Appendix:Emerald walkthrough/Section 21: Difference between revisions

Slateport City/Lilycove City

That S.S. Ticket is burning a hole in your Bag! Fly to either Slateport or Lilycove, then head to the harbor building. Present your ticket to the woman near the ferry, and she'll ask where you'd like to go.

S.S. Tidal

S.S. Tidal, 1F

S.S. Tidal, B1F

Captain Stern's mighty vessel, the S.S. Tidal, ferries people between Slateport City, Lilycove City, and the Battle Frontier.

Trainers

Trainer Pokémon Cabins Young Couple Lea & Jed Reward: $2880 Luvdisc♀ Lv.45 No item Luvdisc♀ Lv.45 No item Rich Boy Garret Reward: $9000 Azumarill♂ Lv.45 Nugget Gentleman Micah Reward: $3520 Manectric♂ Lv.44 No item Manectric♂ Lv.44 No item Pokéfan Colton Reward: $3360 Skitty♀ Lv.22 Oran Berry Skitty♀ Lv.36 Oran Berry Skitty♀ Lv.40 Oran Berry Skitty♀ Lv.12 Oran Berry Skitty♀ Lv.30 Oran Berry Delcatty♀ Lv.42 Oran Berry Lady NaomiE Reward: $9000 Roselia♀ Lv.45 Nugget Gentleman Thomas Reward: $3600 Zangoose♂ Lv.45 No item Basement Sailor Phillip Reward: $1408 Potential Double Battle with Leonard Tentacruel♂ Lv.44 No item Machoke♂ Lv.44 No item Sailor Leonard Reward: $1376 Potential Double Battle with Phillip Machop♂ Lv.43 No item Pelipper♂ Lv.43 No item Machoke♂ Lv.43 No item Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

Items
Item Location Games TM49 (Snatch) From a man in the top-right cabin  E  Leftovers In the northwest trash can on the basement floor (hidden)  E

1F

After you climb aboard, Scott will come and tell you that someone like you should visit the Battle Frontier and he's already made arrangements with the ship's captain to let you visit there anytime. After that, you can find Mr. Briney and Peeko on the north side of the ship. The two are happy to be back out on the seas, and even more so now that Briney has been made the ship's honorary captain!

There are eight cabins on the main floor with three cabins on each side holding Trainers who are anxious to battle. On the south side, the second cabin from the left is your own, with a bed where you can rest your Pokémon. If you're going from Slateport to Lilycove, the ship will reach its destination after you sleep once, but if you're going from Lilycove to Slateport you'll need two rests until you arrive. On the north side, the farthest cabin to the right holds a Poké Maniac who gives you TM49 (Snatch).

Basement

Head downstairs to visit the ship's spacious storage. There's plenty of room for Pokémon battles to play out, and the two hardworking Sailors here will happily oblige. Be sure to search the trash cans to discover some Leftovers, as well.

The Battle Frontier beckons!

After you reach your destination, exit the ship and board it once again. This time, choose to go to the Battle Frontier!

Battle Frontier

Battle Frontier

Inside the Battle Factory

The great Battle Frontier was built to provide a challenge to all those able to defeat the Pokémon League, with the best and brightest Trainers from across the region competing here to determine who among them is the strongest. The small island that once held only the Battle Tower has been developed to include seven facilities in all. These are, from west to east: the Battle Factory, Battle Dome, Battle Pike, Battle Tower, Battle Arena, Battle Palace, and Battle Pyramid. Each facility is headed by a Frontier Brain, elite Trainers who have mastered the art of battling under their respective rule sets.

Available Pokémon
Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Special Pokémon Meowth R S E Trade Skitty The same as the Traded Pokémon One Sudowoodo R S E Only one 40 One 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.

