____________________________________________________________________________| | TABLE OF CONTENTS |______________________________________________________|| || | 1. Introduction| | 2. Version History| | 3. Legal Stuff| | 4. World Map of Sinnoh| | 5. Walkthrough| || |___) 5.1. Coal Badge| |___)---- 5.1.1. Twinleaf Town| |___)---- 5.1.2. Route 201| |___)---- 5.1.3. Sandgem Town| |___)---- 5.1.4. Route 202| |___)---- 5.1.5. Jubilife City| |___)---- 5.1.6. Route 204| |___)---- 5.1.7. Route 203| |___)---- 5.1.8. Oreburgh Gate| |___)---- 5.1.9. Oreburgh City| |___)---- 5.1.10. Oreburgh Mine| |___)---- 5.1.11. Oreburgh Gym| || |___) 5.2. Forest Badge| |___)---- 5.2.1. Route 207| |___)---- 5.2.2. Jubilife City| |___)---- 5.2.3. Route 204| |___)---- 5.2.4. Floaroma Town| |___)---- 5.2.5. Route 205| |___)---- 5.2.6. Valley Windworks| |___)---- 5.2.7. Floaroma Meadow| |___)---- 5.2.8. Valley Windworks| |___)---- 5.2.9. Route 205| |___)---- 5.2.10. Eterna Forest| |___)---- 5.2.11. Route 205| |___)---- 5.2.12. Eterna City| |___)---- 5.2.13. Route 211 (West)| |___)---- 5.2.14. Eterna Gym| || |___) 5.3. Cobble Badge| |___)---- 5.3.1. Galactic Eterna Building| |___)---- 5.3.2. Cycling Road| |___)---- 5.3.3. Route 206| |___)---- 5.3.4. Route 207| |___)---- 5.3.5. Mt. Coronet| |___)---- 5.3.6. Route 208| |___)---- 5.3.7. Hearthome City| |___)---- 5.3.8. Amity Square| |___)---- 5.3.9. Route 209| |___)---- 5.3.10. Lost Tower

| |___)---- 5.3.11. Solaceon Town| |___)---- 5.3.12. Route 210| |___)---- 5.3.13. Route 215| |___)---- 5.3.14. Veilstone City| |___)---- 5.3.15. Veilstone Gym| || |___) 5.4. Fen Badge| |___)---- 5.4.1. Veilstone City| |___)---- 5.4.2. Route 212| |___)---- 5.4.3. Route 212 (Rainy Area)| |___)---- 5.4.4. Pastoria City| |___)---- 5.4.5. Pastoria Gym| || |___) 5.5. Relic Badge| |___)---- 5.5.1. Pastoria City| |___)---- 5.5.2. Route 213| |___)---- 5.5.3. Valor Lakefront| |___)---- 5.5.4. Route 214| |___)---- 5.5.5. Route 210| |___)---- 5.5.6. Route 210 (Foggy Area)| |___)---- 5.5.7. Celestic Town| |___)---- 5.5.8. Route 211 (East)| |___)---- 5.5.9. Hearthome Gym| || |___) 5.6. Mine Badge| |___)---- 5.6.1. Route 218| |___)---- 5.6.2. Canalave City| |___)---- 5.6.3. Canalave Gym| || |___) 5.7. Icicle Badge| |___)---- 5.7.1. Mt. Coronet| |___)---- 5.7.2. Route 216| |___)---- 5.7.3. Route 217| |___)---- 5.7.4. Acuity Lakefront| |___)---- 5.7.5. Snowpoint City| |___)---- 5.7.6. Snowpoint Gym| || |___) 5.8. Beacon Badge| |___)---- 5.8.1. Canalave City| |___)---- 5.8.2. Lake Valor| |___)---- 5.8.3. Lake Verity| |___)---- 5.8.4. Lake Acuity| |___)---- 5.8.5. Veilstone City| |___)---- 5.8.6. Galactic Veilstone Building| |___)---- 5.8.7. Mt. Coronet| |___)---- 5.8.8. Mt. Coronet| |___)---- 5.8.9. Lake Verity| |___)---- 5.8.10. Lake Valor| |___)---- 5.8.11. Lake Acuity| |___)---- 5.8.12. Route 222| |___)---- 5.8.13. Sunyshore City

| |___)---- 5.8.14. Sunyshore Gym| || |___) 5.9. The Pokemon League| |___)---- 5.9.1. Route 223| |___)---- 5.9.2. Victory Road| |___)---- 5.9.3. The Pokemon League| || | 6. Post-Game and Optional Areas| |___) 6.1. Receiving the National Dex| |___)---- 6.1.1. Twinleaf Town| |___)---- 6.1.2. Celestic Town| |___)---- 6.1.3. Sandgem Town| || |___) 6.2. The Pal Park| |___)---- 6.2.1. Route 219| |___)---- 6.2.2. Route 220| |___)---- 6.2.3. Route 221| |___)---- 6.2.4. Pal Park| || |___) 6.3. The Battle Zone (aka Northeast Island)| |___)---- 6.3.1. Fight Area| |___)---- 6.3.2. Battle Park| |___)---- 6.3.3. Route 225| |___)---- 6.3.4. Survival Area| |___)---- 6.3.5. Route 226| |___)---- 6.3.6. Route 227| |___)---- 6.3.7. Stark Mountain| |___)---- 6.3.8. Route 228| |___)---- 6.3.9. Route 229| |___)---- 6.3.10. Resort Area| |___)---- 6.3.11. Route 230| || |___) 6.4. Catching Cresselia| |___)---- 6.4.1. Canalave City| |___)---- 6.4.2. Fullmoon Isle| || |___) 6.5. Giratina and the Turnback Cave| |___)---- 6.5.1. Route 214| |___)---- 6.5.2. Spring Path| |___)---- 6.5.3. Turnback Cave| || |___) 6.6. Regigigas and Snowpoint Temple| |___)---- 6.6.1. Snowpoint City| |___)---- 6.6.2. Snowpoint Temple| || |___) 6.7. Old Chateau| |___)---- 6.7.1. Before National Dex| |___)---- 6.7.2. After National Dex| || |___) 6.8. Wayward Cave| |___)---- 6.8.1. Main Room

| |___)---- 6.8.2. Basement| || |___) 6.9. Solaceon Ruins| || |___) 6.10. Pokemon Mansion and Trophy Garden| |___)---- 6.10.1. Before National Dex| |___)---- 6.10.2. After National Dex| || |___) 6.11. Pastoria Great Marsh Game| |___)---- 6.11.1. Before National Dex| |___)---- 6.11.2. After National Dex| || |___) 6.12. Fuego Ironworks| || |___) 6.13. Iron Island| || | 7. Finding and Evolving specific Pokemon| |___) 7.1. "Freebie" Pokemon| |___)---- 7.1.1. Turtwig, Chimchar, and Piplup| |___)---- 7.1.2. Happiny| |___)---- 7.1.3. Riolu and Lucario| |___)---- 7.1.4. Manaphy| |___)---- 7.1.5. Eevee| || |___) 7.2. Rare and Legendary Pokemon| |___)---- 7.2.1. Drifloon| |___)---- 7.2.2. Spiritomb| |___)---- 7.2.3. Dialga and Palkia| |___)---- 7.2.4. Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf| |___)---- 7.2.5. Rotom| |___)---- 7.2.6. Heatran| |___)---- 7.2.7. Regigigas| |___)---- 7.2.8. Giratina| |___)---- 7.2.9. Cresselia| |___)---- 7.2.10. Phione| |___)---- 7.2.11. Darkrai, Shaymin, and Arceus| || |___) 7.3. Honey Tree Pokemon| |___) 7.4. Pokeradar Pokemon| |___) 7.5. GBA Slot Pokemon| |___) 7.6. Swarm Pokemon| || |___) 7.7. Evolving certain Pokemon| |___)---- 7.7.1. Evolving Pokemon by Happiness| |___)---- 7.7.2. Combee to Vespiquen| |___)---- 7.7.3. Aipom to Ambipom| |___)---- 7.7.4. Bonsly to Sudowoodo, Mime Jr. to Mr. Mime| |___)---- 7.7.5. Happiny to Chansey| |___)---- 7.7.6. Riolu to Lucario, Chingling to Chimecho| |___)---- 7.7.7. Feebas to Milotic| |___)---- 7.7.8. Sneasel to Weavile

| |___)---- 7.7.9. Magneton to Magnezone, Nosepass to Probopass| |___)---- 7.7.10. Lickitung to Lickilicky| |___)---- 7.7.11. Rhydon to Rhyperior| |___)---- 7.7.12. Tangrowth, Yanmega, and Mamoswine| |___)---- 7.7.13. Electabuzz to Electivire, Magmar to Magmortar| |___)---- 7.7.14. Eevee to Leafeon, Eevee to Glaceon| |___)---- 7.7.15. Gligar to Gliscor| |___)---- 7.7.16. Porygon2 to PorygonZ| |___)---- 7.7.17. Kirlia to Gallade, Snorunt to Froslass| |___)---- 7.7.18. Dusclops to Dusknoir| || | 8. Useful Lists| |___) 8.1. Item Locations| |___) 8.2. Key Item Locations| |___) 8.3. TMs and HM Locations| |___) 8.4. Poketch Applications| |___) 8.5. Places and People of Interest| |___) 8.6. Locations of Pokemon for the Sinnoh Dex| |___) 8.7. English / Japanese Pokemon Names| || | 9. Miscellaneous Stuff| |___) 9.1. Trading over Wi-Fi| |___) 9.2. GTS - Global Trading Station (Coming soon!)| |___) 9.3. Sinnoh Underground (Coming soon!)| |___) 9.4. Pokemon Super Contests| || | 10. Frequently Asked Questions| | 11. Contact Info| | 12. End Credits| |__________________________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________________________|| Hint: To jump to a section, select the section number (4.1.2., for example)|| and press CTRL + C, then CTRL + F, and then type "s" and press || CTRL + V, then hit the enter key and you'll be taken to the section! |'____________________________________________________________________________'

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Hello! This is the second FAQ that I am publishing to GameFAQs (and to anyother sites whom have received my permission to use this FAQ). I have beensuper enthusiastic about the new Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl games thatwere released in Japan recently since the day they came out. I have beenworking dilligently on trying to acquire as much information as possible aboutthe two games, and now, I have decided that it is time to work on writing agood Walkthrough for the two games.

Now that the games are released in English, I will be going through and tryingto localize all of the names and stuff to keep them current with the Englishversion, instead of the Japanese version. I may miss a few things here andthere, so if you see a funny name that doesn't sound familiar, it means I justmissed it while going through and changing things.

THIS IS NOT A SPOILER-FREE WALKTHROUGH! In fact, this Walkthrough will haveasmany spoilers as possible!

You will not find any pictures (for obvious reasons) or stats on the Pokemonin this guide.

For pictures of the new Pokemon, you can check out: http://pokemon.marriland.com/diamond_pearl/new_pictures/

Also, since making a text-based Pokedex out of my existing Pokedex just isn'ttime-sensible, you can view my D/P Pokedex on my site, at the following page: http://pokemon.marriland.com/diamond_pearl/pokedex/

And since I'm already going link crazy, a video walkthrough - for those of youthat like seeing stuff in action - is being worked on, as are tutorials on howto catch certain Pokemon or do certain things. Check 'em out here: http://pokemon.marriland.com/diamond_pearl/videos/

Lastly, a stylized Walkthrough, written by me and improved from this one, canbe found here: http://www.mycheats.com/view/superguide/17032/pokemon_diamond_pearl_/

With that being said, please do enjoy the Walkthrough I have written. I hope

it helps you out through the game, or, if you do not own the game and merelywish to take a peek at what the game is all about!

Also, please do keep in mind that this guide was written for Pokemon Diamond.The only real differences that you will find in this guide if you're playingPokemon Pearl is that the wild Pokemon in some areas may be different, andyou will catch Palkia instead of Dialga. I will eventually make the guidefully compatible with Pearl and point out all of the differences, but for nowjust bear with me.

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Version 2.50 (5/12/07 - 654KB) - I added completely accurate attacks for each and every Pokemon for each Gym Leader, Commander, and other big battles of importance. Now you will be able to see exactly what each big foe has in their arsenal! - I FIXED MY E-MAIL, PRAISES BE! I'm really sorry about my e-mail being down for, like, almost 2 weeks. There was some wacky setting in my site's configuration that I didn't have a clue about, but I finally figured it out, woohoo! If you tried to send a message and got some freaky 550 relay not permitted message, you can now send your message to me and I should be able to receive it without any problems. - Just because my e-mail is fixed doesn't mean I'll be able to respond to the 80 - 100 e-mails I'm getting a day, though... heh heh... - In fact, I updated my Contact Info section to help explain things better. - Fixed a ton of typoes, clarified some things, and axed more Japanese names. - Added a list of all of the items you can buy with your BP in the Battle Park section (section 6.3.2.). - Updated the TM list so it is now complete. - Changed the name of Northeast Island to Battle Zone, since I guess that's

what it's called now. - Fixed some info about getting to Giratina (it's still kinda vague), and also added more info about the Resort Area. - I'm starting to run out of things to update. I guess next up would be coverage on Route 224, and then I get to PLAY SOME MINIGAMES! D:

Version 2.00 (5/4/07 - 630KB) - I'm pretty sure I have nailed 99% of the Japanese names now. - Added a section on Regigigas and Rotom. - Did a lot of reorganizing, merging the Post-Game and Optional Areas into one whole section, and then added a section showing you where to find specific Pokemon, just because a lot of you don't know how to press CTRL + F to find things (or because I didn't list them, heh heh). - Revamped the Pastoria Great Marsh section a bit. - Tons of typoes and corrections fixed throughout the Walkthrough. - Added Poketch Apps #6, #17, #18, and #19. Also listed #21 - #25. - ACCURATE ENCOUNTER TABLES ARE NOW UP! These should be 100% accurate, and completely compatible with both Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl. - Apparently my e-mail was down for a few days while I was working on getting a second server. If you sent anything and weren't able to get it through, you have my apologies. I am working on resolving this problemas quickly as possible, so if you are still getting error messages, just try again in a day or two, or contact me using my contact form, which can be found in the Contact Info section (section 11.). - I have gotten so many e-mails (especially while the dp@ e-mail address was working) since the release of Diamond and Pearl that it's insane! I apologize if I haven't been able to respond to your e-mail, but I'm literally getting 50 - 80 a day. I'm glad that you all like my Walkthrough so much, though, and I try to answer whatever questions I can! Just know that I'm pretty darn busy now...

Version 1.80 (4/24/07 - 543KB) - 90 to 95% of all names should now be current with the English version of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl. This Walkthrough is now officially for the English version! - I probably missed a few, though. No need to point them out; just work with them for now. - I'll go through and make corrections to the guide as I play through the game. - Ported the Walkthrough to a really spiffy HTML version, over at

http://www.mycheats.com/view/superguide/17032/pokemon_diamond_pearl_/ complete with screenshots and stuff that can't be in a simple text file. But this text version will still be updated because it's portable. - Added the effects to some of the items. - Removed the Translation Guide section because it was no longer necessary. That's why the filesize dropped by 10KB. - Version 2.00 will be when this guide is 100% complete for the English version.

Version 1.30 (3/19/07 - 553KB) - Replaced ALL of the Pokemon names with their confirmed English names. - Updated some other names, such as Team Galaxy to Team Galactic, the Poke Watch to the Poketch, and probably another here and there. - Corrected Heatran's attack list. It has Scary Face, not Mean Look. - Made a lot of miscellaneous updates to various sections while I went through the list. - Fixed various typoes. - Added some new questions to the Frequently Asked Questions section. - Finally added a list of where you can find every single Pokemon for your Sinnoh Dex! This can be found in section 8.6.! Right now, it just shows the locations of the Pokemon for Trainers, but I might later extend it to show where you can actually catch the Pokemon. - Also added a English / Japanese name conversion section so you can see both the English and Japanese names for each Pokemon to help avoid some confusion while you adjust to the English names. - Changed nearly all of the wild Pokemon encounter tables so they show an accurate percentage of encounter instead of just an estimated rarity. It only shows the frequency for encountering Pokemon in the daytime for now, although future updates should have the other two times as well, in addition to Surfing encounters and the encounter rates for all three of the Rods.

Version 1.00 (1/16/07 - 528KB) - Yes, after over two months, I finally have an update - one that I deem "completes" the Walkthrough. - The entire Northeast Island section has been added and covered (sections 6.3.1. to 6.3.11.). - Updated sections 7.4. (Pokemon Mansion & Proud Garden) and 7.6. (Safari

Zone) to include a little information about there being more Pokemon that you can catch after obtaining the National Dex. (I still need to add how to get Rotomu to the Forest Manor section, I know.) - Added some info on the Pokemon Super Contests. - Updated the lists of locations and items to reflect the new additions. - Made a whole ton of assorted other updates over the past two months that I can't really remember them all. - DIAMOND AND PEARL WILL BE RELEASED IN THE USA ON APRIL 22nd, 2007!! - Changed some of the names to reflect the revealed English names. Professor Nanakamado to Professor Rowan, Futaba Town to Twinleaf Town, and Perap to Chatot. - Fixed several typoes (calling Rock Climb "Rock Slide" NUMEROUS times throughout the walkthrough ... shame on me!) - Probably other stuff I'm forgetting that you'll just have to hunt down!

Version 0.95 (11/8/06 - 460KB) - Did some reorganizing of the different sections, now dedicating section 6. to Post-Game, section 7. to Optional Areas, section 8. to Useful Lists, and the sections afterward have just been post-incremented by 2to reflect the new additions. - Added many of the Post-Game events, covering sections 6.1. to 6.5. and all subsections, except for 6.3. Still have a lot of Post-Game stuff to write about, though... - Most likely going to merge Post-Game and Optional Areas into one section later on, since several of the Optional Areas are much, much more interesting after completing the game and unlocking the National Dex, however they aren't exactly Post-Game because you can access them early on. Hmm, decisions, decisions... - Added the Useful Lists section which has an easy to read listing of all of the Held Items, Key Items, TMs/HMs, Poketch Applications, and important places and people. Hopefully this will help answer everyone's questions before they are asked, plus it saves you the time of having to wade through the Walkthrough to find what you are looking for. - Fixed a few typoes here and there. - I feel so sad only adding .05 to the version number after adding almost 100KB of content. Ugh. I'm going to mark this as "complete" and make it version 1.00 in the next update, where I cover the northeast island.

Version 0.90 (10/30/06 - 370KB) - Covered sections 5.9.1. (Route 223) through 5.9.3. (The Pokemon League). Doesn't seem like a lot, but it really was. - Also added section 5.9.0. to list all of the optional areas you can revisit now that you can use Waterfall. - Added Route 210 to the list of locations that you can visit after you can use Rock Climb (see section 5.8.0.). - The Walkthrough now covers from the beginning of the game to the end! Not going to mark it as complete just yet, though. I'm going to add all of the Post-Game events first. - Renamed section 2. to "Version History & Future Updates" so I can put all of the updates I have planned for this Walkthrough in here as well. - Added two more credits to section 9. - Oops, I realized I forgot to update the version number in the last update, ha ha ha, silly me, I knew that would happen eventually.

Version 0.80 (10/25/06 - 331KB) - Covered sections 5.8.1. (Mio City) through 5.8.14. (Nagisa Gym). This took close to forever due to all of the events that happen in this part of the game. - Added Cave of Doubt (Secret Area) to the Optional Areas (section 6.8.). - Added a ASCII-rendition of the World Map to the Translation Guide (in section 4.). - Fixed numerous things throughout the Walkthrough based on information that was either sent in via e-mail or checked on my Pearl version's playthrough. - Did some slight graphical updates on the Walkthrough, changing the section headers and such to a new look. - Added another site to the list of sites able to use this Walkthrough. - Ran out of time to add more questions to the Frequently Asked Questions section of this guide. Oh well, I'll try do that in the next update. - Added two new bits to the Credits section.

Version 0.70 (10/18/06 - 262KB) - Covered sections 5.7.1. (Tengan Mountain) through 5.7.6. (Kissaki Gym). - Renamed "Royal Relic" to "Tengan Mountain" to help avoid confusion and remain more consistant in the recognized names for things. - Added Route 211 (West) to section 5.2. as 5.2.13., and reordered Hakutai Gym as 5.2.14. - Added a bit about the Ruin Maniac's Grotto in Route 214 (section 5.5.4.).

Version 0.60 (10/17/06 - 238KB) - Covered sections 5.6.1. (Route 218) through 5.6.3. (Mio Gym). - Added Steel Island to the Optional Areas (section 6.7.). - Finally designed an AWESOME logo for the Walkthrough in ASCII! Woohoo! - Fixed, like, one or two typoes.

Version 0.50 (10/16/06 - 216KB) - Covered sections 5.5.1. (Nomose City) through 5.5.9. (Yosuga Gym). Also covered all of the optional things you can do after you can use Surf in section 5.6.0. - Added Tatara Ironworks to the Optional Areas (section 6.6.). - Added the location of some items, as well as Pokemon to catch to older sections that I missed before. - Fixed the location of the Move Relearner. - Fixed a lot of typoes. I am ALWAYS getting Kotobuki and Kurogane City mixed up. Argh! - Also added ASCII for the Japanese "Yes" and "No" to the Translation section. - Decided to up the version number a whole .2 points instead of .1 due to the fact that I've gotta be at least half way through, plus a lot of extra areas are covered. 0.40 just didn't seem to do it justice.

Version 0.30 (10/15/06 - 166KB) - Covered sections 5.4.1. (Tobari City) through 5.4.5. (Nomose Gym). - Replaced section 5.A. with 5.4., since that is where you're supposed to go (as I thought). The Pokemon Mansion and Proud Garden sections have been moved to the Optional Areas (section 6.4.). - Added the Zui Ruins, Pokemon Mansion and Proud Garden, and the Safari Zone to the Optional Areas. - Included where to get the Raising Checker Poketch Application in the Zui Town section, as a note. (You get it after hatching 5 Eggs.) - Fixed a few more typoes. - Added another Frequently Asked Question.

Version 0.20 (10/11/06 - 147KB) - Covered sections 5.3.10. (Lost Tower) through 5.3.15. (Tobari Gym). - I can't believe it took me two days just to get from one town to another. I guess it makes sense seeing as I'm a total information geek and haveto explore every single area before I progress to the next one. I mean, my play time was at 27:00+ when I got my third badge, ugh! Enough ranting! - Fixed Hyouta's gender... Sorry, but he looked like a girl. Now he's just

one of many feminine men in Pokemon... with a hardhat! - Updated a few things earlier in the FAQ. Also changed 5.3.10. from Zui Town to the Lost Tower and changed Zui Town to 5.3.11., because you can go to the Tower that early and you might as well pick up HM04 while you are in the area rather than forget later. - Added another question to the Frequently Asked Questions.

Version 0.13 (10/9/06 - 111KB) - Covered sections 5.3.1 (Hakutai City) through 5.3.9 (Route 209). - Added the Optional Areas section along with the optional areas "Forest Manor" and "Cave of Doubt", both of which seem to be optional at this point. - Fixed a few minor errors throughout the guide. (I mean, come on, it said that Version 0.10 was made in 10/4/05, haha! My bad!) - Added a link to the pictures and Pokedex, since a lot of people want to see that stuff anyway. - Added some commonly asked questions to the Frequently Asked Questions section. - Allowed two new sites usage of using this FAQ.

Version 0.10 (10/7/06) - Initial release of the Walkthrough. Setting version # at 0.10 since I am, by my estimations, roughly 10% through writing the Walkthrough part. - Only the Walkthrough is available for the time being. Other sections will follow in later releases. - Covered sections 5.1.1 (Twinleaf Town) through 5.2.13 (Hakutai City Gym).

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This is an ASCII representation of the world of Sinnoh. These are all of thelocations that can be seen by using the Town Map, so if you need to know thetranslation of a location, use this map in conjunction with your Town Map tofigure things out.

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`~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.0.0. Getting Started |________________________________________________)

At the beginning of a new game, you will be greeted by Professor Rowan. He willthen let you ask him questions about the game controls, but since it is allinJapanese, you will probably just want to select the third option down. If youdo find yourself in one of the first two options, keep in mind that whenever itshows the red DS symbol inside of the text on-screen, you will need to (or,often times, simply have the option to) use the touch screen to make aselection.

He will then explain to you about Pokemon, and will instruct you to open aPoke Ball. A Poke Ball will appear on the touch screen. Simply touch thecenter of it, and a Munchlax will pop out. After putting the Munchlax away,you will be able to choose whether to play as a Male or Female character. Justhighlight the one you want to play as and press A. It makes no significantimpact on the gameplay and is merely personal preference (to my knowledge).(For the sake of this Walkthrough, I am going to assume that you are playingas a Male character.) You will then be prompted to enter a name, which can beup to 7 letters, numbers, or symbols.

After entering your name, your "rival" will be shown on screen and you willbeprompted to give him a name as well. Same rules apply, except there aredifferent default names for him. For the sake of this walkthough, I am goingto refer to him as Rival. Yeah, pretty original nickname for him, huh?

You will then be shrunk into the game, and your journey will begin. _____________________________________________________________________________/ | s5.1. Coal Badge | /`-'------------------'------------------------------------------------------`

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.1.1. Twinleaf Town |__________________________________________________)

There will be a news article on TV about a Red Gyarados in some mountain. Butthe news article will then end, and you will have control over your character.Notice the Wii in your room. Game Freak and Nintendo are such teases! Proceedto head down the stairs where you will be greeted by your Mother. She willinstruct you to go and see Rival. On your way out, she'll say something else.Leave the house and make your way to the northeastern-most house and Rivalwill pop out of the door. He'll start to run off, but must have forgottensomething as he heads back inside. Go in after him, heading up to the secondfloor, and he'll leave.

Go north, up to Route 201, and you'll find Rival. He'll talk about the RedGyarados on TV and will follow you. Take him over to the west (you can't goeast yet), in to the forest. If you want to save before picking your starterPokemon (for trying to get a certain gender, positive stats, shiny, etc), doso before entering the forest.

Inside of the forest, by the lake, you will see Professor Rowan and Dawn.After some dialogue between them, they'll notice the two of you, and will thenleave. However, the Professor forgot his suitcase, as you and Rival quicklydiscover. As you approach it, though, you are attacked by some wild Pokemon!

Now is the time that you'll be able to choose your Starting Pokemon, so choosewisely!

.----------------------------.| TURTWIG (Turtle) GRASS |'--.-------------------------`._________________________________ | Turtwig, the Turtle Pokemon, is a pretty solid choice. It | | has great Defense and Attack, although it is pretty slow. | | Fortunately, it will be able to take hits throughout the | | game, which is a good thing. It learns Razor Leaf pretty | | early on, too, giving it a nice offensive attack. Later | | on, Turtwig will eventually evolve into Grotle, followed | | by Torterra, which is Grass / Ground and capable of | | unleashing Earthquake. |

.----------------------------.__________________________________|| CHIMCHAR (Monkey) FIRE |'--.-------------------------`._________________________________ | Chimchar, the Monkey Pokemon, is all about doing damage. | | It learns a wide variety of various Physical-based attacks | | and it has the Attack stat to use them fairly well. | | Although it may have difficulty with the first Gym, it | | will prove to be a strong fighter during the rest of your | | journey. When Chimchar evolves into Monferno at Level 14, | | it will become part Fighting-type as well and will start | | learning Fighting-type moves to utilize its second type. | | Its final form, Infernape, is also part Fighting-type, and | | is also quite fast to boot. |.----------------------------.__________________________________|| PIPLUP (Penguin) WATER |'--.-------------------------`._________________________________ | Piplup, the Penguin Pokemon, is, unfortunately, not that | | great early on in the game. It doesn't learn any strong | | moves until Bubblebeam, which is Level 24 at it's second | | stage. However, its forms have good Special Attack, and | | its final Evolution, Empoleon, is part Metal-type, making | | it resistant to most any attacks. | |____________________________________________________________|

You will have to fight against a Level 2 Starly. Just keep using yourPokemon's first attack and you will win. Rival will take the Pokemon that youare weak to.

Afterward, Dawn will return and take back the suitcase. Leave the forest, andthen you and Rival will run into Dawn and the Professor again. He will noticethat the two Pokemon that are missing, but will then leave and Dawn willfollow, telling you to come to the lab in Sandgem Town. You will then be takenback home, and your Mother will tell you to go to Sandgem Town, followed bygiving you the Running Shoes. Now you can hold in B while moving to run,woohoo! ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.1.2. Route 201 |______________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Starly | NRM / FLY | 2, 3 | 50% | 50% | 40% | | Bidoof | NRM | 2, 3 | 50% | 50% | 60% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|

Return to Route 201, although this time you can actually proceed east, throughthe tall grass. Do so, and make your way east bound until you get to SandgemTown. I would also recommend fighting 2 or 3 battles to get up to Level 6. Ifyour HP gets below 10, you should return back to your house and speak withyour Mother to heal your Pokemon. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.1.3. Sandgem Town |___________________________________________________)

Upon arriving in Sandgem Town, Dawn will be waiting for you there, and shewill lead you to the Professor's Lab. Rival will then walk out just then andwill run off. Dawn will take you inside. Inside, after a bit of talking, theProfessor will decide to give you the Pokemon you chose. You can then give ita nickname, if you desire. Eventually, he will ask you if you want to travelthroughout Sinnoh and catalog information on the different Pokemon in it. Sayyes, and you will receive the Pokedex. After some more dialogue, Dawn willreceive the remaining starter Pokemon.

Leave the building, and then Dawn will take you around the town, showing youthe different features (such as the Pokemon Center and Poke Mart). She'll thenhead north, up to Route 202, and won't let you pass.

Return back to your house and speak with your Mother. She'll heal yourPokemon, and will then give you the Note. Lots more dialgoue here, followedbyRival's mother walking in, eventually giving you another key item (Parcel).She will tell you to go to Jubilife City to give it to Rival. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.1.4. Route 202 |______________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Shinx | ELC | 3, 4 | 30% | 30% | 30% |

| Bidoof | NRM | 2, 3, 4 | 30% | 30% | 30% | | Starly | NRM / FLY | 2, 3, 4 | 30% | 40% | 20% | | Kricketot | BUG | 3, 4 | 10% | 0% | 20% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Youngster ($ 80 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Starly | NRM / FLY | L 5 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Lass ($ 48 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Bidoof | NRM | L 3 | F | | Bidoof | NRM | L 3 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Youngster ($ 48 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Shinx | ELC | L 5 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Potion |`-------| | '-----------------'

Make your way back to Route 202 where Dawn was, and she'll show you how tocatch Pokemon. After she catches a Bidoof, she will give you 5 Poke Balls. Iwould recommend buying five more, though, just in case, as well as 3 or soPotions (for when it gets rough).

Whenever you're done catching some Pokemon, continue past where Dawn was andyou'll have to start fighting Trainers along your path. The first one willonly have a Level 5 Starly and is pretty easy. Battle your way through theother two Trainers, and you will eventually reach Jubilife City. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.1.5. Jubilife City |__________________________________________________)

When you arrive, Dawn will tell you how many Pokemon you've caught and willtell you to visit the Trainer School. She says that Rival is there. Then, sheleaves.

The Trainer School is the house right to the left of the Pokemon Center.Enter, and then talk to Rival. You'll give him the Parcel and inside it will

be 2 Town Maps. He decides to give you the second one. He then sets his sightsfor Oreburgh City to go to the Gym there. He'll say some other stuff, and thenleave. While you're in the Pokemon School, you can fight the two Trainers onthe blue carpet if you want some EXP. __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| School Boy ($ 120 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Abra | PSY | L 6 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| School Girl ($ 120 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Abra | PSY | L 6 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

The Abras both know only Hidden Power and shouldn't be too difficult for anyof your Pokemon at Level 8 or above. You can talk to the boy after battlingboth of the two to receive TM10 (Hidden Power).

As you try and go past the School, a man in a suit will approach you and willtell you that he'll give you a Poketch (short for Poke Watch) if you can bringhim three coupons. He'll also tell you that there are three campaign clownsintown, and each of them has a coupon.

The clowns are wearing a yellow outfit, with a yellow hat that has two littlewhite balls on the top of it. Each jester will ask you a trivia question. Theycan be found in the following locations:

- Behind the Pokemon Center- Outside of the Poketch Company (west side of town)- In front of the TV Station (north side of town)

Answer yes to any of their questions and you'll receive one of three PoketchCoupons.

Once you have all 3 coupons, return to the man (he will be standing by thePokemon Center) and he will give you the Poketch. The Poketch has some prettyhandy features that are covered in the Poketch section of this guide.

You can get the Old Rod right now if you head west past the Poketch Company

and talk to the Fisherman in the building. Answer Yes and he'll give you theOld Rod, which you can use to catch things like... Magikarp. To fish, just usethe Old Rod near a body of water and wait until a "!" appears over your head.When the "!" appears, press the A button, and you'll start the battle. You cantry it out by exiting the building onto Route 218, although there really isn'tanything else there other than a dock ... for now.

Anyway, if you want to get in a little extra training, go north of JubilifeCity to Route 204. Otherwise, now that you have the Poketch, head east toRoute 203. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.1.6. Route 204 |______________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Starly | NRM / FLY | 4, 6 | 25% | 35% | 25% | | Bidoof | NRM | 4, 6 | 25% | 25% | 25% | | Budew | GRS / PSN | 4, 5 | 25% | 25% | 15% | | Kricketot | BUG | 4 | 10% | 0% | 10% | | Shinx | ELC | 4, 5 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 4 | 0% | 0% | 10% |,--------------.|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| Ravaged Path |_(Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely])___/ Frequency \`--.-----------'| Types | Levels |Morn.| Day |Night| | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 4, 5, 6 | 78% | 78% | 78% | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 5 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Psyduck | WTR | 5 | 2% | 2% | 2% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Lass ($ 112 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Bidoof | NRM | L 7 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Youngster ($ 80 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Magikarp | WAT | L 5 | M | | Starly | NRM / FLY | L 5 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Lass ($ 112 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Budew | GRS / PSN | L 7 | F |

`--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | Parlyz Heal |`-------| Antidote | '-----------------'

You can catch Budew, a Grass/Poison-type Pokemon, in the fields here. If youstarted with Chimchar, I strongly recommend catching one and training it soitlearns Absorb. It will come in handy later, trust me. There's also threeTrainers to battle to help you get money and EXP, so help yourself. If you goinside of the cave to the back, you can pick up a Antidote, and can also fightGeodudes and Zubats. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.1.7. Route 203 |______________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Starly | NRM / FLY | 4, 5, 6 | 35% | 45% | 25% | | Shinx | ELC | 4, 5 | 25% | 25% | 25% | | Kricketot | BUG | 4 | 10% | 0% | 10% | | Bidoof | NRM | 4, 5, 6 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Abra | PSY | 4, 5 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 5 | 0% | 0% | 10% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Pokemon Trainer Rival ($ 900 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Starly | NRM / FLY | L 7 | M | | | | | | | - If you picked Turtwig: - | | Chimchar | FIR | L 9 | M | | | | | | | - If you picked Chimchar: - | | Piplup | WAT | L 9 | M | | | | | | | - If you picked Piplup: - | | Turtwig | GRS | L 9 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Youngster ($ 80 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Bidoof | NRM | L 5 | M | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | L 5 | M |

.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Youngster ($ 112 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Kricketot | BUG | L 7 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Lass ($ 64 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Bidoof | NRM | L 4 | F | | Budew | GRS / PSN | L 4 | F | | Starly | NRM / FLY | L 4 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Youngster ($ 112 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Machop | FTG | L 7 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Lass ($ 80 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Starly | NRM / FLY | L 5 | F | | Bidoof | NRM | L 5 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | Poke Ball |`-------| Repel | '-----------------'

As you enter Route 203, you'll run into Rival, who will challenge you to abattle. He will use a L7 Starly and then a L9 of the Pokemon that he startedwith. The Starly should be pretty easy, although the starter can be a bitmore challenging. If you picked Piplup, you're probably not going to behaving a fun time against the Turtwig he will use since it likes to useWithdraw a lot. A Starly of your own at Level 9 or higher (for Wing Attack)is a good way to counter that.

After beating him, he will run off toward Oreburgh City to try and challengethe Gym Leader there.

Now, there's quite a few Trainers to fight along the way. They're all prettyeasy, though, but will give some good EXP for your Pokemon, so I wouldrecommend fighting all that you can, running back to the Pokemon Center incase you get weak.

Make your way through the Trainers and you'll find a cave entrance. If youdon't have any Water- or Grass-type attacks in your Pokemon move pool, youshould definitely go back and heal before you enter. I'd recommend doing thatanyway, just to be on the safe side. There be Trainers in the tunnel!

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.1.8. Oreburgh Gate |__________________________________________________) ___________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely]) _________________| First Floor |__________________________________/ Frequency \`--.----------' | Types | Levels |Morn.| Day |Night| | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | 80% | 80% | 80% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 6 | 20% | 20% | 20% |,----------.____|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| Basement |_(Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely])_______/ Frequency \`--.-------' | Types | Levels |Morn.| Day |Night| | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 8, 9, 10 | 60% | 60% | 60% | | Psyduck | WTR | 8, 9, 10 | 30% | 30% | 30% | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 9 | 10% | 10% | 10% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Camper ($ 112 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Shinx | ELC | L 7 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Picnicker ($ 80 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Budew | GRS / PSN | L 5 | F | | Psyduck | WAT | L 5 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | HM06 |`-------| (Rock Smash) | '-----------------'

When you enter the tunnel, the Hiker by the entrance will notice your PokeWatch and will give you HM06 (Rock Smash). He'll tell you about HMs and such,and will let you know that you have to beat the Oreburgh Gym Leader in orderto use it out of battle.

Proceed to fight your way through the two Trainers inside of the cave, thenexit. You'll be coming back here soon enough. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.1.9. Oreburgh City |__________________________________________________)

As you enter Town, a Youngster will show you to the Gym, where Rival will beat. He'll tell you that you're too late to see the Gym Leader and that he wentdown to the Oreburgh Coal Mine.

You can get a Great Ball if you talk to a Youngster in the upstairs of one ofthe buildings. You can also get a Super Potion if you talk to the guy with theMachop near the entrance to the Mine.

Whenever you're ready, head to the southern end of the town and enter theMine. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.1.10. Oreburgh Mine |_________________________________________________) ___________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely]) _________________| First Floor |__________________________________/ Frequency \`--.----------' | Types | Levels |Morn.| Day |Night| | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 5, 6, 7, 9 | 70% | 70% | 70% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 7 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Onix | RCK / GRD | 8 | 10% | 10% | 10% |,----------.____|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| Basement |_(Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely])_______/ Frequency \`--.-------' | Types | Levels |Morn.| Day |Night| | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 6, 7, 8, 10 | 70% | 70% | 70% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 8 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Onix | RCK / GRD | 9 | 10% | 10% | 10% | `------------'-----------'--------------------'-----'-----'-----' __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Worker ($ 280 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L 7 | M | | Onix | RCK / GRD | L 7 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Worker ($ 360 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Machop | FTG | L 9 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | X Defend |`-------| Escape Rope | | Potion | '-----------------'

Snag the X Defend to the right when you enter, then descend down, deeper intothe mine. One Pokemon to watch out for is Onix, who appears rather rarely.It's a real pain to catch, so if you intend on catching it, make sure that youlower its HP to the red zone, and be prepared to throw 10+ Poke Balls at it.

In the second area of the mine, take a left when the path branches and jumpdown the ledge. Pick up the Escape Rope, and then fight with the Worker thereif you want to. Keep going and then talk to the guy with the hardhat on.He'll use Rock Smash on an adjacent rock, and then introduce himself asRoark, the Gym Leader. He'll then invite you to come to the Gym to challengehim. Woohoo. Pick up the Potion, and then fight against the Worker (optional).

When you're all done down here, find your way back to the entrance, heal upatthe Pokemon Center, and get ready for your first Gym Battle! ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.1.11. Oreburgh Gym |__________________________________________________) __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Youngster ($ 160 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L10 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Youngster ($ 128 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L 8 | M | | Onix | RCK / GRD | L 8 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

Alright, here it is, the Oreburgh City Gym! The Trainers in here all use Rock-type Pokemon, which is pleasant if you started with Piplup or Turtwig.However, if Chimchar is your Starting Pokemon, then you might have a bit ofdifficulty. Definitely make sure that you train your Chimchar to Level 14 orhigher so it will evolve into Monferno and learn Mach Punch. If you have aLevel 13+ Budew, you will stand a much nicer chance, because its Mega Drainwill do a ton of damage to everything in here. Definitely use one (catch oneif you don't already have it) if you ran into any difficulties in the Mine (orcannot handle the Trainers in the Gym).

After getting past the two Youngsters, you'll get to go head-to-head againstthe Gym Leader that you met in the Mine, Roark. _______________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\________________,-----.,|| BOSS BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $1680 |\|\ Leader Roark '._____.'|`*\==============v===========v=====v===/#||*| Geodude | RCK / GRD | L12 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Rock Throw ] [ Stealth Rock ] |#||*| [ ] [ ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Onix | RCK / GRD | L12 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Stealth Rock ] [ Rock Throw ] |#||*| [ Screech ] [ ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Cranidos | RCK | L14 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Headbutt ] [ Pursuit ] |#||*| [ Leer ] [ ] |#||*/____________________________________\#|`'======================================'` __________________________________|Marriland's Pokemon at this point:||_____.---------------------.______| | - Prinplup Lv16 | | - Shinx Lv13 | | - Onix Lv 9 | | - Budew Lv 5 | | - Zubat Lv 4 | | - Bidoof Lv 3 | '---------------------'

Roark starts off by using two Pokemon that you should be somewhat familiar infighting by now: Geodude and Onix. The Geodude knows Stealth Rock, which,after it's been used, will damage any Pokemon that you switch in. AgainstGeodude, use Bubble (not Metal Claw, if you have it), Razor Leaf, Mach Punch,or Mega Drain. If you have none of those attacks at your disposal, use yourstrongest Special-based attacks, because Geodude has a lot weaker SpecialDefense than it does Defense.

Onix comes out next, although fortunately its stats make it fairly tame. Just

give it the same treatment you gave Geodude and you'll be fine, although avoidusing Mach Punch or any other Physical-based attack here unless you usesomething like Leer first, because Onix has ridiculously high Defense (RazorLeaf will still cut it, though).

Lastly, Roark brings out his Cranidos, which is like a Rock dinosaur thingy.Be careful, because this thing has INSANELY high attack (at least 40) and iscapable of doing a lot of damage with its Headbutt attack. Take it out withMega Drain, Razor Leaf, Metal Claw (or Bubble, if your Piplup hasn't evolvedyet), or Mach Punch. Those attacks will do the most damage to it.

After your victory, he will give you the Coal Badge, which will allow you touse Rock Smash (remember that?) outside of battle, and TM76, which containsStealth Rock. Stealth Rock isn't really too good of a move to teach yourPokemon in-game, so I wouldn't advice teaching it to any of your Pokemon fornow.

Heal up at the Pokemon Center, save your game, and then head back to theOreburgh Gate. Rival will bump into you and tell you that the next Gym in inEterna City. The path to Eterna City from Route 207 requires a Bicycle, soit's impossible to take that Route, but you can take the path from JubilifeCity to get there instead.

So, looks like it's time to go back to Jubilife City!

DETOUR ALERT: You can take a quick detour to Route 207 to the north ofOreburgh City to find two Poke Balls and catch a Machop. (See section 5.2.1.)

On your way through the Oreburgh Gate, you can take the north path and useRock Smash to find a basement area with two items (TM70, which contains Flash,and Stardust, which you can sell for cash). You can do more here later on, sokeep that in mind. _____________________________________________________________________________/ | s5.2. Forest Badge | /`-'--------------------'----------------------------------------------------`

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.2.1. Route 207 (Detour) |_____________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Machop | FTG | 5, 6, 7 | 35% | 45% | 25% | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 5, 6, 7 | 55% | 55% | 55% | | Kricketot | BUG | 6 | 10% | 0% | 10% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 6 | 0% | 0% | 10% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Poke Ball |`-------| Poke Ball | | (hidden in NE | | corner of | | field) | '-----------------'

Not really much for you to see or do here. You can catch a Machop and pick uptwo Poke Balls, but that's about it. You will be up on that ledge later on. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.2.2. Jubilife City |__________________________________________________)

Be sure to heal up your Pokemon, because you're about to have a Trainerbattle. Make your way north when you're ready and you will find Dawn and theProfessor with two people dressed in blue. They will reveal themselves as TeamGalactic, and will engage you in a battle. __________.' TRAINERS `._________________________________________________________,----.| Galactic Grunt || Galactic Grunt ($ 720 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Zubat | PSN / FLY | L 9 | M || Wurmple | BUG | L 7 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---''--------------'-----------'-----'---'

_________.' PARTNER `.__________________________| Pokemon Trainer Dawn )`-.--------------.-----------.--------< | - If you picked Turtwig: - | | Piplup | WAT | L13 | M | | | | | | | - If you picked Chimchar: - | | Turtwig | GRS | L13 | M | | | | | | | - If you picked Piplup: - | | Chimchar | FIR | L13 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

This is your first Double Battle, although it's really easy. For those of youthat are unfamiliar with Double Battling, you basically just get to selectwhich Pokemon you're attacking now, and there are two Pokemon on each side ofthe field. Fortunately, Dawn's Pokemon is way stronger than either of the TeamGalactic Grunts, plus you still have your Pokemon, so these two should be apiece of cake.

After the battle, they'll run off. After some more dialogue, the two willleave, but you'll then be approached by another man who tells you that the TVStation is now open and will give you a Fashion Case. You can collect littleaccessories that you can use to dress up your Pokemon with inside of the TVStation.

Before leaving, you might as well check out the TV Station. Inside, on thefirst floor, you can fight against random Trainers in the karaoke corner.These Trainers have fairly high level Pokemon in comparison to what you'vebeen fighting against, so be careful.

One of the Trainers (more like two, really) you can fight are theInterviewers. __________.' TRAINERS `._________________________________________________________,----.| Interviewer ($2448 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---..--------------.-----------.---`----< | Wooper | WTR / GRD | L17 | M || Marill | WTR | L17 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---''--------------'-----------'-----'---'

Grass-type attacks are 4x effective on Wooper, but Marill has a deadly Rolloutattack that can become a problem if you don't KO it right away. Definitelyfocus your attacks on only one Pokemon at a time to make the fight easier inthe long run. After winning, you'll get a TON of money.

You can find the Dress Up Room on the 2nd Floor. It's in the room in the wall(by the stairs). Before entering, though, talk to the man in the hall toreceive a Mask of your Starting Pokemon for your Accessories. Now you can gointo the room, and just talk to the guy guarding the door, and then you'll getto choose a Pokemon to dress up. Choose one, and then dress it up! Afterdressing it up, you will need to give it a title, and then it will bedisplayedo n the wall.

On the 3rd Floor, you can find a whole ton of Records and stuff. The 4th Floorhas absolutely nothing of interest, so don't even bother.

Whenever you're done dressing up your Pokemon and whatnot, head back to whereyou encountered the Team Galactic dudes and head northbound back to Route 204(North). ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.2.3. Route 204 |______________________________________________________) __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Aroma Lady ($ 224 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Budew | GRS / PSN | L 7 | F | | Cherubi | GRS | L 7 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Bug Catcher ($ 112 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Kricketot | BUG | L 7 | M | | Wurmple | BUG | L 7 | M |.-'--------------'-----------'-----'---'.______________________________,----.| Twins ($ 288 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---..--------------.-----------.---`----<

| Pachirisu | ELC | L 9 | F || Pachirisu | ELC | L 9 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---''--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | TM39 (Rock Tomb)|`-------| Awakening | | TM09 (Bullet | | Seed) | '-----------------'

Make your way to the tunnel and go inside, using Rock Smash on the rocks. Ifyou smash your way to the left, you can pick up TM39 (Rock Tomb). Then, smashto the right and leave the cave. __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Starly | NRM / FLY | 6, 8 | 25% | 35% | 25% | | Bidoof | NRM | 6, 8 | 25% | 25% | 25% | | Budew | GRS / PSN | 6, 7 | 25% | 25% | 15% | | Kricketot | BUG | 6 | 10% | 0% | 10% | | Shinx | ELC | 6, 7 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 6 | 0% | 0% | 10% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|

Outside, you'll be in the northern, elevated half of Route 204. There are someTrainers to fight, as well as an Awakening and TM09 (Bullet Seed) to pick up,so tend to all of these before making your way north to Floaroma Town. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.2.4. Floaroma Town |__________________________________________________)

,-------._________________| ITEMS | TM88 (Pluck) |`-------| Sprayduck | '-----------------'

So many flowers in this town, I mean, wow! This is the first town that Berrieswill be available to you. All you need to do to pick a Berry is to go up tothe plant and press A, and you'll receive a Berry. I'm not going to list the

locations of any of the Berries you get in this Walkthrough (at least not fornow), so just pick 'em and go, ok?

There's not a whole ton to do in this town right now, but there are some itemsyou can pick up. For starters, go inside of the red house that's directlynorth of the entrance to town and talk to the girl inside. Answer yes to herquestion, and she will give you TM88 (Pluck).

Inside of the Flower Shop, talk to the lady on the left to receive theSprayduck, which you can use to water Berries to make them produce more whenyou pick them. If you talk to the lady on the right, she will give you arandom berry once per day. Lastly, talking to the blonde-haired lady will letyou purchase accessories for your Pokemon for Dress Up by exchanging Berries.

Pay no attention to the Galactic Goons at the northwest section of the screen. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.2.5. Route 205 |______________________________________________________)

Walk to the east, and you'll see a little girl who will stop you and cry abouthow her Papa is being held at the Valley Windworks and how the mean spacemenwon't let her in. How awful. You'll see two Galactic Goons guarding thebridge, and, as expected, they won't let you pass. So, let's help the girlout, and make your way over to the Valley Windworks for now. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.2.6. Valley Windworks |_______________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Buizel | WTR | 7, 8, 9 | 35% | 35% | 35% | | Pachirisu | ELC | 7, 8 | 25% | 25% | 25% | | Shellos | WTR | 7, 8, 9 | 30% | 30% | 30% | | Bidoof | NRM | 8 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Drifloon *| GHO / FLY | 22 | *** | *** | *** | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|

* Drifloon only appears on Fridays, and only after beating Mars. You will see Drifloon standing outside of the Windworks and will not find it in the field. __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Galactic Grunt ($ 440 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Glameow | NRM | L11 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | Potion |`-------| | '-----------------'

Talk to the Galactic Grunt blocking the entrance to the Power Plant and he'llstart a fight with you. After beating him, he'll taunt that you need a Key inorder to get inside, and will enter, locking the door behind him. Swell.Fortunately for you, there's some Galactic Goons back in Floaroma Town. Returnthere and go to the Northwest corner of town - where the Galactic Grunts were- and enter the Floaroma Meadow. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.2.7. Floaroma Meadow |________________________________________________) __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Galactic Grunt ($ 360 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Wurmple | BUG | L 9 | M | | Silcoon | BUG | L 9 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Galactic Grunt ($ 440 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Zubat | PSN / FLY | L11 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

You'll see two Galactic Grunts threatening an old man, insisting that they"must have" his honey to "attract Pokemon in great numbers." Approach them,and they'll both start a fight with you, one after the other. After beatingthem, they'll run off, and the old man will give you the Works Key that theydropped. Hmm, I wonder what that could be used for? He also gives you someHoney.

You can either use Honey outside of battle - in a place where you can

encounter wild Pokemon - to start a fight against a wild Pokemon immediately,similarly to using the Sweet Scent attack outside of battle.

Or, you can slather the Honey on the golden trees that you'll see all overthe place, and then come back in between six and nine hours to (hopefully)find the tree shaking.

The tree will then have a random Pokemon from this list, with some Pokemonbeing rarer than others: - Wurmple (common) - Silcoon (Diamond-only) - Cascoon (Pearl-only) - Combee (uncommon) - Burmy (uncommon) - Cherubi (uncommon) - Aipom (rare) - Heracross (rare) - Munchlax (very rare)

If you wait longer than 24 hours, the Honey on the tree will lose itspotency, and whatever Pokemon would have been on it will be gone.

Also, saving your game and restarting it has no effect on the Pokemon that ison the Honey tree, but it can affect the wild Pokemon's level and gender ifyou reset, so that is useful if you're looking for, say, a female Combee.

Now that you have the Works Key, return to the Valley Windworks and open thedoor. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.2.8. Valley Windworks |_______________________________________________) __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Galactic Grunt ($ 440 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Cascoon | BUG / PSN | L11 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Galactic Grunt ($ 400 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Wurmple | BUG | L10 | M | | Glameow | NRM | L10 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | Potion |`-------| | '-----------------'

As you enter, the Grunt that you beat earlier will be surprised that you gotin, and will then run off. Follow the left path, and fight the Grunt blockingthe door. Fight the other Grunt in the next room if you want, but save yourstrength, because you're going to have a Boss Battle up ahead.

Approach the person in the red hair, and she'll introduce herself as the TeamGalactic Commander, Mars, and then say a bunch of stuff about Team Galactic,followed by challenging you to a fight. If she wins, you'll leave; if you win,they'll leave. _______________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\________________,-----.,|| BOSS BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $1280 |\|\ Commander Mars '._____.'|`*\==============v===========v=====v===/#||*| Zubat | PSN / FLY | L14 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Bite ] [ Leech Life ] |#||*| [ Toxic ] [ ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Purugly | NRM | L16 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Faint Attack ] [ Scratch ] |#||*| [ Fake Out ] [ ] |#||*/____________________________________\#|`'======================================'` __________________________________|Marriland's Pokemon at this point:||_____.---------------------.______| | - Prinplup Lv19 | | - Luxio Lv18 | | - Onix Lv 9 | | - Budew Lv 5 | | - Zubat Lv 4 | | - Bidoof Lv 3 | '---------------------'

Watch out! Her Zubat knows Toxic, which will Badly Poison your Pokemon, makingit take more damage from Poison with every turn that passes. Her Purugly, thebig cat thingy, is very quick and will usually enter the fight using Fake Outto inflict some damage and force you to skip a turn. Administer Potions if you

get weak, but otherwise just use your strongest attacks against it. It has anOran Berry on it, which will heal 10 HP when it gets weak. The good news isyou'll get a massive 627 EXP for beating it!

After beating her, she and the other Team Galactic members will run off andthe nerdy technician guy will tell you some stuff until his daughter runs in,telling him that he needs a shower. Hahaha!

Now you can cross the bridge on Route 205 that was blocked off. Time to returnthere! (After healing your Pokemon, of course.) ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.2.9. Route 205 (South) |______________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Buizel | WTR | 8, 9, 10 | 35% | 35% | 35% | | Shellos | WTR | 8, 9, 10 | 45% | 45% | 45% | | Bidoof | NRM | 9 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Pachirisu | ELC | 9 | 10% | 10% | 10% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Camper ($ 224 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Ponyta | FIR | L14 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Hiker ($ 352 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L11 | M | | Machop | FTG | L11 | M | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L11 | M | | Bidoof | NRM | L11 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Aroma Lady ($ 448 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Budew | GRS / PSN | L14 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Camper ($ 224 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L14 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Picnicker ($ 192 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Shinx | ELC | L12 | F |

| Pachirisu | ELC | L12 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Hiker ($ 448 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Onix | RCK / GRD | L14 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Battle Girl ($ 240 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Machop | FTG | L15 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Camper Girl ($ 224 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Piplup | WTR | L14 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | X Attack |`-------| Poke Ball | | Repel | | Super Potion | '-----------------'

Now that you can finally cross the bridge, you are able to explore theimportant part of Route 205. Trainers, Trainers, everywhere! There are plentyof Trainers along the way north, so be sure to fight them to help get someEXP. There's also a few items you can pick up as well.

