How Many Pokémon Can You Get Without Evolving or Breeding in Pokémon Ruby?
The player can get up to 177 species total in Ruby 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 123 species. The Pokémon unavailable without evolving or breeding are as follows:
- 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 (7) - 12 total
- Shiftry, one of Delcatty or Wigglytuff, Vileplume, Bellossom, Starmie, Ninetales, and Raichu are inaccessible.
- Fossils (1) - 13 total
- The Fossils can only be revived into their base evolutionary stages, leaving their evolutions inaccessible.
- Other (41) - 54 total
- Mightyena, Beautifly, Dustox, Kirlia, Gardevoir, Masquerain, Breloom, Vigoroth, Slaking, Kadabra, Ninjask, Shedinja, Exploud, Azumarill, Crobat, Aggron, Machoke, Swalot, Camerupt,
Magcargo, Muk, Weezing, Grumpig, Sandslash, Vibrava, Flygon, Cacturne, Crawdaunt, Milotic, Banette, Donphan, Rhydon, Glalie, Sealeo, Walrein, Lanturn, Seadra, Shelgon, Salamence, Metang, and Metagross 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) - 17 Total Pokémon
Badge 1 through Badge 2 (Wattson) - 34 Total Pokémon
Badge 2 through Badge 3 (Flannery) - 50 Total Pokémon
Badge 3 through Badge 5 (Norman) - 54 Total Pokémon
- Walking on Route 111: Trapinch (51 total)
- Walking on Route 111: Cacnea (52 total)
- Walking on Route 111: Baltoy (53 total)
- Revive the Root or Claw Fossil in Rustboro City: One of Lileep or Anorith (54 total)
Badges 5 through 6 (Tate & Liza) - 102 Total Pokémon
- Surfing on Route 115: Pelipper (55 total)
- Walking on Route 115: Swellow (56 total)
- Walking on Route 115: Jigglypuff (57 total)
- Walking in New Mauville Basement: Magnemite, Magneton (59 total)
- Walking in New Mauville Basement: Voltorb, Electrode (61 total)
- Surfing in the Abandoned Ship: Tentacruel (62 total)
- Fishing (Good Rod) in Petalburg City: Corphish (63 total)
- Fishing (Good Rod) in Dewford Town: Wailmer (64 total)
- Fishing (Good Rod) on Route 111: Barboach (65 total)
- Fishing (Good Rod) on Route 118: Carvanha (66 total)
- Walking on Route 118: Manectric (67 total)
- Walking on Route 118: Linoone (68 total)
- Walking on Route 118: Kecleon (69 total) (alternatively, use the Devon Scope on Kecleon on Routes 119 and 120)
- Walking on Route 119: Tropius (70 total)
- Fishing (any Rod) on Route 119: Feebas (71 total)
- Gift in the Weather Institute: Castform (72 total)
- Walking on Route 120: Absol (73 total)
- Walking on Route 121: Gloom (74 total)
- Walking in Mt. Pyre (all areas): Duskull (75 total)
- Walking in Mt. Pyre Inside 4F, 5F, and 6F and Summit: Shuppet (76 total)
- Walking in Mt. Pyre Outside: Vulpix (77 total)
- Walking in Mt. Pyre Outside: Meditite (78 total)
- Walking in Mt. Pyre Summit: Chimecho (79 total)
- Walking in the Safari Zone Areas 1 and 2: Girafarig (80 total)
- Walking in the Safari Zone Areas 1 and 2: Wobbuffet (81 total)
- Walking in the Safari Zone Areas 4: Natu, Xatu (83 total)
- Walking in the Safari Zone Areas 3: Doduo, Dodrio (85 total)
- Walking in the Safari Zone Areas 1 and 2: Pikachu (86 total)
- Walking in the Safari Zone Area 3: Rhyhorn (87 total)
- Walking in the Safari Zone Area 3: Pinsir (88 total)
- Walking in the Safari Zone Area 4: Phanpy (89 total)
- Walking in the Safari Zone Area 4: Heracross (90 total)
- Surfing in the Safari Zone Area 3: Psyduck, Golduck (92 total)
- Walking or Surfing in Shoal Cave (all areas): Spheal (93 total)
- Walking in Shoal Cave (Ice room during low tide): Snorunt (94 total)
- Walking in Shoal Cave (all areas): Golbat (95 total)
- Fishing (Super Rod) in Mossdeep City: Sharpedo (96 total)
- Fishing (Super Rod) in Lilycove City: Staryu (97 total)
- Fishing (Super Rod) in the Safari Zone Areas 2 and 3: Seaking (98 total)
- Fishing (Super Rod) in Ever Grande City: Luvdisc (99 total)
- Fishing (Super Rod) in Ever Grande City: Corsola (100 total)
- Fishing (Super Rod) on Route 132: Horsea (101 total)
- Surfing on Route 129: Wailord (102 total)
Badges 6 through 7 (Wallace) - 109 Total Pokémon
Badges 7 through 8 (Winona) - 115 Total Pokémon
Badge 8 through Elite Four - 117 Total Pokémon
Post-Elite Four - 123 Total Pokémon
- Gift in Mossdeep City: Beldum (118 total)
- Walking in Sky Pillar 5F: Altaria (119 total)
- Walking in Sky Pillar 1F, 3F, and 5F: Claydol (120 total)
- Walking in Sky Pillar 1F, 3F, and 5F: Dusclops (121 total)
- Static encounter in Sky Pillar: Rayquaza (122 total)
- Roaming Legend: Latios (123 total)