Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire/Route 119

Route 119

Ruby & SapphireEmerald

Route 119 is one of the largest land routes in the entire game, and is packed full of things to do and stuff to find. From Pokémon that can change their shape based on the weather to a fish that's considered the hardest thing to find in any Pokémon game, you'll likely be frequenting this route quite a bit. More so because of the fish than anything else.

• Elixir - Mixed along the grass near the centre of the route
• Elixir - Southeast of the northern bridge of the route
• Sitrus Berry x2 - In the soft soil patch near the first Acro Bike bridge
• Leppa Berry x3 - In the soft soil patch near the first Acro Bike bridge
• Hondew Berry x4 - In the soft soil patch near the upper waterfall (Requires Surf and Waterfall)
• Leaf Stone - At the southernmost tip of the middle-level river (Requires Surf)
• Super Repel - In the large grass patch at the southern end of the route
• Hyper Potion - In the large grass patch at the southern end of the route
• Hyper Potion - Near the muddy slope, south of the Weather Insitute
• Zinc - On the patch of land northwest of the path on the lowest level (Requires Surf)
• Pomeg Berry - In the soft soil patch near Fortree City
• Rare Candy - Near the maze of bridges on the highest level of the route (Requires Acro Bike, Surf, and Waterfall)
• Nugget - Far north, past the upper waterfall (Requires Acro Bike, Surf, and Waterfall)
• Full Heal - In a clear square in the southernmost large patch of grass (Hidden)
• Max Ether - In a tiny patch of land east of the upper waterfall (Hidden)(Requires Surf)
• Ultra Ball - In the middle of a patch of long grass east of the river, as it bends eastward in the middle of the route (Hidden)(Requires Surf)
• Calcium - In the square of flowers beside a Secret Base entrance, just west of the first waterfall (Hidden)(Requires Acro Bike)

Too Tall for Lawn Mowers

The first thing you'll notice is the abnormally tall grass patches. This super-tall grass completely prevents you from traversing on a bicycle, so you're going to need to hoof it across the route. Rather ironically, there's also parts of the route that are accessible only by bicycle, but we'll get to those later.

While on the route, it'll be raining for 3 days, with a single clear day in between each rain cycle. If you start a battle while it is raining, it'll be raining in your battle too (and thus any and all Water-type moves will gain a boost to power).

The Southern section of the Route

The Mimic Circle Trainers

There are 6 trainers in the initial clumps of grass alone, but getting to them isn't as easy as they seem. The trainers will turn and take steps whenever the player does, so each one requires a certain pattern to get to. Oh, and they all have an unhealthy obsession with bugs.

Ruby and Sapphire
Trainer	Pokemon
Bug Catcher Kent Reward: 416	Ninjask Lv. 26
Bug Maniac Donald Reward: 1500	Wurmple Lv. 25 Silcoon Lv. 25 Beautifly Lv. 25
Bug Catcher Greg Reward: 416	Volbeat Lv. 26 Illumise Lv. 26
Bug Maniac Taylor Reward: 1500	Wurmple Lv. 25 Cascoon Lv. 25 Dustox Lv. 25
Bug Catcher Doug Reward: 416	Nincada Lv. 26 Nincada Lv. 26
Bug Maniac Brent Reward: 1620	Surskit Lv. 27

Emerald
Trainer	Pokemon
Bug Catcher Kent Reward: 400	Ninjask Lv. 25
Bug Maniac Donald Reward: 1440	Wurmple Lv. 24 Silcoon Lv. 24 Beautifly Lv. 24
Bug Catcher Greg Reward: 400	Volbeat Lv. 25 Illumise Lv. 25
Bug Maniac Taylor Reward: 1620	Wurmple Lv. 27 Cascoon Lv. 27 Dustox Lv. 27
Bug Catcher Doug Reward: 448	Nincada Lv. 28 Ninjask Lv. 28
Bug Maniac Brent Reward: 1560	Surskit Lv. 26

Once you get past the super-tall grass, you'll find a rest house to shelter yourself from the rain.

Tight-roping, for bikes!

Shortly after the rest house and behind some super-tall grass will be a white bridge across the river. This bridge is only traversable by bunny-hopping on the Acro bike, so make sure you have one whenever you wanna go over there. The only thing on the other side of the bike bridge is an item, however, so it is by no means mandatory to do so.