Eventually, you will cross another bridge (this one over a cliff, not water)and will find a red house shortly afterward. Talk to the lady inside of thehouse to conveniently heal your Pokemon. Also, south of the house, you canfind a Super Potion.

Whenever you're ready, enter the forest to the north. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.2.10. Eterna Forest |_________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Wurmple | BUG | 10, 11 | 30% | 30% | 20% | | Budew | GRS / PSN | 10, 11, 12 | 29% | 29% | 19% | | Buneary | NRM | 10, 11, 12 | 19% | 19% | 19% |( Diamond Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Silcoon | BUG | 10 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Beautifly | BUG / FLY | 12 | 2% | 2% | 2% | | Murkrow | DRK / FLY | 10, 11 | 0% | 0% | 20% |( Pearl Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____<

| Cascoon | BUG | 10 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Dustox | BUG / PSN | 12 | 2% | 2% | 2% | | Misdreavus | GHO | 10, 11 | 0% | 0% | 20% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `._________________________________________________________,----.| Bug Catcher || Lass ($ 432 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Wurmple | BUG | L 9 | M || Pachirisu | ELC | L14 | F | | Beautifly | BUG / FLY | L13 | M |'--------------'-----------'-----'---' | Silcoon | BUG | L11 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'.--------------------------------------..------------------------------,----.| Psychic || Psychic ($ 960 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Abra | PSY | L15 | M || Abra | PSY | L15 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---''--------------'-----------'-----'---'.--------------------------------------..------------------------------,----.| Bug Catcher || Bug Catcher ($ 400 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Wurmple | BUG | L 9 | M || Burmy | BUG | L12 | M | | Dustox | BUG / PSN | L13 | M || Kricketot | BUG | L12 | M | | Cascoon | BUG / PSN | L11 | M |'--------------'-----------'-----'---' `--------------'-----------'-----'---'.--------------------------------------..------------------------------,----.| Psychic || Psychic ($ 960 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Meditite | PSY / FTG | L15 | M || Psyduck | WTR | L15 | F |

`--------------'-----------'-----'---''--------------'-----------'-----'---' _________.' PARTNER `.__________________________| Pokemon Trainer Cheryl )`-.--------------.-----------.--------< | Chansey | NRM | L15 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | Antidote |`-------| Parlyz Heal | | Great Ball | | Potion | | Honey | '-----------------'

When you enter, this one chick, Cheryl, will ask that you help her through theforest because she's worried about Team Galactic, and then will join yourparty. Yep, every encounter in this forest will be a Double Battle. She uses aLevel 15 Chansey that knows Egg Bomb and Softboiled. Egg Bomb does asurprisingly high amount of damage, actually. Anyway, how wild Double Battleswork is you can only catch throw a Poke Ball when there is one Pokemon left.Chansey can unfortunately make this a bit of a burden, because it will oftentimes Egg Bomb the wrong Pokemon and use Softboiled even if it doesn't reallyneed to.

One interesting point is that you will be fully healed after every singlebattle while Cheryl is with you, which makes Training here pretty cool,actually. And, Chansey doesn't seem to leech any of the EXP you get fromfights.

This place is actually somewhat of a maze, so I'll help with directions. Startby going east, then north, battling the Bug Catcher and Lass. Keep going alongthe path, until you find two Psychics. They both have Abras with Hidden Power,but they're pretty easy. Then, keep going south until you see two BugCatchers. If you want the EXP, fight 'em the go north at the next branch;otherwise, go north and take the first right. Then, go north through thePsychics if you want to fight them, or west if you would rather not. Eitherway, make your way to the northeastern area of the forest, then go north. Now

head west, a bit more north (some Honey is west, though), then east and Cherylwill thank you for taking her out of the forest and leave. Too bad. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.2.11. Route 205 (North) |_____________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Buizel | WTR | 10, 11, 12 | 35% | 35% | 35% | | Bidoof | NRM | 10, 11, 12 | 45% | 45% | 45% | | Shellos | WTR | 11 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Pachirisu | ELC | 11 | 10% | 10% | 10% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Fisherman ($ 448 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Goldeen | WTR | L14 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Fisherman ($ 320 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Magikarp | WTR | L10 | M | | Magikarp | WTR | L10 | M | | Magikarp | WTR | L10 | M | | Magikarp | WTR | L10 | M | | Magikarp | WTR | L10 | M | | Magikarp | WTR | L10 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Fisherman ($ 320 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Magikarp | WTR | L10 | M | | Goldeen | WTR | L13 | M | | Magikarp | WTR | L10 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | Potion |`-------| | '-----------------'

Another bridge, and some Fisherman to fight. The one with the 6 Magikarpreally ticks me off. There's a Fisherman like this in EVERY GAME and it'sreally annoying because they give garbage for EXP. Ugh.

You can also pick up a Potion in the muddy area south of the exit of thebridge.

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.2.12. Eterna City |___________________________________________________)

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Explorer Kit |`-------| Super Potion | | HM01 (Cut) | '-----------------'Ah, finally, the city of your second Gym Battle. Before you rush to the Gym,you might want to take some time to check the town out, because there's a bitto do here.

You can change your Pokemon's Nickname by talking to the old man inside of thetall building next to the Poke Mart (southern side of town). Also, inside ofthe same building, you can trade a Buizel (which you can catch just outsideofthe city) for a Chatot.

You can also pick up the Explorer Kit by talking to the old man in thebuilding to the right of the Pokemon Center. You can use this to dig intoSinnoh Underground, which is a large mini-game where you can dig for items tohelp build your Secret Base, play games with other people over a local DSconnection, and dig for buried artifacts like fossils.

Two items of interest that you can pick up in the Underground right now arethe Skull Fossil (Diamond) and the Shield Fossil (Pearl). You can take thesefossils to the Museum in Oreburgh City to turn them into Cranidos and Shieldonrespectively.

If you explore the northern area of town, a gothic-looking chick will stop youand notice your Pokedex. She'll recognize you working for Professor Rowan,introduce herself as Cynthia, and will talk about how she's been investigatingPokemon mythology. She'll eventually give you HM01 (Cut), and then leave. Youcan't use this yet, though; you have to beat the Eterna City Gym Leader first.

Further along that path, you'll find a shop that sells those Energy/Herb items

that decrease the happiness of your Pokemon. They're cheaper than the normalhealing items, but they come at the price of lowering your Pokemon'shappiness. Chances are, you won't really care about this, unless you're tryingto raise a Pokemon like Budew, so you can buy some of these items as a cheapalternative to regular items. Buying a few Revival Herbs is not a bad idea,especially since Revives are hard to get at this point in the game.

If you keep going, you'll eventually stumble upon a Route with some Trainers,a cave and an item, which is covered in section 5.2.13. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.2.13. Route 211 (West) |______________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Meditite | FTG / PSY | 12, 13, 14 | 35% | 35% | 25% | | Bidoof | NRM | 12, 13, 14 | 35% | 35% | 25% | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 13 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Ponyta | FIR | 13 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Chingling | PSY | 13 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 12 | 0% | 0% | 10% | | Hoothoot | NRM / FLY | 14 | 0% | 0% | 10% |,-------------._|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| Inside Cave |_(Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely])____/ Frequency \`--.----------' | Types | Levels |Morn.| Day |Night| | Meditite | FTG / PSY | 13, 14 | 25% | 25% | 25% | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 12, 13 | 20% | 30% | 30% | | Cleffa | NRM | 12 | 25% | 5% | 5% | | Machop | FTG | 13 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 12, 13 | 10% | 20% | 20% | | Chingling | PSY | 13 | 10% | 10% | 10% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Ninja Boy ($ 120 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Zubat | PSN / FLY | L13 | M | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | L14 | M | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | L15 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Hiker ($ 480 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L15 | M | | Onix | RCK / GRD | L15 | M |

.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Birdkeeper ($ 608 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Hoothoot | NRM / FLY | L19 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

,-------._________________| ITEMS | TM12 (Taunt) |`-------| | '-----------------'

You can catch two pretty useful Pokemon here: Meditite and Ponyta. Ponyta isparticularly helpful if you're having difficulties in Eterna Gym.

You can Rock Smash the rock by the Hiker to find another Trainer with a prettystrong Hoothoot. But south of her is TM12 (Taunt).

There's also nothing to find inside of the cave for now except for a Revivehidden in the rock near the door (examine the rock to find it). You'll needStrength (much later in the game) in order to proceed any further. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.2.14. Eterna Gym |___________________________________________________) __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Lass ($ 240 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Cherubi | GRS | L15 | F | | Roselia | GRS / PSN | L15 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Aroma Lady ($ 480 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Budew | GRS / PSN | L14 | F | | Budew | GRS / PSN | L13 | F | | Budew | GRS / PSN | L15 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Aroma Lady ($ 544 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Turtwig | GRS | L17 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Beauty ($ 952 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Roselia | GRS / PSN | L17 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

Talk to Gardenia, the Gym Leader standing by the door, and she'll tell youthat you have to take her challenge before battling her, which consists of

finding four Trainers.

The first Trainer is located by the Gym Leader's area (north of start). Youcan find her in the first branch to the left, then moving south a little bit.

The second one can be found by making your way down the left-most corridor,atthe dead-end.

The third is hiding behind the three small trees near the entrance to theroom.

And lastly, the final Trainer, is in the very northeastern-most corner, whichis accessable by taking the first right from the entrance all the way to theend.

After defeating all four of them, Gardenia will appear in the northern areaofthe room. Heal up, save your game, and get ready to earn your second GymBadge! _______________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\________________,-----.,|| BOSS BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $2640 |\|\ Leader Gardenia '._____.'|`*\==============v===========v=====v===/#||*| Cherubi | GRS | L19 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Grass Knot ] [ Leech Seed ] |#||*| [ Growth ] [ Safeguard ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Turtwig | GRS | L19 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Grass Knot ] [ Razor Leaf ] |#||*| [ Withdraw ] [ Reflect ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Roserade | GRS / PSN | L22 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Grass Knot ] [ Magical Leaf ] |#||*| [ Poison Sting ] [ Stun Spore ] |#||*/____________________________________\#|`'======================================'` __________________________________|Marriland's Pokemon at this point:||_____.---------------------.______| | - Prinplup Lv24 | | - Luxio Lv24 |

| - Onix Lv 9 | | - Budew Lv 5 | | - Zubat Lv 4 | | - Bidoof Lv 3 | '---------------------'

Cherubi is pretty easy. You should be able to take it out with littledifficulty.

Turtwig knows Reflect, which will half the effectiveness of your Physical-based attacks for 5 turns. Plus, it has pretty high Defense.

Her Roserade is quite tricky to beat, though, because it's both strong and ata high level. I had my Onix use Screech against it until it was Knocked Outwith Magical Leaf (and the Reflect wore off). Roserade likes to start out byParalyzing things with Stun Spore, so watch out and administer Parlyz HealsorCheri Berries as required.

After beating her, you will receive the Forest Badge, which lets you use Cutoutside of battle, and makes it so traded Pokemon up to Level 30 will obeyyou. She'll also give you another present, TM86 (Grass Knot). Woohoo!

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s5.3. Cobble Badge | /`-'--------------------'----------------------------------------------------` ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.3.1. Galactic Eterna Building |_______________________________________) __________.' TRAINERS `._________________________________________________________,----.| Galactic Grunt || Galactic Grunt ($1080 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Wurmple | BUG | L13 | M || Zubat | PSN / FLY | L14 | F | | Cascoon | BUG / PSN | L13 | M || Glameow | NRM | L14 | F |

.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.''--------------'-----------'-----'---'| Galactic Grunt ($ 520 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Wurmple | BUG | L13 | M | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | L13 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Galactic Grunt ($ 600 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Silcoon | BUG | L15 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Galactic Grunt ($ 480 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Wurmple | BUG | L12 | F | | Silcoon | BUG | L12 | F | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | L12 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Scientist ($ 720 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Kadabra | PSY | L15 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

,-------._________________| ITEMS | TM46 (Thief) |`-------| | '-----------------'

Now that you can use Cut, use Cut on the bushes by the Galactic EternaBuilding (the black building to the north of the Pokemon Center). You can alsouse Cut on the bush in the northeast part of the lot to access a path thatwill take you to TM46, Thief.

After getting that, enter the black building. You'll need to fight the twoGrunts guarding the stairs (Double Battle). On the second floor, there willbelots of Galactic Goons on computers. The first and third one from the leftwill fight you if you talk to them. Go up to the third floor, fight the Gruntand the Scientist. On the fourth floor, you'll see another Team GalacticCommander, Jupiter, who has captured someone's Pokemon. _______________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\________________,-----.,|| BOSS BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $1600 |\|\ Commander Jupiter '._____.'|`*\==============v===========v=====v===/#||*| Zubat | PSN / FLY | L18 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Giga Drain ] [ Wing Attack ] |#||*| [ Bite ] [ ] |#||*|____________________________________|#|

>*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Skuntank | PSN / DRK | L20 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Night Slash ] [ Poison Gas ] |#||*| [ Screech ] [ SmokeScreen ] |#||*/____________________________________\#|`'======================================'` __________________________________|Marriland's Pokemon at this point:||_____.---------------------.______| | - Prinplup Lv25 | | - Luxio Lv25 | | - Onix Lv 9 | | - Budew Lv 5 | | - Zubat Lv 4 | | - Bidoof Lv 3 | '---------------------'

Her Skuntank will use SmokeScreen and Poison Gas to really hamper your abilityto fight. Don't be afraid to switch out Pokemon if you are having difficultyhitting with your attacks.

After beating her, she'll run off, and the man will be thankful to you forgetting his Pokemon back and will invite you to come to the Bicycle Shop.

Leave the building and go to the Bicycle Shop. Talk to the guy that you justsaved and he'll give you the Bicycle. To use the Bicycle, you have to beoutside or in a cave. You can press B to change gears for different speeds andsuch. Now run far south into the building to enter Cycling Road. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.3.2. Cycling Road |___________________________________________________) __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Cyclist ($ 544 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Staravia | NRM / FLY | L17 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Cyclist ($ 544 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Shinx | ELC | L17 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Cyclist ($ 544 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Ponyta | FIR | L17 | M |

.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Cyclist ($ 480 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Starly | NRM / FLY | L15 | F | | Ponyta | FIR | L15 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Cyclist ($ 480 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Starly | NRM / FLY | L15 | M | | Staravis | NRM / FLY | L15 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Cyclist ($ 544 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Zubat | PSN / FLY | L17 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Cyclist ($ 544 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Shinx | ELC | L15 | F | | Shinx | ELC | L15 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Cyclist ($ 544 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Pikachu | ELC | L17 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | EXP Share |`-------| (If you have | | 35+ Pokemon | | in Pokedex.) | '-----------------'

On your way through the building, if you have seen at least 35 Pokemon, talkto the scientist guy, who is both Rowan's assistant and Dawn's father, and hewill give you the EXP. Share. This is a very helpful item for raising newPokemon, because you can even train weaker Pokemon without fear of themgetting Knocked Out or without having to switch your Active Pokemon everyfight.

There are a ton of Trainers down Cycling Road, which you must use a Bicycletoride down. They use a variety of types, so just kind of use whatever workswell on them. You'll get a good amount of money, as well as EXP, for beatingall of them, so I would definitely do so.

Eventually, you'll reach the bottom of Cycling Road. You can talk to theblonde-hair girl in the station to receive a Flag for your Accessory Case (canbe used for Dress Up).

Route 206 is right outside of the building. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.3.3. Route 206 |______________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Ponyta | FIR | 14, 15, 16 | 35% | 45% | 25% | | Kricketot | BUG | 14 | 10% | 0% | 0% | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 14 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Kricketune | BUG | 14, 15 | 10% | 10% | 20% | | Bronzor | STL / PSY | 15 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 15 | 0% | 0% | 10% |( Diamond Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Stunky | PSN / DRK | 14, 15, 16 | 25% | 25% | 25% |( Pearl Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 14, 15, 16 | 25% | 25% | 25% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Hiker ($ 480 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Onix | RCK / GRD | L15 | M | | Onix | RCK / GRD | L15 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | Burn Heal |`-------| Super Repel | | Poison Barb | '-----------------'

In order to access all of this stuff, you'll need to use Cut on the bushes tothe east of the Cycling Road exit. It's completely optional, though, so justhead south if you don't mind missing out on a chance to catch some newPokemon.

In the area, you can find several Pokemon that you haven't seen before (or,atthe very least, haven't encountered in the wild). Bronzor is a pretty hard-to-find Pokemon in this Route, but makes a great tank. Ponyta is also a reallygood Fire-type Pokemon, and if you started with either Piplup or Turtwig, youwill probably feel lacking in the Fire department (no joke there). You can

also pick up the Poison Barb to help boost the power of your Pokemon's Poison-type attacks.

Near the back of Route 206, you'll find a cave. The cave is called the WaywardCave, and unless you're feeling like exploring a frustrating dungeon mazewithout too great of a reward, I'd advise staying away from it. If you arereally feeling up to it, please see Section 6.8. about the Wayward Cave. Onthe bright side, you can stop inside to have a better chance of finding aBronzor, in case you were looking for one.

Whenever you're done in Route 207, just return to the exit of Cycling Road,take a few steps south, and you're already in Route 207. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.3.4. Route 207 |______________________________________________________) __________.' TRAINERS `._________________________________________________________,----.| Camper || Picnicker ($ 608 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Ponyta | FIR | L19 | M || Pachirisu | ELC | L19 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.''--------------'-----------'-----'---'| Hiker ($ 576 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L16 | M | | Bronzor | STL / PSY | L18 | |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Youngster ($ 288 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Starly | NRM / FLY | L15 | M | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L15 | M | | Chimchar | FIR | L18 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Hiker ($ 512 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L15 | M | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L16 | M | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L16 | M | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | L17 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Battle Girl ($ 288 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Meditite | PSY / FTG | L18 | F |

| Machop | FTG | L18 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | Super Potion |`-------| Dire Hit | '-----------------'

As you enter the Route, Dawn will come up to you and ask you to pick her leftor right hand. Regardless of which hand you pick, she'll give you the Vs.Seeker, which is almost exactly like the Vs. Seeker from FireRed andLeafGreen. It's a really nice item to use to fight Trainers again and againtoget lots of money and EXP.

She'll also give you the Dowsing Machine app for your Pokektch similar to theItem Finder in previous games. To use it, change the Poketch until you seecrosshairs, then touch the screen. If there are any hidden items nearby, theywill show up as a dot on your Poketch. Just keep moving around until the dotis in the middle of the crosshairs, then take one step away and press A on theprevious spot (as if there were an item there; remember, pressing A while youare still ON the spot won't do you any good), and you'll get it. You can pickup a Revive in this way by doing that right after you get the Dowsing Machine.

There are now some optional areas you can go to at this point. You don't haveto visit any of them, but you might want to check them out.

,---------------. | JUBILIFE CITY | `--.------------'------------------------------------------------------. | You can return to the Poketch Company Building and talk to the | | President (on the first floor, by the receptionist) to receive | | the Memo Pad Poketch Application. | |___________________________________________________________________|

,---------------. | OREBURGH GATE | `--.------------'------------------------------------------------------. | In the basement of the cave (requires Rock Smash), there's a ramp | | that you can use your Bike to get across. Make sure that your | | Bicycle's Gear is set to Speed (the fast mode; you'll know), then | | ride it across the ramp-like thingy and you can get TM31 (Brick | | Break). There is also a place that you can Surf here, but that's |

| not something you need to worry about now. Just remember it. | |___________________________________________________________________|

,-----------. | ROUTE 204 | `--.--------'----------------------------------------------------------. | After the cave, there is a bush that can be Cut by the two twins. | | You can find a girl back there who will give you TM78, Captivate. | |___________________________________________________________________|

,-----------. | ROUTE 205 | `--.--------'----------------------------------------------------------. | Immediately after exiting Eterna Forest, head south and Cut the | | bushes blocking the way, and you'll be in the outside area of | | Hakutai Forest. Follow the path and you'll eventually find a girl | | who will give you an Accessory. You can also find the | | Silverpowder (raises the power of Bug-type attacks) and TM82 | | (Sleep Talk) in the rocky area. | |___________________________________________________________________|

,---------------. | ETERNA FOREST | `--.------------'------------------------------------------------------. | Return to the back part of the forest and you can use Cut on the | | bushes blocking the path that was previous unaccessable. There | | will be a large house in the back, and you can pick up an Ether. | | You can enter the house to be inside of the Old Chateau. | | | | Please see the Old Chateau section for info on what's inside. | |___________________________________________________________________|

Remember, all of these locations are optional, so you do not have to visit anyof them that you don't want to.

Continue to the east and proceed to fight a handful of Trainer Battles, oneofwhich being a Double Battle. Make your way to the cave entrance on the easternside and proceed to enter Mt. Coronet. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.3.5. Mt. Coronet |____________________________________________________) ___________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely]) _________________| Inside Cave |__________________________________/ Frequency \`--.----------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Machop | FTG | 15, 16 | 25% | 25% | 25% |

| Geodude | RCK / GRD | 14, 15 | 20% | 30% | 30% | | Cleffa | NRM | 14 | 25% | 5% | 5% | | Meditite | FTG / PSY | 15 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 14, 15 | 10% | 20% | 20% | | Chingling | PSY | 15 | 10% | 10% | 10% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|

The cave itself is pretty straightforward, although you can catch Meditites,zMachops, and even Chingling. If you don't have a Fighting-type Pokemon yet andyou have room on your team for one, either Meditite or Machop would make agood choice.

Head south a bit, and approach the stairs. As you approach the stairs, a manwith blue hair will walk towards you, and will then talk to you about Sinnohand Mt. Coronet. He'll then leave.

There really isn't anything much left to do here for the time being, althoughafter you get Surf later on in the game, you'll want to come back and explorethe areas blocked off by water. The exit is on the east side of the cave, asexpected, and is pretty easy to find. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.3.6. Route 208 |______________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Psyduck | WTR | 16, 17, 18 | 30% | 30% | 30% | | Bidoof | NRM | 16 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Meditite | FTG / PSY | 16, 17 | 20% | 20% | 10% | | Machop | FTG | 16, 17 | 20% | 20% | 10% | | Bibarel | NRM / WTR | 17, 18 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 16 | 0% | 0% | 20% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Hiker ($ 544 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L17 | M | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L17 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Black Belt ($ 456 )

`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Machop | FTG | L19 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Hiker ($ 608 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Onix | RCK / GRD | L19 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Aroma Lady ($ 576 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Combee | BUG / FLY | L16 | M | | Roselia | GRS / PSN | L18 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Artist ($ 816 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Mime Jr. | PSY | L17 | M | | Bonsly | RCK | L17 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | X Speed |`-------| Poke Ball | | Odd Keystone | '-----------------'

On the other side of Mt. Coronet, Route 208, there are some more Trainersfor you to fight, and three of their Pokemon should be entirely new sights tosee (Combee, Mime Jr., and Bonsly), so you will probably want to fight thesaid Trainers to add them to your Pokedex. You can pick up an X Speed bytaking the first bridge north, after fighting the Black Belt. You can alsopick up a Poke Ball if you have a Pokemon with Rock Smash on you aftercrossing the second bridge to the east.

After crossing the bridges, you'll reach some tall grass with some moreTrainers in it. You can catch Psyducks and Bibarels, which are the evolutionof Bidoofs, here. You can also talk to the Black Belt in the southeast cornerof the tall grass to receive the Odd Keystone.

There's also a house in the area, by a patch of berries. Inside of the house,you can talk to the Berry Master (the old man) to receive a random Berry onceper day. If you talk to the little girl and answer yes to the question sheasks, she'll give you a new Poketch Application, the Berry Searcher. The BerrySearcher will show you a mini map of Sinnoh and will point out any berrypatches with berries in them. The lady in the house will also sell youdifferent kinds of mulch that apparently helps with growing berries. Not quitesure exactly how yet, though.

After you're done here, make your way through the building to the east andenter Hearthome City. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.3.7. Hearthome City |_________________________________________________)

As you enter town, you'll stop a Buneary from feeling the town and its Trainerwill chase after it. She'll thank you for stopping it, introduce herself asKeira, one of the Contest Judges, and put the Buneary back in its Poke Ball,inviting you to come to the Contest Hall so she can thank you.

Hearthome City is a pretty large city. It's all about Pokemon Contests, andall of the inhabitants are crazy over them. Some of them have even traveledfrom Hoenn to participate in the Contests!

Inside of the Pokemon Fan Club, which is located directly to the east of thePoke Mart (it has a red roof), are some Pokemon fanatics. Talk to thePresident (the guy in the suit) and you'll receive the Poffin Case, whichallows you to make Poffins (Bread made from berries; think Poke Blocks fromR/S/E). You can find the Poffin House in the house adjacent to the Poke Mart.This is where you go to make Poffins. Unfortunately, I do not have anyinformation on the minigame, so you're on your own there for the time being.

Enter the building next to the Pokemon Fan Club and go up the elevator. Talkto the girl up there, and she will give you the Shell Bell, a very useful HeldItem which restores your Pokemon's HP whenever it damages a Pokemon. Veryhelpful.

Another noteworthy mention is Bebe, the Bill/Lanette of Diamond and Pearl.You can find her in the house to the right of the Pokemon Center. She doesn'treally give you anything after talking to her, but when accessing the PC, thePokemon Box system will now show up as "Bebe's PC".

Talk to the person with purple hair standing outside of the Contest Hall. Shewill introduce herself as the Hearthome City Gym Leader, Fantina. However,she'll just leave, and won't even return to the Gym for now.

Enter the Contest Hall, and you'll see your Mother and Keira. Keira will giveyou the Glitter Powder Accessory, and your Mother will give you a Tuxedo (or aDress if you are playing as the female character). Keira will then leavetoward the waiting room, and then your Mother will leave out the entrance.

You can try out a whole ton of fun Contest stuff if you want to at this point.There's a lot more you can do with contests, so check out the Contest section!

As you try to leave Hearthome City, Rival will appear and will challange youto a battle. __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Pokemon Trainer Rival ($2100 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Starly | NRM / FLY | L19 | M | | | | | | | - If you picked Turtwig: - | | Buizel | WTR | L20 | M | | Roselia | GRS / PSN | L20 | M | | Monferno | FIR / FTG | L21 | M | | | | | | | - If you picked Chimchar: - | | Roselia | GRS / PSN | L20 | M | | Ponyta | FIR | L20 | M | | Prinplup | WTR | L21 | M | | | | | | | - If you picked Piplup: - | | Buizel | WTR | L20 | M | | Ponyta | FIR | L20 | M | | Grotle | GRS | L21 | M | '--------------'-----------'-----'---'

Looks like he's caught a few more Pokemon. Fortunately, you should have apretty fair team of Pokemon yourself now, so you should be able to handlewhatever he throws at you.

After beating him, he'll tell you about the next Gym, which is in VeilstoneCity, and will then run off.

On your way out of town (to the east), talk to the Hiker guy, and if you haveroom in your Party, he will give you an Egg. Eggs hatch into a Level 1 Pokemonafter a certain number of steps. This one in particular will hatch into aHappiny Egg after 10,496 steps, so you might want to carry it with you if you

have room for it. You can evolve your Happiny into a Chansey if you use anOval Stone on it while it's happy.

Before leaving east, you might want to check out Amity Square to the north topick up some useful items. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.3.8. Amity Square |___________________________________________________)

In the Amity Square, you get to spend some quality time with one of the cutePokemon in your party. You will need to have one of several "cutesy" Pokemonin your party in order to get in.

A list of all of the Pokemon you can bring into Amity Square are: - Pikachu - Clefairy - Psyduck - Pachirisu - Happiny - Buneary - Drifloon - Jigglypuff (after National Dex) - Torchic (after National Dex) - Skitty (after National Dex) - Shroomish (after National Dex)

The receptionist will hold onto all of your other Pokemon and let thatPokemon follow you around. You can talk to your Pokemon by facing it andpressing A, as you would anything else, and there's a chance that it will giveyou an Accessory for your Accessory Case.

There are also a few helpful items scattered around the area. You can findTM45 (Attract) in the northern part of the field, and you can find TM43(Secret Power) in the southern part. In the northeastern corner, there willbetwo stone buildings that you can enter. The one on the left has an Amulet Coinhidden inside, and you can find a Spooky Plate outside of the building onthe right. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.3.9. Route 209 |______________________________________________________)

__________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Starly | NRM / FLY | 16 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Bibarel | NRM / WTR | 16, 17, 18 | 35% | 45% | 35% | | Staravia | NRM / FLY | 16, 17, 18 | 15% | 25% | 15% | | Chansey | NRM | 16 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Gastly | GHO / PSN | 16 | 0% | 0% | 10% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 16 | 0% | 0% | 10% |( Diamond Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Mime Jr. | PSY | 16 | 25% | 5% | 5% |( Pearl Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Bonsly | RCK | 16 | 25% | 5% | 5% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Pokemon Breeder ($ 816 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Bonsly | RCK | L16 | M | | Pichu | ELC | L17 | M | | Budew | GRS / PSN | L15 | M |.-'--------------'-----------'-----'---'.______________________________,----.| Twins ($ 608 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---..--------------.-----------.---`----< | Bonsly | RCK | L19 | F || Mime Jr. | PSY | L19 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.''--------------'-----------'-----'---'| Poke Kid ($ 152 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Pikachu | ELC | L19 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Jogger ($ 816 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Staravia | NRM / FLY | L19 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Pokemon Breeder ($ 816 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Mime Jr. | PSY | L16 | F | | Cleffa | NRM | L17 | F | | Budew | GRS / PSN | L15 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Cowgirl ($ 240 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Bidoof | NRM | L14 | F | | Bidoof | NRM | L15 | F | | Bidoof | NRM | L16 | F |

| Bidoof | NRM | L15 | F | | Bidoof | NRM | L15 | F |.-'--------------'-----------'-----'---'.______________________________,----.| Young Couple ($2432 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---..--------------.-----------.---`----< | Machop | FTG | L19 | M || Meditite | PSY / FTG | L19 | M | '--------------'-----------'-----'---''--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | Honey |`-------| Good Rod | | X Special | | TM47 (Steel | | Wing) | | Calcium | '-----------------'

Interesting mix of wild Pokemon here. Mime Jr. is a popular one, althoughprobably not that great in battle. Plus, you can catch the evolutions ofBidoof and Starly here, which both make decent additions to your roster if youdon't have them already.

Be sure to talk to the Fisherman fishing on the dock and answer his questionwith "Yes" to receive the Good Rod. Now you can catch Goldeen and Barboach andstuff, as well as Level 15 - 20 Magikarps. Woohoo! This makes it really easyto evolve it into Gyarados if you decide you want that on your team.

Fight your way through the assortment of Trainers along the road, picking upitems if you want to. TM47 (Steel Wing) can be found behind a bush that youcan Cut down near the Lovey Couple.

There's also a Calcium in the area, but it's a bit tricky to get. On the left-side of the Young Couple, there is a dirt hill that you can climb with yourBicycle (on Speed Gear). However, rocks are in the way, so you will have tobuild up speed and then turn at just the right time in order to make it up thehill.

Near the end of Route 209, there is a strange obelisk called the Lost Tower

that you can enter. It is similar to the Pokemon Tower in Red/Blue/Yellow inthe fact that it's where fallen Pokemon are put to rest. You do not actuallyhave to check this out right now, but inside is HM04 (Strength) which you willneed at some point, so I'm going to cover it. If you don't visit it now, besure to come back here after you get the sixth badge. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.3.10. Lost Tower |____________________________________________________) ___________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely]) _________________| First Floor |__________________________________/ Frequency \`--.----------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Gastly | GHO / PSN | 16, 17, 18 | 50% | 50% | 40% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 16, 17, 18 | 50% | 50% | 40% |( Diamond Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Murkrow | DRK / FLY | 17 | 0% | 0% | 20% |( Pearl Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Misdreavus | GHO | 17 | 0% | 0% | 20% |,--------------.|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| Second Floor | (Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely])___/ Frequency \`--.-----------'| Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Gastly | GHO / PSN | 17, 18, 19 | 50% | 50% | 40% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 17, 18, 19 | 50% | 50% | 40% |( Diamond Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Murkrow | DRK / FLY | 18 | 0% | 0% | 20% |( Pearl Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Misdreavus | GHO | 18 | 0% | 0% | 20% |,-------------._|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| Third Floor |_(Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely])____/ Frequency \`--.----------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Gastly | GHO / PSN | 18, 19, 20 | 50% | 50% | 40% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 18, 19, 20 | 49% | 49% | 39% | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | 19 | 1% | 1% | 1% |( Diamond Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Murkrow | DRK / FLY | 19 | 0% | 0% | 20% |( Pearl Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Misdreavus | GHO | 19 | 0% | 0% | 20% |,--------------.|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| Fourth Floor | (Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely])___/ Frequency \`--.-----------'| Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Gastly | GHO / PSN | 19, 20, 21 | 50% | 50% | 40% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 19, 20, 21 | 45% | 45% | 35% | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | 20, 21 | 5% | 5% | 5% |( Diamond Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Murkrow | DRK / FLY | 20 | 0% | 0% | 20% |( Pearl Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____<

| Misdreavus | GHO | 20 | 0% | 0% | 20% |,-------------._|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| Fifth Floor |_(Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely])____/ Frequency \`--.----------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Gastly | GHO / PSN | 20, 21, 22 | 50% | 50% | 40% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 20, 21 | 40% | 40% | 30% | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | 21, 22, 23 | 10% | 10% | 10% |( Diamond Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Murkrow | DRK / FLY | 21 | 0% | 0% | 20% |( Pearl Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Misdreavus | GHO | 21 | 0% | 0% | 20% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Youngster ($ 256 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Stunky | DRK / PSN | L16 | M | | Shellos | WTR | L16 | M | | Kricketot | BUG | L16 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Rough Neck ($ 456 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Cleffa | NRM | L19 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Pokefan ($1152 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Pichu | ELC | L15 | M | | Pichu | ELC | L15 | M | | Pikachu | ELC | L18 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Pokefan ($1216 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Bonsly | RCK | L19 | F | | Pichu | ELC | L15 | M | | Pikachu | ELC | L18 | M |.-'--------------'-----------'-----'---'.______________________________,----.| Belle and Pa ($2128 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---..--------------.-----------.---`----< | Ponyta | FIR | L19 | M || Buizel | WTR | L19 | M |,-'--------------'-----------'-----'---''--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Young Couple ($2432 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---..--------------.-----------.---`----< | Murkrow | DRK / FLY | L19 | M || Misdreavus | GHO | L19 | M |

`--------------'-----------'-----'---''--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | Oval Stone |`-------| Revive | | TM27 (Return) | | HM04 (Strength) | | Cleanse Tag | '-----------------'

There's Zubats and Gastly up here, as well as Golbats on the upper floors. Ifyou didn't stop by the Old Chateau, now's as good a time as any to catch aGastly.

The Tower is actually pretty straightforward. Just climb your way to the fifthfloor, fighting the Trainers as you make your way to the top. There's somehandy items along the way, too, such as the Oval Stone, a Revive, and TM27(Return).

On the top floor, you will find two old ladies. Talking to the one on the leftwill give you HM04, which contains Strength. You won't be able to use thisuntil you get the third badge, though. The lady on the left will give you aCleanse Tag.

Exit the tower, and head north to reach Solaceon Town. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.3.11. Solaceon Town |_________________________________________________)

Yeehaw! Solaceon Town is full of cowboys and cowgirls. Hehe. You can find thePokemon Day Care (a.k.a. Breeding Center) here, so you can finally breed yourPokemon to get Eggs. You can also buy Dusk Balls here in the Poke Mart (thegirl on the left) for $1000 each. These work great in caves and during night-time, although they're expensive for right now.

At the Day Care, you can drop off up to two of your Pokemon. These Pokemonwill gain 1 EXP for every step travelled. You will have to pay $100 to takethe Pokemon out of Day Care, though, as well as an additional $100 for everyLevel the Pokemon gained while it was there. So how do you get a Pokemon Egg?

Well, first, a boy Pokemon and a girl Pokemon have to like each other a lot,and then... *ahem* Ok, enough breeding jokes. To get a Pokemon Egg, you needto drop off a Male Pokemon and a Female Pokemon that are both in the same EggGroup (like, for instance, Bidoof and Buneary are both in the Field Egg Group,so they can bear an Egg). Then, after you've taken a hundred steps or so, theold man outside of the Day Care will be facing right instead of down, and, ifyou have room in your party, you can talk to him to receive an Egg. The Eggwill eventually hatch into a Level 1 Pokemon of the Female's species.

NOTE: After dropping off two Pokemon here, a man will appear inside of the DayCare. Talk to him, and he will give you the Day Care Checker Application foryour Poketch. It shows the two Pokemon you have in Day Care, their Levels, andGender. Plus, if there's an Egg waiting for you there, it will be shown on thescreen.

Anyway, enough of the birds and the Beedrills.

You can talk with the man near the center of town and he'll give you thePokemon History Application for your Poketch. It's nothing too fancy; it justshows you the last 16 Pokemon that you caught, hatched, or evolved. Not overlyuseful, but I'm sure it has its uses.

The "Pokemon Pro" in the house next to the Pokemon Center will ask you to showhim a random Pokemon. If you do, he will give you a Heal Ball. He'll ask tosee a different Pokemon each day, so stop by every now and then to see whathe's looking to view.

Behind the Pokemon Center, to the right, there are some cliffs that you canjump down to reach three locations: two houses, and the Solaceon Ruins. Don'tbother with the first cliff, so jump down the second one and enter the house.Talk with the lady inside, and she'll give you the Sticker Case, which letsyou put cool stickers on your Pokemon's Poke Balls ... but not until later.

And lastly, if you jump down the cliff to the far right, you will find a cave.

Inside the cave is the Solaceon Ruins. Visiting the Solaceon Ruins is entirelyoptional, although you should probably stop by so you can see Unown (#114) foryour Pokedex. If you wish to see information on the Solaceon Ruins, pleasecheck out the section for "Solaceon Ruins" in the Optional Areas section ofthe walkthrough. You can get a Nugget, Rare Candy, Mind Plate, and a OddIncense down there, as well as catch Unown.

Whenever you're done here, head north to Route 210. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.3.12. Route 210 |_____________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Ponyta | FIR | 18, 19, 20 | 30% | 50% | 30% | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 19 | 30% | 30% | 30% | | Kricketune | BUG | 18, 19 | 10% | 10% | 30% | | Chansey | NRM | 18, 20 | 5% | 5% | 5% |( Diamond Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Mime Jr. | PSY | 18, 20 | 25% | 5% | 5% |( Pearl Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Bonsly | RCK | 18, 20 | 25% | 5% | 5% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Rancher ($ 680 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Aipom | NRM | L18 | M | | Girafarig | PSY / NRM | L17 | M | | Psyduck | WTR | L19 | M |.-'--------------'-----------'-----'---'.______________________________,----.| Belle and Pa ($2352 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---..--------------.-----------.---`----< | Stunky | PSN / DRK | L21 | M || Glameow | NRM | L21 | F |,-'--------------'-----------'-----'---''--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Twins ($ 672 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---..--------------.-----------.---`----< | Pikachu | ELC | L21 | F || Clefairy | NRM | L21 | F |

,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.''--------------'-----------'-----'---'| Pokemon Breeder ($ 816 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Pichu | ELC | L18 | M | | Pikachu | ELC | L19 | M | | Happiny | NRM | L17 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Pokemon Breeder ($ 864 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Cleffa | NRM | L19 | F | | Clefairy | NRM | L17 | F | | Happiny | NRM | L18 | F | '--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | TM51 (Roost) |`-------| Great Ball | '-----------------'

The grass around here is taller than the usual tall grass you've seen. The badnews is you can't ride your Bicycle through it. The good news is... well,there's a new Pokemon for you to catch inside: Chansey! Plus, unlike theprevious Pokemon games, Chansey isn't quite as freakishly rare to encounter.Plus, on top of that, all of the wild Pokemon in the area (except Geodude, Iguess) give a great amount of EXP. Like 350+ per fight. Chansey also givesover 600, which really adds up.

Use your Bicycle to ride up the muddy path by the jogger, and then follow thecliff over to the girl staring to the north. Talk to her, and she'll give youTM51 (Roost). You can also get a Great Ball on one of the hills that you needthe Bicycle for.

One point of mention: the two Pokemon Breeders Happinys each give over 960 EXPfor beating them, so they are certainly worth fighting, and I would adviseusing your Vs. Seeker on them to fight them a few times if you're looking forsome EXP (although, it is probably faster fighting the Ponytas in the area).

There's also a Pokemon Cafe near the end of the Route. Inside, there are somemore Trainers for you to fight if you talk to them. __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.

| Waitress ($ 704 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Clefairy | NRM | L22 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Collector ($1216 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Sudowoodo | RCK | L19 | M | | Sudowoodo | RCK | L19 | M | | Sudowoodo | RCK | L19 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Collector ($1280 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Mr. Mime | PSY | L17 | M | | Mr. Mime | PSY | L20 | M | | Mr. Mime | PSY | L20 | M | '--------------'-----------'-----'---'

You can also buy Moomoo Milk for $500 each by talking to the lady at thecounter. That's a really good deal if you're in need of some healing items,because it heals more than Super Potions do (heals 100HP) and it even costsless. The downside is that you have to buy each one individually, so it takeslonger.

Outside of the Cafe, the path to the north is blocked off by Psyducks. Butthat's ok, because you need to head east to Route 215 anyway. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.3.13. Route 215 |_____________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Ponyta | FIR | 21, 22 | 30% | 40% | 20% | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 20, 21, 22 | 35% | 25% | 25% | | Abra | PSY | 20 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Kricketune | BUG | 20, 21, 22 | 10% | 10% | 30% | | Kadabra | PSY | 20, 21, 22 | 15% | 15% | 15% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Ruin Maniac ($1104 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Bronzor | STL / PSY | L21 | | | Shieldon | RCK / STL | L23 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Black Belt ($ 600 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Croagunk | PSN / FTG | L25 | M |

,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Black Belt ($ 504 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Meditite | FTG / PSY | L23 | M | | Machop | FTG | L22 | M | | Meditite | FTG / PSY | L21 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Black Belt ($ 528 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Croagunk | PSN / FTG | L21 | M | | Machop | FTG | L22 | M | | Meditite | FTG / PSY | L23 | M |.-'--------------'-----------'-----'---'.______________________________,----.| Ace Trainer || Ace Trainer ($2760 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Monferno | FIR / FTG | L23 | M || Glameow | NRM | L23 | F | | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L23 | M || Kadabra | PSY | L23 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---''--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | Ether |`-------| TM66 (Payback) | | Fist Plate | | Guard Spec | | TM34 (Shock | | Wave) | | Full Heal | '-----------------'

The Trainers in the area use lots of Fighting-type Pokemon, so be sure to haveyour Flying- or Psychic-type attacks handy. They are also at a bit higherlevel than the last area's, so make sure that you handle them with caution.You can also encounter wild Kadabras here, which make an excellent PsychicPokemon for your party. They're a bit of a pain to catch, though, so beprepared to waste up to a dozen Poke Balls on just one (assuming you got itdown to under 1/3 health).

Near the beginning of the route, you can use Cut on a bush and then enter afight against Black Belt. Afterwards, you can pick up the Fist Plate nearby.

The guy on the way to the bridge will give you TM66 (Payback) if you talk to

him. You can also get TM34 (Shock Wave) after passing the large field of tallgrass by using Cut on another bush. Lastly, there's a Full Heal near the endof the Route. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.3.14. Veilstone City |________________________________________________)

Now here's a pretty big city with some things to do in it. Veilstone City isactually a lot like Celadon City from FireRed and LeafGreen... it has aDepartment Store and Game Corner and everything! And, from the looks of it,the evil organization trying to take over the world (in this case, TeamGalactic) is also around town.

The first place you will probably want to check out is the Department Store,which can be found on the northern side of town, up on a ridge by some otherhouses. Inside, there are 4 floors of shops, along with a roof, as per usualof Department Stores in Pokemon Games.

,-----------------------------.( FIRST FLOOR, LEFT PERSON ) `-.------------------.------.-` | Poke Ball | 200 | | Great Ball | 600 | | Ultra Ball | 1200 | | Escape Rope | 550 | | Clefairy Doll | 1000 | | Repel | 350 | | Super Repel | 500 | | Max Repel | 700 | | Grass Mail | 50 | | Flame Mail | 50 | | Bubble Mail | 50 | | Space Mail | 50 | ,-'-------------------------'-.( FIRST FLOOR, RIGHT PERSON ) `-.------------------.------.-` | Potion | 300 | | Super Potion | 700 | | Hyper Potion | 1200 | | Max Potion | 2500 | | Revive | 1500 | | Antidote | 100 | | Parlyz Heal | 200 |

| Burn Heal | 250 | | Ice Heal | 250 | | Awakening | 250 | | Full Heal | 600 | ,-'-------------------------'-.( SECOND FLOOR, TOP PERSON ) `-.------------------.------.-` | X Speed | 350 | | X Attack | 500 | | X Defend | 550 | | Guard Spec | 700 | | Dire Hit | 650 | | X Accuracy | 950 | | X Special | 350 | | X Sp. Def | 350 | ,-'-------------------------'-.( SECOND FLOOR, MIDDLE PERSON ) `-.------------------.------.-` | Protein | 9800 | | Iron | 9800 | | Calcium | 9800 | | Zinc | 9800 | | Carbos | 9800 | | HP Up | 9800 | ,-'-------------------------'----.( THIRD FLOOR, TOP PERSON ) `-.---------------------.------.-` | TM83 (Natural Gift) | 2000 | | TM17 (Protect) | 2000 | | TM54 (False Swipe) | 2000 | | TM20 (Safeguard) | 2000 | | TM33 (Reflect) | 2000 | | TM16 (Light Screen) | 2000 | | TM70 (Flash) | 1000 | ,-'----------------------------'-.( THIRD FLOOR, BOTTOM PERSON ) `-.---------------------.------.-` | TM38 (Fire Blast) | 5500 | | TM25 (Thunder) | 5500 | | TM14 (Blizzard) | 5500 | | TM22 (Solarbeam) | 3000 | | TM52 (Focus Blast) | 5500 | | TM15 (Hyper Beam) | 7500 | ,-'---------------------------<( FOURTH FLOOR, TOP PERSON ) `-.------------------.------.-` | Yellow Cushion | 500 | | Cupboard | 1000 | | TV | 4500 | | Refrigerator | 1000 | | Pretty Sink | 3000 |

,-'-------------------------'-.( FOURTH FLOOR, BOTTOM PERSON ) `-.------------------.------.-` | Munchlax Doll | 2000 | | Bonsly Doll | 2000 | | Mime Jr. Doll | 2000 | | Mantyke Doll | 3000 | | Buizel Doll | 3000 | | Chatot Doll | 3000 | '------------------'------'

Talk to the old lady with a hat on on the first floor of the Depot and shewill give you a Mask of Dawn's starting Pokemon for your Accessory Case.

On the second floor of the Department Store, talk to the bottom lady at thecounter, and she will give you the Counter Application for your Poketch. It'sa pretty simple Application: you just press the + button on the screen to addone to the counter. This is handy for keeping track of how many Pokemon youhave fought for, say, EV Training or something.

On the roof (fifth floor), talk to one of the big guys and he will give youaSticky Barb.

Anyway, other than the Department Store, there's also the Game Corner and theGym. The Game Corner can be found on the southeastern side of town, althoughyou will need to pick up the Coin Case before you can play the Slot Machinesor get any Coins. You can find the Coin Case by talking to the jester insideof the second house near the Gym (southwestern side of town) and correctlyguessing which hand he has it in.

Inside of the house next door, you can talk with the lady there and she'lloffer to give your Pokemon a massage that will raise its happiness. I'm prettysure that this can be done once per day. You can also talk to the guy outsideof the two houses to receive TM63 (Embargo).

The big building on the northeastern side of town is the Galactic VeilstoneBuilding. You can't get far into it for now, but you can pick up a PP Up onthe left side of the outside of the building.

The Game Corner is the flashy looking house on the southeastern side of town.You can talk to all of the people inside (after getting the Coin Case) to

squeeze 70 free Coins out of them. You'll have to buy/win any more, though.You can buy 50 Coins for $1000, or 500 Coins for $10000 by talking to the ladyat the counter. To play the Slot Machines, go up to one, and then press X toput in three Coins. You can either press X again or press Down and the reelswill start spinning. Then, you can press Y to stop the first reel, B to stopthe second reel, and A to stop the third reel, and you'll receive the payoutas listed on the bottom corners depending on what you get. A type of Poke Ballmay also appear on the bottom, indicating that you will have better luck andthe slots will be sticky to a certain degree depending on which Poke Ball isdown there.

Next door, you can talk to the lady at the counter to redeem your Coins forthe following prizes:

,--------------------------------.( GAME CORNER PRIZES (in COINS) ) `-.---------------------.------.-` | Silk Scarf | 1000 | | Wide Lens | 1000 | | Zoom Lens | 1000 | | Metronome | 1000 | | TM90 (Substitute) | 2000 | | TM58 (Endure) | 2000 | | TM75 (Swords Dance) | 4000 | | TM32 (Double Team) | 4000 | | TM44 (Rest) | 6000 | | TM89 (U-Turn) | 6000 | | TM10 (Hidden Power) | 6000 | | TM27 (Return) | 8000 | | TM21 (Frustration) | 8000 | | TM35 (Flamethrower) |10000 | | TM24 (Thunderbolt) |10000 | | TM13 (Ice Beam) |10000 | | TM29 (Psychic) |10000 | | TM74 (Gyro Ball) |15000 | | TM68 (Giga Impact) |20000 | '---------------------'------'

Looks like the prices on the good TMs went up. Ugh.

Anyway, I guess now would be a good time to heal up and earn your third GymBadge. The Gym is located north of the house that you got the Coin Case at,in

the southwestern area of town. On your way there, Dawn will talk to you andthen run off to the Department Store. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.3.15. Veilstone Gym |_________________________________________________) __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Black Belt ($ 600 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Machoke | FTG | L25 | M | | Machop | FTG | L25 | M | | Machoke | FTG | L25 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Black Belt ($ 624 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Machoke | FTG | L26 | M | | Meditite | FTG / PSY | L26 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Black Belt ($ 672 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Meditite | FTG / PSY | L28 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Black Belt ($ 600 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Machoke | FTG | L25 | M | | Machoke | FTG | L25 | M | | Machoke | FTG | L25 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

This Gym's puzzle I found rather fun, although I could see where it couldbecome rather frustrating. Basically, you have to push the sliders on eitherside and they will slide around. Certain positions of the sliders will blockyour access to certain areas and allow you access to others. You will need toget the two sliders on the very top pushed, which requires you to form a pathon each of the sides to get back there. It's hard to explain, but just keepatit, and you'll get the jist of it.

When you get to the end, you'll find Maylene. Remember, if you leave thebuilding, the puzzle will reset, so consider your party's status before goingback to heal. _______________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\________________,-----.,|| BOSS BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $3600 |\

|\ Leader Maylene '._____.'|`*\==============v===========v=====v===/#||*| Meditite | FTG / PSY | L27 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Drain Punch ] [ Confusion ] |#||*| [ Meditate ] [ Detect ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Machoke | FTG | L27 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Brick Break ] [ Rock Tomb ] |#||*| [ Leer ] [ Foresight ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Lucario | FTG / STL | L30 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Drain Punch ] [ Force Palm ] |#||*| [ Metal Claw ] [ Bone Rush ] |#||*/____________________________________\#|`'======================================'` __________________________________|Marriland's Pokemon at this point:||_____.---------------------.______| | - Empoleon Lv36 | | - Luxray Lv36 | | - Staraptor Lv37 | | - Golbat Lv21 | | - Bibarel Lv18 | | - Buizel Lv 7 | '---------------------'

Ok, my Pokemon were extremely strong at this point because I got a bit carriedaway with training. If you have a Staraptor, you will completely own Maylene,period. Use Aerial Ace against the Meditite and Machoke, and then Close Combatagainst Lucario. But, that's only assuming you have a Level 34 Staraptor. EvenStaravia will be at a nice advantage, although not quite as effective. If youdon't have either, the fight will be a bit more challenging.

You would think that Psychic-type Pokemon would be effective against aFighting-type Gym Leader, although Machoke is the only one of her Pokemonthat's weak to Psychic due to clever typing (Psychic resists Psychic, and sodoes Steel, so both Meditite and Lucario only take normal damage). Golbat orHaunter would do nicely here if you have one trained. Otherwise, keep your HP

up, and keep any Rock-, Normal-, and Steel-types away. Lucario is the mainthreat, due to its high level and resistance to a large amount of types.

When you win, she'll give you the Cobble Badge, which lets you use Fly outsideof battle. She will also give you TM60, which contains Drain Punch.

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s5.4. Fen Badge | /`-'-----------------'-------------------------------------------------------` ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.4.1. Veilstone City |_________________________________________________)

As you leave the Gym, Dawn will be outside and will tell you that TeamGalactic stole her Pokedex. Meet her by the warehouse (behind the DepartmentStore), and agree to help her get it back. __________.' TRAINERS `._________________________________________________________,----.| Galactic Grunt || Galactic Grunt ($2000 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Beautifly | BUG / FLY | L25 | M || Dustox | BUG / PSN | L25 | M | | Stunky | DRK / PSN | L25 | M || Croagunk | PSN / FTG | L25 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---''--------------'-----------'-----'---' _________.' PARTNER `.__________________________| Pokemon Trainer Dawn )`-.--------------.-----------.--------< | Clefairy | NRM | L25 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

Clefairy does an awesome job at doing nothing productive. You will find itusing Metronome and Sing a lot. Sing can be helpful, but Metronome isn't mostof the time.

After beating them, they'll run into the Warehouse and order them to lock thedoors. Dawn will then tell you to go to Pastoria City.

Go inside of the Warehouse and, although you won't be able to proceed anyfurther, you can pick up HM02 (Fly) in there to assist your travelling needs.

