, foe's PP usage is
doubled)

Woo woo! Here comes the Pressure Train, come to steal your Pokemon's
power
points away. Another mixed sweeper. See what I meant? Phoebe tries to
do
everything and then goes and fails. Good thing the people at The
Nintendo
Company didn't copy the standard linkplay Dusclops, or anything
remotely close
to it; it's the epitome of annoyance, worse than Serene Grace Dunsparce.
Back
to slaughtering this thing. This thing rapes Flying-types something fierce,
so
leave them out. Dusclops' attack stats are horrible, but weakness and the
occasional critical hit will get you. Just stick with power hits.

o---------o Moveset: Shadow Ball, Double Team, Night Shade, Faint
Attack
| Sableye | Type: Dark/Ghost
o---------o Ability: Keen Eye (Prevents accuracy loss)

Sableye has no weaknesses. Unless you use Foresight to make Normal vs.
Ghost a
normal attack, no type is super effective against Sableye. However, it
comes at
a huge price - defense stats fit for the crapper. Use this to your advantage
and hit Sableye hard and fast. Chances are it will die.


========================
13g. Elite Four - Glacia
========================

The third of your five Trainers you must defeat is Glacia. She's getting on
in
years, but she's not ready to plan the retirement party just yet. Like her
name
suggests, Glacia uses Ice-type Pokemon. Sadly, there are only two final
form
Ice-type Pokemon in Hoenn. Five Pokemon, two different Pokemon... ew.
If you
ask me, I say she should have dumped one of her Sealeo for an ice-based
Castform. Eh? Eh?

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Sealeo | 50 | Glalie | 50 | Glalie | 52 | Money: 5300
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Sealeo | 52 | Walrein | 53 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o

o-----------o Moveset: Encore, Body Slam, Hail, Ice Ball
| Sealeo 50 | Type: Water/Ice
o-----------o Ability: Thick Fat (Fire and Ice damage halved)

If you even consider throwing ANY Ice attack except Sheer Cold against
Sealeo,
delete your game immediately. Yeah, nothing like 12.5% your normal
damage.
Sealeo's first attack will probably be Hail. No Water-type moves mean
Fire-
types can have fun burning Sealeo while doing half damage. Thunderbolt.
Because
of Encore, stay on the offensive at all times.

o-----------o Moveset: Light Screen, Crunch, Icy Wind, Ice Beam
| Glalie 50 | Type: Ice
o-----------o Ability: Inner Focus (Prevents flinching)

Light Screen is bad, very bad, for you. If she sets it up, and one of your
Pokemon knows Brick Break, use it to break the barrier and deal super-
effective
damage. Gotta love that. Glalie doesn't have Thick Fat like Sealeo and its
monster evolution, so feel free to roast the sucker.

o-----------o Moveset: Shadow Ball, Explosion, Hail, Ice Beam
| Glalie 52 | Type: Ice
o-----------o Ability: Inner Focus (Prevents flinching)

Ooh, ooh! Explosion! I _love_ Explosion! Explosion is a Normal-type
attack with
a whopping 250 base power. It has 100 accuracy. There's just one teensy
little
catch - the user dies.

Unfortunately, your Pokemon is not the one blowing itself up. If Glacia
thinks
her precious Lv.52 Glalie is going to eat dirt, she's going to make you eat
Glalie. If you are using the same Pokemon that fought the Lv.50 Glalie,
and
your Pokemon was hit by Icy Wind, immediately switch out if you
normally go
second. It is imperative that you are faster than Lv.52 Glalie at all times. If
Glalie's HP get low, you can bet Explosion's on its way. Switch out to
something that resists Normal - or better yet, a Ghost-type, if you've got
one.

Do whatever you did against the last Glalie.

o-----------o Moveset: Attract, Double-Edge, Hail, Blizzard
| Sealeo 52 | Type: Water/Ice
o-----------o Ability: Thick Fat (Fire and Ice damage halved)

It's hard to believe that Glacia's actually trying to win with a set like that.
The only thing you need to worry about is Blizzard, a terribly inaccurate
Ice-
type move that may freeze. On Sealeo, it has a base power of 180, which is
near
astronomical. Watch out for Attract. Kazow, Thunderbolt!

o---------o Moveset: Surf, Body Slam, Ice Beam, Sheer Cold
| Walrein | Type: Water/Ice
o---------o Ability: Thick Fat (Fire and Ice damage halved)

Yeah, that's more like it. Rest over Body Slam and Chesto Berry over
Sitrus
Berry would have been a much deadlier set. Seriously, for all the
awesome stuff
that you can do once you beat the Elite Four, they should make us sing
for our
supper! Who agrees with me?

Right, yes. Sheer Cold is a one-hit KO move. The bigger the distance
between
your Pokemon's level and 53 (Walrein's level), the higher Sheer Cold's
accuracy
gets. If your levels match, it has 30 accuracy. I don't know how much it
increases with every level below the user the foe is, but it will
automatically
fail if the foe is even one level above the user. To that extent, if any of
your Pokemon are at least Lv.54, they will be immune to Glacia's
Walrein's
Sheer Cold attack. Surf is powerful, as is Ice Beam. Walrein gets STAB for
both. It also has tons of HP. If you are packing Thunder, that would be
your
best bet. Power hits may not be enough, because Glacia will probably
save both
of her Full Restores for this beast. If you're packing Thunder, feel free to
use it. Otherwise, Zzzap! Twenty damage to everyone with Pokemon
Powers!


=======================
13h. Elite Four - Drake [abalr]
=======================

Drake the Dragon master is the final Trainer in the Elite Four. If any of
your
Pokemon know Ice Beam, you're in for such a fun time. It's almost like
free
experience. If they don't... eh. Hope they're strong.

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Shelgon | 52 | Altaria | 54 | Flygon | 53 | Money: 5500
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Kingdra | 53 | Salamence | 55 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o

o---------o Moveset: Rock Tomb, Dragon Claw, Protect, Double-Edge
| Shelgon | Type: Dragon
o---------o Ability: Rock Head (No recoil damage)

Any AI-controlled Pokemon with Protect will abuse it. That's a fact.
Shelgon's
first attack will probably be Protect, followed by a possible Rock Tomb to
drop
your Pokemon's Speed. Once Shelgon is faster than your Pokemon, it will
proceed
to attempt to kill your Pokemon with a STABed Dragon Claw (80 power,
Dragon
type) or Double-Edge (120 power, Normal type). Rock Head prevents
Double-Edge's
recoil damage. Ice Beam will make short work of it, but not as short as
60% of
Drake's team.

o---------o Moveset: Double-Edge, Dragonbreath, Dragon Dance, Aerial
Ace
| Altaria | Type: Dragon/Flying
o---------o Ability: Natural Cure (Special Conditions cured when
recalled)

Dragon/Flying means double weakness to Ice. Hello, Ice Beam.

o--------o Moveset: Flamethrower, Crunch, Dragonbreath, Earthquake
| Flygon | Type: Ground/Dragon
o--------o Ability: Levitate (Immune to Ground-type damage)

Ground is weak to Ice, too. Hello, Ice Beam.

o---------o Moveset: Smokescreen, Dragon Dance, Surf, Body Slam
| Kingdra | Type: Water/Dragon
o---------o Ability: Swift Swim (Speed increase while raining)

Oh, wait, hold up. Water resists Ice, so Ice Beam is a normal attack.
Smokescreen? Ew. Rain Dance would have made Kingdra so deadly. Not
that I'm
complaining, mind you, but come on. Anyway, Smokescreen lowers
accuracy, which
I'm sure you already knew. Body Slam is stupid on Kingdra, but that's
okay
because Body Slam's damage gets pumped up by Dragon Dance's Attack
boost. It
also gives +1 Speed, so you'll have to find some way to quickly kill
Kingdra.

I suggest the tried and true method of normal attack power hits.

o-----------o Moveset: Flamethrower, Dragon Claw, Rock Slide, Crunch
| Salamence | Type: Dragon/Flying
o-----------o Ability: Intimidate (Each foe's ATK-1 upon entry)

Remember Altaria? Same deal.

When you defeat Drake, heal and save before entering the next room!

=================
13i. The Champion [ntstv]
=================

After ascending the extended flight of stairs (ooh, flashing lights), we
enter
the room to find ourselves face to face with... Wallace. Yep. There have
been
quite a few hints dropped about the Champion's identity. Did you pick
up on any
of them?

For example, Wallace tells you that he unlocked Sky Pillar so you could
get in.
Who gave him permission to do that, and where did he get the key in the
first
place? He can't be some ordinary schmoe if he's got the key to the
building
where legendary Pokemon sleep.

Have you ever noticed that, especially after you save the world from
Groudon
and Kyogre's wrath, you're told to become "as great as Wallace?" Why on
earth
would you want to be as great as some former Gym Leader who quit
because of a
reason he won't tell you of? He isn't part of the Mafia or the government,
so
there's no real reason he has to hide from you.

And speaking of the mystery reason why he quit being a Gym Leader,
that's
something only Steven and Wallace know. What came up? The position
of Champion,
that's what. Steve had a good deal going for him, and he gives it up to
some
sissy Water-using nancy boy with a cape.

Oh, enough chatter. Time to put this aquatic clown in his place!

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Wailord | 57 | Tentacruel | 55 | Ludicolo | 56 | Money: 11600
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Milotic | 58 | Gyarados | 56 | Whiscash | 56 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o

o---------o Moveset: Rain Dance, Water Spout, Double-Edge, Blizzard
| Wailord | Type: Water
o---------o Ability: Water Veil (Prevents burns)

Wallace starts things off with the big papa of Water-types, Wailord.
Water
Spout is definitely a move you've never seen before unless you have a
Wailmer/Wailord of your own; it's a Water-type move with 150 base
power and 100
accuracy. The catch? Base damage decreases as the user's HP do. Wailord
is
Lv.57, so you're going to have to be _quick_ in taking this guy down.

If you haven't noticed already, Wailord sports Rain Dance. On the plus
side,
this pretty much sets you up to Thunderize nearly every Pokemon
Wallace has; a
winner is you. However, the huge downside is that it also greatly
increases
Water Spout's damage, enabling it to OHKO even when Wailord isn't
near full
health. Fortunately for you, the only Pokemon you should be using
Thunder with
should all be faster than Wailord and everyone else except Ludicolo as
long as
it's raining (and when it stops, you're faster).

Don't have Thunder? Thunderbolt is almost as good, but its accuracy
isn't
affected by weather.

Double-Edge is a power move, Normal-type, 120 power, 100 accuracy. A
third of
the damage is dealt to the user as recoil.

Blizzard, arguably one of the worst moves ever, is another power move;
120
power, Ice-type, SEVENTY ACCURACY. If Wailord should be bothered to
waste a
turn using this monstrosity, consider yourself highly unlucky if it hits.

o------------o Moveset: Toxic, Hydro Pump, Sludge Bomb, Ice Beam
| Tentacruel | Type: Water/Poison
o------------o Ability: Clear Body (Prevents stat loss)

I should note that Tentacruel is pretty fast... your pokemon could be in
for
some serious hurt if it's raining and he nails you with Hydro Pump. Be
careful.

If it's still raining, drop some Thunder and end it. If it isn't, Thunderbolt.
Kerzap goes the Pokemon, down goes Tentacruel.

You should be strong enough so that Toxic won't hinder you. When you
kill
Tentacruel, switch it, cure it.

Hydro Pump is the best Water move known to mere mortal Water-types.
Wailord,
Kyogre, and Blastoise are the only exceptions. It hurts, and if you're too
slow
while raining, prepare to feel some watery fury.

Sludge Bomb is only there for STAB. It's a powerful Poison-type attack
with a
30% chance of poison. It isn't Toxic poison, but remember that anyway.

Ice Beam is there for power only, possibly to cover the Grass-types you
shouldn't be using against this guy.

o----------o Moveset: Giga Drain, Surf, Leech Seed, Double Team
| Ludicolo | Type: Water/Grass
o----------o Ability: Swift Swim (Speed increase while raining)

As long as it's raining, Ludicolo will be faster than all your Pokemon
unless
they're extremely high level, and even then, Ludi's probably got some of
'em
beat. Having a powered-up ability to go first is absolute gold.

Good thing Wallace is too stupid to use anything other than Leech Seed
and
Double Team. Also good thing Wallace is too stupid to remember that
Thunder
will always hit as long as it's raining. Zap that mofo down the john.

Should your Pokemon die from Surf, shut your game off and go level up.

o---------o Moveset: Recover, Surf, Ice Beam, Toxic
| Milotic | Type: Water
o---------o Ability: Marvel Scale (DEFx1.5 if affected by a Special
Condition)

Wallace's pride and joy. Milotic has very high Special Defense and an
ability
that boosts Defense when suffering, so you'll have to resort to power hits
to
take him down. The best of these is a STABed Thunder. Its Special Attack
is
very nice as well. Recover is there for sheer annoyance.

o----------o Moveset: Dragon Dance, Earthquake, Hyper Beam, Surf
| Gyarados | Type: Water/Flying
o----------o Ability: Intimidate (Each foe's ATK-1 upon entry)

Man I love double weaknesses on my opponent. Thunderbolt!

o----------o Moveset: Earthquake, Surf, Amnesia, Hyper Beam
| Whiscash | Type: Water/Ground
o----------o Ability: Oblivious (Prevents attraction)

If you are using ANY Grass-type move on your team, use it against
Whiscash to
make it die (its Ground-type makes it immune to Thunder).

When you defeat Wallace, you're done!

======================
14. Fit For a Champion [perxy]
======================

After the fight, May will come in with advice on how to beat the
Champion. Too
bad she's way too late. Professor Birch shows up and he'll rate your
Pokedex.
Then you and Wallace will go into the next room and register your team
into the
Hall of Fame.

When the credits start rolling, you can either watch them (after beating
the
Elite Four at least once, you can hold B to make the credits go faster) or
just
turn the game off. The game is saved already, so when you load game,
you'll be
in your room in Littleroot Town.

Now that you're the Champion, a whole slew of new areas and Pokemon
have been
unlocked. This section is a list of all things you can only do when you're
the
Champion.

Don't forget, you can do Trick 8 now!

=========================
14a. BZZT-Colored Dragons [mtrxy]
=========================

When you go downstairs from your room, Norman says he has a gift for
you from a
Mr. Briney: the S.S. Ticket. Now you can jump on the finished ferry S.S.
Tidal.

Examine the flashing TV and you'll see a report on some BZZT-colored
flying
Pokemon. Your mom will ask which color they said the Pokemon was.
Whether you
will find Latios or Latias in the wild depends on the color you tell her. If
you tell her the Pokemon was blue, you get Latios. Red, you get Latias.
Simple
as that. No tricks involved.

Where's the other one? Southern Island, of course. You cannot get there
unless
you have the Eon Ticket from Ruby or Sapphire, DO NOT ASK ME HOW
OR WHERE TO
GET IT.

===============
14b. S.S. Tidal [koppl]
===============

Leave the house and Professor Birch will ambush you, knock you out, and
take
you to his lab. When you come to, he will explain some stuff about how
he just
found out that some of Hoenn is now home to exotic species. Because
he's cool
like that, he will take both your Pokedexes and upgrade them to National
Mode.

Congratulations! Now you can trade directly with FireRed and LeafGreen!

You're free to go.

Shortly after leaving home, you'll get a call from Scott. He tells you that
he
wants to take you somewhere, and you'll talk more on the S.S. Tidal.

The ferry is currently in Slateport City, so fly there, go into the harbor,
talk to the lady by the ferry, and tell her you want to go to Lilycove.

Immediately after boarding, Scott will swarm you. He'll tell you that
someone
like you should visit the Battle Frontier, and he's already made
arrangements
with the ship's captain to let you visit there anytime. He will get off the
ship, and an announcement will be made that the ship is built for
plowing
through fast-moving currents.

Yeah, it must be made for plowing through all those people, too.

Your cabin is #2; if you want to instantly arrive in Lilycove, simply enter
the
middle room and rest. There are battles to be won here, and you aren't
kicked
off the ship immediately after resting, so feel free to heal as needed until
you are done.

Enter the first cabin. See the couple? Take 'em out.

Young Couple Lea & Jed
Luvdisc (x2), Lv.45
Money: 2880

The cabin next to that is yours. A battle awaits you in Cabin 3.

Rich Boy Garret
Azumarill, Lv.45
Money: 9000

Long live the Amulet Coin. Head to Cabin 4.

Gentleman Micah
Manectric, Lv.44 (x2)
Money: 3520

Now circle around, say hey to Mr.- er, Captain Briney, and enter the back
of
Cabin 1. Fight the dood.

Pokefan Colton
Skitty, Lv.22/36/40/12/30; Delcatty, Lv.42
Money: 3160

I love ladies. Fight one in the room behind yours.

Lady Naomi
Roselia, Lv.45
Money: 9000

Gotta love double money. Barge into the next room and smack up an old
guy.

Gentleman Thomas
Zangoose, Lv.45
Money: 3600

Interrogate the man in the room behind Cabin 4 and he'll give you TM49,
Snatch.

Leave and go down the stairs. There are two sailors walking around. Feel
free
to try to get them in a Double Battle, but it's not the end of the world if
you
can't. If you do, it may look like you're stuck, but you can step down so
you're behind the crates.

Sailor Phillip <- Team Battle! -> Sailor Leonard
Tentacruel/Machoke, Lv.44 Money: 2784
Machop/Pelipper/Machoke, Lv.43

In the trash can in the upper left corner lies a Leftovers. That's all for the
S.S. Tidal. When you're ready to leave, rest in bed and talk to the sailor
blocking the entrance.

Turn your happy self around and talk to the lady. Battle Frontier, ho!

For more information regarding the enormous Battle Frontier, see
section 20.

==================
14c. Altering Cave [woops]
==================

Altering Cave is a useless cave that is found on Route something. I don't
care.
Go north from Oldale Town and Surf east. There you are. It only appears
after
you defeat the Elite Four. The only thing in there is Zubat. It used to have
something to do with Mystery Gift, I think, but the pokemon that were to
be
found there were obtainable through other means, so The Nintendo
Company sent
it to the crapper.

If Route 118 wasn't so rockin' for Speed EV training, this would be a good
spot
(Zubat gives 1 Speed).

===================
15. Special Pokemon [wupsy]
===================

There. This section exists now. Check out the nifty Pokemon, most of
which you
can't get until you defeat the Elite Four.

