POKEMON CHEATS

Pokemon Ruby Version Guide

Part One of our extensive guide contains a detailed walkthrough, locations of all items, battling tips, and more!

CHEATS & CODES

Our cheats, hints and unlockables help you get the most from the game.

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Cheat: Berry Master

Tell the Berry Master's Wife certain phrases to get the following berries.

• SUPER HUSTLE: You will get a Belue Berry.
• COOL LATIOS: You will get a Durin Berry.
• CHALLENGE CONTEST: You will get a Pamtre Berry.
• GREAT BATTLE: You will get a Spelon Berry.
• OVERWHELMING LATIAS: You will get a Watmel Berry.

Unlockable: Battle Tower Prizes

Complete tasks in the Battle Tower to earn the following prizes:

1-5 Victories:

• Calcium
• Carbos
• HP Up
• Iron
• Protein
• Zinc

6 or more Victories:

• Bright Powder
• Choice Band
• Focus Band
• King's Rock
• Leftovers
• Mental Herb
• Quick Claw
• Scope Lens
• White Herb

50 Victories in a row:

• Award Ribbon
• Silver Shield

100 Victories in a row:
Gold Shield

Unlockable: Battle in a Friend's Secret Base

Once you link up at Pokemon Record Corner, your friend's Secret Base will appear in your game. Once you enter the Hall of Fame, find the Base, and you'll be able to fight your friend there.

Tim

Unlockable: Mystery Event

After you beat the Elite Four, go to Petalburg City and talk to the man by the computer. He'll ask you for a profile. Tell him "Mystery Event Is Excited". After you're done talking to him, save your game and turn your GameBoy off and then back on. You'll now have the Mystery Event option unlocked.

Paolo

Unlockable: Jirachi

Get 200 pokemon to unlock Jirachi.

Unlock National Pokedex

Trade from Pokemon Fire Red or Pokemon Leaf Green.

Unlock Rare Stones

You can find there near Mossdeep, under the water. You have to go to the Hunter's House.

• Fire Stone: Give the Shard Hunter a Red Shard.
• Leaf Stone: Give the Shard Hunter a Green Shard.
• Thunder Stone: Give the Shard Hunter a Yellow Shard.
• Water Stone: Give the Shard Hunter a Blue Shard.

Unlock Scarfs

• Blue Scarf: make sure you have maximum beauty on lead Pokémon.
• Green Scarf: make sure you have maximum smartness on lead Pokémon.
• Pink Scarf: make sure you have maximum cuteness on lead Pokémon.
• Red Scarf: make sure you have maximum coolness on lead Pokémon.
• Yellow Scarf: make sure you have maximum toughness on lead Pokémon.

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Hint: Find Legendary Pokemon

Groudon: Only available in Pokemon Ruby, in the Cave of Origin in Sootopolis City.

Kyogre: Only available in Pokemon Sapphire, in the Cave of Origin in Sootopolis City.

Latios/Latias: You can obtain Latios after beating the elite four in Ruby, and Latias after beating the elite four in Sapphire. You can also get the other bird (Latias in Ruby, and Latios in Sapphire) at the Southern Island.

Rayquaza: You can capture this Level 70 Pokemon by surfing to the tower east of Pacifidlog Town and then traveling to the top (mach bike required).

Tip: Don't use the Master Ball on Groudon or Kyogre. Use it on Latios or Latias instead. Capture Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza with Ultra, Net, or Timer Balls.

Hint: Watch TV

Watch television to see commercials advertising bargains and the like. Here are some occurences to keep your eyes peeled for:

• A commercial for the Mauville Game Corner. When it plays, head over there for increased prizes.
• A commercial for the Lilycove Department Store. Get a discount after you see the commercial.
• Pokemon sighting information. When the TV tells you a specific Pokemon is spotted, go to that location to find the monster in question.
• A commercial for the Slateport City energy guy. Go to him to get energy items at a reduced price.

Hint: Exclusive Pokemon Groudon

The Ruby version allows you to catch the ancient Pokemon Groudon. It's only available in Ruby, and you only face it once... in the Cave of Origin in Sootopolis City. Save your Master Ball so you'll be sure to capture it at this encounter.

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Hint: Open The Regirock/Registeel/Regice Lairs

NOTE: You need a Relicanth and a Wailord on your team.