Trainers

Ruby and Sapphire
Trainer	Pokemon
Fisherman Eugene Reward: 960	Magikarp Lv. 30 Tentacool Lv. 21 Feebas Lv. 27 Carvanha Lv. 24
Pokémon Ranger Catherine Reward: 1296 Rematch	Gloom Lv. 27 Roselia Lv. 27
Pokémon Ranger Jackson Reward: 1344 Rematch	Breloom Lv. 28
Bird Keeper Phil Reward: 800	Taillow Lv. 25 Wingull Lv. 25 Swellow Lv. 25
Ninja Boy Takashi Reward: 300	Nincada Lv. 25 Koffing Lv. 25 Ninjask Lv. 25
Bird Keeper Hugh Reward: 864	Swellow Lv. 27

Emerald
Trainer	Pokemon
Fisherman Chris Reward: 920	Magikarp Lv. 29 Tentacool Lv. 20 Feebas Lv. 26 Carvanha Lv. 23
Pokémon Ranger Catherine Reward: 1248 Rematch	Gloom Lv. 26 Roselia Lv. 26
Pokémon Ranger Jackson Reward: 1296 Rematch	Breloom Lv. 27
Parasol Lady Rachel Reward: 1040	Goldeen Lv. 26
Bird Keeper Phil Reward: 832	Swellow Lv. 26
Ninja Boy Takashi Reward: 300	Ninjask Lv. 25 Koffing Lv. 25
Kindler Dayton Reward: 800	Slugma Lv. 25 Numel Lv. 25
Bird Keeper Hugh Reward: 800	Wingull Lv. 25 Tropius Lv. 25

The central section of the Route

The Weather Institute

The weather institute is, as the name suggests, a meteorological research station, and keeps track of the weather across the entire Region. It is also home to many projects, including a machine that can change the weather at will and an entirely artificial Pokémon.

However, upon the player's first visit, it is discovered that the research team has been taken hostage by the evil teams! As usual, it's time to clear them out.

1F

Ruby
Trainer	Pokemon
Team Magma Grunt Reward: 560	Numel Lv. 28
Team Magma Grunt Reward: 540	Zubat Lv. 27 Poochyena Lv. 27

Sapphire and Emerald
Trainer	Pokemon
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: 560	Carvanha Lv. 28
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: 540	Zubat Lv. 27 Poochyena Lv. 27

2F

Ruby
Trainer	Pokemon
Team Magma Grunt Reward: 540	Poochyena Lv. 27 Numel Lv. 27
Team Magma Grunt Reward: 520	Poochyena Lv. 26 Zubat Lv. 26 Numel Lv. 26

Sapphire
Trainer	Pokemon
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: 540	Poochyena Lv. 27 Carvanha Lv. 27
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: 520	Poochyena Lv. 26 Zubat Lv. 26 Carvanha Lv. 26

Emerald
Trainer	Pokemon
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: 540	Poochyena Lv. 27 Carvanha Lv. 27
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: 540	Zubat Lv. 27 Poochyena Lv. 27
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: 520	Poochyena Lv. 26 Zubat Lv. 26 Carvanha Lv. 26

The Admins

After fighting your way through the Grunts, you'll be confronted by one of the Team's Admins, who is spearheading this operation. Defeat them to free the meteorologists.

Ruby
Trainer	Pokemon
Magma Admin Courtney Reward: 1120	Numel Lv. 28 Mightyena Lv. 28

Sapphire and Emerald
Trainer	Pokemon
Aqua Admin Shelly Reward: 1120	Carvanha Lv. 28 Mightyena Lv. 28

Upon defeating the Admin, the researchers will thank you and give you a free Castform, but it can only be accepted if you have a spare slot in your team. If you don't, then they'll hold on to it for you, so just go to the computer on the first floor to store one of your Pokémon and come back. Time to continue traversing the route!

The Northern section of the Route

The northern part of the route is noticeably more barren than the southern half, and the entire Northwest section is inaccessible until you obtain the ability to use HM07 Waterfall outside of battle. Even so, there's still a couple of activities to do on the Northeast side, so head over the wooden bridge.

Oh hey, your rival!

Upon crossing the bridge and heading North, you'll instantly be thrown into a conversation and subsequent battle against your Rival that you cannot refuse, so make sure to fully heal your Pokémon before initiating the event. As usual, your Rival has gotten stronger, and there's even an extra goodie at the end!

If you chose Treecko

Ruby and Sapphire
Trainer	Pokemon
PKMN Trainer Brendan Reward: 1860	Shroomish Lv. 29 Wailmer Lv. 29 Combusken Lv. 31
PKMN Trainer May Reward: 1860	Shroomish Lv. 29 Wailmer Lv. 29 Combusken Lv. 31

If you chose Treecko

Emerald
Trainer	Pokemon
PKMN Trainer Brendan Reward: 1860	Pelipper Lv. 29 Lombre Lv. 29 Combusken Lv. 31
PKMN Trainer May Reward: 1860	Pelipper Lv. 29 Lombre Lv. 29 Combusken Lv. 31