=============================
15a. Beldum - Take Down Sucks [yiduz]
=============================

Go to Steven's house in Mossdeep City and examine the Poke Ball. Inside
is a
Lv.5 Beldum. It evolves into Metang at Lv.20, and again into Metagross at
Lv.45. Beldum only knows Take Down until it evolves, can't learn any
TMs or
HMs, and has no Egg Moves. Have fun.

Fun tip: You can change Beldum's nature by saving before you examine
the Poke
Ball, then resetting if it isn't the one you want. :D

=====================
15b. Desert Underpass [dthoy]
=====================

o----------------------------------o
| DESERT UNDERPASS POKEMON LISTING | After beating the Elite
Four, visit the
o----------------------------------o Fossil Maniac. Try to go behind him and
| Ditto (Common) | he'll tell you that there's a huge cave,
| Whismur (Uncommon) | but he left it alone because he doubts
| Loudred (Rare) | there are fossils in there.
o----------------------------------o

His loss.

Get in there and travel the extremely long length (+Max Repel, good spot
to
hatch eggs) to the end. There, you will find the fossil you didn't get in
Mirage Tower. If you didn't get a fossil from Mirage Tower, this cave will
be
empty. Mirage Tower is in the desert; if you can't see it, go visit the Fossil
Maniac and he'll tell you about the tower. It should be there after that.

================
15c. Marine Cave [korge]
================

Visit the second floor of the Weather Institute and talk to the scientist at
the far left end. He will tell you about heavy rainfall around such and
such a
route. If you visit that route, you will see the heavy rainfall. Now you just
need to find a small dive square, and dive into it. Follow the path to the
end
and you'll find a Lv.70 Kyogre waiting for you. This is the only game in
which
you can flee from a stationary legendary and not have it follow suit. It'll
still sit there and wait. However, if you kill it, it will obviously not be
there anymore.

Don't use your Master Ball on it. It is, after all, stationary.

===============
15d. Terra Cave [crunk]
===============

Same deal, visit the scientist on the Weather Institute's second floor and
listen to him talk about a drought on route x. Terra Cave is the same as
Marine
Cave, except you'll find it on land as a cave (you'll need Waterfall for the
Route 104 location). How do you tell it apart from other caves? The
extreme
sunlight, of course. You should know what other dungeons are simply
because
you've played through the game already.

Bust out the Ultra Balls for this guy, too.

=====================
15e. Sky Pillar Redux [fstbk]
=====================

If you want to get back up Sky Pillar, you'll need the Mach Bike to cross
the
cracks in the floor. It may take a few tries, especially since the game will
try to juke you by putting rocks in your path and having you go farther
than
you need to go (fourth or fifth floor, I think). Rayquaza is Lv.70.

Again, save that Master Ball.

==============
15f. The Regis [hsfww]
==============

Once a player earns the Mind Badge and receives the Dive HM from
Steven (or has
traded in a Pokemon that already knows Dive), that player may choose to
seek
out and capture Regirock, Regice, and Registeel. This trio is collectively
referred to as "the Regis" because the first half of their names is "Regi-."

To begin, you will need to have been to Pacifidlog Town. If you've been
following this walkthrough, you should have already. If you haven't, surf
south
from Mossdeep City until you can no longer go south, then head west
until you
hit the town. If there's a giant island in your way, see section 27.
Otherwise,
you're good to go.

Unlike almost every Pokemon, you must work to be able to catch the
Regis. This
is a list of what you'll need to unlock and catch them all:

* Relicanth, found underwater near Sootopolis City only
* Wailord, found by fishing with Super Rod on Route 129; evolve Wailmer
(Lv.40)
* TM28, Dig.
* HM02, Fly. (Not required, but strongly recommended)
* HM03, Surf.
* HM05, Flash. (Yes, it's required, not optional, you must have it)
* HM06, Rock Smash.
* HM08, Dive.

o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o
| SETUP |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

Okay, now you're ready to begin. Teach some Pokemon the
aforementioned six
moves (Relicanth and Wailord can each learn Surf, Dive, and Rock
Smash). Right
now, you'll only need Relicanth, Wailord, Surf, Dive, and Dig. Fly to
Pacifidlog Town. Surf west out of the city and head west to the currents.

Don't hit them yet!

To reach where you'll need to go, the key is to stay as low as you possibly
can. Go down and touch the current, and you'll end up in front of a
fisherman.
Go straight down and surf down, into the current. You'll be swept to
a rock. Press up and again surf down into the current. This time you'll be
taken to a pair of swimmers. Go past them and once again, swim down
into the
current, being careful to touch the very lowest spot. Once you land, go to
the
lowest point and surf downwards again. You will be taken to an empty
patch of
shallow water. Half of it is on Route 133, half of it is on Route 134.

This is the most important part. Stand in the lower left corner of this
empty
patch (so you're on Route 134). Take exactly two steps up and surf left.

Dive down and enter the cavern. Swim the path. At the end, you will see
a large
rock. On one side of this, you will see some markings. Examine these
markings
and you'll see a bunch of dots. This is Braille, language for the blind. Of
course, raised dots would totally ruin your GBA, so this will have to do.

The Braille reads, "GO UP HERE." Be on this exact spot and surface to
find
yourself in the Sealed Chamber. In here, you can find various bits and
pieces
of Braille:

ABC DEF . <- period Yep. Pretty simple. They put it here so
anyone
GHI JKL , <- comma that doesn't know Braille can learn it for the
MNO PQRS sake of capturing the Regis. Braille is used
TUV WXYZ in all three caves.

Head to the back and you'll see some Braille that reads, "DIG HERE." Go
into
the menu and manually use Dig; instead of warping from the cave, you'll
open up
a path to another room. Enter this final room and you will see six stones,
each
reading something different.

IN THIS CAVE WE HAVE LIVED. WE OWE ALL TO THE
POKEMON.

BUT, WE SEALED THE POKEMON AWAY. WE FEARED IT.

THOSE WITH COURAGE, THOSE WITH HOPE. OPEN A DOOR. AN
ETERNAL POKEMON WAITS.

The back of the room is what you're going for, though. Examine the
Braille to
find a message that reads, "FIRST COMES WAILORD. LAST COMES
RELICANTH." How
these two Pokemon are connected to the Regis, I'll never know. But if
Wailord's
at the lead of your party and Relicanth is in the rear, you will trigger a
moving van - er, an earthquake of sorts, and three doors will open
"somewhere
far away." Shazam, you've unlocked the Regis. Now it's time to go catch
them.

Relicanth and Wailord are no longer needed; do with them what you will.

o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o
| DESERT RUINS - REGIROCK |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

Fly to Lavaridge Town. Get the Pokemon that knows Rock Smash and
head into the
desert. Go south and you'll see the giant rock formation.

The Braille at the back of the room reads, "LEFT, LEFT, DOWN, DOWN.
THEN, USE
ROCK SMASH." From that spot, do what it instructed you to and the
door will
open. Enter the room and save!

Regirock (Rock-type) is Lv.40 when you attack it. Here's its moveset:

Superpower - Fighting-type, base power 120. User's ATK-1, user's DEF-1
Curse - ???-type, no base power. User's SPEED-1. User's ATK+1, user's
DEF+1.
Ancientpower - Rock-type, base power 60. User's stats +1 (10% chance).
Rock Throw - Rock-type, base power 50. No added effects.

Ability: Clear Body (Prevents stat loss)

Curse will make Regirock do humongous damage with all its attacks.
Regirock
excels in Defense; picking on special-type weaknesses is obviously
recommended.
When you drop Regirock's HP to a low amount, start attacking it with
physical
attacks. You will do little damage unless Regirock has been abusing
Superpower.
Once Regirock's HP is at a safe level, put it to sleep if you can and start
throwing anything that's not called "Master Ball." That's all there is to it.

o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o
| ISLAND CAVE - REGICE |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

Fly to Petalburg City. Go west out of the city and use Surf. Stay to the left
and surf downwards until you come across some trees. Land and go
around the
trees, then surf north to find the cave.

The Braille at the back of the room reads, "STAY CLOSE TO THE WALL.
RUN AROUND
ONE LAP." Simply do what it says. You can run in either direction, but
run all
the way around the cave without moving away from the wall. Once you
make it
back to the center of the Braille, the door will open. Enter and save.

Regice (Ice-type) is Lv.40 when you attack it. Here's its moveset:

DEF+1.
Icy Wind - Ice-type, base power 55. Foe's SPEED-1.


Regice sports monstrous Special Defense, which means physical attacks
are the
way to go. Ice has two physical weaknesses - Rock and Steel. It's
somewhat
unlikely you have either on your team, but Regice's Defense is nothing
special.
In fact, I wouldn't worry too much about using weakness; using regular
physical
attacks will do. Icy Wind will always make your speed go down, but if you
start
off faster than Regice, you'll stay that way because of Curse. Once its HP
are
down to a low level, start using weak special attacks so you'll do little
damage. Put it to sleep if you can and chuck those Ultra Balls.

o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o
| ANCIENT TOMB - REGISTEEL |
o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

Fly to Lilycove City. Get the Pokemon that knows Flash. Leave west out
of the
city and continue until you can no longer go west. Go up the stairs and
straight up through the tall grass to another flight of stairs. Continue on
and
you'll find the cave.

The Braille at the back of the room reads, "THOSE WHO INHERIT OUR
WILL, SHINE
IN THE MIDDLE." Take four steps down and use Flash to make the door
open. Save.

Regsteel (Steel-type) is Lv.40 when you attack it. Here's its moveset:

DEF+1.
Metal Claw - Steel-type, base power 50. User's ATK+1 (10% chance).


That's odd. I don't have a strategy for Registeel. Well... Registeel sucks.
It's a half-baked attempt at a balance between Regirock and Regice.
Metal Claw
is a joke, it should do nothing to your beasts. Curse and Superpower
cancel
each other out... sleep it if you can. False Swipe helps too.

======================
15g. Dances With Steel [wlvs2]
======================

We all remember our buddy Steven, who failed us in our hour of need. I
think
its high time we paid him back. But where is he?

To show Steven the consequences for failing you, you will need
Waterfall... but
unless you're sporting Flamethrower/Fire Blast with optional Sunny Day
and
Surf/Hydro Pump, your Pokemon should be no lower than Lv.65. Yeah,
I'm serious.

Can't find him? Give Wallace a call after defeating him. He will drop
hints in
your face that Steven's Pokemon are extremely powerful (Wallace would
clean his
clock, though), but ol' Steve would rather dig for rare stones than fight.

"But what is a rare stone exactly? All I can think of is a METEORITE..."

That's good enough for us. To Meteor Falls!

Remember the waterfall that's right near the entrance? Go up it and enter
the
cave. Go right and down the ladder. Remember where the Iron Tail TM
was? Down,
left, up the steps, then up the ladder. Now that you've defeated the Elite
Four, there's a cave you can go into. In the very back of this cave is
Steven.

Make sure you heal and save before you talk to him. He knows why we're
here,
and he won't give you any chances to think things over.

STEVEN: Oh, wow, [Name].
I'm amazed you knew where to find me.
Do you, uh...maybe think of me as
just a rock maniac?
No, that can't be right.
o-----------------------o
We battled alongside each other at / The Space Center's in /
the SOOTOPOLIS SPACE CENTER. / Mossdeep, genius. /
You should have a very good idea o-----------------------o
about how good I am.
Okay, [Name], if you're going to mount
a serious challenge, expect the worst!

Steven's Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Skarmory | 77 | Claydol | 75 | Aggron | 76 | Money: 4680
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o
| Armaldo | 76 | Metagross | 78 | Cradily | 76 |
o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o

o----------o Moveset: Toxic, Aerial Ace, Spikes, Steel Wing
| Skarmory | Type: Steel/Flying
o----------o Ability: Keen Eye (Prevents accuracy loss)

If you are using an Electric-type, that would be your best bet against
Skarmdog. Electric resists both of Skarmory's offensive attacks. Should
that
Electric-type be Magneton, you have immunity to Toxic as well.
However, this
means that Spikes is Skarmory's only option. If used the maximum three
times,
it will take 13% of your Pokemon's maximum HP every time you switch
out, unless
they are Flying-type or have the Levitate Ability.

Should you not want to use Electric, Fire will do just as well - but you'll
only have resistance to Steel Wing.

o---------o Moveset: Reflect, Light Screen, Ancientpower, Earthquake
| Claydol | Type: Ground/Psychic
o---------o Ability: Levitate (Immune to Ground-type damage)

Gross, Reflect and Light Screen! All your damage is cut in half. Claydol'll
use
whichever barrier blocks the type you currently have in play. Should you
switch
out, it'll bust out the other one. Ancientpower isn't really a power hit, but
it has a 10% chance to raise all the user's stats by 1 level. Earthquake's for
STAB. To counter Claydol, you could consider using Brick Break to get
rid of
Reflect _and_ Light Screen.

o--------o Moveset: Thunder, Earthquake, Solarbeam, Dragon Claw
| Aggron | Type: Steel/Rock
o--------o Ability: Sturdy (Prevents one-hit KOs)

Sick. Aggron's Special Attack is nothing to be proud of. The only thing
you
should fear about Steven's Aggron is its level. It has a very convenient
double
weakness to both Fighting and Ground. Solarbeam kills Ground-types, so
if
Aggron starts charging, switch out to something that resists Grass.

o---------o Moveset: Water Pulse, Ancientpower, Aerial Ace, Slash
| Armaldo | Type: Bug/Rock
o---------o Ability: Battle Armor (Prevents critical hits)

Armaldo would make a decent physical sweeper, but Steven's already got
one of
those. Steven's Armaldo is a joke. Ancientpower for STAB. Everything
else... I
don't know why. Water Pulse confuses, 30% chance, remember? Slash is
a power
hit, and a bad one at that. Aerial Ace is Flying-type Swift, from Winona
fame.

o-----------o Moveset: Earthquake, Psychic, Meteor Mash, Shadow Ball
| Metagross | Type: Steel/Psychic
o-----------o Ability: Clear Body (Prevents stat loss)

Oh yeah, the anchor of Steven's team. This is an okay physical sweeper.
Come
on, Steve, Agility over Psychic.

Yes, anyway. Metagross covers a variety of types, most of which
Metagross
resists in the first place. Metagross' type combination means it's only
weak to
Fire and Ground. Unless you're packing Ho-oh, Moltres, or Charizard,
Fire-types
will get massacred by Earthquake. Do you have Sunny Day on your team?
Use that
to boost your Fire damage and get a kill. Ground-types are safe as far as
weakness is concerned, but you still need to keep Meteor Mash's 100-
turned-150-
by-STAB-power in mind. It hurts.

o---------o Moveset: Giga Drain, Ancientpower, Ingrain, Confuse Ray
| Cradily | Type: Rock/Grass
o---------o Ability: Suction Cups (Prevents forced switching)

Pseudo-annoyer. Ingrain, should you not have a Cacturne or Cradily of
your own,
buries roots into the ground. In addition to restoring 1/16 maximum HP
between
turns, it also prevents being forcefully switched out. Cradily can't be
switched out by force, anyway, so... yeah. We all know what Confuse Ray
does.
Giga Drain is weak, but if used against weakness, it can become
horrendously
annoying because of Ingrain. Ancientpower is there for STAB and to help
cover
one of its weaknesses, Ice. A Steel-type resists both Cradily's offensive
moves, but is still susceptible to confusion. In addition to Ice, Cradily is
weak to Steel, Fighting, and Bug.

Now that Steven finally knows who's the best in Hoenn, he will make a
bad
attempt at saving face by saying he's a psychic.

STEVEN: Come to think of it, ever since
our paths first crossed in GRANITE
CAVE in DEWFORD, I had this feeling.
I thought that you would eventually
become the CHAMPION.
My predictions usually come true.

And where will you go from here?

... ... ... ... ... ...
... ... ... ... ... ...
Fufufu, even I couldn't tell you that.

Ooh hoo, aren't we cool. Steve gives you nothing after beating him.
Cheapskate.

===============
16. Battle Tent [btltn]
===============

Battle Tents are a new feature in Pokemon Emerald, and they can be
found in
Slateport City, Fallarbor Town, and Verdanturf Town, where the Hyper,
Super,
and Normal Rank Contests, respectively, were found in Ruby & Sapphire.

Where are the Contests, you ask? Lilycove City. Every single one of them.

Each Battle Tent has different challenges for you to overcome, and
should you
do so, you will win a prize.

==========================
16a. Slateport Battle Tent [sbtlt]
==========================

This is the first Battle Tent you come across. The challenge is Battle
Swap. In
this challenge, you can only use three Pokemon, all of which are
provided. Each
one is Lv.30. You must participate in three Single Battles (1-on-1). After
each
battle, you may choose to swap one of your Pokemon with a Pokemon
belonging to
the Trainer you just defeated. You can't look at Summaries of Pokemon
that you
swap, so pay attention to your opponent's attacks. Most able-to-evolve
Basic
Pokemon possess killer movesets, so be on the lookout for them.

For winning, you will receive a Full Heal.

===========================
16b. Verdanturf Battle Tent [vbtlt]
===========================

In this Battle Tent, you use three of your own Pokemon. Your opponent's
Pokemon's levels will match those of your strongest Pokemon, but the
lowest
level they will have is Lv.30. If your Pokemon are below Lv.30, your
opponent's
Pokemon will still be Lv.30. What's different here is that you can't
command
your Pokemon. They will attack on their own based on their natures.
Because of
this, you will want to raise Pokemon designed specifically for this Tent.
Normal battling Pokemon will usually fail miserably here.

Should you manage to win, you'll be rewarded with a Nest Ball.

==========================
16c. Fallarbor Battle Tent [fbtlt]
==========================

This is an easy Battle Tent to win at. You are use three of your own
Pokemon.
Your opponent's Pokemon's levels will match those of your strongest
Pokemon,
but the lowest level they will have is Lv.30. If your Pokemon are below
Lv.30,
your opponent's Pokemon will still be Lv.30. Here, each match is only
three
turns long. A match is defined as one Pokemon against another. Trainers
are not
allowed to switch their Pokemon out, and the order you register them in
is the
order they will appear in the battle. If one Pokemon defeats another, a
new
match starts when the defeated Pokemon's player replaces the fainted
Pokemon.
At the end of three turns, if a Pokemon has not been defeated yet, the
referee
will decide the winner based on three criteria:

Mind: Pokemon that battled with the most guts. You will earn more
Mind points
by telling your Pokemon to use an offensive attack.

