How to Catch Bagon in Pokemon Emerald

Bagon is a precious Dragon-type Pokémon in your Pokémon squad. Bagon will gradually evolve into Shelgon and Salamence – extremely powerful Pokémon that can even continue to Super Evolve (Mega Evpve) in the latest version. Bagon is difficult to find in the video game Pokémon Emerald, as it only appears in a single location throughout the game. After knowing the location of Bagon, you can try to capture it as many times as you want.

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Get HM07 Waterfall

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Explore the plot and get the Mind Badge. You’ll need to explore most of the game’s plot before you can get Waterfall. This Hidden Move is required to enter the area where you can find Bagon. Waterfall allows you to wade back up waterfalls around the world. You will get the Mind Badge item in Mossdeep City.

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Fight Team Aqua (a member of the water team) in the Seafloor Cavern. After obtaining the Mind Badge, you will be able to use Dive while moving. Use this move in the deep blue waters south of Mossdeep to find the Seafloor Cavern (cave).

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Continue through Route 126 (road 126) until you reach Sootoppis. If you’ve been to Sootoppis, you can use the Fly move to quickly get there. Search for Coach Steven in North Sootoppis City (city).

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Go to the Cave of Origin. You will be asked by Steven to search for trainer Wallace in the Cave of Origin. Talk to Wallace and answer “SKY PILLAR”.

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Go to the Sky Pillar and look for the legendary Pokémon Rayquaza at the top of the Pillar. You can get to the Sky Pillar from Pacifidlog Town (town). Rayquaza will fly in the direction of Sootoppis City. Use Fly to fly along.

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Watch the flight and then head to Sootoppis Gym. You will see Rayquaza fight the legendary Pokémon Groudon and Kyogre, after which it will fly away. Talk to Steven outside the Sootoppis Gym and then talk to Wallace. Wallace will give you the item HM07 to thank you for saving the town.

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Defeat Head Coach Juan in Sootoppis Gym. After getting the Waterfall, you won’t be able to use it outside of the match until you get the Rain Badge item from the Sootoppis Gym. This is the last Gym in the game, so make sure you are fully prepared for the fierce battle. After obtaining the Rain Badge, you will be able to use Waterfall around the world. ^{[1] X Research Source}

Search Bagon

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Go to Meteor Falls cave. According to the plot, you have entered this cave before, so use Fly (fly) to Fallarbor Town (town) to quickly reach Meteor Falls cave. This cave is located between Route 114 and 115.

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Surf on the water to the right of the entrance. After entering the Meteor Falls cave, you will see a water tank. Go North and use the move (Surf) to surf on the water.

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Use the HM07 Waterfall to wade back up the large waterfall. Approach the waterfall and press “A” to see a message asking if you want to use Waterfall.

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Enter the cave at the top of the waterfall. After climbing the waterfall, you will see a small patch of land and the entrance to the cave. Land on this small patch of land and step through the entrance.

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Go North and climb down the ladder. Go right and then up a bit to find the ladder. Then climb the stairs to the lower floor.

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Go to the northwest corner of the cave and climb the ladder. You will be challenged by a duo of coaches. After defeating them, climb the ladder to the top of the room.

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Jump down over the reef, head to the left. The ladder you need to find is in the lower left corner of the room. Jump down over the reef and head left to reach the ladder.

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Climb down the ladder and surf (Surf) on the water. Go to the North side of the room and land on the ground with the entrance to the cave.

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Enter the cave and glide to the top of the room. This room is long and narrow so you will need to skim the water in the room. Let’s land on the small piece of land at the top of the room.

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Walk around on the small patch of land until you meet Bagon. This barren patch of land is the only area in the entire game where you can encounter Pokémon Bagon. Bagon has a 20% chance of spawning when you come across a wild Pokémon here, so you’ll probably need to fight multiple battles until it spawns. ^{[2] X Research Source}

Catch Pokémon Bagon

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Use a Pokémon with False Swipe to lower Bagon’s health. False Swipe is the right move to catch Pokémon, as it can reduce a wild Pokémon’s health to 1 HP but will never cause it to collapse. Farfetch’d, Cubone, Scizor, and Nincada are some of the Pokémon that can learn this move by leveling up (Lv), or you can use the TM54 item to teach it to other Pokémon.

If you don’t own a Pokémon with False Swipe, you can use a normal move to reduce Bagon’s health as much as possible without causing it to collapse.

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Use Sleep or Paralyze to trap Bagon. These moves will increase Poke Ball’s probability of catching Bagon (the ball containing Pokémon). There are many Pokémon that can learn moves that cause these states, and it’s likely that you already have at least one of them.

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Throw an Ultra Ball for the highest probability of catching the Bagon. Ultra Ball (Hyper Ball) is expensive but can catch Bagon easier than other balls. If you’ve reduced Bagon’s health to 1 HP and put it to sleep or paralyzed, nearly any Poke Ball can catch it.

Steps

Get HM07 Waterfall

Search Bagon

Catch Pokémon Bagon

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