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Author: Allen Chingonzoh

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Pokemon Flora Sky (Complement Dex version) Walkthrough

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Information

Name: Pokemon Flora Sky

Hack of: Emerald

Language: English

Creator: 12345

Changes in Complement Dex

- All missing Pokemon in the main version

- All Trio Pokemon with 580 base stat and Heatran will decrease to 520

- Fixed Magmar's Shiny Palette, Uxie's stats, decrease the base stats of Darmanitan

- Increase the level of trainers after the Pokemon League

Features

- New story

- New events For Legendary Pokemon

- New characters

- 386 Pokemon in the hack with new sprites

- New moves, maps, items, HM's

- New minigame

- Day Night System with daily events

- Main Legendaries: Shaymin, Giratina, Dialga. After beat E4: Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquza, Mew, Arceus

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Navigation Table

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Introduction

[001]........Small Town

[002]........Puel City

[003]........Mystic Town

[004]........Platepics City

[005]........Teaes City

[006]........Habutest Town

[007]........Turzoro City

[008]........Searound City

[009]........Charpos City

[010]........Malias City

[011]........Ocepac Town

[012]........Golden City

[013]........Pulhia City

[014]........Hotasita City

[015]........Surence Town

[016]........Pokemon League (PokeCenter)

[017]........Pokemon League Building

[018]........Challenge Islands

[019]........R Area

[020]........Q Area

[021]........Silver Town

[022]........Aqua Town

CHALLENGE FACTORY QUESTS

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[A] Mission 1: Seeking The Lost Girl

[B] Mission 2: Sir. Steven's Quiz

Hello there, my name is Allen Chingonzoh or just Allen Cee. Welcome to my walkthrough of Pokemon Flora Sky (Complement Dex version). This is my second walkthrough (ever), the first one I did was for Pokemon Adventure Red Chapter Beta 14.5...so if you're currently playing that game or are thinking of giving it a go, you will find a walkthrough for it if you need one. Otherwise, let's dive into Flora Sky shall we?

The game starts out with the classic opening from the Gen 3 games: a few words from Professor Birch about the world of Pokemon...getting to name our character and then being in the back of a moving van. Step out to be met by Mom. This is our new home - Small Town. Inside the house instead of finding a Machoke team moving boxes around we'll find a team of Vigoroth. Yeah, it's exactly the same opening sequence from the Gen 3 games haha maybe for nostalgia, or maybe because it works as an opening sequence. Go upstairs, set the time on the clock and Mom comes up to check on us. We get a chance to look around our room, there's a GameCube, a map of Hoenn, our PC, bed and TV. Booting up the PC you'll find a Potion.

Downstairs, Mom calls us over to the television. No, it's not about Norman, but the Pokemon League Champion of this region - Cynthia! Unfortunately we've just missed the interview :/ Mom tells us that her friend Professor Birch lives next door and suggests we pay him a visit. Sounds like a plan, mama.

[001] SMALL TOWN - "A town that can't be shaded any hue."

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Places of Interest

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Our House

Prof. Birch's House

Prof. Birch's Pokemon Lab

PokeMart

Pokemon Day Care

We can have a walk around Small Town, which looks pretty neat. Sure enough, next door from our house is Prof. Birch's House. The man just near the house will offer you a Soothe Bell, he has no use for it. East of Birch's house is the Day Care Man. To the south is the Pokemon Day Care, the PokeMart and Prof. Birch's Pokemon Lab to the southwest.

SMALL TOWN PokeMart

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(Except for the Retro Mail, all the other Mail cost P50)

Yeah, it's more of a Post Office than a PokeMart haha. Small town indeed. The Retro Mail costs P150.

There's a little girl to the east of the PokeMart, she won't let us continue further along that eastern way. Going south from the PokeMart leads to Route D, but there's a man examining the road so that path is blocked too.

Head over to Prof. Birch's House. We are greeted by Mama Birch, happy to meet her new neighbour. They have a daughter who just so happens to be at the same age as us (wait, how old are we by the way...?). We're told she's upstairs, but when we get there we don't find the girl. Instead we find a PokeBall on the floor and when we interact with it, in comes the girl! Her name is May and it's basically the same scene you get when we first meet her in the Gen 3 games. After speaking to her, leave the house. At the Lab, the assistants tell us that Prof. Birch is out doing fieldwork. I really hope after dealing with Birch we can finally get into the actual story of this game. The nostalgia for the Gen 3 games is cool and all, but I think I'm ready for the Flora Sky story now.

Go east, the little girl will let us through. She hears noises from further down the path but can't go out to help since she doesn't have any Pokemon. This path takes us onto Route A.

ROUTE A

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Continuing east leads to a dead end. North takes us to Lan's House. Whoever this Lan person is, they aren't home. But the lady who is home does give us some sound advice :) the Youngster outsde the house tells us a bit about the mountain we're just about to enter, Mt. Fullmoon. Apparently many legendary Pokemon lived there. Very interesting. So we go past the boy to find the entrance into the mysterious Mt. Fullmoon.

MT. FULLMOON

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As you'll see when you enter, there are entrances to the north but they are blocked by boulders. Make a note, we'll definitely be back once we got Strength and Rock Smash for the entrance on the left. To the right from where we came in, there are a couple of more exits. Then there's the curious chamber in the middle of this area. The entrance isn't blocked by any boulders /oO./ inside the chamber we will find a legendary Pokemon, Darkrai!! But our character doesn't know that...someone who does know walks in after Darkrai disappears. We're told that its home is a place called Outcast Isle but it is rarely there. What we saw turns out to have been an illusion :/ maybe next time, Darkrai. The person introduces herself - Flash, a witch! It won't be the last time we see her, she vanishes...just as Prof. Birch arrives, telling us that we shouldn't wander around without a Pokemon. Fortunately he has 3 with him for us to pick from-- suddenly a wild Pokemon appears to cause trouble (well, that is if you find Bidoof to be a major threat haha). The 3 Pokemon we can choose from are the classic Gen 1 Starters, Bulbasaur, Squirtle and Charmander. Make your choice and let's battle. Bidoof is at Level 2. Not even a problem. After the battle, Prof. Birch will take us back to the Lab.

The man is impressed by how we took care of the wild Pokemon so he lets us keep the Starter Pokemon we chose. BUT no PokeDex yet, meaning we'll probably have to come back. He brings up May and suggests we go see her. If she's not at home, he thinks she'll be out on the field somewhere. *SPOILER* She's not home :)

Route D is still a no-go, so back to Mt. Fullmoon. As I said earlier, there are 2 more exits to the right from the one we came through. If you use the middle exit, you will be met by a new character, named Sky. He's an assistant of Prof. Birch and he tells us that May is looking for us. We have to use the other exit because Sky won't move to let us pass. That other exit leads into a small room where May is located. She's going to "teach" us how to be a Trainer. Already going into Rival Mode, eh May?

>>RIVAL BATTLE<<

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Pokemon Trainer May

(Lv5 Counter Starter to what you chose) Prize: P1000

After the battle, May says we should return to the Lab.

This is when we get that sweet PokeDex! May gives us some PokeBalls. NOW we're ready to hit the road :) Back to Mt. Fullmoon and where we met Sky. He notices that we now have a PokeDex and PokeBalls, so someone will show us how to catch Pokemon - Wally! It's good to see him, definitely a lot better than he was when we first meet him in the Gen 3 games. He'll borrow our Starter Pokemon and just as we enter the grass with him, we're attacked by a wild Pokemon, a Level 5 Gothita. After he catches it, Wally gives us Running Shoes, nice. Then, off he goes. Another Rival on our hands perhaps?

We're still on Route A.

Pokemon to be Found

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Rattata, Bidoof, Gothita

Very short route, because continuing east will lead to an area called Forest Entrance.

FOREST ENTRANCE

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Pokemon to be Found

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Rattata, Bidoof

Here we find a PokeCenter and a new device that provides PC Services: Clock, World Map, Lottery and Teleport. Not bad :) carry on east-- we suddenly stop, because up ahead are some very familiar-looking Grunts. Team Magma! A whole squad of them! Some of the Grunts go through an entrance (into the forest) and 2 of them remain to guard the entrance. The old lady we see standing outside the PokeCenter knows that they are Team Magma, but doesn't know what they are doing here. She introduces herself as Mrs. Master and invites us to visit her, since her house is close by. Then she leaves. Before we can also continue east, Prof. Birch arrives. He says he made a mistake: the PokeDex he gave us is not filled with this region's Pokemon (aren't we in Hoenn..?) but has data of Pokemon from other regions, crazy enough haha. So he has to upgrade the PokeDex to National Dex. Done and Done. Prof. Birch returns to the Lab and we can carry on.

The Team Magma Grunts won't budge, no surprise. But Mrs. Master's House is just next to the forest entrance. No useful item or key information from her though :/ so we go on east. Route B ahead.

ROUTE B

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Pokemon to be Found

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Poochyena, Pidgey, Bidoof

Trainers

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Lass Tiana (Lv4 Pidgey, Lv4 Gothita) Prize: P64

Youngster Calvin (Lv5 Rattata) Prize: P80

Psychic Edward (Lv5 Solosis) Prize: P120

Bug Catcher Jose (Lv5 Weedle, Lv5 Kricketot) Prize: P80

Youngster Joey (Lv5 Bidoof) Prize: P80

Straight south from the little girl in the tall grass, you'll find an item by the big tree behind the Lass. A Potion. A little further east you'll see the Berry Master's House, if you're going to be collecting berries. He'll recommend visiting the Pretty Petal Flower Shop on Route D. Noted. Past the house we'll see the entrance to a gate and a cave across a body of water. We'll be back once we know Surf. Enter Union Gate and into Puel City!

[002] PUEL CITY - "Where people mingle with nature."

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Places of Interest

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PokeCenter

PokeMart

Art Museum

Pokemon Gym

Puel Hall

Home to the first Gym. As as soon as you enter, make a note of the tree up above you. Return once you know Cut. We can't enter the Art Museum at the moment, looks like Team Aqua are busy with it, having employed a room there /oO?/ so we'll be dealing with both Aqua & Magma...great haha. Let's look around town.

Just to the south of the Art Museum is the PokeCenter. The woman outside of it will give us a free TM, TM32 (Double Team). Unfortunately TMs in this game are one-time use :/ the house on the right has a lady who will trade her Moon Stone for...Shadow Mail! Damn, back to the Post Office haha. Speaking of Post Offices, further south is the PokeMart:

PUEL CITY PokeMart

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PokeBall P200

Potion P300

Antidote P100

Parlyz Heal P200

Awakening P250

Escape Rope R550

Repel P350

X Speed P350

X Attack P500

X Defend P550

X Accuracy P950

We'll be back with Surf to cross the lake, the other side is Route T. If you're looking to be at the top of the trends, head on over to the Puel Hall :) remember Dewford Town? To the left of the Hall is the home of the Gym Leader, Martin. His family is there.

The Union Gate is past the Gym, but we can't leave until we have a Badge. So let's go get it!

PUEL CITY Gym

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Leader Martin - "A big wave in fighting!"

Trainers

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Battle Girl Laura (Lv9 Mienfoo) Prize: P216

Black Belt Takao (Lv9 Makuhita) Prize: P288

Battle Girl Jocelyn (Lv9 Timburr) Prize: P216

Well, remember Dewford Town? And the Gym too? Yes, same deal here - a dark Gym where we'll have to feel our way through, but it gets brighter as we defeat the Gym Trainers. A little sad that they're basically spouting the same dialogue as the Dewford Gym crew...& Martin comes off like a Brawly clone. Oh well.

>>GYM BATTLE<<

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Leader Martin

(Lv10 Croagunk, Lv10 Makuhita, Lv12 Timburr)

Prize: P1200 + Kungfu Badge (Increases Pokemon's ATK) + TM08 (Bulk Up)

This Badge also lets us use the HM Rock SMMMAAAASH! (shout out to All Might!) outside of battle.