Skill: Pokemon that used moves well. Every time you order your
Pokemon to use
an offensive attack, and that attack is successful, Skill points will
rise. If it fails, Skill points are lowered. If you attack their
weakness, more Skill points are earned. Likewise, if you hit a
Pokemon's
resistance or immunity, Skill points are taken away. However, if a
Pokemon uses Protect or Detect, and the other pokemon uses an
attack and
gets blocked by Protect or Detect, Skill points will not be deducted.

Body: This one's easy. Whoever has the most HP at the end wins.

Defeat three Trainers in a row and you will earn a Hyper Potion.

===================
17. The Trick House [wlttm]
===================

The Trick House is found straight north from Slateport City, on Route
110. Your
job is to first find the Trick Master in his house, then go into the back
room,
find the scroll, and make it to the end.

There are Trainers in each of the Tricks. Sometimes you will need to
meet
certain requirements before you can attempt to complete a new Trick,
and you'll
need to use different HMs to get around some of them.

============
17a. Trick 1 [cutty]
============

HMs Needed: Cut

The Trick Master is hiding under the table. Examine the upper right
corner and
he will appear, and let you attempt the trick. Enter when ready.

Go right and fight.

Lass Sally
Oddish, Lv.16
Money: 256

Cut the tree above her, then the one above that. Go up and left and cut
the
tree if you wish. Go down, cut the tree, and fight.

Lass Robin
Skitty, Lv.14; Shroomish, Lv.14; Marill, Lv.14
Money: 224

Read the scroll. If you want an Orange Mail, cut the trees leading to the
upper
path.

Go right, cut, fight.

Youngster Eddie
Zigzagoon, Lv.14; Zigzagoon, Lv.16
Money: 256

Cut the last tree and press A on the door to complete the Trick. Code:
"TRICK
MASTER is fabulous."

A Rare Candy and access to Trick 2 is your reward.

============
17b. Trick 2 [butny]
============

Requirements: Dynamo Badge, Trick 1 completed
HMs Needed: None

The Trick Master is hiding behind the tree on the right side.

Start by picking up the free Wave Mail in the space off to the right. Then
take
the bottom path and start a fight.

School Kid Paul
Numel/Oddish/Wingull, Lv.15
Money: 300

Follow the path and step on the switch. Go back to the beginning and go
all the
way up. Loop around and get the Harbor Mail, then go up and left and
hit the
switch.

Use the newly accessible path and hit the switch. Fight the guy.

School Kid Ted
Ralts, Lv.17
Money: 340

Go back to the beginning and follow the path you just now opened to the
right.
Continue on this path and fight the girl.

School Kid Georgia
Shroomish, Lv.16; Beautifly, Lv.16
Money: 320

Hit the switch, read the scroll, go to the end. Code: "TRICK MASTER is
smart."

A Timer Ball and access to Trick 3 is your reward.

============
17c. Trick 3 [smshy]
============

Requirements: Heat Badge, Trick 2 completed
HMs Needed: Rock Smash

The Trick Master is hiding in the dresser.

Bust up the rocks and go right.

Camper Justin
Kecleon, Lv.24
Money: 384

Weave your way north and fight the Hiker, you know you want to.

Hiker Alan
Geodude, Lv.22; Graveler, Lv.22; Nosepass, Lv.22
Money: 880

Go above Alan and step on the switch. Go down, left, then up. Get the
Wood Mail
on the left and fight the girl on the right.

Picnicker Martha
Skitty, Lv.23; Swablu, Lv.23
Money: 368

Take the Shadow Mail and go down. Hit the bottom of the two switches.
Memorize
the scroll. Go to the end. Code: "TRICK MASTER is coveted."

The Hard Stone (Rock's power-up item) and access to Trick 4 is your
reward.

============
17d. Trick 4 [musly]
============

Requirements: Balance Badge, Trick 3 completed
HMs required: Strength

The Trick Master is hiding beyond the left window.

Go up and activate Strength. Push the right boulder one square. Go up
and fight
the girl.

Battle Girl Cora
Meditite, Lv.27
Money: 648

Pick up the Mech Mail. Now go all the way right and down. Go below the
boulder
and push it up one square.

Now go fight the fighter guy.

Black Belt Yuji
Makuhita, Lv.26; Machoke, Lv.26
Money: 832

Push the boulder near him out of the way and memorize the scroll. Push
the
boulder nearest you one square left. Weave your way back up and around
and go
all the way up. Push the boulder all the way down. Fight.

Battle Girl Paula
Breloom, Lv.27
Money: 648

Above Paula, push the boulder up one square. Go around and push that
same
boulder to the right. Now push the one above it to the right and press A
on the
door to complete the Trick. Code: "TRICK MASTER is cool."

A Smoke Ball and access to Trick 5 is your reward.

============
17e. Trick 5 [dalzy]
============

Requirements: Feather Badge, Trick 4 completed
HMs Needed: None

The Trick Master is hiding in the plant on the left side.

This Trick's a little different. Instead of battling, you will answer a series
of questions given to you by Trick Master Mechadolls. The first one is
straight
ahead.

Mechadoll 1
-----------

One of these Pokemon is not of the Water type. Which one is it? - Azurill

One of these Pokemon does not use Leech Life. Which one is it? - Dustox

One of these Pokemon is not found on Route 110. Which one is it? -
Taillow

Go up and answer the next question.

Mechadoll 2
-----------

Which of these Pokemon did Team Aqua use in Petalburg Forest? -
Poochyena

Which of these Pokemon did Wally borrow from your father? -
Zigzagoon

Which of these Pokemon was chasing Prof. Birch? - Zigzagoon

You'll see two Mechadolls to your right. Number three is south.

Mechadoll 3
-----------

Sell one Great Ball and buy one Potion. How much money remains? -
Nothing

Do one Repel and Soda Pop cost more than one Super Potion? - They will
cost
less.

Which costs more? Three Harbor Mails or one Burn Heal? - Burn Heal

Answer this question, then go to the next doll.

Mechadoll 4
-----------

In the Trainer's School, how many girl students were there? - 1

In Lavaridge Town, were there more elderly men or elderly women? -
Elderly men

In Seashore House, were there more men or women? - Male

Memorize the scroll and go up to the last doll.

Mechadoll 5
-----------

On the Cycling Road, how many Triathletes were there? - 8

In Slateport's Pokemon Fan Club, how many Pokemon were there? - 3

In Fortree City, how many tree houses were there? - 6

Press A on the door to complete the Trick. Code: "TRICK MASTER is a
genius."

TM12, Taunt, and access to Trick 6 is your reward.

============
17f. Trick 6 [dorzy]
============

Requirements: Mind Badge, Trick 5 completed
HMs Needed: None

The Trick Master is hiding in the cupboard, right side.

Rotating doors from Winona's Gym, remember them? Of course you do,
let's go.

Push the bottom one from the right. Go up and walk through the door
from the
right, down through the first door, then continue north.

Go right through the door. Continue right through another door. Fight
the girl.

PKMN Ranger Sophia
Swablu, Lv.38; Roselia, Lv.38
Money: 1824

Go up, left, down through the door. Go up, left, fight the guy.

PKMN Ranger Sebastian
Cacturne, Lv.39
Money: 1872

Go down and memorize the scroll. Go through the door to the right and
go down.
Push the middle door down, then push the right door down. Go left and
into the
path you just opened. Collect the Glitter Mail, go up, and fight.

Bird Keeper Benny
Swellow, Lv.36; Pelipper, Lv.36; Xatu, Lv.36
Money: 1152

Go up through the doors to complete the Trick. Code: "TRICK MASTER
is my life."

The Magnet (Electric's power-up item) and access to Trick 7 is your
reward.

============
17g. Trick 7 [warpy]
============

Requirements: Rain Badge, Trick 6 completed
HMs Needed: None

The Trick Master is hiding behind the right window.

Yeah, we love these things.

Step on the yellow switch and fight the forced Double Battle.

Psychic Joshua <- Team Battle! -> Hex Maniac Patricia
Kadabra.Solrock, Lv.41 Money: 1918 Banette/Lunatone, Lv.41

Go up and left. Step on the blue switch twice.

Up and around, then up again. Step on the red, then green switch once.
Go up
and follow the teleporters' path. Fight the duo.

Psychic Alexis <- Team Battle! -> Psychic Alvaro
Kirlia/Xatu, Lv.41 Money: 1918 Banette/Kadabra, Lv.41

Go back to the green arrows and now go down. Step on the teleporter
and
memorize the scroll. Warp back and step on the switches, green, red,
green. The
left teleporter takes you to a forced Double Battle.

Psychic Mariela <- Team Battle! -> Gentleman Everett
Chimecho, Lv.41 Money: 4264 Wobbuffet, Lv.41

The right one takes you to a Tropic Mail. Step on the single teleporter
near
these two and complete the Trick. Code: "TRICK MASTER is huggable."

A PP Max and access to the final Trick is your reward.

============
17h. Trick 8 [slidy]
============

Requirements: Champion defeated, Trick 7 completed
HMs Needed: None

The Trick Master is hiding beneath the lower left cushion.

Are you ready for the funnest (yeah, funnest) Trick yet? Super polished
floors
mean we get to slide everywhere! Weeeeeeee!

Okay. Start on the right side and go up, right, Trainer (forced).

Cooltrainer Keira
Lairon, Lv.45; Manectric, Lv.45
Money: 2160

Up, left, down. Memorize the scroll. Up, left, down, right. down.

Go to the far right and go up, up, left, up, left, down.

Step left, up, left, up. Get the Bead Mail. Now step left and go down.
Fight.

Cooltrainer Vincent
Sableye, Lv.44; Medicham, Lv.44; Sharpedo, Lv.44
Money: 2112

While in front of him, go up, right, down, step left, up, Trainer (forced).

Cooltrainer Leroy
Mawile, Lv.46; Starmie, Lv.46
Money: 2208

Examine the door to complete the final Trick. Code: "TRICK MASTER I
love."

In Ruby, completing Trick 8 would yield the Red Tent, a super pimp-
looking item
for your Secret Base. In Sapphire, one gets the Blue Tent, an item with
equal
sweetness. In Emerald, you get to choose between the two. I chose the
Blue Tent
simply because I have one of my Ruby Secret Bases mixed into my
Emerald game.

That's all for the Trick House.

========================
18. Mauville Game Corner [spdwl]
========================

To play the games here, you need a Coin Case. Go to Slateport City and
buy a
Harbor Mail, then give it to the girl in the house to the left of the Mart in
Mauville City. She will give you the Coin Case in return.

There are only two games for you, unfortunately. One is the slots game
we've
been seeing since the color games. Press Select to see the payouts.

The other game is a roulette game where you guess where the ball will
land.
More specific guesses yield bigger payouts. The table on the left is 1 Coin
for
6 balls, and the table on the right is 3 Coins for six balls. Real men play on
the three-Coin table. Everyone else plays there, too. The one-Coin table is
just for show, and should do nothing but collect dust in the Game
Corner.

So what to do with the Coins you've earned? Well, right now, you've got
no
Coins. If you talk to the young man in the upper right corner near the
trash
bin, he'll give you 20 coins. You'll need to buy the rest. The lady on the
far
left will sell you Coins in 50s and 500s.

The two ladies on the right side are what you're after, because they sell
you
spiffy things.

o-----------------o The dolls o------------------------o
| LEFT LADY | are items for | RIGHT LADY |
o-----------------o a Secret Base. o------------------------o
| TM32......1,500 | Double Team | Treecko Doll.....1,000 |
| TM29......3,500 | Psychic | Torchic Doll.....1,000 |
| TM35......4,000 | Flamethrower | Mudkip Doll......1,000 |
| TM24......4,000 | Thunderbolt o------------------------o
| TM13......4,000 | Ice Beam
o-----------------o

=================
18a. New Mauville [sthvn]
=================

New Mauville can first be accessed after you earn the right to use Surf out
of
battle. In Mauville City, Wattson will ask you if you will go to New
Mauville
and shut down the Generator. Then he will give you the Basement Key to
get into
it. Leave the city via the south exit and go to the water. Surf down and to
the
right. Enter New Mauville.

o------------------------------o Step on the switch and go left. Step on the
| NEW MAUVILLE POKEMON LISTING | switch and follow the path.
Do not step on
o------------------------------o the third switch you see, because it closes
| Magnemite (Common) | the door in front of you. Pass through
and
| Voltorb (Common) | pick up the Escape Rope, then go down
and
| Magneton (Rare) | to the right. Pick up the Ultra Ball, then go
| Electrode (Rare) | back to where you got the Escape Rope. Step
o------------------------------o on the switch. If you go up and to the right
and examine the item ball, you'll fight a Lv.25 Voltorb. Go left to
continue.

You will see two item balls. The left one is a Parlyz Heal; the other is a
Lv.25 Voltorb. Continue on this path and you will see two more item
balls. The
left one is a Lv.25 Voltorb; the other, a Full Heal. Step on the switch.

Go to the right and step on the red switch to shut the Generator down.
Pick up
the Thunderstone and make use of that Escape Rope you picked up
earlier.

Report back to Wattson and he'll give you TM24, Thunderbolt.

==============
19. Shoal Cave [shlbl]
==============

This here's a cave filled with wild Pokemon and items. Since Shoal Cave
is so
close to the sea, there are times when it is filled with water. This is high
tide. Some items can only be obtained at high tide.

The rest of the time, it is near bone dry with the exception of the deepest
part of the cave. This is low tide. Like high tide, some items can only be
obtained at low tide.

Anyway, either time you enter, you'll find an old man if you head north
from
the entrance. He'll tell you that he can make you a spiffy item if you bring
him four Shoal Salt and four Shoal Shells. The item he makes you is
called the
Shell Bell, and it restores your HP based on the damage you inflict on
your
opponent. I find Leftovers to be infinitely more useful, as it heals your
Pokemon by a set amount; you need to do big damage in order for Shell
Bell to
match the health that Leftovers recovers.

The only thing Shell Bell has on Leftovers is that you can get these
ingredients every day, so you can have an infinite amount. Leftovers is
infinite, too, but it comes at a price you may want to pay. If you're doing
this cave pre-Elite Four

Since it's high tide right now, I'll post that little bit first. If you're
having trouble finding the salts/shells, I'll write it in all caps so you can
see better and use the surrounding context to figure out its location.

Each salt/shell will also be spaced one line to read it easier, too.

HIGH TIDE WALKTHROUGH: THE SEARCH FOR SHELLS
--------------------------------------------

o-----------------------------o
| SHOAL CAVE POKEMON LISTING | If you enter Shoal Cave and
there's shallow
o-----------------------------o water all around, it's high tide.
| Zubat (Common) |
| Spheal (Uncommon) | To get the four Shoal Shells, you will
o-----------------------------o obviously need Surf.

Get in the water and go straight up. Up the stairs, in the door. Go around
and
start surfing. Up about 3 steps and you'll see stairs, go up them to find the
FIRST SHOAL SHELL.

Back in the water, up a little. Go up the steps to find the SECOND
SHOAL SHELL.

Begin surfing again and go up and all the way right. Land and surf again,
go up
the steps to your right to find the THIRD SHOAL SHELL.

Surf and go down. Surf and go up the steps to your left for a Rare Candy.
Back
in the water and go up the steps to the right for the FOURTH SHOAL
SHELL.

Go down from there, out the door, get the Big Pearl. That's all for high
tide.
If you still need the salts, wait six hours for the tide to go out, then come
back. Check the low tide walkthrough found below. If you have four
Shoal Salts
and four Shoal Shells, talk to the man and he'll give you a Shell Bell in
exchange. Come back in six hours and you'll be able to collect the items
all
over again.

LOW TIDE WALKTHROUGH: SALTY GOODNESS
------------------------------------

o-----------------------------o
| SHOAL CAVE POKEMON LISTING |
o-----------------------------o If you enter Shoal Cave and there's barely any
| Zubat (Common) | water around, it's low tide.
| Spheal (Uncommon) |
| Snorunt (Rare) | To fully explore Shoal Cave at low tide, you
| Golbat (Rare) | will need Rock Smash and Strength.
o-----------------------------o

Go up, down the stairs. Go up and through the door in the back of the
room. Go
up the stairs, up, down the stairs, down the ladder. To the right you will
find
an Ice Heal. That off-colored stuff near you is the FIRST SHOAL SALT.

Now go up the mini flights of stairs and up the ladder. Follow this path
until
you get to a fork. Go up, and down the ladder. Talk to the guy there and
he'll
give you a Focus Band. To the right of him is the SECOND SHOAL SALT.

Go right and push the boulder. Go down the ladder. Impressive, no? This
icy
section isn't _too_ large, but it's the _only place to find Snorunt._

I believe Golbat only appears down here, too.

Go down. Stand anywhere four squares from the bottom and step left
onto the
ice. Go up, left, down. Down again onto the ice, right, up. Stand on the
left
of the rock and go left, down, right, up. Go down and pick up the
Nevermeltice.

Back on the ice, go up to the next section. Now go right and down. Step
on the
dry ground left, down twice, left. Step up onto the ice and go right, down,
left, up, left, down, left, up, right, down. Last item here is TM07, Hail.
Remember, Snorunt is only found here. When you're ready, go back up
the ladder.

Go up the ladder, then go all the way left and out the door. Go straight
down
and you'll find the THIRD SHOAL SALT.

Go up the stairs and go all the way right to find the FOURTH SHOAL
SALT.

Now go back through the door, to the right, jump the ledge. Go out the
door,
then out the door. That's all for low tide. If you still need the shells, wait
six hours for the tide to come in, then come back. Check the high tide
walkthrough above. If you have four Shoal Salts and four Shoal Shells,
talk to
the man and he'll give you a Shell Bell in exchange. Come back in six
hours and
you'll be able to collect the items all over again.

That's all for Shoal Cave.

=======================
20. The Battle Frontier [oatef]
=======================

The Battle Frontier can only be accessed after defeating the Elite Four.
Shortly after starting your game up, Scott will ask to speak with you on
the
S.S. Tidal. Once there, Scott will tell you that he's made it so you can go
to
the Battle Frontier anytime when boarding a ferry. When you leave the
ferry,
talk to the lady and tell her to take you here.

Welcome! Step into the building to your right. Is it your first time here?
The
lady on the left will issue to you a Frontier Pass, which we'll get to in just
a bit. Scott pops in and invites you to his house, then leaves.