Items

Item Location Games Frontier Pass Gift from a guide in the front gate upon first entering  E  1-3 BP Gift from Scott when first talked to at his house  E  Retro Mail Held by Meowow, the traded Meowth  E  Silver Shield From Scott, after winning 50 consecutive battles in the Battle Tower  E  Gold Shield From Scott, after winning 100 consecutive battles in the Battle Tower  E  Lansat Berry From Scott, after winning all seven Silver Symbols  E  Starf Berry From Scott, after winning all seven Gold Symbols  E

Entrance

Overview

When you first enter the Battle Frontier, a woman at the entrance issues you a Frontier Pass. This pass holds your Trainer Card, a small map of the Frontier, and all records of your exploits here; this includes the number of accumulated Battle Points earned, and any of the seven Frontier Symbols won. One battle from any facility may be recorded and stored on the Frontier Pass to be viewed or overwritten at any time.

Battle Points are earned by winning a set number of battles in any facility, usually in small amounts, but gradually growing through each consecutive streak. Defeating the Frontier Brain for the first time earns challengers the Silver Symbol of that facility, as well as 10BP. The second defeat of the same Brain earns the challenger the facility's Gold Symbol and another 10BP. The Frontier Brain will only appear in 3-vs-3 Single Battle mode.

Restrictions

No two Pokémon may hold the same item, and items may not be used from the Bag during battle (except in the Battle Pyramid). Battles conducted in the Frontier do not award any experience or prize money. The following Pokémon cannot be entered for battle: Mewtwo, Mew, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Celebi, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Jirachi, Deoxys (Speed Forme) and Egg.

Scott's House

Scott resides in a house located between the Battle Dome and Battle Tower, and will give you various rewards as you progress through the Battle Frontier. When you first arrive at the Battle Frontier, Scott will award you with 1, 2, or 3 BP depending on the how many times you spoke (11 in total) throughout the game.

Battle Factory

The Battle Factory stands in the southwest corner of the island. Unlike the other facilities, the Battle Factory is less interested about a Trainer's ability to battle and more interested in researching a Trainer's capacity to use rental Pokémon. The Battle Factory functions the same way as the Battle Tent in Slateport City. Before each battle, challengers learn a bit of info about the upcoming opponent, and may switch one of their rental Pokémon with one used by the previous opponent.

A Trainer's battle style is based on the moves of his or her Pokémon. Certain moves fall under one of seven categories. Depending on the number of moves from each category a Trainer's team has, his or her battle style will be described differently.

Upon reaching the 21st and 42nd battle in a streak, Noland will appear and challenge you to a battle. Like all other Trainers here, his rental Pokémon are completely random. Defeat him to earn the Knowledge Symbol.

Battle Dome

Inside the Battle Dome

The Battle Dome is located in the island's northwest corner. Inside, tournaments between 16 Trainers are held. Before each battle, Trainers learn a bit about their opponent, including their Pokémon, battle style, and how they train. Then, both Trainers choose two Pokémon from their three-Pokémon party to use in battle. Competitors can learn who was eliminated in each round by viewing the tournament bracket.

Upon winning five and ten championships, Tucker will appear and challenge you to a battle. Defeat him to earn the Tactics Symbol.

VS Tucker (Silver Challenge)

Dome Ace Tucker Battle Dome Emerald Reward: 13BP Types: Water Ground Ability: Torrent Held item: Focus Band Swampert♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Surf Water   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Counter Fighting   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: Lum Berry Salamence♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Dragon Claw Dragon   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Brick Break Fighting   --       Types: Fire Flying Ability: Blaze Held item: White Herb Charizard♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Overheat Fire   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Rock Slide Rock   --

VS Tucker (Gold Challenge)

Dome Ace Tucker Battle Dome Emerald Reward: 15BP Types: Water Ground Ability: Torrent Held item: Leftovers Swampert♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Surf Water   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Mirror Coat Psychic   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Clear Body Held item: Quick Claw Metagross Lv.50, 60-100 Meteor Mash Steel   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Protect Normal   --       Types: Dragon Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: Chesto Berry Latias♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Psychic Psychic   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --       Thunderbolt Electric   --       Rest Psychic   --

Battle Pike

Inside the Battle Pike

The outside of the Battle Pike is designed like a Seviper. There are 21 rooms inside, in seven sets of three. Challengers may choose any of the three in a set to continue through, and in each room, any one of eight events may occur. A woman standing outside each room hints as to what is in one of the three rooms.