I went back to the Art Museum, still can't go in, but I am told by the man blocking the way that I need 4 Gym Badges to enter the building! /==./ what are these guys doing in there exactly? So keep that in mind, 4 Gym Badges. For now we have 1 and that at least will allow us to exit town from the south. The guard of the Union Gate will tell us that the next place further south is Mystic Town. We take a few steps towards the exit, only to be stopped by Sky the assistant. He's just here for a battle. Rival #3?

>>RIVAL BATTLE<<

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Pokemon Trainer Sky (Lv10 Hippopotas) Prize: P2000

Hmm, that Hippopotas and its Sand Stream Ability are going to be a future pain. Like a classic rival, he vows to beat us next time (because why not?). For his efforts though, he does give us HM06 (Rock Smash). He says he'll show us how to use it (this is a rom hack, dude, not the very first Pokemon game where we need to be shown how to do almost every little thing haha). I know, he's just trying to help, being an assistant and all. Sky will wait for us on Route C, which is next.

ROUTE C

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Pokemon to be Found

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Meowth, Rattata, Poochyena

Water: Basculin

Trainers

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Rich Boy Winston (Lv9 Bidoof) Prize: P1800

School Kid Billy (Lv8 Rattata, Lv8 Tympole) Prize: P160

Bug Catcher Kent (Lv10 Burmy) Prize: P160

Black Belt Koichi (Lv9 Timburr, Lv10 Croagunk) Prize: P320

Sky calls us over for his demonstration. Afterwards he leaves. Make a note about the little tree, we'll have to come back with Cut to reach that house on the left. South from the house, on the left side, you'll find a Poke Ball. We'll also come back with a Fishing Rod for that pond on the right. Breaking the rock near the one that Sky used to show Rock Smash will get you a Pearl. You'll get an Ether from the rock by the pond. Speaking of fishing, the Fisherman we see right there will give us an Old Rod. Not the best one but we have to start from somewhere. Southeast from the Fisherman is a Repel. Continue south, past the Black Belt and soon enough we will reach Mystic Town!

[003] MYSTIC TOWN - "A mystic and rainy land."

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Places of Interest

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PokeCenter

PokeMart

Herb Shop

Mrs Flash's House

Waiting for us at the entrance is Flash. She's excited, not just to see us again but because a couple of legendary Pokemon have appeared - Dialga & Giratina! They're also fighting each other!! It's a surprise the town is still in existence. They clash, there's a blue flash of light and we wake up in a new place called the Torn World.

TORN WORLD

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It looks like being in a garden maze without the HM for Flash. Simple path to follow, going north. We'll be stopped and suddenly teleported back to where we started in this place. Try again, this time we'll be able to continue...right up to where we find another legendary Pokemon - Shaymin. But it appears to be unwell. We don't get a chance to try and help because the blue flash of light returns and takes us out of the Torn World.

We are in someone's bed, in someone's house. There's an exit to the south and one to the north, looking like a hole in the wall. Go through the north exit. We'll appear in what looks like a tunnel. Flash is here and she tells us what happened. During the fight between the legends, a portal appeared and we were sucked into it. Then there was an explosion, Giratina was sent back to the Torn World and Dialga disappeared too. Everything is okay now. We tell her about meeting Shaymin, turns out it rescued us.

If we continue through the tunnel we'll exit from the cave above which the legends were fighting. Going back to the house where we woke up, step outside to see that you can't move beyond the yard. But there is an item on the right, TM17 (Protect).

From the cave, go south and enter the house. Pretty crowded, eh? The man in charge of this place will offer us a gift, but for us to find out what it is we have to beat all the Trainers in here AND bring him 5 Orange Mail (really? Defeating the Trainers isn't enough to prove ourselves..?). The Teleport system doesn't work yet :/ which would've come in handy now because we'd return home, hit the Post Office, then come back. I hope this Mail thing ain't going to be an ongoing gag. This mysterious gift better be worth it. So head back to Small Town the old fashioned way. Get that Orange Mail (and maybe other Mail too, just in case) and come back. When you're ready, it's battle time.

Guitarist Marcos (Lv12 Voltorb) Prize: P384

Aroma Lady Celina (Lv10 Hoppip) Prize: P400

PokeFan Kaleb (Lv10 Bonsly, Lv10 Mime Jr.) Prize: P800

For all that trouble, the gift is Honey /==./ *sigh* it could've been worse. The house on the left is a shop where you can buy herbal medicine. The old man in the purple shirt will give us Charcoal.

MYSTIC TOWN Herb Shop

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Energypowder P500

Energy Root P800

Heal Powder P450

Revival Herb P2800

That seems to everything we can do here. Leave town from the west, where we step into Route G.

ROUTE G

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Pokemon to be Found

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Bellsprout, Sunkern, Timburr

Trainers

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Bug Catcher Rick (Lv9 Burmy, Lv9 Venipede) Prize: P144

Twins Gina & Mia (Lv10 Sunkern & Bellsprout) Prize: P240

Going straight north to where Bug Catcher Rick is, there's a tree we'll have to come back to Cut. The route goes on west then south, where you'll battle the Twins. Then we find out that it's a dead end :/ so the route continues north...but we don't have the HM for Cut. What do we do now...let's go back and check on Route D. As you'll see on the way back to Small Town, the Team Magma Grunts are still blocking the forest entrance. But the man who wouldn't let us continue onto Route D is gone now.

ROUTE D

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Pokemon to be Found

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Bellsprout, Hoppip, Kricketot, Spearow

Water: Krabby

Trainers

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Lass Haley (Lv12 Budew, Lv12 Bellsprout) Prize: P192

Youngster Timmy (Lv11 Kricketot, Lv11 Tympole) Prize: P176

We'll be back with Surf and Cut for the tree you'll find when you continue further south. To the west past Timmy you'll see a cave entrance across the water. Noted. South will lead to what looks like the entrance to another forest..? Yes indeed, it was mentioned by Bug Catcher Rick or another Bug Catcher - this is Bee-Bug Forest.

BEE-BUG FOREST

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Pokemon to be Found

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Venipede, Kakuna, Sewaddle, Swadloon

Water: Krabby

Trainers

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Bug Catcher Lyle Prize: P160

(Lv10 Weedle, Lv10 Sewaddle, Lv10 Venipede, Lv10 Karrablast)

Bug Catcher Doug (Lv11 Burmy, Lv13 Mothim) Prize: P208

Psychic Jaclyn (Lv15 Gothita) Prize: P360

Youngster Johnson (Lv12 Aipom, Lv12 Ledyba) Prize: P192

Bug Catcher James (Lv9 Burmy, Lv9 Venipede) Prize: P144

The first major thing we see when we enter is a statue of another legendary Pokemon - Celebi. Dedicated to it for helping humans protect the forest. We'll return with Surf in order to move across the lake and continue south. So we move east from the statue. Eventually we'll reach a brown tree, blocked by trees that will need to be Cut. The lady standing just north of the tree will heal our team. Thank you :) she also points out that Combee could be occupying the brown tree. If only she had the HM for Cut. Carry on south from the tree. All the way down, past Psychic Jaclyn, until you find another tree that looks very different from the surrounding ones (this is a tree that you Headbutt to shake out Pokemon). That item to the southeast from the tree is an X Attack.

We're now on the south side of the lake. Carry on west past Youngster Johnson. To the south we'll see the exit. To the north is Bug Catcher James and a Parlyz Heal. Done, let's get out of here.

Back on Route D.

Bug Catcher Greg (Lv12 Combee, Lv12 Kricketune) Prize: P192

This is where we find that Flower Shop. Talk to one of the ladies to receive the Wailmer Pail. Just near the Bug Catcher, there's a tree which needs to be Cut if we want to reach the item. The Union Gate leads to the next city, Platepics City!

[004] PLATEPICS CITY - "The city probing the integration of nature & ==================== science."

Places of Interest

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PokeCenter

PokeMart

Name Rater's House

Pokemon Gym

Pokemon Trainer's School

Platepics Research Center

"Crypt" Buildings

As we enter town, a scientist rushes up to us (he's in a white lab coat, maybe he's actually a rock star), looking for help from a Trainer. Team Magma is here and causing trouble at the center. We're also told the Gym Leader isn't here /==./ why?? Let's look around.

To the east of town you'll find the Name Rater's House. Follow the path right round going north, to reach a Timer Ball behind the skyscrapers. To the west is the Pokemon Trainer's School where you'll get the Quick Claw from the teacher (shout out to Rustboro City!). From the school, take that short left path (south from the lady) to find a Full Heal. Just south is the PokeMart:

PLATEPICS CITY PokeMart

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Poke Ball P200

Great Ball P600

Potion P300

Super Potion P700

Antidote P100

Parlyz Heal P200

Escape Rope P550

Repel P350

Super Repel P500

Then there are a couple of buildings that you'll find if you go through the little alley going north from the PokeMart. I went in the one on the left, inside it looks like a crypt or something. There are wild Pokemon here, like Gastly. Nothing we can do here. But in the building on the right, if you go all the way left and interact with the little tombstone in the bottom corner, our character will note that there could be something inside it and they need to use an item here but doesn't know what item. We'll be back.

The Union Gate going west leads to Route E...the one going east leads to Route F...the one going south, we can't go forward until we have Flash, which is a TM in this game but still needs Gym Badge approval for us to use outside of battle /==./ come on. We get the TM from a Hiker who is in the Union Gate going east, after he tells us about Dark Cave. Let's take care of Team Magma now.

South of town is the PokeCenter, the Gym and the Platepics Research Center. In the house to the right of the Center is home to someone who works there. One of his children will give you a Net Ball. Enter the Center.

Team Magma Grunts (Lv17 Magby & Poochyena) Prize: P680

Make your way upstairs.

Team Magma Grunt (Lv17 Poochyena) Prize: P340

This place reminds me of the Radio Tower in Goldenrod City :)

Team Magma Grunt (Lv17 Poochyena) Prize: P340

Team Magma Grunts (Lv16 Woobat, Lv17 Magby, Lv16 Purrloin) Prize: P340

We'll reach the floor with the main office, where the boss of Team Magma, Maxie, is demanding Mr Stone to tell him where the legendary Pokemon Groudon is. Mr Stone doesn't know. Maxie turns to leave, only to find us in the way. He sees that we've defeated all the Grunts, but there are 2 other people (named Roy & Hank) that he thinks can deal with us. Our character asks, if we defeat those 2 guys will Team Magma leave? Maxie says yes. At least he's fair haha, let's go.

Scientist Roy (Lv17 Klink, Lv18 Duosion, Lv17 Rotom) Prize: P1020

After we beat Roy, Hank steps up.

Magma Admin Hank Prize: P720

(Lv16 Woobat, Lv17 Poochyena, Lv17 Tepig, Lv18 Heatmor)

Sticking to his word, Maxie and his gang leave the building. Then we get to speak to Mr Stone. He tells us about Team Magma coming here to find out where Groudon is. He has a favour to ask of us and gives us a B-Ticket. He also gives us the PokeNav. Back to back Key Items haha this guy really is a boss, eh? Then he also heals our team! Give him a medal, dammit. No explanation about the B-Ticket though, so we'll just hang onto it for now. The man who looks to be Mr Stone's assistant is blocking a doorway to another room, he says only authorised people can enter. Noted.

There's a lady in the little corner room just outside of Mr Stone's office. This is a shop where we can buy Poke Balls, but not now. Down on the previous floor, the old man in the corner room will give you an Exp Share if you can pass his short quiz (Answers: Nincada and Yes). On the floor below that one, there's a scientist who'll give us an Everstone.

