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The Team Aqua Hideout (Japanese: アクア団アジト Team Aqua Hideout), called Aqua Hideout in the Generation III games, is the main base of Team Aqua in Pokémon Sapphire, Emerald, and Alpha Sapphire.

In Pokémon Ruby and Omega Ruby, it is replaced by the Team Magma Hideout instead. The base is essentially the same, though there is less water, all Aqua members are replaced by Magma members, and Matt is replaced by TabithaR or CourtneyOR.

Until Team Aqua steals the submarine at Slateport City, two Grunts will block access to the rest of the hideout from the entrance.

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Geography

The hideout is located in the northeast of Lilycove City. Inside, they are many warp tiles. There is also some water from which the submarine departs from.

Role

On the player's first visit, there are also a number of Team Aqua Grunts that will try and slow down the player. At the back of the hideout, the player battles Matt, who will tell the player that Archie, the leader of Team Aqua, has left with the submarine to the watery depths near Sootopolis City. After the submarine departs, the Wailmer that the Team Aqua Grunt was trying to train that were blocking access to Route 124 are gone.

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In Sapphire, the entrance to the hideout is sealed after defeating Tate and Liza, meaning the player can no longer collect any items or battle any Trainers inside.

Delta Episode

During the Delta Episode, after Zinnia has destroyed the dimensional shifter controller at the Mossdeep Space Center, she storms the hideout, defeating Team Aqua Grunts on her way to Archie to steal his Key Stone. In Archie's room, when the player arrives Zinnia has just defeated Archie, who then takes Archie's Key Stone. After she announces her plans to head to the Sky Pillar to awaken Rayquaza and leaves, Archie has Shelly give the player his Sharpedonite.

After receiving the Sharpedonite from Shelly, the player receives an Entry Call on their PokéNav Plus from Steven, who requests that the player meet him at the Mossdeep Space Center.

Items

Item Location Games
Master Ball B1F, middle room, the top-left item in the cluster, accessed by navigating a teleporter maze  S  E 
Nugget B1F, middle room, the bottom-left item in the cluster  S  E 
Max Elixir B1F, near generator-like object, accessible with right teleport near stairs  S  E 
Nest Ball Submarine-room floor, in the area on the northwest of the dock  S  E 
Nugget ×2
  • 1F, in the storage room, accessed by the teleporter on the left branch from the entrance
  • Archie's room, the bottom-left item in the cluster
  AS 
Full Restore 1F, break room  AS 
Max Elixir 1F, in the library, accessible by the northeast teleporter in the meteorite lab on B1F  AS 
Escape Rope B1F, near the Vending Machine by the stairs that lead into B1F  AS 
Nest Ball B1F, to the left of the Aqua Suit  AS 
TM97 (Dark Pulse) Matt's room, accessed by the southeast teleporter in the Aqua Suit lab  AS 
PP Max Submarine room, on the east side, accessed by the southwest teleporter in the Aqua Suit lab  AS 
Max Revive Submarine room, in the southeast corner  AS 
Master Ball Archie's room, the top-right item in the cluster, accessed by navigating a teleporter maze  AS 
Sharpedonite Archie's room, from Archie via Shelly after Zinnia steals his Key Stone  AS 

Fake items

Item Location Games
Electrode ×2
  • B1F, middle room, the top-right item in the cluster
  • B1F, middle room, the bottom-right item in the cluster
  S  E 
Electrode ×2
  • Archie's room, the top-left item in the cluster
  • Archie's room, the bottom-right item in the cluster
  AS 

Vending Machine

In Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, there is a Vending Machine by the stairs in the meteorite lab. Drinks are available here for a lower price than usual.

Pokémon

Generation VI

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
Surfing
OR AS 20, 25, 30 100%
Fishing
OR AS 5 35%
OR AS 10, 15 65%
OR AS 25 35%
OR AS 25 60%
OR AS 25 5%
OR AS 40 5%
OR AS 30, 35 95%
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

Generations III and VI

Two Electrode appear in Archie's room as fake items.

Generation III Generation VI

Trainers

Pokémon Sapphire

Trainer Pokémon
Trainers with a PokéNav 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.

Pokémon Emerald

Trainer Pokémon
Entrance
B1F (third area)
Submarine room (first area)
B1F (sixth area)
Submarine room (fourth area)
Trainers with a PokéNav 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.

Pokémon Alpha Sapphire

First visit

Trainer Pokémon
1F
B1F
Submarine room
Trainers with a PokéNav 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.

Delta Episode

Trainer Pokémon
1F
Muk♂ Lv.49
No item
B1F
Muk♀ Lv.49
No item
Submarine room
Trainers with a PokéNav 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.

Artwork

Layout

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Artwork depicting the Submarine Explorer 1 in the Team Aqua Hideout is seen in Matt's mindscape.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Ruby & Sapphire arc

The Aqua Hideout first appeared in Always Keep Whiscash on You for Emergencies, where Maxie and Tabitha were allowed inside to join their resources with Team Aqua for the time being so that they could reach the Seafloor Cavern safely. Many Grunts from both teams were also taken as backup.

In The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon XIV, Wattson, Winona, and Flannery searched through the abandoned Hideout and freed Professor Cozmo, whom Team Aqua had captured earlier.

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc

The Hideout reappeared in Gorebyss Changes Color and Beedrill Prepares, when Blaise and Amber met each other there, discussing about the resurfacing of the Red and Blue Orbs, as well as the suspected return of their respective leaders.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Team Aqua Hideout in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Trivia

There is a picture of a boy with a shaved head, a girl with black hair, and a Pokémon with three notes attached to its head. "The 7th day of the –th month, –002. With Arc–e and –rachi." The letters at the edge of the picture are faded and hard to read…
Based on the description, the picture likely features young Archie and Shelly with Jirachi. The date described can possibly be the 7th of July, the date of Tanabata, the Japanese star festival which Jirachi is commonly associated with, while the year is likely 2002, the year when Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire were first released. In the Spanish version of the game, the date is slightly altered, showing the year number –003 instead of –002. This is a possible reference to Ruby and Sapphire being released outside of Japan in 2003.

In other languages

See also