Petalburg Woods

Petalburg Woods (Japanese: トウカの Touka Woods) is a forest in western Hoenn that lies between Petalburg City and Rustboro City, in the middle of . It appears in Ruby, Sapphire, , .
Due to the presence of a Moss Rock, can evolve into here in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.
==In the games==
===Geography===
Starting at what is later revealed to be the westernmost of two southern entrances, the is led on a winding path through many patches of grass. The tall trees cast an eternal shadow over the ground, but it is still possible to see. It is dark enough, however, that other travelers have had the misfortune to drop and lose their items on the ground. It is possible to find these without technological assistance, but the Itemfinder makes searching a great deal easier.
The Petalburg Woods are abundant with wild Pokémon. Many low-leveled Pokémon make it their home and can commonly be encountered in tall grass, but there are rarer Pokémon here as well. and can only be found within the confines of the forest. These rare Pokémon are often sought by collectors in nearby Rustboro City.
Near the northern exit to , a pair of saplings block a forked path to the east. When has been obtained, and the Gym Leader Roxanne has been defeated in , the bushes may be temporarily cleared. This allows access to the easternmost half of the forest.
The first time the player traverses the woods they travel north. On this trip, they encounter a Devon Corporation employee being attacked by a Grunt of Team Magma/Team Aqua, who requests assistance. Once the Grunt is defeated, the man will reward the player with a Great Ball or the Exp. Share, before making his way back to his company headquarters.
In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire only, the Moss Rock is located here.
===Items===
===Pokémon===
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===Trainers===
====Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire====
====Pokémon Emerald====
====Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire====
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===Music===
Games	Situation 	Song name (Japanese) 	Song name (English) 	Composition 	Arrangement
 	Overworld 	トウカの森 	Petalburg Woods 	Morikazu Aoki 	Morikazu Aoki
 	When encountering Team Magma Grunt 	マグマ団登場！ 	Team Magma Appears! 	Go Ichinose 	Go Ichinose
 	When encountering Team Aqua Grunt 	アクア団登場！ 	Team Aqua Appears! 	Go Ichinose 	Go Ichinose
 	When battling Team Magma Grunt/Team Aqua Grunt 	戦闘！アクア・マグマ団 	Battle! (Team Aqua / Team Magma) 	Junichi Masuda	Junichi Masuda
 	After defeating Team Magma Grunt/Team Aqua Grunt	アクア・マグマ団に勝利！ 	Victory! (Team Aqua / Team Magma)	Go Ichinose 	Go Ichinose
 	Overworld 	トウカの森 	Petalburg Woods 	Morikazu Aoki 	Minako Adachi
 	When encountering Team Magma Grunt 	マグマ団登場！ 	Team Magma Appears! 	Go Ichinose 	Hideaki Kuroda
 	When encountering Team Aqua Grunt 	アクア団登場！ 	Team Aqua Appears! 	Go Ichinose 	Minako Adachi
 	When battling Team Magma Grunt/Team Aqua Grunt 	戦闘！アクア団・マグマ団 	Battle! (Team Aqua / Team Magma) 	Junichi Masuda	Shota Kageyama
 	After defeating Team Magma Grunt/Team Aqua Grunt	アクア団・マグマ団に勝利！ 	Victory! (Team Aqua / Team Magma)	Go Ichinose 	Minako Adachi
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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Petalburg Woods, referred to as Petalburg Forest in the dub, appeared over the course of several episodes. The dense forest is home to a wide array of Pokémon like and .
Its first appearance was in You Never Can Taillow, where and sat down to enjoy a break. However, they were interrupted by an angry horde of . During the chaos, Ash encountered again, and he agreed to rejoin Ash on his journey through Hoenn. Thanks to Brock's advice, Ash one of the that attacked them, while Brock's cooking abilities were able to settle the other rowdy Tiny Swallow Pokémon.
In In the Knicker of Time!, Ash and friends encountered a obsessed Trainer named Nicholai, who was looking to capture a Zigzagoon before going on to challenge the Petalburg City Gym Leader, Norman. Learning that was Norman's daughter, Nicholai excitedly challenged the rookie Trainer to her first Pokémon battle and won quiet easily. Nicholai was later able to capture himself a Zigzagoon and used it in a battle against Ash's Taillow.
In A Poached Ego!, intervened in the plans of Pokémon poacher Rico to capture a group of young and and illegally sell them. They were forced to release their and into the wild to protect the Ekans and Koffing while they fended off Rico's by themselves. Because of James's earlier kindness, he gained a afterwards. This episode also revealed that Petalburg Forest contains a Pokémon Center.
Ash stumbled upon a wild population of in Tree's a Crowd. Their current home, a large old tree, was close to death and ended up splitting in two. Fortunately, a seed appeared and Ash's newly caught planted it before leaving its community to look after the seed.
In A Tail with a Twist, Jessie caught her after witnessing its greedy behavior and becoming impressed by it. Ash and his friends visited another Pokémon Center to help Treecko recover from its with Seviper.
Ash and his friends left Petalburg Forest and reached the urban metropolis of Rinshin Town in Taming of the Shroomish.
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==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Petalburg Woods first appeared from Nixing Nuzleaf to Tongue-Tied Kecleon, where met there, trying to catch himself a Pokémon. After evading Ruby's father Norman and visiting a hospital to deal with Wally's breathing issues, Ruby agreed to help Wally, lending him his , Rara, for the task. He led Wally to the edge of Petalburg Woods that was right next to , and helped him to catch his very first Pokémon, a . Wally thanked Ruby for his help by giving him a PokéNav, but before he could return Rara to him, the site was struck by a sudden earthquake and tsunami, separating the two.
In Mowing Down Ludicolo, Matt, Shelly, and of Team Aqua fled into Petalburg Woods after stealing the Devon Parts from Mr. Stone, with giving chase. Gabby and Ty followed as well, but ended up almost getting drowned by Shelly's in an attempt to silence them. Despite Sapphire's Torchic succeeding in defeating Ludicolo with the help of Mr. Stone's Castform, Team Aqua managed to get away with the parts as Sapphire had to bring Gabby and Ty to safety.
==Trivia==
* This is the only forest area to have three exit points.
* This is one of the few locations in the Hoenn region to have cloudy weather.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
Category:Ruby and Sapphire locations
Category:Emerald locations
Category:Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire locations
Category:Forests
de:Blütenburgwald
es:Bosque Petalia
fr:Bois Clémenti
it:Bosco Petalo
ja:トウカのもり
zh:橙华森林