Appendix:Emerald walkthrough/Section 17

Battle Frontier

Battle Frontier

Main article: Battle Frontier

This is a fun place to go if you want to show off your battling skills, and you can purchase valuable items with Battle Points you've won. This is mainly a place to have fun and practice your skills. There is an old man in the house north of the Pokémon Center that can check the IVs of your Pokémon, if you're into that sort of thing. There is also a Level 40 Sudowoodo that people have mistaken for a tree. If you water it with the Wailmer Pail, it will attack and you can choose to capture or defeat it. Note that the Battle Frontier is for extremely skilled Trainers, who can get long streaks. That is the main purpose of most facilities, to train you not to lose.

Salon Maiden Anabel's Silver Symbol challenge

File:SpriteAnabel.png Salon Maiden Anabel Battle Tower Emerald Salon Maiden and Professor Anabel Oak Battle Tower Emerald Reward: 15BP

Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Unknown Held item: BrightPowder Alakazam Lv.50, 60-100 Ice Punch Ice   --       Fire Punch Fire   --       ThunderPunch Electric   --       Disable Normal   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: Lum Berry Entei Lv.50, 60-100 Fire Blast Fire   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --       Return Normal   --       Roar Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Immunity Held item: Quick Claw Snorlax Lv.50, 60-100 Body Slam Normal   --       Belly Drum Normal   --       Yawn Normal   --       Shadow Ball Ghost   --

Salon Maiden Anabel's Gold Symbol challenge

File:SpriteAnabel.png Salon Maiden Anabel Battle Tower Emerald Salon Maiden and Professor Anabel Oak Battle Tower Emerald Reward: 20BP

Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: Lum Berry Raikou Lv.50, 60-100 Thunderbolt Electric   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Rest Psychic   --       Types: Dragon Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: BrightPowder Latios♂ Lv.50, 60-100 Psychic Psychic   --       Dragon Claw Dragon   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --       Recover Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Unknown Held item: Chesto Berry Snorlax Lv.50, 60-100 Curse ???   --       Return Normal   --       Rest Psychic   --       Shadow Ball Ghost   --

Palace Maven Spenser's Pokemon Silver Symbol challenge

File:SpriteSpenser.png Palace Maven Spenser Battle Palace Emerald Palace Maven and Professor Spenser Oak Battle Palace Emerald Reward: 15BP

Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: BrightPowder Crobat Lv.50, 60-100 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Double Team Normal   --       Toxic Poison   --       Fly Flying   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Truant Held item: Scope Lens Slaking Lv.50, 60-100 Earthquake Ground   --       Swagger Normal   --       Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Brick Break Fighting   --       Types: Water Ice Ability: Water Absorb Held item: Quick Claw Lapras Lv.50, 60-100 Ice Beam Ice   --       Horn Drill Normal   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Protect Normal   --

Palace Maven Spenser's Gold Symbol challenge

File:SpriteSpenser.png Palace Maven Spenser Battle Palace Emerald Palace Maven and Professor Spenser Oak Battle Palace Emerald Reward: 16BP

Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Flash Fire Held item: White Herb Arcanine Lv.50, 60-100 Overheat Fire   --       ExtremeSpeed Normal   --       Roar Normal   --       Protect Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Truant Held item: Scope Lens Slaking Lv.50, 60-100 Hyper Beam Normal   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Yawn Normal   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: King's Rock Suicune Lv.50, 60-100 Blizzard Ice   --       Surf Water   --       Bite Dark   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --

Spenser also has a Dusclops and Azurill, but they didn't participate in battle. Sprites of them are seen as Spenser gets ready for his battle with the player.

Factory Head Noland's Silver and Gold Symbol challenge

Like the player, he uses rental Pokémon. Therefore, all of his Pokémon are random for both the Gold and Silver Symbols, so he can use any Pokémon except for those that are not admissible in the Battle Frontier; these include Mewtwo, Mew, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Celebi, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Jirachi, and Deoxys.