At the sealed chamber midway between Pacifidlog and Slateport (accessible only from Pacifidlog) use Dive to enter a tunnel that leads to a slab with braille. Surface there and enter the sealed chamber.

The next step is to go to the back of that room and use Dig on the space where you see braille in the back of the room to open up the next area.

Go to the rear part of the second room and read the inscriptions. It says you must have a Relicanth in the lead slot and a Wailord in the last slot (of your Pokemon line-up). You will then open up the entrances to each lair.

Loafer

Hint: TM List

 TM-01 -- Raging Punch  TM-02 -- Dragon  TM-03 -- Water  TM-04 -- Enlighten  TM-05 -- Roar  TM-06 -- Toxic  TM-07 -- Hailstorm  TM-08 -- Build-Up TM-09 -- Seed Machine  TM-10 -- Hidden Power  TM-11 -- Sunny  TM-12 -- Provocation/Taunt  TM-13 -- Ice Beam  TM-14 -- Blizzard  TM-15 -- Hyper Beam  TM-16 -- Light Screen  TM-17 -- Protect  TM-18 -- Rain Dance  TM-19 -- Giga Drain  TM-20 -- Safeguard  TM-21 -- Frustration  TM-22 -- Solar Beam  TM-23 -- Iron Tail  TM-24 -- Thunderbolt  TM-25 -- Thunder  TM-26 -- Earthquake  TM-27 -- Return  TM-28 -- Dig  TM-29 -- Psychic  TM-30 -- Shadow Ball  TM-31 -- Combo  TM-32 -- Double Team  TM-33 -- Reflect  TM-34 -- Electric Swift  TM-35 -- Flamethrower  TM-36 -- Sludge Bomb  TM-37 -- Sandstorm  TM-38 -- Fire Blast  TM-39 -- Rock-Seal  TM-40 -- Beak Slash  TM-41 -- Anti-repeat  TM-42 -- Bittersweet  TM-43 -- Secret Power  TM-44 -- Rest  TM-45 -- Attract  TM-46 -- Thief  TM-47 -- Steel Wing  TM-48 -- Skill Swap  TM-49 -- Intercept  TM-50 -- Over Heat  

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Hint: Upgrade Trainer ID

You can upgrade your trainer ID (from normal to bronze, to copper, to silver, and then to gold) by doing the following things in any order:

• Become the pokemon league champion.
• Complete your Pokedex.
• Beat 50 trainers in the battle tower.
• Receive a ribbon from all five contest types in the master ranking.

Your Master

Hint: Sapphire-Exclusive Pokemon

The following pokemon are not found in Ruby and must be traded from the Sapphire version.

• Lotad
• Lombre
• Ludicolo
• Sableye
• Seviper
• Lunatone
• Kyogre

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Hint: Get More Master Balls

Every time you get 6 matches at the Lottery Corner at the Lilycove Department Store, you will win a free Master Ball.

Hint: Safari Madness

You can get "free" time in the safari zone by simply not moving from the area where your target pokemon is. Stand on one square in that zone and lightly tap the D-pad to change the character's facing. Each facing doesn't count towards the step-limit but will count for having an encounter.

Submitted by Morpheous

Alternately, use the bike to hop-move around. Once you enter the Safari Zone get on the bike and hold B to start hopping. Press the direction you want to go while hopping (to avoid using steps) and you can stay as long as you like.

Submitted by doobster88

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Hint: Find Shell Bell and Shiny Spheal

In the Shoal Cave north of the hunter's house is Shoal Stone and Shoal Sand. The sand is easy to find in mounds but you have to wait for the tide to get the stone. Randomly you'll find a Shiny Spheal.

Robert

Hint: Bring Fossil to Life

Go to Route 111, go to the sandstorm, and go all the way to the right. There you will find two fossils--the Claw Fossil and the Root Fossil. Pick one, then go to Rustboro City. Go to the president's office and go in a room with lots of scientists. Talk to the one in the lower right hand corner. Then go outside and walk around for about 30 seconds and go back in to talk to the same scientist as before. He will give you your Pokemon from the fossil.

