Ruins of Alph

Ruins of Alph - Johto

Overview

Resources Battleable NPCs 13 Ground-lootable items 8 Berry trees 0

Adjacent areas ↑ Route 36 Ruins of Alph Route 32 → Union Cave ↓

Ruins of Alph is a Johto ruin located south-east from Violet City, connected through the routes Route 32 and Route 36. The area will be completed blocked until the player has completed the Goldenrod City gym.

Most of the Ruins of Alph will still be blocked at first, having only the Item Maniac and the Ruins Research Center available. With each NPC in the Ruins Research Center asking for specific requirements before offering their services, this leaves little interest in the location at first.

With Surf being unlocked again after defeating the Ecruteak City gym, it will now be able to reach the areas reachable only by crossing the Union Cave. However, this still leaves little interest, as this only adds the patches of grass, as well as the Smeargle Move tutor, specific for Smeargle which spawns inside of that grass.

The main parts unlock after defeating the Johto Elite Four, which will allow to get started on the Celebi Quest as well as catch the location's famous Unown. The trainers inside the ruins are however very strong, all nearing level 100 Pokémons and sometimes even surpassing that level.

Notable miscellanies

Puzzle Rooms

Outside of the main Ruin, there are four Puzzle Rooms. Each room are almost identical in structure. One the top floor, Ghosts blocking the ladder will ask the player to show them a Pokémon, then ask a question regarding the Pokémon, often about its base stats. If the question is not answered correctly, they will kick the player into the main Ruin, and he or she will have to walk back to the Puzzle Room. On the floor below, there will be a trainer and a Scientist. On the bottom floor, there will be four pokéballs that will contain either a level 120 Pokémon or an item, however they will not be pickable until talking with Scientifist Alexander.

Puzzle 1

The Puzzle 1 building is the north-most building, adjacent to the north gate, and the most simple to enter as Surf is not required to reach. The path may not be obvious at first, as it will be necessary to navigate through the two buildings that seem to be blocking the way.

Inside of it, the ghosts will ask to be shown any Pidgey. They will then ask what is its total base stats, the answer being 251.

The Pokéballs on the bottom floor will be the following:

• North-west: Level 120 Kabutops
• North-east: Level 120 Omastar
• South-west: 1 Pokeball
• South-east: Level 120 Golem

Puzzle 2

The Puzzle 2 building is in the south-east corner of Ruins of Alph, and is adjacent to a body of water that will be necessary to cross to reach the building. As such, it is necessary to bring Surf.

Inside of it, the ghosts will ask to be shown any Spinarak. They will then ask at which level it evolves, the answer being 22.

This is the room in which Scientist Alexander is, and it will be necessary to speak to him in order to progress with the Celebi Quest as well as to pick-up the items at the bottom floor of each Puzzle Room.

The Pokéballs on the bottom floor will be the following:

• North-west: 1 Rare Candy
• North-east: Level 120 Claydol
• South-west: Level 120 Aerodactyl
• South-east: Level 120 Gengar

Puzzle 3

The Puzzle 3 building is the building immediately west of the south-most cave exit. In order to reach it, it is necessary to enter the Union Cave, go down the north-most ladder, and then follow the south-most ladder after crossing the body of water with Surf.

Inside of it, the ghosts will ask to be shown any Magnemite. They will then ask which of its stats has the highest base stat, the answer being its Special Attack.

The Pokéballs on the bottom floor will be the following:

• North-west: Level 120 Cofagrigus
• North-east: Level 120 Marowak
• South-west: Level 120 Omastar
• South-east: Level 120 Kabutops

Puzzle 4

The Puzzle 4 building is the building adjacent to both the main Ruin building and the north-most cave exit. Just like Puzzle 3, it will be necessary to reach it through the Union Cave, however the north-most ladder must be taken instead after crossing the body of water.

Inside of it, the ghosts will ask to be shown any Rattata. They will then ask what is its base Speed, the answer being 72.

The Pokéballs on the bottom floor will be the following:

• North-west: 1 Elixir
• North-east: G.S Ball. This is the important item required for the Celebi quest.
• South-west: 1 Hyper Potion
• South-east: 1 Revive

Celebi Quest (Part 1)

Despite that the Ruins of Alph is accessible after completing Goldenrod City's gym, police officers will be blocking every ruin until the player has completed the Johto Elite Four. Once that has been achieved, the police officers will trust the player with a mission; find the scientist that have gone missing inside the ruins.

