Hoenn Route 126

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Hoenn Route 126 １２６番水道 Sea Route 126

Map description Even a pro swimmer would need three entire days to circuit around the crater containing Sootopolis City.

Required for navigation Cut Surf Strength Flash Defog Whirlpool Rock Smash Waterfall Dive Rock Climb Bicycle Mach Bike Acro Bike Go-Goggles None

Connecting locations   ↑ Route 124   Route 126 Route 127 →   Secret Islet* ↓

Location Location of Route 126 in Hoenn.

Pokémon world routes ← Route 125       Route 127 →

Route 126 (Japanese: １２６番水道 Water Route 126) is a water route in eastern Hoenn, connecting Route 124 and Route 127. The route encircles Sootopolis City, a city built in the interior of an inactive volcanic island.

Route description

Heading clockwise from the northernmost point on the route, Route 126 proceeds east, meeting the southern terminus of Route 124 after a short distance. Southeast of this point, the route intersects a channel that leads to Route 127. Directly west of the middle of the channel is a Swimmer, one of three on the route. To the southwest, near the base of the volcano, is the second Swimmer. The third Swimmer is in the westernmost area of the route, accessible only by utilizing the network of underwater pathways.

An additional five Trainers were added to the route in Pokémon Emerald.

Underwater

Unlike Route 124, which had only small pools of deep water scattered throughout the route, most of Route 126 is deep enough to Dive into, including the area surrounding the volcano base. On the ocean floor, Trainers can pass through seaweed to catch wild Pokémon as well as enter Sootopolis City, the entrance of which is located on the southern side of the volcano on the ocean floor.

Items

Apart from the small sandbar which the player can land by Flying or soaring here in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire and the small bank accessible from Secret Islet (which both contain no items), Route 126 cannot be accessed without Surf, so all items located here require Surf to obtain.

Item		Location	Games
	Green Shard	Northwest corner of the route, accessible through an underwater passage on Route 124 (requires Dive)	R  S  E
	Green Shard	In the island in the northwest of the route, accessed by surfacing from the western surface spot of the underwater area accessed from the surfacing from the northern surface spot of the main underwater area (requires Dive)	OR  AS

Underwater

All items found underwater require Surf and Dive due to these being required to go underwater.

Item		Location	Games
	Ultra Ball	Near the northern Dive areas (hidden)	R  S  E
	Ultra Ball	In a large rectangular empty area southeast of the northwesternmost surface spot on the route, approximately two tiles north of the wall and centered horizontally — accessed by surfacing from the northernmost surface spot of the main route, then diving in the dive spot to the north of that, then travelling west (on the way to the Green Shard) (hidden)	OR  AS
	Stardust	In the northeast patch of seaweed (hidden)	R  S  E
	Stardust	Just west of the entrance to Sootopolis, in the westernmost empty tile among the seaweed (hidden)	OR  AS
	Heart Scale	In the northwest (hidden)	R  S  E
	Heart Scale	In the easternmost empty patch among the seaweed in the northern underwater area — accessed by surfacing from the northernmost surface spot of the main route, then diving in the dive spot to the north of that (on the way to the Green Shard) (hidden)	OR  AS
	Yellow Shard	In the middle of a small patch of seaweed to the far west (hidden)	R  S  E
	Yellow Shard	In the empty 2×2 square among the seaweed just southeast of the Sootopolis crater, beneath a school of Luvdisc (hidden)	OR  AS
	Pearl	In the middle of a small patch of seaweed to the far west (hidden)	R  S  E
	Pearl	In the empty 2×2 square among the seaweed just southwest of the Sootopolis crater (hidden)	OR  AS
	Iron	In the middle of a small patch of seaweed to the far west (hidden)	R  S  E
	Iron	In an empty tile among the seaweed just east of the entrance to Sootopolis, in the second closest empty tile to the entrance (hidden)	OR  AS
	Big Pearl	In a small clearing in the seaweed to the southeast (hidden)	R  S  E
	Big Pearl	In the left of two empty 2×2 squares among the seaweed north of the Sootopolis crater, close to Scuba Diver Tristan (hidden)	OR  AS
	Blue Shard	In the bare square among the seaweed in the very southwest (hidden)	R  S  E
	Blue Shard	In an empty area on the western edge of the main diving area, north of the surface spot to reach Swimmer Nikki and west of where a wall begins(hidden)	OR  AS
	Mind Plate	In the center of the bulbous cul-de-sac northwest of the crater, under a school of Luvdisc, southwest of the main underwater area's northernmost 2×2 surface spot that begins the path to the Green Shard (hidden)	OR  AS