Once we're back outside, another scientist catches up. He adds another feature to the PokeNav - Match Call. Basically a means to call people who are registered in the PokeNav and check which Trainers want rematches (WAY better than that other device which needed its battery recharged by walking, was it in Fire Red/Leaf Green?). To test it out we have to call Mr Stone...aaand he gives the same dialogue lines that he gives when we tried out the PokeNav back in the Gen 3 games :/

The Gym Leader, Caitlin, hasn't returned. Even her Gym Trainers won't battle us since she isn't around. Doesn't help when we need her Badge in order to use Flash and to leave town from the south. So we can either go east or west. Checking the map, Route E leads to the Pokemon League while Route F leads the next place Surence Town. Let's see what else Route E has before we go on for Surence Town.

ROUTE E

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Pokemon to be Found

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Trubbish, Timburr, Tailow, Roggenrola

Trainers

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School Kid Saren (Lv15 Whismur) Prize: P300

Lass Janice (Lv15 Skiploom) Prize: P240

School Kid Jerry (Lv15 Oshawott) Prize: P300 [PokeNav reg.]

Hiker Devan (Lv14 Drilbur, Lv14 Sandshrew) Prize: P560

Saren will be the next person we register on the PokeNav. Good thing we came here to this route, because just south from Saren is a Bike Shop! And this is where the B-Ticket has its use. It gets us a Mach Bike. We're told that Acro Bikes are sold in Charpos City. Personally, I wasn't a fan of this 2-bike system they had in the Gen 3 games so if you were also not a fan, sorry. Maybe in this game we'll be allowed to own both...otherwise, we'll have to get a code or two haha. Past the Bike Shop is the Water Rest House, where people who've been exploring the Water Cave can rest. We find out that the path to the Pokemon League is blocked by a mountain. The entrance to the Water Cave is close by. You'll find an X Defend in the western corner just past the entrance. Shall we explore the Water Cave?

WATER CAVE

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Pokemon to be Found

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Whismur, Roggenrola, Woobat

Trainers

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Hiker Brice (Lv15 Roggenrola, Lv15 Nosepass) Prize: P600

Collector Ed (Lv15 Burmy G, Lv15 Lileep) Prize: P900

Hiker Mike (Lv14 Drilbur, Lv14 Roggenrola, Lv14 Timburr) Prize: P560

Past the 2 Trainers, you'll find a Poke Ball. Make sure you have a Pokemon that knows Rock Smash. Past Hiker Mike is an Ether. Then we see a ladder heading down and this is where we have to put our Water Cave exploration mission on pause for now because we'll need Flash to continue in the floor below :/ to be continued. Onwards to Surence Town!

At least the Mach Bike will allow us to ride up those slippery slopes that we'll find on this route. Go up the slippery slope going north from the Union Gate entrance. You'll find a child who'll ask if we have a Dream Mail (what did I say about this being a ongoing thing..?) *sigh* well, if you're in need of a Cleanse Tag, I hope you bought some Mail from Small Town. The slope to the south leads to a house blocked by a Cut tree and the woman standing by the tree is Caitlin! You been here the whole time?? /==./ don't you have a Gym to run, lol? She's interested in this house but seeing that we're for her Badge, she'll return to the Gym. Thank god, phew.

PLATEPICS CITY Gym

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Leader Caitlin - "Master of Normal Pokemon."

Trainers

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Lass Mary (Lv18 Jigglypuff) Prize: P288

Lass Gina (Lv18 Meowth) Prize: P288

Beauty Catt (Lv18 Audino) Prize: P1440

Lass Randy (Lv18 Buneary) Prize: P288

Make your way up until you find 3 switches, which are connected to the barriers ahead. The correct combination is Right Switch Off, Middle Switch On, Left Switch On. With the barriers out of the way, Caitlin awaits.

>>GYM BATTLE<<

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Leader Caitlin Prize: P2000 + Normal Badge + TM45 (Attract) [PokeNav]

(Lv19 Happiny, Lv22 Lopunny, Lv20 Lickitung)

You probably noticed how unique Caitlin's Lopunny looked, yup, it is a Shiny Pokemon and Caitlin tells us that she found its previous form Buneary abandoned on Route Y. Noted. We can use Flash outside of battle now, so pick a good Pokemon for it. This means we can go on further in the Water Cave & we can also go on south out of town. We were on our way to Surence Town when we found Caitlin and came back for the Gym Badge. Let's check out Surence, then back to Water Cave and then go on south.

ROUTE F

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Pokemon to be Found

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Hoppip, Nidoran [both genders]

Water: Krabby, Pidgey

Trainers

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Winstrate Family

Past the slippery slopes we'll reach a small lake and the Winstrate House. Remember them? You battle each family member back to back. In the northeast corner of the lake is a PP Max. When you're ready, meet the family.

PokeFan Victor (Lv16 Darumaka, Lv16 Joltik) Prize: P1280

PokeFan Victoria (Lv17 Pachirisu) Prize: P1360

Lass Vivi (Lv15 Dwebble, Lv15 Nidorina, Lv15 Aipom) Prize: P240

Expert Vicky (Lv18 Purugly) Prize: P2880

Speak to Victoria to get your prize after the battles - a Macho Brace. South from their house you'll find that there's an area below but we can't enter it until we come back having learned Rock Climb :/ damn. On a lighter note, there's a man in the southwest corner who will give us TM05 (Headbutt). Dead end. So let's go back and continue exploring the Water Cave.

WATER CAVE (Lower Floor)

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Pokemon to be Found

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Sneasel, Woobat, Roggenrola

Trainers

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Hiker Lenny (Lv15 Roggenrola, Lv15 Drilbur) Prize: P600

Black Belt Hitoshi (Lv15 Timburr, Lv15 Makuhita) Prize: P480

You'll find an Ice Heal by interacting with the rock to the left of Hitoshi. South from it is another ladder going down.

WATER CAVE (Lower Floor 2)

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Pokemon to be Found

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Sneasel, Woobat, Roggenrola

Trainers

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Follow the path right round to the other side to find a PP Up. Looks like this is the dead end for now, because we'll have to come back once we can Surf.

Enter the Union Gate to the south of Platepics City. Make sure you have a Pokemon that knows Flash or else the guard won't let you through. Up next is Route H!

ROUTE H

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Nothing on this route except the entrance for Dark Cave. Aside from having a Pokemon that knows Flash, bring along a Pokemon that knows Rock Smash.

DARK CAVE

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Pokemon to be Found

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Roggenrola, Makuhita, Woobat

Trainers

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Ninja Boy Lao (Lv17 Venipede x2, Lv17 Whirlipede) Prize: P204 [Pokenav]

Past Lao you'll see an exit and a path going north, but we'll have to come back having learned Strength & Surf to continue north.

ROUTE H (continued)

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Pokemon to be Found

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Plusle, Hoppip, Pidgeotto, Minun, Skiploom

Water: Basculin

Trainers

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Collector Edwin (Lv16 Trubbish, Lv16 Anorith) Prize: P960 [Pokenav]

Aroma Lady Daisy (Lv17 Budew, Lv17 Roselia) Prize: P680

PokeFan Isabel (Lv16 Plusle, Lv16 Minun) Prize: P1280 [Pokenav]

Twins Amy & Liv (Lv18 Bonsly & Mime Jr.) Prize: P432 [Pokenav]

Black Belt Rhett (Lv19 Croagunk) Prize: P608

PokeManiac Bryant (Lv18 Nidoran[M], Lv18 Drilbur) Prize: P1080

The item just south from Daisy is a Super Potion.

Just a few steps south will reveal what looks like a Cycling Road. To the east from the entrance we came through are 2 other entrances. Unfortunately we can't progress through in either paths for now because we don't know Strength.

So what's left is either to go along the Cycling Road (by taking the path on the left and south past Daisy) or going south off road from the right. Hmm, let's start with the right side path first.

RIGHT SIDE PATH

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Trainers

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PokeFan Miguel (Lv19 Pachirisu) Prize: P1520 [Pokenav]

Picknicker Irene (Lv17 Foongus, Lv17 Dwebble) Prize: P272

Fisherman Darian (Lv19 Basculin) Prize: P760

Guitarist Joseph (Lv16 Whismur, Lv17 Voltorb) Prize: P544

Picknicker Bianca (Lv18 Bulbasaur) Prize: P288

We'll come back once we can Surf, seeing we can step into the water from where Darian is fishing. South from him you'll find a Super Repel. Go southwest from Picknicker Bianca to find a Great Ball. Going east leads to Route I. Let's have a look.

ROUTE I

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Trainers

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Triathlete Dylan (Lv19 Blitzle) Prize: P760 [Pokenav]

Bird Keeper Coby (Lv17 Spearow, Lv19 Pidgeotto) Prize: P1140

Battle Girl Aisha (Lv20 Sawk) Prize: P480

Hiker Eric (Lv20 Roggenrola, Lv20 Sandshrew) Prize: P800

Hiker Trent Prize: P640 [Pokenav]

(Lv16 Roggenrola, Lv16 Nosepass, Lv17 Sandshrew)

Guitarist Fabian (Lv21 Loudred) Prize: P672

Camper Larry (Lv20 Trapinch) Prize: P480

Picnicker Carol (Lv17 Lickitung, Lv17 Hoppip) Prize: P272

Black Belt Cristian (Lv20 Throh) Prize: P640

The item just to the north from Battle Girl Aisha is an Energy Root. Just behind Picnicker Carol is TM11 (Sunny Day). We'll be back with Cut for that tree near Black Belt Cristian. Can't move up to get the item on the platform above him. Make a note of that cave entrance on the left that is blocked. The man there goes on about a volcano possibly erupting and won't let us through. That cave entrance near Guitarist Fabian & Camper Larry leads into Fiery Mountain/Mt. Fiery.

MT. FIERY

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Pokemon to be Found

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Drilbur, Grimer, Darumaka

Look what we have here, a Team Magma Grunt! What's he doing here?

Team Magma Grunt (Lv20 Raticate, Lv20 Heatmor) Prize: P400

Unfortunately he doesn't leave, so we just have to continue forward and exit. We reach Teaes City!

[005] TEAES CITY - "Where the land ends & the sea begins."

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Places of Interest

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PokeCenter

Teaes Department Store

Pokemon Gym

Pokemon Trainer Fan Club

Teaes Harbor

Talk about stumbling into a place haha but hey, here we are. Let's see what Teaes has to offer. From the cave entrance going south, we'll reach Teaes Harbor, where the S.S. Tidal is being contructed. To the east is the Pokemon Trainer Fan Club...north from it is the Teaes Department Store (a.k.a the Lilycove Dept Store :/ ). What do they have?

TEAES DEPARTMENT STORE

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Poke Ball P200

Great Ball P600

Ultra Ball P1200

Escape Rope P550

Full Heal P600

Antidote P100

Parlyz Heal P200

Burn Heal P250

Ice Heal P250

Awakening P250

Fluffy Tail P1000

Potion P300

Super Potion P700

Hyper Potion P1200

Max Potion P2500

Revive P1500

Repel P350

Super Repel P500

Max Repel P700

Full Restore P3000

X Speed P350

X Special P350

X Attack P500

X Defend P550

Dire Hit P650

Guard Spec. P700

X Accuracy P950

(All cost P9800)

Protein

Calcium

Iron

Zinc

Carbos

HP Up

TM09 (Flash) P2000

TM33 (Reflect) P3000

TM05 (Headbutt) P1000

TM16 (Light Screen) P3000

TM38 (Fire Blast) P6500

TM25 (Thunder) P6500

TM14 (Blizzard) P6500

TM15 (Hyper Beam) P8500

(Cost P1000)

Ball Poster

Green Poster

Red Poster

Blue Poster

Cute Poster

(Cost P1500)

Pike Poster

Long Poster

Sea Poster

Sky Poster

(Cost P4000)

Surf Mat

Thunder Mat

Fire Blast Mat

Powder Snow Mat

Attract Mat

Fissure Mat

Spikes Mat

(Cost P2000)

Glitter Mat

Jump Mat

Spin Mat

Pika Cushion

Round Cushion

Zigzag Cushion

Spin Cushion

Diamond Cushion

Ball Cushion

(Cost P3000)

Pichu Doll

Pikachu Doll

Marill Doll

Jigglypuff Doll

Duskull Doll

Wynaut Doll

Darkrai Doll

Karra Doll

Azurill Doll

Pinsir Doll

Ferro. Doll

Seedot Doll

On the top floor you'll find the vending machines:

Fresh Water P200

Soda Pop P300

Lemonade P350

Happy shopping! When you're done, let's head on over to the Gym. We don't even reach the door before we're stopped by our good old neighbourhood rival May. You know what she wants :)

>>RIVAL BATTLE<<

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Pokemon Trainer May (Lv23 Tailow, Lv26 Starter) Prize: P5200

After the battle, we get her registered on the PokeNav. She tells us that she tried to challenge the Gym but there's something invisible blocking the entrance. So she's decided to go to the next city, Turzoro City...but to get there we'll have to go through a desert! Uhh... /==./ gotta love those sweet battles in the middle of a sandstorm, oh the joy haha never liked the desert from the Gen 3 games, so if you weren't a fan of the desert, sorry. May gives us the Go-Goggles.

