Is Relicanth Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Underwater encounters, rare. Water/Rock with AbilityRock Head for recoil-free attacks and AbilitySwift Swim for rain Speed. Required for the Regi puzzle alongside Wailord. Decent physical stats. Most RS players catch Relicanth for the Regis and keep it for the bulk.
Relicanth resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Relicanth has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Relicanth has the type edge here and should clean up Wattson's team.
Relicanth resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Relicanth trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Relicanth has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Relicanth has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Relicanth trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Relicanth trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Relicanth trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Relicanth has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Relicanth has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Relicanth trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Relicanth on Route 124 (Surf, Lv 30-35, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Cave of Origin
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 43RockAncient PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 57NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 64WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
Ruby & Sapphire Relicanth Locations
A true rarity. Relicanth hides in four surf spots across two deep spots, levels 30 to 35, but only deep underwater pockets hold it. Finding the right diving tile is half the challenge here.
Wild Relicanth may be holding when caught:
Green Shard (5% chance) A shard from an ancient item. Can be sold cheaply.2 locations to catch Relicanth
Encountered via Surfing
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Best Locations to Catch Relicanth in Ruby & Sapphire
How to Get Shiny Relicanth in Ruby & Sapphire
Relicanth lurks as a rare surf encounter on Route 124 and Route 126, so glide across that water and check each one for a shiny. Compare Shiny Relicanth odds across every game
Shiny Relicanth Evolution
Does Not EvolveRuby & Sapphire Shiny Relicanth 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 Relicanth in the Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Relicanth Weakness
Grass, Electric, Fighting, and Ground moves hit Relicanth for super-effective damage. Grass hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It resists 5 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Relicanth's physical bulk (base 130 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Grass |
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Fighting, Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Ice, Poison, Flying |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Fire |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Relicanth Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Relicanth
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Relicanth View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x93-110%KO Dig 2x26-31% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Relicanth View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x100-118%KO Solar Beam 4x151-177%KO | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Relicanth View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x96-114%KO Dig 2x26-31% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Relicanth View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 4x251-296%KO Focus Punch 2x60-70% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Relicanth View Blaziken builds →Focus Punch 2x93-110%KO Dig 2x26-31% | ||
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Relicanth View Sceptile builds →Solar Beam 4x233-275%KO Focus Punch 2x46-55% Dig 2x20-24% | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Relicanth View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x80-95% Dig 2x23-27% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Relicanth View Shiftry builds →Solar Beam 4x204-241%KO Dig 2x23-27% Rock Smash 2x8-10% | ||
 Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Relicanth View Cradily builds →Solar Beam 4x190-224%KO Rock Smash 2x7-8% | ||
 Swampert WaterGround | S | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Relicanth View Swampert builds →Focus Punch 2x57-68% Dig 2x36-42% | ||
 Medicham FightingPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Relicanth View Medicham builds →Focus Punch 2x56-65% Thunder Punch 2x32-38% | ||
 Tropius Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Relicanth View Tropius builds →Solar Beam 4x172-203%KO Rock Smash 2x7-8% | ||
Relicanth Evolutions
What you see is what you get. Relicanth sits outside any evolution chain, so focus on the egg moves and plenty of partners from two egg groups. Eggs take forever to hatch. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Relicanth with 58 breeding partners from the Water 1 and Water 2 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Amnesia, Magnitude, Rock Slide and 3 more to offspring.
RS Relicanth Best Moveset
Rock/Water with 100 Attack and 130 Defense. AbilityRock Head eliminates recoil from MoveDouble-Edge for free Normal damage. MoveEarthquake adds Ground coverage. Held ItemChoice Band boosts physical output. Physical Rock-type tank with recoil-free attacks.
Best Build
Relicanth best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Double Edge
- Hidden Power Bug
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Relicanth picks up Amnesia and Magnitude only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Hydro Pump and Surf while Normal and Ice coverage and more adds range.
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
All 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
RELICANTH is a POKéMON species that existed for a hundred million years without ever changing its form. This ancient POKéMON feeds on microscopic organisms with its toothless mouth.
RELICANTH is a rare species that was discovered in deep-sea explorations. This POKéMON’s body withstands the enormous water pressure of the ocean depths. Its body is covered in tough scales that are like craggy rocks.
Relicanth Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Yes. Wild Relicanth in Ruby & Sapphire can hold Green Shard (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Green Shard.
Game Availability
Relicanth first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 14 games across 7 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
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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