Emerald Littleroot Town
Your hometown, where Professor Birch runs his lab and sends you off on your journey. Finish the Hoenn Pokedex and come back, and he rewards you with a starter from the Johto region.
Littleroot Town is in Hoenn. In the story you continue north to Route 101.
LITTLEROOT TOWN MAP
Littleroot Town Walkthrough
Littleroot Town
- The west house belongs to Brendan's family and the east one to May's, so you move into whichever matches your hero.
- The other house is your rival's family home, and the road out of town leaves north to Route 101.
Poke Ballx5Brendan's House
- Walk through the door of Brendan's House, then climb to your room and set the new wall clock, as Mom asks.
- Head back down when Mom calls you over for a news report she hopes will show Norman, and she then sends you next door.
Amulet Coin
Ss TicketMay's House
- Playing as Brendan, walk through the door of May's House next, where her mother says May is upstairs.
- Climb to May's room to meet your rival for the first time.
Professor Birch's Lab
- Beat your rival on Route 103, then walk in at the door of Professor Birch's Lab, where Birch gives you the Pokedex.
- Your rival then hands you five Poke Balls, so head north out of Littleroot Town to Route 101 and start catching.
Pokemon Encounters
Chikorita
ITEMS
Your mother hands over the SS Ticket here once the story opens the seas, and an Amulet Coin doubles prize money for the rest of the run.
S.S. Ticket
The ticket required for sailing on a ferry.
S.S. Ticket
The ticket required for sailing on a ferry.
Amulet Coin
Doubles money in battle if the holder takes part.
Poke Ball
A tool used for catching wild Pokemon.
Littleroot Town Guide
All three work, but they shape the early game differently. Mudkip has the smoothest run, since its Water moves soak the Rock-type first gym, and as a Water and Ground Marshtomp it's later immune to Wattson's Electric gym. Torchic becomes a hard-hitting Fire and Fighting type, and Treecko is the fast, fragile pick. You choose from Birch's bag on Route 101.
Towns have no walkable grass, so the only wild Pokemon are out on the water. Surf or fish along a town's edge and you can pull Wingull, Tentacool, or Magikarp. A few towns hand you a Pokemon outright instead, like your starter in Littleroot and a Beldum at Steven's house in Mossdeep.
Lilycove tops the list, with the only full Department Store and the ferry that runs out to the Battle Frontier once you're Champion. Mossdeep hands you a free Beldum and fields a two-leader gym, and Slateport's market and shipyard keep pulling you back for story beats.