Heading north from Route 118, Route 119 begins as a short path before reaching the southernmost point of a large field oflong grass. AsTrainers enter the grass, it often begins torain, 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 theplayer 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 toSurf 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 asoft soil patch withSitrus andLeppa Berries. Also, by using theAcro Bike, they can cross a narrow bridge to reach an area with two potentialSecret Base locations and a hiddenCalcium.
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, includingPokémon 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 theWeather Institute. One must use theMach Bike to get up themuddy 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 anElixir 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 defeatsCourtneyR/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 aLeaf Stone located just north of awaterfall. By Surfing north, Trainers that can useWaterfall can climb a small waterfall to reach an upper area of Route 119 containingHondew Berries. Trainers with Acro Bikes will be able to reach aRare 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 aBird 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 fromRydel's Cycles.
North of the three-way junction, Route 119 continues to the northeast, passing a pair ofNinja Boys attempting to camouflage themselves as trees amongst the forest. Near the northern end is another soft soil patch containing threePomeg Berry plants. Directly east of the patch is the west entrance to Fortree City.
Finding Feebas
InRuby, Sapphire, andEmerald,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 random and tied to thetrend inDewford Town (but are statistically independent of it, so cannot be derived from the trend), and will change every time the trend changes (potentially returning to a returning trend's set of random tiles).
InOmega 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 acatch rate of 255.
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.
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.
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 invisibleKecleon appear here on the first visit. TheDevon 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 lastNinja Boy before Fortree City, in the indent of trees
They each have a 5% chance of holding aPersim Berry.
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.
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.
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.
Route 119 appeared along with the Weather Institute inThe Adventure, whereRed's Pikachu was seen battling aVigoroth on the wooden bridge while they were being observed byLatios andLatias. 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.
Route 119 first appeared inNot So Fetching Feebas. After escaping from the stolenSubmarine Explorer 1 aboard an escape pod,Ruby found himself onRoute 118, from where the current carried him on to Route 119, where he got caught inSwimmerJack'sfishing trap. Jack insisted Ruby help him catch a certain Pokémon, which Ruby reluctantly agreed to. He kept repeatedly catching aFeebas 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'sPokéNav into the river in the process.
While escaping from Zangoose and Seviper, Ruby and Jack had wound up at the abandonedWeather Institute, where Ruby's fatherNorman found him and startedbattling against him to force him to come home after he had run away to participate inContests instead of battles. The battle between them took place fromHanging Around With Slaking I untilHanging Around With Slaking III, where the two almost fell off the side of the building. They were saved by a combination of Ruby'sRunning Shoes and Feebas'sLight Screen, with Rubynicknaming Feebas "Feefee" in the process. Ruby fell unconscious afterwards, andWinona andFlannery appeared at the site to take Norman back to thePetalburg 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 byGabby and Ty, who took him toVerdanturf Town, withMr. Stone'sCastform joining Ruby'steam along the way.
In theGeneration III games, the Mimic Circle members can only move in long grass, so if grass has been removed byCut, they will not be able to move into those spaces.
