Team Aqua Hideout

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Team Aqua Hideout Aqua Hideout アクア団アジト Team Aqua Hideout "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
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Location:	Lilycove CitySEAS
Region:	Hoenn
Generations:	III, VI
Location of Team Aqua Hideout in Hoenn.
Pokémon world locations

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 Tabitha^R or Courtney^OR.

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

In the games

Geography

The hideout is located in the northeast of Lilycove City. Inside, they are many warp panels. 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.

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.

Fresh Water $150	Soda Pop $250
Lemonade $300

Pokémon

Generation VI

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Tentacool	OR			AS			Surfing	20, 25, 30	100%
Fishing
Tentacool	OR			AS			Fishing Old Rod	5	35%
Magikarp	OR			AS			Fishing Old Rod	10, 15	65%
Tentacool	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	25	35%
Magikarp	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	25	60%
Wailmer	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	25	5%
Staryu	OR			AS			Fishing Super Rod	40	5%
Wailmer	OR			AS			Fishing Super Rod	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
Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Soundproof or Static Held item: None Electrode Lv.30 Screech Normal   --       SonicBoom Normal   --       Spark Electric   --       Selfdestruct Normal   --	Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Soundproof or Static Held item: None Electrode Lv.40 Electro Ball Electric Special   --       Self-Destruct Normal Physical   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Magnet Rise Electric Status   --

Trainers

Pokémon Sapphire

Trainer	Pokémon
Entrance
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $640	Poochyena♂ Lv.32 No item
	Poochyena♂ Lv.32 No item
B1F (third area)
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $620	Poochyena♀ Lv.31 No item
	Carvanha♀ Lv.31 No item
	Carvanha♀ Lv.31 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $600	Zubat♂ Lv.30 No item
	Poochyena♂ Lv.30 No item
	Carvanha♂ Lv.30 No item
	Poochyena♂ Lv.30 No item
Submarine room (first area)
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $660	Carvanha♂ Lv.33 No item
B1F (sixth area)
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $640	Carvanha♂ Lv.32 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.32 No item
Submarine room (fourth area)
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $660	Zubat♀ Lv.33 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.

Aqua Admin Matt Aqua Hideout Sapphire Reward: $1280

Types: Water Dark Ability: Rough Skin Held item: None Carvanha♂ Lv.32 Bite Dark   --       Focus Energy Normal   --       Rage Normal   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♂ Lv.32 Scary Face Normal   --       Swagger Normal   --       Bite Dark   --       Odor Sleuth Normal   --       Types: Water Dark Ability: Rough Skin Held item: None Sharpedo♂ Lv.32 Crunch Dark   --       Focus Energy Normal   --       Rage Normal   --       Scary Face Normal   --

Pokémon Emerald

Trainer	Pokémon
Entrance
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $640	Poochyena♂ Lv.32 No item
B1F (third area)
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $640	Carvanha♀ Lv.32 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $620 Potential Double Battle with the following Grunt	Zubat♂ Lv.31 No item
	Carvanha♂ Lv.31 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $620 Potential Double Battle with the previous Grunt	Poochyena♀ Lv.31 No item
	Zubat♀ Lv.31 No item
Submarine room (first area)
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $640	Carvanha♂ Lv.32 No item
B1F (sixth area)
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $640	Zubat♂ Lv.32 No item
Submarine room (fourth area)
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $640 Potential Double Battle with the following Grunt	Zubat♀ Lv.32 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $640 Potential Double Battle with the previous Grunt	Carvanha♂ Lv.32 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.