One of the people on the streets will tell us that the invisible barrier by the Gym is usually put up by the Gym Leader Aragi when she's not there /==./ another absent Gym Leader. Another person tells us about a deep underwater trench between Route V & O. In the house to the right of the PokeCenter, you'll get TM44 (Rest). We're told that Aragi has a lab on Route F and spends more time there than at the Gym (time to get a new Gym Leader, then?). There's a cave entrance to the south of town, we'll have to Surf round to reach it. Let's check out the eastside beach area.

Trainers

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Sailor Huey (Lv17 Tirtouga, Lv17 Timburr) Prize: P544

Sailor Edmond (Lv21 Tirtouga) Prize: P672

Tuber Chandler (Lv18 Shellos 2, Lv18 Squirtle) Prize: P72

Tuber Ricky (Lv19 Mudkip) Prize: P76 [PokeNav]

Tuber Hailey (Lv19 Dwebble) Prize: P76

On the beach to the east, you'll find a Hyper Potion. We'll be back when we can Surf. Can't avoid it, we got a desert ahead to look forward to haha but we can have a ride along the Cycling Road to prepare us. Back to Route H.

CYCLING ROAD

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Trainers

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Triathlete Anthony (Lv16 Klink x2) Prize: P640

Triathlete Abigail (Lv18 Rotom) Prize: P720 [Pokenav]

Triathlete Benjamin (Lv18 Klink) Prize: P720 [Pokenav]

Triathlete Jasmine (Lv16 Klink, Lv16 Elekid, Lv16 Voltorb) Prize: P640

Triathlete Jacob (Lv14 Voltorb, Lv16 Klink, Lv16 Voltorb) Prize: P640

From the exit, go left and north. Past PokeFan Isabel is an Energypowder. Travel south, past Black Belt Rhett & PokeManiac Bryant to enter Route J.

ROUTE J

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Pokemon to be Found

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Water: Basculin

Trainers

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Triathlete Melina (Lv22 Swellow) Prize: P880

Cooltrainer Wilton Prize: P1200 [Pokenav]

(Lv19 Pansage, Lv20 Panpour, Lv19 Pansear)

We'll come back when we can Surf so we can cross to the right side. Someone in the PokeCenter spoils the fun by telling us that there are no towns or cities near by until we survive the desert :/ damn, bro. Well, continue south to reach it. It's time.

DESERT

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Pokemon to be Found

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Larvitar, Sandshrew, Trapinch, Burmy G

Water (far south): Basculin

Trainers

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Camper Drew (Lv23 Nidorino) Prize: P552

Ruin Maniac Dusty (Lv23 Bronzor) Prize: P1380 [Pokenav]

Picnicker Heidi (Lv22 Spearow, Lv22 Wormadam G) Prize: P352

Ruin Maniac Chip Prize: P1260

(Lv21 Drilbur, Lv21 Bronzor, Lv21 Yamask)

Picnicker Rosy (Lv22 Seedot) Prize: P352

Camper Beau (Lv21 Bronzor, Lv21 Sandshrew, Lv21 Phanpy) Prize: P504

Picnicker Celia (Lv22 Palpitoad, Lv22 Tangela) Prize: P352

Camper Branden (Lv22 Phanpy, Lv22 Rhyhorn) Prize: P528

Ruin Maniac Bryan (Lv22 Bronzor, Lv22 Nidorino) Prize: P1320

Picnicker Becky (Lv21 Nidoran[M], Lv21 Dwebble) Prize: P336

Interviewer Gabby & Ty (Lv22 Rotom & Whismur) Prize: P2112

Ride up the slope You see there on the right to find an Ultra Ball. South from the entrance we came through you'll find Stardust. Southeast from Picnicker Heidi is TM37 (Sandstorm). There's a place called the Hippowdon Temple around here that a couple of the Hikers bring up. Noted. Near Picnicker Celia is a Revive. Going southwest leads to Route K. To the southeast past Interviewer Gabby & Ty we'll find the Hippowdon Temple!

HIPPOWDON TEMPLE

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Well, maybe just the entrance to it :) a small cave, then back to the desert. Go north along the corridor to see the actual Hippowdon Temple. Inside we'll find....an Escape Rope! But that's not the cherry on top, because before we can get a hold of it, the floor beneath us gives way and we fall through! Absolutely brilliant *slow clap* :D doesn't even give us a chance to blow a gasket about not finding major treasure haha.

HIPPOWDON TEMPLE (Lower Floor)

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Pokemon to be Found

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Woobat, Roggenrola, Bronzor

We can't use Flash in the new area sadly. I wandered around in the dark for a bit, started by going south then coming back and going on northest. This is where I found a teleport tile that sent me to another chamber where I found a Red Shard, labeled as a Key Item. Major Treasure found, I believe :) use the teleport tile to return to the Temple entrance.

Continuing past the cave leading to the Temple leads to Route P, where we're met by the rain (better than a sandstorm or hail, any day of the week!). So that's 2 paths available now, Route K and Route P. Let's see what Route P has.

ROUTE P

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Pokemon to be Found

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Shellos, Bibarel, Bidoof, Kricketot, Nidoran [both]

Trainers

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Triathlete Kyra (Lv22 Doduo, Lv22 Rhyhorn) Prize: P880

Cooltrainer Jennifer (Lv23 Exeggutor) Prize: P1380

Battle Girl Helene (Lv21 Mienfoo, Lv21 Gurdurr) Prize: P504

Fisherman Ivan (Lv19 Basculin, Lv20 Luvdisc, Lv21 Feebas) Prize: P840

Triathlete Maria (Lv22 Doduo) Prize: P880 [PokeNav]

Parasol Lady Rachel (Lv23 Wartortle) Prize: P920

Triathlete Dawson (Lv22 Rhyhorn, Lv22 Doduo) Prize: P880

Sr. & Jr. Anna & Meg (Lv23 Poliwag & Tympole) Prize: P736 [PokeNav]

Good grief, there are a lot of athletes here. You'd think the Olympics are happening soon. To the right from Cooltrainer Jennifer is TM39 (Rock Tomb). Up the steps to right from Parasol Lady Rachel, you'll find a Full Heal by interacting with the small rock. We'll be back with Surf. Next stop, Habutest Town!

[006] HABUTEST TOWN - "A tiny town in the blue sea."

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Places of Interest

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PokeCenter

Mr. April's House

Habutest Market

HABUTEST MARKET

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(All cost P3000)

Azurill Doll

Marill Doll

Pinsir Doll

(All cost P3800)

Protein

Iron

Carbos

Zinc

Calcium

HP Up

One of the women at the Market will give us the Powder Jar to store Berry Powder. The final seller tells us that one of the members of their group will give us the TM for Secret Power. Then he'll sell us unique goods. Where will we find this person...? Because Secret Power really is a cool TM (not just for unlocking Secret Bases lol). To the north of town we meet Mr. April, a veteran sailor who has a problem: there are boulders blocking the entrance to his house. Here we are, rolling into town and we still don't have Strength :/ damn. Sadly there's nothing else to be done here, so that leaves us with Route K to explore.

ROUTE K

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Pokemon to be Found

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Skiploom, Rhyhorn, Drowzee, Sawk

Trainers

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Youngster Deandre (Lv20 all Charmander, Grimer, Aipom) Prize: P320

Pokemon Breeder Isaac Prize: P680 [PokeNav]

(Lv17 all Solosis, Happiny, Grimer, Stantler, Chingling, Exeggcute)

Psychic Brandi (Lv22 Girafarig) Prize: P528

Aroma Lady Rose (Lv22 all Budew, Hoppip, Cherubi) Prize: P880 [PokeNav]

Past Youngster Deandre, north from him, is a small cave that's empty /oO?/ noted? There's an entrance to the Desert Underpass past Psychic Brandi. But going in, you'll see that we'll need to come back with Rock Climb in order to continue.

Pokemon to be Found

...................

Roggenrola, Sandshrew, Drilbur

That item near Aroma Lady Rose is a Revive. Just a few steps west and we arrive in Turzoro City...well, the outskirts :) in time for a scene: Wally has been defeated by a Team Aqua Grunt and might lose his PokeDex. Let's deal with this fool.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv25 Qwilfish) Prize: P500

Even after beating this guy, he still runs away with the PokeDex! /==./ Wally will be waiting for us at the PokeCenter.

[007] TURZORO CITY

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Places of Interest

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PokeCenter

PokeMart

Pokemon Gym

Safari Zone

In the very first house we see before entering town, we'll find out there's a man in the Safari Zone who gives out HMs. Which HMs? Strength! :D excellent. The other resident of this house wants to see a Pokemon that knows Strength, so we'll come back.

Behind the 2 trees near the lamppost is a Revive. Apparently, in order to play a Safari Game we'll need a PokeBlock Case and the lady who can give us one lives in the house to the right from the PokeMart. Speaking of the PokeMart:

TURZORO CITY PokeMart

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Poke Ball P200

Great Ball P600

Potion P300

Super Potion P700

Antidote P100

Parlyz Heal P200

Escape Rope P550

Repel P350

Super Repel P500

Revive P1500

X Attack P500

X Defend P550

You got plans to hit the Gym? Put them away, because Wally won't let us /==./ not until we get back his PokeDex. That makes 2 Gyms back to back now that we can't go into right off the bat, come on. *sigh* Anyway, going north leads to Route L. Let's see what's out there before we touch down in the Safari Zone.

ROUTE L

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Pokemon to be Found

...................

Nidoran[both], Nidorina

This is where we find that Team Aqua Grunt. The path continuing north is blocked by a trio of Buneary, which are keeping the Grunt from progressing too haha. But he won't back down from a rematch.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv25 Qwilfish) Prize: P500

Dude could've taken the time to train while he was here, with all the wild Pokemon around. He gives up the PokeDex and disappears. Can't say the same thing of the Buneary, this squad is going nowhere for now.

We return the PokeDex to Wally and for that he'll give us the ItemFinder. An HM would've been better, but that's just me :) but the guy isn't done, no, he's one of our rivals, remember?

>>RIVAL BATTLE<<

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Pokemon Trainer Wally (Lv32 Gothorita) Prize: P6400

He only has one Pokemon, the one he caught has evolved. So we're guaranteed he'll want to battle us again later. Multiple rivals, eh? Who thinks this is a great idea?? We'll add his details to the PokeNav. He hopes we'll meet again in his home town Charpos City. Now we can enter the Gym. I hope the Badge lets us use Strength outside of battles.

TURZORO CITY Gym

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Leader Wattson - "The cheerfully electrifying man!"

