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Safari Zone サファリゾーン Safari Zone "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Map description:	This amusement area provides a rich environment in which to catch many different kinds of Pokémon.
Location:	North of Route 121
Region:	Hoenn
Generations:	III, VI
Location of Safari Zone in Hoenn.
Pokémon world locations

The Hoenn Safari Zone (Japanese: サファリゾーン Safari Zone) is a special Pokémon preserve where Trainers can enter to catch wild Pokémon. The entrance is on Hoenn's Route 121.

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, this Safari Zone is only accessible to Trainers participating in the Safari Game. In a Safari Game, players may only use Safari Balls, and rather than weaken wild Pokémon in battle, players must use non-conventional tactics to try and catch them. For $500, the player is granted entry and 30 Safari Balls. In Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, the player is limited to 500 steps and the player is only allowed entry if they also have a Pokéblock Case.

In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the Safari Game has been removed, and players can enter the Safari Zone area without paying a fee. Pokémon found here are now collected through normal battles. Each area also now has both tall and long grass, and while encounters between them are mostly the same, two rare Pokémon in each area can only be found in one type of grass specifically.

Geography

Certain areas of the Safari Zone can only be accessed with the Mach Bike or the Acro Bike. In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, all areas are accessible with either Bike and Surf, but in some areas, only one type of grass will be accessible without using the other Bike. In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, there are also breakable rocks that can be used to encounter Pokémon. In Emerald, after the player obtains the National Pokédex, two new areas will open up to the east, featuring many Johto Pokémon not found in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire or Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

Areas

• Area 1 houses the entrance.
  • In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the Acro Bike and Surf are required to reach the long grass within this area.
• Area 2 is directly west of Area 1.
  • In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the Mach Bike is required to reach the long grass within this area.
• Area 3 is directly north of Area 2. This area can only be accessed with a Bike.
  • In Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, the Mach Bike is required to access this area.
  • In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the Mach Bike is required to reach the tall grass within this area, while the Acro Bike is required to reach the long grass.
• Area 4 is directly north of Area 1. This area can only be accessed with a Bike.
  • In Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, the Acro Bike is required to access this area.
  • In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the Acro Bike is required to reach the tall grass within this area, while the Mach Bike and Surf are required to reach the long grass.
• Area 5 is directly east of Area 1. It is only accessible in Emerald, and only after the player has entered the Hall of Fame.
• Area 6 is directly north of Area 5. It is only accessible in Emerald, and only after the player has entered the Hall of Fame.

Pokéblock feeders

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, there are Pokéblock feeders throughout the Safari Zone. If a Pokéblock is placed in a feeder, 80% of wild Pokémon encountered in grass patches and water tiles up to five steps away from the feeder will be forced to have a Nature such that, if an identically flavored Pokéblock were thrown at it, the Pokémon would be enthralled (i.e. its preferred flavor dominates its disliked flavor in the Pokéblock); the feeder has no effect if no such Nature exists. Only one Pokéblock may occupy a feeder, and the feeder's effect disappears after 100 steps are taken.

Due to an oddity in the programming of Pokéblock feeders, forced natures do not have a uniform distribution. This causes natures with higher ID numbers to be more common than Natures with lower ID numbers. For example, if a green (bitter) Pokéblock is in the feeder and forces an enthralling Nature: Calm has an 8.71% chance to be forced, Gentle has a 15.61% chance to be forced, Sassy has a 27.66% chance to be forced, and Careful has a 48.02% chance to be forced (approximately).

Safari Game

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, this Safari Zone is only accessible to Trainers participating in the Safari Game. In a Safari Game, players may only use Safari Balls; rather than weaken them in battle, players must use non-conventional tactics to try and catch wild Pokémon. There are four options on the battle screen: throw a Safari Ball, throw a Pokéblock, go near, and run away. Throwing Pokéblocks makes a Pokémon less likely to run, while going near makes a Pokémon easier to catch but more likely to run.

Pokémon found in the Safari Zone carry two values with them that are used for the mechanics of the Safari Game. First is the "catch factor", which starts at 100/1275 of the Pokémon's catch rate, rounded down. Furthermore, there is an "escape factor", which represents the probability that a Pokémon will escape at the end of each turn. This "escape factor" starts with a value of 3 which results in a 15% chance to flee per turn.

