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Pokemon Emerald Magma Hideout Walkthrough

Mind Badge

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

By Damodar Sharma Updated June 18, 2026 Walkthrough

Magma Hideout is a dedicated section page for Phase 7: Mind Badge. Explore the opened Jagged Pass base and stop Maxie from awakening Groudon.

Official Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire artwork of Maxie.
Maxie
Team Magma male and female grunt artwork.
Team Magma Grunts

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: Magma Hideout 1F, Magma Hideout 2F 1R, Magma Hideout 2F 2R, Magma Hideout 3F 1R, Magma Hideout 3F 2R, Magma Hideout 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

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.

Magma Hideout 1F

Magma Hideout 1F wild Pokémon by method, levels, encounter rate, and requirements
PokémonLevelsRateNotes
Grass / cave floor
Geodude Geodude 27-3055%
Torkoal Torkoal 28-3030%
Graveler Graveler 30-3315%

Magma Hideout 2F 1R

Magma Hideout 2F 1R wild Pokémon by method, levels, encounter rate, and requirements
PokémonLevelsRateNotes
Grass / cave floor
Geodude Geodude 27-3055%
Torkoal Torkoal 28-3030%
Graveler Graveler 30-3315%

Magma Hideout 2F 2R

Magma Hideout 2F 2R wild Pokémon by method, levels, encounter rate, and requirements
PokémonLevelsRateNotes
Grass / cave floor
Geodude Geodude 27-3055%
Torkoal Torkoal 28-3030%
Graveler Graveler 30-3315%

Magma Hideout 3F 1R

Magma Hideout 3F 1R wild Pokémon by method, levels, encounter rate, and requirements
PokémonLevelsRateNotes
Grass / cave floor
Geodude Geodude 27-3055%
Torkoal Torkoal 28-3030%
Graveler Graveler 30-3315%

Magma Hideout 3F 2R

Magma Hideout 3F 2R wild Pokémon by method, levels, encounter rate, and requirements
PokémonLevelsRateNotes
Grass / cave floor
Geodude Geodude 27-3055%
Torkoal Torkoal 28-3030%
Graveler Graveler 30-3315%

Magma Hideout 4F

Magma Hideout 4F wild Pokémon by method, levels, encounter rate, and requirements
PokémonLevelsRateNotes
Grass / cave floor
Geodude Geodude 27-3055%
Torkoal Torkoal 28-3030%
Graveler Graveler 30-3315%

Trainers

Order Area Trainer Team Reward Notes
1 Magma Hideout 1F Team Magma Grunt 580 May have Match Call/rematch data later.
2 Magma Hideout 1F Team Magma Grunt 580 Story/route battle.
3 Magma Hideout 2F 1R Team Magma Grunt 580 Story/route battle.
4 Magma Hideout 2F 1R Team Magma Grunt 580 Story/route battle.
5 Magma Hideout 2F 1R Team Magma Grunt 560 Story/route battle.
6 Magma Hideout 2F 1R Team Magma Grunt 560 Story/route battle.
7 Magma Hideout 2F 2R Team Magma Grunt 580 Story/route battle.
8 Magma Hideout 2F 2R Team Magma Grunt 580 Story/route battle.
9 Magma Hideout 2F 2R Team Magma Grunt 580 Story/route battle.
10 Magma Hideout 2F 2R Team Magma Grunt 580 Story/route battle.
11 Magma Hideout 3F 1R Team Magma Grunt 580 Story/route battle.
12 Magma Hideout 3F 1R Team Magma Grunt 580 Story/route battle.
13 Magma Hideout 3F 2R Team Magma Grunt 580 Story/route battle.
14 Magma Hideout 4F Team Magma Grunt 580 Story/route battle.
15 Magma Hideout 4F Team Magma Grunt 580 Story/route battle.
16 Magma Hideout 4F Team Magma Grunt 580 Story/route battle.
17 Magma Hideout 4F Magma Leader Maxie 3120 Story/route battle.
18 Magma Hideout 4F Magma Admin Tabitha 1320 Story/route battle.

Items

Item Type Location Requirement / flag context
Rare Candy Visible Magma Hideout 1F, on the west side at map coordinates (3,20) MAGMA HIDEOUT 1F RARE CANDY
Max Elixir Visible Magma Hideout 2F 2R, on the north side at map coordinates (21,7) MAGMA HIDEOUT 2F 2R MAX ELIXIR
Full Restore Visible Magma Hideout 2F 2R, on the northwest side at map coordinates (14,6) MAGMA HIDEOUT 2F 2R FULL RESTORE
Nugget Visible Magma Hideout 3F 1R, on the west side at map coordinates (9,16) MAGMA HIDEOUT 3F 1R NUGGET
PP Max Visible Magma Hideout 3F 2R, on the west side at map coordinates (5,9) MAGMA HIDEOUT 3F 2R PP MAX
Max Revive Visible Magma Hideout 4F, on the northwest side at map coordinates (3,7) MAGMA HIDEOUT 4F MAX REVIVE

Boss Strategy

Magma Admin Tabitha

Reward: 1320. Heal first, check the listed levels, and bring at least one direct counter plus a backup pivot.

Pokemon Level Held item Moves
Numel Numel Lv. 26 - Default level-up moves
Mightyena Mightyena Lv. 28 - Default level-up moves
Zubat Zubat Lv. 30 - Default level-up moves
Camerupt Camerupt Lv. 33 - Default level-up moves

Magma Leader Maxie

Reward: 3120. Water and Ground pressure his Fire/Ground plan, while Fighting or strong neutral hits keep Mightyena and Crobat from stalling momentum.

Pokemon Level Held item Moves
Mightyena Mightyena Lv. 37 - Default level-up moves
Crobat Crobat Lv. 38 - Default level-up moves
Camerupt Camerupt Lv. 39 - Default level-up moves

Completion Checklist

  • Clear the main objective: Explore the opened Jagged Pass base and stop Maxie from awakening Groudon.
  • 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 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.