Trainers

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Battle Girl Vivian (Lv25 Eelektrik, Lv26 Joltik) Prize: P624

Guitarist Kirk (Lv26 all Pachirisu, Voltorb) Prize: P832

Youngster Ben (Lv25 all Stunfisk, Pachirisu) Prize: P400

Collector Angelo (Lv26 all Elekid, Joltik) Prize: P1560

Guitarist Shawn (Lv26 all Voltorb, Joltik) Prize: P832

Once you've survived the traps and the Trainers, it's time to meet the old man. We're not in Mauville City though...

>>GYM BATTLE<<

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Leader Wattson Prize: P3000 + Dynamo Badge + TM34 (Shock Wave)

(Lv28 Elekid, Lv30 Galvantula, Lv29 Jolteon, Lv28 Rotom)

Thank goodness, the Dynamo Badge lets us use Strength outside of battle! We also get him registered on the PokeNav. A job well done. Let's get the HM. To the Safari Zone! (borrow P500, you'll need to cough that up to enter)

SAFARI ZONE (Southeast Area)

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Pokemon to be Found

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Igglybuff, Happiny, Joltik, Rhyhorn

I'll be exploring this place in a clockwise direction. The way east is blocked, we're told it's still under construction. Can't go northeast until we have the Acro Bike, so make a note.

SAFARI ZONE (Central Area)

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Pokemon to be Found

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Girafarig, Budew, Chatot

In the Rest House, we'll find the man who will give us what we're here for - HM04 (Strength)! Good thing we arrived here with the Gym Badge, because that's the proof he'll want. Great success :)

SAFARI ZONE (Southwest Area)

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Pokemon to be Found

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Chatot, Budew, Mime Jr., Girafarig

Water: Krabby

We'll come back with Surf.

SAFARI ZONE (West Area)

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Pokemon to be Found

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Girafarig, Eevee, Ditto, Happiny

SAFARI ZONE (Northwest Area)

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Pokemon to be Found

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Eevee, Mime Jr., Mr. Mime, Happiny, Ditto

We'll be back with Surf. That's about it for now. We got Strength & that means a bunch of areas to unblock for exploration. Where do we start? How about Mt. Fullmoon? I'll see you there :)

MT. FULLMOON (Revisited with Strength & Rock Smash)

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Long backtrack? Sorry, sorry (^^,) we'll make our way through to the other places we passed over that needed Strength. I just thought we should start from the beginning. Sucks that the teleport system still doesn't work. Anyway, once you're back inside Mt. Fullmoon, we'll go the room on the left first. Have a Pokemon that knows Flash.

MT. FULLMOON (Left Room)

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Pokemon to be Found

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Boldore, Roggenrola, Woobat

Looks like we'll need Rock Climb here :/ darn it. Next, middle room.

MT. FULLMOON (Middle Room)

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Pokemon to be Found

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Boldore, Roggenrola, Durant

Nothing here except finding Durant. Final room, for now?

MT. FULLMOON (Right Room)

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Pokemon to be Found

...................

Durant, Woobat

Oh, something new here. There's a man blocking an entrance, saying it's dangerous to go further because the cave is larger and darker. Okay? No more information, nothing about when we can come back or what we need to do in order to progress /==./ *sigh* Mt. Fullmoon, back on pause for now. Next stop, Dark Cave.

DARK CAVE (Revisited with Strength & Rock Smash)

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This is the section of Dark Cave where Collector Edwin stands outside one of the two entrances where Strength is needed for both areas. Let's start with the cave where Collector Edwin is.

Move the boulder and continue up the steps. We'll see a ladder going below...then to the right, past the Smashable rock and more boulders, is a ladder going up. Let's go below first. All that's there is a rock that gives you a Rare Candy, ha. So we go for ladder #2. You'll get a Full Heal from the Smashable rock. The ladder leads to another ladder ascending and a 3rd one. This takes us to a ladder descending. If you leap off the edge on the left, you'll end up north from where Ninja Boy Lao is. Yes, this is the first area of Dark Cave reached from Platepics City. Go down the ladder, skip down the ledges until you reach a Hiker and an old man, looking ready for a Double Battle or to battle you back to back because they're facing each other.

Hiker Lucas (Lv24 all Roggenrola, Nosepass) Prize: P960

Expert Timonthy (Lv26 Makuhita) Prize: P4160 [PokeNav]

Past them is an exit. Make your way to the right, finding another entrance back into Dark Cave.

Picnicker Nancy (Lv27 all Phanpy, Skiploom) Prize: P432

Past Nancy we see there are 3 paths: to the right is an entrance, north has steps leading to an exit and southwest is another ascending ladder. The entrance leads to a chamber where we have to come back with Surf. The ladder to the southwest leads to a shortcut back, but the floor is cracked, so you'd have to rush over it (falling through takes you to an empty bottom floor that has a ladder which teleports you outside). Move the boulder and go for the exit. The item behind the Smash rocks is an Escape Rope. The almighty exit takes back to the Dark Cave entrance. /==./ we will be back AGAIN, Dark Cave!

Well, that leaves us with helping out Mr April. Let's go!

Back in Habutest Town, move the boulder and Smash a rock to let the old man finally enter his own damn house :) he'll invite us in. He'll tell us about a place called Searound Island. It's a snow island that he thinks we should go to. He has a Lapras ready and waiting for us by the beach. If you're ready, say Yes. Via Lapras we pass through Routes M & N before landing on Searound Island. If we need to go back, Mr April is on stand by. Here we are, Searound City!

[008] SEAROUND CITY - "A wonderland city where stout trees & buildings =================== are blanketed in thick snow."

Places of Interest

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PokeCenter

PokeMart

Pokemon Gym

Oceanic Museum

The Searound Underground

There are a couple of Trainers just outside of town:

Tuber Gwen (Lv28 Oshawott) Prize: P112

Fisherman Ned (Lv28 Basculin) Prize: P1120

Tuber Lola (Lv26 all Shellos, Dwebble) Prize: P104 [PokeNav]

SEAROUND CITY PokeMart

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Great Ball P600

Ultra Ball P1200

Super Potion P700

Hyper Potion P1200

Antidote P100

Parlyz Heal P200

Ice Heal P250

Revive P1500

Super Repel P500

Max Repel P700

In the big house to the southwest there's someone looking to trade his Riolu for a Lickitung. Let's visit the Oceanic Museum. It's P50 to get in. But that's not the issue once we arrive - Team Aqua is present too. Upstairs we find Team Aqua Admin Shelly, who has just found the hidden blueprint of the Submarine Explorer - in order to find the legendary Pokemon Kyogre! She's not too happy to see us and 2 other Grunts show up that we'll have to deal with.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv31 Wailmer) Prize: P620

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv29 Qwilfish, Lv30 Basculin) Prize: P600

They'll probably get chewed out back at HQ for losing, because Shelly steps in.

>>BOSS BATTLE<<

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Aqua Admin Shelly (Lv32 Gastrodon 2) Prize: P1280

Enter the big boss of this band of misfits - Archie! He'll give his little speech about what Team Aqua is all about, expansion of the sea. We're warned about interfering and after that Team Aqua leaves. Consider the Oceanic Museum liberated :) We can explore the Searound Underground next before tackling the Gym.

THE SEAROUND UNDERGROUND

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There are Trainers down here, be prepared.

Ninja Boy Jaiden (Lv29 Shelmet, Lv30 Whirlipede) Prize: P360

From Ninja Boy Jaiden I entered the little corridor on the left.

PokeManiac Wyatt (Lv28 all Charmeleon, Nidorino) Prize: P1680

Psychic Cameron (Lv31 Drowzee) Prize: P744 [PokeNav]

Surprise, surprise...good thing we came down here, because the item behind Psychic Cameron is HM01 (Air Cutter)! Unbelievable haha. Is the Gym Badge we're here to get linked to it? I hope so. Onward!

School Kid Lith (Lv32 Nidorino) Prize: P640

Sr. & Jr. Kate & Joy (Lv30 Drowzee, Lv32 Aipom) Prize: P1024

Going south from the girls.

Kindler Dayton (Lv32 all Tepig, Torchic) Prize: P1024

Past Kindler Dayton is a Max Ether. Continue north past the girls.

Collector Cale (Lv29 all Karrablast, Shelmet) Prize: P1740

In the middle corridor is a PP Max.

Psychic Alix (Lv29 all Shuppet, Sigilyph) Prize: P696

The old man blocking the stairs going up will ask if we want to go to Charpos Island. Only when we have the Gym Badge. Have a look around with the Itemfinder, that lady in the middle corridor will tell us that there are hidden items here. When you're done, it's time we visit the Gym.

SEAROUND CITY Gym

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Leader Pryce - "An iceman!"

The Gym is setup like an ice floor puzzle. Make your way through the rooms until you get to the one where you see 5 ladders. The middle and top right ladders lead to dead ends. The top left ladder leads back to the Gym entrance. The remaining ones lead to Gym Trainer battles, with the bottom right one taking us forward. For a Singles battle, take the bottom left ladder.

Skier Macy (Lv31 Snover) Prize: P1860

Then the unavoidable Double Battle is reached via the bottom right ladder.

Skier Kathleen & Skier Nicholas (Lv31 Sneasel & Vanillish) Prize P3720

Get past the Skiers to reach the ladder that takes us to the final room.

There's the old man on the left, but we got one more ice floor to skate over to reach him. You're a long way away from Mahogany Town, old man :D bring it!

>>GYM BATTLE<<

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Leader Pryce (Lv30 Cubchoo, Vanillish, Lv32 Glaceon, Lv34 Abomasnow)

Prize: P3400 + Icy Badge + TM49 (Iceberg)

Yes indeed, the Icy Badge lets us use CUT outside of battles. Maybe he didn't get the memo about Air Cutter :) s'alright. We can get back to the Searound Underground now.

The stairs lead to a house where we find the old man who told us about Charpos Island. Step outside the house to see that we ARE now on Charpos Island! Have a Pokemon that knows Air Cutter to take care of the trees blocking the door. To the northwest of the house you'll see an item in the shallow water below. That is Stardust. We're here!

[009] CHARPOS CITY

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Places of Interest

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PokeCenter

PokeMart

Pokemon Fan Club

Bicycle Shop 2

Magma Building

Wally's House

Charpos x Searound Underground House

Charpos Harbour

Quite the tropical paradise, much warmer than where we came from haha wish we could stay. Let's have a look around.

CHARPOS CITY PokeMart

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Ultra Ball P1200

Hyper Potion P1200

Full Heal P600

Revive P1500

Max Repel P700

X Attack P500

North from the Underground House is the Pokemon Fan Club if you're looking to be interviewed about your Pokemon. Talking to one of the people outside, we find out that Team Aqua were causing trouble here until Team Magma showed up and took over, constructing a massive building to the west. Northwest from the PokeCenter is the Bicycle Shop 2 and unfortunately if we need the Acro Bike, we'll have to swap our Mach Bike for it :/ if you're fine with that, you can do the trade (knowing you'll keep coming back here to trade Bikes in order to access some areas e.g. Safari Zone northeast area or to move over slippery slopes) otherwise, find an editor program so that you can own both, if you're worried about inputting raw codes. Whose bright idea was this to have 2 Bikes anyway *sigh*

At Wally's House we'll speak to his parents. They're happy to have moved here because it has done wonders for his health. At the moment they don't know where he is. To the southwest is the Magma Building, but we can't get in yet. Northwest from it we'll find a Fisherman who'll give us a Good Rod. That leaves us with the eastern side of the island to explore. Route W begins past the old man who'll talk about Surf. Going up the steps will take us to Wally! He's eavesdropping on a couple of Grunts, one from Team Aqua and the other from Team Magma. Arguing about control of Charpos. Let's help Wally get rid of these goons. He'll battle the Magma Grunt, we'll face the Aqua Grunt.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv32 Seadra) Prize: P640

The Magma Grunt makes a run for it, while the Aqua Grunt wants to battle again because he claims to have more Pokemon-- but he receives a call on his PokeNav from his Admin Boss: time to leave. Wally suggests we investigate the Magma Building, so he'll wait for us there. Heal up, gear up and head on over to it.

