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 and.

Due to the presence of a Moss Rock, can evolve into  here in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

Geography
Starting at what is later revealed to be the westernmost of two southern entrances, the player 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 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 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.

In the anime
Petalburg Woods, referred to as Petalburg Forest in the anime, 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 rowdy Tiny Swallow Pokémon.

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.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Lombre Larceny, Team Aqua members Matt, Shelly and Amber fled into Petalburg Woods after stealing the Devon Parts from Mr. Stone. Giving chase were, Gabby and Ty. The latter two were drowned by Shelly's newly-evolved, however, Sapphire's Chic eventually defeated it. Sapphire eventually dragged Mr. Stone, Gabby and Ty out of the woods; by that time, all had regained consciousness, only for Mr. Stone to pass out again.

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
Blütenburgwald Bosque Petalia Bois Clémenti Bosco Petalo トウカのもり 橙华森林