Appendix:Emerald walkthrough/Section 11

Slateport City

When you reach Slateport City, Captain Stern will be interviewed by Gabby & Ty. But suddenly, Team Aqua's Archie is on a megaphone announcing the stealing of the submarine. head inside the harbor to find Team Aqua's other executive Matt and Archie, who gets away to their hideout in Lilycove City. If you have a scanner, he will trade either the DeepSeaScale or the DeepSeaTooth, which are needed to have a Clamperl evolve into both Gorebyss and Huntail respectively, for it and you will receive either them before you head on.

Aqua Hideout

The Aqua Hideout entrance

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Now that you're back at Lilycove City, you can surf north to Team Aqua's hideout. You want to get to the submarine and find Archie! There are several teleport platforms scattered about, which you will need to use to get to the top floor. The room with the Master Ball can be reached after you complete a puzzle consisting of a room with 3 teleporter choices (left, middle, and right), where you progress forward to the next 3 teleporters if you choose the correct teleporter, or go backwards if you choose the wrong one. Once you reach the puzzle, take the left teleporter, then the middle teleporter, the left teleporter, the left teleporter in the next room to the room with the Master Ball. This is the only Master Ball you will ever find in the game without getting a winning lottery ticket in the Lilycove Department Store.

Items
Item Location Games Master Ball Middle room on 2nd floor, the top-left item a cluster of two real and two fake items, just after a maze of teleports  E  Nugget The bottom-left item in the same cluster as the Master Ball  E  Max Elixir Near generator-like thing on 2nd floor, accessible with right teleport near stairs  E  Nest Ball West-middle room on 3rd floor  E

Available Pokémon
Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Special Pokémon Electrode R S E Fake item 30 Two A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Trainers

Trainer Pokémon Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $640 Poochyena♂ Lv.32 No item Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $640 Carvanha♀ Lv.32 No item Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $640 Zubat♂ Lv.31 No item Carvanha♂ Lv.31 No item Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $640 Poochyena♀ Lv.31 No item Zubat♀ Lv.31 No item Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $640 Carvanha♂ Lv.32 No item Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $640 Zubat♂ Lv.32 No item Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $640 Zubat♀ Lv.32 No item Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $640 Carvanha♂ Lv.32 No item Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

After defeating the grunts, talk to Matt and he will challenge you for the first and only time in the game.

Aqua Admin Matt Aqua Hideout Emerald Reward: $1360 Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♂ Lv.34 Scary Face Normal   --       Swagger Normal   --       Odor Sleuth Normal   --       Roar Normal   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♂ Lv.34 Bite Dark   --       Supersonic Normal   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Wing Attack Flying   --

After his defeat, leave the hideout and heal your Pokémon at the Pokémon Center, as you likely need to do so. The location of the next Gym is Mossdeep City, which is at the eastern end of Route 124.

Route 124

Route 124

Route 124 is a large water route between Lilycove and Mossdeep City. Follow the route as it bends southeast. You will encounter several dark patches as you navigate the waters: these are dive spots that provide access to the underwater portion of the route, although you will need HM08 (Dive) (obtained later on) in order to use them.

Items

Item Location Games Blue Shard Near the center of the route  E  Red Shard Near the northwest corner of the route  E  Yellow Shard Near the northeast corner of the route  E  Green Shard Near the southwest corner of the route  E  Calcium Hidden in the dark spot on the seafloor directly beneath the northern, centered Dive spot  E  Heart Scale Hidden in the dark spot on the seafloor directly beneath the eastern of the two Dive spots located in the most open part of the route  E  Carbos Hidden under the empty square of sand on the seafloor in the cul-de-sac of seaweed  E  Big Pearl Hidden in the dark spot on the seafloor directly beneath the larger than usual Dive spot just southwest of the Treasure Hunter's house  E

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Tentacool R S E Surfing 5-35 60% Wingull R S E Surfing 10-30 35% Pelipper R S E Surfing 25-30 5% Magikarp R S E Fishing Old Rod 5-10 70% Tentacool R S E Fishing Old Rod 5-10 30% Magikarp R S E Fishing Good Rod 10-30 60% Tentacool R S E Fishing Good Rod 10-30 20% Wailmer R S E Fishing Good Rod 10-30 20% Wailmer R S E Fishing Super Rod 20-45 60% Sharpedo R S E Fishing Super Rod 30-35 40% A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Trainers

