Is Aron Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Aron with AbilitySturdy or AbilityRock Head starts in Granite Cave. Steel/Rock with massive Defense building toward Aggron at 42. Handles Winona and Glacia. In Emerald, the Wallace Champion fight is neutral for Steel instead of the mirror matchup RS had against Steven.
Aron has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Brawly's team hits Aron's weaknesses hard.
Aron trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Aron trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Aron trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Aron trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Lairon trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Aggron trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Aggron has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Aggron trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Aggron has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Aggron has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Wallace's team hits Aggron's weaknesses hard.
Catchable
Catch Aron in Granite Cave (walking, Lv 7-8, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- LV 13SteelMetal ClawPower 75Accuracy 95%PP 35
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by the Tunnel Man in Rusturf Tunnel
- LV 25NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- LV 29SteelIron TailPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 15
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 44NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORRockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
Evolve Aron to Lairon
Aron evolves into Lairon at Level 32. Your Aron should hit Level 32 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 32)
- LV 32SteelIron TailPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 15
- LV 32NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by the Tunnel Man in Rusturf Tunnel
- After Flannery
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Fiery Path
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 53NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORRockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
Evolve Lairon to Aggron
Lairon evolves into Aggron at Level 42. Your Lairon should hit Level 42 before you reach Juan, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 42)
- LV 42SteelIron TailPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 15
- After Norman
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- LV 63NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORRockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega KickPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 5Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega PunchPower 80Accuracy 85%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORFireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORIceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Aron in Emerald
Aron tunnels through Granite Cave, common in the lower floors at levels 7 to 12, with a stray rare slot way up at level 36 in Victory Road. The early cave is where you actually start the Aggron line, well before that endgame appearance.
Wild Aron may be holding when caught:
Hard Stone (5% chance) A hold item that raises the power of ROCK-type moves.2 locations to catch Aron
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8Where To Catch Aron in E
Aron is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 7-44 across 7 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into LaironVictory Road - B1FLv.40-42CaveRate 25%Victory Road - B2FLv.40-44CaveRate 25%Victory Road - 1FLv.40CaveRate 10%or evolve from Aron (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into AggronBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Aron egg.
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Emerald for Aron.
How to Get Shiny Aron in Emerald
Aron burrows through Granite Cave, where it turns up fairly often; grind encounters against its rocky walls until a shiny steel ant surfaces. Compare Shiny Aron odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Aron Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Emerald shiny odds for Aron.
Aron Weakness
Aron is weak to Fighting, Ground, and Water. Watch out for Fighting and Ground attacks, those deal 4x damage. On the flip side, it's immune to Poison-type moves entirely. With 9 resistances, the defensive profile is strong. Aron's physical bulk (base 100 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Fighting, Ground |
| 2x (Weak) | Water |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Ice, Psychic, Bug, Rock, Ghost, Dragon, Dark |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Normal, Flying |
| 0x (Immune) | Poison |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Aron Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Aron
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aron View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 4x320-377%KO Dig 4x86-102%KO Surf 2x59-70% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aron View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 4x278-328%KO Dig 4x79-93% | ||
 Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aron View Combusken builds →Focus Punch 4x243-286%KO Dig 4x66-79% | ||
 Feraligatr Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (Littleroot Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aron View Feraligatr builds →Focus Punch 4x190-223%KO Dig 4x79-93% Surf 2x142-167%KO | ||
 Sandslash Ground | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aron View Sandslash builds →Focus Punch 4x185-219%KO Dig 4x119-140%KO | ||
 Marshtomp WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aron View Marshtomp builds →Dig 4x100-119%KO Surf 2x115-136%KO Rock Smash 4x27-33% | ||
 Azumarill Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Azurill (Petalburg City Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aron View Azumarill builds →Focus Punch 4x110-130%KO Surf 2x115-136%KO Dig 4x47-56% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aron View Ludicolo builds →Focus Punch 4x138-163%KO Surf 2x157-185%KO | ||
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aron View Graveler builds →Focus Punch 4x173-205%KO Dig 4x112-133%KO | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aron View Camerupt builds →Dig 4x119-140%KO Rock Smash 4x31-37% | ||
 Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodDewford Town Surfing | ||
 Nincada BugGround | C | |
 Trapinch Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aron View Trapinch builds →Dig 4x119-140%KO Rock Smash 4x31-37% | ||
Aron Evolutions
Three stages ahead. Aron grows into Lairon, then pushes on to Aggron. Check the evolution methods below. For breeding, slow to hatch with a decent partner pool via one egg group. Evolving adds up to 200 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Aron with 49 breeding partners from the Monster egg group. Pass egg moves like Body Slam, Endeavor, Smelling Salts and 1 more to offspring.
E Aron Best Moveset
Steel/Rock typing resists nine types, but Aron's low HP and Sp. Def make it fragile against special attacks. The moveset should run physical Rock and Steel moves while leveling.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Endeavor
- Protect
- Earthquake
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Aron. Body Slam and Endeavor come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Iron Tail and Rock Slide and coverage across 7 types.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
All 24 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
A POKéMON that is clad in steel armor. A new suit of armor is made when it evolves. The old, discarded armor is salvaged as metal for making iron products.
Aron Emerald Guide
Yes. Wild Aron in Emerald can hold Hard Stone (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Hard Stone.
For Emerald, you can run Aron through the first few routes without issues. 330 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Lairon as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Available in 15 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Aron spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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