Depending on the action taken, the catch and escape factors are modified as follows:

If a Pokémon's "escape factor" is reduced below 0*, it will be adjusted to a value of 1. If a Pokémon's escape factor is currently 1: Pokéblocks are unable to affect it.

Throwing a Pokéblock that the Pokémon completely ignores does not directly affect the escape factor, but does increment the Pokéblock counter used for subsequent Pokéblock throws. A Pokémon is enthralled by a Pokéblock if its preferred flavor dominates its disliked flavor, while a Pokémon completely ignores it if its disliked flavor dominates its preferred flavor. If both preferred and disliked flavors are equal (including if neither are present), the Pokémon is curious about the Pokéblock.

If a player chooses to throw a Safari Ball, the catch factor is multiplied by 1275/100 (rounded down) to obtain the modified catch rate. At the beginning of each turn, a randomly generated value from 0 to 99 (inclusive) is obtained, and if this value is less than 5 times the escape factor, the Pokémon will escape at the end of the turn unless captured. Modifications to a Pokémon's escape rate will not take effect until the following turn.

These numbers translate to a 5% change in probability of escaping for every unit change (plus or minus 1) in the escape factor, with an initial 15% chance of escape; and approximately a 2.5% change in probability of capture for every unit change in the capture factor, with an initial capture probability of approximately catch rate/510 rounded down to the nearest multiple of 0.025 (2.5%), or 0.025 if it would be less.

Pokéblock throw bug

In Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, instead of the escape factor having a minimum value of 1 (5% chance to flee) like the catch factor, the game is coded to set the escape factor to 1 if it would become negative due to a thrown Pokéblock. This means it is possible for the player to throw Pokéblocks such that a Pokémon's escape factor becomes exactly 0, and the Pokémon will have a 0% chance to escape. Exploiting this can make it very easy to catch Hoenn Safari Zone Pokémon. Though, it is worth noting that if the "escape factor" is ever equal to 1, the game will not reduce it further regardless of which Pokéblocks are thrown by the player.

Due to an oddity in the programming of Pokéblock Feeders, the distribution of wild Pokémon's natures is not even across each of the possibilities. This causes Calm Pokémon to only spawn in 1/10 encounters if a bitter Pokéblock is in the feeder while Careful natured Pokémon will occur in nearly 4/10 encounters. This gives players an opportunity to greatly increase the effectiveness of their Pokéblock manipulation.

The optimal catching strategy for exploiting this is as follows:

Make these three single-flavor Pokéblocks: two green* (bitter) Pokéblocks, and one red* (spicy) Pokéblock. Put the green* Pokéblock into a feeder and start a wild encounter near that feeder.

Note: this can be done with yellow*, pink*, blue*, and green* Pokéblocks in the feeder; green* is just the most effective. With any of these colors make a red* Pokéblock as well. If you would like to use a red* Pokéblock in the feeder pair it with a yellow* (sour) Pokéblock.

When the battle starts...

• If the Pokémon's catch rate is higher than 200, throw Safari Balls.
• Otherwise, throw a spicy Pokéblock.
  • 1) If the Pokémon is curious (escape factor = 0), throw Safari Balls.
  • 2) If the Pokémon ignores the Pokéblock, throw a Pokéblock with the same color as the one in the feeder (green).
    • 2a) If the Pokémon is enthralled (escape factor = 0), throw Safari Balls.
    • 2b) If the Pokémon is curious (escape factor = 1), throw Safari Balls.
  • 3) If the Pokémon is enthralled (escape factor = 1), throw Safari Balls.

This strategy results in, at minimum, a 75.88% chance to catch any Pokémon that appears.

