TheAbandoned Ship (Japanese:すてられ船Abandoned Ship) is a wrecked ship located onRoute 108 inHoenn, originally being a ship named theS.S. Cactus (Japanese:カクタスごうCactus-gō)[1][2]. The second part of the ship can only be accessed by usingDive and contains theScanner.
The Abandoned Ship is a tattered, old ship that looks like it could carry passengers and cargo when it was in operation. This old ship has many rusted holes, broken doors and items of furniture scattered around rooms. One room has a huge pool of water, in which theplayer can dive down to reach a lower floor. The Abandoned Ship has 20 accessible rooms including a captain's office and underwater rooms.
AfterDive is used to access the second part of the ship, the player will encounter five locked doors. As soon as a room is entered, a few spots in the room will gleam, showing that there is something there (either a key or "trash"). The gleams only happen just after the room is entered through the door. The player should check for keys on the gleaming spaces like other hidden items: by facing the space and pressing the 'A' button (standing on the space will not work). Once the key is found, the player can use the new key to access the next room.
History
The Abandoned Ship is mentioned by a character in theOceanic Museum, saying that the model of theS.S. Anne reminds him of the Abandoned Ship. The ship contained a rareScanner when it sank and it is now buried deep within the ship.
Items
The Abandoned Ship cannot be accessed withoutSurf, so all items located here require Surf to obtain.
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 with aPokéNav 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.
Trainers with aPokéNav 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.
The Abandoned Ship, known as the Forsaken Ship in thedub, appeared inAbandon Ship!. The ship was capsized many years ago during a storm, though all of the passengers, includingTommy, were safely evacuated. However, Tommy'sMarshtomp was accidentally left behind during the chaos, as it was outside of itsPoké Ball at the time. Since the crash, the shipwreck has suffered from significant water inundation and is now inhabited by a large array ofWater-type Pokémon. Tommy's Marshtomp alsoevolved into aSwampert.
Years later, Tommy returned to the Forsaken Ship to search for his Marshtomp.Ash andhis friends also arrived on the ship after the boat they were on ran out of fuel and drifted them over to the wreck. A search soon began whenMay's Torchic went missing aboard, and later, Swampert was revealed to have been responsible for kidnapping Torchic,May,Max, andTeam Rocket, all as part of an effort to protect its new home. Tommy immediately recognized Swampert as his Marshtomp. After convincing Swampert he had returned for it, Tommy stayed aboard the ship to renovate it as a haven for the manywild Pokémon that now call it home. Tommy later escorted the group toSlateport City with his speedboat.
The Abandoned Ship first appeared inAdding It Up with Plusle & Minun I andII, whereRuby andSapphire wandered to the site while surfing throughRoute 108 on Sapphire'sWailord, Lorry. Sapphire tossed Ruby onto the ship to spend his night there, preferring to sleep on Lorry's back herself. Aboard the ship, Ruby found multipleBerry trees that had grown from the Berries carried aboard the ship, as well as aPlusle and aMinun, who started playing tricks on him and his Pokémon.
However, Ruby and Sapphire found the ship and themselves being attacked byTabitha andCourtney ofTeam Magma, who were after the rareScanner aboard the ship. Using Plusle and Minun to fight the twoMagma Admins, the twoPokédex holders eventually managed to escape with their lives, although the villains still managed to get their hands on the Scanner.
In all versions ofRuby and Sapphire except Spanish and Italian,Tuber Charlie is affected by a minorglitch which also affectsAroma Lady Rose onRoute 118 andGentleman Walter onRoute 121. Because he always approaches the player if he catches sight of them, he will walk right through a wall if it is in front of him.
Battles on stairs and door entrances of the ship take place in a caveenvironment instead of the usual building environment. These can be initiated by havingTuber Charlie orYoungster DemetriusE spot the player and initiate a battle.
↑Ruby, Sapphire, andEmerald, Abandoned Ship,Scientist in captain's office, after delivering theScanner:"This ship is calledS.S. Cactus. It seems to be from an earlier era."