If you want, you can talk to the woman on the right or the two men up
top for a
quick-and-dirty introduction to the Battle Frontier. When you're ready to
set
out into this absolutely huge place, leave through the door at the top.

You'll be pleased to know that you can now fly here at any time.

Right. It's very easy to get lost here, as this place is easily at least triple
the size of Lilycove City. Before we get moving, open up the Frontier Pass
by
opening the main menu and selecting your name. In the upper left corner
are
seven spots to place Symbols that you earn from the masters of each area
in the
Battle Frontier, people you will learn that Scott calls "Frontier Brains."
Lame
name, but what can you do? Smite each and every one of them, that's
what. The
key to fighting them? Consecutive wins in their respective areas. Don't
ever
lose, losing is shameful and bad! Well, not always. Some places are real
tricky
and they'll have you wanting to break your game because you get
defeated just
one fight before that Frontier Brain battle... but do try not to. Defeating
Frontier Brains for the first time yields "Symbols" that get embossed on
your
Frontier Pass. Continue your winning streak and defeat the Frontier
Brains
_again_ and they will be upgraded. Your goal is to get and upgrade each
of the
seven Symbols.

I'm not sure when I should mention this, but hey, as long as you haven't
gone
anywhere yet... In every area of the Battle Frontier, the staff will ask you
which mode you wish to participate in - Lv.50 or Open Level. Lv.50 is just
that; all your Pokemon must be Lv.50 to qualify. "Open Level" means that
all
your opponent's Pokemon will share the level of your strongest Pokemon
(Battle
Factory excluded, see section 19e for more info).

Of course, not all Pokemon can participate. That's just plain cheap.

Every area of the Battle Frontier also has the species clause, which means
every Pokemon you select must be different.

Below the Symbols, you will see "Battle Record." You can record any one
battle
that you do against any Trainer in the Battle Frontier and watch it
whenever
you want. Simple.

"Battle Points" should be self-explanatory. For doing well in the Battle
Frontier, you will earn Battle Points (henceforth referred to as 'BP'). It's
like money you can only use here. Some of the items you can buy cost
tons of
BP, and so you will be spending even more time and effort trying to win
some.

The upper right corner holds a map of the Battle Frontier. If you ever get
lost, consult this map. It shows you the seven main areas of the Battle
Frontier, as well as your character's current location (shown by a small
head).

Below that is the Trainer Card we all know and love. From now on, when
you
click your name in the main menu, you will open the Frontier Pass
instead of
the Trainer Card. You can still flip back and forth between the front and
back
of the card; just press B to go back to the Frontier Pass.

In this section, I will tell you about things you can find in the open area
of
the Battle Frontier. To the left you will find the Battle Factory. Head to
the
right and you will see some buildings. Only the Poke Mart, Pokemon
Center, and
the building above the Pokemon Center are of any interest, but when you
see the
first building, go straight up to find the Battle Pike.

o---------------------------o In the building I listed above, there's an old
| BATTLE FRONTIER SHOP LIST | man in there who will ask to see one
of your
o---------------------------o Pokemon. Learn to love this guy, as he will
| Ultra Ball..........$1200 | become one of your best friends if you're trying
| Hyper Potion........$1200 | to build a champion: the IV man.
| Max Potion..........$2500 |
| Full Restore........$3000 | This guy will first tell you a rating of the
| Full Heal............$600 | average of your Pokemon's IVs. The second
thing
| Revive..............$1500 | he tells you is which stat has the highest IV.
| Max Repel............$700 |
| Protein.............$9800 | The last thing he'll tell you is how high that
| Calcium.............$9800 | stat is. You'll want a Pokemon with a flawless
| Iron................$9800 | stat most of the time, but only if the flawless
| Zinc................$9800 | stat is one you're training in. ^_^
| Carbos..............$9800 |
| HP Up...............$9800 | "Outstanding" stats are perfectly fine, too.
o---------------------------o

In the building to the right of the building to the right of the Pokemon
Center, there is a girl on the far right side, who claims that she knows
what
Pokemon are thinking. She'll ask to see your Pokemon (just like the old
guy
from before) and she will tell you things about it. What she does exactly
is
tell you how the Pokemon you show her will react in the Battle Palace.

If your Pokemon:

Likes to battle - Likes using attacking moves
Likes to be sneaky - Likes using status moves
Looks after itself - Likes using recovery moves

"Ouchies" is damage. With enough ouchies, if your Pokemon:

Will battle - It will start using attack moves
Will be sneaky - It will start using status moves
Will look after itself - It will start using recovery moves

Sometimes your Pokemon will do the same thing regardless of the
amount of
ouchies it has.

Make sure your movesets are planned accordingly!

Although I should have figured this stuff out myself, it was submitted to
me
by MegaZero Exe.

Even more to the right is the Battle Palace.

Go up from the aforementioned building and to the right. You'll see a
gate
leading to the Battle Arena.

Move to the right until you hit a wall. Go down as far down as you can
and you
will see a thing that wiggles when you examine it. Yeah, those who played
the
metal games know exactly what that thing is. It's a Sudowoodo, and it's
one of
two in the advanced games (the other needs to be Snagged from Miror B.
in
Colosseum and purified). Save your game, then go into your Key Items
menu and
use the Wailmer Pail. Sudowoodo will freak out and attack.

Sudowoodo (Rock-type) is Lv.40 when you attack it. Here's its moveset:

Rock Slide - Rock-type, base power 75. May make the foe flinch.
Flail - Normal-type, base power varies. Base power increases with low HP.
Block - Normal-type, no base power. Prevents the foe from fleeing or
switching.
Low Kick - Fighting-type, base power varies. Power increases with
heavier foes.

Ability: Sturdy (Prevents one-hit KOs)

Sudowoodo isn't all that hard to catch. To help whittle its HP down to a
preferable level, fight it using its resistances - that is, Normal, Flying, or
Fire. You may not want to use Fire, because you might burn Sudowoodo.
If you
do, you put yourself on a clock. Sudowoodo can't kill itself off (Raise your
hand if you've ever wanted to commit vehicular homicide on some
Trainers
because their Pokemon killed themselves with Shadow Rush before you
could catch
them), so don't worry about that.

When you catch or kill Sudowoodo, you'll notice that you can now get in
the
water. And go down the waterfall. And go west until you can't anymore.
Welcome
to Artisan Cave.

o------------------------------o Yep. The only Pokemon inhabiting this cave
| ARTISAN CAVE POKEMON LISTING | is Smeargle, and the only move
Smeargle knows
o------------------------------o is Sketch. This move will copy the move that
| Smeargle (Always) | was just done to it - permanently. Sketch
o------------------------------o will be deleted in favor of the used move.

So how do you catch Smeargle with Sketch still intact? Well, first of all,
no
worries. Smeargle learns Sketch every 11 levels. If you're not willing to
wait
that long, there are three ways you can make it so Smeargle still has
Sketch
when you catch it:

* Use any attack that takes you off screen (like Fly), or Protect/Detect.
Sketch will fail. This will only work if you're faster than Smeargle.
* Attempt to catch it immediately after encountering it. If you succeed,
good.
If you fail, Sketch will have no move to copy, and so it, too, will fail.
* Don't let Smeargle use it. If you put it to sleep or freeze it and catch it
before it wakes up, Sketch will still be there.

How do you copy moves that would put your Pokemon out of play, like
Explosion?
Easy. Say you want Explosion. Put that wild Geodude to sleep somehow.
Now take
out Smeargle if you haven't already and use Sketch. If Geodude tried to
use
Explosion that turn or last turn, and couldn't because it was asleep,
Sketch
will still copy it.

Use this method to give your Smeargle any moveset in the game.

Careful, though. Since Sketch only has 1 PP, that means Smeargle gets to
Struggle while you - get this - struggle to catch it. *rimshot*

There are hidden items to be had. From the entrance, go up as far as you
can.
Examine the top rock for a Protein.

Now go back to the entrance and head right. See the rocks on the right
side?
Examine the upper rock for an Iron.

Backtrack now and you will see an item ball. In it is an HP Up.

Above it is a Zinc.

Now go up, up, up, until you can't anymore. Start going right, but
examine the
rock you'll see on the right for a Calcium.

Go down the stairs and up the ladder in the upper right corner. Loop
around and
pick up the Carbos.

Upon emerging from the cave, you will be next to the Ranking Hall. If
you want
back in the cave, don't jump the ledge or you'll have to go back to the
entrance of Artisan Cave to get in. The Ranking Hall is where you can go
and
look at your Battle Frontier exploits. If you mix records, you will also get
the Record Hall rankings of your friends, resulting in a top three kind of
thing.

To the right of the Ranking Hall is the Battle Pyramid. Below that is
where we
came from before, before we took a side path to catch Sudowoodo.
Continue left.

The building you will eventually see is the Battle Point Exchange Service
Center, where you will go to redeem all those BP you've been earning.
There are
four ladies who sell you stuff, and here's the list.

o----------------------o o-------------------------o
| FAR LEFT | Oh yeah, this stuff is | FAR RIGHT |
o----------------------o sweet. Brand new Secret o-------------------------o
| Kiss Poster.......16 | Base items, yeah! Check | Leftovers............48 |
| Kiss Cushion......32 | out the five new giant | White Herb...........48 |
| Smoochum Doll.....32 | dolls. Stat boosters | Quick Claw...........48 |
| Togepi Doll.......48 | for 1 BP? Yes please! | Mental Herb..........48 |
| Meowth Doll.......48 | Can this get any better? | Brightpowder.........64 |
| Clefairy Doll.....48 | It sure can. You can | Choice Band..........64 |
| Ditto Doll........48 | buy all the best Hold | King's Rock..........64 |
| Cyndaquil Doll....80 | Items from the girl on | Focus Band...........64 |
| Chikorita Doll....80 | the far right. | Scope Lens...........64 |
| Totodile Doll.....80 | o-------------------------o
o----------------------o I love this place.
o--------------o
o-------------------------o | MIDDLE RIGHT |
| MIDDLE LEFT | o--------------o
o-------------------------o | Protein....1 |
| Lapras Doll.........128 | | Calcium....1 |
| Snorlax Doll........128 | | Iron.......1 |
| Venusaur Doll.......256 | | Zinc.......1 |
| Charizard Doll......256 | | Carbos.....1 |
| Blastoise Doll......256 | | HP Up......1 |
o-------------------------o o--------------o

North of this store is the Battle Tower.

There's a house to the left of the Battle Tower. In it is a woman who will
trade her Meowth for your Skitty. Skitty are incredibly rare, and Meowth
is
not. Do not do this trade unless you're a completionist or don't have
FireRed
or LeafGreen.

Continuing left, we find another house. This is Scott's house. He is so
happy
that he was able to realize his dream, he gives you 3 BP in
commemoration of
all the times you crossed paths on your journey.

Cool.

Leave and keep going left. You will see an egg-shaped building. This is
the
Battle Dome.

In the house to the left of it, down the stairs and to the left, are two
ladies. These are Move Tutors, but their services come not once, not
twice, but
infinity million bjillion times! As long as you have the BP to pay for the
moves they teach, they will teach them!

o---------------------o o---------------------o
| LEFT LADY | | RIGHT WOMAN |
o---------------------o o---------------------o
| Softboiled.......16 | | Defense Curl.....16 |
| Seismic Toss.....24 | | Snore............24 |
| Dream Eater......24 | | Mud-Slap.........24 |
| Mega Punch.......24 | | Swift............24 |
| Mega Kick........48 | | Icy Wind.........24 |
| Body Slam........48 | | Endure...........48 |
| Rock Slide.......48 | | Psych Up.........48 |
| Counter..........48 | | Ice Punch........48 |
| Thunder Wave.....48 | | Thunderpunch.....48 |
| Swords Dance.....48 | | Fire Punch.......48 |
o---------------------o o---------------------o

That's all for the outer Battle Frontier. The real fun lies in each of the
seven areas. Are you skilled enough to conquer them all?

=================
20a. Battle Tower [povwe]
=================

To get to the Battle Tower, go straight up from the entrance, past the
Battle
Dome. Go right and you'll run right into it.

Here, there are four modes for you to battle in. If you're interested in
battling the Frontier Brain here, you're interested in Single Battle more
than
anything else. There are four different modes you can choose from in the
Battle
Tower, and each one will be explained below.

o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

SINGLE BATTLE
-------------

You choose three of your Pokemon to do 1-on-1 battles against seven
Trainers
and their three Pokemon. Should you defeat seven Trainers in a row, you
will
earn BP.

DOUBLE BATTLE
-------------

You choose four of your Pokemon to do 2-on-2 battles against seven
Trainers and
their four Pokemon. Should you defeat seven Trainers in a row, you will
earn
BP.

MULTI BATTLE
------------

Enter the Battle Salon and choose your partner! This partner is controlled
by
the game's AI. You will choose two of your own Pokemon to be paired up
with
your partner's two Pokemon. You two then proceed to do 2-on-2 battles
against
seven teams, each having four Pokemon. Defeat all of them to win BP.

LINK MULTI BATTLE
-----------------

Using Wireless Adapters or GBA Link Cables, two friends link up to
tackle the
Battle Tower, each using two of their own Pokemon. Then, you will
slowly battle
against seven teams, with four Pokemon each. Win against all of them to
win
some BP.

*** You can't save and quit in this mode! ***

o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

Win six consecutive times in the Battle Tower's Single Mode. On your
seventh
try, your final opponent will be Salon Maiden Anabel. Defeat her for the
silver
Ability Symbol.

Salon Maiden Anabel
-------------------
o----------o o----------o
| Battle 1 | | Battle 2 |
o----------o---------------o o----------o--------------o
| Alakazam, Snorlax, Entei | | Raikou, Latios, Snorlax |
o--------------------------o o-------------------------o

Helpful Tips for Success
------------------------

* Choice Band + STABed Earthquake = win

* Latios is immune to Earthquake.

That should do it, really. Let me know if that strategy fails.

================
20b. Battle Dome [trney]
================

The Battle Dome is found directly north of the entrance of the Battle
Frontier.

When battling here, you participate in a four-round tournament. Before
entering, you must select three of your Pokemon. Before the battle, you
will be
shown your opponent and his or her Pokemon. To see the Trainers that
have been
defeated, select "Tourney Tree." "Opponent" will let you see your next
opponent
again.

The catch here is that you can only use two of your three Pokemon. The
same
goes for your opponent. When you start off, your opponents will be
horrendously
weak, requiring little to no strategy to win. As you win tournaments,
however,
they will get considerably harder.

Your tactics will be tested.

At the end of your fourth tournament, you will face off against the
Frontier
Brain. Six more and you'll fight him again.

Dome Ace Tucker
---------------
o----------o o----------o
o----------o---------------------o o----------o------------------o
| Swampert, Salamence, Charizard | | Swampert, Latias, Metagross
|
o--------------------------------o o-----------------------------o

Plan for your fight against Tucker. Remember, you only get two pokemon
to use.
Swampert packs a double weakness to Grass, Salamence has one to Ice,
and
Charizard's got one to Rock. Pretty cool, huh?

Latias and Metagross are dangerous. Choice Band Earthquake should be
enough to
take Metagross down should you see it... strong Special Defense is
needed to
withstand Latias' attacks.

==================
20c. Battle Palace [ih8it]
==================

The Battle Palace is my most hated area of the Battle Frontier, mainly
because
it is based entirely on nature. You're not allowed to command your
pokemon at
all; you have to rely on it having the correct moves.

Each of the 25 natures has specific tastes when it comes to using attacks.
Attacks are put into three categories: attack, defense, and support.

Attack moves are just that; moves that cause direct damage.

Defense moves are moves like Sand-Attack; no direct damage, but may
change
status of the enemy one way or another.

Support moves are buffer moves used to increase your stats or heal, like
Rest.

Pokemon of a certain nature prefer to use their liked style of attack. You
will
have better results when using these attacks in your pokemon's moveset.
Having
lots of moves of a hated style will make you lose very quickly. This is not
necessarily a bad thing, however. Some natures have the same danger
tactics as
their hated style, so you may want to have just one in the event things get
ugly.

Some natures will switch tactics when their HP drop into the red, which I
call
danger tactics. This means that they will stop using their liked style and
sometimes switch to a whole different style of attack. This chart lists
every
nature, its liked style, hated style, and danger tactics. If a nature has no
preference toward an attack style, the style will be listed outside the
chart.

Note that danger tactics supersede all styles of attack and will be
preferred
until HP is no longer in the red.

o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| Nature | Liked Style / Hated Style / Danger Tactics |
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| ADAMANT | No liked style / No hated style / Attack | ATK / DEF /
SUP
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| BASHFUL | Defense / Support / No change | ATK
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| BOLD | Support / Defense / Defense | ATK
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| BRAVE | Attack / Defense & Support / Defense |
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| CALM | Defense / Support / Support |
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| CAREFUL | Defense / Support / Support |
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| DOCILE | Attack / Defense & Support / No change |
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| GENTLE | Defense / Support / Attack |
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| HARDY | Attack / Defense / No change | SUP
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| HASTY | Attack / Support / Attack | DEF
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| IMPISH | Attack / Defense / Defense | SUP
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| JOLLY | Support / Defense / Defense | ATK
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| LAX | Support / Defense / Support | ATK
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| LONELY | Support / Attack / Attack | DEF
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| MILD | Defense / Support / Support |
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| MODEST | Defense / Support / Defense | ATK
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| NAIVE | Attack / Defense & Support / No change |
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| NAUGHTY | Defense / Support / Attack |
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| QUIET | Attack / Defense & Support / No change |
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| QUIRKY | Attack / Defense & Support / No change |
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| RASH | Support / Defense / Support | ATK
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| RELAXED | Support / Defense / Attack | ATK
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| SASSY | Attack / Defense & Support / Support |
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| SERIOUS | Support / Defense / No change | ATK
o---------o--------------------------------------------o
| TIMID | Attack / Defense / Support | SUP
o---------o--------------------------------------------o

Three total wins for silver symbol, seven for the gold.

Palace Maven Spenser
--------------------
o----------o o----------o
o----------o--------------o o----------o-----------------o
| Crobat, Slaking, Lapras | | Arcanine, Slaking, Suicune |
o-------------------------o o----------------------------o

Keep in mind that Spenser's pokemon will appear _in that order._ Plan
accordingly!

Since moves are totally different here, it is hard to devise a strategy. You
will likely end up using totally different pokemon the second time
around.