The Safari Zone Pokémon Catch Rate goes as follows:

Catch Rate	Modified Catch Rate	Odds/Safari Ball*	Pokémon
255	255	50.28%
235	229	50.28%
190	178	40.96%
120	114	23.42%
90	89	19.75%
75	64	12.33%
60	51	15.01%
45	38	8.09%

Items

Entrance

Item		Location	Games
	Safari Ball ×30	From the receptionist, to be used during the Safari Game; cannot be kept	R  S  E
	TM85 (Dream Eater)	From a Street Thug next to the door	OR  AS

Area 1

Item		Location	Games
	Calcium	South of Area 1 pond, east of a patch of long grass (requires Acro Bike and Surf)	OR  AS
	TM53 (Energy Ball)	South of Area 1 pond, on a hill west of a patch of long grass (requires Mach Bike, Acro Bike, and Surf)	OR  AS

Area 2

Item		Location	Games
	Protein	Southwest of the area, in the southwest corner of the first hill with a muddy slope (requires Mach Bike) (hidden)	OR  AS
	Max Revive	Far southwest of the area, beyond the pond (requires Acro BikeORAS and Surf)	R  S  E  OR  AS

Area 3

Item		Location	Games
	TM22 (SolarBeam)	North of the Area, on the bank east of the pond (requires Mach Bike and Surf)	R  S  E
	Nugget	Far north of the Area, west of the pond (requires Mach Bike)	OR  AS
	Big Pearl	On the hill with muddy slopes south of the Area 3 pond (requires Mach Bike)	OR  AS
	Absolite	In the northeast corner of the cliff south of the long grass patch, accessed via the Acro Bike railway (requires Acro Bike)	OR  AS
	Rare Candy	In the northwest-most corner of the Safari Zone (requires Acro Bike) (hidden)	OR  AS

Area 4

Item		Location	Games
	Calcium	In the far northwest part of the area (requires Acro Bike)	R  S  E
	Revive	Far southeast of the Area, in a section isolated from the rest of the Area accessible only from Area 1 (hidden)	OR  AS
	Ultra Ball	Far north of the Area, across the Area 3 pond, at the northeast of the Area 4 pond (requires Mach Bike and Surf) (hidden)	OR  AS
	TM22 (Solar Beam)	North of the Area, on the bank east of the Area 4 pond (requires Mach Bike and Surf)	OR  AS
	TM93 (Wild Charge)	North of the Area, on the hill east of the Area 4 pond (requires Mach Bike, Acro Bike, and Surf)	OR  AS

Area 5

Item		Location	Games
	PP Up	Three squares south of the southernmost Pokéblock stand (hidden)	E
	Full Restore	In the northmost bare square among the southeastern-most patch of grass (hidden)	E
	Big Pearl	In the northeastern-most patch of grass beyond the top of the waterfall (requires Surf)	E

Area 6

Item		Location	Games
	Rare Candy	In the southeast portion of the area, in a 2×3 patch of light green grass, in the southeastern-most square (hidden)	E
	Zinc	In a small nook among the wall in the rocky path to the north (hidden)	E
	Nugget	Between two ledges at the end of the rocky path to the west	E

Vending Machine

In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, there is a Vending Machine at the entrance to the Safari Zone.

Fresh Water $200	Soda Pop $300
Lemonade $350

Pokémon

Generation III

Area 1

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Pikachu	R		S		E		Grass	25, 27	5%
Oddish	R		S		E		Grass	25, 27	40%
Gloom	R		S		E		Grass	25	5%
Doduo	R		S		E		Grass	25	10%
Natu	R		S		E		Grass	25	10%
Girafarig	R		S		E		Grass	25, 27	20%
Wobbuffet	R		S		E		Grass	27, 29	10%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Area 2

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Pikachu	R		S		E		Grass	25, 27	5%
Oddish	R		S		E		Grass	25, 27	40%
Gloom	R		S		E		Grass	25	5%
Doduo	R		S		E		Grass	27	10%
Natu	R		S		E		Grass	25	10%
Girafarig	R		S		E		Grass	25, 27	20%
Wobbuffet	R		S		E		Grass	27, 29	10%
Surfing
Psyduck	R		S		E		Surfing	20-35	100%
Fishing
Goldeen	R		S		E		Fishing Old Rod	5-10	30%
Magikarp	R		S		E		Fishing Old Rod	5-10	70%
Goldeen	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	10-30	40%
Magikarp	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	10-30	60%
Goldeen	R		S		E		Fishing Super Rod	25-35	80%
Seaking	R		S		E		Fishing Super Rod	25-40	20%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Area 3