MAGMA BUILDING

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Take note of those blue objects on the floor that you'll see, those are warp panels. In the northwest area are descending stairs & a Magma Grunt who'll battle us.

Team Magma Grunt (Lv31 Mightyena) Prize: P620

Let's try out the warp panels and see where they lead. Starting with the panel on the left. Leads to another battle.

Team Magma Grunt (Lv29 all Raticate, Magmar) Prize: P580

The one on the right leads to a Rare Candy. Done. We go for the stairs.

MAGMA BUILDING (B1)

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Scientist Mart (Lv31 Duosion) Prize: P1860

Make your way south to a yellow warp panel. This leads to the room on the right which we can see on the way south. Here we'll find another yellow warp panel and ascending stairs to the north past the Scientist who tells us about solving the maze here. Using the yellow warp panel takes us to the room reached by those stairs. A Magma Grunt is in this room too.

Team Magma Grunt (Lv32 Mightyena) Prize: P640

Use the south warp panel. This sends us to a room full of crates, 2 other yellow warp panels and just hidden behind the crate in the top right corner - a Max Revive. You see the room on the right? With the female Magma Grunt and ascending stairs north from her? The warp panel near the Max Revive leads to a room that those stairs go to. Take the warp panel below that one. It leads to the south section of that room with the female Magma Grunt.

Team Magma Grunt (Lv31 all Poochyena, Magmar) Prize: P620

After battling her, go back to that south section and go to the right, we'll find 2 blue warp panels. The one on the left leads to an area with blue warp panels that are set up to take you south. The prize waiting at the end of these multiple panels is TM46 (Thief). But, it's the panel on the right that we need to use to reach Wally.

He's eavesdropping (again haha) on a conversation between Team Magma Scientist Roy and Admin Courtney. Roy has discovered a way to awaken Groudon: thanks to a book at the Malias Library, they'll need the Red Orb to get Groudon. Their research team at the Polar Forest (the forest that's blocked by those 2 Magma Grunts perhaps?) have detected a red light in the Deep Forest, which could be the Red Orb. Courtney is pleased and makes her way out, meeting us and Wally. She realises that we overheard the little chat.

>>BOSS BATTLE<<

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Magma Admin Courtney (Lv33 Swoobat, Lv36 Darmanitan) Prize: P1440

Before Courtney can do more, we're joined by 2 other people - the current Hoenn Region Champion Cynthia and that assistant guy/aspiring rival Sky! But that doesn't help, Team Magma is done here and they still get away /==./ just one of those little annoying things about Pokemon haha getting to a place when it's too late and the bad guys always manage to run away. Sky had asked for Cynthia's help to stop Team Magma. We also have him registered on the PokeNav. Team Magma is heading towards the Polar Forest. Cynthia recommends we return to the Platepics Research Center. Before we leave, go into the room where Courtney and Roy were talking, you'll find a Smoke Ball just behind the big machine.

When we leave the Magma Building, we're met by Aqua boss Archie and an Aqua Grunt. He still remembers us from the Oceanic Museum. The Aqua Grunt goes into the Magma Building and comes back. Archie learns about the Red Orb being in the Polar Forest. He can't let Team Magma get it before Team Aqua finds the Blue Orb. For now, Team Aqua will chase after Team Magma. Then we get a call from Mr Stone who reminds us about going back to Platepics. He says the Teleport System will take us there and right after the call, we're immediately sent back to Platepics. Problem is the Teleport System is still offline :/ and we still don't have the HM for Fly, which I really hope is in this game. Can't just have the Teleport System, because we can't teleport while we're out in the world like how we can travel back to places using Fly. Saw the same the issue in Pokemon Adventure Red Chapter, for those of you who've played it too.

We're back in Platepics, let's go to the Research Center. Make your way to Mr Stone's office. The lady who sells Poke Balls just outside his office is ready to sell:

Poke Ball P200

Great Ball P600

Ultra Ball P1200

(The rest cost P1000)

Net Ball

Dive Ball

Nest Ball

Repeat Ball

Timer Ball

Luxury Ball

We can enter the room that was previously blocked. Inside this lobby go south to find the entrance to the Conference Room where everyone is. Mr Stone, Cynthia & Prof. Birch. Mr Stone brings us up to speed about Team Magma's Groudon plan. Wally & Sky have already gone to the Polar Forest, Cynthia will meet us at the Forest Entrance. Prof. Birch gets registered in our PokeNav. Mr Stone gives us a Master Ball. So we're off to the Forest Entrance. On the way, we'll make use of Air Cutter.

North from Platepics, use Air Cutter to get a Sun Stone.

Back in Bee-Bug Forest, we can now access the brown tree. You'll be asked if you want to slather Honey on it (remember the 5 Honey we got ages ago? You still have them, right...?) We'll check on the tree later.

In Route D, we'll be able to reach Ninja Boy Takashi for a battle...

Ninja Boy Takashi (Lv32 all Venonat, Venomoth) Prize: P384

...and a Moon Stone!

We'll swing through Small Town then Route A and finally the Forest Entrance. BUT before we can go in and do business, here comes assistant guy/aspiring rival Sky /==./ *sigh* to "test" us because big bad Team Aqua & Team Magma are in the forest. Come on dude...shouldn't you be in there already? Not the best time for rival antics.

>>RIVAL BATTLE<<

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Pokemon Trainer Sky (Lv32 Vulpix, Leafeon, Lv38 Hippowdon)

Prize: P7600

Sky then goes into the forest and now, so can we.

POLAR FOREST (Main Area)

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Pokemon to be Found

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Pansage, Foongus, Ledian, Ledyba

Water: Krabby

As soon as we enter, we see May. Thank god, she's not looking to battle us. Just to let us know that she's aware of the situation and that Cynthia & co have gone deeper into the forest. North from here is the first Aqua Grunt we'll battle. We'll also return to this place when we can Surf.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv34 Qwilfish) Prize: P680

Continue west to find 2 other Aqua Grunts. Double Battle or take them on in Singles action. Just north from them is an Elixir.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv34 Wailmer) Prize: P680

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv30 Swoobat, 34 Wailmer) Prize: P680

Northwest from them is a Hyper Potion. Southwest leads to another area of the forest.

Go back to that first Aqua Grunt and continue north, then northwest.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv30 Raticate, 33 Wailmer) Prize: P660

Going past the Aqua Grunt and crossing the bridge leads to another area (there's an item at the top of the pond we just passed, but we need Surf).

POLAR FOREST (Northwest Area)

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Pokemon to be Found

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Panpour, Venonat, Venomoth, Foongus, Amoonguss

Follow the path all the way north, where we'll find a house and a Max Repel just to the left of it. Inside the house is an old woman who will heal our Pokemon. S'good :) From the house, we're going west for the final portion of this area. Massive forest, ain't it? Good grief.

Towards the southwest corner you'll find a Nest Ball. Then make your way to the northwest corner where, behold, another Celebi statue! Aaand that's all for now :/ no fireworks, no appearance from the legendary Pokemon. I am mildly disappointed lol oh well. This means that the action in this forest is in the other new area all the way to the southwest of the main area.

POLAR FOREST (Southwest Area)

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Pokemon to be Found

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Amoonguss, Teddiursa, Pansear, Foongus, Ursaring

Follow the path south, until you see 2 other Aqua Grunts facing each other.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv32 all Swoobat, Seadra) Prize: P640

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv29 Swoobat, Lv33 Qwilfish) Prize: P660

Past them, if you go south you'll find a Magma Grunt who comments that Maxie is close to getting the Red Orb. Move on past him, the path goes north and then west.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv34 Seadra) Prize: P680

You'll find steps moving up to an elevated area. North leads to a Hyper Potion just hidden by the trees. South leads to another Aqua Grunt battle and the next area.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv32 Qwilfish) Prize: P640

POLAR FOREST (Southwest Area 2)

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Pokemon to be Found

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Foongus, Amoonguss, Stantler, Pansear

We'll be back with Surf to get that item which across the pond we see after going up the steps. The only way to go is north.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv26 Raticate, Swoobat, Lv34 Gastrodon) Prize: P680

Up the steps, passing the female Magma Grunt and carry on west then south. Make a note of the item you can see in the area above her.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv34 all Rattata, Basculin) Prize: P680

Continue until you see steps on the left. No Surf so from the steps, go north.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv30 Swoobat, Lv32 Alomomola) Prize: P640

Here, go east, past another Magma Grunt, to get to that item we saw above the other Magma Grunt - Zinc. Go back and go north this time and then west to find more steps and a Max Revive near them. The path continues west then south to 2 Aqua Grunts facing each other.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv32 all Raticate, Seadra) Prize: P640

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv34 Qwilfish) Prize: P680

Continue all the way to Archie and Shelly instructing 2 Aqua Grunts to guard an entrance before they go in. We're so close now.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv34 Palpitoad) Prize: P680

The other one on the left turns out to be an Aqua Admin, Matt. Shouldn't you be with the boss and Shelly, chief?

Aqua Admin Matt (Lv34 Swoobat, Lv38 Kingler) Prize: P1520

After we take care of him, we go ahead and enter the Deep Forest.

DEEP FOREST

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The first person we meet is Sky and fortunately he's not in the mood for another battle, instead he'll heal our team and move on. Follow the path all the way to the next scene: Maxie and 2 Magma Grunts (probably Courtney and another Admin) are near a large rock, that Maxie thinks is hiding the Red Orb. Sky and Wally arrive to stop them. Maxie won't be bothered, he breaks the rock and the Red Orb is revealed. While Sky and Wally deal with the Magma Grunts, we're left to face the boss.

>>BOSS BATTLE<<

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Magma Leader Maxie Prize: P3200

(Lv38 Swoobat, Lv40 all Magmar, Heatran?!)

Damn, big boss be rolling with a legendary Pokemon. Incredible. Despite being defeated, Maxie won't back down-- here comes Archie and Shelly to crash the party. He tells Maxie that what he found isn't the real Red Orb. Suddenly, the Red Orb disappears! Then Cynthia and May show up, which is the signal for the 2 teams to leave. That's not all, because we're joined by Celebi! It flies around and then that blue flash of light reappears, taking us back to the Torn World.

TORN WORLD (2nd visit)

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Hmm, this isn't how we left things when we were here last time. More purple than green haha. Make your way up to the stone statue, you'll be asked to push it and we're teleported to another area.

Here, you'll find parts where the ground looks different - that ground cracks when stepped on. You have to crack all the parts of the ground in the small section on the left to unlock a path going to the west platform and a path going to the east one. In the northern side on this platform is another section. I moved on all the ground there, just to see if anything happens but nothing here. Maybe elsewhere. Go to the western platform and move up to find another teleport statue. No teleport this time, instead, back on the middle platform you'll see that the section on the right can be walked on and we can reach the platform on the northeast, but can't do anything on it yet. Take care of the crack ground section first. Then go back to the statue, push it, and go on to the northeast platform. We'll be able to reach the north platform, where we meet Flash. She asks us why we're here and she finds out about Celebi sending us here. She thinks it could be because Celebi is worried about Shaymin, who is in this Torn World too. Flash is searching for it, but because Dialga and Giratina fight here as well, this place is dangerous. Speak of the devils, Flash sees the 2 legends and we find them clashing again. There's the blue flash and Shaymin appears, in its Sky form, but Dialga and Giratina are still angry. They continue fighting, before suddenly vanishing. Shaymin turns back to its regular form and we approach it. We note that it is confused and are forced to battle it. It is at Level 30 and lucky for you, it can be caught :) Good Luck. Afterwards we're teleported out of the Torn World.

