Pokemon Sapphire Diary

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great diary!
can't wait to pick up my new GBA SP and grab a copy of ruby or sapphire! (is the only difference the type of pokemon you get?)
thanks for posting the journal! keep it up!

Great idea with the onlie poke' diary. Although my comment is more of a question. For some reason my wurmple evolved into a silkoon instead of a cascoon. Then the silkoon evovled into a beautifly. Beautifly is an awesome pokemon and he's still in my party. I think it may be more along the type of butterfree-like pokemon you desired. I was just wondering if you heard how to affect the evolution of wurmple to decide wether you get a silkoon or a cascoon. Feel free to e-mail me back if you get any info on this strange double evolution theory.

I received an email a couple days ago (thanks, Martin!) that said that you get a Cascoon/Dustox if your Wurmple evolves at night... so I guess you go Silcoon/Beautifly if it evolves at day. Makes sense I suppose. Rats! I think I would have preferred the Beautifly! Have to go back and train up another stupid Wurmple...

Instead of getting a Wurmple all over again, just go to the woods just above the old seadog's cottage. They seem to be full of Cascoons and Silcoon. Only problem is that they only seem to use Harden... so maybe that's all they have?

I've been doing fine in my Pokemon Sapphire game, Unlike my sister, who doesn't even have her first badge! I have 7 badges, and I can't make through that friggin ice maze Wallice has in his gym. I have a Lv. 45 Blaziken, Lv. 46 Kyogre, Lv. 41 Swampert, Lv. 34 Grovyle, Lv. 40 Altaria, and a Lv. 37 Manectric.
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Hey it's me again. Thanx for explaining the cascoon-silkoon evolution thing. I figured it was something like that and I had them both before I came back and read the new post. Now all I need to find out is how to get an azurill. I painstakingly hunted and captured a male and female marril only to have them hatch an egg with another marril in it!!!???!!! Anyone with advice on making babies feel free to help me out. Pokemon babies that is, not the human kind. : )

O.k. nevermind that last post I made. I found a really good F.A.Q. site and it said I have to give my male marril some tidal herb to sucessfully make an azurill egg. Since you all are telling what pokemon you're using so will I. And beforehand I would like to state that no Joe I am not copying you. I was impressed with the similarities of our party and thats why I keep coming back to your site. What else can I say but you have good taste!!!! Poocheyna lv 17, Sableye lv.17, Minun lv 19, Plusle lv 19, Grovyle lv. 21, Swellow lv 22. Thats all I gotta say for now. I'll probably check back in tommorrow.

Awesome party, BLACK! Let me know if you find the Minun/Plusle team to be worthwhile. My initial feeling on them is that they're built as a 2-on-2 battle example and not much else. And I haven't even gotten around to getting pokemon to mate at the day care center. I dropped a nincada off a couple days ago and completely forgot about the place.

BLACK is back, and I've totally hit a wall. I can't beat the electric gym leader Wattson at all. I spend all my poke' money on super potions and paralyz heals and no matter what I do it's not enough. Any strategies to help me out would be cool since our parties are almost identical. I've even decided to try to switch up my party a bit and level up a nincada since it's the only ground type I've found so far. I'm almost to the point where I'm so frustrated that I wanna start my game over again and pick a Torchic, since fire works well against magnemite/magneton. I really don't wanna start over again cause my pokedex is coming along so nicely. I haven't really come across a new pokemon I haven't caught yet in the past couple of days. As for my plusle minun combo, it seems to be o.k. although I was hoping there'd be alot more 2 on 2 battles to use them in. I figured the key to their co-op battling is the helping hand move. The thing is you have to use the helping hand move on your own guy!!!! Whenever you want to do the move and you pick witch pokemon to do it on, move the blinking cursor over to your other pokemon and use it on it. I have yet to try this in the game, but I can't wait to see if it powers up the others moves all that much. Let me know if you get a chance to try this and how it went.

