Pokemon Emerald Route 116 and Rusturf Tunnel Walkthrough

Route 116 and Rusturf Tunnel is a dedicated section page for Phase 2: Knuckle Badge. Chase the Aqua Grunt, rescue Peeko, recover the Devon Goods, and open Mr. Briney's boat route.

Route Plan

Primary source maps covered here: Route 116, Rusturf Tunnel. 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
Route 116	Tall grass / cave floor	Poochyena	Lv. 6-8	28%	Any time	None
Route 116	Tall grass / cave floor	Nincada	Lv. 6-7	20%	Any time	None
Route 116	Tall grass / cave floor	Taillow	Lv. 6-8	20%	Any time	None
Route 116	Tall grass / cave floor	Whismur	Lv. 6	20%	Any time	None
Route 116	Tall grass / cave floor	Abra	Lv. 7	10%	Any time	None
Route 116	Tall grass / cave floor	Skitty	Lv. 7-8	2%	Any time	None
Rusturf Tunnel	Tall grass / cave floor	Whismur	Lv. 5-8	100%	Any time	None

Trainers

Order	Area	Trainer	Team	Reward	Notes
1	Route 116	Youngster Joey	Machop Lv. 9	144	Story/route battle.
2	Route 116	Bug Catcher Jose	Wurmple Lv. 8 Nincada Lv. 8	128	Story/route battle.
3	Route 116	School Kid Jerry	Ralts Lv. 9	180	May have Match Call/rematch data later.
4	Route 116	Hiker Clark	Geodude Lv. 8	320	Story/route battle.
5	Route 116	Lass Janice	Marill Lv. 9	144	Story/route battle.
6	Route 116	School Kid Karen	Shroomish Lv. 9	180	May have Match Call/rematch data later.
7	Route 116	Lady Sarah	Lotad Lv. 8 Zigzagoon Lv. 8 · Nugget	1600	Story/route battle.
8	Route 116	Rich Boy Dawson	Zigzagoon Lv. 8 · Nugget Poochyena Lv. 8	1600	Story/route battle.
9	Route 116	Hiker Devan	Geodude Lv. 8 Geodude Lv. 8	320	Story/route battle.
10	Route 116	Youngster Johnson	Shroomish Lv. 8 Lotad Lv. 8	128	Story/route battle.
11	Rusturf Tunnel	Team Aqua Grunt	Poochyena Lv. 11	220	Story/route battle.
12	Rusturf Tunnel	Hiker Mike	Geodude Lv. 16 Geodude Lv. 16 Machop Lv. 16	640	Story/route battle.

Items

Item	Type	Location	Requirement / flag context
Ether	Visible	Route 116, on the northwest side at map coordinates (19,6)	ROUTE 116 ETHER
Repel	Visible	Route 116, on the southwest side at map coordinates (10,17)	ROUTE 116 REPEL
HP Up	Visible	Route 116, on the east side at map coordinates (80,8)	ROUTE 116 HP UP
X Special	Visible	Route 116, on the central area at map coordinates (55,12)	ROUTE 116 X SPECIAL
Potion	Visible	Route 116, on the central area at map coordinates (34,7)	ROUTE 116 POTION
Super Potion	Hidden	Route 116, hidden on the west side at map coordinates (22,9)	ROUTE 116 SUPER POTION
Black Glasses	Hidden	Route 116, hidden on the east side at map coordinates (70,13)	ROUTE 116 BLACK GLASSES
Repeat Ball	Gift / reward	Route 116, Give Repeat Ball	NPC gift or story reward
Poke Ball	Visible	Rusturf Tunnel, on the northwest side at map coordinates (3,1)	RUSTURF TUNNEL POKE BALL
Max Ether	Visible	Rusturf Tunnel, on the northeast side at map coordinates (30,2)	RUSTURF TUNNEL MAX ETHER
HM04 Strength	Gift / reward	Rusturf Tunnel, Clear Tunnel Scene	NPC gift or story reward
Devon Goods	Gift / reward	Rusturf Tunnel, Grunt	NPC gift or story reward

Completion Checklist

• Clear the main objective: Chase the Aqua Grunt, rescue Peeko, recover the Devon Goods, and open Mr. Briney's boat route.
• 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.