=================
20d. Battle Arena [stkao]
=================

From the entrance of the Battle Frontier, go right until you come across a
fork. On the upper path, you will see a large door thing leading north.
The
Battle Arena is just past that.

This challenge is exactly the same as Fallarbor's Battle Tent. Using three
of
your own Pokemon, you do three-round matches against your
opponent's Pokemon. A
match is defined as one Pokemon against another. Trainers are not
allowed to
switch their Pokemon out, and the order you register them in is the order
they
will appear in the battle. If one Pokemon defeats another, a new match
starts
when the defeated Pokemon's player replaces the fainted Pokemon. At
the end of
three turns, if a Pokemon has not been defeated yet, the referee will
decide
the winner based on three criteria:

Mind: Pokemon that battled with the most guts. You will earn more
Mind points
by telling your Pokemon to use an offensive attack.

Skill: Pokemon that used moves well. Every time you order your
Pokemon to use
an offensive attack, and that attack is successful, Skill points will
rise. If it fails, Skill points are lowered. If you attack their
weakness, more Skill points are earned. Likewise, if you hit a
Pokemon's
resistance or immunity, Skill points are taken away. However, if a
Pokemon uses Protect or Detect, and the other pokemon uses an
attack and
gets blocked by Protect or Detect, Skill points will not be deducted.

Body: This one's easy. Whoever has the most HP at the end wins.

o-----------------------------------------------o
/ In the event of a tie, both Pokemon are KOed! /
o-----------------------------------------------o

Win 4 times in a row (a total of 28 Trainers defeated), and you will be
asked
to battle the Arena Tycoon, whom you must defeat in order to earn the
Silver
Guts Symbol.

Arena Tycoon Greta
------------------
o----------o o----------o
o----------o-------------------o o----------o---------------o
| Heracross, Umbreon, Shedinja | | Umbreon, Gengar, Breloom |
o------------------------------o o--------------------------o

Helpful Tips For Success
------------------------

* Make sure that all three of your Pokemon have an attack that can take
out
Shedinja! Shedinja is weak to Fire, Flying, Rock, Dark, and Ghost. It can
also faint from Struggle, as well as confusion, poison, burn, Spikes, Hail,
or Sandstorm damage.

* Remember, you only have three turns. You don't necessarily have to
make your
opponent faint; sometimes the referee will do that for you. If you want,
try
to use moves that will get you good points.

* You may want to consider using Mind Reader and Sheer Cold for quick
and easy
kills, since the CPU is too stupid to know what's coming and switch out.

Only Articuno and Smeargle can get both Mind Reader and Sheer Cold,
though.

* Leftovers can help you keep your HP up.

* Keep in mind that you aren't allowed to switch out, ever. The order you
register in is the order your Pokemon will come out in battle. Think
about
what your lead Pokemon is weak to; your second Pokemon should be
able to pick
on the weaknesses of the Pokemon your first Pokemon is weak to.
Understand?

Let's say I lead with Sceptile. Grass is weak to Fire, Flying, Ice, and Bug.
If Sceptile goes up against any of that, I'm probably a dead man. This
means
that my second Pokemon should be something that can easily take care
of any
of those four types. Fire and Ice are the most common, so I'll probably
want
a Water/Ice Pokemon like Walrein for my second choice. For my third
choice,
I'll probably use a Ground-type such as Whiscash, for example, to pick
on
Walrein's weakness to Electric. It helps with Rock-types, too, and since
Whiscash is part Water as well, I wouldn't even have to use Ground
attacks.

===================
20e. Battle Factory [nalss]
===================

The Battle Factory is found west of the entrance to the Battle Frontier.

This challenge is similar to the Battle Swap in Slateport City's Battle Tent.
The more you swap, the better rentals you'll get to choose from when you
begin
a challenge.

Choosing "Open Level" will yield Lv.100 rentals.

Between rounds, you will be told your opponent's battle style, which will
be
one of the following:

The favorite battle style appears to...

o----------------------------------o
| ...be based on total perception. | Stat-boosting moves are used.
o----------------------------------o

o-----------------------------------------------o
| ...be flexibility adaptable to the situation. | Weather moves are used.
o-----------------------------------------------o

o---------------------------------------o
| ...be free-spirited and unrestrained. | No specific pattern is followed.
o---------------------------------------o

o-------------------------------o
| ...be high risk, high return. | Moves are used to damage yourself.
o-------------------------------o

o------------------------------o
| ...be impossible to predict. | Many different types of moves are used.
o------------------------------o

o-------------------------o
| ...be one of endurance. | Healing and defensive moves are used.
o-------------------------o

o------------------------o
| ...be slow and steady. | Special Condition-inflicting attacks are used.
o------------------------o

o---------------------------------o
| ...depend on the battle's flow. | Move combos are used.
o---------------------------------o

o-----------------------------------------o
| ...weaken the foe right from the start. | Moves used lower the foe's
stats.
o-----------------------------------------o

I think that's it...

After doing a battle, you will have the option to swap one of your current
three rentals with one of your defeated opponent's Pokemon. You won't
be able
to look at any stats, moves, or items until you're in the next battle, so pay
attention in battle!

Win three consecutive runs. On your fourth visit, your final opponent
will be
Factory Head Nolan. Defeat him for the silver Knowledge Symbol.

Noland's team is completely random, so I can't really give you any tips...

Win in the Battle Factory six total consecutive times. On your seventh
visit,
Noland will challenge you again. Good luck getting this far, as you will
start
seeing people use the birds and beasts... even Latios and Latias! Defeat
Noland
a second time for the gold Knowledge Symbol.

================
20f. Battle Pike [lsisx]
================

The Battle Pike is found northeast of the entrance to the Battle Frontier.

This is a quite simple challenge. All you need to do is walk through one
of
three doors. What lies beyond, them, is somewhat random. There is no
definite
way to tell exactly what is in the next room (hence 'testing your luck'),
but
you can get an idea by talking to the woman standing in front of the
three
doors every time you enter a large room.

Win twice in a row (a total of 14 large rooms entered) and the hint lady
will
tell you a horrible fate is to befall you, or whatever. She'll say she senses
bad things from all three rooms. This is because in the next room you'll
do
battle against the Frontier Brain, but wait! In one of the doors, your
Pokemon
will be fully healed... and there's no way to tell which one. It's all luck.

Pike Queen Lucy
---------------

o----------o o----------o
o----------o----------------o o----------o-----------------o
| Seviper, Shuckle, Milotic | | Seviper, Gyarados, Steelix |
o---------------------------o o----------------------------o

Seviper isn't really all that dangerous. It knows Poison Fang, which can
badly
poison your Pokemon (Toxic). A quick Psychic attack can make short
work of it.

Shuckle is Lucy's most annoying Pokemon. It knows Sandstorm, Toxic,
Rest, and
Protect. This means that Taunt will force Shuckle to use Struggle, except
on
turns it uses Protect. Shuckle also has bragging rights for the biggest
Defense
_and_ Special Defense in the Pokemon universe, which means all your
attacks do
piddle damage. Even picking on weakness, you'll usually only take about
1/4 of
Shuckle's HP away, which the Shuckmeister can quickly get rid of by use
of
Rest. Chesto Berry means it will wake up immediately. Wanna OHKO it?
Too bad,
Sturdy says no way.

Milotic wasn't all that hard for me.

Gyarados means Thunderbolt.

Steelix says Surf.

That's all for the Battle Pike.

===================
20g. Battle Pyramid [gipih]
===================

The Battle Pyramid is found in the northeastern corner of the Battle
Frontier.

In here, you must ascend the seven floors of the Pyramid using three of
your
own Pokemon, and none of them can hold an item. The staff will hold
your bag
while you scale the Pyramid, and they will give you a tiny Battle Bag to
hold
any items you may find. This thing is really dinky; it only holds 10 items.

If you talk to the girl to the right by the PC, she will tell you about the
horrors that await you in the Pyramid (either poison, paralysis, or burn).
Use
her to plan your team accordingly. Abilities and types still apply, so if you
pack your team full of Zangoose and/or Poison-types, you're safe from
poisoning
effects.

However...

...the Trainers you encounter will have anti-Poison Pokemon. They will
also
find ways to get around your types. For example, in a paralysis-plagued
Pyramid, you'll find lots of Plusle, Minun, Jolteon, Electabuzz, etc., all
packing Thunder Wave. Higher up, you'll start seeing Manectric. Even
higher up,
you will start running into wild Vileplume that have Stun Spore (and will
paralyze Ground-types).

Make it up to the top four times and you will be challenged by the leader
here.

Pyramid King Brandon
--------------------

o----------o o----------o
o----------o------------------o o----------o----------------o
| Regirock, Regice, Registeel | | Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres |
o-----------------------------o o---------------------------o

Helpful Tips For Success
------------------------

* You can't use Flash here, don't even try it. -_-

* It isn't wise to use Pokemon that have moves with low PP. You only get
one
Ether to start off with, and if you drain your PP early, you're in trouble.

* Don't go overboard killing off wild Pokemon just to increase your field
of
vision. It isn't mandatory to see everything, you aren't being timed, and
if
you're thorough enough, you'll still find enough items to win.

* Lead with your fastest Pokemon. Speed is everything, and you don't
want to be
trapped in a battle, begging to get Special Conditionized.

* Once you find the tile to take you to the next floor, don't step on it
unless
you're absolutely sure you have all the items you want.

* Talk to the Trainers after you defeat them. They'll give you tips, like
how
many undefeated Trainers are on the floor, the general direction of the
exit,
and how many items still need to be found.

* Just because you're nearing the top, do not waste the items you find.
Any
items you don't use will stay in the Battle Bag, and they'll be there next
time you take the Battle Quest challenge.

* All the Trainers' Pokemon have Hold Items that you can steal. If you
steal
stat uppers (Mystic Water, Nevermeltice, etc.), just toss them after the
battle. They are not important; save the room for other helpful items.

* When battling against Brandon's Regis, you need to make absolute sure
that
you lead with someone who can pick on their weaker defense stat.
Regirock
will fall to a Hydro Pump or two, or possibly Solarbeam; Regice falls to
Rock
Slide, Iron Tail, or even Cross Chop. Registeel has equally high defenses,
so
you're going to want to hit hard, preferably using Fire Blast. Typhlosion,
Charizard, or Blaziken are great choices due to Blaze.

===================
21. The Safari Zone [nohrt]
===================

The Safari Zone is located west of Lilycove City and just above Mt. Pyre.
You
need to pay 500 moneys to get in each time, but that's chump change.

Or at least... it should be.

To find Pokemon easier, I've divided the Safari Zone into four sections,
numbered one through four. Every time the "Safari Zone" sign appears,
you will
change sections. The main part of section 1 is only accessible with the
Mach
Bike, and you can only get to the main part of section 2 with the Acro
Bike.

You start in section 4. For the fishing and surfing tables, numbers in
parentheses tell where to fish or surf. For example, (1) would mean
section 1.

o-------------------------o +: Use Rock Smash o-------------------------o
| SECTION 1 | *: Use Old/Good Rod | SECTION 2 |
o-------------------------o o-------------------------o
| Oddish (Common) | There are three items | Geodude (Always)
+ |
| Rhyhorn (Common) | for you to get here. | Oddish (Common)
|
| Doduo (Uncommon) | | Natu (Common) |
| Dodrio (Uncommon) | The first is found in | Phanpy (Common)
|
| Gloom (Uncommon) | section 3. Surf on | Xatu (Uncommon)
|
| Pinsir (Rare) | the water and you | Gloom (Uncommon) |
o-------------------------o should be able to see | Heracross (Rare) |
it, a Max Revive. o-------------------------o
o-------------------------o
| SECTION 3 | The second item is in o-------------------------o
o-------------------------o section 2. In the | SECTION 4 |
| Natu (Common) | upper left corner by o-------------------------o
| Oddish (Common) | the Rock Smash rocks | Oddish
(Common) |
| Wobbuffet (Uncommon) | you will find a | Girafarig (Common)
|
| Girafarig (Uncommon) | Calcium. | Wobbuffet
(Uncommon) |
| Gloom (Uncommon) | | Natu (Uncommon) |
| Doduo (Rare) | | Doduo (Uncommon) |
| Pikachu (Rare) | Item number three is | Gloom (Uncommon)
|
o-------------------------o in section 1. In the | Pikachu (Rare) |
upper right corner o-------------------------o
o-------------------------o you will find some
| FISHING | water; Surf across o-------------------------o
o-------------------------o the water and you'll | SURFING |
| Goldeen (1,2: Common) | see it. Pick it up to o-------------------------o
| Goldeen (3, Always) | get TM22, Solarbeam. | Psyduck (1,2:
Common) |
| Magikarp (Always) * | | Psyduck (3, Always) |
| Seaking (Rare) | | Golduck (1, Rare) |
o-------------------------o o-------------------------o

Pikachu has a 5% chance of holding a Light Ball (bring a Pokemon with
the
Compoundeyes Ability to raise this chance). Not only does it double
Pikachu's
(not Raichu's or Pichu's) Special Attack, but if you breed to get a Pichu
while
the Pikachu or Ditto holds the Light Ball, the Pichu will know Volt
Tackle.

Scattered throughout the Safari Zone you will find various things you can
set
PokeBlocks on. Pokemon that have natures that like the flavor of
PokeBlock that
you put will be attracted more than ones that don't. If you're looking for
a
certain nature, use this to your advantage.

After 500 steps or 30 Safari Balls used, you gotta leave. If you don't want
to
waste steps, go to the area you want to catch a Pokemon at, get in the
grass,
and then just tap the D-Pad in any direction except the one you're facing,
and
you'll turn. Turning will let you get into battles, but won't take away
steps.

One final note: You can find shinies here. You can't hurt them, so you
had
better hope they don't flee.

That's all for the Safari Zone.

==================================
20a. Safari Zone Expansion Project [zpijd]
==================================

After beating the Elite Four, another area will open up in the Safari Zone.
From the entrance, go straight up until you can go right. Do so and you
will
notice the Safari Zone sign will appear. Welcome to section 5.

o-------------------------o +: Use Rock Smash o-------------------------o
| SECTION 5 | *: Use Old/Good Rod | SECTION 6 |
o-------------------------o @: Use Super Rod o-------------------------o
| Sunkern (Common) | | Shuckle (Always) + |
| Mareep (Common) | Once in section 5, | Aipom (Common)
|
| Spinarak (Uncommon) | continue right and go | Teddiursa
(Common) |
| Hoothoot (Uncommon) | down the stairs. Go | Pineco
(Uncommon) |
| Snubbull (Uncommon) | examine the empty | Ledyba
(Uncommon) |
| Aipom (Uncommon) | square below the | Hoothoot
(Uncommon) |
| Gligar (Rare) | PokeBlock Feeder to | Sunkern (Uncommon)
|
| Stantler (Rare) | find a PP Up. Go | Houndour (Rare) |
o-------------------------o right and examine the | Miltank (Rare) |
upper of the two o-------------------------o
o-------------------------o empty squares for a
| FISHING | Full Restore. o-------------------------o
o-------------------------o | SURFING |
| Goldeen (5, Common) | Go up the stairs and o-------------------------o
| Magikarp (5, Common) * | surf across the water | Marill (5,
Common) |
| Remoraid (5, Common) | to find a Big Pearl. | Wooper (5,
Common) |
| Octillery (5, Rare) @ | | Quagsire (5, Rare) |
o-------------------------o Go north from here o-------------------------o
and you will end up in section 6. See the 2x3 patch of light-colored grass?
Examine the lower right one for a free Rare Candy. Now go north and up
the
three flights of stairs. When you're on the rock plateau, examine the one
indented square for a Zinc. You won't always get a Pokemon when you
bust
rocks, but if you do, it'll always be Shuckle. Jump the ledge for a Nugget.

That's all.

================
22. Trainer Hill [tagui]
================

o------------------------o Trainer Hill doesn't open until after you trounce
| TRAINER HILL SHOP LIST | the Elite Four at least once. Your job is
somewhat
o------------------------o simple; fight and run your way from the counter
| Hyper Potion.....$1200 | on the base level to the owner on the roof, five
| Max Potion.......$2500 | stories up, as fast as you can. You use six of your
| Full Restore.....$3000 | own Pokemon, and the use of items is allowed.
The
| Full Heal.........$600 | shop, found on the right (the shop, not the list
| Revive...........$1500 | I've posted), changes when you beat the Elite Four.
| X Speed...........$350 | The list I've posted is the post-game shop list.
| X Special.........$350 |
| X Attack..........$500 | There are four modes of play, called Tag Matches:
| X Defend..........$550 | Normal, Variety, Unique, and Expert. You will
find
| Dire Hit..........$650 | find what awaits you in each mode below.
| Guard Special.....$700 |
| X Accuracy........$950 | Levels of your opponents will match the levels of
o------------------------o your strongest Pokemon.

One last tip: While the point of Trainer Hill is to test your Double Battle
prowess, some battles in some modes can be done in Single Battle
fashion. Of
course, the battles in anything but Expert Tag Match are easy beyond
belief.

NORMAL TAG MATCH
----------------

The blue doo-dahs are ledges to jump. Jump the first two, then jump
down the
three on the right side. Go right and up. Jump the ledge on the left, then
go
up and left, around the ledges, fight the Double Battle.

Triathlete Alfonso - Flareon, Pinsir, Magneton
Hex Maniac Alaina - Misdreavus, Claydol, Solrock

On the second floor, go down the left side, then up again. Slide across the
floor, then follow the path. Stupid jumpy tiles. Enter the view of the two.

Black Belt Theodore - Meditite, Heracross, Hitmontop
PKMN Breeder Jayden - Mr. Mime, Plusle, Togepi

On the third floor, go down. Step on the top arrow. Now alternate
between
stepping on arrows that point up and arrows that will take you to the
other
side of the obstacle in your way. Do this until you reach the top.

PKMN Breeder Salvadore - Vaporeon, Dodrio, Omastar
PKMN Breeder Veronica - Nidoqueen, Ninetales, Charizard

On the fourth floor, position yourself above the fourth slidey tile from
the
left and step down, left, down, right, up, left, down, right, directly into a
battle.

Psychic Keenan - Alakazam, Blissey, Grumpig
Aroma Lady Kristina - Tropius, Bellossom, Meganium

Now go right, down, left, up, right, down, left, up, right, up. For winning
this mode, you receive a Great Ball. Wahoo.