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Oddish	R		S		E		Grass	27, 29	30%
Gloom	R		S		E		Grass	29, 31	15%
Doduo	R		S		E		Grass	27, 29	15%
Dodrio	R		S		E		Grass	29, 31	5%
Rhyhorn	R		S		E		Grass	27, 29	30%
Pinsir	R		S		E		Grass	27, 29	5%
Surfing
Psyduck	R		S		E		Surfing	20-35	95%
Golduck	R		S		E		Surfing	25-40	5%
Fishing
Goldeen	R		S		E		Fishing Old Rod	5-10	30%
Magikarp	R		S		E		Fishing Old Rod	5-10	70%
Goldeen	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	10-30	40%
Magikarp	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	10-30	60%
Goldeen	R		S		E		Fishing Super Rod	25-35	80%
Seaking	R		S		E		Fishing Super Rod	25-40	20%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Area 4

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Oddish	R		S		E		Grass	27, 29	30%
Gloom	R		S		E		Grass	29, 31	15%
Natu	R		S		E		Grass	27, 29	15%
Xatu	R		S		E		Grass	29, 31	5%
Heracross	R		S		E		Grass	27, 29	5%
Phanpy	R		S		E		Grass	27, 29	30%
Rock Smash
Geodude	R		S		E		Rock Smash	5-30	100%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Area 5

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Hoothoot	R		S		E		Grass	35	5%
Spinarak	R		S		E		Grass	33	10%
Mareep	R		S		E		Grass	34, 36	30%
Aipom	R		S		E		Grass	34	10%
Sunkern	R		S		E		Grass	33, 35	30%
Gligar	R		S		E		Grass	37, 40	5%
Snubbull	R		S		E		Grass	34	5%
Stantler	R		S		E		Grass	36, 39	5%
Surfing
Marill	R		S		E		Surfing	25-35	39%
Wooper	R		S		E		Surfing	25-30	60%
Quagsire	R		S		E		Surfing	35-40	1%
Fishing
Goldeen	R		S		E		Fishing Old Rod	25-30	30%
Magikarp	R		S		E		Fishing Old Rod	25-30	70%
Goldeen	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	25-30	20%
Magikarp	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	25-30	60%
Remoraid	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	30-35	20%
Goldeen	R		S		E		Fishing Super Rod	25-30	40%
Remoraid	R		S		E		Fishing Super Rod	25-35	59%
Octillery	R		S		E		Fishing Super Rod	35-40	1%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Area 6

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Hoothoot	R		S		E		Grass	35	5%
Ledyba	R		S		E		Grass	33	10%
Aipom	R		S		E		Grass	33, 35	30%
Sunkern	R		S		E		Grass	34	10%
Pineco	R		S		E		Grass	34	5%
Teddiursa	R		S		E		Grass	34, 36	30%
Houndour	R		S		E		Grass	36, 39	5%
Miltank	R		S		E		Grass	37, 40	5%
Rock Smash
Shuckle	R		S		E		Rock Smash	20-40	100%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Generation VI

Area 1

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Pikachu	OR			AS			Grass	28, 30	20%
Gloom	OR			AS			Grass	28-30	30%
Psyduck	OR			AS			Grass	27, 29	20%
Doduo	OR			AS			Grass	28-30	30%
Long grass
Gloom	OR			AS			Long grass	28-30	30%
Psyduck	OR			AS			Long grass	27, 29	20%
Doduo	OR			AS			Long grass	28-30	30%
Girafarig	OR			AS			Long grass	28, 30	20%
Horde Encounter
Oddish	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	15	35%
Psyduck	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	15	5%
Doduo	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	15	60%
Exclusively as hidden Pokémon After defeating or catching Groudon/Kyogre
Kakuna	OR			AS			Grass	30	??%
Pidgeotto	OR			AS			Grass	30	??%
Buneary	OR			AS			Grass	30	??%
Surfing
Psyduck	OR			AS			Surfing	20, 25, 30	100%
Fishing
Goldeen	OR			AS			Fishing Old Rod	5	35%
Magikarp	OR			AS			Fishing Old Rod	10, 15	65%
Goldeen	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	25	35%
Magikarp	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	25	65%
Seaking	OR			AS			Fishing Super Rod	30, 35, 40	100%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Area 2

