Pokemon Emerald Walkthrough

Set the clock, rescue Professor Birch, choose Treecko, Torchic, or Mudkip, and start north toward Oldale.

Heal in Oldale, collect the free Potion, beat Brendan or May on Route 103, and return for Poke Balls and Running Shoes.

Catch the first real party members, clear the short trainer line, and reach Petalburg City.

Meet Norman, complete Wally's catching tutorial, restock, and leave through the west gate.

Work through both sides of Route 104, mark Cut and Surf items for later, and enter Petalburg Woods.

Catch Shroomish or Slakoth if desired, protect the Devon researcher, and leave the forest with the Great Ball reward.

Pick up HM01 Cut, check Trainer School items, prepare a Rock answer, and enter the first Gym.

Beat the optional Gym trainers if you need experience, then defeat Roxanne for the Stone Badge.

Chase the Aqua Grunt, rescue Peeko, recover the Devon Goods, and open Mr. Briney's boat route.

Arrive by boat, get the Old Rod, set up Brawly counters, and start Granite Cave.

Deliver Steven's letter, catch Makuhita/Aron/Sableye/Mawile options, and collect the cave items available now.

Navigate the dark Gym, use Flying/Psychic/Bug pressure, and claim the Knuckle Badge.

Clear the beach trainers, collect Soda Pop rewards, and enter Slateport from the south.

Find Stern, beat the museum grunts, unlock the contest/battle tent side content, and leave north.

Handle the first Trick House puzzle, fight through the long grass route, and prepare for the rival bridge battle.

Get the Mach or Acro Bike, beat Wally at the Gym door, collect Rock Smash, and set up for Wattson.

Solve the switch puzzle and bring Ground or strong neutral damage for Wattson's Electric team.

Use the Day Care route for catches and training, visit Verdanturf, and prepare Rock Smash cleanup.

Clear the south desert approach, fight the Winstrates, and use the rest house before the northern climb.

Cross the blocked cable-car approach, route through Fiery Path, and reach the ashy north.

Collect soot-route items, reach Fallarbor, and learn where Professor Cozmo has gone.

Clear the mountain route, visit Lanette, and enter Meteor Falls.

Interrupt Team Magma and Team Aqua, recover the Meteorite trail, and unlock Mt. Chimney's cable car.

Fight through the Magma/Aqua standoff and stop Maxie at the volcano machine.

Descend toward Lavaridge, catch mountain encounters, and remember the suspicious Magma emblem point for later.

Heal, claim the Wynaut Egg if you want it, buy herbs if desired, and prepare for Fire types.

Use Water, Ground, Rock, or strong neutral offense to break through Flannery's Overheat pressure.

Use the Go-Goggles to cross the desert, choose a fossil, and collect the sandstorm items.

Clear Norman's room gauntlet, manage Slaking's Truant turns, and earn Surf access.

Start the Surf route south of Petalburg/Dewford and mark the Regice cave for the later Regi quest.

Optional but valuable Surf cleanup with trainers, ship keys, storage-room items, and Scanner progress.

Take Wattson's side quest, shut down the generator, and collect Electric-area items.

Cross east of Mauville with Surf, meet Steven, and open the long path toward Fortree.

Fight through tall grass, rain, and river paths on the way to the Weather Institute.

Clear Team Aqua out of the building and receive Castform.

Beat Brendan or May after the Weather Institute and receive HM02 Fly.

Find the invisible Kecleon roadblock, prepare for Winona, and stock up before Route 120.

Meet Steven, receive the Devon Scope, clear Kecleon blockers, and mark Registeel's Ancient Tomb.

Solve the rotating gates and bring an answer to Altaria's Dragon Dance plan.

Finish the road to Lilycove, note Safari Zone access, and keep Electric/Ice coverage ready.

Use the Safari Ball rules to catch rare Hoenn species and bike-gated area Pokemon.

Clear the department-store rival fight, unlock Lilycove services, and head to Mt. Pyre.

Climb the memorial mountain, collect the Magma Emblem, and redirect the story toward Jagged Pass.

Explore the opened Jagged Pass base and stop Maxie from awakening Groudon.

Witness the submarine theft, raid the Lilycove hideout, and make sure you collect the Master Ball before leaving.

Surf east to Mossdeep, visit Steven's house, and prepare for the double Gym.

Visit during both tide states for Shoal Shells, Shoal Salt, Snorunt access, and the Shell Bell materials.

Solve the rotating psychic rooms and bring a double-battle plan for Claydol and Xatu support.

Team with Steven against Maxie and Tabitha, then receive HM08 Dive.

Use Dive to navigate east Hoenn, find the submarine trench, and reach Seafloor Cavern.

Solve Strength/current puzzles, beat Shelly and Archie, and trigger the Groudon/Kyogre crisis.

Meet Wallace and Steven, learn Rayquaza's role, and prepare to fly/surf to Sky Pillar.

Climb to Rayquaza for the Emerald-exclusive crisis resolution, then return to Sootopolis.

Cross the ice-floor puzzle and break Juan's Water team without letting Kingdra stall you out.

Clean up the current maze routes, Pacifidlog services, and the approach to the Regi puzzle.

Waterfall into Ever Grande, clear the final cave, and save before Wally.

Open the Elite Four challenge against Sidney's Dark team.

Handle Phoebe's Ghost team with status control and Dark/Ghost coverage.

Break Glacia's Ice and Water bulk without letting hail/status chip take over.

Bring Ice or Dragon counterplay for Drake's late-game Dragon team.

Beat Wallace's Water-focused Champion team and enter the Hall of Fame.

Choose the roaming Lati color, board the S.S. Tidal, and open the Battle Frontier trip.

Learn the seven facilities, level modes, BP economy, and Symbol targets before challenging Brains.

Win Tower singles streaks to face Anabel for the Ability Symbols.

Win Dome tournaments and understand that Tucker lists three Pokemon but battles with the selected two.

Use rental knowledge and swaps to reach Noland, whose Brain party is randomly generated from Factory rental pools.

Clear Pike rooms and fight Lucy after the required room streaks.

Win three-turn judged battles and prepare for Greta's Guts/status pressure.

Build around nature-controlled move choices before facing Spenser.

Survive item-limited Pyramid floors and face Brandon's legendary teams.

Explore the Battle Frontier cave and catch Smeargle.

After the Hall of Fame, recover the fossil you did not choose in Mirage Tower.

Use the post-game Safari Zone expansion areas for Johto species.

Track the Weather Institute reports to catch Kyogre and Groudon.

Choose the TV color for the roaming Eon Pokemon and note Southern Island event access.

Use Relicanth, Wailord, Dig, Fly, and timing/puzzle inputs to open and catch Regirock, Regice, and Registeel.

Challenge Steven's superboss team in the post-game Meteor Falls room.

Clean up Emerald's optional challenge tower and event-dependent Altering Cave tables.