Phase 2 section
Pokemon Emerald Granite Cave Walkthrough
Knuckle Badge Granite Cave section for the Pokemon Emerald walkthrough with wild Pokemon, trainers, items, coordinates, requirements, and strategy notes.
Granite Cave is a dedicated section page for Phase 2: Knuckle Badge. Deliver Steven's letter, catch Makuhita/Aron/Sableye/Mawile options, and collect the cave items available now.
Trainer Art
Key Emerald trainers for this section are shown here so boss, rival, villain, and Frontier pages have the right character context.
Route Plan
Primary source maps covered here: Granite Cave 1F, Granite Cave B1F, Granite Cave B2F, Granite Cave Stevens Room. 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
Each area below has its own table, split by encounter method. A species row merges every slot that species occupies for the method, and rows sort by encounter rate. Emerald has no normal day/night wild encounter split, so every row applies at any time unless its note says otherwise (for example Shoal Cave tides or Altering Cave Mystery Gift tables). Underlying slot odds: grass/cave 20/20/10/10/10/10/5/5/4/4/1/1; Surf and Rock Smash 60/30/5/4/1; Old Rod 70/30; Good Rod 60/20/20; Super Rod 40/40/15/4/1.
Granite Cave 1F
| Pokémon | Levels | Rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grass / cave floor | |||
 Makuhita | 6-10 | 50% | — |
 Zubat | 7-8 | 30% | — |
 Abra | 8 | 10% | — |
 Geodude | 6-9 | 10% | — |
Granite Cave B1F
| Pokémon | Levels | Rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grass / cave floor | |||
 Aron | 9-11 | 40% | — |
| Zubat | 9-10 | 30% | — |
| Abra | 9 | 10% | — |
| Makuhita | 10-11 | 10% | — |
 Sableye | 9-11 | 10% | — |
Granite Cave B2F
| Pokémon | Levels | Rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grass / cave floor | |||
| Aron | 10-12 | 40% | — |
| Zubat | 10-11 | 30% | — |
| Sableye | 10-12 | 20% | — |
| Abra | 10 | 10% | — |
| Rock Smash | |||
| Geodude | 5-20 | 70% | — |
 Nosepass | 10-20 | 30% | — |
Granite Cave Stevens Room
| Pokémon | Levels | Rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grass / cave floor | |||
| Makuhita | 6-10 | 50% | — |
| Zubat | 7-8 | 30% | — |
| Abra | 8 | 10% | — |
| Aron | 7-8 | 10% | — |
Trainers
No mandatory trainer battles are sourced for this section.
Items
| Item | Type | Location | Requirement / flag context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escape Rope | Visible | Granite Cave 1F, on the central area at map coordinates (17,7) | GRANITE CAVE 1F ESCAPE ROPE |
| HM05 Flash | Gift / reward | Granite Cave 1F, Hiker | NPC gift or story reward |
| Poke Ball | Visible | Granite Cave B1F, on the south side at map coordinates (15,21) | GRANITE CAVE B1F POKE BALL |
| Repel | Visible | Granite Cave B2F, on the northwest side at map coordinates (4,4) | GRANITE CAVE B2F REPEL |
| Rare Candy | Visible | Granite Cave B2F, on the northeast side at map coordinates (29,4) | GRANITE CAVE B2F RARE CANDY |
| Everstone | Hidden | Granite Cave B2F, hidden on the northeast side at map coordinates (28,6) | GRANITE CAVE B2F EVERSTONE 1 |
| Everstone | Hidden | Granite Cave B2F, hidden on the central area at map coordinates (15,11) | GRANITE CAVE B2F EVERSTONE 2 |
| TM47 Steel Wing | Gift / reward | Granite Cave Stevens Room, Steven | NPC gift or story reward |
Completion Checklist
- Clear the main objective: Deliver Steven's letter, catch Makuhita/Aron/Sableye/Mawile options, and collect the cave items available now.
- 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 rates merge every slot a species occupies within each method band from Emerald slot rates. Emerald has no normal day/night wild encounter split, so rows apply at any time unless their notes say otherwise.
- Pokemon table sprites use locally cached Emerald front sprites from
/guides/pokemon-emerald-pokemon-sprites.json. - Trainer art on this page uses the local Emerald trainer manifest and reused Hoenn character art where Emerald-specific artwork is not available.