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PETALBURG WOODS
Pokemon Emerald

PETALBURG WOODS

Find trainers, Pokemon, and items like the Great Ball in Petalburg Woods during your Pokemon Emerald adventure.

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Find trainers, Pokemon, and items like the Great Ball in Petalburg Woods during your Pokemon Emerald adventure.

Trainers:

  • Bug Catcher Lyle: Wurmple (Level 3), Wurmple (Level 3), Wurmple (Level 3), Wurmple (Level 3). Money: $48.
  • Bug Catcher James (Match Call Trainer): Nincada (Level 6), Nincada (Level 6). Money: $96.

Pokemon Found:

  • Common: Poochyena, Wurmple
  • Uncommon: Shroomish, Silcoon, Cascoon
  • Rare: Taillow, Slakoth

Items:

  • Paralyze Heal
  • Ether
  • Great Ball (reward from researcher)
Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Enter Petalburg Woods and head northwest through the grass.
  2. 2
    Collect the Paralyze Heal from the grass.
  3. 3
    Continue east until you pass another grass patch.
  4. 4
    Head north of this grass patch to encounter Team Aqua stealing Devon Goods from a researcher.
  5. 5
    After the cutscene (a sequence of events shown on screen), the researcher will ask you to defeat the Team Aqua Grunt.
  6. 6
    Warning: The Grunt's Level 9 Poochyena should not be a problem, but be prepared.
  7. 7
    Defeat the Grunt to receive $180.
  8. 8
    The researcher will reward you with your first Great Ball, which is more effective for catching Pokemon than a Poke Ball. It is recommended to save this Great Ball for rare or difficult-to-catch Pokemon.
  9. 9
    Continue west and find two split grass patches.
  10. 10
    Collect the Ether from one of the grass patches.
  11. 11
    Head north to find an opening leading back to Route 104.

Pokemon Details:

  • Silcoon and Cascoon are evolved forms of Wurmple, evolving at Level 10 into Beautifly and Dustox respectively, but are generally considered weak Bug-type Pokemon.
  • Slakoth has a high Attack stat but can only attack every other turn due to its ability, giving opponents an advantage. It evolves into Vigoroth and Slaking.
  • Shroomish is an average Grass-type Pokemon that evolves into Breloom, which gains Fighting-type properties.

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