Anonymous

Hint: How to Get a Masterball

In team aqua/magma's hideout is the easiest place to get the masterball. Step in to the room with the teleport pads then find the right one that will leave you to the office. You'll see four balls so get the ones at the left because the right ones are electrodes. You should get a gold nugget and a masterball. Remember you won’t get it later in the game.

Amy

Hint: Berries

Here's a list of all the berries:

1. Cheri Berry
2. Chesto Berry
3. Pecha Berry
4. Rawst Berry
5. Aspear Berry
6. Leppa Berry
7. Oran Berry
8. Persim Berry
9. Lum Berry
10. Sitrus Berry
11. Figy Berry
12. Wiki Berry
13. Mago Berry
14. Aguav Berry
15. Iapapa Berry
16. Razz Berry
17. Bluk Berry
18. Nanab Berry
19. Wepear Berry
20. Pinap Berry
21. Pomeg Berry
22. Kelpsy Berry
23. Qualot Berry
24. Hondew Berry
25. Grepa Berry
26. Tamato Berry
27. Cornn Berry
28. Magost Berry
29. Rabuta Berry
30. Nomel Berry
31. Spelon Berry
32. Pamtre Berry
33. Watmel Berry
34. Durin Berry
35. Belue Berry
36. Liechi Berry
37. Ganlon Berry
38. Salac Berry
39. Petaya Berry
40. Apicot Berry
41. Lansat Berry
42. Starf Berry
43. Enigma Berry

Hint - Lottery Ticket Save/Load Exploit

Go to the Lilycove counter, save the game and expire the rest of the (real) day with pokemon in hand or a stowage box. Proceed to play the lottery and check to see if the numbers on hte lottery match any of your pokemon's original (not current) trainer ID numbers. If not, you reset and reload the save.

Otherwise, the number of lottery digits matching your pokemon trainer IDs grabs you a prize depending on the matches: 3rd Prize (2 Correct Digits) - ooo## = PP up
2nd Prize (3 Correct Digits) - oo### = Exp. Share
1st Prize (4 Correct Digits) - o#### = Max Revive
Big Prize (5 Correct Digits) - ##### = Master ball

Of course the more trainer ID's you have ( Gotten by trading pokemon you caught for ones other players have caught) the more likely you will get and faster you will get the masterball Prize). This is of course, the non-glitch method of gaining PP and master balls.

Gogeta213

Easter Egg: Pokemon Gym Leaders From Crystal Version

First, enter a Pokemon Contest. Next, during the 2nd round of judging, look exactly in the middle of the audience. You may see Whitney, the holder of the Plain Badge from Crystal, and Pryce, the holder of the Glacier Badge, also from Pokemon Crystal Version.

Pokemon Emerald Version Unlockables

National Pokedex

Unlockable	How to Unlock
National Pokedex	Beat the Elite 4. Proffessor Birch will visit you and give it to you once you leave your house.

Catching GSC Pokemon At The Safari Zone

After you defeated the Elite Four, go to the Upgraded Safari Zone. In the Safari, you can catch some GSC Pokemon such as Houndour, Aipom, Stantler, Mareep, Miltank, and more GSC Pokemon. This Unlockable works only in Pokemon Emerald.

Trainer Card Color Upgrades

As you accomplish more along your journey, your Trainer Card will change colors and rise in rank, depending on completing certain tasks. After completing one task, it will rise in one rank, but there are some tasks that cannot be completed until beating the Elite Four. You must do these tasks:

-Become Pokemon league Champion
-Complete the Hoenn Pokedex
-Collect all the gold symbols in the Battle Frontier
-Win one ribbon in all five of the Master Rank Pokemon Contests.

Unlockable	How to Unlock
Bronze Rank	Do one of the tasks mentioned above.
Copper Rank	Do two of the tasks mentioned above.
Silver Rank	Do three of the tasks mentioned above
Gold Rank	Do all four of the tasks mentioned above.

Battle Frontier

Once you beat the game, you can go to the Battle Frontier.

Unlockable	How to Unlock
Battle Frontier	Beat the Elite Four.

The Diploma

Unlockable	How to Unlock
National Pokedex Diploma	Capture all 386 pokemon in your pokedex. Then go to the hotel in Lilycove City and talk to the Game Designer.

Prizes from Scott

Talk to Scott in his house in the Battle Frontier, he'll give you certain decorations/berries depending on your accomplishments in the Battle Frontier.

