PPPPP OOOOOO K K EEEEE M M OOOOOO N N P P O O K K E MM MM O O NN N P P O O KK EEEEE M M M M O O N N N PPPPP O O K K E M M M O O N N N P O O K K E M M O O N NN P OOOOOO K K EEEEE M M OOOOOO N N ___ ___ / \ / \ |--O--|---------DIAMOND AND PEARL---------|--O--| \___/ \___/ VERSION 4.23 BY: JASON HOWELL EMAIL: HOWELLGAMES@GMAIL.COM +------------------------+ +--------+ || TABLE OF CONTENT || || 0001 || //======================================================================\\ || Name || Section # || \\======================================================================// || Table of Contents || 0001 || ||--------------------------------||----------------------------------|| || Version History || 0002 || ||--------------------------------||----------------------------------|| || Sinnoh Guide || A003 || || -Sinnoh Table of Contents || A001 || ||--------------------------------||----------------------------------|| || Post-National Dex || D001 || || -Getting the National Dex || D002 || || -Pal Park || D003 || || -The Old Chateau || D004 || || -Great Marsh || D005 || || -Trophy Garden || D006 || || -GBA Slot Pokemon || D007 || || -Swarms Pokemon || D008 || || -Pokerader Pokemon || D009 || ||--------------------------------||----------------------------------|| || Side Quests || 0A03 || || -Daily/Weekly Events || 0A04 || || -Other Side Quests || 0A05 || ||--------------------------------||----------------------------------|| || Legendary Pokemon || L001 || || -Giratina || L002 || || -Regigias || L003 || || -Cresselia || L004 || ||--------------------------------||----------------------------------|| || Wi-Fi Features Guide || W001 || || -Setting up a Connection || W002 || || -The Global Trade Station || W003 || || -Hacked Pokemon || W004 || || -Event Pokemon || W005 || || -Pokemon Center Wi-Fi || W006 || ||--------------------------------||----------------------------------|| || Breeding Guide || 0008 || || -The Basics || 00A8 || || -Chain Breeding || 00B8 || || -The Hatching Process || 00C8 || || -Egg Group List || 00D8 || || -Steps to Hatch || 00E8 || ||--------------------------------||----------------------------------|| || Items Guide || A009 || || -Item Table of Contents || 0009 || || -TMs and HMs || T009 || || -Poketech Programs || P005 || ||--------------------------------||----------------------------------|| || Raising Guide || R001 || || -Type FAQ || R002 || || -Abilities List || R003 || || -EV List || R004 || || -EXP Guide || R005 || || -Elite 4 EXP Guide || R006 || || -VS Seeker EXP Guide || R007 || || -Wild Pokemon Items Guide || R008 || || -Getting the Lucky Egg || R009 || || -Natures Guide || R010 || ||--------------------------------||----------------------------------|| || Move List || M00A || || -Move Table of Contents || M001 || ||--------------------------------||----------------------------------|| || Contest Guide || C001 || || -A Introduction to Contests || C002 || || -Berries and Poffins || C003 || || -The Super Contests || C004 || || -Accesory Locations || C005 || || -Berry List || C006 || ||--------------------------------||----------------------------------|| || Misc Guides || G001 || || -Shiny Pokemon || G002 || || -Pokerus || G003 || || -Deoxys Forms || G004 || || -Happiness Guide || G005 || || -Catch Rate/Catching Guide || G006 || || -PickUp Guide || G007 || || -Calculating EXP Gain || G008 || || -Exploiting the DS's Clock || G009 || || -Catching all the Pokemon || G010 || || -Mystery Gift Guide || G011 || || -Transfering Manaphy || G012 || || -Feebass and Milotic || G013 || || -Pokemart Items || G014 || || -Frequently Asked Questions || G015 || ||--------------------------------||----------------------------------|| || Battle Revolution Guide || PBR1 || || -Obtainable Items || PBR2 || || -Obtainable Pokemon || PBR3 || ||--------------------------------||----------------------------------|| || Pokemon Movesets || MVS1 || || -Submission Guidelines || MVS2 || || -The Pokemon || MVS3 || ||--------------------------------||----------------------------------|| || Pokedex: 001-151 || P001 || || Pokedex: 152-251 || P002 || || Pokedex: 252-386 || P003 || || Pokedex: 387-493 || P004 || ||--------------------------------||----------------------------------|| || Copyright and Credits || LGAL || \\--------------------------------------------------------------------// +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | !!! NOTE !!! | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Press either Ctrl and F (On Windows), or Apple Key and F (on Macs), | | to bring up a search box. Then, copy and paste the Section # or | | name to be taken to that section. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| VESION HISTORY |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0002/ ---- MAY 31, 2007 ~ JULY 26, 2007: Incomplete version. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- JULY 26 ~ AUGUST 11, 2007: Version 2.0 to Version 3.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- August 15, ~ September 6, 2007 Version 3.0 to Version 4.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- September 7, 2007: Today is sort of a happy day for me. One thing I was sort of scared about when I started this guide was writing a contest guide that had some decent info in it. Well, I am happy to say that I finally got the contest guide done (Even though it does lack examples of good Pokemon to use...I sort of went against my own examples while doing the contests and barely managed to squeak by the Master Rank in all 5 contest types). If anyone has any info on good Pokemon to use, feel free to send it in. Anywho, here are the updated: -Added the contest guide -Updated the section # for the Accesories locations and berry list. Next thing should be the Ribbon guide, and maybe a small guide in how to raise Milotic. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- September 8, 2007: Few changes: -Added a small note on Route 214 for people having trouble finding Cynthia -Corrected a few mistakes with the Natures list and updated it to a Natures Guide (Added a little bit of info on it) -A person was kind enough to email in a strategy on catching Cresselia. -Finally added the Pokemon Battle Revolution guide with items and the Pokemon obtainable in that game. -Added a Mystery Gift Guide -Added a guide on how to transfer Manaphy over to D/P. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- September 9, 2007: This was something I was planning on doing when I was close to finishing the guide, and since I am I decided to go ahead and add it. -Pokemon movelist section added. The movelist section is mostly my own personal movesets that I have either seen other people use with great success, or made myself. I also put a form up for anyone who may want to submit their own. I added 4 Pokemon, and I plan on adding more in the future. UPDATE #2: Added a few new things: -I seperated the Legendary Pokemon from the Post National Dex section and put them in their own seperate one. -Some of the section numbers have been updated -I updated the Feebass section from a small article to a misc guide about how to evolve it into Milotic as well. -Added Pokemart info for each city -Added the Pokemart Item section in the misc guides section -Added the Pokeradar Pokemon to the Post-National Dex section. +------------------------+ || SINNOH || +--------+ || TABLE OF CONTENT || || A001 || //---------------------------------++-----------------------------------\\ || Name || Section # || \\---------------------------------++-----------------------------------// || Route 201 || 00A3 || || Sandgem Town || 00B3 || || Route 202 || 00C3 || || Jublife City || 00D3 || || Route 203 || 00E3 || || Oreburgh Gate || 00F3 || || Oreburgh City || 00G3 || || Oreburgh Mine || 00H3 || || Oreburgh Gym || 00I3 || || Oreburgh Gate-Jublife || 00J3 || || Route 204 || 00K3 || || Floaroma Town || 00L3 || || Route 205 || 00M3 || || Eterna Forest || 00N3 || || Eterna City || 00O3 || || Eterna Gym || 00P3 || || Galactic Building || 00Q3 || || Route 206 || 00R3 || || Route 207 || 00S3 || || Mt. Coronet || 00T3 || || Route 208 || 00U3 || || Hearthome City || 00V3 || || Route 209 || 00W3 || || Lost Tower || 00X3 || || Solaceon Town || 00Y3 || || Route 210 || 00Z3 || || Route 215 || 0013 || || Veilstone City || 0023 || || Veilstone City Gym || 0033 || || Route 212 || 0043 || || Pastora City || 0053 || || Pastora Gym || 0063 || || Route 213 || 0073 || || Route 214 || 0083 || || Route 210 (Revisited) || 0093 || || Celestic Town || 0103 || || Hearthome Gym || 0113 || || Route 218 || 0123 || || Canalave City || 0133 || || Canalave Gym || 0143 || || Lake Valor || 0153 || || Lake Verity || 0163 || || Route 216 || 0173 || || Route 217 || 0183 || || Snowpoint City || 0193 || || Snowpoint Gym || 0203 || || Lake Acuity || 0213 || || Galactic Hideout || 0223 || || Mt. Coronet || 0233 || || Route 222 || 0243 || || Sunnyshore City || 0253 || || Sunnyshore Gym || 0263 || || Route 223 || 0273 || || Victory Road || 0283 || || The Elite Four || 0293 || \\-------------------------------------------------------------------// ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| SINNOH GUIDE |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \A003/ ---- As you begin the game, you will be asked for your name and gender, as well as the name for your rival. Be aware that once you make a choice, you cannot change it. Once you do begin the game, you will be on the top floor of your house(Your room). Go downstairs and your mother will tell you that your rival is looking to you. Head outside to continue (Although this is obvious information, the doors or exits usually have a place mat or stairs/elevator of some kind to mark where it is). As you can see, Twinleaf is a small town. There is a small puddle down south, but there is nothing you can get from it. There are three other houses in town; two of which have nothing in them. To get to your rivals house, go to the house that is in the northwest corner of town. Once you talk to your rival, go in his house to find out where he went. Head north to Route 201 to find your rival. He will then ask you to go with him to Verity Lake, which is to the left of where you are at now. Head there now. You will catch your first glimpse of the Prof. and his assitant, the opposite gen er you choose (Dawn if you are a male and Lukas if you are a female). Rowan will talk to you for a minute and then walk off without his briefcase with the starters in it. Suddenly, you will be attacked on both sides by wild Starly. You will now be able to choose your starter. Which one should you choose? Well, several factors come into play: *Do you know anyone else that has this game, and if so what starter did they get? Although you can get other starters via online trading, it would help to know what the other people around you have so you can get them a bit easier. *How experienced are you with previous Pokemon games? Turtwig evolves late at level 18, but evolves much earlier then the others at level 32 and has dual grass/ground type. Chimchar evolves earlier at level 14, but evolves like normal at level 36 and has fire/fighting type. Piplup evolves the latest at level 16, and then 36 with water/steel type. *Each have their own uses with gyms. Here is a example of each: +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | First Gym: Rock |(Turtwig and Piplup are strong, and Chimchar is | | | weak against it until it gains fighting moves | | | when it evolves) | |----------------------|-------------------------------------------------| | Second Gym: Grass |(Chimchar is the strongest here, while Piplup | | | is the weakest) | |----------------------|-------------------------------------------------| | Third Gym: Fighting |(None are strong here, although Chimchar has | | | a type advantage against the leader's Lucario) | |----------------------|-------------------------------------------------| | Fourth Gym: Water |(Turtwig is the strongest here, while Chimchar | | | is the weakest) | |----------------------|-------------------------------------------------| | Fifth Gym: Ghost |(None are strong here, although Turtwig's | | | evolutions are strong against Gengar. Also | | | noteable is Chimchar's evolutions fighting | | | moves are ineffective against ghost types) | |----------------------|-------------------------------------------------| | Sixth Gym: Steel |(Chimchar is very effective here, while Turtwig | | | is fairly weak) | |----------------------|-------------------------------------------------| | Seventh Gym: Ice |(Chimchar is effective here, although its | | | evolutions are weak against the leader's | | | Medicham. Turtwig is ineffective here). | |----------------------|-------------------------------------------------| | Eighth Gym: Electric |(Turtwig's evolutions are very strong here, | | | while Piplup is weak here) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ As you can see, Chimchar is the most effective type-wise against the Gyms, while Turtwig comes in second. Piplup is not very effective in most of the gyms. Anywho, you should easily be able to KO the Starly that attacked you. Once that happens, the Prof.'s Assistant will show up and take the briefcase back. You will then automatically go back the way you came and enter a cutscene with the Prof. Once that is done, you will be on Route 201. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| ROUTE 201 |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00A3/ ---- /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Starly |Both |50% |50% |40% |Normal | |Bidoof |Both |50% |50% |60% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Nidoran Male |Both |20% Diamond, 2% Pearl |PKMN Radar| |Nidoran Female |Both |2% Diamond, 20% Pearl |PKMN Radar| |Doduo |Both |40% |Swarm | |Growlithe |Both |8% |FireRed | \------------------------------------------------------------/ Not much to do here. Since you have no Pokeballs at this point, all you can do is battle for experience (It is recommended you get your starter to at least level 8 or so right now). There are no trainers here, either. However, you can get a handy potion from the guy in the grass near Sandgem Town. Once you are finished here, head to the right to get to Sandgem Town ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| SANDGEM TOWN |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00B3/ ---- Pokemart Items: /-------------------------------------------\ |Item Name |Price | |--------------|----------------------------| |Poke Ball |200 | |Potion |300 | |Antidote |100 | |Paralyze Heal |200 | \-------------------------------------------/ As soon as you enter town, Prof. Rowan's assistant will escort you to his lab, where you will get the Pokedex. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | !!! NOTE !!! | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | The Pokedex on the save screen now shows the Pokemon seen instead | | of caught. This comes into play later on after you beat the story | | mode of the game. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Once you exit his lab, you will get shown around town. Unfortunately, there is not much you can do at this point, although you can buy Pokeballs and Potions, so stock up for the road ahead. You can also head on the beach to Route 219, but you can't do much besides get a Antidote. You may want to check out the Pokemon Center as well and heal up. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | !!! NOTE !!! | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | You cannot do wireless trade at this point. You will need to at | | least get the 1st badge before you can access the downstairs | | section of Pokemon Centers. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Head North to Route 202 to continue. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| ROUTE 202 |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00C3/ ---- /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Bidoof |Both |30% |30% |30% |Normal | |Shinx |Both |30% |30% |30% |Normal | |Starly |Both |30% |40% |20% |Normal | |Kricketot |Both |10% |- |20% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Zigzagoon |Both |40% |Swarm | |Sentret |Both |22% |PKMN Radar| |Growlithe |Both |8% |FireRed | \------------------------------------------------------------/ As soon as you enter the Route, Rowan's Assistant will show up and show you how to catch Pokemon and give you 5 Pokeballs. Now is also a good time to catch some Pokemon. Starly and Shinx are both great additions to your team, so try to catch them before you move on. Bidoof and Kricketot, though... Catch them for the Pokedex, at least. Also, there are some trainers on the route. Nothing too major: mostly in the 2-5 level range, so you may want to level up a little bit. You can also get a Potion in the grass near the entrance to Jublife City. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| JUBLIFE CITY |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00D3/ ---- Pokemart Items: /-------------------------------------------\ |Item Name |Price | |--------------|----------------------------| |Poke Ball |200 | |Potion |300 | |Antidote |100 | |Paralyze Heal |200 | |Heal Ball |300 | |Air Mail |50 | \-------------------------------------------/ Ah, your first big city. Jublife may be one of the towns you visit the most later on because of the GTS (Located to the left of the Pokemon center, past the Trainer's School), but you cannot access it until you get your first Gym Badge. So, for now, head to the Pokemon center and heal yourself up and go to the Pokemon Center and buy some items. Once you are ready, head to the trainer school. Inside, you will see your rival. Talk to him to give him the parcel and he will give you a town map in exchange (Granted, it is sort of useless...). You can read the blackboard for some tips, and you can battle the two trainers to the right for a TM (no. 10, Hidden Power. Sort of useless in battle, in truth). The next thing you should do if talk to the man in the street in between the Pokemon Center and the Trainer School. He will tell you to find three clowns and answer several questions for a prize. Here are the location of the clowns (They are dressed in yellow and have Jesters hats): -In front of the Pokemart (Directly north of the Pokemon Center) -In front of the Jublife TV station (Directly north of town) -In front of the Poketech Company (Directly Northwest of town) As far as I remember, I do not remember getting a wrong answer (I said yes to all three and got the questions right. If anyone got anything different, email me). Once you get a right answer, you will get a Poketech coupon. Once you get all 3 Poketech coupons, go talk to the man to the left of the Pokemon center and he will give you a Poketech. This device will allow you to do several things on the touch screen that can be upgraded over time. However, at this point, you only have the first few Apps, so it is only good for time right now. Before you leave, you may want to go to Route 218 a bit early (Route 218 is west of Jublife). Inside the gatehouse on your way there, you can pick up a old rod from the fisherman. While is pretty much only catching Magikarp, it might be a good idea to pick a Magikarp early if you do not have a Water Pokemon (Keep in mind that Magikarp itself is pretty much useless. Its evolution at lv 20, Grads, is a very powerful Pokemon). Once you have gotten some Pokeballs and potions from the Pokemart and have seen everything you wanted in Jublife, head east to Route 203. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| ROUTE 203 |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00E3/ ---- /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Bidoof |Both |15% |15% |15% |Normal | |Abra |Both |15% |15% |15% |Normal | |Shinx |Both |25% |25% |25% |Normal | |Starly |Both |35% |45% |25% |Normal | |Kricketot |Both |10% |- |10% |Normal | |Zubat |Both |- |- |10% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Cubone |Both |40% |Swarm | |Ralts |Both |20% |PKMN Radar| |Kirlia |Both |2% |PKMN Radar| |Seedot |Both |8% |Ruby | |Lotad |Both |8% |Sapphire | |Pineco |Both |8% |Emerald | \------------------------------------------------------------/ As soon as you enter the Route, you will be challenged by your Rival. By now, your Pokemon should be in the 6-10 lv range, so go train if they are not. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Rival | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Starly lv 7 (Normal/Flying) | |Starter: lv 9 (Fire type Chimchar if you choose Turtwig, Water type | | Piplup if you choose Chimchar, Grass type Turtwig if you | | choose Piplup). | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: Your Rival is at a fairly high level this early in the game, his | | Starly alone can cause problems if you choose Turtwig. The best way| | to take down his team at this point is to have a Shinx at around | | lv 6-7, your own Starly around the same level, and your starter | | at lv 8 or above. Shinx does not have any major electric moves | | at this point, but he is one of the more powerful Pokemon at this | | Point. Starly learns Wing Attack at lv 9, which can wipe out his | | Pokemon is only a few hits. Your starter should be kept in reserve | | and as a last option at this point. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Once you beat him, you will be able to continue. There are 5 trainers on this Route, so it may be a good time to level up for the upcoming Gym. Also, try to catch a Abra if you can at this point if you have someone that you can trade with. It is also a good idea to catch Shinx at this point if you have not. Once you are done on this route, continue east to the Oreburgh Gate.. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| OREBURGH GATE |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00F3/ ---- 1st Floor: /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Zubat |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Geodude |Both |80% |80% |80% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |None | \------------------------------------------------------------/ At this point, you cannot do much in this small cave. Talk to the hiker when your first enter to get HM 06, Rock Smash (Although you cannot use it at this point until you get the first badge). Geodude and Zubat are both common, both being a excellent addition to your team (Zubat's final evolution Crobat is a very good Poison/Flying type that would serve well as your main Poison Pokemon, and Geodude's final evolution Golem does well in most situations, but you will need to trade to get him). There are also some low level trainers here that you can't avoid, so make sure you use a Pokemon that needs the EXP. Head east until you reach the exit to Oreburgh City. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| OREBURGH CITY |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00G3/ ---- Pokemart Items: /-------------------------------------------\ |Item Name |Price | |--------------|----------------------------| |Poke Ball |200 | |Potion |300 | |Antidote |100 | |Paralyze Heal |200 | |Heal Ball |300 | |Net Ball |1000 | |Tunnel Mail |50 | \-------------------------------------------/ Not much you can do at this point. Your rival is blocking the way to the Oreburgh Gym and tells you that the gym leader is not in right now. The Oreburgh Museum does not have much in it until you have some fossils from The Underground. The second condominium near when you first entered has a woman that will trade you a Abra for a Machop: a good deal if you cannot find one yourself (Although it cannot learn any level up moves until it evolves at lv 16, you can teach it TMs and HMs). Also, the Pokemon Center will now have the downstairs center open, allowing you to trade and battle people online. Once you are ready to continue, head down south to the Oreburgh Mine. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| OREBURGH MINE |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00H3/ ---- /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Onix |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Geodude |Both |70% |70% |70% |Normal | |Zubat |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |None | \------------------------------------------------------------/ The only new Pokemon at this point is Onix, which is not quite a good choice at this point of the game (Catch anyway for the Pokedex if you do see one, though). Your main goal here is to go down to the basement and talk to the Gym Leader, Roark. He is located at the southern part of the basement area of the mine, next to two breakable rocks. Once you talk to him, he will return to the gym. At this point, there is much to do inside the mine besides train against wild Pokemon. You should be at least in the 10s range for all of your Pokemon. Once you are done in the mine, return to Oreburgh and head to the Gym. Keep in mind that he specializes in Rock and Ground type Pokemon, so water and grass Pokemon are good at this point. Only problem is the only Grass and Water Pokemon at this point are your starters... ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| OREBURGH GYM |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00I3/ ---- Fairly simple for a gym. You can either challenge the two trainers by going straight up (They are good EXP, and you cannot fight them once you beat the gym), or you can go up the steps on your left, over the bridge, and up the steps on your right, and then head to the Gym Leader. Make sure you bring several Potions before you fight him, and head to the Pokemon Center if you fought the other trainers. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Roark | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Geodude lv 12 (Rock/Ground) | |Onix lv 12 (Rock/Ground) | |Crandios (Rock) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: Roark is similar to Brock and Roxanne from the previous games, | | although much harder. His signature move is Stealth Rock: a move | | similar to Spikes that damages your Pokemon when you switch out. | | Geodude is his easiest Pokemon, absorb from Turtwig and bubble | | from Piplup work well on him. His next Pokemon is Onix, which is | | sort of a tougher Geodude with a higher defense. Same strategy | | works well with him. His final Pokemon is Crandios: a powerful | | fossil Pokemon with a high attack (Headbutt is brutal at this | | point). The best Pokemon to use against him is a Geodude with the | | move Magnitude (Rock is weak against Ground, although Geodude | | learns it at lv 15). Its also good to note that if your starter | | isn't evolved, there is a good chance he will not last long against| | his Crandios (Especially Chimchar). If you are having a hard time, | | make sure you do not use any flying or electric types like Starly | | and Shinx and try to evolve your starter as soon as you can. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Once you beat Roark, you will get the Coal Badge and TM76 (Stealth Rock). There isn't much else to do at this point you can head up to Route 207 and catch a Machop early (They are fairly common. Personally, though, Machop's final evolution Machamp is sort of meh at this point and not all that useful down the road). Once you are done in Oreburgh, head back to the Oreburgh gate (You will also see your Rival near the entrance). ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| OREBURGH GATE |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00J3/ ---- Basement Floor: /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Zubat |Both |60% |60% |60% |Normal | |Geodude |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Psyduck |Both |30% |30% |30% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |None | \------------------------------------------------------------/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | !!! NOTE !!! | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | You will need Rock Smash and a Pokemon that can use Rock Smash | | before you can continue in this section | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Note that the following is optional (Skip on ahead to the Jublife section after this one if you want to continue), but I will cover it anyway. You can now break the rocks to the north of the Oreburgh Gate and enter the first half of the basement. The basement is not all that different. You can now find wild Psyduck somewhat early at this point (Not the best water Pokemon in the game), and you can get some Stardust and TM 70 (Flash, although you can buy it later in the game. Not to mention Flash is fairly useless in battle). After you get all that, you cannot continue further until you get a bike and surf. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| JUBLIFE CITY |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ Now that you have the first badge, you can now enter the TV station and the GTS (Since you do not have that many Pokemon in your Pokedex at this point, it is sort of pointless. However, you might want to get a Crandios if you are playing Pearl, it will help quite a bit). You can also get a new Poketech App by talking to the President of the Poketech Company on the first floor of the building to the northwest. Once you are ready to continue, head up directly North foe find Rowan and his assistant being pestered by some oddly dressed people. Its also time for your first 2-on-2 trainer battle. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: 2 Team Galactic Grunts | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Zubat lv 9 (Poison/Flying) | |Wurmple lv 7 (Bug) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: Even though this is a easy battle, it is noteable for being one of | | the few 2-on-2 event battles in the game. Rowan's Assitant will | | have a lv 13 starter that is the weaker type of your own (Turtwig | | if you have Chimchar, Chimchar if you have Piplup, and Piplup if | | you have Turtwig). Your partner will always choose his/her own | | attacks and you will technically have two targets at once. They | | will also have two attacks of their own, so be prepared. Zubat goes| | down with Electric and Psychic (Only types you really have at this | | point), and Wurmple goes down with Fire. Still, this is a easy | | battle... | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Once that is over, heal up and head up to Route 204. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| ROUTE 204 |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00K3/ ---- ======================= ||South of Route 204 || ======================= /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Bidoof |Both |25% |25% |25% |Normal | |Starly |Both |25% |35% |25% |Normal | |Shinx |Both |15% |15% |15% |Normal | |Budew |Both |25% |25% |15% |Normal | |Kricketot |Both |10% |- |10% |Normal | |Zubat |Both |- |- |10% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Ralts |Both |20% |PKMN Radar| |Kirlia |Both |2% |PKMN Radar| |Caterpie |Both |8% |FireRed | |Weedle |Both |8% |LeafGreen | |Seedot |Both |8% |Ruby | |Lotad |Both |8% |Sapphire | |Pineco |Both |8% |Emerald | \------------------------------------------------------------/ Another no-thrills route. Not much is different with the available Pokemon besides being able to catch Budew (Pre-evolution to Roselia, may want to pick up if you do not have Turtwig). You can also pick up TM 39 (Rock Tomb) and TM 09 (Bullet Seed) from the Route and the upcoming Ravaged Path. ================ ||Ravaged Path|| ================ /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Psyduck |Both |2% |2% |2 % |Normal | |Geodude |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Zubat |Both |78% |78% |78% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |None | \------------------------------------------------------------/ The Ravaged Path is too small a place to give too much detail on (Although you can get some more items later on once you can surf). Just make sure you have a Pokemon that can use Rock Smash and head to the right. ====================== ||North of Route 204|| ====================== /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Bidoof |Both |25% |25% |25% |Normal | |Starly |Both |25% |35% |25% |Normal | |Shinx |Both |15% |15% |15% |Normal | |Budew |Both |25% |25% |15% |Normal | |Kricketot |Both |10% |- |10% |Normal | |Zubat |Both |- |- |10% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Sunkern |Both |22% |PKMN Radar| |Seedot |Both |8% |Ruby | |Lotad |Both |8% |Sapphire | |Pineco |Both |8% |Emerald | \------------------------------------------------------------/ Once you exit, you will be back on Route 204. Head up to the north to reach Floaroma Town. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| FLOAROMA TOWN |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00L3/ ---- Pokemart Items: /-------------------------------------------\ |Item Name |Price | |--------------|----------------------------| |Poke Ball |200 | |Potion |300 | |Super Potion |700 | |Antidote |100 | |Paralyze Heal |200 | |Awakening |250 | |Burn Heal |250 | |Ice Heal |250 | |Escape Rope |550 | |Repel |350 | |Heal Ball |300 | |Net Ball |1000 | |Bloom Mail |50 | \-------------------------------------------/ A fairly dead town for the most part. Head to the Flower Shop past the Pokemart to get the Sprayduck from a woman inside (Used to water berries in soft soil). Heal up at the Pokemon center and head east to Route 205. ============= ||Route 205|| ============= You won't be able to get far on the Route. Team Galactic Grunts are standing guard on the bridge to the north, meaning you cannot continue. Head right to the Valley Windworks instead ==================== ||Valley Windworks|| ==================== /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Pachirisu |Both |25% |25% |25% |Normal | |Bidoof |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Shellos |Both |30% |30% |30% |Normal | |Buizel |Both |35% |35% |35% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Elekid |Both |8% |FireRed | |Electrike |Both |40% |Swarm | |Mareep |Both |22% |PKMN Radar| \------------------------------------------------------------/ Although the Windworks themselves are your main target, there are a few new Pokemon worth noting. Buizel is a water type, although he is a bit... meh. Shellos, however, will be very handy later on (Water/Ground, same type as Quagsire and has resistance to electric attacks. Get him if you do not have a Piplup). Parchirisu is a horrible electric Pokemon, so only catch him for the Pokedex. Once you are ready, go talk to the Grunt to engage in battle. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Team Galactic Grunt | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Glameow lv 11 (Normal) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: Not that big of a challenge. Fighting types work well, but Glameow | | goes down pretty quickly either way. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Once you defeat him in battle, he will run into the Windworks and lock the door. Head back to Floaroma Town at this point. ================= ||Floaroma Town|| ================= Heal up and head to the upper left corner to find that the Galactic Grunts are now gone. Enter the Floaroma Meadow. =================== ||Floaroma Meadow|| =================== As soon as you enter, you will see two Galactic grunt harassing a man. Go up the steps to battle them. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Team Galactic Grunt | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Wurmple lv 9 (Bug) | |Silcoon lv 9 (Bug) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: Still not much of a challenge. I don't remember Silcoon having any | | attacks, so it is easy EXP. Wurmple is pretty much the same as the | | one you fought earlier. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ After that one, you will fight a second Grunt. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Team Galactic Grunt | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Zubat lv 11 (Poison/Flying) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: Nothing new. If you were able to defeat Zubats earlier, then you | | can kill this one in just a few moves. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Once they are both defeated, you will get some Honey and the Works Key. Head back to the Valley Windworks. ==================== ||Valley Windworks|| ==================== Now that you have the key, you can go inside. Before you fight the Galactic Commander, you will have to fight several Grunts (4 total). Before you fight the commander herself, make sure you heal at a Pokemon Center. Head to the backroom to start the battle. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Commander Mars | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Zubat lv 14 (Poison/Flying) | |Purugly lv 16 (Normal) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: While it may seem like her Zubat is normal, it knows Toxic: A move | | that will increase in power over time as long as you are poisoned. | | If you do get poisoned, try to heal as soon as you knock it out. | | Purugly is a little bit of a tank, but will go down quickly if your| | starter is at its second stage. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Once you defeat her, they will clear out of the Windworks. Drifloon will also start showing up outside on Fridays (There will be one you can talk to right outside, they only appear once every week and do not appear in the grass. Once you are done with that, continue back to Route 205. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| ROUTE 205 |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00M3/ ---- South of Route 205 (Before entering Eterna Forest) /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Pachirisu |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Bidoof |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Shellos |Both |45% |45% |45% |Normal | |Buizel |Both |35% |35% |35% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Hoppip |Both |22% |PKMN Radar| |Elekid |Both |8% |FireRed | \------------------------------------------------------------/ North of Route 205 (After entering Eterna Forest) /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Pachirisu |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Bidoof |Both |45% |45% |45% |Normal | |Shellos |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Buizel |Both |35% |35% |35% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Slowpoke |Pearl |22% |PKMN Radar| |Hoppip |Diamond |20% |PKMN Radar| |Skiploom |Diamond |2% |PKMN Radar| |Lotad |Both |8% |Sapphire | \------------------------------------------------------------/ Same Pokemon that was at the Windworks. You will run into several trainers on the route, although your main goal is to head up to the Eterna Forest. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| ETERNA FOREST |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00N3/ ---- /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Wurmple |Both |30% |30% |20% |Normal | |Silcoon |Diamond |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Beautifly |Diamond |2% |2% |2% |Normal | |Cascoon |Pearl |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Dustox |Pearl |2% |2% |2% |Normal | |Budew |Both |29% |29% |19% |Normal | |Buneary |Both |19% |19% |19% |Normal | |Murkrow |Diamond |- |- |20% |Normal | |Misdreavus |Pearl |- |- |20% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Metapod |Both |8% |FireRed | |Kakuna |Both |8% |LeafGreen | |Seedot |Both |8% |Ruby | |Pineco |Both |8% |Emerald | |Nincada |Both |22% |PKMN Radar| \------------------------------------------------------------/ Pretty much every Pokemon in the forest is new, several you want to catch. However, as soon as you enter the forest, you will be forced to team up with a trainer named Cheryl. Although you had a partner battle before, here is some basics: -When you encounter a wild Pokemon, two of them will appear at once. You cannot throw a Pokeball until one of them faints. It may be a good idea to catch Pokemon after you get to Eterna. -When you have a party member and exit the way you came in, they will wait at the entrance and rejoin you the next time you enter. -You cannot surf or use rock climb while a trainer follows you. -After each battle, yours and the trainers Pokemon will be fully healed. If any are knocked out, they are revived. With that out of the way, its good to note that Chansey is a very weak Pokemon, usually healing itself or you in battle most of the time. However, it is at lv 15, which isn't too bad. Also, its a good idea to wait until later to catch Pokemon since you will have to faint one before you can throw Pokeballs and the trainer will still attack that Pokemon. Another thing to note is Eterna forest is filled with trainers lined up to have double battles. Even if you talk to just one, it will still be a double battle. To exit Eterna Forest: from the entrance, go right, then up, and then right again. Head down, then to the right, and then up, and then to the left and up again. If you get lost, just remember to keep going forward on the path. Eventually, you will hit two cut-table trees (Although you can't cut them yet since you do not have the badge or HM yet). If you head right from those trees, you will be out of the Forest and Cheryl will leave your party. Now that she is gone, it may be a good time to catch some Pokemon. Wurmple and its evolutions are a bit weak, so only catch them for the Pokedex. Buneary is a decent normal type and somewhat better then Bidoof and such. Diamond players can get a Murkrow, which now has a new evolution (Plus, it is a flying/Dark type, which is fairly good considering the lack of dark types in the game). Pearl players can get Misdreavus, a fairly decent ghost type (Granted, I still think Gengar is a bit better). Once you are done in the forest, head over to the other side of Route 205. ================================ ||Route 205 (Eterna City side)|| ================================ The Pokemon are pretty much the same, so there is no real point unless you want to level up. A few fishermen on the bridge as well you can fight. Once you are done, head east to Eterna City. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| ETERNA CITY |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00O3/ ---- Pokemart Items: /-------------------------------------------\ |Item Name |Price | |--------------|----------------------------| |Poke Ball |200 | |Potion |300 | |Super Potion |700 | |Antidote |100 | |Paralyze Heal |200 | |Awakening |250 | |Burn Heal |250 | |Ice Heal |250 | |Escape Rope |550 | |Repel |350 | |Heal Ball |300 | |Net Ball |1000 | |Nest Ball |1000 | |Air Mail |50 | \-------------------------------------------/ Herbal Shop: /-------------------------------------------\ |Item Name |Price | |--------------|----------------------------| |Heal Powder |450 | |Energypowder |500 | |Energy Root |800 | |Revival Herb |2800 | \-------------------------------------------/ First things first: head over to the Pokemon center and heal up. Second thing to do is head to the house next to the Pokemon center and talk to the old guy inside to get a Explorer Kit (You have to get it before you can leave town). You can also now head to the underground and start digging for items (Keep in mind that some things won't appear until you get the National Dex). Head up north of the Pokemon Center to meet a young lady named Cynthia. She will give you HM 01 (Cut), although you cannot use it quite yet. You can also head over to the Herb Shop and buy some cheaper medicine, although it will lower your Pokemon's friendship with you. Next to the Pokemart is a Condominium where you can trade a Buizel for a Chatot (A flying/normal type you will not see until much later in the game. Not all that great for battle, though). Once you are ready, head over to the Eterna City Gym in the lower right corner. