Hoenn Route 119

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Hoenn Route 119 １１９番道路 Route 119

Map description If you are not prepared for it, the harsh conditions of this tropical rain forest will defeat you in less than five minutes.

Required for navigation Cut Surf Strength Flash Defog Whirlpool Rock Smash Waterfall Dive Rock Climb Bicycle Mach Bike Acro Bike Go-Goggles None

Connecting locations Route 119 Fortree City →   Route 118 ↓

Location Location of Route 119 in Hoenn.

Pokémon world routes ← Route 118       Route 120 →

Route 119 (Japanese: １１９番道路 Route 119) is a tropical route in central Hoenn, connecting Route 118 and Fortree City. The route is home to the Weather Institute.

In the games

Route description

Heading north from Route 118, Route 119 begins as a short path before reaching the southernmost point of a large field of long grass. As Trainers enter the grass, it often begins to rain, and this affects all battles on the route. The weather is clear on only one of four days. There is also lightning on every one of four days, but it is purely aesthetic and creates only regular rain in battle. Located in the long grass are six Trainers, who call themselves the Mimic Circle; in the Generation III games, these Trainers will turn and take a step whenever the player does; in the Generation VI games, they instead just rotate or take steps randomly. North of the field, Route 119 parallels a river for a short distance, allowing Trainers to Surf across the river to gain access to another Trainer, an item and another patch of grass.

Returning to the main path, Route 119 passes a Trainer as it turns northeast to follow the course of the river, which flows north-south to its southern end on Route 118. As it returns north, the route begins climbing uphill. After ascending a set of stairs, Trainers can pass through a patch of grass to reach a soft soil patch with Sitrus and Leppa Berries. Also, by using the Acro Bike, they can cross a narrow bridge to reach an area with two potential Secret Base locations and a hidden Calcium.

The main path of the route continues up the side of a hill, ascending two more flights of stairs and turning north-east as it passes a pair of Trainers, including Pokémon Ranger Catherine, who can be rematched. At the top of the hill, near Catherine, the route sharply turns to the west, crossing one of the longest bridges in Hoenn to traverse the river valley below. On the other side, the route curves north as it climbs up another set of stairs. Just north of this point is Pokémon Ranger Jackson, followed by a grass patch to his immediate north.

North of this patch is a split in the route. The west branch contains only one Trainer and offers a direct path to the Weather Institute. One must use the Mach Bike to get up the muddy slope. The east branch has no Trainers but is occupied by a large amount of long grass. Near the northeast corner of this path is an Elixir lying in the grass. To the west of the item, the east path ascends two sets of stairs before merging with the west path, which passes another Trainer on the way to this junction, on top of the hill.

Between this point and the Weather Institute, Route 119 runs northwest along the edges of a pair of grassy areas. At the Weather Institute, the route turns east, crossing the river once again. This bridge is blocked until the player defeats Courtney^R/Tabitha^OR/Shelly^SEAS in the Weather Institute.

On the east bank of the river, Route 119 comes to a three-way intersection. To the south of this point is the only area where Trainers can Surf from on the upper portion of the river. The main path of Route 119 turns north, where the player will encounter their rival for a battle.

By Surfing south along the river from this point, Trainers can reach a Leaf Stone located just north of a waterfall. By Surfing north, Trainers that can use Waterfall can climb a small waterfall to reach an upper area of Route 119 containing Hondew Berries. Trainers with Acro Bikes will be able to reach a Rare Candy by crossing a series of rails. In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, a Kecleon is also located at the start of the bike rails, as well as a Bird Keeper in the northwest who is interested in the player's Acro Bike, one of three NPCs the player can speak to in order to obtain both bikes from Rydel's Cycles.

North of the three-way junction, Route 119 continues to the northeast, passing a pair of Ninja Boys attempting to camouflage themselves as trees amongst the forest. Near the northern end is another soft soil patch containing three Pomeg Berry plants. Directly east of the patch is the west entrance to Fortree City.