Unlockable	How to Unlock
Silver Shield (Decoration)	Win 50 Battles
Gold Shield (Decoration)	Win 100 Battles
Lansat Berry	Obtain all Silver Frontier Symbols
Starf Berry	Obtain all Gold Frontier Symbols

Altering Cave

You can go to Altering Cave after you beat the Elite Four. It is located on Route 103.

Unlockable	How to Unlock
Altering Cave	Beat the Elite Four

Berry Master's Wife Passwords

Tell the Berry Master's Wife certain phrases to receive the following berries. You can only tell her one of these each day.

Unlockable	How to Unlock
SUPER HUSTLE	You will receive a Belue Berry.
COOL LATIOS	You will receive a Durin Berry.
CHALLENGE CONTEST	You will receive a Pamtre Berry.
GREAT BATTLE	You will receive a Spelon Berry.
OVERWHELMING LATIAS	You will receive a Watmel Berry.

Special unlockable Pokemon

There are certain pokemon that can only be caught when you trigger certain events, like castform.

Unlockable	How to Unlock
Castform	Take out the rival team at the weather institute.
Rayquaza	Get Magma and Aqua to get Kyogre and Groudon out of the cave, and go to Sky Pillar.
Kyogre	Beat the Elite Four, and go to the sea lair.
Groudon	Beat the Elite Four, and go to the land lair.
Treeko, Torchic, or Mudkip	Help Proffesor Birch escape the wild pokemon
Ho-oh/Lugia	Get the Mystic Ticket, and go to Navel Island
Deoxys	Get the Aurara Ticket, and go to Birth Island
Mew	Get the Old Sea Chart, and go to Faraway Island
Latios or Latias	After beating the elite four, watch the T.V. downstairs in your house.
Latios or Latias	Mix records with a Ruby or Sapphire with the Eon ticket, and go to Southern Island.
Beldum	See Steven's house after you beat the Elite four.
Chikorita, Cyndaquil or Tododile	When you complete the 200 Pokemon of Hoenn. Professor Birch will call you on your Pokenav.

Fishing rods

To get the old rod, go to dewford town and talk to the fisherman near the gym. He will give you a old rod. To get good rod, talk to the fisherman on route 118, east of mauville city. You must need surf to reach him. Talk to him and you will get good rod.
To get super rod, go to mossdeep city and go north of the space center and go into the house. The man inside will give you super rod.

Unlockable	How to Unlock
Old Rod	Talk to fisherman near dewford gym
Good Rod	Talk to fisherman on route 118
Super Rod	In the house north of the space center

Glass Items

On Route 113, to the right of Fallobour Town, is house in which a man will make you items if you bring him ash. To collect ash, walk through the ash covered grass. Then bring it to the glass item maker.

Unlockable	How to Unlock
Blue Flute	Walk 250 steps in the ash.
Yellow Flute	Walk 500 steps in the ash.
Red Flute	Walk 500 steps in the ash.
White Flute	Walk 1,000 steps in the ash.
Black Flute	Walk 1,000steps in the ash.
Pretty Chair	Walk 6,000 steps in the ash.
Pretty Desk	Walk 8,000 steps in the ash.

Training on Hills

To unlock Trainer Hill, you must beat the Elite Four.

Unlockable	How to Unlock
Trainer Hill	Beat the elite four

Pokemon Emerald Version Easter Eggs

• Getting Latias Or Latios

  After you defeat the Elite Four, go to your house and watch the television downstairs. After you watch it, your mom will ask you what color the Pokemon is. If you say Red, you will find Latias. If you say Blue, it will be Latios.

• Shiny pokemon

  Every time you encounter a pokemon you have a 1/8192 chance of the pokemon being a different color, this is called a shiny pokemon

• Getting the other Lati

  To get the other Lati (Latios or Latias), Mix Records with a Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire game that used the Eon Ticket. You can then get to a hidden island via the SS Tidal where you can find the Lati you didn't choose.

Pokemon Emerald Version Secrets

• Mystery Gift

  To unlock mystery gift, go to a pokemon mart and press A on the piece of paper on the counter. Then insert the words LINK TOGETHER WITH ALL. Press select to easily find the words. After this the store lady will talk to you and tell you that mystery gift is now unlocked.

