Is Ralts Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Route 102, rare encounter. AbilitySynchronize reflects status conditions and AbilityTrace copies the opponent's ability. Gardevoir at 30 is one of the strongest Psychic-types in RS. The early catch window is tight since Ralts is rare. If you find one, invest in it immediately.
Ralts trades roughly evenly with Roxanne's team.
Ralts has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Kirlia's defenses.
Kirlia trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Norman's team hits Kirlia's weaknesses hard.
Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Gardevoir trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Sidney's team hits Gardevoir's weaknesses hard.
Gardevoir trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Gardevoir has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Gardevoir trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Ralts on Route 102 (walking, Lv 4, rare).
Recommended Moves
- LV 6PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- LV 26PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Norman
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 36PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 46PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Ralts to Kirlia
Ralts evolves into Kirlia at Level 20. Your Ralts should hit Level 20 before you reach Wattson, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- LV 26PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Norman
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 40PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 54PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Kirlia to Gardevoir
Kirlia evolves into Gardevoir at Level 30. Your Kirlia should hit Level 30 before you reach Winona, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 30PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- LV 30PsychicCalm MindPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- LV 42PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 60PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Ralts in Ruby & Sapphire
One grass spot, level 4, and rare even there. Ralts shows up early but the low rate means real patience, so plan on circling that patch for a while before one finally appears.
1 location to catch Ralts
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Where To Catch Ralts in RS
- Step 1Ralts ✓
- Step 3Evolve into Gardevoir
Bring the right balls: check Ralts catch odds in the Ruby & Sapphire Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Ralts in Ruby & Sapphire
Ralts hides rarely in the grass on Route 102, so search that spot patiently and check each wild encounter for a shiny. Compare Shiny Ralts odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Ralts Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Ralts in the Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Ralts Weakness
Ralts is weak to Bug, Ghost, and Dark. Standard number of weaknesses for the Psychic typing.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Psychic |
Ralts Evolutions
Three stages ahead. Ralts grows into Kirlia, then pushes on to Gardevoir. Check the evolution methods below. For breeding, average hatch time with a decent partner pool via two egg groups. Evolving adds up to 320 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Ralts easily with 22 breeding partners from the Amorphous and Human-Like egg groups. Pass egg moves like Destiny Bond, Disable, Mean Look and 2 more to offspring.
RS Ralts Best Moveset
Psychic pre-evolution two evolutions from Gardevoir's competitive Sp. Atk. AbilitySynchronize bounces status back, AbilityTrace copies abilities. Nothing useful at this stage.
Best Build
Ralts best EVs are Defense and HP
Screens Setter Moveset
- Memento
- Growl
- Reflect
- Icy Wind
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Ralts. Destiny Bond and Disable come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Future Sight and Dream Eater and Normal and Ghost coverage and more.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
25 of 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
RALTS senses the emotions of people using the horns on its head. This POKéMON rarely appears before people. But when it does, it draws closer if it senses that the person has a positive disposition.
RALTS has the ability to sense the emotions of people. If its TRAINER is in a cheerful mood, this POKéMON grows cheerful and joyous in the same way.
Ralts Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Ralts can be caught in the wild at Hoenn Route 102 in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire.
Game Availability
Available in 17 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Ralts spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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