Appendix:Emerald walkthrough/Section 1

Your journey begins...

When you start a new game, Professor Birch will be there to greet you. He will introduce himself and talk about the relationships between Pokémon and humans. He goes on to mention the mysteries surrounding his studies of Pokémon. He then asks if you are a boy or a girl. Choose your preferred gender (it doesn't matter which one you pick, it won't affect the storyline). Birch will then ask for your name. Pick wisely —you will not be able to change your name or gender once you have started the journey.

Have courage, and leap into the world of Pokémon where dreams, adventure, and friendship await! -Professor Birch

Littleroot Town

Littleroot Town

After reading and completing the start-up screen with Professor Birch, you start in a moving truck. After exiting, you will meet with your mom who tells you to set your clock; after you have done that, you will be prompted to check your desk. You can withdraw a Potion from your PC. After doing this, head back downstairs. Your mom will be watching TV.

She quickly calls you to watch the TV, saying that your dad might be on TV. However, the program ends. Your mom will continue to talk, and you learn that your father is the Gym Leader of the Petalburg City Gym. Your mom then suggests that you go and meet your neighbors: May (if you chose to be a boy) or Brendan (if you chose to be a girl), who lives right next door. When you try to touch the item ball in their room, May/Brendan will appear and talk a little about what they want to do as a Trainer, and that Professor Birch is their father, before leaving.

Upon entering Route 101, you will find Professor Birch being attacked by a Zigzagoon. You will choose a Pokémon from his case to battle the Zigzagoon, either Treecko, a Grass-type, Torchic, a Fire-type, or Mudkip, a Water-type. This Pokémon will become your starter, so choose carefully.

Treecko		Torchic		Mudkip
Grass		Fire		Water
	Grovyle		Combusken		Marshtomp
Grass		Fire	Fighting	Water	Ground
	Sceptile		Blaziken		Swampert
Grass		Fire	Fighting	Water	Ground

After the Zigzagoon is defeated, Professor Birch invites you to his lab. He talks a little bit about the responsibility of being a Trainer, then lets you keep your Pokémon. He suggests that you go to Route 103 to battle May/Brendan.

Note: Hereinafter, going home and talking to your mom, she will heal to each of your Pokémon, just like a Pokémon Center.

Route 101

Route 101

In order to get to Route 103, need to take Route 101 to Oldale Town. With ledges blocking the way, you must go through the tall grass to keep moving north. Pokémon can be battled, but not captured, seeing as you don't have any Poké Balls yet. It is possible to train if you wish to raise your level to at least 7 or 8 to make it easier to face May/Brendan.

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Poochyena R S E Grass 2-3 45% Wurmple R S E Grass 2-3 45% Zigzagoon R S E Grass 2-3 10% Gift Pokémon Treecko R S E Starter Pokémon 5 One Torchic R S E Starter Pokémon 5 One Mudkip R S E Starter Pokémon 5 One Attacking Birch Zigzagoon R S E Only one 2 One 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.

Oldale Town

Oldale Town

Items

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Once in Oldale Town, you can learn about Poké Marts from the woman in an apron walking outside. After telling you about them, she gives you a Potion as a "promotional item". Apart from the Poké Mart, there's a Pokémon Center and a few people who will tell you about certain basic foundations for Trainers. There's also a man blocking Route 102. Seeing as your rival is as powerful as you are, it would be a good idea to heal your Pokémon at the Pokémon Center.

Route 103

Route 103

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Poochyena R S E Grass 2-4 60% Zigzagoon R S E Grass 2-4 30% Wingull R S E Grass 2-4 10% 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 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.

Travel northward up Route 103. This is the western side of the route. There is some tall grass with a few wild Pokémon.

At the end of the route will be May/Brendan. Talking to him or her will initiate your first battle.

If the player chose Treecko:	If the player chose Torchic:	If the player chose Mudkip:
PKMN Trainer Brendan Route 103 Emerald Reward: $300 Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Blaze Held item: None Torchic♂ Lv.5 Scratch Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       PKMN Trainer May Route 103 Emerald Reward: $300 Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Blaze Held item: None Torchic♂ Lv.5 Scratch Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --	PKMN Trainer Brendan Route 103 Emerald Reward: $300 Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: None Mudkip♂ Lv.5 Tackle Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       PKMN Trainer May Route 103 Emerald Reward: $300 Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: None Mudkip♂ Lv.5 Tackle Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --	PKMN Trainer Brendan Route 103 Emerald Reward: $300 Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Treecko♂ Lv.5 Pound Normal   --       Leer Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       PKMN Trainer May Route 103 Emerald Reward: $300 Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Treecko♂ Lv.5 Pound Normal   --       Leer Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --

After you win, (s)he'll leave, and tell you to come back to the lab. You'll have to walk back to Littleroot Town, but this time you can avoid the tall grass by jumping over the ledges.