The Scientist, called Alexander will be found in the Puzzle 2 building, and thus is will be necessary to bring a Spinarak. After finding him, he will explain that he's looking for an important item, and wants the player to find it for him.

After speaking to Scientist Alexander, it will now be possible to examine the Pokéballs at the bottom of each Puzzle room. The item he is looking for is in the Puzzle 4 building, and thus it will be necessary to bring a Rattata and reach the building through Union Cave. At its bottom, the G.S Ball, the item he is looking for, will be the northeast item.

After bringing the G.S Ball back to him, he will reward the player with one of four different Fossils, namely the Helix Fossil, the Dome Fossil, the Claw Fossil and the Root Fossil. The Hoenn fossils being rarer, it is recommended to pick between the latter two. He will then ask to return later when he has fixed the G.S Ball, putting an end to the first part of the Celebi quest.

Pokédex Number		Pokémon	Type 1	Type 2	Rarity Tier	Held Item
#138		Omanyte	Rock	Water	Rare
#140		Kabuto	Rock	Water	Rare
#347		Anorith	Rock	Bug	Rare
#345		Lileep	Rock	Grass	Rare

Celebi Quest (Part 2)

The second part of the Celebi quest begins by talking to Scientist Alexander back in Ruins of Alph Second Chamber. If the following requirements have been fulfilled, he will give the G.S Ball back to the player:

• All Generation 1 Pokémon and Generation 2 Pokémon seen.
• All Generation 1 Pokémon and Generation 2 Pokémon captured, with the exception of the legendary Pokémons (Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Mewtwo, Suicune, Raikou, Entei, Lugia, Ho-oh and Celebi).
• Over 275 hours of playtime.
• 121 evolved Pokémon data.
• The Johto Elite Four completed.

With the G.S Ball obtained, the Celebi quest will continue at Ilex Forest.

Smeargle Move Tutor

Due to Smeargle's Sketch being broken, Smeargle has its own Move Tutor. To reach him, it is necessary to enter the Union Cave, go down the northmost ladder, and follow the northmost path after crossing the water with Surf. The Smeargle Move Tutor will teach a Smeargle any of the following moves for the price of 7,500:

• Flamethrower
• Taunt
• Mean Look
• Soak
• False Swipe
• Seismic Toss
• Spore
• Stealth Rock
• Spikes
• Baton Pass
• Sticky Web
• Memento
• Nuzzle
• Dark Void
• Thief
• Sunny Day
• Tail Glow
• Synthesis
• Sacred Fire
• Aeroblast
• Role Play
• Thunder Wave
• Toxic

Item Maniac

Main article: Valuable Items

Inside the first building south-west of the north gate is located the Item Maniac of Johto, a collector of Valuable Items. He will buy any valuable item you have such as Nuggets.

Stardust Seller

A Stardust Seller is stationed outside of the Item Maniac's building. He sells up to 3 Stardusts a day, at the price of 9,000 each. While selling Stardusts to Item Maniacs only reward half of that, 4,500 a piece, this NPC can still prove useful in case someone needs one for the Daycare Quest, but has already sold all he or she had.

Ruins Research Center

Hoenn Fossil Reviver

Hoenn Expert Dolan in the Ruins Research Center will revive the Hoenn Fossils, namely the Claw Fossil into an Anorith and the Root Fossil into a Lileep. However, he will not offer his services until the player has completed the Pokédex data for Kanto Fossils, specifically the evolved data of both Omastar and Kabutops, as well as the caught data of Aerodactyl. Both Anorith and Lileep will be initialized at level 25.

Pokédex Number		Pokémon	Type 1	Type 2	Rarity Tier	Held Item
#345		Lileep	Rock	Grass	Rare
#347		Anorith	Rock	Bug	Rare

Professor Elm (boss)

Professor Elm can be found in the Ruins Research Center, and will fight the player on the condition that he or she has a full team of 6 level 100 Pokémons. See the main article for more information.

Main article: Professor Elm (boss)

Wild Pokémon

Ruins of Alph

Land

Times			HP	Atk	Def	SpAtk	SpDef	Speed
Morning	Day		0	0	0	0.5	0	1
		Night	0.59	0	0	0.47	0	0
Values denote the estimated average EV points gained per fight.

