Phase 1 section
Pokemon Emerald Rustboro City Walkthrough
Stone Badge Rustboro City section for the Pokemon Emerald walkthrough with wild Pokemon, trainers, items, coordinates, requirements, and strategy notes.
Rustboro City is a dedicated section page for Phase 1: Stone Badge. Pick up HM01 Cut, check Trainer School items, prepare a Rock answer, and enter the first Gym.
Phase 1 asset set
Stone Badge: Starter choice, early catches, Petalburg Woods, Rustboro City, and Roxanne.
Route Plan
Primary source maps covered here: Rustboro City, Rustboro City Pokemon School, Rustboro City Cutters House, Rustboro City Devon Corp 1F, Rustboro City Devon Corp 2F, Rustboro City Devon Corp 3F, Rustboro City Mart. Follow this page as its own checklist, then return to the phase index when the wild Pokemon, trainers, items, and boss notes are complete.
Wild Pokemon
No wild Pokemon encounter table is sourced for this section.
Trainers
| Order | Area | Trainer | Team | Reward | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rustboro City | Pokemon Trainer May | 900 | Story/route battle. | |
| 2 | Rustboro City | Pokemon Trainer May | 900 | Story/route battle. | |
| 3 | Rustboro City | Pokemon Trainer May | 900 | Story/route battle. | |
| 4 | Rustboro City | Pokemon Trainer Brendan | 900 | Story/route battle. | |
| 5 | Rustboro City | Pokemon Trainer Brendan | 900 | Story/route battle. | |
| 6 | Rustboro City | Pokemon Trainer Brendan | 900 | Story/route battle. |
Items
| Item | Type | Location | Requirement / flag context |
|---|---|---|---|
| X Defend | Visible | Rustboro City, on the southeast side at map coordinates (36,51) | RUSTBORO CITY X DEFEND |
| Great Ball | Gift / reward | Rustboro City, Return Goods | NPC gift or story reward |
| Quick Claw | Gift / reward | Rustboro City Pokemon School, Teacher | NPC gift or story reward |
| HM01 Cut | Gift / reward | Rustboro City Cutters House, Cutter | NPC gift or story reward |
| Letter | Gift / reward | Rustboro City Devon Corp 3F, Meet President | NPC gift or story reward |
| EXP Share | Gift / reward | Rustboro City Devon Corp 3F, Give Exp Share | NPC gift or story reward |
Completion Checklist
- Clear the main objective: Pick up HM01 Cut, check Trainer School items, prepare a Rock answer, and enter the first Gym.
- Review every wild Pokemon method listed for the section.
- Fight or deliberately skip every trainer listed in route order.
- Collect visible items, hidden items, and scripted rewards you care about before moving on.
Source Notes
- Source of truth: pret/pokeemerald
wild_encounters.json, mapmap.jsonobject/background events, mapscripts.inc,trainers.h, andtrainer_parties.h. - Encounter odds are aggregated by species and method from Emerald slot rates. Most rows are marked Any time because Emerald has no normal day/night wild encounter split.
- Pokemon table sprites use locally cached Emerald front sprites from
/guides/pokemon-emerald-pokemon-sprites.json.