Super-Secret Basics

Learn how to create and manage your Secret Base in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. Discover Secret Spots, use Secret Power, and share your base with others.

To create a Secret Base in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, you'll first need to reach the northern part of Route 111, past the Fiery Path. Here, you will meet Aarune, who will give you the TM for **Secret Power**. This move is essential for creating bases, as it allows you to interact with Secret Spots.

Secret Spots can be found in various locations: large trees, bushes with small holes, and alcoves in mountainsides. Ensure you have a Pokémon knowing Secret Power in your party, then examine the spot and choose to make a Secret Base. You can only have one Secret Base at a time; creating a new one will automatically remove the old one.

Inside your Secret Base, you can use the PC to decorate it with items, organize team data, and delete old bases. You can also save a QR code of your base to share with others, allowing them to scan it with their 3DS/2DS to add your base to their game. Conversely, you can scan QR codes shared by others to discover special bases, some of which are only available through codes distributed by Game Freak or Nintendo and can be found in the southeasternmost house in Mossdeep City.

Other methods to receive Secret Bases include StreetPass and receiving them from the first 30 people on your PSS's Passerby list when you are online. Visiting another player's base allows you to interact with them. Speaking to the player may result in receiving an item. You can also battle them, and their party will consist of up to 3 Pokémon they had during their last visit, with levels potentially limited unless Level Release is activated.

You can also battle their Secret Pals and add the main player to your own Secret Pals. These Secret Pals can be battled in your base once daily and can use various powers. You can have up to five Secret Pals, or fewer if you have removed Welcome Mats. When in someone else's base, be sure to collect the flag next to their PC. Each base yields one flag per day, and collecting flags unlocks more features.