How to Find Latios in Pokémon Emerald

Last Updated: January 5, 2021

Latios is a Legendary flying Pokémon that can be very tricky to find and capture. Not only can it appear randomly anywhere in the world, but it will flee from battle the first chance it gets. With the right Pokémon in your party and a good supply of items, however, you can add Latios to your Pokémon collection with ease.

Part 1

Part 1 of 4:

Making Latios Appear

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Defeat the Elite Four and complete the story. In order to access Latios, you'll first need to beat the main game. See How to Beat the Elite Four on Emerald for more details.
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Return to your home. After beating the Elite Four, return to your home in Littleroot Town and speak with your mother. A TV show will play and your mother will ask you a question about what appeared.

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Tell your mother that the Pokémon on the TV was "Blue". This will enable Latios to be found in Hoenn. If you select "Red", Latias will roam instead, and you will need an Eon Ticket in order to get Latios.
- If you've already selected "Red" but want to get Latios as well, click here.

Part 2

Part 2 of 4:

Preparing to Capture Latios

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Make preparations before starting the hunt. Latios can be an incredibly difficult Pokémon to catch, as it tries to escape on every turn, forcing you to hunt it down again. Make sure you're prepared before starting your hunt, and it'll make catching Latios much easier.
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Save your Master Ball. If you haven't used your Master Ball, this is one of the best uses for it in the game. The Master Ball will instantly catch Latios when you use it, making it the most efficient way to catch it.
- If you have a Master Ball, you don't really need to worry about any other preparations, and can skip down to the next section. If you don't have your Master Ball anymore, read on.
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Train a Gengar or Crobat (Option 1). Latios is an incredibly fast Pokémon, and if you want to have a chance to capture it without a Master Ball, you'll need a Pokémon with a high enough speed that it can act first. Not only that, you'll need a Pokémon that can learn the skill "Mean Look". Gengar and Crobat are two of the best candidates that meet both requirements.
- Train your Gengar or Crobat up to at least Level 50. This will ensure that they have enough speed to beat Latios.
- When leveling up your Gengar or Crobat, make sure that you don't forget the Mean Look skill. Gengar learns it at Level 13, while Crobat learns it at Level 42.
- If you want to use the Super Repel trick to make finding Latios easier (see below), use Gengar and keep it at Level 39.
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Find a Wobbuffet (Option 2). Another strategy for catching Latios is to use Wobbuffet, who has the Shadow Tag ability. This prevents the enemy Pokémon from escaping.
- Train Wobbuffet to Level 39 to use the Super Repel trick (see below).
- Make sure that Wobbuffet is the first Pokémon in your party so that it can trap Latios.
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Fill the rest of your party with strong Pokémon. Once Latios is trapped, you'll need to lower its HP so that you can capture it. The best way to do this without risking knocking out Latios is by using a Pokémon with the False Swipe ability. This will lower the enemy Pokémon's health but will never take it below 1 HP. This will ensure that you don't knock Latios out.
- It will also help to have a Pokémon with the Paralyze ability to help keep Latios trapped.
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Stock up on Ultra Balls. You're likely going to be throwing a lot of Pokeballs at Latios, especially if you're trying to catch it before it flees.
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Get the White Flute. This item will increase the encounter rate, which will help you find Latios faster. You can get the White Flute from the Glass Workshop on Route 113. You will need to walk 1000 steps in the Soot in order to get it.
- Once you have the White Flute, give it to whichever Pokémon is at the head of your party.
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Stock up on Super Repels (optional). This trick can make finding Latios easier, but requires your lead Pokémon to be Level 39. The Super Repel keeps with Pokémon with lower levels than your lead Pokémon from attacking you. Since Latios is Level 40, you'll need a Level 39 lead Pokémon for this to work.

