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Pokemon Emerald Artisan Cave Walkthrough

Artisan Cave section for the Pokemon Emerald walkthrough with wild Pokemon, trainers, items, coordinates, requirements, and strategy notes.

By Damodar Sharma Updated June 18, 2026 Walkthrough

Artisan Cave is a dedicated section page for Phase 10: Post-Game + Battle Frontier. Explore the Battle Frontier cave and catch Smeargle.

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Phase 10 asset set

Post-Game + Battle Frontier: S.S. Tidal, Battle Frontier, Frontier Brains, Steven, roaming Lati, and post-game dungeons.

Asset sourceLocal game logo and box art Badge artNo badge phase

Route Plan

Primary source maps covered here: Artisan Cave 1F, Artisan Cave B1F. 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

Area / subarea Method Pokemon Level range Odds Time / condition Requirements
Artisan Cave 1F Tall grass / cave floor Smeargle Smeargle Lv. 40-50 100% Any time None
Artisan Cave B1F Tall grass / cave floor Smeargle Smeargle Lv. 40-50 100% Any time None

Trainers

No mandatory trainer battles are sourced for this section.

Items

Item Type Location Requirement / flag context
Carbos Visible Artisan Cave 1F, on the north side at map coordinates (14,5) ARTISAN CAVE 1F CARBOS
HP Up Visible Artisan Cave B1F, on the southeast side at map coordinates (32,38) ARTISAN CAVE B1F HP UP
Zinc Hidden Artisan Cave B1F, hidden on the east side at map coordinates (32,29) ARTISAN CAVE B1F ZINC
Calcium Hidden Artisan Cave B1F, hidden on the north side at map coordinates (27,8) ARTISAN CAVE B1F CALCIUM
Protein Hidden Artisan Cave B1F, hidden on the northwest side at map coordinates (7,5) ARTISAN CAVE B1F PROTEIN
Iron Hidden Artisan Cave B1F, hidden on the south side at map coordinates (19,43) ARTISAN CAVE B1F IRON

Completion Checklist

  • Clear the main objective: Explore the Battle Frontier cave and catch Smeargle.
  • 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, map map.json object/background events, map scripts.inc, trainers.h, and trainer_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.