Ruby & Sapphire Safari Zone
A fenced wildlife preserve swaps your usual Poke Balls for thirty Safari Balls and a step limit. It's the only spot in the region to catch a handful of these species.
Safari Zone is in Hoenn. In the story you arrive from Route 121 to the south and it comes before Route 122.
SAFARI ZONE MAP
The Hoenn Safari Zone fences off four areas, two of them shut until you bring the right bike, the Mach Bike for one and the Acro Bike for the other. A step limit caps how far you roam each visit.
Safari Zone Walkthrough
Southeast
- Step into the entrance field; the attendant who takes his post by the door behind you is your way out.
- With the bike that can hop, ride the thin rails north of the field, side jump along them, then follow the path into the northeast area.
Northeast
- Ride west through the grass to the northwest corner of the northeast area and pick up the CalciumCalciumRaises the stat SP. ATK of one Pokemon.In the northeast area, in its northwest corner.
- Hop the ledges south back into the entrance field and return to the gate.
Calcium
Requires Rock SmashMoveRock SmashFightingClassPhysicalPower20Accuracy100%PP15A rock-crushing attack that may lower DEFENSE. (HM06MoveRock SmashFightingClassPhysicalPower20Accuracy100%PP15A rock-crushing attack that may lower DEFENSE.) to break. Usable after earning the Dynamo Badge from Wattson in Mauville City.
Northwest
- Head west from the entrance field into the southwest area and race the Mach Bike up its muddy slope into the northwest area.
- In the northwest area, surf across the water to its east side and collect TM22 Solar BeamTMTM22 Solar BeamGrassClassSpecialPower120Accuracy100%PP10Absorbs light in one turn, then attacks next turn.WhereTM22 Solar Beam, in the northwest area up the muddy slope from the southwest area, across the water on its east side (requires Mach Bike and Surf).
- SurfMoveSurfWaterClassSpecialPower95Accuracy100%PP15Creates a huge wave, then crashes it down on the foe. back, then hop the ledges south of the grass down into the southwest area.
TM22 Solar BeamSouthwest
- SurfMoveSurfWaterClassSpecialPower95Accuracy100%PP15Creates a huge wave, then crashes it down on the foe. the pond on the west edge to the far southwest corner and take the Max ReviveMax ReviveRevives a fainted Pokemon with all its HP.In the southwest area, across the water in its far southwest corner (requires Surf).
- Walk east into the entrance field and talk to the attendant until he offers to end the trip and return you to Route 121.
Max RevivePokemon Encounters
Hoenn's Safari Zone is the rare-hunter's stop: Pikachu, Pinsir, Heracross, and Phanpy roam the grass beside Doduo, Natu, Girafarig, and Rhyhorn. Heracross and Pinsir at 5 percent are the standout grabs, while the Super Rod and Surf add Seaking and Psyduck. Bring patience, since Safari Balls are all you get to throw.
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Also found in 4 other locations
ITEMS
All field items and hidden pickups at Safari Zone.
TM22 Solar Beam
The user of Solar Beam will absorb light on the first turn.
TM22 Solar Beam
The user of Solar Beam will absorb light on the first turn.
Calcium
Raises the stat SP. ATK of one Pokemon.
Max Revive
Revives a fainted Pokemon with all its HP.
Safari Zone Guide
A single run costs an entry fee and gives you 30 Safari Balls and 500 steps, with no battling allowed. Throw a ball, toss Bait, or use a Pokeblock to calm a Pokemon, then keep throwing. The run ends the moment your balls or steps run out, so don't wander aimlessly.
Heracross, Pinsir, Pikachu, and the Phanpy line appear here and almost nowhere else in Ruby and Sapphire. Two inner areas are bike-gated: the Mach Bike reaches a SolarBeam TM in the northwest, and the Acro Bike crosses to Phanpy in the northeast.