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====================0. Table of Contents====================

0. Table of Contents

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

2. Things You Should Know2a. 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]

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

Hamha! This document is copyright (c)2005-2006 by Matt Johnson, aka "dmon2" and"MJShika." However, all trademarks and copyrights found in this document areowned by their respective copyright and trademark holders. No infringement ofcopyright is intended. This document may be printed, in part or in whole, forpersonal use ONLY. You may not take any part of this document and display itanywhere without written consent from me, in the form of an e-mail. My e-mailaddress is at the top and bottom of this document. The following sites have mypermission to post this walkthrough:

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Check GameFAQs for the most recent updates. Also, please include in your e-mailwhich site you saw my walkthrough on. Since I also have a FAQ/Walkthrough forPokemon FireRed & LeafGreen as well as for Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire, pleasespecify which game you need help with if you decide to e-mail me.

=========================2. Things You Should Know=========================

Should Pokemon Emerald be your first Pokemon adventure, or if you just need arefresher, this section is dedicated to helping you get started.

============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.

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

Each specie of Pokemon has one (sometimes two, but only one of the two at atime) of 76 different Abilities (plus two you can only get through using acheat 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 |o-----------------------------------------------------------------------------o

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 || Emerald only: If a Pokemon with this Ability is on your || 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. || || Emerald only: If a Pokemon with this Ability is on your || 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. || || Emerald only: If a Pokemon with this Ability is on your || 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%. || || Emerald only: If a Pokemon with this Ability is on your || 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. || || Emerald only: If a Pokemon with this Ability is on your || 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 || Emerald only: If a Pokemon with this Ability is on your || 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. || || Emerald only: If a Pokemon with this Ability is on your || 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 || Emerald only: If a Pokemon with this Ability is on your || 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 || Emerald only: If a Pokemon with this Ability is on your || 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 || Emerald only: If a Pokemon with this Ability is on your || 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" || section for a list of all such 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. |

| || Emerald only: If a Pokemon with this Ability is on your || 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" || section for a list of all such 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 || Emerald only: If a Pokemon with this Ability is on your || 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 || Emerald only: If a Pokemon with this Ability is on your || 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. || || Emerald only: If a Pokemon with this Ability is on your || 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. || || Emerald only: If a Pokemon with this Ability is on your || 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 || Emerald only: If a Pokemon with this Ability is on your || 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. || || Emerald only: If a Pokemon with this Ability is on your || 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 happendue to your Pokemon coming in contact with the foe, or touching them in someway.

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? | Supersonico------------------------------------------------o Uproar

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

Taken from the Pokemon TCG, I use the term "Special Condition" to refer tomajor 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 inflicta Special Condition (like for catching legendaries), I do not mean to inflictthe 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 puton 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.ATKNaughty: +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 tothe main menu. Once there, you can choose to start now and customize later, orjust go into your options right now.

If there is no save file, or you wish to start a new game to overwrite apreviously saved game, select "New Game." Professor Birch will appear and hewill introduce himself and Pokemon. You will then be asked to choose yourcharacter's gender. There's no law that says men have to play as Brendan andwomen are stuck being May, so pick whichever character you like, decked out intheir spiffy new outfits. After that, you will need to name yourself. Whoeveryou 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 intown! After a few seconds, the truck will stop. Before we get going, let's getacquainted 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 TrainerID, how many Poke Dollars (referred to henceforth as 'money') you currentlyhave, and how many Badges you've earned. Press A to see the back - the entirething's blank... for now. Press B Button to flip it back to the front, or pressA or Start to exit.

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

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

When the truck stops, leave by moving right. Your mother greets you andtakes 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," thentake the Potion. Go downstairs and your mother will tell you to quickly come tothe 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 willsuggest 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 isupstairs, or so she thinks. Well, let's investigate. Go up the steps and youwill find a lone Poke Ball on the floor. Examine it, and May will enter fromdownstairs. She'll introduce herself and explain that she heard about you fromdear old Dad. Well, that's fantastic. You've already made a name for yourselfand you've only been in Hoenn for five minutes.