Pokémon		Level range	Times			Held Item	Rarity Tier
Pink-colored names denote that this Pokémon is exclusively encounterable for members in this area Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Water

Surfing

Pokémon		Level range	Times			Held Item	Rod	Rarity Tier
Pink-colored names denote that this Pokémon is exclusively encounterable for members in this area Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Fishing

Pokémon		Level range	Times			Held Item	Rod	Rarity Tier
Pink-colored names denote that this Pokémon is exclusively encounterable for members in this area. All Pokémon tabulated here can only be encountered via fishing; they are not Surf-encounterable.

Ruins of Alph Entrance

Pokémon		Level range	Times			Held Item	Rarity Tier
Pink-colored names denote that this Pokémon is exclusively encounterable for members in this area Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Ruins of Alph Interior & Puzzle rooms

Times			HP	Atk	Def	SpAtk	SpDef	Speed
Morning	Day	Night	0	1	0	1	0	0
Values denote the estimated average EV points gained per fight.

Pokémon		Level range	Times			Held Item	Rarity Tier
Pink-colored names denote that this Pokémon is exclusively encounterable for members in this area Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Ruins of Alph Item rooms

Pokémon		Level range	Times			Held Item	Rarity Tier
Pink-colored names denote that this Pokémon is exclusively encounterable for members in this area Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Items

Item		Quantity	Cooldown	Location
	Full Heal	1	Indefinite	In the north-east corner of Ruins of Alph Interior
	Rare Candy	1	Not respawnable	In the south-west corner of Ruins of Alph Interior
	Pokeball	1	Not respawnable	South-west item in Ruins of Alph Item 1
	Rare Candy	1	Not respawnable	North-west item in Ruins of Alph Item 2
	Elixir	1	Not respawnable	North-west item in Ruins of Alph Item 4
	G.S Ball	1	Not respawnable	North-east item in Ruins of Alph Item 4
	Hyper Potion	1	Not respawnable	South-west item in Ruins of Alph Item 4
	Revive	1	Not respawnable	South-east item in Ruins of Alph Item 4

NPC Trainers

Ruins of Alph Interior

Ruins of Alph Interior Trainers

Officer Anang Arcanine Lv. 94 Nidoking Lv. 95 Exeggutor Lv. 95

Lass Inul Clefable Lv. 95 Altaria Lv. 97

Rolly Intan Flareon Lv. 97 Vaporeon Lv. 98 Espeon Lv. 97 Unown Lv. 97 Roserade Lv. 98

Officer Saiful Arcanine Lv. 98

Hiker Dhani Machamp Lv. 93 Golem Lv. 93

Lass Syahrini Rapidash Lv. 90 Cloyster Lv. 95

All NPCs cool down after 7 days unless noted contrariwise. All NPCs may have new Pokémons, or higher level Pokémons upon rematch unless noted contrariwise.

Ruins of Alph First Chamber

Ruins of Alph First Chamber Trainers

Scientist George Magneton Lv. 120 Magnezone Lv. 120 Notes: This trainer rewards no experience nor money, and can't be rechallenged.

Hiker Arthur Steelix Lv. 90 Gigalith Lv. 92

All NPCs cool down after 7 days unless noted contrariwise. All NPCs may have new Pokémons, or higher level Pokémons upon rematch unless noted contrariwise.

Ruins of Alph Second Chamber

Ruins of Alph Second Chamber Trainers

Hiker Holand Sudowoodo Lv. 91 Golem Lv. 88

All NPCs cool down after 7 days unless noted contrariwise. All NPCs may have new Pokémons, or higher level Pokémons upon rematch unless noted contrariwise.

Ruins of Alph Third Chamber

Ruins of Alph Third Chamber Trainers

Youngster Jerry Hypno Lv. 91 Hypno Lv. 92

Scientist Gene Porygon-Z Lv. 120 Klinklang Lv. 120 Notes: This trainer rewards no experience nor money, and can't be rechallenged.

All NPCs cool down after 7 days unless noted contrariwise. All NPCs may have new Pokémons, or higher level Pokémons upon rematch unless noted contrariwise.

Ruins of Alph Fourth Chamber

Ruins of Alph Fourth Chamber Trainers

Scientist Nicholas Aggron Lv. 120 Muk Lv. 120 Notes: This trainer rewards no experience nor money, and can't be rechallenged.

Youngster Dimmy Meganium Lv. 89 Milotic Lv. 93

All NPCs cool down after 7 days unless noted contrariwise. All NPCs may have new Pokémons, or higher level Pokémons upon rematch unless noted contrariwise.