How to Get Ditto in Pokémon Sapphire

Last Updated: November 3, 2022 References

Ditto is a versatile Pokémon and is useful for breeding, as it can breed with any Pokémon except for itself and Pokémon classified as "Undiscovered." Unfortunately, the only way to get Ditto in Pokémon Sapphire without cheating is through trade.^{[1]
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Method 1

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Trading for Ditto

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Retrieve your Pokedex from Professor Birch. In each Pokémon game, there will be at least one requirement you will have to fulfill before you are allowed to trade with your friends. In Pokémon Sapphire, you must first get your Pokedex from Professor Birch in Littleroot Town.^{[3]
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- Littleroot Town is located in the southwest part of the Hoenn region. This is also the location most Hoenn centered games start off.^{[4]
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Have at least two Pokémon in your party. For you to trade with another player, you will need at least two Pokémon in your party. Trading works on a principle of demand, or else by virtue of kindness. Many players are willing to help others out by offering spare Pokémon they've collected for trade online or among friends. However, it may help the process if you have a desirable Pokémon to trade.
- The Pokémon exclusive to Sapphire, and therefore more valuable to players of other versions, are:
  - Lotad
  - Lombre
  - Ludicolo
  - Sableye
  - Seviper
  - Lunatone
  - Kyogre^{[5]
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Buy or borrow a Gameboy Advance Link Cable. Unlike newer versions of the Pokémon game series where you can make use of a wireless Internet connection, Sapphire will require the Link Cable to perform a trade.^{[6]
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Find a friend with a Ditto. Since your Link Cable can only connect Nintendo consoles, like your Gameboy Advance and a Gameboy Color, or even the original Gameboy, you will need another player with a different version/console, one in which Ditto can be caught. When you've found another player with a Ditto who is willing to trade, connect your Gameboys with the Link Cable and get ready to exchange.
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Make the trade. Place the Pokémon you wish to trade for Ditto in your party, then head to the closest Pokémon Center. There you will find a receptionist who will ask you if you'd like to trade Pokémon with another player.^{[7]
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Research source} Follow the prompts and in a few short moments, Ditto will be in your party.

Method 2

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Using a Gameshark Cheat Code

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Purchase a GameShark for your Gameboy Advance. To change the internal data of your Pokémon Sapphire game, you'll need to buy a device to act as an interface. One of the most widespread devices that players use for these purposes is GameShark, which you can plug into your Gameboy Advance, insert your Sapphire cartridge into, and input cheat codes to alter your game data.^{[8]
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Input the Master Code for Gameshark. Before you do anything else, you'll need to enter the Master Code separate from the Pokémon code you will use to make Ditto available to you.^{[9]
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Research source} The Master Code is:
- 9E6AC862 823AB7A8 46B7D9E4 A709E9E1^{[10]
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Enable the cheat code to catch Ditto. Now that you've entered the Master Code, you can enter a cheat code that will make Ditto appear in your game, even though wild Dittos are not normally found in Sapphire. The cheat code for Ditto is:
- 920A0644 C5A04841^{[11]
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Travel in your game to Route 101. With your Master Code and Ditto cheat code enabled, you should be able to find Ditto on Route 101, to the north of Littleroot Town. Walk around Route 101 until you randomly encounter a Ditto.
- GameShark cheat codes sometimes require several attempts before they have the desired result. If you have no luck finding Ditto on Route 101, turn off the game and enter the appropriate codes again. Some players report having to do this up to 12 times before catching their sought after Pokemon.^{[12]
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Catch Ditto. In the same fashion you would catch any randomly encountered Pokemon, catch your now available Ditto. You may need to weaken it before throwing a Pokeball to catch it, just be careful not to do too much damage or it will faint and you'll have to continue your hunt for a Ditto to call your own.

Warnings

Using cheat codes can corrupt your game data, rewrite your bag contents, freeze your game, or cause other glitches to occur in your save file.^{[14]
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