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Pokemon Emerald Meteor Falls Walkthrough

Heat Badge

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

By Damodar Sharma Updated June 18, 2026 Walkthrough

Meteor Falls is a dedicated section page for Phase 4: Heat Badge. Interrupt Team Magma and Team Aqua, recover the Meteorite trail, and unlock Mt. Chimney's cable car.

Official Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire artwork of Maxie.
Maxie
Official Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire artwork of Archie.
Archie

Trainer Art

Key Emerald trainers for this section are shown here so boss, rival, villain, and Frontier pages have the right character context.

ManifestPokemon Emerald trainer image set Assets2 trainer portraits

Route Plan

Primary source maps covered here: Meteor Falls 1F 1R, Meteor Falls 1F 2R, Meteor Falls B1F 1R, Meteor Falls B1F 2R. 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
Meteor Falls 1F 1R Tall grass / cave floor Zubat Zubat Lv. 14-20 80% Any time None
Meteor Falls 1F 1R Tall grass / cave floor Solrock Solrock Lv. 14-18 20% Any time None
Meteor Falls 1F 1R Surf Zubat Zubat Lv. 5-35 90% Any time Surf
Meteor Falls 1F 1R Surf Solrock Solrock Lv. 5-35 10% Any time Surf
Meteor Falls 1F 1R Old Rod Magikarp Magikarp Lv. 5-10 70% Any time Old Rod
Meteor Falls 1F 1R Old Rod Goldeen Goldeen Lv. 5-10 30% Any time Old Rod
Meteor Falls 1F 1R Good Rod Magikarp Magikarp Lv. 10-30 60% Any time Good Rod
Meteor Falls 1F 1R Good Rod Barboach Barboach Lv. 10-30 20% Any time Good Rod
Meteor Falls 1F 1R Good Rod Goldeen Goldeen Lv. 10-30 20% Any time Good Rod
Meteor Falls 1F 1R Super Rod Barboach Barboach Lv. 20-45 100% Any time Super Rod
Meteor Falls 1F 2R Tall grass / cave floor Golbat Golbat Lv. 33-40 65% Any time None
Meteor Falls 1F 2R Tall grass / cave floor Solrock Solrock Lv. 33-39 35% Any time None
Meteor Falls 1F 2R Surf Golbat Golbat Lv. 30-35 90% Any time Surf
Meteor Falls 1F 2R Surf Solrock Solrock Lv. 5-35 10% Any time Surf
Meteor Falls 1F 2R Old Rod Magikarp Magikarp Lv. 5-10 70% Any time Old Rod
Meteor Falls 1F 2R Old Rod Goldeen Goldeen Lv. 5-10 30% Any time Old Rod
Meteor Falls 1F 2R Good Rod Magikarp Magikarp Lv. 10-30 60% Any time Good Rod
Meteor Falls 1F 2R Good Rod Barboach Barboach Lv. 10-30 20% Any time Good Rod
Meteor Falls 1F 2R Good Rod Goldeen Goldeen Lv. 10-30 20% Any time Good Rod
Meteor Falls 1F 2R Super Rod Barboach Barboach Lv. 25-35 80% Any time Super Rod
Meteor Falls 1F 2R Super Rod Whiscash Whiscash Lv. 30-45 20% Any time Super Rod
Meteor Falls B1F 1R Tall grass / cave floor Golbat Golbat Lv. 33-40 65% Any time None
Meteor Falls B1F 1R Tall grass / cave floor Solrock Solrock Lv. 33-39 35% Any time None
Meteor Falls B1F 1R Surf Golbat Golbat Lv. 30-35 90% Any time Surf
Meteor Falls B1F 1R Surf Solrock Solrock Lv. 5-35 10% Any time Surf
Meteor Falls B1F 1R Old Rod Magikarp Magikarp Lv. 5-10 70% Any time Old Rod
Meteor Falls B1F 1R Old Rod Goldeen Goldeen Lv. 5-10 30% Any time Old Rod
Meteor Falls B1F 1R Good Rod Magikarp Magikarp Lv. 10-30 60% Any time Good Rod
Meteor Falls B1F 1R Good Rod Barboach Barboach Lv. 10-30 20% Any time Good Rod
Meteor Falls B1F 1R Good Rod Goldeen Goldeen Lv. 10-30 20% Any time Good Rod
Meteor Falls B1F 1R Super Rod Barboach Barboach Lv. 25-35 80% Any time Super Rod
Meteor Falls B1F 1R Super Rod Whiscash Whiscash Lv. 30-45 20% Any time Super Rod
Meteor Falls B1F 2R Tall grass / cave floor Golbat Golbat Lv. 33-40 50% Any time None
Meteor Falls B1F 2R Tall grass / cave floor Bagon Bagon Lv. 25-35 25% Any time None
Meteor Falls B1F 2R Tall grass / cave floor Solrock Solrock Lv. 35-39 25% Any time None
Meteor Falls B1F 2R Surf Golbat Golbat Lv. 30-35 90% Any time Surf
Meteor Falls B1F 2R Surf Solrock Solrock Lv. 5-35 10% Any time Surf
Meteor Falls B1F 2R Old Rod Magikarp Magikarp Lv. 5-10 70% Any time Old Rod
Meteor Falls B1F 2R Old Rod Goldeen Goldeen Lv. 5-10 30% Any time Old Rod
Meteor Falls B1F 2R Good Rod Magikarp Magikarp Lv. 10-30 60% Any time Good Rod
Meteor Falls B1F 2R Good Rod Barboach Barboach Lv. 10-30 20% Any time Good Rod
Meteor Falls B1F 2R Good Rod Goldeen Goldeen Lv. 10-30 20% Any time Good Rod
Meteor Falls B1F 2R Super Rod Barboach Barboach Lv. 25-35 80% Any time Super Rod
Meteor Falls B1F 2R Super Rod Whiscash Whiscash Lv. 30-45 20% Any time Super Rod

Trainers

Order Area Trainer Team Reward Notes
1 Meteor Falls 1F 2R Dragon Tamer Nicolas 1776 May have Match Call/rematch data later.
2 Meteor Falls 1F 2R Old Couple John & Jay 3120 May have Match Call/rematch data later.

Items

Item Type Location Requirement / flag context
TM23 Iron Tail Visible Meteor Falls 1F 1R, on the northwest side at map coordinates (2,4) METEOR FALLS 1F 1R TM IRON TAIL
Moon Stone Visible Meteor Falls 1F 1R, on the west side at map coordinates (2,14) METEOR FALLS 1F 1R MOON STONE
Full Heal Visible Meteor Falls 1F 1R, on the northeast side at map coordinates (27,5) METEOR FALLS 1F 1R FULL HEAL
PP Up Visible Meteor Falls 1F 1R, on the southeast side at map coordinates (26,32) METEOR FALLS 1F 1R PP UP
TM02 Dragon Claw Visible Meteor Falls B1F 2R, on the north side at map coordinates (5,3) METEOR FALLS B1F 2R TM DRAGON CLAW

Completion Checklist

  • Clear the main objective: Interrupt Team Magma and Team Aqua, recover the Meteorite trail, and unlock Mt. Chimney's cable car.
  • 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.
  • Trainer art on this page uses the local Emerald trainer manifest and reused Hoenn character art where Emerald-specific artwork is not available.