She'll remember that she needed to go help Professor Birch out, and she'll goto 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 checkout 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. Acloser 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 aPokemon from his bag to battle the fearsome beast with the cute little tail andadorable raccoon eyes. The Pokemon you choose here will eventually become yourfirst 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. Itworks 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 thegame. However, due to the many types that resist Grass, and the equallyabundant 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 intoCombusken. Torchic is the #1 choice for most players, and is the recommendedchoice for beginners, in this writer's opinion. While Torchic has the hardesttime fighting alone against the first Gym, it has type advantages against avariety of types, making it easy to clear the game.

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

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

Zigzagoon is Lv.2, so it should die in two hits or so. If your Pokemon woulddie 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 youused 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 tobe a Pokemon Trainer. Sweet. Let's get going, shall we?

You have unlocked the Pokemon sub-menu. Use this menu to view your Pokemon'sstatus 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 theo---------------------------o next town, and few Pokemon. Kill your fair share| Zigzagoon (Rare) | of them and continue.| Wurmple (Common) || Poochyena (Common) | o----------------------------------------------oo---------------------------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 mano-----------------------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-----------------------oOne last thing - if at any time you ever buy exactly ten Poke Balls, theshopkeeper will give you a free Premier Ball. This has the same catch rate as aPoke Ball, but it looks prettier. Eleven Poke Balls for the price of ten! Not abad 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 rarePokemon. Whatever. Go north instead, to Route 103.

o---------------------------o| ROUTE 103 POKEMON LISTING | If you go up a little, you will see May. It mayo---------------------------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: 300o---------------o---------------o---------------o

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

People with Torchic can use Focus Energy (learned at Lv.6) to raise thecritical 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, whichwill make Pound do major damage. To somewhat counter Leer, use Growl.

Treecko-havers can use Leer to help increase Pound's damage. If Torchic usesGrowl, 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, andRoute 101. Get to the Pokemon Lab, and Professor Birch will bestow the Pokedexupon 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 seethe 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 shetalks to you, your mom will give you the Running Shoes. Press and hold B Buttonto dash. Be careful, though! If your Pokemon are weak and you're trying tosneak past a Trainer who isn't facing you, be sure to walk, not run! If you runpast a Trainer, the Trainer will face you, catch you, and fight you if youhaven'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 generalstrategy for catching any Pokemon is to use your Pokemon's moves to knock theHP of the wild Pokemon to a low level (shown by a red HP bar). Once there, youcan 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 normallyeasy to catch. For example, if you tried to catch a Zigzagoon at full HP with aPoke Ball, you would probably fail. If you tried to catch that same Zigzagoonwith 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 justas 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 thatguy's done sketching his feet. All that time, wasted. Bah. You'll find yourfirst real Trainer battles here.

o---------------------------o Youngster Calvin| ROUTE 102 POKEMON LISTING | Poochyena, Lv.5o---------------------------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, ando---------------------------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 damagingattack until Lv.6. Let Ralts lead a battle, then switch it out immediately soit will gain experience.

Youngster AllenZigzagoon, Lv. 5; Taillow, Lv.3Money: 48

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

Lass TianaZigzagoon, Lv.4; Shroomish, Lv.4Money: 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 thereo--------------------------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 willo--------------------------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 encountera Ralts. Watch him battle and capture the Ralts. Overjoyed, he will take youback to the Gym and return the Zigzagoon to Norman. He will then leave, and youare free to do the same after a few more words from Dad. You two will battlesomeday, but not at this time.

On your way out of the city, a guy in sunglasses will come up to you andpromptly diss you. We'd love to throttle this punk who dares to belittle thefuture Champion, but he takes off before we get a chance to. Leave west to thefirst 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 too---------------------------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.7o---------------------------o Money: 112

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

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

That wasn't so hard, was it? Go back to Petalburg and heal. Buy a couple ParlyzHeals and then get your butt into the woods near Cindy. Don't forget to grabthe 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 LyleWurmple, Lv.3 (x4)Money: 48

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

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

Team Aqua GruntPoochyena, Lv.9Money: 180

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

Bug Catcher JamesNincada, 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 squaresnortheast 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 ito------------------------------------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 too------------------------------------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 rightoutside this shop who will give you TM09, Bullet Seed, for free.