• Faster hatching eggs

  Simply put a pokemon with the ability Flame Body or Magma Armor on your team to cut the amount of steps needed to hatch an egg in half.

• Swarm's second ability

  The Pokemon ability Swarm has 2 effects. It raises Bug-type attacks by 150% when the user is weak, and, new to Emerald, it makes pokemon cry in the background more often. For example, in caves outside of battle, you will hear a Pokemon screech more often.

• Shedinja

  To get Shedinja, you must first catch a Nincada, and have an empty space in your party. People say you need a Pokeball for it, but you do NOT. Shedinja copies the ball the Nincada was caught in.
  Anyways, with one empty space in your party, level up Nincada to level 20. It will evolve into Ninjask. When you check your party, you will see Shedinja sitting in the final slot, along with the Ninjask and 4 other Pokemon.

  That is how to catch Shedinja.

• Intimadate and Keen Eye's second ability

  If you put a Pokemon that has intimidate or Keen Eye 1st in your party the chances of wild Pokemon encounter is reduced by 10%.

• Compound Eyes Second effect

  If you have a Pokemon with Compound eyes 1st in your Party it will drw Wild Pokemon that has held Items more often.

• Hustle's Second Effect

  If you have a Pokemon with Hustle 1st in your Party it will draw Wild Pokemon that has a Higher Level than the Pokemon that has Hustle.

• Cute Charm's Second Effect

  If you have a Pokemon with Cute Charm 1st in your Party it will more likely draw Wild Pokemon with the opposite gender of the Pokemon with Cute Charm.

• Static's secondary effect

  If you have a pokemon with the Static ability in the front of your party, it increases the chance of finding a wild electric type pokemon. This is EXTREMELY useful for finding rare electric types, like Pikachu in the Safari Zone.

• Battle Steven, the former champion.

  After beating the Elite Four, a new part of Meteor Falls opens up. It is in the northwestern corner where you found Iron Tail. A new cave was made and you'll find Steven in it. His Pokemon are in the high 70's.

• Magnet Pull's secondary effect

  If you have a pokemon with the Magnet Pull ability in front of your party, it increases the chances of finding wild steel-type Pokemon. This is very useful for finding rare steel types, such as Mawile.

• Lightningrod's second ability

  If you have a poke'mon with lightningrod as an ability, you will get calls from registered trainers more often.

• Synchronize's second ability

  If you have a poke'mon with synchronize as an ability, you will encounter more poke'mon with the same nature as the poke'mon with sychronize. Note that the poke'mon with this ability must be in the front of your party.

• Suction cups/Sticky hold's second ability

  If a poke'mon in your party has suction cups/sticky hold as an ability, then you will have an easier time fishing for wild poke'mon.

• Get the Mental Herb

  In one of the treehouses in Fortree City is a man with a Wingull. Talk to the Wingull, and it will fly off out of the treehouse. When you get to Mossdeep City, you will see a person with a Wingull. Talk to it and it will fly off as well. Then go back to Fortree City and into the treehouse where you talked to the first Wingull. Talk to the man next to the Wingull, and he will give you the Mental Herb, and item which is a hold item that prevents attraction on the Pokemon that is holding it.

• Mirage Island

  Mirage Island is an invisble Island located on Route 130. Most of the time it will be invisible but on rare cases, the island will be visible. To find out if the island is there or not, go to Pacifidlog Town and talk to the old man in the bottom right house looking out the window. He will tell you wheter the island is there or not. The cause is unknown so a bit of luck is needed to find it. On the island you will find the rare Leichi Berry that powers up your Pokemon's attack in battle when it gets weak. In the grass, you will only find Wild Wynauts.

• Cut's Out of Battle effect

  Have a Pokemon use CUT to remove grass where wild Pokemon live. It will remove the chance of encountering wild Pokemon. The grass will regrow once you leave the area or enter a building.

• Inherit Pokemon Natures through breeding.

  To do this you need an Everstone. To get one, search in Granite Cave for a lone rock on top of a plateau. Once you get an Everstone, let the a Ditto or a female Pokemon that you are breeding hold on to it. Once you receive and hatch the eggs, the offspring will have a 50% chance of inheriting the Nature from the Pokemon holding the Everstone.