Pyramid King Brandon's Silver Symbol challenge

File:SpriteBrandon.png Pyramid King Brandon Battle Pyramid Emerald Pyramid King and Professor Brandon Oak Battle Pyramid Emerald Reward: 16BP

Type: Rock Unknown Ability: Clear Body Held item: Quick Claw Regirock Lv.50, 60-100 Explosion Normal   --       Superpower Fighting   --       Earthquake Ground   --       AncientPower Rock   --       Type: Steel Unknown Ability: Clear Body Held item: Leftovers Registeel Lv.50, 60-100 Earthquake Ground   --       Metal Claw Steel   --       Toxic Poison   --       Iron Defense Steel   --       Type: Ice Unknown Ability: Clear Body Held item: Chesto Berry Regice Lv.50, 60-100 Ice Beam Ice   --       Amnesia Psychic   --       Thunder Electric   --       Rest Psychic   --

Pyramid King Brandon's Gold Symbol challenge

File:SpriteBrandon.png Pyramid King Brandon Battle Pyramid Emerald Pyramid King and Professor Brandon Oak Battle Pyramid Emerald Reward: 19BP

Types: Ice Flying Ability: Pressure Held item: Scope Lens Articuno Lv.50, 60-100 Blizzard Ice   --       Water Pulse Water   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Types: Electric Flying Ability: Pressure Held item: Lum Berry Zapdos Lv.50, 60-100 Thunder Electric   --       Detect Fighting   --       Drill Peck Flying   --       Light Screen Psychic   --       Types: Fire Flying Ability: Pressure Held item: BrightPowder Moltres Lv.50, 60-100 Fire Blast Fire   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Safeguard Normal   --

Dome Ace Tucker's Silver Symbol challenge

File:SpriteTucker.png Dome Ace Tucker Battle Dome Emerald Dome Ace and Professor Tucker Oak Battle Dome Emerald Reward: 13BP

Types: Fire Flying Ability: Blaze Held item: White Herb Charizard Lv.50, 60-100 Overheat Fire   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Types: Water Ground Ability: Torrent Held item: Focus Band Swampert Lv.50, 60-100 Surf Water   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Counter Fighting   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: Lum Berry Salamence Lv.50, 60-100 Earthquake Ground   --       Brick Break Fighting   --       Dragon Claw Dragon   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --

Dome Ace Tucker's Gold Symbol challenge

File:SpriteTucker.png Dome Ace Tucker Battle Dome Emerald Dome Ace and Professor Tucker Oak Battle Dome Emerald Reward: 15BP

Types: Dragon Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: Chesto Berry Latias♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Thunderbolt Electric   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --       Rest Psychic   --       Types: Water Ground Ability: Torrent Held item: Leftovers Swampert Lv.50, 60-100 Surf Water   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Mirror Coat Psychic   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Clear Body Held item: Quick Claw Metagross Lv.50, 60-100 Psychic Psychic   --       Meteor Mash Steel   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Protect Normal   --

Arena Tycoon Greta's Silver Symbol challenge

File:SpriteGreta.png Arena Tycoon Greta Battle Arena Emerald Arena Tycoon and Professor Greta Oak Battle Arena Emerald Reward: 12BP

Types: Bug Fighting Ability: No ability Held item: Salac Berry Heracross Lv.50, 60-100 Megahorn Bug   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --       Endure Normal   --       Reversal Fighting   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: Leftovers Umbreon Lv.50, 60-100 Psychic Psychic   --       Body Slam Normal   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Faint Attack Dark   --       Types: Bug Ghost Ability: Wonder Guard Held item: BrightPowder Shedinja Lv.50, 60-100 Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Return Normal   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --

Arena Tycoon Greta's Gold Symbol challenge

File:SpriteGreta.png Arena Tycoon Greta Battle Arena Emerald Arena Tycoon and Professor Greta Oak Battle Arena Emerald Reward: 13BP

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: Chesto Berry Umbreon Lv.50, 60-100 Double-Edge Normal   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Rest Psychic   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: Leftovers Gengar Lv.50, 60-100 Psychic Psychic   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Dream Eater Psychic   --       Destiny Bond Ghost   --       Types: Grass Fighting Ability: Effect Spore Held item: Lum Berry Breloom Lv.50, 60-100 Spore Grass   --       Focus Punch Fighting   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Headbutt Normal   --

Pike Queen Lucy's Silver Symbol challenge

File:SpriteLucy.png Pike Queen Lucy Battle Pike Emerald Pike Queen and Professor Lucy Oak Battle Pike Emerald Reward: 11BP

Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: Quick Claw Seviper Lv.50, 60-100 Swagger Normal   --       Crunch Dark   --       Poison Fang Poison   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Types: Bug Rock Ability: Sturdy Held item: Chesto Berry Shuckle Lv.50, 60-100 Toxic Poison   --       Sandstorm Rock   --       Protect Normal   --       Rest Psychic   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Marvel Scale Held item: Leftovers Milotic Lv.50, 60-100 Surf Water   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Mirror Coat Psychic   --       Recover Normal   --

