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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 None

Connecting locations Route 119

Location Location of Route 119 in Hoenn.

Pokémon world routes

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.

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 CourtneyR/TabithaOR/ShellySEAS 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

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.

Generation VI

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
	OR			AS				22-25	40%
	OR			AS				22-25	40%
	OR			AS				25	5%
	OR			AS				23, 25	15%
Horde Encounter
	OR			AS			Horde Encounter	12	100%
Surfing
	OR			AS				20, 25	65%
	OR			AS				20	30%
	OR			AS				25, 30	5%
Fishing
	OR			AS				5	35%
	OR			AS				10	60%
	OR			AS				15	5%
	OR			AS				25	60%
	OR			AS				25	35%
	OR			AS				25	5%
	OR			AS				35	60%
	OR			AS				40	35%
	OR			AS				35	5%
Special Pokémon
	OR			AS				15	100%
	OR			AS				25	100%
	OR			AS				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 railsRS/In the dead end path near the entrance to Fortree CityE
• 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.

Held item: None Kecleon♂/♀ Lv.30

Generation VI

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

Held item: None Kecleon♂/♀ Lv.30

Trainers

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Trainer	Pokémon
After clearing the Weather Institute
Rematch
	Gloom♀ Lv.30/33/36 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:

Reward: $1860

Reward: $1860

If the player chose Torchic:

Reward: $1860
Held item: None Numel♂ Lv.29

Reward: $1860
Held item: None Numel♀ Lv.29

If the player chose Mudkip:

Reward: $1860
Held item: None Numel♂ Lv.29

Reward: $1860
Held item: None Numel♀ Lv.29

Pokémon Emerald

Trainer	Pokémon
After clearing the Weather Institute
Rematch
	Gloom♀ Lv.30/33/36 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:

Reward: $1860
Held item: None Lombre♂ Lv.29

Reward: $1860
Held item: None Lombre♀ Lv.29

If the player chose Torchic:

Reward: $1860
Held item: None Lombre♂ Lv.29 Held item: None Slugma♂ Lv.29

Reward: $1860
Held item: None Lombre♀ Lv.29 Held item: None Slugma♀ Lv.29

If the player chose Mudkip:

Reward: $1860
Held item: None Slugma♂ Lv.29

Reward: $1860
Held item: None Slugma♀ Lv.29 Held item: None Lombre♀ Lv.29

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

If the player chose Treecko:

Reward: $1,320

Reward: $1,320

If the player chose Torchic:

Reward: $1,320
Held item: None Slugma♂ Lv.31

Reward: $1,320
Held item: None Slugma♀ Lv.31

If the player chose Mudkip:

Reward: $1,320
Held item: None Slugma♂ Lv.31

Reward: $1,320
Held item: None Slugma♀ Lv.31

Trainer Tips

TRAINER TIPS
Up to sixteen decorations and
furniture items can be placed in
a SECRET BASE.
Pick your favorite items and create
your very own SECRET BASE exactly the
way you want.

Appearance

In the anime

Main series

Route 119 appeared in Unfair Weather Friends as the location of the Weather Institute.

Pokémon Generations

Route 119 appeared along with the Weather Institute in The Adventure, where Red's Pikachu was seen battling a Vigoroth on the wooden bridge while they were being observed by Latios and Latias. Eventually, one of Vigoroth's attacks caused the bridge to break, forcing both Pokémon to run to the other side in order to avoid falling down.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Ruby & Sapphire arc

Route 119 first appeared in Not So Fetching Feebas. After escaping from the stolen Submarine Explorer 1 aboard an escape pod, Ruby found himself on Route 118, from where the current carried him on to Route 119, where he got caught in Swimmer Jack's fishing trap. Jack insisted Ruby help him catch a certain Pokémon, which Ruby reluctantly agreed to. He kept repeatedly catching a Feebas and releasing it because he considered it ugly, not realizing it was the Pokémon Jack was after until Jack jumped at him upon seeing it, accidentally knocking Ruby's PokéNav into the river in the process.

In On the Loose and Hyper With Zangoose and Seviper I and On the Loose and Hyper With Zangoose and Seviper II, Ruby and Jack were attacked by a Zangoose and a Seviper, but were saved by the Feebas from before, who also returned Ruby's PokéNav to him. Seeing that Feebas had taken a liking to Ruby, Jack insisted he'd keep it.

While escaping from Zangoose and Seviper, Ruby and Jack had wound up at the abandoned Weather Institute, where Ruby's father Norman found him and started battling against him to force him to come home after he had run away to participate in Contests instead of battles. The battle between them took place from Hanging Around With Slaking I until Hanging Around With Slaking III, where the two almost fell off the side of the building. They were saved by a combination of Ruby's Running Shoes and Feebas's Light Screen, with Ruby nicknaming Feebas "Feefee" in the process. Ruby fell unconscious afterwards, and Winona and Flannery appeared at the site to take Norman back to the Petalburg Gym, which he had left unattended without permission. Norman agreed to leave with them, giving his blessing to Ruby's Contest career while departing. Ruby was then found by Gabby and Ty, who took him to Verdanturf Town, with Mr. Stone's Castform joining Ruby's team along the way.

In the TCG

In the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Route 119 is featured in the Regular print of Articuno from Roaring Skies.

Trivia

• In the Generation III games, the Mimic Circle members can only move in long grass, so if grass has been removed by Cut, they will not be able to move into those spaces.

See also

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