We wake up in someone's bed, in someone's house (this is becoming a theme lol). Exit the room and we're in the lounge, where there's a Hippowdon moving about...and there's Flash and Sky. Now that we're awake again, Flash is glad and before we know it, she's gone again. Sky tells us that Wally returned to the Research Center to report to Mr Stone. For now it seems there won't be any trouble from Team Aqua and Team Magma. We're in Sky's hometown, where there's a Gym. Sky helps us out by giving us HM03 (Surf)! We'll need the Gym Badge here to use it, and if you're in need of a Water-type Pokemon, Sky says there's a woman here with a Water-type Pokemon Egg. Solid.

[010] MALIAS CITY

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Places of Interest

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PokeCenter

PokeMart

Pokemon Gym

Sky's House

Lanette's House

Malias Library

MALIAS CITY PokeMart

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Great Ball P600

Ultra Ball P1200

Hyper Potion P1200

Antidote P100

Parlyz Heal P200

Awakening P250

Burn Heal P250

Ice Heal P250

Max Repel P700

Revive P1500

Fluffy Tail P1000

Malias City...sounds familiar? It should, because we heard about the Malias Library from Scientist Roy's conversation with Magma Admin Courtney back at the Magma Building. We've also got 4 Gym Badges now, which should mean we can find out what's going on at the Puela City Art Museum, that's occupied by Team Aqua last time we were there. Let's have a look around here.

The house to the south of town is where the Egg lady lives, so have some room in your party. In the PokeCenter we'll meet Lanette, who developed the PC Storage system. She'll invite us over to her house. Our chat with her continues there and she'll give us a Lotad Doll /==./ had hoped maybe she could help with the teleport system. Let's visit the Malias Library.

MALIAS LIBRARY

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Speak to the Sailor to receive a Water Stone. On the 2nd Floor, speak to the Scientist to get a Blue Shard (!!) which he found in Dark Cave. Thank you very much. He tells us there's another Shard in the abandoned house in Platepics City (we have the other one, from Hippowdon Temple). The Gym Leader Leira is here as well, she's usually at the Library. An interesting bit of info - her grandmother told Leira that there's a hidden room here, but Leira has yet to find it. We'll make a note of that. Afterwards, she'll go to the Gym. Time we head there as well.

MALIAS CITY Gym

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Leader Leira - "Hard & tough, Go Steel Pokemon!"

To navigate through the first portion of the Gym, we'll be sliding our way around on slide panels and push levers that reveal slide panels that go north. Cross over to meet the Gym Trainers. Double Battle.

Youngster Tommy & Hiker Marc Prize: P2088

(Lv38 Klang & Lv37 all Boldore, Durant, Excadrill)

Beauty Josey (Lv40 Wormadam S) Prize: P3200

Then there's Leira. Here we go.

>>GYM BATTLE<<

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Leader Leira Prize: P4200 + Iron Badge + TM47 (Steel Wing)

(Lv38 Ferroseed, Bastiodon, Lv42 Klinklang, Lv40 Durant) [PokeNav]

After winning our 5th Gym Badge, outside the Gym we meet a new face. This man is named Scott and he's been traveling around looking for amazing Trainers who can compete in the Battle Tent. It is in the Festa Zone, an island we can only reach by ship. Scott gives us a Tri-Pass. We can go to the Festa Zone from Charpos Harbor. Sounds like another adventure :) Noted.

Checking the map, we see that we're in between Charpos City to the east and Teaes City to the west. We can Surf now and that gives us access to many places that we had to leave behind on our journey so far. Just need that HM for Fly, so we can travel between places much easier. If we go back to Teaes City, we can make our way back to Puela City to investigate the Art Museum...or we could go to Charpos City and get a ship to the Festa Zone. I'm going to cover the Festa Zone next, so if you'd rather skip it for now and go straight to the Art Museum, scroll down to "Back to Teaes City".

Leave Malias from the east, to enter Route R.

ROUTE R

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Pokemon to be Found

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Qwilfish, Swanna

Trainers

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Sr. & Jr. Kim & Iris (Lv40 all Sunflora & Cherrim) Prize: P1280

Sailor Ernest (Lv38 all Tirtouga, Gurdurr) Prize: P1216 [PokeNav]

(NOTE: he tells us about the high & low tide mechanic for Shoal Cave that's nearby. It's 6 hours between high tide & low tide)

That guy you see near a Secret Base entrance will give us TM43 (Secret Power), nice. We'll go back to Habutest Town at some point to speak with that man at the Market who told us about the Secret Power group. The girls we'll battle are outside a place called Shoal Cave. They say there's a strange old man inside.

SHOAL CAVE

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Pokemon to be Found

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Woobat, Seel, Swoobat

Items Found

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Ice Heal, Focus Band (from a Black Belt), TM07 (Hail), Nevermeltice

We'll find the old man. He asks us to bring some Shoal Salt and Shoal Shells from deep within the cave. He can make a Shell Bell for us using those ingredients. You need 4 of each. I arrived here at low tide so I was able to move around and find Shoal Salt. I'll let you explore around. The other items I found, I've listed above but there are items I missed because I couldn't reach or didn't use the Itemfinder to reveal them. When you're done, we continue along Route R.

Swimmer Sharon (Lv39 Seadra) Prize: P312

Bird Keeper Presley (Lv37 Pidgeotto, Lv38 Tropius) Prize: P2280

Expert Auron (Lv35 Throh, Lv38 Toxicroak) Prize: P6080

The item between these 2 guys is a Big Pearl.

Swimmer Tanya (Lv43 Wailmer) Prize: P344

Swimmer Nolen (Lv39 Gastrodon 2) Prize: P468

Next up, Route S.

ROUTE S

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Pokemon to be Found

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Qwilfish, Swanna

Trainers

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Swimmer Grace (Lv40 Frillish) Prize: P320

Swimmer Declan (Lv38 Mantine) Prize: P456

Swimmer Spencer (Lv36 Mantyke, Lv40 Mantine) Prize: P480

Swimmer Chad (Lv35 Tirtouga, Lv36 Lapras) Prize: P432

Swimmer Jenny (Lv42 Frillish) Prize: P336 [PokeNav]

On one of the little islands to the right from Jenny, you'll find a Nugget via the Itemfinder.

Swimmer Roland (Lv39 Seadra) Prize: P468

Traveler Isel (Lv43 Phione) Prize: P3440

We'll receive a King's Rock from Isel after the battle. Making note of those dark patches in the water that we'll be seeing along this route. Linked to HM Dive maybe? Before you know it, we'll be back in Charpos City. Go the Harbor and with our Ticket we can now board the ship not just to the Festa Zone but to Teaes City. Excellent. To the Festa Zone!

FESTA ZONE

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When we arrive, we get a call from May. She's acquired the Iron Badge and is on her way to Pulhia City (*phew* so she won't ambush us here lol) but she has run into trouble on Route AB (?). What's going on over there? Noted. The call ends. We have the left side, the right side and the Battle Tents to explore.

FESTA ZONE (Right Side)

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Here you find the Trick House (you might remember this from the Gen 3 games) and in the Skitty-shaped house is where you can play the Cycling Mini Game.

FESTA ZONE (Left Side)

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Here, in the middle house you can play games that require Wireless Communication. In the Psyduck-shaped house, you can play the Mining Game.

To the north is the Battle Tent, divided into 3 sites. In the Left Site, you'll receive TM42 (Facade) from one of the ladies. Scott is here too, glad to see us. Then there's the bad news...I didn't know until I spoke to the old man at the counter: we can't take part in the Battle Tent or Battle Frontier in this version :/ man, that really sucks big time. After coming all the way here. Anyway, in the Center Site you'll get TM41 (Flame of Rage) from someone. Oh well. We can take the ship back to Charpos Isle then Surf all the way to Teaes City so that we can at least cover what's on the route between Teaes and Malias or you can just take the ship directly to Teaes if you're feeling lazy haha, wouldn't blame ya :)

NOTE: I Surfed back to Malias from Charpos and the Egg hatched - it's a Horsea!

From Malias, going west takes to Route O.

ROUTE O

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Pokemon to be Found

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Qwilfish

Trainers

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Swimmer Dominik (Lv32 Basculin) Prize: P504

Can't progress further :/ darn it. See you in Teaes City, gotta catch a ship!

Back to Teaes City. Now that we can Surf, remember the cave entrance that is to the south of Teaes? It's called the Lost Cave and unfortunately there's nothing in it (yet?). While I was back in Teaes I decided to explore Route O from here, since I could go further along it than when I'm coming from Malias.

ROUTE O (from Teaes City)

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Pokemon to be Found

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Qwilfish, Mantyke

Trainers

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Swimmer Imani (Lv39 Alomomola) Prize: P312

Black Belt Kiyo (Lv38 Hariyama) Prize: P1216

Near Kiyo is Carbos.

Swimmer Isabelle (Lv42 Alomomola) Prize: P336

Sailor Hudson (Lv40 Mantine) Prize: P1280

Yeah...went a little further but it's also a dead end here too. *sigh*

Went back to Teaes and began the great backtrack.

Use Air Cutter to reach the area north of the Fiery Mountain entrance on Route I. What's there is a 3-rock formation and something invisible in the way, just like whatever is STILL blocking the Teaes Gym entrance.

On the bright side, the Hiker who was blocking the cave entrance on this route is gone now. This is another way into Mt. Fiery. Make sure you have a Pokemon that knows Strength.

MT. FIERY (Left Entrance)

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The item we see when we go in is a Fire Stone. Make your way north, you'll see the Magma Grunt who's still blocking the way on the other side of Mt. Fiery. Up ahead is an exit, which takes us to another area of Route I.

ROUTE I (from Mt. Fiery)

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Pokemon to be Found

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Yanma, Exeggcute, Pidgey

Water: Poliwag, Duckett

Step into the water and head south, until we see the house which could be seen from below when we got on this route. This is Flora House. Inside is a woman who has a flower that we can use to help Shaymin transform! A Key Item called a Gracidea.

Surfing in the water under the Cycling Road will allow you to encounter Mantyke. We can also Surf to the other side of the water on Route J (you'll encounter Ducklett). On the other side is another Traveller for us to battle.

Traveller Charry (Lv43 Masquerain) Prize: P3440

He'll award us with a Spell Tag.

When we get back to Puela City, it's time to enter the Art Museum.

ART MUSEUM

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...Aaand everything looks fine...? /oO?/ a normal art museum: people looking at paintings, a couple of sculptures. The Curator is to the north and after talking to him we'll move to the back room, where there are blank canvases. But that's not what we're here for...what we're here for is that Aqua Grunt in the corner and what lies beyond the doorway he's blocking. Will he get out of the way or battle us? No :/ only authorised people can go through. Another dead end for now. Really?

We can now Surf across the lake and go to Route T. But as you know, there are other places we can reach now that we can Surf. So I'm going to do a backtrack below, covering places that needed us to return to them with Surf (places we can reach for now). If/when you're ready to cross the lake to Route T, just skip down to where I start on Route T.

>>SURF BACKTRACK<<

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ROUTE B (Revisited)

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We can reach the cave across the water. It is another empty Lost Cave :/

POLAR FOREST (Revisited)

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Oh? We got new faces here.

(Main Area)

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Pokemon Ranger Sheil (Lv39 Grovyle) Prize: P1872

Pokemon Ranger Melissa (Lv39 Politoed) Prize: P1872

Bug Catcher Taylor Prize: P608

(Lv35 Venipede, Whirlipede, Lv38 Scolipede)

Surf up past Bug Catcher Taylor to find Calcium.

Bug Catcher Trent (Lv39 Mothim) Prize: P624

Go east then northeast to find TM22 (Solarbeam) and another Traveller.