• Single battle: A Trainer with 3 Pokémon walks up to the challenger and battles.
• Double battle: Two Trainers with 1 Pokémon each will team up and battle the player. This room will not appear if the player already has two fainted Pokémon.
• Hard single battle and healing: 3 Pokémon per side against a higher-tier opponent; winner's Pokémon are completely healed.
• Wild Pokémon: Wild Seviper, Milotic, Dusclops, Electrode, Breloom, and Wobbuffet appear.
• No event: A person who is not a Trainer stands in the room and does nothing.
• Status effect: A surprise attack will inflict a status on one or more of the challenger's Pokémon. The status includes Kirlia's burn, poison, paralysis, or sleep and Dusclops's burn or freeze.
• One or two recovery: One or two of the challenger's Pokémon will be healed.
• Full recovery: All of the challenger's Pokémon will be healed.

Upon completing two and ten passes through the building, Lucy will appear and challenge you to a battle. Defeat her to earn the Luck Symbol.

VS Lucy (Silver Challenge)

Pike Queen Lucy Battle Pike Emerald Reward: 11BP Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: Quick Claw Seviper♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Poison Fang Poison   --       Crunch Dark   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Swagger Normal   --       Types: Bug Rock Ability: Sturdy Held item: Chesto Berry Shuckle♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Toxic Poison   --       Sandstorm Rock   --       Protect Normal   --       Rest Psychic   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Marvel Scale Held item: Leftovers Milotic♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Surf Water   --       Mirror Coat Psychic   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Recover Normal   --

VS Lucy (Gold Challenge)

Pike Queen Lucy Battle Pike Emerald Reward: 18BP Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: Focus Band Seviper♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Crunch Dark   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Swagger Normal   --       Types: Steel Ground Ability: Rock Head or Sturdy Held item: BrightPowder Steelix♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Earthquake Ground   --       Screech Normal   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Explosion Normal   --       Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: Chesto Berry Gyarados♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Return Normal   --       Dragon Dance Dragon   --       Roar Normal   --       Rest Psychic   --

Battle Tower

Inside the Battle Tower

The Battle Tower stands tall on the north-central part of the island. It features 3-vs-3 Single Battle and 4-vs-4 Double Battle formats, and each round consists of seven opposing Trainers who increase in difficulty as the challenger progresses.

Upon completing five and ten runs through the tower, Anabel will appear and challenge you to a battle. Defeat her to earn the Ability Symbol.

VS Anabel (Silver Challenge)

Salon Maiden Anabel Battle Tower Emerald Reward: 15BP Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize or Inner Focus Held item: BrightPowder Alakazam♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Ice Punch Ice   --       ThunderPunch Electric   --       Fire Punch Fire   --       Disable Normal   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: Lum Berry Entei Lv.50, 60-100 Fire Blast Fire   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --       Return Normal   --       Roar Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Immunity or Thick Fat Held item: Quick Claw Snorlax♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Body Slam Normal   --       Belly Drum Normal   --       Yawn Normal   --       Shadow Ball Ghost   --

VS Anabel (Gold Challenge)

Salon Maiden Anabel Battle Tower Emerald Reward: 20BP Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: Lum Berry Raikou Lv.50, 60-100 Thunderbolt Electric   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Rest Psychic   --       Types: Dragon Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: BrightPowder Latios♂ Lv.50, 60-100 Psychic Psychic   --       Dragon Claw Dragon   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --       Recover Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Immunity or Thick Fat Held item: Chesto Berry Snorlax♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Curse ???   --       Return Normal   --       Rest Psychic   --       Shadow Ball Ghost   --

Battle Arena

Inside the Battle Arena

The Battle Arena is located to the southeast of the Battle Tower. Inside, two Pokémon are pitted against each other for three rounds. If neither Pokémon was defeated in that time, they are then rated on their battle proficiency in three categories. The Pokémon with the higher score wins, and the Pokémon with the lower score leaves the battlefield. A tie results in both Pokémon leaving the battlefield. A knockout means an automatic win for the Pokémon still standing.