,---------------. | JUBILIFE CITY | `--.------------'------------------------------------------------------. | You can return to the Poketch Company Building and talk to the | | President (on the first floor, by the receptionist) to receive | | the Marking Map Poketch Application. | |___________________________________________________________________|

Return back to Hearthome City, except this time, go south to Route 212. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.4.2. Route 212 |______________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Starly | NRM / FLY | 16 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Budew | GRS / PSN | 16 | 30% | 30% | 30% | | Staravia | NRM / FLY | 17, 18 | 15% | 25% | 5% | | Kricketune | BUG | 17, 18 | 20% | 10% | 30% | | Roselia | GRS / PSN | 16, 17 | 15% | 15% | 15% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Policeman ($ 720 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Hoothoot | NRM / FLY | L18 | M | | Machop | FTG | L18 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Policeman ($ 720 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Hoothoot | NRM / FLY | L18 | M | | Machop | FTG | L18 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Policeman ($ 720 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Hoothoot | NRM / FLY | L18 | M | | Meditite | FTG / PSY | L18 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Socialite ($3800 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----<

| Roselia | GRS / PSN | L19 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Gentleman ($3800 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Chatot | NRM / FLY | L19 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Policeman ($ 760 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Hoothoot | NRM / FLY | L17 | M | | Meditite | FTG / PSY | L19 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Rich Boy ($3040 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Luxio | ELC | L19 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Rich Girl ($3040 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Buneary | NRM | L19 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | TM11 (Sunny Day)|`-------| Elixir | '-----------------'

Make your way south, fighting the Trainers along the way. Some of theseTrainers can be fought in either Single or Double Battle, depending on whichdirection you challenge them, and the Policemen will only fight you at night.Use common sense, there. You can find TM11 (Sunny Day) near the Gentleman andSocialite, but you need Cut in order to access it. You can also find an Elixirfurther down the path.

When you find the field of tall grass, you will be nearby the gates to thePokemon Mansion. In the courtyard, you can fight against the Rich Boy and RichGirl, and further along the path you'll find the Pokemon Mansion. You canenter it, don't worry. Just mind your manners!

You can check out info on the Pokemon Mansion, and the Trophy Garden containedinside, in section 6.10. of this Walkthrough. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.4.3. Route 212 (Rainy Area) |_________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________

| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Wooper | WTR / GRD | 18 | 30% | 30% | 30% | | Bibarel | NRM / WTR | 18, 19, 20 | 35% | 35% | 25% | | Roselia | GRS / PSN | 18, 19, 20 | 25% | 25% | 15% | | Kricketune | BUG | 18, 19 | 10% | 10% | 30% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `._________________________________________________________,----.| Pokemon Ranger || Pokemon Ranger ($2520 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Aipom | NRM | L21 | F || Prinplup | WTR | L21 | M | | Marill | WTR | L21 | F || Prinplup | WTR | L21 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.''---------------'----------'-----'---'| Scientist ($1008 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Kadabra | PSY | L21 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Policeman ($ 800 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Hoothoot | NRM / FLY | L20 | M | | Machop | FTG | L20 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Collector ($1216 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L18 | M | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L17 | M | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L19 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Fisherman ($ 544 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Barboach | WTR / GRD | L17 | M | | Barboach | WTR / GRD | L17 | M | | Barboach | WTR / GRD | L17 | M | | Shellos | WTR | L20 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Fisherman ($ 608 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Goldeen | WTR | L19 | M | | Barboach | WTR / GRD | L19 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Fisherman ($ 672 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L21 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'

| Parasol Lady ($ 608 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Goldeen | WTR | L19 | F | | Buizel | WTR | L19 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Pokemon Ranger ($1260 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Luxio | ELC | L21 | M | | Buizel | WTR | L21 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Scientist ($ 912 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Abra | PSY | L19 | M | | Kadabra | PSY | L19 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Parasol Lady ($ 672 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Psyduck | WTR | L21 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | Antidote |`-------| TM62 (Silver | | Wind) | | TM06 (Toxic) | | Revive | | X Special | | Zinc | '-----------------'

As you enter the southern section of Route 212, you'll notice that it willbegin to rain. This will carry on into battles, too, so all Water-type attacksare going to have boosted power, and Fire-type attacks will be weakened. Keepthat in mind if you are going to be using any of those attacks.

There are a over a dozen Trainers to fight along the way, so you'll be boundto gain lots of EXP if you fight them all.

After some trekking, you'll reach an interesting area where you'll see narrowpaths suspended in the air. In order to get across them, you have ride yourBicycle over the narrow path. Don't worry; you can't fall. Help yourself toTM62 (Silver Wind) which is found across one of the narrow bridges.

There's a bridge (on the water) nearby with some Fisherman on it that you'llneed to cross. The Fisherman are totally optional to fight, as most usuallyare, but I would still recommend it to squeeze some more EXP into yourPokemon.

After the bridge, you will find two things of interest: a little house, andwhat appears to be a muddy swamp. You can redeem Shards, which you can findUnderground, for TMs here.

On to the swamp. You won't be able to ride your Bike in the swamp, obviously,so you'll have to go on foot. You might also run into a mud pit, where yourcharacter will just stop in their movements. To get out of one, you'll needtowriggle your way out by trying to walk in various directions until youeventually break free.

Near the end of the swamp, you can find TM06 (Toxic). You'll also find anothernarrow bridge overhead shortly afterward. You can pick up a Revive if you walkunder the bridge (it looks like its surrounded by forest, but there's really aclear path), and you can pick up an X Special and a Zinc by riding yourBicycle across the narrow bridge and then following the path (a Scientist andParasol Lady are along the way).

Just a bit further east and a little north of the swamp, you'll find anotherseemingly empty swamp (HINT: use your Dowsing Machine Application!) and a patheast over to your destination: Pastoria City. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.4.4. Pastoria City |__________________________________________________)

Pastoria City is home to the Great Marsh game (see section 6.11. for fullcoverage) as well as your fourth Gym Battle. Other than that, there reallyisn't too much special to the town.

You can speak with the lady inside of the first house from the easternentrance to receive a random rare Berry once per day.

The Parasol Lady by the Great Marsh will give you another Accessory for yourAccessory Case: a Mask of whatever Pokemon your Rival started with. Woohoo!?You'll also see a Team Galactic Goon lurking outside of the Safari Zone. Ack,looks like trouble has even reached down here.

Pastoria City's Poke Mart has an inferior selection of items in comparison toVeilstone City's Department Store, but it does have both Dusk Balls and QuickBalls for sale. The Quick Balls are particularly handy for catching Pokemoninthe first few turns of the fight, and make a great type of Poke Ball to useifyou just like to try and quickly catch a Pokemon or don't want to riskknocking it out.

The house by the water is the Move Relearner's house. Talk to the guy insideand he will offer to reteach a move that one of your Pokemon can learn byLevel Up. However, it comes at a price of one Heart Scale, which can be foundin Sinnoh Underground.

You will need to go into the Great Marsh at some point and talk to the personwith green hair right near the entrance in order to get HM05 (Defog).Other than that, the Great Marsh is optional. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.4.5. Pastoria Gym |___________________________________________________) __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Tuber ($ 104 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Buizel | WTR | L26 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Fisherman ($ 832 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Barboach | WTR / GRD | L26 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Sailor ($ 768 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Wingull | WTR / FLY | L24 | M | | Wingull | WTR / FLY | L24 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Tuber ($ 96 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Azurill | NRM | L24 | F | | Marill | WTR | L24 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Fisherman ($ 768 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Goldeen | WTR | L22 | M | | Barboach | WTR / GRD | L23 | M |

| Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L24 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Sailor ($ )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Shellos | WTR | L24 | M | | Shellos | WTR | L24 | M | | Wingull | WTR / FLY | L24 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

This Gym's puzzle involves a lot of water. There are three levels to the Gym:I will refer to them as bottom, middle, and top. There are also threedifferent colors of buttons scattered throughout the Gym. The Yellow buttonwill lower the water level to the very bottom, allowing you to access any ofthe three levels of the Gym; the Green button will raise or lower the waterlevel to the middle level, giving you access to the middle and top levels; andthe Blue button will raise the water level to its highest stage, so you canonly access the top level.

There are also rafts that float depending on the water level. You can crossthese rafts, and they will make bridges depending on the water level.

To solve the puzzle, from the start, go across the bridge and press the Yellowbutton. Proceed down the stairs, ignoring the Green button you see. Head tothe very back, climb the stairs up to the top level, and press the Greenbutton. Go back down the stairs but this time to the middle level, ignore theYellow button, and walk around (crossing a bridge) back up to the top floor.Press the Blue button. Head south, fight against the Tuber boy and Tuber girl(crossing some bridges as you go), then press the Green button. Go down to themiddle layer and press the southern-most Yellow button (ignore the one nexttoa Green button). Walk all the way north, leading you to the bottom floor.Follow the path until you get to a Blue button, then press it. Cross thebridge, and the path to the Gym Leader should appear.

_______________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\________________,-----.,|| BOSS BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $3600 |\|\ Leader Wake '._____.'|`*\==============v===========v=====v===/#||*| Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L27 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Brine ] [ Dragon Rage ] |#||*| [ Bite ] [ Swagger ] |#|

|*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Quagsire | WTR / GRD | L27 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Mud Bomb ] [ Slam ] |#||*| [ Mud Sport ] [ Tail Whip ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Floatzel | WTR | L30 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Brine ] [ Ice Fang ] |#||*| [ Pursuit ] [ Swift ] |#||*/____________________________________\#|`'======================================'` __________________________________|Marriland's Pokemon at this point:||_____.---------------------.______| | - Empoleon Lv38 | | - Luxray Lv39 | | - Staravia Lv38 | | - Buneary Lv27 | | - Glameow Lv 1 | | - Burmy Lv 1 | '---------------------'

Again, my Pokemon are way stronger than they should be at this point. CrasherWake uses Water-type Pokemon, so your Grass- and Electric-type Pokemon willbeat an advantage. However, be mindful to the fact that Gyarados is NOT weak toGrass (since it is part Flying-type) and Quagsire is completely IMMUNE toElectric-type attacks. If you have the luxury, use Electric-type attacksagainst Gyarados and Grass-type attacks against Quagsire, as those attackswill do 4x damage to (and likely One-Hit K.O.) that Pokemon.

Gyarados has the Intimidate Ability, which will lower your Pokemon's Attackwhen its sent out. It also has pretty high Attack itself and some moves thatuse it. Quagsire has Water Absorb which will restore Quagsire's HP if its hitby a Water-type attack instead of deal damage.

Floatzel is both strong and quick, so stay on guard. Fortunately, it's weaktoboth Grass- and Electric-type Pokemon, so if you have one you'll be able tohit it pretty nicely. Floatzel does know Brine, though, which does more damageif the target Pokemon has half or less HP remaining. Keep your HP high,otherwise Brine will sweep you away.

After beating Crasher Wake, he'll give you the Fen Badge, which allows you touse Defog outside of battle. He will also give you TM55 (Brine). Also, if thisis your fourth Badge, all Traded Pokemon up to Level 50 will obey you withoutquestion.

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s5.5. Relic Badge | /`-'-------------------'-----------------------------------------------------` ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.5.1. Pastoria City |__________________________________________________)

After beating Crasher Wake, talk to the Galactic Grunt outside of the GreatMarsh, and now that you have four Badges, he'll run off. Follow him east, talkto him again, and he'll continue running away from you. After he runs off,Rival will appear from behind and start a battle with you. __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Pokemon Trainer Rival ($2800 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Starly | NRM / FLY | L26 | M | | | | | | | - If you picked Turtwig: - | | Buizel | WTR | L25 | M | | Roselia | GRS / PSN | L25 | M | | Monferno | FIR / FTG | L28 | M | | | | | | | - If you picked Chimchar: - | | Roselia | GRS / PSN | L25 | M | | Ponyta | FIR | L25 | M | | Prinplup | WTR | L28 | M | | | | | | | - If you picked Piplup: - | | Ponyta | FIR | L25 | M | | Buizel | WTR | L25 | M | | Grotle | GRS | L28 | M | '--------------'-----------'-----'---'

Compared to the last two Gym Leaders you've had to fight, Rival should be a

complete pushover. His Starly isn't even evolved, so one hit from practicallyany of your Pokemon should do it in with little difficulty. His other threePokemon have gained a few levels, but still aren't really a threat. The onlyone that might give you a little trouble would be his starter Pokemon,although even it is weak in comparison to the Gym Leaders, so you should beable to take it down with either smart type countering or sheer brute force.

After beating him, he'll hear about the Galactic Grunt, and then chase afterhim. You should do the same, and head east to Route 213. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.5.2. Route 213 |______________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Buizel | WTR | 20, 21 | 30% | 30% | 30% | | Shellos | WTR | 20, 21, 22 | 40% | 40% | 50% | | Wingull | WTR / FLY | 20 | 20% | 20% | 10% | | Floatzel | WTR | 22 | 10% | 10% | 10% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Beauty ($1288 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Glameow | NRM | L23 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Fisherman ($ 704 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Magikarp | WTR | L19 | M | | Remoraid | WTR | L19 | M | | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L22 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Tuber ($ 92 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Bibarel | NRM / WTR | L23 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Tuber ($ 80 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Shellos | WTR | L19 | M | | Shellos | WTR | L21 | M | | Shellos | WTR | L20 | M | '--------------'-----------'-----'---'

,-------._________________

| ITEMS | TM40 (Aerial |`-------| Ace) | | Red Shard | | TM92 (Trick | | Room) | | PP Up | '-----------------'

The Shellos in this area are blue and look slightly different, so don't bealarmed. They're still the same Pokemon. There's also Wingulls and evenFloatzels here for you to catch and/or battle.

You can pick up TM40 (Aerial Ace) behind a Smashable Rock to the east of theBeauty. You can also use your Dowsing Machine in the sandy areas to gobeachcombing and pick up a Pearl.

The house by the shore is rather unusual. If you talk to the man inside of it,Dr. Footstep, he'll examine your lead Pokemon for you. Apparently, if it'shappy with you, he will give it a Footprint Ribbon.

Move along the southern coast, heading east, and you'll run into the GalacticGoon again. Talk to him, and he'll dart off east. Follow him, fighting theTuber boy and Tuber girl if you desire. You can use the Dowsing Machine inthis beach to find even more items. You can also pick up a Red Shard outsideof the nearby hotel, the Hotel Grand Lake.

Since there's nowhere else to go, enter the hotel. Talk to the hotel clerk ifyour Pokemon need any healing, and then take the back exit. This'll take youto an area with some houses in it. Inside of the second house you come across(first one on the left), you can talk to the clown living there to receiveTM92 (Trick Room). You can also pick up a PP Up near the pool, which is westof the scattered houses. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.5.3. Valor Lakefront |________________________________________________)

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Parlyz Heal |`-------| | '-----------------'

North of the hotel area you'll find a place nearby Lake Valor. There's arestaurant near the entrance, which you can enter and fight a multitude ofDouble Battles. Do so if you wish, and you'll pick up nearly $10,000, as wellas a bit of EXP. The restaurant is only open between the hours of 9:00 and23:00, and the Trainers inside might vary from the ones I have listed below. __________.' TRAINERS `._________________________________________________________,----.| Artist || Beauty ($2392 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Mr. Mime | PSY | L23 | M || Psyduck | WTR | L23 | F |,-'--------------'-----------'-----'---''--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Collector || Aroma Lady ($2016 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Clefairy | NRM | L20 | F || Roselia | GRS / PSN | L23 | F | | Clefairy | NRM | L20 | F |`--------------'-----------'-----'---' | Clefairy | NRM | L20 | F |,-'--------------'-----------'-----'---'.---------------------------.__,----.| Schoolboy || Pokefan ($1804 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Wooper | WTR / GRD | L23 | M || Marill | WTR | L21 | F | '--------------'-----------'-----'---'| Aipom | NRM | L21 | F | | Clefairy | NRM | L20 | F |,--------------------------------------.'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Scientist || Pokemon Breeder ($2112 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Kadabra | PSY | L23 | M || Stunky | PSN / DRK | L21 | F | '--------------'-----------'-----'---'| Buizel | WTR | L21 | F |,--------------------------------------.'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'

| Reporter || Cameraman ($1592 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Murkrow | DRK / FLY | L23 | F || Luxio | ELC | L21 | M | '--------------'-----------'-----'---'| Pikachu | ELC | L21 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

Just talk to any of the Trainers and say yes when they ask if you'd like tobattle them and a battle will start.

Outside of the restaurant, you'll find the Galactic Goon to the east. Talk tohim, and he'll run to the north.

Follow him north, and then talk to him again, but this time, instead ofrunning away, he'll fight you. __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Galactic Grunt ($1000 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Glameow | NRM | L25 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

After beating him, he'll run north, although will appear to be running out ofsteam. You've stopped him now, he's done.

Head north a bit and you'll find Cynthia again. She'll ask how your Pokedexiscoming along and will then give you the SecretPotion which can be used toclear the Psyducks blocking your path on Route 210. __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Girafarig | NRM / PSY | 21, 22 | 30% | 30% | 30% | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 20 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Staravia | NRM / FLY | 21, 22 | 15% | 15% | 5% | | Graveler | RCK / GRD | 21, 22 | 15% | 15% | 5% | | Bibarel | NRM / WTR | 21, 22 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Kricketune | BUG | 21, 22 | 5% | 5% | 25% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|

If one of your Pokemon knows Fly, you can Fly to Solaceon Town or VeilstoneCity to save some time. But, since you're already in the area, head north toRoute 214. It'll take you back to Veilstone City anyway, so it's all good.

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.5.4. Route 214 |______________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Ponyta | FIR | 23, 24 | 35% | 35% | 25% | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 22 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Graveler | RCK / GRD | 23, 24 | 15% | 15% | 5% | | Girafarig | NRM / PSY | 24 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Kricketune | BUG | 23, 24 | 5% | 5% | 25% |( Diamond Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Stunky | PSN / DRK | 23, 24 | 15% | 15% | 15% |( Pearl Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Sudowoodo | RCK | 23, 24 | 15% | 15% | 15% |,------------------------------._________________|_____|_____|_____|| Ruin Maniac Cave (<10 Unown)_|_Enc: 10_________/ Frequency \`--.------------.--Type(s)--. Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 22 | 95% | 95% | 95% | | Hippopotas | GRD | 22, 23 | 5% | 5% | 5% |,-------------------------------.________________|_____|_____|_____|| Ruin Maniac Cave (>=10 Unown)_|_Enc: 10________/ Frequency \`--.------------.--Type(s)--. Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 23 | 90% | 90% | 90% | | Hippopotas | GRD | 22, 23, 24 | 10% | 10% | 10% |,----------------------------.___________________|_____|_____|_____|| Maniac Tunnel (>=26 Unown) |_Enc: 10____________/ Frequency \`--.------------.--Type(s)---' Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 24 | 80% | 80% | 80% | | Hippopotas | GRD | 22, 23, 24, 25 | 20% | 20% | 20% | `------------'-----------'--------------------'-----'-----'-----' * the Ruin Maniac Cave changes depending on the amount of Unowns that you have captured. __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Collector ($1536 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Roselia | GRS / PSN | L20 | M | | Roselia | GRS / PSN | L22 | M | | Roselia | GRS / PSN | L24 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ruin Maniac ($1248 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Shieldon | RCK / STL | L26 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Collector ($1536 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Buizel | WTR | L21 | M |

| Buizel | WTR | L21 | M | | Buizel | WTR | L24 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ruin Maniac ($1104 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Cranidos | RCK | L24 | M | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L22 | M | | Bronzor | STL / PSY | L23 | |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Psychic ($ 736 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Haunter | GHO / PSN | L23 | M | | Kadabra | PSY | L23 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Beauty ($1400 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Wormadam | BUG / GRS | L25 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Collector ($1536 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Ponyta | FIR | L22 | M | | Ponyta | FIR | L20 | M | | Ponyta | FIR | L24 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| P.I. ($2760 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Goldeen | WTR | L23 | M | | Goldeen | WTR | L23 | M | | Goldeen | WTR | L23 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Psychic ($ 768 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Gastly | GHO / PSN | L22 | F | | Misdreavus | GHO | L23 | F | | Kadabra | PSY | L24 | M | '--------------'-----------'-----'---'

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Max Potion |`-------| Large Root | | Heart Scale | | Guard Spec | '-----------------'

There are really two paths you can take. The left path will take you throughless wild Pokemon and Trainers. The paths are pretty straightforward, though,although there is a shortcut in the left path if you have Rock Smash on you.

Although, if you're anything like me, you'll want to beat the snot out of allof the Trainers in both paths, huzzah!

You can find a hidden Heart Scale (give to the Move Relearner in PastoriaCity) by using your Dowsing Machine, although it's easy to find even withoutusing it. Near the Psychic, there's a 0-shaped path with a square of tallgrass missing. Examine where the 0 is missing a patch of grass to find it.

At the end of the mountain side of the path, there's a cave entrance leadinginto the Ruin Maniac Cave. Inside, you can find TM28 (Dig). The guy inside isobsessed with Unowns... and digging. Depending on how many letters of Unownyou have, he'll dig the tunnel out further and further. You can catchHippopotas inside of his cave, but only very rarely. The larger his tunnelgets, the more likely you are to encounter Hippopotas, and when his tunnel iscomplete (after having all 26 letters of the Unown), he'll finally stop andopen up an exit to Solaceon Ruins, allowing you to reach a special room thathas Unown ! and ? in it.

At the very end of Route 214, you'll find yourself back in Veilstone City.From here, head west, past Route 215 and back to the Pokemon Cafe on Route210. While in Veilstone City, you will want to put a Pokemon that knows Defogon your party. Zubat is a pretty common Pokemon that can learn Defog if you'relooking for one that can learn it. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.5.5. Route 210 |______________________________________________________)

Use the SecretPotion on the Psyducks and they'll all wander off. Cynthiawill then appear behind you. Answer yes to her question and she'll give youthe Old Charms. She then tells you to go to Celestic Town and runs off. __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Ninja Boy ($ 200 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Zubat | PSN / FLY | L25 | M | | Skorupi | PSN / BUG | L25 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ninja Boy ($ 208 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L23 | M | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L23 | M |

| Geodude | RCK / GRD | L26 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ninja Boy ($ 216 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Stunky | PSN / DRK | L27 | M | '--------------'-----------'-----'---'

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Super Repel |`-------| Hyper Potion | | Ultra Ball | '-----------------'

There are three Ninjas hiding in the thick grass. Well, Ninja Boys, becausethey're barely visible. There's also 12 real Ninjas in there, but they don'thave any Pokemon. As you head north, a patch of dense fog will start to form. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.5.6. Route 210 (Foggy Area) |_________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Psyduck | WTR | 25 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Bibarel | NRM / WTR | 24 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Meditite | FTG / PSY | 24, 25, 26 | 30% | 30% | 20% | | Machop | FTG | 25, 26 | 20% | 20% | 10% | | Machoke | FTG | 26 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Hoothoot | NRM / FLY | 24 | 0% | 0% | 10% | | Noctowl | NRM / FLY | 25 | 0% | 0% | 10% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Ninja Boy ($ 200 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Zubat | PSN / FLY | L23 | M | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | L23 | M | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | L25 | M | | Skorupi | PSN / BUG | L25 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ace Trainer ($1620 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Ponyta | FIR | L27 | F | | Grotle | GRS | L27 | M |,-'--------------'-----------'-----'---'.---------------------------.__,----.

| Double Team ($6480 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---..--------------.-----------.---`----< | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L27 | M || Raichu | ELC | L27 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'`--------------'-----------'-----'---'| Ace Trainer ($1620 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Mothim | BUG / FLY | L25 | M | | Luxio | ELC | L27 | M | | Onix | RCK / GRD | L26 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ninja Boy ($ 216 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Dustox | BUG / PSN | L27 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Black Belt ($ 696 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Machoke | FTG | L29 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ninja Boy ($ 200 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Croagunk | FTG / PSN | L25 | M | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | L25 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Birdkeeper ($ 864 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Hoothoot | NRM / FLY | L27 | F | | Noctowl | NRM / FLY | L27 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Expert ($2080 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Buizel | WTR | L26 | M | | Girafarig | NRM / PSY | L26 | M | | Machoke | FTG | L26 | M | '--------------'-----------'-----'---'

In the northern area of Route 210, a heavy fog has taken the Route under it'scloud of limited visibility. You will either need to wander around blindly oruse Defog in order to clear the fog from the area, allowing you to see.

Make your way through the tall grass and climb the hill, up to the area whereyou need to cross a bridge. There's another narrow bridge that you can crosswith your Bicycle, so ride it across, fight against the Ninja Boy, take thenarrow bridge south, and then use Rock Smash to clear way to TM30 (Shadow

Ball).

Head back to the start of the narrow bridge, but this time go south on themain bridge. Fight the Black Belt, and then you can pick up the Smoke Ballbeing guarded by another Ninja Boy. Continue to make your way west until youeventually reach Celestic Town. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.5.7. Celestic Town |__________________________________________________)

Kannagi Town is an ancient town full of lore and stuff. Well, at least, that'swhat I'm guessing. If you go west of the Pokemon Center, an old lady willramble about some legend or something.

At this point, you can pick up a few items throughout town.

Inside of the Pokemon Center, talking to the man on the left side of thebuilding will net you a Great Ball. You can talk to the Black Belt inside ofthe house on the southwest side of town to receive the Analog WatchApplication for your Poketch. It's basically just a clock with hands on itinstead of a 24-hour military digital clock thingy.

There's also no Poke Mart in town, but the house in the northeast corner oftown is called the Friendly Shop and it has items for you to purchase. Prettymuch the same old selection, though, although you can buy Timer Balls now for$1000 each. But, you can also talk to the bearded man inside of the FriendlyShop and he'll give you the Wise Glasses, which slightly increase the powerofthe bearer's Special-type attacks.

Whenever you're ready, head to the center of town and talk to the TeamGalactic Grunt guarding the entrance to a cave. Answer yes to his questionand he'll initiate a battle. __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Galactic Grunt ($1080 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Beautifly | BUG / FLY | L25 | M | | Croagunk | PSN / FTG | L27 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

Not too tough. After beating him, he'll run off, allowing you access into the

cave. The old lady from before will come over and thank you for ridding him.She'll also notice the Old Charms you have and will know that it was Cynthiathat gave it to you. She'll then take the Old Charms from you and tell you tolook at the inside of the cave.

Inside, you will see ancient drawings of three Pokemon on the wall. Examinethem, and the old lady will come in and tell you about the legend of the trioof Legendary Pokemon. She'll then give you HM03, which contains Surf, butshe'll tell you that you can't use it outside of battle until after you'vegotten the Gym Badge from Hearthome City.

As you exit the cave, the man with blue hair that you saw at the Mt. Coronetwill be outside. He'll introduce himself as Cyrus, talk to you about somestuff, mention Mt. Coronet, and will then leave. Interesting...

Anyway, now you can finally go back to Hearthome City and enter the Gym!However, just for completion's sake, you might as well check out Route 211 tothe west (not necessary, but I'm going to cover it anyway). ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.5.8. Route 211 (East) |_______________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Meditite | FTG / PSY | 27, 28 | 35% | 35% | 35% | | Graveler | RCK / GRD | 27 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Ponyta | FIR | 26, 27, 28 | 15% | 15% | 5% | | Machoke | FTG | 27, 28 | 20% | 20% | 10% | | Chingling | PSY | 27, 28 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 26 | 0% | 0% | 10% | | Noctowl | NRM / FLY | 28 | 0% | 0% | 10% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Black Belt ($ 696 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Croagunk | FTG / PSN | L28 | M | | Machoke | FTG | L29 | M | | Meditite | FTG / PSY | L27 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Birdkeeper ($ 992 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----<

| Noctowl | NRM / FLY | L31 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ruin Maniac ($1440 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Bronzor | PSY / STL | L30 | |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ninja Boy ($ 216 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Skorupi | PSN / BUG | L27 | M | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | L27 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

More Trainers, some fairly strong wild Pokemon. Not too bad. If you talk tothe Ace Trainer near the Ruin Maniac, he'll repeatedly say to himself "I'mstrong!" before eventually noticing you. He'll then give you TM77 (Psych Up).Cool?

To the west is another entrance to the Mt. Coronet. You haven't been to thispart of it yet, but there's really nothing in there for now except an EscapeRope. You can come back here later when you are able to use Strength to dosome more exploring, though. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.5.9. Hearthome Gym |__________________________________________________) __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Youngster ($ 464 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Gastly | GHO / PSN | L27 | M | | Haunter | GHO / PSN | L29 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Lass ($ 480 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Misdreavus | GHO | L30 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Camper ($ 432 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Gastly | GHO / PSN | L27 | M | | Gastly | GHO / PSN | L27 | M | | Gastly | GHO / PSN | L27 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Picnicker ($ 448 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Drifloon | GHO / FLY | L28 | F | | Misdreavus | GHO | L28 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'

| School Boy ($ 600 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Haunter | GHO / PSN | L30 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| School Girl ($ 560 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Drifloon | GHO / FLY | L28 | F | | Drifloon | GHO / FLY | L28 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ace Trainer ($1800 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Gastly | GHO / PSN | L26 | M | | Haunter | GHO / PSN | L28 | M | | Gengar | GHO / PSN | L30 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ace Trainer ($1800 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Misdreavus | GHO | L30 | F | | Drifblim | GHO / FLY | L30 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

Now the Gym is finally operational again! Woohoo! This Gym is all aboutriddles. Pretty simple mathmatical riddles, actually. To start, stand on theelevating platform and you'll see a signpost and three doors in front of you.Read the sign to see the question, as well as three possible answers witharrows. If you think the answer with the arrow pointing left is correct, thenenter the left door. If you think the one with the arrow pointing up iscorrect, enter the middle door. And if you think the answer with the arrowpointing right is correct, can you guess? Yes, you're right, you go throughthe door to the right.

What happens if you get a question wrong? You get hurled into a pool of moltenlava, that's what! So don't get it wrong! No, don't worry, you don't reallyget thrown into a pool of lava. You just have to fight a Trainer. I'm all forfighting Trainers, so don't feel like you need to answer all of the questionscorrectly.

Here is a list of all of the questions, as well as the answers (and the nameof the Trainer you'll have to fight if you enter the wrong door): ____________ / QUESTION 1 \_______________________________________| "Question: what is 3 plus 5 plus 7?" || "Answer: <- 2 ^ 16 -> 15" || --------------------------------------------------- |

| <- Wrong ^ Wrong -> Correct |'-----------------------------------------------------' ____________ / QUESTION 2 \_______________________________________| "Question: what is 12 plus 28?" || "Answer: <- 30 ^ 40 -> 50" || --------------------------------------------------- || <- Wrong ^ Correct -> Wrong |'-----------------------------------------------------' ____________ / QUESTION 3 \_______________________________________| "Question: what is 3 multiplied by 13?" || "Answer: <- 39 ^ 93 -> 33" || --------------------------------------------------- || <- Correct ^ Wrong -> Wrong |'-----------------------------------------------------' ____________ / QUESTION 4 \_______________________________________| "Question: what was the answer from the first room?"|| "Answer: <- 2 ^ 16 -> 15" || --------------------------------------------------- || <- Wrong ^ Wrong -> Correct |'-----------------------------------------------------'

If you guess the fourth question correctly, you'll enter the room with the GymLeader that you saw awhile back, Fantina. Heal up, and get ready for a toughfight against her ghostly team of terrors!

_______________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\________________,-----.,|| BOSS BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $4320 |\|\ Leader Fantina '._____.'|`*\==============v===========v=====v===/#||*| Drifblim | GHO / FLY | L32 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Ominous Wind ] [ Gust ] |#||*| [ Astonish ] [ Minimize ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Mismagius | GHO | L36 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Shadow Ball ] [ Psybeam ] |#||*| [ Magical Leaf ] [ Confuse Ray ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Gengar | GHO / PSN | L34 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Shadow Claw ] [ Poison Jab ] |#||*| [ Spite ] [ Confuse Ray ] |#|

|*/____________________________________\#|`'======================================'` __________________________________|Marriland's Pokemon at this point:||_____.---------------------.______| | - Empoleon Lv42 | | - Luxray Lv42 | | - Staraptor Lv42 | | - Lucario Lv43 | | - Bibarel Lv34 | | - Golbat Lv21 | '---------------------'

You usually won't have a Lucario at this point, but I got one at Level 30 inthe GTS and decided to train it up, so that's how I have it. Remember, the GTScan be an awesome way to get Pokemon if you know how to work it.

Anyway, all of Fantina's Pokemon are Ghost-type, so your Normal- and Fighting-type attacks are going to be rendered absolutely useless here. And, since allof her Pokemon either have Levitate or are part Flying-type, your Ground-typeattacks are useless as well. Dark-type attacks will be your best bet forinflicting the most damage. Otherwise, you'll just want to go aggressive withany attack (other than Normal-, Fighting-, and Ground-type ones).

Fantina's Drifblim has a literal ton of HP. It also forces you to take damageif you knock it out with a Physical-based attack, so keep that in mind beforehitting it with Bite, Crunch, etc. It's not that aggressive, thankfully, butit's still a real pain to take down.

Her Mismagius is an absolute terror to fight against. It knows the destructiveShadow Ball, which, with its high Special Attack, will do a considerableamount of damage to you. It also knows Psychic and Magical Leaf for additionaltype coverage, and Confuse Ray to really mess with you. Be careful not tobring it down to the red-zone in health, otherwise Fantina will use a HyperPotion and remove all of the damage you inflicted.

Lastly is her Gengar, which also has very high Special Attack. Fortunately ithas fairly weak Defense and Special Defense, but it is fast and hits hard, so

be careful.

After beating her, she'll give you the Relic Badge. She'll also give you TM65(Shadow Claw). Plus, on top of that, you can also now use Surf outside ofbattle.

As you leave the Gym, Cynthia will approach you and ask you about whathappened in Celestic Town. She'll then talk about what Team Galactic isplanning and will tell you to go to the library in Canalave City. To getthere, you will need to travel west of Jubilife City.

,---------------. | JUBILIFE CITY | `--.------------'------------------------------------------------------. | You can return to the Poketch Company Building and talk to the | | President (on the first floor, by the receptionist) to receive | | the Link Searcher Poketch Application. | |___________________________________________________________________|

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s5.6. Mine Badge | /`-'------------------'------------------------------------------------------` ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.6.0. Hanging Ten - Now that you can Surf... |_________________________)

This section here is entirely optional, but since there's a lot of areas youcan access now that you have Surf, you can check these locations out to getawhole ton of useful items and TMs. If you just want to get on with theWalkthrough or don't care about getting useful items, proceed to section5.6.1. Otherwise, read on.

,---------------. | TWINLEAF TOWN | `--.------------'------------------------------------------------------. | You can find a Keystone by using the Dowsing Machine in the left | |side of the small pond on the south side of town. It's hidden in | | the trees. | |___________________________________________________________________|

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| SANDGEM TOWN | `--.-----------'-------------------------------------------------------. | You can Surf along the beach south of town to access Routes 219, | | 220, and 221. (See sections 6.2.1., 6.2.2., and 6.2.3.) | |___________________________________________________________________|

,---------------. | OREBURGH GATE | `--.------------'------------------------------------------------------. | In the basement of Oreburgh Gate (requires Rock Smash to access), | | you can now use Surf to reach a previously unavailable area of | | the basement. Over there, you'll find a Trainer to fight. | | __________ | | .' TRAINERS `.___________________,----. | | | Expert ($2800 ) | | `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | | | Riolu | FTG | L33 | M | | | | Graveler | RCK / GRD | L35 | M | | | | Staravia | NRM / FLY | L34 | M | | | `--------------'-----------'-----'---' | | Unfortunately, until you are able to use Strength outside of | | battle, there's nothing else for you to do down here. Well, you | | can fight wild Golducks by Surfing, which is kind of cool. | |___________________________________________________________________|

,-----------. | ROUTE 204 | `--.--------'----------------------------------------------------------. | On the southern side of Route 204 (by Jubilife City), there's a | | lake on the west side of the Route. You can Surf on it to reach | | the Sea Incense. | | You can also find a HP Up by walking northwest, near the entrance | | to the cave, and using Surf to cross the lake. On an isolated | | piece of land, you'll find the HP Up. | |___________________________________________________________________|

,--------------. | RAVAGED PATH | `--.-----------'-------------------------------------------------------. | Inside of the cave, you'll find some rocks that require Rock | | Smash to clear. Smash 'em down like you might have done before, | | although now you can use Surf to continue exploring the cave. | | A bit north, you'll find a place to land (the river will continue,| | though). Stop there for now, and climb the path, using Rock Smash | | on the rocks in your way. Eventually, you'll find the Luck | | Incense up there. | | You can also continue surfing on the river to find TM03 (Water | | Pulse) at the very end of it. | |___________________________________________________________________|

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| ROUTE 205 | `--.--------'----------------------------------------------------------. | From the bridge that Team Galactic once blocked, you can Surf to | | the west, then north, and you'll eventually find a fork in the | | road... well, water. Head west, and you'll find yourself in a new | | area, the Fuego Ironworks (see section 6.12.). Surf south of that | | and you'll find yourself in the very back of the Floaroma Meadow | | You can find a Miracle Seed in the northwest corner and a Leaf | | Stone in the southeast corner of the garden. Plus, there are a | | TON of hidden items scattered throughout the garden, so be sure | | to use your Dowsing Machine to track them all down! | |___________________________________________________________________|

,------------------. | VALLEY WINDWORKS | `--.---------------'---------------------------------------------------. | You can find a Max Elixir hidden in the right-side of the | | Windmill behind the fence (which is accessable only by using | | Surf). Use your Dowsing Machine to track it down. | | You can also pick up TM24 (Thunderbolt) by Surfing to the north- | | east portion of the area. | |___________________________________________________________________|

,-------------. | ETERNA CITY | `--.----------'--------------------------------------------------------. | There's a hidden PP Up that can be located by Surfing in the | | northeastern area of town. You'll need to use your Dowsing Machine| | in order to locate it. | |___________________________________________________________________|

,-------------. | MT. CORONET | `--.----------'--------------------------------------------------------. | There are two pools of water that you can use Surf to get across. | | The one to the south will eventually lead you to a Dawn Stone. | | On the other end of the northern pool, you will find a Protein. | |___________________________________________________________________|

,-----------------------. | ROUTE 208 (East Side) | `--.--------------------'----------------------------------------------. | By the area with the bridges, you can go down near the water | | and use Surf. Unfortunately, until you are able to use Waterfall, | | the only thing you can do down here is fight a Fisherman. | | __________ | | .' TRAINERS `.___________________,----. | | | Fisherman ($ 992 ) | | `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | | | Barboach | WTR / GRD | L31 | M | | | | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L31 | M | |

| `--------------'-----------'-----'---' | |___________________________________________________________________|

,-----------. | ROUTE 209 | `--.--------'----------------------------------------------------------. | From the western side of Route 209, near the docks where there's | | a girl in a Pikachu costume, you'll want to Surf across the river | | until you reach a small piece of land that she is facing. Then, | | walk over to where the rock in the river is. You can use Surf at | | one square behind the rock, allowing you to access a secret area | | where you can find TM19 (Giga Drain). | |___________________________________________________________________|

,------------------------. | ROUTE 212 (North Side) | `--.---------------------'---------------------------------------------. | Right around where you can enter the courtyard of the Pokemon | | Mansion, there's a pool out to the west that you can Surf across | | to gain access to the inside of the hedges. You can pick up a | | Rose Incense there. | |___________________________________________________________________|

,------------------------. | ROUTE 212 (South Side) | `--.---------------------'---------------------------------------------. | Along the docks, you can Surf your way to a small 2x1 area of | | land, surrounded by two trees and water. There's also a one-tile | | large patch of flowers there. You can examine the patch of | | flowers to find a hidden Protein. | | You can also find TM84 (Poison Jab) near all of the narrow | | bike bridges. Surf around, and you'll find it, along with a small | | patch of tall grass. | |___________________________________________________________________|

,-----------. | ROUTE 213 | `--.--------'----------------------------------------------------------. | You can use Surf along the beach. Look for an opening in the rock | | formation so you can get inside of it, then surf around. There | | are some Trainers inside for you to fight. | | __________ | | .' TRAINERS `.___________________,----. | | | Swimmer ($ 496 ) | | `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | | | Marill | WTR | L31 | F | | | | Azumarill | WTR | L31 | F | | | ,-'--------------'-----------`___,----.' | | | Swimmer ($ 496 ) | | `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | | | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L30 | M | |

| | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L29 | M | | | | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L31 | M | | | ,-'--------------'-----------`___,----.' | | | Sailor ($ 992 ) | | `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | | | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L31 | M | | | | Machop | FTG | L31 | M | | | ,-'--------------'-----------`___,----.' | | | Swimmer ($ 512 ) | | `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | | | Golduck | WTR | L30 | M | | | | Golduck | WTR | L32 | M | | | ,-'--------------'-----------`___,----.' | | | Swimmer ($ 480 ) | | `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | | | Marill | WTR | L32 | F | | | | Pelipper | WTR / FLY | L30 | F | | | `--------------'-----------'-----'---' | | When you reach the shallow water, you can either head south, then | | west to find a Max Revive (after fighting a Swimmer), or you can | | manuever around on the shallow water, fighting the Sailor, and | | use Surf again. Continue down the path until you eventually find | | a Water Stone. If you desire, you can make your way to the south | | part of the shallow water and examine the white rock there (use | | the Dowsing Machine) to find a Big Pearl hidden there. | |___________________________________________________________________|

,-----------. | ROUTE 214 | `--.--------'----------------------------------------------------------. | Near the entrance to the building to Veilstone City, you can use | | Surf to cross a lake and snag a Rare Candy. | |___________________________________________________________________|

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.6.1. Route 218 |______________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Floatzel | WTR | 28, 29, 30 | 35% | 35% | 35% | | Shellos | WTR | 28 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Gastrodon | WTR / GRD | 28, 29, 30 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Wingull | WTR / FLY | 29 | 10% | 10% | 10% |( Diamond Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Mr. Mime | PSY | 29, 30 | 15% | 15% | 15% |( Pearl Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Glameow | NRM | 29, 30 | 15% | 15% | 15% |

|____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Fisherman ($ 928 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L29 | M | | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L29 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Fisherman ($ 832 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Magikarp | WTR | L26 | M | | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L31 | M | | Magikarp | WTR | L26 | M | | Magikarp | WTR | L26 | M | | Magikarp | WTR | L26 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Sailor ($ 992 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Mantyke | WTR / FLY | L27 | M | | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L31 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Guitarist ($ 744 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Luxio | ELC | L31 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Honey |`-------| | '-----------------'

To the west of Jubilife City is Route 218. You could visit here earlier,although you couldn't get any further than the dock due to your lack of theability to Surf. Now, however, you can freely traverse the Route and accessCanalave City.

Surf on the dock, taking either the northern or southern path (up to you,although the southern path has some Fisherman to fight, including ANOTHER DANGMAGIKARP NOOB). Canalave City really is not very far away at all. On your waythere, there's a patch of tall grass with Floatzels, Gastrodons, and Mr. Mimesfor you to catch and battle.

On your way through the building to Canalave City, Dawn's father will stop youand power up your Pokedex. Now you can view the gender differences of eachPokemon in the Pokedex. Continue on to Canalave City.

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.6.2. Canalave City |__________________________________________________)

Canalave City appears to be a booming port town. There are ships and such allover the place. There's also some items and interesting people to talk to intown.

Inside of the first house you will see when entering Canalave City, talk tothe lady on the right and she will give you TM48 (Skill Swap).

The Move Deleter, which will let you remove any moves from your Pokemon(including HM moves), can be found in the house to the north of Poke Mart.Handy if you accidentally loaded your main Pokemon with cruddy HM moves andwant to undo the mess you did.

Before crossing the bridge to the west side of town, make sure your Pokemonare fully healed, because as you cross the bridge, Rival will show up andchallenge you to a battle. __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Pokemon Trainer Rival ($3500 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Staravia | NRM / FLY | L31 | M | | Heracross | BUG / FTG | L30 | M | | | | | | | - If you picked Turtwig: - | | Buizel | WTR | L32 | M | | Roselia | GRS / PSN | L32 | M | | Monferno | FIR / FTG | L35 | M | | | | | | | - If you picked Chimchar: - | | Roselia | GRS / PSN | L32 | M | | Ponyta | FIR | L32 | M | | Prinplup | WTR | L35 | M | | | | | | | - If you picked Piplup: - | | Ponyta | FIR | L32 | M | | Buizel | WTR | L32 | M | | Grotle | GRS | L35 | M | '--------------'-----------'-----'---'

Rival's Team is finally starting to come together. He finally evolved hisStarly into a Staravia, and he even added a new Pokemon, Heracross (which youprobably have not seen at this point in the game, so it will be a new addition

to your Pokedex). He still shouldn't be that tough, but his Heracross willmake it more of a challenge due to its decent strength. His starter Pokemonwill also be pretty potent by now.

After beating him, he'll run off again, talking some about the LeagueChampion.

Anyway, on the western side of town, there's a library, and a ship that cantake you to Iron Island. However, you can access a secluded area with avaluable TM if you use Surf while on the dock to the ship and the Surf yourway south. You'll eventually find a secret area that contains TM89 (U-Turn).

,-------------. | IRON ISLAND | `--.----------'--------------------------------------------------------. | Now might be a good time for you to go to Iron Island and help | | Riley out. He'll reward you with a Riolu egg, which will hatch | | and then evolve into the cool Lucario with proper training. Check | | out section 6.13. of this Walkthrough for the full scoop! | |___________________________________________________________________|

Lastly, you'll notice the Gym on the west side of town. Inside, prepareyourself to fight a multitude of Rock- and Steel-type Pokemon. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.6.3. Canalave Gym |___________________________________________________) __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Black Belt ($ 792 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Steelix | STL / GRD | L33 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Worker ($1240 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Onix | RCK / GRD | L31 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Worker ($1120 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Onix | RCK / GRD | L28 | M | | Onix | RCK / GRD | L28 | M | | Onix | RCK / GRD | L28 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ace Trainer ($1920 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Skorupi | PSN / BUG | L30 | M | | Steelix | STL / GRD | L32 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Worker ($1160 )

`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Onix | RCK / GRD | L29 | M | | Onix | RCK / GRD | L29 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Black Belt ($ 768 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Onix | RCK / GRD | L30 | M | | Steelix | STL / GRD | L32 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ace Trainer ($1980 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Azumarill | WTR | L33 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

This Gym's challenge is a multi-level elevator puzzle. It's actually not asdifficult as it may seem, but it is pretty fun riding the elevators allaround.

To get to the Gym Leader, from the start, take the platform on the far right(the fourth one) to take you up. Take the platform to the south back down,fight the Ace Trainer, and then take the west platform back up to the secondfloor. Take the platform up there to the west, then take the next platform upto the third floor. Take the northern platform followed by the top platform(by the Worker). Keep taking the platforms to the east until you get to thesecond Black Belt. Fight him, then go south and take the two platforms to takeyou to the other side of the wall. Take the next platform you see down, fightthe Ace Trainer, then take the platform she's guarding down to the firstfloor. Now, take the red platform all the way up to the Gym Leader himself.

Byron will introduce himself as the Gym Leader, and also as... SPOILERS!...Roark's father. Yep, you'll see the connection in both their looks and inthe Pokemon they use. Brace yourself for an ironclad battle against the SteelGym Leader! _______________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\________________,-----.,|| BOSS BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $4680 |\|\ Leader Byron '._____.'|`*\==============v===========v=====v===/#||*| Bronzor | STL / PSY | L36 | |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Flash Cannon ] [ Extrasensory ] |#||*| [ Confuse Ray ] [ Hypnosis ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<

|*| Steelix | STL / GRD | L36 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Gyro Ball ] [ Ice Fang ] |#||*| [ DragonBreath ] [ Sandstorm ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Bastiodon | STL / RCK | L39 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Flash Cannon ] [ AncientPower ] |#||*| [ Iron Defense ] [ Rest ] |#||*/____________________________________\#|`'======================================'` __________________________________|Marriland's Pokemon at this point:||_____.---------------------.______| | - Empoleon Lv46 | | - Luxray Lv45 | | - Staraptor Lv45 | | - Lucario Lv45 | | - Bibarel Lv34 | | - Golbat Lv21 | '---------------------'

Bronzor isn't very offensive, but it has quite high Defense and SpecialDefense and very little weaknesses. The only Type that is Super Effectiveagainst it is Fire, which if you have, you should obviously use. Otherwise,just use your strongest Water-, Electric-, Fighting-, Ghost-, or Dark-typeattacks (any other types will be resisted).

Steelix isn't too much fancier than anything you came up against in the Gym.Just higher level, and with some better attacks. One good Special-based Water-type attack will sink the iron snake. Avoid using Physical-based attacksagainst it, though, because even 4x effective attacks (like Fighting- orGround-type attacks) will not knock it out in one hit!

Lastly comes his Bastiodon. This thing has gargantuan Defense and SpecialDefense (particularly the former), so there is almost no way to one hit KO it.Your best bet here would be a Fighting- or Ground-type attack (preferablySpecial-based), although even that will take a few hits. It knows IronDefense, which will sharply raise its Defense, and it tends to use it quiteoften until its Defense is literally untouchable. Once it starts using it,switch to your strongest Special-based attacks. It also knows Flash Cannon,apowerful Steel-type attack, although fortunately it won't do too considerableof damage due to Bastiodon's low Attack and Special Attack. When low in HP,Bastiodon will use Rest to completely restore its HP. Plus, the first time it

uses Rest, it will wake up immediately thanks to a held berry it has. If youhave a move like Swords Dance, Howl, Leer, or Tail Whip, it would be wise touse these moves to either strengthen your own Pokemon or weaken Bastiodonduring its sleep.

After beating him, you'll earn the Mine Badge from him, which will allow youto use Strength outside of battle. Since this is your 6th Badge, any of yourtraded Pokemon up to Level 70 will now fully obey you. He'll also give youTM91, Flash Cannon, which is a very worthwhile move to teach an Empoleon ifyou have one.

You can take a shortcut out of the Gym by riding the platform to the right ofTougan all the way around, and then taking the red platform back to the firstfloor.

,---------------. | OREBURGH GATE | `--.------------'------------------------------------------------------. | Now that you can use Strength, return to the basement, across the | | water, where you had fought the Expert. This time, | | though, you'll be able to use Strength to move the boulder that | | was blocking your path. Right near the boulder is the Earth | | Plate. Also, just to the north, use Rock Smash on the rock by | | another boulder, and then push to boulder to the left to gain | | access to TM01 (Focus Punch). | |___________________________________________________________________|

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s5.7. Icicle Badge | /`-'--------------------'----------------------------------------------------` ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.7.1. Canalave City |__________________________________________________)

As you exit the Gym, Rival will tell you to come to the library. On the topfloor of the library will be Rival, Dawn, and Rowan. Rowan will ask the threeof you to track down the three Legendary Pokemon of the three lakes. He'll

send Rival off to Lake Acuity to the north and he'll tell you to go to LakeValor while he and Dawn cover Lake Verity.

Just then, you'll hear what sounds like a large explosion. Head outside of thelibrary and a sailor will tell you that Team Galactic set off explosives atLake Valor. Whoops! How did you let that one slide?! Ok, well you'd betterget crusin' on over there to stop them before it's too late. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.7.2. Lake Valor |_____________________________________________________)

Return to the Valor Lakefront, around where you chased the Team Galactic Gruntand where Cynthia gave you the SecretPotion, and you'll find that the twopeople blocking the passage to the lake are now gone. __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Galactic Grunt ($1320 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Glameow | NRM | L33 | F | | Croagunk | FTG / PSN | L33 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Galactic Grunt ($1440 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Golbat | PSN / FLY | L32 | M | | Croagunk | FTG / PSN | L36 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Galactic Grunt ($1240 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Croagunk | FTG / PSN | L34 | M | | Beautifly | BUG / FLY | L31 | M | | Dustox | BUG / PSN | L31 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

Inside of the entrance, you'll find that the lake is completely dried up andtons of Magikarp are flopping around in the empty remains. Head over to thewest, fighting a Galactic Grunt, and then make your way south, fighting theother two, until you find the entrance to a small cave.

Enter the cave, and inside you will find another Commander of Team Galactic:Saturn. Talk to him and he'll go into his plans and stuff, and will thenbattle you. _______________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\________________,-----.,|| BOSS BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $2960 |\|\ Commander Saturn '._____.'|

`*\==============v===========v=====v===/#||*| Kadabra | PSY | L35 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Psychic ] [ Shock Wave ] |#||*| [ Recover ] [ Embargo ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Toxicroak | PSN / FTG | L37 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Poison Jab ] [ Revenge ] |#||*| [ Mud Bomb ] [ Faint Attack ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Bronzor | STL / PSY | L35 | |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Gyro Ball ] [ Shadow Ball ] |#||*| [ Rock Tomb ] [ Iron Defense ] |#||*/____________________________________\#|`'======================================'`

Not terribly tough. You probably haven't seen Toxicroak before, and it can hitkind of hard, but it shouldn't be any tougher than your last Gym Leaderbattle. The other two Pokemon are jokes and you should be familliar with howto extinguish them.

After beating Saturn, he'll tell you that Mars is in Lake Verity (by TwinleafTown) and will then run off. Heal up if you have to, and then Fly over toTwinleaf Town - back to where you got your first Pokemon. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.7.3. Lake Verity |____________________________________________________) __________.' TRAINERS `._________________________________________________________,----.| Galactic Grunt || Galactic Grunt ($2600 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Glameow | NRM | L33 | F || Silcoon | BUG | L32 | F | '--------------'-----------'-----'---'| Golbat | PSN / FLY | L32 | F | | Glameow | NRM | L32 | F |,--------------------------------------.'--------------'-----------'.__,----.'

| Galactic Grunt || Galactic Grunt ($2600 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Stunky | PSN / DRK | L32 | M || Beautifly | BUG / FLY | L31 | F | | Glameow | NRM | L32 | F || Glameow | NRM | L33 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---''--------------'-----------'-----'---'

Inside of Lake Verity, you'll find Professor Rowan and a bunch of TeamGalactic Grunts. Rowan will tell you to hurry over to Dawn, who is holdingoff Mars. Fight your way through the two rounds of Double Battles over toDawn, and then talk to Mars. She'll proceed to engage you in a fight. _______________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\________________,-----.,|| BOSS BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $3120 |\|\ Commander Mars '._____.'|`*\==============v===========v=====v===/#||*| Golbat | PSN / FLY | L37 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Air Cutter ] [ Bite ] |#||*| [ Toxic ] [ Supersonic ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Bronzor | STL / PSY | L37 | |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Gyro Ball ] [ Extrasensory ] |#||*| [ Iron Defense ] [ Confuse Ray ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Purugly | NRM | L39 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Slash ] [ Faint Attack ] |#||*| [ Hypnosis ] [ Fake Out ] |#||*/____________________________________\#|`'======================================'`

Her Pokemon have gotten much stronger since the last time you fought her.They're also a bit tougher than Saturn's. However, Purugly is really the onlything to fear. It has great Attack, although nowhere it should be nowhere nearas scary now that you have (or, at least, should have) some strong evolvedPokemon on your side.

After beating her, she'll say a whole ton of stuff about how Team Galacticcaptured the Legendary Trio, Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf. She'll then leave, and

Professor Rowan will tell you to go see Rival in Lake Acuity.

To get to Lake Acuity, you'll need to first travel through Mt. Coronet. Flyto Eterna City, make sure you have a sufficient amount of items and Pokemonon your team that know both Strength and Defog, and preferably Surf and RockSmash as well. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.7.4. Mt. Coronet (North) |____________________________________________)

Return to the Mt. Coronet entrance on Route 211 (West) (either side worksactually, although I'm going to start from the west side near Eterna City),although now you are able to push the boulders in there. Push the northernboulder to access TM69 (Rock Polish). Pushing the eastern boulder will leadyou over to Route 211 (East).

