How To Get the Pidgeotite (Intriguing Stone) in Pokémon ORAS

Mega Pidgeot in battle in Pokemon Omega Ruby

You will get the Intriguing Stone (which becomes the Pidgeotite) from a girl in Verdanturf Town after helping her find a lost Shroomish. Once you have the Intriguing Stone, take it to Mr. Stone in Rustboro City and he will reveal it as the Pidgeotite Mega Stone.

The Intriguing Stone becomes available when you first gain access to Verdanturf, so you can get it at any point after that.

This makes the Pidgeotite one of the earlier-game Mega Stones you can acquire.

Intriguing Stone Location (Step-by-Step)

Head over to Verdanturf Town to get started.

Step 1: Head south from the Verdanturf Pokémon Center.

Heading south from the Verdanturf Pokémon Center. / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Heading south from the Verdanturf Pokémon Center.

Step 2: Turn left once you reach the houses south of the Pokémon Center.

Turning left after reaching the houses south of the Pokémon Center. / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Turning left after reaching the houses south of the Pokémon Center.

Step 3: Keep moving left and talk to the girl standing near the sign board. She will ask for help finding her lost Shroomish.

Talking to the girl who is looking for a lost Shroomish. / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Talking to the girl who is looking for a lost Shroomish.

Step 4: Head back towards the Pokémon Center, but stop in front of the town’s sign board.

Heading back to the sign board in front of the Pokémon Center. / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Heading back to the sign board in front of the Pokémon Center.

Step 5: Check the sign board and the lost Shroomish will come out of hiding. Everything proceeds automatically from this point.

Checking the sign board in front of the Pokémon Center and finding the Shroomish. / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Checking the sign board in front of the Pokémon Center and finding the Shroomish.

Step 6: As a reward for helping her, the girl will give you the Intriguing Stone.

Obtaining the Intriguing Stone. / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Obtaining the Intriguing Stone.
Intriguing Stone item description. / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Intriguing Stone item description.

Getting the Pidgeotite (Step-by-Step)

After obtaining the Intriguing Stone, head over to Rustboro City (you can fly back or backtrack on your bicycle).

Step 1: Move north from the Rustboro Pokémon Center going up along the main street.

Heading north of the Pokémon Center. / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Heading north of the Pokémon Center.

Step 2: You’ll want to pass the first street, and then turn left at the second street (opposite side from the gym).

Heading past the first intersection, then turning left at the second. / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Heading past the first intersection, then turning left at the second.

Step 3: Keep heading left along the street towards the Devon Corp building.

Walking towards the Devon Corp building. / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Walking towards the Devon Corp building.

Step 4: Continue until the end of the street and then enter Devon Corp.

Arriving at the Devon Corp building in Rustboro. / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Arriving at the Devon Corp building in Rustboro.

Step 5: Once you’re inside, head to the staircase in the top-right corner.

Walking to the stairs on the first floor. / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Walking to the stairs on the first floor.

Step 6: Then on the second floor, head to the staircase in the top-left corner.

Walking to the stairs on the second floor. / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Walking to the stairs on the second floor.

Step 7: Now on the third floor, head to the right side of the room and talk to Mr. Stone. He will identify the Intriguing Stone as a Pidgeotite.

The Intriguing Stone will be removed from your key items section after this event, as it gets replaced by the Pidgeotite instead.

Talking to Mr. Stone in Devon’s building to obtain the Pidgeotite. / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Talking to Mr. Stone in Devon’s building to obtain the Pidgeotite.
Pidgeotite item description. / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Pidgeotite item description.

Using the Pidgeotite

Mega evolving a Pidgeot. / Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Mega evolving a Pidgeot.

Pidgeotite is a Mega Stone that you can equip to a Pidgeot in your party, and it will be able to evolve into Mega Pidgeot in battle.

These are Mega Pidgeot’s base stats:

HP 83
Attack 80
Defense 80
Sp. Attack 135
Sp. Defense 80
Speed 121

Mega Pidgeot gains the ability No Guard, which lets the Pokémon bypass accuracy checks. This gives Mega Pidgeot access to a STAB-boosted Hurricane that is always going to hit.

However, No Guard has a major drawback:

It also lets the opposing Pokémon ignore its own accuracy checks.

This makes Mega Pidgeot an easy target for low-accuracy moves like Stone Edge and Thunder.

So this can be worth using, but it really depends on your team setup.

With high Special Attack and Speed, Mega Pidgeot can act as a late sweeper on hyper-offense teams.

But on the other hand, Mega Pidgeot is extremely frail, and it has a distinct lack of coverage moves. With No Guard, Mega Pidgeot becomes an easy prey for Electric- and Rock-type Pokémon.

Fernando F.

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