Time to get down to business - massacring Trainers.

Rich Boy Winston Lass HaleyZigzagoon, Lv.7 Lotad, Lv.6; Shroomish, Lv.6Money: 1400 Money: 96

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

Money: 144 Money: 280

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 thefence and the trees. Follow this path to get an X Defend, then backtrack andenter 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 Potionso-------------------------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 too-------------------------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 ahouse containing a guy who will trade you his Seedot for your Ralts. You canfind your own Seedot much later, so only do this trade if you're really thatdesperate 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 GymTrainers. There are only three of them, and the first one is right in front ofyou.

Youngster JoshGeodude, Lv.10Money: 160

Now here's the fun part. A new feature in Pokemon Emerald is that if you enterthe 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 justfight 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 directlyspeaking to that Trainer.

Once you've blazed through this yawn-fest, heal if you need to, then come backand 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 noeasy pickings there. It has an Oran Berry attached to it, and Roxanne has twoPotions at her disposal. Each of her Pokemon know Rock Tomb, a Rock-type attackthat will lower Speed by 1 level with each hit. Defeat Roxanne to earn theStone 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, orjust get a Cut slave. Nincada's a good bet, and we can get one in about 30seconds.

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. Followthe Devon Researcher to the end of Rustboro City, but go right instead (youcan't explore Route 115 right now). Devon Researcher will ask you to retrievethe 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 oneo---------------------------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 KarenWurmple, Lv.8; Nincada, Lv.8 Shroomish, Lv.9Money: 128 Money: 180

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

Hiker ClarkGeodude, Lv.8Money: 320

When you get to the cave, continue right and pick up the X Special from theplateau. Then return to the entrance and hear about this old guy, Briney, andhis darling little Wingull, Peeko. Turns out that the grunt we're after alsoganked 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 wheno--------------------------------o you talk to him, he'll start a fight.

Team Aqua GruntPoochyena, Lv.11Money: 220

Afterwards, he forks over the goods, and Mr. Briney will take Peeko. You can'tgo right because some rocks are in your way, so leave from where you came. Thistime, on your way back, use Cut and take the upper path. There are moreTrainers and items for you.

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

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

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

Youngster JoeyMachop, Lv.9Money: 144

When you get back into the city, the Devon Researcher will give you anotherGreat Ball as thanks. He'll also take you to see the president of DevonCorporation, but not before asking you to deliver those goods yourself to aCaptain 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 hiserrand boy.

Leave Devon Corporation and a worker will stop you. He'll take the PokeNav andtweak 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'llcall 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 meanthat 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 byPetalburg 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. Ifyou tell her no, she'll just babble at you and leave you be. If you talk to heragain, 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:

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|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 yourdisposal. A Wing Attack or two should do the job.

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

Unless you traded a Pokemon in from Ruby or Sapphire, you don't have anyElectric-type moves at your disposal. You can use Bide and pay back Wingull'sdamage 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, butif you have a Shroomish, Absorb means you win.

Treecko can also easily be taken care of with a Wingull of your own, should youhave one. Wing Attack is strong and will OHKO it if your Wingull is a highenough 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 onyour 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 anX Accuracy.

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

Don't equip them. They're just a waste of time, because the amount it doesincrease the damage by is so insignificant that you'd barely, if ever, notice adifference. 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 examinethe empty patch in the grass, found in the lower left corner. It's aTinymushroom. 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, butcontinue 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'llstart sailing. On the way to Dewford, Norman will call, and you will registerhim 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 theguy 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, youwill hear the trendy saying. You can pick two words or phrases and change thissaying anytime you like. Doing so will change the six tiles on which Feebaswill appear on Route 119. The tiles are not set with each phrase, so if you andyour friend have the same trendy phrase, you won't necessarily find Feebas onthe same tiles.

Of course, I find it infinitely easier to trade a Feebas or Milotic from Rubyor Sapphire into Emerald and breed to get more. No point in sufferingneedlessly, 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 getbrighter 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 LauraMeditite, Lv.13Money: 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 TakaoMachop, Lv.13Money: 416

Now go right and up.

