Ruby & Sapphire Victory Road
The long cave standing between you and the Pokemon League, a maze of switchback floors, tough trainers, and boulder puzzles. Clear it and Ever Grande's Elite Four are all that's left.
Victory Road is in Hoenn. In the story it comes after Ancient Tomb and continues south to Ever Grande City.
VICTORY ROAD MAP
Four HMs gate Hoenn's Victory Road: Rock Smash, Strength, Surf, and Flash. Each opens a different stretch of the three-floor cave. Miss any one and part of the road stays shut behind you.
Victory Road Walkthrough
1F
- Stairs off the entrance hall climb to an east ledge and down to grab the Max ElixirMax ElixirFully restores the PP of a Pokemon's moves.1F, on the east side of the cave, north of the PP Up, on the cave's east side north of the southeast PP Up.
- From the south entrance, walk north, then west and north, where Cooltrainer HopeCooltrainer Hope₱2,112
RoseliaLv 44Weak toFireIceFlyingPsychic battles you, and climb down the ladder just past her to B1F.
B1F
- From the ladder, go south, push the first boulder west and loop down the narrow west passage.
- Push the second boulder east to open the way south, then break the rock in the east passage with Rock SmashMoveRock SmashFightingClassPhysicalPower20Accuracy100%PP15A rock-crushing attack that may lower DEFENSE..
- Keep east until Cooltrainer SamuelCooltrainer Samuel₱2,016
DodrioLv 42
LaironLv 42
KadabraLv 42Weak to4×Fighting4×GroundElectricIceRockWaterBugGhostDark battles you. Just north, push past the boulders to grab the Full RestoreFull RestoreFully restores the HP and status of a Pokemon.B1F, along the north wall behind a Strength boulder (requires Strength) along the north wall behind a StrengthMoveStrengthNormalClassPhysicalPower80Accuracy100%PP15Builds enormous power, then slams the foe. boulder. - Then follow the east side south and west to the ladder down to B2F, and walk north from it, where Cooltrainer JulieCooltrainer Julie₱2,064
SandslashLv 43
NinetalesLv 43Weak toWaterGrassIceGroundRock battles you. - SurfMoveSurfWaterClassSpecialPower95Accuracy100%PP15Creates a huge wave, then crashes it down on the foe. north to the far shore; its east side ladder climbs to the B1F northeast corner near the StrengthMoveStrengthNormalClassPhysicalPower80Accuracy100%PP15Builds enormous power, then slams the foe. boulders, where you pick up TM29 PsychicTMTM29 PsychicPsychicClassSpecialPower90Accuracy100%PP10A powerful psychic attack that may lower SP. DEF.WhereTM29 Psychic, B1F, in the northeast corner near the Strength boulders.
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.
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.
Full Restore
TM29 PsychicB2F
- Climb back down to the shore, then SurfMoveSurfWaterClassSpecialPower95Accuracy100%PP15Creates a huge wave, then crashes it down on the foe. west across the east pool and use WaterfallMoveWaterfallWaterClassSpecialPower80Accuracy100%PP15Charges the foe with speed to climb waterfalls. to climb the falls on its north side.
- This ledge across the water requires SurfMoveSurfWaterClassSpecialPower95Accuracy100%PP15Creates a huge wave, then crashes it down on the foe.; walk west and pick up the Full HealFull HealHeals all the status problems of one Pokemon.B2F, on a ledge across the water in the northwest (requires Surf) in the northwest, where Cooltrainer VitoCooltrainer Vito₱2,016
SwellowLv 42KadabraLv 42
ManectricLv 42
ShiftryLv 42Weak to4×BugElectricIceRockGhostDarkGroundFireFightingPoisonFlying battles you. - SurfMoveSurfWaterClassSpecialPower95Accuracy100%PP15Creates a huge wave, then crashes it down on the foe. north and pick up the hidden ElixirElixirRestores the PP of all moves by 10.B2F, across the water on the north side of the floor (requires Surf) (hidden) across the water on the north side of the floor, which requires SurfMoveSurfWaterClassSpecialPower95Accuracy100%PP15Creates a huge wave, then crashes it down on the foe..