If you chose Torchic

Ruby and Sapphire
Trainer	Pokemon
PKMN Trainer Brendan Reward: 1860	Shroomish Lv. 29 Numel Lv. 29 Marshtomp Lv. 31
PKMN Trainer May Reward: 1860	Shroomish Lv. 29 Numel Lv. 29 Marshtomp Lv. 31

If you chose Torchic

Emerald
Trainer	Pokemon
PKMN Trainer Brendan Reward: 1860	Lombre Lv. 29 Slugma Lv. 29 Marshtomp Lv. 31
PKMN Trainer May Reward: 1860	Lombre Lv. 29 Slugma Lv. 29 Marshtomp Lv. 31

If you chose Mudkip

Ruby and Sapphire
Trainer	Pokemon
PKMN Trainer Brendan Reward: 1860	Wailmer Lv. 29 Numel Lv. 29 Grovyle Lv. 31
PKMN Trainer May Reward: 1860	Wailmer Lv. 29 Numel Lv. 29 Grovyle Lv. 31

If you chose Mudkip

Emerald
Trainer	Pokemon
PKMN Trainer Brendan Reward: 1860	Slugma Lv. 29 Pelipper Lv. 29 Grovyle Lv. 31
PKMN Trainer May Reward: 1860	Slugma Lv. 29 Pelipper Lv. 29 Grovyle Lv. 31

In addition to the monetary rewards, your Rival will also give you one of the most useful HMs in the game: HM02 Fly. In battle, Fly is a two-turn move that deals high damage. Outside of battle, Fly can be used to instantly travel to any Pokémon Center you've previously visited. This will cut out a lot of otherwise mandatory travel time, so it's recommended that you teach this to a Pokémon ASAP.

Hidden Kecleon

There are two hidden Kecleon in the northern part of the route, that can only be interacted with if the player has the Devon Scope, found on Route 120.

• Next to the bike rails (Ruby & Sapphire only)
• In the dead-end path near the entrance to Fortree City (Emerald only)
• Just right of the last Ninja Boy before Fortree City, in the indent of trees

The Fish

And finally, it's time to talk about Feebas. "What's special about Feebas", you say? Well, there are two things special about Feebas:

Firstly, it evolves into Milotic by levelling up with its Beauty stat maxed out (this can be achieved by feeding it Pamtre Berries, which increase the Beauty stat, and are obtained after beating the Elite Four).

And secondly, it is notoriously difficult to actually find. The only way to encounter Feebas in the wild is to fish on any one of 6 unique water tiles in the river on this route, which randomise every time the trend in Dewford Town is changed. There's no easy shortcut to know which tile has Feebas in it either - your best bet is gonna be the process of elimination. To add onto the annoyance, Feebas shares the encounter pool with other Pokémon as well, so your chances of finding them are even lower. Thankfully, all 3 rods are capable of finding Feebas, and the Pokémon can be found on those 6 tiles as many times as Lady Luck gives you, so you can take your time.

Pokémon found

When fishing on a Feebas tile, you have a 50% chance of encountering one. The chances of catching any other Pokémon are halved on these tiles.

Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald
Pokémon		Level	Rate
	Oddish	24-27	30%
	Zigzagoon	25-27	30%
	Linoone	25-27	30%
	Kecleon	25	1%
	Tropius	25-27	9%
Surfing
	Tentacool	5-35	60%
	Wingull	10-30	35%
	Pelipper	25-30	5%

Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald
Pokémon		Level	Old Rod	Good Rod	Super Rod
	Tentacool	5-10	30%	-	-
	Magikarp	5-10	70%	-	-
	Tentacool	10-30	-	20%	-
	Magikarp	10-30	-	60%	-
	Carvanha	10-30	-	20%	-
	Carvanha	20-45	-	-	100%
Feebas tile
	Feebas	20-25	50%	50%	50%

New Pokémon

No. 349: Feebas

Feebas artwork

Feebas is a Water-type Pokémon that evolves into Milotic when its Beauty condition is sufficiently high. It has very weak stats and limited offensive options, making it difficult to use in battle early on. However, its evolution becomes a powerful and durable Water-type Pokémon. Feebas is famously difficult to find, appearing only in a few specific fishing tiles on Route 119.

No. 351: Castform

Castform artwork

Castform is a Normal-type Pokémon obtained during the events at the Weather Institute on Route 119.

Its ability Forecast allows it to change form depending on the weather conditions in battle. In harsh sunlight, it becomes Sunny Form and changes to a Fire-type, in rain it becomes Rainy Form and changes to a Water-type, and in hail it becomes Snowy Form and changes to an Ice-type. These transformations allow it to adapt its moves to match the current weather.

No. 357: Tropius

Tropius artwork

Tropius is a Grass/Flying-type Pokémon that does not evolve. It has high HP and access to a variety of support and Grass-type moves such as Razor Leaf. Its typing allows it to handle Water- and Ground-type opponents effectively.