Aqua Admin Matt Aqua Hideout Emerald Reward: $1360
Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♂ Lv.34 Odor Sleuth Normal   --       Roar Normal   --       Swagger Normal   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♂ Lv.34 Astonish Ghost   --       Bite Dark   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --

Pokémon Alpha Sapphire

First visit

Trainer	Pokémon
1F
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $1,400	Grimer♂ Lv.35 No item
	Carvanha♂ Lv.35 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $1,480	Golbat♂ Lv.37 No item
B1F
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $1,440	Mightyena♂ Lv.34 No item
	Golbat♂ Lv.36 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $1,400	Carvanha♀ Lv.35 No item
	Grimer♀ Lv.35 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $1,480	Mightyena♀ Lv.37 No item
Submarine room
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $1,480	Carvanha♂ Lv.37 No item
Team Aqua Grunts Reward: $720 Horde Trainer Battle	Poochyena♀ Lv.18 No item
	Poochyena♀ Lv.18 No item
	Poochyena♀ Lv.18 No item
	Poochyena♀ Lv.18 No item
	Poochyena♀ Lv.18 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.

Aqua Admin Matt Team Aqua Hideout Alpha Sapphire Reward: $3,900
Types: Water Dark Ability: Rough Skin Held item: None Sharpedo♂ Lv.39 Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Scary Face Normal Status   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Poison Fang Poison Physical   --

Delta Episode

Trainer	Pokémon
1F
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $1,960	Muk♂ Lv.49 No item
	Carvanha♂ Lv.49 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $2,040	Golbat♂ Lv.51 No item
B1F
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $2,000	Mightyena♂ Lv.48 No item
	Golbat♂ Lv.50 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $2,040	Mightyena♀ Lv.51 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $1,960	Carvanha♀ Lv.49 No item
	Muk♀ Lv.49 No item
Submarine room
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $2,040	Carvanha♂ Lv.51 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.

Gallery

Artwork

Concept art from Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Layout

Game	Entrance	1F	B1F	Warp hallway	Submarine room	Archie's room
Sapphire
Emerald
Alpha Sapphire

Music

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.

Matt

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Team Aqua Hideout in Pokémon Adventures

Ruby & Sapphire arc

The Aqua Hideout first appeared in Stick This in Your Craw, Crawdaunt! I, where Archie congratulated Team Aqua Grunts Shelly, Matt, and Amber on their successful theft of the heart component of the Submarine Explorer 1 from Mr. Stone and promoted them into Team Aqua Admins as a reward for their good work, though not without also making it clear that he did not approve of them having left witnesses alive.

In Always Keep Whiscash on You for Emergencies, Maxie and Tabitha were allowed inside the Hideout to join their resources with Team Aqua for the time being so that they could reach the Seafloor Cavern safely by combining the heart component Team Aqua had stolen with the submarine stolen by Team Magma. 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.

Related cards Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Team Aqua Hideout	T [St]	EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua		78/95	Aqua Deck Kit		032/033
Team Aqua Admin	Su	Double Crisis		25/34	Magma Gang VS Aqua Gang: Double Crisis		027/034
Team Aqua's Secret Base	St	Double Crisis		28/34	Magma Gang VS Aqua Gang: Double Crisis		031/034

Trivia

• Because the entrance is sealed after defeating Tate and Liza in Sapphire, if the player does not obtain the Master Ball here before that, they cannot get the Master Ball without winning the Lilycove Department Store Pokémon Lottery Corner or trading one in. This does not happen in Emerald or Alpha Sapphire.
• In Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, a photo found in Shelly's room will yield the following text when interacted with:

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

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 海洋隊基地 Hóiyèuhng Déui Gēideih Mandarin 海洋隊基地 / 海洋队基地 Hǎiyáng Duì Jīdì * French Planque Aqua German Team Aquas Versteck Italian Rifugio Idro Korean 아쿠아단아지트 Aqua-Dan Ajiteu Brazilian Portuguese Esconderijo da Equipe Aqua Spanish Guarida Aqua Vietnamese Căn cứ của Đội Aqua

See also

• Team Magma Hideout
• Magma Hideout (Jagged Pass)

Team Aqua
Team Aqua Hideout
Leader	Administrators
Archie (Masters)	Matt	Shelly
Other members
Team Aqua Grunts • Amber (Adventures)
Former members
Zinnia

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