Part 3

Part 3 of 4:

Finding and Catching Latios

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Trade Latios with a friend, and then trade back (if possible). Before you try to track Latios down yourself, trade with a friend first if you can. When Latios is added to your Pokedex, you'll be able to see its current location at any time, making tracking it down much easier. If you don't have someone to trade with, read on.
- Have a friend trade you their Latios, and then trade it back right away. You simply need to receive it in a trade in order for it to appear in your Pokedex.
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Fly to the Safari Zone. This is a good location to try hunting Latios, as it lets you switch areas quickly to change its location.
- Note: If you traded with a friend, use the location in your Pokedex to find Latios instead.
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Use a Super Repel (optional) and walk around the grass outside the Safari Zone. If you are using the Super Repel trick, take one before you start walking around. Otherwise, walk around until a battle starts.
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Keep walking through grass until you've fought a few battles. If Latios still isn't appearing, you'll want to try changing its location.
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Enter and exit the Safari Zone to change Latios' location. If you aren't finding Latios, enter and exit the Safari Zone. Every time you change areas, Latios moves to a new route. The goal is to keep doing this until it appears in the grass outside of the Safari Zone.
- If you traded and are tracking Latios with your Pokedex, don't leave the route that its on until you've found it.
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Catch Latios. Once you've finally started the battle, you'll need to trap and then capture Latios.
- If you have a Master Ball, throw it immediately to catch Latios.
- Make sure to use your trap ability (Shadow Tag, Mean Look) as soon as the battle begins.
- If you have Wobbuffet, Mirror Coat is very useful as Latios uses a lot of Special Attacks.
- Use Paralyze to help keep Latios from fleeing.
- Use False Swipe to get Latios down to 1 HP.
- Start throwing Ultra Bars as soon as Latios's health is low.
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Chase down Latios if it flees. Latios will try to run at every opportunity, but once you've encountered it once, you can see its current location on your Pokedex. Travel to its new location and don't leave until you find it again.

Part 4

Part 4 of 4:

Obtaining Latios if Latias is Roaming

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Trade for Latios. If you accidentally released Latias by answering "Red" when you talk to your mother, the only way you can legitimately find Latios is by trading for it. You can use Gameshark codes if you are using an emulator and don't have someone to trade with (see the next steps).
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Use Gameshark to get an Eon Ticket. The Eon Ticket was a special event item that was distributed to players, which allowed players to access a special island where they can catch Latios or Latias, depending on which one they released. Since the ticket is no longer available, you'll need to use cheat codes to get it. To use Gameshark codes, you'll need to be using an emulator like Visual Boy Advance.
- While there are codes to get Latios directly, it's recommended that you use the ticket instead. When you add Pokémon using codes, they can be fairly buggy, so use the ticket instead and catch the Latios as the game expects you to. This will also make the Pokémon legitimate for tournaments, as it is not a hacked Pokemon.
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Enter the codes for the Eon Ticket. In order to successfully use the Eon Ticket, you'll need to enter a code for both the ticket and the event. You'll also need to enter two Master codes, making four codes total that will need to be entered.
- Make sure Pokémon Emerald is running and click the "Cheats" menu.
- Select "Cheat list..." and then click Gameshark... to enter a new cheat code.
- Enter the following codes, creating a new code for each separate box. Enter the "Description" into the "Description" field, and then copy the code into the Code field.
Description: Master

D8BAE4D9 4864DCE5
A86CDBA5 19BA49B3

Description: Anti-DMA

B2809E31 3CEF5320
1C7B3231 B494738C

Description: Eon Ticket

121F112F DA7E52B4

Description: Southern Island

0D6A02AA B44948BD
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Retrieve the Eon Ticket from your PC. After entering all of the codes, restart Pokémon Emerald and go to your PC in the game. You should be able to find the Eon Ticket in Slot 1. Withdraw it from the PC and add it to your inventory.
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Take the ship from Lilycove City Harbor. When you're holding the ticket, you'll be taken to Southern Island instead of Slateport City.
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Fight Latios. Once you're on Southern Island, you can fight Latios by using the sphere at the center of the island. Latios won't try to run in this fight, so use the techniques outlined above to wear it down and capture it.

Community Q&A

Question

What do I do if my master code is invalid?

Bastlase

Community Answer

If you have a my boy free, split the codes in half. First two in one cheat, second two in another cheat. I would call the two cheats master and master2 for ease.
Question

How do I put these codes in?

Community Answer

Tap the Menu Button, then tap Cheats, then Add Cheat. After that, enter a Cheat Name and Cheat Code.
Question

Where do I enter the codes on a non-PC platform?

Community Answer

You would need a GameShark to enter the codes. If you don't have a GameShark, then you can't enter the codes.