I think you might want to level up a bit more. My party was all low 20s (except Minun and Plusle) when I went against Wattson. As I recall, it went something like this: Mightyena puts out the Magnetite with 2-3 Rock Smash attacks, I'd let him Bite the Voltorb down and quick switch in the Taillow to take the Voltorb's stupid Self-Destruct. The Magneton was the big problem, as he kept eating Super Potions. I'd let Sableye, Grovyle and Mightyena do their thing against him, and switch in the Plusle or the Minun when I needed to heal/de-paralyze any of my big three.

The big trick is making it so Wattson can't use his Super Potions... this means gauging your hits so that you kill him instead of letting him with a little red left, because he will always Super Potion on that red. I used midlevel attacks like Absorb and Quick Attack, and then brought out the Rock Smash to finish the Magneton. It wasn't easy for this particular party, and it took several attempts for me to get it done!

Thanx for the tips. I haven't gotten to try it yet cause I've been out shopping all day. I forgot about the indespensible rock smash move. that should help out alot. I'm getting sick of trying to level up in the same old patches of grass in the area I'm stuck in. Those Gulpins are really getting under my skin. I'm gonna try to beat Wattson a few more times and hopefully won't have to start my game over. Thanx again, and I'll talk to ya later

Hey Joe. I've leveled up and am going to take on Wattson again after I pick up my brother from work. I just wanted to tell you, you may wanna pick up that nincada from the day care before it hits level 20. I was raising one to fight Wattson cause it's a ground type and I only had it and Grovyle, Sableye, and Mightyena in my party and when it evovled at lv 20 it turned into a flying bug type and there was a totally new ghost bug type in my party!!!! It sucks that I no longer have a strong ground type but I got a whole new pokemon for doing nothing but evovling one I already had. Plus the evovled form. Pretty cool huh?? I think an evolution hatching a new pokemon was a sweet hidden idea and a killer wqay to help fill out my pokedex

That Nincada evolution thing is crazy but true. Basically, Nincada splits into two pokemon: a Ninjask and a Shedinja. The Shedinja is the "surprise" pokemon. It (it is sexless) is types bug and ghost, has the attacks Leech Life, Sand-Attack, Fury Swipes, and Mind Reader. It also has the Wonder Guard ability for "super effective" attacks. Mine appeared at the same level as my Ninjask. The weird thing is that the Shedinja has 1 HP.

I'm making alot of progress in my sapphire game. I've switched up my party alot cause I'm trying to evovle alot of pokemon with the cooler looking evolutions. I got the surf hm and have added a level 31 marril who I lovingly nicknamed marijuana. I evolved my grovyle to a lv 39 sceptile, sableye is at lv 30, and I have a swablu at lv 26, vigoroth just evolved and is still at lv 18. I'm awaiting the return of my claw fossil from the regeneration at devon corp. so thats why theres a space in my party. I've got 5 badges and my pokedex is at 58 with 37:47 game hours played. I think electrike wil be my next evolution followed by ralts. So how's everybody else doing???

Hi Joe. I love your Sapphire diary. I went crazy and bought both Sapphire and Ruby, as well as the new GBA SP and Pokemon 4Ever movie. Nuts, huh! Right now I am playing Ruby. I was a little disappointed at first because the game seemed to lose some of the neat features of Crystal, but I'm liking it now. My starting line-up is: Phoenix (Combusken), Shitake (Breloom), Sparkle (Manectric), Skillet, (Aron), Sympathy (Gardevoir), and Gulliver (Pelipper) all level 31. So far, nothing has stopped them or given them much trouble (including Wattson), they're a great team. My Manectric has won Normal and Super Rank Cool Ribbons. I am at Fallarbor Town right now and spent the last 6 hours gathering ash to buy a desk. Do you know how the secret hideouts work yet?

WHERE DO YOU FIND THE POKe Block case? I have searched and searched with no luck!

