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How Many Pokémon Can You Get Without Evolving or Breeding in Pokémon Emerald?

The player can get up to 212 species total in Emerald without trading, as described here. Without evolving or breeding any Pokémon, and only collecting evolutionary stages that the player can get in the wild, as a gift or purchase, or from an in-game trade, the player can get up to 125 species in the Hoenn Pokédex and 147 in the National Pokédex. The Pokémon unavailable without evolving or breeding are as follows:

Hoenn Pokédex

Starter Evolutions (2) - 2 total
The starters are only available in their base evolutionary stages, leaving their evolutions inaccessible.
Breeding (3) - 5 total
Pichu, Igglybuff, and Azurill must be bred and are inaccessible.
Stone Evolutions (8) - 13 total
Ludicolo, Shiftry, one of Delcatty or Wigglytuff, Vileplume, Bellossom, Starmie, Ninetales, and Raichu are inaccessible.
Fossils (2) - 15 total
The Fossils can only be revived into their base evolutionary stages, leaving their evolutions inaccessible.
Other (39) - 54 total
Beautifly, Dustox, Kirlia, Gardevoir, Breloom, Vigoroth, Slaking, Kadabra, Ninjask, Shedinja, Exploud, Azumarill, Crobat, Aggron, Machoke, Swalot, Camerupt, Magcargo, Muk, Weezing, Grumpig, Sandslash, Vibrava, Flygon, Cacturne, Crawdaunt, Milotic, Dusclops, Donphan, Rhydon, Glalie, Sealeo, Walrein, Lanturn, Seadra, Shelgon, Salamence, Metang, and Metagross are inaccessible.

National Pokédex

Stone Evolutions (1) - 55 total
Sunflora is inaccessible.
Other (10) - 65 total
Persian, Noctowl, Ledian, Ariados, Flaaffy, Ampharos, Forretress, Granbull, Ursaring, and Houndoom are inaccessible.

Professor Oak(-ish) Challenge Notes

This just contains a list of areas you can find each Pokémon, ordered as though you are playing a Professor Oak challenge and therefore need to obtain every Pokémon as early as possible.

Pre-Badge 1 (Roxanne) - 18 Total Pokémon

Badge 1 through Badge 2 (Wattson) - 33 Total Pokémon

Badge 2 through Badge 3 (Flannery) - 49 Total Pokémon

Badge 3 through Badge 5 (Norman) - 54 Total Pokémon

Badges 5 through 6 (Tate & Liza) - 103 Total Pokémon

Badges 6 through 7 (Wallace) - 114 Total Pokémon

Badges 7 through 8 (Winona) - 120 Total Pokémon

Post-Elite Four - 125 Total Pokémon

Post-Elite Four - National Pokédex - 147 Total Pokémon

All National Pokédex Pokémon are only available after defeating the Elite Four.