About islands in ORAS?

Question

Hi, I was at the Mirage Island in Alpha Sapphire where Cobalion appears and I didn't have any Poke Balls, so I went to a city to buy some. When I was going back to the island, it was gone and I haven't seen that island after that. Can anyone help me with this? Does it appear again?

Comments

My best guess is to defeat the champion again, but there should be a way to make it appear sooner.

Answer 1

Pathless Plain (The island where you get Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion.) only appears while you are soaring if you have three Pokemon in your party with 510 EVs. When you went to buy Pokeballs, you might have changed your party so that there weren't three Pokemon with 510 EVs. So yes, the island does reappear, as long as you have three Pokemon with 510 EVs on your team.
(As Sumwun said, if you defeated Cobalion, you will probably have to defeat the champion again for it to reappear.)

Hope this helps!

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