Hey guys. I haven't checked in here for awhile cause I've been busy. I made it pretty far and have captured Kyogre. I went nuts catching pokemon and my pokedex is now at 81. I haven't made a secret base yet and am kinda curious about it. My sceptile won a toughness ribbon. As far as the pokeblock case goes some girl gives it to you but it was sooo far back in my game I can't really remember where. I was wondering if any one had info on how to capture a relicanth. I have only ran into it once and wasted all my pokeballs on it to no avail. I'm searching the same undersea area where I spotted it the first time and can only come across clampearls and chinchous. If anyone has or can find more specific info on how to get relicanth like the time of day or patch of grass where it's best to find one please make a post. My party is manectric lv 31 (I'm raising him to take on wallace) Aronith lv 36 wialmer lv 23 sceptile lv 43 altaria lv 37 and kyorge lv 45. Most pokemon are in my party strictly to level up and evolve though.

O.k. nevermiond about relicanth in that last post. I got him. My advice to anyone else trying to get him is HAVE PATIENCE!!!! He will eventually get his own hp down low enough to get him in the ball if you keep letting him use take down. Just be sure to have a strong enough pokemon or plenty of potions on hand to withstand the assault.

Kerry, you can find the Pokeblock Case by talking to the little girl in the Pokemon Contest Hall in Slateport City. Good Luck!

hey guys! im pretty far in my game. My current team is Absol, kyogre, salamence, breloom, and castform who happens to be a really good combo with kyogre. The one problem im having with my game is that i cant seem to get shedinja. No matter what i do my nincada keeps evolving in a ninjask even when i have fewer than 5 guys with me. Help

6 hours gathering ash, Ruby?!?! Outstanding dedication. I collected enough for a sad little blue flute, and I choked Tang through my nose when I saw how much ash you need for the glass furniture. I did use Secret Power to make a base... mine is in that southern area below the Rusturf Tunnel. Of course, it has nothing in it yet, since my only furniture is two dolls. What's the best way to get new furniture, other than collecting ash? Where's Tom Nook when you need him...

Who's Tom Nook? (I'm blonde, duh!) Anyway, it looks like you can buy furniture in Fortee City, just past Route 119. Bring your billfold with you unless you like the ugly stuff, cause it ain't cheap! Oh, Matt, after doing a little research, I found that when Nincada evolves, you not only have to have an extra place for it, you have to have a Poke Ball. It specifies Poke Ball, so maybe the Great Ball and Ultra Ball won't work. It's worth a try!

Ruby you rock! Thanks so much for the tips. I think i just got a little confused because nincada evolves in ninjask anyway and then the computer or something gives you shedinja. What do you guys think is the toughest fire guy to have in the game? Im not sure if its even worth it but im open for suggestions.

ok here is my problem im at the part in the game where you have to go to the weather place and every time i get there i run into someone and all of my pokemon faint including my grovyle...is there any other faster way to level up my pokemon ???

disregard what i said last my new problem is exactly the same but its with the fortree city gym leader instead of the weather institute

I have finally got all eight badges and am currently hunting the legendary Regi's.I already got Regice and am having trouble with the steel one. It seems I don't have enough money to buy all the ultra balls it takes to wear him down. I used my one master ball on Kyogre which was probably a big mistake guessing by how randomly Latias appears in the wild. Has anyone even seen Latias yet??? The walkthrough website I found reccomends using the master ball on Rayquaza. This brings up my next question... has anyone heard or read anything about the cloning code for sapphire/ruby???? The old cloning code is now defunct with the new box system not requiring you to save when changing boxes. I hope there is a cloning code otherwise I'm gonna have to wit till my brother beats ruby to get a groudon for myself. either that or else game shark it. I'm sorry to even go that cheating route but I am a pokedex completeist (except for mew and cerebi so far) As for those of you having trouble with the gym leaders and other foes, take your time and level up. I've found that the caves leading to the elite four are a great place to earn mega experience points as well as catching some kinda high level evolved forms of cool pokemon. I've been spending alot of time there before I started my regi hunt. By the way I'd just like to say that I feel the regi's are the lamest pokemon in sapphire. they surely don't live up to the standard title of legendary pokemon set by the birds and cats of the previous games.

chaos, I think you just need more experience for your pokemon. I just went through the Fortree Gym sub-trainers, and my party is mostly between lv30 and lv33.

where do you get the tm secret power in sapphire ?

