Trick House

Trick House カラクリ屋敷 Trick House "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
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Location:	Route 110
Region:	Hoenn
Generations:	III, VI
Location of Trick House in Hoenn.
Pokémon world locations

The Trick House in Generation III.

The Trick House (Japanese: カラクリ屋敷 Trick House) is located on Route 110 in Hoenn. It is owned by the Trick Master, who poses puzzling challenges to travelers. Those who wish to play his game must find their way through a maze-like puzzle at the back of his house. If successful, they will be rewarded.

In the games

Description

The puzzles for Trick House are divided into three parts. First, the Trick Master is hiding somewhere in the first room of the house. In the Generation III games, the first three times the player enters the house, a small twinkle indicates the Trick Master's hiding place right away, but in later challenges and the Generation VI games the player must find him without any help.

Once the Trick Master is found, the player may enter the larger rear room through a passageway hidden behind the scroll on the wall. The rooms consist of some sort of maze with a gimmick to each of them, and each room also has Trainers and items (Mail in Generation III, locational specialties in Generation VI). The player must navigate through the maze to a second scroll, where they will obtain a secret code. Finally, the player must find the door to the Trick Master's room and write the code on it to gain access. Upon being found, the Trick Master will reward the player, and the player may take a shortcut passage out of the Trick House.

In Emerald, while the rooms in Trick House use mostly the same gimmicks in as in Ruby and Sapphire, the layouts of the rooms are each changed slightly. Trainers, items and the password scrolls are in different locations, and the maze's course changes as well. However, it is only their locations that differ; the items and Trainers in each room are the same in all versions except for the seventh puzzle (although the English name of one of the Trainers does differ in the fourth and eighth rooms).

In Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, players can take the challenges as they earn new Gym Badges, but the final challenge cannot be taken until they defeat the Champion. In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, there are only six puzzles; Badges are no longer required to start each puzzle, but some puzzles require specific HM moves to be used, which require specific Badges to use.

Each puzzle is only available once, and the puzzles must be completed in order. After all challenges are completed, the Trick Master disappears, leaving behind only a note saying he has gone on a journey to search for new tricks. In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Mechadoll 5 also remains, taking off after the player interacts with it.

Items

Entrance

Item		Location	Games
	Escape Rope	From the Trick Master upon finding him for the first time	OR  AS

Prize room

All of these items (excluding the prizes) are permanently missable.

Item		Location	Games
	Expert Belt	At the back of the prize room after completing Puzzle 1	OR  AS
	Nugget	Under the Trick Master's cushion after completing Puzzle 8 (hidden)	R  S  E
	Big Nugget	Under the Trick Master's cushion after completing Puzzle 6 (hidden)	OR  AS

Trick Master's prizes

→Puzzle overview

Puzzle rooms

→Puzzle 1

→Puzzle 2

→Puzzle 3

→Puzzle 4

→Puzzle 5

→Puzzle 6

→Puzzle 7

→Puzzle 8

Mechadolls

In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the Trick Master's Mechadoll 3 appears at the start of some puzzle rooms. Mechadoll 3 sells Escape Ropes to the player at regular price. Escape Ropes can be used to exit the Trick House.

Mechadoll 3 only sells the player Escape Ropes in puzzle rooms 2, 3, 4, and 6. Once the player completes the sixth and last puzzle, they will no longer be able to purchase Escape Ropes from Mechadoll 3.

Mechadoll 3
Escape Rope $550

In Generation III, if the player is unable to accept the Red Tent or Blue Tent due to lack of space to store decorations in the PC, Mechadoll 5 will wait in the front room to hand over the reward on the player's subsequent visit, as the Trick Master himself has gone on a journey.

Puzzle overview

Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald

Puzzle	Required accomplishment	Hiding spot	Prize	Password	Field move required
Puzzle 1	None	Under the desk	Rare Candy	"Trick Master is fabulous."	Cut
Puzzle 2	Dynamo Badge	Behind the right tree	Timer Ball	"Trick Master is smart."	None
Puzzle 3	Heat Badge	In the right dresser	Hard Stone	"Trick Master is coveted."	Rock Smash
Puzzle 4	Balance Badge	Behind the left window	Smoke Ball	"Trick Master is cool."	Strength
Puzzle 5	Feather Badge	In the left planter	TM12 (Taunt)	"Trick Master is a genius."	None
Puzzle 6	Mind Badge	Inside the right cupboard	Magnet	"Trick Master is my life."	None
Puzzle 7	Rain Badge	Behind the right window	PP Max	"Trick Master is huggable."	None
Puzzle 8	Defeat Champion	Under first left cushion	Red TentRE	"Trick Master I love."	None
			Blue TentSE

After completing the final puzzle in Pokémon Emerald, players may choose between either tent, but may only take one.

