Desert Ruins Emerald · Dungeon

Map of Desert Ruins in Pokémon Emerald — Desert Ruins (in-game map)

The Desert Ruins is a small sealed chamber inside the sandstorm on Route 111, home to Regirock. It stays closed until you finish the Sealed Chamber puzzle. Inside, a Braille message tells you to take two steps left and two steps down, then use Rock Smash, which opens Regirock's room.

Wild Pokémon: None
Items: 0
Trainers: 0
HMs: Go-Goggles, Rock Smash

Connects to: Route 111

Where Desert Ruins is on the Hoenn map Desert Ruins on the Hoenn map

Gift and special Pokémon

Regirock Lv. 40 · One-off encounter

Open the Sealed Chamber first (Wailord first and Relicanth last in your party), then solve the Braille puzzle on the ruins’ wall.

Wild Pokémon

No wild Pokémon here.

Items

No items to pick up here.

Tips

You need the Go-Goggles to walk through the Route 111 sandstorm.
From the Braille wall, go left twice and down twice, then use Rock Smash from the party menu.
Regirock is Lv40; save before the battle in case it faints or you run out of balls.
There are no wild Pokémon or items in the ruins.

Walkthrough: Part 18: Post-game: Battle Frontier and Legendaries

More maps

Desert Ruins: Desert Ruins interior — Desert Ruins interior

FAQ

How do you get Regirock in Pokémon Emerald?

Solve the Sealed Chamber puzzle. Then, in the Desert Ruins, step left twice and down twice from the Braille wall and use Rock Smash.

Where are the Desert Ruins in Emerald?

In the desert on Route 111, which you need the Go-Goggles to explore.

What level is Regirock in Emerald?

Lv40.

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).