Pike Queen Lucy's Gold Symbol challenge

File:SpriteLucy.png Pike Queen Lucy Battle Pike Emerald Pike Queen and Professor Lucy Oak Battle Pike Emerald Reward: 18BP

Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: Focus Band Seviper Lv.50, 60-100 Swagger Normal   --       Crunch Dark   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Types: Steel Ground Ability: Unknown Held item: BrightPowder Steelix Lv.50, 60-100 Earthquake Ground   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Screech Normal   --       Explosion Normal   --       Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: Chesto Berry Gyarados Lv.50, 60-100 Dragon Dance Dragon   --       Return Normal   --       Roar Normal   --       Rest Psychic   --

Weather Institute

There is a meteorologist here that has found unusual weather patterns. On certain Routes, there will be a downpour or unusually bright sunlight. Routes with unusual weather are where either Terra Cave or Marine Cave will appear. The caves are where Groudon and Kyogre await, respectively. But you have to get to the Route that the cave is on very quickly. If you don't, the cave will vanish and its counterpart will be available instead! Before you start chasing these miraculously teleporting caves, keep in mind that Kyogre and Groudon are Level 70 and extremely powerful!

Marine Cave

File:Marine Cave map.gif

Marine Cave locations

Marine Cave can appear on the following routes, depending on the scientist's indication of unusually heavy rain:

• Route 105
• Route 125
• Route 127
• Route 129

When you arrive at the route the scientist indicated, you must find and dive into a small dive square somewhere on the route. Resurface, enter the cave there, and find Kyogre in a pool at the back. It is stationary and will not disappear, so don't worry about leaving the cave to return later if you feel you can't fight it yet. You can even enter battle with it and then run away, and it will still be there. (Don't defeat it, however, unless you are going to trade someone for it or don't plan on capturing it at all.)

File:Spr 3e 382pokemon=Kyogre.png	Types: Unknown Unknown Ability: Drizzle Held item: None
Missingno. Lv.70
Hydro Pump Water   --       Rest Psychic   --       Sheer Cold Ice   --       Double-edge Normal   --

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Terra Cave

File:Terra Cave map.gif

Terra Cave locations

Terra Cave can appear on the following routes, depending on the scientist's indication of unusually bright sunlight:

• Route 114
• Route 115
• Route 116
• Route 118

When you arrive at the route the scientist indicated, you must find the cave bathed in bright sunlight on the route. (On Route 104, you will need Waterfall to access it.) Enter the cave and find Groudon in a pool of lava at the back. It is stationary and will not disappear, so don't worry about leaving the cave to return later if you feel you can't fight it yet. You can even enter battle with it and then run away, and it will still be there. (Don't defeat it, however, unless you are going to trade someone for it or don't plan on capturing it at all.)

File:Spr 3e 383pokemon=Kyogre.png	Types: Unknown Unknown Ability: Drought Held item: None
Missingno. Lv.70
Fire Blast Fire   --       Rest Psychic   --       Fissure Ground   --       Solarbeam Grass   --

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Catching the Regis

Note: The Regis can be caught any time after you have seven Gym Badges.

These interesting creatures are considerably easier to catch than Kyogre or Groudon because they are each only Level 40. Each one is in a tiny cave on a different route, accessible only after the Sealed Chamber's puzzle has been solved.

Unlocking the Sealed Chamber

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First room of Sealed Chamber

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Second room of Sealed Chamber

File:Sealed Chamber Underwater.png

The underwater path to the Sealed Chamber

You will need Surf, Dive, a Relicanth, a Wailord, and a Pokémon knowing Dig to successfully open the Sealed Chamber. A Relicanth can be caught in underwater patches of seaweed, and Wailord evolves from Wailmer at Level 40 and is also extremely rarely found on Route 129. (Evolving Wailord from Wailmer is much easier than trying to find a wild one, since it has a 1% encounter rate.)

On Route 134, there is a certain spot where you can use Dive. Dive there, and once you're underwater, head through the door and continue traveling south to reach a strange inscription. this inscription is coded in Braille. At the exact spot in front of the inscription, use Dive again. You will now be in a mysterious cave filled with mounds of earth. Position Wailord in the first slot of your party and Relicanth in the sixth. At the north end of the cave, there is another inscription. Use Dig right in front of it to open the door to the next room. In the second room, read the inscription in the northern part of the room and there will be an earthquake! The Regis are now unlocked.