Push the boulder north, then smash some rocks, and you'll find a Rare Candy.Go back to the east, and then go north, down a set of stairs, and you'lleventually find a set of stairs going down. __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely]) _________________| Basement |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Meditite | FTG / PSY | 31, 32 | 25% | 25% | 25% | | Graveler | RCK / GRD | 31 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Clefairy | NRM | 30, 31, 32 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | 31, 32 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Machoke | FTG | 31 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Chingling | PSY | 30 | 10% | 10% | 10% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|

In the basement, you will need to use Defog in order to clear the fog. Rightnear the stairs you can use Rock Smash to get a Stardust. Head north, andyou'll see a large lake. Down in the lake, you can Surf to the east and find asmall landing area that contains Light Clay. Otherwise, keep riding on theelevated path until you see stairs going down to the middle layer. UseStrength to move the boulder and you'll find Soft Sand.

Near the northern side of the room, you'll find a boulder in front of aRevive. Move the boulder, and then pick up the Revive. Keep going along theside of the cliff, using Rock Smash when you need to, and you'll eventuallyfind a Full Restore. You can also Rock Smash near the coast there to get a MaxElixir.

After you've picked up everything you want to, return to the northwest cornerof the room, and then take the flight up stairs out of the basement.

Back on the first floor, there's a HP Up hidden in the wall between the tworocks. Keep going, and you'll find the exit to Route 216. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.7.5. Route 216 |______________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Snover | GRS / ICE | 32, 33 | 25% | 25% | 25% | | Sneasel | DRK / ICE | 32, 33 | 25% | 25% | 25% | | Meditite | FTG / PSY | 33, 34 | 20% | 20% | 10% | | Machoke | FTG | 33, 34 | 20% | 20% | 10% | | Graveler | RCK / GRD | 33, 34 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 33 | 0% | 0% | 10% | | Noctowl | NRM / FLY | 33 | 0% | 0% | 10% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Ace Trainer ($2100 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Ambipom | NRM | L35 | M | | Kadabra | PSY | L35 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ace Trainer ($1980 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Golduck | WTR | L34 | F | | Sudowoodo | RCK | L33 | F | | Ponyta | FIR | L35 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Skier ($1120 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Sneasel | DRK / ICE | L35 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ace Trainer ($2220 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Lopunny | NRM | L37 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ace Trainer ($2100 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Mr. Mime | PSY | L33 | M | | Sneasel | DRK / ICE | L35 | M | | Machoke | FTG | L34 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Ice Heal |`-------| | '-----------------'

The chilly region of the north is difficult to travel through due to the harshweather. Not only are you unable to ride your Bicycle here, but you will alsosometimes wade into deep snow, where you won't even be able to run! On top ofthat, there will be Hail inside of each battle, damaging all battling Pokemonthat aren't Ice-types between turns. It gets very annoying, so be sure to havelots of restorative items handy.

From the start, you have two options of where to go: you can either climb upthe ledge and then cross the bridges, or you can trudge through the snow inthe valley. The bridge route has less Trainers and battles, plus an Ice Heal.

After trekking a bit to the west, you'll find a Snow Lodge where you can healyour Pokemon at. Just hop in the bed, face down, and press A and you'll beasked if you'd like to take a rest.

Continue heading north, through a large field of grass and another Trainer,and you'll make your way to Route 217. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.7.6. Route 217 |______________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Snover | GRS / ICE | 34, 35 | 25% | 25% | 25% | | Sneasel | DRK / ICE | 34, 35 | 25% | 25% | 25% | | Meditite | FTG / PSY | 35 | 10% | 10% | 0% | | Machoke | FTG | 35, 36 | 20% | 20% | 10% | | Medicham | FTG / PSY | 35, 36 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 35 | 0% | 0% | 10% | | Noctowl | NRM / FLY | 35 | 0% | 0% | 10% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Ace Trainer ($2280 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----<

| Raichu | ELC | L34 | M | | Hippopotas | GRD | L38 | M | | Pelipper | WTR / FLY | L36 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Skier ($1120 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Snover | ICE / GRS | L34 | M | | Golduck | WTR | L34 | M | | Snover | ICE / GRS | L33 | M | | Snover | ICE / GRS | L35 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ninja Boy ($ 288 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Zubat | PSN / FLY | L33 | M | | Croagunk | PSN / FTG | L36 | M | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | L34 | M | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | L33 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Skier ($1184 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Snover | ICE / GRS | L37 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ninja Boy ($ 280 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Skorupi | PSN / BUG | L35 | M | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | L35 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Skier ($1216 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Mantyke | WTR / FLY | L36 | M | | Sneasel | ICE / DRK | L38 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Skier ($1120 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Marill | WTR | L35 | F | | Clefairy | NRM | L35 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Black Belt ($ 888 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Croagunk | PSN / FTG | L36 | M | | Onix | RCK / GRD | L35 | M | | Machoke | FTG | L37 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ace Trainer ($2220 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Roselia | GRS / PSN | L37 | F | | Seaking | WTR | L37 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Iron |

`-------| TM07 (Hail) | | HM08 (Rock | | Climb) | '-----------------'

Just when you thought it couldn't get worse... it gets worse. Route 217 is inthe middle of a raging blizzard, hampering your visibility and movement. Thesnow in the area is always deep, so you won't even be able to run. Plus, thereare really deep patches of snow that will slow you down to a crawl. There'salso tons of Trainers, and seemingly no markings of where to go. Just rememberthat you need to head north.

There's a few items scattered around. An Iron can be found literally in themiddle of nowhere. TM07 (Hail) can be found by a Ninja Boy.

IMPORTANT: Make sure you locate a house on the west side of the Route. Rightoutside of the house (north side) is HM08 (Rock Climb), which you will NEEDtohave at some point, so do not miss out on this! If you talk to the guy insideof the house after picking up HM08, he'll give you the Icicle Plate.

There's also another house on the eastern side of the Route (further norththan the previously mentioned house). Talk to the lady inside of the house andshe'll give you the Spell Tag, which powers up Ghost-type attacks.

The exit to this snowy Route can be found in the very northwest. As long asyou stay to the west and continue to head north, you should reach the endwithout difficulty. The northern part of the Route is where the tall grass isat, where you can pick up wild Medichams as well as some previously obtainablePokemon. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.7.7. Acuity Lakefront |_______________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Snover | GRS / ICE | 34, 35 | 25% | 25% | 25% | | Sneasel | DRK / ICE | 34, 35 | 25% | 25% | 25% | | Meditite | FTG / PSY | 35 | 10% | 10% | 0% |

| Machoke | FTG | 35, 36 | 20% | 20% | 10% | | Medicham | FTG / PSY | 35, 36 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 35 | 0% | 0% | 10% | | Noctowl | NRM / FLY | 35 | 0% | 0% | 10% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Ultra Ball |`-------| | '-----------------'

Lake Acuity is to the north, it's being blocked by Galactic Grunts right now,so head to Snowpoint City instead. You can find an Ultra Ball on your waythere (it's north a little bit, though). ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.7.8. Snowpoint City |_________________________________________________)

Unfortunately, there really isn't a lot to do in Snowpoint City. You can tradea Haunter for a Medicham by talking to the blonde-haired girl in house on thenorthwestern side of town. The Haunter has an Everstone attached to it, whichis cool because you'll get an Everstone (handy for passing on the female'sNature when breeding), but unfortunate because it means the Haunter won'tevolve immediately into Gengar. Oh well, it's still pretty cool, and you cancatch more Medichams right outside of town.

The Gym is practically impossible to miss; it's right in the center of town!Whenever you're ready, enter the Gym. Just be sure to bring a sweater... ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.7.9. Snowpoint Gym |__________________________________________________) __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Ace Trainer ($2220 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Pelipper | WTR / FLY | L35 | F | | Golduck | WTR | L36 | F | | Steelix | STL / GRD | L37 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ace Trainer ($2220 )

`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Floatzel | WTR | L37 | M | | Sneasel | ICE / DRK | L37 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ace Trainer ($2340 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Snover | ICE / GRS | L39 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ace Trainer ($2340 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Quagsire | WTR / GRD | L39 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ace Trainer ($2340 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Snover | ICE / GRS | L39 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Ace Trainer ($2220 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Sneasel | ICE / DRK | L37 | F | | Tentacruel | WTR / PSN | L37 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

Contrary to what you might think, the Trainers inside of this Gym use avariety of Pokemon instead of solely Ice-types, so you'll need to vary yourown strategy accordingly. Still, as a general rule, a strong Fire-, Steel-,orFighting-type Pokemon will do very well in here.

I would also like to take this paragraph to say that this guide is created byMarriland and is not to be sold on sites like eBay. If you paid money for thisguide, demand a refund immediately, and file a complaint.

Now THIS Gym has a really challenging puzzle! Basically, there are four layersof depth to the Gym, and most all of the Gym is slippery ice which will carryyou in the direction you step until you either hit an object (Snowball,Trainer, or wall), or land on a patch of snow. However, if you slide down intothe "pit", as I call it, you will crush any Snowballs in your path, but onlyif you have enough speed. It's hard to explain and will take some practice.

However, since I'm nice and like to explain things (this is a Walkthrough,after all), I'm going to provide a complete set of instructions for you tofollow. NOTE: There are many ways to solve the puzzle (some are much quicker),but this is just one of them!

1. From the very entrance, walk over so you're to the right of the leftstatue, then slide north (herein, walking on ice will be referred to assliding). This will break two snowballs in the pit.

2. Slide back south, take two steps to the right, and then slide down again,breaking three more snowballs in the pit.

3. Slide to the right, over to the stairs, battle the Trainer, and then slideto the northeast corner of the room.

4. Slide over to the two tiles of snow and slide downwards while standing onthe second one from the right (the one closest to the Gym Leader). You'll stopon some more snow. Slide west to break another snowball in the pit.

5. Slide west, south, climb the stairs, slide south, and climb the stairs soyou'll be on the top level. (You'll need to return here several times, so thisspot will be called "the end of Step 5" for later reference.)

6. Go back to the end of Step 5, and then slide north to the next snow patch,then west, fighting the Trainer, and then sliding north to another snow patch.Slide east twice to break another snowball in the pit.

7. Go back to the end of Step 5, but this time slide north twice (instead ofstopping on the snow patch), then slide east to break a snowball on the thirdlevel.

8. Go back to the end of Step 5, although now slide south twice, then eastonce so you will be at the entrance. Slide down the same way you did in Step 1(one step to the right of the left statue), then slide down so you're near theGym Leader. Slide over to the Trainer, then north, then west, then south topatch of snow, and then south once again so you hit the snowball. Lastly,slide west and you'll crush the snowball blocking your way to the Gym Leader.

9. There should only be two snowballs left at this point (one in the absolutemiddle of the pit and one on the southern side of the third level). Slide your

way back to the entrance (combination of end of Step 5 and going south, thenwest). Now, step on the same position you were in during Step 2 (northeastcorner of the snow patch near the entrance) and then slide to the east. You'llhit a snowball. Slide north to a patch of snow, then north again, but don'tstep on the second patch of snow immediately to the north of the one you'recurrently on; instead, slide to the west to shatter the snowball.

10. Return to the northwest corner of the snow patch near the entrance (youknow how to get there by now...), and slide back to where you were in Step 8.Slide west so you hit the Trainer, but this time slide south so you land onapatch of snow. Slide east, and you'll break the snowball in the middle.

11. Return to the entrance, and go straight through the center to reach theGym Leader! _______________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\________________,-----.,|| BOSS BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $5040 |\|\ Leader Candice '._____.'|`*\==============v===========v=====v===/#||*| Snover | ICE / GRS | L38 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Avalanche ] [ Razor Leaf ] |#||*| [ Ingrain ] [ Leer ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Medicham | FTG / PSY | L40 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Ice Punch ] [ Force Palm ] |#||*| [ Detect ] [ Bulk Up ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Sneasel | DRK / ICE | L38 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Avalanche ] [ Slash ] |#||*| [ Faint Attack ] [ Taunt ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Abomasnow | ICE / GRS | L42 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Avalanche ] [ Wood Hammer ] |#||*| [ GrassWhistle ] [ Swagger ] |#||*|____________________________________|#||*/____________________________________\#|`'======================================'` __________________________________|Marriland's Pokemon at this point:||_____.---------------------.______|

| - Empoleon Lv48 | | - Luxray Lv49 | | - Staraptor Lv49 | | - Lucario Lv49 | | - Bibarel Lv34 | | - Haunter Lv36 | '---------------------'

She will always start with sending out her Snover, which will make it Hailas soon as it is sent out due to its Ability, so you'll have to put up withmore damaging hatred for your non-Ice-type Pokemon. But, really, other thanthat, it should be a pushover. One Fire-type attack will melt it. A Steel-,Fighting-, or Flying-type attack should also put it's lights out pretty good.

Oddly enough, in her mix of Pokemon, is a Medicham. It can use Bulk Up toraise it's Attack and Defense, so you'll want to hit it before it starts usingthat, otherwise you could end up regretting it. It has low Special Defense andstarts out with low Defense, so strike it quick to take as little damage aspossible. Remember, if any of her Pokemon get into the red-zone HP-wise,she'll pull out a Full Restore to heal it back to full. Cheap. This thing alsohas a ton of nasty moves in its arsenal.

Next up is her Sneasel, which is quick and strong. It's also very frail, soone good hit - even from a regular attack - and it'll be hurting. Strange asit is, it knows Taunt, which will force you into using offensive moves againstit for your next two attacks. Umm, ok? You were probably planning on doingthat anyway. Any Fighting-type attack (except perhaps Rock Smash) should KOitin one shot.

Lastly is her Abomasnow. It has Swagger, which will raise your Pokemon'sattack by two stages and then confuse it. The goal with that is to make it so,if confusion damages your Pokemon, it will really hurt. Sounds great and all,but it's probably not going to make too huge of a difference. Either switchout if you become affected, or just administer Hyper Potions or Moomoo Milksif you damage yourself. It also knows Snow Avalanche and Wood Hammer toinflict some damage, so be on guard. Keep anything that's weak to Ice andGrass out of the fight or you'll be sorry. As with her Snover, a nice Fire-type attack will likely KO it in one shot. If you don't have Fire in yourarsenal, use Fighting-, Flying-, or Steel-type attacks against it to do themost damage.

After beating her, she'll give you the Icicle Badge, which will allow you touse Rock Climb outside of battle. She'll also give you TM72 (Avalanche).

,---------------. | JUBILIFE CITY | `--.------------'------------------------------------------------------. | You can return to the Poketch Company Building and talk to the | | President (on the first floor, by the receptionist) to receive | | the Move Tester Poketch Application which you can use to show | | the effectiveness of any type attack against any single- or dual- | | type Pokemon. | |___________________________________________________________________|

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s5.8. Beacon Badge | /`-'--------------------'----------------------------------------------------` ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.8.0. Going Up - Now that you can Rock Climb... |______________________)

This section is completely optional. You don't need to visit any of thefollowing locations. However, I'm listing them, along with their rewards, incase you want to explore some new areas. I would recommend visiting them, asyou will pick up some really nice TMs and useful items, but you don't have to.

All of these locations require Rock Climb. Some of them require Rock Smash orSurf as well.

,-----------. | ROUTE 208 | `--.--------'----------------------------------------------------------. | You can use Rock Climb to reach a ledge with a Hiker on it. | | __________ | | .' TRAINERS `.___________________,----. | | | Hiker ($1120 ) | | `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | L35 | M | | | | Graveler | RCK / GRD | L35 | M | | | | Onix | RCK / GRD | L35 | M | |

| `--------------'-----------'-----'---' | | There's an Iron hidden inside of the wall that is accessable | | after using Rock Smash on a rock near it. (Use the Dowsing | | machine if you are having trouble locating it.) | |___________________________________________________________________|

,------------------. | ROUTE 211 (East) | `--.---------------'---------------------------------------------------. | On the northern side of the Route, there are some scalable rocks | | that you can reach after using Rock Smash. Climb them, and you'll | | find yourself on a ledge where you can pick up TM29 (Psychic). | | There's also a Zinc hidden on the opposite side of the ledge (use | | the Dowsing Machine to find it). | |___________________________________________________________________|

,-----------. | ROUTE 213 | `--.--------'----------------------------------------------------------. | You can use Rock Climb on the rocks in the western side of the | | Route to reach a field of tall grass. Up there, you can find TM05 | | (Roar) up near the edge, facing the coast. If you use the Item | | Finder, you can also find a Max Revive hidden in the grass. | | | | In the area with the houses, you can use Rock Climb to reach a | | previously unaccessable house. Inside of the house, you can speak | | with the man there and he will give you the Coin Toss Application | | for your Poketch. You can also find a Max Revive by searching his | | trash. Around the houses, you can also use Rock Climb to find a | | Protein, and there's a Rare Candy hidden in the wall where you | | have to use Rock Climb on two sets of rocks in a row (just south | | of the path that a man is blocking). | |___________________________________________________________________|

,----------------. | VALOR LAKEFRONT | `--.-------------'-----------------------------------------------------. | You can use Rock Climb on the rocks behind the Game Designer's | | house, and then follow the path, using Rock Climb when needed, | | to eventually find TM85 (Dream Eater). | |___________________________________________________________________|

,----------------. | VEILSTONE CITY | `--.-------------'-----------------------------------------------------. | Near the Gym, there are some rocks that you can use Rock Climb on | | to climb up to a Full Incense. | |___________________________________________________________________|

,---------------------. | MT. CORONET (South) |

`--.------------------'------------------------------------------------. | You can now use Rock Climb on the northeast rocks (past the pool | | of water on the northern side of the floor). Doing so will lead | | you to a set of stairs taking you to the upstairs of Mt. Coronet. | | You actually will visit this place later on in the game, so if | | you want to go looting it for treasure now, please check out | | section 5.8.4. | |___________________________________________________________________|

,-----------. | ROUTE 210 | `--.--------'----------------------------------------------------------. | Around where the bridges on the Route are, you can Rock Climb | | down into a pit, and then use Rock Climb again to start a battle | | with a Trainer. | | __________ | | .' TRAINERS `.___________________,----. | | | Dragon Tamer ($1248 ) | | `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | | | Gible | GRD / DRG | L39 | M | | | `--------------'-----------'-----'---' | | Inside of the house, the old lady will teach one of your Dragon- | | type Pokemon a special move. | |___________________________________________________________________|

,-----------. | ROUTE 216 | `--.--------'----------------------------------------------------------. | Getting back here will take a bit of effort, so be sure to ready | | yourself for the snow. Anyway, just to the east of the Lodge with | | the bed inside is a place that you can use Rock Climb. | | __________ | | .' TRAINERS `.___________________,----. | | | Black Belt ($ 960 ) | | `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | | | Machoke | FTG | L40 | M | | | ,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.' | | | Skier ($ 960 ) | | `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L35 | M | | | | Graveler | RCK / GRD | L35 | M | | | | Snover | ICE / GRS | L35 | M | | | ,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.' | | | Skier ($1152 ) | | `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | | | Roselia | GRS / PSN | L36 | F | | | | Snover | ICE / GRS | L36 | F | | | ,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.' | | | Skier ($1216 ) | | `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | | | Staravia | NRM / FLY | L38 | F | |

| `--------------'-----------'-----'---' | | After fighting the first three Trainers, you will find a Mental | | Herb. An HP Up can be found shortly afterward. Lastly, at the | | very end of this ridge is your prize: TM13 (Ice Beam). | |___________________________________________________________________| ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.8.1. Lake Acuity |____________________________________________________)

As you approach the outside of the lake, you'll see some Galactic Goonslurking around.

Inside of the lake itself, you'll see Rival and Jupiter battling. They'llfinish, and Jupiter will tell you that she is going to the headquarters inVeilstone City now that her mission is complete. She'll then leave. Can anyonetake a guess as to where to go now? If you guessed Veilstone City, you arecorrect, so get Flying! ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.8.2. Veilstone City |_________________________________________________)

Back in Veilstone City, head on over to the giant black building in thenortheast corner of town. That's the Veilstone Galactic Building, and rightnow, you're out of luck, because there's no way to get past the locked doorthat's inside. However, there's a clumsy Team Galactic member outside of thebuilding who will drop the Storage Key after you speak with him. Pick it up,and then go back to where you and Dawn battled two Galactic Grunts and whereyou got HM02 (Fly) (it's in the northwest corner of town). Yep, the Warehouse.

Go inside of the Warehouse, and then open the door with your Storage Key(simply press A on the door and select "Yes"). Grab the Dusk Stone, and thenhead into the basement of the Galactic Veilstone Building. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.8.3. Galactic Veilstone Building |____________________________________) __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Galactic Grunt ($1480 )

`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Golbat | PSN / FLY | L37 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Galactic Grunt ($1400 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Dustox | BUG / PSN | L35 | M | | Bronzor | STL / PSY | L35 | |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Galactic Grunt ($1480 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Glameow | NRM | L37 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Galactic Grunt ($1440 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Wurmple | BUG | L32 | M | | Dustox | BUG / PSN | L36 | M | | Cascoon | BUG | L34 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Scientist ($1680 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Kadabra | PSY | L35 | M | | Kadabra | PSY | L35 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Galactic Grunt ($1480 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Stunky | DRK / PSN | L37 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Galactic Grunt ($1440 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Bronzor | STL / PSY | L36 | | | Stunky | DRK / PSN | L36 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Galactic Grunt ($1440 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Golbat | PSN / FLY | L36 | M | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | L36 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Galactic Grunt ($1360 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Golbat | PSN / FLY | L36 | F | | Silcoon | BUG | L34 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Scientist ($1776 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Kadabra | PSY | L35 | M | | Kadabra | PSY | L35 | M |,-'--------------'-----------'-----'---'.------------------------------,----.| Galactic Grunt || Galactic Grunt ($2840 )

`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Stunky | DRK / PSN | L36 | M || Croagunk | PSN / FTG | L35 | F | | Croagunk | PSN / FTG | L36 | M || Stunky | DRK / PSN | L35 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'| Glameow | NRM | L35 | F | '--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | Zinc |`-------| TM49 (Snatch) | | TM36 (Sludge | | Bomb) | | TM21 | | (Frustration) | | Max Revive | | Elixir | | Master Ball | '-----------------'

The door to the north is locked with another Key, so you'll need to head eastinstead. There are two Grunts along the way to the stairs, as well as a roomcontaining a Zinc.

Climb the stairs, and you'll be in a small room with a Grunt who won't fightyou and will instead tell you about the Warp Panels - little glowing circulartiles that will warp you around to various parts of the building. Continue bygoing up the stairs.

There's a Grunt by the first set of two Warp Panels that you'll find. Beat theGrunt, and then you can take the Warp Panel on the right to find TM49(Snatch). Go back, and then take the left Warp Panel to be teleported to aroom with another Warp Panel in it. Use it, and then you'll appear by a flightof stairs.

Go up the stairs and you'll find a Grunt (with a Level 32 Wurmple, haha!), aWarp Panel, and another flight of stairs leading up. Start by taking the WarpPanel (after finishing the Grunt, if you wish to fight him), and then take the

stairs there downward. The stairs will lead you to a Scientist and another setof stairs going down. Back in the basement, you'll find a Grunt (who won'tfight you), TM36 (Sludge Bomb), and the Galactic Key. This Key will let youopen any of the doors inside of the Veilstone Galactic Building.

At this point, unless you want to obtain TM21 (Frustration), use the GalacticKey on the door right about where you where (the one that was blocked earlier)and make your way outside. Otherwise, if you do want to get the TM, head backup to the room with the Scientist, the Warp Panel, and the stairs that youwere in earlier, but this time take the stairs up. Make your way around theparameter of the room, fighting the Grunts as you go, until you eventuallyfind a locked door. Open it up using the Galactic Key, and TM21 (Frustration)will be yours.

Outside of the Warehouse, make your way back to the Galactic VeilstoneBuilding itself. Open the locked door on the first floor and proceed up thestairs. Fight the two Grunts, and then you'll have three potential Warp Panelsyou can go to: one inside of the northern room and two to the right. The topone on the right will lead you to nothing but a dead end. The bottom-right onewill lead you to another Warp Panel which will in turn lead you to a MaxRevive. But, the Warp Panel you really want to take is the one inside of thenorthern room with the Scientist in it.

You should now be in a room with two beds and stairs leading up. You can healyour Pokemon in the bed by facing down whilst on it and then pressing A (andchoosing "Yes", of course). When you and your Pokemon are well rested,continue up the stairs.

Upstairs, you'll find two Galactic Grunts that you'll have to fight in aDouble Battle. Crush them, and then continue down the corridor until you findthree Warp Panels. Don't bother with the one on the right, as it's just a deadend. The one in the middle will take you to an Elixir. And lastly, the one onthe left will lead you to a flight of stairs.

Up the stairs, save your game, and then open the door to find Cyrus, the man

in the blue hair that you've seen around in a few places. Yes, he is the Bossof Team Galactic! And his plans to capture the Legendary Trio appears to havebeen a success. _______________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\________________,-----.,|| BOSS BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $7740 |\|\ Galactic Boss Cyrus '._____.'|`*\==============v===========v=====v===/#||*| Murkrow | DRK / FLY | L40 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Drill Peck ] [ Night Shade ] |#||*| [ Astonish ] [ Embargo ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Golbat | PSN / FLY | L40 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Poison Fang ] [ Air Cutter ] |#||*| [ Bite ] [ Supersonic ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Sneasel | DRK / ICE | L43 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Slash ] [ Ice Punch ] |#||*| [ Quick Attack ] [ Screech ] |#||*/____________________________________\#|`'======================================'`

Cyrus' Pokemon are pretty high-level, with all of their Levels above 40.They're somewhat varied in type, although a Rock-type attack will tear throughall of his Pokemon. Other than that, none of them are particularly strong,although his Sneasel is quick and powerful, so be on guard.

After beating him, he'll give you the Master Ball. He says he doesn't need theLegendary Pokemon any more and is going to Mt. Coronet. There's a Warp Panelin the direction he headed, so follow him there. Down in some secret area ofthe HQ are a ton of capsule things. Continue walking until you reach a door,where inside you'll find Saturn and the Legendary Trio. Saturn must not haveheard the news, because you'll have to battle him. He wants revenge for hishumiliating loss earlier, although too bad for him he's not going to get it! _______________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\________________,-----.,|| BOSS BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $3200 |\

|\ Commander Saturn '._____.'|`*\==============v===========v=====v===/#||*| Kadabra | PSY | L38 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Psychic ] [ Shock Wave ] |#||*| [ Recover ] [ Embargo ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Toxicroak | PSN / FTG | L40 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Poison Jab ] [ Brick Break ] |#||*| [ X-Scissor ] [ Swagger ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Bronzor | STL / PSY | L38 | |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Gyro Ball ] [ Extrasensory ] |#||*| [ Shadow Ball ] [ Confuse Ray ] |#||*/____________________________________\#|`'======================================'`

He has the same old Pokemon, they're just a few Levels higher. No big deal.Clean his clock just as you did before.

He'll step aside after you beat him, allowing you to press the big red buttonthat you know you have always wanted to press at some point in your life.Press the button, and the Legendary Trio will be freed, and vanish. Oh my!

Go back to the room where you fought Cyrus, except go south from the WarpPanel that you used to get to the basement to find a special Warp Panel that'sa one-way ticket out of the building (well, to a room right near the door). ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.8.4. Mt. Coronet (South) |____________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. _________________| 2F |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Types | Levels |Morn.| Day |Night| | Medicham | FTG / PSY | 37 | | 10% | | | Clefairy | NRM | 36 - 38 | | 15% | | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | 37 | | 10% | | | Chingling | PSY | 37, 38 | | 10% | | | Bronzor | STL / PSY | 36 | | 5% | | | Bronzong | STL / PSY | 38 | | 20% | | | Machoke | FTG | 37 | | 20% | | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Max Potion |`-------| Escape Rope | | Iron | | TM80 (Rock | | Slide) | | Revive | '-----------------'

Before entering, I strongly recommend stocking up on at least 30 Ultra Balls(or, if you are playing at night, buy Dusk Balls instead). You will be abletocatch a Legendary Pokemon very soon, so you will need them!

Inside of the south side of Mt. Coronet (by Route 208), use Surf to cross thenorthern body of water and then use Rock Climb to climb the rocks.

Upstairs, you can find a Max Potion on your way to the west up the stairs,along with an Ether in the nearby rock. An Escape Rope is on the very southside of the continued path, although you'll want to take the stairs going uponto the elevated area. There's an exit in the southwest corner of the roomthat will take you outside to the west side of Route 207, where you can useRock Climb to access an Iron. TM80 (Rock Slide) can be found by crossing thebridge, then taking the southernly route to reach it. A Revive can be foundbytaking the northern route instead.

Near the very back of the cave, you'll find an opening in the wall (however,if you have not done the events in the Veilstone Galactic Building and arecoming here for loot immediately after getting Rock Climb, this opening willbe sealed with depictions of the Legendary Trio, similar to the gate inCelestic Town). Enter it, and then make your way up the stairs.

The stairs to the right lead to a hidden Max Revive inside of the southernrock. Otherwise, just keep heading north. __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Galactic Grunt ($1600 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Beautifly | BUG / FLY | L40 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Galactic Grunt ($1560 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Bronzor | STL / PSY | L39 | | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

Fight your way through the two Grunts along your way to the peak of Mt.Coronet. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.8.5. Mt. Coronet (Peak) |_____________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Peak |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Snover | GRS / ICE | 38 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Abomasnow | GRS / ICE | 40 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Medicham | FTG / PSY | 39, 40 | 20% | 20% | 10% | | Machoke | FTG | 39, 40 | 20% | 20% | 10% | | Chingling | PSY | 39, 40 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Bronzong | STL / PSY | 39, 40 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Clefairy | NRM | 38, 39 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | 39 | 0% | 0% | 10% | | Noctowl | NRM / FLY | 39 | 0% | 0% | 10% |,--'---------.__|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| Inside 1 |_(Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely])_____/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Bronzong | STL / PSY | 38, 39, 40 | 25% | 25% | 25% | | Graveler | RCK / GRD | 38 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Machoke | FTG | 39 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Clefairy | NRM | 38, 39, 40 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Medicham | FTG / PSY | 39 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | 39 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Chingling | PSY | 39, 40 | 10% | 10% | 10% |,--'---------.__|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| Inside 2 |_(Encounter Rate: 15 [uncommon])___/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Bronzong | STL / PSY | 38, 39, 40 | 25% | 25% | 25% | | Graveler | RCK / GRD | 38 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Machoke | FTG | 39 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Clefairy | NRM | 38, 39, 40 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Medicham | FTG / PSY | 39 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | 39 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Chingling | PSY | 40 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Chimecho | PSY | 40 | 5% | 5% | 5% |,--'---------.__|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| Inside 3 |_(Encounter Rate: 15 [uncommon])___/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Bronzong | STL / PSY | 40, 41, 42 | 25% | 25% | 25% | | Graveler | RCK / GRD | 40 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Machoke | FTG | 41 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Clefairy | NRM | 40, 41, 42 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Medicham | FTG / PSY | 41 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | 41 | 10% | 10% | 10% |

| Chimecho | PSY | 41, 42 | 10% | 10% | 10% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Adamant Orb* |`-------| Lustrous Orb** | '-----------------' * only in Pokemon Diamond ** only in Pokemon Pearl

As you enter, you'll see a familiar sight: snow. Blinding snow. Like theRoutes on your way to Snowpoint City, it is snowing at the peak of Mt.Coronet, and the weather will be Hail inside of each battle.

This section sometimes confuses people, because there are lots of areas toexplore on the peak and I like to cover them all, so I'm going to list herea quick-'n-easy path to take to get straight to business:

1. Head east, north, use Rock Climb. 2. Go west, south, a bit more west, and head north into the cave. 3. Use Rock Climb and follow the path in the cave east to the exit. 4. Climb down the stairs in the peak and then use Rock Climb in the chasm to climb the western rocks. 5. Keep heading west until you get to a cave. 6. It's straightforward from here on in, so just keep following the path and you'll get there.

But, if you want to explore everything, I have the original, slow-'n-detailedversion intact.

Head east, then north (taking the elevated path if you wish to avoid randomencounters). Use Rock Climb to climb the rocks. You can use Rock Climb againif you wish to find a patch of grass with a rock in the middle of it. Hiddenin the rock is a Nugget.

The cave to the right of where you used Rock Climb has a giant lake in it witha waterfall (that you'll have to explore later), as well as a PP Up and UltraBall hidden inside of some of the more obvious-placed rocks.

Back to where you used Rock Climb the first time, head west. If you have aPokemon with Strength, you can avoid the patches of tall grass by using it ontaking the more eastern path. Otherwise, you'll need to wade through a large

field of tall grass. On the southern path, hidden inside of a rock past a rockthat you can use Rock Smash on is a Max Potion. Make your way north and intothe cave. __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Galactic Grunt ($1480 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Dustox | BUG / PSN | L35 | M | | Dustox | BUG / PSN | L35 | M | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | L38 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Galactic Grunt ($1520 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Stunky | PSN / DRK | L38 | M | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | L38 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Galactic Grunt ($1600 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Golbat | PSN / FLY | L40 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Galactic Grunt ($1520 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Croagunk | PSN / FTG | L35 | M | | Croagunk | PSN / FTG | L38 | M | | Stunky | PSN / DRK | L38 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Galactic Grunt ($1520 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Wurmple | BUG | L34 | F | | Beautifly | BUG / FLY | L38 | F | | Silcoon | BUG | L36 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Galactic Grunt ($1520 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Bronzor | STL / PSY | L38 | | | Glameow | NRM | L38 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Galactic Grunt ($1480 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Bronzor | STL / PSY | L37 | | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | L37 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Galactic Grunt ($1480 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Golbat | PSN / FLY | L37 | F | | Glameow | NRM | L37 | F | | Bronzor | STL / PSY | L37 | |,-'--------------'-----------'-----'---'.------------------------------,----.

| Galactic Grunt || Galactic Grunt ($3040 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Dustox | BUG / PSN | L38 | M || Stunky | DRK / PSN | L38 | F | | Croagunk | PSN / FTG | L38 | M || Glameow | NRM | L35 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---''--------------'-----------'-----'---'

Inside of the cave, use Rock Climb to climb your way up to a Team GalacticGrunt. Fight him, and then continue along until you have to fight another one.On the very east side of the cave, you'll find an exit leading back outside.

Head north, and then down into the crevice. There's a cave down there, as wellas a few Grunts, although you won't be able to proceed deeper into the caveuntil Team Galactic is off of the mountain, so you can ignore that cave if youwish. (After they leave, come back to this entrance and you can snag yourselfTM02 (Dragon Claw), as well as exit to the northern part of the mountain.) So,instead, use Rock Climb to get yourself up onto the western cliff. Again, ifyou have a Pokemon that can use Strength, you will be able to use Strength onthe boulders to fight less Pokemon on your way to the west. Regardless of ifyou have it or not, you'll want to head to the west until you find anotherentrance into the mountain.

Back inside, you will find a path leading to stairs. Climb the stairs, andthen fight the two Grunts on the next floor. Keep going, and you'll findanother flight of stairs. Upstairs, you'll find another Grunt. Fight theGrunt, and then keep going north until you reach an exit leading out.

NOTE: At this point, if you don't have at least 20 Ultra Balls (or DarkBalls), you should turn back now and buy some! You will want to have them forone of the upcoming fights.

You will now be on the very top of the Mt. Coronet, amidst the ancient ruinsknown as the Spear Pillar. Fight the two Grunts guarding the entrance in aDouble Battle, and then head north a bit to see a dangerous sight... Mars,Jupiter, and Cyrus!

After some intense dialogue, Cyrus will proceed to awaken Dialga (or, ifyou're playing Pokemon Pearl, Palkia) in the most AMAZING scene ever in thehistory of Pokemon games (at least, that's what I think). Save your game andheal your Pokemon, because you're about to enter a pretty challenging fight.When you're ready, step north, and Mars and Jupiter will challenge you to afight. Just then, Rival will rush in to help you out, eager to get his revengeon Jupiter from their battle in Lake Acuity earlier. _______________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\____________________ ____________________________,-----.,|| BOSS BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\_/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $7280 |\|\ Commander Mars |_| Commander Jupiter '._____.'|`*\============v===========v=====v==( )===========v===========v=====v===/#||*| Bronzor | STL / PSY | L41 | |#| Bronzor | STL / PSY | L41 | |#||*|------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#|------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Gyro Ball ][ Extrasensory ] |#| [ Gyro Ball ][ Extrasensory ] |#||*| [ Light Screen ][ Confuse Ray ] |#| [ Rock Slide ][ Reflect ] |#||*|__________________________________|#|__________________________________|#| >*>===========v===========v=====v==( )===========v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Purugly | NRM | L45 | F |#| Skuntank | PSN / DRK | L46 | F |#||*|------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#|------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Slash ][ Shadow Claw ] |#| [ Night Slash ][ Poison Jab ] |#||*| [ Aerial Ace ][ Hypnosis ] |#| [ Flamethrower ][ SmokeScreen ] |#||*|__________________________________|#|__________________________________|#| >*>===========v===========v=====v==( )===========v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Golbat | PSN / FLY | L42 | F |#| Golbat | PSN / FLY | L41 | F |#||*|------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#|------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Air Cutter ][ Bite ] |#| [ Sludge Bomb ][ Air Cutter ] |#|

|*| [ Poison Fang ][ Confuse Ray ] |#| [ Giga Drain ][ Mean Look ] |#||*/__________________________________\|/__________________________________\#|`'===================================='===================================='` _________.' PARTNER `.__________________________| Pokemon Trainer Rival )`-.--------------.-----------.--------< | Munchlax | NRM | L40 | M | | Staraptor | NRM / FLY | L40 | M | | Ponyta * | FIR | L41 | M | | Buizel * | WTR | L41 | M | | Heracross | BUG / FTG | L42 | M | | Torterra * | GRS / GRD | L43 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---' * will be Roselia, Ponyta, and Empoleon if you started with Chimchar; * will be Buizel, Roselia, and Infernape if you started with Turtwig.

Munchlax, unfortunately, is not that helpful. It knows Metal Sound, Stockpile,Body Slam, and Swallow. However, there is a good way to get some more use outof Rival: Knock Out his Munchlax! Unlike previous partners, whenever Rivalloses one of his Pokemon, he'll replace it with the next Pokemon on hisroster. Any of his Pokemon will be more helpful than Munchlax, so try andKnock Out Munchlax whenever you're able to. This is one of the things thatmakes this fight a bit of a challenge: at times, it will seem like a 1 vs 2battle since Rival has horrible judgement when using moves.

Mars and Jupiter rely heavily on annoying you. Their Bronzors are able to useLight Screen and Reflect to reduce the damage you deal, and they can useConfuse Ray to Confuse your Pokemon. Their damaging attacks will be welcomedcompared to their constant annoyances, so try and deal with them as quicklyaspossible so they have minimal impact. Fire-type attacks are your best bet,although Water-, Fighting-, and Dark-type attacks will also do well.

Mars' Purugly is still a threat, particularly after gaining a few levelssince the last time you fought it. Its Slash attack will probably inflict alot of damage, so try and hit Purugly with a strong Fighting-type attack torender it incapible of fighting as soon as you're able to. Just watch out,because it will have the added support of the Bronzors or whichever otherPokemon is out.

Jupiter's Skuntank is rough as always. It has Flamethrower in its roster, sobe careful with any of your Steel-type Pokemon. Just handle it the best you

can.

Although their Golbats are last in line, they are also very annoying, able toConfuse and Poison you as well as use Mean Look to prevent you from switchingyour Pokemon. One of the Golbats knows Sludge Bomb while the other knowsPoison Fang. Fortunately they're easier to take down than the Bronzors.

A great strategy to use on these two is to target only one of them, leavingone's Bronzor out while you focus your attacks on the other Commander'sPokemon. This way you won't have to deal with two powerful Pokemon at once.However, you'll have to put up with the annoyances of the Bronzor.

After beating the two ladies, Rival will heal your Pokemon and will then runoff. Now its just you, Cyrus, and one angry Time Ruler Pokemon (Space RulerinPearl, obviously).

Cyrus will instruct Dialga to begin using its power to take over/destroy theworld, but just then, your little pixie friends, the Legendary Trio, willappear and will stop Dialga from unleashing its true force. _______________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\________________,-----.,|| BOSS BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $8640 |\|\ Galactic Boss Cyrus '._____.'|`*\==============v===========v=====v===/#||*| Honchkrow | DRK / FLY | L45 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Drill Peck ] [ Dark Pulse ] |#||*| [ Steel Wing ] [ Embargo ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L45 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Giga Impact ] [ Aqua Tail ] |#||*| [ Ice Fang ] [ Earthquake ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Weavile | DRK / ICE | L48 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Night Slash ] [ Ice Punch ] |#||*| [ Brick Break ] [ X-Scissor ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Crobat | PSN / FLY | L46 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Cross Poison ] [ Air Slash ] |#||*| [ Bite ] [ Confuse Ray ] |#|

|*/____________________________________\#|`'======================================'` __________________________________|Marriland's Pokemon at this point:||_____.---------------------.______| | - Empoleon Lv52 | | - Luxray Lv52 | | - Staraptor Lv52 | | - Lucario Lv54 | | - Haunter Lv36 | | - Bibarel Lv34 | '---------------------'

Cyrus' Pokemon have gotten much stronger since the last time you foughtagainst them. They've all been evolved to their final stages, gained 5 or 6Levels, and he's even added a Gyarados to his line up.

His Honchkrow has high Attack, Special Attack, and even pretty nice HP, so bewary of its attacks. Use Rock-, Electric-, or Ice-type attacks against it todo the most damage.

You should be familliar with fighting Gyarados by now, so just use the regulartactics against it. Electric-type attacks are its bane.

Weavile is very fast and very strong. It has just a little less Attack thanHonchkrow, but a tremendous amount more Speed. It knows Scissor Cross, whichis a high-power Bug-type move.

Last up is Cyrus' Crobat. It is the fastest of all of his Pokemon, and it iscapable of using Confuse Ray, Air Slash, Bite, and Cross Poison.

After beating Cyrus, he and the other Commanders will leave. Shortlythereafter, Professor Rowan and Dawn will arrive and tell you that you havetobeat (or catch) Dialga (or Palkia in Pearl) in order to save the world.Drastic? You know it! There's no turning back now. Save your game, and getready to fight against the Time (or Space) Ruler Pokemon! _____________________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\__________________|\ LEGENDARY POKEMON `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\`*\--------------|-----------|-----|---/#||*| - If you're playing Diamond - |#||*| Dialga | STL / DRG | L47 | |#||*| |#||*| - If you're playing Pearl - |#||*| Palkia | WTR / DRG | L47 | |#|

|*/--------------|-----------|-----|---\#|`'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^'^^^^'`

DO NOT USE YOUR MASTER BALL ON DIALGA OR PALKIA! They are actually very easyto catch in comparison to other Legendary Pokemon. Save it for either Mespritor Cresselia later on.

Dialga (or Palkia, although I'm just going to say Dialga for right now) willbe the strongest wild Pokemon you've encountered. It has diverse types, makingfew attacks effective against it. It also will have over 100 in every stat,aswell as over 150 Special Attack, making its attacks quite painful to endure.Its signature move, Roar of Time, is a Dragon-type Hyper Beam that willinflict massive damage on the target but will render Dialga unable to attackduring the next turn. All of its moves are offensive moves, so expect a hitevery single turn, except for the turn after it uses Roar of Time. Don't useyour strongest attacks on Dialga if you have intentions of catching it;instead, just whittle away at its HP, using Hyper Potions when your HP getslow and tossing Ultra Balls (or Dusk Balls) whenever you get the chance. Ifyou accidentally knock it out, just reset and try again. Opening up the fightwith a Quick Ball or two might also prove to be effective.

After stopping Dialga (by either beating it or catching it), Rowan and Dawnwill come over and congratulate you on your victory. Dawn will then lead youback to where you entered the ruins as Rowan says something alone.

Before leaving, return to the spot where you fought Dialga except keep goingnorth and you'll find an Adamant Orb, which will boost the potency of Dialga.(In Pearl, you will pick up the Lustrous Orb, which pretty much does the samething for Palkia.)

At this point, you can now go to Sunyshore City to the east of the ValorLakefront (where the man was previously blocking your way). However, if youwant a chance to catch some powerful Legendary Psychic Pokemon, you'll needtorevisit all of the lakes. I don't know about you, but I'm not about to turndown our little pixie friends, so get going to the lakes! (Unless, of course,you really aren't interested... in which case, go to section 5.8.9.)

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.8.6. Lake Verity |____________________________________________________)

,-------._________________| ITEMS | TM38 (Fire |`-------| Blast) | '-----------------'

Now that you've freed the Legendary Trio, Lake Verity's water level has risen,so you can now Surf on the lake. There's a field of tall grass with TM38 (FireBlast) in it on the southwest side of the lake. But, you'll want to Surf overto the island cave in the middle of the lake.

Inside, you'll find Mesprit, one of the three Legendary Pokemon of the game(similar to the Legendary Birds, Entei/Raikou/Suicune, and the Regis from theprevious games). Speak to it, and instead of entering a battle, you'll beshown a picture of Mesprit (which will be added to your Pokedex and countedas "seen") and it will then flee from you.

Rowan will then enter the cave, tell you a bunch of stuff, and then tell youthat you can track Mesprit's position by using the Marking Map Application onyour Poketch (the one with the symbols). On the map, you'll be able todetermine Mesprit's position by the blinking face on the map. In order toencounter it, you'll need to be at the same location its at and will need toencounter it inside of tall grass. Be warned, though: it will run immediatelyunless you use an attack like Mean Look! Any damage you do or statusconditions you inflict will remain on it for your next encounter if it flees. _____________________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\__________________|\ LEGENDARY POKEMON `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\`*\--------------|-----------|-----|---/#||*| Mesprit | PSY | L50 | |#||*/--------------|-----------|-----|---\#|`'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^'^^^^'` ____________________________________________________________________________

(_| s5.8.7. Lake Valor |_____________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Bibarel | NRM / WTR | 34, 35, 36 | 45% | 45% | 45% | | Staravia | NRM / FLY | 34, 35, 36 | 25% | 25% | 5% | | Psyduck | WTR | 35, 36 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Chingling | PSY | 35, 36 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Noctowl | NRM / FLY | 34, 36 | 0% | 0% | 20% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|

,-------._________________| ITEMS | TM25 (Thunder) |`-------| | '-----------------'

Upon returning to Lake Valor, you'll find that all of the water has beenrestored. Yay! No more flopping Magikarps! Similar to Lake Verity, you canSurf over to an island cave or over to a field of tall grass (located southofthe cave). In the field, you can pick up TM25 (Thunder).

Inside of the cave, Azelf waits. However, unlike Mesprit, Azelf will actuallyfight you right there - no running. So, save your game (in case youaccidentally knock it out or run out of Ultra or Dusk Balls), and prepare tofight it. _____________________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\__________________|\ LEGENDARY POKEMON `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\`*\--------------|-----------|-----|---/#||*| Azelf | PSY | L50 | |#||*/--------------|-----------|-----|---\#|`'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^'^^^^'`

Azelf knows Nasty Plot, a very potent move that sharply increases Azelf'sSpecial Attack, making its attacks deadly. Be very cautious about that attackand try to put it to Sleep or Paralyze it so you give it as few turns to useit as possible. It is also considerably harder to catch than Dialga or Palkia,so you'll need to throw lots of Ultra or Dusk Balls at it before you'll catchit. Since you're in a darkened cave, Dusk Balls will be the most effectivetype of Poke Ball to catch it with, but even they will have a low chance ofactually catching it.

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.8.8. Lake Acuity |____________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Bibarel | NRM / WTR | 34, 35 | 35% | 35% | 25% | | Sneasel | DRK / ICE | 35, 36 | 25% | 25% | 25% | | Psyduck | WTR | 34, 35, 36 | 30% | 30% | 20% | | Chingling | PSY | 34, 36 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Noctowl | NRM / FLY | 34, 36 | 0% | 0% | 20% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|

,-------._________________| ITEMS | TM14 (Blizzard) |`-------| | '-----------------'

Back in the snowy Lake Acuity, there's another field of grass in the northeastsection of the lake, and, like the two lakes before it, an island cave in themiddle of the lake. TM14 (Blizzard) can be found in the field of grass.

Inside, you will find Uxie, the third of the Legendary Trio. Save your game,and then start the battle against it! _____________________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\__________________|\ LEGENDARY POKEMON `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\`*\--------------|-----------|-----|---/#||*| Uxie | PSY | L50 | |#||*/--------------|-----------|-----|---\#|`'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^'^^^^'`

Uxie focuses more on defense than offense. It knows Amnesia, which will raiseits Special Defense sharply, making your Special-based attacks much weakerthan they are usually. It also knows Yawn, which will put your Pokemon toSleep on the next turn unless you switch it out, so if it uses that attack,switch out your Pokemon unless you want to be put to Sleep. Dusk Balls areyour friend here, as Uxie is also inside of cave, but they'll still have adifficult time containing the little yellow pixie. ____________________________________________________________________________

(_| s5.8.9. Route 222 |______________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Floatzel | WTR | 40, 41, 42 | 25% | 25% | 35% | | Chatot | NRM / FLY | 40, 41 | 20% | 20% | 0% | | Wingull | WTR / FLY | 41 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Gastrodon | WTR / GRD | 40, 41, 42 | 10% | 10% | 20% |( Diamond Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Gastrodon | WTR / GRD | 40 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Mr. Mime | PSY | 41, 42 | 15% | 15% | 15% |( Pearl Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Glameow | NRM | 40 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Purugly | NRM | 41, 42 | 15% | 15% | 15% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Rich Boy ($6880 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Luxio | ELC | L43 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Beauty ($2408 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Lopunny | NRM | L43 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Sailor ($1376 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Mantyke | WTR / FLY | L43 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Tuber ($ 172 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Remoraid | WTR | L43 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Sailor ($1376 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Feebas | WTR | L37 | M | | Gastrodon | WTR / GRD | L43 | M | | Machoke | FTG | L40 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Fisherman ($1344 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Magikarp | WTR | L40 | M | | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L42 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Fisherman ($1344 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Magikarp | WTR | L38 | M | | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L42 | M | | Remoraid | WTR | L40 | M |

| Finneon | WTR | L40 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Fisherman ($1248 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Magikarp | WTR | L39 | M | | Finneon | WTR | L42 | M | | Feebas | WTR | L39 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Fisherman ($1312 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L41 | M | | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L41 | M | | Remoraid | WTR | L38 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Tuber ($ 172 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Remoraid | WTR | L43 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Poke Kid ($ 328 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Pikachu | ELC | L41 | F | | Pikachu | ELC | L41 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | Honey |`-------| TM56 (Fling) | | Carbos | '-----------------'

To get to Route 222, in the Valor Lakefront, near where all of the housesare, there's a path headed east. A man was blocking your path before, buthe's gone now, so you can proceed through the Route.

Like many Routes before it, Route 222 has two paths you can take to reach theend. The first is the northern path, which has more Trainers you have tofight, while the southern path has fewer required Trainers (although you canbattle all of the Fisherman down there if you talk to them). Your choice. I'dexplore them both to get some much needed EXP.

On the northern path, when you see some steps that you can climb up, insteadtry and hug the ledge (although don't actually jump down) and follow it to theend to find some Honey. Also, talk to the guy on the cliff nearby (he'slooking south) and he'll give you TM56 (Fling).

Still along the northern route, there's a spot with a fenced in field neabysome steps. Go around the back and you'll find some steps leading up there,

although continue heading east up there until you find a bush that you canCut. Cut it down, and you'll snag yourself a Carbos.

The houses to the south don't appear to contain much. The first one has a tonof Pikachus in it, as well as an old dude. One of the Pikachus is actually aTrainer who has, what else but, two Pikachus in her team. The other house hasa guy who will measure any Remoraids you bring him, and, if they beat therecord size, you'll get a prize. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.8.10. Sunyshore City |________________________________________________)

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Thunderstone |`-------'-----------------'

As soon as you enter the city, Flint, a dude with red hair, will walk up toyou and say some stuff about how he's from the Pokemon League and the GymLeader in town. He'll then leave you be, although he'll be blocking door tothe Gym for now.

The Gym is having a blackout right now, so before you'll be able to go inside,you'll first need to check out the lighthouse and talk to Volkner.

Anyway, Sunyshore City has an elevated bridge that can take you to variouslocations around the town. To the north of the Pokemon Center and the PokeMart is the Sticker Shop, where you can finally buy cool Stickers to put onyour Pokemon's Poke Balls. Yeah, remember that Seal Case you got all the wayback in Solaceon Town? Now you can buy things to put in there. After you'vebought some Stickers, you can set up to twelve Sticker Patterns and assignthem to your Pokemon's Poke Balls by using the second option in your PC (theselection directly below the one you use to access your boxes). Just remember,you have to unlink the Pokemon and the Poke Ball before you can trade it orput it back into the PC.

On the very north edge of town, there's a beach with a face that might befamilliar to you if you've played Pokemon Gold, Silver, or Crystal. Yes,that's right, the Gym Leader Jasmine is on the beach there. She asks you aquestion, although it doesn't seem to have any impact. Oh well, it was nicetosee her.

By taking the bridge, you can access the Gym, the Lighthouse, and you can pickup a Thunderstone on the southeast side of town, near the rock that looks likea Munchlax.

Inside of the Lighthouse, you'll find the Gym Leader gazing out over to thePokemon League. Talk to him, and he'll return to his duties. You can lookthrough the viewer if you'd like to see a glimpse of the Pokemon League.

Now, the Gym is still blocked by Flint, but by talking to him, he'll move,allowing you to enter the Gym and claim your final Gym Badge. This city's Gymfocuses on Electric-type Pokemon, so Ground-type Pokemon will be a hugeadvantage here. Nothing else has an advantage against Electric-type attacks,though. Be sure to stock up on Full Restores, Full Heals, or at the very leastsome Parlyz Heals before going in. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.8.11. Sunyshore Gym |_________________________________________________) __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| School Girl ($ 880 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Pachirisu | ELC | L44 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| School Boy ($ 880 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Mr. Mime | PSY | L44 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Guitarist ($1056 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Luxio | ELC | L44 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Guitarist ($1056 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Raichu | ELC | L44 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Ace Trainer ($1376 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Kadabra | PSY | L44 | M | | Raichu | ELC | L44 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Guitarist ($1344 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Luxio | ELC | L42 | M | | Bibarel | NRM / WTR | L42 | M |

,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Ace Trainer ($1344 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Steelix | STL / GRD | L44 | M | | Medicham | FTG / PSY | L44 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

This Gym's puzzle is a really interesting one that revolves around usingswitches to rotate gears. Basically, the green and blue switches rotate allofthe gears in the room either clockwise or counter-clockwise by 90 degrees,depending on the color, and there are red switches which rotate the gears 180degrees.

From the start, step onto the middle gear and hit the switch on the rightgear. Get off of the gear, and then go back onto the middle gear, moving ontothe left gear and hitting the switch on it. Go back east and onto the otherside of the room, right by the doorway and a Trainer.