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Puzzle	Hiding spot	Prize	Password	Field move used
Puzzle 1	Under the desk	TM12 (Taunt)	"Trick Master is wonderful."	Cut
Puzzle 2	Inside the right tree pot	Hard Stone	"I adore Trick Master."	Rock Smash
Puzzle 3	Inside the left dresser	TM92 (Trick Room)	"Trick Master is cool."	Flash*
Puzzle 4	Behind the left window	Smoke Ball	"Trick Master is a genius."	Strength
Puzzle 5	Inside the right cupboard	Magnet	"I want to hug Trick Master."	None
Puzzle 6	Under the first right cushion	Red TentOR Blue TentAS	"I love Trick Master."	None

Puzzles

Puzzle 1

Version	1F
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald
Omega Ruby
Alpha Sapphire

The first puzzle is a straightforward maze. The rooms are separated by trees that must be cut down to proceed.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Orange Mail	In middle area of the maze (requires Cut)	R  S
	Orange Mail	In the north part of the maze, west of the exit (requires Cut)	E
	Lava Cookie ×2	In middle-left area of the maze (requires Cut) In top-left part of the maze (requires Cut)	OR  AS

Trainers

Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald

Trainer	Pokémon
Lass Sally ミナ Mina Reward: $256 Requires CutRS	Oddish♀ Lv.16 No item
Requires Cut
Lass Robin シホ Shiho Reward: $224	Skitty♀ Lv.14 No item
	Shroomish♀ Lv.14 No item
	Marill♀ Lv.14 No item
Youngster Eddie ヤスユキ Yasuyuki Reward: $256	Zigzagoon♂ Lv.14 No item
	Zigzagoon♂ Lv.16 No item
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 Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Trainer	Pokémon
Requires Cut
Lass Sally ミナ Mina Reward: $256	Gulpin♀ Lv.16 No item
Battle Girl Cora フウカ Fūka Reward: $544	Meditite♀ Lv.17 No item
Youngster Eddie ヤスユキ Yasuyuki Reward: $224	Nincada♂ Lv.14 No item
	Geodude♂ Lv.14 No item
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.

Puzzle 2

Version	1F
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald
Omega Ruby
Alpha Sapphire

The second puzzle is a maze, but with a more confusing layout.

In Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, there are holes in the ground cannot be passed until the player hits a switch to extend a platform over them. However, the player cannot tell which switches cover which holes.

In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the maze contains a large number of breakable rocks. No wild Pokémon or items will appear when smashing these rocks.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Wave Mail	Near entrance	R  S  E
	Harbor Mail	Far northwest corner of room	R  S
	Harbor Mail	Middle area of room, past the second hole	E
	Rage Candy Bar ×2	Far southeast corner of the room, past Schoolkid Georgie (requires Rock Smash) Near Black Belt Yuji after defeating him in battle	OR  AS

Trainers

Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald

Trainer	Pokémon
School Kid Ted ノブヒサ Nobuhisa Reward: $340	Ralts♂ Lv.17 No item
School Kid Paul カツトシ Katsutoshi Reward: $300	Numel♂ Lv.15 No item
	Oddish♂ Lv.15 No item
	Wingull♂ Lv.15 No item
School Kid Georgia ミキエ Mikie Reward: $320	Shroomish♀ Lv.16 No item
	Beautifly♀ Lv.16 No item
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 Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Trainer	Pokémon
Black Belt Yuji カズシ Kazushi Reward: $576	Makuhita♂ Lv.16 No item
	Machop♂ Lv.18 No item
Requires Rock Smash
Schoolkid Georgie ミエコ Mieko Reward: $320	Shroomish♀ Lv.16 No item
	Beautifly♀ Lv.16 No item
Pokémon Ranger Sebastian ケイスケ Keisuke Reward: $1080	Cacnea♂ Lv.16 No item
	Aron♂ Lv.18 No item
Pokémon Ranger Sophia チアキ Chiaki Reward: $1020	Swablu♀ Lv.17 No item
	Roselia♀ Lv.17 No item
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.

Puzzle 3

Version	1F
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald
Omega Ruby
Alpha Sapphire

In Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, the third puzzle is a room full of alternating red and blue doors. Stepping on a switch opens all red doors and closes all blue doors, and stepping on a switch again will open all blue doors and close all red doors. The entrance to the room, and some switches, are covered by rocks that can be shattered with Rock Smash. No wild Pokémon can appear from these rocks.

