Appendix:Ruby and Sapphire walkthrough/Section 12: Difference between revisions

Route 124

Pokémon	Encounter rate	Level	Area
Magikarp	70% / 60%	5-10 / 10-30	Fishing
Tentacool	60% / 30% / 20%	5-35 / 5-10 / 10-30	Surfing/Fishing
Wingull	35%	10-30	Surfing
Pelipper	5%	25-30	Surfing
Wailmer	20% / 60%	10-30 / 20-45	Fishing
Sharpedo	40%	30-35%	Fishing
Chinchou	65%	20-25	Underwater
Clamperl	30%	20-35	Underwater
Relicanth	5%	30-35	Underwater

On this route you will be surfing east to reach Mossdeep City where your seventh Gym battle will take place. Due to the size of the route it will be difficult to find enemy trainers or you bearings so if necessary use the Hoenn map in the PokéNav on this or any of the other sea routes you will be exploring. The only house on this route belongs to the Diving Treasure Hunter who will trade you Evolutionary stone (which doesn't include the Moon Stone or Sun Stone) in exchange for a shard that matches the color of the stone it is traded for.

The dark patches of water seen on this route are places that you can use Dive on to go underwater, but you will need to beat the next gym before you can do that. Once that's done you can find exclusive Pokémon as well as underwater routes to find shards and invisible items that you can use the Itemfinder with such as Heart Scales. From the house just head east and you'll quickly be in Mossdeep City.

Mossdeep City

Before you head to gym you can collect some items first. Mossdeep City is the only city in the Hoenn where its Poké Mart sells a Net Ball or Dive Ball. The house in the upper-left corner belongs to Steven Stone. When you enter he will give you HM08 (Dive) which can be used outside of battle once you beat the Mossdeep Gym. Outside of Steven's house is a boy who will give a King's Rock if you agree to keep this a secret from Steven. Next climb the first part of the hill and head northwest to find the lone house there belonging to a fisherman who will give you the Super Rod.

Mossdeep Space Center

The Space Center is the largest building in Mossdeep City that monitors the weather and launches rockets. Talk to the Sailor next to the rocket schematics and he will give you the Sun Stone.

Mossdeep Gym

Mossdeep Gym

Before entering this Gym you should make sure your team is well prepared to face the Gym Leader duo which will challenge you to a Double battle. Make sure your entire team is at least Level 38 and that you have a good stack of Hyper Potions and Revives in your bag since they would greatly help. The trick to solving the puzzle for this Gym is to use the Spinners to move around and fix the different colored spinners that need to be redirected by flipping a nearby switch.

By starting from the spinners that are to the left the entrance, it would be possible to continue to use this pattern to get to all the switches, which once done will take you to the Gym Leaders. These gym leaders' double battle team style is too risky to be careless with, so this battle will require some strategy. As long as you remember that Solrock is weaker against special attacks and Lunatone against physical attacks then an adequate strategy will work. Also be aware that their Solrock has a some moves that counter a few types it is weak to.

File:SpriteTateandLiza.png [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Tate and Liza [[Mossdeep Gym|Mossdeep Gym]] Ruby and Sapphire [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Tate and Liza Oak [[Mossdeep Gym|Mossdeep Gym]] Ruby and Sapphire Reward: $8400
Types: Rock Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Solrock Lv.42 Sunny Day Fire   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Flamethrower Fire   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Types: Rock Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Lunatone Lv.42 Light Screen Psychic   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --

After the battle Tate & Liza will give you the Mind Badge that will give your team a slight boost in Sp. Attack and Sp. Defense and allow you to use Dive outside of battle. They will also give you TM04 (Calm Mind). Afterwards use the Warp tile to return to the entrance and leave the Gym. Now that Dive can be used you can chase now chase after Team Magma^R / Team Aqua^S at Route 128, but first you should head north to Route 125 to locate some things first.

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