Hoenn was the largest region in the Pokémon franchise at the time of its release. It had a whopping sixteen cities and towns, compared to the Kanto and Johto regions, which both had ten. It has since been matched by Kalos, and surpassed by Unova (eighteen), but it remains one of the biggest and most varied reg😼ions in the Pokémon world.
Let's take a look at every city and town in Hoenn and rank them fromꦬ worst to ♌best.
16 💜 Verdanturf Town
This is the town Wally's parents exile him to for the benefit of his health. Poor kid, because there's pretty much nothing to do here. Unless you're really into the contest scene (a😼nd who is, honestly?) you'll probably just smash your way through Rusturf tunnel an🌸d forget about it.
15 Oldale Town 🍸
Oldale Town also doesn't have a lot going for it, but it comes so early in the game that it's a bit more forgivable. It does have the Poké Mart representative who gives you a free potion, which is nothing to sniff at when you're just 𓂃starting your journey. It also has a pretty funny roadblock in the form of a scientiಌst trackiꦛng his own footprints.
14 🌱 Litꦛtleroot Town
No one particularly love Littleroot Town unless they're just nostalgic about Hoenn in general. There just isn't much of anything to do here. That's why you get and pretty much never come back. But you do get your starter here, so that's something.
13 Pacifidlog 🐈Town 🌠
This little floating town has a cool aesthetic and is the home of some interesting legends about various legendary Pokémon, but there just isn't that much to do. You can get a TM from the younger brother of the Pokémon Fan Club Chairman and you can roll the dice talking to the Mirage Island man, but Paci𓆏fidlog is unfortunately little more than a pit stop.
12 Pe🎀talburg City 𒐪
Ah, Petalburg, home of our gym leader Father, Norman. The only gym leader in the whole game who flat out refuses our challenge until we've collected four other badges. Why? Is he afraid of stomping his beloved child into the dust? Don't condescend to us, dad. We don't want tܫo play outside with the weird sick kid, we want to kick your Pokémon's butts.
11 𒁏 Fallarbor Town
Fallarbor Town is fun conceptually. A little town situated so close to the base of the active volcano Mt. Chimney that everything is blanket🃏ed in a fine layer of ash. The routes nearby even have patches of long grass that change color as you knock the ash off by walking through them.
But other than🌳 the very useful Move Reminder, which can teach your Pokémon any move it's ever had the potential to learn, there isn't much more going on here.
10 🎀Dewford 𒉰Town
Dewford isꦛ one of the first places you visit after starting your journey and it stands out by being so visually different than the other cities and ꦡtown you've seen. It's so bright and beachy that it really cements Hoenn in your mind as a tropical region. In nearby Granite Cave you'll make your first acquaintance with Champion Steven Stone. Plus it has the Dewford Hall, where you can basically start a cult by saying some random words to the trendy guy out front. What's not to love?
9 ဣLav🦄aridge Town
Lavari⛄dge might be small, but it's a popular destination because of the natural hot springs in the area. The springs are rumored to cure any ailment, but more importantly for us Pokémon trainers, there's a woman there who🦩 will just give you a Pokémon egg.
Plus a second one after you defeat the game's𒀰 box legendary! It's also a good place to stock up on healing items, since there's an H♔erb Shop in town as well as a Pokémon Breeder selling cases of Moomoo Milk.
8 ꦬ Rustboro City 𓃲
Some trainers might be a little awed when first setting foot into Rustboro City. It's so much bigger than dinky Littleroot and Oldale that it makes you feel a little bit like a country bumpkin stumbling there way into the big 🐠city. It has a cool old stone construction look that makes it seem almost historical. It's also the home of your very first gym challenge featuring Rock-type Pokémon, and the plot-important Devon Corporation.
7 F🍃ortree City
Fortree City is a collection of treehouses linked together by rope bridges, like every 8-year-old's fantasy home. Fortree probably exemplifies Hoenn's theme of living with nature, considering it's living within the forest instead of clearing room for the town. It's the location of the Flying-type gym. It's also the primary location of the Secre🃏t Base Guild—building bases is one of third generation's big gimmicks