VARIETY TAG MATCH
-----------------

The first thing you'll see are pink arrows pointing in various directions.
Your
job is to make it to the two Trainers in the middle, waste them, and
continue.
From the door, go straight down onto the arrow. Then go down, up, left,
down.

Gentleman Terrance - Delibird, Clefairy, Pikachu
Lady Elizabeth - Corsola, Starmie, Clamperl

Next floor. Go all the way down, then all the way right. Straight up, then.

Parasol Lady Annabell - Jigglypuff, Jynx, Exploud
Collector Coleman - Illumise, Spheal, Vigoroth

On the third floor, the blue things are ledges and the black tiles make
you
slide until you hit a tile that isn't black. Stand on the third yellow tile
from the right and jump. Go right and jump down. Go right, then up,
directly
into a Double Battle.

Rich Boy Enrique - Wooper, Poliwag, Psyduck
Lady Colleen - Baltoy, Pineco, Voltorb

Okay. For the final floor, you need to maneuver your way around the
obstacles
using the arrows. Start by standing between the up arrows on the left and
the
down arrows on the right, directly above one of the aforementioned
obstacles.

Now, step right, down twice, right twice, down four times, right twice, up
five
times, left, up, right, up. Have a ridiculously easy battle.

Pokefan Kimberly - Unown K, Unown P, Unown G
Pokefan Francisco - Unown O, Unown L, Unown N

Win here, and you get a Great Ball.

UNIQUE TAG MATCH
----------------

When you get up to the first floor, you'll see two paths to go down. Go all
the
way down the one on the right, then go right on the bottom path. Go all
the way
right and then follow this path to the Trainers.

Kindler Bernard - Magcargo, Rapidash, Moltres
PKMN Ranger Meredith - Sunflora, Venusaur, Tangela

Ascend to the next floor. You'll see pillars that you can walk behind, but
no
Trainers. They are hiding behind pillars towards the end. There are no
side
paths to take, so simply walk behind the pillars and around the obstacles
to
get to them.

Ruin Maniac Abraham - Smeargle (x3)
Tuber Luc - Cubone, Beedrill, Raticate

On the next floor, follow the path. That's all you gotta do.

Youngster Breyden - Charmeleon, Wartortle, Ivysaur
Tuber Aniya - Cleffa, Wynaut, Magby

(Side note: The first group of notes is the first 11 notes of Pallet Town's
music, where you begin your adventure in the color games and new color
games.
Run to hear it correctly. The second batch is Route 101's music.)

On the next floor, you'll see one of the two Trainers. You can fight him
separate from the girl if you want. It's probably a lot easier.

Triathlete Stephanie - Houndoom, Stantler, Articuno
Bird Keeper Dane - Sudowoodo, Slowking, Entei

EXPERT TAG MATCH
----------------

Go down the path and up to the Trainers.

Cooltrainer Alfred - Snorlax, Miltank, Ursaring
Psychic Edie - Gengar, Alakazam, Gardevoir

Up to the next floor. Ooh, music tiles!

Cooltrainer Roderick - Swellow, Machamp, Ursaring
Cooltrainer Alicia - Dusclops, Ninetales, Banette

The music tiles play Gym Leader victory music.

You'll have to do the next battle as a Double Battle.

Expert Terrence - Wobbuffet, Exploud, Crobat
Expert Carlotta - Dewgong, Politoed, Marowak

Go around the old person you weren't next to and go to the next floor.

Are you ready?

PKMN Ranger Nora - Forretress, Electrode, Exeggutor
PKMN Ranger Gav - Gengar, Dusclops, Misdreavus

====================
23. Pokemon Contests [dudah]
====================

The newest and probably best addition to the Pokemon world is the
Pokemon
Contest. Here, Trainers gather from all over Hoenn to show off their
Pokemon's
ability in various competitions. Should you want to join the fun, you will
need
a Contest Pass.

The only problem is that it's given to you in the Contest Hall in Lilycove
City, and you don't visit Lilycove until near the end of the game.

Once you have it, though, you can have all the Contesty fun you want!

First, you must select a Rank: Normal, Super, Hyper, or Master. You must
complete them in that order; you can't skip around.

Next, select the type of contest. Before you attempt a contest, make sure
that
the Pokemon you plan on entering will do well.

Finally, choose the Pokemon to enter. You're always Entry No. 4, unless
you're
doing a Link Contest (more on that in a bit). See the sections below on
how to
raise a champion in each Contest.

===================
23a. PokeBlocks 101 [goshp]
===================

In order to do well in Pokemon Contests, you will need PokeBlocks.
PokeBlocks
are small candies that are used to improve your Pokemon's standing in a
Contest. They are also used to lure wild Pokemon in the Safari Zone. If
you've
talked to the registration lady, you will have the PokeBlock Case, the
item not
only needed to carry Pokemon candy, but to get into the Safari Zone as
well
(section 20 for more information on the Safari Zone).

Once you know what Contest you want to enter, you'll want to feed your
Pokemon
good PokeBlocks to jack up its Contest stats.

So, what to feed it?

Beauty/Dry | Smart/Bitter | Tough/Sour | Cute/Sweet | Cool/Spicy

There you go.

"But Matt, what makes a good PokeBlock? There are tons of berries!"

Yes, there are over 40 berries to use, and you should only be using five of
them. That's right. If you really want to have godlike Contest stats, you
should only be interested in berries 31-35. These are the best berries in
the
game to make your PokeBlocks, and if you want to have any chance of
winning the
Master Rank, you'll want to only use them.

Just one problem, though. Most of them, you can only get once. A couple
of them
you can get if you have the Quiz Lady (check Lilycove's Pokemon Center)
and a
friend to mix records with, who hopefully will also have the Quiz Lady.
Should
this not be the case, you'll have to plant the one and grow more yourself.

Oh, but that's not all. These babies need time to grow. How much time?
Oh, not
much... just three days. And you only get two berries if you water them
enough.
Water them every 18 hours and you will be fine.

"Other than the growing part, that's awesome! Where do I get these
berries?!"

This information is posted in section 9a as well. These phrases are to be
told
to the Berry Master's wife, who lives on Route 123. Get there by surfing
east
from Mauville and then walking a short bit. She'll ask you for two words
or
phrases. Tell her the following phrases to get the baller berries:

Spelon Berry - GREAT BATTLE. These words are in the bank by default.
This Berry
increases Cool and Beauty.

Pamtre Berry - CHALLENGE CONTEST. To get CONTEST, beat the Elite
Four. The word
CHALLENGE is default. This Berry increases Beauty and Smart.

Watmel Berry - OVERWHELMING LATIAS. OVERWHELMING is
default. To get LATIAS,
simply encounter her. This Berry increases Smart and Cute.

Durin Berry - COOL LATIOS. COOL is default. To get LATIOS, simply
encounter
him. This Berry increases Cute and Tough.

Belue Berry - SUPER HUSTLE. HUSTLE is default. Beat the Elite Four to
get the
word SUPER in your bank. This Berry increases Tough and Cool.

Spelon, Pamtre, and Belue must be planted if you want more; those with
the Quiz
Lady and a friend to mix records with are fortunate enough to possibly
get a
question in which the Quiz Lady will fork over a Watmel or Durin Berry.

Okay, so you've got your berries. How do you make a PokeBlock?

Simple. East of the registration counter, you'll see four little squares.
One's
abandoned, one has one guy, one has two people, and one has three
people. Those
people are all Berry Blendering to turn their berries into PokeBlocks.

To Berry Blender, you need at least two people. The blank Berry Blender
machine
is for link blending. Ignore the lone man and the pair; only use the Berry
Blender machine with three people at it. The reason for this is because
the
faster you spin the Berry Blender, the better the berry that comes out.

Don't worry about losing your baller berry if you happen to suck.
Everyone who
participated in Berry Blendering will get the same PokeBlock.

So how do you work this thing. Am I right?

Easy. Everyone will ask if you know how to do it beforehand, but here
you go
again. Select a berry to put into the Berry Blender. Remember, unless
you're
blending with the Blend Master, don't bother using berries that aren't
Spelon,
Pamtre, Watmel, Durin, or Belue. And even then, don't use Starf Berries,
they
suck big time.

When everyone's selected a berry, they will be placed into the machine,
and the
top will close. You will see a red arrow somewhat near your name (with
another
arrow that points towards the center). After a three count, the machine
starts
up. Your job is simple; press A when the rotating arrow in the center
reaches
your arrow. If you're perfectly accurate, you'll see a circle in a circle.
That's what you want to shoot for. If you're not perfect, but reasonably
close,
you'll get a simple circle. Most of the time, you'll be getting those, and
those are good. If you're way off the mark, you get an X.

Try not to do that.

As all players get circles [in circles], a red bar at the top will steadily
fill. Once it is full, the machine stops, and all participants are one
PokeBlock richer.

That's all there is to it, really. Your PokeBlock Case can hold 40
PokeBlocks.

Oh, one more thing. If the Blend Master comes to Hoenn (watch TV for
details),
forget everything I said about only using those five berries. Everything
except
Starf Berry makes very nice PokeBlocks (I think they're always Gold, but
if
they aren't, e-mail me) if you don't totally suck at blending.

Still, don't use the reverse vitamin berries or berries 1-10. They're best
used
as berries, not as PokeBlocks.

=======================
23b. Commanding Round 1 [z;lkd]
=======================

During the first round of appeals, the audience will vote on the Pokemon
they
like best. When your Pokemon is introduced, hearts will appear over the
audience's heads. The more hearts that appear, the more liked your
Pokemon is.
The higher your Pokemon's stat for the Contest you're entering is, the
more
hearts will appear.

In Slateport City, inside the Pokemon Fan Club found west of the Poke
Mart, if
you have your Contest Pokemon in the front of your party and talk to the
old
guy sitting on the couch, he will give you a colored scarf hold item that
will
increase that Contest's stat by a little bit.

Example.

Jimmy Joe has a Claydol (like a smart person) and has maxed out its
Smartness.
He shows Claydol to the old fart in the Fan Club. Jimmy Joe gets a Green
Scarf.

Captain Obvious shows his super-Cool Magikarp to the man, and
promptly receives
a Red Scarf.

Easy, no? Scarves will give you one extra heart during Round 1.

No matter what, you will always want to max out the Contest stat of any
Pokemon
you plan on using for a Contest. The reason? Keep reading.

=======================
23c. Dominating Round 2 [rtios]
=======================

Round 2 is where your Pokemon's moves come into play (no pun
intended). For
five rounds, the four Pokemon will use their moves in order to please the
Judge
and the audience that's watching. There is no such thing as accuracy or
power
in Pokemon Contests, so chances are you won't want to use the Pokemon
you use
for battling for a Contest. Also, because there is no accuracy or power,
you
can come up with movesets that would be absolutely ridiculous for battle
purposes, and you don't have to worry about having moves with low
accuracy. You
won't "miss," ever, mainly because missing does not exist.

When you perform attacks, your Pokemon will earn hearts (called
Appeal, but no
one calls them that. They are hearts.). You'll notice that some moves
cause
black hearts (called Jam) on one or more opponents, depending on what
the move
is.

Should you use a move that is the same type as the Contest you're in (Tail
Whip
in a Cuteness Contest, for example), you will earn one extra heart and +1
will
be added to the audience's excitement meter.

"Well, golly gee willikers, what in tarnation is that?"

It's a five-point bar type thing that gets +1 for same-type moves, and -1 for
different-type moves. The lucky Pokemon that puts the excitement meter
to 5
will get an additional five (or is it six?) hearts. The meter is then set back
to zero.

No, you can't go into the negatives. Once it's at zero, it will stay at zero
until a same-type appeal is made.

For the first round, select an attack. Tra la la, all four Pokemon are
finished. You will see a little bar at the end of each round go up a little for
every heart a Pokemon had at the end of the round. The bar will go
down, too,
if your Pokemon's hearts drop into black. On the next turn, the move you
selected on the previous round will be in gray. Use this move and lose
half
your hearts.

Of course, there are exceptions.

Most of the time, when Pokemon use their attacks, the judge will react
with
little bubbles over his head. Each response does something different:

! - You've just done the first move in a combo! If you have one of the
second
moves in that combo, it will be shown in red on your next turn. Do
that
move and get double hearts!

!! - You've just done the second move in a combo! Way to go, double
hearts for
you!

? - The order of appeals is scrambled for next turn. Normally, whoever is
in the lead will go first, followed by second place, etc. Unless a
Pokemon
uses a move that forces it to go first or last after this move has been
used, the order will be randomized for the turn immediately following
the
current one.

Star - Fantastic. Now that you have this star, you get one extra heart for
every appeal you make! Three stars means three extra hearts!

Spiral - What's wrong with you? You just used the same move twice in a
row!

1 - Great job, you're going first next turn! If you go first, you're subject to
get jammed up the wazoo. However, you can never be nervous.

4 - Not necessarily a bad thing, but you're going last next turn! You have
an
advantage because you can't get jammed, but everyone has a chance to
make
you nervous.

Circle - As long as you have this circle, your Pokemon cant be startled.

X - As long as you have this X, your Pokemon cant make an appeal, gain
hearts,
lose hearts, or become nervous.

All moves are classified into 31 different categories. Each one of them will
be explained below.

o--------------------------o Appeal: 4
| A highly appealing move. |
o--------------------------o Jam: 0

A Contest's equivalent of a normal attack. They don't do anything special;
just
get you four hearts. Four out of eight seems like a lot... but depending on
when you perform these moves, you could lose them all. Combo them
correctly,
and you can win big, however.

o------------------------------------------------o Appeal: 3
| Affected by how well the appeal in front goes. |
o------------------------------------------------o Jam: 0

If the Pokemon who appealed directly before yours got 2 or less hearts,
you
will get six hearts. If they got three hearts, so do you. If they got 4 or
more, you only get one. Going first yields three hearts.

o------------------------------------------------------o Appeal: 2
| Startles the Pokemon that has the Judge's attention. |
o------------------------------------------------------o Jam: 1

If a Pokemon used a move and got a ! reaction from the Judge, you'll see a
small dot flash below the Pokemon's name. This means that it has the
Judge's
attention; it did the first move in a combo. Normally, all opponents who
have
already appealed will get one black heart. If they have that flashing white
dot, however, they will lose three.

o-----------------------------------------------------o Appeal: 2
| Works well if it's the same type as the one before. |
o-----------------------------------------------------o Jam: 0

If this move is, say, Tough-type, and the Pokemon who appealed directly
in
front of you used a Tough-type move, you will earn double hearts.

o------------------------------------------------------o Appeal: 1
| The appeal works best the more the crowd is excited. |
o------------------------------------------------------o Jam: 0

It's just as it says. The more filled the excitement meter is, the more
hearts
you will get. It isn't really worth using unless the meter is at 4.

o--------------------------------------o Appeal: 1
| Badly startles the Pokemon in front. |
o--------------------------------------o Jam: 4

Yep. This move only affects the Pokemon that went directly in front of
you. The
unlucky recipient gets -4 hearts.

o----------------------------------------------------o Appeal: 6
| After this move, the user is more easily startled. |
o----------------------------------------------------o Jam: 0

Yeah, that's right, six hearts. Pretty sweet at first, but from that point on,
the hearts you receive from jam will be twofold.

o-----------------------------------------------------o Appeal: 2
| Startles the Pokemon that appealed before the user. |
o-----------------------------------------------------o Jam: 3

This one's pretty self-explanatory.

o--------------------------------------------------o Appeal: 4
| Jams the others, and misses one turn of appeals. |
o--------------------------------------------------o Jam: 4

In exchange for dropping the -4 heart bomb on all Pokemon that have
already
appealed (remember that), you get to miss your next turn. These type of
moves
are best used on Round 5, when no more appeals can be made anyway.

o----------------------------------------------o Appeal: 1
| Badly startles those that have made appeals. |
o----------------------------------------------o Jam: 3

You read that right, -3 to all who made an appeal. Not much else to say.

o------------------------------------------------------o Appeal: 8
| Makes a great appeal, but allows no more to the end. |
o------------------------------------------------------o Jam: 0

You get eight hearts in one round, but you can't make any more appeals.
Ever.
Don't be a moron and use this on any round except the last one.

o----------------------------------------------------o Appeal: 2
| Badly startles all Pokemon that made good appeals. |
o----------------------------------------------------o Jam: 1

Not sure how many hearts yields a good appeal, but if you have it, you're
getting jammed, bad.

o--------------------------------------------------------o Appeal: 1
| The appeal works well if the user's condition is good. |
o--------------------------------------------------------o Jam: 0

More stars, more hearts. Three of them will get you six or seven, I think.

o---------------------------------------------------o Appeal: 3
| Worsens the condition of those that made appeals. |
o---------------------------------------------------o Jam: 0

Any Pokemon who appealed before yours has all their stars taken away.

o------------------------------------------------o Appeal: 2
| Startles Pokemon that made a same-type appeal. |
o------------------------------------------------o Jam: 1

If any Pokemon who appealed before you used a move that is the same
type as the
one you're using, they get jammed worse.

o------------------------------------------o Appeal: 2
| Can avoid being startled by others once. |
o------------------------------------------o Jam: 0

If a Pokemon attempts to startle your Pokemon, it will fail one time.

o-------------------------------------o Appeal: 1
| Can avoid being startled by others. |
o-------------------------------------o Jam: 0

Your Pokemon is safe from being startled for the rest of the round.

o------------------------------------------------------o Appeal: 1
| Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness. |
o------------------------------------------------------o Jam: 0

Hooray, +1 star for you. I think that the last bit is a bunch of horse
hockey.
I've been startled with three stars before...

o----------------------------------------------------o Appeal: 2
| Startles all Pokemon that have done their appeals. |
o----------------------------------------------------o Jam: 2

In exchange for getting a small boost in hearts, you won't startle everyone
else so bad.

o--------------------------------------------------o Appeal: 3
| Scrambles the order of appeals on the next turn. |
o--------------------------------------------------o Jam: 0

Self-explanatory, really.

o--------------------------------------------o Appeal: 2
| The appeal works great if performed first. |
o--------------------------------------------o Jam: 0

If you go first and use this move, you get triple hearts.

o-------------------------------------------o Appeal: 2
| The appeal works great if performed last. |
o-------------------------------------------o Jam: 0

If you go last and use this move, you get triple hearts.

o-------------------------------------------o Appeal: 2
| Makes all Pokemon after the user nervous. |
o-------------------------------------------o Jam: 0

Any Pokemon who hasn't appealed yet may become nervous. This means
they will
cower in fear, and not make an appeal. Sucks to be them.

o------------------------------------------------------o Appeal: 1
| The appeal's quality varies depending on its timing. |
o------------------------------------------------------o Jam: 0

I have no idea what this means... do you?

o------------------------------------------------o Appeal: 3
| The next appeal can be made earlier next turn. |
o------------------------------------------------o Jam: 0

Using this move makes your Pokemon go first next round.

o----------------------------------------------o Appeal: 3
| The next appeal can be made later next turn. |
o----------------------------------------------o Jam: 0

Using this move makes your Pokemon go last next round.

o-----------------------------------------------------o Appeal: 1
| An appeal that excites the audience in any Contest. |
o-----------------------------------------------------o Jam: 0

Yep. You can use these moves and no matter what contest it's in, the
excitment
meter will go up.

o------------------------------------------------o Appeal: 1
| Makes the appeal as good as the one before it. |
o------------------------------------------------o Jam: 0

I love these. Copy their hearts and paste them onto your Pokemon!

o--------------------------------------------------o Appeal: 3
| Temporarily stop the crowd from growing excited. |
o--------------------------------------------------o Jam: 0

The excitement meter will not increase nor decrease for the rest of the
round.

o--------------------------------------------------o Appeal: 3
| Can be repeatedly used without boring the Judge. |
o--------------------------------------------------o Jam: 0

Here's the exception. These types of moves are the only moves you can
do in
succession and not be penalized for it.

o----------------------------------------------------o Appeal: 1
| The appeal works better the later it is performed. |
o----------------------------------------------------o Jam: 0

The further back you are in the turn order, the more hearts you'll get.