Black Belt CristianMakuhita, Lv.13Money: 416

Simply go right and up a little, then right.

Battle Girl JocelynMeditite, Lv.13Money: 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| Name | Lvl | Name | Lvl | Name | Lvl |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 FocusPunch, which will murder your Pokemon if it hits. When fighting Meditite, donot use any moves that do not cause damage, unless you want to die. Makuhitahas Vital Throw, which never misses, but goes second. If you have a Kirlia, useConfusion to put Makuhita in its place. Defeat Brawly to earn the KnuckleBadge, 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 foryou 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 aregood choices, as well as Ralts on Route 102. Head out to Route 106. There aretwo Trainers for you to battle here.

Fisherman Ned Fisherman ElliotTentacool, Lv.11 Magikarp, Lv.10 (x2); Tentacool, Lv.7Money: 440 Money: 400

Follow the shore on the path above Elliot to the last square. Press A to becomeone 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 arguablyo------------------------------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 asandy slope, and you'll find that you can't go up it. To do that, you will needthe Mach Bike. You will have a bicycle by the time you get the third badge, sofret not. Go straight down from here and you'll find a Poke Ball. Get back onthe path and go down the ladder at its end.

This is the only spot where you can find Sableye. You'll also see rocks thatcan be smashed. Breaking them is the only way to get Nosepass, but right nowyou 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 rockon a plateau. Examine this rock to get an Everstone. Go to the end of the pathand go up the ladder. Then go up the ladder to your left. You will be back onthe 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 theLETTER.STEVEN: Okay, thank you.You went through all this trouble todeliver 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 TM47in the TMs & HMs POCKET.STEVEN: Your POKEMON appear quitecapable.If you keep training, you could evenbecome the CHAMPION of the POKEMONLEAGUE one day. That's what I think.I know, since we've gotten to know eachother, let's register one another inour POKENAVS.... ... ... ... ... ...

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

He will leave, and you should do the same. Leave this room and jump the ledgeto 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, butshortly after emerging from Granite Cave, Roxanne called me and told me she'dlike 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 backto Rustboro City and go see Devon Corporation's president. As thanks fordelivering his letter, he will fork over the Experience Share. This item, whenheld, will automatically take half the experience points earned and give themto the holder of this item. The other half is evenly distributed between therest 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 andhave him take you to Slateport. If you went back to Rustboro, you'll have tosail 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 thelittle girl and she'll give you the Soft Sand, Ground's power-up item.

Go left and battle the sailor.

Sailor HueyWingull, Lv.12; Machop, Lv.12Money: 384

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

Tuber Ricky <- Team Battle! -> Tuber HaileyZigzagoon, 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 andthe sailor's shared tile of sight? Yep. That's right. Another Double Battle.

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

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

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

Defeat them in any order you wish. It is possible that you will fight Edmondand 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 goleft and enter the Seashore House.

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

Start with the tuber to your right upon entrance.

Tuber SimonAzurill, Lv.12; Marill, Lv.12Money: 48

Go straight up and take on the lady.

Beauty JohannaGoldeen, Lv.13Money: 1040

Two down, one to go!

Sailor DwayneWingull, Lv.11; Machop, Lv.11; Tentacool, Lv.11Money: 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 youSoda Pop at $300 a bottle after this. Soda Pop heals 10 HP more than SuperPotions 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-----------------------owant, or come back once you have more spare cash.

o------------------o| Northernmost man | <- This guy only starts selling you stuff after youo------------------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 nearanother guy in an apron. Talk to her, and she'll give you the Powder Jar so youcan crush berries. Berry Crush can only be done with FireRed, LeafGreen, orEmerald, 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 yourselfo--------------------------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 toteach one of your Pokemon a certain move... once. In comparison, they areliving, breathing TMs. It's suggested to never use Move Tutors until you arefinished with the game, because these moves cannot be passed on via breedingunless 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 topick up some Parlyz Heals.