Finding Feebas

In Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, Feebas can only be found by fishing in one of six water tiles along the route. Adding to the difficulty, other Pokémon besides Feebas can also appear in the Feebas tiles as well. There is no known easy method to determine which tiles contain Feebas: the only way is to fish in each and every water tile on the route. (If the player reels in one Pokémon in every tile, there is a 1 in 64 (approximately 1.6%) chance that the player will pass over all six Feebas tiles without reeling in a single Feebas.) Any rod can find Feebas, and Feebas can be fished from the same tile many times. The tiles' locations are independent of the trend in Dewford Town, although the tiles' location will change every time the trend does.

In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Feebas may be found normally in any tile and with any rod, but their rate of appearance is low in most parts of the route. However, if the player fishes in the water under the bridge by the Weather Institute during the daytime, Feebas will appear in those tiles 100% of the time. This also happens when the player fishes in the water close to the stone northwest of Pokémon Ranger Catherine, near the route entrance, during the nighttime.

Once hooked, Feebas is fairly easy to catch, with a catch rate of 255.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Elixir ×2	Mixed amongst the grass near the center of the route Southeast of the northern bridge of the route	R  S  E
	Full Heal	In a clear square in the southernmost large patch of grass (hidden)	R  S  E
	Sitrus Berry ×2	In the soft soil near the southernmost Acro Bike bridge	R  S  E
	Sitrus Berry ×3	In the soft soil near the upper waterfall (requires Surf and Waterfall)	OR  AS
	Leppa Berry ×2	In the soft soil near the southernmost Acro Bike bridge	R  S  E
	Leppa Berry ×5	In the soft soil near the upper waterfall (requires Surf and Waterfall)	OR  AS
	Full Heal	Directly south of a clear section in the southernmost large patch of grass (hidden)	OR  AS
	Max Repel	In clear patch of land in the south-western portion of tall grass	OR  AS
	Zinc	Northwest of Fisherman Eugene (requires Surf)	OR  AS
	Hondew Berry ×4	In the soft soil near the upper waterfall (requires Surf and Waterfall)	R  S  E
	Hondew Berry ×4	In the soft soil near the lower waterfall	OR  AS
	Elixir	South of Ninja Boy Takashi	OR  AS
	PP Max	Near the muddy slope	OR  AS
	Max Ether	In a tiny patch of land east of the upper waterfall (requires Surf) (hidden)	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Ultra Ball	In the middle of a patch of long grass east of the river as it bends eastward at the middle of the route (requires Surf) (hidden)	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Leaf Stone	At the southernmost tip of the middle-level river (requires Surf)	R  S  E  OR  AS
	HM02 (Fly)	Obtained from Brendan/May after defeating them	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Super Repel	In the large grass patch at the southern end of the route	R  S  E
	Hyper Potion ×2	In the large grass patch at the southern end of the route Near the muddy slope, south of the Weather Institute	R  S  E
	Zinc	On the patch of land northwest of the main path on the lowest level (requires Surf)	R  S  E
	Calcium	In the square of flowers beside a Secret Base entrance just west of the first waterfall (requires Acro Bike) (hidden)	R  S  E
	Calcium	In the pathway beside a Secret Base entrance just west of the first waterfall (requires Acro Bike) (hidden)	OR  AS
	Pomeg Berry ×6	In the soft soil near Fortree City	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Rare Candy	Near the maze of bridges on the upper-most part of the route (requires Acro Bike, Surf, and Waterfall)	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Nugget	Far north past the upper waterfall (requires Acro Bike, Surf, and Waterfall)	E
	TM62 (Acrobatics)	Far north past the upper waterfall, in the center of the maze of bridges (requires Acro Bike, Surf, and Waterfall)	OR  AS
	Venusaurite	In the grass at the southern end of the route in front of the house, after defeating or capturing GroudonOR/KyogreAS	OR  AS
	Timer Ball	20% chance of receiving one after a rematch with Pokémon Ranger Catherine or Jackson	OR  AS
	PP Max	5% chance of receiving one after a rematch with Brains & Brawn Jael & Kael	OR  AS

Pokémon

Generation III

If the player is fishing on a Feebas tile, the game will ignore the usual encounter table and generate a Feebas half the time, effectively halving non-Feebas encounter rates.