I think that's all of them. Did I miss one? Some of these are pretty rare.

After five rounds of appealing, the Judge will announce the winner.

You will now see each of the four contestants, and flashing stars and
hearts to
be awarded. Whoever has the most stars and hearts is the winner, you
can
already tell. Hearts on this screen are not hearts that you received during
Round 2, but a relative gauge of how well you did. Stars are obtained by
getting a good score in Round 1.

After all is counted, whoever's bar reaches the end is the winner!

===================
23d. Contest Combos [tjcki]
===================

And now, a list of every combo you can possibly do in Contests.

o--------o
| Move 1 | <- First, use the move in the box.
o--------o

Move 2 (Move 3, Move 4, etc) <- Then, use a move listed after it.

o------------o o-----------o
| BELLY DRUM | | CALM MIND |
o------------o o-----------o

Rest Confusion, Dream Eater, Future Sight,
Light Screen, Luster Purge, Meditate,
Mist Ball, Psybeam, Psychic, Psywave,
Reflect

o--------o o-------o
| CHARGE | | CHARM |
o--------o o-------o

Shock Wave, Spark, Thunder, Flatter, Growl, Rest, Tail Whip
Thunder Wave, Thunderbolt,
Thunderpunch, Thundershock, Volt
Tackle

o-----------o o-------o
| CONFUSION | | CURSE |
o-----------o o-------o

Future Sight, Kinesis, Psychic, Destiny Bond, Grudge, Mean Look,
Spite
Teleport

o--------------o o------o
| DEFENSE CURL | | DIVE |
o--------------o o------o

Rollout, Tackle Surf

o-------------o o--------------o
| DOUBLE TEAM | | DRAGON DANCE |
o-------------o o--------------o

Agility, Quick Attack, Teleport Dragon Claw, Dragon Rage,
Dragonbreath

o-------------o o--------------o
| DRAGON RAGE | | DRAGONBREATH |
o-------------o o--------------o

Dragon Claw, Dragon Dance, Dragon Claw, Dragon Dance, Dragon
Rage
Dragonbreath

o------------o o--------o
| EARTHQUAKE | | ENDURE |
o------------o o--------o

Eruption, Fissure Flail, Reversal

o----------o o------------o
| FAKE OUT | | FIRE PUNCH |
o----------o o------------o

Arm Thrust, Faint Attack, Knock Ice Punch, Thunderpunch
Off, Seismic Toss, Vital Throw

o--------------o o--------o
| FOCUS ENERGY | | GROWTH |
o--------------o o--------o

Arm Thrust, Brick Break, Cross Absorb, Bullet Seed, Frenzy Plant,
Giga
Chop, Double-Edge, Dynamicpunch, Drain, Magical Leaf, Mega Drain,
Petal
Focus Punch, Headbutt, Karate Dance, Razor Leaf, Solarbeam
Chop, Sky Uppercut, Take Down

o------o o--------o
| HAIL | | HARDEN |
o------o o--------o

Aurora Beam, Blizzard, Haze, Ice Double-Edge, Protect, Rollout,
Tackle,
Ball, Ice Beam, Icicle Spear, Take Down
Icy Wind, Powder Snow, Sheer
Cold

o-------------o o----------o
| HORN ATTACK | | HYPNOSIS |
o-------------o o----------o

Fury Attack, Horn Drill Dream Eater

o-----------o o---------o
| ICE PUNCH | | KINESIS |
o-----------o o---------o

Fire Punch, Thunderpunch Confusion, Future Sight, Psychic,
Teleport

o------o o---------o
| LEER | | LOCK-ON |
o------o o---------o

Bite, Faint Attack. Glare, Horn Superpower, Thunder, Tri Attack, Zap
Attack, Scary Face, Scratch, Cannon
Stomp, Tackle

o-----------o o-------------o
| MEAN LOOK | | METAL SOUND |
o-----------o o-------------o

Destiny Bond, Perish Song Metal Claw

o-------------o o-----------o
| MIND READER | | MUD SPORT |
o-------------o o-----------o

Dynamicpunch, Hi Jump Kick, Mud-Slap, Water Gun, Water Sport
Submission, Superpower

o----------o o------o
| MUD-SLAP | | PECK |
o----------o o------o

Mud Sport, Sand-Attack Drill Peck, Fury Attack

o-------o o-------------o
| POUND | | POWDER SNOW |
o-------o o-------------o

Doubleslap, Faint Attack, Slam Blizzard

o---------o o------o
| PSYCHIC | | RAGE |
o---------o o------o

Confusion, Future Sight, Leer, Scary Face, Thrash
Kinesis, Teleport

o------------o o------o
| RAIN DANCE | | REST |
o------------o o------o

Weather Ball, Thunder, & all other Sleep Talk, Snore
Water moves except Rain Dance

o------------o o-------------o
| ROCK THROW | | SAND-ATTACK |
o------------o o-------------o

Rock Slide, Rock Tomb Mud-Slap

o-----------o o------------o
| SANDSTORM | | SCARY FACE |
o-----------o o------------o

Mud Shot, Mud-Slap, Sand Tomb, Bite, Crunch, Leer
Sand-Attack, Weather Ball

o---------o o------o
| SCRATCH | | SING |
o---------o o------o

Fury Swipes, Slash Perish Song, Refresh

o--------o o-------------o
| SLUDGE | | SLUDGE BOMB |
o--------o o-------------o

Sludge Bomb Sludge

o------o o-----------o
| SMOG | | STOCKPILE |
o------o o-----------o

Smokescreen Spit Up, Swallow

o-----------o o------o
| SUNNY DAY | | SURF |
o-----------o o------o

Moonlight, Morning Sun, Solarbeam, Dive
Weather Ball, and all other Fire
moves except Sunny Day

o-------------o o--------------o
| SWEET SCENT | | SWORDS DANCE |
o-------------o o--------------o

Poisonpowder, Sleep Powder, Stun Crabhammer, Crush Claw, Cut,
False
Spore Swipe, Fury Cutter, Slash

o-------o o--------------o
| TAUNT | | THUNDERPUNCH |
o-------o o--------------o

Counter, Detect, Mirror Coat Fire Punch, Ice Punch

o----------o o-------------o
| VICEGRIP | | WATER SPORT |
o----------o o-------------o

Bind, Guillotine Mud Sport, Refresh, Water Gun

o------o
| YAWN |
o------o

Rest, Slack Off

==============
23e. Paint It! [crwr2]
==============

Before attempting any Contest, you should visit the Lilycove Museum.
Head to
the back and talk to the museum's curator, and tell him you "Saw it" and
you're
interested in paintings. He'll take you upstairs, where he will show you
some
blank canvases. He wants you to get out there and find some awesome
art to put
on display.

This art will come from you.

Should you win a Master Rank Contest with at least six stars _AND_ six
hearts,
a painter guy will show up and tell you about how he painted your
Pokemon's
picture. Then he'll say that it wouldn't look out of place in a museum,
and you
agree and drop the hint that the museum is looking for awesome
paintings. He
will take it there, and you can now go see it at any time.

Five canvases, five Contests. Gee, I wonder... get five paintings upstairs
and
you'll score a star for your Trainer Card, as well as a Glass Ornament for
your
Secret Base. They look like those bird statues you see in the museum.
They look
a lot like Pidgeot, but that's puzzling since Pidgeot isn't found in Hoenn.

Oh well.

==============================
23f. Claydol, Lord of Contests [ph33r]
==============================

I am here to share with all of you the secret to winning any Contest. All
you
need is a Claydol. You can catch one at Sky Pillar after you beat the Elite
Four. If you have a Claydol of your own, and that Claydol has at least
tried to
learn Cosmic Power, you're in business. Otherwise, you'll have to raise it
or
stuff Rare Candies down one of its throats until it does. Alternatively, if
you
have a method to trade from Ruby & Sapphire, you could catch a Claydol
in Sky
Pillar there. The ones in R/S Sky Pillar are mid-50s and come with
Cosmic Power
and Explosion, while the Emerald ones are only high 30s and haven't
learned
Cosmic Power yet. Gross.

Once you have a Claydol that knows Cosmic Power, use Heart Scales to
make sure
it knows Ancientpower and Selfdestruct. Explosion will work instead of
Selfdestruct. Now get your hands on a Secret Power TM (buy them in
Slateport
Market, TM43) and teach it to Claydol, overwriting whatever move is left.
Awesome, now you're ready.

Note that this moveset will work in _any_ Contest. As long as you have
high
enough Contest stats, you will win every single time. Using this moveset,
I
have only lost one Contest. The reason was because two of the three
Pokemon who
appealed after me used those "Badly startles the Pokemon in front."
appeals.

I figure that's enough for you. Surely you can figure out what it is you're
supposed to do. If not, I'll have to add it to my FAQ, and then I'll be sad.

UPDATE: One of my readers has told me about a rather nifty combo, but
it
involves work on your part. Breed a male Wobbuffet that knows Destiny
Bond with
a female Shuppet and you'll wind up with a Shuppet with Destiny Bond.
Level
Shuppet up until it learns Curse, and youre set! Use Curse on Round 4
followed
by a comboed Destiny Bond on Round 5 for a whopping sixteen hearts!

================
24. Pokemon News [ontv7]
================

This is only news that matters. I don't care about the rest of the TV
shows, or
the trash "Pokemon News" that deals with other unimportant stuff. Screw
that.

Every time you beat the Elite Four, you'll get some TV show. It might be
one of
these, it might not. You can use the money and experience; go back and
do it
again.

Mix records with your friends, and you will get any news they have!

1. Energy Guru

When the day arrives, vitamins will be half price. If you need to EV train,
you'll want to buy them in bulk.

2. Lilycove Clear-Out Sale

The best items for your Secret Base are here; DO NOT MISS THIS
EVENT. You'll
want to bring at LEAST 60000 money to ensure you'll have enough for
multiples
of everything (only 2 Solid Boards though, any more is foolish).

3. Game Corner Service Day

You're supposed to be extra lucky and win more, but I haven't noticed a
real
difference. I think that's how it works. Give it a try.

4. Blend Master

In the Contest Hall, he's taken the spot of the lone old guy. He rules at
PokeBlock making and gets perfects every time he presses A. You can use
just
about any berry you want, and you'll always get Gold PokeBlocks (I
think).

5. Pokemon Outbreaks

On occasion, you will hear about outbreaks of Seedot, Nuzleaf, and
Skitty, on
their respective routes. However, if you mix records with Ruby or
Sapphire,
you may hear about a Surskit outbreak on Route 117. Surskit is not found
normally in Emerald, but if you hear about this outbreak, Surskit will be
able to be found normally. (thanks to The Pikamaster for this info)

==============
25. Match Call [lrody]
==============

COMING SOON... STILL

Real-life issues have prevented me from working much on this
walkthrough, but I
have not forgotten about it, not by any means. As far as this section goes,
I
have been working on rematching the Gym Leaders. Most normal
Trainers have been
done already. Please be patient.

=================
26. Effort Values [trngi]
=================

Can I be more thorough? Probably. Do I care? No. Read it. Love it. Use it.

To be a serious battler, one must know about the sometimes-not-so-
wonderful
world of effort values, or "EVs" for short. In a nutshell, EVs are part of
what
make your Pokemon unique. Each and every Pokemon that you capture
starts with 0
effort points. At maximum, a Pokemon can earn 510 effort points. You
can
allocate these 510 points in almost any way you choose in each stat (HP,
Attack, Defense, Speed, Special Attack, Special Defense), with the max
points
for one stat being 255. However, since every four EVs equals one stat
point,
and four does not go equally into 255 (252 with 3 left over), the extra
points
(3) are worthless and best off put into another stat. The more EVs you
put into
one stat, the stronger that stat will be. Controlling effort values in
Emerald
is so easy it's ridiculous. I'll go step-by-step with you and help you create
a
Pokemon that's perfect for your style.

The first thing you must do is decide on a good nature for your Pokemon.
Some
Pokemon have several good options for natures, and others are what one
would
call "duh" natures because there's usually only one decent choice.

Each of the 25 natures can be found in section 2h, but for the sake of this
section, I'll post them again:

Hardy: (no change) Bold: +DEF, -ATK Timid: +SPD, -ATK
Lonely: +ATK, -DEF Docile: (no change) Hasty: +SPD, -DEF
Brave: +ATK, -SPD Relaxed: +DEF, -SPD Serious: (no change)
Adamant: +ATK, -SP.ATK Impish: +DEF, -SP.ATK Jolly: +SPD, -
SP.ATK
Naughty: +ATK, -SP.DEF Lax: +DEF, -SP.DEF Naive: +SPD, -
SP.DEF

Modest: +SP.ATK, -ATK Calm: +SP.DEF, -ATK
Mild: +SP.ATK, -DEF Gentle: +SP.DEF, -DEF
Quiet: +SP.ATK, -SPD Sassy: +SP.DEF, -SPD
Bashful: (no change) Careful: +SP.DEF, -SP.ATK
Rash: +SP.ATK, -SP.DEF Quirky: (no change)

For my Emerald example, I will be using a Plusle. We catch one and find
it has
a Careful nature (+SP.DEF, -SP.ATK). Depending on what you want to
use Plusle
for, this nature could be good or bad. For this example, let's say we want
Plusle to be a special attacker. This means that Careful is not the nature
we
want. What kind of nature would be good for a special attacking Plusle?
We
could use Modest (+SP.ATK, -ATK). Timid (+SPD, -ATK) would work
well, too.
Let's go for speed. Timid it is.

Plusle is somewhat rare in Emerald, so we don't want to waste our time
catching
another one only to find that it might have some other bad nature, like
Adamant
(+ATK, -SP.ATK). Time to get breeding.

The Day-Care is found on Route 117, just west of Mauville City. It's the
only
building on the route; you can't miss it. At any rate, inside this house
you'll
find a woman, the Day-Care Lady. She will raise two of your Pokemon for
you for
a base price of 100 money each, that will be paid later. While in her care,
the
Pokemon you leave will gain 1 experience point each for every step you
take.
When you want your Pokemon back, it will cost 100 money plus 100 more
money for
every level your Pokemon gained while in her care.

However, if you put two Pokemon of the opposite gender, or any
Pokemon and
Ditto, in the day care, and those two Pokemon are part of the same Egg
Group
(Ditto can breed with any Pokemon that can breed), sooner or later the
old guy
outside will be standing in front of the fence rather than behind it. This
means that your Pokemon just made an egg.

Once you receive this egg, you're stuck with it forever until you hatch it.
No
releasing Eggs! You can trade it to a different version, but that egg will sit
forever until it is hatched. To hatch an Egg, keep it with you in your
party,
then take steps. Every Pokemon has a set amount of steps to be hatched.
The
lowest is Magikarp Egg at 1280 steps. Legendary Eggs cannot be obtained
by
legit means, so they take _way_ more than normal; a Kyogre Egg takes
over 30000
steps to hatch!

Most are 5280 steps, or somewhere near there. The questions is: how do
you
hatch eggs quickly?

Answer: find a Pokemon that has the Flame Body or Magma Armor
Abilities.
Putting them on your party will cut the time it takes to hatch an egg in
half.

Back to Plusle. Let's breed it with Ditto. Plusle in this example will be
male.

In Emerald, if you give the female of the two parents the Everstone,
there's a
50% chance that the baby will inherit the mother's nature. If you're
breeding a
male Pokemon and Ditto, give the Everstone to Ditto.

What luck! We just so happen to have a Ditto with a Timid nature!
*holds it up*

Everstone-holding Ditto placed with male Plusle. We now continue to
hatch eggs
(sped up using Flame Body or Magma Armor ability). Everything else gets
released.

Timid Plusle, ta da! All that's left is to level it up to get ready for battle.

Don't want to breed? There's an alternative. In Emerald only, there are
five
berries that say "Makes a Pokemon friendly but lowers base [stat]." I care
not
which berries they are, you're smart enough to find them in the list.
Think of
these berries as reverse vitamins. Vitamins, bought in Slateport Market,
increase EVs by 10. The berries I was talking about reduce EVs for their
respective stat by 10. Once EVs for a stat pass 100, you can't use vitamins
for
that stat anymore unless the EVs are manually dropped below 100.

Example.

Bob caught a Poochyena. It has no EVs in anything. Bob saves his game
and feeds
Poochyena 10 HP Ups, giving Poochyena 100 HP EVs. Bob resets his game
and
instead kills 10 Whismur using Poochyena, giving Poochyena 10 HP EVs.
Bob can
now only feed Poochyena 9 HP Ups out of the 10 he bought, as giving it a
tenth
would make its HP EVs 110, and he can't do that. Not to be discouraged,
Bob
forces 2 Pomeg Berries down Poochyena's throat. Now Poochyena's HP
EVs are 80
instead of 100, and now Bob can feed Poochyena that tenth Protein.

