Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald |
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Snorunt Spheal |
Shoal Cave is an average size cave, accessible only from Route 125 (and by extension Mossdeep City). It is unique in the fact that it is the only cave in Hoenn to have a significant tidal clock - so significant, in fact, that the traversable area of the cave doubles during Low Tide. In order to check whether it's high or low tide beforehand, Trainers can speak to Sailor Ernest on Route 125.
Shoal Cave is also the only location in the region where Shoal Salt and Shoal Shells can be found, which are both required for a unique item, and thus have their own section.
In order to fully explore the cave and all it has to offer, it is recommended that Trainers bring Pokémon that know Surf and Strength.
The Tides
Shoal Cave has an incredibly unique gimmick, in the form of its tidal clock - about half of the cave is accessible only at high tide, and half only at low tide. While you can simply ask Sailor Ernest on route 125 for the tide, it is much more convenient to use the ingame clock for the tide instead:
- The cave is at high tide between 21:00 (9PM) - 02:00, and 09:00 - 14:00 (2PM)
- The cave is at low tide between 03:00 - 08:00, and 15:00 (3PM) - 20:00 (8PM)
When the cave is at high tide, Surf is required to explore it. When at low tide, Strength is required.
Items
(Low Tide)
- Shoal Salt - Stairs room, in the southeast corner.
- Shoal Salt - Lower room, in the north and near the center.
- Shoal Salt - Inner room, outside the western exit from the lower room.
- Shoal Salt - Inner room, under the northern bridge.
- Ice Heal - Stairs room, east of the ladder.
- Focus Band - Lower room, given to the player by the Black Belt.
- Nevr-Melt Ice - Ice room, on the elevated floor.
- TM07 (Hail) - Ice room, near the ledge.
(High Tide)
- Rare Candy - Inner room, east of the central ledge.
- Big Pearl - Entrance room, in the northeast, accessible from the inner room.
- Shoal Shell - Inner room, on a ledge just north of the southern bridge.
- Shoal Shell - Inner room, on the north-western ledge.
- Shoal Shell - Inner room, on the north-eastern ledge.
- Shoal Shell - Inner room, on the south-eastern ledge.
Pokemon Found
High Tide
All Rooms
Ruby | Encounter Rate | Sapphire | Encounter Rate | Emerald | Encounter Rate |
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Spheal | 50% | Spheal | 50% | Spheal | 50% |
Zubat | 45% | Zubat | 45% | Zubat | 45% |
Golbat | 5% | Golbat | 5% | Golbat | 5% |
Ruby | Encounter Rate | Sapphire | Encounter Rate | Emerald | Encounter Rate |
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Tentacool | 60% | Tentacool | 60% | Tentacool | 60% |
Zubat | 30% | Zubat | 30% | Zubat | 30% |
Spheal | 10% | Spheal | 10% | Spheal | 10% |
Ruby | Encounter Rate | Sapphire | Encounter Rate | Emerald | Encounter Rate |
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Old Rod | |||||
Magikarp | 70% | Magikarp | 70% | Magikarp | 70% |
Tentacool | 30% | Tentacool | 30% | Tentacool | 30% |
Good Rod | |||||
Magikarp | 60% | Magikarp | 60% | Magikarp | 60% |
Tentacool | 20% | Tentacool | 20% | Tentacool | 20% |
Wailmer | 20% | Wailmer | 20% | Wailmer | 20% |
Super Rod | |||||
Wailmer | 100% | Wailmer | 100% | Wailmer | 100% |
Low Tide
1F-1,1F-2,BF-1, BF-2
Ruby | Encounter Rate | Sapphire | Encounter Rate | Emerald | Encounter Rate |
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Spheal | 50% | Spheal | 50% | Spheal | 50% |
Zubat | 45% | Zubat | 45% | Zubat | 45% |
Golbat | 5% | Golbat | 5% | Golbat | 5% |
BF-3
Ruby | Encounter Rate | Sapphire | Encounter Rate | Emerald | Encounter Rate |
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Spheal | 45% | Spheal | 45% | Spheal | 45% |
Zubat | 40% | Zubat | 40% | Zubat | 40% |
Snorunt | 10% | Snorunt | 10% | Snorunt | 10% |
Golbat | 5% | Golbat | 5% | Golbat | 5% |
Shell Bell
If you collect 4 Shoal Shells from high tide and 4 Shoal Salts from low tide, a man will give you a Shell Bell for those, it will restore your HP by 1/8 of the damage you dealt to the opponent.
Maps
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Floor 1 back cave - high tide
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Floor 1 back cave - low tide
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Basement floor 1 - low tide
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Basement floor 2 - low tide
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Basement floor 3 - low tide