Inside of the next room, start off by stepping on the blue switch in themiddle three times. Then, walk over to the other platform and up the stairs,crossing over the bridge gear and eventually onto another gear. Press theswitch once, and then walk over to the green switch. Press that once, fightthe Trainer, and then cross over the gear bridge on your way to the finalroom.

In the last room, step on the red switch once, walk off of it and onto theother gear with the red switch. Press it, and then walk south, fighting theTrainer and crossing over the gear bridge, all the way over to the greenswitch. Press the green switch twice, and then walk south, following the paththat leads you through the connective electricity and over to the blue switch.Press it once, walk north, down the stairs, cross the bridge to the right, andthen stepping on the red switch on the gear (the first one you hit). Returnupto where you just were (past the gear bridge) and you will now have a nicepath straight to the Gym Leader, Volkner. _______________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\________________,-----.,|| BOSS BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $5880 |\|\ Leader Volkner '._____.'|`-\--------------|-----------|-----|---/#||*| Raichu | ELC | L46 | M |#||*| Ambipom | NRM | L47 | M |#||*| Luxray | ELC | L49 | M |#||*| Octillery | WTR | L47 | M |#|

|*/--------------|-----------|-----|---\#|`'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^'^^^^'`

_______________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\________________,-----.,|| BOSS BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $5880 |\|\ Leader Volkner '._____.'|`*\==============v===========v=====v===/#||*| Raichu | ELC | L46 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Charge Beam ] [ Brick Break ] |#||*| [ Thunder Wave ] [ Light Screen ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Luxray | ELC | L49 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Charge Beam ] [ Thunder Fang ] |#||*| [ Crunch ] [ Thunder Wave ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Ambipom | NRM | L47 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Shock Wave ] [ Agility ] |#||*| [ Nasty Plot ] [ Baton Pass ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Octillery | WTR | L47 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Charge Beam ] [ Octazooka ] |#||*| [ Aurora Beam ] [ Bullet Seed ] |#||*/____________________________________\#|`'======================================'` __________________________________|Marriland's Pokemon at this point:||_____.---------------------.______| | - Empoleon Lv53 | | - Luxray Lv55 | | - Staraptor Lv53 | | - Lucario Lv56 | | - Bibarel Lv34 | | - Rampardos Lv43 | '---------------------'

Volkner's Raichu has the Ability Static, which has a chance of Paralyzing anyPokemon that attacks it with a Physical-based attack, so avoid using anyagainst it unless you're ready to use a healing item or endure the Paralysis.It, like all of the other Pokemon on Volkner's team, has Charge Beam, whichisa pretty potent Electric-type attack that has a very high chance of raising

the user's Special Attack. Fortunately for you, Raichu's only good stat is itsSpeed, which isn't even that high. It has low Defense, although remember thatexploiting that weakness could result in your Pokemon becoming Paralyzed.Earthquake is the best dose of medicine to give Raichu.

Ambipom is a Normal-type, slowing down your run of Ground-type attack mayhem.They'll only be normal-effecient against it. Like Raichu, it also has prettyweak Defense, although it also has some pretty low Special Defense, so feelfree to hit it with a strong attack. It knows Charge Beam, although itsSpecial Attack isn't nearly as high as its Attack, so its not nearly as badasit might seem.

Third up is most likely his Luxray (he will probably switch the order if youuse a Rock- or Ground-type Pokemon against him). Luxray is pretty solid, notboasting particularly good Defenses, but its certainly able to take a hit. UseEarthquake or Dig if you can, otherwise just hit it with the strongest attacksyou have. It has very high attack, and it will use strong attacks like ThunderFang (has a chance of Paralyzing you, or causing you to Flinch) and Crunch(chance of lowering your Defense). Be on guard, but don't relent in yourattacks!

Lastly is his Octillery, an odd choice for the master of Electric-type Pokemonto use. It knows Charge Beam and Aurora Beam, and is pretty solid, althoughits very slow, so use that to your advantage. Its attacks will be surprisinglypotent, although since they don't share the same type as it does, theyshouldn't be quite as strong as Denji's other Pokemon's attacks.

After beating him, you will earn yourself the final Gym Badge: the BeaconBadge, which will make traded Pokemon of any Level obey you without questionas well as let you use Waterfall outside of battle. He will also give you TM57(Charge Beam), which has a chance of raising the user's Special Attack.

Outside of the Gym, return to Jasmine on the northern beach and speak withher. She'll be impressed that you got the Gym Badge, and will give you HM07(Waterfall).

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s5.9. The Pokemon League | /`-'--------------------------'----------------------------------------------` ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.9.0. Up the Rapids - Now that you can use Waterfall... |______________)

This section is completely optional and only lists areas that you couldn'tpreviously access before acquiring the ability to climb waterfalls withWaterfall. Now that you can use it, you might want to stop by the listedlocations to pick up the items contained there. Although there's nothing trulyspectacular this time around, there's still some interesting things you canacquire.

,-----------. | ROUTE 208 | `--.--------'----------------------------------------------------------. | You can now scale the waterfall on the Route to reach a Carbos. | |___________________________________________________________________|

,-----------. | ROUTE 210 | `--.--------'----------------------------------------------------------. | Down the stream where you can Surf, there are two waterfalls. | | Climbing the first will will lead you to a seemingly empty patch | | of land, although using your Dowsing Machine will help you locate | |the Greenery Plate hidden in the wall. Following the second | | waterfall, using Waterfall when needed, will eventually bring you | | to a Wave Incense. | |___________________________________________________________________|

,--------------------. | MT. CORONET (Peak) | `--.-----------------'-------------------------------------------------. | Right after using Rock Climb while on the first part of the peak, | | enter the cave to the east and you'll now be able to climb the | | waterfall that's inside. Use Waterfall to climb it, and you'll | | find a cave with a Rock Plate hidden inside the lone rock in the | | room. | |___________________________________________________________________|

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.9.1. Route 223 |______________________________________________________) __________.' POKEMON `.| Surfing | Type Levels Freq. Time`-.----------'---.-----------.------------------------------.-----.-----. | Tentacruel | WTR / PSN | 36 - 45 | CMN | ANY | | Mantyke | WTR / FLY | 30, 32, 38, 39 | UNC | ANY | | Pelipper | WTR / FLY | 36, 37, 39, 40 | UNC | ANY | '--------------'-----------'------------------------------'-----'-----' __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Swimmer ($ 688 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Lumineon | WTR | L43 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 656 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Azurill | NRM | L41 | F | | Azumarill | WTR | L41 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 672 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Mantyke | WTR / FLY | L38 | M | | Remoraid | WTR | L40 | M | | Mantine | WTR / FLY | L42 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 656 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Wingull | WTR / FLY | L37 | M | | Quagsire | WTR / GRD | L42 | M | | Pelipper | WTR / FLY | L41 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 656 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Marill | WTR | L39 | F | | Golduck | WTR | L41 | F | | Wingull | WTR / FLY | L40 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 688 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Tentacruel | WTR / PSN | L43 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 656 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Buizel | WTR | L41 | M | | Tentacruel | WTR / PSN | L41 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'

| Swimmer ($ 656 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Wingull | WTR / FLY | L41 | F | | Seaking | WTR | L41 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Sailor ($1408 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Pelipper | WTR / FLY | L38 | M | | Gastrodon | WTR / GRD | L44 | M | | Machoke | FTG | L38 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 688 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Golduck | WTR | L43 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 656 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Finneon | WTR | L41 | F | | Pelipper | WTR / FLY | L41 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 672 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Tentacool | WTR / PSN | L40 | M | | Golduck | WTR | L42 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 688 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L43 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | TM18 (Rain |`-------| Dance) | '-----------------'

Your path to the Pokemon League starts by Surfing north from Sunyshore Cityonto Route 223. Along the way, you'll encounter over a dozen Trainers, mostofwhich specializing in Water-type Pokemon, so now is the chance to give yourElectric- and Grass-type Pokemon an extra EXP boost.

The Route is pretty straight-forward; all you have to do is head north. Thereare some Trainers and Items scattered off the beaten path, though.

I would also like to take this paragraph to say that this guide is created byMarriland and is not to be sold on sites like eBay. If you paid money for thisguide, demand a refund immediately, and file a complaint.

Near the beginning of the Route, on the west side, you'll see a barrier of

rocks that you can actually go inside of if you find the right spot. Continuewest through that spot, then north and you will find TM18 (Rain Dance) waitingfor you there.

Also, where you have to stop Surfing to get onto a shallow area of water(where the Sailor is), you can find a Pearl to the northeast.

At the very north end of the Route, you'll find a gigantic Waterfall leadingup to the Pokemon League. However, you won't be able to face off against theElite Four until you survive the trial known as Victory Road. There's aPokemon Center located directly outside, giving you a chance to heal yourPokemon.

When you're ready, enter the cavern, and prepare to go through Victory Road! ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.9.2. Victory Road |___________________________________________________) ___________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 15 [uncommon]) _________________| First Floor |__________________________________/ Frequency \`--.----------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Machoke | FTG | 44, 45, 46 | 25% | 25% | 25% | | Graveler | RCK / GRD | 45 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Medicham | FTG / PSY | 44, 45, 46 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | 44, 45, 46 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Onix | RCK / GRD | 44 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Steelix | STL / GRD | 46 | 10% | 10% | 10% |,--'-----------.|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| Second Floor |_(Encounter Rate: 15 [uncommon])_/ Frequency \`--.-----------'| Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Kadabra | PSY | 45, 46, 47 | 25% | 25% | 25% | | Graveler | RCK / GRD | 46 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Medicham | FTG / PSY | 45, 46, 47 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | 45, 46, 47 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Onix | RCK / GRD | 45 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Steelix | STL / GRD | 47 | 10% | 10% | 10% |,--'-------.____|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| Basement |_(Encounter Rate: 15 [uncommon])_____/ Frequency \`--.-------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Machoke | FTG | 44, 45, 46 | 25% | 25% | 25% | | Floatzel | WTR | 44, 45 | 30% | 30% | 30% | | Medicham | FTG / PSY | 44, 45, 46 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | 44, 45, 46 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Steelix | STL / GRD | 46 | 10% | 10% | 10% |

|____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Psychic ($1472 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Haunter | GHO / PSN | L43 | M | | Gengar | GHO / PSN | L46 | M | | Alakazam | PSY | L46 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Birdkeeper ($1536 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Noctowl | NRM / FLY | L46 | F | | Staraptor | NRM / FLY | L48 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Ace Trainer ($2880 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Golduck | WTR | L46 | F | | Blissey | NRM | L48 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Ace Trainer ($2880 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Rapidash | FIR | L45 | M | | Carnivine | GRS | L45 | M | | Rampardos | RCK | L48 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Ace Trainer ($2880 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Clefable | NRM | L46 | F | | Torterra | GRS / GRD | L48 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Expert ($3760 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Staraptor | NRM / FLY | L47 | M | | Hippowdon | GRD | L47 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Black Belt ($1176 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Machamp | FTG | L49 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Psychic ($1536 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Chingling | PSY | L44 | F | | Chimecho | PSY | L48 | F |,-'--------------'-----------'-----'---'.---------------------------.__,----.| Double Team ($11280)`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---..--------------.-----------.---`----< | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L47 | M || Medicham | FTG / PSY | L47 | M |

.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'`--------------'-----------'-----'---'| Ace Trainer ($2940 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Honchkrow | DRK / FLY | L49 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Dragon Tamer ($1568 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Gabite | GRD / DRG | L49 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Expert ($3840 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Tentacruel | WTR / PSN | L45 | M | | Golem | RCK / GRD | L45 | M | | Empoleon | WTR / STL | L48 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Dragon Tamer ($1472 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Gible | GRD / DRG | L46 | M | | Gible | GRD / DRG | L46 | M | | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L49 | M |,-'--------------'-----------'-----'---'.---------------------------.__,----.| Double Team ($11280)`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---..--------------.-----------.---`----< | Staraptor | NRM / FLY | L47 | M || Whiscash | WTR / GRD | L47 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---''--------------'-----------'-----'---'

,-------._________________| ITEMS | TM41 (Torment) |`-------| Full Heal | | Max Ether | | Full Restore | | TM73 (Stone | | Edge) | | Rare Candy | | TM59 (Dragon | | Pulse) | | Razor Claw | | TM79 (Dark | | Pulse) | '-----------------'

The Pokemon and the Trainers inside of Victory Road have very high levels,spanning from the mid- to upper-40's range. Your Pokemon should be at least

Level 48 before entering (or trying to complete the whole thing), although Iwould recommend lower-to-mid-50's.

From the start, you will have to cross a bridge. Across the bridge, you canuse Rock Climb to get down to the lower area of the first floor, fight thePsychic, and pick up TM41 (Torment). There's nothing else down here, though,so Rock Climb your way back up, and then head east.

When you get to a place that you can climb some steps down, do so, fightagainst the Birdkeeper, and continue north to pick up a Full Heal. Go back towhere the bridge takes you north and follow that path north, west, and thennorth again to a flight of stairs.

Up on the second floor, you can either go north or south. Going north willlead you to some bike ramps and boulders that you need to move, all of whichwill eventually lead you to a Max Ether.

Going south will lead you to a boulder formation like this:.------.| #..# || .21# || .3.# || ..## |'------'("." denotes the cave floor, "#" denotes a wall, and the numbers 1, 2, and 3mark the locations of the boulders you need to push.)

Push boulder 1 south, boulder 2 west, and boulder 3 south and you'll be ableto pass. Keep going west until you find another puzzle.

.----------.| ###..... || #..12xxx || #.x..... || #..R###. || #...###. |'----------'(Same as the previous one, except "x" denotes unsmashable rocks, and "R"denotes a smashable rock.)

To solve this one, push the boulder on the left down one tile, then go overtothe smashable rock (marked "R"). Rock Smash it, and then push the bouldernorth, up to the Trainer (not shown on diagram). Go east, use Rock Smash

again, fight a Trainer, and then you'll have to solve another puzzle. This oneis easy, though; just push the top-most boulder west and head north and you'llfind yourself at a flight of stairs leading down. However, if you go back downthe stairs and to the puzzle again, you'll be able to go over to the east,where there are more boulder puzzles, as well as bike ramps that can lead youto a Full Restore, a Double Battle against the Double Team, and TM71 (StoneEdge).

Now you'll be back on the first floor. Cross the bridge over to a ledge thatyou can use Rock Climb down, but be careful not to jump off of the ledgebelow, otherwise you'll have to backtrack. Make your way around the cliff youwere on until you find a Black Belt. Beat him, and you'll reach another flightof stairs leading down.

Surf over to the Psychic (don't bother taking the north route). Go east, andthen south to find a Double Team. Fight them, and then Surf down the path,climbing upstairs, to reach a Rare Candy. There's also a Max Revive hiddennearby, so use your Dowsing Machine.

Go back to where the Psychic was and then Surf north until you reach awaterfall. Use Waterfall to climb it, and then take the path west until youfind a Dragon Tamer. From here, you can take the southern Waterfall down toTM59 (Dragon Pulse). Otherwise, beat him, then keep going west, then southuntil you find a flight of stairs.

You'll be back on the first floor again. Head west until you get to a Expert.Keep going west past him and you'll find the Razor Claw. Climbing up the stepsby the Expert and then heading east will lead you to a Zinc and a personblocking passage into another part of the cave. Otherwise, go south, then upthe cliff to the east so you can fight another Dragon Tamer. Fight him, crossthe bridge, and you'll be at the exit.

Also, south of the Expert in the aforementioned step, instead of going east,go west, use Rock Climb, and make your way to the flight of stairs. This willlead you up to a boulder puzzle..-----------.| ######### |

| #x.1..-># || #$.3..-># || #x.2..-># || ######### |'-----------'("$" marks the item [TM79], and the "->" marks the location of the stairs.)

Push boulder 1 west, then boulder 2 west, and then boulder 3 either north orsouth to access TM79 (Dark Pulse). ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s5.9.3. The Pokemon League |_____________________________________________)

Well, here it is: the Pokemon League! The place where champions are made. UseWaterfall to ascend the massive Waterfall, and then enter the gloriousbuilding.

Inside, be sure to heal your Pokemon, especially before approaching the doorthat a person is blocking. There's also a Poke Mart here that sells prettymuch everything you might need. I highly recommend stocking up on suppliessuch as Hyper Potions, Full Restores, Revives, and Full Heals. 10 of eachshould be sufficient.

Save your game, and then approach the door. As you do so, Rival will show upand challenge you to yet another fight. This time, though, his team is quiteformidable. _______________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\________________,-----.,|| BOSS BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $5300 |\|\ Pokemon Trainer Rival '._____.'|`-\--------------|-----------|-----|---/#||*| Staraptor | NRM / FLY | L48 | M |#||*| Heracross | BUG / FTG | L50 | M |#||*| Snorlax | NRM | L51 | M |#||*| | | | |#||*| - If you picked Turtwig: - |#||*| Roserade * | GRS / PSN | L49 | M |#||*| Floatzel | WTR | L49 | M |#||*| Infernape | FIR / FTG | L53 | M |#||*| | | | |#||*| - If you picked Chimchar: - |#||*| Roserade * | GRS / PSN | L49 | M |#||*| Rapidash | FIR | L49 | M |#||*| Empoleon | WTR / STL | L53 | M |#|

|*| | | | |#||*| - If you picked Piplup: - |#||*| Rapidash | FIR | L49 | M |#||*| Floatzel | WTR | L49 | M |#||*| Torterra | GRS / GRD | L53 | M |#||*/--------------|-----------|-----|---\#|`'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^'^^^^'`

Rival's team of Pokemon is quite diverse at this point. He will try to use alot of type-matching against you, so the order that he sends out his Pokemonin depends on what Pokemon you are using. The best advice that I can give isjust try to type-match his Pokemon and send out Pokemon that are effectiveagainst his. If you can't do that, then try to use your strongest attacks. Hisstarter Pokemon is more than likely your biggest threat, due to its high statsand level.

After beating him, he will run off again. Now, all that's left is for you totalk to the person in front of the door. Do so, and he will check to make surethat you have each of the Gym Badges. Since at this point, you obviously do,he will step aside and let you take on the Elite Four. __________________________________|Marriland's Pokemon at this point:||_____.---------------------.______| | - Empoleon Lv60 | | - Luxray Lv60 | | - Staraptor Lv60 | | - Lucario Lv60 | | - Rampardos Lv43 | | - Haunter Lv36 | '---------------------'

The first of the Elite Four is Aaron, who primarily uses Bug-type Pokemon. AFlying- or Rock-type Pokemon will be invaluable in this fight, althoughElectric-, Ice-, and Psychic-type attacks are also effective against some ofhis Pokemon. _______________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\________________,-----.,|| BOSS BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $6840 |\|\ Elite Four Aaron '._____.'|`*\==============v===========v=====v===/#||*| Dustox | BUG / PSN | L53 | M |#|

|*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Toxic ] [ Bug Buzz ] |#||*| [ Double Team ] [ Light Screen ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Heracross | BUG / FTG | L54 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Megahorn ] [ Close Combat ] |#||*| [ Night Slash ] [ Stone Edge ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Vespiquen | BUG / FLY | L54 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Attack Order ] [ Defend Order ] |#||*| [ Heal Order ] [ Power Gem ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Beautifly | BUG / FLY | L53 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Energy Ball ] [ Bug Buzz ] |#||*| [ Psychic ] [ Shadow Ball ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Drapion | PSN / DRK | L57 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ X-Scissor ] [ Cross Poison ] |#||*| [ Ice Fang ] [ Aerial Ace ] |#||*/____________________________________\#|`'======================================'`

You should be fairly familliar with squashing Dustox and Beautifly from allofyour encounters with them in your Team Galactic battles. Dustox can use Toxicand can also set up a Light Screen, both of which will hamper your ability tofight at your fullest. Try to take it out with one good Psychic-, Ground-, orFlying-type attack before it gets a chance to use either of those attacks.

Drapion is Aaron's counter to Flying-type Pokemon. It knows Ice Fang to dealwith anything trying to exploit the rest of his team's weakness. Poison/Darkis a hard type to find a weakness too. Ground-type attacks are really youronly option if you want to do the most damage. Otherwise, just whittle awayatits HP with your strongest attacks.

Heracross has a lot of offense, similar to Rival's. It knows Infighting and

Mega Horn, both of which are very strong attacks and will do a lot of damageto anything it hits. It also has Stone Edge in its roster of moves to helpcombat Flying-type Pokemon. However, fortunately Heracross is pretty slow, andit's also 4x weak to Flying, so even a weak Flying-type attack like Aerial Acewill be more than enough to knock it out.

Vespiquen is very sturdy. It has high defenses and decent HP, so it's a bittricky to take down. One good Rock-type attack will rip it apart, though, butif you don't have one at your disposal, strike it with Electric-, Ice-, orFlying-type attacks to deal the most damage.

After Aaron comes Bertha, the master of Ground-type Pokemon. She also bearsastriking resemblance to Agatha from the Elite Four of Kanto, doesn't she? Ifyou have a Grass-type Pokemon, send it to the front of your party now. _______________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\________________,-----.,|| BOSS BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $7080 |\|\ Elite Four Bertha '._____.'|`*\==============v===========v=====v===/#||*| Quagsire | WTR / GRD | L55 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Dig ] [ Double Team ] |#||*| [ Protect ] [ Sandstorm ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Hippowdon | GRD | L59 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Earthquake ] [ Stone Edge ] |#||*| [ Crunch ] [ Curse ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Sudowoodo | RCK | L56 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Earthquake ] [ Sucker Punch ] |#||*| [ Hammer Arm ] [ Sandstorm ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Golem | RCK / GRD | L56 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Earthquake ] [ Gyro Ball ] |#||*| [ Brick Break ] [ Sandstorm ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Whiscash | WTR / GRD | L55 | F |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#|

|*| [ Fissure ] [ Aqua Tail ] |#||*| [ Zen Headbutt ] [ Rock Slide ] |#||*/____________________________________\#|`'======================================'`

Quagsire will start out the battle by annoying you. It loves to use DoubleTeam to raise its evasion, making it harder to hit. It will also whip up aSandstorm so your HP will be whittled away while you try and fail hitting it.Grass-type attacks will make fodder out of it, though.

Hippowdon's Ability will summon forth a Sandstorm when its sent out, so you'llhave to face the whipping sand regardless of whether Quagsire can pull it offor not. Hit it with your strongest Grass- or Water-type attack to put it outcold.

Golem has very high Defense, but it is also 4x weak to both Water- and Grass-type attacks, so using them will knock it out almost positively. Fighting-typeattacks are super effective against it, but its high Defense might preventthem from knocking it out with one shot. It's very slow, though, but has highAttack and, as I've already said, high Defense.

Whiscash is also super-weak to Grass-type attacks. Fortunately, it doesn'thave Water Absorb, so if you're running through Kikuno's Pokemon with a Water-type and don't want to switch, you won't have to, although it will probablytake you two hits to knock it out.

Sudowoodo is really a push over. It has strong attacks, but it's slow and weakto the same types as the rest of her Pokemon. It should be an easy knockoutunless you don't have any of those types.

Next up comes the third member of the Elite Four, Flint, whom you've seenearlier in Sunyshore City. He uses Fire-type Pokemon, although really his teamis pretty diverse (due to the lack of Fire-type Pokemon in Sinnoh), so beready to take on a variety of types. _______________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\________________,-----.,|| BOSS BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $7320 |\|\ Elite Four Flint '._____.'|`*\==============v===========v=====v===/#||*| Rapidash | FIR | L58 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#|

|*| [ Flare Blitz ] [ SolarBeam ] |#||*| [ Bounce ] [ Sunny Day ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Infernape | FIR / FTG | L61 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Flare Blitz ] [ ThunderPunch ] |#||*| [ Mach Punch ] [ Earthquake ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Lopunny | NRM | L57 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Fire Punch ] [ Charm ] |#||*| [ Mirror Coat ] [ Sunny Day ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Steelix | STL / GRD | L57 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Fire Fang ] [ Rock Tomb ] |#||*| [ Screech ] [ Sunny Day ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Drifblim | GHO / FLY | L58 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Will-O-Wisp ] [ Ominous Wind ] |#||*| [ Double Team ] [ Baton Pass ] |#||*/____________________________________\#|`'======================================'`

Rapidash is very quick and can be pretty powerful, so try and douse its firewith whatever attacks you can throw at it. Its defenses are pretty shaky,though, so one good hit and its gone.

Infernape is the monster of his team, possessing very powerful moves and highattack stats to use them. Flare Blitz, a Fire-type Double-Edge move (120 basepower), will do a considerable amount of damage to anything it hits. It alsohas Mach Punch to get a jump on your faster Pokemon. Flying- or Water-typePokemon are most effective against it, although it has Thunderpunch, so makesure that it can take the hit. Also try to avoid using your Rock-type Pokemonhere.

Steelix has massive Defense, as always, but it's slow as tar and is very weakto Water- or Fire-type attacks. If you have any Special-based Fighting- orGround-type attacks, those will be effective as well, although its Defense

will prevent any Physical-based ones from being very potent.

Drifblim has great HP, and it also knows Baton Pass, although it never seemedto do anything more than provide a slight annoyance against me.

His Lopunny has Mirror Coat, which will counter any of your Special-basedattacks, so try and use Physical-based attacks against it unless you want torisk getting knocked out.

Once you've beaten Flint, only one more Elite Four member will be remaining:Lucian. Lucian uses strong Psychic-type Pokemon. He'll start off with a Mr.Mime, so try and start with a Dark- or Ghost-type Pokemon or a Pokemon withaDark-type attack (like Crunch or Dark Pulse). _______________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\________________,-----.,|| BOSS BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $7560 |\|\ Elite Four Lucian '._____.'|`*\==============v===========v=====v===/#||*| Mr. Mime | PSY | L59 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Psychic ] [ Thunderbolt ] |#||*| [ Reflect ] [ Light Screen ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Medicham | FTG / PSY | L60 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Drain Punch ] [ Fire Punch ] |#||*| [ ThunderPunch ] [ Ice Punch ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Alakazam | PSY | L60 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Psychic ] [ Energy Ball ] |#||*| [ Focus Blast ] [ Recover ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Bronzong | STL / PSY | L63 | |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Psychic ] [ Gyro Ball ] |#||*| [ Earthquake ] [ Calm Mind ] |#||*|____________________________________|#| >*>=============v===========v=====v==<#<|*| Girafarig | NRM / PSY | L59 | M |#||*|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|#||*| [ Psychic ] [ Shadow Ball ] |#||*| [ Double Hit ] [ Crunch ] |#||*/____________________________________\#|

`'======================================'`

Mr. Mime knows both Light Screen and Reflect, which will half your Special-based and Physical-based damage for 5 turns respectively. It has Psychic andThunderbolt to inflict some damage.

Medicham is a monster with its high Attack stat (thanks to its Ability, PurePower). It uses Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Fire Punch, and Drain Punch(Fighting-type move). Although it doesn't have any Psychic-type moves, itsPhysical-based Punches will be very strong and they cover a very wide rangeofdifferent type weaknesses, so you need to try and take it out as quickly aspossible. Its defenses are pretty low, though, so a quick, strong attack willinflict heavy damage on it. Flying-type attacks are also very effectiveagainst it.

Alakazam is very fast and very strong. It knows Focus Blast, a Special-basedFighting-type move that inflicts heavy damage. Very nasty if you're planningon using a Dark-type Pokemon against it. It also knows Psychic, which will doa ton of damage to pretty much anything that isn't Dark-type.

Lucian's Bronzong has very high Defense and Special Defense, although it hasrather low Special Attack, so you're in luck. However, it will use Calm Mindfrequently, which will raise both its Special Attack and Special Defense.After using that, its Psychic attack will be quite strong. It also knows GyroBall which is effective against your faster Pokemon.

Girafarig is deceptively effective at throwing Psychic around. It will do somedecent damage. Other than that, Girafarig shouldn't be too much of a threat.Dark-type attacks are your best bet against it. Be sure not to use Ghost-typeattacks, though, because it has full immunity to them due to it being partNormal-type.

Once you've beaten Lucian, heal your Pokemon to full HP, then walk down thepath to face the Pokemon League Champion... Cynthia!

___________________ __________ \`.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~./_____________\ / || FINAL BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $13200 |.

|\ Champion Cynthia /________\| <;-\==============v===========v=====v===/-;> |.| Spiritomb | GHO / DRK | L61 | F |.| |:|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|:| |:| [ Dark Pulse ] [ Psychic ] |:| |;| [ Silver Wind ] [ Embargo ] |;| |;|____________________________________|;| <;--)=============x===========x=====x==(--;> |;| Gastrodon | WTR / GRD | L60 | F |;| |;|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|;| ______ |:| [ Muddy Water ] [ Earthquake ] |:| ______ |:| [ Stone Edge ] [ Sludge Bomb ] |:| |'|____________________________________|'| <;--)=============x===========x=====x==(--;> __________ |.| Milotic | WTR | L63 | F |.| __________ |:|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|:| |:| [ Surf ] [ Ice Beam ] |:| |;| [ Mirror Coat ] [ Aqua Ring ] |;|_____________ |;|____________________________________|;| _____________ <;--)=============x===========x=====x==(--;> |;| Garchomp | DRG / GRD | L66 | F |;| |;|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|;| __________ |:| [ Dragon Rush ] [ Earthquake ] |:| __________ |:| [ Brick Break ] [ Giga Impact ] |:| |'|____________________________________|'| <;--)=============x===========x=====x==(--;> ______ |.| Lucario | FTG / STL | L63 | M |.| ______ |:|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|:| |:| [ Aura Sphere ] [ Dragon Pulse ] |:| |;| [ Psychic ] [ Earthquake ] |;| |;|____________________________________|;| <;--)=============x===========x=====x==(--;> |;| Roserade | GRS / PSN | L60 | F |;| |;|--------------^MOVES:-----^-----^---|;| |:| [ Energy Ball ] [ Sludge Bomb ] |:| |:| [ Shadow Ball ] [ Extrasensory ] |:| |'|____________________________________|'| <;=/====================================\-;> /_.`'^^^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^'^^^`._\

There aren't a lot of common weaknesses is Cynthia's team. Her Spiritombdoesn't have any weaknesses, actually, so don't worry so much about whatPokemon you start with in this fight. With its high Defense and SpecialDefense and total lack of weakness, Spiritomb will likely take a few goodshots to take down. Its offenses aren't that great, though, so at least youshouldn't be too threatened.

Gastrodon's only real weakness is Grass-type attacks, so if you don't have anyof those, try to rely on using your strongest Physical-based attacks against

it, because it has lower Defense than it does Special Defense. Be careful,though, because it has strong moves such as Earthquake, Stone Edge, MuddyWater, and even Sludge Bomb.

Her Milotic can be a real pain to take down. It's weak to Electric- and Grass-type attacks, although it has the HP and defenses to take a good hit from oneof them and still survive. Avoid inflicting it with a status ailment, though,because otherwise its Marvel Scale Ability will kick in and raise its Defenseby 1.5x. It also has Mirror Coat, which is nasty if you use a Special-basedattack against it, because it will inflict double that damage back to you(unless you knock it out, of course). Avoid using them if you can.

Garchomp is a fierce Dragon/Ground-type Pokemon with high Attack and Speed.Italso has nice HP, as well as decent defenses, making it quite hardy and achallenge to take down. It can use Dragon Rush, an extremely powerful Dragon-type attack; Earthquake, which is just plain nasty and it gets the Same TypeAttack Bonus, making it really deadly; Giga Impact, which is like a beefed upHyper Beam; and Brick Break for a nice, solid Fighting-type attack. Your bestbet against it is a strong Ice-type attack (beware Brick Break, though!) oraDragon-type attack of your own, although otherwise just strike it with yourstrongest attacks and try to keep your HP as high as possible.

Lucario, which you probably haven't fought against since your fight withMaylene, is a difficult Pokemon to take down due to its great types. Fighting-,Ground-, and Fire-type attacks are awesome against Lucario, but nearlyeverything else is really quite ineffective. It knows Dragon Pulse,Earthquake, Psychic, and Aura Sphere, giving it a very large array of powerfulattacks. It also has high Attack and Special Attack, as well as good Speed,but fortunately its defensive stats aren't so hot. Use that to your advantage.

Her Roserade shouldn't be quite as difficult compared to the rest of herPokemon, but it's still a formidable foe. It boasts very high Special Attackand quite high Special Defense, and its Speed isn't half bad either. It canuse Sludge Bomb, which will put a serious dent in your Pokemon's HP. Steel-type Pokemon are amazing to use against Roserade.

After beating all six of Cynthia's Pokemon, she will tell you to climb the

platform up. Do so, and you'll be taken through the door. Inside, Cynthia willlead you to where you register yourself and your Pokemon as the new PokemonLeague Champions. Professor Rowan will also join you and congratulate you onyour accomplishment.

Congratulations! You are the new Pokemon League Champion!!

,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.( s6. POST-GAME AND OPTIONAL AREAS | ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ) `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

This section contains all of the locations and areas to explore that aren'treally required for you to visit, but offer a really nice reward and a reasonto visit, or have something neat about them.

Some of these are only available after you have completed the Sinnoh Dex,which involves seeing all 150 Pokemon in the Sinnoh Dex. Check section 8.6.tosee a list of all of the Pokemon in the Sinnoh Dex and where to find them, andthen check out section 6.1. to see what to do to get the National Dex.

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s6.1. Receiving the National Dex | /`-'----------------------------------'--------------------------------------` ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.1.1. Twinleaf Town |__________________________________________________)

After your first time beating the Elite Four and the League Champion, you willawaken in your room when you load your game (actually, you'll appear here anytime after beating the Elite Four). Go down the stairs, and your mother willcome over to tell you that Rival took a ship in Snowpoint City. Hmm,

interesting? But, not for now. Right now, you should have thing on your mind:the National Dex!

In order to get the National Dex, you will need to have seen the 150 Pokemonin the Sinnoh Dex. All of these Pokemon can be found throughout the course ofnormal gameplay provided you have fought most of the Trainers in the game.Remember, you don't need to have caught the Pokemon - merely seeing it willdo. At this point, assuming that you have battles every Trainer in the gamesofar and haven't done any outside trades, you should have a hardy 149 Pokemonin your Pokedex. If not, check out section 8.6. of this Walkthrough for alist of where to see every single Pokemon you need to complete the Sinnoh Dex.

Chances are there's one Pokemon that you'll be missing, which is either #149or #150, depending on which version you have. To see this Pokemon for yourSinnoh Dex, return to Celestic Town. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.1.2. Celestic Town |__________________________________________________)

Unless you have done some trading, you haven't seen Palkia or Dialga(depending on your version; Palkia in Diamond) yet. You'll need to see theother game's legendary in order to complete your Pokedex. Now, although thePokemon cannot be caught or encountered in your game, the old lady that youmet in Celestic Town during your last visit here has a picture of that Pokemonto help complete your Pokedex.

You can find the old lady in the large house on the north side of town. Talkto her, and she will show you the picture, counting toward seeing the Pokemonfor the sake of your Pokedex. She'll actually show you this picture wheneveryou talk to her after you see either Dialga or Palkia at the Spear Pillar, butnow is probably the best time to talk to her about it. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.1.3. Sandgem Town |___________________________________________________)

Back in Sandgem Town, talk to Professor Rowan inside of his lab aftercompleting the Sinnoh Pokedex, and he will be amazed that you have seen all150 Pokemon on the Sinnoh Dex. Just then, Professor Oak will stop in, do somechit-chatting, and then power up your Pokedex, upgrading it so it has NationalDex capabilities.

After Professor Oak leaves, Rowan will give you the Poke Radar. The Poke Radaris a useful gadget that you can use in any field on the world map to helplocate wild Pokemon, including Pokemon that you haven't yet encountered orwouldn't normally be in the area without using the Poke Radar.

To use the Poker Rdar, enter a field of grass (without riding the Bicycle) anduse the Poke Radar. Some of the grass will then start to shake, and some willshow signs of rustling in it (by flashing, kind of). Walking into either ofthese patches will trigger a fight against a wild Pokemon, possibly a Pokemonnew to the area, although walking into the rustling grass will have a higherchance of encountering better Pokemon. If you defeat the Pokemon or captureit, there will be more rustling grass outside of the battle, up to 2additional times after first using the Poke Radar. Running away from a fightwill not allow you to encounter any more shaking grass without using the PokeRadar again. Like the Vs. Seeker, the Poke Radar requires you to take acertain amount of steps before you can use it again, although it's only 50steps instead of 100.

Apparently you can use the Poke Radar to help you locate exceedingly rare"Shiny" Pokemon. Very, very rarely, a patch of grass may turn white and glowred, to purple, to blue. I have not personally seen this, although I haveheard about this.

Corona Genesis said this about finding Shiny Pokemon with the Poke Radar:

"The patch was mostly white, and it had red which changed to purple and blue glowing from inside it. I was incredibly annoyed when I realized I couldn't get to it. I hope someone else encounters one and confirms what it is."

If you run into a situation like that, everyone seems to agree that using aRepel is the best thing you can do, so then you won't encounter any wildPokemon other than the ones with the Poke Radar.

Now that you have the National Dex, loads of new locations and adventures willbecome available to you. You can take them on in any order, unless I sayotherwise.

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s6.2. The Pal Park | /`-'--------------------'----------------------------------------------------`

The Pal Park is the place where you can transfer Pokemon from your GBA gamesto your Diamond or Pearl game. You can actually visit the Pal Park and thesurrounding Routes as soon as you are able to use Surf, although you will notbe able to use any of the Pal Park features until after you acquire theNational Dex after completing the game. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.2.1. Route 219 |______________________________________________________) __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Swimmer ($ 116 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Marill | WTR | L29 | F | | Marill | WTR | L29 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 116 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Shellos | WTR | L29 | M | | Shellos | WTR | L29 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

This is a surprisingly short sea Route. Only two Trainers to fight here. Surfsouth, fighting the two Trainers if you wish, onto Route 220. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.2.2. Route 220 |______________________________________________________) __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Swimmer ($ 448 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----<

| Goldeen | WTR | L28 | F | | Goldeen | WTR | L28 | F | | Goldeen | WTR | L28 | F | | Goldeen | WTR | L28 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 464 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Remoraid | WTR | L29 | F | | Psyduck | WTR | L29 | F | | Goldeen | WTR | L28 | F | | Goldeen | WTR | L28 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 464 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Tamanta | WTR / FLY | L26 | M | | Remoraid | WTR | L29 | M | | Tentacool | WTR / PSN | L29 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 496 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L31 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 496 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Buizel | WTR | L31 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 464 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Pelipper | WTR / FLY | L29 | M | | Whiscash | WTR / GRD | L29 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 488 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Buizel | WTR | L28 | F | | Medicham | FTG / PSY | L28 | F | | Seaking | WTR | L28 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Ether |`-------| Splash Plate | | Carbos | '-----------------'

There's plenty of Trainers here to fight. Like many Routes, there are twopaths that you can take through this one: the left/south-route and theright/north-route. The route to the right, which will eventually become thenorthern route, has only one Trainer to fight, but no items to pick up.

By the two Swimmers, you can find an Ether on the east beach, and you can

find a Splash Plate on the beach south of that. On the shore with the Ether,you can also Surf east to take a path over to two more Trainers thateventually leads to Route 221.

More east, you can find a Carbos in some shallow water. Pick it up, and thentake the northeast path instead of the southeast path, otherwise you'll justrun into a dead end with a Trainer. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.2.3. Route 221 |______________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Floatzel | WTR | 28, 30 | 25% | 25% | 25% | | Roselia | GRS / PSN | 29 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Shellos | WTR | 28 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Wingull | WTR / FLY | 29 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Gastrodon | WTR / GRD | 29, 30 | 10% | 10% | 10% |( Diamond Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Stunky | PSN / DRK | 28 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Skuntank | PSN / DRK | 29, 30 | 15% | 15% | 15% |( Pearl Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Gastrodon | WTR / GRD | 28 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Sudowoodo | RCK | 29, 30 | 15% | 15% | 15% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Swimmer ($ 512 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Shellos | WTR | L30 | M | | Gastrodon | WTR / GRD | L32 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 528 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Golduck | WTR | L33 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Fisherman ($1024 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Magikarp | WTR | L28 | M | | Finneon | WTR | L30 | M | | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L32 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Ace Trainer ($2040 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Cherrim | GRS | L30 | F |

| Marill | WTR | L32 | F | | Lopunny | NRM | L34 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Ace Trainer ($1980 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Staravia | NRM / FLY | L33 | M | | Girafarig | NRM / PSY | L33 | M | | Lopunny | NRM | L34 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Collector ($2176 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Hippopotas | GRD | L28 | M | | Hippopotas | GRD | L28 | M | | Hippopotas | GRD | L34 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Protein |`-------| Honey | | Pure Incense | | TM81 (X-Scissor)| '-----------------'

Near the area you enter the Route, by the Swimmer, you can find a Protein on asmall slice of land. Keep going until you hit the shore. On the shore, you canfind a Sweet Honey nearby. Again, there are two paths to this Route.

Going north through the grass-filled path will lead you to a house with an oldman inside. He'll ask to see a Pokemon at a specific Level (it appears to berandom every day) and your job will be to show him a Pokemon at that Level.Ihave no clue what you get if you do this, but I'd imagine something. To thewest of the house, you can find a Pure Incense.

Back there is just a dead end, though, so return to where you were at and theneither take the east path or the southeast path to reach the Pal Park. Thesoutheast path has more Trainers and tall grass, although it also containsTM81 (X-Scissor) near the end of it.

Regardless of which way you take, at the end of the Route lies the Pal Park. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.2.4. Pal Park |_______________________________________________________)

As you enter the Pal Park, if you have already gotten the National Dex,Professor Oak will be inside and will tell you that you can now transferPokemon from Kanto or Hoenn into the Pal Park. He'll also give you theTrainer Counter for your Poketch, which shows you a ranking of the top 3Pokemon that you've seen the most of by using the Pokeradar. He also sayssomething about Eterna City, and then leaves.

Now, by transferring Pokemon from your GBA games, you are able to catch thetransferred Pokemon inside of the Pal Park. You can transfer up to 6 Pokemonper GBA game every 24 hours into the Pal Park (and, for those of you who liketo time jump and set the Nintendo DS clock ahead, doing that will make youwait another 24 hours).

To do this, insert a a copy of Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, orLeafGreen into the GBA slot of your Nintendo DS. On the menu screen (Continue,New Game, Settings...), there should be a new option for you to select called"Migrate from [GBA game]". Select this option, and you will be able to choose6 Pokemon from your GBA game by using the stylus to select them. The selectedPokemon cannot have any HM moves learned, otherwise you will not be able totransfer them, so be sure to make use of the version's Move Deleter beforeattempting this.

After you have selected your 6 Pokemon, you will be asked if you want topermanently transfer the Pokemon from the GBA game to your Diamond or Pearlversion. THE POKEMON WILL BE GONE FOREVER IN YOUR GBA GAME IF YOU DO THIS!Upon answering yes via stylus, you will be asked one more time forconfirmation, and if you say yes again, the Pokemon will be transferred intothe Pal Park.

Now, load up your save, and talk to the technician at the gate of the Pal Parkand he'll ask if you want to try and catch the Pokemon that you transferredover. Agree, and you'll be given 6 Park Balls to catch the Pokemon inside ofthe Pal Park. If you are transferring any Water-type Pokemon, it isrecommended that you keep a Pokemon with Surf in your party.

The Pal Park is a pretty simple place; there are patches of grass scatteredabout. The 6 Pokemon that you transferred will be hiding inside of the tallgrass and on the water, and your job is to track all of them down. You mightalso only have a limited amount of time to do this (although I have yet to run

out of time, I have heard that there is a time limit). Certain Pokemon willfavor certain parts of the Pal Park and will be more likely to be found inthose areas. For instance, Rock-type Pokemon will be more commonly encounteredin the northeastern part of the Pal Park, in the rocky area, and Bug-typePokemon will be easier to find in the foresty northwestern area.

After catching all 6 transferred Pokemon, you will be escorted out of the PalPark and will be judged based on several factors, one of which being howquickly you caught the Pokemon. Depending on how well you did, you willreceive an item (I always got berries). Answer Yes to the question, and yournewly-transferred Pokemon will be sent to your PC.

All Pokemon that you transfer retain all of their stats, moves, held items,OTand ID No., gender, nickname, etc. Pretty much, exactly like they were in theGBA game. (Actually, I'm not sure on this, but there is a chance that certainPokemon's abilities may change when transferred, due to the addition of newabilities for certain Pokemon.)

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s6.3. The Battle Zone (Northeast Island) | /`-'------------------------------------------'------------------------------`

The Battle Zone (aka the Northeast Island) is that large island that you mayhave seen earlier in looking over your Town Map. After beating the Elite 4 andobtaining the National Dex, you will be able to reach the Battle Zone, hometomany exotic Pokemon that you have not encountered before. There are plenty ofTrainers, most of which possessing Pokemon between level 50 and 60, withplenty of Pokemon that probably aren't on your Pokedex (from the previousgenerations of Pokemon). ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.3.1. Fight Area |_____________________________________________________)

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Super Rod |`-------'-----------------'

Although you can visit the Fight Area after beating the Elite 4, there's notreally much to do other than visit the Battle Tower until after you obtain theNational Dex. If you don't have your National Dex yet, it's highly recommendedthat you get it now.

You can now take the ferry in Snowpoint City over to the Battle Zone. When youdo so, Rival will meet you there, along with some other person with red hairRival will then run off to the Battle Tower.

This is basically just a start area for your voyage on the northeast island,and doesn't really offer you anything major except paths leading around theisland.

The old lady inside of the Poke Mart will give you a Scope Lens if you talktoher. You are also finally able to get the Super Rod by talking to theFisherman on the northwestern side of the area, near the entrance to Route225. Just answer Yes to his question and he'll give you the Super Rod, whichyou can use to catch high-level Water-type Pokemon.

Now, to the northwest is the path to Route 225, which is probably the mainpath you'll want to take at this point. On the eastern side of the area, thereare two exits. The northern one leads you to the Battle Park, which is wherethe Battle Tower is located; the eastern one will lead you to Route 230, whichrequires you to Surf. Taking Route 230 will lead you over to the Resort Area.

If you want to check out the Resort Area, proceed to section 6.3.11. (Route230). Keep in mind that you'll have to read the sections in backwards orderandwith backwards directions, because I assume that the reader goes onto Route225first.

For now, you might as well start by checking out the Battle Park.

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.3.2. Battle Park |____________________________________________________)

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Razor Fang |`-------'-----------------'

On your way to the Battle Park, everyone inside of the intermediate buildingwill face you and will tell you that you need a Point Card to proceed.Fortunately, they'll give you the Point Card, which is used to keep track ofall of the Battle Points (BP) that you earn while in the Battle Tower. You canuse your BP to purchase a wide selection of TMs and other useful Held Items.

The front area of the Battle Park resembles a garden, with hedges and bushesscattered all around. In the southwest corner of the Park, you can find aSharp Fang. On the northern end of the Battle Park, there are two doors intoone building (with an elevated bridge adjoining them, leaving a path in themiddle). This is where you can spend all of your BP.

,--------------------------------. ,---------------------------------.( BATTLE POINT PRIZES (left-side) ) ( BATTLE POINT PRIZES (right-side) ) `-.---------------------.------.-` `-.----------------------.------.-` | Protein | 1BP | | TM06 (Toxic) | 32BP | | Calcium | 1BP | | TM73 (Thunder Wave) | 32BP | | Iron | 1BP | | TM61 (Will-O-Wisp) | 32BP | | Zinc | 1BP | | TM45 (Attract) | 32BP | | Carbos | 1BP | | TM40 (Aerial Ace) | 40BP | | HP Up | 1BP | | TM31 (Brick Break) | 40BP | | Power Bracer | 16BP | | TM08 (Bulk Up) | 48BP | | Power Belt | 16BP | | TM04 (Calm Mind) | 48BP | | Power Lens | 16BP | | TM81 (X-Scissor) | 64BP | | Power Band | 16BP | | TM30 (Shadow Ball) | 64BP | | Power Anklet | 16BP | | TM53 (Energy Ball) | 64BP | | Power Weight | 16BP | | TM36 (Sludge Bomb) | 80BP | | Toxic Orb | 16BP | | TM59 (Dragon Pulse) | 80BP | | Flame Orb | 16BP | | TM71 (Stone Edge) | 80BP | | White Herb | 32BP | | TM26 (Earthquake) | 80BP | | Power Herb | 32BP | '----------------------'------' | BrightPowder | 48BP | | Choice Band | 48BP | | Focus Band | 48BP | | Scope Lens | 48BP |

| Muscle Band | 48BP | | Focus Sash | 48BP | | Choice Scarf | 48BP | | Razor Claw | 48BP | | Razor Fang | 48BP | | Rare Candy | 48BP | '---------------------'------'

But where's the Battle Tower, you ask? The Battle Tower is between thebuilding, to the north. As you try and pass through, a man with blonde hairthat somewhat resembles Rival will bump into you, and then run into thebuilding. Rival will then run up from behind, bumping into you as well, andtalk about the Battle Tower and the Stark Mountain. He'll then walk into theBattle Tower. You might as well do the same.

From what I can tell, the receptionist on the left has something to do withDSWifi, the receptionist on the right lets you battle a random player over Wi-Fi. Lastly, the one in the middle lets you fight against computer-controlledopponents in either a Single Battle (first option) or a Double Battle (secondoption). If you do, all of your Pokemon will be set to Level 50 (or, if yourPokemon's levels are 100, they will be set to 100). You will have to fight 7battles in a row, and if you're successful in all of them, you'll win some BP.

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.3.3. Route 225 |______________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Fearow | NRM / FLY | 50, 51, 52 | 40% | 40% | 20% | | Raticate | NRM | 50, 52 | 30% | 30% | 30% | | Machoke | FTG | 51 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Roselia | GRS / PSN | 51 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Spearow | NRM / FLY | 20, 22 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Rattata | NRM | 20, 22 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Banette | GHO | 50, 52 | 0% | 0% | 20% |( Diamond Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Skuntank | PSN / DRK | 51 | 10% | 10% | 10% |( Pearl Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Roselia | GRS / PSN | 51 | 10% | 10% | 10% |

|____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Birdkeeper ($1728 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Farfetch'd | NRM / FLY | L52 | F | | Swellow | NRM / FLY | L54 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Pokemon Ranger ($3360 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Zigzagoon | NRM | L50 | F | | Skarmory | STL / FLY | L56 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Psychic ($1760 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Slowpoke | WTR / PSY | L51 | F | | Slowbro | WTR / PSY | L55 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Pokemon Ranger ($3300 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Donphan | GRD | L55 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Ace Trainer ($3180 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Lickitung | NRM | L53 | M | | Miltank | NRM | L53 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Ace Trainer ($3180 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Pinsir | BUG | L53 | M | | Mightyena | DRK | L53 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Ace Trainer ($3180 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Flaaffy | ELC | L53 | F | | Tropius | GRS / FLY | L53 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Dragon Tamer ($1760 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Dratini | DRG | L53 | M | | Dragonair | DRG | L55 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

,-------._________________| ITEMS | HP Up |`-------| Rare Candy | | Ultra Ball | | Fresh Water | | Lax Incense | | Dubious Disc | | Dawn Stone |

'-----------------'

To the north of the Fight Area is Route 225.

This a surprisingly long and complicated Route that is much larger than youwould at first think. There are also some Pokemon that you haven't encounteredbefore here, such as Raticate and Fearow.

To start things off, there's an HP Up atop a cliff to the west of theentrance, accessable by using Rock Climb.

Head north, up to the three Trainers (which you can choose to engage in eitherSingle- or Double-battle, depending on which direction the northwest one isfacing). You can snag yourself a Rare Candy by using Cut on the bushes to theeast of the three Trainers.

Now, if you have Surf, take the north route and Surf across the water and thenclimb the set of steps you find there, crossing the bridge over. Otherwise,gowest, and make your way to where there you just take a set of steps down andthere's another to the south of you. You can climb the steps to the south andcross the bridge to pick up an Ultra Ball, otherwise just proceed to headeast, under the bridge, and climbing the set of steps up to where you can takeanother bridge north.

Make your way across the mess of bridges, past two Trainers (picking up aRevive as you go), until you get to a house. Inside of the house, a Workerwill give you a Fresh Water (umm, ok?). There's also a Lax Incense to thewest of his house, behind some bushes that you can Cut down.

Up on the cliff, you can Surf across the water to reach a Dubious Disc.

Keep following the path (you can save a few encounters if you have Cut), whichis pretty straightforward, until you reach a large field of grass with somerocks that you can use Rock Climb on and a sign to the east. Use Rock Climbtoscale the rocks if you have it and you'll enter a Trainer fight against theDragon Tamer. After beating him, pick up a second Dawn Stone.

Continue heading east, past the sign, and you'll reach the Survival Area. ____________________________________________________________________________

(_| s6.3.4. Survival Area |__________________________________________________)

,-------._________________| ITEMS | TM42 (Facade) |`-------'-----------------'

Not really much to see or do here for now. There's a Pokemon Center to healyour Pokemon, and a Poke Mart to buy some supplies at. You can talk to theBlack Belt inside of the house on the bottom of the cliffs and he'll give youTM42 (Facade), but that's pretty much it. Make your way east to Route 226. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.3.5. Route 226 |______________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Fearow | NRM / FLY | 51, 52, 53 | 40% | 40% | 20% | | Raticate | NRM | 51, 52 | 30% | 30% | 30% | | Machoke | FTG | 53 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Golduck | WTR | 51, 53 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Spearow | NRM / FLY | 20, 22 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Rattata | NRM | 20, 22 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Banette | GHO | 51, 53 | 0% | 0% | 20% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Ace Trainer ($3360 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Skarmory | STL / FLY | L56 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Birdkeeper ($1824 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Golbat | PSN / FLY | L53 | F | | Xatu | PSY / FLY | L57 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Dragon Tamer ($1792 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Seadra | WTR | L56 | M | | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L56 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 832 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Bibarel | NRM / WTR | L52 | F | | Azumarill | WTR | L52 | F | | Sealeo | WTR / ICE | L52 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'

| Swimmer ($ 864 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Carvanha | WTR / DRK | L51 | M | | Carvanha | WTR / DRK | L51 | M | | Sharpedo | WTR / DRK | L54 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Carbos |`-------| Lagging Tail | | TM53 (Energy | | Ball) | '-----------------'

Use Rock Climb to the north of the entrance and you'll be able to take a pathto a secret elevated part of the Survival Area with a lone house. Inside isaHiker, although I haven't quite figured out what he does yet.

Rock Climb on the rocks to the west and fight the Ace Trainer if you want.You can use Rock Climb on the northern rocks to go up to some berries, butotherwise Rock Climb down the eastern cliff. Go east and there will be twomore choices of where to Rock Climb. Taking the southern path will lead youtoa Carbos. Taking the northern path will lead you to a field of tall grass,some Trainers, and a Lagging Tail to your left.