Trainer Pokémon Swimmer Grace Reward: $272 Marill♀ Lv.34 No item Swimmer Declan Reward: $272 Gyarados♂ Lv.34 No item Sis and Bro Lila & Roy Reward: $792 Chinchou♂ Lv.34 No item Carvanha♂ Lv.33 No item Swimmer Spencer Reward: $264 Tentacool♂ Lv.33 No item Wingull♂ Lv.33 No item Swimmer Jenny Reward: $272 Wailmer♀ Lv.34 No item Swimmer Chad Reward: $264 Tentacool♂ Lv.33 No item Wailmer♂ Lv.33 No item Swimmer Roland Reward: $272 Carvanha♂ Lv.34 No item Triathlete Isabella Reward: $1360 Staryu Lv.34 No item Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

Diving Treasure Hunter

The Diving Treasure Hunter is a man who lives in a small hut on an island near the eastern terminus of the route and will exchange colored Shards for evolutionary stones. Shards can be found held by certain underwater Pokémon. This is one of the few ways to obtain evolutionary stones, so take advantage of this guy!

Shard Traded item Blue Shard Water Stone Red Shard Fire Stone Green Shard Leaf Stone Yellow Shard Thunderstone

Mossdeep City

Mossdeep City

Mossdeep City is situated on a large island east of Route 124. The Mossdeep Space Center is located here, which boasts of being "the closest place to space".

Items
Item Location Games Net Ball In the southeast corner of the city.  E  King's Rock Obtained from a boy outside Steven's house.  E  Sun Stone Obtained from a man inside the Space Center.  E  HM08 (Dive) Received from Steven.*  E  Super Rod Received from the Fisherman in the northernmost house.  E

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Gift Pokémon Beldum R S E Gift 5 One Fishing and Surfing Tentacool R S E Surfing 5-35 60% Wingull R S E Surfing 10-30 35% Pelipper R S E Surfing 25-30 5% Magikarp R S E Fishing Old Rod 5-10 70% Tentacool R S E Fishing Old Rod 5-10 30% Magikarp R S E Fishing Good Rod 10-30 60% Tentacool R S E Fishing Good Rod 10-30 20% Wailmer R S E Fishing Good Rod 10-30 20% Wailmer R S E Fishing Super Rod 25-45 60% Sharpedo R S E Fishing Super Rod 30-35 40% A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

In one of the houses, a boy will inform you of where your secret base is located, in case you forgot. In another house, a Black Belt will tell you which Pokéblocks your Pokémon prefer. Another Black Belt standing outside on the beach will teach your Pokémon DynamicPunch. In the northernmost house, the Fishing Guru will give you a Super Rod.

Route 125

Route 125

Route 125 lies north of the city. The route does not connect anywhere, although it does contain Shoal Cave, as well as a number of Trainers and a Big Pearl on the second island to the east. It would be a good idea to train here for your upcoming Gym battle.

Items
Item Location Games Big Pearl On the second island on east path  E

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Fishing and Surfing Tentacool R S E Surfing 5-35 60% Wingull R S E Surfing 10-30 35% Pelipper R S E Surfing 25-30 5% Magikarp R S E Fishing Old Rod 5-10 70% Tentacool R S E Fishing Old Rod 5-10 30% Magikarp R S E Fishing Good Rod 10-30 60% Tentacool R S E Fishing Good Rod 10-30 20% Wailmer R S E Fishing Good Rod 10-30 20% Wailmer R S E Fishing Super Rod 25-45 60% Sharpedo R S E Fishing Super Rod 30-35 40% A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Trainers

Trainer Pokémon Sailor Ernest Reward: $1056 Wingull♂ Lv.33 No item Machoke♂ Lv.33 No item Swimmer Nolen Reward: $272 Tentacruel♂ Lv.34 No item Swimmer Sharon Reward: $272 Seaking♀ Lv.34 No item Swimmer Tanya Reward: $272 Luvdisc♀ Lv.34 No item Bird Keeper Presley Reward: $1056 Tropius♂ Lv.33 No item Xatu♂ Lv.33 No item Expert Auron Reward: $1320 Manectric♂ Lv.33 No item Machamp♂ Lv.33 No item Swimmer Stan Reward: $272 Horsea♂ Lv.34 No item Sr. and Jr. Kim & Iris Reward: $1120 Swablu♂ Lv.32 No item Numel♂ Lv.35 No item Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

Shoal Cave

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The entrance room at low tide.

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The entrance room at high tide.