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Gloom	OR			AS			Grass	28-30	30%
Psyduck	OR			AS			Grass	27, 29	20%
Doduo	OR			AS			Grass	28-30	30%
Xatu	OR			AS			Grass	28, 30	20%
Long grass
Gloom	OR			AS			Long grass	28-30	30%
Psyduck	OR			AS			Long grass	27, 29	20%
Doduo	OR			AS			Long grass	28-30	30%
Wobbuffet	OR			AS			Long grass	28, 30	20%
Horde Encounter
Oddish	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	15	35%
Psyduck	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	15	5%
Doduo	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	15	60%
Exclusively as hidden Pokémon After defeating or catching Groudon/Kyogre
Kakuna	OR			AS			Grass	30	??%
Pidgeotto	OR			AS			Grass	30	??%
Buneary	OR			AS			Grass	30	??%
Surfing
Psyduck	OR			AS			Surfing	20, 25, 30	100%
Fishing
Goldeen	OR			AS			Fishing Old Rod	5	35%
Magikarp	OR			AS			Fishing Old Rod	10, 15	65%
Goldeen	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	25	35%
Magikarp	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	25	65%
Seaking	OR			AS			Fishing Super Rod	30, 35, 40	100%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Area 3

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Gloom	OR			AS			Grass	28-30	30%
Psyduck	OR			AS			Grass	27, 29	20%
Doduo	OR			AS			Grass	28-30	30%
Rhyhorn	OR			AS			Grass	28, 30	20%
Long grass
Gloom	OR			AS			Long grass	28-30	30%
Psyduck	OR			AS			Long grass	27, 29	20%
Doduo	OR			AS			Long grass	28-30	30%
Heracross	OR			AS			Long grass	28, 30	20%
Horde Encounter
Oddish	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	15	35%
Psyduck	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	15	5%
Doduo	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	15	60%
Exclusively as hidden Pokémon After defeating or catching Groudon/Kyogre
Kakuna	OR			AS			Grass	30	??%
Pidgeotto	OR			AS			Grass	30	??%
Buneary	OR			AS			Grass	30	??%
Surfing
Psyduck	OR			AS			Surfing	20, 25, 30	100%
Fishing
Goldeen	OR			AS			Fishing Old Rod	5	35%
Magikarp	OR			AS			Fishing Old Rod	10, 15	65%
Goldeen	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	25	35%
Magikarp	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	25	65%
Seaking	OR			AS			Fishing Super Rod	30, 35, 40	100%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Area 4

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Gloom	OR			AS			Grass	28-30	30%
Psyduck	OR			AS			Grass	27, 29	20%
Doduo	OR			AS			Grass	28-30	30%
Donphan	OR			AS			Grass	28, 30	20%
Long grass
Gloom	OR			AS			Long grass	28-30	30%
Psyduck	OR			AS			Long grass	27, 29	20%
Doduo	OR			AS			Long grass	28-30	30%
Pinsir	OR			AS			Long grass	28, 30	20%
Horde Encounter
Oddish	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	15	35%
Psyduck	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	15	5%
Doduo	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	15	60%
Exclusively as hidden Pokémon After defeating or catching Groudon/Kyogre
Kakuna	OR			AS			Grass	30	??%
Pidgeotto	OR			AS			Grass	30	??%
Buneary	OR			AS			Grass	30	??%
Surfing
Psyduck	OR			AS			Surfing	20, 25, 30	100%
Fishing
Goldeen	OR			AS			Fishing Old Rod	5	35%
Magikarp	OR			AS			Fishing Old Rod	10, 15	65%
Goldeen	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	25	35%
Magikarp	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	25	65%
Seaking	OR			AS			Fishing Super Rod	30, 35, 40	100%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Layout

Version	Entrance	Original	Expanded
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald
Omega Ruby
Alpha Sapphire