Lavaridge Desert — Low Budget Crystal

Every wild Pokémon here, by encounter method.

Lavaridge Desert lists 9 Pokémon across 2 encounter methods (fixed encounter, grass). Between them they cover 6 types: DragonPsychicGroundSteelGrassDark. 4 of them are on no other route's wild tables in this guide: Latias, Latios, Cacturne, Vibrava.

Fixed encounter Lv Base+10

A one-off battle the game starts for you here - a wandering Pokémon or a set piece, not a random encounter. Wild levels are worked out when the battle starts: the game adds the number below to a base that grows with your badge count (1 with no badges, 41 with eight, 65 with all 24), then adds a random 0 to 4 on top.

	Pokémon	Types	Level
	Latias	DragonPsychic	Base+10
	Latios	DragonPsychic	Base+10

Grass Lv Base+1 to Base+7

2% of steps in grass start a battle. Wild levels are worked out when the battle starts: the game adds the number below to a base that grows with your badge count (1 with no badges, 41 with eight, 65 with all 24), then adds a random 0 to 4 on top.

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Sandshrew	GroundSteel	Base+1	30%
	Trapinch	Ground	Base+1	30%
	Cacnea	Grass	Base+1	20%
	Baltoy	GroundPsychic	Base+1	10%
	Sandslash rare	GroundSteel	Base+1	5%
	Cacturne rare	GrassDark	Base+2	4%
	Vibrava rare	GroundDragon	Base+7	1%

Trainers here

16 fights here, in story order. ★ marks a gym leader or major battle.

TMs found here

• TM37 Sandstorm — Lavaridge Desert

Items found here

• Soft Sand — Powers up ground-type moves. (Hold)

About these levels

Wild levels are not fixed. The game stores a step for each slot and adds it to a base that grows with your badge count, then adds a random 0 to 4. Those slots are shown as Base+1, Base+3 and so on. Fishing, headbutt trees, gifts and the Bug-Catching Contest are fixed and print as plain numbers.

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