Smoke Ball

There are two ways to obtain Smoke Balls in ORAS.

You can get one as a reward from the Trick Master after completing his fourth challenge in the Trick House. This can only be done once, and you’ll need a Pokémon that knows Strength for this method.

Alternatively, you can farm Smoke Balls from wild Koffing or Spiritomb. You can either catch or steal the item from them in battle if they’re holding it.

1. You can find wild Koffing in the Fiery Path – however this is an Omega Ruby exclusive.
2. Wild Spiritomb can be found in both games in Sea Mauville after defeating Primal Groudon or Kyogre. But you’ll need Surf and Dive to access its location.

Method #1: Trick House (Fourth Puzzle)

The Trick House is located on Route 110, north of Slateport City.

On your fourth visit you’ll encounter a room full of boulder puzzles in the 4th puzzle here. The Trick Master will give you the Smoke Ball for completing the puzzle.

Method #2: Held Item by Wild Koffing & Spiritomb

This second method is repeatable, so you can acquire as many Smoke Balls as you need this way.

A wild Koffing has a 5% chance of carrying a Smoke Ball, while a wild Spiritomb always holds one at a 100% chance.

Finding Wild Koffing (Omega Ruby only)

Koffing is exclusive to Omega Ruby (its counterpart, Grimer, is exclusive to Alpha Sapphire).

You can only find Koffing in the Fiery Path, which is a cave on Route 112 – and you have a 30% chance of encountering Koffing here so they aren’t too rare.

To reach the Fiery Path and start farming Koffing, follow these steps:

Fly to Route 112. You’ll land near three berry trees – from there, go southwest.

You’ll find the entrance to the Fiery Path here (pictured below).

Inside the cave, walk around until you encounter a wild Koffing.

While in combat, use Thief to steal its held item (if it has any).

Since there’s only a 5% chance that a Koffing is holding a Smoke Ball, you might have to repeat this process several times.

Finding Wild Spiritomb

After defeating Primal Groudon or Kyogre, head to Sea Mauville to encounter Spiritomb in one of the rooms inside the ship – it will always be carrying a Smoke Ball.

Note that you can only find one Spiritomb in ORAS. So if it faints during combat, you need to beat the Elite Four again to make it respawn.

Assuming you’ve already beaten Primal Groudon or Kyogre, head to Sea Mauville and follow these steps to find Spiritomb:

Step 1: From the top deck of the ship, head inside and go south.

The room where you can find Spiritomb is located on the right side. But since the path there is blocked from this floor, you need to go underwater to get to the other side. So follow the hallway down south.

Step 2: Use Surf to reach the darker patch of water here (pictured below). Then use Dive to go underwater.

Step 3: While underwater, go south, then east until you reach a corner.

Step 4: Follow this pathway as it curves north, and then use Dive on the brighter spot to resurface (circled below).

Step 5: Disembark from the water and take the first door to your left. Once inside the room, you’ll get a message that you’re being watched.

Step 6: In the northwest corner, you’ll find a bookcase – examine the left side of the bookcase (circled below).

After reading a passage about an Odd Keystone, you’ll get another message saying that you’re being watched.

Step 7: Save your game at this point!

Then open the Pokémon menu or your Bag, then exit out of it. Spiritomb will show up behind you.

Step 8: Capture Spiritomb, or just steal from it if you’d prefer.

But either way it will always be carrying a Smoke Ball.

Uses

The Smoke Ball enables its holder to successfully escape from any wild Pokémon encounter. Its effect is similar to the Ability Run Away.

Additionally, Smoke Balls allow a Pokémon to flee from trapping moves, such as Bind and Wrap, or Abilities that prevent running away, such as Trapinch’s Arena Trap.