Pokemon Emerald Route 111 Desert and Mirage Tower Walkthrough

Route 111 Desert and Mirage Tower is a dedicated section page for Phase 4: Heat Badge. Use the Go-Goggles to cross the desert, choose a fossil, and collect the sandstorm items.

Route Plan

Primary source maps covered here: Route 111, Mirage Tower 1F, Mirage Tower 2F, Mirage Tower 3F, Mirage Tower 4F. 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 111	Tall grass / cave floor	Sandshrew	Lv. 19-21	35%	Any time	None
Route 111	Tall grass / cave floor	Trapinch	Lv. 19-21	35%	Any time	None
Route 111	Tall grass / cave floor	Baltoy	Lv. 19-21	24%	Any time	None
Route 111	Tall grass / cave floor	Cacnea	Lv. 20-22	6%	Any time	None
Route 111	Surf	Marill	Lv. 5-35	99%	Any time	Surf
Route 111	Surf	Goldeen	Lv. 20-30	1%	Any time	Surf
Route 111	Rock Smash	Geodude	Lv. 5-20	100%	Any time	Rock Smash
Route 111	Old Rod	Magikarp	Lv. 5-10	70%	Any time	Old Rod
Route 111	Old Rod	Goldeen	Lv. 5-10	30%	Any time	Old Rod
Route 111	Good Rod	Magikarp	Lv. 10-30	60%	Any time	Good Rod
Route 111	Good Rod	Barboach	Lv. 10-30	20%	Any time	Good Rod
Route 111	Good Rod	Goldeen	Lv. 10-30	20%	Any time	Good Rod
Route 111	Super Rod	Barboach	Lv. 20-45	100%	Any time	Super Rod
Mirage Tower 1F	Tall grass / cave floor	Sandshrew	Lv. 20-24	50%	Any time	None
Mirage Tower 1F	Tall grass / cave floor	Trapinch	Lv. 20-24	50%	Any time	None
Mirage Tower 2F	Tall grass / cave floor	Sandshrew	Lv. 20-24	50%	Any time	None
Mirage Tower 2F	Tall grass / cave floor	Trapinch	Lv. 20-24	50%	Any time	None
Mirage Tower 3F	Tall grass / cave floor	Sandshrew	Lv. 20-24	50%	Any time	None
Mirage Tower 3F	Tall grass / cave floor	Trapinch	Lv. 20-24	50%	Any time	None
Mirage Tower 4F	Tall grass / cave floor	Sandshrew	Lv. 20-24	50%	Any time	None
Mirage Tower 4F	Tall grass / cave floor	Trapinch	Lv. 20-24	50%	Any time	None

Trainers

Order	Area	Trainer	Team	Reward	Notes
1	Route 111	Winstrate Victor	Taillow Lv. 16 · Oran Berry Zigzagoon Lv. 16 · Oran Berry	640	Story/route battle.
2	Route 111	Winstrate Victoria	Roselia Lv. 17 · Oran Berry	680	Story/route battle.
3	Route 111	Winstrate Vivi	Marill Lv. 15 Shroomish Lv. 15 Numel Lv. 15	600	Story/route battle.
4	Route 111	Winstrate Vicky	Meditite Lv. 18	720	Story/route battle.
5	Route 111	Camper Drew	Sandshrew Lv. 23	368	Story/route battle.
6	Route 111	Picnicker Heidi	Sandshrew Lv. 22 Baltoy Lv. 22	352	Story/route battle.
7	Route 111	Camper Beau	Baltoy Lv. 21 Sandshrew Lv. 21 Baltoy Lv. 21	336	Story/route battle.
8	Route 111	Picnicker Becky	Sandshrew Lv. 22 Marill Lv. 22	352	Story/route battle.
9	Route 111	Ruin Maniac Dusty	Sandslash Lv. 23	1380	May have Match Call/rematch data later.
10	Route 111	Camper Travis	Sandshrew Lv. 18	288	Story/route battle.
11	Route 111	Picnicker Irene	Shroomish Lv. 17 Marill Lv. 17	272	Story/route battle.
12	Route 111	Black Belt Daisuke	Machop Lv. 19	608	Story/route battle.
13	Route 111	Cooltrainer Wilton	Electrike Lv. 17 Wailmer Lv. 17 Makuhita Lv. 17	816	May have Match Call/rematch data later.
14	Route 111	Cooltrainer Brooke	Wingull Lv. 17 Numel Lv. 17 Roselia Lv. 17	816	May have Match Call/rematch data later.
15	Route 111	Kindler Hayden	Numel Lv. 18	576	Story/route battle.
16	Route 111	Picnicker Bianca	Shroomish Lv. 18	288	Story/route battle.
17	Route 111	Camper Tyron	Sandshrew Lv. 19	304	Story/route battle.
18	Route 111	Aroma Lady Celina	Roselia Lv. 18	720	Story/route battle.
19	Route 111	Picnicker Celia	Marill Lv. 22 Lombre Lv. 22	352	Story/route battle.
20	Route 111	Ruin Maniac Bryan	Sandshrew Lv. 22 Sandslash Lv. 22	1320	Story/route battle.
21	Route 111	Camper Branden	Taillow Lv. 22 Nuzleaf Lv. 22	352	Story/route battle.

Items

Item	Type	Location	Requirement / flag context
TM37 Sandstorm	Visible	Route 111, on the southeast side at map coordinates (33,104)	ROUTE 111 TM SANDSTORM
Stardust	Visible	Route 111, on the west side at map coordinates (12,54)	ROUTE 111 STARDUST
HP Up	Visible	Route 111, on the southwest side at map coordinates (3,114)	ROUTE 111 HP UP
Elixir	Visible	Route 111, on the south side at map coordinates (19,118)	ROUTE 111 ELIXIR
Stardust	Hidden	Route 111, hidden on the central area at map coordinates (26,70)	ROUTE 111 STARDUST
Protein	Hidden	Route 111, hidden on the central area at map coordinates (19,55)	ROUTE 111 PROTEIN
Rare Candy	Hidden	Route 111, hidden on the east side at map coordinates (35,66)	ROUTE 111 RARE CANDY
Razz Berry	Gift / reward	Route 111, Girl	NPC gift or story reward
Root Fossil	Gift / reward	Mirage Tower 4F, Root Fossil	NPC gift or story reward
Claw Fossil	Gift / reward	Mirage Tower 4F, Claw Fossil	NPC gift or story reward

Completion Checklist

• Clear the main objective: Use the Go-Goggles to cross the desert, choose a fossil, and collect the sandstorm items.
• 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.