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Pokemon Emerald Fortree Gym - Winona Walkthrough

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Fortree Gym - Winona section for the Pokemon Emerald walkthrough with wild Pokemon, trainers, items, coordinates, requirements, and strategy notes.

By Damodar Sharma Updated June 18, 2026 Walkthrough

Fortree Gym - Winona is a dedicated section page for Phase 6: Feather Badge. Solve the rotating gates and bring an answer to Altaria's Dragon Dance plan.

Official Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire artwork of Winona.
Winona

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 Assets1 trainer portrait

Route Plan

Primary source maps covered here: Fortree City Gym. 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

No wild Pokemon encounter table is sourced for this section.

Trainers

Order Area Trainer Team Reward Notes
1 Fortree City Gym Bird Keeper Jared 864 Story/route battle.
2 Fortree City Gym Bird Keeper Edwardo 928 Story/route battle.
3 Fortree City Gym Camper Flint 464 Story/route battle.
4 Fortree City Gym Picnicker Ashley 432 Story/route battle.
5 Fortree City Gym Bird Keeper Humberto 960 Story/route battle.
6 Fortree City Gym Bird Keeper Darius 960 Story/route battle.
7 Fortree City Gym Leader Winona 3300 May have Match Call/rematch data later.

Items

Item Type Location Requirement / flag context
TM40 Aerial Ace Gift / reward Fortree City Gym, Gym Leader reward After defeating the Gym Leader

Boss Strategy

Leader Winona

Reward: 3300. Electric and Ice coverage are premium. Altaria is the danger because Dragon Dance can turn a neutral matchup into a sweep.

Pokemon Level Held item Moves
Swablu Swablu Lv. 29 - Perish Song, Mirror Move, Safeguard, Aerial Ace
Tropius Tropius Lv. 29 - Sunny Day, Aerial Ace, Solar Beam, Synthesis
Pelipper Pelipper Lv. 30 - Water Gun, Supersonic, Protect, Aerial Ace
Skarmory Skarmory Lv. 31 - Sand Attack, Fury Attack, Steel Wing, Aerial Ace
Altaria Altaria Lv. 33 Oran Berry Earthquake, Dragon Breath, Dragon Dance, Aerial Ace

Completion Checklist

  • Clear the main objective: Solve the rotating gates and bring an answer to Altaria's Dragon Dance plan.
  • 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.
  • Save and heal before the boss battle.

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.