Is Kyogre Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Cave of Origin in Sapphire at level 45. Water-type with AbilityDrizzle summoning permanent rain. Rain boosts Water moves, enables Swift Swim, and weakens Fire attacks. Kyogre's Special stats are absurd. Sapphire's box legendary trivializes the remaining story content. One of the most powerful Pokemon ever made.
Kyogre resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Kyogre resists most of Brawly's coverage and hits back hard.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Wattson's team.
Kyogre resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Kyogre resists most of Winona's coverage and hits back hard.
Kyogre resists most of Tate & Liza's coverage and hits back hard.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Kyogre has the type edge here and should clean up Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Kyogre in the Cave of Origin (interact, Lv 45, limited). Encountered at the bottom of the Cave of Origin in Sootopolis City during the main story.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 45)
- LV 45WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 45PsychicCalm MindPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Cave of Origin
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 65NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 75WaterWater SpoutPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 5
How to Get Kyogre in Ruby & Sapphire
Deep in the Cave of Origin, Sapphire's story sends you straight into Kyogre at level 45. There is only one, with the toughest catch rate in the game, so whittle it down before throwing. Ruby owners must trade for it.
1 location to catch Kyogre
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How to Get Shiny Kyogre in Ruby & Sapphire
Kyogre sits in the Cave of Origin in Sapphire, so save in front of it and soft reset the battle until it appears shiny. Compare Shiny Kyogre odds across every game
Shiny Kyogre Evolution
Does Not EvolveRuby & Sapphire Shiny Kyogre Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here is Soft Reset, about 1 in 8,192 on each try.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
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 Ruby & Sapphire shiny odds for Kyogre.
Kyogre Weakness
Type-wise, Kyogre takes extra damage from Electric and Grass. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Kyogre's special bulk (base 140 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Kyogre Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Kyogre
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Tropius Grass | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
 Lombre WaterGrass | C | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
 Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Raichu Electric | C | |
 Electrode Electric | B | |
 Plusle Electric | C | |
Kyogre Evolutions
No breeding, no evolution. Kyogre is a Water legendary with 670 base stat total that you obtain once and build around. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
RS Kyogre Best Moveset
Permanent rain on switch-in through AbilityDrizzle boosts all Water moves by 50% and enables AbilitySwift Swim teammates. 150 Sp. Atk fires rain-boosted MoveWater Spout at 150 base power from full HP, the most devastating move in the format. MoveIce Beam and MoveThunder for coverage. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Weather-defining legendary.
Best Build
Kyogre best EVs are HP and Defense
Bulky Support Moveset
- Ice Beam
- Calm Mind
- Surf
- Thunder
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
TMs carry this one. Kyogre learns Water Spout and Hydro Pump naturally for STAB, but the offensive range comes almost entirely from technical machines. Rock and Normal and beyond give it real matchup play.
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 29 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
KYOGRE has the power to create massive rain clouds that cover the entire sky and bring about torrential downpours. This POKéMON saved people who were suffering from droughts.
KYOGRE is named in mythology as the POKéMON that expanded the sea by covering the land with torrential rains and towering tidal waves. It took to sleep after a cataclysmic battle with GROUDON.
Kyogre Ruby & Sapphire Guide
- Is Kyogre exclusive to Sapphire or Ruby?
Kyogre is exclusive to Pokemon Sapphire. Ruby players have to trade for one.
See the Locations section above for where to find Kyogre in Sapphire.
Kyogre is a static encounter at Cave Of Origin. Kyogre appears at level 45. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
Game Availability
First obtainable in Ruby & Sapphire, Kyogre has been featured in 16 titles across 7 generations. Legendary status means a single encounter per playthrough in most 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 6ORASPrimal
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
Winds & Waves
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