Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald (RSE)

Generation 3 · Hoenn

Explore Hoenn route by route in Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, with map-backed Pokémon locations and a growing library of step-by-step guides.

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Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald interactive map (Hoenn)

Pokémon in this game

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Guides for this game

Orange Mail in Pokémon Emerald: Where to Buy & Use It — Buy Orange Mail in Pokémon Emerald for 50 at Petalburg City. Follow screenshots to write a message, give it to a Pokémon and avoid the Harbor Mail mix-up.
Pokémon Emerald Battle Frontier: All 7 Facilities & Brains — 7 Brains: Anabel (Tower), Tucker (Dome), Spenser (Palace), Greta (Arena), Noland (Factory), Lucy (Pike), Brandon (Pyramid) — Symbol streaks, teams & BP.
How to Catch Feebas in Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald — How to get Feebas and Milotic in Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald: find the 6 Route 119 fishing tiles, then evolve Feebas with 170 Beauty.
How to Catch Rayquaza, Groudon & Kyogre in Emerald — Cross Sky Pillar's cracked floors for Rayquaza, then use Emerald's weather reports to find Groudon in Terra Cave and Kyogre in Marine Cave.
How to Unlock the Regis in Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald — Wailord first or Relicanth first? The Route 134 dive, the Sealed Chamber braille and all three Regi doors — with exact steps for R/S and Emerald.
Abandoned Ship Guide: Scanner, Storage Key & All Rooms — How to clear the Route 108 wreck: the Storage Key and TM13, the four cabin keys, the hidden Scanner, and Stern's DeepSeaTooth or DeepSeaScale choice.
Deoxys on Birth Island: Emerald, FireRed & LeafGreen — Deoxys waits at Lv 30 on Birth Island. The AuroraTicket events, the exact triangle-puzzle solution, and which forme you get in each Gen 3 game.
How to Get Chikorita, Cyndaquil & Totodile in Emerald — Catch 200 Hoenn Pokémon and Professor Birch offers one Johto starter in Emerald. What counts as complete, and how to get the other two.
How to Catch Latios & Latias in Emerald — Choose the blue or red TV report in Emerald, track the level 40 roamer, trap it with Wobbuffet and learn how the Eon Ticket unlocks the other Lati.
How to Get Mew in Emerald: Faraway Island — Catch level 30 Mew on Emerald's Faraway Island. The Old Sea Map was a Japan and Taiwan event item and is no longer distributed.
Emerald Secret Bases: All 24 Layouts, 75 Spots & Decorations — All 24 Secret Base room layouts in Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, each with every spot that opens into it, plus all 120 decorations and where to get them.
How to Reach Mirage Island in Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald — Mirage Island appears only when a daily number matches a hidden value of a Pokémon in your party. The real mechanic, the Pacifidlog check, and the odds.
All Move Tutors in Pokémon Emerald (Locations & Moves) — Every Emerald move tutor: ten free one-time tutors across Hoenn and both repeatable Battle Frontier BP tutors, with locations and prices.
Trick House Guide: All 8 Puzzles in Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald — Every Trick House puzzle on Route 110: when each of the 8 unlocks, the HMs you need, where the Trick Master hides, and all rewards up to the final tent.
Where to Find Every HM in Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald — Find all eight Hoenn HMs in Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, with each location, giver and Badge needed for field use.
Pokémon Emerald Gym Leaders & Elite Four (+ Ruby/Sapphire) — Emerald Gym order: Roxanne (Rock, Stone), Brawly (Fighting, Knuckle), Wattson (Electric, Dynamo), then five more. Ruby/Sapphire differences & teams.
Pokémon Transfer Chart: How to Move Pokémon Between Games — Interactive Pokémon transfer chart from Red and Blue through DS and 3DS to Switch and HOME, including Pal Park, Poké Transporter, Bank and GO.
Pokémon Catch Rate Calculator: Gen 1 to 9, Game by Game — Your catch chance per ball, HP and status, with your game’s own formula — Red and Blue to Scarlet and Violet.
Best HM Helpers in Every Pokémon Game — Which Pokémon should carry your HMs, from Red and Blue to HeartGold and SoulSilver — and where to catch them.
Pokémon Event Distributions: Every Past Giveaway — Every Pokémon event since 1997: bonus discs, e-Reader cards, Mystery Gift, serial codes and Pokémon HOME gifts.
Before Pokémon Bank Shuts Down: The DS, 3DS & GBA Checklist — Pokémon Bank ends 25 Feb 2027. A tickable checklist of the Pokémon, events and ribbons to secure on old cartridges before the last bridge to HOME closes.
Pokémon EV Training Guide: Effort Values & Best Spots — What Effort Values do, how the 510 and 252 caps work, and the fastest EV training spot for every stat in Generations 3 to 9.
Pokémon Ribbon Calculator & Ribbon Master Guide — Pick a Pokémon to check its obtainable Ribbons by game. Add optional Marks and see which depend on its original catch.
Pokémon RSE Contest Guide: Win Every Category — Win Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald Contests with five practical movesets, Pokéblock preparation, scarves, combos and Master Rank tactics.
RSE Contest Paintings: Fill Lilycove Museum — Collect every Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald Contest painting: curator setup, the exact 800-point score, Artist Ribbon and Glass Ornament.
Berry Master Codes: Wife Phrases in Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald — Get Berry Master codes and exact wife phrases for Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. Find the Route 123 house, daily gifts and rare Berry rewards.
All Berries in Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald: Hoenn BerryDex — Explore the Hoenn BerryDex for Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald: all 43 Berries, locations, growth, watering, battle effects and EV reduction.
Pokéblock Recipes in Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald — Make effective Gen 3 Pokéblocks with solo recipes, Nature preferences and Feel planning. Find the Case, Blender Master and Emerald Berry Crush.
Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald Pokédex Completion Guide — Complete Hoenn's 200 required entries, unlock the National Dex, claim the diplomas and plan the trades and other games needed for all 386 Pokémon.
Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald Trainer Card Stars Guide — Get the gold Trainer Card: Hoenn Pokédex, five museum paintings and the correct Battle Tower or Battle Frontier requirement for your edition.
Ruby & Sapphire Battle Tower Guide: Rules, Prizes & Teams — The original Ruby and Sapphire Battle Tower: how to get there, Level 50 vs Level 100 rules, saving, every prize, the 50-win star and a sample team.

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Edition differences

Emerald only — in Ruby and Sapphire this island holds the Battle Tower, not the Battle Frontier.
In Ruby and Sapphire the Battle Tower stands alone on this island; in Emerald it is one facility inside the Battle Frontier.
Trainer Hill, on Route 111, is Emerald only — it does not exist in Ruby or Sapphire.
Emerald only — the Mirage Tower appears in the Route 111 desert in Emerald; Ruby and Sapphire have no Mirage Tower.
Emerald only — Emerald places the Team Magma Hideout at Jagged Pass; in Ruby it is located near Lilycove City instead.
The north-eastern expansion of the Safari Zone is Emerald only — it is absent in Ruby and Sapphire.

References

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