Petalburg Woods

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Petalburg Woods トウカの森 Touka Woods "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Map description:	This dense forest, with its abundance of trees, is well known to be a favorite habitat for Shroomish.
Location:	South of Rustboro, on Route 104
Region:	Hoenn
Generations:	III, VI
Location of Petalburg Woods in Hoenn.
Pokémon world locations

Petalburg Woods (Japanese: トウカの森 Touka Woods) is a forest in western Hoenn that lies between Petalburg City and Rustboro City, in the middle of Route 104. It appears in Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire.

Due to the presence of a Moss Rock, Eevee can evolve into Leafeon here in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

In the games

Geography

Starting at what is later revealed to be the westernmost of two southern entrances, the player is led on a winding path through many patches of grass. The tall trees cast an eternal shadow over the ground, but it is still possible to see. It is dark enough, however, that other travelers have had the misfortune to drop and lose their items on the ground. It is possible to find these without technological assistance, but the Itemfinder makes searching a great deal easier.

The Petalburg Woods are abundant with wild Pokémon. Many low-leveled Bug-type Pokémon make it their home and can commonly be encountered in tall grass, but there are rarer Pokémon here as well. Slakoth and Shroomish can only be found within the confines of the forest. These rare Pokémon are often sought by collectors in nearby Rustboro City.

Near the northern exit to Route 104, a pair of saplings block a forked path to the east. When HM01 (Cut) has been obtained, and the Rustboro Gym Leader Roxanne has been defeated in battle, the bushes may be temporarily cleared. This allows access to the easternmost half of the forest.

The first time the player traverses the woods they travel north. On this trip, they encounter a Devon Corporation employee being attacked by a Grunt of Team Magma^ROR/Team Aqua^SEAS, who requests assistance. Once the Grunt is defeated, the man will reward the player with a Great Ball^RSE or the Exp. Share^ORAS, before making his way back to his company headquarters.

In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire only, the Moss Rock is located here.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Potion	In the bare area in the southeastern-most grass patch (hidden)	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Paralyze Heal	In the north part of the southwestern-most corner	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Great Ball	Received from Devon Corporation employee after defeating the Team MagmaR/AquaSE Grunt	R  S  E
	Exp. Share	Received from Devon Corporation employee after defeating the Team MagmaOR/AquaAS Grunt	OR  AS
	Poké Ball	In the corner to the south of the northwestern-most corner (hidden)	R  S  E
	Balm Mushroom	In the corner to the south of the northwestern-most corner (hidden, regrows occasionally)	OR  AS
	Ether	In the northwestern-most corner	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Tiny Mushroom ×2	In a small recess between two trees east of the northern exit and west of the girl who gives a Miracle Seed (requires Cut) (hidden) (regrows occasionallyORAS) Down the second ledge on the eastern side of the forest, by the southwest corner of the first patch of tall grass (requires Cut) (hidden) (regrows occasionallyORAS)	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Miracle Seed	From a girl to the east of the northern exit (requires Cut)	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Great Ball	In the northeastern-most corner (requires Cut)	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Scizorite	South of the Moss Rock in the northeast, after defeating or capturing GroudonOR/KyogreAS (requires Cut)	OR  AS
	X Attack	Down the second ledge on the eastern side of the forest and to the west (requires Cut)	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Net Ball	20% chance of receiving one after a rematch with Bug Catcher James	OR  AS

Pokémon

Generation III

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Poochyena	R		S		E		Grass	5-6	30%
Zigzagoon	R		S		E		Grass	5-6	30%
Wurmple	R		S		E		Grass	5-6	25%
Silcoon	R		S		E		Grass	5	10%
Cascoon	R		S		E		Grass	5	10%
Taillow	R		S		E		Grass	5-6	5%
Shroomish	R		S		E		Grass	5-6	15%
Slakoth	R		S		E		Grass	5-6	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.

Generation VI

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Zigzagoon	OR			AS			Grass	4-6	30%
Wurmple	OR			AS			Grass	4-6	30%
Silcoon	OR			AS			Grass	6	10%
Cascoon	OR			AS			Grass	6	10%
Taillow	OR			AS			Grass	5	5%
Shroomish	OR			AS			Grass	5	10%
Slakoth	OR			AS			Grass	5	5%
Horde Encounter
Zigzagoon	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	3	35%
Wurmple	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	3	60%
Shroomish	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	3	5%
Exclusively as hidden Pokémon After defeating or capturing Groudon/Kyogre
Paras	OR			AS			Grass	6	??%
Cottonee	OR			AS			Grass	6	??%
Phantump	OR			AS			Grass	6	??%
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.