At the Trainers, taking the eastern-most path with Rock Climb will lead youtoa small ledge with TM53 (Energy Ball) on it. Using Rock Climb on the first setof rocks will lead you down closer to the bottom, near the shore. Use Surf andsail east until you reach a house on a small island. Inside of the house,speak with the man there, and he apparently appears to be multi-lingual. Afterspeaking to him once, speak with him again and he will offer to trade you aMagikarp for a Finneon.

A PP Up is hidden behind the house. Use the Dowsing Machine to find it.

Sailing the southern west route will lead you to a dead end with a Trainer.

Taking the northern west route will bring you to a field of tall grass withasignpost, and a choice: head north to Route 227 and Stark Mountain, or easttoRoute 228, Route 229, and the Resort Area.

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.3.6. Route 227 |______________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Camerupt | FIR / GRD | 55 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Rhydon | GRD / RCK | 55 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Fearow | NRM / FLY | 54, 55 | 20% | 20% | 10% | | Graveler | RCK / GRD | 54, 56 | 15% | 15% | 5% | | Weezing | PSN | 55 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Skarmory | STL / FLY | 56 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Numel | FIR / GRD | 22, 24 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Rhyhorn | GRD / RCK | 22, 24 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Banette | GHO | 54 | 0% | 0% | 10% | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | 54 | 0% | 0% | 10% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Ace Trainer ($3300 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Tauros | NRM | L55 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Pokemon Ranger ($3420 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Lickitung | NRM | L57 | F | | Vigoroth | NRM | L57 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Ace Trainer ($3360 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Meowth | NRM | L56 | F | | Persian | NRM | L56 | F | | Hypno | PSY | L56 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Black Belt ($1368 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Cacturne | GRS / DRK | L57 | M | | Machamp | FTG | L57 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Dragon Tamer ($1792 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Seadra | WTR | L56 | M | | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L56 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 832 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Bibarel | NRM / WTR | L52 | F | | Azumarill | WTR | L52 | F |

| Sealeo | WTR / ICE | L52 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 864 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Carvanha | WTR / DRK | L51 | M | | Carvanha | WTR / DRK | L51 | M | | Sharpedo | WTR / DRK | L54 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Charcoal |`-------| Zinc | '-----------------'

There is falling soot and ash all over the Route thanks to the nearby volcanoin Stark Mountain. This Route will require you to do a little bit of bikejumping and avoid falling down ledges.

Cross the first ramp over to the Elite Trainer, then cross the next ramp overto the Pokemon Ranger. Jump down the ledge to the left and you'll eventuallysee Rival and Crasher Wake (from Pastoria City). They'll say some stuff aboutStark Mountain, and will then leave in seperate directions. (Rival also sayssomething about 21 wins in the Battle Tower.)

Inside of the house that they were near, talk to the old lady and answer Yesto her question to restore your Pokemon's HP.

Now, climb the steps and cross the narrow bike bridge over to the other sideand you'll find the person with red hair that you saw with Rival when youfirst boarded the northeast island, who reveals his name as Buck. He'll thenhead up to Stark Mountain.

Head a little bit west, to the patch of grass. If you have it, use Rock Climbto go down to the bottom of the cliff, near a lake and a small patch of grass.Head east down there and you'll find Charcoal, which is used to power up Fire-type attacks. Climb back up the rocks and then take the narrow bike bridgeover to a Trainer and a Zinc.

Back at the patch of grass, go northeast, jump down the two ledges to theBlack Belt, then keep heading north to reach the outside of Stark Mountain.

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.3.7. Stark Mountain |_________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Camerupt | FIR / GRD | 55 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Rhydon | GRD / RCK | 55 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Fearow | NRM / FLY | 54, 55 | 20% | 20% | 10% | | Graveler | RCK / GRD | 54, 56 | 15% | 15% | 5% | | Weezing | PSN | 55 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Skarmory | STL / FLY | 56 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Numel | FIR / GRD | 22, 24 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Rhyhorn | GRD / RCK | 22, 24 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Banette | GHO | 54 | 0% | 0% | 10% | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | 54 | 0% | 0% | 10% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Dragon Tamer ($1920 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L60 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Life Orb |`-------| Ether | '-----------------'

At the foot of Stark Mountain, you can either climb stairs or use Rock Climbon some rocks to the west. Climbing the rocks will lead you to a Trainer andanother set of rocks to climb down. Climb them down, and then climb up therocks nearby to reach a Life Orb. Climb back down the rocks and you can getback to Route 227 if you jump down one of the ledges (there's a Protein hiddenin the rock that you can reach by taking the left ledge), or you can just RockClimb your way back to where you were.

Anyway, back at the foot, climb the steps and you'll be at a field of tallgrass. In the northeast corner of it is an Ether. The entrance to StarkMountain is to the west. __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely]) _________________| First Room |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night|

| Graveler | RCK / GRD | 55 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Magcargo | FIR / RCK | 55, 56 | 30% | 30% | 30% | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | 54 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Machoke | FTG | 56 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Weezing | PSN | 56 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Onix | RCK / GRD | 54 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Camerupt | FIR / GRD | 56 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 25, 27 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Slugma | FIR | 25, 27 | 5% | 5% | 5% |,--'----------._|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| Second Room |_(Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely])____/ Frequency \`--.----------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Graveler | RCK / GRD | 57 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Magcargo | FIR / RCK | 57, 58 | 30% | 30% | 30% | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | 56 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Machoke | FTG | 58 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Weezing | PSN | 58 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Onix | RCK / GRD | 56 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Camerupt | FIR / GRD | 58 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 27, 29 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Slugma | FIR | 27, 29 | 5% | 5% | 5% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Escape Rope |`-------| PP Up | | Full Restore | '-----------------'

Start by using Rock Smash on the rock, and then using Strength to push theboulder two tiles to the east, and then push it north, down the steps.

Push the western boulder two tiles to the west and then go around to get anEscape Rope.

At the eastern set of three rocks, push both the north and south boulder onetile to the east, then push the middle boulder one tile either north or south.Climb the southern steps up to find a PP Up, turn around and keep going north.Climb up the steps, push the boulder all the way to the east, and make yourway over to the west side of the room. Climb up the steps, grab the Burn Healin the corner, and use Rock Smash to smash the rock blocking your path. Climbup the steps, and then push the boulder to your right east, but not all theway (make sure it doesn't cover or go past the steps on the other side). Climbup the steps, then east, down the steps, over to the Full Restore.

Now, go back to the west, and up the stairs to Rival. He'll say somethingabout Buck, the Battle Tower, and the Battle Zone. Proceed deeper into thecave, and into the next room, where you'll notice that the camera is zoomedout. Go north a little bit, and you'll find Buck, who will say some stuff andthen join your party. _________.' PARTNER `.__________________________| Pokemon Trainer Buck )`-.--------------.-----------.--------< | Claydol | PSY / GRD | L58 | | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

His Claydol is rather sturdy and should be able to take a hit or two. It knowsPsychic, Ancientpower, and Light Screen (quite possibly Reflect, too, althoughI never saw it use it). One thing to keep in mind while you're in the fightwith Buck's Claydol: use Earthquake! Since Claydol has the ability Levitate,Ground-type attacks won't affect Claydol, so you'll effectively inflict damageon your adversaries alone and not your own partner! Quite helpful, because alot of the Pokemon in the area are weak to Ground-type attacks. And, as alwayswith Partners, your Pokemon will be fully restored after each fight.

While you have Buck in your party, you will be unable to use Rock Climb toaccess ledges and other areas. You'll have to investigate this place later -without Buck - if you want to snag all of the goodies here. __________.' TRAINERS `._________________________________________________________,----.| Ace Trainer || Ace Trainer ($6960 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Drapion | PSN / DRK | L59 | F || Larvitar | RCK / GRD | L57 | M | '--------------'-----------'-----'---'| Magcargo | FIR / RCK | L57 | M |,--------------------------------------.'--------------'-----------'.__,----.'| Birdkeeper || Black Belt ($3152 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Dodrio | NRM / FLY | L55 | F || Tyrogue | FTG | L53 | M |

| Fearow | NRM / FLY | L55 | F || Marowak | GRD | L57 | M | | Honchkrow | DRK / FLY | L55 | F || Breloom | GRS / FTG | L58 | M |,-'--------------'-----------'-----'---''--------------'-----------'.__,----.'| Psychic || Psychic ($3712 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Xatu | PSY / FLY | L56 | F || Baltoy | PSY / GRD | L54 | | | Mismagius | GHO | L56 | F || Grumpig | PSY | L58 | M |,-'--------------'-----------'-----'---''--------------'-----------'.__,----.'| Expert || Dragon Tamer ($6368 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Loudred | NRM | L56 | M || Bagon | DRG | L57 | M | | Donphan | GRD | L56 | M || Shelgon | DRG | L59 | M | | Tauros | NRM | L56 | M |'--------------'-----------'-----'---',-'--------------'-----------'-----'---'.______________________________,----.| Ace Trainer || Ace Trainer ($6780 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Loudred | NRM | L57 | M || Dunsparce | NRM | L56 | F | | Rampardos | RCK | L57 | M || Marowak | GRD | L56 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'| Scyther | BUG / FLY | L56 | F |,--------------------------------------.'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Dragon Tamer || Black Belt ($3240 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Vibrava | GRD / DRG | L57 | M || Machamp | FTG | L59 | M | | Dragonair | DRG | L57 | M |'--------------'-----------'-----'---' | Seadra | WTR | L57 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

,-------._________________| ITEMS | TM50 (Overheat) |`-------| Calcium | | Iron Ball | | Max Revive | | Ultra Ball | | Max Elixir | '-----------------'

Now, this place is very large. There are Trainers and items scattered allaround. I will try to do my best to list the locations of all of them, butyour best bet is to just kind of do some exploring on your own. Just so youknow, your destination should be directly north of the door that you enteredfrom, although you will have to do a lot of manuevering to the west in orderto get there.

There is nothing waiting for you in the southwest corner, so don't even bothergoing there. In the northwest corner, which is accessable from the lower-level, you can move a boulder using Strength and fight the two Ace Trainers(either in a Double Battle, or in a Single Battle if you talk to themindividually) that are guarding TM50 (Overheat) to the south.

A Calcium can be found in the middle area, in a trench, to the north of theBlack Belt and Birdkeeper. In the very southeast corner, past the twoPsychics, you can find an Iron Ball by walking down the steps and running tothe west in the trench there.

In the northeastern corner, head to the east until you reach the middle area.Fight the Veteran and Dragon Tamer (either in a Double or Single Battle,depending on how you engage them), then proceed up the stairs. To your left,you will find a Max Revive.

Back at the northeastern corner, go a little bit south, then west. Climb uptothe upper level, and then go northwest and back down to the lower level,fighting the two Ace Trainers. To the west of them, use Rock Smash andcontinue westward, climbing up the stairs to the south and fighting the DragonTamer and Black Belt in your way. Head west, around the parameter of the room,until you reach some stairs leading down into a trench. Follow the trencheast, using Strength to move the boulder, and then up the stairs into a cave.

As you arrive, Buck will say some stuff, and then go into the cave. Follow himinside, and he will then take some rock thing and leave. Now would be a greattime to use an Escape Rope!

Afterwards, return to the Survival Area and talk to Buck in the house to thewest of the Pokemon Center. He'll run off again, back to Stark Mountain, tocheck out results of the earthquake that happened up there.

Make your way past the first part of the dungeon, to the very large room withthe zoomed out camera. You can now use Rock Climb to access shortcuts and moreitems, so use that to make haste to the northern part of the cave, where therear cave was. Before doing so, you might want to pick up an Ultra Ball on alarge elevated area in the middle of the place (by the Birdkeeper and BlackBelt), and pick up a Max Elixir down a pit somewhere else in the area.

Inside of the room, in the center of the circle of rocks that you might havenoticed earlier, will be one big, ugly Heatran looking at you. _____________________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\__________________|\ LEGENDARY POKEMON `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\`*\--------------|-----------|-----|---/#||*| Heatran | FIR / STL | L70 |M/F|#||*/--------------|-----------|-----|---\#|`'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^'^^^^'`

Yes, Heatran can be either Male or Female, although it doesn't really mattersince it can't breed with anything, so take your pick. Either way, it's ugly!Ha ha, sorry. Heatran is one pretty rough Level 70 Legendary Pokemon. It ishighly susceptible to Ground-type attacks, and Water- or Fighting-type attackswill also be effective at removing its health. It knows Lava Plume, Fire Spin,Scary Face, and Iron Head. Be prepared to have your active Pokemon unable toswitch, because Fire Spin will lock it in its place, preventing you fromswitching out. Lava Plume and Iron Head will both be very strong attacks, sobe weary! Try to inflict Sleep or Paralysis upon it, whittle its health away(taking care not to knock it out), then chuck Dusk Balls at it until you catch

it.

Unfortunately, from what I've seen, nothing exciting or dramatic happens aftercatching Heatran. At least you get the pride of catching something big andnasty like that! Oh yeah, and you can use it in battle, too. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.3.8. Route 228 |______________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Dugtrio | GRD | 52, 53, 54 | 30% | 30% | 30% | | Cacturne | GRS / DRK | 52, 53 | 20% | 20% | 40% | | Hippowdon | GRD | 52, 54 | 20% | 20% | 10% | | Rhydon | GRD / RCK | 52, 53 | 20% | 20% | 10% | | Diglett | GRD | 23, 25 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Cacnea | GRS | 23, 25 | 5% | 5% | 5% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Ace Trainer ($3300 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Golduck | WTR | L55 | M | | Sandslash | GRD | L55 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Black Belt ($1320 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Mankey | FTG | L54 | M | | Makuhita | FTG | L53 | M | | Hariyama | FTG | L55 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Ace Trainer ($3240 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Ambipom | NRM | L54 | F | | Rapidash | FIR | L54 | F | | Chansey | NRM | L54 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Dragon Tamer ($1856 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Gyarados | WTR / FLY | L58 | M |,-'--------------'-----------'-----'---'.______________________________,----.| Pokemon Ranger || Pokemon Ranger ($6840 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----<

| Exeggcute | GRS / PSY | L52 | M || Trapinch | GRD | L54 | F | | Ursaring | NRM | L58 | M || Vibrava | DRG / GRD | L56 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'`--------------'-----------'-----'---'| Ace Trainer ($3300 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Delcatty | NRM | L55 | F | | Yanma | BUG / FLY | L55 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Psychic ($1760 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Shuppet | GHO | L53 | M | | Duskull | GHO | L55 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Protector |`-------| Shiny Stone | | Shed Shell | | TM37 (Sandstorm)| '-----------------'

Instead of going north a little past the Survival Area up to Stark Mountain,you can continue heading east onto Route 228. There's a large sandstormbrewing in the desert lands of Route 228, so all Pokemon that aren't partRock-, Ground-, or Steel-type will receive some damage after each turn inbattle.

There's some pretty nice items that you can pick up on Route 228. The firstofwhich is the Protector, an item that lets you evolve Rhydon. It can be foundin a pit to the east. Now, like many Routes, there are two ways to get throughthis one; one has more Trainers than the other. The shortcut can be found ifyou make your way to the eastern side of the Route, then ascend the bicycleslope to the north. Just follow the narrow bridges until you arrive near thesouthern part of the Route. There's a Shiny Stone at the very end of thenarrow bridges, although you can get to it regardless of if you take theshortcut or not (it's around where the shortcut takes you).

The normal way involves you making your way south-bound. Around the field ofgrass, use Rock Smash and snag the Clean Skin on the ledge. The old man insideof the nearby house will teach one of the final evolutions of any Starter

Pokemon from any generation (this means Charizard, Meganium, Empoleon, etc.)either Blast Burn, Frenzy Plant, or Hydro Cannon, depending on its type. I'mthinking that he will only teach a move once, although I haven't confirmedthis. I'm not really a fan of these kind of moves, so I wouldn't really botherunless you want it as a novelty, or unless you really like those moves forsome odd reason.

Keep going south, fight the two Pokemon Rangers, and pick up TM37 (Sandstorm)along your way. Also, right around here is where you come out of the shortcut,so pick up the Shiny Stone on the ledge to the right if you haven't already.

You're almost to the end of the Route. You will see another muddy slope alittle bit more to the south, although its rather tricky to climb due to itsawkard positioning. Your best bet is to approach it from the south, then makethe turn to the right, then north very quickly. There's a house up there withwhat appears to be little of interest, other than an old man and some books.There's also a Psychic you can fight with some nifty Ghost-type Pokemon youmight want to have seen in your Pokedex. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.3.9. Route 229 |______________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Weepinbell | GRS / PSN | 51, 52 | 20% | 30% | 20% | | Gloom | GRS / PSN | 51, 52 | 20% | 30% | 20% | | Ledian | BUG / FLY | 52 | 20% | 0% | 0% | | Bellsprout | GRS / PSN | 20, 22 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Oddish | GRS / PSN | 20, 22 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Ariados | BUG / PSN | 52 | 0% | 0% | 20% |( Diamond Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Illumise | BUG | 50 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Roselia | GRS / PSN | 50 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Scyther | BUG / FLY | 52 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Volbeat | BUG | 50 | 5% | 5% | 5% |( Pearl Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Volbeat | BUG | 50 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Purugly | NRM | 50 | 10% | 10% | 10% |

| Pinsir | BUG | 52 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Illumise | BUG | 50 | 5% | 5% | 5% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Ace Trainer ($3420 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Granbull | NRM | L57 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Pokemon Ranger ($3300 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Spinda | NRM | L55 | M | | Kecleon | NRM | L55 | M |,-'--------------'-----------'-----'---'.______________________________,----.| Ace Trainer || Ace Trainer ($6600 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Dusclops | GHO | L55 | M || Mightyena | DRK | L55 | F | | Salamence | DRG / FLY | L55 | M || Kirlia | PSY | L55 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'`--------------'-----------'-----'---'

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Reaper Cloth |`-------| Full Restore | | Nugget | | Protein | '-----------------'

Not much to this route, really. Lots of wild Bug- and Grass-type Pokemon, soyour Flying- or Fire-type Pokemon will have a hay-day here. Surprisinglyenough, there are very few Trainers in the area.

The path straight to the south has two Trainers that you can fight in a DoubleBattle (or a Single Battle, depending on how you talk to them), and then it'ssmooth sailing to the Resort Area. The east path has a lot more of interestandtwo other Trainers. Either way takes you to the Resort Area, although thewestern path also can lead you onto the aquatic Route 230.

I'll just cover the east side, because that's where everything is. From thenorthern part of the Route, head east. There's a bush that you can Cut downto

find a Reaper Cloth. There's also a Full Restore located in the northeastcorner of the Route, and you can talk to an older dude kind of to the southofwhere you found the Reaper Cloth and he'll give you a Nugget. Umm, ok? Heprobably gives you something else or something, because that's the kind ofstuff that's supposed to be in items, not given to you. Heh. Oh well.

Keep going south a bit, and Cut the bush to get into a secluded lake with aProtein. You can also pick up a Large Mushroom that's hidden on the other sideof the lake, on the small patch of land. Use the Item Finder if you are reallyinept at locating a hidden item on such a small piece of land.

And, at the southern end of either path you take, is the Resort Area. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.3.10. Resort Area |___________________________________________________)

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Nugget |`-------'-----------------'

You can find a Nugget in the southeast corner of the area, by hugging a fencenear the lake. There's also another Nugget hidden inside of the tree in thecenter of the lake. Use your Dowsing Machine to pinpoint its location.

There's really not a lot to do here. There's a Pokemon Center, two houses withpeople who don't give you any items (my least favorite kind of people!), andone really large building on the east side called the Ribbon Syndicate.

To get in, you apparently have to have a certain number of Ribbons on yourPokemon. I have heard conflicting reports to the exact number, but I believeit is between 5 and 10.

Inside, you can purchase really expensive Ribbons for your Pokemon. The firstRibbon - Gorgeous Ribbon - costs $10,000; the second, the Royal Ribbon, costs$10,000; and the third, the Gorgeous Royal Ribbon costs - get this - $999,999!

You can also treat one of your Pokemon to a spa treatment once per day heretohelp increase its happiness.

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.3.11. Route 230 |_____________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Weepinbell | GRS / PSN | 50 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Gloom | GRS / PSN | 50 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Golduck | WTR | 52 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Bellsprout | GRS / PSN | 18, 23 | 11% | 11% | 11% | | Oddish | GRS / PSN | 18, 23 | 11% | 11% | 11% | | Floatzel | WTR | 50, 51, 52 | 13% | 13% | 13% | | Gastrodon | WTR / GRD | 51 | 5% | 5% | 5% |( Diamond Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Beautifly | BUG / FLY | 51 | 10% | 10% | 10% |( Pearl Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Dustox | BUG / PSN | 51 | 10% | 10% | 10% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Swimmer ($ 848 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Crawdaunt | WTR / DRK | L53 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 864 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Luvdisc | WTR | L50 | F | | Lapras | WTR / ICE | L54 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 864 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Seel | WTR | L50 | F | | Dewgong | WTR / ICE | L54 | F |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 816 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Seel | WTR | L51 | M | | Starmie | WTR / PSY | L51 | |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 816 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Chinchou | WTR / ELC | L51 | M | | Lanturn | WTR / ELC | L51 | M |,-'--------------'-----------`.__.----.'| Swimmer ($ 832 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Mantyke | WTR / FLY | L50 | F | | Mantine | WTR / FLY | L52 | F |

`--------------'-----------'-----'---'

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Rare Candy |`-------'-----------------'

Not really much on the eastern side of this Route. Just Surf west, fightingthrough any Trainers that you want, until you reach a cliff. Surf south andthen continue west, fighting a Trainer if you want.

On the eastern part of the little island, use Rock Smash to reach a Rare Candy.There's also a PP Up and a Carbos hidden around the island, which you can findby using the Dowsing Machine.

When you're done on the island, keep Surfing west until you get back to thecoast of the Fight Area, completing your tour of the Battle Zone.

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s6.4. Catching Cresselia | /`-'--------------------------'----------------------------------------------`

A boy in Canalave City has fallen ill and the only cure to his sickness is theLunar Wing, guarded by the legendary Pokemon Cresselia. By completing thisside-quest, you will have the opportunity to catch Cresselia, as well as visitFullmoon Isle. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.4.1. Canalave City |__________________________________________________)

Inside of the house right near the ship that took you to Iron Island is aresting boy and his mother. After unlocking the National Dex, talk to the boyand his mother and they will tell you about Fullmoon Isle. Now, talk to thesailor outside and he'll take you to Fullmoon Isle. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.4.2. Fullmoon Isle |__________________________________________________)

There's really not much to Fullmoon Isle. It's just a small little island outin the middle of nowhere. But, the lone inhabitant of the isle is a LegendaryPokemon known as Cresselia. Walk along the island until you find the entranceto another area. Inside, is Creseria. Talk to it, and you will see its pictureright before it flees from you, leaving behind the Lunar Wing.

Similarly to Mesprit, Cresselia will run around on the world map, and you cantrack its location by using the Marking Map. The way I tracked it down was byriding the Bicycle back and forth between Solaceon Town and either Route 209or Route 210 until it appeared near the Route I was near. If it started toapproach the opposite side, I switched to that side and rode back and forthuntil it was on my Route. It will sometimes teleport randomly on the MarkingMap to a totally new location, so it's not 100% predictable. _____________________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\__________________|\ LEGENDARY POKEMON `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\`*\--------------|-----------|-----|---/#||*| Cresselia | PSY | L50 | F |#||*/--------------|-----------|-----|---\#|`'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^'^^^^'`

Cresselia is at Level 50 when you encounter it (her, rather), and all it willdo is run from you on the first turn. It will enter the battle with the normalbattle theme instead of a legendary one (like what Mesprit had), so beattentive! It's a very difficult Pokemon to catch, so try and inflict it withSleep to increase your chances of it staying inside of the Ball that you throwat it (this will not prevent it from running, though) as well as whittle awayits health with your attacks (if you want to increase your chances ofcapturing it in future encounters). It has a lot of HP, Defense, and SpecialDefense, so even your strongest attacks aren't too likely to knock it out.Remember, all damage that you do and status ailments you inflict will remainon it (excluding any stat-lowering effects, like Growl), even after it runs.

All and all, it took me over 20 Dusk Balls when its HP was just a sliver and

it was Asleep, so it really is a very difficult Pokemon to catch! I stronglyrecommend trying to catch it at night so you can use Dusk Balls, because UltraBalls are bound to be less effective. Of course, maybe I was just reallyunlucky...

Cresselia's specialty is its hardiness; it has great HP, Defense, and SpecialDefense, making it a really good tank. It learns a lot of defensive moves,with a few offensive ones thrown in there. Sure, it won't do the most damagewith its attacks, but it is very good at taking them.

After catching Cresselia, return to the boy in Canalave City and he will becured of his illness. His father, the sailor, will come in and thank you. (Youmight be able to do this anytime after getting the Lunar Wing - I didn'ttest.) Now, the child will be walking around whenever you go inside of thehouse and will talk about Byron when you speak to him.

Also, Byron will now be in the empty house on Iron Island (again, I didn'ttest to see when he gets there; before or after the National Dex, before orafter catching Cresselia, or before or after giving the boy the Lunar Wing).Talk to him and he will give you the Metal Coat, which can be used to evolveyour Onix into Steelix and Scyther into Scizor. He'll leave the house aftergiving you the Metal Coat.

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s6.5. Giratina and the Turnback Cave | /`-'--------------------------------------'----------------------------------`

A new path on Route 214 has opened up, leading to an eerie lake with apuzzling cave. Deep inside lurks the legendary Pokemon, Giratina. Are youbrave enough to enter the Turnback Cave? ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.5.1. Route 214 |______________________________________________________)

About mid-way through Route 214, on the eastern side, there will be a new pathleading into the forest. By following the path, you will find your way to a

mysterious area known as the Spring Path. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.5.2. Spring Path |____________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Bibarel | NRM / WTR | 52, 53, 54 | 45% | 45% | 45% | | Staravia | NRM / FLY | 52, 53, 54 | 25% | 25% | 5% | | Golduck | WTR | 53, 54 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Chimecho | PSY | 52, 54 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Noctowl | NRM / FLY | 53, 54 | 0% | 0% | 20% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|

There are some strong wild Pokemon in the tall grass, with levels reachinginto the 50s. You will find a cliff that you can climb up to with Rock Climb,taking you to the rim of a large crater-like lake. Go either left or right(the right path has less tall grass) and make your way over to the other sideof the rim, where you can use Rock Climb to climb down the cliff to theentrance to a cave. If you have a Pokemon with Defog on you, enter the cave;otherwise, turn back and get one. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.5.3. Turnback Cave |__________________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 10 - 15) _________________| Inside |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Types | Levels |Morn.| Day |Night| | Golbat | PSN / FLY | 45,46,55,56,65,66 | 30% | 30% | 30% | | Bronzor | STL / PSY | 44, 54, 64 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Bronzong | STL / PSY | 45,46,55,56,65,66 | 35% | 35% | 35% | | Haunter | GHO / PSN | 44-46,54-56,64-66 | 30% | 30% | 30% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|

The Turnback Cave is, from what I've gathered, a randomly-generated dungeon.There's a message on the wall near where you enter the cave, although itdoesn't seem to make too much sense, so ignore it for now. There are also 4doors in the room, one on each side of the room. From what I've gathered,taking any of the four doors will work just fine, as the room you enter willbe somewhat randomly generated.

In each of the following rooms, there will be either one of three thingsinside of it: a room with some rocks that you can use Rock Smash on; a roomwith a lone pillar that has numbers printed on it if you examine it; and theroom with your prize, Giratina. Going back into the door that you just camefrom will lead you back to the entrance, so if you get lost, just go back theway you came.

Now, in any of the rooms with the rocks in them, you will need to find outwhich of the three other doors to take. To do this, carefully examine theposition of the rocks in the room, and look for any inconsistancies with thesymmetry. For example, let's say a room looks like this: ______ ______| o ^ o || o o | ^, v, <, and > are all doors;|o _ o| | and _ are walls;< |o| > and o are rocks.| o||o o o ||____o_v_o____|

Do you see the answer to this one? You would take the western door, becausethe southern rock is misplaced from the one on the other side, and isasymmetrical. The puzzles in each of these rooms are like this, and willrequire a keen eye to spot. It's very possible to walk through the doorsblindly and still find your way, though, but I wouldn't try it. Some of theserock puzzles don't appear to have a symmetrical answer (such as the ones withthe "/ /" and "< >" formations) and I have yet to figure out what the solutionto them is.

I have also since gotten dozens of e-mails saying how they got through thecave. It seems that the top number on each pillar indicates how many pillarsyou have come across, and the bottom number on each pillar indicates how manyrooms you have gotten through. Apparently, you need to reach Giratina beforegoing through 30 rooms. And, the dozens of people that have e-mailed mehelped to confirm that after reaching the third pillar, taking any door willlead you to the big, bad Giratina.

Eventually, you will find the room housing Giratina, one big, powerful, angryLevel 70 Ghost/Dragon-type ready to be captured!

_____________________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\__________________|\ LEGENDARY POKEMON `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\`*\--------------|-----------|-----|---/#||*| Giratina | GHO / DRG | L70 | |#||*/--------------|-----------|-----|---\#|`'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^'^^^^'`

Giratina has quite a few interesting resistances. It is completely immune toNormal- and Fighting-type attacks, so don't even bother trying to use FalseSwipe against it unless you start up with a move like Foresight. It has veryhigh HP and solid defensive stats, so it can take a hit or two even from aSuper Effective attack (which would be Ghost, Dark, Ice, or Dragon). Itdoesn't possess nearly as much attack power as Dialga/Palkia, even though itis Level 70, but its attacks can still hurt.

One of its more powerful moves, Shadow Drive, is like a Ghost-type Fly attack.Giratina will disappear on the first turn it uses the attack and will then hityour Pokemon on the next turn with a powerful 120 Base Power Ghost-typeattack. Plus, on top of that, you won't be able to throw any Poke Balls at itwhile it is using Shadow Force. A good remedy to this is to switch to aNormal-type Pokemon when it initiates the attack (you will notice when itinitiates the attack because it will disappear), which will be completelyimmune to Shadow Drive. It also knows Slash, Earth Power, and a move thatseals any of your healing moves (haven't tested it with Potions and the like).Earth Power is a strong Ground-type attack, but it didn't do enough damage toone-hit KO my Level 64 Lucario, even though it was Super Effective, so itisn't as bad as you may think. A Normal/Flying-type Pokemon will have adistinct advantage against Giratina due to it being immune to three out of itsfour attacks, and is a great Pokemon to stall with while you throw Dusk Ballsat it. Again, Dusk Balls are your most effecient tool to catch Giratina with,and it will take a lot of them to pull it off. Inflicting Sleep or evenParalysis on it will assist your efforts.

Anyway, if you return here and try and get to Giratina again by solving thesame puzzles before, you might stumble across a room with an item in it. Ifound a Thick Club in one of my return visits.

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s6.6. Old Chateau | /`-'-------------------'-----------------------------------------------------`

You can first visit the Old Chateau after riding down Cycling Road for thefirst time, and then returning back to the Eterna Forest. Inside of the EternaForest, there are some trees that you can cut down to access the Old Chateau. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.6.1. Before National Dex |____________________________________________) __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely]) _________________| Inside |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Gastly | GHO / PSN | 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 |100% |100% |100% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Old Gateau |`-------| Antidote | | Dark Plate | | TM90 | | (Substitute) | '-----------------'

There are a lot of Gastly inside of here, which is pretty cool, because Gastlybecomes a nice addition to nearly any Pokemon Team. It's also a fair spot togain EXP early on (120 - 190 EXP per fight, I believe).

The house is pretty much empty with the exception of a few items, a creepystatue, and a whole ton of Gastly.

The west room on the second floor has an Old Gateau in it.

You can find an Antidote in one of the trash cans in the Dining Room (firstfloor, back room).

The Dark Plate can be found in the first room on the left in the upstairsarea. Lastly, you can find TM90 (Substitute) inside of the right-most room of

the upstairs area. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.6.2. After National Dex |_____________________________________________)

After obtaining the National Dex, you can come back here at night, between thehours of 22:00 and 4:00 (according to your in-game watch) and go investigatethe TV in one of the rooms upstairs to catch the Electric/Ghost-type Pokemon,Rotom. _____________________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\__________________|\ RARE POKEMON `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\`*\--------------|-----------|-----|---/#||*| Rotom | ELC / GHO | L15 | |#||*/--------------|-----------|-----|---\#|`'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^'^^^^'`

It's a pain to catch since it's at such a low level and moves like False Swipedon't work on it. Fortunately, it's not actually hard to catch, just annoying.

You can also find wild Haunter and Gengar if you have a Pokemon GBA game inthe GBA slot of your Nintendo DS. (Any version will do.) Gengar can only befound in the room with the strange painting that has the glowing eyes in it.

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s6.7. Regigigas and Snowpoint Temple | /`-'--------------------------------------'----------------------------------`

After obtaining the National Dex, you'll finally be able to enter themysterious Snowpoint Temple on the north side of Snowpoint City. What lurksinside? The Legendary Pokemon Regigigas, that's what! Before proceeding, youwill want to make sure that you have a Regirock, Regice, and Registeel in yourparty. You can't get these in the game itself, so you'll need to transfer themin by using the Pal Park.

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.7.1. Snowpoint City |_________________________________________________)

Head north, towards the temple, and as you approach it, the temple guard willstop you. Now, if you have your National Dex, Candice will come up and saysome stuff about Cynthia and your Pokedex and you'll be able to go through. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.7.2. Snowpoint Temple |_______________________________________________) ___________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 15 [uncommon]) _________________| First Floor |__________________________________/ Frequency \`--.----------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Golbat | PSN / FLY | 50, 51, 52 | 35% | 35% | 35% | | Sneasel | DRK / ICE | 50, 51, 52 | 35% | 35% | 35% | | Graveler | RCK / GRD | 52 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Onix | RCK / GRD | 50, 51, 52 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Steelix | STL / GRD | 52 | 5% | 5% | 5% |.------------------------.__|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Floor |_(Enc.: 10)___________/ Frequency \`--.-------------- Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Golbat | PSN / FLY | 52, 53, 54 | 35% | 35% | 35% | | Sneasel | DRK / ICE | 52, 53, 54 | 35% | 35% | 35% | | Graveler | RCK / GRD | 54 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Steelix | STL / GRD | 53, 54 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Onix | RCK / GRD | 52, 53 | 5% | 5% | 5% |.-------------._|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| 5th and 6th |_(Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely])____/ Frequency \`--.----------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Golbat | PSN / FLY | 54, 55, 56 | 35% | 35% | 35% | | Sneasel | DRK / ICE | 54, 55, 56 | 35% | 35% | 35% | | Graveler | RCK / GRD | 56 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Steelix | STL / GRD | 54, 55, 56 | 20% | 20% | 20% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|

There's not really much to see in the first room of the temple. Just some ice,and a big statue. Take the stairs in the upper-right corner down to the secondfloor.

The second floor is more of an introductory floor than anything else. Youshould already be familiar with sliding on the ice, thanks to the Snowpoint

Gym. Pick up the Calcium in the southeast corner, and then cross the ice andhead north to get to the third floor.

You can save a bit of time on the third floor if you have a Pokemon with RockSmash in your party, as there are a few smashable rocks that block shortcuts.Otherwise, you will need to take the long way, which is a bit more of aninconvenience. Near the end, there will be a tile of ice that you'll need tocross by sliding from the south, and then sliding from the east. Elementary,but I figured I'd say it.

The fourth floor is when things start getting interesting and somewhatchallenging. In the main part of the room is a big, icy floor, with only afew cleverly placed rocks to stop you from sliding.

It's actually not that hard to get through, though, if you know how to do it.To solve the puzzle, follow these steps:

1. Slide south on the second icy tile from the left. 2. Slide west, bringing you to the southwest corner of the room. 3. Slide north. 4. Slide east to get to the eastern part of the room. 5. Slide north and you'll arrive at the end.

Not too hard. Keep going until you reach the stairs.

On the fifth floor, there's a bunch of rocks (that you can't smash) all overthe place. In the southwestern part of the room, there's also a NeverMeltIce,and a boulder that can be moved with Strength. In order to get to theNeverMeltIce, you have to push the boulder north one tile, and then east twotiles, so you will be able to cross the icy tile without sliding north.

Then, just wander on to the northeast corner, as per usual, and go down thestairs.

Alright, now you're at the final basement, and this puzzle is much morechallenging than the last. Fortunately, you've got me to walk you through it.

1. From the entrance of the stairs, walk one tile west, and then head south until you slide on the ice. You'll arrive on a tile of floor. 2. Slide just one tile south, hitting the rock.

3. Slide east. 4. Slide north, landing on another tile of floor. 5. Slide west. 6. Slide south. 7. And lastly slide east and walk north to reach Regigigas.

Now, save your game, and make sure you have Regirock, Regice, and Registeelinyour party, otherwise Regigigas will not fight against you. _____________________|.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.\__________________|\ LEGENDARY POKEMON `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\`*\--------------|-----------|-----|---/#||*| Regigigas | NRM | L70 | |#||*/--------------|-----------|-----|---\#|`'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^'^^^^'`

Regigigas has the ability Slow Start, which sharply lowers its stats for thefirst 5 turns of the fight. Use these turns to weaken it as much as possible.If you have any Pokemon that can lower its attack with moves like Growl orCharm, use them on it. Bug/Flying-type Pokemon are also great against it,because then its Superpower attack will do very little damage.

It also knows Confuse Ray, which is a big annoyance; Zen Headbutt, which isapain; and Stomp, which is just an attack you have to deal with.

After 5 turns have elapsed, Regigigas will be a lot faster and a lot morepowerful. Hopefully it will have used Superpower a lot to lower its Attack bya bit before this happens.

Regigigas is strong, but it's Slow Start Ability really stinks and makes italmost completely unusuable. It doesn't learn any good moves that might beable to help out Slow Start, either, like Protect, or even Rest, which almostall Pokemon are able to learn.

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s6.8. Wayward Cave | /`-'--------------------'----------------------------------------------------` ____________________________________________________________________________

(_| s6.8.1. Main Room |______________________________________________________)

At the very back of Route 206, you will find the Wayward Cave. Inside, allexcept a small portion of the screen is cloaked in darkness, limiting yourvisibility. You will need Rock Smash to progress into the cave, and unless youwant to wander around in the dark, you'll need a Pokemon that's learned themove Flash in order to light up the cave. There are Zubats, Geodudes, andBronzors in here, as well as several Double Battles against Trainers. __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely]) _________________| Inside |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Bronzor | STL / PSY | 14, 15, 16 | 40% | 40% | 40% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 14, 15, 16 | 45% | 45% | 45% | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 15, 16 | 15% | 15% | 15% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `._________________________________________________________,----.| Lass || Youngster ($ 512 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Buneary | NRM | L17 | F || Bidoof | NRM | L13 | M | '--------------'-----------'-----'---'| Aipom | NRM | L15 | M | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | L14 | M |,--------------------------------------.'--------------'-----------'.__,----.'| Hiker || Hiker ($1024 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L15 | M || Onix | RCK / GRD | L17 | M | | Machop | FTG | L15 | M |'--------------'-----------'-----'---',-'--------------'-----------'-----'---'.------------------------------,----.| Camper || Picnicker ($ 512 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Cascoon | BUG / PSN | L13 | M || Silcoon | BUG | L15 | F | | Dustox | BUG / PSN | L17 | M || Beautifly | BUG / FLY | L15 | F |

,-'--------------'-----------'-----'---''--------------'-----------'.__,----.'| Picnicker || Camper ($ 512 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Meditite | FTG / PSY | L17 | F || Buizel | WTR | L15 | M | '--------------'-----------'-----'---'| Shinx | ELC | L15 | M |,--------------------------------------.'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Collector || Ruin Maniac ($1904 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Gastly | GHO / PSN | L12 | M || Geodude | RCK / GRD | L15 | M | | Gastly | GHO / PSN | L13 | M || Bronzor | STL / PSY | L17 | | | Gastly | GHO / PSN | L17 | M |'--------------'-----------'-----'---' '--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | TM32 (Double |`-------| Team) | | Rare Candy | | Escape Rope | '-----------------'

It's a surprisingly large maze, so try and avoid fighting wild Pokemon if youhave the choice, because you'll need to conserve your strength and PP for thetrip out. I don't really have directions just yet, so you'll just have to wingit until then.

Near the Lass and Youngster, you will find TM32 (Double Team).

You can find a Rare Candy by the Camper and Picnicker.

A LONG way through the maze, you will eventually find Mira, who will ask thatyou escort her out of the cave. Before taking her out, though, use the DowsingMachine to help locate a Nugget inside of the nearby rock. You have to takeMira out of the cave without using an Escape Rope or anything like that, soIhope you remember the way out! _________

.' PARTNER `.__________________________| Pokemon Trainer Mira )`-.--------------.-----------.--------< | Kadabra | PSY | L18 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

As with Cheryl in the Eterna Forest, all Pokemon battles while Mira isfollowing you will be Double Battles, and you will be completely healedbetween every fight.

After you have taken her to the entrance of the cave, she appears to give youabsolutely nothing except a friendly "Bye-bye".

What does saving her do, then? Well, later on in the game, she may show up asa partner in the Battle Tower if you're playing in the Multi Battle mode. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.8.2. Basement |_______________________________________________________)

Underneath the Cycling Road bridge, on Route 206, you can find a hidden areaof the Wayward Cave. From the east-most patch of grass near the very back ofthe Route (to the west of the location of the normal entrance to the WaywardCave), take two steps to the east - going under the bridge - and then keepwalking north until you enter a cave. You will need Strength in order to movethe boulder in front of you and proceed into the secret part of the dungeon,although, fortunately, you will not need Flash. __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely]) _________________| Inside |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Bronzor | STL / PSY | 15, 16, 17 | 40% | 40% | 40% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 15, 16, 17 | 35% | 35% | 35% | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 16 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Gible | DRG / GRD | 15, 16, 17 | 15% | 15% | 15% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Elixir |`-------| Grip Claw | | Revive | | TM26 | | (Earthquake) |

'-----------------'

You can find a rather tricky-to-find Pokemon, Gible, down here. TheDragon/Ground-type Pokemon makes a great addition to your team if you have thepatience to train it up to a decent level. Keep in mind that it's somewhattricky to catch, though.

Any form of Repel (preferably Super or Max Repel) is strongly recommendedhere, as you will be needing to make numerous jumps on your Bicycle.

In order to make it across the first set of jumps, set your Bicycle to itsSpeed mode, and then make all of the jumps except that very last one. When youget to the last one, press B to change your gear to the Normal mode and thenyou can make the jump. Otherwise, you'll just end up at an Elixir and won'tbeable to proceed deeper into the dungeon.

Past all of those, you'll eventually find another set of bike jumps. There's aGrip Claw down one of them. You can also find a Revive in the far north, asyou're jumping across the bike jumps. As you jump across the first one, holdUp while you're in the air and you'll land where you need to for the Revive.

In the northeast corner, you'll need to be very precise in your ability toturn in Speed gear. In order to make the next jump, you're going to have toaccelerate starting from the northeast corner of the room, and then turn whenyou reach the wall, allowing you to sustain your speed to make the jump.

At the very end of the path, you'll find a flight of stairs leading up intoavery small room that contains TM26 (Earthquake).

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s6.9. Solaceon Ruins | /`-'----------------------'--------------------------------------------------` __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 10 - 30) _________________| Inside |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Unown | PSY | 14 - 25 |100% |100% |100% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|

__________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Ruin Maniac ($ 864 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L16 | M | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L17 | M | | Bronzor | STL / PSY | L18 | | `--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | Nugget |`-------| Mind Plate | | Rare Candy | | Odd Incense | '-----------------'

The entire ruins are filled with the mysterious Pokemon Unown. Unown are likethe alphabet soup of Pokemon, each one coming in a different letter of thealphabet. The only move that they know is Hidden Power, which does a randomamount of damage with a random type. It is a Special-based move, though.

Anyway, upon entering, you can read the glyphs on the wall to see a messagewritten in the Unown langauge. An accurate translation is "Top-Right, Bottom-Left, Top-Right, Top-Left, Top-Left, Bottom-Left". What does this mean? Thisis the path that you must follow to reach the treasure room of the Ruins.

Notice how each room has stairs in the corners of the room? You need to godown the stairs in the order listed above. Start with going down the Top-Rightstairs. You'll find a kid down there who you can talk to. He'll leave theruins, giving you a sticker as he leaves. Continue the path by taking theBottom-Left stairs. You'll find a Ruin Maniac to fight in the room. Fight himif you wish, and then make your way to the Top-Right stairs. From here on in,you just need to follow the directions. So, from this point, take thefollowing stairs: Top-Left, Top-Left, Bottom-Left.

If you followed the path correctly, you will reach the basement. You'll find aNugget, a Rare Candy, a Mind Plate, and an Odd Incense. There's also anothermessage on the wall, which reads a weird message.

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s6.10. Pokemon Mansion and Trophy Garden | /

`-'------------------------------------------'------------------------------` ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.10.1. Before National Dex |___________________________________________)

You can come here any time after seeing your Rival in Hearthome City by goingsouth of Hearthome City onto Route 212. Along the way, you'll see walls to acourtyard, and inside the manor lies the Pokemon Mansion and Trophy Garden.

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Great Ball |`-------| Soothe Bell | | Burn Heal | | TM87 (Swagger) | '-----------------'

The room on the far left and the room on the far right are both being blockedby maids. However, every other room is accessable, and each one contains anitem for you to obtain.

Starting from the left-most room, the first room has a Great Ball inside ofit. Inside of the second room, you can talk to the maid and she'll give youaSoothe Bell (she might only give this to you if your lead Pokemon is happy).The third room has a Burn Heal hidden in the trash... yuck...

That covers the left side of the Mansion. The right side only has one room,with Mr. Backlot, but you can pick up TM87 (Swagger) in the back of the room,so you should check it out.

Lastly, the door in the middle of the Mansion leading out will take you to aspecial field, the Trophy Garden. __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Staravia | NRM / FLY | 16, 17 | 20% | 40% | 20% | | Roselia | GRS / PSN | 16, 17 | 30% | 30% | 30% | | Pichu | ELC | 16 | 30% | 10% | 10% | | Kricketune | BUG | 16, 17 | 10% | 10% | 30% | | Pikachu | ELC | 18 | 10% | 10% | 10% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|

Really simple and straightforward: just a patch of grass with some Pokemon init. Pichu and Pikachu are interesting, popular Pokemon now available to becaught, and Roselias are also pretty common here, so if you're in need of aGrass-type Pokemon, now's a great time to pick up a Roselia. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.10.2. After National Dex |____________________________________________)

After you get the National Dex, you can return here and talk with Mr. Backloteveryday to have a new Pokemon able to be encountered in the Trophy Garden.Upto two "additional" Pokemon can be in the Trophy Garden, and I'm assuming thatthe third time you speak with him, it will replace the first additionalPokemon, and so on.

Here are a few of the Pokemon that, after speaking with him, he might add tothe Trophy Garden: - Meowth - Bonsly - Jigglypuff - Pikachu - Eevee - Azurill(there are lots more that I will need to add)

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s6.11. Pastoria Great Marsh Game | /`-'----------------------------------'--------------------------------------` ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.11.1. Before National Dex |___________________________________________)

You can stop by the Great Marsh at any time after visiting Pastoria City. Theentrance is in the building in the far north side of town. It costs $500 toenter the Great Marsh, and once inside you will have 30 Safari Balls which you

can use to catch Pokemon. After 500 steps, or after you run out of SafariBalls, you will be forced to leave the Great Marsh and will have to pay again.You get to keep any Pokemon you catch in here, so don't worry about how manySafari Balls you throw (although, obviously, stay above 5 if you want tocontinue playing).

You can also pay $100 in the viewing machines upstairs to get a view of 5locations in the Great Marsh, as well as a Pokemon that is inhabiting thatparticular area. Helpful if you want to get an idea of what's around, althoughyou can do that for free by just wandering around. __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 35 [very freq.]) _________________| Area 1 |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Wooper | WTR / GRD | 24 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Bibarel | NRM / WTR | 25 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Budew | GRS / PSN | 24 | 10% | 10% | 0% | | Starly | NRM / FLY | 26 | 10% | 10% | 0% | | Marill | WTR | 25, 26 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Quagsire | WTR / GRD | 25, 26 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Psyduck | WTR | 24, 26 | 8% | 8% | 8% | | Bidoof | NRM | 26 | 1% | 1% | 1% | | Azurill | NRM | 24 | 1% | 1% | 1% | | Hoothoot | NRM / FLY | 24 | 0% | 0% | 10% | | Noctowl | NRM / FLY | 26 | 0% | 0% | 10% |.------------.__|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| Area 2 |_(Encounter Rate: 35 [very freq.])_/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Wooper | WTR / GRD | 24 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Bibarel | NRM / WTR | 25 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Budew | GRS / PSN | 24 | 10% | 10% | 0% | | Starly | NRM / FLY | 26 | 10% | 10% | 0% | | Marill | WTR | 25, 26 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Quagsire | WTR / GRD | 25, 26 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Psyduck | WTR | 24, 26 | 8% | 8% | 8% | | Bidoof | NRM | 26 | 1% | 1% | 1% | | Azurill | NRM | 24 | 1% | 1% | 1% | | Hoothoot | NRM / FLY | 24 | 0% | 0% | 10% | | Noctowl | NRM / FLY | 26 | 0% | 0% | 10% |.------------.__|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| Area 3 |_(Encounter Rate: 35 [very freq.])_/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Wooper | WTR / GRD | 22 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Bibarel | NRM / WTR | 23 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Budew | GRS / PSN | 22 | 10% | 10% | 0% | | Starly | NRM / FLY | 24 | 10% | 10% | 0% | | Marill | WTR | 23, 24 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Quagsire | WTR / GRD | 23, 24 | 15% | 15% | 15% |

| Psyduck | WTR | 22, 24 | 8% | 8% | 8% | | Bidoof | NRM | 24 | 1% | 1% | 1% | | Azurill | NRM | 22 | 1% | 1% | 1% | | Hoothoot | NRM / FLY | 22, 24 | 0% | 0% | 20% |.------------.__|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| Area 4 |_(Encounter Rate: 35 [very freq.])_/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Wooper | WTR / GRD | 22 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Bibarel | NRM / WTR | 23 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Budew | GRS / PSN | 22 | 10% | 10% | 0% | | Starly | NRM / FLY | 24 | 10% | 10% | 0% | | Marill | WTR | 23, 24 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Quagsire | WTR / GRD | 23, 24 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Psyduck | WTR | 22, 24 | 8% | 8% | 8% | | Bidoof | NRM | 24 | 1% | 1% | 1% | | Azurill | NRM | 22 | 1% | 1% | 1% | | Hoothoot | NRM / FLY | 22, 24 | 0% | 0% | 20% |.------------.__|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| Area 5 |_(Encounter Rate: 35 [very freq.])_/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Wooper | WTR / GRD | 20 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Bibarel | NRM / WTR | 21 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Budew | GRS / PSN | 20 | 10% | 10% | 0% | | Starly | NRM / FLY | 22 | 10% | 10% | 0% | | Marill | WTR | 21, 22 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Quagsire | WTR / GRD | 21, 22 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Bidoof | NRM | 22 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Azurill | NRM | 20 | 5% | 5% | 5% | | Hoothoot | NRM / FLY | 20, 22 | 0% | 0% | 20% |.------------.__|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| Area 6 |_(Encounter Rate: 35 [very freq.])_/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Wooper | WTR / GRD | 20 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Bibarel | NRM / WTR | 21 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Budew | GRS / PSN | 20 | 10% | 10% | 0% | | Starly | NRM / FLY | 22 | 10% | 10% | 0% | | Marill | WTR | 21, 22 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Quagsire | WTR / GRD | 21, 22 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Psyduck | WTR | 20, 22 | 8% | 8% | 8% | | Bidoof | NRM | 22 | 1% | 1% | 1% | | Azurill | NRM | 20 | 1% | 1% | 1% | | Hoothoot | NRM / FLY | 20, 22 | 0% | 0% | 20% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|

The above tables show the base Pokemon in each of the areas. Every day,there will be one extra Pokemon that shows up in each area, all from thislist: - Croagunk - Skorupi - Carnivine - Golduck

- Roselia - Staravia - Marill - Azurill - Wooper - Quagsire - Bidoof - Bibarel

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Antidote |`-------| Honey | | Poke Ball | | Super Potion | | Great Ball | | Super Repel | | Potion | | Parlyz Heal | '-----------------'

The Great Marsh is divided into 6 different Areas. From the start, the Areatothe left is Area 5 and the Area to the right is Area 6. You can access any ofthe Areas in the Great Marsh by riding the train in the middle of the GreatMarsh (it's free). Each Area has different Pokemon in it. The higher-levelPokemon tend to be closer to Area 1 and Area 2. Also, all of the Areas arefilled with marshes of tall grass, similar to on Route 212 where you couldfall in and get stuck. It's a pain going through it, but oh well.

Carnivine and Croagunk are somewhat tricky to find. From what I've gathered,they appear in random Areas each day, and only rarely. Once you find one ofthem, though, stay in that Area, and you will hopefully run into more.

Another Pokemon worth mentioning is Gyarados, which you can catch by using aGood Rod in one of the ponds.

Items are scattered all around the Great Marsh. There's nothing that you arerequired to pick up in here, though, so it's not crucial to find each andevery one.

One trick to extend your stay in the Great Marsh is, when you're in tallgrass, hold in B and wriggle the D-pad around so you face in randomdirections. Each time you turn, there's a chance of encountering a Pokemon,although your step count will not increase. This allows you to stay in theGreat Marsh limitlessly, really.

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s6.11.2. After National Dex |___________________________________________)

After obtaining the National Dex, the Great Marsh will have more Pokemon foryou to catch. To help encounter them, pay $100 to look through the binocularson the top of the Great Marsh entrance building and make note of the area yousee a National Dex Pokemon in.

I don't have a list of such Pokemon available at the moment, but there's a fewfor you to catch.

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s6.12. Fuego Ironworks | /`-'------------------------'------------------------------------------------`

The Fuego Ironworks is a totally optional location that's quite well hidden.It can be accessed any time after beating the Hearthome City Gym Leader. Youcan find it by using Surf on Route 205. You can find some cool evolved Pokemonin the wild, such as Floatzel, Luxio, and Gastrodon.

There's a Max Potion hidden near the building. __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 30 [frequently]) _________________| Tall Grass |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Floatzel | WTR | 29, 30 | 25% | 25% | 25% | | Shellos | WTR | 28 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Shinx | ELC | 28 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Wingull | WTR / FLY | 29 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Luxio | ELC | 29 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Gastrodon | WTR / GRD | 29, 30 | 15% | 15% | 15% | | Pachirisu | ELC | 29 | 10% | 10% | 10% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Max Potion |

`-------| | '-----------------'

You can use your Dowsing Machine to find a Max Potion around the largebuilding, but aside from the wild Pokemon, that's pretty much it for theoutside.

