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Pokemon Gold and Silver Ruins of Alph Completion Walkthrough

Ruins of Alph Completion section of the complete Pokemon Gold and Silver walkthrough, with wild Pokemon, trainers, items, hidden items, trades, events, and boss data.

By Damodar Sharma Updated June 23, 2026 Walkthrough

Solve all four puzzles and log every Unown unlock set. This section is generated from pret/pokegold map, trainer, item, and encounter data for Pokemon Gold and Silver only.

Phase 18: Mt. Silver + Red + Completion

Ruins of Alph Completion

Solve all four puzzles and log every Unown unlock set.

Source maps7 Wild rows21 Trainers1 Items/trades0

Source Maps

RUINS_OF_ALPH_OUTSIDE, RUINS_OF_ALPH_INNER_CHAMBER, RUINS_OF_ALPH_KABUTO_CHAMBER, RUINS_OF_ALPH_OMANYTE_CHAMBER, RUINS_OF_ALPH_AERODACTYL_CHAMBER, RUINS_OF_ALPH_HO_OH_CHAMBER, RUINS_OF_ALPH_RESEARCH_CENTER

Wild Pokemon

Area / subarea	Game	Method	Time	Pokemon	Level	Odds	Condition / requirement
Ruins Of Alph Outside	Gold/Silver	Good Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 20	35%	Standard encounter table.
Ruins Of Alph Outside	Gold/Silver	Good Rod	Any	Poliwag Rod bite group	Lv. 20	55%	Standard encounter table.
Ruins Of Alph Outside	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Natu 4% encounter rate	Lv. 18-24	90%	Standard encounter table.
Ruins Of Alph Outside	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Smeargle 4% encounter rate	Lv. 20-22	10%	Standard encounter table.
Ruins Of Alph Outside	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Natu 4% encounter rate	Lv. 18-24	90%	Standard encounter table.
Ruins Of Alph Outside	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Smeargle 4% encounter rate	Lv. 20-22	10%	Standard encounter table.
Ruins Of Alph Outside	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Natu 4% encounter rate	Lv. 18-24	90%	Standard encounter table.
Ruins Of Alph Outside	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Smeargle 4% encounter rate	Lv. 20-22	10%	Standard encounter table.
Ruins Of Alph Outside	Gold/Silver	Old Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 10	85%	Standard encounter table.
Ruins Of Alph Outside	Gold/Silver	Old Rod	Any	Poliwag Rod bite group	Lv. 10	15%	Standard encounter table.
Ruins Of Alph Outside	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 40	50%	Standard encounter table.
Ruins Of Alph Outside	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Poliwag Rod bite group	Lv. 40	50%	Standard encounter table.
Ruins Of Alph Outside	Gold/Silver	Surf	Any	Quagsire 2% encounter rate	Lv. 15-20	40%	Standard encounter table.
Ruins Of Alph Outside	Gold/Silver	Surf	Any	Wooper 2% encounter rate	Lv. 15	60%	Standard encounter table.
Ruins Of Alph Inner Chamber	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Unown 6% encounter rate	Lv. 5	100%	Standard encounter table.
Ruins Of Alph Inner Chamber	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Unown 6% encounter rate	Lv. 5	100%	Standard encounter table.
Ruins Of Alph Inner Chamber	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Unown 6% encounter rate	Lv. 5	100%	Standard encounter table.
Ruins Of Alph Inner Chamber	Gold/Silver	Unown puzzle	Any	Unown	Lv. 5	Form pool	Kabuto puzzle solved; unlocks Unown A-K.
Ruins Of Alph Inner Chamber	Gold/Silver	Unown puzzle	Any	Unown	Lv. 5	Form pool	Omanyte puzzle solved; unlocks Unown L-R.
Ruins Of Alph Inner Chamber	Gold/Silver	Unown puzzle	Any	Unown	Lv. 5	Form pool	Aerodactyl puzzle solved; unlocks Unown S-W.
Ruins Of Alph Inner Chamber	Gold/Silver	Unown puzzle	Any	Unown	Lv. 5	Form pool	Ho-Oh puzzle solved; unlocks Unown X-Z.

Trainers

Route order	Trainer	Team	Reward	Optional / rematch note
Ruins Of Alph Outside (4, 20)	Psychic Nathan	No source party data found.	Source reward	One-time trainer battle.

Items, Hidden Items, And Events

No item balls, hidden items, fruit trees, NPC gifts, or in-game trades found for this section.

Boss Cards

No major boss card assigned to this section.

Completion Checklist

Check every wild row before leaving Ruins of Alph Completion; Gold/Silver version, time, rod, Headbutt, swarm, and static methods are separated.
Clear trainer rows and phone/rematch contacts shown in the trainer table.
Pick up item balls, hidden items, daily fruit trees, NPC gifts, trades, and static encounters listed for the section.
Use any boss card here before advancing to the next section.