Trainers

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Trainer	Pokémon
Bug Catcher Lyle フジオ Fujio Reward: $48	Wurmple♂ Lv.3 No item
	Wurmple♂ Lv.3 No item
	Wurmple♂ Lv.3 No item
	Wurmple♂ Lv.3 No item
	Wurmple♂ Lv.3 No item
	Wurmple♂ Lv.3 No item
Team Magma Grunt R Reward: $180	Poochyena♂ Lv.9 No item
Team Aqua Grunt S Reward: $180	Poochyena♂ Lv.9 No item
Bug Catcher James ミキヤ Mikiya Reward: $128	Nincada♂ Lv.8 No item
Rematch
Bug Catcher James* ミキヤ Mikiya Reward: $432	Ninjask♂ Lv.27 No item
Bug Catcher James* ミキヤ Mikiya Reward: $464	Dustox♂ Lv.29 No item
	Ninjask♂ Lv.29 No item
Bug Catcher James* ミキヤ Mikiya Reward: $496	Surskit♂ Lv.31 No item
	Dustox♂ Lv.31 No item
	Ninjask♂ Lv.31 No item
Bug Catcher James* ミキヤ Mikiya Reward: $528	Surskit♂ Lv.33 No item
	Ninjask♂ Lv.33 No item
	Dustox♂ Lv.33 No item
	Ninjask♂ Lv.33 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.

Pokémon Emerald

Trainer	Pokémon
Bug Catcher Lyle フジオ Fujio Reward: $48	Wurmple♂ Lv.3 No item
	Wurmple♂ Lv.3 No item
	Wurmple♂ Lv.3 No item
	Wurmple♂ Lv.3 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $180	Poochyena♂ Lv.9 No item
Bug Catcher James ミキヤ Mikiya Reward: $96	Nincada♂ Lv.6 No item
	Nincada♂ Lv.6 No item
Rematch
Bug Catcher James* ミキヤ Mikiya Reward: $432	Ninjask♂ Lv.27 No item
Bug Catcher James* ミキヤ Mikiya Reward: $464	Dustox♂ Lv.29 No item
	Ninjask♂ Lv.29 No item
Bug Catcher James* ミキヤ Mikiya Reward: $496	Surskit♂ Lv.31 No item
	Dustox♂ Lv.31 No item
	Ninjask♂ Lv.31 No item
Bug Catcher James* ミキヤ Mikiya Reward: $528	Surskit♂ Lv.33 No item
	Ninjask♂ Lv.33 No item
	Dustox♂ Lv.33 No item
	Ninjask♂ Lv.33 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.

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Trainer	Pokémon
Bug Catcher Lyle フジオ Fujio Reward: $80	Wurmple♂ Lv.5 No item
	Wurmple♂ Lv.5 No item
	Wurmple♂ Lv.5 No item
Team Magma Grunt OR Reward: $360	Poochyena♂ Lv.9 No item
Team Aqua Grunt AS Reward: $360	Poochyena♂ Lv.9 No item
Bug Catcher James ミキヤ Mikiya Reward: $128	Nincada♂ Lv.8 No item
Rematch
Bug Catcher James ミキヤ Mikiya Reward: $160 After earning the Stone Badge	Surskit♂ Lv.10 No item
	Nincada♂ Lv.10 No item
Bug Catcher James ミキヤ Mikiya Reward: $192 After earning the Knuckle Badge	Surskit♂ Lv.12 No item
	Nincada♂ Lv.12 No item
Bug Catcher James ミキヤ Mikiya Reward: $384 After earning the Heat Badge	Surskit♂ Lv.24 No item
	Ninjask♂ Lv.24 No item
Bug Catcher James ミキヤ Mikiya Reward: $736 After entering the Hall of Fame	Masquerain♂ Lv.46 No item
	Ariados♂ Lv.46 No item
	Ninjask♂ Lv.46 No item
	Ledian♂ Lv.46 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.

Trainer Tips

TRAINER TIPS
Any POKéMON that appears even once
in a battle is awarded EXP Points.
To raise a weak POKéMON, put it at the
left of the team list.
As soon as a battle starts, switch it
out. It will earn EXP Points without
being exposed to any harm.

TRAINER TIPS
In addition to Hit Points [HP], POKéMON
have Power Points [PP] that are used to
make moves during battle.
If a POKéMON runs out of PP, it must be
taken to a POKéMON CENTER.

Appearance

Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire

In animation

Petalburg Woods in the anime

Petalburg Woods, referred to as Petalburg Forest in the anime, appeared over the course of several episodes. The dense forest is home to a wide array of wild Pokémon like Beedrill and Zigzagoon.

Its first appearance was in You Never Can Taillow, where Ash and his friends sat down to enjoy a break. However, they were interrupted by an angry horde of Taillow. During the chaos, Ash encountered Brock again, and he agreed to rejoin Ash on his journey through Hoenn. Thanks to Brock's advice, Ash caught one of the Taillow that attacked them, while Brock's cooking abilities were able to settle the other rowdy Tiny Swallow Pokémon.

In In the Knicker of Time!, Ash and friends encountered a knickerbockers obsessed Trainer named Nicholai, who was looking to capture a Zigzagoon before going on to challenge the Petalburg City Gym Leader, Norman. Learning that May was Norman's daughter, Nicholai excitedly challenged the rookie Trainer to her first Pokémon battle and won quiet easily. Nicholai was later able to capture himself a Zigzagoon and used it in a battle against Ash's Taillow.

