A Secret Base to decorate, a ghost ship full of treasure, an island that almost never shows up and a house riddled with traps: Hoenn is full of nooks that are easy to miss during the adventure. Here are the best ones.

Secret Base
TM43 Secret Power (Route 111)
Abandoned Ship
Route 108, with Surf and Dive
Mirage Island
Route 130, certain days only
Trick House
Route 110, one challenge per badge

🏠Your Secret Base

On Route 111, a boy gives you TM43 Secret Power (step 6). Teach it to a Pokémon, then use it in front of one of the three types of spots you’ll find on Hoenn’s routes:

  1. A tree with a thick vine hanging from it: the base is perched in the foliage.
  2. A rock wall marked with a small crack: the base is a cave.
  3. A bush whose leaves hint at an opening.
A boy gives you TM43
A vine hangs from a tree...
... or a crack in the rock

Each spot has its own interior layout. You can only have one base at a time, but you can move whenever you like: your decorations are then stored in your PC.

A U-shaped base
A big room
A long, narrow base

Decorating it

You can place up to 16 decorations in it: desks, chairs, plants, mats, posters, cushions and dolls. You can buy them at the decoration shop in Fortree City and the department store in Lilycove City; the nicest dolls are exchanged for coins at the Mauville Game Corner, and some decorations reward your achievements (Contests, Battle Frontier).

The desk section
Dolls to collect
The Mauville Game Corner prizes

⚓The Abandoned Ship and the Scanner

In the north of Route 108, between Dewford Town and Slateport City, an old stranded liner, the former S.S. Cactus, awaits explorers. The part above water can be visited as soon as you can Surf; the flooded hold requires Dive.

  1. Search the cabins: the Storage Key, found at the top of the ship, opens the storage room where TM13 Ice Beam sleeps.
  2. In the hold, dive to find the hidden keys to rooms 1, 2, 4 and 6: they open locked cabins and their treasures.
  3. The Scanner is in a cabin in the flooded part. Bring it back to Captain Stern, at the Slateport City shipyard.
  4. The captain lets you choose between the DeepSeaTooth and the DeepSeaScale.
The Abandoned Ship, on Route 108
The cabin where the Scanner is hidden

Abandoned Ship

Map
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Items
  • Harbor MailIn the upper-left cabin when entering the ship.
  • Escape RopeOn the first basement level, in the lower-left cabin.
  • Dive BallOn the first basement level, in the cabin in the middle of the room, at the top.
  • ReviveOn the first floor, in the part accessible after going down to the basement, in the cabin.
  • Storage KeyIn the upper cabin of the wreck.
  • TM13On the first basement level, in the right cabin, after opening the door with the Storage Key.
  • Water StoneIn the part accessible with Dive, in the lower-right cabin.
  • TM18In the part accessible with Dive, in the lower-left cabin.
  • Luxury BallIn the part accessible with Dive, in the upper-right cabin.
  • ScannerIn the part accessible with Dive, in the bottom cabin.
  • Rm. 1 KeyIn the part accessible with Dive, in the lower-right cabin.
  • Rm. 4 KeyIn the part accessible with Dive, in the lower-left cabin.
  • Rm. 6 KeyIn the part accessible with Dive, in the upper-left cabin.
  • Rm. 2 KeyIn the part accessible with Dive, in the top cabin.
Wild Pokémon
Surfing
Old Rod fishing
Good Rod fishing
Super Rod fishing

🏝️Mirage Island, the rarest spot in Hoenn

In a house in Pacifidlog Town, an old man keeps watch for an island he hasn’t seen in a long time. Every day, the game draws a random number: if one of the Pokémon on your team has a matching hidden value, Mirage Island appears on Route 130, for that day only.

Mirage Island

Map
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Wild Pokémon
Tall grass

🎭The Trick House

On Route 110, north of Slateport City, lives the Trickmaster, an eccentric who prepares a new challenge after each of your badges, starting from the second. When you walk in, look for the sparkling spot in the room: that’s him, hiding. He then opens the course for you. Find the scroll and its password, then the exit door, beating the trapped Trainers along the way.

ChallengeWhat you needReward
1Cut, to trim the bushesRare Candy
2Rock Smash and doors with switchesHard Stone
3Strength, to push bouldersSmoke Ball
4Spinning doors, like in the Fortree City GymTM12 Taunt
5A quiz about the whole adventureMagnet
6A puzzle inspired by the Mossdeep City GymPP Max
LastA waxed floor that makes you slideRed Tent (Ruby), Blue Tent (Sapphire), your choice (Emerald)

After his final challenge, the Trickmaster says his goodbyes and leaves his house for good.

🗺️What now?

Is your Hoenn Pokédex complete? Check out our interactive Pokédex of the 202 Pokémon of Hoenn, to tick off as you catch them, and our useful tips. To complete the National Pokédex, you’ll need to import Pokémon from FireRed and LeafGreen: our FireRed and LeafGreen mini-site awaits you.