In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the room is dark maze that can be illuminated using Flash, but it isn't necessary to use the move to proceed. At the tail end of the maze is a stairway hidden by the maze walls. Using the stairway will allow the player to move south underneath the maze to a small area where the password scroll is hidden.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Wood Mail	Near Picnicker Martha (requires Rock Smash)	R  S
	Wood Mail	Far northwest corner, past sliding door (requires Rock Smash)	E
	Shadow Mail	Near Hiker Alan (requires Rock Smash)	R  S
	Shadow Mail	Behind Picnicker Martha (requires Rock Smash)	E
	Lumiose Galette ×2	Behind the wall beyond Ace Duo Pike & Shiel North of the password scroll	OR  AS

Trainers

Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald

Trainer	Pokémon
Requires Rock Smash
Camper Justin マサミチ Masamichi Reward: $384	Kecleon♂ Lv.24 No item
Picnicker Martha トモコ Tomoko Reward: $368	Skitty♀ Lv.23 No item
	Swablu♀ Lv.23 No item
Hiker Alan マサノリ Masanori Reward: $880	Geodude♂ Lv.22 No item
	Nosepass♂ Lv.22 No item
	Graveler♂ Lv.22 No item
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 Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Trainer	Pokémon
Lass Robin シホ Shiho Reward: $288	Oddish♀ Lv.16 No item
	Goldeen♀ Lv.18 No item
Ace Duo Pike & Shiel コホとテタ Koho and Teta Reward: $1260	Carvanha♂ Lv.21 No item
	Numel♂ Lv.21 No item
Schoolkid Ted ノブヒサ Nobuhisa Reward: $380	Ralts♂ Lv.19 No item
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.

Puzzle 4

Version	1F
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald (Japanese)
Emerald (international)
Omega Ruby
Alpha Sapphire

The fourth puzzle is a room full of boulders that must be pushed aside using Strength. In Pokémon Emerald, the Japanese version has a different layout.^[1] Due to the close quarters, pushing boulders the wrong way can block certain paths; however, it is possible to get stuck in all versions. In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, there are no Trainers in this room.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Mech Mail	Near Black Belt Yuji (requires Strength)	R  S
	Mech Mail	Near Battle Girl Cora (requires Strength)	E
	Casteliacone ×2	North of the entrance (requires Strength) South of the exit, next to a three-boulder Strength puzzle (requires Strength)	OR  AS

Trainers

Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald

Trainer	Pokémon
Requires Strength
Black Belt Yuji カズシ Kazushi Reward: $832	Makuhita♂ Lv.26 No item
	Machoke♂ Lv.26 No item
Battle Girl Cora フウカ Fūka Reward: $648	Meditite♀ Lv.27 No item
Battle Girl JillRS/PaulaE ヒイナ Hiina Reward: $648	Breloom♀ Lv.27 No item
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.

Puzzle 5

The fifth puzzle is a room with a sequence of five Mechadolls that will ask the player questions of escalating difficulty. They each react to seeing the player or being interacted with as if they were Trainers, but instead of challenging the player to a battle they ask a question. Answering correctly allows the player to continue; answering incorrectly sends the player back to the start of the room, such that the player has to answer each of the Mechadolls' questions again. Each Mechadoll will ask the player one question from a pool of three randomly.

Version	1F
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald
Omega Ruby
Alpha Sapphire

In Ruby, Sapphire, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire, the room is shaped like a question mark. In Emerald, the room is shaped like a pair of exclamation marks.

There are no Trainers in this room. In the Generation III games, there are no items in this room.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Old Gateau ×2	Between Mechadoll 2 and Mechadoll 3 Next to door to prize room	OR  AS
	Escape Rope	From Mechadoll 3 after answering its question correctly for the first time	OR  AS

Questions

The correct answer to each question is in bold.

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Pokémon Emerald

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Puzzle 6

Version	1F
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald
Omega Ruby
Alpha Sapphire

In Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, the sixth puzzle is a room full of rotating gates like those found in Fortree Gym, but arranged in a more confusing pattern. As with Fortree, the player must walk through the gates in certain combinations to advance through the room. There are several Trainers in this room.

In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the room is full of spin tiles (like puzzle 7 in the Generation III games). This is also the final puzzle in these games. There are no Trainers in this room.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Glitter Mail	Near exit of room	R  S
	Glitter Mail	In the southeast part of the maze	E
	Shalour Sable ×2	Northwestern corner of the room Southeastern corner of the room	OR  AS

Trainers

Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald

Trainer	Pokémon
Pokémon Ranger Sophia チアキ Chiaki Reward: $1824	Swablu♀ Lv.38 No item
	Roselia♀ Lv.38 No item
Pokémon Ranger Sebastian ケイスケ Keisuke Reward: $1872	Cacturne♂ Lv.39 No item
Bird Keeper Benny アキマサ Akimasa Reward: $1152	Swellow♂ Lv.36 No item
	Pelipper♂ Lv.36 No item
	Xatu♂ Lv.36 No item
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.

