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

Find Rayquaza’s Ruby/Sapphire encounters, original Dragon/Flying 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

Rayquaza is Hoenn #200 and National #384. Its original Ruby/Sapphire typing is Dragon / Flying. 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.

Rayquaza
Rayquaza: original Generation III form, Hoenn #200.
Rayquaza original Ruby/Sapphire base stats
StatBase value
HP105
Attack150
Defense90
Sp. Atk150
Sp. Def90
Speed95
Total680
02

Where to obtain it in Ruby and Sapphire

Rayquaza is Lv.70 at Sky Pillar in both versions after the Hall of Fame. Bring the Mach Bike for the cracked floors. Emerald’s story visit and team crisis at Sootopolis are separate features.

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

Rayquaza original Ruby/Sapphire encounters
Location / areaVersionMethodLevelCondition
Sky Pillar ApexRubyStationary encounter70Sky Pillar opens after the Hall of Fame; Mach Bike required for cracked floors
Sky Pillar ApexSapphireStationary encounter70Sky Pillar opens after the Hall of Fame; Mach Bike required for cracked floors
03

Evolution family and original requirements

Rayquaza 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

Rayquaza original ability slots
AbilitySlot
Air LockRegular slot 1

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.

Rayquaza breeding and training facts
PropertyValue
Gender ratioGenderless
Egg group(s)Undiscovered
Base hatch cycles120
Experience growthSlow
Base capture rate3 /255 (not a percentage chance)
EV yield when defeatedAttack +2, Special Attack +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

Rayquaza exact Ruby/Sapphire level-up learnset
LevelMove
1 / starting moveTwister
5Scary Face
15AncientPower
20Dragon Claw
30Dragon Dance
35Crunch
45Fly
50Rest
60ExtremeSpeed
65Outrage
75Hyper Beam

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

Rayquaza compatible original machines
MachineMoveTypeOriginal category
TM05RoarNormalStatus
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus
TM14BlizzardIceSpecial
TM17ProtectNormalStatus
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical
TM24ThunderboltElectricSpecial
TM25ThunderElectricSpecial
TM26EarthquakeGroundPhysical
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical
TM35FlamethrowerFireSpecial
TM37SandstormRockStatus
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical
TM44RestPsychicStatus
TM50OverheatFireSpecial
HM02FlyFlyingPhysical
HM03SurfWaterSpecial
HM04StrengthNormalPhysical
HM07WaterfallWaterSpecial
HM08DiveWaterSpecial

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

No Ruby/Sapphire Egg moves are recorded for this form.

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 Dragon moves are special; Flying 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 Rayquaza in the illustrated Hoenn Pokédex.

    FIELD NOTE

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

    References