Enough about that. Time to actually progress. By now I'm sure you've noticedthe long line of Team Aqua members in front of the museum (they, being themanly (sexy where applicable), respectable villains they are, are each payingthe fee to get in the museum). We need to go to the building just south ofthat, 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'sCaptain 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 togain 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. Butwait! Two Team Aqua Grunts come upstairs and demand the Devon Goods! Fight!

Team Aqua GruntCarvanha, Lv.15Money: 300

Fight again!

Team Aqua GruntZubat, Lv.14; Carvanha, Lv.14Money: 280

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

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

Er... no, apparently not. He introduces himself as Scott, and you will registerhim in your PokeNav. He wants to look at the talents of other Trainers, so hetakes 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 thechallenge. 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 youdidn'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 smallero---------------------------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 KalebPlusle/Minun, Lv.14 Money: 2240 Minun/Plusle, Lv.14

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

Aroma Lady DaisyShroomish, Lv.14; Roselia, Lv.14Money: 560

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

Twins Amy & Liv* Pokefan Miguel*Plusle/Minun, Lv.15 Skitty, Lv.15Money: 360 Money: 1200

Now give the angry fisherman another reason to be angry.

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

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

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

Pick up the PP Up. Go behind the trees and get the berries, then continue leftand 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 upvarious challenges for you to beat, called Tricks. There are eight Tricks inall, 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 TimmyAron, Lv.15; Electrike, Lv.13Money: 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| Name | Lvl | Name | Lvl | Name | Lvl |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:

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|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 yourvictory 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 onGrovyle'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'renear 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 JosephLombre/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 AlyssaAbra, Lv.15 Money: 960 Magnemite, Lv.15

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

Fisherman DaleTentacool, 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, entero-------------------------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 geto-------------------------o your bike. Tell him you came from far away, and hewill generously offer to give you one of his bikes.

You can choose between the Mach Bike and the Acro Bike. The Mach Bike is usefulbecause you will travel extremely quickly, you can cross cracked floors, andyou can go up sandy slopes (like the one in Granite Cave). The downside is thatit's hard to turn corners because you're going so fast, you cannot do trickslike 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 runningwithout 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 theAcro Bike, and you can also hop up small stones by bunny hopping (hold B whilenot 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. Thisguy's hair color depends on the last digit of your Trainer ID, and he doesdifferent 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 aword, 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 beput in the word bank.

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

...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 thenthey can do it themselves. For example, if you change a word to the song (0 or1) and mix records with your friend, who has the hip phrase guy (2 or 3), youwill get the hip phrase guy and your friend will get your altered song. Yourfriend can then edit the song and mix records again, so he will get the hipphrase guy back (plus another new word or phrase to use) and you will get theedited 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 oneof your Pokemon.

Since we're near the Gym, let's head inside. No, wait, there's a small boy inthe way. Could have sworn we've seen him before. White shirt... pea soup greenhair... oh, it's Wally! He wants to challenge this Gym, but his uncle steps into lay down the law. Wally desperately wants to prove himself to his uncle, sohe 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 WallyRalts, Lv.16Money: 960

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

After the fight, Wally's uncle will ask you to visit Wally in Verdanturf Townto the west. We'll be doing that, but not right now. After they leave, Scottwill 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 GameCorner, check section 17.

There's just one small thing you should do before battling Wattson, and that'sto 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 willneed 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, butthe second one will.

Triathlete Abigail* Triathlete AnthonyMagnemite, Lv.16 Magnemite, Lv.14 (x2)Money: 640 Money: 560

Triathlete Benjamin* Triathlete JasmineMagnemite, Lv.16 Magnemite, Lv.14 (x2); Voltorb, Lv.6Money: 640 Money: 240

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

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

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

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

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

Youngster BenZigzagoon, Lv.17; Gulpin, Lv.17Money: 272

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

Bug Maniac Angelo <- Team Battle! -> Guitarist ShawnIllumise/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| Name | Lvl | Name | Lvl | Name | Lvl |o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o| Kirlia | 23 | Koffing | 23 | Manectric | 26 |o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o| Wailmer | 25 | Trapinch | 23 |o------------o-----o------------o-----o

Wattson's* Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o| Name | Lvl | Name | Lvl | Name | Lvl |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, likeGeodude with Magnitude. Sure, Wattson has a little bit of anti-Electricmeasures, but none of then step to the awesome of Ground. Each of Wattson'sPokemon know Shock Wave, which never misses as long as the foe is on screen. Itmay 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 abilityto 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 haveour third Badge, we're ready to get out of here, but which way? Mauville Cityhas four different routes leading out of the city, one in each compassdirection.

