Emerald Route 116
The tree-lined road east out of Rustboro toward Rusturf Tunnel. An old man's Wingull, Peeko, gets snatched by a fleeing grunt here, and chasing him down is your first real brush with the bad guys.
Route 116 is in Hoenn. In the story you arrive from Rustboro City to the west and continue north to Rusturf Tunnel.
ROUTE 116 MAP
Route 116 Walkthrough
CutMoveCutNormalClassPhysicalPower50Accuracy95%PP30Cuts the foe with sharp scythes, claws, etc. opens a corner with Chesto Berry and Pinap Berry trees and a Lady, Rich Boy and Lass.
- 1From Rustboro City, go east, south, then east to the clearing as Bug Catcher JoseBug Catcher Jose₱128
WurmpleLv 8
NincadaLv 8Weak toFireFlyingRockWaterIce can battle you on the way.
- 2From the clearing, go north, then east through the grass as School Kid KarenSchool Kid Karen₱180
ShroomishLv 9Weak toFireIcePoisonFlyingBug then Hiker ClarkHiker Clark₱320
GeodudeLv 8Weak to4×Water4×GrassIceFightingGroundSteel then Youngster JohnsonYoungster Johnson₱128ShroomishLv 8
LotadLv 8Weak toFireIcePoisonFlyingBug can battle you, then north as Hiker DevanHiker Devan₱320GeodudeLv 8GeodudeLv 8Weak to4×Water4×GrassIceFightingGroundSteel battles you, east, north. Enter Rusturf Tunnel.
Highest-level fight · fight 1School Kid KarenShroomishLv 9₱180School Kid Karen₱180ShroomishLv 9Weak toFireIcePoisonFlyingBug
Pokemon Encounters
Route 116 hides two finds between Rustboro and the tunnel: a 2% Skitty for a future Delcatty and, better still, Nincada at 20%, the bug that famously becomes two Pokemon when it evolves, Ninjask and Shedinja.
Poochyena
ITEMS
Black Glasses to power up Dark moves turn up on Route 116 alongside an X Special for tight battles, with a Repeat Ball handed over near the tunnel mouth.
Repeat Ball
A BALL that works better on Pokemon caught before.
Repeat Ball
A BALL that works better on Pokemon caught before.
HP Up
Raises the base HP of one Pokemon.
Chesto Berry
A hold item that awakens Pokemon in battle.
Ether
Restores the PP of a selected move by 10.
Pinap Berry
{POKEBLOCK} ingredient. Plant in loamy soil to grow PINAP.
Potion
Restores the HP of a Pokemon by 20 points.
Repel
Repels weak wild Pokemon for 100 steps.
X Sp. Atk
Raises the stat SP. ATK during one battle.
Black Glasses
A hold item that raises the power of DARK-type moves.
Super Potion
Restores the HP of a Pokemon by 50 points.
TRAINERS
Route 116 between Rustboro and the tunnel lines up a Bug Catcher, School Kids, and a Lady across ten battles, none troubling a team fresh off the first gym.
Jerry
Route 116 Guide
No, and losing that split is a real perk. On one Emerald cartridge you can raise both Zangoose and Seviper, both halves of every version pair, with nothing to trade and no version column to check. A few species that skipped Ruby and Sapphire show up here too.
You'll want all of them. The three rods pull different fished species as you trade up from Old to Good to Super, Surf opens the surface water where Wingull and Sharpedo swim, and Dive reaches the underwater seaweed on Routes 124 to 126 where Clamperl and Relicanth live. Dive comes from the Mossdeep gym.