Pokemon Emerald Unlockables
National Pokedex
Unlockable
How to Unlock
National Pokedex
Beat the Elite 4. Proffessor Birch will visit you and give it to you once you leave your house.
Catching GSC Pokemon At The Safari Zone
After you defeated the Elite Four, go to the Upgraded Safari Zone. In the Safari, you can catch some GSC Pokemon such as Houndour, Aipom, Stantler, Mareep, Miltank, and more GSC Pokemon. This Unlockable works only in Pokemon Emerald.
Trainer Card Color Upgrades
As you accomplish more along your journey, your Trainer Card will change colors and rise in rank, depending on completing certain tasks. After completing one task, it will rise in one rank, but there are some tasks that cannot be completed until beating the Elite Four. You must do these tasks:
-Become Pokemon league Champion-Complete the Hoenn Pokedex-Collect all the gold symbols in the Battle Frontier-Win one ribbon in all five of the Master Rank Pokemon Contests.
Unlockable
How to Unlock
Bronze Rank
Do one of the tasks mentioned above.
Copper Rank
Do two of the tasks mentioned above.
Silver Rank
Do three of the tasks mentioned above
Gold Rank
Do all four of the tasks mentioned above.
Battle Frontier
Once you beat the game, you can go to the Battle Frontier.
Unlockable
How to Unlock
Battle Frontier
Beat the Elite Four.
The Diploma
Unlockable
How to Unlock
National Pokedex Diploma
Capture all 386 pokemon in your pokedex. Then go to the hotel in Lilycove City and talk to the Game Designer.
Battle Frontier- Catching pokemon
When you first explore the battle frontier, go to the BATTLE PALACE, and go to the southwest corner. SURF to the other side, and you will first see a little old lady. continue down the path south of the lady until you notice a strange tree that moves when you press A.This is a sudowoodo, origianlly found in the GSC versions.To battle it, use the WAILMER PAIL on it. You have only one chance to catch it, so don't screw it up.
After that, you can SURF on the water that the Sudowoodo was blocking. SURF down the WATERFALL, and keep surfing left (there are no fish or anything in the water, so don't bother.)
After a while, you will surf to a cave known as the ARTISTAN CAVE. Go inside, and as you explore the cave, you will find many stat items in the boulders (carbos, etc.) The only pokemon in this cave is SMEARGLE. (hence, the ARTISTAN cave.) The SMEARGLE are generally level 41 to 50. They can only use sketch once before they start struggling.
Prizes from Scott
Talk to Scott in his house in the Battle Frontier, he'll give you certain decorations/berries depending on your accomplishments in the Battle Frontier.
Unlockable
How to Unlock
Silver Shield (Decoration)
Win 50 Battles
Gold Shield (Decoration)
Win 100 Battles
Lansat Berry
Obtain all Silver Frontier Symbols
Starf Berry
Obtain all Gold Frontier Symbols
Altering Cave
You can go to Altering Cave after you beat the Elite Four. It is located on Route 103.
Unlockable
How to Unlock
Altering Cave
Beat the Elite Four
Berry Master's Wife Passwords
Tell the Berry Master's Wife certain phrases to receive the following berries. You can only tell her one of these each day.
Unlockable
How to Unlock
SUPER HUSTLE
You will receive a Belue Berry.
COOL LATIOS
You will receive a Durin Berry.
CHALLENGE CONTEST
You will receive a Pamtre Berry.
GREAT BATTLE
You will receive a Spelon Berry.
OVERWHELMING LATIAS
You will receive a Watmel Berry.
Eon ticket
Mix records with a Ruby or Sapphire that has an Eon ticket, and Emerald will get the Eon Ticket. Use it at the SS Tidal to go to Southern Island, after the E4. You'll find a forest area that has an egg in the middle. Press A at the egg to find the Lati@s you did not choose. ex. If you said you saw a Blue Pokemon on the TV(Latios) you will encounter Latias, and vice versa.
Unlockable
How to Unlock
Eon Ticket
Mix records with an Ruby or Sapphire game that has one.
Special unlockable Pokemon
There are certain pokemon that can only be caught when you trigger certain events, like castform.
Unlockable
How to Unlock
Beldum
See Steven's house after you beat the Elite four.
Kyogre
Beat the Elite Four, and go to the sea lair.
Groudon
Beat the Elite Four, and go to the land lair.
Treeko, Torchic, or Mudkip
Help Proffesor Birch escape the wild pokemon
Ho-oh/Lugia
Get the Mystic Ticket, and go to Navel Island
Deoxys
Get the Aurara Ticket, and go to Birth Island
Mew
Get the Old Sea Chart, and go to Faraway Island
Latios or Latias
After beating the elite four, watch the T.V. downstairs in your house.
Latios or Latias
Mix records with a Ruby or Sapphire with the Eon ticket, and go to Southern Island.
Castform
Take out the rival team at the weather institute.
Rayquaza
Get Magma and Aqua to get Kyogre and Groudon out of the cave, and go to Sky Pillar.
Chikorita, Cyndaquil or Tododile
When you complete the 200 Pokemon of Hoenn. Professor Birch will call you on your Pokenav.
Fishing rods
To get the old rod, go to dewford town and talk to the fisherman near the gym. He will give you a old rod. To get good rod, talk to the fisherman on route 118, east of mauville city. You must need surf to reach him. Talk to him and you will get good rod.To get super rod, go to mossdeep city and go north of the space center and go into the house. The man inside will give you super rod.
Unlockable
How to Unlock
Old Rod
Talk to fisherman near dewford gym
Good Rod
Talk to fisherman on route 118
Super Rod
In the house north of the space center
Glass Items
On Route 113, to the right of Fallobour Town, is house in which a man will make you items if you bring him ash. To collect ash, walk through the ash covered grass. Then bring it to the glass item maker.
Unlockable
How to Unlock
Blue Flute
Walk 250 steps in the ash.
Yellow Flute
Walk 500 steps in the ash.
Red Flute
Walk 500 steps in the ash.
White Flute
Walk 1,000 steps in the ash.
Black Flute
Walk 1,000steps in the ash.
Pretty Chair
Walk 6,000 steps in the ash.
Pretty Desk
Walk 8,000 steps in the ash.
Training on Hills
To unlock Trainer Hill, you must beat the Elite Four.
Unlockable
How to Unlock
Trainer Hill
Beat the elite four