Pokémon

Generation III

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
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%
Fishing
Tentacool	R		S		E		Fishing Old Rod	5-10	30%
Magikarp	R		S		E		Fishing Old Rod	5-10	70%
Tentacool	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	10-30	20%
Magikarp	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	10-30	60%
Wailmer	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	10-30	20%
Sharpedo	R		S		E		Fishing Super Rod	30-35	40%
Wailmer	R		S		E		Fishing Super Rod	25-45	60%
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.

Underwater

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Chinchou	R		S		E		Seaweed	20-30	30%
Clamperl	R		S		E		Seaweed	20-35	65%
Relicanth	R		S		E		Seaweed	30-35	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.

Generation VI

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Tentacool	OR			AS			Surfing	25	50%
Tentacruel	OR			AS			Surfing	30	15%
Pelipper	OR			AS			Surfing	25, 30, 35	35%
Surfing (exclusively as hidden Pokémon) After defeating or capturing Groudon/Kyogre
Finneon	OR			AS			Surfing	30	??%
Frillish	OR			AS			Surfing	30	??%
Alomomola	OR			AS			Surfing	30	??%
Fishing
Tentacool	OR			AS			Fishing Old Rod	5	35%
Magikarp	OR			AS			Fishing Old Rod	10, 15	65%
Tentacool	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	25	35%
Magikarp	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	25	60%
Wailmer	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	25	5%
Wailmer	OR			AS			Fishing Super Rod	30, 35, 40	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.

Underwater

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Chinchou	OR			AS			Seaweed	25	50%
Lanturn	OR			AS			Seaweed	30	15%
Clamperl	OR			AS			Seaweed	30	30%
Relicanth	OR			AS			Seaweed	30, 35	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.

Trainers

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Trainer	Pokémon
Swimmer Barry ガクジ Gakuji Reward: $280	Gyarados♂ Lv.35 No item
Swimmer Dean レツジ Retsuji Reward: $264	Carvanha♂ Lv.33 No item
	Wingull♂ Lv.33 No item
	Carvanha♂ Lv.33 No item
Swimmer Brenda テルミ Terumi Reward: $280	Goldeen♀ Lv.35 No item
Requires Dive
Swimmer Nikki シズエ Shizue Reward: $256	Marill♀ Lv.32 No item
	Wailmer♀ Lv.32 No item
	Spheal♀ 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.

Pokémon Emerald

Trainer	Pokémon
Swimmer Barry ガクジ Gakuji Reward: $272	Gyarados♂ Lv.34 No item
Swimmer Nikki シズエ Shizue Reward: $264	Marill♀ Lv.33 No item
	Spheal♀ Lv.33 No item
Triathlete Isobel キヌエ Kinue Reward: $1360 Potential Double Battle with Leonardo	Staryu Lv.34 No item
Swimmer Leonardo カズシゲ Kazushige Reward: $272 Potential Double Battle with Isobel	Carvanha♂ Lv.34 No item
Swimmer Dean レツジ Retsuji Reward: $248	Carvanha♂ Lv.31 No item
	Wingull♂ Lv.31 No item
	Carvanha♂ Lv.31 No item
Swimmer Sienna イクコ Ikuko Reward: $264 Potential Double Battle with Pablo	Luvdisc♀ Lv.33 No item
	Luvdisc♀ Lv.33 No item
Triathlete Pablo ヤスヒロ Yasuhiro Reward: $1320 Potential Double Battle with Sienna	Staryu Lv.33 No item
	Staryu Lv.33 No item
Requires Dive
Swimmer Brenda テルミ Terumi Reward: $272	Goldeen♀ 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.

