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.

The maps

• Hoenn interactive map

Pokémon in this game

• Pokémon Ruby Pokédex · open this edition on the map
• Pokémon Sapphire Pokédex · open this edition on the map
• Pokémon Emerald Pokédex · open this edition on the map

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Guides for this game

• Pokémon Emerald Battle Frontier Guide: All 7 Facilities & Symbols — Every Emerald Battle Frontier facility explained — each gimmick, all 7 Frontier Brains, the exact Silver & Gold symbol streaks, BP and the banned list.
• How to Catch Feebas in Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald — Feebas hides on 6 random fishing tiles on Route 119. How the tiles work, how the Dewford trendy phrase changes them, and the fastest way to find yours.
• 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 Regirock, Regice & Registeel 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 (Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald) — 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.
• How to Catch 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 & the Old Sea Map) — Mew is a real Lv 30 catch on Emerald's Faraway Island — but the Old Sea Map was a Japan-only 2005 event. How it worked, and what that means today.
• 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.

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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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