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Mawile in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire: locations, stats and moves

Find Mawile’s Ruby/Sapphire encounters, original Steel typing, Generation III stats, ability slots, evolutions, breeding and exact-version moves.

Edition covered

Original Pokémon Ruby Version and Pokémon Sapphire Version for Game Boy Advance. Version-specific encounters and story roles are labelled. Emerald and the Nintendo 3DS remakes have separate rules and progression.

01

Generation III identity and base stats

Mawile is Hoenn #069 and National #303. Its original Ruby/Sapphire typing is Steel. The picture and base stats describe its original Generation III form on Game Boy Advance. Later Fairy typing, stat increases and evolutions are excluded.

Base stats describe the species; level, IVs, EVs and nature determine an individual’s actual battle stats.

Mawile
Mawile: original Generation III form, Hoenn #069.
Mawile original Ruby/Sapphire base stats
StatBase value
HP50
Attack85
Defense85
Sp. Atk55
Sp. Def55
Speed50
Total380
02

Where to obtain it in Ruby and Sapphire

Mawile is an ordinary Ruby exclusive; obtain it from a compatible trade when playing Sapphire. It is Steel-only in Generation III.

These records include only Ruby and Sapphire. Story flags, field moves, historical access and exceptional encounters retain their conditions; a listed location is not necessarily open on a new save.

Encounter methods · Legendaries and event access · Gifts, fossils and trades

Mawile original Ruby/Sapphire encounters
Location / areaVersionMethodLevelCondition
Granite Cave B1FRubyGrass / cave walking9–11No extra condition recorded
Granite Cave B2FRubyGrass / cave walking10–12No extra condition recorded
Cave Of Origin 1FRubyGrass / cave walking30–34No extra condition recorded
Cave Of Origin B1FRubyGrass / cave walking30–34No extra condition recorded
Cave Of Origin B2FRubyGrass / cave walking30–34No extra condition recorded
Cave Of Origin B3FRubyGrass / cave walking30–34No extra condition recorded
Victory Road B2FRubyGrass / cave walking40–44No extra condition recorded
Sky Pillar 1FRubyGrass / cave walking48–50No extra condition recorded
Sky Pillar 3FRubyGrass / cave walking51–53No extra condition recorded
Sky Pillar 5FRubyGrass / cave walking54–56No extra condition recorded
03

Evolution family and original requirements

Mawile has no evolution in the original Hoenn roster. Weather or Deoxys forms are separate from evolution; evolutions introduced in later generations cannot occur here.

Forms and collection requirements

04

Abilities, breeding and training reference

Mawile original ability slots
AbilitySlot
Hyper CutterRegular slot 1
IntimidateRegular slot 2

Ruby/Sapphire have no Hidden Abilities. Many abilities gained additional battle or overworld effects in later games; use the original effect in the linked ability reference.

Mawile breeding and training facts
PropertyValue
Gender ratio50% female / 50% male
Egg group(s)Field / Fairy
Base hatch cycles20
Experience growthFast
Base capture rate45 /255 (not a percentage chance)
EV yield when defeatedAttack +1, Defense +1

Use the Route 117 Day Care. Eggs hatch at Lv.5; Undiscovered-group Pokémon do not breed. Incense changes the baby result for the Marill and Wobbuffet families. Ruby/Sapphire do not have Emerald’s Everstone nature inheritance or Volt Tackle breeding, and no native Ditto catch is available.

Original breeding, EV, IV and nature rules

05

Ruby and Sapphire level-up moves

Mawile exact Ruby/Sapphire level-up learnset
LevelMove
1 / starting moveAstonish
6Fake Tears
11Bite
16Sweet Scent
21ViceGrip
26Faint Attack
31Baton Pass
36Crunch
41Iron Defense
46Spit Up
46Stockpile
46Swallow

Every row uses the original Ruby/Sapphire version group. Lv.1 entries include starting or reminder moves; a caught specimen need not know all listed moves. The Fallarbor Move Reminder charges a Heart Scale for an eligible level-up move.

06

Compatible TMs and HMs

Mawile compatible original machines
MachineMoveTypeOriginal category
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus
TM12TauntDarkStatus
TM17ProtectNormalStatus
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical
TM35FlamethrowerFireSpecial
TM37SandstormRockStatus
TM41TormentDarkStatus
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical
TM44RestPsychicStatus
TM45AttractNormalStatus
HM04StrengthNormalPhysical

Original TMs are consumed after use; HMs are reusable and require the relevant badges for field use. The Lilycove Move Deleter can remove HM moves. Generation III assigns damaging moves by type: Normal, Fighting, Flying, Poison, Ground, Rock, Bug, Ghost and Steel use Attack; Fire, Water, Grass, Electric, Psychic, Ice, Dragon and Dark use Sp. Atk. Status moves remain status moves.

All 50 TM and 8 HM locations

07

Egg moves and original move services

Recorded Ruby/Sapphire Egg moves: AncientPower, False Swipe, Poison Fang, Psych Up, Swords Dance, Tickle.

The father passes eligible Egg moves and compatible TM/HM moves; both parents knowing an eligible level-up move can also pass it. The Fallarbor reminder does not teach arbitrary Egg moves. Emerald’s additional move tutors and Battle Frontier are absent from Ruby/Sapphire.

For this Pokémon’s types, damaging Steel moves are physical. A move’s individual modern damage class must not replace the original type rule.

Move Reminder, Deleter and original services

08

Related species and return to the Pokédex

Return to Mawile in the illustrated Hoenn Pokédex.

    FIELD NOTE

    Use Mawile’s exact Ruby or Sapphire location and condition. Original game rules determine evolution, breeding and move damage categories.

    References