Hoenn Safari Zone

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

For $500, the player will receive thirty Safari Balls. Certain areas can only be accessed with the Mach Bike, Acro Bike, Surf, or Rock Smash. In Emerald, another area will open up to the east, with a pathway directly north of the entrance once the Elite Four are defeated.

When a wild Pokémon appears, no Pokémon may be sent out to battle it: catching Pokémon here, as in all Safari Zones, requires sheer luck. There are four options in the battle screen: Throw a Safari Ball, throw a Pokéblock, go near, and run away. Throwing Pokéblocks makes a Pokémon less likely to run, but makes it harder to catch; while going near does the reverse, making it easier to catch but more likely to run.

In addition, players may place Pokéblocks on designated stands in order to attract specific Pokémon, similar to the system of slathering honey on trees to entice rare Pokémon in Generation IV.

No Generation III Pokémon can be caught in this Safari Zone, implying that all Pokémon available for capture have been imported.

Items

Area 2

Area 3

Area 4

Area 5

Area 6

Pokémon

Area 1

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Oddish	R		S		E		Grass	25-29	40%
Girafarig	R		S		E		Grass	25-27	20%
Doduo	R		S		E		Grass	25	10%
Natu	R		S		E		Grass	25	10%
Wobbuffet	R		S		E		Grass	27-29	10%
Pikachu	R		S		E		Grass	25-27	5%
Gloom	R		S		E		Grass	25	5%
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	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%
Wobbuffet	R		S		E		Grass	27-29	10%
Girafarig	R		S		E		Grass	25-27	20%
Surfing and Fishing
Psyduck	R		S		E		Surfing	23-29	100%
Goldeen	R		S		E		Fishing Super Rod	27-35	80%
Seaking	R		S		E		Fishing Super Rod		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 and Fishing
Psyduck	R		S		E		Surfing	20-30	95%
Golduck	R		S		E		Surfing		5%
Goldeen	R		S		E		Fishing Super Rod	29-35	80%
Seaking	R		S		E		Fishing Super Rod	33	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%
Geodude	R		S		E		Rock Smash	9,14	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
Mareep	R		S		E		Grass	34-36	30%
Sunkern	R		S		E		Grass	33-35	30%
Spinarak	R		S		E		Grass	33	10%
Aipom	R		S		E		Grass	34	10%
Hoothoot	R		S		E		Grass	35	5%
Gligar	R		S		E		Grass	37-40	5%
Snubbull	R		S		E		Grass	34	5%
Stantler	R		S		E		Grass	36-39	5%
Surfing and Fishing
Marill	R		S		E		Surfing	35	39%
Wooper	R		S		E		Surfing	27-29	60%
Quagsire	R		S		E		Surfing	35-40	1%
Goldeen	R		S		E		Fishing Old Rod	26-27	30%
Magikarp	R		S		E		Fishing Old Rod	25-29	70%
Goldeen	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	25-30	20%
Magikarp	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	26-30	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	25-34	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
Aipom	R		S		E		Grass	33-35	30%
Teddiursa	R		S		E		Grass	34-36	30%
Hoothoot	R		S		E		Grass	35	5%
Ledyba	R		S		E		Grass	33	10%
Sunkern	R		S		E		Grass	34	10%
Pineco	R		S		E		Grass	34	5%
Houndour	R		S		E		Grass	36-39	5%
Miltank	R		S		E		Grass	37-40	5%
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.

• Area 1 houses the entrance.
• Area 2 is directly west of Area 1.
• Area 3 is directly north of Area 2. The Mach Bike is needed to get there.
• Area 4 is directly north of Area 1. The Acro Bike is needed to get there.
• Area 5 is directly east of Area 1. It is only accessible after defeating the Elite Four in Emerald.
• Area 6 is directly north of Area 5. It is only accessible after defeating the Elite Four in Emerald.

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