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Oddish	R		S		E		Long grass	24-27	30%
Zigzagoon	R		S		E		Long grass	25, 27	30%
Linoone	R		S		E		Long grass	25, 27	30%
Kecleon	R		S		E		Long grass	25	1%
Tropius	R		S		E		Long grass	25-27	9%
Surfing
Tentacool	R		S		E		Surfing	5-35	60%
Wingull	R		S		E		Surfing	10-30	35%
Pelipper	R		S		E		Surfing	25-30	5%
Fishing
Tentacool	R		S		E		Fishing Old Rod	5-10	30%
Magikarp	R		S		E		Fishing Old Rod	5-10	70%
Tentacool	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	10-30	20%
Magikarp	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	10-30	60%
Carvanha	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	10-30	20%
Carvanha	R		S		E		Fishing Super Rod	20-45	100%
Special Pokémon
Feebas	R		S		E		Fishing Old Rod	20-25	50%
Feebas	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	20-25	50%
Feebas	R		S		E		Fishing Super Rod	20-25	50%
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
Gloom	OR			AS			Long grass	22-25	40%
Linoone	OR			AS			Long grass	22-25	40%
Kecleon	OR			AS			Long grass	25	5%
Tropius	OR			AS			Long grass	23, 25	15%
Horde Encounter
Oddish	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	12	100%
Surfing
Tentacool	OR			AS			Surfing	20, 25	65%
Wingull	OR			AS			Surfing	20	30%
Pelipper	OR			AS			Surfing	25, 30	5%
Fishing
Tentacool	OR			AS			Fishing Old Rod	5	35%
Magikarp	OR			AS			Fishing Old Rod	10	60%
Feebas	OR			AS			Fishing Old Rod	15	5%
Magikarp	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	25	60%
Carvanha	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	25	35%
Feebas	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	25	5%
Carvanha	OR			AS			Fishing Super Rod	35	60%
Sharpedo	OR			AS			Fishing Super Rod	40	35%
Feebas	OR			AS			Fishing Super Rod	35	5%
Special Pokémon
Feebas	OR			AS			Fishing Old Rod	15	100%
Feebas	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	25	100%
Feebas	OR			AS			Fishing Super Rod	35	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.

Special encounters

Generation III

Two invisible Kecleon appear here on the first visit. The Devon Scope must be used to battle them. They can be found in the following locations:

• In the northern section by the bike rails^RS/In the dead end path near the entrance to Fortree City^E
• Just to right of last Ninja Boy before Fortree City, in the indent of trees

They each have a 5% chance of holding a Persim Berry.

Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Color Change Held item: None Kecleon♂/♀ Lv.30 Faint Attack Dark   --       Fury Swipes Normal   --       Psybeam Psychic   --       Screech Normal   --

Generation VI

A Kecleon appears here on the first visit. The Devon Scope must be used to battle it.

Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Color Change Held item: None Kecleon♂/♀ Lv.30 Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Ancient Power Rock Special   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Camouflage Normal Status   --

Trainers

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Trainer	Pokémon
Bug Catcher Kent トモミチ Tomomichi Reward: $416	Ninjask♂ Lv.26 No item
Bug Maniac Donald イクミ Ikumi Reward: $1500	Wurmple♂ Lv.25 No item
	Silcoon♂ Lv.25 No item
	Beautifly♂ Lv.25 No item
Bug Catcher Greg ヒロユキ Hiroyuki Reward: $416	Volbeat♂ Lv.26 No item
	Illumise♀ Lv.26 No item
Bug Maniac Taylor ソウスケ Sōsuke Reward: $1500	Wurmple♂ Lv.25 No item
	Cascoon♂ Lv.25 No item
	Dustox♂ Lv.25 No item
Bug Catcher Doug オサム Osamu Reward: $416	Nincada♂ Lv.26 No item
	Nincada♂ Lv.26 No item
Bug Maniac Brent ヨウイチ Yōichi Reward: $1620	Surskit♂ Lv.27 No item
Fisherman Eugene マサシ Masashi Reward: $960 Requires Surf	Magikarp♂ Lv.30 No item
	Tentacool♂ Lv.21 No item
	Feebas♂ Lv.27 No item
	Carvanha♂ Lv.24 No item
Pokémon Ranger Catherine マナミ Manami Reward: $1296	Gloom♀ Lv.27 No item
	Roselia♀ Lv.27 No item
Pokémon Ranger Jackson マモル Mamoru Reward: $1344	Breloom♂ Lv.28 No item
Bird Keeper Phil シュンペイ Shunpei Reward: $800	Taillow♂ Lv.25 No item
	Wingull♂ Lv.25 No item
	Swellow♂ Lv.25 No item
Ninja Boy Takashi シロウ Shirō Reward: $300	Nincada♂ Lv.25 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.25 No item
	Ninjask♂ Lv.25 No item
Bird Keeper Hugh タクミ Takumi Reward: $864	Swellow♂ Lv.27 No item
After clearing the Weather Institute
Ninja Boy Yasu ヒロノブ Hironobu Reward: $324	Ninjask♂ Lv.27 No item
Ninja Boy Hideo カツハル Katsuharu Reward: $312	Koffing♂ Lv.26 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.26 No item
Rematch
Pokémon Ranger Catherine* マナミ Manami Reward: $1440/1584/1728	Gloom♀ Lv.30/33/36 No item
	Roselia♀ Lv.30/33/36 No item
Pokémon Ranger Catherine* マナミ Manami Reward: $1872	Bellossom♀ Lv.39 No item
	Roselia♀ Lv.39 No item
Pokémon Ranger Jackson* マモル Mamoru Reward: $1488/1632/1776	Breloom♂ Lv.31/34/37 No item
Pokémon Ranger Jackson* マモル Mamoru Reward: $1872	Kecleon♂ Lv.39 No item
	Breloom♂ Lv.39 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.

