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Pokemon Emerald Slateport Harbor and Aqua Hideout Walkthrough

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Slateport Harbor and Aqua 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

Slateport Harbor and Aqua Hideout is a dedicated section page for Phase 7: Mind Badge. Witness the submarine theft, raid the Lilycove hideout, and make sure you collect the Master Ball before leaving.

Official Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire artwork of Archie.
Archie
Team Aqua male and female grunt artwork.
Team Aqua 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: Slateport City Harbor, Aqua Hideout 1F, Aqua Hideout B1F, Aqua Hideout B2F. 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 Aqua Hideout 1F Team Aqua Grunt 640 May have Match Call/rematch data later.
2 Aqua Hideout B1F Team Aqua Grunt 620 Story/route battle.
3 Aqua Hideout B1F Team Aqua Grunt 640 Story/route battle.
4 Aqua Hideout B1F Team Aqua Grunt 640 Story/route battle.
5 Aqua Hideout B1F Team Aqua Grunt 620 Story/route battle.
6 Aqua Hideout B2F Team Aqua Grunt 640 Story/route battle.
7 Aqua Hideout B2F Team Aqua Grunt 640 Story/route battle.
8 Aqua Hideout B2F Team Aqua Grunt 640 Story/route battle.
9 Aqua Hideout B2F Aqua Admin Matt 1360 Story/route battle.

Items

Item Type Location Requirement / flag context
Deep Sea Tooth Gift / reward Slateport City Harbor, Deep Sea Tooth NPC gift or story reward
Deep Sea Scale Gift / reward Slateport City Harbor, Deep Sea Scale NPC gift or story reward
Max Elixir Visible Aqua Hideout B1F, on the central area at map coordinates (29,12) AQUA HIDEOUT B1F MAX ELIXIR
Master Ball Visible Aqua Hideout B1F, on the west side at map coordinates (15,9) AQUA HIDEOUT B1F MASTER BALL
Nugget Visible Aqua Hideout B1F, on the west side at map coordinates (15,10) AQUA HIDEOUT B1F NUGGET
Nest Ball Visible Aqua Hideout B2F, on the west side at map coordinates (3,13) AQUA HIDEOUT B2F NEST BALL

Boss Strategy

Aqua Admin Matt

Reward: 1360. Heal first, check the listed levels, and bring at least one direct counter plus a backup pivot.

Pokemon Level Held item Moves
Mightyena Mightyena Lv. 34 - Default level-up moves
Golbat Golbat Lv. 34 - Default level-up moves

Completion Checklist

  • Clear the main objective: Witness the submarine theft, raid the Lilycove hideout, and make sure you collect the Master Ball before leaving.
  • 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.