Items
Item Location Games Big Pearl First floor  E  Ice Heal Third floor  E  Focus Band Fourth floor from the Black Belt  E  NeverMeltIce Ice Floor  E  Rare Candy Second floor  E  Shell Bell Old man near entrance  E  Shoal Salt ×4 Multiple floors during low tide  E  Shoal Shell ×4 Multiple floors during high tide  E  TM07 (Hail) Ice Floor  E

Available Pokémon

Main Room Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Spheal R S E Cave 26-32 50% Zubat R S E Cave 26-32 45% Golbat R S E Cave 32 5% Fishing and Surfing Tentacool R S E Surfing 5-35 60% Zubat R S E Surfing 5-35 30% Spheal R S E Surfing 25-35 10% Magikarp R S E Fishing Old Rod 5-10 70% Tentacool R S E Fishing Old Rod 5-10 30% Magikarp R S E Fishing Good Rod 10-30 60% Tentacool R S E Fishing Good Rod 10-30 20% Wailmer R S E Fishing Good Rod 10-30 20% Wailmer R S E Fishing Super Rod 20-45 100% A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. Ice Room Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Spheal R S E Cave 26-32 45% Zubat R S E Cave 26-30 40% Snorunt R S E Cave 26-30 10% Golbat R S E Cave 30-32 5% A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Shoal Cave is the only place in where wild Spheal and Snorunt can be encountered. The cave has several levels of terrain, only reachable during certain times of the day, due to tides. During high tide, you may access different areas by Surfing that could not be accessed on foot during low tide. This feature greatly limits the amount of area that you can access, but at the same time, allows you to explore areas that can not be explored when the cave isn't flooded.

Tides

Time				▼
	12	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Tide	High tide			Low tide						High tide						Low tide						High tide

Four Shoal Salts (which can only be found at low tide) and four Shoal Shells (which can only be found at high tide) can be found in the Shoal Cave. If you pick up all four of each, you can give the ingredients to the old man in the first room of the cave, and he will make a Shell Bell for you. You can get infinite Shell Bells, Shoal Salts, and Shoal Shells this way, because every time you have a Shell Bell made, the ingredients reappear.

Mossdeep Gym

Mossdeep Gym's layout

As you might have noticed, the seventh Gym is located here, led by Tate and Liza who will challenge you to a Double Battle! The specialty here is in Psychic-type Pokémon. The highest-leveled Pokémon in the Gym are Level 42, so training to at least that level before challenging the Gym is recommended. When you're ready, enter the Gym.

Similar to Saffron Gym in Kanto, Mossdeep Gym contains a series of rooms connected by warp tiles. Each room contains several Trainers, as well as obstacles on spinners that rotate when certain tiles are stepped on, changing the path and often bringing you right into the lines of sight of the enemy Trainers.

As stated before, the Trainers here use Psychic-type Pokémon, which are weak to Bug-, Dark-, and Ghost-type attacks. Psychic-types are strong against Fighting- and Poison-types, so don't use those Pokémon in this Gym challenge. Dark-types are immune to Psychic attacks, and Dark-type moves can be learned by a wide variety of Pokémon, so be sure to use that to your advantage here.

Mossdeep Gym

Trainers Trainer Pokémon Psychic Preston ヒロム Hiromu Reward: $864 Kirlia♂ Lv.36 No item Psychic Maura ヒカリ Hikari Reward: $864 Kadabra♂ Lv.36 No item Psychic Samantha ミライ Mirai Reward: $864 Xatu♀ Lv.36 No item Psychic Blake サトキ Satoki Reward: $864 Girafarig♂ Lv.36 No item Psychic Macey フサコ Fusako Reward: $864 Natu♀ Lv.36 No item Psychic Virgil ユウヤ Yūya Reward: $864 Ralts♂ Lv.36 No item Psychic Hannah アスカ Asuka Reward: $864 Kirlia♀ Lv.36 No item Gentleman Nate トニー Tony Reward: $2880 Spoink♂ Lv.36 No item Gentleman Clifford スティーブ Steve Reward: $2880 Girafarig♂ Lv.36 No item Hex Maniac Kathleen ユキヨ Yukiyo Reward: $864 Kadabra♂ Lv.36 No item Psychic Nicholas ユキヨ Yukiyo Reward: $864 Wobbuffet♂ Lv.36 No item Hex Maniac Sylvia アサヨ Asayo Reward: $864 Meditite♀ Lv.36 No item Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon. Leader Tate&Liza Mossdeep City Emerald Reward: $8400 Types: Ground Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Claydol Lv.41 Earthquake Ground   --       AncientPower Rock   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Light Screen Psychic   --       Types: Psychic Flying Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Xatu♂ Lv.41 Psychic Psychic   --       Sunny Day Fire   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --       Types: Rock Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: Sitrus Berry Lunatone Lv.42 Light Screen Psychic   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --       Types: Rock Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: Sitrus Berry Solrock Lv.42 Sunny Day Fire   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Flamethrower Fire   --       Psychic Psychic   --

When you challenge the Gym Leaders, they will send out Claydol, a Psychic/Ground-type, and Xatu, a Psychic/Flying-type. Claydol knows Earthquake, a powerful Ground-type attack that will hit both your Pokémon unless they have the Ability Levitate or are Flying-type. Note that all of Tate and Liza's Pokémon are immune to Ground-type moves due to this very fact. Xatu also has the powerful attack Psychic, the Rock-type move AncientPower, and the defensive move Light Screen, which reduces Special Attack damage done to its team by one-third. It has a huge number of weaknesses, however: Ice-, Electric-, Ghost-, Dark-, and Bug-type attacks will all do super-effective damage to it, so use moves of those types to take it out. Claydol, on the other hand, is weak to Water-, Grass-, Ice-, Ghost-, Dark-, and Bug-type attacks.