You get Secret Power from a guy standing by a tree... near Mt. Chimney or Fallarbor Town, I think. When you talk to him, he specifically mentions Secret Bases and the tree he is next to is the kind you can build a Base in.

thanks joe...i just got all of the eight badges and kyogre im going to get pokemon ruby also so i can get groudon and trade him over to my GBA SP. now i am trying to figure out the dot brail i think it says i have to catch a wailord and a relicanth so iam trying to level up my wailmer to level 40 to evolve into waillord

You're kidding me. You mean that line in the manual about "If you can't read a message, it might be braille!" is actually applicable?!? Craziness. Did you guys use your Master Ball for Kyogre, or is that a waste? I'm right at the big Team Aqua undersea fight myself.

yes i used my master ball to catch the kyogre... allthough i went to this girl in one of the towns and she said that my kyogre does not like me and his eyes run with fury wich is realy weird because we have been through alot of battles and competitions. do you know why,or what i can do ???

this is really weird im trying to get the registeel and i cant figure out the brail...the brail said

with new time,
hope and love,
aim to the sky
in the middle

i was hoping one of you could help me out on that one

chaos, I regrettably have caught all 3 regi's. the registeel you seek is located in the cave alongside route 119 where it is constantly raining. Go left of the entrance to the safari zone until you come to stairs by where a supernerd is standing. Go up the stairs and head north thil you see a cave. Go to the middle of the braille slab in the back of the cave and do the fly hm this will open up the door and you can waste all your ultra balls trying to catch registeel.

thanks trainer black, now do you know how to catch regirock?

Hi guys! I feel like I'm a little behind the times now. I've only just gotten my sixth badge and have just discovered the trainer's eye thing, which is easier done now that I can fly! My starting party are now all level 40-42. My Gardevior (Sympathy) and Manectric (Sparkle) have just gotten their 3rd ribbons and their conditions have all maxed out nearly perfectly on all five points with a little more emphasis on Cool for Sparkle and Smart for Sympathy. So, how come that jerk won't give them a scarf?!?! I finally made a secret base. It's under the bridge by the waterfall on the way to the weather station. That glass desk is huge, it nearly takes up the whole room!

To get Regirock go to Fallarbor Town. go right, until you reach the desert where you found the
fossil. you should find another cave entrance there. go to the middle of
the braille slate. Move to the right twice, and down twice, use strength and a
door leading to Regi-Rock will appear. Doesn't anyone else think the Regi's are lame or is it just me???

thanks black,actually i think they are "lame" also but i am on a quest to "catch em all" as ash would say

Anybody know where you find the Shoal Salt? It's easy to find the Shoal Shells, but I've been getting lost in that stupid cave. Is the Salt just inside that cave somewhere?

hey i beat the elite four with my first try but the funny thing is, is that all my pokemon were at level 40-46
joe dont feel bad i cant find the shoal shell either

Hey everybody. I'm not sure about this as I have yet to find the shoal salt myself, but my theory is that there is a tide in the game (although i have yet to see any evidence of it) and the shoal salt is visible during one tide (i.e. high) and the shoal shells must be obtainable during the opposite tide (i.e. low) Like I said I have seen no evidence of this in my game, but heard or read about it somewhere. Chaos I'm glad I could help you get those regi's. Perhaps "lame" is too light of a word for them and should be replaced with something along the lines of hella-gay! They do not even come close to measuring up to the coolness of the legendary birds or cats. And congratulations on beating the elite four on your first try. I'd like to hear more details about your battle like which pokemon you used and did you need alot of revives or potions????? I plan on taking on their challenge soon, maybe even tonight and my pokemon are at level 50 or 52. Also one last thing, again has anyone heard anything about the cloning codes for sapphire or ruby??? I feel like I wasted my time training my pokemon on my gold game during the days prior to sapphire coming out since there is no way I know of yet to transfer them between games. That really bums me out that you can't have a charizard or mewtwo or some of my other favorites in the new advanced games.

