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Pokemon Emerald Safari Zone Walkthrough

Mind Badge

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

By Damodar Sharma Updated June 18, 2026 Walkthrough

Safari Zone is a dedicated section page for Phase 7: Mind Badge. Use the Safari Ball rules to catch rare Hoenn species and bike-gated area Pokemon.

Pokemon Emerald logo. Pokemon Emerald Version box art.

Phase 7 asset set

Mind Badge: Lilycove, Mt. Pyre, Magma Hideout, Aqua Hideout, Mossdeep, and Space Center.

Asset sourceLocal game logo and box art Badge artHoenn badge PNG loaded in the page hero

Route Plan

Primary source maps covered here: Safari Zone South, Safari Zone Southwest, Safari Zone North, Safari Zone Northwest, Safari Zone Rest House. 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
Safari Zone South Tall grass / cave floor Oddish Oddish Lv. 25-27 40% Any time None
Safari Zone South Tall grass / cave floor Girafarig Girafarig Lv. 25-27 20% Any time None
Safari Zone South Tall grass / cave floor Doduo Doduo Lv. 25 10% Any time None
Safari Zone South Tall grass / cave floor Natu Natu Lv. 25 10% Any time None
Safari Zone South Tall grass / cave floor Wobbuffet Wobbuffet Lv. 27-29 10% Any time None
Safari Zone South Tall grass / cave floor Gloom Gloom Lv. 25 5% Any time None
Safari Zone South Tall grass / cave floor Pikachu Pikachu Lv. 25-27 5% Any time None
Safari Zone Southwest Tall grass / cave floor Oddish Oddish Lv. 25-27 40% Any time None
Safari Zone Southwest Tall grass / cave floor Girafarig Girafarig Lv. 25-27 20% Any time None
Safari Zone Southwest Tall grass / cave floor Doduo Doduo Lv. 27 10% Any time None
Safari Zone Southwest Tall grass / cave floor Natu Natu Lv. 25 10% Any time None
Safari Zone Southwest Tall grass / cave floor Wobbuffet Wobbuffet Lv. 27-29 10% Any time None
Safari Zone Southwest Tall grass / cave floor Gloom Gloom Lv. 25 5% Any time None
Safari Zone Southwest Tall grass / cave floor Pikachu Pikachu Lv. 25-27 5% Any time None
Safari Zone Southwest Surf Psyduck Psyduck Lv. 20-35 100% Any time Surf
Safari Zone Southwest Old Rod Magikarp Magikarp Lv. 5-10 70% Any time Old Rod
Safari Zone Southwest Old Rod Goldeen Goldeen Lv. 5-10 30% Any time Old Rod
Safari Zone Southwest Good Rod Magikarp Magikarp Lv. 10-30 60% Any time Good Rod
Safari Zone Southwest Good Rod Goldeen Goldeen Lv. 10-30 40% Any time Good Rod
Safari Zone Southwest Super Rod Goldeen Goldeen Lv. 25-35 80% Any time Super Rod
Safari Zone Southwest Super Rod Seaking Seaking Lv. 25-40 20% Any time Super Rod
Safari Zone North Tall grass / cave floor Oddish Oddish Lv. 27-29 30% Any time None
Safari Zone North Tall grass / cave floor Phanpy Phanpy Lv. 27-29 30% Any time None
Safari Zone North Tall grass / cave floor Gloom Gloom Lv. 29-31 15% Any time None
Safari Zone North Tall grass / cave floor Natu Natu Lv. 27-29 15% Any time None
Safari Zone North Tall grass / cave floor Heracross Heracross Lv. 27-29 5% Any time None
Safari Zone North Tall grass / cave floor Xatu Xatu Lv. 29-31 5% Any time None
Safari Zone North Rock Smash Geodude Geodude Lv. 5-30 100% Any time Rock Smash
Safari Zone Northwest Tall grass / cave floor Oddish Oddish Lv. 27-29 30% Any time None
Safari Zone Northwest Tall grass / cave floor Rhyhorn Rhyhorn Lv. 27-29 30% Any time None
Safari Zone Northwest Tall grass / cave floor Doduo Doduo Lv. 27-29 15% Any time None
Safari Zone Northwest Tall grass / cave floor Gloom Gloom Lv. 29-31 15% Any time None
Safari Zone Northwest Tall grass / cave floor Dodrio Dodrio Lv. 29-31 5% Any time None
Safari Zone Northwest Tall grass / cave floor Pinsir Pinsir Lv. 27-29 5% Any time None
Safari Zone Northwest Surf Psyduck Psyduck Lv. 20-35 95% Any time Surf
Safari Zone Northwest Surf Golduck Golduck Lv. 25-40 5% Any time Surf
Safari Zone Northwest Old Rod Magikarp Magikarp Lv. 5-10 70% Any time Old Rod
Safari Zone Northwest Old Rod Goldeen Goldeen Lv. 5-10 30% Any time Old Rod
Safari Zone Northwest Good Rod Magikarp Magikarp Lv. 10-30 60% Any time Good Rod
Safari Zone Northwest Good Rod Goldeen Goldeen Lv. 10-30 40% Any time Good Rod
Safari Zone Northwest Super Rod Goldeen Goldeen Lv. 25-35 80% Any time Super Rod
Safari Zone Northwest Super Rod Seaking Seaking Lv. 25-40 20% Any time Super Rod

Trainers

No mandatory trainer battles are sourced for this section.

Items

Item Type Location Requirement / flag context
Max Revive Visible Safari Zone Southwest, on the southwest side at map coordinates (0,37) SAFARI ZONE SOUTH WEST MAX REVIVE
Calcium Visible Safari Zone North, on the northwest side at map coordinates (7,6) SAFARI ZONE NORTH CALCIUM
TM22 Solar Beam Visible Safari Zone Northwest, on the northeast side at map coordinates (33,7) SAFARI ZONE NORTH WEST TM SOLAR BEAM

Completion Checklist

  • Clear the main objective: Use the Safari Ball rules to catch rare Hoenn species and bike-gated area Pokemon.
  • 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.