Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire/Route 102

On the Way to Petalburg City

Route 102 encounters

Poochyena	15%	15%	30%
Zigzagoon	30%	30%	15%
Wurmple	30%	30%	20%
Lotad	N/A	20%	20%
Seedot	20%	N/A	1%
Ralts	4%	4%	4%
Surskit	1%	1%	N/A

This is the first route in the game where you will encounter trainer battles and berries. If you walk in front of a trainer (or if you talk to one), an exclamation mark will appear above his head and he will challenge you to a battle that you cannot refuse. The positive side of this is that you gain more experience by defeating trainers than random encounters and you are rewarded money. The downside is that, should you lose, you will be returned to the most recent Poké Center you were at and you will lose some money. If desired, you can avoid some of them by walking behind or beside them - they only challenge you if they are directly looking at you.

The trainers on this region are low level, and may carry one or two Pokémon around level 5. They will mostly be Pokémon you fought previously, with the exception of two, the Taillow and the Shroomish.

During your travels you may encounter oddly shaped trees that contain berries. There are many different types of berries in the game that do different things. For example, on Route 102 you will find Oran berries and Pecha berries. The Oran berry will heal a Pokémon 10 HP and the Pecha berry will cure poison. The best part is that if you allow your Pokémon to hold the berry, it will be used automatically and you won't waste a turn using an item of your own. Remember, once you pick the berries you will have to plant a berry to make it grown into another full tree to get more.

As you traverse Route 102, fighting trainers along the way will allow you to pick up some money and experience. Also, keep an eye out for a potion in the grass just before Petalburg City.

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Trainers

	Name		R	S
1	Youngster Calvin	80
	Poochyena	LV5		S
	Zigzagoon	LV5	R
2	Bug Catcher Rick	64
	Wurmple	LV4	R	S
	Wurmple	LV4	R	S
3	Youngster Allen	48
	Poochyena	LV5	R
	Zizagoon	LV4		S
	Taillow	LV3	R	S
4	Lass Tiana	64
	Zigzagoon	LV4	R	S
	Shroomish	LV4		S
	Zigzagoon	LV4	R

New Pokémon Available

Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald
Seedot Ralts Surskit	Lotad Ralts Surskit	Seedot Lotad Ralts

New Pokémon

#270 Lotad	#280 Ralts
For Sapphire and Emerald Players, this is one of the first Version exclusive Pokémon that you will encounter, with its counterpart being Seedot in Ruby. This little guy is a Grass/Water type, a rare combination, that protects against some of its weaknesses. It also comes with Astonish, a ghost move that can hit anyone... except normal types, so don't bother trying to hit Zigzagoon with it... you'll go nowhere. It is not very useful now, but its ultimate form, Ludicolo is quite useful, so it's up to you if you want it now or later.	Now this guy is worth watching out for! Being Psychic, he's open to a powerful array of moves, that will require training to get. He is on all three versions, so nobody's left out of his abilities. Ralts is about as rare as Surskit, but is easier to capture, since he only knows growl when you find him. Stay behind to catch him for two reasons. One, Ralts will become a very powerful Pokémon for your team with his powerful psychic abilities, especially in his evolved for Gardevoir. And two, Ralts can only be caught in this area, so there's no use in waiting for a higher level Ralts later on.
#273 Seedot	#283 Surskit
This Guy is exclusive to Ruby and Emerald, though he is incredibly rare in Emerald. This guy is an example of passive battling, where he doesn't directly attack, but can still cause damage. He can do this with bide, a useful attack that attacks your foe with double the damage you received. Its main use in the late game is where its evolved form, Nuzleaf gets a powerful Psychic attack unique to it called Extrasensory! So, like Lotad, its use is made better later in the game.	This bug is incredibly rare on all versions, and so rare in Emerald that you can only find them in swarms after you beat the game! But it probably isn't worth all the effort to get them now, so save them for later in the game. However, it is best advised, due to their high rarity that you catch the first one you see so you can spare yourself hours searching for it, even if finding one now isn't on your mind. They are Bug/Water Combo, with an interesting array of moves when trained to high levels, and with a different moveset when evolved. Selective evolving can make it a quite useful Pokémon later in the game. Since some players of Ruby version seem to encounter this pokemon the first time they walk into the grass, but never again, it can be thought of as being less rare in the Ruby Version.