Ruby & Sapphire Route 103
Just north of Oldale Town, your rival waits in the route's northwest corner. Birch's kid challenges you to your first trainer battle once you've each picked a starter.
Route 103 is in Hoenn, with Route 110 to the east. In the story you arrive from Oldale Town to the south and it comes before Route 102.
ROUTE 103 MAP
Route 103 Walkthrough
Its east half comes later, on foot from Route 110, with CutMoveCutNormalClassPhysicalPower50Accuracy95%PP30Cuts the foe with sharp scythes, claws, etc. for the Cheri Berry and Leppa Berry trees and SurfMoveSurfWaterClassSpecialPower95Accuracy100%PP15Creates a huge wave, then crashes it down on the foe. for the water.
- 1From Oldale Town, go north into the tall grass, east, north around the bend, west along the ledge, north through the western grass, then east to your rival. Talk to your rival to battle.
Rival battle · fight 1The team you face depends on the starter you picked
1Your rival₱300Your rival₱300
TorchicLv 5Weak toWaterGroundRock1Your rival₱300Your rival₱300
MudkipLv 5Weak toElectricGrass1Your rival₱300Your rival₱300
TreeckoLv 5Weak toFireIcePoisonFlyingBug1Your rival₱300Your rival₱300TorchicLv 5Weak toWaterGroundRock1Your rival₱300Your rival₱300MudkipLv 5Weak toElectricGrass1Your rival₱300Your rival₱300TreeckoLv 5Weak toFireIcePoisonFlyingBugYour rival battles you with the one starter strong against yours, then heads back to the lab.
Pokemon Encounters
Poochyena and Zigzagoon cover the grass with Wingull overhead, all under level 5. Come back later with a rod and the water gives up Tentacool and Wailmer, nothing you cannot find closer to home.
Old Rod2
Good Rod3
Super Rod2
Magikarp
Also found in 43 other locations
ITEMS
All field items and hidden pickups at Route 103.
Cheri Berry
A hold item that heals paralysis in battle.
Cheri Berry
A hold item that heals paralysis in battle.
Guard Spec
Prevents stat reduction when used in battle.
Leppa Berry
A hold item that restores 10 PP in battle.
TRAINERS
Once Professor Birch lets you keep your starter at his lab, your rival May or Brendan waits on Route 103 for your first trainer battle, a single Pokemon at level 5. Daisy, Miguel, Andrew and twins Amy and Liv stand on the east side, reached later from Route 110, and their first battles top out at level 16.
Pokefan Miguel
Route 103 Guide
Several routes do. Ruby drops Seedot and Zangoose into slots where Sapphire gives you Lotad and Seviper, and the caves split Mawile against Sableye. Check the version column before you spend an hour hunting something your copy can't catch. The rest of the species are shared.
Reach for the Super Rod on most routes, but two of Hoenn's prize catches ignore rods altogether. Feebas only bites on six hidden tiles of Route 119, and Relicanth comes from diving the seaweed off Routes 124 and 126, not from any rod. For the rest, the Super Rod pulls the deep-water species the Old and Good Rods can't reach.