Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire/Petalburg Woods

File:PRS&E Petalburg Woods.png

New Pokémon Available

Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald
Shroomish Slakoth

Petalburg Woods is home to many bug type Pokemon, so bring some flying type pokémon, like Taillow or Wingull. Here is also a good place to level your Torchic, so that it becomes a Combusken before the first gym. Bring some potions, as the forest is full of pokémon. If you have not chosen Treecko as your starter, it is recommended to catch a Shroomish, as Rustboro City's gym is weak to Grass type attacks. Slakoth also appears in the grass patches, and can become an extremely valuable member of your team if you choose to evolve it into a Slaking at level 36.

A Team Grunt Attacks!

Eventually, you will see a man who is looking for a Shroomish. After he talks to you, a Team Grunt appears and attacks him. You will have to rescue the man by defeating the guy attacking him.

Ruby	Pokémon	Reward	Sapphire	Pokémon	Reward	Emerald	Pokémon	Reward
Team Magma Grunt	Poochyena (lvl. 9)	180	File:PKMN Emerald AquaGruntM.png Team Aqua Grunt	Poochyena (lvl. 9)	180	File:PKMN Emerald AquaGruntM.png Team Aqua Grunt	Poochyena (lvl. 9)	180

Once defeated, the Team grunt will run away, and the man will thank you gratefully and reward you with a Great Ball.

Head to Route 104 (North).

Return to the Forest

Come back after having obtained the HM Cut to access the rest of the forest. A girl will give you a Miracle Seed, an item that when held by a Pokémon, increases the power of grass type moves - considering the sheer quantity of water routes and Pokémon in these games, this will come in handy. You can also find a Great Ball and an X Attack, as well as two Tiny Mushrooms hidden in the area.

Trainers and Items

Ruby and Sapphire
File:PRS&E Bug Catcher.png	Bug Catcher Lyle Wurmple (lvl. 3, 34 EXP) Wurmple (lvl. 3, 34 EXP) Wurmple (lvl. 3, 34 EXP) Wurmple (lvl. 3, 34 EXP) Wurmple (lvl. 3, 34 EXP) Wurmple (lvl. 3, 34 EXP) 48

Ruby and Sapphire
File:PRS&E Bug Catcher.png	Bug Catcher James Nincada (lvl. 8, 111 EXP) 128

Emerald
File:PRS&E Bug Catcher.png	Bug Catcher Lyle Wurmple (lvl. 3, 34 EXP) Wurmple (lvl. 3, 34 EXP) Wurmple (lvl. 3, 34 EXP) Wurmple (lvl. 3, 34 EXP) 48

Emerald
File:PRS&E Bug Catcher.png	Bug Catcher James Nincada (lvl. 6, 82 EXP) Nincada (lvl. 6, 82 EXP) 96

• Paralyz Heal - near the bottom left patch of grass
• Ether - To the left of the northern exit
• Potion - hidden in grass to the right of the entrance
• Great Ball - received from the Devon Corporation worker, after defeating the Team Magma(R)/Team Aqua(S/E) Grunt
• Poké Ball - hidden in the middle most left grass area
• Tinymushroom - hidden in the north-central area, in a break in the trees (requires Cut)
• Tinymushroom - hidden in the southeast area, accessed by jumping the east-central ledge (requires Cut)
• Miracle Seed - from a girl in the northeast part of the woods (requires Cut)
• Great Ball - on the ledge in the northeast corner (requires Cut)
• X Attack - southeast area, accessed by jumping the east-central ledge (requires Cut)

Pokémon found

Pokémon found (grass)

Ruby	Level	Encounter Rate	Sapphire	Level	Encounter Rate	Emerald	Level	Encounter Rate
Slakoth	5-6	5%	Slakoth	5-6	5%	Slakoth	5-6	5%

New Pokémon info

#285 Shroomish

#287 Slakoth

This is the second Grass Pokémon that you'll find in the game, reminiscent of Oddish and Bellsprout from Firered and Leafgreen and the Red and Blue Versions, but this guy takes its roots more from Oddish. It starts off with Absorb and learns Tackle at level 4. However, when it Evolves at level 23 into a Breloom it becomes a Grass/Fighter Pokemon. Breloom learns good fighting moves later on. So it is a better middle to late game pokemon than an early game Pokemon. You may however, want to keep it on your team, if you don't have a Treecko as your starter. This is also the only area in the game where you can catch one.

This is another Normal Pokemon that you'll find only here in Petalburg Woods, it also only moves every other turn and doesn't learn any good Normal moves. It however can learn HM01 Cut, HM04 Strength, and HM06 Rock Smash so you may want to use it as an HM pokemon. But for any Normal pokemon right now go with Zigzagoon instead of Slakoth.