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Trainer	Pokémon
Triathlete Denzel ショウト Shōto Reward: $1,560	Azumarill♂ Lv.39 No item
Swimmer ♂ Barry ガクジ Gakuji Reward: $624	Gyarados♂ Lv.39 No item
Swimmer ♀ Brenda テルミ Terumi Reward: $624	Ludicolo♀ Lv.39 No item
Ace Trainer Leopold シンイチロウ Shinichirō Reward: $2,340	Vibrava♂ Lv.39 No item
	Rhydon♂ Lv.39 No item
Ace Trainer Harriet ショウコ Shōko Reward: $2,460	Crobat♀ Lv.41 No item
Swimmer ♂ Dean レツジ Retsuji Reward: $592	Wailmer♂ Lv.35 No item
	Staryu Lv.36 No item
	Golduck♂ Lv.37 No item
Requires Dive
Swimmer ♀ Nikki シズエ Shizue Reward: $608	Luvdisc♀ Lv.36 No item
	Tentacruel♀ Lv.38 No item
Scuba Diver Yutaka ユタカ Yutaka Reward: $1,560	Pelipper♂ Lv.39 No item
	Lanturn♂ Lv.39 No item
Scuba Diver Tristan トキオミ Tokiomi Reward: $1,640	Wailord♂ Lv.41 No item
Free Diver Jillian ヨシコ Yoshiko Reward: $1,640	Azumarill♀ Lv.41 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.

Appearance

Game	Surface	Underwater
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald
Omega Ruby
Alpha Sapphire

See also

• Sootopolis City
• Underwater

Hoenn
Settlements Littleroot Town • Oldale Town • Petalburg City • Rustboro City • Dewford Town • Slateport City • Mauville City • Verdanturf Town Fallarbor Town • Lavaridge Town • Fortree City • Lilycove City • Mossdeep City • Sootopolis City • Pacifidlog Town • Ever Grande City Battle Frontier • Battle Resort Routes 101 • 102 • 103 • 104 • 105 • 106 • 107 • 108 • 109 • 110 • 111 • 112 • 113 • 114 • 115 • 116 • 117 • 118 119 • 120 • 121 • 122 • 123 • 124 • 125 • 126 • 127 • 128 • 129 • 130 • 131 • 132 • 133 • 134 • Underwater Landmarks Petalburg Woods • Rusturf Tunnel • Island Cave • Granite Cave • Abandoned Ship • Sea Mauville • Oceanic Museum Seaside Cycling Road • Trick House • Mauville Game Corner • New Mauville • Trainer Hill • Desert Ruins • Mirage Tower • Fiery Path Jagged Pass • Mt. Chimney • Desert Underpass • Meteor Falls • Weather Institute • Scorched Slab • Ancient Tomb • Safari Zone • Mt. Pyre Lilycove Museum • Shoal Cave • Team Aqua Hideout • Team Magma Hideout (Lilycove • Jagged Pass) • Mossdeep Space Center • Seafloor Cavern Cave of Origin • Mirage Island • Sky Pillar • Victory Road • Pokémon League • Sealed Chamber • Artisan Cave • Altering Cave • Southern Island Marine Cave • Terra Cave • Contest Hall • Battle Maison • Battle Tower • Battle Tent • Secret Islet • Secret Meadow • Secret Shore Mirage spots Mirage Caves • Mirage Forests • Mirage Islands • Mirage Mountains Crescent Isle • Fabled Cave • Gnarled Den • Nameless Cavern • Pathless Plain • Trackless Forest Access to Birth Island • Faraway Island • Navel Rock • Sky

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