Littleroot Town

Items

Item Location Games Pokédex From Birch in his lab, after the player defeats Brendan/May for the first time  E  Poké Ball ×5 From Brendan/May in Birch's lab, after the player receives their Pokédex  E  Running Shoes From the player's mother in the player's house, after getting the Pokédex  E  Amulet Coin From the player's mother in the player's house, after defeating Norman in a Gym battle  E  S.S. Ticket From Norman in the player's house, after entering the Hall of Fame for the first time  E  National Pokédex From Birch in his lab, after entering the Hall of Fame  E

Once you get back to Prof. Birch's lab, he'll give you the Pokédex, and your rival will give you five Poké Balls. Now you can catch Pokémon. The general strategy for catching any wild Pokémon is to use your Pokémon's moves to knock the HP of the wild Pokémon to a low level (shown by a red HP bar). Once there, you can use your Poké Balls to try to catch Pokémon.

You can leave for Petalburg City. Before you go, your mom walks out of your house and gives you the Running Shoes. She reads the instructions (hold down "B" while you're walking) and lets you go on.

When you go back to Oldale Town, the man blocking Route 102 will be gone, allowing you the access to this route, but first some annotations.

Note: Remember that each time you buy exactly ten Poké Balls in any Poké Mart, the shopkeeper will give you a free Premier Ball. That is, you will get eleven Poke Balls for the price of ten!

You can find Zigzagoon fairly easily in Route 103, and you might decide to catch a few of them. Zigzagoon is a good Pokémon to have for its ability Pickup for create items, and because it is capable of learning several HMs (the first one obtained in Rustboro City). It also can learn Covet to steal items from wild Pokemon at level 29 (35 as a Linoone).

Route 102

Route 102

Once on Route 102, you will face regular Trainers for the first time. You can also find you first set of Berries in the game.

You can find Lotad and Ralts here and decide to catch them. Lotad can help cover the weakness of your starter Pokémon because it is a Water/Grass-type, although its level-up movepool is quite lacking. Ralts, though quite rare, is nice for a trade in Rustboro City.

Trainers

Trainer Pokémon Youngster Calvin Reward: $80 Poochyena♂ Lv.5 No item Bug Catcher Rick Reward: $64 Wurmple♂ Lv.4 No item Wurmple♂ Lv.4 No item Youngster Allen Reward: $48 Zigzagoon♂ Lv.4 No item Taillow♂ Lv.3 No item Lass Tiana Reward: $64 Zigzagoon♀ Lv.4 No item Shroomish♀ Lv.4 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.

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Poochyena R S E Grass 3-4 30% Wurmple R S E Grass 3-4 30% Lotad R S E Grass 3-4 20% Zigzagoon R S E Grass 3-4 15% Ralts R S E Grass 4 4% Seedot R S E Grass 3 1% Surfing Marill R S E Surfing 5-35 99% Goldeen R S E Surfing 20-30 1% Fishing Magikarp R S E Fishing Old Rod 5-10 70% Goldeen R S E Fishing Old Rod 5-10 30% Magikarp R S E Fishing Good Rod 10-30 60% Goldeen R S E Fishing Good Rod 10-30 20% Corphish R S E Fishing Good Rod 10-30 20% Corphish 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.

Items
Item Location Games Oran Berry ×2 In the soft soil patch in the center of the route  E  Pecha Berry ×2 In the soft soil patch in the center of the route  E  Potion Southeast of the western terminus  E

Petalburg City

Petalburg City

Once in Petalburg City, you can walk into the Gym and talk to your dad. He'll tell you a little about battling Gym Leaders, and that he won't battle you yet because you're too weak. You will be able to battle him when you have four badges. Wally will walk in, saying that he wants a Pokémon, and Norman will lend him a Zigzagoon. You will then see a demo on how to catch a wild Pokémon by watching Wally catch a Ralts.

After Wally returns the Zigzagoon and leaves with his new Ralts, Norman will then tell you that you should head for Rustboro City to the north-west and battle the Leader there. You'll have to head west of Petalburg City and onto Route 104. On your way out you will (for the first time) encounter Scott, who recognizes you as a Pokémon Trainer, but doesn't feel that you are worthy yet for what he was going to ask.

Emerald walkthrough

Route 104, Petalburg Woods, Rustboro City, Route 115, Rustboro Gym, Route 116, Rusturf Tunnel Part 2 →

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