Inside of the building is a different story... __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Worker ($1240 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Machop | FTG | L31 | M | | Machoke | FTG | L31 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Worker ($1320 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Steelix | RCK / STL | L33 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Worker ($1320 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Rapidash | FIR | L33 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

,-------._________________| ITEMS | Burn Heal |`-------| Fire Stone | | Rock Incense | | Fire Stone | | TM35 | | (Flamethrower)| '-----------------'

This fiery, metallic building is where you can find a Fire Stone, as well as afew other items. There's also some Workers for you to fight. Similar to theRocket Base in Celadon City from FireRed and LeafGreen, there are those weirdtiles that will move you forward in the direction they show until you hitsomething, or hit another tile (in which you will move according to thattile).

It's not too complicated to figure out where to go. Just carefully look at thedirection each tile takes you and let that be your guide.

You can find the first Fire Stone in the northeast corner of the building. TheRock Incense can be found near the southeast side of the building, where there

are three left-tiles in a row. Take the top-most one and you'll be near WorkerShigemichi. Battle him if you wish, and then head back to around where youjust were, except you'll be able to grab the Rock Incense. Mr. Fuego, who isin the area by the furnace just to the west of the Worker, will give youanother Fire Stone after talking to him. TM35 (Flamethrower) is also right bythe furnace, so be sure to pick that up!

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s6.13. Iron Island | /`-'--------------------'----------------------------------------------------`

You can go to Iron Island by taking a ship in Canalave City.

It is strongly recommended that you carry no more than 5 Pokemon with youduring your trip here. Don't worry, you won't need the use of any HMs, so youcan leave any utility Pokemon in the PC for this trip.

When you arrive, you'll see very little: simply a lone house on the island,aswell as the entrance to the cave. The house is empty, so make your way to thecave. __________.` POKEMON `. (Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely]) _________________| First Room |__________________________________/ Frequency \`--.----------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 29, 30, 31 | 35% | 35% | 35% | | Graveler | RCK / GRD | 31, 32, 33 | 35% | 35% | 35% | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 30 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | 31 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Onix | RCK / GRD | 32, 33 | 10% | 10% | 10% |.-------------._|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| Second Room |_(Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely])____/ Frequency \`--.----------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Graveler | RCK / GRD | 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | 69% | 69% | 69% | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | 30, 31 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Onix | RCK / GRD | 32, 33 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 31 | 1% | 1% | 1% |.-------------._|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| Third Room |_(Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely])____/ Frequency \`--.----------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Graveler | RCK / GRD | 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | 49% | 49% | 49% | | Onix | RCK / GRD | 31, 32, 33 | 30% | 30% | 30% |

| Golbat | PSN / FLY | 30, 31 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 31 | 1% | 1% | 1% |.-------------._|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|| Large Room |_(Encounter Rate: 10 [rarely])____/ Frequency \`--.----------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Graveler | RCK / GRD | 30, 31, 32, 34 | 39% | 39% | 39% | | Onix | RCK / GRD | 32, 33 | 30% | 30% | 30% | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | 31, 32 | 20% | 20% | 20% | | Steelix | STL / GRD | 33, 34 | 10% | 10% | 10% | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 32 | 1% | 1% | 1% | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____| __________.' TRAINERS `.___________________,----.| Camper ($ 496 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Luxio | ELC | L31 | M | | Stunky | DRK / PSN | L31 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Picnicker ($ 496 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Staravia | NRM / FLY | L31 | F | | Cherrim | GRS | L31 | F |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Worker ($1240 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Onix | RCK / GRD | L31 | M | | Graveler | RCK / GRD | L31 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Worker ($1320 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Graveler | RCK / GRD | L33 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Hiker ($ 992 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Zubat | PSN / FLY | L28 | M | | Onix | RCK / GRD | L31 | M | | Golbat | PSN / FLY | L31 | M |.-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.'| Hiker ($1024 )`-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Graveler | RCK / GRD | L30 | M | | Machoke | FTG | L32 | M |,-'--------------'-----------'-----'---'.------------------------------,----.| Black Belt || Battle Girl ($1384 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Croagunk | PSN / FTG | L35 | M || Medicham | FTG / PSY | L34 | F |

,-'--------------'-----------'-----'---''--------------'-----------'.__,----.'| Worker || Worker ($2560 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Onix | RCK / GRD | L29 | M || Geodude | RCK / GRD | L27 | M | | Steelix | STL / GRD | L33 | M || Graveler | RCK / GRD | L31 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'| Onix | RCK / GRD | L31 | M |,--------------------------------------.'--------------'-----------'.__,----.'| Ace Trainer || Ace Trainer ($4020 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Ponyta | FIR | L31 | M || Pelipper | WTR / FLY | L33 | F | | Haunter | GHO / PSN | L31 | M || Sudowoodo | RCK | L33 | F | | Floatzel | WTR | L34 | M |'--------------'-----------'-----'---' `--------------'-----------'-----'---',-------._________________| ITEMS | Iron Ball |`-------| Escape Rope | | Super Repel | | Elixir | | TM23 (Iron Tail)| | Ultra Ball | | Max Potion | | HP Up | | Magnet | | Shiny Stone | '-----------------'

When you enter the cave, you'll be presented with two sets of stairs: one onthe left-side of the room, one on the right. You'll want to go down the setofstairs on the right, although taking the flight on the left will lead you to aTrainer battle and the Iron ball.

Taking the set of stairs on the right will lead you down to a larger room.Take the northern route around until you reach the southern area (by thePicnicker), battle her, and then make your way to the elevator platform on thesouth side of the room. This will take you down to another choice of two

stairs.

Taking the stairs to the right down here will lead you to a room with twoWorkers in it, as well as an Elixir and TM23 (Iron Tail). Ride over to theeast to pick up the Elixir, and make your way south to snag the TM. There'salso an Iron hidden in the area to the east of the TM (use the Dowsing Machineto locate it).

Anyway, taking the left stairs at the elevator platform is what you'll reallywant to do. Down there, you'll find a man with a blue hat (who resembles thehero in the Lucario movie... coincidence?). He'll introduce himself as Riley,and will ask that you escort him down to the bottom floor. You know what thatmeans. Yep, he joins your party. He has a Level 34 Lucario, which is kindaneat. _________.' PARTNER `.__________________________| Pokemon Trainer Riley )`-.--------------.-----------.--------< | Lucario | FTG / STL | L34 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---'

A Magnet can be found by the Black Belt and Battle Girl on the eastern sideofthe room. South of them (in the southeastern corner of the room), there's aSteel Plate hidden in a lowered part of the floor (use the Dowsing Machine tospot it). You can find a Max Potion near the two Workers on the west side ofthe room by taking the path north from the Workers. You can take the southernpath from the two Workers to pick up an HP Up as well.

Near the end, there will be two Galactic Grunts. Riley will seem to have agrudge against them. Then, you'll battle the two Grunts in a Double Battle. __________.' TRAINERS `._________________________________________________________,----.| Galactic Grunt || Galactic Grunt ($2640 )`-.--------------.-----------.-----.---||--------------.-----------.---`----< | Zubat | PSN / FLY | L31 | M || Glameow | NRM | L32 | F | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | L31 | M || Croagunk | PSN / FTG | L32 | M |

| Golbat | PSN / FLY | L34 | M || Stunky | PSN / DRK | L32 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---''--------------'-----------'-----'---'

After beating them, they'll argue amongst each other, and then run off. Then,Riley will thank you for helping him, and will offer to give you an Egg. Say"Yes", and if you have a free spot in your party, you'll be given a Riolu Egg(Riolu is the pre-evolution of Lucario).

Take the elevator down and go inside of the other room. You'll find anotherelevator in there, as well as a Shiny Stone. Continue out the cave exit andyou'll appear outside.

,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.( s7. FINDING AND EVOLVING SPECIFIC POKEMON | :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ) `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

So often I am asked where to find ______ Pokemon, or how to evolve ______. So,why not just make a section on how and where to get specific Pokemon, right?

If you JUST need to SEE the Pokemon for your Sinnoh Dex, please check outsection 8.6., which has a list of where to see all of the Pokemon for theSinnoh Dex!

This section here is for instructions on how to obtain more obscure Pokemon,and either lead you to the appropriate section or tell you all you need toknow about getting it.

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s7.1. "Freebie" Pokemon | /`-'-------------------------'-----------------------------------------------`

These Pokemon are all given to you in the game by someone, or by completinga

certain event. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.1.1. Turtwig, Chimchar, and Piplup |__________________________________)

You get ONE of these three Pokemon in the very beginning of the game. If youwant to get any of the other two, you will need to trade other players forthem, as you can only get the one you chose. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.1.2. Happiny |________________________________________________________)

A Hiker near the southeast exit of Hearthome City will give you a Happiny eggif you talk to him and have room in your party. It will eventually hatch intoa Happiny, which you can then evolve into Chansey by raising its happinessand then using an Oval Stone on it. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.1.3. Riolu and Lucario |______________________________________________)

Riley will give you a Riolu egg if you help him out in Iron Island. Check outsection 6.13. for more information on Iron Island.

The egg will hatch into a Level 1 Riolu, and in order for it to evolve intoLucario, you will first need to raise its happiness by battling with it, usingitems on it, and leveling it up. Giving it the Soothe Bell also doubles therate that it becomes happy, so have it hold that the whole time. Then, haveitlevel up one more time during the day time and it will evolve into Lucario ifit is happy enough with you. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.1.4. Manaphy |________________________________________________________)

In order to get yourself a Manaphy, you have to play through another Pokemon

game, Pokemon Ranger, and then input a special password into it.

Exact details can be found on the official website:http://www.pokemon.com/manaphy/http://www.pokemon.com/#news_/XML/news_191.xml

The password that you will need to input in Pokemon Ranger is: P8M2 9D6F 43H7

You'll then need to complete the special Manaphy mission, and you will receivea Manaphy Egg in Pokemon Ranger afterward.

After you've got the Egg in Ranger, you can transfer it to your PokemonDiamond or Pearl by using two Nintendo DS systems. If you don't have two, tryand hunt down a friend with one that you can borrow.

Put Pokemon Ranger in one of the Nintendo DS systems and Pokemon Diamond orPearl in the other, and then turn them both on.

On Pokemon Ranger, go to the Ranger Net and then select Check the Egg.Touch the status screen and then select Send Message and the game will try andconnect to Pokemon Diamond and Pearl.

Now, in Pokemon Diamond or Pearl, wait at the menu screen (Continue, New Game,etc.) until a message pops up. Press A, and then select Link with PokemonRanger on the menu screen (it's the bottom option).

Back on Pokemon Ranger, you'll have to confirm the transfer. Press theTransfer button, and the transfer will begin.

Finally, on Diamond and Pearl, enter any Pokemon Center and talk to the fellowwearing green and he will give you the blue Manaphy Egg if you have room inyour party.

The Manaphy Egg will hatch just like any other egg... it just looks different. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.1.5. Eevee |__________________________________________________________) \ REQUIRES NATIONAL DEX ) `---------------------`

After you obtain the National Dex, you can return to Hearthome City and talk

to Bebe inside of the house right next to the Pokemon Center and, if you haveroom in your party, she will give you a free Eevee at Level 5. No stringsattached!

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s7.2. Rare and Legendary Pokemon | /`-'----------------------------------'--------------------------------------`

This section lists all of the rare and Legendary Pokemon that you can find inthe game. These Pokemon are usually considered to be rare or Legendary becauseyou don't encounter them under ordinary circumstances and have to do somethingspecial in order to find them.

A lot of these Pokemon are covered more in-depth in the Walkthrough, so I'llprobably just be directing you to the appropriate section because I don'twant to have to repeat myself. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.2.1. Drifloon |_______________________________________________________)

Drifloon will show up in the Valley Windworks after you've beaten Mars there,but only on Fridays. It appears in a sprite-form, just like any other NPC orperson does, and not in the tall grass.

Again, Drifloon only appears on Friday. If you change the clock on your DS tobe Friday, it won't work either, because Diamond and Pearl makes you wait anextra 24 hours for any time-based events if you mess with the clock.

If you really need one badly, your best bet is to set the DS clock to Thursdayafternoon and then waiting a day.

If you miss out in fighting the Trainer in the Hearthome Gym that has aDrifloon in her team, you will have to see this wild Drifloon in order tocomplete your Sinnoh Dex, or will have to trade with someone who has one.

One Drifloon will appear every Friday, so you can catch more than one. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.2.2. Spiritomb |______________________________________________________)

In order to get Spiritomb, you need to use an Odd Keystone in the broken toweron Route 209, and then enter other players' secret bases 32 times. After doingso, return to the broken tower and it will turn into the Hallowed Tower, whereyou can catch yourself a Spiritomb.

I actually need to confirm the exact details, because I've only gotten thisinfo from heresay. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.2.3. Dialga and Palkia |______________________________________________)

You will have a chance to fight Dialga (if you're playing Pokemon Diamond) orPalkia (if you're playing Pokemon Pearl) after obtaining the 7th Badge. Youare forced to fight it in the game, so there's no chance of you not being ableto find it.

Please refer to section 5.8.5. (Mt. Coronet (Peak)) for its stats, how to findit, and the best strategies to use to catch it.

You cannot obtain Palkia in Pokemon Diamond or Dialga in Pokemon Pearl, butyou can see a picture of them to be registered for your Sinnoh Dex by talkingto the old lady in Celestic Town after beating the Elite 4. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.2.4. Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf |_______________________________________)

You can find these three Pokemon in the appropriate lakes. Uxie is in LakeAcuity, Mesprit is in Lake Verity, and Azelf is in Lake Valor. They are allfound inside of the cave in the middle of the lake, and only after you'vefought against Dialga or Palkia on the Spear Pillar.

Please check out sections 5.8.6., 5.8.7., and 5.8.8. on information regardingcatching these three.

Mesprit is also a little different than the other two, because after you talkto it at the lake, it will run away. What I do to catch it is take my Bicycleand ride back and forth between either Solaceon Town and Route 209 or SolaceonTown and Route 210 while watching its position on the Marking Map.

It will almost always move to an adjacent Route, so if it is currently onRoute 215 while you're in Solaceon Town, head north to Route 210 and hope thatit decided to follow suit and end up in the same Route; otherwise, just keeptrying.

You CAN find Mesprit while using Surf.

When you encounter it, if you have a Pokemon that can use Mean Look or Block,USE IT, because Mesprit will run away on the first turn of the fight. Justmake sure that the Pokemon using the attack has at least 100 Speed, otherwiseMesprit may outspeed it.

If you don't have a Pokemon with such an attack, just whittle away its HPevery time that you encounter it and try to afflict it with Sleep or Paralyze.It will retain all of the damage and status conditions that you inflict evenafter it runs, so it will help improve your odds in the future.

Everytime you get on the same Route as it, save your game. Although when youreload your save it will appear in a different Route, it's a lot better thanaccidentally knocking it out.

Mesprit makes a good Pokemon to use your Master Ball on because it's a paintrying to track it down and stuff. Cresselia is also another Pokemon that isgood to use it on, so decide which you'd rather use it on.

The best type of Poke Ball to use against Mesprit are Quick Balls, unless youare using Mean Look or Block.

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.2.5. Rotom |__________________________________________________________) \ REQUIRES NATIONAL DEX ) `---------------------`Rotom will only appear at night, and only in the Old Chateau in Eterna Forest.To find Rotom, go to the back part of Eterna Forest between the hours of 22:00and 4:00 (night) and talk to Gardenia outside of the entrance to the OldChateau, then go inside and investigate the TV in one of the upstairs rooms.

For full information on Rotom and how to catch it, please check out section6.6.2. (Old Chateau) of the Walkthrough. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.2.6. Heatran |________________________________________________________) \ REQUIRES NATIONAL DEX ) `---------------------`Heatran can be found in the very back of Stark Mountain on the NortheastIsland.

Please refer to section 6.3.7. (Stark Mountain) of the Walkthrough for theexact specifics on finding and catching Heatran.

One common mistake a lot of people make that prevents Heatran from showing upis forgetting to talk to Buck after you've first visited the very back ofStark Mountain with him in your party. He shows up in one of the houses in theSurvival Area. You must talk to him after your first visit to the back of thecave, otherwise Heatran will not appear! ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.2.7. Regigigas |______________________________________________________) \ REQUIRES NATIONAL DEX ) `---------------------`Regigigas can be found in the Snowpoint Temple after obtaining the NationalDex. But, it won't fight you unless you have Regirock, Regice, and Registeelin your party.

These three Pokemon can't be found anywhere in Pokemon Diamond or Pearl, soyou will have to use the Pal Park to bring them in from your Ruby, Sapphire,or Emerald version, or trade some of your friends that have them.

For full information on Regigigas and getting through the Snowpoint Temple,please refer to section 6.7. (Regigigas and Snowpoint Temple). ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.2.8. Giratina |_______________________________________________________) \ REQUIRES NATIONAL DEX ) `---------------------`Giratina can be found deep inside of the Turnback Cave, which can be found inthe Spring Path which opens up in Route 214 after obtaining the National Dex.

Please check out section 6.5. (Giratina and the Turnback Cave) for fulldetails on the Turnback Cave and how to catch Giratina! ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.2.9. Cresselia |______________________________________________________) \ REQUIRES NATIONAL DEX ) `---------------------`You find Cresselia by going to the Fullmoon Isle after obtaining the NationalDex. You can get there by talking to the people inside of the house near thedock to Iron Island, and then by talking to the sailor.

After encountering it, Cresselia will run around a lot like Mesprit did. Infact, exactly like Mesprit did, so follow the same tactics for catchingCresselia as you did Mesprit. If you still have your Master Ball, Cresseliais a good choice of Pokemon to use it on, because it gets really annoyinghaving to track it down.

Fortunately, now that you have the National Dex, Wobbuffets are available. Ifyou have a Wobbuffet as your active Pokemon, Cresselia will be unable toescape in battle, giving you multiple chances to fight it. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.2.10. Phione |________________________________________________________) \ REQUIRES NATIONAL DEX )

`---------------------`To get yourself a Phione, all you need to do is put a Manaphy and a Ditto inthe Day Care, and they will leave an egg. Inside of the egg is the cute bututterly useless Phione.

Also, just to clear things up, Phione does NOT evolve into Manaphy. It is alittle unusual, but that's how it is. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.2.11. Darkrai, Shaymin, and Arceus |__________________________________)

These three Pokemon are not available at this point without the use of someform of cheating or hacking device. There are no ways to get them in a normalgame right now!

There was a glitch in the early copies of the Japanese Diamond or Pearl thatallowed you to encounter them - at the risk of forcing you to erase your save.But, that glitch ahs been fixed in the English version.

I am not going to cover any of these Pokemon. They will likely be releasedthrough Nintendo Events in the upcoming months. Hopefully Wi-Fi will makethings easier for those of us that can't travel half-way across the globejust to go to one of their events...

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s7.3. Honey Tree Pokemon | /`-'--------------------------'----------------------------------------------`

These are the Pokemon that show up on the Honey Trees. I don't have the exactpercentages right now, but at least it's a list... __________.` POKEMON `. _________________| Honey Tree |___________________________________/ Frequency \`--.---------' | Type(s) | Level(s) |Morn.| Day |Night| | Wurmple | BUG | 5 - 14 | COMMON | | Combee | BUG / FLY | 5 - 14 | UNCOMMON | | Burmy | BUG | 5 - 14 | UNCOMMON | | Cherubi | GRS | 5 - 14 | UNCOMMON | | Aipom | NRM | 5 - 14 | RARE |

| Heracross | BUG / FTG | 5 - 14 | RARE | | Munchlax | NRM | 5 - 14 | VERY RARE |( Diamond Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Silcoon | BUG | 5 - 14 | COMMON |( Pearl Only )__________|____________________|_____|_____|____< | Cascoon | BUG / PSN | 5 - 14 | COMMON | |____________|___________|____________________|_____|_____|_____|

Again, I'm not 100% sure on the levels or exact frequencies. It also might bepossible for the different Honey Trees to have different odds of encounteringeach Pokemon.

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s7.4. Pokeradar Pokemon | /`-'-------------------------'-----------------------------------------------`

This section here shows you all of the extra Pokemon that show up when you usethe Pokeradar in the specific location, if there are any extra Pokemon to befound there.

I'm not 100% positive on if the percentages are correct. It seems to beaccording to my data, although I'm still not quite sure. I also am a bituncertain about if the type of the shaking grass (normal shake or shake withyellow marks) has any impact on the rarity.

Ah well, here's a list regardless. The Pokemon's levels will be the same asthe other Pokemon in the area they're in.

,------------------.---------------------------------| Route 201 | DIAMOND: Nidoran F (20%), Nidoran M (2%)| " " | PEARL : Nidoran M (20%), Nidoran F (2%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 202 | Sentret (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 203 | Ralts (21%), Kirlia (1%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 204 (South) | Ralts (21%), Kirlia (1%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 204 (North) | Sunkern (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 205 (South) | Hoppip (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------

| Route 205 (North) | DIAMOND: Hoppip (20%), Skiploom (2%)| " " | PEARL : Slowpoke (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 206 | Baltoy (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 207 | DIAMOND: Larvitar (22%)| " " | PEARL : Stantler (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 208 | Tyrogue (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 209 | DIAMOND: Tauros (20%), Miltank (2%)| " " | PEARL : Miltank (20%), Tauros (2%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 210 (South) | DIAMOND: Tauros (20%), Miltank (2%)| " " | PEARL : Miltank (20%), Tauros (2%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 210 (North) | DIAMOND: Kecleon (22%)| " " | PEARL : Bagon (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 211 (West) | Tyrogue (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 211 (East) | Swablu (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 212 (North) | Smeargle (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 212 (Rainy) | Grimer (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 213 | Swellow (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 214 | DIAMOND: Mightyena (22%)| " " | PEARL : Houndoom (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 215 | DIAMOND: Mightyena (22%)| " " | PEARL : Houndoom (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 216 | Snorunt (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 217 | Snorunt (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 218 | Ditto (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 221 | DIAMOND: Nidorina (20%), Nidorino (2%)| " " | PEARL : Nidorino (20%), Nidorina (2%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 222 | Flaaffy (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 224 | Duskull (20%), Dusclops (2%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 225 | Primeape (20%), Mankey (2%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 226 | Primeape (20%), Mankey (2%)

>------------------+---------------------------------| Route 227 | Torkoal (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 228 | Vibrava (20%), Trapinch (2%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 229 | Venomoth (20%), Venonat (2%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 230 | Togepi (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Valley Windworks | Mareep (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Eterna Forest | Nincada (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Fuego Ironworks | DIAMOND: Aron (22%)| " " | PEARL : Hoppip (20%), Skiploom (2%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Mt. Coronet (Peak)| Loudred (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Stark Mountain | Torkoal (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Lake Verity | Wobbuffet (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Lake Valor | Wobbuffet (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Lake Acuity | Wobbuffet (22%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Valor Lakefront | DIAMOND: Nidorina (20%), Nidorino (2%)| " " | PEARL : Nidorino (20%), Nidorina (2%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Acuity Lakefront | Snorunt (22%) `------------------'---------------------------------

Or, if you'd rather view the list sorted by Pokemon rather than location...

,----------------.-----------------------------------| 029. Nidoran F | DIAMOND: Route 201 (20%)| | PEARL : Route 201 (2%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 030. Nidorina | DIAMOND: Route 221 (20%), Valor Lakefront (20%)| | PEARL : Route 221 (2%), Valor Lakefront (2%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 032. Nidoran M | DIAMOND: Route 201 (2%)| | PEARL : Route 201 (20%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 033. Nidorino | DIAMOND: Route 221 (2%), Valor Lakefront (2%)| | PEARL : Route 221 (20%), Valor Lakefront (20%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 048. Venonat | Route 229 (2%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 049. Venomoth | Route 229 (20%) >----------------+-----------------------------------

| 056. Mankey | Route 225 (2%), Route 226 (2%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 057. Primeape | Route 225 (20%), Route 226 (20%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 079. Slowpoke | PEARL : Route 205 (North) (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 088. Grimer | Route 212 (Rainy) (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 128. Tauros | DIAMOND: Route 209 (20%), Route 210 (South) (20%)| | PEARL : Route 209 (2%), Route 210 (South) (2%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 132. Ditto | Route 218 (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 161. Sentret | Route 202 (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 175. Togepi | Route 230 (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 179. Mareep | Valley Windworks (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 180. Flaaffy | Route 222 (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 187. Hoppip | Route 205 (South) (22%)| | DIAMOND: Route 205 (North) (20%)| | PEARL : Fuego Ironworks (20%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 188. Skiploom | DIAMOND: Route 205 (North) (2%)| | PEARL : Fuego Ironworks (2%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 191. Sunkern | Route 204 (North) (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 202. Wobbuffet | Lake Verity (22%), Lake Valor (22%), Lake Acuity (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 229. Houndoom | PEARL : Route 214 (22%), Route 215 (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 234. Stantler | PEARL : Route 207 (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 235. Smeargle | Route 212 (North) (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 236. Tyrogue | Route 208 (22%), Route 211 (West) (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 241. Miltank | DIAMOND: Route 209 (2%), Route 210 (South) (2%)| | PEARL : Route 209 (20%), Route 210 (South) (20%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 246. Larvitar | DIAMOND: Route 207 (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 262. Mightyena | DIAMOND: Route 214 (22%), Route 215 (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 277. Swellow | Route 213 (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 280. Ralts | Route 203 (21%), Route 204 (South) (21%)

>----------------+-----------------------------------| 281. Kirlia | Route 203 (1%), Route 204 (South) (1%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 290. Nincada | Eterna Forest (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 294. Loudred | Mt. Coronet (Peak) (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 304. Aron | DIAMOND: Fuego Ironworks (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 324. Torkoal | Route 227 (22%), Stark Mountain (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 328. Trapinch | Route 228 (2%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 329. Vibrava | Route 228 (20%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 333. Swablu | Route 211 (East) (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 343. Baltoy | Route 206 (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 352. Kecleon | DIAMOND: Route 210 (North) (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 355. Duskull | Route 224 (20%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 356. Dusclops | Route 224 (2%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 361. Snorunt | Route 216 (22%), Route 217 (22%), Acuity Lakefront (22%) >----------------+-----------------------------------| 371. Bagon | PEARL : Route 210 (North) (22%) `----------------'-----------------------------------

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s7.5. GBA Slot Pokemon | /`-'------------------------'------------------------------------------------`

After obtaining the National Dex, new Pokemon might start showing up invarious locations throughout Sinnoh if you have one of the Pokemon GBA gamesinserted into the GBA slot of your Nintendo DS.

As far as I can tell, all Pokemon listed here have an 8% chance of beingencountered, unless it says 4%. These Pokemon will be at the same levels asthe other Pokemon in the area - the exception being in the Northeast Island,where they'll be at the lower levels (22, 25, 27, 29, etc.).

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| Route 201 | FIRERED : Growlithe >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 202 | FIRERED : Growlithe >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 203 | RUBY : Seedot| | SAPPHIRE : Lotad| | EMERALD : Pineco >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 204 (South) | RUBY : Seedot| | SAPPHIRE : Lotad| | EMERALD : Pineco| | FIRERED : Caterpie| | LEAFGREEN: Weedle >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 204 (North) | RUBY : Seedot| | SAPPHIRE : Lotad| | EMERALD : Pineco >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 205 (South) | FIRERED : Elekid >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 205 (North) | SAPPHIRE : Lotad >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 206 | EMERALD : Gligar >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 207 | EMERALD : Gligar >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 208 | RUBY : Zangoose| | SAPPHIRE : Seviper >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 209 | LEAFGREEN: Vulpix >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 210 (West) | RUBY : Seedot (4%), Nuzleaf (4%)| | EMERALD : Pineco >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 210 (East) | RUBY : Zangoose| | SAPPHIRE : Seviper >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 211 | EMERALD : Teddiursa >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 212 (Rainy) | SAPPHIRE : Lombre (4%), Lotad (4%)| | FIRERED : Ekans >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 214 | EMERALD : Gligar| | LEAFGREEN: Vulpix >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 215 | EMERALD : Gligar >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 216 | EMERALD : Ursaring >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 217 | EMERALD : Ursaring >------------------+---------------------------------

| Route 224 | EMERALD : Shuckle >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 227 | EMERALD : Gligar| | LEAFGREEN: Magby >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 228 | LEAFGREEN: Sandslash >------------------+---------------------------------| Route 229 | RUBY : Nuzleaf| | SAPPHIRE : Lombre| | EMERALD : Pineco >------------------+---------------------------------| Valley Windworks | FIRERED : Elekid >------------------+---------------------------------| Eterna Forest | RUBY : Seedot| | EMERALD : Pineco| | FIRERED : Metapod| | LEAFGREEN: Kakuna >------------------+---------------------------------| Mt. Coronet | RUBY : Solrock| | SAPPHIRE : Lunatone >------------------+---------------------------------| Great Marsh | FIRERED : Arbok >------------------+---------------------------------| Stark Mt. (Outer) | EMERALD : Gligar| | LEAFGREEN: Magby >------------------+---------------------------------| Stark Mt. (Inner) | LEAFGREEN: Magby >------------------+---------------------------------| Spring Path | RUBY : Solrock| | SAPPHIRE : Lunatone >------------------+---------------------------------| Turnback Cave | RUBY : Solrock| | SAPPHIRE : Lunatone >------------------+---------------------------------| Wayward Cave | LEAFGREEN: Sandshrew >------------------+---------------------------------| Iron Island(Bsmnt)| RUBY : Mawile| | SAPPHIRE : Sableye >------------------+---------------------------------| Old Chateau | ANY VER. : Haunter| (room w/ painting)| ANY VER. : Gengar (4%), Haunter (4%) >------------------+---------------------------------| Lake Verity | RUBY : Solrock| | SAPPHIRE : Lunatone >------------------+---------------------------------| Lake Valor | RUBY : Solrock| | SAPPHIRE : Lunatone >------------------+---------------------------------| Lake Acuity | RUBY : Solrock| | SAPPHIRE : Lunatone| | EMERALD : Ursaring

>------------------+---------------------------------| Acuity Lakefront | EMERALD : Teddiursa `------------------'---------------------------------

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s7.6. Swarm Pokemon | /`-'---------------------'---------------------------------------------------`

After obtaining the National Dex, you may be able to encounter even morePokemon to catch in the Sinnoh region.

Every day, the swarming Pokemon will change. You can find out what Pokemon isswarming - along with its location - by talking to Dawn's little sister in herhouse in Sandgem Town. Again, you can do this once per day.

All Pokemon listed here have a 40% chance of being encountered, but only whilethey are swarming in the area.

,------------------.----------------( Route 201 | Doduo >------------------+----------------( Route 202 | Zigzagoon >------------------+----------------( Route 203 | Cubone >------------------+----------------( Route 206 | Nosepass >------------------+----------------( Route 207 | Phanpy >------------------+----------------( Route 208 | Dunsparce >------------------+----------------( Route 209 | Snubbull >------------------+----------------( Route 213 | Absol >------------------+----------------( Route 214 | Spoink >------------------+----------------( Route 215 | Drowzee >------------------+----------------( Route 216 | Delibird >------------------+----------------( Route 217 | Swinub >------------------+----------------( Route 218 | Voltorb

>------------------+----------------( Route 221 | Farfetch'd >------------------+----------------( Route 222 | Skitty >------------------+----------------( Route 224 | Natu >------------------+----------------( Route 225 | Makuhita >------------------+----------------( Route 226 | Krabby >------------------+----------------( Route 227 | Spinda >------------------+----------------( Route 228 | Beldum >------------------+----------------( Route 229 | Pidgey >------------------+----------------( Route 230 | Corsola >------------------+----------------( Valley Windworks | Electrike >------------------+----------------( Eterna Forest | Slakoth >------------------+----------------( Fuego Ironworks | Magnemite >------------------+----------------( Lake Verity | Surskit >------------------+----------------( Lake Valor | Lickitung >------------------+----------------( Lake Acuity | Smoochum `------------------'----------------

_____________________________________________________________________________/ | s7.7. Evolving certain Pokemon | /`-'--------------------------------'----------------------------------------`

I get asked so often "How do I evolve ________?" so I figured rather thanput a ton of questions up in the Frequently Asked Questions section, it wouldbe better to just dedicate a whole section to it.

This list here does not cover your standard evolution, like leveling up orusing evolutionary stones on it. All of that information can be found in theseperate Pokedex FAQ or on my site, http://pokemon.marriland.com

Instead, this will show you how to evolve specific Pokemon that have certainrequirements to their evolution, and will tell you what you need to know abouthow to evolve them. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.7.1. Evolving Pokemon by Happiness |__________________________________)

Some Pokemon only evolve when they're happy with you and you level them up,but what exactly can you do to evolve such Pokemon? How do you get them happyenough with you to evolve?

Here are some of the ways that you can do to increase your Pokemon'shappiness:

- Walking with it in your party. - Gaining levels. - Using HP Up, Protein, Iron, Carbos, Calcium, or Zinc on it. - Using a Pomeg, Kelpsy, Qualot, Hondew, Grepa, or Tamato Berry on it. - Having the Grooming Lady in Veilstone give the Pokemon a massage.

Having your Pokemon hold the Soothe Bell will increase the rate that it gainshappiness, so if you're trying to raise a Pokemon's happiness, make sure it'sholding that item! TO FIND THE SOOTHE BELL, just talk to one of the maids inthe Pokemon Mansion on Route 212.

If your Pokemon hatches from an egg, like Happiny or Riolu, its happiness willbe higher from the start and will require less happiness to evolve.

There are a few different methods to level up your Pokemon:

1. CAN'T BUY ME LOVE ... OR MAYBE YOU CAN! If you've got $490,000 available to blow on evolving your Pokemon, you can evolve it in just a few minutes. Have the Pokemon hold the Soothe Bell (this is a MUST) and then use 49 of any of the stat increasing items, like HP Up or Protein, and then have it gain one level. It should evolve.

If the Pokemon hatched from an egg, you only need to use 34 of the items instead of 49.

2. THE LONG STROLL Got some patience? Well, you can evolve most Pokemon that evolve

through happiness by walking 18,816 steps with it (37,632 if it doesn't have the Soothe Bell equipped). Afterwards, just evolve the Pokemon either in battle or with a Rare Candy.

Solaceon Town is a great place to do this at. Ride your Bicycle along the strip of path that stretches from Route 209 all the way to the back of Route 210. It's about 500 steps each way, so it goes pretty fast. You should be able to do this in less than 20 minutes if you're using the speed gear on the Bicycle.

The Pedometer Poketch app is a great app to have shown while you're riding, so that way you will know exactly how many steps you've taken.

But want to actually get something else done while you're doing this? Put two of your Pokemon that you'd like to gain a few levels into the town's Pokemon Day Care, and when you are done, they'll have probably gained a few levels.

Or, you could put two compatible Pokemon in the Day Care so they will produce eggs, and then hatch them and deposit them in your PC as you ride. I mean, hey, it's a great time to be making some Piplup eggs, right?

Speaking of eggs, if the Pokemon you are trying to bond with was hatched from an egg, it will require only 12,416 steps as long as it has the Soothe Bell on it (24,832 without).

3. THE NORMAL WAY Do a combination of all of the ways to raise its happiness! Walk around, battle Trainers, have the Grooming Lady in Veilstone City massage your Pokemon, give it vitamins... do it all. Just make sure it has the Soothe Bell equipped.

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(_| s7.7.2. Combee to Vespiquen |____________________________________________)

Only female Combees will evolve into Vespiquen. Male ones are pretty muchuseless. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.7.3. Aipom to Ambipom |_______________________________________________)

Aipom will evolve into Ambipom when it levels up and knows the move DoubleHit. Aipom learns Double Hit at level 32, so make sure it learns it and thenit will evolve into Ambipom. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.7.4. Bonsly to Sudowoodo, Mime Jr. to Mr. Mime |______________________)

Bonsly will evolve into Sudowoodo, and Mime Jr. will evolve into Mr. Mime whenthey level up and know the move Mimic. Bonsly learns Mimic at level 17, andMime Jr. learns it at level 18. Be sure to have these Pokemon learn Mimic ifyou want them to evolve. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.7.5. Happiny to Chansey |_____________________________________________)

Happiny can evolve into Chansey if it is happy with you and if you use an OvalStone on it. It has to be happy with you. Fortunately, if it is, it means thatit will probably evolve into Blissey shortly after it evolves into Chansey. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.7.6. Riolu to Lucario, Chingling to Chimecho |________________________)

Both of these Pokemon evolve through happiness and leveling up, but they willonly evolve at certain times of the day.

Riolu will only evolve into Lucario if it is happy with you and it levels up

in the day time. Chingling evolves into Chimecho in a similar way, exceptonly at night. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.7.7. Feebas to Milotic |______________________________________________)

In order to evolve your Feebas into a Milotic, you have to raise its Beautystat for the Pokemon Contests up to nearly full. You will want to use the bestPoffins you can that raise Beauty, because it NEEDS to be almost at max.

Once you've gotten it up that far, just level it up and it should evolve intoMilotic. If it doesn't, you need to raise its Beauty even more. If you can't,you're out of luck and will need to use better Poffins. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.7.8. Sneasel to Weavile |_____________________________________________)

Make sure you have your Sneasel holding the Razor Claw item, which can befound near the back of Victory Road. Then, just level it up, and if it'sholding the item, it will evolve into a Weavile. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.7.9. Magneton to Magnezone, Nosepass to Probopass |___________________)

Both of these Pokemon evolve if they gain a level inside of Mt. Coronet. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.7.10. Lickitung to Lickilicky |_______________________________________)

Lickitung will evolve into Lickilicky when it gains a level and knows the moveRollout. Lickitung learns Rollout at level 33, so make sure that you have itlearn Rollout, and it will then evolve. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.7.11. Rhydon to Rhyperior |___________________________________________)

Have your Rhydon hold the Protector, which can be found on Route 228, and thentrade it to another game. It will evolve during the trade. Hopefully you'vegot a friend that will trade it back to you. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.7.12. Tangela to Tangrowth, Yanma to Yanmega, Piloswine to Mamoswine|)

All three of these Pokemon will evolve into their counterparts if they levelup and know the move Ancientpower.

Tangela and Yanma both learn Ancientpower at level 33, but you'll have to usea Heart Scale on Piloswine in order to get it to learn Ancientpower. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.7.13. Electabuzz to Electivire, Magmar to Magmortar |_________________)

Have your Electabuzz hold the Electrizer, or your Magmar hold the Magmarizerand then trade it to another game. It will evolve during the trade.

You can only find Electrizers on wild Elekids, and only very rarely (5%). Youcan also only find Elekid in the Valley Windworks or on Route 205 (South) ifyou have FireRed in your GBA slot.

Magmarizers are also very rare, and can only be found on wild Magbys (5%chance of them holding one). You can only find Magbys on Route 227 or at StarkMountain if you have LeafGreen in your GBA slot. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.7.14. Eevee to Leafeon, Eevee to Glaceon |____________________________)

Eevee gets two new evolutions in Diamond and Pearl, and you get them in adifferent way than you do its older evolutions.

To evolve your Eevee into Leafeon, take it to the mysterious rock in EternaForest. It can be found in the southwestern side of the forest. Then, justhave it level up there and it will evolve into Leafeon after it levels up.

Similarly to how you evolve you Eevee into Leafeon, you can evolve it intoGlaceon by taking it to another mysterious rock on Route 217. It's on thenortheastern part of the Route. Just have it level up and it will evolveinto Glaceon there. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.7.15. Gligar to Gliscor |_____________________________________________)

Have your Gligar hold the Razor Fang item, which can be found outside of theBattle Tower, and then trade it to another game. It will evolve during thetrade. Then, just hope your friend is trustworthy so you can get it back! ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.7.16. Porygon2 to PorygonZ |__________________________________________)

Have your Porygon2 hold the Dubious Disc, which is located on Route 225, andthen trade it to another game. It will evolve into PorygonZ during the trade. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s7.7.17. Kirlia to Gallade, Snorunt to Froslass |________________________)

Dawn Stones will evolve both of these Pokemon, but only if they're of aspecific gender.

Use a Dawn Stone on a MALE Kirlia to evolve it into Gallade. You can only useit on male Kirlias. And also, if you don't use it on it, it will still evolveinto a male Gardevoir, it's just that there can be only male Gallades.

Use a Dawn Stone on a FEMALE Snorunt and it will evolve into Froslass. You canonly evolve female Snorunts with it. And also, like the Kirlia thing, you canstill evolve your female Snorunts into female Glalies - it's just that youcan't evolve male Snorunts into Froslass. ____________________________________________________________________________

(_| s7.7.18. Dusclops to Dusknoir |__________________________________________)

Have your Dusclops hold the Reaper Cloth, which is found on Route 229, andthen trade it to another game. It will then evolve into Dusknoir during thetrade.

,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.( s8. USEFUL LISTS | ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ) `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s8.1. Item Locations |___________________________________________________)

,===================v======================================================.( ITEM | LOCATION OF THE ITEM ),`===================x======================================================{| ( .....:::::::::: UTILITY ITEMS ::::::::::..... ) | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Adamant Orb | After catching or defeating Dialga in Mt. Coronet || | (Peak), return to where it was except keep going || | north to find it. Diamond only. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Raises the power of Dialga's Steel- and Dragon-type || | attacks. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Amulet Coin | Amity Square, hidden inside one of the stone || | buildings in the northeast part of the area. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|

| | If the Pokemon holding this item participates in || | a Trainer Battle, you will receive 2x the Prize Money || | that you would have. Not stackable. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Big Root | Southern part of Route 214. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Increases the amount of HP restored from attacks that || | restore HP. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Cleanse Tag | Lost Tower. Speak with the lady on the left on the || | very top floor. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | If the Pokemon holding this item is your front || | Pokemon, the encounter rate of wild Pokemon is lower. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Everstone | The blonde-haired girl inside of the northwestern || | house in Snowpoint City will trade you a Haunter with || | an Everstone attached for a Medicham. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Prevents the Pokemon that Everstone is attached to || | from evolving. Also, if given to a Female Pokemon (or || | Ditto) while in the Day Care, the produced Egg will || | have a 50% chance of having the Pokemon's Nature. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| EXP Share | In the building between Eterna City and Cycling |

| | Road, talk to Rowan's Aide and, if you have seen 35+|| | Pokemon, he will give you the EXP Share. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | The Pokemon holding this will receive 50% of the EXP|| | earned in battle, even if it didn't participate. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Grip Claw | Found in the secret area of the Wayward Cave, hidden|| | under Cycling Road. Also found on wild Sneasels. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Increases the duration of moves like Bind and Wrap. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Iron Ball | On Iron Island, inside of the cave, take the first || | flight of stairs to the left. || | A second Iron Ball can be found in the large room || | inside Stark Mountain. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Lowers the bearer's Speed, and also makes it || | susceptible to Ground-type attacks, even if it is || | part Flying-type or has Levitate. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Lagging Tail | The western part of Route 226. Requires Rock Climb. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | The Pokemon holding this item attacks last. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Life Orb | Outside of Stark Mountain. |

| |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Increases the power of the user's attacks, but the || | user suffers damage after every damaging attack it || | uses. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Lustrous Orb | After catching or defeating Palkia in Mt. Coronet || | (Peak), return to where it was except keep going || | north to find it. Pearl only. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Raises the power of Palkia's Water- and Dragon-type || | attacks. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Magnet | On Iron Island, inside of the cave, you can find the|| | Magnet down in the area where you team up with Riley, || | by a Black Belt and Battle Girl. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Bearer's Electric-type attacks do +10% more damage. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Mental Herb | Route 216, use Rock Climb east of the lodge. It's in|| | the area up there. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Prevents user from becoming Infatuated. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Metal Coat | Iron Island, inside of the lone house. Talk to || | Byron in there after obtaining the Lunar Wing and |

| | curing the boy in Canalave City and he'll give you || | the Metal Coat. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Bearer's Steel-type attacks do +10% more damage. || | Used to evolve Onix into Steelix via Trading. || | Used to evolve Scyther into Scizor via Trading. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Miracle Seed | Back of Floaroma Meadow (accessable by Surfing from || | Route 205 to the Fuego Ironworks, then going south).|| |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Bearer's Grass-type attacks do +10% more damage. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| NeverMeltIce | Inside of the Snowpoint Temple. Requires Strength and || | the National Dex. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Bearer's Ice-type attacks do +10% more damage. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Poison Barb | Near the back of Route 206. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Bearer's Poison-type attacks do +10% more damage. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Shed Shell | Nearby the northern house in Route 228. Requires Rock || | Smash. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | The Pokemon holding this item can switch out even if|

| | any effect would prevent it from doing so, such as || | Mean Look. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Shell Bell | In Hearthome City, two buildings to the east of the || | Poke Mart, take the elevator up and talk to the girl. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | If any of the bearer's attacks do damage, the bearer|| | restores its own HP by 1/16th of the damage. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Silverpowder | In Route 205, near either entrance to Eterna Forest,|| | you can use Cut to access an area that has this. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Bearer's Bug-type attacks do +10% more damage. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Smoke Ball | Route 210 (Foggy Area), found after a Black Belt and|| | Ninja Boy. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Bearer will always be able to flee from wild Pokemon. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Soothe Bell | Inside of the Pokemon Mansion on Route 212, talk to || | the maid inside of the second room from the left. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Increases the rate at which the bearer's Happiness is || | raised. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<

| Spell Tag | Route 217, talk to the lady inside of the eastern || | house. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Bearer's Ghost-type attacks do +10% more damage. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Thick Club | Turnback Cave, a possible reward for returning to || | Giratina's lair after catching Giratina. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Doubles Marowak's Attack when held. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Wise Glasses | Talk to the bearded man inside of the shop in Celestic|| | Town (northeast corner of town). || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Slightly increases the power of the bearer's Special- || | based attacks. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| ( .....:::::::::: PLATES ::::::::::..... ) | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Dread Plate | Old Chateau, inside of the first room to the left in|| | the upstairs area. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Bearer's Dark-type attacks do more damage. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Earth Plate | Oreburgh Gate, in the basement, you can use a || | combination of Rock Smash, Surf, and Strength to |

| | reach it. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Bearer's Ground-type attacks do more damage. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Fist Plate | Route 215, nearby a Black Belt. Requires Cut. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Bearer's Fighting-type attacks do more damage. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Icicle Plate | Route 217, talk to the man inside of the western || | house after picking up HM08. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Bearer's Ice-type attacks do more damage. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Meadow Plate | Route 210, use Surf and then Waterfall to ascend the|| | waterfall. Fall down the next waterfall you find and|| | use your Dowsing Machine to locate it. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Bearer's Grass-type attacks do more damage. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Mind Plate | Bottom of Solaceon Ruins. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Bearer's Psychic-type attacks do more damage. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Rock Plate | Mt. Coronet (Peak), right after using Rock Climb || | while on the first part, go inside of the cave there|

| | and use Waterfall to reach a cave with the Rock Plate || | hidden inside of the lone rock in the room. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Bearer's Rock-type attacks do more damage. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Splash Plate | Route 221, on the western side, near two Swimmers. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Bearer's Water-type attacks do more damage. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Spooky Plate | Amity Square, in the very northeast part of the area. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Bearer's Ghost-type attacks do more damage. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| ( .....:::::::::: INCENSE ::::::::::..... ) | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Full Incense | Veilstone City. Use Rock Climb on the rocks near the|| | Gym to reach it. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Lax Incense | Route 225, to the west of a house near some bridges.|| | Requires Cut. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Luck Incense | Route 204 (Cave), in the area past the smashable || | rocks and the first stop you will Surf to. Requires || | Rock Smash and Surf. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<

| Odd Incense | Bottom of Solaceon Ruins. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Pure Incense | Route 221, to the west of the house with the old man. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Rose Incense | Route 212 (North Side). You can Surf over to it from|| | one of the ponds. Requires Surf. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Wave Incense | Route 210, use Surf and then Waterfall to ascend the|| | waterfall. Then, go past the next waterfall you see || | and fall down the one on the end to eventually reach|| | it. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Sea Incense | Southern part of Route 204. Requires Surf. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| ( .....:::::::::: EVOLUTION ITEMS ::::::::::..... ) | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Dawn Stone | Mt. Coronet (North). Surf across the southern pool of || | water to find it. || | A second Dawn Stone can be found near the end of || | Route 225, by a field of grass. Use Rock Climb to || | scale up to a ledge and fight the Dragon Tamer || | guarding it. Requires Rock Climb. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Evolves Female Snorunt into Froslass. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<

| Dubious Disc | Route 225, on a cliff with water that you can Surf || | across. Requires Surf. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Used in evolving Porygon2 to PorygonZ. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Dusk Stone | Inside the Warehouse in Veilstone City, psat the door || | that requires the Warehouse Key. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Evolves Misdreavus into Mismagius. || | Evolves Murkrow into Honchkrow. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Fire Stone | You can find two Fire Stones inside of the Fuego || | Ironworks. You can also find Fire Stones in the || | Underground. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Evolves a variety of Fire-type Pokemon. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Leaf Stone | Back of Floaroma Flower Garden (accessable by Surfing || | from Route 205 to the Fuego Ironworks, then going || | south). || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Evolves a variety of Grass-type Pokemon. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Oval Stone | Lost Tower. Also sometimes held by wild Chansey. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|

| | Evolves Happiny into Chansey when it Levels up and it || | is holding the Oval Stone. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Protector | North side of Route 228. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Used in evolving Rhydon to Rhyperior. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Reaper Cloth | East of the northern entrance on Route 229. Requires|| | Cut. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Used in evolving Dusclops to Dusknoir. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Razor Claw | Near the end of Victory Road, by the Expert, head || | west and you'll eventually find this. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Used to evolve Sneasel into Weavile. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Razor Fang | In the southwest corner of the Battle Park. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Shiny Stone | On Iron Island, you can find the Shiny Stone in the || | back exit of the cave. || | You can find another Shiny Stone on the southern end|| | of Route 228, with the Speed Bike. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Evolves Roselia into Roserade. |

>-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Thunderstone | Sunyshore City, southeast side of town, near the rock || | shaped like a Munchlax. You can also find || | Thunderstones in the Underground. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Evolves a variety of Electric-type Pokemon. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Up-grade | Eterna City, after talking to Professor Oak in the || | Pal Park (after getting the National Dex). He's in || | the southwestern most house and will give you one. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Evolves Porygon to Porygon2. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Water Stone | Route 213, use Surf along the beach and then Surf || | your way through the rocks. It's in that area. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Evolves a variety of Water-type Pokemon. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| ( .....:::::::::: MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS ::::::::::..... ) | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Heart Scale | Can be found Underground and in a few locations with|| | the Dowsing Machine. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | You can give Heart Scales to the Move Relearner in || | Pastoria City to relearn a Pokemon's forgotten moves. |

>-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Honey | You can find Honey scattered all around Sinnoh, || | although you can buy as many as you like from the man || | in the Floaroma Flower Garden for $100 each. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | You can use Honey on golden trees and then come || | back over 10 hours later to have a chance of || | encountering one of several Pokemon, including || | Wurmple, Combee, Burmy, and Aipom. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Master Ball | Receive from Cyrus after beating him in the Galactic|| | Veilstone Building. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Catches a Pokemon 100% of the time. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Odd Keystone | Talk to the Black Belt near the field of tall grass.|| | Also found hidden in the trees by Surfing in Twinleaf || | Town. You can also find these Underground, although || | rarely. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Involved in obtaining Spiritomb. |`--------------------'------------------------------------------------------`

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s8.2. Key Item Locations |_______________________________________________)

Here is a list of a majority of the more useful or tricky-to-find Key Itemsinthe game, as well as their location and effect.

,===================v======================================================.( ITEM | LOCATION OF THE ITEM ),`===================x======================================================{| Old Rod | Talk to the Fisherman in the building on your way || | west of Jubilife City and answer Yes to his question. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | When at a body of water that you can Surf on, you can || | use this to try and catch a Pokemon. After casting || | the Rod, press A as soon as a "!" appears above your|| | head to start the battle. Mainly catches Magikarp at|| | or around Level 5. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Good Rod | On Route 209, talk to the Fisherman on the dock and || | answer Yes to his question to receive the Good Rod. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | When at a body of water that you can Surf on, you can || | use this to try and catch a Pokemon. After casting || | the Rod, press A as soon as a "!" appears above your|| | head to start the battle. Catches Magikarps, Goldeen, || | Barboach, and possibly other Pokemon at or around || | Level 20. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Super Rod | In the Fight Area, talk to a Fisherman in the north-|

| | western part of the area and answer Yes to his || | question. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | When at a body of water that you can Surf on, you can || | use this to try and catch a Pokemon. After casting || | the Rod, press A as soon as a "!" appears above your|| | head to start the battle. Catches a large variety of|| | Water-type Pokemon, depending on the area, with || | Levels around 40. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Sprayduck | Floaroma Town. Talk to one of the ladies inside of the|| | Flower Shop. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | If you have this in your inventory, you can press A || | while facing growing berry plants to water them, || | increasing the yield of berries when harvesting. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Explorer Kit | Eterna City, inside of the house to the right of the|| | Pokemon Center. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Allows you to enter Sinnoh Underground, where you can || | find Fossils, Stones, and make Secret Bases. Usable || | anywhere outside on the world map. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Bicycle | Eterna City, Bicycle Shop. Talk to the owner and |

| | he'll give you a Bicycle as a token of his gratitude|| | after you save him in the Team Galactic Building in || | Eterna City. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | While riding the Bicycle, you will move at increased|| | speed and will be able to cross certain obstacles. || | Press B to change speed modes and use the item again|| | to dismount the bike. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Vs. Seeker | Route 207. Dawn will give this to you. || |_________________( ..::: EFFECT :::.. )________________|| | Lets you rematch some Trainers in the visible screen. || | When you use it, a "!" might appear above one or more || | visible Trainer's head, indicating that you can fight || | them again if you talk to them. Requires you to take|| | 100 steps after every use. Cannot be used indoors. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Poffin Case | Talk to the President of the Pokemon Fan Club in || | Hearthome City, which is located in the building to || | the east of the Poke Mart. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Seal Case | One of the houses on the eastern side of Solaceon || | Town, where you have to jump down the ledges. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Coin Case | Veilstone City. Inside a house in the southwest corner|

| | of town, talk to a jester and he will make you guess|| | which hand he has the Coin Case in. If you guess || | correctly (you can try multiple times), you will || | receive it. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| SecretPotion | Valor Lakefront. Cynthia will give you this after || | chasing the Galactic Grunt from Pastoria City || | (after getting four Badges) to the Valor Lakefront .| >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Warehouse Key | Talk to the Galactic Grunt outside of the Veilstone || | Galactic Building after visiting the three lakes. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------| Galactic Key | Inside the Veilstone Galactic Building basement. |`--------------------'------------------------------------------------------`

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s8.3. TM and HM Locations |______________________________________________)

Here is a list of all of the TMs and HMs in the game, as well as where you canfind them. Keep in mind that, at the time of this update, some locations aremissing from this list. They will be added as soon as I locate them in theWalkthrough (and go back and update this section).