- Cross the lake west, ride the west waterfall down and SurfMoveSurfWaterClassSpecialPower95Accuracy100%PP15Creates a huge wave, then crashes it down on the foe. east to the small island's ladder up to B1F.
Full Heal
Elixir
Use WaterfallMoveWaterfallWaterClassSpecialPower80Accuracy100%PP15Charges the foe with speed to climb waterfalls. to climb
B1F
- From the island ladder, head south and east along the bottom passage.
- Push the boulders east and north, then climb the ladder up to 1F.
1F
- From the ladder, go north and east, then back west, where Cooltrainer EdgarCooltrainer Edgar₱2,112
CacturneLv 44Weak to4×BugFireIceFightingPoisonFlying battles you, and follow the long passage north until WallyPKMNTrainer Wally₱2,700
AltariaLv 44
DelcattyLv 43RoseliaLv 44
MagnetonLv 41
GardevoirLv 45Weak to4×Ice4×GroundRockDragonFightingFireFlyingPsychicBugGhostDark battles you. - Walk to the exit and step south into Ever Grande City.
Altaria · Delcatty · Roselia · Magneton · GardevoirLv 41–45₱2,700AltariaLv 44DelcattyLv 43RoseliaLv 44MagnetonLv 41GardevoirLv 45
PP Up
Max ElixirPokemon Encounters
Hoenn's final cave is a level 40-plus gauntlet of Lairon, Hariyama, Medicham, and Loudred, most of them near fully evolved. Mawile (Ruby) or Sableye (Sapphire) appears at 35 percent, Whiscash bites the Super Rod, and Graveler waits behind smashable rocks. Pack extra healing, since the wild fights stack up fast.
Old Rod2
Good Rod3
Super Rod2
Golbat
Also found in 5 other locations
ITEMS
All field items and hidden pickups at Victory Road.
TM29 Psychic
Psychic deals damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage.
TM29 Psychic
Psychic deals damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage.
PP Up
Raises the maximum PP of a selected move.
Max Elixir
Fully restores the PP of a Pokemon's moves.
Full Restore
Fully restores the HP and status of a Pokemon.
Full Heal
Heals all the status problems of one Pokemon.
Ultra Ball
A better BALL with a higher catch rate than a GREAT BALL.
Elixir
Restores the PP of all moves by 10.
Max Repel
Repels weak wild Pokemon for 250 steps.
TRAINERS
Wally returns for one last challenge in Victory Road, his fully evolved team led by a Gardevoir near level 45, a world apart from the nervous boy you first met in Petalburg. Cooltrainers hold the deeper halls, so save your resources for Wally and the Elite Four beyond.
Wally
Victory Road Guide
Bring Surf, Strength, Rock Smash, and Waterfall spread across your party, with Flash handy for the dark rooms. It's the most HM-heavy dungeon in the game. Wild Pokemon and trainers sit in the low-to-mid 40s, so a team around level 45 keeps you moving toward the League.
Mawile in Ruby and Sableye in Sapphire both turn up here if you skipped them in Granite Cave, alongside Aron and Medicham. You also rematch Wally near the exit, so heal up before that final stretch.
Flash is optional in most Hoenn caves. A hiker on Granite Cave's first floor hands you HM05, and the Knuckle Badge lets you use it in the field. Only a few dark rooms in Victory Road really call for it, so teach it to a spare Pokemon and skip the wall-bumping.
In long caves like Victory Road they pay off, letting you reach exits and items without constant low-level battles. Keep in mind a Repel only quiets random wild encounters, so it does nothing about the level-45 Groudon or Kyogre standing in the Cave of Origin, and Shoal Cave's rooms still open and close on the tide no matter what you hold.