In A Poached Ego!, Team Rocket intervened in the plans of Pokémon poacher Rico to capture a group of young Ekans and Koffing and illegally sell them. They were forced to release their Arbok and Weezing into the wild to protect the Ekans and Koffing while they fended off Rico's Tyranitar by themselves. Because of James's earlier kindness, he gained a Cacnea afterwards. This episode also revealed that Petalburg Forest contains a Pokémon Center.

Ash stumbled upon a wild population of Treecko in Tree's a Crowd. Their current home, a large old tree, was close to death and ended up splitting in two. Fortunately, a seed appeared and Ash's newly caught Treecko planted it before leaving its community to look after the seed.

In A Tail with a Twist, Jessie caught her Seviper after witnessing its greedy behavior and becoming impressed by it. Ash and his friends visited another Pokémon Center to help Treecko recover from its battle with Seviper.

Ash and his friends left Petalburg Forest and reached the urban metropolis of Rinshin Town in Taming of the Shroomish.

Pokémon

Taillow (multiple)	Zigzagoon (multiple)	Sentret	Pinsir (×3)
Ekans (multiple)	Arbok	Koffing (multiple)	Weezing
Kakuna (multiple)	Beedrill (multiple)	Treecko (multiple)	Murkrow (×3)
Beautifly (×3)

Caught Pokémon

Taillow

Cacnea

Treecko

Seviper

In the manga

Petalburg Woods in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Ruby & Sapphire arc

Petalburg Woods first appeared from Nixing Nuzleaf to Tongue-Tied Kecleon, where Ruby met Wally there, trying to catch himself a Pokémon. After evading Ruby's father Norman and visiting a hospital to deal with Wally's breathing issues, Ruby agreed to help Wally, lending him his Ralts, Rara, for the task. He led Wally to the edge of Petalburg Woods that was right next to Route 105, and helped him to catch his very first Pokémon, a Kecleon. Wally thanked Ruby for his help by giving him a PokéNav, but before he could return Rara to him, the site was struck by a sudden earthquake and tsunami, separating the two.

In Mowing Down Ludicolo, Matt, Shelly, and Amber of Team Aqua fled into Petalburg Woods after stealing the Devon Parts from Mr. Stone, with Sapphire giving chase. Gabby and Ty followed as well, but ended up almost getting drowned by Shelly's Ludicolo in an attempt to silence them. Despite Sapphire's Torchic succeeding in defeating Ludicolo with the help of Mr. Stone's Castform, Team Aqua managed to get away with the parts as Sapphire had to bring Gabby and Ty to safety.

Trivia

• This is the only forest area to have three exit points.
• This is one of the few locations in the Hoenn region to have cloudy weather.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 橙華森林 Cháangwàh Sāmlàhm Mandarin 橙華森林 / 橙华森林 Chénghuá Sēnlín French Bois Clémenti German Blütenburgwald Italian Bosco Petalo Korean 등화숲 Deunghwa Sup Polish Petalburskie Lasy Brazilian Portuguese Floresta de Petalburg Spanish Bosque Petalia Vietnamese Rừng Touka

Moss Rock locations Hoenn Sinnoh Unova Kalos Alola Hisui Petalburg WoodsORAS • Eterna Forest • Pinwheel Forest • Route 20 • Lush Jungle • The Heartwood

Hoenn
Settlements Littleroot Town • Oldale Town • Petalburg City • Rustboro City • Dewford Town • Slateport City • Mauville City • Verdanturf Town Fallarbor Town • Lavaridge Town • Fortree City • Lilycove City • Mossdeep City • Sootopolis City • Pacifidlog Town • Ever Grande City Battle Frontier • Battle Resort Routes 101 • 102 • 103 • 104 • 105 • 106 • 107 • 108 • 109 • 110 • 111 • 112 • 113 • 114 • 115 • 116 • 117 • 118 119 • 120 • 121 • 122 • 123 • 124 • 125 • 126 • 127 • 128 • 129 • 130 • 131 • 132 • 133 • 134 • Underwater Landmarks Petalburg Woods • Rusturf Tunnel • Island Cave • Granite Cave • Abandoned Ship • Sea Mauville • Oceanic Museum Seaside Cycling Road • Trick House • Mauville Game Corner • New Mauville • Trainer Hill • Desert Ruins • Mirage Tower • Fiery Path Jagged Pass • Mt. Chimney • Desert Underpass • Meteor Falls • Weather Institute • Scorched Slab • Ancient Tomb • Safari Zone • Mt. Pyre Lilycove Museum • Shoal Cave • Team Aqua Hideout • Team Magma Hideout (Lilycove • Jagged Pass) • Mossdeep Space Center • Seafloor Cavern Cave of Origin • Mirage Island • Sky Pillar • Victory Road • Pokémon League • Sealed Chamber • Artisan Cave • Altering Cave • Southern Island Marine Cave • Terra Cave • Contest Hall • Battle Maison • Battle Tower • Battle Tent • Secret Islet • Secret Meadow • Secret Shore Mirage spots Mirage Caves • Mirage Forests • Mirage Islands • Mirage Mountains Crescent Isle • Fabled Cave • Gnarled Den • Nameless Cavern • Pathless Plain • Trackless Forest Access to Birth Island • Faraway Island • Navel Rock • Sky

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