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 exploremost of it, but the battles here are designed to fight right now, while theexperience 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 DeandreRoselia (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.15Money: 640 Money: 480

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 RockSmash.

===============================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, ito---------------------------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 oneo---------------------------o isn't Ditto. If you make the female (or Ditto ifthe other parent is male) hold the Everstone, there is a 50% chance the babywill have the same nature as the other parent. This is Emerald only. AlsoEmerald only is the secret behind Volt Tackle. If you breed two Pikachu, twoRaichu, one of each, or pair either Pikachu or Raichu with Ditto, and makesomething that isn't Ditto hold the Light Ball, then breed, the baby Pichu willknow 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.17Money: 544

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

Triathlete Dylan*Doduo, Lv.17Money: 680

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

Triathlete Maria*Doduo, Lv.17Money: 680

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

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

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

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

Bug Maniac DerekDustox, Lv.16; Beautifly, Lv.16Money: 960

Walk through the flowers and pick up the Great Ball on the lower right side. Goall 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.11Money: 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 ino---------------------------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 stepsbelow the stairs and take one step left. Press A for the Blackglasses, Dark'spower-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 MikeGeodude, Lv.16 (x2); Machop, Lv.16Money: 640

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

Leave through the west exit. Talk to the Devon Researcher and he'll give you aRepeat 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 upperleft corner, she will give you TM45, Attract.

There's a girl who will tell you how much your lead Pokemon likes you. Shelives 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'dlike, 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 Ropefirst) and ride up the sandy slope. You'll see a ladder, but it's easier tojust 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 whileaccelerated. There's a point to stop in the middle, and the second patch ofcracked 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 alsodescend 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 CelinaSandshrew, Lv.19 Money: 1024 Roselia, Lv.18

To the right is Trainer Hill. It isn't open yet, and there is nothing ofimportance 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 HaydenShroomish, Lv.18 Money: 864 Numel, Lv.18

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

Winstrate Victor Winstrate VictoriaTaillow, Lv.16; Zigzagoon, Lv.16 Roselia, Lv.17Money: 640 Money: 680

Winstrate Vivi Winstrate VickyMarill, Lv.15; Shroomish, Lv.15; Numel, Lv.15 Meditite, Lv.18Money: 600 Money: 720

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

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

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

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

Picnicker Irene Camper TravisShroomish, Lv.17; Marill, Lv.17 Sandshrew, Lv.18Money: 272 Money: 288

You'll come to a fork in the road. One path leads up, one leads left. You can'tgo up, though, since there's a sandstorm and you don't have proper eyeprotection. 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: 288o---------------------------o

Picnicker Carol

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

Go up to the mountain base and fight the Hikers.

Hiker Trent* Hiker BriceGeodude, Lv.16 (x2)/17 Numel, Lv.17; Machop, Lv.17Money: 640 Money: 680

There are two Team Magma goons blocking the path, so you can't use the cablecar. 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 useo----------------------------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 youo----------------------------o might not get them in a team battle.

Kindler Bryant <- Team Battle! -> Aroma Lady ShaylaNumel/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 thesandy slope. A Trainer awaits you to the right.

Black Belt DaisukeMachop, Lv.19Money: 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.17Money: 816

Above this guy is a guy who will give you TM43, Secret Power, if you agree touse it to make your own special room. This special room is called a SecretBase. Large trees like the one you're standing next to can be used for SecretBases. Each side of the tree is a different Secret Base. The indents in thewall 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 constantlytell 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.17Money: 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: 304o---------------------------oGo 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 youcan slaughter them in any order. All you need to do is walk between the ninjaboy and the camper guy.