Once Xatu and Claydol are taken care of, the next Pokémon will be Solrock and Lunatone. These two are both Psychic/Rock-types, and are therefore greatly damaged by Water, Grass, and Steel-type attacks as well as the usual Psychic-type weaknesses of Dark-, Ghost-, Bug-types. Solrock knows the move Sunny Day, which raises the power of Fire-type attacks. However, it also knows SolarBeam, a Grass-type move with 120 base power that will not need to waste a turn for charging during sunny weather. It also takes advantage of Sunny Day to give boost its Flamethrower attack. Grass-, Bug-, Ice-, and Steel-types will need to watch out! Lunatone is more defensive, with Light Screen, Calm Mind, and Hypnosis to make your Pokémon fall asleep, as well as Psychic.

When they are defeated, Tate and Liza will give you the Mind Badge and TM04 (Calm Mind). Exit the Gym using the warp tiles and then head to the Mossdeep Space Center.

Space Center

The Mossdeep City Space Center

At the Mossdeep City Space Center, you will find that Team Magma has taken over the building. After failing to take control of Groudon, Team Magma is trying to obtain rocket fuel to use to make Mt. Chimney erupt. The group sent a letter to the Space Center, informing them that they will take the rocket fuel, which has caused a panic.

Enter the Space Center and defeat all of the Team Magma Grunts. On the second floor, the player meets up with Steven Stone and pairs up with him to Double Battle against Maxie and Tabitha.

Trainers

1st Floor Trainer Pokémon Team Magma Grunt Reward: $620 Zubat♀ Lv.31 No item Poochyena♀ Lv.31 No item Team Magma Grunt Reward: $640 Numel♂ Lv.32 No item Team Magma Grunt Reward: $640 Baltoy Lv.32 No item Team Magma Grunt Reward: $600 Mightyena♂ Lv.26 No item Mightyena♂ Lv.28 No item Numel♂ Lv.30 No item Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon. 2nd Floor Trainer Pokémon Team Magma Grunt Reward: $640 Zubat♂ Lv.32 No item Team Magma Grunt Reward: $640 Mightyena♂ Lv.32 No item Team Magma Grunt Reward: $640 Baltoy Lv.32 No item Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

On the second floor, you will catch up with Steven Stone and fight with him in a Double Battle against two high-ranking Team Magma members— Admin Tabitha and the leader, Maxie. Apparently, their plan was to steal rocket fuel and then dump it into Mt. Chimney to make it erupt. Crazy, right?

Magma Leader and Magma Admin Maxie Tabitha Mossdeep Space Center Emerald Reward: $5120

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♂ Lv.42 Take Down Normal   --       Swagger Normal   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Taunt Dark   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Crobat♂ Lv.43 Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Air Cutter Flying   --       Mean Look Normal   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Types: Fire Ground Ability: Magma Armor Held item: None Camerupt♂ Lv.44 Earthquake Ground   --       Amnesia Psychic   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Take Down Normal   --       Types: Fire Ground Ability: Oblivious Held item: None Camerupt♂ Lv.36 Take Down Normal   --       Amnesia Psychic   --       Focus Energy Normal   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♂ Lv.38 Scary Face Normal   --       Swagger Normal   --       Roar Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♂ Lv.40 Air Cutter Flying   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Bite Dark   --       Wing Attack Flying   --

Pokémon Trainer Steven Mossdeep Space Center Emerald Reward: None

Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Clear Body Held item: None Metang Lv.42 Psychic Psychic   --       Metal Claw Steel   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Light Screen Psychic   --       Types: Steel Flying Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Skarmory♀ Lv.43 Toxic Poison   --       Protect Normal   --       Steel Wing Steel   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Types: Steel Rock Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Aggron♀ Lv.44 Protect Normal   --       Thunder Electric   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Dragon Claw Dragon   --

After being defeated, Maxie starts to question whether he's really doing the right thing by trying to expand the landmass. Steven will thank you for your help and give you HM08 (Dive), so that you can go underwater on water routes. Afterwards, you'll need to traverse Route 127 on your way to Sootopolis City and its Gym. Also, now that you have all the necessary HMs, you may at any time click here and follow the directions to unseal and catch a special trio of Pokémon.

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