Pokemon Emerald Route 117 and Verdanturf Town Walkthrough

Route 117 and Verdanturf Town is a dedicated section page for Phase 3: Dynamo Badge. Use the Day Care route for catches and training, visit Verdanturf, and prepare Rock Smash cleanup.

Route Plan

Primary source maps covered here: Route 117, Route 117 Pokemon Day Care, Verdanturf Town, Verdanturf Town Wandas House, Verdanturf Town Battle Tent Lobby. 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 117	Tall grass / cave floor	Oddish	Lv. 13-14	40%	Any time	None
Route 117	Tall grass / cave floor	Poochyena	Lv. 13-14	30%	Any time	None
Route 117	Tall grass / cave floor	Illumise	Lv. 13-14	18%	Any time	None
Route 117	Tall grass / cave floor	Marill	Lv. 13	10%	Any time	None
Route 117	Tall grass / cave floor	Seedot	Lv. 13	1%	Any time	None
Route 117	Tall grass / cave floor	Volbeat	Lv. 13	1%	Any time	None
Route 117	Surf	Marill	Lv. 5-35	99%	Any time	Surf
Route 117	Surf	Goldeen	Lv. 20-30	1%	Any time	Surf
Route 117	Old Rod	Magikarp	Lv. 5-10	70%	Any time	Old Rod
Route 117	Old Rod	Goldeen	Lv. 5-10	30%	Any time	Old Rod
Route 117	Good Rod	Magikarp	Lv. 10-30	60%	Any time	Good Rod
Route 117	Good Rod	Corphish	Lv. 10-30	20%	Any time	Good Rod
Route 117	Good Rod	Goldeen	Lv. 10-30	20%	Any time	Good Rod
Route 117	Super Rod	Corphish	Lv. 20-45	100%	Any time	Super Rod

Trainers

Order	Area	Trainer	Team	Reward	Notes
1	Route 117	Pokemon Breeder Isaac	Whismur Lv. 11 Zigzagoon Lv. 11 Aron Lv. 11 Poochyena Lv. 11 Taillow Lv. 11 Makuhita Lv. 11	440	May have Match Call/rematch data later.
2	Route 117	Pokemon Breeder Lydia	Wingull Lv. 11 Shroomish Lv. 11 Marill Lv. 11 Roselia Lv. 11 Skitty Lv. 11 Goldeen Lv. 11	440	May have Match Call/rematch data later.
3	Route 117	Triathlete Dylan	Doduo Lv. 17	680	May have Match Call/rematch data later.
4	Route 117	Triathlete Maria	Doduo Lv. 17	680	May have Match Call/rematch data later.
5	Route 117	Bug Maniac Derek	Dustox Lv. 16 Beautifly Lv. 16	960	Story/route battle.
6	Route 117	Sr. And Jr. Anna & Meg	Zigzagoon Lv. 15 Makuhita Lv. 17	544	May have Match Call/rematch data later.
7	Route 117	Triathlete Melina	Doduo Lv. 17	680	Story/route battle.
8	Route 117	Psychic Brandi	Ralts Lv. 17	408	Story/route battle.
9	Route 117	Battle Girl Aisha	Meditite Lv. 17	408	Story/route battle.

Items

Item	Type	Location	Requirement / flag context
Great Ball	Visible	Route 117, on the southwest side at map coordinates (16,18)	ROUTE 117 GREAT BALL
Revive	Visible	Route 117, on the northwest side at map coordinates (9,1)	ROUTE 117 REVIVE
Repel	Hidden	Route 117, hidden on the southwest side at map coordinates (3,18)	ROUTE 117 REPEL
TM45 Attract	Gift / reward	Verdanturf Town Battle Tent Lobby, Attract Giver	NPC gift or story reward

Completion Checklist

• Clear the main objective: Use the Day Care route for catches and training, visit Verdanturf, and prepare Rock Smash cleanup.
• 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.