Puzzle 7

Version	1F
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald

In Ruby and Sapphire, the seventh puzzle is a room filled with spin tiles, similar to those in Mossdeep Gym. The player must navigate the maze of spin tiles and pull switches to change their directions to advance through the room.

In Emerald, the seventh puzzle is a room full of Trainers standing on spin tiles that rotate when switches are triggered.

The difference between the puzzles is likely due to Mossdeep Gym being redesigned in Pokémon Emerald.

This puzzle does not appear in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Tropic Mail	To the right of Hex Maniac Patricia	R  S
	Tropic Mail	In center of room, via transport tile	E

Trainers

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Trainer	Pokémon
Psychic Joshua シュウイチ Shūichi Reward: $984	Kadabra♂ Lv.41 No item
	Solrock Lv.41 No item
Hex Maniac Patricia コトネ Kotone Reward: $1008	Banette♀ Lv.42 No item
Psychic Alexis ナナコ Nanako Reward: $960	Kirlia♀ Lv.40 No item
	Xatu♀ Lv.40 No item
	Kadabra♂ Lv.40 No item
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
Psychic Joshua シュウイチ Shūichi Reward: $984 Potential Double Battle with Patricia	Kadabra♂ Lv.41 No item
	Solrock Lv.41 No item
Hex Maniac Patricia コトネ Kotone Reward: $984 Potential Double Battle with Joshua	Banette♀ Lv.41 No item
	Lunatone Lv.41 No item
Psychic Mariela ミハネ Mihane Reward: $984 Potential Double Battle with Everett	Chimecho♀ Lv.41 No item
Gentleman Everett ダグ Dag Reward: $3280 Potential Double Battle with Mariela	Wobbuffet♂ Lv.41 No item
Psychic Alexis ナナコ Nanako Reward: $984 Potential Double Battle with Alvaro	Kirlia♀ Lv.41 No item
	Xatu♀ Lv.41 No item
Psychic Alvaro シンヤ Shinya Reward: $984 Potential Double Battle with Alexis	Banette♂ Lv.41 No item
	Kadabra♂ Lv.41 No item
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.

Puzzle 8

Version	1F
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald

In Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, the eighth puzzle is a room is divided into two areas, an upper and lower area. Both are made up primarily of polished floors lined with pots. Similar to ice tiles, stepping on the polished floor will send the player sliding across it until they hit an obstacle. The player must navigate their way across both floors to advance. This is the final puzzle.

This puzzle does not appear in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Bead Mail	Between the upper and lower area	R  S
	Bead Mail	Two squares east of the northwestern-most square	E

Trainers

Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald

Trainer	Pokémon
Cooltrainer ElaineRS/KeiraE アンナ Anna Reward: $2160	Lairon♀ Lv.45 No item
	Manectric♀ Lv.45 No item
Cooltrainer Vincent ユウト Yūto Reward: $2112	Sableye♂ Lv.44 No item
	Medicham♂ Lv.44 No item
	Sharpedo♂ Lv.44 No item
Cooltrainer Leroy マコト Makoto Reward: $2208	Mawile♂ Lv.46 No item
	Starmie Lv.46 No item
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.

Layout

Version	Entrance	End	Hallway
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald
Omega Ruby
Alpha Sapphire

Puzzle rooms

Version	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire
Room 1
Room 2
Room 3
Room 4
Room 5
Room 6
Room 7
Room 8

Music

In animation

The Trick House in Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

Pokémon the Series

The King of Tricks hosts an annual contest at his Trick House in Mauville City. The competitor who overcomes the Trick House's various rooms receives a year's supply of Pokéblocks. These obstacles vary each year, and they include rope swings, log walks, and confusing mazes.

Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

Ash and his friends visited the Trick House in A Poké-BLOCK Party!, where they navigated the areas with fellow competitor Alanna. However, their progress was constantly impeded by Team Rocket and Jigglypuff. In the end, Ivan ended up winning.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 戲法屋 Heifaat Ūk Mandarin 戲法屋 Xìfǎ Wū Danish Hurlumhejhus French Maison des Pièges German Rätselhaus Italian Quizzoteca Korean 미궁의 대저택 Migungui Daejeotaek Polish Dom Sztuczek Spanish Casa Treta Swedish Trickhus

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