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Pokémon Emerald Wiki & Guide

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Quick reference for the definitive Game Boy Advance Hoenn adventure: a walkthrough from Littleroot Town to Champion Wallace and the Battle Frontier, all 83 locations with wild Pokémon and encounter rates, trainers and items from the game data, every Gym and League team with rematches, the rival battles and every legendary.

Released
2004–2005
System
Game Boy Advance
Pokédex
202 Hoenn · 386 National
Locations
83

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WalkthroughAll 18 parts, Littleroot to the FrontierHoenn locations83 towns, routes and dungeonsWhere to find every PokémonEvery species and methodGym LeadersAll 8 teams and rematchesElite FourSidney, Phoebe, Glacia, DrakeChampion Wallace & StevenTeams and strategyRival battlesMay, Brendan and WallyLegendary & gift PokémonRayquaza, Regis, event islandsBattle FrontierFacilities and Frontier BrainsTMs & HMsWhere to find them allPokédexAll 202 Hoenn PokémonImage galleryMaps, sprites and artwork

Starter Pokémon

TreeckoTreecko GrassGrovyle (Lv. 16)TorchicTorchic FireCombusken (Lv. 16)MudkipMudkip WaterMarshtomp (Lv. 16)

The eight Gyms

RoxanneRustboro CityRock Lv. 15BrawlyDewford TownFighting Lv. 19WattsonMauville CityElectric Lv. 24FlanneryLavaridge TownFire Lv. 29NormanPetalburg CityNormal Lv. 31WinonaFortree CityFlying Lv. 33Tate & LizaMossdeep CityPsychic Lv. 42JuanSootopolis CityWater Lv. 46

Hoenn

Littleroot Town
Littleroot Town
Slateport City
Slateport City
Lilycove City
Lilycove City
Mt. Chimney
Mt. Chimney
Sootopolis City
Sootopolis City
Sky Pillar
Sky Pillar

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Quick tips

  • Register trainers in the PokéNav’s Match Call: they call when they want a rematch, with stronger teams each time.
  • Move Tutors around Hoenn teach strong moves such as Softboiled, Swords Dance and Mimic once each, and the Battle Frontier tutors teach more for Battle Points.
  • Pick Berries from the soft soil patches and replant them; they grow back in a few days.
  • Watch the TV news: a mass outbreak makes one rare Pokémon common on one route for a couple of days.
  • After the Hall of Fame, Latias or Latios roams Hoenn, Groudon and Kyogre hide in the Terra and Marine Caves, and Rayquaza, the Regis and the Battle Frontier are waiting.

FAQ

When did Pokémon Emerald come out?

September 16, 2004 (Japan); May 1, 2005 (North America); June 9, 2005 (Australia); October 21, 2005 (Europe).

What is new in Emerald compared with Ruby and Sapphire?

Both Team Magma and Team Aqua in one story, Rayquaza’s role in the climax, Juan as the Sootopolis Gym Leader and Wallace as Champion, Gym Leader rematches, Move Tutors, animated sprites, new areas such as the Battle Frontier, Artisan Cave and the Altering Cave, and the Johto starters as a post-game reward.

What is the Gym order?

Roxanne, Brawly, Wattson, Flannery, Norman, Winona, Tate & Liza, Juan.

What is the Battle Frontier?

Emerald’s post-game battle complex with seven facilities and seven Frontier Brains, reached on the S.S. Tidal. Battle Frontier guide.

Sources & picture credits

Guide text is original retrogameindex writing, checked against Bulbapedia and the game data. Wild Pokémon and encounter chances, items, trainers, rematch teams, gifts, trades and shops come from the pret/pokeemerald decompilation. Maps and sprites © Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK, archived from the Bulbagarden Archives; the Hoenn map is drawn from the game’s own PokéNav map graphics (listed on the image gallery).