Emerald Shoal Cave
A cave that transforms with the tide, opening fresh paths each time the water drops. Collect the Shoal Salt and Shells from inside and the man at the entrance forges you a Shell Bell.
Shoal Cave is in Hoenn. In the story you arrive from Route 125 to the south and it comes before Route 127.
SHOAL CAVE MAP
Shoal Cave runs on the tide. When it goes out, ladders reach the icy floors below; when it comes in, the water cuts them off. The deepest rooms clear only at low water, so plan the trip.
Shoal Cave Walkthrough
Entrance Room
- At high tide, surf north past the Shell Bell Maker's island.
- Take the northwest door into the Inner Room.
Big PearlInner Room
- SurfMoveSurfWaterClassSpecialPower95Accuracy100%PP15Creates a huge wave, then crashes it down on the foe. up the west channel, then work east along the ledges collecting four Shoal Shell.
- SurfMoveSurfWaterClassSpecialPower95Accuracy100%PP15Creates a huge wave, then crashes it down on the foe. west and walk north to take the Rare CandyRare CandyRaises the level of a Pokemon by one.Inner room, east of central ledge east of the room's central ledge.
- Exit southeast, pick up the Big Pearl in the Entrance Room's northeast corner, then leave until low tide.
Rare CandyStairs Room (Low Tide)
- Walk north through the door and take the Inner Room's east ladder into the Stairs Room (low tide).
- Collect Shoal SaltShoal SaltSalt obtained from deep inside the SHOAL CAVE. here in the southeast corner, at the Lower Room's top center, and twice through its west exit.
- Climb the north ladder, cross west, and wind south and east down the ladder to the Lower Room (low tide).
Lower Room (Low Tide)
- The Black Belt wandering the Lower Room hands you the Focus BandFocus BandA hold item that occasionally prevents fainting.Lower room, given by the Black Belt.
- Push the boulder aside and take the ladder beyond into the Ice Room (low tide).
Free itemBlack BeltGives Focus Band
Focus Band
Requires StrengthMoveStrengthNormalClassPhysicalPower80Accuracy100%PP15Builds enormous power, then slams the foe. (HM04MoveStrengthNormalClassPhysicalPower80Accuracy100%PP15Builds enormous power, then slams the foe.) to push. Usable after earning the Heat Badge from Flannery in Lavaridge Town.
Ice Room (Low Tide)
- Slide across the room to take TM07 HailTMTM07 HailIceClassStatusPower—Accuracy—PP10Summons a hailstorm that strikes every turn.WhereIce room, near the ledge near the ledge, then the Never-Melt Ice on the raised floor.
- Climb back, hop the Lower Room's ledge south through its door, trade for the Shell Bell at the entrance, then leave to Route 125.
TM07 Hail
Never Melt IcePokemon Encounters
Spheal waddle through Shoal Cave at up to 50%, an Ice-Water line found nowhere else in Hoenn, while Snorunt hide at 10% for a future Glalie. Both reward the climb down to the frozen lower rooms.
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Wailmer
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ITEMS
Collect four Shoal Salts and four Shoal Shells across the tides and the man at the entrance crafts you a Shell Bell, which heals you as you attack. A Focus Band, Never-Melt Ice, and TM07 Hail lie deeper in the colder reaches.
TM07 Hail
Hail creates a hailstorm that lasts for 5 turns and induces these additional effects:.
TM07 Hail
Hail creates a hailstorm that lasts for 5 turns and induces these additional effects:.
Focus Band
A hold item that occasionally prevents fainting.
Shell Bell
A hold item that restores HP upon striking the foe.
Rare Candy
Raises the level of a Pokemon by one.
Big Pearl
A lovely large pearl that would sell at a high price.
Ice Heal
Defrosts a frozen Pokemon.
Never Melt Ice
A hold item that raises the power of ICE-type moves.
Shoal Salt
Salt obtained from deep inside the SHOAL CAVE.
Shoal Shell
A seashell found deep inside the SHOAL CAVE.
Shoal Cave Guide
Almost never. You can feel your way through the dark stretches, and the cave HM that actually earns a party slot is Rock Smash, not Flash. Flash only matters for a couple of black rooms late in Victory Road, so don't waste an early move slot on it.
Yes, more than Flash is. Smashing the cracked rocks in Granite Cave turns up a Nosepass you won't meet any other way, and the ones in Victory Road hide Geodude and Graveler. Keep one party member who knows it so you're not backtracking when a breakable rock shows up.