Similar to the Battle Tent in Fallarbor Town, Pokémon are rated on their Mind, Skill, and Body. The Pokémon with the better rating in each category earns two points, while a tie earns a single point for each Pokémon.

• Mind highlights a Pokémon's offensive style. One point is earned for each damage-dealing attack chosen (except Counter, Mirror Coat, and Bide), and a single point is lost if either Protect, Detect, or Endure is chosen. No other moves award points. Only the move selection matters; even if the Pokémon does not actually use the move (due to an effect such as paralysis), it will still score in this category. The Pokémon with the higher rating earns an additional two points for the overall judgment.
• Skill focuses on a Pokémon's accuracy. One point is earned for each attack that lands successfully, while two points are deducted if the move misses, fails, or is prevented from executing due to an effect such as paralysis. If the move was caused to fail by Protect, Detect, or flinching from Fake Out, however, no points are deducted. Hitting a move super effectively rewards two points rather than one, but dealing not very effective damage instead deducts one point. The Pokémon with the higher rating earns an additional two points for the overall judgment.
• Body focuses on the amount of HP remaining after three rounds compared to the total HP at the beginning. The Pokémon with the better ratio earns an additional two points for the overall judgment.

Upon reaching 28 and 56 wins, Greta will appear and challenge you to a battle. Defeat her to earn the Guts Symbol.

VS Greta (Silver Challenge)

Arena Tycoon Greta Battle Arena Emerald Reward: 12BP Types: Bug Fighting Ability: Swarm or Guts Held item: Salac Berry Heracross♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Megahorn Bug   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --       Endure Normal   --       Reversal Fighting   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: Leftovers Umbreon♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Faint Attack Dark   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Body Slam Normal   --       Types: Bug Ghost Ability: Wonder Guard Held item: BrightPowder Shedinja Lv.50, 60-100 Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Return Normal   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --

VS Greta (Gold Challenge)

Arena Tycoon Greta Battle Arena Emerald Reward: 13BP Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: Chesto Berry Umbreon♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Double-Edge Normal   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Rest Psychic   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: Leftovers Gengar♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Psychic Psychic   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Dream Eater Psychic   --       Destiny Bond Ghost   --       Types: Grass Fighting Ability: Effect Spore Held item: Lum Berry Breloom♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Focus Punch Fighting   --       Spore Grass   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Headbutt Normal   --

Battle Palace

Inside the Battle Palace

The Battle Palace stands in the southeast corner of the island. Like the Verdanturf Battle Tent, Pokémon battles conducted here see Pokémon left to their own devices, with no outside commands from their Trainers. A Pokémon's battle style depends on its Nature, and may change when its HP gets low.

All moves belong to one of three categories: Attack, Defense, or Support. Defense moves are all moves that target the user. Support moves are all non-damaging moves that don't fall in the Defense category. Attack moves are all moves not listed under Defense or Support.

Each Nature has a different ratios that determine how often a Pokémon with that Nature is likely to use Attack, Defense, or Support moves. These ratios change when the Pokémon's HP falls below 50%. During each turn of battle, a category is selected, and a random attack of that category is chosen from the Pokémon's moveset. If no such move exists, the Pokémon will appear "incapable of using its power", and skip its turn.

Upon completing a winning streak of 21 and 42 battles, Spenser will appear and challenge you to a battle. Defeat him to earn the Spirits Symbol.

VS Spenser (Silver Challenge)

Palace Maven Spenser Battle Palace Emerald Reward: 15BP Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: BrightPowder Crobat♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Fly Flying   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Toxic Poison   --       Double Team Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Truant Held item: Scope Lens Slaking♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Brick Break Fighting   --       Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Swagger Normal   --       Types: Water Ice Ability: Water Absorb or Shell Armor Held item: Quick Claw Lapras♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Horn Drill Normal   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Protect Normal   --