,=====v================v===================================================.( ITEM | CONTAINED MOVE | LOCATION OF THE TM / HM ),`=====x================x==================================================={| TM01 | Focus Punch | Inside of the basement in Oreburgh Gate, on the |

| | | west side. Requires Surf and Strength. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM02 | Dragon Claw | Mt. Coronet (Peak), inside the optional cave || | | on the second peak area. Can only be gotten after|| | | catching Dialga or Palkia. Requires Rock Climb. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM03 | Water Pulse | Route 204 (Cave). Can be found in the back of the|| | | cave, by Surfing along the river inside. Requires|| | | Surf. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM04 | Calm Mind | Available for purchase at the Battle Tower for || | | 48BP. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM05 | Roar | On the west side of Route 213, you can use Rock || | | Climb to climb up to a patch of grass that || | | contains Roar. Requires Rock Climb. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM06 | Toxic | Route 212 (Rainy Area), after the swampy area, on|| | | the southern side of the Route. || | | Also available for purchase at the Battle Tower || | | for 32BP. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM07 | Hail | Route 217, near a Ninja Boy. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM08 | Bulk Up | Available for purchase at the Battle Tower for |

| | | 48BP. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM09 | Bullet Seed | Northern part of Route 204. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM10 | Hidden Power | Jubilife City. After beating the two Trainers || | | inside of the Pokemon School, talk to the boy and|| | | he'll give you TM10. You can also purchase || | | unlimited copies of this TM for 6000 coins each in || | | the Tobari Game Corner. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM11 | Sunny Day | Northern part of Route 212, near the Gentleman and || | | Socialite. Requires Cut. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM12 | Taunt | Route 211 (West). Down near the river. Requires || | | Rock Smash. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM13 | Ice Beam | Route 216, east of the lodge. Use Rock Climb to || | | scale the cliff, and then proceed far east until || | | you eventually find it. Requires Rock Climb. You || | | can also purchase unlimited copies of this TM for|| | | 10000 coins each in the Veilstone Game Corner. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM14 | Blizzard | In the tall grass in Lake Acuity, after || | | encountering Dialga or Palkia. Requires Surf. || | | Also available for purchase in the Veilstone |

| | | Department Store, Third Floor (Bottom Person) for|| | | $5500. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM15 | Hyper Beam | Veilstone Department Store, Third Floor (Bottom || | | Person). Costs $7500. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM16 | Light Screen | Veilstone Department Store, Third Floor (Top || | | Person). Costs $2000. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM17 | Protect | Veilstone Department Store, Third Floor (Top || | | Person). Costs $2000. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM18 | Rain Dance | Southwest side of Route 223, nearby some rocks || | | that you can slip through. Requires Surf. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM19 | Giga Drain | Southern side of Route 209. To the east of the || | | Poke Kid, you can use Surf behind the rock || | | blocking the river to access it. Requires Surf. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM20 | Safeguard | Veilstone Department Store, Third Floor (Top || | | Person). Costs $2000. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM21 | Frustration | Inside of the Galactic Veilstone Building, || | | after you get the Galactic Key. You can also || | | purchase unlimited copies of this TM for 8000 |

| | | coins in the Veilstone Game Corner. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM22 | Solarbeam | Veilstone Department Store, Third Floor (Bottom || | | Person). Costs $3000. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM23 | Iron Tail | Iron Island, found in the room you can reach by || | | taking the two east-leading stairs down when you || | | encounter them. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM24 | Thunderbolt | Behind the Valley Windworks. Requires Surf. You || | | can also purchase unlimited copies of this TM for|| | | 10000 coins in the Veilstone Game Corner. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM25 | Thunder | In the tall grass in Lake Verity, after || | | encountering Dialga or Palkia. Requires Surf. || | | Also available for purchase in the Veilstone || | | Department Store, Third Floor (Bottom Person) for|| | | $5500. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM26 | Earthquake | Hidden at the very end of the secret area of the || | | Wayward Cave, which can be found under Cycling || | | Road. Requires Rock Smash. || | | Also available for purchase at the Battle Tower || | | for 80BP. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<

| TM27 | Return | Lost Tower. You can also purchase unlimited copies || | | of this TM for 8000 coins in the Veilstone Game || | | Corner. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM28 | Dig | Inside of the Ruin Maniac's Grotto on the northern || | | side of Route 214. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM29 | Psychic | Route 211 (East), on the northern side of the || | | Route. Requires Rock Smash and Rock Climb. You can || | | also purchase unlimited copies of this TM for || | | 10000 coins in the Veilstone Game Corner. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM30 | Shadow Ball | Route 210 (Foggy Area). You need to ride across a|| | | narrow bridge with your bike, then use Rock Smash. || | | Requires Rock Smash and Fog Clear. || | | Also available for purchase at the Battle Tower || | | for 64BP. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM31 | Brick Break | Oreburgh Gate, in the basement. You need the || | | Bicycle in order to make a jump across the rocks || | | to reach it. || | | Also available for purchase at the Battle Tower || | | for 40BP. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM32 | Double Team | Inside of the Wayward Cave. You can also purchase|

| | | unlimited copies of this TM for 4000 coins in the|| | | Veilstone Game Corner. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM33 | Reflect | Veilstone Department Store, Third Floor (Top || | | Person). Costs $2000. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM34 | Shock Wave | Route 215, past the field of tall grass. Requires|| | | Cut. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM35 | Flamethrower | At the very end of the Fuego Ironworks. You can || | | also purchase unlimited copies of this TM for || | | 10000 coins in the Veilstone Game Corner. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM36 | Sludge Bomb | Galactic Veilstone Building, in the basement where || | | you get the Galactic Key. || | | Also available for purchase at the Battle Tower || | | for 80BP. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM37 | Sandstorm | Route 228, near the two Pokemon Rangers. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM38 | Fire Blast | In the tall grass in Lake Valor, after || | | encountering Dialga or Palkia. Requires Surf. || | | Also available for purchase in the Tobari || | | Department Store, Third Floor (Bottom Person) for|| | | $5500. |

>-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM39 | Rock Tomb | Route 204, inside of the cave. Requires Rock Smash.| >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM40 | Aerial Ace | West side of Route 213. Requires Rock Smash. || | | Also available for purchase at the Battle Tower || | | for 40BP. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM41 | Torment | Southwest corner of Victory Road, First Floor. || | | Requires Rock Climb. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM42 | Facade | Survival Area. Talk to the Black Belt inside of || | | the house on the bottom of the cliffs. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM43 | Secret Power | Southern area of Amity Square. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM44 | Rest | You can purchase unlimited copies of this TM for || | | 6000 coins in the Veilstone Game Corner. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM45 | Attract | Northern area of Amity Square. || | | Also available for purchase at the Battle Tower || | | for 32BP. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM46 | Thief | Eterna City, behind the Team Galactic Building. || | | Requires Cut. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<

| TM47 | Steel Wing | Route 209, near the Young Couple. Requires Cut. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM48 | Skill Swap | Canalave City, inside of the first house you see || | | upon entering. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM49 | Snatch | Galactic Veilstone Building, near the start of the || | | Warp Panel chain. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM50 | Overheat | Inside of the large room in Stark Mountain. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM51 | Roost | Route 210. Talk to the girl facing north on the || | | cliff and she'll give it to you. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM52 | Focus Blast | Veilstone Department Store, Third Floor (Bottom || | | Person). Costs $5500. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM53 | Energy Ball | The western part of Route 226. Requires Rock Climb.|| | | Also available for purchase at the Battle Tower || | | for 64BP. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM54 | False Swipe | Veilstone Department Store, Third Floor (Top || | | Person). Costs $2000. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM55 | Brine | Reward for beating Crasher Wake, the Gym Leader of || | | Pastoria City. |

>-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM56 | Fling | Route 222. Talk to a man on a cliff and he'll give || | | you the TM. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM57 | Charge Beam | Reward for beating Volkner, the Gym Leader of || | | Sunyshore City. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM58 | Endure | You can purchase unlimited copies of this TM for || | | 2000 coins in the Veilstone Game Corner. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM59 | Dragon Pulse | Inside of Victory Road, in the basement. Requires|| | | Surf, Rock Climb, and Waterfall. || | | Also available for purchase at the Battle Tower || | | for 80BP. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM60 | Drain Punch | Reward for beating Maylene, the Gym Leader of || | | Veilstone City. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM61 | Will-o-wisp | Available for purchase at the Battle Tower for || | | 32BP. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM62 | Silver Wind | Route 212 (Rainy Area), across one of the narrow || | | bridges. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM63 | Embargo | Veilstone City, talk to a person inside one of the |

| | | houses on the southwest side of town. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM64 | Explosion | You can get one by talking to the lady at the || | | counter in the Game Corner after getting 10 || | | bonuses in a row. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM65 | Shadow Claw | Reward for beating Fantina, the Gym Leader of || | | Hearthome City. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM66 | Payback | Route 215. Talk to the person on the way to the || | | bridge. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM67 | Recycle | Obtained by talking to a lady in the 2nd floor of|| | | the building with the Name Rater in it in Eterna || | | City. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM68 | Giga Impact | You can purchase unlimited copies of this TM for || | | 20000 coins in the Veilstone Game Corner. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM69 | Rock Polish | Mt. Coronet (North), on a ledge in the western || | | side of the cave. Requires Strength. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM70 | Flash | Oreburgh Gate, in the basement. Requires Rock || | | Smash. Also available for purchase in the Veilstone|| | | Department Store, Third Floor (Bottom Person) for|

| | | $1000. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM71 | Stone Edge | Victory Road, second floor. Requires Strength, || | | Rock Smash, and Rock Climb. || | | Also available for purchase at the Battle Tower || | | for 80BP. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM72 | Avalanche | Reward for beating Candice, the Gym Leader of || | | Snowpoint City. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM73 | Thunder Wave | Available for purchase at the Battle Tower for || | | 32BP. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM74 | Gyro Ball | You can purchase unlimited copies of this TM for || | | 15000 coins in the Veilstone Game Corner. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM75 | Swords Dance | You can purchase unlimited copies of this TM for || | | 4000 coins in the Veilstone Game Corner. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM76 | Stealth Rock | Reward for beating Roark, the Gym Leader of || | | Oreburgh City. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM77 | Psych Up | Route 211 (East). Talk to the person facing south|| | | on the cliff. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<

| TM78 | Captivate | Northern side of Route 204. Requires Cut. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM79 | Dark Pulse | Victory Road, near the very back of the cave. || | | Requires Strength and Rock Climb. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM80 | Rock Slide | Mt. Coronet, second floor. Requires Rock Climb. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM81 | X-Scissor | Route 221, south of the Pal Park. || | | Also available for purchase at the Battle Tower || | | for 64BP. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM82 | Sleep Talk | Route 205, near Eterna Forest (either side), you || | | can use Cut to take a path leading to a lady. || | | Nearby, you can find the TM. Requires Cut. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM83 | Natural Gift | Veilstone Department Store, Third Floor (Top || | | Person). Costs $2000. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM84 | Poison Jab | Route 212 (South Side), near all of the narrow || | | bike bridges. Requires Surf. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM85 | Dream Eater | Valor Lakefront, behind the Game Designer's || | | house. Requires Rock Climb. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM86 | Grass Knot | Reward for beating Gardenia, the Gym Leader of |

| | | Eterna City. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM87 | Swagger | Pokemon Mansion in Route 212, inside of Mr. || | | Backlot's room. (Room on the right.) | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM88 | Pluck | Floaroma Town, inside of the red house to the north|| | | of the entrance to town. Talk to the girl inside || | | and answer Yes to her question to receive the TM.| >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM89 | U-Turn | Canalave City. On the dock where you can board a || | | ship to Iron Island, use Surf and head south, || | | leading to a secret area containing this TM. You || | | can also purchase unlimited copies of this TM for|| | | 6000 coins in the Veilstone Game Corner. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM90 | Substitute | Old Chateau, inside of the right-most room of the|| | | upstairs area. Requires Cut. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM91 | Flash Cannon | Reward for beating Byron, the Gym Leader of || | | Canalave City. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| TM92 | Trick Room | Route 213, inside one of the houses. Talk to the || | | jester and he'll give you the TM. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| HM01 | Cut | When you head to the northern area of Eterna |

| | | City, Cynthia will give you this HM. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| HM02 | Fly | Inside of the Warehouse in Veilstone City, || | | right after beating two Galactic Grunts in a || | | Double Battle with Dawn. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| HM03 | Surf | Celestic Town. An old lady will give you the HM || | | after exploring the cave. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| HM04 | Strength | On the top of the Lost Tower on Route 209. Talk to || | | one of the two old ladies on the top floor. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| HM05 | Defog | Inside of the Great Marsh in Pastoria City. Talk to|| | | the person with green hair near the entrance and || | | he'll give you the HM. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| HM06 | Rock Smash | As you enter the Oreburgh Gate, a Hiker will give|| | | you this HM. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| HM07 | Waterfall | After beating Volkner in Sunyshore City, Jasmine || | | will give you this HM on the beach in the northern || | | side of town. | >-----+----------------+---------------------------------------------------<| HM08 | Rock Climb | Located nearby the western house in Route 217. |`------'----------------'---------------------------------------------------`

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s8.4. Poketch Applications |_____________________________________________)

Here is a list of most of the Applications you can get for your Poketch, alongwith their locations and how to get them.

,===v==================v===================================================.( NO.| APPLICATION NAME | LOCATION OF THE POKETCH APPLICATION ),`===x==================x==================================================={| 01 | Digital Watch | One of the default Applications. | >---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------<| 02 | Calculator | One of the default Applications. | >---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------<| 03 | Memo Pad | Receive from the Poketch President in the Poketch|| | | Company Building in Jubilife City after earning 1|| | | Gym Badge. | >---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------<| 04 | Pedometer | One of the default Applications. | >---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------<| 05 | Pokemon List | One of the default Applications. | >---+------------------'-.-------------------------------------------------<| 06 | Friendship Checker | Talk to a girl in the Eterna City Pokemon Center.| >---+------------------.-'-------------------------------------------------<| 07 | Dowsing Machine | Receive from Dawn upon arriving on Route 207. | >---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------<| 08 | Berry Searcher | Route 205. Talk to the little girl inside of the |

| | | Soil Shop and answer Yes to her question. | >---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------<| 09 | Day Care Checker | Solaceon Town. Talk to the man inside of the || | | Pokemon Day Care after dropping off a Pokemon. | >---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------<| 10 | Pokemon History | Solaceon Town. Talk to the man outside near the || | | Pokemon Center. | >---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------<| 11 | Counter | Veilstone City Department Store, Second Floor. || | | Talk to the bottom-most receptionist. | >---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------<| 12 | Analog Watch | Celestic Town. Talk to the Black Belt inside of the|| | | house on the southwest side of town. | >---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------<| 13 | Marking Map | Receive from the Poketch President in the Poketch|| | | Company Building in Jubilife City after earning 3|| | | Gym Badges. | >---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------<| 14 | Link Searcher | Receive from the Poketch President in the Poketch|| | | Company Building in Jubilife City after earning 5|| | | Gym Badges. | >---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------<| 15 | Coin Toss | Route 213, in the area with the houses, use Rock || | | Climb to reach one of the houses and speak with || | | the man inside. |

>---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------<| 16 | Move Tester | Receive from the Poketch President in the Poketch|| | | Company Building in Jubilife after earning 7 Gym || | | Badges. | >---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------<| 17 | Calendar | Show the man inside of the house by the Munchlax || | | rock formation in Sunyshore City (requires Rock || | | Climb) a Pokemon with a Serious Nature. | >---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------<| 18 | Dot Artist | Show the man inside of the house by the Munchlax || | | rock formation in Sunyshore City (requires Rock || | | Climb) a Pokemon with a Naive Nature. | >---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------<| 19 | Roulette | Show the man inside of the house by the Munchlax || | | rock formation in Sunyshore City (requires Rock || | | Climb) a Pokemon with a Quirky Nature. | >---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------<| 20 | Trainer Counter | After obtaining the National Dex, inside of the || | | Pal Park on Route 221, Professor Oak will give || | | this to you. | >---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------<| 21 | Kitchen Timer | Show the girl inside of the Pal Park a Snorlax. | >---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------<| 22 | Color Changer | Show the girl inside of the Pal Park a Kecleon. | >---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------<

| 23 | Matchup Checker | Unknown at this point. | >---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------<| 24 | Stopwatch | Unknown at this point. | >---+------------------+---------------------------------------------------<| 24 | Alarm Clock | Unknown at this point. |`----'------------------'---------------------------------------------------`

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s8.5. Places and People of Interest |____________________________________)

,===================v======================================================.( PERSON / LOCATION | WHERE IT CAN BE FOUND AT ),`===================x======================================================{| Name Rater | Eterna City, in the tall building next to the Poke || | Mart on the southern side of town. || |______________( ..::: WHAT IT DOES :::.. )_____________|| | Lets you give your Pokemon a (new) nickname. He won't || | let you nickname a traded Pokemon, though. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| GTS Building | West of the Pokemon Center in Jubilife City. || |______________( ..::: WHAT IT DOES :::.. )_____________|| | Lets you do put up Pokemon for trade over Wi-Fi and || | lets you trade for other listed Pokemon. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Super Contest Hall | Northern part of Hearthome City. || |______________( ..::: WHAT IT DOES :::.. )_____________|

| | See section 9.1. (Pokemon Super Contests) | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Pokemon Day Care | Solaceon Town. || |______________( ..::: WHAT IT DOES :::.. )_____________|| | See section 5.3.11. (Zui Town) | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Great Marsh | Northern part of Pastoria City. || (aka Safari Zone) |______________( ..::: WHAT IT DOES :::.. )_____________|| | See section 6.11. (Great Marsh) | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Move Relearner | Southwest house in Pastoria City, near the water. || | Requires a Heart Scale. || |______________( ..::: WHAT IT DOES :::.. )_____________|| | At the cost of one Heart Scale (found in Underground),|| | the Move Relearner will teach one of your Pokemon one || | of its moves that it can learn via level up that it || | doesn't know and is at a high enough level to use it. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Move Deleter | Canalave City, in the house north of the Poke Mart. || |______________( ..::: WHAT IT DOES :::.. )_____________|| | The Move Deleter will let you delete any moves on any || | of your Pokemon, including moves taught from HMs. || | This is the only way to forget HM moves. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Move Tutor | Route 210, when the bridges are, use Rock Climb and |

| | you will eventually find a house with a lady who will || | teach your Dragon-type (or Dragon-like) Pokemon a new || | move. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Move Tutor 2 | Talk to the old man in the northern house in Route || | 228 and he will offer to teach one of your Pokemon a|| | special move. || |______________( ..::: WHAT IT DOES :::.. )_____________|| | Teaches Frenzy Plant to one of the following Pokemon: || | - Venusaur, Meganium, Sceptile, or Torterra || | or, teaches Blast Burn to one of the following: || | - Charizard, Typhlosion, Blaziken, Infernape || | or, teaches Hydro Cannon to one of the following: || | - Blastoise, Feraligatr, Swampert, Empoleon | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Sticker Shop | Sunyshore City, building to the north of the Pokemon|| | Center. || |______________( ..::: WHAT IT DOES :::.. )_____________|| | Lets you buy cool stickers for your Seal Case. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Pal Park | At the end of Route 221. || |______________( ..::: WHAT IT DOES :::.. )_____________|| | Allows you to catch the 6 Pokemon that you || | transferred from a GBA Pokemon game via the option on || | the main menu (after title screen). You can put 6 |

| | Pokemon into the Pal Park every 24 hours, and don't || | even try to change your DS Clock, because it will || | reset that timer. You will be graded based on several || | factors after catching all 6 Pokemon and will receive || | a berry for your efforts. | >-------------------+------------------------------------------------------<| Battle Tower | Just north of the Fight Area, accessable after || | obtaining the National Dex.| |______________( ..::: WHAT IT DOES :::.. )_____________|| | Emerald-style Battle Tower with four battle modes, || | one of which being battling against a random online || | player's team (CPU controlled). |`--------------------'------------------------------------------------------`

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s8.6. Locations of Pokemon for the Sinnoh Dex |__________________________)

In order to unlock the National Dex and a nice amount of additional, post-gamefeatures, you need to first see all of the Pokemon for the Sinnoh Pokedex.Fortunately, you can do this simply by battling most of the Trainers in thegame as well as doing a little searching, but to make things easy for you,here is a list of where you can find all of the Pokemon required for thecompleting the Sinnoh Dex.

Keep in mind that this list shows mostly Pokemon from Trainer fights asopposed to their location in the wild and how to obtain them, because you willbe guarenteed to see any given Pokemon in the listed Trainer battle insteadofwading through a field of grass hoping to encounter one.

The Dex # listed is for the Sinnoh Dex, not the National Dex.

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/ POKEMON LOCATIONS \_______________________________________________________|Dex #| Name | Location | >----+------------+--------------------------------------------------------<| 001 | Turtwig | Eterna Gym, Gym Leader Gardenia. || 002 | Grotle | Route 210 (Foggy Area), Ace Trainer. || 003 | Torterra | Victory Road, Ace Trainer. || 004 | Chimchar | Route 207, Youngster. || 005 | Monferno | Route 215, Ace Trianer. || 006 | Infernape | Pokemon League, Elite Four Flint. || 007 | Piplup | Route 205, Picnicker. || 008 | Prinplup | Route 212 (Rainy Area), Pokemon Ranger. || 009 | Empoleon | Victory Road, Expert. || 010 | Starly | Route 201. || 011 | Staravia | Cycling Road, Cyclist. || 012 | Staraptor | Victory Road, Birdkeeper. || 013 | Bidoof | Route 201. || 014 | Bibarel | Route 208; Route 213, Swimmer. || 015 | Kricketot | Route 203, Youngster. || 016 | Kricketune | Route 214. || 017 | Shinx | Route 202, Youngster. || 018 | Luxio | Route 212, Rich Boy. || 019 | Luxray | Sunyshore Gym, Leader Volkner. || 020 | Abra | Jubilife City, School Boy. || 021 | Kadabra | Galactic Eterna Building, Scientist. || 022 | Alakazam | Victory Road, Psychic. |

| 023 | Magikarp | Route 204, Youngster. || 024 | Gyarados | Route 215, Ace Trainer. || 025 | Budew | Route 204, Lass. || 026 | Roselia | Route 208, Aroma Lady. || 027 | Roserade | Pokemon League, Champion Cynthia. || 028 | Zubat | Route 203, Youngster. || 029 | Golbat | Route 210 (Foggy Area), Ninja Boy. || 030 | Crobat | Mt. Coronet, Galactic Boss Cyrus. || 031 | Geodude | Oreburgh Mine, Worker. || 032 | Graveler | Iron Island, Worker. || 033 | Golem | Victory Road, Expert. || 034 | Onix | Oreburgh Mine, Worker. || 035 | Steelix | Canalave Gym, Leader Byron. || 036 | Cranidos | Oreburgh Gym, Leader Roark. || 037 | Rampardos | Victory Road, Ace Trainer. || 038 | Shieldon | Route 215, Ruin Maniac. || 039 | Bastiodon | Canalave Gym, Leader Byron. || 040 | Machop | Route 203, Youngster. || 041 | Machoke | Veilstone Gym, Leader Maylene. || 042 | Machamp | Victory Road, Black Belt. || 043 | Psyduck | Oreburgh Gate, Picnicker. || 044 | Golduck | Route 216, Ace Trainer. || 045 | Burmy | Eterna Forest, Bug Catcher. || 046 | Wormadam | Route 214, Beauty. || 047 | Mothim | Route 210 (Foggy Area), Ace Trainer. |

| 048 | Wurmple | Jubilife City, Galactic Grunt. || 049 | Silcoon | Floaroma Flower Garden, Galactic Grunt. || 050 | Beautifly | Eterna Forest, Bug Catcher. || 051 | Cascoon | Valley Windworks, Galactic Grunt. || 052 | Dustox | Eterna Forest, Bug Catcher. || 053 | Combee | Route 208, Aroma Lady. || 054 | Vespiqueen | Pokemon League, Elite Four Aaron. || 055 | Pachirisu | Route 204, Twins. || 056 | Buizel | Lost Tower, Belle and Pa. || 057 | Floatzel | Pastoria Gym, Leader Wake. || 058 | Cherubi | Route 204, Aroma Lady. || 059 | Cherrim | Route 221, Ace Trainer. || 060 | Shellos | Lost Tower, Youngster. || 061 | Gastrodon | Route 222, Sailor. || 062 | Heracross | Canalave City, Pokemon Trainer Rival. || 063 | Aipom | Route 210, Farmer. || 064 | Ambipom | Route 216, Ace Trainer. || 065 | Drifloon | Valley Windworks on Fridays; or Trainer in Hearthome Gym|| 066 | Drifblim | Hearthome Gym, Leader Fantina. || 067 | Buneary | Route 212, Rich Girl. || 068 | Lopunny | Route 216, Ace Trainer. || 069 | Gastly | Route 214, Psychic. || 070 | Haunter | Victory Road, Psychic. || 071 | Gengar | Hearthome Gym, Leader Fantina. || 072 | Misdreavus | Lost Tower, Young Couple. |

| 073 | Mismagius | Hearthome Gym, Leader Fantina. || 074 | Murkrow | Lost Tower, Young Couple. || 075 | Honchkrow | Mt. Coronet, Galactic Boss Cyrus. || 076 | Glameow | Valley Windworks, Galactic Grunt. || 077 | Purugly | Valley Windworks, Commander Mars. || 078 | Goldeen | Route 205, Fisherman. || 079 | Seaking | Route 217, Ace Trainer. || 080 | Barboach | Route 212, Fisherman. || 081 | Whiscash | Victory Road, Double Team. || 082 | Chingling | Victory Road, Psychic. || 083 | Chimecho | Victory Road, Psychic. || 084 | Stunky | Lost Tower, Youngster. || 085 | Skuntank | Galactic Eterna Building, Commander Jupiter. || 086 | Meditite | Eterna Forest, Psychic. || 087 | Medicham | Snowpoint Gym, Leader Candice. || 088 | Bronzor | Route 207, Hiker. || 089 | Bronzong | Pokemon League, Elite Four Lucian. || 090 | Ponyta | Route 205, Camper. || 091 | Rapidash | Victory Road, Ace Trainer. || 092 | Bonsly | Route 208, Artist. || 093 | Sudowoodo | Route 210, Collector. || 094 | Mime Jr. | Route 208, Artist. || 095 | Mr. Mime | Route 210, Collector. || 096 | Happiny | Route 210, Pokemon Breeder. || 097 | Chansey | Route 209 and Route 210 (wild). |

| 098 | Blissey | Victory Road, Ace Trainer. || 099 | Cleffa | Route 209, Pokemon Breeder. || 100 | Clefairy | Route 210, Twins. || 101 | Clefable | Victory Road, Ace Trainer. || 102 | Chatot | Route 212, Gentleman. || 103 | Pichu | Route 209, Pokemon Breeder. || 104 | Pikachu | Route 209, Poke Kid. || 105 | Raichu | Route 210 (Foggy Area), Double Team. || 106 | Hoothoot | Route 211 (West), Birdkeeper. || 107 | Noctowl | Route 210 (Foggy Area), Birdkeeper. || 108 | Spiritomb | Pokemon League, Champion Cynthia. || 109 | Gible | Victory Road, Dragon Tamer. || 110 | Gabite | Victory Road, Dragon Tamer. || 111 | Garchomp | Pokemon League, Champion Cynthia. || 112 | Munchlax | Found by using Honey on trees. || 113 | Snorlax | Pokemon League, Pokemon Trainer Rival. || 114 | Unown | Solaceon Ruins, to the east of Solaceon Town. || 115 | Riolu | Oreburgh Gate (Basement), Expert. (Requires Surf.) || 116 | Lucario | Veilstone Gym, Leader Maylene. || 117 | Wooper | Valor Lakefront, Schoolboy. || 118 | Quagsire | Pastoria Gym, Leader Wake. || 119 | Wingull | Route 223, Swimmer. || 120 | Pelipper | Route 217, Ace Trainer. || 121 | Girafarig | Route 210, Framer. || 122 | Hippopotas | Route 217, Ace Trainer. |

| 123 | Hippowdon | Pokemon League, Elite Four Bertha. || 124 | Azurill | Route 223, Swimmer. || 125 | Marill | Route 212 (Rainy Area), Pokemon Ranger. || 126 | Azumarill | Route 223, Swimmer. || 127 | Skorupi | Route 210, Ninja Boy. || 128 | Drapion | Pokemon League, Elite Four Aaron. || 129 | Croagunk | Route 215, Black Belt. || 130 | Toxicroak | Lake Valor, Commander Saturn. || 131 | Carnivine | Victory Road, Ace Trainer. || 132 | Remoraid | Route 213, Fisherman. || 133 | Octillery | Sunyshore City, Leader Volkner. || 134 | Finneon | Route 223, Swimmer. || 135 | Lumineon | Route 223, Swimmer. || 136 | Tentacool | Route 223, Swimmer. || 137 | Tentacruel | Route 223, Swimmer. || 138 | Feebas | Route 222, Sailor. || 139 | Milotic | Pokemon League, Champion Cynthia. || 140 | Mantyke | Route 223, Swimmer. || 141 | Mantine | Route 223, Swimmer. || 142 | Snover | Snowpoint Gym, Leader Candice. || 143 | Abomasnow | Snowpoint Gym, Leader Candice. || 144 | Sneasel | Snowpoint Gym, Leader Candice. || 145 | Weavile | Mt. Coronet, Galactic Boss Cyrus. || 146 | Uxie | Lake Acuity. || 147 | Mesprit | Can see it in Lake Verity; catch it at random Route. |

| 148 | Azelf | Lake Valor. || 149 | Dialga | Mt. Coronet (Diamond); see in Celestic Town (Pearl). || 150 | Palkia | Mt. Coronet (Pearl); see in Celestic Town (Diamond). || 151 | Manaphy | Receive from Pokemon Ranger. Not needed for National Dex|`-----'------------'---------------------------------------------------------'

Please note that although Manaphy is in the Sinnoh Dex, it is not required forcompletion of the Sinnoh Dex, and you will still need to see the other 150Pokemon regardless of if you have it or not.

____________________________________________________________________________(_| s8.7. English / Japanese Pokemon Names |_________________________________)

(This section is only here for reference's sake. It will probably be removedin the next revision to this Walkthrough.)

To avoid any confusion during gameplay if you happen to know a little bit ofJapanese, I have a list of both the English and Japanese names for each of thenew Pokemon. This should help you also in case you need to know, roughly, whatPokemon someone is talking about if you don't know the English name, or don'tknow the Japanese name.

I am using as literal of a Japanese translation as possible. To make thingsclearer, for any elongated vowels, I will be using the following method tomake them clear: ah = Long A (looks like "a-" in Japanese) ii = Long I (looks like "i-" in Japanese) uu = Long U (looks like "u-" in Japanese) eh = Long E (looks like "e-" in Japanese) oh = Long O (looks like "o-" in Japanese)I will also use an apostrophe (') to seperate two consecutive o's, becauseEnglish readers will probably thing that it makes an "ooooooh" sound insteadof the "oh-oh" sound it does in Japanese. (Only real example is Yukino'oh,which is read as "Yu - ki - no - o-" in Japanese.)

Also, two more things to note:

1. In Japanese, the letter U is often silent. For instance, "Tatetopusu" in Japanese would sound a lot like "Tatetops". 2. The English letter R and L are interchangable in Japanese. They use the same Japanese symbols for both R and L, because they pronounce that syllable as sort of a mixture of the two. In this list, I list them all as R to avoid confusion.

The Dex # listed is for the National Dex, obviously. I also decided to splitthis table into two sides rather than have one massively large scrolling one.It has twenty-five Pokemon on each side, and then it will have a break. You'llget the picture once you look at it, don't worry. ___________________________ / POKEMON NAME TRANSLATIONS \______________________________________|Dex #| English | Japanese |Dex #| English | Japanese | >----+------------+--------------+-----+------------+-------------<| 387 | Turtwig | Naetoru | 412 | Burmy | Minomucchi || 388 | Grotle | Hayashigame | 413 | Wormadam | Minomadamu || 389 | Torterra | Dodaitosu | 414 | Mothim | Gahmeiru || 390 | Chimchar | Hikozaru | 415 | Combee | Mitsuhanii || 391 | Monferno | Moukazaru | 416 | Vespiqueen | Biikuin || 392 | Infernape | Goukazaru | 417 | Pachirisu | Pachirisu || 393 | Piplup | Pocchama | 418 | Buizel | Buizeru || 394 | Prinplup | Pottaishi | 419 | Floatzel | Furohzeru || 395 | Empoleon | Enperuto | 420 | Cherubi | Cherinbo || 396 | Starly | Mukkuru | 421 | Cherrim | Cherimu || 397 | Staravia | Mukubahdo | 422 | Shellos | Karanakushi || 398 | Staraptor | Mukuhohku | 423 | Gastrodon | Toritodon || 399 | Bidoof | Bippa | 424 | Ambipom | Etebohsu || 400 | Bibarel | Biidaru | 425 | Drifloon | Fuwante || 401 | Kricketot | Korobohshi | 426 | Drifblim | Fuwaraido || 402 | Kricketune | Korotokku | 427 | Buneary | Mimiroru || 403 | Shinx | Korinku | 428 | Lopunny | Mimiroppu || 404 | Luxio | Rukushio | 429 | Mismagius | Muumahji || 405 | Luxray | Rentorah | 430 | Honchkrow | Donkarasu || 406 | Budew | Subomii | 431 | Glameow | Nyarumah || 407 | Roserade | Rozureido | 432 | Purugly | Bunyatto || 408 | Cranidos | Zugaidosu | 433 | Chingling | Riishan || 409 | Rampardos | Ramuparudo | 434 | Stunky | Sukanpuu || 410 | Shieldon | Tatetopusu | 435 | Skuntank | Sukatanku || 411 | Bastiodon | Toridepusu | 436 | Bronzor | Dohmirah | >----+------------+--------------+-----+------------+-------------<| 437 | Bronzong | Dohtakun | 462 | Magnezone | Jibakoiru || 438 | Bonsly | Usohachi | 463 | Lickilicky | Beroberuto || 439 | Mime Jr. | Manene | 464 | Rhyperior | Dosaidon || 440 | Happiny | Pinpuku | 465 | Tangrowth | Mojanbo |

| 441 | Chatot | Perappu | 466 | Electivire | Erekiburu || 442 | Spiritomb | Mikaruge | 467 | Magmortar | Buubahn || 443 | Gible | Fukamaru | 468 | Togekiss | Togekissu || 444 | Gabite | Gabaito | 469 | Yanmega | Megayanma || 445 | Garchomp | Gaburiasu | 470 | Leafeon | Riifia || 446 | Munchlax | Gonbe | 471 | Glaceon | Gureishia || 447 | Riolu | Rioru | 472 | Gliscor | Guraion || 448 | Lucario | Rukario | 473 | Mamoswine | Manmuu || 449 | Hippopotas | Hipopotasu | 474 | PorygonZ | PorigonZ || 450 | Hippowdon | Kaberudon | 475 | Gallade | Erureido || 451 | Skorupi | Sukorupi | 476 | Probopass | Dainohsu || 452 | Drapion | Dorapion | 477 | Dusknoir | Yonowahru || 453 | Croagunk | Guregguru | 478 | Froslass | Yukimenoko || 454 | Toxicroak | Dokuroggu | 479 | Rotom | Rotomu || 455 | Carnivine | Masukippa | 480 | Uxie | Yukushii || 456 | Finneon | Keikouo | 481 | Mesprit | Emuritto || 457 | Lumineon | Neoranto | 482 | Azelf | Agunomu || 458 | Mantyke | Tamanta | 483 | Dialga | Diaruga || 459 | Snover | Yukikaburi | 484 | Palkia | Parukia || 460 | Abomasnow | Yukino'oh | 485 | Heatran | Hiidoran || 461 | Weavile | Manyuura | 486 | Regigigas | Rejigigasu | >----+------------+--------------+-----+------------+-------------<| 487 | Giratina | Giratina | 491 | Darkrai | Dahkurai || 488 | Cresselia | Kureseria | 492 | Shaymin | Sheimi || 489 | Phione | Fione | 493 | Arceus | Aruseusu || 490 | Manaphy | Manafi |-----'------------'--------------'`-----'------------'--------------'

,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.( s9. MISCELLANEOUS STUFF | :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ) `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s9.1. Trading and Battling over Wi-Fi |__________________________________)

This little section here covers how to trade and battle over Wi-Fi with otherpeople, and was written by Tedm/Virus. Thank you for allowing me to use it!

Wi-Fi After entering the Basement of the Pokemon Center talk to any of the two ladies of the left counter. She will welcome you and ask if you would like to connect, say, "Yes". Then you will be prompt to save. After

saving you will enter. Once in it will ask you if you want to connect (DUH!) say "Yes"

IN WI-FI Now you will be presented with multiple choices. If any of your friends from the Pal Pad are on their names will be near the top in blue. If on the side of their name it says "Standing by..." you can select their name to Voice Chat or view their Records.

HOSTING You can voice chat or Select "Invite" to choose any of the following: SINGLE BATTLE DOUBLE BATTLE TRADE or Cancel.

In single or double battle you can choose the levels, FREE, Lv. 50, or Lv. 100. In trade there are no options.

FINALIZING After selecting one of the options your status (at the bottom) will no longer be Standing by... Now your friend just needs to select your name and select Apply to join in on your choice. If their Status is not Standing By... then you can join in on the selected activity by your friend.

EXTRA Another status is "In Battle..." or "Trading..." this meens your friend is busy. And during any of your activities you can chat. Chating can be disabled. ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s9.2. GTS - Global Trading Station |_____________________________________)

Coming soon! ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s9.3. Sinnoh Underground |_______________________________________________)

Coming soon! ____________________________________________________________________________(_| s9.4. Pokemon Super Contests |___________________________________________)

Now, the Pokemon Super Contests are an improved version of the the ContestHalls from Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald. I never really played aroundwith the Super Contests, but they're apparently pretty fun.

ShawnyChuu was nice enough to write up a ton of information on Super Contestsand everything involved in them and let me use it in this Walkthrough: ___________________________________________________________________________ \|__| PoKeMoN Super Contests "Mini-Guide", by ShawnyChuu |_______________|/ A feature first introduced in PoKeMoN Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, the Contests are back in Diamond and Pearl! Only now they've been upgraded and are referred to as Super Contests. There is only one Super Contest Hall in all of Sinnoh. You can find the Super Contest Hall in Yosuga City, on the same street as the PoKeMoN Center. When you first enter the Contest Hall, your mother will be there. After some dialogue she gives you an item, I'm pretty sure it's the acessory case. Your mother will leave and now you are free to enter a contest! Like in R/S/E, there are 5 different contest types. Cool, Beauty, Cute, Smart, and Tough Contests. If you are playing a Japanese version of the game, it's that exact order. This will cut down on confusion if you can't read Japanese such as myself. After you are satisfied with your PoKeMoN stats having fed them the desired amount of Poffin, talk to Nurse Joy at the center counter and choose your contest type and rank. After you have selected your contest you will then change into some pretty spiffy formal attire before you proceed to the main stage.

The contest begins with the host introducing the current contest's participaters. Of course you will be entry number 4. After some introductions and cheering, flash photography, and whistling from the crowd, the screen will change to the dress-up portion of the contest. You have exactly 1 minute to use your DS Stylus to dress up your PoKeMoN with the accessories you have collected thus far. You can also choose a backdrop to put your PoKeMoN in front of as well. When you have finished dressing up you PoKeMoN in its preferred attire, or the clock runs out, the Super Contest officially begins! ______________________________________________________________________ |_____________________ Round 1: Visual Judgement ______________________|

Like in R/S/E, your PoKeMoN is presented to the crowd. The curtain will raise and you will see your PoKeMoN, along with the other contestents PoKeMoN on stage, one at a time, all decked out in the accessories chosen for them. Based on how well you dressed them, along with how much stat raising feeding them Poffin yielded, the crowd will react by a show of hearts. The better condition and the better dressed up your PoKeMoN is will get you more hearts. When visual judgement is complete it's on to the next round!! ______________________________________________________________________ |_____________________ Round 2: Dance Competition! ____________________| In this round your PoKeMoN will partake in a dance competition. For the first three turns you will have to copy the dance moves of your competitors in a DDR kinda fashion. This can be done by using the touch screen or the D-Pad. When it finally comes your turn, it is now your job to make a 3 step dance combo (in Hyper and Master Rank it will be 4-step), to try and mess up your competition. Whoever danced the best will be kept in the spotlight at the end of the round. Alright! Time for the final round!! ______________________________________________________________________ |_______________________ Round 3: Appeal Round! _______________________| This should look pretty familliar to you guys if you did the contests in R/S/E. But even this has gotten an upgrade. Instead of performing for just a single judge, you now have 3 judges to choose from! Depending on how well you did in the previous 2 rounds, you will either be first in line to perform, or you will be last. The premise is still the same. Choose an attack to show off for the judges. If your attack type matches the contest type, you will earn a gold star to excite the crowd. Sometimes your opponents' attacks will conflict with the contest type and the stars will go down. As I mentioned before you can choose from one of 3 judges to do your appeal for in each round. If you were the only one to perform an appeal for your chosen judge in that round, you will earn an extra 3 heart points to the heart points you earned for the attack you performed. If you are the first to appeal for this judge, you will see a smiley face icon appear in a thought bubble over the judge's head. If someone else performed before you for this judge, it will be a sad face. So here's how it works: - If you are the only one to make an appeal before your selected judge you earn 3 additional heart points. - If one other person appealed for the same judge before or after you, you get an additional 2 hearts. - If two others performed for the same judge, you get an additional 1 heart. - If everyone appealed for the same judge, then you get 0 additional hearts.

If you manage to score the 5th star on any of the 3 judges, this means you got the crowd going with full excitement, just like in R/S/E. In this case you will be awarded a 5 heart bonus for this. After 5 turns the round is over. Now onto the results! ______________________________________________________________________ |______________________ Super Contest Results! ________________________| After the 3 rounds are complete you are brought back on stage and the tallying begins. Depending on how well you did on each round will make your bar increase. Whosever bar has reached the farthest will be in 1st place. Congratulations! You've won a Ribbon! After the contest is over you will be escorted back to the main hall and change back into your normal clothing. Nurse Joy will then give you a new accessory if it is your first victory in that contest type and rank. Now go for the higher rank ribbons!! Good luck! ______________________________________________________________________ |____________ ShawnyChuu's thoughts on the Super Contests _____________| I honestly have a great deal of fun with the Super Contests. Unfortunately there are certain features I think could use a change or a complete omission. Firstly, the dressup portion. You have only one minute to dress your PoKeMoN up. Sounds fair right? Well in the Normal Rank you can only put 4 accessories on your PoKeMoN. But as you go to the higher ranks you are required to dress them up in even more accessories. By the time you reach the Master Rank, you barely have enough time to dress them up fully. And when you're at such a high rank, leaving off even one or two accessories means the major loss of attention from the crowd. This means you really have to speed things up. I will also note that during my experience playing, I feel rather rushed when doing this portion of the contest. So the results will come out sloppy as a result.

The dance competition round is really not needed. It just seems pointless to me somehow. And if you're not good with following the leader, it could really hurt your chances of winning the contest. The 1st two ranks the dancing is easy. But with the Hyper and Master Ranks it really gets a bit tedious, and I've often found myself missing a step or two.

My biggest gripe though is the Master Rank. They made it next to impossible to win. I myself have yet to earn a Master Rank ribbon. First off one of the contestents is a prominent figure in the PoKeMoN World. It could either be the Hearthome Gym leader, Fantina, Jasmine, the Gym Leader from Olivine City (G/S/C), or in some cases, your own mother! This alone sets the stage for a very difficult contest! So max out your PoKeMoN's stats, and dress them up fully! Maybe you can do what I have yet to do..get a Master Rank Ribbon! ^_^;;

Overall the Super Contests are a fun way to kill time while you're training for your next Gym match, or for you more serious trainers, a great way to really bring out your PokeMoN's full potential and a fun new way to raise your little monsters. Whatever the case may be, the PoKeMoN Super Contests are worth at least one shot! Who knows? Maybe it will inspire you to take a different path on your journey! In any case, good luck! _________________________________________________________________________ /|_______________________________________________________________________|\

,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.( s10. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS | :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ) `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

If you have any questions about the game, up to the point covered in theWalkthrough, please feel free to e-mail me and I will answer them for you. Iwill also post some questions I get on this FAQ.

I am writing this guide as I play the game, so I cannot answer any questionsthat are further into the game than I am (which is usually the point of theWalkthrough), I'm sorry.

QUESTION : How many new Pokemon are there?ANSWER : 107, bringing the total to 493. An odd number, I know...

QUESTION : Can this game trade with Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, etc?ANSWER : It can't do direct trades, but it can do one-way transfers from your GBA game to your Diamond or Pearl game. You can only do this after you have gotten the National Dex, by going to the Pal Park.

QUESTION : Will a _______ version of this work with a ________ Nintendo DS?ANSWER : Yes. The Nintendo DS and all of its games are Region-free, so a Nintendo DS will be able to play DS games of any language.

QUESTION : Can you trade between a Japanese Diamond and an American one?ANSWER : Yes, you can.

QUESTION : When is this game being released in Europe?ANSWER : June 30th, 2007.

QUESTION : What about Australia?ANSWER : June 21st, 2007.

QUESTION : Where is the Pokemon Day Care in this game? Where do I get Eggs?ANSWER : The Pokemon Day Care can be found in Solaceon Town.

QUESTION : I go and start a New Game, but it isn't letting me save!ANSWER : For some reason, you are now unable to save your game if you already have a save file. You'll need to erase your existing save file first. To do so, at the title screen (where it shows either Dialga or Palkia), hold in the following buttons:

UP + B + SELECT

You will then be asked if you wish to erase your saved game. If you say yes, you will erase the save, and will be able to start a New Game AND be able to save it.

QUESTION : What is the Pokerus?ANSWER : The Pokerus is a very rare virus that Pokemon can catch that increases the rate at which their stats grow. It has the same effect as giving a Pokemon the Macho Brace in Ruby/Sapphire, except without the decrease in Speed. On a more technical level, it doubles the EVs you get in battle. The Pokerus will spread to any Pokemon in your party that hasn't yet caught it, and the virus will go away after 24 to 48 hours, unless the Pokemon is kept inside of a Box in the PC. If you catch the Pokerus, it's strongly recommended that you spread it to other Pokemon, and then keep some of them in your PC so you can spread it as often as you like.

QUESTION : Can I complete the Sinnoh Dex with only one of the versions?ANSWER : Yes, you can! Although you cannot catch all 150 Sinnoh Pokemon in any one of the two games, you are able to SEE all 150 of them in either of the versions. Please read the following question for a list of where some tricky-to-find Pokemon can be found if you need to know where they're at.

QUESTION : Where do I find Drifloon (#65)?ANSWER : You can find a wild Drifloon every Friday, in the Valley Windworks,

but only after you've beaten Commander Mars. It is a sprite and not in the tall grass, so you shouldn't have any difficulty seeing it. The only Trainers that use Drifloon in Sinnoh are in Hearthome Gym, so if you missed out seeing one there, you will need to catch iton a Friday in the wild in order for it to count as being seen for your Sinnoh Dex.

QUESTION : Where do I find Cranidos (#36) or Shieldon (#38)?ANSWER : In Sinnoh Underground. Rarely, you may find a fossil down there. Take the fossil to the Oreburgh Museum and talk to the scientist, select the fossil you wish to revive, and then step outside for a second (make sure you have an empty slot in your party). Then, go back inside and talk to the scientist again and he will give you the revived fossil, at Level 20. Cranidos is in Diamond, and Shieldon is in Pearl.

QUESTION : Can I get more than one fossil per game?ANSWER : Yes. You can find an unlimited number of fossils in Sinnoh Underground.

QUESTION : Where do I find Combee (#53), Aipom (#63), or Burmy (#45)?ANSWER : Use one Honey on a golden tree (found all throughout Sinnoh), then wait 9 - 12 (more or less) hours. The tree should be shaking then. Examine the shaking tree and a fight will start, and one of the Pokemon there might be one of the said Pokemon. Saving before examining the tree and then resetting will not change the Pokemon that is in the tree, although it will change the Level and Gender of the Pokemon.

QUESTION : Where do I find Unown (#114)?ANSWER : This one gets asked a lot, surprisingly enough, but that's mainly because no Trainer in the game uses one. You can find Unown in the Solaceon Ruins (section 6.9.).

QUESTION : Where can I see Dialga (#149) or Palkia (#150)?ANSWER : You will fight, as well as get a chance to capture, Dialga in

Mt. Coronet before earning the 8th Badge in Pokemon Diamond. In Pokemon Pearl, you encounter Palkia instead. After beating the Elite Four, you can speak with an old lady in Celestic Town to see a picture of the one that you didn't encounter, which will count towards completing your Sinnoh Pokedex.

QUESTION : In battle, on the bottom screen, why are my Poke Balls shaking?ANSWER : It means that they're close in EXP to gaining a Level. Nothing more. I find that it's kind of helpful for letting me know who's close so I can gain that Level really quick.

QUESTION : If I were to transer my pokemon from one of the GBA games, would the hold item be transferred with it?ANSWER : Yes, every part of the Pokemon remains intact when you transfer it over to Diamond or Pearl by using the Pal Park. This includes its nickname, gender, held item, moves, stats, and so on.

QUESTION : Can you breed Legendary Pokemon? If so, how?ANSWER : The only Legendary Pokemon that is capable of breeding is Manaphy, and you can only breed it with a Ditto to produce Phione (which doesn't evolve into Manaphy). No other Legendary Pokemon is capable of breeding.

QUESTION : Where do I find the Electrizer or Magmarizer?ANSWER : You can only find them on wild Elekids or wild Magbys, and only very rarely. These Pokemon will only show up in the wild if you have FireRed (for Elekid) or LeafGreen (for Magby) inserted in the GBA slot of your Nintendo DS. Please check the section in the Evolving certain Pokemon section about them. (section 7.7.12.)

QUESTION : How do I move the Psyducks on Route 210?ANSWER : You have to get the SecretPotion from Cynthia in the Valor Lakefront first. To do this, make sure you've gotten 4 badges and gotten HM05 (Defog) from the person inside of the Great Marsh (right near the entrance), and then talk to the Galactic Grunt outside of the Great Marsh. Chase him all the way over to the Valor Lakefront (you have to actually chase him, not just Fly there) and then Cynthia will give you the SecretPotion.

QUESTION : Where do I find HM04 (Strength)?ANSWER : Do people actually check the ITEM LIST? Anyway, HM04 can be found in the Lost Tower on Route 209. Talk to the old ladies on the very

top and one of them will give you the HM.

QUESTION : How do I get Darkrai, Shaymin, or Arceus?ANSWER : Cheating or trading with someone who has cheated. These Pokemon are not available without the use of some form of cheating or hacking!

QUESTION : Where do I get an Eevee?ANSWER : You can get an Eevee by talking to Bebe in Hearthome City after obtaining the National Dex. She'll give you a free Eevee. She's in the house right next to the Pokemon Center.

QUESTION : Where is _________ item? Or _________ Pokemon?ANSWER : Press CTRL + F, type what you're looking for, and then use that to search the Walkthrough. Or you could actually try looking at the Useful Lists section of this Walkthrough (section 8.), which has all of that stuff listed.

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Please, if you have a question about something in the game, before asking meabout it, check the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS section that is literally rightabove this part here. Or check the appropriate section. Or, better yet, useCTRL + F to search this FAQ for what you're looking for.

Not saying that I won't do my best to answer your question, or that I'm meanand stingy, but I'm a lot less likely to respond to questions that are alreadyclearly covered in this Walkthrough.

Also, don't ask me for my friend code. I can't battle or trade with thebajillion people I get asking about it. Sorry.

And hey, remember, even simple "Thank you" letters really mean a lot. I'mserious. If this Walkthrough or my work has helped you out and you just wantto say thanks, know that it's always appeciated and ALWAYS makes me smile!

Anyway, here it is...

E-mail address:dp AT marriland DOT com

If that doesn't work (it should work now), please try this contact form:http://pokemon.marriland.com/contact.php

That usually does the trick.

You can also contact me on the following Instant Messaging programs:AIM: MarrilandMSN: marriland AT hotmail.com (NOTE: Do NOT send me e-mail here!)YIM: Marriland

You'll have to be REALLY lucky to see me on one of these, because I'm usuallytoo busy to chat, and now I'm sure there's probably fifty million people thathave added me... *gulp*

E-mailing me is your best bet. And even then, please understand that I amliterally receiving 80 - 100 e-mail messages a day. It's darn near impossibleto be able to respond to all of them. I'm just one guy, peeps. I'll try mybest, but please try to understand the position I'm in. It may take a weekbefore you get a response from me. If it's been longer than a week, feel freeto send me another e-mail (you can mention that your last one went unrespondedto, but please don't get all angry about it). Thank you for understanding.

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So you made it all the way down here now, did you? Excellent! Now you get tosee just what you wanted to see: credits!

I would like to give credits to the following people and/or entities(whichever you prefer to call them):

- Credits to Nintendo, The Pokemon Company, Game Freak, and Creatures Inc. forcreating a marvelous new Pokemon game!

- Credits to my websites, http://www.marriland.com and

http://pokemon.marriland.com, and all of their visitors, because withouteither of them, I certainly wouldn't have had the inspiration to write a FAQlike this! Check them out sometime, will 'ya? *shameless plug*

- Credits to pika and the others from Pokeguide(http://pokeguide.filb.de) involved in acquiring the sprites for allowing meuse of the sprites that they had ripped. Thanks a bunch, everyone!

- Credits to everyone on the GameFAQs Pokemon Diamond Message Board for beinghelpful, active, and providing great information when asked. Oh yeah, andyou're very entertaining too.

- Credits to Serebii.net for providing some insight on Pokemon, moves, andparticularly items.

- Credits to Pokemon Capture Room (http://pokemon.capture-room.com/) forproviding some useful information and Japanese references.

- Credits to http://www.poke-mon.jp and their wonderful coverage on PokemonDiamond and Pearl and insight on a lot of data, attacks, etc.

- Credits to everyone that has e-mailed me and helped me make corrections.

- Credits to Tom for pointing out the fact that I said Rock Slide instead ofRock Climb ... over a dozen times.

- Credits to Sora-kun for reminding me to fix the part saying that Routes 219,220, and 221 aren't yet covered by the walkthrough (which they now are).

- Credits to ShawnyChuu for writing up a very nice guide for Super Contestsand allowing me to use it in my Walkthrough!

- Credits to MetalMetriod997 for pointing out I had listed the wrong attacksfor Heatran.

- Credits to Pokexperto (http://www.pokexperto.net) for allowing use of theEnglish names over a month before they were supposed to be revealed,removing the frantic scramble of making the name-changes to the guide onApril 22nd.

- Credits to MyCheats (http://www.mycheats.com) for being the exclusive hostof the awesome stylized version of this Walkthrough, complete with picturesand video! You were awesome to work with!

- Credits to Tedm/Virus for writing a section of Wi-Fi Trading & Battling.

- Credits to Bulbapedia (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Main_Page)for being an amazing reference for exact game mechanics.

- Credits to the Prima Strategy Guide for providing a good reference forthings in the game and for actually having a really thorough item and attacklist available.

- Credits to EVERYONE that has e-mailed me with assorted information, data,corrections, bugs, strategies, and tons of other stuff to add to thisWalkthrough. I wish I could put all of your names here, but we're talkingliterally hundreds! Thank you all so much!

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