Regice

File:Island Cave RSE.png

Outside of Island Cave

Regice awaits in the Island Cave, accessible by Surf on Route 105. This cave also has a puzzle, but it's easy. Following the braille inscription's directions ("Stay close to the wall. Run around one lap."), run counterclockwise once around the the inside of the cave, staying as close to the wall as possible. If you do it right, the door will open.

Before you talk to Regice to start the battle, make sure that you have 45 or more Ultra Balls with you. It will take 10, 20, 30, or maybe even 40 tries to catch this Pokémon. If you think you're ready, save your game and then talk to Regice. (Prepare for some interesting battle music.)

	Types: Ice Unknown Ability: Clear Body Held item: None
Regice Lv.40
Icy Wind Ice   --       Curse ???   --       Superpower Fighting   --       AncientPower Rock   --

Regice is weak to Fire-, Steel-, Rock-, and Fighting-type moves. Don't take it lightly because of all these weaknesses— its defensive stats are massive, with Special Defense in particular being truly astounding. The only one of its attacks you need to be wary of is Icy Wind. With Regice's abysmal Attack, Superpower and AncientPower won't do much. Get its HP down to red and then keep chucking Ultra Balls until you catch it. If something goes wrong, like if you accidentally knock Regice out or it knocks itself out with Struggle, simply turn off your game (if you saved beforehand as instructed) and everything will be OK again.

Regirock

File:Desert Ruins RSE.png

Outside of Desert Ruins

Regirock awaits in the Desert Ruins of Route 111's desert. You will need Rock Smash. This braille inscription says, "Left, left, down, down. Then, use Rock Smash." Read the inscription and take two steps west and two steps south. Then, use Rock Smash and the door will open. As with Regice, before you start the battle, make sure that you have 45 or more Ultra Balls with you. It will take 10, 20, 30, or maybe even 40 tries to catch this Pokémon. If you think you're ready, save your game and then talk to Regirock.

	Types: Rock Unknown Ability: Clear Body Held item: None
Regirock Lv.40
Rock Throw Rock   --       Curse ???   --       Superpower Fighting   --       AncientPower Rock   --

Regirock is weak to Fighting-, Ground-, Grass-, Steel-, and Water-type moves. Use a supereffective move or two to get Registeel's HP down to under half, and then use normally effective or "not very effective" attacks to gets its HP down to red. Then, throw Ultra Balls until you catch it, making sure to watch out for Rock Throw, Superpower, and AncientPower! Regirock's base Attack of 100 (which can boost with Curse) can be a real threat. Don't use Pokémon weak to Rock or Fighting in this battle unless they are extremely high-leveled. If things go wrong, turn off the power and things will be OK again. Always save beforehand when attempting to capture Legendary Pokémon unless you're using a Master Ball.

Registeel

File:Ancient Tomb RSE.png

Outside of Ancient Tomb

Registeel awaits in the Ancient Tomb on Route 120. You will need Flash. The inscription reads "Those who inherit our will, shine in the middle." this time. What you need to do is stand in the center of the cave and use Flash. If you do it right, the door will open. You know the drill— just like with the other two Regis, first make sure that you have 45 or more Ultra Balls with you, then save your game and then talk to Registeel.

	Types: Steel Unknown Ability: Clear Body Held item: None
Registeel Lv.40
Metal Claw Steel   --       Curse ???   --       Superpower Fighting   --       AncientPower Rock   --

Registeel is weak to Fighting-, Ground-, and Fire-type moves. Keep in mind that its Defense and Special Defense are quite good. Use a supereffective move or two to get Registeel's HP down to under half, and then use Electric-type or Water-type attacks to gets its HP down to red. Then, throw Ultra Balls until you catch it. (Remember, if you mess up in some way, turning off the power will fix everything since you saved the game beforehand.)

Now that you've caught all the Legendary Pokémon in the game, there aren't any official quests left, except completing the Pokédex! With 386 Pokémon in this game, it'll be harder than it was in the past two generations, and you'll need to trade with other games to get them all, but completing the National Pokédex is an achievable goal. You can also rematch the Gym Leaders and perfect your skills at the Battle Frontier. This concludes the Emerald walkthrough!

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