Sableye in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire: locations, stats and moves
Find Sableye’s Ruby/Sapphire encounters, original Dark/Ghost typing, Generation III stats, ability slots, evolutions, breeding and exact-version moves.
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.
Generation III identity and base stats
Sableye is Hoenn #068 and National #302. Its original Ruby/Sapphire typing is Dark / Ghost. 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.
| Stat | Base value |
|---|---|
| HP | 50 |
| Attack | 75 |
| Defense | 75 |
| Sp. Atk | 65 |
| Sp. Def | 65 |
| Speed | 50 |
| Total | 380 |
Where to obtain it in Ruby and Sapphire
Sableye is an ordinary Sapphire exclusive; obtain it from a compatible trade when playing Ruby. Its original Dark/Ghost typing has no ordinary type weakness 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
| Location / area | Version | Method | Level | Condition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Cave B1F | Sapphire | Grass / cave walking | 9–11 | No extra condition recorded |
| Granite Cave B2F | Sapphire | Grass / cave walking | 10–12 | No extra condition recorded |
| Cave Of Origin 1F | Sapphire | Grass / cave walking | 30–34 | No extra condition recorded |
| Cave Of Origin B1F | Sapphire | Grass / cave walking | 30–34 | No extra condition recorded |
| Cave Of Origin B2F | Sapphire | Grass / cave walking | 30–34 | No extra condition recorded |
| Cave Of Origin B3F | Sapphire | Grass / cave walking | 30–34 | No extra condition recorded |
| Victory Road B2F | Sapphire | Grass / cave walking | 40–44 | No extra condition recorded |
| Sky Pillar 1F | Sapphire | Grass / cave walking | 48–50 | No extra condition recorded |
| Sky Pillar 3F | Sapphire | Grass / cave walking | 51–53 | No extra condition recorded |
| Sky Pillar 5F | Sapphire | Grass / cave walking | 54–56 | No extra condition recorded |
Evolution family and original requirements
Sableye has no evolution in the original Hoenn roster. Weather or Deoxys forms are separate from evolution; evolutions introduced in later generations cannot occur here.
Abilities, breeding and training reference
| Ability | Slot |
|---|---|
| Keen Eye | Regular 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Gender ratio | 50% female / 50% male |
| Egg group(s) | Human-Like |
| Base hatch cycles | 25 |
| Experience growth | Medium Slow |
| Base capture rate | 45 /255 (not a percentage chance) |
| EV yield when defeated | Attack +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.
Ruby and Sapphire level-up moves
| Level | Move |
|---|---|
| 1 / starting move | Leer |
| 1 / starting move | Scratch |
| 5 | Foresight |
| 9 | Night Shade |
| 13 | Astonish |
| 17 | Fury Swipes |
| 21 | Fake Out |
| 25 | Detect |
| 29 | Faint Attack |
| 33 | Knock Off |
| 37 | Confuse Ray |
| 41 | Shadow Ball |
| 45 | Mean Look |
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.
Compatible TMs and HMs
| Machine | Move | Type | Original category |
|---|---|---|---|
| TM06 | Toxic | Poison | Status |
| TM12 | Taunt | Dark | Status |
| TM17 | Protect | Normal | Status |
| TM21 | Frustration | Normal | Physical |
| TM27 | Return | Normal | Physical |
| TM28 | Dig | Ground | Physical |
| TM29 | Psychic | Psychic | Special |
| TM41 | Torment | Dark | Status |
| TM42 | Facade | Normal | Physical |
| TM44 | Rest | Psychic | Status |
| TM45 | Attract | Normal | Status |
| TM46 | Thief | Dark | Special |
| TM49 | Snatch | Dark | Status |
| HM01 | Cut | Normal | Physical |
| HM05 | Flash | Normal | Status |
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.
Egg moves and original move services
Recorded Ruby/Sapphire Egg moves: Moonlight, Psych Up, Recover.
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 Dark moves are special; Ghost moves are physical. A move’s individual modern damage class must not replace the original type rule.
Related species and return to the Pokédex
Return to Sableye in the illustrated Hoenn Pokédex.
Use Sableye’s exact Ruby or Sapphire location and condition. Original game rules determine evolution, breeding and move damage categories.