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

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

Ninja Boy Lung <- Team Battle! -> Camper LawrenceKoffing/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.19Money: 760

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

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

o--------o------------o--------------------------------o See? Told you. All| COLOR | ASH NEEDED | EFFECT | these items aren'to--------o------------o--------------------------------o even worth getting.| Blue | 250 | Wakes a sleeping Pokemon. | You only need to buyo--------o------------o--------------------------------o one flute (they last| Yellow | 500 | Gets rid of confusion. | forever), but if youo--------o------------o--------------------------------o really want to waste| Red | 500 | Destroys attraction. | your hard-earned asho--------o------------o--------------------------------o that badly, at least| White | 1000 | Encounter rate goes up. | save it for somethingo--------o------------o--------------------------------o a little less sucky| Black | 1000 | Encounter rate goes down. | (like the items thato--------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, ando------------------------o------------o takes up a ton of room in your Secret| PRETTY CHAIR | 6000 | Base. I don't care where it is, I justo------------------------o------------o don't think that the Pretty Desk goes| PRETTY DESK | 8000 | anywhere. The Pretty Chair doesn'to------------------------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 DillonAron, Lv.19Money: 304

Okay, just kidding.

Picnicker Sophie <- Team Battle! -> Bird Keeper CobyMarill, 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-wagglingo--------------------------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 pointbetween the third and fourth Badges. There's a Battle Tent here, and if youwant 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 heisn't in at the moment. He went to Meteor Falls with Team Magma... could he beone 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 Pokemona move it has forgotten that was already naturally learned. Of course, there'sa price, albeit a small one - all he wants is a Heart Scale. You don't haveany, 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 whostand in our way. Silly Trainers, little do they know of the horrible,agonizing defeat that awaits them.

Take this guy, for example.

Fisherman NolanBarboach, Lv.19Money: 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'llfork 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 CharlotteBarboach, Lv.19 Money: 1064 Nuzleaf, Lv.19

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

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

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

And now the girl just past the bridge.

Picnicker NancyMarill, Lv.18; Lombre, Lv.18Money: 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 oneo---------------------------o berry a day. His stock:

Wepear - Pinap

Challenge the girls.

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

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

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

Camper ShaneSandshrew, Lv.18; Nuzleaf, Lv.18Money: 288

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

Pokemaniac Steve*Aron, Lv.19Money: 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-clockwiseuntil you get to the next Trainer.

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

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

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

Death to yodelers.

Hiker LennyGeodude, Lv.18; Machop, Lv.18Money: 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 goingMeteor Falls' upper area, which to do at Mt. Chimney. You know, it's theyou need Waterfall to get to. oddest thing, but doesn't it sound likeNot only do you not have everyone in Meteor Falls is trying to tellWaterfall, but you can't use it you to go somewhere? I wonder where thatout 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.19Money: 608

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

Collector Hector <- Team Battle! -> Psychic MarleneZangoose/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 thebeach. Fight her.

Battle Girl Cyndy*Meditite, Lv.18; Makuhita, Lv.18Money: 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 summitbecause 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 112backwards. That means past Fallarbor, through Route 113, down Route 111, andthrough Fiery Path.

On your way out, push the boulder out of the way and follow the path to find aFire 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 toyou to assist. Feel free to go up the left side and walk between the two gruntswho want a piece of the future Champion.

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

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

Next?

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

Boss Magma is right ahead. Heal and save.

My Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o| Name | Lvl | Name | Lvl | Name | Lvl |o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o| Gardevoir | 30 | Koffing | 29 | Manectric | 29 |o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o| Wailmer | 29 | Trapinch | 31 |o------------o-----o------------o-----o

Maxie's Pokemon:

o------------o-----o------------o-----o------------o-----o| Name | Lvl | Name | Lvl | Name | Lvl |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), sinceMightyena's Intimidate Ability will hinder a physical attacker's ability to dowhat it does best: put the hurtin' on anything. Mightyena knows Sand-Attack, soyou need to be quick about killing it. I wasted time trying to get my Pokemonsome 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 whateverWater-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 andthanks 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