If the player chose Treecko:

PKMN Trainer Brendan Route 119 Ruby and Sapphire Reward: $1860

Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Effect Spore Held item: None Shroomish♂ Lv.29 Headbutt Normal   --       PoisonPowder Poison   --       Leech Seed Grass   --       Mega Drain Grass   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Water Veil Held item: None Wailmer♂ Lv.29 Rollout Rock   --       Astonish Ghost   --       Water Pulse Water   --       Whirlpool Water   --       Types: Fire Fighting Ability: Blaze Held item: None Combusken♂ Lv.31 Double Kick Fighting   --       Bulk Up Fighting   --       Sand-Attack Ground   --       Peck Flying   --

PKMN Trainer May Route 119 Ruby and Sapphire Reward: $1860

Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Effect Spore Held item: None Shroomish♀ Lv.29 Headbutt Normal   --       PoisonPowder Poison   --       Leech Seed Grass   --       Mega Drain Grass   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Water Veil Held item: None Wailmer♀ Lv.29 Rollout Rock   --       Astonish Ghost   --       Water Pulse Water   --       Whirlpool Water   --       Types: Fire Fighting Ability: Blaze Held item: None Combusken♂ Lv.31 Double Kick Fighting   --       Bulk Up Fighting   --       Sand-Attack Ground   --       Peck Flying   --

If the player chose Torchic:

PKMN Trainer Brendan Route 119 Ruby and Sapphire Reward: $1860

Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Effect Spore Held item: None Shroomish♂ Lv.29 Headbutt Normal   --       PoisonPowder Poison   --       Leech Seed Grass   --       Mega Drain Grass   --       Types: Fire Ground Ability: Oblivious Held item: None Numel♂ Lv.29 Ember Fire   --       Magnitude Ground   --       Focus Energy Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --       Types: Water Ground Ability: Torrent Held item: None Marshtomp♂ Lv.31 Mud Shot Ground   --       Mud Sport Ground   --       Foresight Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --

PKMN Trainer May Route 119 Ruby and Sapphire Reward: $1860

Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Effect Spore Held item: None Shroomish♀ Lv.29 Headbutt Normal   --       PoisonPowder Poison   --       Leech Seed Grass   --       Mega Drain Grass   --       Types: Fire Ground Ability: Oblivious Held item: None Numel♀ Lv.29 Ember Fire   --       Magnitude Ground   --       Focus Energy Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --       Types: Water Ground Ability: Torrent Held item: None Marshtomp♂ Lv.31 Mud Shot Ground   --       Mud Sport Ground   --       Foresight Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --

If the player chose Mudkip:

PKMN Trainer Brendan Route 119 Ruby and Sapphire Reward: $1860

Type: Water Unknown Ability: Water Veil Held item: None Wailmer♂ Lv.29 Rollout Rock   --       Astonish Ghost   --       Water Pulse Water   --       Whirlpool Water   --       Types: Fire Ground Ability: Oblivious Held item: None Numel♂ Lv.29 Ember Fire   --       Magnitude Ground   --       Focus Energy Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Grovyle♂ Lv.31 Leaf Blade Grass   --       Screech Normal   --       Fury Cutter Bug   --       Pursuit Dark   --