Most of your EV training will be done the old-fashioned way; murdering
wild
Pokemon. But wait! You can't just go around defeating any Pokemon you
want.
This is the difficult part, and it takes a long time to do if you're unlucky.

Each Pokemon, when killed, gives the Pokemon that killed it one, two, or
three
points in one stat, a value you cannot see, that starts at zero when you
catch
or hatch the Pokemon. Some Pokemon give one point in multiple stats.
These
points are effort points, the things you're looking for. Pokemon holding
the
Experience Share will gain the base EVs your leader kills. You can use
that to
give EVs to Pokemon who are weak (probably the Lv.5 Eggs you'll be
hatching).

Example.

Your Swampert kills a Zigzagoon. Swampert gets 1 EV point in Speed.

You give a Pikachu on your team the Experience Share. Swampert kills
another
Zigzagoon. Swampert gets 1 EV point in Speed. Pikachu gets 1 EV point in
Speed.

Get it? Okay. The spots below offer the best training (in my opinion) for
any
given stat; feel free to utilize them or you can e-mail me a spot of your
own.

HIT POINTS (HP)
---------------

Head into Rusturf Tunnel. All you'll find is Whismur (1 point).

Average level: 7

ATTACK
------

Inside Mt. Pyre, you'll only find Shuppet (1 point).

Average level: 23

If you're feeling lucky, you can go for Mightyena (2 points), found west of
Lilycove. You will also encounter Shuppet (1 point) and Poochyena (1
point), as
well as Wingull, Oddish, and Gloom. None of those give Attack, so just
flee.

Average level: 25

DEFENSE
-------

Team Magmas Hideout. Everything inside gives Defense EVs (Geodude
gives 1,
Graveler and Torkoal give 2).

Average level: 22

SPEED
-----

Zigzagoon (1 point), at lower levels, on early routes.

Average level: 3

Route 118, across the water east of Mauville. There you will find
Zigzagoon,
Wingull, Electrike (1 point each), Linoone, and Manectric (2 points each).
Kecleon is very rare here, and does not give Speed EVs. Run away from it.

Average level: 24

SPECIAL ATTACK
--------------

Spinda (1 point), Route 113.

Average level: 13

SPECIAL DEFENSE
---------------

Abandoned Ship, fish with Super Rod to find Tentacool (1 point) and
Tentacruel
(2 points).

Average level: Varies

But wait! There's more!

There are two ways to make EV training easier. The first is with the
Macho
Brace. This hold item doubles the effort points you get, but lowers the
Speed
of the Pokemon holding it for as long as the Pokemon holds it. Defeat the
Winstrate family on Route 111, then enter the house and talk to Victoria
(the
old lady) and she'll give it to you).

Example.

Swampert kills a Zigzagoon. Swampert gets 1 EV point in Speed.

another
Speed.

Now you give a Natu on your team the Macho Brace. Swampert kills yet
another
Speed.
Natu gets 2 EV points in Speed (due to the Macho Brace).

And then there's the Pokemon virus, or Pokerus for short. Pokerus is
shown as
PKRS on the Summary Screen (and only there), and you can find it where
a
Special Condition would normally be shown (it'll only appear if there is
no
Special Condition). This will also double effort points gained from a
battle.

One more example.

You heal at a Pokemon Center and find out that your Pokemon are
infected. A
look at your party reveals that at present, only your Natu and the brand
new
Golem you got in a trade are infected.

Swampert kills a Zigzagoon. Swampert gets 1 EV point in Speed.

another
Speed.

Now you give a Natu on your team the Macho Brace. Swampert kills yet
another
Speed.
Natu gets 2 EV points in Speed (due to Macho Brace).

You heal at a Pokemon Center and find out that your Pokemon are
infected. A
look at your party reveals that at present, only your Natu and the brand
new
Golem you got in a trade are infected.

Swampert kills one more Zigzagoon. Swampert gets 1 EV point in Speed.
Pikachu
gets 1 EV point in Speed. Natu gets 4 EV points in Speed (due to PKRS
(1x2=2)
and Macho Brace (2x2=4)). Golem gets 2 EV points in Speed (due to
PKRS).

Quite easy.

So how does one go about getting this PKRS?

It's very hard to catch Pokerus (you have better chances of seeing a
Shining
Pokemon). The healer lady will tell you that your Pokemon have been
infected
after healing at a Pokemon Center, and it should go away shortly. YOU
DO NOT
WANT THIS TO HAPPEN. Here's how to preserve it.

When initially told you've been infected, there is a chance your entire
party
will be infected. At least one will be. Catch a Pokemon you don't care
about
(henceforth referred to as Pichu). PKRS spreads from the center of your
team;
let Pichu sit between two Pokemon that are infected (or next to one that
is).
Kill off a few wild Pokemon and wait for Pichu to become infected. Then
all you
do is deposit Pichu in the box (if you have more than one Pichu, mark
the
infected Pichu with all four marks so you know that's the one you want)
and
wait until you need to EV train someone else. As long as Pichu sits in the
box,
PKRS will never go away. You might want to infect multiple Pichu in the
event
your PKRS mysteriously vanishes from one before you get a chance to put
it
back, as a safeguard of sorts. To infect your team, put the Pichu in the
center
of your team (on the right side). It will eventually spread, starting with
the
middle, throughout your team.

Like I said, it's _extremely_ rare to get Pokerus. Some people are just
lucky,
though, and get it almost right away. Others can have a box full of
Shining
Pokemon and still not have Pokerus. Don't waste your time trying to get
it.

That should do it. Any questions, comments, anything at all, e-mail me.

UPDATE: I've decided to add a bit of information on EV training through
Secret
Bases, submitted to me by Aintaer. It's a somewhat time-consuming
method, but
it can greatly speed EV training if done. I find it easier just to slaughter
enemies.

"If you can manage it, obtain six pokemon of the species which give the
highest
EV for every stat. After a bit of research, I've determined the easiest
targets are:

HP: Azumarill, evolve Marill at level 18

Attack: Shiftry, leaf stones are abundant in these games with the green
shards,
seedot may not be in Ruby though.

Defense: Golem, catch and keep Gravelers at or above level 25 for the
next
step.

Speed: Raichu, Pikachus come from the Safari Zone. You ought to have
plenty
after looking for that elusive light ball. Thunder stones are pretty
common
too with yellow shards.

Sp. Att: Beautifly, Wurmple evolution at level 10

Sp. Def: Dustox, same as above

A hint for catching pikachus in the Safari Zone. Bring an Acro Bike and
do hops
in one place. It won't waste your 500 steps.

Now that you've collected your 36 pokemon, you either need 6 separate
people to
trade with or a very patient friend. Trade all six of one species to a friend
(Gravelers will evolve at this point), then mix records. Rinse, repeat with
all the other species. After you've traded all those pokemon, you should
have
the records of six trainers at their secret bases. (Try to make sure they
don't
have the same secret base.)

Now take your EV training pokemon, stick it with the macho brace, PKRS
if
you're lucky, and go train the desired stat at the trainer with the
corresponding pokemon. Doing so would give you 3 EV x 6 Pokemon x 2
from Macho
Brace (x 2 from PKRS) a battle. Or 36 EVs without PKRS, 72 with.
Unfortunately
this can be done only once per day. I find it to be a good boost to the
duller, more stir-crazy method of killing Spindas for hours."

Author's Note: Seedot is in fact in Ruby, and Emerald as well.

=================
27. Mirage Island [sikrt]
=================

Mirage Island is a rather simple place found in the gigantic, wide open
space
on Route 130. It's horribly rare to find, but if you do, consider yourself
truly lucky. Mirage Island is the rarest event in all of Pokemon.

Under normal circumstances, Mirage Island will not be there. To
conveniently
check to see if Mirage Island has appeared without wasting your
Pokemon
repellant, fly to Pacifidlog Town and enter the easternmost house. You'll
see
an old guy staring at the wall. He is, in fact, looking for Mirage Island,
and
he's nice enough to tell you if he can see it or not. He won't lie; if he says
he doesn't see it, it isn't there.

However, should he see Mirage Island, get a Pokemon with Surf and start
heading
east. It won't take long to get there, and like I said, it's a rather simple
place. All there is is a couple patches of grass that contain Wynaut
ranging in
level from 5 to 50, in multiples of 5. There's also a single Liechi Berry.
This
berry raises Attack by 1 level "in a pinch." This is the only way to get a
Liechi Berry, so you MUST plant it if you want more.

So the question remains: how do you make this guy see Mirage Island?

Mirage Island is triggered by a five-digit code, similar to your Trainer ID.
This number is changed every day. Now, each and every single Pokemon
you own
also has its own five-digit code, which will never change. Duplicates will
have
different numbers; if I have five Minun in my Boxes, each one of those
Minun
will have their own five-digit number.

If, when you talk to the old man in Pacifidlog Town, the hidden five-digit
code
of any Pokemon in your party EXACTLY matches the day's Mirage Island
code, the
man will see Mirage Island. Otherwise, you lose, bring some more and try
again.

And don't believe that "today" crap. If he says he doesn't see it, and you
bring a Pokemon that will trigger him seeing it, he will miraculously see
it.

To increase your chances, simply catch Pokemon. It doesn't matter what
you
catch. Of course, even if your Boxes are maxed out, you'll still have
horrendously low chances. It's what you gotta do, though, if you want to
get
your hands on the only Liechi Berry in the universe.

That's all for Mirage Island.

=================
28. Record Corner [mixit]
=================

You can mix records as soon as you get the Pokedex. Mixing records is
just
that; your in-game records will be mixed with anyone you participate in
record
mixing with. Everyone goes to a Pokemon Center and talks to the far
right lady.
Selecting "Record Corner" will allow the lot of you to mix records.

Here is everything your friends get when you mix records:

1. Your Lilycove Lady

They get whatever lady you had. If you get the Quiz Lady, you'll get your
friend's quiz if s/he made one; otherwise, Lady will give you one. Lady
occasionally gives out two of the rarest Berries ever as prizes to her
embarrassingly easy quizzes, so don't tell your friends to make a quiz
unless
they're willing to give you one of them. Favor Lady asks for a certain type
of
item. Give her an Ice Heal for slippery things, Max Repel for wham-ish
things.
She hasnt said anything else to me yet. Contest Lady asks for a
PokeBlock.
Give her one, and shell end up on the news.

2. Your Secret Base

Pretty self-explanatory here. If you have a Secret Base, your friends will
be
able to visit your Secret Base. Any friend that has the National Pokedex
will
be able to battle the team you had when you mixed records once a day.

3. Your Base Registry

When you visit a friend's Secret Base, you have the option to register
them in
a Base Registry. Anyone in your Registry will have their Secret Base put
into
friend's game every time you mix records. Up to 10 bases can be
registered.

4. Your Trendy Phrase

Not Feebas locations... trendy phrase. Note the difference.

5. Your Mauville Man

Hipster will teach you a new word or phrase; Trader will trade you his
items
plus any items previous friends have traded him; Bard will give you the
current
song that previous friends may or may not have edited.

6. Your Battle Frontier Accomplishments

Everything in Record Hall is mixed with the Record Halls of everyone you
have
ever mixed records with. The best three times of all will be posted in their
Record Hall.

7. Your Day-Care Mail

If the Pokemon in your Day-Care have Mail attached to them, and your
friends
Pokemon do, too, the Mail might be swapped.

===============
29. Berry Crush [lkhgz]
===============

Once you get to Slateport City and talk to the girl at the far north end of
Slateport Market (found on the west side of the city). She will say that
she
recently had machines installed at Pokemon Centers for crushing berries.
Two to
five people can do Berry Crush at one time, and all players must have the
Wireless Adapter properly attached. Simply go to any Pokemon Center's
second
floor, talk to the lady on the far right, and select Berry Crush.

Each player selects a berry and then mashes A as fast as they can once the
machine starts. Use hard berries to get maximum powder. If players
mash A in
synchronization, you will get more powder. After the berries are fully
crushed,
everyone gets Berry Powder that you need to take back to the lady who
informed
you about the machines. She will trade your powder for stuff.

Thanks to a reader, I now have Powder lists:

o----------------o-------------------o
| ITEM | POWDER REQUIRED |
o----------------o-------------------o
| ALL VITAMINS | 1000 |
o----------------o-------------------o
| HEAL POWDER | 50 |
o----------------o-------------------o
| ENERGYPOWDER | 50 |
o----------------o-------------------o
| ENERGY ROOT | 80 |
o----------------o-------------------o
| REVIVAL HERB | 300 |
o----------------o-------------------o

==================
30. In-Game Trades [tta43]
==================

This is a list of all trades you can do with Trainers in Emerald. The
Pokemon
you receive in the trade will be an exact copy of the Pokemon you give, in
regards to IVs and EVs. Moves will obviously not be the same, but the
Pokemon
you get will have the four latest moves it can learn by level up.

In most cases, they will want your rare Pokemon for their sucky and/or
common
one. It may take you a little time to get the extra Pokemon that these
people
want, but hey. You don't have to use them, and their ID numbers will
help you
win the Lilycove Lottery (best of luck).

And now, the trade list.

1. RUSTBORO CITY

To the right of the Gym is a dude who wants a Ralts. He's willing to give
you
his Seedot for one.

Name: DOTS
Ability: Early Bird (Sleep lasts for half duration)
Nature: Relaxed (+Defense, -Speed)
OT: KOBE
ID No.: 38726
Item: Chesto Berry (cures Sleep)

2. FORTREE CITY

In the first house on the upper path lives a boy who longs for a Volbeat. If
you give him yours, he will gladly hand over his Plusle.

Name: PLUSES
Ability: Plus (Sp.Atk x1.5 if Pokemon with Minus Ability is your partner)
Nature: Hasty (+Speed, -Defense)
OT: RAMON
ID No.: 08460
Item: Wood Mail (Message: BE NICE TO PLUSLE ! VOLBEAT WILL BE
FANTASTIC)

3. PACIFIDLOG TOWN

There's a guy in a house south of the Pokemon Center (a girl is standing
next
to it) who caught a Horsea to celebrate his birthday. He's willing to part
ways
with it, but only if you send a Bagon his way.

Name: SEASOR
Ability: Swift Swim (Speed increase while raining)
Nature: Brave (+Attack, -Speed)
OT: SKYLAR
ID No.: 46285
Item: Wave Mail (Message: I WILL MAKE BAGON TOUGH PLEASE
TRAIN HORSEA WELL)

4. BATTLE FRONTIER

In the house to the left of the Battle Tower lives a girl who will trade her
Meowth for your Skitty.

Name: MEOWOW
Ability: Pickup (may pick up an item after a battle)
Nature: Naive (+Speed, -Special Defense)
OT: ISIS
ID No.: 25945
Item: Retro Mail (Message: THANK YOU FOR SKITTY MEOWTH
CRIES IN A CUTE WAY)

===================
31. Version History [wendi]
===================

Version 0.1 - June 28, 2005
Walkthrough completed. Sorry it took so long. Find my errors!

Version 0.2 - August 12, 2005
Everyone that has submitted information has had their submissions
added; thank
you all very much. Continue to enjoy the walkthrough. On a final note,
since I
have lost the internet at home, Im forced to take TextPads awesomeness
and
lower myself to using MS Word to submit the walkthrough. Because of
this, you
may find some screwy errors. I will fix these as soon as I can, so please
bear
with me. Thank you.

Version 0.3 - September 14, 2005
Since I don't have internet at home, I need to go somewhere with
internet,
write down things that have been submitted to me, take it home, update
the
walkthrough, save it to a disk, take it somewhere with internet, and
upload it
to GameFAQs from there (which is why odd things may appear
throughout the
walkthrough). Well... the paper I wrote things on was accidentally
washed. I
could only remember one or two big things I definitely needed to add, so
if
you have told me something anytime between August 12 and September
14, please
tell me again so that I may add it. Thank you.

Version 0.4 - October 16, 2005
New section: 'In-Game Trades.'

Version 0.41 - November 3, 2005
I've added a little more information regarding the Battle Frontier. The
Match
Call section is still incomplete and will probably stay that way for a very
long time. It's huge. There's so much stuff to add. But I am working on it
bit
by bit, and when it's done, it will be great. <3

Version 0.42 - January 10, 2006
All right, you guys. I fixed up the random spaces, so they should be all
gone... The Battle Frontier section is complete. At least, I think it is. It
should be. :) And let me add something that will help you get your
questions
answered (and my inbox a lot cleaner); ACTUALLY READ THE
WALKTHROUGH before e-
mailing me. If I get an e-mail from you that has an answer that I know is
in
the walkthrough, I'll delete it. This is why a lot of you haven't received a
reply from me. The reason is because a) I can't make sense of what you're
saying or b) You asked a stupid question that has an answer in the
walkthrough.
They invented CTRL + F for a reason; use it!

====================
32. Acknowledgements [helpr]
====================

Me
- I made this thing. I should think I deserve a substantial amount of
credit.

You
- The faithful user of my walkthrough

The Pokemon Company
- Supplying us with another great RPG. Praise be to them.

CJayC (GameFAQs)
- Hosting this and an immeasurable amount of walkthroughs by my
fellow authors

NMF227 at aol dot com
- Addition to Flinch effect

Curtis Befus (curtisconrad at hotmail dot com)
- Tips on how to find Steven post-Elite Four

MegaZero Exe (GameFAQs)
- Battle Palace prediction girl tips

TSPhoenix (GameFAQs)
- Various minor changes

The Pikamaster (from serebiiforums dot com)
- Powder list; Record Corner additions; Pokemon News addition

Tracy Smith (cherriebomber at yahoo dot com)
- Contest additions

Calvin Reedy (curler2oo2 at yahoo dot com)
- The totally boss contest Shuppet suggestion

Saud Zarouni (saudzarouni at gmail dot com)
- Defense EV training suggestion

Ben Stanley (bstanley52 at gmail dot com)
- Trainer location

Alex Lee (aintaer at aintaer dot com)
- EV training tip

Abhyasa Naradhipa (judicium_conscientia at yahoo dot co dot uk
- Some Battle Frontier Brains' pokemon

Melanie B (emsbabygurl5131991 at yahoo dot com)
- Seafloor Cavern list

Zach Asselstine (sweetsoleil at hotmail dot com)
- Tons of minor fixes and changes

calmsoldier at aol dot com
- Elite Four tip

This list is going to get even longer, I'm sure of it.

This document is copyright (c)2005-2006 by Matt Johnson. E-mail: shika
at mail
dot com

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