Hey! Black's right about the Shoal Cave tides. Shoal Salt is found at low tide and Shoal Shells are found at high tide and there seems to be about 6 hours in between tides.

Well, I caught Groudon. I used 5 ultra balls and then tried the timer ball - and it worked! I can't seem to get past the first room in the Sootopolis Gym though, the ice floor keeps breaking and the stairway won't appear. Any suggestions?

hey guys. I beat the elite four, although it took me 3 tries and i had to sell my big pearl and red sand or whatever it was to buy enough revives and hyper potions. Even though my pokemon were levels 50 and 52 (3 pokemon each level)I still had a bit of trouble. but my patience paid off in the end. Ruby you have to walk on the ice one square at a time and cover all the squares to make the stairs appear. The tricky part is walking on each square only once and ending up infront of the stairway when youre done. it takes some planning and a little trial and error but it is possible. the only thing i really wanna do now is fill out my pokedex. does anyone have any clue on how to find a feebass????
I know they're on route 119 or whatever, and i read somewhere that there is only one "tile" for a feebass in each game. I have no idea what that means or how to figure out where on route 119 my feebass "tile" is. any info on this would be cool

Thanks Black! The tip worked and I got my eighth badge. I decided to rearrange my starting party before I try the elite four so now I'm working on leveling everyone up. I have Groudon, Orca (Wailord), Phoenix (Blaziken), Sparkle (Manectric), Sympathy (Gardevoir), and Chikita (Tropius), all at level 50. To catch Feebas, go to the Weather Institute, cross the bridge, turn right and go down to the river's edge. Use surf and to the first little place you can get out of the water (your right). I caught eight Feebas here, I was trying to catch one that had the right nature to lean it towards dry (Beauty) type Pokeblocks. Look for one with a mild, modest, quiet or rash nature. Mine won all four beauty contests but I guess it didn't win with a high enough score because it didn't evolve into Milotic. I guess I have to keep on trying. Good luck! By the way, I don't know what a "tile" is either.

hey ruby thats cool i helped ya. I haven't tried fishing for feebass yet but thanx in advance for the tip. Joe to evolve a golbat into crobat is a friendly evolution. You gotta be real nice to the golbat by giving it items it likes and not letting it faint and stuff.

Bleah. Who wants to be nice to a Golbat? I think switch him out and try to level up an Aron. That probably evolves into something cool, right?

Hi Joe! I had an Aron, he leveled up to Lairon and then Aggron. Real cool looking, kind of like a Rhydon with heavy armor and spots. The neat thing is he has a rock head and can use the move "take down" without the recoil. I have him up to level 50 but traded him for Groudon.

I luff your Poke diary! ^_^ It's far more exiting then my chronicles lol!
Wurmple is supposed to become Beautifly by day as a silcoon, or Dustox (UGLY!) by night, through cascoon. I made the fatal mistake of leveling up my wurmple at night and accidentaly making it a Dustox, and it's been boxed ever since.
I was really dissapointed when my Grovyle evolved too (a japanese pokedex I found on the internet showed Treeko's fully evolved form as Rayquaza- I've been hoodwinked! :[)
My main team at the moment is chock full of my fav type, dragons: 2 flygons (L48 and L50), Salamence L51, Blaziken L57, Rayquaza L70 (caught it that way- save your masterball for either this or Latios\Latias! O_o) and Milotic L56. (I have a secondary team that includes a L45 Absol!)
I play animal crossing too, but with 1.2mil in the bank I just don't see the point in playing anymore...exept to catch those arapimas, of course! ;)