PKMN Trainer May Route 119 Ruby and Sapphire Reward: $1860

Type: Water Unknown Ability: Water Veil Held item: None Wailmer♀ Lv.29 Rollout Rock   --       Astonish Ghost   --       Water Pulse Water   --       Whirlpool Water   --       Types: Fire Ground Ability: Oblivious Held item: None Numel♀ Lv.29 Ember Fire   --       Magnitude Ground   --       Focus Energy Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Grovyle♂ Lv.31 Leaf Blade Grass   --       Screech Normal   --       Fury Cutter Bug   --       Pursuit Dark   --

Pokémon Emerald

Trainer	Pokémon
Bug Catcher Kent トモミチ Tomomichi Reward: $400	Ninjask♂ Lv.25 No item
Bug Maniac Donald イクミ Ikumi Reward: $1440	Wurmple♂ Lv.24 No item
	Silcoon♂ Lv.24 No item
	Beautifly♂ Lv.24 No item
Bug Catcher Greg ヒロユキ Hiroyuki Reward: $400	Volbeat♂ Lv.25 No item
	Illumise♀ Lv.25 No item
Bug Maniac Taylor ソウスケ Sōsuke Reward: $1620	Wurmple♂ Lv.27 No item
	Cascoon♂ Lv.27 No item
	Dustox♂ Lv.27 No item
Bug Catcher Doug オサム Osamu Reward: $448	Nincada♂ Lv.28 No item
	Ninjask♂ Lv.28 No item
Bug Maniac Brent ヨイチ Yoichi Reward: $1560	Surskit♂ Lv.26 No item
Fisherman Chris マサシ Masashi Reward: $920 Requires Surf	Magikarp♂ Lv.29 No item
	Tentacool♂ Lv.20 No item
	Feebas♂ Lv.26 No item
	Carvanha♂ Lv.23 No item
Pokémon Ranger Catherine マナミ Manami Reward: $1248	Gloom♀ Lv.26 No item
	Roselia♀ Lv.26 No item
Pokémon Ranger Jackson マモル Mamoru Reward: $1296	Breloom♂ Lv.27 No item
Parasol Lady Rachel ミヅキ Mizuki Reward: $1040 Potential Double Battle with Phil	Goldeen♀ Lv.26 No item
Bird Keeper Phil シュンペイ Shunpei Reward: $832 Potential Double Battle with Rachel	Swellow♂ Lv.26 No item
Ninja Boy Takashi シロウ Shirō Reward: $300 Potential Double Battle with Dayton	Ninjask♂ Lv.25 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.25 No item
Kindler Dayton アツヒロ Atsuhiro Reward: $800 Potential Double Battle with Takashi	Slugma♂ Lv.25 No item
	Numel♂ Lv.25 No item
Bird Keeper Hugh タクミ Takumi Reward: $800	Wingull♂ Lv.25 No item
	Tropius♂ Lv.25 No item
After clearing the Weather Institute
Guitarist Fabian ジミー Jimmy Reward: $832 Potential Double Battle with Yasu	Manectric♂ Lv.26 No item
Ninja Boy Yasu ヒロノブ Hironobu Reward: $312 Potential Double Battle with Fabian	Ninjask♂ Lv.26 No item
Ninja Boy Hideo カツハル Katsuharu Reward: $300	Koffing♂ Lv.25 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.25 No item
Rematch
Pokémon Ranger Catherine* マナミ Manami Reward: $1440/1584/1728	Gloom♀ Lv.30/33/36 No item
	Roselia♀ Lv.30/33/36 No item
Pokémon Ranger Catherine* マナミ Manami Reward: $1872	Bellossom♀ Lv.39 No item
	Roselia♀ Lv.39 No item
Pokémon Ranger Jackson* マモル Mamoru Reward: $1488/1632/1776	Breloom♂ Lv.31/34/37 No item
Pokémon Ranger Jackson* マモル Mamoru Reward: $1872	Kecleon♂ Lv.39 No item
	Breloom♂ Lv.39 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.