Phase 5 section
Pokemon Emerald Route 118 Walkthrough
Balance Badge Route 118 section for the Pokemon Emerald walkthrough with wild Pokemon, trainers, items, coordinates, requirements, and strategy notes.
Route 118 is a dedicated section page for Phase 5: Balance Badge. Cross east of Mauville with Surf, meet Steven, and open the long path toward Fortree.
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: Route 118. 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.
| Pokémon | Levels | Rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grass / cave floor | |||
 Electrike | 24-26 | 30% | — |
 Zigzagoon | 24-26 | 30% | — |
 Wingull | 25-27 | 19% | — |
 Linoone | 26 | 10% | — |
 Manectric | 26 | 10% | — |
 Kecleon | 25 | 1% | — |
| Surfing | |||
 Tentacool | 5-35 | 60% | — |
| Wingull | 10-30 | 35% | — |
 Pelipper | 25-30 | 5% | — |
| Fishing — Old Rod | |||
 Magikarp | 5-10 | 70% | — |
| Tentacool | 5-10 | 30% | — |
| Fishing — Good Rod | |||
| Magikarp | 10-30 | 60% | — |
 Carvanha | 10-30 | 20% | — |
| Tentacool | 10-30 | 20% | — |
| Fishing — Super Rod | |||
| Carvanha | 20-45 | 60% | — |
 Sharpedo | 30-35 | 40% | — |
Trainers
| Order | Area | Trainer | Team | Reward | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Route 118 | Aroma Lady Rose | 560 | May have Match Call/rematch data later. | |
| 2 | Route 118 | Fisherman Barny | 1000 | Story/route battle. | |
| 3 | Route 118 | Fisherman Wade | 640 | Story/route battle. | |
| 4 | Route 118 | Guitarist Dalton | 480 | May have Match Call/rematch data later. | |
| 5 | Route 118 | Bird Keeper Perry | 832 | Story/route battle. | |
| 6 | Route 118 | Bird Keeper Chester | 800 | Story/route battle. | |
| 7 | Route 118 | Youngster Deandre | 224 | Story/route battle. |
Items
| Item | Type | Location | Requirement / flag context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyper Potion | Visible | Route 118, on the east side at map coordinates (69,7) | ROUTE 118 HYPER POTION |
| Iron | Hidden | Route 118, hidden on the central area at map coordinates (31,13) | ROUTE 118 IRON |
| Heart Scale | Hidden | Route 118, hidden on the southwest side at map coordinates (12,14) | ROUTE 118 HEART SCALE |
| Good Rod | Gift / reward | Route 118, Receive Good Rod | NPC gift or story reward |
Completion Checklist
- Clear the main objective: Cross east of Mauville with Surf, meet Steven, and open the long path toward Fortree.
- 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.