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| ETERNA GYM |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00P3/ ---- Eterna's Gym is sort of a odd one. Instead of trying to avoid trainers to get to the leader, you will have to fight 3 trainers before you can fight the leader herself. The bad? They will appear hidden one at a time and you have to fight them in order. Here are their locations: -The first is hidden by a tree near the gym leader's area. To reach it: head up to the gym leader's green platform and then turn to your right. Go down the path that leads south on the right path and you will find the trainer at the bottom on the right side. -The second trainer is located in the Southwestern path. From the first trainer, go back up and then go left and then down the path. She will be at the end, somewhat hidden by trees. -The third trainer is in the northeastern path. From the entrance of the Gym, head on the first right path and then keep going up until you reach the end. She will be hidden by a tree. Once you beat all 3 trainers, the Gym Leader will appear to the very North of the gym. Make sure you have a few healing items (Like items that can cure Paralyze and potions) and heal up at the Poke center. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Gardenia | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Cherubi lv 19 (Grass) | |Turtwig lv 19 (Grass) | |Roserade lv 22 (Grass/Poison) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: Both her Cherubi and Turtwig are fairly weak, flying Pokemon such | | as Starly and Murkrow can make quick work of them (As well as | | Chimchar). Roserade is a bit more powerful, being a final evolution| | and 3 levels above the others. If you have a Kadabra or Alakazam, | | now would be the time to use them (Psychic moves are effective | | against poison types). Flying types also work well, since they are | | somewhat resistant against grass attacks. I don't remember her too | | well, but I think she used a mixture of poison and paralyze | | attacks. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Once you beat her, you will get the Forest Badge and TM 86 (Grass Knot). Now that you are done with the Gym, you can continue on your quest. If you have not yet gone to the northern part of Eterna City, go there now to get HM 01 (Cut) from Cynthia (The blond lady). There is also a herb shop you can buy bitter medicine from. Once you have cut, teach it to a Pokemon and cut down the trees near the spikey building at the north part of town (To cut, either press A and select yes for the Pokemon that knows cut, or go into the Pokemon menu and select it). Also note that you will need the Gym Badge from this town before you can use cut. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| GALACTIC BUILDING |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00Q3/ ---- Pretty straightforward for the most part. Your main goal is to get to the 4th floor, while battling Galactic Grunts along the way. Fortunately, you can avoid most of the grunts in the building, but they are decent EXP if you need it. The first floor has 2 grunts you will need to fight to proceed (Near the staircase). Second floor has all the grunts at computers, so you can avoid pretty much all of them. Third floor has a grunt near the entrance, so you cannot avoid that one. Finally, on the 4th floor, you will fight Commander Jupiter. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Commander Mars | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Zubat lv 18 (Poison/Flying) | |Skuntank lv 20 (Poison/Dark) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: Zubat is the same as always, use the same tactics you used on the | | previous ones. Skuntank is a bit different, though. Because of its | | Dark type, it cancels out Poison's weakness to Psychic. If you have| | Monferno, it should go down quickly to Fighting attacks. Otherwise,| | use your best attacker. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ After you beat her, you will rescue the Bike Shop owner, who will then give you a free bike! Now that everything in Eterna City is out of the way, its time to continue to Route 206. However, make sure you have the Explorer Kit from the old man before leaving, or you will be stopped by a lady telling you to go get one. Heal at the Pokemon center, and go south to Route 206/Cycling Road. (Also, make sure you have a Pokemon that knows Rock Smash) ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| ROUTE 206/CYCLING ROAD |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00R3/ ---- /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Geodude |Diamond |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Geodude |Pearl |35% |35% |35% |Normal | |Stunky |Diamond |25% |25% |25% |Normal | |Kricketot |Both |10% |- |- |Normal | |Kricketune |Both |10% |10% |20% |Normal | |Ponyta |Both |35% |45% |25% |Normal | |Bronzor |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Zubat |Both |- |- |10% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Nosepass |Both |40% |Swarm | |Baltoy |Both |22% |PKMN Radar| |Gligar |Both |8% |Emerald | \------------------------------------------------------------/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | !!! NOTE !!! | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | You need the Bike to access the Cycling Road. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Note that All the Pokemon on this Route are below the Cycling Road. However, you will need cut to get to them. Anywho, if you have seen 30 Pokemon for your Pokedex, Rowan's assistant will give you the very handy EXP share (Attaching it to a Pokemon gives a percentage of shared EXP from battle, as long as it doesn't fight itself and isn't knocked out). There are some trainers on route 206, although they are all fairly weak. Once you get to the bottom of Route 206 and exit the building, you can cut the right tree and enter the bottom part of Cycling Road. It may be a very good idea to catch a Bronzor for later, since it will be a powerhouse once it evolves. You can also enter the Wayward cave, although there isn't much to do right now (Especially since you do not have flash). Once you are done, head to Route 207. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| ROUTE 207 |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00S3/ ---- /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Machop |Both |35% |35% |25% |Normal | |Kricketot |Both |10% |- |10% |Normal | |Geodude |Both |55% |55% |55% |Normal | |Zubat |Both |- |- |10% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Phanapy |Both |40% |Swarm | |Stanler |Pearl |22% |PKMN Radar| |Larvitar |Diamond |22% |PKMN Radar| |Gligar |Both |8% |Emerald | \------------------------------------------------------------/ As soon as you enter Route 207, Rowan's assitant will greet you and play a little guessing game. No matter what, you will always get both the VS Seeker and the Dowsing Machine. The VS Seeker serves the same purpose it did in FR/LG (To attract trainers that are on routes), while the Dowsing Machine is a fancy name for the itemfinder Poketech APP. You can head down to Oreburgh City via the mud ramp, but you will need the Bike in the higher speed gear to go back up. There are several well hidden trainers on the route that you can fight by going near the mud slope and head on the right path, but it doesn't lead anywhere but to a few items. Once you are ready, head on the right path and enter Mt. Coronet. (Once again, make sure you have a Pokemon that can do rock smash). ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| MT. CORONET |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00T3/ ---- /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Geodude |Both |20% |30% |30% |Normal | |Meditite |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Machop |Both |25% |25% |25% |Normal | |Chingling |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Cleffa |Both |25% |5% |5% |Normal | |Zubat |Both |10% |20% |20% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Water Pokemon |Enconter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Magikarp |100% |Old Rod | |Magikarp |65% |Good Rod | |Barboach |35% |Good Rod | |Zubat |90% |Surfing | |Golbat |10% |Surfing | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Gyarados |65% |Super Rod | |Whiscash |35% |Super Rod | |Solrock |8% |Ruby | |Lunatone |8% |Sapphire | \------------------------------------------------------------/ Several new Pokemon to catch. Meditite is a useful Fighting/Psychic Pokemon that can help curve a few of its weaknesses, so you may want to consider it if you do not have a decent fighter. Chingling is a new Pre-evolved form of Chimecho, a rare Pokemon from Ruby and Sapphire. However, it is somewhat weak, so only catch it for collecting purposes. Cleffa is somewhat hard to find, but it can also be useful. While it is hard to evolve (You need to level it up via friendship, and then again with a rare Moon stone), its final form Clefable is a decent Stage 2 Pokemon that can learn a variety of moves via TMs and HMs. Anywho, your first trip through Mt. Coronet will be a short run. In fact, there is only one route through the cave that you can go on. Once you get up to the stairs, you will meet a mysterious man dressed in similar clothes to the Galactic grunts you have been fighting. Once that is done, continue on the route through the cave. Also note that you will run into rocks you will need Rock Smash for, so if you took my advice earlier you should have no major problems. Once you are done in the cave, you will be on Route 208. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| ROUTE 208 |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00U3/ ---- /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Bidoof |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Bibarel |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Meditite |Both |20% |20% |10% |Normal | |Machop |Both |20% |20% |10% |Normal | |Zubat |Both |- |- |20% |Normal | |Psyduck |Both |30% |30% |30% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Dunsparce |Both |40% |Swarm | |Tyrogue |Both |22% |PKMN Radar| |Zangoose |Both |8% |Ruby | |Seviper |Both |8% |Sapphire | \------------------------------------------------------------/ Few more new Pokemon. Bibarel is the evolved form of Bidoof, which is fairly useless in battle outside as a HM slave (Catch one if you don't plan on having a full team or want a quick Pokemon to teach HMs to). Psyduck is a old favorite, although it and its evolved form Golduck are not exactly the strongest water Pokemon available. Anywho, once you exit the route, you will find that you are in a weird mountain section of the route with several trainers. However, many of them you cannot even reach until you have the Surf and Rock Climb HMs. Once past the mountain section, you will be in a grassy area with several trainers, a house, and a entrance to Hearthome City. If you are collecting berries, head to the house and talk to the old man inside to get a berry (He gives you one each day randomly). Once you are done on the route, head to Hearthome City. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| HEARTHROME CITY |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00V3/ ---- Pokemart Items: /-------------------------------------------\ |Item Name |Price | |--------------|----------------------------| |Poke Ball |200 | |Potion |300 | |Super Potion |700 | |Antidote |100 | |Paralyze Heal |200 | |Awakening |250 | |Burn Heal |250 | |Ice Heal |250 | |Escape Rope |550 | |Repel |350 | |Heal Ball |300 | |Net Ball |1000 | |Nest Ball |1000 | |Heart Mail |50 | \-------------------------------------------/ A huge city with quite a bit to do! Well, not right now, at least. While there is a Gym, you cannot enter it until later. In fact, head to the contest hall right now for a cute little scene with your mother and a Contest Judge. Afterward, you will get a fashion case and a tux (Male) or dress (Female). You will also be able to compete in Pokemon contests now, although it isn't recommended at this point. However, you may want to get the Poffin case right now, if you really want. Head to the house that is to the far right of the Pokemart, and talk to the old guy inside. He will give you a Poffin Case (and a Poffin itself, if I remember correctly). To make Poffins, you have to go to the Poffin House that is to the left of the Pokemart. Basically, you will need berries, and a stylus to make them (sort of a mini-game, I'll explain it later). Also, if you want egg Pokemon, head to the southeastern part of Hearthome and talk to the hiker. He will give you a egg that will hatch into a Happiny after 10,000 or so steps. Happiny is the new Pre-evolved form of Chansey, and can be a very devastating Pokemon if you raise it to a Blissey. Consider it if you want a stall Pokemon on your team. If you are up to make some more money, you might want to take a quick swing by the Amity Square (Located north of Hearthome). Its not mandatory, but you might want to check it out anyway. ================ ||Amity Square|| ================ While it may seem like a waste of time, Amity Square has a very helpful item called the Amulet Coin. To enter, you must have one of the following: -Pikachu -Clefairy -Psyduck -Pachirisu -Happiny -Buneary -Drifloon Psyduck, Pachirisu, and Buneary are all ready available Pokemon that you can find easily at this point in the came (Psyduck being the nearest you can catch). Drifloon only appears at the Windworks on Fridays, and Clefairy and Pikachu are a little rare to find. Anywho, the main thing you want to do here for now is get the Amulet Coin, which is in one of the old building things to the north. The Amulet Coin is a item that, when attached to a Pokemon and that Pokemon battles, you will get double the cash after you win. Good for high paying trainers and Elite Four battles. =================== ||Hearthrome City|| =================== Once you have seen everything you want to see in Hearthome, head to the Southwestern gate (Make sure you heal at a Pokemon center first). You will then fight your rival for the second time. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Rival | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Team 1 (If you choose Turtwig) | |Starly lv 19 (Normal/Flying) | |Buizel lv 20 (Water) | |Roselia lv 20 (Grass/Poison) | |Monferno lv 21 (Fire/Fighting) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Team 2 (If you choose Chimchar) | |Starly lv 19 (Normal/Flying) | |Roselia lv 20 (Grass/Poison) | |Ponyta lv 20 (Fire) | |Prinplup (Water) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Team 3 (If you choose Piplup) | |Starly lv 19 (Normal/Flying | |Buizel lv 20 (Water) | |Ponyta lv 20 (Fire) | |Grotile lv 21 (Grass) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: So far, your rival will be the strongest battle in the game to | | this point. So, lets look at his weaknesses. | | | | Starly is nothing at this point, although it is at a higher level | | then what you are used to. Electric from a Luxio should bring it | | down swiftly. | | | | Buizel is also another common Pokemon. Once again, a decent level | | Luxio should have no issue taking it down, if not a grass Pokemon. | | | | Roselia is a piece of cake after you fought Gardenia. Fire, ground | | and Psychic take care of it (Ice does too, but there is no ice | | Pokemon at this point). | | | | Ponyta is a interesting Pokemon. Not only is it fast, but it is one| | of 2 fire Pokemon families available in Pre-national Dex Sinnoh. | | Water and Ground take care of it easily. | | | | Monferno is going to be a headache if you do not have any flying | | or water types. If you have a Gyrados (it should have at least | | Dragon Rage at this point), you should have no problems. | | | | Prinplup is pretty much a stronger Buizel. Nothing too special. | | Luxio should take care of him easily, if not a grass Pokemon. | | | | Grotile is also a stronger Roselia, so same tactics against it. | | However, you do not have any fire Pokemon at this point, so | | flyers work best. | | | | Recommended Pokemon for this battle include: a Luxio that is at | | least lv 17 or higher. A Gyrados that is at least lv 20 (Obviously)| | a grass Pokemon such as Budew/Roselia or Grotile, a flying Pokemon | | such as Staravia, and any starter you might have. You might want | | to bring some potions along just in case. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Once you beat your rival, you will be able to continue to Route 209. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| ROUTE 209 |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00W3/ ---- /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Starly |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Staravia |Both |15% |25% |15% |Normal | |Bibarel |Both |35% |45% |35% |Normal | |Bonsly |Pearl |25% |5% |5% |Normal | |Mime Jr. |Diamond |25% |5% |5% |Normal | |Chansey |Both |5% |5% |5% |Normal | |Zubat |Both |- |- |10% |Normal | |Gastly |Both |- |- |10% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Snubble |Both |40% |Swarm | |Tauros |Both |20% Diamond, 2% Pearl |PKMN Radar| |Milktank |Both |2% Diamond, 20% Pearl |PKMN Radar| |Vulpix |Both |8% |LeafGreen | \------------------------------------------------------------/ Rare Pokemon galore! Lets break it down: Mime Jr is the pre-evolved form of Mr. Mime, but can only be caught in Diamond (Diamond players may want to pick one up if they did not get Bronzor earlier). Bonsly is the pre-evolved form of Sudowoodo, a rare Pokemon in earlier games. However, it is somewhat weak, so I would not recommend picking it up. Chansey are rare, but they sometimes carry the rare item lucky egg, and commonly carry Happiny's evolution item (the Oval Stone). May want to raise it from the Happiny egg you got earlier, though. Staravia make its first appearance, although it is recommended you train it from a Starly. Finally, there is Gastly, which can only be found at night. You can find plenty later, so avoid catching it for now. Route 209 is a...interesting route. Not only does it have a bunch of trainers, but they all have some fairly rare Pokemon. Your main goal is to get to Solaceon Town, but you may want to stop at the lost tower on the way, since it has a item you will need much later. You can find the tower to the right before entering Solaceon. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| LOST TOWER |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00X3/ ---- 1st and 2nd Floors: /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Gastly |Both |50% |50% |40% |Normal | |Zubat |Both |50% |50% |40% |Normal | |Murkrow |Diamond |- |- |20% |Normal | |Misdreavus |Pearl |- |- |20% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |None | \------------------------------------------------------------/ 3rd Floor: /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Gastly |Both |50% |50% |40% |Normal | |Zubat |Both |49% |49% |39% |Normal | |Golbat |Both |1% |1% |1% |Normal | |Murkrow |Diamond |- |- |20% |Normal | |Misdreavus |Pearl |- |- |20% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |None | \------------------------------------------------------------/ 4rd Floor: /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Gastly |Both |50% |50% |40% |Normal | |Zubat |Both |45% |45% |35% |Normal | |Golbat |Both |5% |5% |5% |Normal | |Murkrow |Diamond |- |- |20% |Normal | |Misdreavus |Pearl |- |- |20% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |None | \------------------------------------------------------------/ 5th Floor: /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Gastly |Both |50% |50% |40% |Normal | |Zubat |Both |40% |40% |30% |Normal | |Golbat |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Murkrow |Diamond |- |- |20% |Normal | |Misdreavus |Pearl |- |- |20% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |None | \------------------------------------------------------------/ Fans of older Pokemon games may recognize this as a smaller Pokemon tower. Not only can you catch ghost and dark Pokemon that were exclusive to Eterna forest until now, but you can also get Gastly, the prevailed form of Haunter and Gengar. If you have someone that will trade with you, pick one up! It can be one of your main Pokemon later in the game, and can win you some major battles. Anywho, there are a bunch of trainers, many of which you cannot avoid. Also, pick up every item you can if you are training a Happiny. One of them is a Oval Stone, the item you need to evolve it into a Chansey. Anywho, the real reason you are here is to get HM04, Strength. To get it, go to the 5th and final floor and talk to the old lady on the left. While you cannot use it outside of battle right now, it can be used as a powerful move in battle, and you will need it much later. Once you are done, head back down to the bottom (or use a escape rope) and head to Solaceon Town. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| SOLACEON TOWN |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00Y3/ ---- Pokemart Items: /-------------------------------------------\ |Item Name |Price | |--------------|----------------------------| |Poke Ball |200 | |Potion |300 | |Super Potion |700 | |Antidote |100 | |Paralyze Heal |200 | |Awakening |250 | |Burn Heal |250 | |Ice Heal |250 | |Escape Rope |550 | |Repel |350 | |Dusk Ball |1000 | |Net Ball |1000 | |Nest Ball |1000 | |Air Mail |50 | \-------------------------------------------/ For such a small town, you will be here quite a bit once you beat the Elite 4. Why? Well, the Day Care is here! If you want, you can leave a Pokemon there right now and pick it up later. While you won't get any EV's from it, you can put two compatible Pokemon in the center and trade them on the GTS (even better if you have a female starter). You can also get a breeding APP from the guy in the Pokemon Day Care when you talk to him, which tracks the level of any Pokemon in the daycare and if they have a egg. Anywho, there are a few other things you can do while you are here. The house next to the Pokemon Center is a News Press that is looking for someone to show them a certain Pokemon per day. Note that the Pokemon is random and usually from the Sinnoh Dex, so it can be a Pokemon you might have never met before. If you show the person the right Pokemon, he will give you 3 of any of the common balls out there (Can be anything from Pokeballs to Ultra balls, including balls such as Luxury Balls). You can also get a sticker case from the lady to the right of town. Simply go up to the edge of town, and go right. Go past the first hedges, and go to the second ones you seen and jump down. Jump down the next set of hedges to reach a house with a boy and lady inside. The lady will give you a sticker case, and the boy will give you a sticker for each Unown you catch (More on that later). You can also enter the Solaceon Ruins (Head to the right of town, and then head to the very last set of hedges. Jump down three times until you are near a tree). There isn't much there besides one single new Pokemon: Unown. Fans of G/S/C/FR/LG might recognize this rather useless Pokemon. However, there isn't much to really do at this point in the ruins. Once that is out of the way, heal at the Pokemon center and head up to Route 210. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| ROUTE 210-SOUTH |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \00Z3/ ---- /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Ponyta |Both |30% |50% |30% |Normal | |Geodude |Both |30% |30% |30 |Normal | |Kricketune |Both |10% |10% |30% |Normal | |Bonsely |Pearl |25% |5% |5% |Normal | |Mime Jr. |Diamond |25% |5% |5% |Normal | |Chansey |Both |5% |5% |5% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Tauros |Both |20% Diamond, 2% Pearl |PKMN Radar| |Milktank |Both |2% Diamond, 20% Pearl |PKMN Radar| |Zangoose |Both |8% |Ruby | |Seviper |Both |8% |Sapphire | \------------------------------------------------------------/ The Pokemon are pretty much the same as 209, although you can now encounter wild Ponyta. If you did not pick up Chimchar, you might want to pick one up, since it is the only fire type from now until getting the national Pokedex that is a fire type. While you do not need the bike per se, it is a faster solution to get up the mud slopes then going around in the grass. Once you get to the top, you will find the route blocked by a flock of Psyduck that you cannot move at this point. Next to it is a Cafe that has some trainers in it and sells Moo Moo milk for 500 P. Once you are done here, go right and enter route 215. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| ROUTE 215 |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0013/ ---- /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Ponyta |Both |30% |40% |20% |Normal | |Geodude |Both |35% |25% |25% |Normal | |Abra |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Kadabra |Both |15% |15% |15% |Normal | |Kricketune |Both |10% |10% |30% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Drowzee |Both |40% |Swarm | |Mightyena |Diamond |22% |PKMN Radar| |Houndoom |Pearl |22% |PKMN Radar| |Gligar |Both |8% |Emerald | \------------------------------------------------------------/ Abra and Kadabra! If you have a friend you can trade with, then you can get Alakazam, one of the best non-legendary Psychic types in the game. However, you might want to pick up Kadabra anyway, since it still is a strong psychic type (although with weak HP). Route 215 can be a bit confusing. Not only is there a bunch of trainers on the route, but it is always raining (which does the same effect as using the rain dance move). Not only is fire weak on this route, but Thunder is now 100% effective and water attacks are much more powerful. Anywho, the route is fairly confusing at first, but here is what you should do to get to the end: go up the first set of steps and over the bridge, and go down. Head down and to the right and head up the steps to the next bridge. Head over the bridge and go down. From there, the route is fairly straightforward. Head to Veilstone afterward. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | !!! NOTE !!! | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | The two trainers near the end of the route are good EXP. | | Fight them if you are weak, since a gym is coming up soon. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| VEILSTONE CITY |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0023/ ---- Veilstone Department Store First Floor (Normal Trainer Items) /-------------------------------------------\ |Item Name |Price | |--------------|----------------------------| |Potion |300 | |Super Potion |700 | |Hyper Potion |1200 | |Max Potion |2500 | |Poke Ball |200 | |Great Ball |600 | |Ultra Ball |1200 | |Revive |1500 | |Antidote |100 | |Paralyze Heal |200 | |Burn Heal |250 | |Ice Heal |250 | |Awakening |250 | |Full Heal |600 | |Escape Rope |550 | |Clefairy Doll |1000 | |Repel |350 | |Super Repel |500 | |Max Repel |700 | |Flame Mail |50 | |Space Mail |50 | |Bubble Mail |50 | |Grass Mail |50 | \-------------------------------------------/ Veilstone Department Store Second Floor (EV and Temporary Stat items) /-------------------------------------------\ |Item Name |Price | |--------------|----------------------------| |HP UP |9800 | |Carbos |9800 | |Zinc |9800 | |Calcium |9800 | |Iron |9800 | |Protein |9800 | |X Attack |500 | |X Defend |550 | |X Speed |350 | |X Special |350 | |X Sp. Def. |350 | |X Accuracy |950 | |Guard Spec |700 | |Dire Hit |650 | \-------------------------------------------/ Veilstone Department Store Third Floor (TMs) /-------------------------------------------\ |Item Name |Price | |--------------------|----------------------| |TM 14 (Blizzard) |5500 | |TM 15 (Hyper Beam) |7500 | |TM 16 (Light Screen)|2000 | |TM 17 (Protect) |2000 | |TM 20 (Safeguard) |2000 | |TM 22 (Solar Beam) |3000 | |TM 25 (Thunder) |5500 | |TM 33 (Reflect) |2000 | |TM 38 (Fire Blast) |5500 | |TM 52 (Focus Blast) |5500 | |TM 54 (False Swipe) |2000 | |TM 70 (Flash) |1000 | |TM 83 (Natural Gift)|2000 | \-------------------------------------------/ Veilstone Department Store Fourth Floor (Base Accesories) /-------------------------------------------\ |Item Name |Price | |--------------|----------------------------| |Chatot Doll |3000 | |Buizel Doll |3000 | |Mime Jr. Doll |2000 | |Mantyke Doll |3000 | |Bonsly Doll |2000 | |Munchlax Doll |2000 | |TV |4500 | |Yellow Cushion|500 | |Cuboard |1000 | |Refridgerator |1000 | |Pretty Sink |3000 | \-------------------------------------------/ Veilstone Department Store Fifth Floor (Vending Machines) /-------------------------------------------\ |Item Name |Price | |--------------|----------------------------| |Fresh Water |200 | |Soda Pop |300 | |Lemonade |350 | \-------------------------------------------/ For fans that remember Celadon and Goldenrod, Veilstone is pretty much the same. Not only does it have a giant department store, but it also has a game corner for slots. In truth, you can't do much up north of the city until you beat the gym leader. Grunts will block you way until then. You can go to the department store and get some good items, including great balls and vending machine drinks at the very top (These are the same at potions, but are much cheaper). Stock up on a few before you head out. You can get a Pokemon massage in the southwestern part of town, in the house on the left, for free. Not only that, but you will also get items for contests each time you do it. The items themselves are random, and you can only do it once a day. On the house to the right of the grooming lady is a house that you can get the coin case. Talk to the clown inside and choose the correct hand to get it (I think it is random. If you get the wrong hand, talk to him again). Not much else you can do. There are stones to the right that have no purpose unless you have Deoxys (A event Pokemon you won't have at this point, or maybe never). Once you are ready, head to the gym for your 3rd gym battle. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| VEILSTONE GYM |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0033/ ---- Fighters! Not only that, but a bunch of weird things you have to slide around. To get to the gym leader, you have to do the following +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | !!! NOTE !!! | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | There is 6 little arena areas in the gym in a 3 x 2 position. I | | personally go right to left, so the first arena will be the | | one to the lower right, while the second will be the one on the | | middle right. Here is a small diagram of what I mean) | | | | [6] [4] [2] | | [5] [3] [1] | | | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ================ ||First Slider|| ================ *In the first arena, slide the first slider to the right. *In the second arena, slide the first slider to the right. *Go around to the left side of the first arena and slide the slider to the right. *Go to the left of the second arena and slide the slider to the right. *Head to the right of the first and second arenas and slide the slider that is blocking your way to the second one to the left. *Continue to the top of the second arena and slide the slider at the top to the left. *Head to the left of the second arena via the path you created and press the first slider near the gym leader to the left. ================= ||Second Slider|| ================= -Head to the 3rd arena and slide the first slider to the left. -Head up to the middle of the 3rd and 4th arena and slide the slider to the left. -Head to the left of the 3rd arena and slide the slider to left. -Head to the left of the 4th arena and slide the slider to the left. -Head to the left of the 5th arena and slide the slider to the right. -Head to the left of the 6th arena and slide the slider to the right. -Head up the right side of the 6th arena via the path you created and slide the second slider near the gym leader to the right. Once that is all done, head up the path you created on the 3rd and 4th arenas to the gym leader, Maylene. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Maylene | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Meditite lv 27 (Psychic/Fighting) | |Machoke lv 27 (Fighting) | |Lucario lv 30 (Fighting/Steel) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: For such a small gym leader, she can be very hard as hell to | | defeat. Two of Maylene's Pokemon are somewhat resistant against | | Psychic attacks, and one of them is resistant against flying | | attacks. Lets analyze her Pokemon. | | | | Meditite is her first and weakest Pokemon. It is a Psychic/Fighting| | Pokemon, so it cancels out Fighting's weakness against Psychic and | | can still strike ghosts. Best thing to do against Meditite is use | | a flying type like Starvaria. | | | | Machoke is the second of her Pokemon, and is the only pure fighter | | on her team. If you caught a Kadabra earlier, then use it against | | Machoke. Flyers also work well, as well as ghost types such as | | Gastly/Misdreavus. | | | | Lucario is the strongest on her team, and a real pain in the ass | | to take down. Not only does its Steel type make it hard for | | Psychics and Flyers to take down, but its drain punch can take out | | most things in one to two hits, and heal itself. You will need a | | strong fire type, a Ponyta or Monferno work well. If not, Gyrados | | and Dragon Rage can help. Ghosts can also work to some extent. | | | | Recommended Pokemon include Starvaria at at least lv 27, Gyrados | | at about lv 25 or more, Ponyta or Monferno at lv 27 or more, | | Haunter at lv 28 or more, and Kadabra at lv 28 or more. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Once you beat her, you will get TM60 (Drain Punch) and the Cobble Badge. When you exit the gym, Rowan's assistant will come up and ask you for aid, since Team Galactic stole her Pokedex. Head to the Pokemon center to heal up, and then head up to the north part of Veilstone via the left path to see Rowan's assitant and a couple of grunts. Double battle time! /--------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Galactic Grunts | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: (Trainer 1) | |Beautifly lv 25 (Flying/Bug) | |Stunky lv 25 (Dark/Poison) | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon (Trainer 2) | |Dustox lv 25 (Bug/Poison) | |Croagunk lv 25 (Poison/Fighting) | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: Another fairly hard fight, mostly because Rowan's Assistant choose | | a crappy Pokemon to fight with (I think he/she had other Pokemon, | | but I do not remember exactly). Clefairy is pretty much useless, and| | can only put others to sleep using sing, using metronome, or using | | the weak Double Slap Attack. | | | | In terms of the Galactic Pokemon, they are fairly annoying. | | Fortunately, if you have a Psychic Pokemon, you can take out 2 of | | the 4 easily. Beautifly and Dustox go down with fire attacks, so | | use Monferno if you have him. Stunky is the pre-evolved form of | | Stuntank, a Pokemon you fought earlier via a admin, so use the same | | tactics you used against Stuntank. Croagunk is a new one, being one | | of the only Pokemon with the Poison/Fighting type. Psychic works | | great on it, and so does Ground attacks. | \--------------------------------------------------------------------------/ After you beat the galactic grunts, they will give Dawn back her Pokedex. You will also now have access to the warehouse, where you can pick up HM02 (Fly), a powerful flying move that is similar to the move Dig. At this point, you should head back to Heartrome and go on the now opened Route 212 (Which is south of the city). ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| ROUTE 212 |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0043/ ---- Near Hearthome: /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Budew |Both |30% |30% |30% |Normal | |Roselia |Both |15% |15% |15% |Normal | |Starly |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Starvia |Both |15% |25% |5% |Normal | |Kricketune |Both |20% |10% |30% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Smeargle |Both |22% |PKMN Radar| \------------------------------------------------------------/ Near Pastora: /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Wooper |Both |30% |30% |30% |Normal | |Bibarel |Both |35% |35% |25% |Normal | |Roselia |Both |25% |25% |15% |Normal | |Kricketune |Both |10% |10% |30% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Grimer |Both |22% |PKMN Radar| |Lotad |Both |4% |Sapphire | |Lombre |Both |4% |Sapphire | |Ekans |Both |8% |FireRed | \------------------------------------------------------------/ Not much in the way of Pokemon. You can catch a Roselia easy now, so you might want to do so if you need a decent grass type. Wooper is also available, which evolves into Quagsire: similar to Shellos in many ways. The route itself is very interesting, since it is split into two parts: The long stretched route from Hearthome that has security guards lurking around that will battle you at night (A trainer type back from GSC!), and Pokemon Mansion, a place where you can find some rare Pokemon. You can visit there now, if you wish, but we will cover that later. The second part of the route is raining like it was in Route 215, and now has mud to annoy you. In truth, there is not much else on the route besides Pokemon Mansion, so head on over to Pastora as soon as possible. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| PASTORIA CITY |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0053/ ---- Pokemart Items: /-------------------------------------------\ |Item Name |Price | |--------------|----------------------------| |Poke Ball |200 | |Great Ball |600 | |Potion |300 | |Super Potion |700 | |Revive |1500 | |Antidote |100 | |Paralyze Heal |200 | |Awakening |250 | |Burn Heal |250 | |Ice Heal |250 | |Escape Rope |550 | |Repel |350 | |Super Repel |500 | |Nest Ball |1000 | |Dusk Ball |1000 | |Quick Ball |1000 | |Air Mail |50 | \-------------------------------------------/ Pastora is a interesting place. Not only does it have the 4th gym, but it also has the Great Marsh, the unique Safari game designed for DP. Anywho, the Move Tutor is also located in this city. He will teach a Pokemon any move it can learn as long as it has the proper level. However, you will need a heart scale found in the underground, or wild Luvdisc (Which cannot be found until much later). Ignore him for now. The scarf man is a person found in the eastern most house, near the gate to Route 213. He will give you certain scarfs if your Pokemon's contests stats are maxed out in a certain area. Once again, not exactly something you can do now. The Great Marsh is a optional place you can hit for several exclusive Pokemon. Like the previous safari games, you get 30 balls for 500P and around 500 steps to find certain Pokemon. The Pokemon change each day, and some Pokemon can only be found in the great marsh (Like Croagunk). Also, you might want to pick up the HM05 that the very first person you see in the GM will give to you (A crappy HM that is very similar to Flash, and can only be used mostly by birds). You will need it later, though. There is also a berry lady in a house near the entrance to Route 212. She will give you one of the newer berries each day, so you might want to talk to her every day if you have been collecting berries. Once you are ready, head to the Gym. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| PASTORA GYM |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0063/ ---- Well...Crap...Another annoying gym. This time, you have to press certain buttons to make the water rise and fall. To get to Crasher Wake, here are the directions: -From the start, head forward and go on the left path and hit the Yellow button to make the water drain all the way. -From there, head down the steps to your right and then head on the path until you are on a platform near the gym leader with a fisherman, and a green button. Press it. -Ignoring the yellow button, head on the right path and continue to a platform with a sailor and a blue button. Press it. -Head on the only path available and hit the green button at the end. -Head to your right, and press the yellow button to drain it all the way. -Continue down the northern path and head to the platform that has a sailor and a blue button on it (near the gym leader). Press it. -Finally, head right, ignoring the green button, and walk up to the gym leader. One recommendation is that you take care of all the trainers first, and then go heal and come back and do the puzzle. Once you are ready, fight Crasher Wake. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Crasher Wake | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Gyrados lv 27 (Water/Flying) | |Quagsire lv 27 (Ground/Water) | |Floatzel lv 30 (Water) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: Maybe its just me, or Crasher Wake was always a pushover when | | compared to your last gym battle (Doesn't help that his Pokemon | | are the same levels). Anywho, lets break it down for you. | | | | Gyrados may be the most powerful Pokemon on his team. Gyrados does | | not take as much damage from Grass attacks as other water Pokemon, | | but takes almost crippling damage from electric attacks. Luxio | | can take out Gyrados almost instantly if he is at a decent level. | | | | Quagsire is pretty much the opposite. It does not take ANY damage | | from electric attacks due to its ground type, but takes crippling | | damage from grass types due to its dual water/ground type. Grotile | | or Torterra should be able to take if out easily. If you don't have| | either, then use your strongest attacks on him. | | | | Even though Floatzel is his highest level Pokemon, its his weakest | | Pokemon. Both electric and grass Pokemon do high damage to Floatzel| | and it can pretty much be taken out by most higher level Pokemon | | (Your Pokemon should at least be lv 25-32.) | | | | Recommended Pokemon include: Luxio at at least lv 28 or so, Grotile| | or Torterra at lv 28 and up, and possibly a backup of some sorts | | (Such as Pikachu/Raichu, or a Roselia) at around lv 25 or so. | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | A reader named John was kind enough to send in this strategy: | | | | "Hi there, | | | | Just submitting an easier way to beat Crasher Wake than on your | | guide. It requires the following: | | -10+ Super Potions (shouldn't ever be without those anyway) | | -2+ persim berries / lava cookies / full heals | | -1x TM25 (Thunder) | | -And one level 23 Gyarados (so it knows Dragon Rage) | | | | Technique: | | | | VS. Gyarados: You have 83 HP, and he doesnt have a whole lot more. | | Use dragon rage twice, then two Super Potions. If he uses swagger, | | immediately use a persim berry/lava cookie/full heal. Once he has | | around 50-60% of his HP left, use Thunder. It wiped him out in one | | hit for me. (Editor Note: One thunder should be enough to take out | | Waker's Gyarados, in my humble opinion...) | | | | VS. Quagsire: Dragon Rage is your friend. If you got swaggered 3 | | or 4 times vs. Garayados, use tackle as well, since it'll do decent| | damage. Drops in about 3-4 hits depending on if Wake uses a super | | potion on it (which he did against me). | | | | VS. Floatzel: 1x Dragon Rage, 1x Thunder... if it's still alive and| | kicking after that, tackle it. Should end the battle around level | | 24.5-25, depending how far into 23 you were when you started, with | | only using one pokemon, and not even a high level one at that. | | Result ;)" | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | Man, Wake must be a popular Gym Leader! After the above was | | submitted, another reader (A bit mad about the strategy above) | | sent this strategy in (Note, it has been edited for clarity, | | grammar, punctuation, and such. Also, he adivises this be used | | for Monferno users): | | | | "Okay for one not to make whoever made the lil guide for the | | battle with crasher wake feel bad. its just not easy and nor | | is it any good." | | | | For one Dragon rage does 40 dmg regardless of stats... so if you | | used 2 on his gyarados chances are you wont need to use thunder | | just Dragon Rage it again. | | | | Plus seeing as Gyarados is Water/Flying its 2.5x the dmg if you | | use any electric attack so a thunder from any pokemon around lvl | | 20 is gonna fry that badboy up in 1 hit. So he made another | | mistake... Swagger wont increase the damage that Dragon Rage does | | either. Plus its a death wish for yourself. | | | | Using this guys strategy means using alot of super potions which | | means youll need more than 10 which will cost you cash you need. | | And it still probably wont see you through the match for one his | | Gyarados would probably be faster and by the time you got 2 Dragon | | Rages done and tried to heal he would have you locked in a healing | | spree and there is no end to that. | | | | Now for Quagsire: I'm sorry, but it doesnt work either. What he | | said is just bogus info. Dragon rage does only 40 dmg no more, no | | less and if you get swaggered that much your probably already had | | Gyarados faint. I'll end it here. | | | | Floatzel: If you did manage to get here again it should only take | | 1 thunder, no Dragon Rage at all which still at 23-24. You dont | | have any speed to compete with a floatzel and you did, you still | | would not have the power to actually 1 hit it so you get hit with | | Brine and probably be fainted again. | | | | Let me break it down right now into how the battle should go | | | | Gyarados: Luxio lvl 27: Spark-done he fainted | | | | Quagsire: Any pokemon with a grass attack... Monferno with Grass | | Knot works well here it should be a one shot hit if | | you've been training right. | | | | Floatzel: Luxio again spark- after a couple hits he should go down | | respectively | | | | Look, Wake is a really an easy gym even if you chose Monferno. If | | he is at around lv 27-28, he should be enough for Quagsire and any | | smart player would know that Monferno with a grass move just makes | | him all the better as a starter choice. You dont need to spend a | | dime on this battle unless you have not trained a bit. | | | | | | Its a good thought and might have worked for him but it is much | | harder that he realizes and yours is quicker and easier of the | | two. Again, no offense but Ive been playing since R/B/Y... I know | | what I am talking about. | | | | Gym leader battle (previous easier strat) 5-10 minutes at least | | Gym leader battle (my strat) 1-3 minutes easy. | | | | Cost: Depends on how much you use with his... over 10k at most | | Cost: Depends on how much you use with mine... 2k at most | | | | Faster, easier, and less cost. Sorry to John, but keep trying to | | improve your strats. | | | | Sorry, didn't mean to make anyone feel bad. You can post this as a | | strat for Monferno users to include their starter into the battle | | and making Quagsire take some heavy blows. Im not flaming, i'm | | just stating the obvious. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ After you beat Wake, you will get the Fen Badge and TM55, Brine. You will also notice that the gym is still filled up with water. Well...thats your problem (Hint: use the nearest yellow button and go from there). Update: A reader was kind enough to send me this message: "Hi Jason, I read your faq/walkthrough on gamefaqs, that's a really fantastic one. It helps me very much. But here I want to tell you something you've got wrong. After beat the Pastora Gym, you don't need to step any button to get out. Just get out of the Gym by walking around the outer wall. There is a way connected the entrance and the boss platform when the water is full." So yeah, appearntly, you can exit the Gym much easier that way. Head to the Pokemon center and heal, and then go near the Great Marsh (Get HM05 if you have not yet) and talk to the Galactic Grunt. He will run away, and then you will run into your rival. RIVAL FIGHT! /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Rival | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Team 1 (If you choose Turtwig) | |Starly lv 26 (Normal/Flying) | |Buizel lv 25 (Water) | |Roselia lv 25 (Grass/Poison) | |Monferno lv 28 (Fire/Fighting) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Team 2 (If you choose Chimchar) | |Starly lv 26 (Normal/Flying) | |Roselia lv 25 (Grass/Poison) | |Ponyta lv 25 (Fire) | |Prinplup lv 28(Water) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Team 3 (If you choose Piplup) | |Starly lv 26 (Normal/Flying | |Buizel lv 25 (Water) | |Ponyta lv 25 (Fire) | |Grotile lv 28 (Grass) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: For some very strange reason, your rival has the EXACT same team | | he did last time, only about 6-8 levels stronger. The fight is | | so similar, that I won't even write a strategy for it. Fight him | | the same way you did back in Hearthome. If you beat Wake pretty | | easily, you should have no trouble. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ After that mild annoyance is out of the way, go heal at the Pokecenter and head on over to Route 213. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| ROUTE 213 |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0073/ ---- /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Buizel |Both |30% |40% |30% |Normal | |Floarzel |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Wingull |Both |20% |20% |10% |Normal | |Shellos |Both |40% |40% |50% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Absol |40% |Swarm | |Swellow |22% |PKMN Radar| \------------------------------------------------------------/ Route 213 is a pretty unremarkable route. So unremarkable, that the only major new Pokemon is Wingull, a poor man's Gyrados. Catch it if you want, and continue. Your main goal here is to pester the Galactic Grunt. Keep walking on the route, and you will eventually find yourself on the beach. There is also a house here that you can get a ribbon from if your Pokemon has a high friendship rating with you, but you may want to ignore that for now. Talk to the grunt on your way and he will run off again. Continue on down the beach until you find a entrance...To a resort? ==================== ||Hotel Grand Lake|| ==================== If you want, you can heal yourself at the gatehouse by talking to the guard. You can also get a new TM called Trick Room, which makes your Pokemon go first for 5 turns (May want to save it for later. Don't want to waste it on a useless Pokemon). There is also a Restaurant here with changing trainers. However, it closes fairly late at night, so you might not be able to do much here. Talk to the grunt near the restaurant, and he will run off. Head north of the resort to find Route 214. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| ROUTE 214 |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0073/ ---- /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Stunky |Diamond |15% |15% |15% |Normal | |Sudowoodo |Pearl |15% |15% |15% |Normal | |Geodude |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Gravler |Both |15% |15% |5% |Normal | |Ponyta |Both |35% |35% |25% |Normal | |Girafarig |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Kricketune |Both |5% |5% |25% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Spoink |Both |40% |Swarm | |Mightyena |Diamond |22% |PKMN Radar| |Houndoom |Pearl |22% |PKMN Radar| |Vulpix |Both |8% |FireRed | |Gligar |Both |8% |Emerald | \------------------------------------------------------------/ Bunch of new Pokemon! Stunky is a diamond exclusive, while Sudowoodo is a Pearl exclusive (Diamond players may want to pick up a Stunky or two for Pearl players). Girafarig is also a new Pokemon, although its only major advantage is its type. You can also now catch wild Gravler, although there is little point in catching a wild one unless you want to trade it on the GTS. Anywho, continue down the route until you find the Galactic trainer again. After all that running, he will finally fight you! /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Galactic Grunt | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Glameow lv 25 (Normal) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: Now you can see why he didn't want to fight you. Glameow is a weak | | normal type, one you have fought many times before. Just use your | | strongest Pokemon. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Once that is done, continue north and you will run into Cynthia again, who will give you the Secretpotion (Small reference to Gold and Silver versions). After you get the secret potion, it will now be time to finally get those Psyduck to move off of Route 210! +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | !!! NOTE !!! | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | For those who are having trouble finding Cynthia, a few things. Have| | you beaten the Pastoria City gym yet? Did you come from Pastoria | | or the Veilstone side? Did you encounter the Galactic Grunt several | | times and eventually fight him? | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Continue north and you should be back in Veilstone. Heal, and head back to 215 via the left route. Continue until you reach 210 again, near the Psyduck patch. Press A and they will move. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| ROUTE 210-North |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0093/ ---- Second Part of Route 210: /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Machop |Both |20% |20% |10% |Normal | |Machoke |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Meditite |Both |30% |30% |20% |Normal | |Hoothoot |Both |- |- |10% |Normal | |Noctowl |Both |- |- |10% |Normal | |Bibarel |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Psyduck |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Kecleon |Diamond |22% |PKMN Radar| |Bagon |Pearl |22% |PKMN Radar| |Seedot |Both |4% |Ruby | |Nuzleaf |Both |4% |Ruby | |Pineco |Both |8% |Emerald | \------------------------------------------------------------/ Several new Pokemon. Machoke is one you might want to catch if you don't want to train a Machop or want to trade on the GTS. Hoothoot and Noctowl are both new Pokemon (Although very weak and should only be captured for the Pokedex). Anywho, the route itself is interesting. The first stretch of the route is covered with long grass, meaning you will be unable to use your bike in it. Second, there are several ninja trainers here that are hidden (Although they are very weak). Third thing you will notice is when you get farther up. Everything will be foggy! This is a very annoying condition that will lower accuracy for both your and your opponents Pokemon. You will need a bird Pokemon with Defog (Gotten from the great marsh earlier) to clean everything up. There is also a bunch of trainers on the bridge, so you might want to pack some potions, revives, and such, since it will be a long trip. While you can get to Celestic Town without Defog, it is recommended (Granted, if you have came this far already, you might as well go through the fog instead of going all the way back to Pastoria Town). Once you cross the bridge, you will be in Celestic Town. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| CELESTIC TOWN |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0103/ ---- Celestic Item House: /-------------------------------------------\ |Item Name |Price | |--------------|----------------------------| |Poke Ball |200 | |Great Ball |600 | |Potion |300 | |Super Potion |700 | |Revive |1500 | |Antidote |100 | |Paralyze Heal |200 | |Awakening |250 | |Burn Heal |250 | |Ice Heal |250 | |Escape Rope |550 | |Repel |350 | |Super Repel |500 | |Quick Ball |1000 | |Dusk Ball |1000 | |Timer Ball |1000 | |Air Mail |50 | \-------------------------------------------/ Your typical small town, Celestic town is so small that it does not have a Gym, nor does it even have a Pokemart! However, there is a shop in the upper left corner that will sell you several rare items, including Quick Balls, Dusk Balls, and Timer Balls. You can also talk to the man inside at certain times to get a certain item (See the side quest section for more info). Your main goal, however, is the center of town where the Galactic Grunt is. Heal at the Poke center, and go and fight him. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Galactic Grunt | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Beautifly lv 25 (Bug/Flying) | |Croagunk lv 27 (Fighting/Poison) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: Isn't this the same guy you fought earlier in Veilstone? Oh well, | | he is pretty much the same. Beautifly goes down with fire and ice | | and Croagunk goes down with ground and psychic attacks. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Once you beat him, a old woman will come up and thank you. You will then give the charm Cynthia asked you to deliver earlier, and she will take you inside the ruins. Once inside, she will explain and few things, and then give you HM03, which is Surf. Teach it to one of your water Pokemon, since it is one of the strongest Water attacks in the game besides Hydro Pump. However, you cannot use it out of battle until you beat the Hearthome gym leader, which will be your next destination. Head outside to be greeted by Cyrus, the leader of Team Galactic, and then heal at the Pokemon Center. Head back to Hearthome, and head to the Gym to find it filled up again! ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| HEARTHROME GYM |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0113/ ---- Get ready....for.....HHHHHHAAAARRRDDDCOOOORRREEEEE MMMMAAATTTHHH!!! ....Seriously now. Anywho, As long as you have a 5th grade education, you should have no problems with this (Remember, stay and school and don't do drugs...well, at least until your college years, ahem). Getting back, I have no idea if this is randomly selected, or if it is preset for each game. Here is the problems and solution I get. Note that if you get it wrong, you will have to fight a trainer. Questions: +--------------------------------------+ |#1: | |Question: 3 plus 5 plus 7 is? | |<2 ^16 >15 | | | |Correct answer is: 15 | +--------------------------------------+ |#2: | |Question: 12 plus 28 is? | |<30 ^40 >50 | | | |Correct Answer is: 40 | +--------------------------------------+ |#3: | |Question: 3 times 13 is? | |<39 ^93 >33 | | | |Correct Answer is: 39 | +--------------------------------------+ |#4: | |Question: The first room's answer? | |<2 ^16 >15 | |Correct answer is: 15 | +--------------------------------------+ If you are too lazy to look, then the correct doors are: Right door, middle door, Left door, right door. After the 4th door, you will be in Fatina's room /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Fatina | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Drifblim lv 32 (Ghost/Flying) | |Gengar lv 34 (Ghost/Poison) | |Mismagius lv 36 (Ghost) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: Fatina is a interesting gym leader. Her Pokemon type of choice, | | Ghost, is one of the more exotic types in the game. Not only is it | | resistant to normal and fighting attacks, but it has a strength | | against psychic types. With me, I cheated a bit and used a Gengar | | I got off the GTS that was around lv 50. However, this may be much | | harder for you. | | | | First up, Drifblim is her weakest Pokemon, although it can absorb | | a bunch of damage. Electric type attacks work best, so Luxio or a | | electric type should be your Pokemon of choice. | | | | Gengar is pretty much her strongest, even if it is 2 levels below | | her main Pokemon. Ground and Psychic types work best, although | | I used my own Gengar against hers. | | | | Mismagius is her strongest Pokemon, and the only one on her team | | that is a pure Ghost type. The only thing that is strongly | | effective against ghosts is other ghost types and Dark attacks. | | Diamond players have the chance to catch Murkrow (and if you can | | find a dusk stone, Honchkrow), while Pearl players have to settle | | for either Gengar or their own Misdreavus or Mismagius. Best thing | | to do? Use your strongest Pokemon (Empoleon with surf works well). | | | | Recommended Pokemon include: Luxio at at least lv 30 or so, Gravler| | at about lv 32 or so, Haunter or Gengar at a much higher level | | (Lv 50 works well, get of GTS if you can), Murkrow and Honchkrow | | at lv 32 or so. Any normal types also work well, since ghost | | types cannot attack them. Also, it is highly recommended that you | | do not use any Psychic types, since they are weak against Ghost. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Once you beat her, you will get the Relic Badge and TM 65, Shadow Claw. You can also now surf outside of battle if you want. Your next destination will be to go all the way back to Jublife City. Heal up at the Pokemon center, make sure you have a Pokemon that can use surf, and then head head to the upper left part of town to reach Route 218. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| ROUTE 218 |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0123/ ---- /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Shellos |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Gastrodon |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Wingull |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Floatzel |Both |35% |35% |35% |Normal | |Mr. Mime |Diamond |15% |15% |15% |Normal | |Glameow |Pearl |15% |15% |15% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Voltorb |Both |40% |Swarm | |Ditto |Both |22% |PKMN Radar| \------------------------------------------------------------/ Although you could have entered this route at the beginning of the game, you could not get far without surf. Now that you have it, you will be able to get to a new (oddly placed) city. Anywho, Pearl players can now catch a Glameow if they want (Catch a few for Diamond players), and Gastrodon is now catch-able (Evolved form of Shellos). Pokemon can now be caught on the water as well. Tentacool being a common new one (Still weak as ever, though), while Pelipper can rarely be found. Not much to do once you are on the other side. You can battle a few trainers, but that is about it. Head left to find the gate to Canalave City. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| CANALAVE CITY |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0133/ ---- Pokemart Items: /-------------------------------------------\ |Item Name |Price | |--------------|----------------------------| |Poke Ball |200 | |Great Ball |600 | |Ultra Ball |1200 | |Potion |300 | |Super Potion |700 | |Hyper Potion |1200 | |Revive |1500 | |Antidote |100 | |Paralyze Heal |200 | |Awakening |250 | |Burn Heal |250 | |Ice Heal |250 | |Full Heal |600 | |Escape Rope |550 | |Repel |350 | |Super Repel |500 | |Max Repel |700 | |Quick Ball |1000 | |Timer Ball |1000 | |Repeat Ball |1000 | |Air Mail |50 | \-------------------------------------------/ Make sure you head to the Pokemon center first thing and heal up. You will see why in a minute. Save, and walk over the bridge to find...your rival. RIVAL FIGHT! /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Rival | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Team 1 (If you choose Turtwig) | |Staravia lv 31 (Normal/Flying) | |Buizel lv 32 (Water) | |Heracross lv 30 (Bug/Fighting) | |Roselia lv 32 (Grass/Poison) | |Monferno lv 35 (Fire/Fighting) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Team 2 (If you choose Chimchar) | |Staravia lv 31 (Normal/Flying) | |Roselia lv 32 (Grass/Poison) | |Heracross lv 30 (Bug/Fighting) | |Ponyta lv 32 (Fire) | |Prinplup lv 35(Water) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Team 3 (If you choose Pinlup) | |Staravia lv 31 (Normal/Flying) | |Buizel lv 32 (Water) | |Heracross lv 30 (Bug/Fighting) | |Ponyta lv 32 (Fire) | |Grotile lv 35 (Grass) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: Once again, not much is different in your rivals team. For some | | odd reason, he decided to evolve his Staravia at this point, but | | not his Buizel and Grotile...Anywho. The biggest change in your | | Rival's lineup is Heracross, a Bug/Fighting Pokemon. Psychic and | | fire work great against him, as well as a semi-resistant to ghost | | (Meaning Haunter/Gengar would be a good choice). Otherwise, his | | team is only 4-6 levels higher then the last time you fought him. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ After you are done battling him, you will be able to explore the city a bit more. The move deleter is located directly north of the Pokemart. He will delete any move as long as it is not the Pokemon's last and only move. There is a library that you will need to go to after you beat the Canalave Gym, although there really isn't anything there at this point besides a couple of interesting reads. You can also head to Iron Island using the boat in the lower left part of town (More on that later). Once you are ready, head to the gym. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| CANALAVE GYM |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0143/ ---- Platform fun! You will pretty much have to fight almost every trainer due to their location, but it is good EXP anyway. Here is how you get to the Gym leader: *Head to the right and head down the first turn you see. Ignore the first three platforms you see, but get on the fourth. *Head down the path to the next platform. *Fight the trainer, and then continue to the next platform on the path. *Head on the moving platform, and then head to the next platform. *On the next area, head on the northern platform. *Go past the first platform you see, and fight the next trainer. Get on the upper most platform. *Ride the next platform over. From this point on, it will pretty much be straightforward. Keep going on the paths until you find a red platform, which will bring you to the gym leader. You might want to go back and heal before you fight the next Gym Leader, Byron. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Byron | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Bronzor lv 36 (Steel/Psychic) | |Steelix lv 36 (Steel/Ground) | |Bastiodon lv 39 (Steel/Rock) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: Here is a small fun fact: Byron is Rock's (The first gym leader) | | father! Like his son, he prefers ground and rock Pokemon, but his | | main type is Steel. | | | | On one hand, all of his Steel Pokemon have some of the highest | | defenses in the game. On the other hand, their attack power mostly | | sucks. Your pretty much going to do little damage unless you use | | weaknesses against him. | | | | For RS players, Bronzor is like a pseudo Metagross. Not only that, | | but its ability allows it to void any ground attacks used against | | it. Fire is its only weakness, and there are very few fire Pokemon | | available. Best Pokemon to use it your starter (As long as it | | isn't Torterra). | | | | Steelix is a old fan favorite. Fortunately, compared to when you | | first fought it in GS, it is far easier to take down. Water, fire, | | fighting and ground attacks are all effective against. it. This | | also means that all of your starters should be able to take it out | | with no problem. | | | | Bastiodon is going to be a bitch...While it has a somewhat sucky | | attack rating, its defense is one of the highest in the game, just | | below Shuckles. Water, fighting and ground are recommended. Any | | other type will do pretty poor damage to it (Fortunately, Fighting | | and Water have the highest attack rating, since it does 4x damage +| | STAB bonus if it is the highest type). Needless to say, all of your| | starters will be able to take down Bastiodon just fine. | | | | Recommended Pokemon include: your starter at around lv 40 or so, | | Ponyta/Rapid ash at lv 40 or so, fighting Pokemon such as Machoke | | at lv 37 or so, and any water Pokemon (Such as Gyrados) at lv 38 or| | so. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Once you beat Byron, you will get the Mine Badge and TM91, Flash Cannon. After you beat Byron, head outside and your rival will tell you to go to the library in the northwestern part of town. Head there, and you will find your rival, Rowan, and his assistant. He will then tell you that the three lakes are in trouble, and that you should investigate them. Your first late will be Lake Valor, the one to the south of Veilstone. Fly to Veilstone, and then go south near the Valor Lakefront. The path to the lake that was blocked earlier will now be open ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| LAKE VALOR |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0153/ ---- Lake valor is full of Grunts that will be hard to dodge. Your main goal, however, is to get to the Valor Cavern. Fight your way through, and enter the cavern. Inside, you will have your first battle with Galactic Admin Saturn /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Commander Saturn | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Kadabra lv 35 (Psychic) | |Bronzor lv 35 (Steel/Psychic) | |Toxicroak lv 37 (Fighting/Psychic | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: For a admin, Saturn can be as tough as a Gym leader if you are not | | prepared. For Kadabra: dark, ghost, and bug attacks work best | | (If you have a Mismagius, use that). Use the same strategy you used| | against Byron's Bronzor for Saturns. Toxicroak is the evolved form | | of the Croagunk's you have been seeing quite a bit. Psychic and | | flying attacks are your best bet. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Once you are done here, you will need to fly over to Lake Verity (The lake from the beginning of the game near Twinleaf town) to fix that lake. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| LAKE VERITY |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0163/ ---- As soon as you get there, you will find Galactic goons all over the place. However, you will have to fight in Double battles so be prepared. You can head back to Twinleaf town to heal up, or you can continue to the edge to fight the second Admin battle against Mars. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Commander Mars | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Golbat lv 37 (Poison/Flying) | |Bronzor lv 37 (Steel/Psychic) | |Purugly lv 39 (Normal) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: Similar to Satun, only a bit stronger. Golbat pretty much goes down| | with Psychic, Ice and Electric attacks. Bronzor is about the same | | as the last one you fought, only 2 levels higher. Purugly is her | | toughest one, and may be a pain in the ass to take down. If you | | have a Infernape with a decent fighting type move on it, use it. | | If you took out Saturn with no problems, then Mars should not be | | that bad. However, you might want to take some potions and revives,| | just in case. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Once you beat that battle, Mars will tell you that Lake Acuity should be under attack as well. However, Lake Acuity is a lake you have never been to before! Not only that, but it is located quite a ways away, near where the next gym is. To get there, head to Celestic Town and then head on the route to your left. Continue into Mt. Coronet, and head down the north path (Make sure you have the Strength HM taught to one of your Pokemon. Once you are through the cave, you should be on Route 216. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| ROUTE 216 |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0173/ ---- /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Sneasel |Both |25% |25% |25% |Normal | |Meditite |Both |20% |20% |10% |Normal | |Machoke |Both |20% |20% |10% |Normal | |Snover |Both |25% |25% |25% |Normal | |Gravler |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Zubat |Both |- |- |10% |Normal | |Noctowl |Both |- |- |10% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Delibird |Both |40% |Swarm | |Snorunt |Both |22% |PKMN Radar| |Ursaring |Both |8% |Emerald | \------------------------------------------------------------/ New Pokemon galore! Well, not quite, but this is your first time seeing ice Pokemon. Snover is a interesting Ice/Grass type that nulls its weakness to ice, but receives 4X damage from fire attacks. Sneasel is a dark/ice type that now has a evolution (Although you cannot evolve it until after the Elite Four). Might want to pick it up, since it is a fairly decent Dark type. You will also see that it is snowing in Route 216, a first. For some odd reason, you will also be affected by the Hail condition that does a little bit of damage each turn for every non-ice Pokemon. If you want, there is a rest stop near the end of Route 216 at the only home in the area. Heal up before you head on to Route 217. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| ROUTE 217 |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0183/ ---- /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Sneasel |Both |25% |25% |25% |Normal | |Meditite |Both |10% |10% |- |Normal | |Medicham |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Machoke |Both |20% |20% |10% |Normal | |Snover |Both |25% |25% |25% |Normal | |Gravler |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Zubat |Both |- |- |10% |Normal | |Noctowl |Both |- |- |10% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Swinub |Both |40% |Swarm | |Snorunt |Both |22% |PKMN Radar| |Ursaring |Both |8% |Emerald | \------------------------------------------------------------/ Not much is different Pokemon-wise from Route 216, although you can catch a Meditite if you want. Even then, you won't be able to catch any Pokemon until the end of the route. For the most part, the route is hard to get through due to all the snow. You constantly have to press forward in some areas since you go so slow, although there are fortunately not that many trainers to battle. Few things to note on this route: stick to the left of the route until you come across a house. Go behind it on the right side and press A. You should find HM08, Rock Climb. If you did not find it, make sure you are on the very right of the house, not behind it (Think of the edge, from there move one step to your right, look up, and press A). The second thing to note is the snow covered rock found on the very right of the route, near the end. You will know when you see it when you see a bunch of grass with a stone not surrounded by grass in the middle. While it is no use right now, you will need to use it later to evolve Eevee into one of its new forms. Your main goal in this route is to head north (The path to get further on the route is to the left, so hug the left wall until you see a tree blocking your path, and then go right until you see a path going forward). You will now be in the grassy area, near Lake Acuity. One problem, though. Galactic Grunts will be blocking your path until you get your 7th gym badge. With that in mind, ignore the lake for now and head on the right path until you read Snowpoint City. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| SNOWPOINT CITY |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0193/ ---- Pokemart Items: /-------------------------------------------\ |Item Name |Price | |--------------|----------------------------| |Poke Ball |200 | |Great Ball |600 | |Ultra Ball |1200 | |Potion |300 | |Super Potion |700 | |Hyper Potion |1200 | |Revive |1500 | |Antidote |100 | |Paralyze Heal |200 | |Awakening |250 | |Burn Heal |250 | |Ice Heal |250 | |Full Heal |600 | |Escape Rope |550 | |Repel |350 | |Super Repel |500 | |Max Repel |700 | |Quick Ball |1000 | |Timer Ball |1000 | |Dusk Ball |1000 | |Snow Mail |50 | \-------------------------------------------/ For some odd reason, I always think of Majora's Mask when I hear this city. Anywho, there is very little to do in this town right now besides a couple of things. The town is in a X formation, with a building in each of the 4 points (Gym is in the middle, and the Snowpoint Temple is to the north). You can't enter the temple at this point, so ignore it for now. In the upper left house is a woman looking for a Medicham, that will gladly trade you for a Haunter (!). Sadly, you get screwed over since the Haunter is holding a ever stone, meaning it won't evolve when you trade. Tsk. The other place of interest is the house in the upper right corner of town. The old man inside will add a word to your vocabulary that you can use for certain things. Weird... Anywho, once you are done in this rather boring town, head over to the worst gym in the history of Pokemon. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| SNOWPOINT GYM |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0203/ ---- This, my friends, is hell. In what may be a cruel trick on kids who thought all the gyms would be about easy math and platform puzzles, comes the ANNOYING ICE PUZZLE THAT YOU HAVE TO BREAK SNOWBALLS TO GET TO THE GYM LEADER! Fortunatly, a reader named Paul Smith was kind enough to send me the solution for this hellish Gym. All credit goes to him for this list 1. Go to the North East part of snow you're standing on. 2. Step right. 3. Step up. 4. Step up. (Through a snowball) 5. Step left. 6. Step down. 7. Step left. 8. Step left. 9. Step left (Trainer battle. Pokémon: Sneasel (level 37), Floatzel (level 37) 10. Step down. 11. Step right. 12. Step down. 13. Step right. (Should be back at the begining) 14. Return to the North-East snow-pad, step up. (Through 3 snowballs) 15. Step right. 16. Step right. 17. Step down. 18. Step left. (Trainer battle. Pokémon: Golduck (level 36), Steelix (level 37), Pelipper (Level 35) 19. Step up. 18. Step left. 19. Step left. 20. Step left. 21. Step down. (Trainer battle. Pokémon: Snover (Level 39) 22. Step right. 23. Step down. (To beginning) 24. Step to the North-West snow pad. 25. Step up. (Through 2 snowballs) 26. Step left. (Trainer battle. Tentacruel (Level 37), Sneasel (Level 37) 27. Step up. 28. Step down. 29. Step left. 30. Step down. 31. Step down. 32. Step right. (Through a snowball) 33. Return to beginning, go to the North-East snow-pad. 34. Step right 35. Step up. 36. Step up. 37. Step up. 38. Step left 39. Step left. 40. Step up. 41. Step right. (Trainer battle. Pokémon: Snover (Level 39) 42. Step right. (Through a snowball) 43. Step right. (Trainer battle (last one). Pokémon: Quagsire (Level 39) 44. Return to beginning, and again, go to the North-West snow-pad. 45. Step left. 46. Step up. (Four times) 47. Step right. (Through a snowball) 48. Return to Anton (The trainer to the right of the Gym leader), and stand on the left snow-pad above him) 49. Step down. 50. Step left. (Through a snowball) 51. Step left. 52. Step up. 53. Step right. (Through the final snowball) 54. Return to beginning. 55. Align yourself in the middle of the entrance, and keep on going forward. This will lead to the Gym Leader. On another note, the basic idea is to break the snowballs until you make a path to the gym leader. You have three floor types: Ice that will always move you the direction you were going, snow floors that will stop you, and snowballs that will stop you if you are not fast enough, and break if you are going at a certain speed and direction. Also, you might want to get some potions and revives before you go to the gym. Why? The puzzle resets if you exit. So...yeah. You might have to do it twice if you want full HP/PP before facing the gym leader. Anywho, once you do finally reach her, here is the 7th gym leader: Candice. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Candice | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Snover lv 38 (Grass/Ice) | |Sneasel lv 38 (Dark/Ice) | |Medicham lv 40 (Fighting/Psychic) | |Abomasnow lv 42 (Grass/Ice) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: A very weird name...Anywho, Candice is a interesting Gym leader. | | Not only is the majority of her Pokemon from Route 216 and 217, but| | Medicham is not even a ice Pokemon! However, two of her Pokemon | | are 4X weak against fire, so Infernape is a must if you want a easy| | time. | | | | Snover is her first Pokemon, who is a Grass and Ice Pokemon. As | | stated earlier, Fire will pretty much knock out Snover in one hit | | most of the time. Fighting, poison, flying, bug, rock, and steel | | attacks are also very affective against Snover. Your best bet would| | be a Pokemon like Lucario (If you went to Iron Island and raised | | Riolu), Infernape, or Empoleon with steel moves. | | | | Sneasel is another old favorite, which is the rare Ice and Dark | | type. Fighting is 4X effective on it, while fire, bug, rock, and | | Steel work well against it. Infernape works wonders, as well as | | Machoke and Machamp. | | | | Medicham is the odd ball in her team that may cause some problems. | | Flying and ghost attacks are the only ones that strongly affect it.| | Mismagius for pearl players (or haunter/Gengar), or Staraptor is | | recommended. | | | | Abomasnow is pretty much a souped up Snover that is much stronger | | and 4 levels higher then Snover. Use the same tactics you used | | against Snover. | | | | Recommended Pokemon include: Infernape at lv 40 or so, Rapid ash | | at lv 40 or so, Empoleon at lv 40 or so, Haunter/Gengar/Mismagius | | at lv 37 or so (For Medicham), Lucario about lv 37 or so. Also, | | bring some revived and potions. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Once you beat Candice, you will get the icicle Badge and TM72, Avalanche. Now that you finally have your 7th badge, you can now head to Lake Acuity and finish up the task Rowan asked you to do. Head back to Route 217 and head to the left until you see two Galactic grunts blocking the way. Talk to them and they will move ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| LAKE ACUITY |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0213/ ---- /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Sneasel |Both |25% |25% |25% |Normal | |Meditite |Both |10% |10% |- |Normal | |Medicham |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Machoke |Both |20% |20% |10% |Normal | |Snover |Both |25% |25% |25% |Normal | |Gravler |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Zubat |Both |- |- |10% |Normal | |Noctowl |Both |- |- |10% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Smoochum |Both |40% |Swarm | |Solrock |Both |8% |Ruby | |Lunatone |Both |8% |Sapphire | |Ursaring |Both |8% |Emerald | \------------------------------------------------------------/ Nothing really new, just a mixture of older and Route 216/217 Pokemon. Anywho, as soon as you enter, you will see Jupiter just get finished battling your rival. Uh oh...Guess you won't get to battle her this time. She also tells you that their headquarters is in Veilstone, which is the place you should fly to now. Once you are back in Veilstone, head to the storage area you went to when you got HM02 (Fly, back when you helped Rowan's assistant). ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| GALACTIC HIDEOUT |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0223/ ---- As soon as you enter, talk to the galactic grunt standing there. He will drop the storage key you need to enter the hideout. Press A on the shutters to open them, and then continue inside (You can also get a dusk stone at this point, so use it if you have been leveling a Misdreavus or Murkrow). Your first main goal should be to get the key. There are two grunts and a scientist in the area, although you can avoid the scientist by hugging the bottom wall. Keep heading to the right until you find a set of stairs, and then head to the next area (You were in B2F, but are going to B1F right now). On B1F, battle the grunt and continue up the next set of stairs to 1FL. On the 1Fl, head down and to the left and battle the grunt you see there. Past him is a set of warp panels. One of them leads to a dead end with a item in the room (the right one). To continue on, use the left warp panel. It will lead to a room with another warp panel in it, and then to a room with stairs in it. Once you go up the stairs, you will be in 2FL. Ignore the stairs and go to your left to find a warp panel. Use it to warp to a room with stairs, and then go down the stairs to find a room with a scientist and another set of stairs. Head down the stairs to end up in the room with the Galactic Key. Keep going to your left, battle the grunt, and then pick up the item ball to the left of the grunt on the other side of the boxes, which contains the Galactic Key. With it in hand, open the shutters to your left and exit to Veilstone. Once in Veilstone, you might want to heal up on your way. Once healed, head to your right and then go up to find a set of stairs that leads to a spiked building. Go inside the left or middle door to enter the main hideout. Once inside, head to the middle of the room and unlock the shutters and go up the stairs past it. In the next big room, continue to the left until you see a room with a TV, a bunch of chairs, and a warp panel. Jump on the panel. You will now be a in a room with a set of stairs and two beds. If you need to, press A next to one of the beds to heal your Pokemon. Once you are ready, go up the stairs. In the next room will be two galactic grunts that you can fight in a double battle, or fight one-on-one by talking to them individually. Continue to the left to find several warp panels. Take the one that is the leftmost, and continue on to a room with a set of stairs. Head up the stairs to be in the Head Galactic room. Open the shutters....and you will find Cyrus. Time for a boss battle! /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Cyrus | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Murkrow lv 40 (Dark/Flying) | |Golbat lv 40 (Poison/Flying) | |Sneasel lv 43 (Dark/Ice) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: Fortunately, you should have gotten quite a bit of experience, so | | it won't be too bad. For a major boss, Cryus is a bit weak, but you| | may want to bring some items just in case. | | | | Anywho, you have pretty much fought these Pokemon before. Murkrow | | goes down with ice, rock, and electric attacks. Golbat goes down | | with Psychic, rock, electric, and ice attacks. Sneasel gets beaten | | into oblivion with fighting and fire. | | | | Recommended Pokemon include: Luxray, Infernape, your own Sneasel | | or Snover with ice attacks, and a strong physical attacker. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ After beating Cyrus, he will give you the MASTER BALL and tell you that he has no use for it. As always, there is only one master ball in the game unless you win at the lottery. You have one more fight ahead of you, so you may want to head back to the bed room and heal up. If you are ready, head back to the Head Galactic office and head to your right to find a warp panel. Head down the next room to your right and then go up to find Saturn and the legendary trio. Time for another boss battle! /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Commander Saturn | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Kadabra lv 38 (Psychic) | |Bronzor lv 38 (Steel/Psychic) | |Toxicroak lv 40 (Poison/Fighting) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: Saturn is pretty much the same as he was at the lake you fought him| | at, but 3 levels stronger. If you defeated Cyrus easily, then | | you should have no trouble with Saturn. In fact, just do the exact | | same thing you did to him at the lake, and you should be fine. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ After you beat him, he will tell you to press the button, and then stuff will happen. Anywho, Team Galactic and Cyrus will be at Mt. Coronet for a final showdown. However, stop for a moment and review your team. From this time out, the battles are going to be much harder, and you will not be able to rest at any Pokemon center for awhile. Make sure you have the following before you head out to Mt. Coronet: -All your Pokemon need to be at least lv 45 or so. Any lower and they will have some difficulty. -Make sure you have at least a rock, electric, or ice Pokemon when you head to Mt. Coronet. Quite a few of the bosses you will be fighting will be using flying Pokemon, so you can make your job easier by bringing one. -Get as many revives and potions as you can. You will only be healed once, and that is after one of the boss battles. You may want to bring some repels along as well, to make the journey a bit faster. -If you do not want to waste your Master Ball on the upcoming legendary Pokemon, bring tons of Ultra Balls. About 50 or more should do it. You will defiantly want the Master Ball for something else. -Make sure you have a Pokemon that can use Surf, Rock Smash, Strength, and Rock Climb. If you do not have Rock Climb, refer to Route 217 earlier in the guide to find it. Bibarel will be the best choice, since he can use pretty much all of them. Once you are ready, head to Route 207 (From Eterna City and the bike route, or from Oreburgh) and continue down the right to Mt. Coronet. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| MT. CORONET |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0233/ ---- 2 FL and 3 FL /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Medicham |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Chingling |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Clefairy |Both |15% |15% |15% |Normal | |Bronzor |Both |5% |5% |5% |Normal | |Bronzong |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Machoke |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Gravler |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Golbat |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Solrock |Both |8% |Ruby | |Lunatone |Both |8% |Sapphire | \------------------------------------------------------------/ 4 FL (Waterfall area and area near the top) /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Medicham |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Chingling |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Clefairy |Both |15% |15% |15% |Normal | |Bronzong |Both |25% |25% |25% |Normal | |Machoke |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Gravler |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Golbat |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Solrock |Both |8% |Ruby | |Lunatone |Both |8% |Sapphire | \------------------------------------------------------------/ 4 FL (L Shaped area) /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Medicham |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Chingling |Both |5% |5% |5% |Normal | |Chimecho |Both |5% |5% |5% |Normal | |Clefairy |Both |15% |15% |15% |Normal | |Bronzong |Both |25% |25% |25% |Normal | |Machoke |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Gravler |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Golbat |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Solrock |Both |8% |Ruby | |Lunatone |Both |8% |Sapphire | \------------------------------------------------------------/ 5 FL and 6 FL /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Medicham |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Chimecho |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Clefairy |Both |15% |15% |15% |Normal | |Bronzong |Both |25% |25% |25% |Normal | |Machoke |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Gravler |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Golbat |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Solrock |Both |8% |Ruby | |Lunatone |Both |8% |Sapphire | \------------------------------------------------------------/ Outside Grass Areas /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Snover |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Abomasnow |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Machoke |Both |20% |20% |10% |Normal | |Medicham |Both |20% |20% |10% |Normal | |Chingling |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Clefairy |Both |5% |5% |5% |Normal | |Bronzong |Both |5% |5% |5% |Normal | |Golbat |Both |- |- |10% |Normal | |Noctowl |Both |- |- |10% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Loudred |Both |22% |PKMN Radar| |Tangela |Both |40% |Swarm | \------------------------------------------------------------/ In actuality, there are not that many new Pokemon. In fact, I wouldn't even recommend catching any at this point, since you have a long way to go. To make the trip easier, I will break it down to you by floor. ============================== ||From Route 207 to the 2 FL|| ============================== You could have gone in from the Hearthome or Oreburgh side as well, but it would have been slower. Anywho, you should activate a repel and put your highest level Pokemon in the front of your party. The path is pretty straight forward until you get to a point where you can jump over some cliff areas after coming down the second bridge. Instead, go to the left and go down the stairs. The path is straightforward from there. ============================ ||From the 2 FL to Outside|| ============================ In the next room, there is not much to do besides go up the next set of stairs. In the 3 FL room, ignore the stairs to your right and continue up. There are two Galactic Grunts here, so fight them and continue down the path, which leads outside. =============================================================== ||From the Outside Area to the L shaped room on the 4th floor|| =============================================================== You can go one of two paths in the outside area, but the first is much quicker. *You will wind up in a snow area outside. Head to the right, and then head up. Ignore the stairs, and use Rock Climb. Head to your left and go through the grass (Repel recommended) and go inside the entrance. *The second way is the same as the first until using Rock Climb, but you go to the right instead. You won't go into any grass when you enter the entrance, but you have to surf over. Anywho, once you are inside, make sure you are on the left side of the cave (If you use the right entrance, surf over to the other side). Use rock climb on the wall, and continue on. Fight the two Galactic Grunts and continue to the next doorway. You will now be outside again. The path here is pretty straightforward, although you will need some repel. Also, ignore the entrance to the right when you head down into the pit and before you use rock climb. Once on the other side, you will be in the L Room. ======================================= ||From the L Room to the Spear Pillar|| ======================================= To be honest, the path from here to the Spear Pillar is pretty simple. Just keep going down the paths you are going, defeat the 3 Galactic grunts, and then stop in the room that has the single galactic grunt and exit that has light shining through to the north. Heal your Pokemon, and use any Ethers or PP restoring items to restore PP to major moves. Save. ==================== ||The Spear Pillar|| ==================== You will have to fight two grunts in a double battle before you continue. Heal your Pokemon and save, and then go forward. You will find Mars and Jupiter waiting for you. However, your Rival will help you in this fight. DOUBLE BATTLE TIME! /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Commander Mars and Jupiter | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Mars Team: | |Bronzor lv 41 (Steel/Psychic) | |Golbat lv 42 (Poison/Flying) | |Purugly lv 45 (Normal) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Jupiters Team: | |Bronzor lv 41 (Steel/Psychic) | |Golbat lv 41 (Poison/Flying) | |Skuntank lv 46 (Poison/Dark) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: This, my friends, may be one of the hardest battles in the game. | | Not only is this one of the few times you will have to face a full | | team of 6 Pokemon, but their levels are pretty damn high. | | | | In terms of your rivals team at this point, he will always lead | | with a Munchlax. The rest of his team is fairly evolved:his starter| | will be at the highest evolved form and at lv 43. If he had a | | Floatzel, it will have evolved into a Buizel. His Starvaria will | | now be a Staraptor. Otherwise, the rest of his team will be the | | same and at around lv 40-43 | | | | The biggest problem with this battle is that you will pretty much | | be fighting doubles most of the time. They lead off with Bronzor | | (Use the same strategy you used against Bronzor earlier. Fire | | works best). Golbat is one of the reasons I told you to bring | | a rock, ice, or psychic Pokemon. Gravler/Golem, Sneasel, Kadabra | | and Alakazam are all Pokemon that are very effective against the | | two Golbats. | | | | The biggest difference in their teams is the trademark Pokemon they| | always have. Both Purugly and Skuntank soak up a bunch of damage, | | so be alert. However, they share a common weakness: fighting | | attacks. Machamp, Lucario, Infernape, and any Pokemon with a | | powerful fighting move works well. Otherwise, use your best | | attackers on them. Also, be careful of using moves like Surf and | | Earthquake, since it will damage your rival's Pokemon as well. | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | Paul Smith was kind enough to send in info on the double battle | | with Mars and Jupiter. | | | | "So, if you chose a chimchar, at the beginning of the game, this | | alternate battle-guide will help you lots more. For this, you will | | need one level 57 Infernape. Thats all. Nothing else.. :).. Well...| | This guide assumes that you have Mach Punch, Flame Wheel and Flare | | Blitz. | | | | After your foes launch their Pokémon from their balls, send out | | your Infernape, use Flame Wheel on one, and this should OHKO it. | | Your rival will attack the other one, taking around half the | | heath away. If Mars/Jupiter launch Golbat, use Flare Blitz on | | it. It should OHKO it, you will also recieve re-coil damage, but | | it's better than Golbat's confuse ray, which can do damage. in the | | long run. | | | | Whilst you were owning Golbat, chances are that the Bronzor is dead| | and down for the count. If not, still ignore it as Purugly/Skuntank| | are way more of a threat. They both will take damage to Flame Wheel| | easily, so use it. | | | | If Bronzor still isn't dead, I suggest you launch your next attack | | on your rival's pokémon. (Please don't do it! It was a joke!). | | Prioritize the death of Golbat. He is the pokémon you should be | | wary of." | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ After the battle, your Rival will restore your Pokemon's HP and PP. Save, and fight your next battle: Cyrus. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Cyrus | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Honchkrow lv 45 (Dark/Flying) | |Crobat lv 46 (Poison/Flying) | |Gyarados lv 45 (Water/Flying) | |Weavile lv 48 (Dark/Ice) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: At nearly 4 or so levels higher then the last battle, Cyrus is a | | beast. If you took my advice earlier and brought a Electric or | | Ice Pokemon at at least lv 45, you should be fine. However, don't | | be stingy on revives if one of your main attackers falls. | | | | Honchkrow, Crobat, and Gyrados are all part flying, which means | | a strong Pokemon with Thunderbolt or Thunder should be able to | | wipe the floor on these three Pokemon. However, Crobat is a very | | powerful Stage 3 Pokemon that can screw you up if you do not attack| | it fast. Also, Gyrados has the Intimidate ability, which cuts your | | attack. | | | | Weavile is going to be the biggest pain in the ass, however. Not | | only is it about 3 levels higher, but it has a extremely high | | attack with a bunch of Physical attacks. If you have a Pokemon with| | high defense that isn't weak against Weavile, bring it out (Also, | | if you have your own Gyrados or a Pokemon with Intimidate, bring | | it out to drop its attack). Fighters work best against Weavile, as | | well as Infernape. | | | | Recommended Pokemon include: Luxray with electric attacks such as | | Thunderbolt and Thunder at about lv 45 or so, Infernape at lv 45 | | or so with a strong Fighting attack. Any sort of fighting and | | electric types work best. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ After the battle, Cyrus will run off. Make sure you Heal and Save, because you have one more battle. Legendary Pokemon time! /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Legendary Pokemon Palkia or Dialga | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Level 47 | |Dialga: Steel/Dragon | |Palkia: Water/Dragon | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: This is something I am sure many of you have been waiting for. | | Diamond players will fight Dialga and Pearl players will fight | | Palika. | | | | You might be exhausted from the battle you just fought, since I am | | sure you went all out against Cyrus. If you are low on PP, use a PP| | restoring item now. Both Pokemon have Dragon Claw and Ancientpower | | and a special move (Roar of Time for Dialga and Spacial Rend for | | Palkia). The only major difference is the other attack: Palkia has | | Water Pulse, while Dialga has Metal Claw. | | | | So, how do you damage them? Best thing to do is use your best | | attacker and gauge how much damage it does. Your main goal is to | | get them down to a small amount of health, about 10% or so. If | | you have a Pokemon that knows Thunder Wave or a Sleep move, use it | | to make them easier to capture. | | | | You can use the Master Ball if you want, but both have medium | | capture rates, so you should have no problem. On my second try, I | | got them with just 9 Ultra Balls used. | | | | A reader was kind enough to send me a helpful strategy that you can| | use just by catching a Machoke in Mt. Coronet: | | | | "I found a good tip for catching Palkia. If you have a Machoke | | around level 40, it should have Revenge. If not, then too bad. | | But if it does, use Revenge. while Palkia still has good health, | | as long as it didn't kill Machoke in one hit. Revenge should get | | it at extremely low health without killing it. I caught it with | | a net ball after trying with 2 ultra balls. It was way easier than | | yours (no offense).....and I found it by accident." | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Whether you capture them or defeat them (Which you should not have done), you are finally done with Mt. Coronet. if you caught them, head over to the other side and pick up the Adamant Orb in Diamond and Lustrous Orb in Pearl. Both make Dialga and Palkia's type attacks much more powerful (Steel/Dragon for Dialga, and Water/Dragon) for Palika). Leave Mt. Coronet, and head to Veilstone. Head to the Valor Lakefront, and then go to the right where it was once blocked. You can now enter Route 222. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| ROUTE 222 |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0243/ ---- /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Glameow |Pearl |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Purugly |Pearl |15% |15% |15% |Normal | |Chatot |Both |20% |20% |- |Normal | |Mr. Mime |Diamond |15% |15% |15% |Normal | |Gastrodon |Both |10% |10% |20% |Normal | |Wingull |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Floatzel |Both |25% |25% |35% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Flaafy |Both |22% |PKMN Radar| |Skitty |Both |40% |Swarm | \------------------------------------------------------------/ Not much new. You can catch wild Mr. Mime in Diamond, and Purugly in Pearl. This is also one of the few places you can catch a Chatot (Mostly a gimmick Pokemon), so get one for the Pokedex. Bunch of trainers on the route, although they are mostly fisherman. There is a couple of houses on the beach to explore as well. One has the Pikachu fan club, which has a single Pikachu Trainer inside. The house next to it is a fishing competition for Remoraid: catch a big one and you will get a net ball (Not worth the effort). Once you are done, head to the right to find the gatehouse for Sunnyshore. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| SUNNYSHORE CITY |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0253/ ---- Pokemart Items: /-------------------------------------------\ |Item Name |Price | |--------------|----------------------------| |Poke Ball |200 | |Great Ball |600 | |Ultra Ball |1200 | |Potion |300 | |Super Potion |700 | |Hyper Potion |1200 | |Max Potion |2500 | |Revive |1500 | |Antidote |100 | |Paralyze Heal |200 | |Awakening |250 | |Burn Heal |250 | |Ice Heal |250 | |Full Heal |600 | |Escape Rope |550 | |Repel |350 | |Super Repel |500 | |Max Repel |700 | |Luxery Ball |1000 | |Steel Mail |50 | \-------------------------------------------/ Pretty much the largest city in the game, Sunnyshore has several things you can do to spend your time. As soon as you enter, however, you will meet a new person: Flint of the Elite Four. He pretty much tells you that the Gym Leader for this town is down in the dumps about something, and wants you to help him. Before that, lets venture around. If you head to the place that is a little north of the Pokemart, you will find a sticker mart. If you have a Sticker Case (You can find one in Solaceon Town), you can buy stickers that appear on certain days. In the same place, a lady will give one of your Pokemon a ribbon called the "Effort Ribbon" if they have maxed out EVs (Good way to tell if you have max EV's or not). However, it needs to be the lead Pokemon. If you head all the way north, you will find a familiar face...Jasmine from Pokemon Gold and Silver! Talk to her, and she will give you HM07, Waterfall. You will need this later, so make sure you get it from her. In the upper left part of town is a house that has a girl inside that will give you a ribbon each day if you choose a word. I have no idea if it needs to be a certain word, or if it can be random (for example, I said ROFL when she asked me about being absentminded). If you head north of the lighthouse in the southeastern part of town, you will find a cliff you can use rock climb on. If you do, then you can enter a house with a man that will give you (Mostly useless) Poketech APPs if you show him Pokemon of certain natures (look at the Poketech section for more info). Once you are done, head over to the Lighthouse that is in the Southeastern part of down (You need to be on the second level of the city to reach it). Enter it, and go up the elevator. Once you are on the top floor, you will find the Gym leader being emo...Talk to him and he will go back to the Gym. Head back to the Pokemon center and save, get some items, and prepare for your last gym battle. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| SUNNYSHORE GYM |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0263/ ---- Don't you always hate the electrical gyms? Anywho, Volkner's Gym is a odd set of moving platforms that you have to align to get past. Not only that, but you will be fighting pretty much every single underling he has, so be prepared. Here is the solution to get to Volkner: ============== ||First Room|| ============== *Head on the platform and press the Green button once and then get off the platform from the bottom. *Get on the other platform and press the green button once to create a path to the ledge with the door and trainer. =============== ||Second Room|| =============== *Go in the only open platform and press the Blue button three times. Get off from the newly created path afterward. *Head on the left platform and go all the way around, fight the trainer, and then get on the platform and press the blue button once to create a path. *Get on the next platform and press the green button once to create a path. Get off on the right side and head over the gear platform and to the ledge with the door on it. ============== ||Third Room|| ============== *Get on the platform and press the Red button once, and then get off the platform and go to the one to the left. *On the next platform, press the red button once and then get off. Fight the trainer, and then go over the gear bridge to the other side. There will be another trainer you need to fight. Beat him, and get on the platform with the Green button. *Press the Green button three times, and then continue down the path that was created. Press the blue button until a path to the north to the next ledge is created. *Head to the right and then down, defeating the trainer and going over the gear bridge. Head down to the bottom and go on the platform on the right and press the Red button once. get off it afterward, and go back over the gear bridge on the right that you just came from. *After this, a path to Volkner will be created. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Volkner | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Raichu lv 46 (Electric) | |Ambipom lv 47 (Normal) | |Octillery lv 47 (Water) | |Luxray lv 49 (Electric) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: Volker may be the most black sheep of the Gym Leaders yet, having | | two Pokemon that are not even his gym type. However, they do have | | Electrical attacks, so be prepared. | | | | On one hand, however, you should be pretty strong by now. Volkner | | is nowhere as tough as Cyrus was on the Spear Pillar, meaning your | | current team should be able to handle him if you have been training| | them right. | | | | First up, Raichu and Luxray. Both are pure Electric types, and both| | fall to Ground attacks. Not only that, but their electric attacks | | will be pretty useless against them. Torterra, Golem, fossil | | Pokemon, and any Pokemon with Dig should be able to handle them | | easily. | | | | Octillery is a odd case. It is a water Pokemon, so any ground | | types you might have been using to kill Raichu will pretty much be | | screwed against it. Once again, Torterra and any grass Pokemon | | should be able to handle it easily (If you use Luxray, use it now).| | | | Ambipom is another case of odd types, being a normal one. Fighting | | and Ghost Pokemon with other typed attacks besides Ghost attacks | | work well against it. Once again, Torterra should be able to | | kill it in a few turns with Earthquake. | | | | Recommended Pokemon are: Torterra, Golem, Luxray for Octillery, | | and possibly Dialga if you caught him while playing Diamond. Also, | | you may not want to use Infernape or Empoleon, since both have | | weaknesses during this battle. All your Pokemon should be lv 45-50.| \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Once you beat him, you will get the beacon Badge and TM57, Charge Beam. Now that you have all 8 badges, your last task will be to get to the Elite Four. Only a route and one more dungeon stands in your way. Before you head off, make sure you have a Pokemon that can use Strength, Surf, and Rock Smash, and Waterfall. You might want to bring some repels just in case. When you are ready, head north of Sunnyshore and surf forward. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| ROUTE 223 |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0273/ ---- /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Pelipper |Both |30% |30% |30% |Surfing | |Mantyke |Both |10% |10% |10% |Surfing | |Tentacruel |Both |60% |60% |60% |Surfing | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |None | \------------------------------------------------------------/ Not much is new, besides Mantyke. May want to catch him for the Pokedex, since there are no wild Mantine to get. Route 223 is a fairly straightforward route with a bunch of trainers (Part of the reason I told you to get repel). Route 223 is so straightforward that you just need to keep going north until you hit a small bit of land that you can walk on. When you reach it, head left and around the side until you can surf north again. Eventually, you will reach a waterfall you will need to climb. Once you are on the other side of the waterfall, heal at the Pokemon Center and make sure your team is in order. You will have to get though Victory Road before you can reach another Pokemon Center, so make sure you have repel, potions, and revives. Once you are ready, head into the cave. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| VICTORY ROAD |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0283/ ---- 1st Floor: /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Machoke |Both |25% |25% |25% |Normal | |Gravler |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Onix |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Steelix |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Medicham |Both |15% |15% |15% |Normal | |Golbat |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |None | \------------------------------------------------------------/ 2nd Floor: /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Gravler |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Onix |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Steelix |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Medicham |Both |15% |15% |15% |Normal | |Kadabra |Both |25% |25% |25% |Normal | |Golbat |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |None | \------------------------------------------------------------/ BF1: /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Machoke |Both |25% |25% |25% |Normal | |Steelix |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Medicham |Both |15% |15% |15% |Normal | |Floatzel |Both |30% |30% |30% |Normal | |Golbat |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |None | \------------------------------------------------------------/ Like Mt. Coronet, lets break down the path you are going to have to take. Note that you are going to be facing some strong trainers, many of which you may want to fight now for EXP (and for Pokedex purposes, you will see why later). Here is the path you will need to take: ============= ||1st Floor|| ============= Use a repel if you want, and then head over the bridges until you get to a dead end with a Rock Climb area on your right. Use rock climb to get down, and then head to your left. Continue left until you see a set of stairs, and then go up them. Go north, fight the trainer, and then look for a set of stairs on your left. Go up them to find a set of stairs leading to the next level of the cave. ============= ||2nd Floor|| ============= When you head left, you will see a pair of breakable rocks to your left and south. Break the southern rocks with Rock Smash, and continue south. You will eventually see three boulders you will need to use Strength to move. Move the right one down, the left one to your left, and move the final boulder below them down until you can go left. When you head left, you will find another boulder puzzle. Head on the upper left path above the two boulders and push the left one down, creating a path to the left. Continue around until you find a breakable rock, and use Rock Smash. Move the boulder that is in front of you up, and then continue to your right, and then down. Use rock smash on the rock, and continue down and then right until you see three boulders in a triangle formation. Move the top one to your right, and then go up the path. Fight the trainer, and then go down the stairs. =================== ||1st Floor again|| =================== Head to your right, going across the bridge, and then use Rock Climb to go down (WARNING: Be careful about the ledge below. If you jump over it for some reason, you will have to do the steps from the 1st floor back to this point). Once you are at the bottom, go left, then up, and then right. Fight the trainer, and then head down the stairs. ================== ||Basement Floor|| ================== Head to your right, down the stairs, and then go north until you see water. Surf to the small bit of land to the right, fight the trainer, and then continue going north until you reach a waterfall. Go up the waterfall, and then head left. Fight the trainer, and then surf again. Go right, and then down until you get on land again. Go up the stairs. =================== ||1st floor Again|| =================== Head left, fight the trainer, and then go down after you fight the old man trainer. Once at the bottom, head right to find a rock climb wall, go up, and fight the trainer. Go over the bridge, and head to the other side to find the exit. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| THE ELITE FOUR |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0293/ ---- Pokemart Items: /-------------------------------------------\ |Item Name |Price | |--------------|----------------------------| |Poke Ball |200 | |Great Ball |600 | |Ultra Ball |1200 | |Potion |300 | |Super Potion |700 | |Hyper Potion |1200 | |Max Potion |2500 | |Full Restore |3000 | |Revive |1500 | |Antidote |100 | |Paralyze Heal |200 | |Awakening |250 | |Burn Heal |250 | |Ice Heal |250 | |Full Heal |600 | |Escape Rope |550 | |Repel |350 | |Super Repel |500 | |Max Repel |700 | |Quick Ball |1000 | |Timer Ball |1000 | |Repeat Ball |1000 | |Heal Ball |300 | |Net Ball |1000 | |Nest Ball |1000 | |Dusk Ball |1000 | |Luxury Ball |1000 | \-------------------------------------------/ Before I get into a strategy, lets do one more thing so we have plenty of time to do what we want. Make sure you heal at the front, and walk toward the entrance to the guy blocking the door. RIVAL FIGHT! /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Rival | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Team 1 (If you choose Turtwig) | |Staraptor lv 48 (Normal/Flying) | |Floatzel lv 49 (Water) | |Heracross lv 50 (Bug/Fighting) | |Roserade lv 49 (Grass/Poison) | |Snorlax lv 51 (Normal) | |Infernape lv 53 (Fire/Fighting) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Team 2 (If you choose Chimchar) | |Staraptor lv 48 (Normal/Flying) | |Roserade lv 49 (Grass/Poison) | |Heracross lv 50 (Bug/Fighting) | |Rapid ash lv 49 (Fire) | |Snorlax lv 51 (Normal) | |Empoleon lv 53(Water) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Team 3 (If you choose Pinlup) | |Staraptor lv 48 (Normal/Flying) | |Floatzel lv 49 (Water) | |Heracross lv 50 (Bug/Fighting) | |Rapid ash lv 49 (Fire) | |Snorlax lv 51 (Normal) | |Torterra lv 53 (Grass) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: As you can see, your Rival has leveled his Pokemon up quite a bit | | since your last encounter, not to mention they are now all at | | their highest evolution. In truth, you may want to gage how well | | you do against your rival against how ready you are. You should | | be around level 47-50 at this point. | | | | Staraptor, Empoleon, and Floatzel all go down with electric | | attacks. Staraptor also goes down with rock and ice, Empoleon goes | | down with fighting, and Floatzel goes down with grass attacks as | | well. Luxray is good for all three, but Torterra is good for taking| | out Floatzel (May not want to use him against Empoleon, if you got | | him on the GTS or via a trade). | | | | Heracross, Roserade, Torterra, and Infernape go down with flying | | moves. Heracross, Torterra, and Roserade also go down with fire | | attacks, so Infernape is your best bet. Infernape itself goes down | | with water and ground attacks as well, so use Empoleon, Gyrados, | | Golem, or whatever you have against him. Water and Ground attacks | | also work well against Rapid ash | | | | Finally, Snorlax is going to take up a bunch of damage. You might | | want to use your starter or a high level ghost type, so it doesn't | | damage you as much. Fighting attacks also work extremely well | | against Snorlax. | | | | Recommended Pokemon include: Luxray at lv 47 or above, Staraptor | | or another flying Pokemon at lv 47 or above, your starter at lv | | 50 or so, Gengar at lv 48 or so, Golem or another ground Pokemon | | at lv 48 or so. Machamp or Lucario at lv 48 or so. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ After that, your rival will get mad and leave. Now, lets get on to business, making a team to defeat the elite four! Preparing for the Elite Four: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Obviously, things will be different for everyone depending on how you raised your team up until this point. There are four elite four member types: Bug, Ground, Fire, and Psychic. Out of the two, only two of them use Pokemon that are pretty much not resistant to things of their type (Bug and Psychic). The other two use types that cover their weaknesses somewhat. The final trainer uses a ghost/dark type that does not have any weaknesses, a grass/poison, a water/ground, a water, a fighting/steel, and a dragon/ground. If you have been training your legendary that you got from Mt. Coronet, then you should have a easier time then most. Otherwise, you may have to battle the Elite Four several times before you have enough levels to beat them. The lowest level Pokemon is lv 53, while the highest is lv 66. First, you need a type that can take a beating from the majority of the Pokemon. In my opinion, Ghost types work well for the first time you fight the Elite Four. If you have been raising a Drifblim, then you should be doing pretty good. Not only that, but putting a move such a Toxic on it will make things easier (Although slow). Gengar is also another choice, although you will have some difficulty from Bertha, Lucian, and the champion due to its Poison type. Next, a strong attacker. For me, the first time I ran through the Elite Four, I had all three starters that I got over the GTS. This gives you both strengths and weaknesses. For example: Empoleon is a water/steel type, but takes normal attacks from fire type attacks since it is part steel. Torterra takes 4X damage from Ice attacks, and Infernape has a weakness against psychic and flying attacks. The following list is a general idea of what you should have on your team while fighting the elite four: *Legendary Pokemon Palkia or Dialga at around lv 55 or so. *Infernape at lv 57 or so, or Rapid ash at the same level *Torterra at lv 57 or so, or Golem/Grass Pokemon like Roserade at the same level *Empoleon at lv 57 or so, or Gyrados/Steelix at a similar level *Drifblim at lv 58 or so, or Gengar at the same level *Optional, such as one of the legendary trio or Lucario, Machamp, or a ice Pokemon The most important attacks to have are: One strong grass attack with a bunch of PP (Such as Razor Leaf), Surf, Ice Beam on at least one of your Pokemon, a strong fire attack on one of your Pokemon (Such as Flamethrower) Psychic on one of your Pokemon, a status effect move such as Thunder Wave or Toxic (Toxic works best in desperate situations, thats how I defeated the champ the first time), Shadow Ball, and maybe Thunderbolt. Note that many of these can be gotten from the game corner in Veilstone. The next step will be to buy items. Sell any Pokeballs you have to have enough cash, but do not sell any berries or items (Such as, say special move increasing items). Buy as many Revives, Full Restores, Potions, and status curing items that you can. In fact, you might want to hop over to the Cafe on Route 210 and buy some MooMoo Milk, since it restores 100 HP (Cheap solution to Full Restores outside of battle). Once you feel you are ready, go talk to the guy blocking the door and he will move as long as you have all 8 Badges. It is time for the final story challenge in the game! /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Aaron | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Dustox lv 53 (Bug/Poison) | |Beautifly lv 53 (Bug/Flying) | |Vespiquen lv 54 (Bug/Flying) | |Heracross lv 54 (Bug/Fighting) | |Drapion lv 57 (Poison/Dark) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: Being the first member of the Elite Four, Aaron has many common | | weaknesses. If you have been training your Pokemon like you should,| | then you should have no major problems. | | | | First up, Both Beautifly and Vespiquen are bug/flying types, so | | Rock, Fire, Ice, and Electric attacks are your best bet. Vespiquen | | mostly uses Power gem, while using Attack order and defend order | | as support moves, while having Heal Order as a healing move. | | Beautifly has Psychic and Shadow Ball, so any fighting types like | | Infernape and Ghost types such as Drifblim and Gengar will have | | issues. | | | | Dustox and Heracross both have a weakness against fire, flying and | | Psychic attacks. Dustox is mostly a status increases and effect, | | since is has Toxic, Bug Buzz, Light Screen, and Double Team. | | Heracross is more of a physical attacker, with Megahorn, Night | | Slash, Close Combat, and Stone Edge. This puts Psychics, normal | | types, ghost types, and flying Pokemon in a bind. Best thing to | | do here is use fire. | | | | Drapion is his final Pokemon, being the only member of his team | | that is not a Bug Pokemon. For the most part, it is mostly a | | Physical sweeper, with a bunch of different typed moves, such as | | Ice Fang, Cross Poison, X-Scissor, and Aerial Ace. This puts flyers| | ground, and fighting Pokemon in their place. Best thing to use | | against Drapion is your best attacker, or a ground Pokemon that | | has high defense. | | | | Recommended Pokemon include: Alakazam at lv 55, Infernape at lv 57,| | Torterra or Golem at lv 57 or so, and maybe Gengar or Drifblim at | | lv 55 or so. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ If you took major damage, then you might have a issue...Heal with items, save, and then continue on to the next room. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Bertha | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Quagsire lv 55 (Ground/Water) | |Sudowoodo lv 56 (Rock) | |Golem lv 56 (Ground/Rock) | |Whiscash lv 55 (Water/Ground) | |Hippowdon lv 59 (Ground) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: Bertha is one of the few Elite Four members that has sort of a | | odd team. Not only does she have 4 ground types, but two water | | and rock types as well. This pretty much means that her entire team| | is bait for grass attacks. | | | | First, lets start with Quagsire and Whiscash. Quagsire is more of a| | stall and defense Pokemon, since it likes to use Protect a bunch | | as well as Dig. It can also use Double Team and Sandstorm, but | | I did not see it use it that much. Whiscash is more of a physical | | attacker, with Fissure (Instantly KOs, but has a crappy hit percent| | amount), Zen Headbutt (One it likes to use the most), Rock Slide, | | and Aqua Tail. Oddly enough, there are a bunch of moves against | | other ground Pokemon, but not against Grass. Torterra or Roserade | | works wonders with Razor Leaf, often killing them in one hit. | | | | Sudowoodo is her most common next Pokemon, being the only pure rock| | Pokemon available on her team. It mostly uses Earthquake and Hammer| | Arm, but can use Sandstorm and Sucker Punch as well. Once again, | | Sudowoodo has little defense against grass Pokemon, but a Pokemon | | like Empoleon and Gyrados works quite well against it with Surf. | | | | Golem and Hippodon are her last two Pokemon, being Ground types | | with Golem also being a Rock type. Golem is more of a physical | | attacker with Earthquake, brick break, and Gyro ball (I mostly | | see it use Earthquake and Brick Break, though). Hippodon is a | | beast, being her highest level Pokemon and using Curse to lower | | its already crappy speed to make its attack and defense higher, and| | then use Earthquake and Crunch. Not only that, but its Pokemon | | ability allows it to call up a sandstorm when it wants. Best | | Pokemon to use it Torterra or a similar grass type with Razor Leaf | | or a Empoleon. | | | | Recommended Pokemon include: Torterra at lv 57 or so, Empoleon or | | Gyrados at lv 58 or so. Also, any Pokemon that has grass attacks or| | can use surf against the non-water types works well. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ If you had trouble with Bertha, then you are going to have bigger trouble in a little bit. Heal and save, and go on through. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Flint | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Rapid ash lv 58 (Fire) | |Steelix lv 57 (Steel/Ground) | |Drifblim lv 58 (Ghost/Flying) | |Lopunny lv 57 (Normal) | |Infernape lv 61 (Fire/Fighting) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: In what may be one of the oddest, and best teams a normal Elite | | Four member has ever had, Flint is the only one that only uses less| | than his type. However, note that the two fire Pokemon he does have| | are the only fire Pokemon available in Sinnoh right now. Not only | | that, but he is one of the few Elite Four members to use a Starter,| | the other two being your rival from RBY and Lance from GSC. | | | | Lets begin. Rapid ash is a powerhouse, being a speedy Pokemon that | | can use Sunny Day and Solar Beam to cause issues for any ground | | and water Pokemon. Not only that, but flare blitz can cause some | | serious damage if you let it. However, it also likes to use bounce,| | a odd fly and dig type move that takes two turns, with you missing | | most of the time. Best thing to use is a powerful water type that | | can take a Solar Beam, such as Empoleon or Gyrados. | | | | Steelix is a odd choice, since most of his attacks are pretty weak | | and do not have any steel types. It can use Fire Fang, Rock Tomb, | | and Sunny Day, but prefers to use Sunny Day and use screech most of| | the time, for some strange reason. Water and fighting types work | | best, such as your own Infernape or Empoleon. | | | | Lopunny is another odd case. It only has one main damaging attack, | | and then charm, sunny day, and Mirror Coat. However, for the | | oddest reasons, it never likes to use Mirror Coat that much, | | preferring to use charm and sunny day most of the time. Use a | | fighter, like Infernape. | | | | Drifblim is a very odd choice, since it cannot really attack all | | that much! Besides ominous wind, it can use Double Team and Will-O | | Wisp to burn you, and then Baton Pass (Which is sometimes does | | randomly). Electric types, such as Luxio and Ghosts such as Gengar | | work very well. | | | | Finally, Infernape is his last Pokemon, and his most powerful. | | It is a Physical Sweeper with Flare Blitz, ThunderPunch, Mach Punch| | and Earthquake. That means it can take on grass, ground, water, | | and electric Pokemon! Best to use a flyer, such as Staraptor. | | | | Recommended Pokemon include: Staraptor at lv 57 or so, Infernape at| | lv 60 or so, Empoleon at lv 60 or so, and Luxio at lv 58 or so. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Once again, heal and continue to the next room. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Boss: Lucian | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Mr. Mime lv 59 (Psychic) | |Girafarig lv 59 (Normal/Psychic) | |Medicham lv 60 (Fighting/Psychic) | |Alakazam lv 60 (Psychic) | |Bronzong lv 63 (Psychic/Steel) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: Lucian is one of the few that sticks to his type, being the only | | Elite Four member that has all Psychic Pokemon. However, he does | | cover his weaknesses well. | | | | Mr. Mime is pretty much the weakest on his team, mostly using | | defense moves such as Reflect and Light Screen. For some strange | | reason, it also has Thunderbolt as well as the typical Psychic. | | Dark and Ghost type attacks work well, although Gengar is weak | | against Psychic and Drifblim is weak against Thunderbolt (Use a | | Mismagius if you have it). Torterra or Luxray with a dark type | | move may work best. | | | | Medicham is his psychical sweeper, using all punches (Thunder, fire| | ice, and drain punch). This means that ice, grass, water, flying, | | steel and such are weak against Medicham. Once again, Gengar or | | Mismagius work well. If you have a Pokemon that knows a flying type| | move but isn't a flying type Pokemon, it will work well against | | Medicham. | | | | Girafarig is his special typed Pokemon, since it is resistant | | against ghost type attacks. Not only that, but it can use Shadow | | Ball, Crunch, and Psychic. Fortunately, Girafarig is a bit weak, so| | any Pokemon such as Torterra or Luxio with a dark type move (or | | a powerful move such as earthquake or such) can help. | | | | Alakazam is his Special sweeper, using Psychic, energy ball, and | | Focus Blast, while having the ever so annoying recover move. Most | | of us that have played Pokemon know how to take Alakazam down: use | | dark type attacks or your strongest Pokemon (Once again, a Pokemon | | that knows dark attacks works best). | | | | Bronzong is his last Pokemon, being a bit of a annoying Pokemon to | | take down. It cannot be hit by ground type attacks due to levitate | | and it likes to use Calm Mind to raise its special defense. Then, | | it uses Psychic, Gyro Ball, or Earthquake to take care of any | | Fighting, Ground, Fire, and such. Not only that, but his defenses | | are extremely high. Fire is the only thing that works well against | | him, so you might want to have a Pokemon (Such as the legendary | | you caught at the Spear Pillar) to have Flamethrower. Otherwise, | | use your most powerful attacks. | | | | Recommended Pokemon include: Torterra or Luxio at lv 60 or so with | | Dark type moves such as Crunch, Mismagius at lv 60 or so, strong | | attackers that can KO quickly. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ At this point, you should gage how well you did. If you beat the first four easily without having too much problems or using too many items, then you should be ready for the champ. If you had a bunch of problems, or your Pokemon are still in the 40's or below, then you will have issues. Use PP restoring moves, mostly on attacks such as thunderbolt, toxic, ice beam, flamethrower, and such. Heal all your Pokemon, and walk up the long hall for your final story battle with Champion Cynthia. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |FINAL BATTLE: Champion Cynthia | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon: | |Spiritomb lv 61 (Ghost/Dark) | |Roserade lv 60 (Grass/Poison) | |Gastrodon lv 60 (Water/Ground) | |Lucario lv 63 (Steel/Fighting) | |Milotic lv 63 (Water) | |Garchomp lv 66 (Dragon/Ground) | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: This is it, the final battle! Don't be afraid to use any Full | | Restores, revives, and potions. However, make sure you use them | | on Pokemon that matter. Cynthia is the most intelligent trainer | | in the game AI wise, so you will have no mercy from her when it | | comes to attacks (There were even a couple of times that my lv 100 | | Pokemon has issues, so be careful). | | | | Spiritomb is a new Pokemon that you cannot see anywhere else in the| | game at this point. It is also one of two Pokemon that does not | | have any weaknesses. However, it is fairly weak when it comes to | | damage, so don't be afraid of using strong attacks against it. It | | can use Silver Wind, Psychic, and Dark Pulse to damage, and embargo| | to block you from using items, so defeat it swiftly (Granted, she | | sometimes likes to use this attack right off the bat). | | | | Roserade is her next most common Pokemon. It mostly the ball | | attacks (Sludge bomb, shadow ball, energy ball), as well as | | Extrasensory. Fortunately, it is the easiest on her team, so take | | it out with fire or ice (Your legendary or Infernape works best). | | Gengar with Psychic also works great against it. | | | | Gastrodon is a odd Pokemon. Like Quagsire, it is a Water and Ground| | type Pokemon and uses mostly ground and rock attacks (Although it | | also uses Sludge Bomb). Torterra or Roserade works best against it.| | | | Milotic may not be her highest level Pokemon, but it can be one of | | her deadliest. It can use Mirror Coat, which deflects most special | | attacks back at its caster, so be careful with Grass and Electric | | attacks that won't take it out. It can use Aqua Ring to heal itself| | and uses Surf and Ice Beam to damage her opponents. If you have a | | high level Luxray that can do attacks besides special attacks, then| | use it to damage her HP before using Thunderbolt. Otherwise, use | | Grass attacks. | | | | Lucario is going to be a tricky Pokemon. It uses a variety of | | different type attacks, such as Psychic, Earthquake, and Dragon | | Pulse. Not only that, it cannot take damage from poison types, so | | using Toxic is not going to work. Fire is your best bet, so use | | Infernape, a fighting Pokemon, or Torterra with Earthquake. | | | | Her final Pokemon is going to be a total bitch. Garchomp is a | | Physical Sweeper that can use Dragon Rush, Earthquake, Brick | | Break, and Giga Impact. What works? If you have a flying type such | | as Gyrados that can use Ice Beam, then you should have a easy time.| | Otherwise, use Toxic and keep using Potions on yourself, since her | | attacks can kill most Pokemon in two terms. Otherwise, use your | | best attacks and all the revives you have. | | | | Recommended Pokemon include: Torterra with Razor Leaf and | | Earthquake, Luxio with non special moves and Thunderbolt, Infernape| | with fire attacks, Gyrados with Ice Beam or any Pokemon that can | | do high damage or use Toxic. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ After you beat her, you will be lead to the Hall of Fame room where the Pokemon you used to battle the elite four will be registered (You can view it later via the PCs at Pokemon Centers). During the credits, you will see all the Pokemon that you caught along the way. If you want, press start to skip them (Although I recommend viewing it once, at least). Congratulations! You beat the story part of Pokemon! However, there is still many quests and things to do. In fact, it might only be the beginning of your play time... ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| GETTING THE NATIONAL DEX |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \D002/ ---- One small little quirk Gamefreak threw in in the 4th Generation is getting the National Dex. Before, it was a fairly easy process (Well, besides FR and LG, although it wasn't too bad). In D/P, however, you will need to see all 150 Pokemon that are located in Sinnoh. In general, how the game is set up is that you will pretty much encounter every Pokemon at least once. About half of the Pokemon in the dex are ones you will encounter automatically through story battles (Gym Leader, Rival battles, Team Galactic, and Elite Four Battles). The rest are either common Pokemon you can find pretty much in the wild, or via trainers. Note that there are some annoying ones. By the time I finished the Elite 4, I had all besides the 3 Legendaries, Carnivine, Cherrim, and such. There are some Pokemon so common that you will have to battle it at least once, and some that are so rare that they either appear only in the wild or in one single trainer's team. The following list is a general location of where you can find these Pokemon. Note that this is not a full location guide: There are many other places wild Pokemon can be fought, and many other trainers that can be fought that have the same Pokemon. This guide merely contains their wild location, and maybe 1 or 2 trainers that might have them. Note that you only need to SEE the Pokemon and not catch them. Sort of a weird redoing of the Pokedex. National-Dex Location Guide: /-----------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon Name |Location | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#001 |Can be found at the beginning of the | |Turtwig |game. If you choose Chimchar, then | | |Rowan's assitant will have Turtwig. | | |If you got Piplup, your rival will | | |have Turtwig. Also, Gym Leader | | |Gardenia has one in her party. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#002 |Your rival will have one by the 2nd | |Grotile |time you fight him if you choose | | |Piplup. Ace Trainer Alyssa on the | | |other side of Route 210 will also have| | |one. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#003 |Your rival will have one at the end | |Torterra |of the game if you choose Piplup. | | |Ace Trainer Sydney on Victory Road | | |will have one. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#004 |Can be found at the beginning of the | |Chimchar |game. If you choose Piplup, then | | |Rowan's assitant will have Chimchar. | | |If you got Turtwig, your rival will | | |have Chimchar | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#005 |Your rival will have one by the 2nd | |Monferno |time you fight him if you choose | | |Turtwig. Ace Trainer Dennis near the | | |end of Route 215 will also have one. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#006 |Your rival will have one by the end | |Infernape |of the game if you choose Turtwig. | | |Elite Four Member Flint will also have| | |one when you battle him. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#007 |Can be found at the beginning of the | |Piplup |game. If you choose Turtwig, then | | |Rowan's assitant will have Piplup. | | |If you got Chimchar, your rival will | | |have Piplup. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#008 |Your rival will have one by the 2nd | |Prinplup |time you fight him if you choose | | |Chimchar. Pokemon Ranger Jeffery on | | |Route 212 will also have one. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#009 |Your rival will have one by the end | |Empoleon |of the game if you choose Chimchar. | | |Vetran Edgar on Victory Road will also| | |have one. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#010 |Found in pretty much all grassy | |Starly |regions. Rival has one. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#011 |Found in pretty much all later | |Staravia |grassy regions. Rival has one. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#012 |Rival has one before the end of the | |Staraptor |game. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#013 |Can be found in the wild on Route 201 | |Bidoof |or fought in trainer battles against | | |trainers on Route 202, 203, 204, and | | |so on. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#014 |Can be found in the wild in several | |Bibarel |places (Such as Route 209, 212 and so | | |on). Can be found in a trainer battle | | |against Tuber Chelsea on Route 213. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#015 |Can be found at night on Route 202, | |Kricketot |203, and several other routes. Can | | |be found in a trainer battle against | | |Youngster Dallas on Route 203, Bug | | |Catcher Brandon on Route 204. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#016 |Can be found on several later routes | |Kricketune |at night, as well as trainer battle | | |in Eterna Forst via Bug Catcher Philip| | |and youngster Oliver in the Lost | | |Tower. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#017 |Can be found on the beginning Routes | |Shinx |202, and in trainer battles such as | | |Cyclist Megan or Rachell on | | |Cycling Road and Camper Curtis in the | | |Oreburgh Gate. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#018 |Can be found in trainer battles on | |Luxio |Route 215 via Jogger Craig and | | |Rich Boy Jason (Heh) on Route 212. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#019 |Gym Leader Volkner will have one on | |Luxray |his team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#020 |Can be found on Scientist Shawn on | |Abra |Route 212. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#021 |Galactic Admin Saturn will have one | |Kadabra |on his team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#022 |Elite Four member Lucian will have one| |Alakazam |on his team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#023 |Can be fished via the old Rod (Get the| |Magikarp |old rod via the fisherman in Jublife | | |on the northwest route out of town) | | |or via Fisherman Alec on Route 211. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#024 |Gym Leader Crasher Wake and Galactic | |Gyarados |Leader Cyrus will have one on their | | |team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#025 |Can be found in the wild in Eterna | |Budew |forest, or via trainer battles with | | |Lass Kaitlin on Route 203. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#026 |Your rival will have one if he did not| |Roselia |choose Turtwig. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#027 |Gym Leader Gardenia, your rival if | |Roserade |he didn't get Turtwig, and Champion | | |Cynthia will have one in their party. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#028 |Several of the Galactic Grunts will | |Zubat |have them in their party. You will | | |be forced to fight one when you fight | | |Commander Mars the first time. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#029 |Galactic Admin Mars will have one on | |Golbat |her team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#030 |Galactic Leader Cyrus will have one | |Crobat |on his team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#031 |Gym Leader Roark will have one in | |Geodude |his party. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#032 |Can be found in the wild on Mt. | |Graveler |Coronet on your second visit to the | | |Spear Pillar or via a trainer on the | | |bottom level of the Oreburgh Gate. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#033 |Elite Four member Bertha will have | |Golem |one on her team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#034 |Gym Leader Roark will have one in his | |Onix |party | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#035 |Gym Leader Byron and Elite Four member| |Steelix |Flint will have one on their team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#036 |Gym Leader Roark will have on on his | |Cranidos |team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#037 |Can be found on Ace Trainer Omar on | |Rampardos |Victory Road. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#038 |Can be revived via fossils found in | |Shieldon |Pearl version in the Underground at | | |the Oreburgh Museum, or it can be | | |found on Ruin Maniac Calvin on Route | | |215. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#039 |Gym Leader Byron will have one on | |Basiodon |his team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#040 |Can be found in the wild at several | |Machop |places (Such as Route 207) or on | | |Black Belt Gregory on Route 215. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#041 |Gym Leader Maylene will have one on | |Machoke |her team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#042 |Can either be got off the GTS by | |Machamp |trading for a Machoke on there, or | | |can be seen by Black Belt Miles on | | |Victory Road. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#043 |Can be found in the Route near | |Psyduck |Hearthrome and on the Celestic side | | |of Route 210, or on Picnicker Diana | | |at the Oreburgh gate. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#044 |Can be encountered via Ace Trainer | |Golduck |Mariah on victory road. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#045 |Can be found on Bug Catcher Phillip | |Burmy |in Eterna Forest or via Sweet Honey | | |trees. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#046 |Can be found by raising a female | |Wormadam |burmy to lv 20, or on Beauty Devon | | |on route 214. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#047 |Can be found by raising a Burmy to | |Mothim |Level 20 while male, or battling | | |Ace Trainer Ernest on the Celestic | | |side of Route 210. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#048 |Can be found in Eterna Forest, | |Wurmple |although you encounter one in a story | | |battle against a Galactic Grunt. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#049 |Can be found in Eterna Forest or on | |Silcoon |Bug Catcher Jack found in Eterna | | |Forest. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#050 |Elite Four Member Aaron will have one | |Beautifly |on his team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#051 |Can be found in Eterna Forest, | |Cascoon |leveling up a Wurmple to level 7, or | | |on Bug Catcher Donald in Eterna Forest| |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#052 |Elite Four Member Aaron will have one | |Dustox |on his team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#053 |Can be found on Sweet Honey Trees or | |Combee |on Aroma Lady Hannah on Route 208. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#054 |Elite Four Member Aaron will have one | |Vespiquen |on his team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#055 |Can be found near the Valley Windworks| |Pachirisu |or on Lass Briana in Eterna Forest. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#056 |Your rival will have one on him if | |Buizel |he did not get Piplup. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#057 |Gym Leader Crasher Wake has one and | |Floatzel |your rival will have one if he did | | |not get Piplup. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#058 |Gym Leader Gardenia has one in her | |Cherubi |party | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#059 |Can be encountered via Ace Trainer | |Cherrim |Shannon on Route 221. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#060 |Can be found on the routes around the | |Shellos |Valley Windworks, or it can be | | |Encountered via Youngster Olliver in | | |the Lost Tower. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#061 |Champion Cynthia will have one on her | |Gastrodon |team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#062 |Elite Four member Aaron and your Rival| |Heracross |will have one on their team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#063 |Can be found in Sweet Honey Trees or | |Aipom |on Rancher Marco on the Solaceon | | |town side of Route 210. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#064 |Gym Leader Volkner will have one on | |Ambipom |his team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#065 |Can be found at the Valley Windworks | |Drifloon |every Friday, at the Hearthome Gym | | |under Picniker Cheyenne. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#066 |Gym Leader Fantina and Elite Four | |Drifblim |member Flint will have one. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#067 |Can be found in the wild in Eterna | |Buneary |Forest or on Lady Melissa on Route | | |212. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#068 |Elite Four member Flint will have one | |Lopunny |on his team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#069 |Can be found in Eterna Forest, the | |Gastly |Old Chateau, Route 209, and the | | |Lost Tower. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#070 |Can be found on Psychic Mitchell on | |Haunter |Route 214, or on some Trainers in the | | |Hearthome Gym. You can also trade for | | |it at Snowpoint for a Medicham. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#071 |Gym Leader Fatina will have one on | |Gengar |her team | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#072 |Can be found in Eterna Forest or at | |Misdreavus |the Lost Tower at Night, or on | | |Young Couple Mike and Nat in the Lost | | |Tower. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#073 |Gym Leader Fatina will have one on | |Mismagius |her team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#074 |Galactic Leader Cyrus will have one | |Murkrow |on his team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#075 |Galactic Leader Cyrus will have one | |Honchkrow |on his team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#076 |Can be found on Ace Trainer Maya near | |Glameow |the end of Route 215 or several | | |Galactic Grunts you need to fight. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#077 |Galactic Leader Mars will have one | |Purugly |on her team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#078 |Can be found on Fisherman Cameron on | |Goldeen |Route 212. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#079 |Can be found on Ace Trainer Olivia | |Seaking |on Route 217. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#080 |Can be found on Fisherman Cameron on | |Barboach |Route 212. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#081 |Elite Four Member Bertha will have one| |Whiscash |on her team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#082 |Can be encountered on the Route next | |Chingling |to Celestic Town, or via Psychic | | |Valencia on Victory Road | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#083 |Can be encountered on Mt. Coronet, or | |Chimecho |via Psychic Valencia on Victory Road | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#084 |Found on one of the Galactic Grunts | |Stunky |you are forced to fight. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#085 |Galactic Commander Mars will have one | |Skuntank |on her party when you first fight her | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#086 |Gym Leader Maylene will have one on | |Meditite |her team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#087 |Gym Leader Candice and Elite Four | |Medicham |member Lucian will have one on his | | |team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#088 |Most of the admins you fight at the | |Bronzor |lakes and Gym Leader Byron will have | | |one. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#089 |Elite Four Member Lucian will have one| |Bronzong |on his team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#090 |Your rival will have one if he did | |Ponyta |not get Chimchar. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#091 |Elite Four Member Flint and your rival| |Rapidash |(if he did not get chimchar) will have| | |one. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#092 |Can be found in the wild near Solaceon| |Bonsly |Town in Pearl version, or on Pokefan | | |Rebekah in the lost tower (Can also be| | |found on some Breeders on the same | | |Route the Lost Tower is on). | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#093 |Elite Four member Bertha will have one| |Sudowoodo |on her team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#094 |Can be found in the wild in Diamond | |Mine Jr. |near Solaceon, or on Artist William | | |on Route 208. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#095 |Elite Four Member Lucian will have one| |Mr. Mime |on his team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#096 |Can be hatched from a Egg found in | |Happiny |Hearthome, in the wild near Route | | |210, or on Pokémon Breeder Kahlil | | |on the Solaceon Town side of Route | | |210. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#097 |You will be forced to team up with | |Chansey |Cheyrl at the beginning of Eterna | | |forest. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#098 |Can be raised from a Chansey when | |Blissey |its Happiness is at its peak and it | | |levels up, or encountered via Ace | | |Trainer Mariah on victory road. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#099 |Can be found on Mt. Coronet, or on | |Cleffa |Roughneck Kirby in the Trainer Tower. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#100 |Rowan's assitant will have one on her | |Clefairy |the second time you help her against | | |Galactic Grunts. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#101 |Can be evolved from Clefairy using | |Clefable |the Moon Stone, or encountered via | | |Ace Trainer Sydney on Vicory Road. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#102 |Can be traded for in Eterna City, or | |Chatot |battle via Gentleman Jeremy on | | |Route 212. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#103 |Can be found in the Trophy Garden | |Pichu |at Pokemon mansion or on Pokefan | | |Leonard at the lost tower | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#104 |Can be found in the Trophy Garden at | |Pikachu |Pokemon Mansion or on Pokefan Leonard | | |at the lost tower. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#105 |Gym Leader Volkner will have one on | |Raichu |his team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#106 |Can be found on the Celestic side | |Hoothoot |of Route 210, or on Bird Keeper | | |Brianna on the Celestic side of Route | | |210. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#107 |Can be found on Bird Keeper Brianna | |Noctowl |on the Celestic side of Route 210. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#108 |Champion Cynthia will have one in her | |Spiritomb |team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#109 |Can be found on Dragon Tamer Clinton | |Gible |on Victory Road. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#110 |Can be found on Dragon Tamer Ondrej | |Gabite |on Victory Road. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#111 |Champion Cynthia has one on her team. | |Garchomp | | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#112 |Your rival will have one when he teams| |Munchlax |up with you. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#113 |Your rival will have one before the | |Snorlax |end of the game. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#114 |Can be found in the Solaceon Ruins | |Unown |to the east of Solaceon Town. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#115 |Can be hatched from a egg found on | |Riolu |Iron Island, or encountered via a | | |Vetran at the bottom of the Oreburgh | | |Gate (Needs several HMs to get to | | |him). | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#116 |Gym Leader Maylene and Elite Four | |Lucario |Champion Cynthia will have one on | | |her team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#117 |Can be found on Route 212, or in a | |Wooper |Double Battle at the Restaurant on | | |Lake Valor Resort via School Kid | | |Esteban | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#118 |Elite Four Member Bertha and Crasher | |Quagsire |Wake will have one on their team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#119 |Can be found on Route 218 via surfing,| |Wingull |or on Swimmer Girl Paige on Route 223 | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#120 |Can be found on Swimmer Colton on | |Pelipper |Route 223. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#121 |Elite Four member Lucian will have one| |Girafarig |on his team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#122 |Can be found on Ace Trainer Dalton on | |Hippopotas |Route 217. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#123 |Elite Four Member Bertha will have one| |Hippowdon |on her team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#124 |Can be found in the Great Marsh or on | |Azurill |Swimmer Girl Aubree on Route 223. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#125 |Can be found in the Great Marsh or on | |Marill |Swimmer Girl Paige on Route 223 | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#126 |Can be found on Swimmer Girl Aubree | |Azumarill |on Route 223. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#127 |Can be found at the Great Marsh or on | |Skorupi |Ninja Boy Ethan on Route 217. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#128 |Elite Four member Aaron will have one | |Drapion |on his team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#129 |Can be caught in the Great Marsh or | |Croagunk |found on Black Belt Derek on Route | | |215. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#130 |Galactic Admin Saturn will have one | |Toxicroak |on his team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#131 |Can be found on Ace Trainer Omar on | |Carnivine |Victory Road. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#132 |Can be found on Swimmer Oscar on Route| |Remoraid |223. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#133 |Gym Leader Volkner will have one on | |Octillery |his team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#134 |Can be found on Swimmer Girl Cassandra| |Fineon |on Route 223. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#135 |Can be found on Swimmer Girl Miranda | |Lumineon |on Route 223. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#136 |Can be found on pretty much any | |Tentacool |surfable route (such as 213). | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#137 |Can be found on any surfable route or | |Tentacruel |on Swimmer Ricardo on Route 223. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#138 |Can be found on Route 211 via | |Feebas |Fisherman Brett | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#139 |Champion Cynthia will have one on her | |Milotic |team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#140 |Can be found on Swimmer Oscar on Route| |Mantyke |223. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#141 |Can be found on Swimmer Oscar on Route| |Mantine |223. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#142 |Gym Leader Candice will have one on | |Snover |her team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#143 |Gym Leader Candice will have one on | |Abomasnow |her team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#144 |Gym Leader Candice will have one on | |Sneasel |her team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#145 |Galactic Admin Cyrus will have one | |Weavile |on his team. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#146 |Must battle in the cave at Lake Acuity| |Uxie | | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#147 |Can encounter at Lake Verity, but you | |Mespirit |do not need to battle it to get its | | |Pokedex entry. | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#148 |Must battle in the cave at Lake Valor | |Azelf | | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#149 |Battle at the Spear Pillar in Diamond | |Dialga |Can also be seen in a book in Celestic| | |Town in Pearl (It is the northern | | |House). | |--------------|--------------------------------------| |#150 |Battle at the Spear Pillar in Pearl | |Palkia |Can also be seen in a book in Celestic| | |Town in Diamond (It is the northern | | |House). | \-----------------------------------------------------/ After you have seen all 150, go back to Sandgem Town and talk to Prof. Rowan. You will get the National Pokedex, and Prof. Oak will show up and give you the Pokeradar. You now have access to a number of things around Sinnoh! However, you might want to start at the Pal Park... ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| PAL PARK |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \D003/ ---- Located on Route 221 (South of Sandgem) is a facility called the Pal Park. If you try to get there before getting the National Dex, a guard will tell you that it is not ready yet. Once you do get the National Dex, Prof. Oak will tell you to come here. On your first time inside, Prof. Oak will give you the Trainer Counter (A Poketech APP that shows the highest amount of Pokemon you have encountered, which is pointless). While inside, you can also get two more useful Poketech APPs, the Kitchen Timer (Show the girl in the beginning a Snorlax), and the Color Changer (Show the same girl a Keckleon) to get those two. Anywho, the Pal Park itself is pretty much a mini-game of sorts. To play, you will need to export GBA Pokemon via putting a R/S/E/FR/LG cartriage in the GBA slot. When you turn on your DS, you will find a option to Migrate Pokemon if a GBA Pokemon game is in the slot. Here are a few rules for transfering Pokemon: -The Pokemon cannot know a HM move. If it does, you will need to delete the move via a Move Deleter in the GBA game. -You can only transfer 6 Pokemon per day from that cart. However, you can use multiple carts per day. You must catch the Pokemon in storage at the Pal Park before you can export more. -If you try to turn the clock forward on the DS, you will be forced to wait until 24 hours after you tried to change the clock. -Although 100% not confirmed, I assume you cannot transfer irregular Pokemon (Such as Glitch Pokemon such as Bag EGG), and you cannot transfer unhatched Egg pokemon. -Although this should be pretty obvious, you can only transfer Pokemon from the 3rd generation games (Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald). R/B/Y/G/S/C are NOT compatable Once they are transfered, you will be able to go to the Pal Park and enter a catching game +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | !!! NOTE !!! | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | You can also Fly to the Pal Park, although you can only do it | | after getting the National Pokedex and going inside at least | | once). | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ The catching game is fairly simple. There are 5 locations: -Grass area (Found when you first walk in) -Forest (Grass surrounded by trees) -Pond (Small pond area in the northeastern part of the map) -Mountain (Bit of grass found on the hill in the northeastern part) -Ocean (Bit of land in the lower right corner of the map) You will be given several special Pokeballs to catch the GBA Pokemon. The thing about these Pokeballs is that they are the same as a Masterball and will always catch the Pokemon. However, the following stats will remain on the status screen when you catch it: -Region it was caught in (Hoenn, Kanto, or other) -Original Trainer name and ID number -Type of Pokeball it was caught with -Nature -Level -Current EXP -All Moves it had before transfer -Ability -Ribbons -Shiny Status -If it has the Pokerus or had the Pokerus -EV Points -IV Points -Any item it was holding when it was transfered -All its stats will remain the same As you can see, it is pretty much the exact same Pokemon. The good part is that they will now recieve a 1.5 EXP Bonus since they are not your Pokemon. Only bad part is that it will not evolve if it was supposed to (Such as a trade Evolution or such) Each Pokemon has a certain set location it goes to. The following chart shows the following: -Its Location (As stated Above) -Its Encounter Rate. Common ones appear more frequently, while Uncommon and rare ones take a bit of time to find. Very Rare ones will take a very long time of running around to find -Its Score Rank (Thanks to Nintendo's Pokedex guide for this Info). Every Pokemon nets a certain amount of points depending on its rank. E Pokemon get the lowest, D get the second lowest, C gets average points, B, gets above average points, A gets High Points, and S gets the highest amount of points. /-----------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon Name |Location |Encounter # |Rank | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Bulbasaur |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Ivysaur |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Venusaur |Grass |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Charmander |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Charmeleon |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Charizard |Grass |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Squirtle |Pond |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Wartortle |Pond |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Blastoise |Pond |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Caterpie |Forrest |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Metapod |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Butterfree |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Weedle |Forrest |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Kakuna |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Beedrill |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Pidgey |Grass |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Pidgeotto |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Pidgeot |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Rattata |Grass |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Raticate |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Spearow |Grass |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Fearow |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Ekans |Forrest |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Arbok |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Pikachu |Forrest |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Raichu |Forrest |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Sandshrew |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Sandslash |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Nidoran Female|Grass |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Nidorina |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Nidoqueen |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Nidoran Male |Grass |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Nidorino |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Nidoking |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Clefairy |Mountain |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Clefable |Mountain |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Vulpix |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Ninetales |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Jigglypuff |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Wigglytuff |Grass |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Zubat |Mountain |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Golbat |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Oddish |Forrest |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Gloom |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Vileplume |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Paras |Forrest |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Parasect |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Venonat |Forrest |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Venomoth |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Diglett |Mountain |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Dugtrio |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Meowth |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Persian |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Psyduck |Pond |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Golduck |Pond |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Mankey |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Primeape |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Growlthe |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Arcanine |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Poliwag |Pond |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Poliwhirl |Pond |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Poliwrath |Pond |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Abra |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Kadabra |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Alakazam |Grass |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Machop |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Machoke |Mountain |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Machamp |Mountain |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Bellsprout |Forrest |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Weepinbell |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Victreebell |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Tentacool |Ocean |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Tentacruel |Ocean |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Geodude |Mountain |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Gravler |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Golem |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Ponyta |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Rapidash |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Slowpoke |Pond |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Slowbro |Pond |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Magnemite |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Magneton |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Farfetch'd |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Doduo |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Dodrio |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Seel |Ocean |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Dewgong |Ocean |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Grimer |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Muk |Ocean |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Shellder |Ocean |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Cloyster |Ocean |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Gastly |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Haunter |Forrest |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Gengar |Forrest |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Onix |Mountain |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Drowzee |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Hypno |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Krabby |Ocean |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Kingler |Ocean |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Voltorb |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Electrode |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Exeggcute |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Exeggutor |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Cubone |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Marowak |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Hitmonlee |Mountain |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Hitmonchan |Mountain |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Lickitung |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Koffing |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Weezing |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Rhyhorn |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Rhydon |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Chansey |Grass |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Tangela |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Kangaskhan |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Horsea |Ocean |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Seadra |Ocean |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Goldeen |Pond |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Seaking |Pond |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Staryu |Ocean |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Starmie |Ocean |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Mr. Mine |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Scyther |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Jynx |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Electabuzz |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Magmar |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Pinsir |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Tauros |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Magikarp |Pond |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Gyrados |Pond |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Lapras |Ocean |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Ditto |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Eevee |Grass |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Vaporeon |Grass |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Jolteon |Grass |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Flareon |Grass |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Porygon |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Omanyte |Ocean |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Omastar |Ocean |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Kabuto |Ocean |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Kabutops |Ocean |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Aerodactyl |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Snorlax |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Articuno |Mountain |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Zapdos |Mountain |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Moltres |Mountain |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Dratini |Pond |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Dragonair |Pond |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Dragonite |Mountain |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Mewtwo |Grass |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Mew |Forrest |Very Rare |S | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Chikorita |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Bayleef |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Meganium |Grass |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Cyndaquil |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Quilava |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Typhlosion |Grass |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Totodile |Pond |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Croconaw |Pond |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Feraligatr |Mountain |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Sentret |Grass |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Furret |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Hoothoot |Forrest |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Noctowl |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Ledyba |Grass |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Ledian |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Spinarak |Grass |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Ariados |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Crobat |Mountain |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Chinchou |Ocean |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Lanturn |Ocean |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Pichu |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Cleffa |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Igglybuff |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Togepi |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Togetic |Grass |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Natu |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Xatu |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Mareep |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Flaffy |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Ampharos |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Bellossom |Forrest |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Marill |Pond |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Azumarill |Pond |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Sudowoodo |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Politoed |Pond |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Hoppip |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Skiploom |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Jumpfluff |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Aipom |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Sunkern |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Sunflora |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Yanma |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Wooper |Pond |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Quagsire |Pond |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Espeon |Grass |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Umbreon |Grass |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Murkrow |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Slowking |Pond |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Misdreavus |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Unown |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Wobbuffet |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Girafarig |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Pineco |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Forretress |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Dunsparce |Forrest |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Gligar |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Steelix |Mountain |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Snubbull |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Granbull |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Qwilfish |Ocean |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Scizor |Grass |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Shuckle |Ocean |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Heracross |Forrest |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Sneasel |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Teddiursa |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Ursaring |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Slugma |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Magcargo |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Swinub |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Piloswine |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Corsola |Ocean |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Remoraid |Ocean |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Octillery |Ocean |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Delibird |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Mantine |Ocean |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Skarmory |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Houndour |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Houndoom |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Kingdra |Ocean |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Phanpy |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Donphan |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Hitmontop |Mountain |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Porygon 2 |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Stantler |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Smealgle |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Tyrogue |Mountain |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Smoochum |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Elekid |Mountain |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Magby |Mountain |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Miltank |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Blissey |Grass |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Raikou |Mountain |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Entei |Mountain |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Suicune |Mountain |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Larvitar |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Pupitar |Mountain |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Tyranitar |Mountain |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Lugia |Mountain |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Ho-oh |Mountain |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Celebi |Forrest |Very Rare |S | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Treecko |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Grovyle |Forrest |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Sceptile |Forrest |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Torchic |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Combusken |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Blaziken |Grass |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Mudkip |Pond |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Marshtomp |Pond |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Swampert |Pond |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Poochyena |Grass |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Mightyena |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Zigzagoon |Grass |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Linoone |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Wurmple |Forrest |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Silcoon |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Beautifly |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Cascoon |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Dustox |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Lotad |Pond |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Lombre |Pond |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Ludicolo |Pond |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Seedot |Forrest |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Nuzleaf |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Shiftry |Forrest |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Tailow |Grass |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Swellow |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Wingull |Ocean |Common |E | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Pelipper |Ocean |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Ralts |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Kirlia |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Gardevoir |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Surskit |Pond |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Masquerain |Pond |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Shroomish |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Breloom |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Slakoth |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Vigoroth |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Slaking |Forrest |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Nincada |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Ninjask |Forrest |Uncommon |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Shedinja |Forrest |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Whismur |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Loudred |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Exploud |Mountain |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Makuhita |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Hariyama |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Azurill |Pond |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Nosepass |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Skitty |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Delcatty |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Sableye |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Mawile |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Aron |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Lairon |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Aggron |Mountain |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Meditite |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Medicham |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Electirke |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Manectric |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Plusle |Grass |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Minun |Grass |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Volbeat |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Ilumise |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Roselia |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Gulpin |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Swalot |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Carvanha |Ocean |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Sharpedo |Ocean |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Wailmer |Ocean |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Wailord |Ocean |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Numel |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Camerupt |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Torkoal |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Spoink |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Grumpig |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Spinda |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Trapinch |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Vibrava |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Flygon |Mountain |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Cacnea |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Cacturne |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Swablu |Grass |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Altaria |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Zangoose |Grass |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Seviper |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Lunatone |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Solrock |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Barboach |Pond |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Whiscash |Pond |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Corphish |Pond |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Crawdaunt |Pond |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Baltoy |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Claydol |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Lileep |Ocean |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Crawdily |Ocean |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Anorith |Ocean |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Armaldo |Ocean |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Feebass |Ocean |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Milotic |Ocean |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Castform |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Kecleon |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Shuppet |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Banette |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Duskull |Forrest |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Dusclops |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Tropius |Forrest |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Chimecho |Mountain |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Absol |Mountain |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Wynaut |Grass |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Snorunt |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Glalie |Mountain |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Spheal |Ocean |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Sealeo |Ocean |Common |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Walrein |Ocean |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Clampearl |Ocean |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Huntail |Ocean |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Gorebyss |Ocean |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Relicanth |Ocean |Uncommon |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Luvdisc |Ocean |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Bagon |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Shelgon |Mountain |Common |D | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Salamence |Mountain |Uncommon |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Beldum |Mountain |Common |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Metang |Mountain |Uncommon |C | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Metagross |Mountain |Rare |B | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Regirock |Mountain |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Regice |Mountain |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Registeel |Mountain |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Latias |Grass |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Latios |Grass |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Kyogre |Ocean |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Groundon |Mountain |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Rayquaza |Grass |Rare |A | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Jirachi |Mountain |Very Rare |S | |--------------|---------------|----------------|-----| |Deoxys |Mountain |Very Rare |S | \-----------------------------------------------------/ Once you do capture all 6 Pokemon, you will be lead out and given your score. You will be judged on how fast you caught your Pokemon, and what rank they are. Here is a list of the different berries you can get depending on your rank: /------------------------------------\ |0-2999 Points|Aspear Berry | | |Chesto Berry | | |Leppa Berry | | |Oran Berry | | |Percha Berry | | |Perism Berry | | |Rawst Berry | |-------------|----------------------| |3000-2399 |Aguav Berry | | |Figy Berry | | |Iapapa Berry | | |Mago Berry | | |Wiki Berry | |-------------|----------------------| |3300-3499 |Bluk Berry | | |Lum Berry | | |Nanab Berry | | |Pinap Berry | | |Razz Berry | | |Sitrus Berry | | |Wepear Berry | |-------------|----------------------| |3500-Upward |Grepa Berry | | |Hondew Berry | | |Kelpsy Berry | | |Pomeg Berry | | |Qualot Berry | | |Tamato Berry | \------------------------------------/ ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| THE OLD CHATEAU |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \D004/ ---- /-------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Rarity | |----------|--------------------------------| |Gastly |Almost Always | |----------|--------------------------------| |Haunter |Uncommon (Only with a Pokemon | | |GBA game in the GBA slot) | |----------|--------------------------------| |Gengar |Rare (Only in the room with eyes| | |and can only be encountered | | |with a GBA Pokemon game in the | | |GBA Slot) | \-------------------------------------------/ While not necessarily a National Dex only place, most of the stuff you can do inside the mansion will be limited until you get the National Pokedex and have at least one of the GBA Pokemon games in the GBA slot on your DS. To get to the Old Chateau, you must head to Eterna Forest from Eterna City and have cut with you. Once in the forst, go to your left until you see some cuttable trees (You should see Gardenia as well outside). Cut them and enter the mansion. While you can enter it before getting the National Pokedex and before you even defeat the Elite 4, the only thing to do is gather items within the mansion itself and catch Gastly. While here, you can get the rare but useless Old Gateau Item, TM 90, and the Dread Plate (as well as some other hidden items). There are two small secrets to this place, though. The first is the two other Pokemon you can catch here with a GBA Pokemon game in the GBA slot: Haunter and Gengar. Haunter starts to appear uncommonly, while Gengar appears very rarely in the rooms with eyes in them. Keep in mind that you can only do this after the National Pokedex, though. The other thing to do is catch a semi-rare Pokemon (somewhat of a legendary, but not quite). On the second floor in the room with the 5 doors, the second door on your left has a room with a TV set in it. While it does not have anything on during the day, going in at night will reveal the rare Pokemon, Rotom. Rotom itself is a interesting Pokemon. It starts at lv 15, is Electric and Ghost Type, and has the move levitate. Because of that, False Swipe is not a option. The best thing to do is use a low level Pokemon that can slightly damage and either paralyze or put to sleep Rotom. Make sure you bring some Ultra Balls and perhaps some Dark Balls. Also good to note that Farfetch'd, Sneasel, and Weavile can learn false Swipe via breeding (Egg moves). If you want a easier time catching one of those, then breed a Sneasel and level it up to around lv 20 with False Swipe. (Thanks to Gywall for that info) One final note, in the dining room is a weird ghost that seems just to be there for no reason. In my game, he went to the left side, which led me into the kitchen, which didn't have anything special besides some useless hidden items. Anyone else have any info on him? A reader named Chris was kind enough to follow up on the ghosts found in the Old Chateau: "In the old chateu on the 2 room to the right (not the end one, the one with a bookcase) I saw a girl, who looked left then right and walked out, and then when I left the room she was not there, unless I went into the end room and then went into the second room on the right. I dont think shes a ghosts as unlike the one downstairs her legs move. I saw this a few times in the day, not sure about at night." ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| THE GREAT MARSH |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \D005/ ---- Located in the Northern part of Pastoria City, the Great Marsh it D/P's version of the Safari Zone. Like always, here are the rules: -Costs 500 to enter -You get 30 Safari Balls with a 1.5 Capture Rate -You have 500 Steps before you are called back -You can Throw Bait (Causes them to stay around), or throw Mud Balls (Makes them easier to catch, but makes them angry) Like other versions, there are 6 sections of the Great Marsh that you can go to. However, the Pokemon below appear in every section (Besides Noctowl, which does not appear in Section 5 or 6). Here is a list of the normal Pokemon that appear: Grass: /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Psyduck |Both |8% |8% |8% |Normal | |Marill |Both |15% |15% |15% |Normal | |Azurill |Both |1% |1% |1% |Normal | |Starly |Both |9% |9% |- |Normal | |Wooper |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Quagsire |Both |15% |15% |15% |Normal | |Bidoof |Both |1% |1% |1% |Normal | |Bibarel |Both |20% |20% |20% |Normal | |Carnevine |Both |1% |1% |1% |Normal | |Budew |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Hoothoot |Both |- |- |10% |Normal | |Noctowl |Both |- |- |9% |Normal | \------------------------------------------------------------/ Water: /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Via Fishing |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Magikarp |100% (Old Rod), 65% |Fishing | | |(Good Rod) | | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Gyarados |5% (Good Rod) 5% |Fishing | | |(Super Rod) | | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Barboach |30% (Good Rod) |Fishing | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Whiscash |65% (Super Rod) |Fishing | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Carvanha |35% (Super Rod) |Fishing | \------------------------------------------------------------/ However, there is a new twist: There are Pokemon that change each day depending on how far you are in the game. Early on, some rarer and evolved forms start to appear. However, Pokemon from FR/LG/R/S/E will start appearing once you get the National Pokedex. Here is a list of all the changing Pokemon: /-----------------------------------\ |Pre-National Dex |Post-National Dex| |-----------------|-----------------| |Skorupi |Kangaskhan | |Drapion |Shroomish | |Carnevine |Yanma | |Golduck |Exeggcute | |Croagunk |Gulpin | |Toxicroak |Paras | |Roselia |Carvanha | |Starvia |Tropius | |Bidoof |Arbok * | |Bibarel | | |Marill | | |Azurill | | \-----------------------------------/ Note that Arbok will only appear when FireRed is plugged into the GBA slot. Also, Pokemon like Skorupi, Drapion, Croagunk, Toxicroak, and Carnevine and the other-pre national dex Pokemon will still appear even after you get the National Pokedex. So, how does one know when they start appearing? There are binoculars on the top floor that will show you each six areas for 100p and one of the Pokemon that will appear there. As stated earlier, the Great Marsh is separated into 6 parts, with some of the areas only reachable via the tram. Another new addition is the muddy parts of the Great Marsh. Depending on how fast you walk, you will get stuck in the mud and have to move around to get out, costing you steps. As with the other Safari Games, you will automatically exit once you take enough steps or use up your Safari Balls. However, there are three ways you can indefinatly stay in the Safari Zone until you use up your Safari Balls: *Fish at one of the water spots *Take a Pokemon that knows Sweet Scent and use that over and over until you find the Pokemon you want *Hold B and press the D-Pad slightly. You will stay in place and will not count as a step, but Wild Pokemon still have a chance of appearing if you do that. If anyone has anything to add to this section, email me. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| THE TROPHY GARDEN |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \D006/ ---- The Trophy Garden is sort of a semi-hidden area of Route 212. Located at the back of a giant mansion, it is home to several variety of Pokemon. You can enter the garden before getting the National Pokedex, but all you will really find that can be of any use is Pikachu and Pichu (and Roselia if you have not caught one yet). The draw of this place, however, is the rare Pokemon that can appear after getting the National Pokedex. Here is a list of all the Pokemon that can be found in the garden: /------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Version |Morning|Day |Night |Method | |---------------|----------|-------|-------|------|----------| |Pikachu |Both |10% |10% |10% |Normal | |Roselia |Both |30% |30% |30% |Normal | |Pichu |Both |30% |10% |10% |Normal | |Starvia |Both |20% |40% |20% |Normal | |Kricketune |Both |10% |10% |30% |Normal | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |After the National Dex |Encounter Rate |Method | |--------------------------|----------------------|----------| |Cleffa |Both |5% |Event | |Clefairy |Both |5% |Event | |Meowth |Both |5% |Event | |Mime Jr. |Both |5% |Event | |Bonsley |Both |5% |Event | |Igglybuff |Both |5% |Event | |Jigglypuff |Both |5% |Event | |Eevee |Both |5% |Event | |Castform |Both |5% |Event | |Minun |Both |5% |Event | |Plusle |Both |5% |Event | |Azurill |Both |5% |Event | |Marill |Both |5% |Event | |Happiny |Both |5% |Event | |Chansey |Both |5% |Event | |Porygon |Both |5% |Event | \------------------------------------------------------------/ However, there is a catch to the place: The Pokemon that appear here are random, and only 2 can appear at once. To activate the event, go in the mansion and go to the right wing until you find a room with the owner and his butler in it (You will know when you see them standing next to each other). Talk to the owner and answer yes to all his question and eventually the Pokemon he is bragging about will come up. That Pokemon will then appear in the garden. You will then have to wait until the next day to talk to him again to get a new Pokemon in the garden There is a nice side to it, however. Unlike swarms, the Pokemon will stay in the garden until you talk to the guy 3. And as mentioned earlier: you can have up to two Pokemon in the garden at once. Here is a small example: The first day you talk to him and Meowth start appearing, and the second time you talk to him Marill will start appearing. It goes like this: -Meowth -Marill The third time you talk to him, you start to get Eevee. It goes like this: -Marill -Eevee Meowth will no longer appear in the garden, yet Marill will still appear and Eevee as well. Fortunatly, there is another way to manipulate the garden: you can influence the Pokemon that appear. How? Save before you talk to the owner. What the game does is randomly choose a Pokemon when you talk to him, and does not choose automatically for each day like swarm Pokemon. That way, you can reload if you get a Pokemon you do not want in the garden. Another thing to note is that you can raise the appearance rate of cetain rare Pokemon if the level they can appear at is at least level 18 (For example: Chansey can be encountered at level 18 while in the garden). If so, then you can drastically raise their appearance by having a level 18 Pokemon in the front of your party and use a bunch of repels. This way, the only Pokemon that appear are Pikachu and the Pokemon that can appear at level 18. (Look at the lucky egg section for more info on this). Finally, a few more things before we end this section: *The repel trick does not work with Sweet Scent and the Pokeradar *As you can see, it is very hard to find many of the post-national dex Pokemon in the garden. There are some times where I will have a new Pokemon start appearing in the garden, yet I will never see them and mostly see older event Pokemon (Like say I had Porygon and Eevee in the garden and had Porygon active first. Sometimes, I would see nothing but Porygon in the garden). *If anyone has any info on what levels the event Pokemon appear at, please send it to my email. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| GBA SLOT POKEMON |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \D007/ ---- In what may be the oddest way to get Pokemon, GBA Slot Pokemon are a clever way to get you to buy the GBA games to get certain Pokemon. In fact, there are many older Pokemon you can only get by doing this method. Not only that, but there are new Pokemon evolutions that can only be reached by doing this method (Electivire and Magmotar). So, how does it work? First of all, you will need to get the National Pokedex for Pokemon gotten with this method to start appearing. Next, you will need to plug in the Pokemon GBA game in the DS's GBA slot BEFORE you turn on the DS, or else it will not work. Note that the Pokemon will stop appearing once you switch to another cart, so make sure you get them while you have it hooked up. After all that is done, specific Pokemon of that cart will start appearing. Here is a list of all the Pokemon that appear by cartriage, and the location they appear at: Ruby: /==============================================================\ |Pokemon |Location | |===================|==========================================| |Seedot |Routes 203, 204, Eterna Forest | |-------------------|------------------------------------------| |Nuzleaf |Route 229 | |-------------------|------------------------------------------| |Zangoose |Route 208 | |-------------------|------------------------------------------| |Mawile |Iron Island | |-------------------|------------------------------------------| |Solrock |All Three lakes, Mt. Cornet, Sendoff | | |spring, Turnback Cave | \==============================================================/ Sapphire: /==============================================================\ |Pokemon |Location | |===================|==========================================| |Lotad |Routes 204, 204, 205, 212 | |-------------------|------------------------------------------| |Lombre |Routes 212, 229 | |-------------------|------------------------------------------| |Seviper |Route 208 | |-------------------|------------------------------------------| |Sableye |Iron Island | |-------------------|------------------------------------------| |Lunatone |All Three lakes, Mt. Cornet, Sendoff | | |spring, Turnback Cave | \==============================================================/ FireRed: /==============================================================\ |Pokemon |Location | |===================|==========================================| |Caterpie |Route 204 | |-------------------|------------------------------------------| |Metapod |Eterna Forest | |-------------------|------------------------------------------| |Ekans |Route 212 | |-------------------|------------------------------------------| |Arbok |Great Marsh | |-------------------|------------------------------------------| |Growlithe |Routes 201, 202 | |-------------------|------------------------------------------| |Elekid |Routes 204, 205, Valley Windworks | \==============================================================/ LeafGreen: /==============================================================\ |Pokemon |Location | |===================|==========================================| |Weedle |Route 204 | |-------------------|------------------------------------------| |Kakuna |Eterna Forest | |-------------------|------------------------------------------| |Sandshrew |Wayward Cave | |-------------------|------------------------------------------| |Sandslash |Route 228 | |-------------------|------------------------------------------| |Vulpix |Route 209 | |-------------------|------------------------------------------| |Magby |Route 227, Stark Mountain | \==============================================================/ Emerald: /==============================================================\ |Pokemon |Location | |===================|==========================================| |Pineco |Routes 203, 204, 229, Eterna Forest | |-------------------|------------------------------------------| |Gligar |Routes 206, 207, 214, 215, 227 | |-------------------|------------------------------------------| |Shuckle |Route 224 | |-------------------|------------------------------------------| |Teddiursa |Route 211, Lake Acuity | |-------------------|------------------------------------------| |Ursaring |Routes 216, 217, Lake Acuity | \==============================================================/ All: /==============================================================\ |Pokemon |Location | |===================|==========================================| |Haunter |Old Chateau | |-------------------|------------------------------------------| |Gengar |Room in Old Chateau with eyes in one of | | |the pictures | \==============================================================/ Note that some Pokemon can be found in other versions. For example: Sandshrew and Sandslash can be found in RSE. Weedle, Caterpie and their evolutions can be caught in both FR/LG. Haunter can be caught in turnback cave, all of the Emerald Pokemon can be caught in the Safari Zone in Emerald after completing that version's Elite Four. Lotad and Seedot can be caught in Emerald, Seviper and Solrock can be caught in Emerald. With that being said, there are some Pokemon that are hard to come by, such as Zangoose, Lunatone, Vulpix, Growlithe, Elekid, Magby, and Gengar if you don't have anyone to trade with. So, in the end you will need all the versions to get all the Pokemon if you cannot trade for them or borrow someone elses versions. With all that being said, the Pokemon listed above will start appearing on the locations above with a 8% encounter rate. Because of that, many of them are very rare. However, they will always appear like regular wild Pokemon and do not have any other drawbacks like the Pokeradar and Swarms do. However, it is highly recommended you have both FireRed and LeafGreen. Why? They are currently the only ways to get two Generation IV Pokemon outside trading for them on the GTS: Electivire and Magmotar. These evolutions of Electabuzz and Magmar respectively are very strong and are decent Pokemon in their own right. However, the items you need to get them can only be gotten by catching Elekid and Magby: two Pokemon that only appear if you have FR/LG. Not only are they hard to find, but their items USUALLY have a 5% encounter rate. However, there is a small trick to getting the items easier. In Diamond Version, the item needed to evolve Electabuzz is found more often on Elekid (50% chance of finding it), while Pearl has a higher chance of getting the item needed to evolve Magmar on wild Magby (Same 50% chance). So, use FireRed on Diamond and LeafGreen on Pearl to find those two items easier. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| SWARM POKEMON |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \D008/ ---- First introduced in GSC, Swarms have been sort of a odd thing. In the older generations, some rare Pokemon would only be realistically catchable during a swarm. However, D/P have changed the method swarms are handled and is now a daily event. After you get the National Pokedex, Swarms will start happening each day. To find out which Pokemon is swarming, then check either on the TV or fly to Sandgem Town and talk to Rowan's Assistant's sister to find out (His/Her house if found to the southeast of Rowan's lab). The thing to note about swarms is that they are pre-choosen each day at 12:00 AM, and are always random. There are times where I may see a bunch of Spinda several times a week, and very rarely Nosepass. Then all of a sudden, I have Nosepass start appearing more often. With that being said, you really have no idea until you find out which Pokemon is swarming. Here is a list of all the Pokemon that Swarm and their location based on the Route and area they appear at: /===================================================\ |Pokemon |Location | |===================|===============================| |Doduo |Route 201 | |Zigzagoon |Route 202 | |Cubone |Route 203 | |Nosepass |Route 206 | |Phanpy |Route 207 | |Dunsparce |Route 208 | |Snubble |Route 209 | |Absol |Route 213 | |Spoink |Route 214 | |Drowzee |Route 215 | |Delibird |Route 216 | |Swinub |Route 217 | |Voltorb |Route 218 | |Farfetch'd |Route 221 | |Skitty |Route 222 | |Natu |Route 224 | |Makuhita |Route 225 | |Krabby |Route 226 | |Spinda |Route 227 | |Beldum |Route 228 | |Pidgey |Route 229 | |Corosola |Route 230 | |Surskit |Lake Verity | |Lickitung |Lake Valor | |Smoochum |Lake Acuity | |Slakoth |Eterna Forest | |Electrike |Valley Windworks | |Magnemite |Fuego Ironworks | |Tangela |Mt. Coronet Top | \---------------------------------------------------/ As you can see, some of the Pokemon are rare ones (Such as Nosepass, Beldum, Corosola, Lickitung, Slakoth), while others are very common Pokemon from the GBA games. Its also good to note that swarming Pokemon's apperance rate is 40%, meaning every other encounter will pretty much be that Pokemon in mose cases. Swarm Pokemon will appear until 11:59 PM, and then the new Pokemon for the next day will be choosen. You can, however, fool the game to speed up the process. Set the clock to 11:59 on your DS and then get into the game as fast as you can. When the clock hits 12:00, the game will think it is the next day and a new Pokemon will be choosen. Good if you do not care about cheating the clock and want to get a specific Pokemon. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| POKERADAR POKEMON |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \D009/ ---- In what may be the oddest way to get new Pokemon, the Pokeradar is a new addition to Pokemon. Similar to the VS Seeker, it takes 50 steps for it to charge and be useable. How the Pokeradar works is somewhat complex: When you use the radar in a grassy area, it will cause a random patch of grass to move around. There are three types of grass: *Normal Grass: This is grass that moves around, but not that much. Has a normal chance of finding a normal Pokemon on the route. *Rustle Grass: This is grass that moves around more then the normal grass. This means that there is a higher chance that a Pokeradar Pokemon can be found in that particular patch of grass. *Shiny Grass: This is grass that glows a golden color. This grass means that there is a Shiny Pokemon inside. There are two purposes for the Pokeradar: Chains and Pokeradar Pokemon. Pokeradar Pokemon are Pokemon from the Kanto/Johto/Hoenn regions that can only be caught by using the Pokeradar. When looking for these Pokemon, look for the grass that rustles more. It will break your chain if you don't find it the first time, but gives you a rare chance of catching it. The second is chaining. This is where you encounter the same Pokemon over and over. Chaining can end if you run from the battle or encounter a different Pokemon then the first one you encountered. The chain continues if you catch the Pokemon or faint it, making it great for EV training certain Pokemon. If you want to chain, use the same grass that you entered the first time you entered Pokeradar mode on that route. Part of the advantage of chaining is the possibility that you will run into shiny grass, or grass that has a Shiny or different colored Pokemon inside. If you run into this type of grass, go to it. While chaining itself does not increase the chances of a Shiny Pokemon appearing, it does allow you to aim for what Shiny Pokemon you want if you do a chain. Keep in mind that you can still encounter normal Pokemon on the route, which is why you should use a Max Repel whenever you plan on going for long chains or looking for rare Pokemon. If you encounter a wild Pokemon not found in grass that moved around, Pokeradar mode will end and you will have to charge the radar again. Now for the rare Pokemon themselves. This is a list of all the non-Sinnoh Pokemon you can find while doing Pokeradar mode: /=========================================================================\ |Pokemon |Location |Rarity | |===================|===============================|=====================| |Nidoran Female |Route 201 |2% in D, 20% in P | |Nidoran Male |Route 201 |20% in D, 2% in P | |Sentret |Route 202 |22% | |Ralts |Route 203 & 204 |20% | |Kirlia |Route 203 & 204 (South) |2% | |Slowpoke |Route 205 (Pearl) |22% | |Hoppip |Route 205/Fuego Ironworks |20% | |Skiploom |Route 205 (North only)/Fuego I.|2% | |Baltoy |Route 206 |22% | |Stanler |Route 207 (Pearl) |22% | |Larvitar |Route 207 (Diamond) |22% | |Tyrogue |Route 208 & 211 |22% | |Tauros |Route 209 & 210 |20% in D, 2% in P | |Miltank |Route 209 & 210 |2% in D, 20% in P | |Kecleon |Route 210 North(Diamond) |22% | |Bagon |Route 210 North (Pearl) |22% | |Swablu |Route 211 |22% | |Grimer |Route 212 |22% | |Smeargle |Route 212 |22% | |Swellow |Route 213 |22% | |Houndoom |Route 214 & 215 (Pearl) |22% | |Mightyena |Route 214 & 215 (Diamond) |22% | |Snorunt |Route 216, 217/Acuity Lakefront|22% | |Ditto |Route 218 |22% | |Nidorina |Route 221/Valor Lakefront |2% in D, 20% in P | |Nidorino |Route 221/Valor Lakefront |20% in D, 2% in P | |Flaafy |Route 222 |22% | |Duskull |Route 224 |20% | |Dusclops |Route 224 |2% | |Mankey |Route 225 & 226 |2% | |Primeape |Route 225 % 226 |20% | |Torkoal |Route 227/Stark Mountain |22% | |Trapinch |Route 228 |2% | |Vibrava |Route 228 |20% | |Venonat |Route 229 |2% | |Venomoth |Route 229 |20% | |Togepi |Route 230 |22% | |Mareep |Valley Windworks |22% | |Wobbuffett |Lakes Verity, Valor, and Acuity|22% | |Nincada |Eterna Forest |22% | |Loudred |Mt. Coronet |22% | |Aron |Fuego Ironworks (Diamond) |22% | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ All of them have either a 22% encounter rate or 2% (Many times depending on the version). This means that on top of any other Pokemon on the route, you have the slim chance of finding these Pokemon while going in the more rustiling grass. Best to have False Swipe and a Pokemon at a high enough level to get these Pokemon (Since many of them such as Togepi appear at lower levels dispite appearing in high level routes). ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| SIDEQUESTS |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0A03/ ---- This section has been divided into two parts: The Daily/Weekly events that are effected by the date of the calendar or the time of day, and the other events that are not effected by it. 0A04: /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Daily/Weekly Events | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ ====================== ||Jublife TV Lottery|| ====================== Ever since the G/S/C days of Pokemon, the lottery has been a staple of a getting a Master Ball. While pretty much the same, it has a few differences. Unlike other versions, you can now win other prizes as well as the Master Ball. In order to participate, go to Jublife city and head north to the giant building with a big ass TV on the top of it. You can only enter it once you get your first badge. The lottery works like this: talk to the lady at the front desk, and she will draw a lotto ticket (The ticket is chosen at the start of each day, so you cannot exploit it like other time events), it will have 5 digits. Starting from the far right digit, it will scan all your Pokemon for that number (0-9), and then continue to the next digit. For example, say the lotto number is 10489 and your ID is 39809. You will win the 4th prize because your digits matched up. Here are the possible prizes for the lotto: Match 1 number : Background accessory for contests Match 2 numbers: PP Up Match 3 numbers: Exp Share Match 4 numbers: Max Revive Match 5 numbers: Master Ball When you first start entering, you will pretty much always lose. However, you will start winning far more once you start trading on the GTS. In fact, it usually gets to the point where you win every single time. For me, I usually get the PP Up (Which is a great prize when compared to the crappy Max Revive they give you for 2nd place). I have only gotten the Exp. Share once, and never the Master Ball or Max Revive. In fact, you have a greater chance of getting a maer ball through the GTS then you do the lottery, so that may be the ple to look. ==================== ||Drifloon Fridays|| ==================== Drifloon, one of the new ghost types, is a interesting one. Not only is its evolution one of the highest HP baton passers, but it is a decent ghost/flying type as well. However, you can only find Drifloon in a weekly event at the Valley Windworks east of Floaroma Town. If I remember correctly, it only appears during the day and at lv 15. Also good to remember is that because of its ghost type, false swipe will not work on it so bring a lower level Pokemon that can damage ghost types. Like any legendary, you can save in front of it. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | !!! NOTE !!! | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | In terms of what I mean during the day is this: He first appears | | during the day, but you can catch him up to 12:00 AM the next | | day (Saturday). | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ========================= ||The Newspaper Company|| ========================= For those looking for a small task every day, head to the building next to the Solaceon Town Pokemon Center and speak to the man at the desk. Every day, he will ask you to bring one of the Sinnoh Dex Pokemon to him to write about (I have yet to see a National Dex one). From the time you talk to him, you only have until 11:59 PM that night to bring him the Pokemon he requests. If you do manage to bring him the Pokemon he wants to look at, he will give you 3 of any of the available balls in the game. There is also a way to control what balls you get. By saving right before you bring him the Pokemon, he will give you a different set of ball each time. This way, you can get some of the better balls (Like dusk balls, ultra balls, timer balls, etc). I am also positive that you can control what Pokemon he asks for each day by saving before you talk to him the first time that day. Also, you can not get Park Balls, Master Balls, and Cherish Balls from him ============================== ||Veilstone Pokemon Massages|| ============================== Like many other versions, the massage lady has been a staple of helping you make a Pokemon like you more, either for the Return move or to make them evolve. However, there is a small new twist this time around. In Veilstone City, there is a a pair of houses on the lower left part of town. The left house is home to the Pokemon Massage lady, who will give one of your Pokemon a massage each day. Not only will it slightly increase your Pokemon's happiness level, but you will get one of several contest items for it. Here is a list of what you can get: -Sparks -Mystic Fire -Glitter Powder -Snow Crystal -Shimmering Fire -Pretty Dewdrop -Determination -Puffy Smoke -Spring -Weather Coin -Humming Note -Peculiar Spoon -Eerie Thing -Poison Extract -Seashell -Shiny Powder It is also good to note that all the items are random and not tied to any particular Pokemon. You can also control what item you get by saving right before you get the massage, and reload your game if you get something that you do not want. ============================= ||The Seven Star Restaurant|| ============================= Located at the Lake Valor Lakefront Resort, there is a building south of the gate that is a Restaurant. However, a interesting little quirk about it is the trainers change each day. Keep in mind that it is only open from 9:00 am to 11:00 pm, so you can only go so late. I do not have that much data on this one, and it would be great if anyone could email me about this event. Update: Mack2404 was kind enough to send me this little tibit on the Seven Star Restaurant "Whilst reading your guide (great work, by the way), I noticed you needed some more data regarding the Lake Valor restaurant: You pretty much covered everything there is, apart from the fact that the battles that take place in there are 2v2 battles, and you get no items for beating all trainers there. It is purely a daily 2v2 EXP-athon." Sounds about right. Also, note that most of the trainers are around the high lv 20s to 30s. =================== ||The Great Marsh|| =================== The Safari Zone of D/P has a new twist not seen in any other game: daily changing Pokemon. While this does not effect all the Pokemon in the Marsh, it does affect the location of certain Pokemon. Here is a list of all the changing Pokemon in the Sinnoh Dex: -Marill -Azurill -Wooper -Quagsire -Bidoof -Bibarel -Croagunk -Skorupi -Carnivine -Golduck -Roselia -Staravia If anyone has any info on the national Dex Pokemon that appear on different days, it would be great to know. ==================== ||The Berry Givers|| ==================== There are three NPCs that will give you a wide variety of berries each day, depending on their location. By talking to them every day, you get a different kind of berry -The first one can be found in the Floaroma Accessory shop, the brown haired woman on the right. She gives common berries. -The second one is on Route 208 (The southwestern route into Hearthome). like the Floaroma one, he will give random berries. -The third one is in Pastora City, in a house near the entrance to Route 212. She gives newer berries. Like many of the other time events, you can manipulate the berry you get by saving before you get the actual berry, and reload it and talk to that NPC again and again. ================================= ||Trophy Garden/Swarms/Pal Park|| ================================= This is just a small section explaining the time aspects of the three main ways to get National Dex Pokemon. Bigger sections explaining them in full detail should be up in time. -After getting the National Pokedex, the trophy garden will expand. By talking to the owner of the mansion (on the right wing), you can get up to two Pokemon to appear. One thing to note is you can manipulate what Pokemon appears by saving before you talk to him. Also, there is no time limit on the Pokemon. As long as you do not talk to the owner, the earliest one will not change. -After getting the national Pokedex, swarms will start to happen in certain routes in Sinnoh. You can either find out by talking to Dawn's sister in Sandgem town (quickest way) or by looking at the TV (may have to sit through other stuff). Note that it changes every day at 12:00 AM and saving and reloading does not change the Pokemon that appears, so it is always fixed. -ALSO after getting the National Pokedex, the Pal Park will open on Route 226. This is noteable, because you are allowed to transfer Pokemon from your GBA games every 24 hours. Note that you must wait a FULL 24 hours to do it again for that version (For example: if you do it at 7:25 PM, you will have to wait until 7:25 PM to transfer from that version again). If you mess with the DS's clock, it will restart the 24 hour timer to whenever you messed with it. ========================= ||A Great Ball a day...|| ========================= Congratulations, this is the worst time event! In the Celestic Town Pokemon Center, there is a bald man on the right that will give you a great ball if you have a Pokemon that has a high happiness rating. Seriously...a great ball... ================== ||The Trendy Man|| ================== The "sayings are something that was introduced in Pokemon RSE. Well, in D/P you can learn new words to say in certain conversations in order to unlock certain things. Go to Snowpoint and head to the house on the right side. Each day, the old man inside will give you a new word. Like other timed events, you can exploit it by saving before you talk to him, which will give you a different word if you reload and talk to him again. ================ ||The Belt Man|| ================ I must say, I hate Floatzel after going to this house every day...Anywho, there is a man on Route 221 (the route the Pal Park is on) in a house near the water. Its sort of a maze, so bring some repel with you (Also, its a good idea to do this after you get the Pal Park up and running, that way you can just fly there instead of surf). Anywho, the old man inside works like the lottery mentioned earlier, but with Pokemon levels. Like the lottery, it is preset and will not change if you save and reload. For some odd reason, the levels seem to often be in the 30s range, but I have seen them in the 60s, 50s, and 70s as well at times. Just to give you a general idea: There are 100 levels, so you have a 1 in 100 chance to get a certain number. Once you do have a Pokemon of that number, put it at the front of your party, and he will give you a certain item depending on how many Pokemon you have shown to him previously Black Belt: First time Expert Belt: Second Time Focus Sash: Third time After that, he will start over at the Black Belt item. ================== ||The Seals Shop|| ================== Located in Sunnyshore city, there is a mart that sells seals depending on what day it is. Unlike other events, the seals are pre-determined by day, so you can only wait until the next day to get others. Also, if you don't have a seal case, you can get one in Solaceon Town (Go east of the town, then head through the jumping maze until you reach the house with the Unown seals boy and his mother. Talk to his mother to get the case). /---------------------------------------\ |Monday Seals: |Tuesday Seals: | |-------------------|-------------------| |-Heart Sticker A |-Heart Sticker B | |-Star Sticker B |-Star Sticker C | |-Line Sticker C |-Line Sticker D | |-Electric Sticker B|-Electric Sticker C| |-Fire Sticker A |-Fire Sticker B | |-Party Sticker D |-Flower Sticker A | |-Song Sticker A |-Song Sticker B | | | | | | | |Wednesday Seals: |Thursday Seals: | |-------------------|-------------------| |-Heart Sticker C |-Heart Sticker D | |-Star Sticker D |-Star Sticker E | |-Smoke Sticker A |-Smoke Sticker B | |-Electric Sticker D|-Bubble Sticker A | |-Fire Sticker C |-Fire Sticker D | |-Flower Sticker B |-Flower Sticker C | |-Song Sticker C |-Song Sticker D | | | | | | | |Friday Seals: |Saturday Seals: | |-------------------|-------------------| |-Heart Sticker E |-Heart Sticker F | |-Star Sticker F |-Line Sticker A | |-Smoke Sticker C |-Smoke Sticker D | |-Bubble Sticker B |-Bubble Sticker C | |-Party Sticker A |-Party Stickler N | |-Flower Sticker D |-Flower Sticker E | |-Song Sticker E |-Song Sticker F | | | | |Sunday Seals: | | |-------------------| | |-Star Sticker A | | |-Line Sticker B | | |-Electric Sticker A| | |-Bubble Sticker D | | |-Party Sticker C | | |-Flower Sticker F | | |-Song Sticker G | | \---------------------------------------/ ==================== ||The Master Club || ==================== Sort of a hidden area, the Resort Area in the island after the Elite 4 has a club that can only be accessed once you get 10 Ribbons. Once you do have 10 ribbons on a single Pokemon, then you can gain access. One feature is a spa treatment on the top floor for one of your Pokemon. While you do not get any items for it, your Pokemon's happiness is increased more then the massage person in Veilstone. 0A05: /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Other Side Quests | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ =================================== ||Getting Different Trainer Cards|| =================================== A small little addition from RSE onward, trainer cards are sort of a identification for trainers. While it was formally the status screen, it has grown to become its own sort of side quest. In total, there are 6 different trainer cards, each with their own different color. These do not give you anything special outside of bragging rights, but it IS nice to have. Here are the different trainer cards you can earn: /------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Red |Starting card | |------|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |Blue |Once you defeat the Elite Four, you will get this card | |------|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |Bronze|Once you defeat all the contests in all areas, you get this card | |------|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |Silver|Play the capture the flag game at least once while in the | | |underground | |------|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |Gold |Get 482 Pokemon caught in your Pokedex, excluding all the | | |unobtainables (Such as Mew, Dexoys, etc) | |------|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |Black:|Get 100 consecutive wins (Read: not lose 100 times in a row) at | | |the battle tower | \------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Note that this is just the order you can do it in. In truth, the Trainer Card system works in a Star System. Each different feat above gives you a Star, and that is the order you get them in. For example: Say you defeat the elite four but capture all the Pokemon before you get the one where you beat all the contests. Instead of getting the Gold card like stated above, you will get the bronze card. ============================================== ||Name Rater, Move Deleter, and Move Teacher|| ============================================== While not quite side quests, the location of each is always a pain in the ass to find many times. Here is a list of where you can find each and what they do: *The Name Rater is a old man that appears in the Eterna City apartment complex (On the first level, if I remember correctly). The name rater will change the name of your Pokemon as long as it has not been gotten in a trade. *The Move Deleter is located in a house in Canalave City. He will delete any move (Including HMs) that your Pokemon may not need. *The Move Teacher is found in a house in the middle of Pastoria city. He will teach your Pokemon moves they could have learned as long as they are at the right level. However, he requires a Heart Scale (Found on Wild Luvdisc after the National Pokedex with a 50% chance of finding one on it, and in the underground). Look at the Pokedex for more info on specific moves. ====================== ||Catching Spiritomb|| ====================== What may be the hardest way to catch a non-lendary Pokemon, Spiritomb is a side-quest Pokemon that requires at least two people to do the quest itself. Before you can do anything else, you will need a certain item to start the quest. To begin the quest, you must find a Odd Keystone. There are two ways to find one: *A Blackbelt near the end of Route 208 will give you one when you talk to him (He his hidden near the trees to the south, near the end of the route and near the gate to Hearthome) *A very rare chance of digging one out of the underground. After you have the Odd Keystone, you will have to take it to the stone tower on Route 209 (Its the one that looks like a well, and is near the bend to the west part of the route). Press A to place the keystone in the tower. The second part of the quest is the hardest. To complete it, you will have to talk to 32 people in the underground over wi-fi (and no, you can not talk to the Hikers that give items). Obviously, you will need another player to do this. You can either find one in real life, or buy another DS, a second copy of Diamond or Pearl, and get up to at least Eterna City and get the equipment to go underground. However, you can talk to the same person over and over to do this, so the best thing to do is talk to them, leave, and go back. It might be a good idea to keep a piece of paper and pen (or the point counter APP you get for your Poketech at the Veilstone Department Store) to count how many times you talk to that person. Once you do talk to that person 32 times, however, you will be able to catch Spiritomb. Go back to Route 210 and to the tower you placed the Odd Keystone in and save before you fight him. Spiritomb is at level 25 when you fight him, and is a dual Ghost/Dark type, meaning it has no weakness. However, it has a high capture rate, so you may only have to use a few Ultra Balls to get it. Its best that you bring a Pokemon with non-normal or psychic moves to deal with it that is around level 26-30. So, is Spiritomb even that great? He has fairy decent Defense and Special Defense, but sucky speed and HP (although he does have a average attack and Special Attack). However, there is a even easier way to get a Spiritomb if you do not have someone you can do this side-quest with and you have wireless internet. Wait until you fight Cynthia in the Elite Four and she will have a Spiritomb. Once you do fight it, you will be able to trade for it on the GTS. Even then, Spiritomb is a great Pokemon to breed for others on the Global Trade Center. You might even get some rare Pokemon yourself! ===================== ||Honey Tree Guide || ===================== Similar to the Headbutt feature first introduced in GSC, Honey trees are a new way to catch certain Pokemon. In fact, there are 4 Pokemon you can only get via the Honey Trees. So, how does one use them? First of all, you will need the Honey item. Honey is sold in the Floaroma Meadow for 100p a piece (You cannot buy in bulk like other items, however). Once you do catch a Combee, you can also use its Honey Gather ability to get some after battle. Secondly, you will need to find a honey tree. There are a total of 21 honey trees all over Hoenn. Here are the locations of the honey trees: -Two on Route 205 -One on Route 206 -One on Route 207 -One on Route 208 -One on Route 209 -Two on Route 210 -One on Route 211 -Two on Route 212 -One on Route 213 -One on Route 214 -One on Route 215 -One on Route 218 -One on Route 221 -One on Route 222 -One in the Floaroma Meadow -One near the Valley Windworks -One near the Fuego Ironworks -One near Eterna Forest As you can see, there is pretty much a sweet honey tree in every area besides the snow routes, the beginning routes before Floaroma Meadow, the water routes, the battle area, and the areas around the Pokemon League. So, how does honey trees work? You will first need at least one jar of honey per tree. Go up to a tree and Press A and it will ask if you want to put some honey on the tree. Press "yes" and the tree will be marked with honey. Note that you can do this multiple times, but it will not make much of a difference. Next, the waiting game. Its takes about 8-12 hours for a tree to get a Pokemon to come to it. You can encounter one of several Pokemon when using the sweet honey trees. Here are the Pokemon that appear: /-----------------------------\ |Pokemon |Rarity | |----------|------------------| |Wurmple |Common | |Combee |Common | |Silcoon |Uncommon (Diamond)| |Cascoon |Uncommon (Pearl) | |Burmy |Uncommon | |Aipom |Uncommon | |Cherubi |Uncommon | |Heracross |Rare | |Munchlax |Rare | \-----------------------------/ As you can see, there are several rare Pokemon that can appear, with all besides Wurmple, Silcoon, and Cascooon only catchable via the sweet honey trees. So, how does one influence the Pokemon that appear? Well, you can't. The game chooses what Pokemon appears before you even get there, so the type of Pokemon and Gender are already decided (Although the level changes if you save and reset). The best way to get a certain Pokemon is to cover as many trees as you possibly can, and check them about 12 hours later. If you cover all the trees, then that is 21 possible Pokemon to find the one you want (Note that it will cost 2,100p to cover all the trees once if you do not use Combee's pick-up ability). Also, note that Combee are a bit annoying, since the males are currently useless. If you do catch one, try to breed it to find a female. Munchlax always carries Leftovers, so you may want to bring a Pokemon that can steal items with the Thief move if you are going to catch it. Finally, note that the Pokemon will not stick around forever. After about a day, the Pokemon that is on the tree will dissapear. Note that changing the DS clock does not see to affect the trees, so you cannot simply change the time to find the Pokemon you want. Special thanks to Shukochan's Honey Tree Map on Gamefaqs on the location of the honey trees (You may want to look at the map for more detailed location info). =========================== ||Amity Square and Items || =========================== Located in the northern part of Hearthome, Amity Square is a bit of a odd place. There are no battles or anything, just you walking around with one of your Pokemon. However, only certain Pokemon can be brought out of their Pokeballs and walked around. Here is a list of those Pokemon: -Pikachu -Psyduck -Pachirisu -Buneary -Drifloon -Clefairy -Happiny However, you can also use these Pokemon once you get the National Pokedex: -Skitty -Torchic -Shroomish -Jigglypuff So, what is the purpose of this place? Well, the first and most obvious reason is some of the items lying around. You can get two TM's here (TM 43 and 45: Secret Power and Attract). The Spooky Plate for Ghost Pokemon (And making Arceus a ghost type) is found here, and the most important item, the Amulet Coin, is hidden in one of the buildings in the northeast section of the park. The second purpose is a semi-hidden feature. Amity Square is one of the easiest places to get contest items. How do you get them? First, you will need to walk 200 steps while in the Amity Square (Best to use the Pedometer/step counter for that), and then talk to your Pokemon. It will then give you a random contest item, ranging from common items to more rare ones. In fact, there are many contest items you can only get by walking around Amity Square. Also, you have a chance of picking up berries as well. Here is a list of Pokemon and the items they can give you: Pokemon Items: /------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Common Items |Uncommon items |Rare Items | |------------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------| |Happiny |Pink Scale |Big Leaf |Black Stone | |Buneary |Shed Horn |Jagged Boulder | | | |Shed Claw |Green Scale | | | |Snaggy Pebble | | | | |Black Fluff | | | | |Pink Fluff | | | |------------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------| |Clefairy |White Feather |Big Scale |Stump | |Skitty |Small Leaf |Thin Mushroom | | | |Round Stone |White Beard | | | |Blue Scale | | | | |White Fluff | | | | |Orange Fluff | | | |------------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------| |Psyduck |Brown Fluff |Mini Stone |Thick Mushroom | |Pachirisu |Rounder Stone |Green Scale | | | |Black Moustache |Narrow Scale | | | |Jadded Boulder | | | | |Shed Horn | | | | |Snaggy Pebble | | | |------------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------| |Drifloon |Yellow Feather |Shed Claw |Purple Scale | |Torchic |Red Feather |Narrow Leaf | | | |Narrow Scale |White Moustache | | | |Black Beard | | | | |White Fluff | | | | |Pink Fluff | | | |------------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------| |Pikachu |Small Leaf |Big Scale |Purple Scale | |Shroomish |Brown Fluff |Glitter Stone | | | |Yellow Fluff |Black Moustache | | | |Orange Fluff | | | | |Red Feather | | | | |Yellow Feather | | | |------------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------| |Jigglypuff |Pink Scale |Big Leaf |Black Beard | | |Thin Mushroom |White Beard | | | |Blue Scale |Round Pebble | | | |Blue Feather | | | | |White Feather | | | | |Jagged Boulder | | | \------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Berries: /---------------------------------\ |Berry Name | |---------------------------------| |Watmel Berry |Belue Berry | |Durin Berry |Pamtre Berry | |Spelon Berry | | \---------------------------------/ Note that all Pokemon can give the 5 berries as uncommon items, so they are listed seperate. As you can see, every item besides Jigglypuff has a pair that gives the same items (Many times being older Pokemon you cannot get until you get the National Dex). ============================= ||The Floraroma Flower Shop|| ============================= A little known sidequest, Floraroma is home to a flower shop in the middle of town. While you can get a berry there each day, the other thing to do is to trade berries for certain items. Here is a list of the items you can get: /------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Item Name |How to Get it | |-------------------|----------------------------------------------------| |Red Flower |Trade 10 Razz Berries | |Pink Flower |Trade 10 Bluk Berries | |Orange Flower |Trade 15 Magost Berries | |Yellow Flower |Trade 15 Rabuta Berries | |Googly Specs |Trade 20 Nomel Berries | |Black Specs |Trade 20 Wepear Berries | |Blue Flower |Trade 30 Cornn Berries | |Sweet Candy |Trade 30 Nanab Berries | |Confetti |Trade 30 Razz Berries | |Gorgeous Specs |Trade 40 Pinap Berries | |Colored Parsol |Trade 50 Magost Berries | |Old Umbrella |Trade 50 Pamtre Berries | |Spotlight |Trade 80 Nomel Berries | |Standing Mike |Trade 80 Bluk Berries | |Carpet |Trade 100 Spelon Berries | |Retro Pipe |Trade 120 Pamtre Berries | |Fluffy Bed |Trade 150 Watmel Berries | |Surfboard |Trade 180 Wepear Berries | |Photo Board |Trade 200 Belue Berries | |Cape |Trade 250 Cornn Berries | |Mirror Ball |Trade 250 Durin Berries | \------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Just to give you a general idea: Some of these items are very easy to get, while ones like the Mirror Ball and Cape would take countless days of collecting and planting all over Sinnoh just to get. ================= ||Wayward Cave || ================= A optional place, Wayward Cave is one of the few places in Sinnoh that requires Flash (Now TM 70 and bought at the Veilstone Department Store) to enter. While there isn't too much to do, there are three things you can get here: TM 26 (Earthquake) a temporary partner and future battle tower partner (Mira) and catching a Gible. First thing to do is to enter the cave. You will need Pokemon that know cut, flash, and rock smash. Go either to Eterna City and go south on Cycling Road to the bottom of Route 206, or go to Route 206 via Route 207 from Oreburgh via the Bike. Cut down the trees on your right and continue forward. There is some rare Pokemon in the grass (Bronzor), as well as a single trainer). Continue north on the right side until you see a cave entrance and enter it. Once inside the cave, use the Pokemon that knows Flash and light up the cave. The first floor of Wayward cave is mostly a maze of sorts, with many spots where you have to use Rock Smash. To get to Mira, do the following: -From the Entrance, go north and use Rock Smash on the first rock you can break -From the rock you just broke, continue north until you see a second breakable rock and break it. -From that point, continue north until you find two paths going left and one going right. Take the left path and break the rock and then go north. -Once you cannot go north anymore, go right and break the next break able rock and continue right. Once you can't go right anymore, go down, then right, and then down again until you reach a breakable rock and break it. -From here, go right a little bit until you see a path going down and head down it, head right again, and then down and break the rock. Go right, then up, then right, and then finally up. From here, the path is straightforward until you find Mira. Once you do find her, talk to her and she will join you. Similar to Cheryl in the Eterna Forest, Mira has her own Pokemon (A Kadabra), although she is more of a support character for the most part. Like Cheryl, all the Pokemon will now appear in double and you can only catch one once you faint the other. And like Cheryl and all the people who are your partners, your team will be healed after every battle. The path out is pretty much the same as before, just minus all the rock breaking. You can run into a few double battles and collect some items, although you may just want to get Mira to the entrance as soon as you can. Once you get to the end, she will leave your party and appear much later in the game as a optional partner in the battle tower's two on two mode. The second thing you can do is to catch a Gible, but you will have to wait until you have a Pokemon that can use Strength (Basically after you get the 6th badge). Once you do, get a Pokemon that can use strength, as well as Pokemon that can use Flash and Cut again and head back to the outside entrance of Wayward cave. To get to the secret part of wayward cave, head to the left of the outside entrance and go under the bridge until you see the left blue support beam under the bridge. Once you find it, press up and you will enter the second part of the cave. Use Flash again, and you will find a simple boulder solution. Use strength on it and continue down the stairs. The bottom area is pretty much optional, since you can only get a couple of items down here. However, you are now in the area where you can catch a Gible. Gible have a 15% apperance rate, so you won't have too much trouble finding one, just make sure you have some Dark Balls or Ultra Balls on hand and a lower level Pokemon that won't take it out instantly. ================ ||Iron Island || ================ A semi-required area if you want to get the National Pokedex (Only if you want to skip a battle at the bottom of the Oreburgh Gate). Iron Island is a optional place you can go to once you get the 6th badge in Canlave. Fortunatly, you don't really need any HMs inside the mountain to get anywhere, buy you will need some semi-decent Pokemon, bring only 5 Pokemon the first time, and travel by bote from Calave. Once you do get here from Canalave, your main objective is to get Riley and bring him to a certain point inside the island. Like Mira and Cheryl, he is one of the partners that will help you later in the battle tower. To get to him, do the following: -Enter the Mountain and then go down the right set of stairs -From there, go down and then right until you see a second pair of stairs Go up them and continue on the ledge and ignore the first set of stairs. Continue past them and go down, and then left until you find a lift. Go down it and you will find two different paths. Go on the left path. -There, you will find Riley and automatically team up with him Once you team up with him, he will have a powerful Lucario that will help you. Like always, pokemon will start appearing in double battles. Your main goal here is to battle several Galactic Grunts and beat them. Here is how you reach them: -From where you found Riley, go left until you get into a double battle. -After you beat them, go down, then right, then down, and then right again until you hit another double battle. -After that, keep going down the path until you find a set of stairs you can go up. Go down and fight and beat the Galactic Grunts. -After you beat them, go down the stairs, down a little, and then go up the stairs on the left to the last two galactic Grunts and beat them. Once you beat them, Riley will ask you if you want a egg. If you do not have room for it, he will wait in that spot until you make room for it. Once you do get it, he will leave and you will see him much later in the game as a Battle Tower partner. There is a few more things you can do on Iron Island. You can find a Shiny Stone if you explore a little bit (Good for evolving a few Pokemon). If you have unlocked the National Pokedex, then you can go in the house you passed earlier and get a Metal Coat (Good for evolving and Steel types, although you want to save it for Scyther, since you can catch wild Steelix now). ===================== ||Mr. Good's Quests|| ===================== Found above a house next to the Pokemon Mart in Hearthome, Mr. Goods is a odd man who will give you certain items for your base in the underground if you do specific things. Here are all the base items you can get: /-------------------------------------------------------------\ |Item Name |How to Get | |-------------------|-----------------------------------------| |Globe |Use the GTS at least once | |-------------------|-----------------------------------------| |Gym Statue |Given once you get all 8 badges | |-------------------|-----------------------------------------| |Smart Cup |Beat the Master Rank for Smart Contests | |-------------------|-----------------------------------------| |Tough Cup |Beat the Master Rank for Tough Contests | |-------------------|-----------------------------------------| |Beauty Cup |Beat the Master Rank for Beauty Contests | |-------------------|-----------------------------------------| |Cute Cup |Beat the Master Rank for Cute Contests | |-------------------|-----------------------------------------| |Cool Cup |Beat the Master Rank for Cool Contests | |-------------------|-----------------------------------------| |Yellow Crystal |Succesfully use 100 traps on people | |-------------------|-----------------------------------------| |Blue Crystal |Talk to 100 People in the Underground | |-------------------|-----------------------------------------| |Red Crystal |Get 100 Rare Bones or Fossils underground| |-------------------|-----------------------------------------| |Pink Crystal |Give 100 items underground | \-------------------------------------------------------------/ The Gym one is about the only one you get automatically, and the globe is the only one you will need to connect online at least once to do. The cups will take some time, since you need to beat 5 master rank contests just to get them (4 contests to reach Master Rank x 5 different contests equal 20 total times you need to do it with the same Pokemon for each different contest without having to repeat). The Crystals are about the hardest to get, with the Red Crystal about the only one you can do yourself. For the other ones: -For the Pink Crystal, either have a second DS and trade items between yourself 100 times, or do it with a friend -For the Blue Crystal, exit and enter the underground multiple times (Like with Spiritomb) and talk to the person 100 times. -For the yellow, just set a assload of traps down in one hall and have your friend run into it. To be honest, none of them are really worth it, but awesome if you want to show off or are bored enough. ================================= ||Solaceon Ruins/Maniac Tunnel || ================================= What may be the oddest quest in Sinnoh, the Solaceon Ruins are home to the Unown: one of the most useless battle Pokemon besides Magikarp (All it can learn is Hidden Power and has sucky stats). However, Unown are unique in that they were not only the first Pokemon that had alternate forms, but has the highest amount (28 total, 26 being letters of the English alphabet, and 2 of them added in the 3rd generation are the ! and ? unowns). Besides being a novelty to collect for the Pokedex, they are tied to two different quests in Sinnoh, both requiring you to catch all 26 versions. The first quest is a boy in a house near the ruins that will give you ball capsule stickers for each unown you show him. While you do not need all of the unown to get specific stickers, you do need all 28 forms to get every letter of the alphabet to spell stuff out. The second quest is the Maniac Tunnel on Route 214. The tunnel itself is a bit of a oddity: When you get 10 unowns, the tunnel's size increases and the chance of seeing the rare Hippopotas increases. Once you get all 26 unowns, Hippopotas's apperance rate increases again and you will now have access to a rare chamber of the ruins itself where the ? and ! Unown are catchable. So, how DO you find the unown? Solaceon Ruins is a bit of a cave with 6 accessable levels (and the one additional one once you catch all 26 Unown). Each specific level has 4 exits: The "Correct" one, the one you just came out of, and two dead ends that lead to random Unown. Here is a general guide to finding all of the Unown: /------------------------------------------------------\ |Unown Letter |Location | |-----------------|------------------------------------| |Unown A |Dead End Room | |Unown B |Dead End Room | |Unown C |Dead End Room | |Unown D |Alternate Basement Floor 4 | |Unown E |Fourth Basement Floor | |Unown F |First Basement Floor | |Unown G |Dead End Room | |Unown H |Dead End Room | |Unown I |Third Basement Floor | |Unown J |Dead End Room | |Unown K |Dead End Room | |Unown L |Dead End Room | |Unown M |Dead End Room | |Unown N |Alternate Basement Floor 3 | |Unown O |Dead End Room | |Unown P |Dead End Room | |Unown Q |Dead End Room | |Unown R |Second Basement Floor | |Unown S |Dead End Room | |Unown T |Dead End Room | |Unown U |Dead End Room | |Unown V |Dead End Room | |Unown W |Dead End Room | |Unown X |Dead End Room | |Unown Y |Dead End Room | |Unown Z |Dead End Room | |Unown ! |Ruin Maniac Path | |Unown ? |Ruin Maniac Path | \------------------------------------------------------/ So, how do you navigate the ruins? Well, like I said earlier, each floor has one path leading to where you came from, one right path that continues, and two wrong paths that lead to a dead end room. Dead End Rooms are the places you want to catch the majority of the Unown, with 20 of them being located there. The other 6 alphabet versions are found on specific levels. Here is a path guide for each of the levels. Note that the directions for each level are pretty much Northeast, northwest, southwest, southeast. Entrance: (1st Floor) /====================================================\ |Direction |Leads to | |====================================================| |South |Solaceon Town | |-----------------|----------------------------------| |Northwest |Dead End Room | |-----------------|----------------------------------| |Northeast |Basement Floor 1 | |-----------------|----------------------------------| |Southeast |Dead End Room | \====================================================/ First Basement Floor /====================================================\ |Direction |Leads to | |====================================================| |Northwest |First Floor | |-----------------|----------------------------------| |Northeast |Dead End Room | |-----------------|----------------------------------| |Southwest |Basement Floor 2 | |-----------------|----------------------------------| |Southeast |Dead End Room | \====================================================/ Second Basement Floor /====================================================\ |Direction |Leads to | |====================================================| |Northwest |Dead End Room | |-----------------|----------------------------------| |Northeast |Basement Floor 3 | |-----------------|----------------------------------| |Southwest |Dead End Room | |-----------------|----------------------------------| |Southeast |Basement Floor 1 | \====================================================/ Third Basement Floor /====================================================\ |Direction |Leads to | |====================================================| |Northwest |Basement Floor 4 | |-----------------|----------------------------------| |Southwest |Basement Floor 2 | |-----------------|----------------------------------| |Southeast |Dead End Room | \====================================================/ Fourth Basement Floor /====================================================\ |Direction |Leads to | |====================================================| |Northwest |Alternate Basement Floor 3 | |-----------------|----------------------------------| |Northeast |Basement Floor 3 | |-----------------|----------------------------------| |Southwest |Dead End Room | |-----------------|----------------------------------| |Southeast |Dead End Room | \====================================================/ Alternate Basement Floor 3 /====================================================\ |Direction |Leads to | |====================================================| |Northwest |Dead End Room | |-----------------|----------------------------------| |Northeast |Alternate Basement Floor 3 | |-----------------|----------------------------------| |Southwest |Alternate Basement Floor 4 | |-----------------|----------------------------------| |Southeast |Dead End Room | \====================================================/ Alternate Basement Floor 4 /====================================================\ |Direction |Leads to | |====================================================| |Northeast |Alternate Basement Floor 4 | \====================================================/ On the very bottom floor is a item room with the last unown to catch, 4 items (Odd Incense, Mind Plate, 1 Rare Candy, and a Nugget). If you don't want to read all that to get to the bottom, here is some directions: Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, Northwest, Northwest, Southwest. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| LEGENDARY POKEMON |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \L001/ ---- L002: /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Giratina and Turnback Cave | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Sendoff Spring: /-------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Rarity | |----------|--------------------------------| |Chimecho |Rare | |Golduck |Rare (Always while surfing | |Noctowl |Rare (At night only) | |Bidoof |Uncommon | |Starvia |Rare (Common at night) | \-------------------------------------------/ Turnback Cave: /-------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Rarity | |----------|--------------------------------| |Bronzor |Uncommon | |Bronzong |Common | |Haunter |Common | |Golbat |Common | \-------------------------------------------/ Located in a somewhat weird place, Sendoff Spring is a location you can get to after getting the National Dex. It is located to the right of Route 214. Note that before you begin, you will need Surf, Rock Smash, and Rock Climb. Note that you want to bring some high level Pokemon before even doing this (Around lv 50-60 should be fine), while also bringing a escape rope or two, some Full Restores and Revives, and Repels. The Spring itself is fairly unremarkable. Outside a few Pokemon you have seen elsewhere, your main goal is to get ot the top of the small mountain using Rock Climb. Once at the top, head north to find a dock that you can surf on. Surf to the other side and enter the cave. Turnback cave is a interesting place, since it is a bit of a number puzzle. There are a total of 25 different rooms, with the 26th room is home ot the legendary Pokemon Giratina. The bad thing about Turnback cave is that everything is random. Your main goal is to find the 3 pillar rooms randomly located throughout the maze before you enter 30 rooms total. If you enter about 30 rooms, you will have to start over. Once you do find a pillar room, it will have a pillar that, when you read it, will give you two numbers. The top one is how many pillars you have found, and the bottom one is how many rooms you have been in. Many of the rooms will require Rock Smash, while some will not require any. Once you do find all 3 pillar rooms, you will be in the same room wil the legendary Pokemon Giratina. Save, and go up to it. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Legendary Pokemon Giratina | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Level 70 | |Ghost/Dragon | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: Giratina is a interesting lengendary, since it is one of the only | | Ghost/Dragon type Pokemon out there. Not only that, but it is the | | only Pokemon that is effected by both of its types. Both Dragon | | and Ghost type attacks work well, so use Palkia/Dialga or Gengar to| | do some major damage to it. Like every other Legendary Pokemon, it | | has a capture rate of 3, so make sure you get it down as far as | | possible. Dark and Ultra balls are your best shot, but start using | | Timer Balls after 30 turns or so. Sleep works best, but Paralyze is| | your better shot | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Once you do capture it, it will be a pain in the ass to go out. I am pretty sure you can use a escape rope to exit, so use it now. There is also one more thing you can do in the turnback cave if you want to. There is a small game you can play for some other rare items. The general idea is to get to the room Giratina was at under 30 rooms again, but the less rooms you go to will give you better items. Like before, you have to go to the 3 pillar rooms before you can enter the room Giratina was at. Here are the items you can get: -Reaper Cloth (Less then 3 rooms, hard as hell) -Rare Bone (4-15 rooms, about average) -Stardust (16-30 rooms, not worth it) Since you can get the Reaper Cloth elsewhere, I would hold off before you try to get one. L003: /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Regigigas and Snowpoint Temple | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ 1st Floor: /-------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Rarity | |----------|--------------------------------| |Onix |Rare | |Steelix |Uncommon | |Sneasel |Common | |Golbat |Common | |Gravler |Rare | \-------------------------------------------/ Basement Floors B1, B2, and B3: /-------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Rarity | |----------|--------------------------------| |Onix |Uncommon | |Steelix |Rare | |Sneasel |Common | |Golbat |Common | |Gravler |Rare | \-------------------------------------------/ Basement Floors B4 and B5: /-------------------------------------------\ |Pokemon |Rarity | |----------|--------------------------------| |Steelix |Rare | |Sneasel |Common | |Golbat |Common | |Gravler |Rare | \-------------------------------------------/ In what may be one of the weirdest, longest ways of getting a lenegndary, Snowpoint Temple is quite a bit of fun. However, you will need to do some things in other games before you can do much of anything inside. First, you will need to beat the Champion just so you can get inside. Even then, you can't do much inside besides catch some wild Pokemon. To get the lengendary Pokemon inside, you will need to do the following: -Get the National Pokedex -Open the Pal Park -In Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald you will need to transfer the lengendary Pokemon Regirock, Registeel, and Regice. -Put all 3 in your party So, what do you do if you do not have RSE? Sadly, you will either have to buy it or trade from a friend that has them. If you missed one your first time, you may need to restart your RSE game (Make sure you transfer all your Pokemon over to DP first). The biggest problem with this legendary is that he is one of the strongest non-event Pokemon in the game. You will need to bring several strong lv 70-100 Pokemon, preferably one that has a high defense rating. Before you do head to Snowpoint Temple, buy as many Revives, Full Restores, Timer Balls, Quick Balls, Ultra Ball, and repels that you can buy. You will also need Rock Smash and Strength. The Temple itself is split up into 6 floors, with the first floor simply being the entrance with no puzzles. The rest of the floors have mazes and puzzles. As some people know, I hate mazes, so any reader info for the solutions would be helpful. However, pretty much all of the ice floor puzzles are easy (There are three of them: on B1, B3, and B5). Regigias is on the 5th basement floor. Get up to him and press A to battle him. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Legendary Pokemon Regigias | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Level 70 | |Normal | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: In what may be one of the most frustrating legendary battles, you | | have quite a bit going against you. First of all, you can only have| | a maximum of 3 of your own Pokemon to battle Regigigas itself, with| | the other 3 being the Regis you caught in RSE. If you did not | | bother to train them, then this fight will be difficult. | | | | The second thing going against you is his special ability, Slow | | Start. For the first 5 turns, Regigias Attack Power and Speed is | | half of what it should be. Keep in mind that Regigias is one of the| | strongest attack Pokemon at the game (Same spot as Slaking), so you| | have 5 turns to do as much damage as you can to him before he | | starts getting more powerful. | | | | Best thing to do is bring a strong defensive Pokemon that can take | | Physical attacks well (AKA: A Defensive Pokemon). If Regirock is | | at a high enough level, use him. You might want to consider using | | the Master Ball against him, since he is going to be brutal. Only | | use it if you have a underpowered team. Otherwise, save it for | | the two roaming Pokemon (Unless you already used it...) | | | | Its also good to note that Regigias can not harm Spiritomb and | | Sableye. If I had to go for one, get Spiritomb off the GTS if you | | have a internet connection, or Sableeye if you have Sapphire or | | Emerald. (Thanks to Gywall for that info) | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ After catching Regigias, your job in the temple is pretty much done. You might want to catch some Steelix for the GTS, since they are in high demand. L003: /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Cresselia and Fullmoon Island | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Located off the shore of Canalave City, you will need to use a boat to get to it. Fortunatly, you don't really need anything special right now to start this side quest. In a house near the boat is a child that has been asleep for awhile. After talking to him, go outside and talk to his father to set sail on Fullmoon island. Once here, go up the stairs and to your right to find a path to Cresselia. After she leaves, you will get the Lunar Wing. There is not much else to do on this island besides go to a part of the underground you normally couldn't get to. Once back in Canalave City, go into the boys house and give him the Lunar Wing to wake him up. After that, you will be able to track down Cresselia. Cresselia itself is very similar to the Legendary Dogs from GSC/FRLG and Latios/Latias from RSE. Fortunatly, you can use your Poketech Map to find her. Thing is, she transports to a new area every time you enter a major area, so it will be hard to find her. Best thing to do is wait around on a route that changes (Like Route 210 to 215) and keep going in between them until Cresselia is nearby. Next problem is finding her in the grass and keeping her in battle. When you encounter her, she will automatically run on the first turn (She will also use the normal Wild Pokemon battle music, so you don't know when you get her). The solution? Cresselia is lv 50, so you will need a lower level Wobbuffet with Shadow Tag as your lead Pokemon. It needs to be low enough that it is not higher in level then Cresselia but high enough that it is higher in level then anything else on the route. Use repel so that the only thing you do find is Cresselia when she is near. If you did all that, then Cresselia will be trapped in battle due to Shadow Tag. In my opinion, Cresselia is far harder to catch then Mespirit is, so use the Master Ball on her if you have one. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Legendary Pokemon Cresselia | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Level 50 | |Psychic | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Info: As you read above, Cresselia is a pain in the ass to find many | | times. So much, that you should just use a Master Ball when you | | do finally catch up to her. However, if you do not have that or | | want to save it for Mespirit, then read on. | | | | Cresselia is a powerful psychic type that has the levitate ability | | which pretty much means that she cannot be damaged by ground type | | attacks. Not only that, but abilities such as Arena Trap that would| | normally keep her in battle do not work. Best thing to do? Use | | Wobbuffet to trap her in battle. | | | | Like previous legendaries that run, she keeps any damage you | | inflict on her until she finally faints. If you do not have a | | Wobbuffet, try to get a good move on her before she runs. If you | | do not have a master ball, use Quick Balls (If you do not have a | | Wobbuffet), dark balls if it is dark out, and Timer Balls if you | | do have Wobbuffet and the battle goes on for more than 30 turns. | | You may want to not use moves such as Toxic that would Poison her. | | As long as she isn't poisoned, save after every encounter. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Once you do catch her, then congrads, you caught one of two very annoying to get Pokemon! A faitful reader has sent in this strategy for catching Cresselia: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "In my personal experience it was not too difficult to catch Cresselia as the only requirements were a high leveled raichu (although other electric pokemons with speed that is high enough and has the move thunder wave are perfectly fine) and a level 40-ish wobbuffet (not to mention a few ultra balls to catch it with and a couple of hyper potions). I kept the wobbuffet in the front and used repels until I encountered Cresselia. Then I allowed Cresselia kill my wobbuffet by just continously using safeguard. I then immediately switched out to the high level raichu use thunder wave as soon as i encountered Cresselia. Of course, it ran away in the 2nd turn but then it still kept its paralyzed status. I then tracked it down again but this time I just used mirror coat and used hyper potions when wobbuffet's health dropped to low. Since wobbuffet has enough hp at and it is mostly strong enough to endure a couple of hits of slash & aurora beam. All I needed was to mirror coat two aurora beams which left Cresselia with its hp on red and paralyzed. Then I just threw ultra balls until it was caught, while making sure by wobbuffet did not faint by using a few hyper potions. =============================================== ||Here are a few justifications for my method|| =============================================== I allowed my wobbuffet to die when I first encountered Cresselia to allow my raichu to get the first attack of thunder wave in. If I had just swapped the Cresselia would have just fled. However, if I had put Raichu in the front of my party the level of the Raichu will repel the Cresselia away when I used a repel. Of course it will be possible to just catch it without paralyzing it first but with as sometimes you do not know how much damage your mirror coat might inflect, it is just a insurance of easier time catching Cresselia. The reason I did not use any other pokemon to lower Cresselia's hp was because it will flee. By just using mirror coat (and I suppose getting lucky with those aurora beams) it lowers Cresselia's hp low enough to be caught. =============================================== ||Here are a few problems regarding my method|| =============================================== *The wobbuffet cannot be high leveled enough to take too less damage from aurora beam beacause when it mirror coats, the damage inflected on Cresselia will be too high and another mirror coat will kill it. *The wobbuffet cannot be too weak so that it gets easily killed by Cresselia within a few attacks. *The wobbuffet's level has to be just right (or within a reasonable margin) to lower Cresselia's hp down with mirror coat *Takes a quite a long time if you are unlucky with tracking Cresselia down *Obviously sometimes wobbuffet might faint because of a critical hit, but otherwise your wobbuffet should be fine with Cresselia's attacks for sometime until it falls too low, then of which you can just use a hyper potion. Hope that helped. By the way, don't bother using counter to hope lowering Cresselia's hp when it doesnt seem to be using Aurora beam at all as two mirror coats with a lvl40ish (leeway of 2 levels up and down) wobbuffet should be sufficient to catch Cresselia (which of course should be paralyzed by the Raichu). Saving in front of the patch of grass where Cresselia will appear after you tracked it down doesn't hurt either." --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you reader for this guide! ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| WI-FI FEATURES GUIDE |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \W001/ ---- W002: /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Setting up a Connection | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Like most other DS games, you will need a wireless connection of some sort to activate Wi-Fi options used in the GTS, Pokemon Center Wi-Fi spots, and the battle tower random trainer download. First, however, you will need to set up a connection. Here is what you will need: *A Wireless Router or *A Nintendo USB Wireless Connector or *A wireless access point (Usually located at most businesses. Most hotels and coffee shops like Starbucks offer wireless Internet. Even some fast food placed like McDonalds and Crystals in some locations offer wireless access points). Now, you need to input your settings on your DS to access the wireless spots. To do that, go to the main menu when you are selecting to load a file and choose the Wi-Fi option. If you have played another game online with that particular DS, then you will not have to worry about it. Usually, most wireless points are not locked, but not all wireless routers will connect to the DS easily (Best to call your ISP for any issues. I cannot help with any connection problems). W003: /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | The Global Trade Station | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ One feature that has been long awaited for the Pokemon games is the ability to trade Pokemon Online. Fortunately, Nintendo gave it to us in the form of the GTS: Global Trade Station. To access it, head to Jublife City and go left from the Pokemon Center until you see a giant building. Once you enter, you have several options. If you look at the globe, you can register your location so people can see where you are from when trading. Once you do register, you can look on the globe to see the location of all the trades you have done over the GTS. To actually trade Pokemon, go to the receptionist and say yes when she asks if you want to trade. You will then have to save and connect to Nintendo's Wi-Fi servers. Once that is done, you will be ready to start trading! Here are some of the rules for the GTS: -First of all, you must have at least seen the Pokemon to search for it. Any Pokemon seen at the Battle Tower will not count, although I am not sure about Pokemon you see in Link Battles -Second, you can only search on certain criteria: *Gender *Any Level *Pokemon lv 9 or below *Pokemon lv 10 or above *Pokemon lv 20 or above *Pokemon lv 30 or above *Pokemon lv 40 or above *Pokemon lv 50 or above *Pokemon lv 60 or above *Pokemon lv 70 or above *Pokemon lv 80 or above *Pokemon lv 90 or above *Lv 100 Pokemon -Once you choose your criteria, if any were found while searching they will appear on the bottom screen. Use the stylus to see what they want. If you have a Pokemon that matched what they want, then it will appear lit up when searching your boxes; all other Pokemon will be grayed out. -You can trade for any level Pokemon once you gain access to the GTS. However, be aware that they will not obey you if you do not have the right number of badges. -Pokemon gotten from the 3rd Generation will not list the route or area they were caught/hatched/received from, but they will list the region they were caught in. For example: Say you caught a Pidgey in FR and traded it to Emerald and then sent it to Diamond. It will say it came from Kanto instead of Hoenn. -You can only upload one Pokemon at a time to trade. You can take it back at any time, and if someone traded with you, the Pokemon will be sent to you the next time you check your status or the next time you log on to the GTS. W004: /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Hacked Pokemon | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ If there is one problem with trading on the GTS, it is the chances of getting a hacked Pokemon. While it is good to note that severely hacked Pokemon (Stats being too high, moves it cannot learn) are usually banned from the GTS, some do slip through. Here is a few examples of hacked Pokemon. -If non-legendary Pokemon are caught with a Masterball, then there is a extremely good chance that it is hacked. -Furthermore, all hatched and event Pokemon from the 3rd generation come in normal Pokeballs (Such as starters, Pokemon that have been given away, etc). If they come in something that is not a normal Pokeball, then it is hacked (For example: Say you get a Nidoqueen on the GTS from Hoenn and it was caught with a Ultra Ball. Since Nidoran Female are not native to Hoenn, the only way it could register from Hoenn is if it was hatched there). -If the stats look fairly low for a certain Pokemon, then there is a good chance it is hacked. -If the move set for a lv 100 Pokemon consists of moves that would not be beneficial for it, there is a good chance it may be hacked. While not always the case, most hacked lv 100s are caught in the wild and traded without modifying its move set. -If the Pokemon is native to D/P and the catch location is at a weird spot, then it is hacked. Keep in mind that it will mention if it was hatched or not in the catch location, so it may be hatched. A example of a weird spot would be a Lv 100 Garchomp met and caught on Route 201: there is just no way it is possible. -Keep in mind that a good majority of event Pokemon are hacked. Celebi is extremely hard to find outside of Japan, as well as Mew and Deoxys. Jirachi is a bit more common, since it came with the Colosseum bonus disc. Also, event-only Pokemon in D/P also have a very high chance of being hacked unless they are Japanese and fall under certain circumstances. -Be wary of trainers that may list several unique Pokemon at one time, such as several shiny lv 100 Palkia all at once. -If the trainer or Pokemon name is more characters then is supported (For example: A Pokemon with a name that is all ?'s that goes past what is usually accepted), then it is hacked. Unfortunately, it is good to note that you cannot tell a good majority of these until you do the actual trade. Furthermore, you cannot tell if the Pokemon was duped or a item it is holding was duped. For those that are worried about hacked Pokemon, here is a small list of events that were held and any unique Pokemon that may come from it: (Note: All credit goes to serebii.net for this list. This is just a condensed list for reference. Also note that this only lists the rare Pokemon found in those events, serebii.net has the full list for your viewing pleasure.) W005: /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Event Pokemon | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ American Events: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event: Pokemon Journey Across America OT: 10 ANIV ID: 00010 Rare Pokemon: Kanto Legendary Birds, Johto Legendary dogs/cats/whatever, Celebi, Latios, Latias. Names: English -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event: Toy's 'R Us Mew Giveaway, or NYC Pokemon Center Giveaway Rare Pokemon: Mew OT: Can either be MYSTERY with trainer ID 06930, or NYC with a unknown ID. Name: English -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event: Colosseum Bonus Disc Rare Pokemon: Jirachi OT: WISHMKR ID: 20043 Name: English -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event: NASA Giveaway Rare Pokemon: Deoxys OT: SPACE C ID: 00010 Name: English -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japanese Events: (Note: I have listed the Trainer ID, but not the trainer name. All Pokemon that come from Japan have Japanese trainer names. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event: Movie Events Rare Pokemon: Mew, Jirachi, Darkrai ID: 50716 (Mew), 30719 (Jirachi), 07147 (Darkrai) Name: Japanese -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event: Japanese Colosseum Bonus Disc Rare Pokemon: Celebi ID: 31121 Name: Japanese -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event: Misc. Rare Pokemon: Jirachi Possible IDs: 40707, 50707, 60707 Name: Japanese -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Europe Events -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event: 10th Anniversary Tour Rare Pokemon: Articuno, Johto 3 Legendary dogs/cats/whatever, Ho-Oh, Lugia, Latios, Latias OT: 10ANNIV ID: 06227 Name: English -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event: Beating Pokemon Channel in Europe Rare Pokemon: Jirachi OT: CHANNEL ID: 40122 Name: English -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event: Pokemon Day 2006 Rare Pokemon: Same as Europe's 10th Anniversary Tour OT: 10JARHE ID: 06227 Name: German -------------------------------------------------------------------------- W006: /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Pokemon Center Wi-Fi | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ A new feature in the 4th generation is the ability to battle online with friends. However, there is a small drawback: you will need their D/P specific game code for it to work. So, how does one battle and trade with certain people? First of all, go to the "Set up a connection" guide above to set up your wireless connection. Then, make sure you have at least one badge or so. Every Pokemon Center will have a downstairs area (The stairs are located on the right inside the Pokemon Center). Next, speak to the lady on the front counter. She will then try to connect to the wireless connection. Say "Yes" and you will test connect and then recieve a item called the Pal Pad. The Pal Pad is a very important item when it comes to communication with other people. If you want to trade or battle with anyone in the downstairs wi-fi area, you will need their name and friends code. How do you get all that info, you ask? First, open your items menu and go to the key item section and select the Pal Pad and press A. It will then open a menu with three options: -Check Friend Roster -Register Friend's Code -*Your Name* Code The friends roster is a list of all the friends you currently have registered. You can also edit them if you need to make any changes. To register someone in your Pal Pad, you will need to have their code and their trainer name and go to the "Register Friend's Code" option. There, it will ask you for their number and name. When you have at least one friend registered in the pal pad, you will be able to log on to the downstairs wi-fi center. The last option displays your code and name. Make sure you write those down and give them to anyone you want to battle and trade with. So, what can you do online? First of all, you will need to have a friend online to do anything, or else you will be in a waiting screen. When someone is online, you have four options -Single Battle -Double Battle -Trade -See Records Single and Double Battles have three options: lv 50, lv 100, and free battle. Trading works just like it did in the previous generations. You can also check your opponents records on different things, such as the number of battles they have done or trades. On one final note: you can use the microphone to talk to people while trading, but you cannot use it for single and double battles. It is also recommended that you use headphones while talking, because it is hard to hear many times while communicating. ________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |--O--| BREEDING GUIDE |--O--| \___/________________________________________________________________\___/ \0008/ ---- One big feature that has been in every game since Gold and Silver is Breeding, the ability to create a new Pokemon with two other Pokemon with two different genders and share a egg group. Although it has been around for awhile, there are some who still do not know the basics of it. This part of the guide will explain a few of the obvious and not so obvious steps in breeding a Pokemon. 00A8: /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | The Basics | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ The first step in breeding is to get to a point where you can breed. In Diamond and Pearl, the breeding center is in a town called Solaceon. You will have to go through it at some point to get to the 4th gym (The town itself is located between Route 209 and 210). Another thing to know beforehand is which abilities a Pokemon can learn, what Nature you want them to be at, and what Gender (If it isn't a Pokemon that will always have a certain Gender). This will throw in a new problem: Getting the nature you want, as well as the abilities you want at the same time. Abilities are not too bad, since there doesn't seem to be a percentage on which Pokemon can get which ability (50/50, basically). Gender depends on the Pokemon: Genderless or Pokemon who have the same gender every time are not too much of a problem, while Pokemon who do have different genders have a certain percentage of how often it will be a male/female, so it can be very hard to get a certain gender many times. Natures, however, can be a big pain in the ass. Not only do they affect certain stats, but they affect which Pokeblocks a Pokemon would like (Which makes a difference in contests and Feebass, mostly). So, you pretty much are going to have to figure out your Pokemon's strong and weak points in their stats. For example: Chansey pretty much is used as a wall in multiplayer matches, so a Rash ability would not benefit it. However, for Chansey, a Hardy, Docile, Timid, Jolly, Naive, Bashful, and Quirky Nature would either not hurt it's stats, or give it a boost in Speed: one of the few stats that mean something for a wall that does not rely on Attack, Defense, or the two specials. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | !!! NOTE !!! | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | If you have two Pokemon that can breed and the mother has | | the nature you want, then giving the mother a everstone | | will increase your chances of getting the mother's | | nature. Be aware that there are reports of Ditto nullifying | | the everstone if you breed with it, so you will need a | | Pokemon in the same egg class. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ So, what is the big problem? Natures, Abilities, and Gender are pre-determined once you do get the egg, so you cannot save before it hatches and go back before it does hatch. The best way to counter this is to keep one strong Pokemon (a Slugma/Macargo), and carry 5 Pokemon eggs at once. If none of them have the natures/abilities/gender you want, release them and try again. 00B8: /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Chain Breeding | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ The next step is to figure out which Pokemon you want breed, and for what reason. Do you want a Pokemon for its stats, or to chain breed with another Pokemon for a specific move? Chain-Breeding is a process in which you transfer a move from one Pokemon that has a move over to one that can learn it either via a TM or via it's egg move capabilities (Refer to the Pokedex for a list of moves a Pokemon can learn via breeding). This, sometimes, may require several Pokemon just to get to the Pokemon you want to have the move. Here is a small example: /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |THE POKEMON: | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon 1: Has move you want | |Pokemon 2: Female | |Pokemon 3: Offspring of Pokemon 1 and 2 and Carrier of move from Pokemon | | 1. | |Main Pokemon: Female and type of Pokemon that you want to give the move | | to. | |Main offspring: Pokemon with desired move. | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon 1 has a move you want for another Pokemon, but you cannot breed | |Main Pokemon for it. Pokemon 1 is male | | | |Pokemon 2 has the capability of learning that move, and can breed with | |Pokemon 1 and your Main Pokemon. Pokemon 2 is female | | | |Main Pokemon has the capability of learning that move either as | |a egg or TM learned move. Main Pokemon is female. | | | |Pokemon 1 and 2 will breed, and produce a egg with Pokemon 3. Pokemon 3 | |will need to be male so it can breed with Main Pokemon, so you will need | |to breed until you get a Male Pokemon 3. Then, breed Male Pokemon 3 with | |Main Pokemon (Unless it is a baby Pokemon, in which you will need to | |level it up). Then, hatch it and see if you got the Pokemon you want | |with the right move/gender/ability/nature. If not, re-breed Pokemon 3 | |and Main Pokemon until you get the desired Pokemon with the right | |specs. | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Sounds like a giant process for chain breeding, no? Basically, you will need to map out everything about a certain Pokemon to get one that is "perfect", or so you think. So, what about those who could care less about moves and the various other hassles of breeding? Well, the minimum you will need to breed two Pokemon is a Pokemon that is female, one that is male, and they both need to be in the same Egg Group (refer to the next section, 004F, for details on egg groups). If they are in the same egg group, then take them down to the breeding center and drop them off. Depending on if they are a traded Pokemon and various other things, it may take longer or shorter to produce a egg. Talk to the man outside to see if the two Pokemon have produced a egg yet. Once they do, take it. 00C8: /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | The Hatching Process | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Now, the boring part. Once you have your egg, you will need to keep it in one of your slots in your party for it to gain steps to hatch. Basically, every type of Pokemon has a amount of steps it needs in order to hatch. For example, all the starters in D/P need 5,120 steps to hatch, while a Pokemon such as Dratini needs 10,240 steps to hatch. As you can see, you can half the amount of steps to 2,560 and 5120 respectively if you have a Slugma in your party. So, what are some of the best places to hatch Pokemon in D/P? Going from Twinleaf to Sunnyshore on Bike is about 2100 steps, and that is with some errors. The Cycling path south of Eterna City is about 200 steps from the top to the bottom and then back to the top again, and the path near the breeding center in Solaceon Town (Going from the part of Route 209 that has the bike slopes in a straight line through Solaceon Town up to Route 210, past the bike slope, and hitting the wall near the cafe) to and from is about 250 steps. So, which one is the fastest? From Twinleaf to Sunnyshore on a bike with the fastest setting is about 6+ minutes, about 7+ minutes on the lower setting, and about 7:30+ minutes using B to walk. The Cycling Path from top to bottom and back to the top was about 15 seconds. The Solaceon path that I described above is about 18 second from the bottom of Route 209 to the top of Route 210, and back again to the bottom of Route 209. Just to give you a general idea how it fairs step-wise, lets compare each of them. Twinleaf-Sunnyshore: 2100 steps (10.5 times the Cycling Road route and 8.4 times the Solaceon Route Cycling Road: 200 (About .10 times the T-S route, and .8 times the Solaceon Route Solaceon Route: 250 (About .11 times the T-S route, and 1.25 times the Cycling Road Route). So, when it comes down to it, you would need to ride the Cycling Road 10 times up, down, and up again and one time down to get the same steps as the Twinleaf-Sunnyshore route, and you would have to do the Solaceon Route 8 times and then half one time to have the same effect as the T-S route. However, how do they compare time-wise? Twinleaf-Sunnyshore Route on bike with highest speed is 6+ minutes, so lets use that one and say it is around 6 minutes and 30 seconds. Riding the same distance on the Cycling Road is about 2 minutes and 38 seconds, 3 minutes and 52 seconds faster. The Solaceon Route is about 2 minutes and 55 seconds, 3 minutes and 35 seconds faster. So, how does the Solaceon and Cycling Road compare? 2:38 when compared to 2:55 would be a 17 second difference, making the Cycling Road faster in theory. How does this all hold up egg-wise? Hatching a 5200 step egg would take 2 and nearly a quarter go around using the T-S route (Or about 15 minutes, 7:30 minutes with a beneficial ability). On the Cycling Road Route, hatching a 5200 step egg would take 26 times from the top, bottom, and back to the top again (About 6:30 minutes, or 3:15 minutes with a beneficial ability). On the Solaceon Route, hatching a 5200 step egg would take about 21 times from the bottom of Route 209 to the top of Route 210 and back down again (about 6 minutes and 30 seconds, 3:15 with a beneficial ability). However, each has their own strengths and weaknesses. The T-S route allows you to catch any Pokemon you might have missed, but is slower and you might run into trainers/Pokemon/obstacles (Meaning that Repels are needed). Not only that, but you might need cut to get through a few sections swiftly. The Cycling Road route is about on par with Solaceon, but you have to have your bike on the highest speed setting and move around other trainers on the route. The Solaceon route has the benefit of being right next to the daycare, meaning you can simply pick up and drop off Pokemon when you need to. Only bad thing is you have to remount your bike if you go into the daycare. 00D8: /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Egg Group List | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ *NOTE: All names were taken from the Nintendo Power Pokemon FR/LG guide. The egg group is a hidden variable used to determine which Pokemon can breed with what, and the actual names are unseen. I give all credit to Nintendo Power for this list. Monster Egg class: /=========================================================================\ Bulbasaur/Ivysaur/Venusaur | Treecko/Grovyle/Sceptile Charmander/Charmeleon/Charizard | Mudkip/Marshtomp/Swampert Squirtle/Wartortle/Blastoise | Whismur/Loudred/Exploud Nidoran Female | Aron/Lairon/Aggron Nidoran Male | Tropius Slowpoke/Slowbro/Slowking | Turtwig/Grotile/Torterra Cubone/Marowak | Cranidos/Rampardos Lickitung/Lickilicky | Shieldon/Bastidon Rhyhorn/Rhydon/Rhyperior | Gible/Gabite/Garchomp Kangaskhan | Snover/Abomasnow Lapras | Snorlax | Chikorita/Bayleef/Meganium | Totodile/Croconaw/Feraligatr | Mareep/Flaaffy/Ampharos | Larvitar/Pupitar/Tyranitar | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Grass Egg class: /=========================================================================\ Bulbasaur/Ivysaur/Venusaur | Turtwig/Grotile/Torterra Oddish/Gloom/Vileplume/Bellossom | Cherubi/Cherrim Paras/Parasect | Carnivine Bellsprout/Weepingbell/Victreebel| Snover/Abomasnow Exeggcute/Exeggutor | Tangela/Tangrowth | Chikorita/Bayleef/Meganium | Hoppip/Skiploom/Jumpfluff | Sunkern/Sunflora | Lotad/Lombre/Ludicolo | Seedot/Nuzleaf/Shiftry | Shroomish/Breloom | Roselia/Roserade | Cacnea/Cacturne | Tropius | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Dragon Egg class: /=========================================================================\ Charmander/Charmeleon/Charizard | Gible/Gabite/Garchomp Ekans/Arbok | Horsea/Seadra/Kingdra | Magikarp/Gyrados | Dratini/Dragonair/Dragonite | Treecko/Grovyle/Sceptile | Swablu/Altaria | Seviper | Feebass/Milotic | Bagon/Shelgon/Salamence | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Water 1 Egg class: /=========================================================================\ Squirtle/Wartortle/Blastoise | Mudkip/Marshtomp/Swampert Psyduck/Golduck | Lotad/Lombre/Ludicolo Poliwag/Poliwhirl/Poliwrath/ | Wingull/Pelipper Slowpoke/Slowbro/Slowking | Surskit/Masquerain Seel/Dewgong | Corphish/Crawdaunt Horsea/Seadra/Kingdra | Feebass/Milotic Lapras | Spheal/Sealeo/Walrein Omanyte/Omastar | Clamperl/Huntail/Gorebyss Kabuto/Kabutops | Relicanth Dratini/Dragonair/Dragonite | Piplup/Prinplup/Empoleon Totodile/Croconaw/Feraligatr | Bidoof/Bibarel Marill/Azumarill | Buizel/Floatzel Wooper/Quagsire | Shellos/Gastrodon Corsola | Remoraid/Octillery | Deilbird | Mantine | Politoed | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Water 2 Egg Class: /=========================================================================\ Goldeen/Seaking | Finneon/Lumineon Magikarp/Gyrados | Chinchou/Lanturn | Qwilfish | Remoraid/Octillery | Carvanha/Sharpedo | Wailmer/Wailord | Barboach/Whiscash | Relicanth | Luvdisc | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Water 3 Egg Class: /=========================================================================\ Tentacool/Tentacruel | Corphish/Crawdaunt Shellder/Cloyster | Lileep/Cradily Krabby/Kingler | Anorith/Armaldo Omanyte/Omastar | Skorupi/Drapion Kabuto/Kabutops | Corsola | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Bug Egg class: /=========================================================================\ Caterpie/Metapod/Butterfree | Wurmple/Silcoon/Cascoon/Beautifly/Dustox Weedle/Kakuna/Beedrill | Surskit/Masquerain Paras/Parasect | Nincada/Ninjask Venonat/Venomoth | Volbeat Scyther/Scizor | Illumise Pinsir | Trapinch/Vibrava/Flygon Ledyba/Ledian | Kricketot/Kricketune Spinarak/Ariados | Burmy/Wordam/Mothim Pineco/Forretress | Combee/Vespiquen Gligar/Glisor | Skorupi/Drapion Shuckle | Yanmega Heracross | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Flying Egg class: /=========================================================================\ Pidgey/Pidgeotto/Pidgeot | Tailow/Swellow Spearow/Fearow | Wingull/Pelipper Zubat/Golbat/Crobat | Swablu/Altaria Farfetch'D | Starly/Staravia/Staraptor Doduo/Dodrio | Aerodactyl | Hoothoot/Noctowl | Togetic/Togekiss | Natu/Xatu | Yanma | Murkrow/Honchkrow | Skarmory | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Field Egg Class /=========================================================================\ Rattata/Raticate | Chimchar/Monferno/Infernape Ekans/Arbok | Piplup/Prinplup/Empoleon Pikachu/Raichu | Bidoof/Bibarel Sandshrew/Sandslash | Shinx/Luxio/Luxray Nidoran Female | Pachirisu Nidoran Male/Nidorino/Nidoking | Buizel/Floatzel Vulpix/Ninetales | Buneary/Lopunny Diglett/Dugtrio | Glameow/Purugly Meowth/Persian | Stunky/Skuntank Psyduck/Golduck | Lucario Mankey/Primeape | Hippopotas/Hippowdon Growlithe/Arcanine | Leafeon/Glaceon Ponyta/Rapid ash | Farfetch'D | Seel/Dewgong | Rhyhorn/Rhydon/Rhyperior | Tauros | Eevee/Vaporeon/Jolteon/Flareon | Cyndaquil/Quilava/Typhlosion | Sentret/Furret | Mareep/Flaaffy/Ampharos | Aipom/Ambipom | Umbreon/Espeon | Gitafarig | Dunesparce | Snubbull/Granbull | Sneasel/Weavile | Teddiursa/Ursaring | Swinub/Piloswine/Mamoswine | Deilbird | Houndour/Hondoom | Phanpy/Donphan | Stantler | Smeargle | Miltank | Torchic/Combusken/Blaziken | Poochyena/Mightyena | Zigzagoon/Linoone | Seedot/Nuzleaf/Shiftry | Slakoth/Vigoroth/Slaking | Whismur/Loudred/Exploud | Skitty/Delcatty | Mawile | Electrike/Manectric | Wailmer/Wailord | Numuel/Camerupt | Torokoal | Spoink/Grumpig | Spinda | Zangoose | Seviper | Absol | Spheal/Sealeo/Walrein | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Fairy Egg Class: /=========================================================================\ Pikachu/Raichu | Castform Clefairy/Clefable | Snorunt/Glalie/Frosslass Jigglypuff/Wigglytuff | Pachirisu Chansey/Blissey | Cherubi/Cherrim Togetic/Togekiss | Marill/Azumarill | Hoppip/Skiploom/Jumpfluff | Snubbull/Granbull | Shroomish/Breloom | Skitty/Delcatty | Mawile | Plusle | Minun | Roselia/Roserade | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Human-Like Egg Class: /=========================================================================\ Abra/Kadabra/Alakazam | Chimchar/Monferno/Infernape Machop/Machoke/Machamp | Buneary/Lopunny Drowzee/Hypno | Lucario Hitmonlee | Croagunk/Toxicroak Hitmonchan | Mr. Mime | Jynx | Electabuzz/Electivire | Magmar/Magmotar | Hitmontop | Makuhita/Hariyama | Sableye | Meditite/Medicham | Volbeat | Illumise | Spinda | Cacnea/Cacturne | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Mineral Egg class: /=========================================================================\ Geodude/Gravler/Golem | Nosepass/Probopass Onix/Steelix | Snorunt/Glalie/Frosslass Sudowoodo | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Amorphous Egg class: /=========================================================================\ Grimer/Muk | Shellos/Gastrodon Gastly/Haunter/Gengar | Drifloon/Drifblim Koffing/Weezing | Spiritomb Misdreavus/Mismagius | Wobbuffet | Slugma/Marcargo | Ralts/Kirlia/Gardevoir/Gallade | Gulpin/Swalot | Castform | Shuppet/Banette | Duskull/Dusclops/Dusknoir | Chimecho | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ No Gender (Can only breed with Ditto and only Ditto): /=========================================================================\ Magnemite/Magneton/Magnezone | Bronzor/Bronzong Votorb/Electrode | Rotom Staryu/Starmie | Phione Ditto | Manphy Porygon/Porygon2/Porygon-Z | Shedinja | Lunatone | Solrock | Baltoy/Claydol | Beldum/Metang/Metagross | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Unbreedable (Cannot be bred with any Pokemon) /=========================================================================\ Nidorina/Nidoqueen | Budew Nidorido/Nidoking | Chingling Articuno | Bonsly Zapdos | Mime Jr. Moltres | Happiny Mewtwo | Munchlax Mew | Riolu Pichu | Mantyke Cleffa | Uxie Igglybuff | Mespirit Togepi | Azelf Unknown | Dialga Tyrogue | Palkia Smoochum | Heatran Elekid | Regigigas Magby | Girantina Raikou | Cresselia Entei | Dakrai Suicune | Shaymin Lugia | Arceus Ho-Oh | Celebi | Azurill | Wynaut | Registeel | Regice | Regirock | Latias | Latios | Kyogre | Groundon | Rayquaza | Jirachi | \------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Odd Egg Class: /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ Nidoran Female and Nidoran Male Volbeat and Illumise Tauros and Milktank \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | !!! NOTE !!! | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | The Odd Egg Class is a special one that gives a random Pokemon | | of the species when you breed it. For example: Breeding a Nidoran | | Male and Nidoran Female gives you a chance to get either species | | in a egg. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 00E8 /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Steps to Hatch | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ /-------------------------------------\ |Pokemon Name |Steps |W/Ability | |-------------------------------------| |Bulbasaur |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Charmander |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Squirtle |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Caterpie |3900 |1950 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Weedle |3900 |1950 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Pidgey |3900 |1950 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Rattata |3900 |1950 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Spearow |5200 |1950 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Ekans |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Pichu |2600 |1300 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Sandshrew |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Nidoran Female|5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Nidoran Male |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Cleffa |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Vulpix |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Igglybuff |2600 |1300 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Zubat |3900 |1950 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Oddish |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Paras |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Venonat |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Diglett |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Meowth |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Psyduck |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Mankey |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Growlthe |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Poliwag |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Abra |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Machop |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Bellsprout |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Tentacool |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Geodude |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Ponyta |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Slowpoke |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Magnemite |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Farfetch'd |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Doduo |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Seel |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Grimer |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Shellder |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Gastly |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Onix |6500 |3250 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Drowzee |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Krabby |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Voltorb |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Exeggcute |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Cubone |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Tyrouge |6500 |3250 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Lickitung |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Koffing |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Rhyhorn |5200 |2600 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Chansey |10300 |5150 | |--------------|----------|-----------| |Tangela |5200 |2600