Pokemon: Sapphire Cheats

In your first encounter with Kyogre, as he is moving towards you, press A and he will become shiny. He runs away but at your second encounter at The Cave of Origin, he will still be shiny and you can catch him.

Pokeballs and Status Ailments increase the catch rate of capturing a Pokemon.

ie. If you use Sleep Powder on Regirock, the catch rate is 2. With Ultra Ball (with a catch rate of *2) you have a catch rate of *4. Which means you have a higher chance to capture Pokemon. Don't forget to lower HP of wild Pokemon because this can be very effective.

Take note that an asterisk * means to multiply.

Pokeball Catch Rate:

• Pokeball *1
• Great Ball *1.5
• Ultra Ball *2
• Master Ball (100% Guaranteed Capture)
• Safari Ball *1.5
• Net Ball (If Water and/or Bug *3 -- If not Water and/or Bug *1)
• Dive Ball (If battled in water *3.5 -- If battled outside of water *1)
• Nest Ball (The higher your level, the more likely you will get a capture *1-3)
• Repeat Ball (If you captured the previous Pokemon *3 -- If you have not *1)
• Timer Ball (The catch rate grows better (of not used every turn then it resets to 0 count) as the battle continues *1-4)
• Luxury Ball (Makes the Pokemon Base Happiness 200 instead of 70) *1
• Premier Ball *1

Status Ailment Capture Rate:

• Normal Status - 1 (Low capture rate)
• Poison - 1.5 (Medium capture rate)
• Burn - 1.5 (Medium capture rate)
• Paralysis - 1.5 (Medium capture rate)
• Frozen - 2 (High capture rate)
• Sleep - 2 (High capture rate)

Health Capture Rate:

• Full health - 1
• Half Health - 1.5
• Critical Health (Red) - 2

With this, you will take an advantage of capturing a Pokemon within a few turns. I recommend using False Swipe to make HP down to 1 and use Sleep Powder or Hypnosis. This works with all versions (including old and new versions).