Traveller Donald Prize: P3200 + Silverpowder

(Lv37 Pinsir, Wormadam S, Lv40 Vespiquen)

(Northwest Area)

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By the Rest House you'll find a Max Repel.

Pokemon to be Found

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(Surf) Surskit, Panpour

(Southwest Area)

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The woman we find will mention that there could be hidden items in the lake near her. Surf to the center and use the Itemfinder, you'll find a Water Stone.

Parasol Lady Angelica (Lv40 Castform) Prize: P1600

Past Angelica, that rock on the left has a Carbos.

Bug Catcher Jeffrey Prize: P592

(Lv35 Kricketot, Surskit, Lv37 Karrablast) [PokeNav]

Pokemon Ranger Lorenzo Prize: P1728

(Lv34 Stantler, Amoonguss, Lv36 Roserade)

(Southwest Area 2nd Part)

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Pokemon to be Found

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(Surf) Surskit

You'll find a PP Max and a Miracle Seed.

Bird Keeper Hugh (Lv37 all Spearow, Fearow) Prize: P2220

Pokemon Ranger Jackson (Lv39 Ursaring) Prize: P1872 [PokeNav]

As you explore the water areas along the southwest portion, you can see that we'll have to come back once we know Waterfall to reach beyond. Nothing new in the Deep Forest. We'll be back.

ROUTE D (Revisited)

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The cave in the middle of the lake here is called Scorched Slab, but there's nothing in it at the moment.

WATER CAVE (Revisited)

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Pokemon to be Found

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(Surf) Seel, Dewgong

Surf to the west. Go up the steps to find a Max Repel.

Hiker Clark (Lv40 Excadrill) Prize: P1600

Camper Davis (Lv42 Ferroseed) Prize: P1008

Beauty Jessica (Lv36 Vanillite, Lv38 Audino) Prize: P3040 [PokeNav]

Follow that path north from Jessica, slide around the icy floor until you get that item in the top right corner - HM07 (Waterfall)!! Which Badge "unlocks" it I wonder. It's just so good that we have Waterfall :) we'll worry about the Badge later. We're done here.

ROUTE F (Revisited)

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Pokemon to be Found

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(Surf) Ducklett

Remember that house where we found the Gym Leader? With the entrance blocked by a tree? We can investigate it now. Inside, it looks like the "crypt house" in Platepics...and this is where we find the Yellow Shard.

ROUTE J (Revisited)

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Go to the Desert and make your way to the south, then southwest. We can make a note of the cave entrance that's blocked by Smashable rocks. It's empty for now though. Cross the water to find an HP UP.

ROUTE P (Revisited)

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We can finally Surf east from where the Fisherman is. That item we come across is Iron.

Since we're in the area, we can return to Habutest Town and check out the Market. The man who told us about Secret Power is ready to sell us some stuff:

(All items cost P500)

Red Brick

Blue Brick

Yellow Brick

Red Balloon

Blue Balloon

Yellow Balloon

C Low Note Mat

D Note Mat

E Note Mat

F Note Mat

G Note Mat

A Note Mat

B Note Mat

C High Note Mat

(All cost P3000)

TM10 (Hidden Power)

TM43 (Secret Power)

West from Habutest is Route M.

ROUTE M

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Pokemon to be Found

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Mantyke, Seel

Swimmer Denise (Lv36 Frillish, Lv39 Alomomola) Prize: P312

Swimmer Tony (Lv42 Seel) Prize: P504 [PokeNav]

Sis & Bro Lisa & Ray (Lv41 all Lapras & Jellicent) Prize: P984

Just to the south from the siblings is a Big Pearl.

Swimmer Beth (Lv42 Luvdisc) Prize: P336

Swimmer Camron (Lv42 Staryu) Prize: P504

Route N starts just past the Swimmers.

ROUTE N

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Pokemon to be Found

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Mantyke

Swimmer Missy (Lv42 Swanna) Prize: P336

Bird Keeper Perry (Lv40 Fearow) Prize: P2400

Fisherman Elliot (Lv38 all Qwilfish, Basculin, Krabby) Prize: P1520

[PokeNav]

Sailor Cory (Lv35 Tirtouga, Wailord, Lv36 Gurdurr) Prize: P1120

[PokeNav]

Cooltrainer Carolina Prize: P2040 [PokeNav]

(Lv37 Nidorina, Lv38 Crustle, Lv34 Liepard)

Swimmer Jerome (Lv39 Tirtouga) Prize: P468

To the north from Jerome is a familiar place from Gen 3...we'll explore what we currently can.

ABANDONED SHIP

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You see the 2 cabins? Enter from the one on the right if you want to avoid facing the following 2 Trainers in a Double Battle.

Beauty Thalia (Lv36 all Wailmer, Horsea) Prize: P2880 [PokeNav]

Youngster Demetrius (Lv36 all Darumaka, Golett) Prize: P576

You'll find Harbor Mail in the top left cabin. Sadly though, looks like we can't progress (I sense yet another theme in this game../==./) because there's a Sailor blocking stairs going below. Exit.

Swimmer Tara (Lv35 Horsea, Lv38 Rotom W) Prize: P304

Then we're back in Searound City. Check the Map and you can see that continuing east leads to Charpos as well as the city May told us she'll be going to - Pulhia City. I like how "open world" this game is, but still not having Fly or being able to use the teleport system at this point makes the backtracking and traveling not as fun as they should be :/ doesn't make typing up a walkthrough a breeze too lol because there are multiple paths. So I'll end the Surf Backtrack here for now and we'll pick up on Route T, east from Puela City.

ROUTE T

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Pokemon to be Found

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Raticate

(Surf) Frillish

Trainers

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Fisherman Wade (Lv40 Luvdisc) Prize: P1600

Pokemon Breeder Myles Prize: P1400

(Lv35 all Bonsly, Bibarel, Tirtouga, Jigglypuff, Lickitung, Phanpy)

The item north from Myles is a Max Elixir.

Tuber Austina (Lv41 Dwebble) Prize: P164

To the east is the sea but we still got some Trainers here on land to sweep through.

Gentleman Walter (Lv40 Meowth) Prize: P8000 [PokeNav]

PokeFan Vanessa (Lv42 Bonsly) Prize: P3360

Twins Miu & Yuki (Lv40 all Sunflora & Jumpluff) Prize: P960

Near the Twins is a Nest Ball. Done, time to hit the water.

Swimmer Luis (Lv43 Mantine) Prize: P516

Fisherman Barny (Lv36 Corsola, Lv38 Basculin) Prize: P1520

Swimmer Alice (Lv34 Luvdisc, Frillish, Lv36 Alomomola) Prize: P288

Swimmer Beverly (Lv34 Luvdisc, Lv37 Frillish) Prize: P296

Soon after we arrive in Ocepac Town.

[011] OCEPAC TOWN

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Places of Interest

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PokeCenter

Move Tutor's House

Mr. Scope's House

Safe to call this the Small Town out at sea :) not much to do here. You'll find Mr. Scope's House and we learn that he has a special device that he has developed which we may need...BUT he'll only give it to us if we bring him Pulhia Tea. TEA?! WTF man... /==./ *sigh* god helps us all.

Let's check that Map, while I count to 10 and calm down haha unbelievable. Going south from here takes us to Route V and eventually Charpos and Route Q...continuing east leads to Routes AA, Z and Hotasita City. We need that device, if it is the device I'm thinking it is, so we need to get the Tea. So I'm going south all the way to Charpos and then east to Routes W, AB (where May told us she's having trouble) before reaching Pulhia City. I'll cover Routes Q and AC afterwards, then we visit Hotasita City and round back to Ocepac Town to deliver the Tea. *Phew* Here we go.

ROUTE V

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Pokemon to be Found

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Horsea, Mantine

Trainers

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Swimmer Herman (Lv37 Tirtouga, Lv40 Corsola) Prize: P480

Swimmer Isobel (Lv39 Starmie) Prize: P312

Ahh, remember the deep sea trench we were told about? There it is, but we can't Dive yet.

Swimmer Franklin (Lv41 Tirtouga) Prize: P492

Swimmer Debra (Lv41 Swanna) Prize: P328

Expert Makayla (Lv38 Persian, Lv40 Leavanny) Prize: P6400

South from the island where Makayla is, we'll find another trench. A little to the west is a rocky area that we'll need Rock Climb to get onto.

Swimmer Richard (Lv42 Mantine) Prize: P504

Swimmer Barry (Lv38 Wailord) Prize: P456

Charpos is close by. Let's see what's in Route Q quickly.

ROUTE Q

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Pokemon to be Found

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Swanna, Mantyke

Just to the southwest, you'll find Zinc and then a Rare Candy. Stick along that southwest area and go on down, you'll reach a cave entrance and 2 Trainers outside it.

Bird Keeper Aidan (Lv36 Pidgeot, Lv38 Skarmory) Prize: P2280

Cooltrainer Athena (Lv38 all Pachirisu, Bibarel) Prize: P2280

:/ it's ANOTHER empty Lost Cave.

Fisherman Jonah (Lv36 all Basculin, Luvdisc, Corsola) Prize: P1440

Fisherman Henry (Lv34 Basculin, Lv38 Qwilfish) Prize: P1520

Fisherman Roger (Lv25 Basculin, Qwilfish, Lv40 Kingler) Prize: P1600

Swimmer Camden (Lv35 Staryu, Lv38 Simipour) Prize: P456

Swimmer Donny (Lv36 Luvdisc, Lv40 Staryu) Prize: P320

Black Belt Koji (Lv40 Mienfoo) Prize: P1280 [PokeNav]

There's a Dive spot just to the northwest from Koji.

We reach the end of Route Q and the start of Route V (despite what the Map says haha). This game. Going back to Charpos and then going to Route W.

ROUTE W

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Pokemon to be Found

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(Surf) Mantyke

If you guessed dead end or took the time to explore this place when we came to Charpos for the first time, congratulations /==./ because we need Rock Climb to continue along this Route. Probably the next unnecessary HM since Flash (which is a TM in this game but there are still places where we need it AND a Gym Badge!).

Since we're near Charpos, I'm going to continue south along Route Q and V, then Surf all the way round to Pulhia or at least see what's along Route AC.

ROUTE V

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Pokemon to be Found

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Mantyke

Swimmer Katie (Lv35 Swanna, Lv38 Alomomola) Prize: P304

Swimmer Santiago (Lv32 Luvdisc, Lv40 Seadra) Prize: P480

It'll start to snow, signalling that Searound is close, to the west.

Swimmer Darrin (Lv34 Seel, Tirtouga, Lv37 Seadra) Prize: P444

Swimmer Rodney (Lv40 Qwilfish) Prize: P480

ROUTE AC

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Pokemon to be Found

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Frillish

Another trench here.

Cooltrainer Alexa (Lv36 Jumpluff, Lv38 Crustle) Prize: P2280

Fisherman Wayne (Lv34 Basculin, Seadra, Lv40 Qwilfish) Prize: P1600

Swimmer Allison (Lv(forgot, sorry) Luvdisc, Lv42 Staryu) Prize: P336

Cooltrainer Ruben (Lv39 all Tropius, Rhydon) Prize: P2340

We'll soon reach the landmass of Route AB.

ROUTE AB

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We find May...and despite the Buneary (probably the B Team to the A Team north of Turzoro haha) blocking the path, guess what she wants. Good guess :)

>>RIVAL BATTLE<<

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Pokemon Trainer May Prize: P8400

(Lv38 Swellow, Weepinbell, Lv42 Starter)

After the battle, May rewards us with a Gold Pass. This Key Item will let us go to a new place called Golden City. It is there that we'll find a way to deal with the Buneary (this is getting a little ridiculous, to solve Problem A we're told [in Location E] to go to Location X instead of a location that's relatively close to where the problem is). May leaves. Another dead end...but this one isn't as bad as the others, because there's a path on the left of the one blocked by the Buneary. Let's see where it goes.

It leads to a rocky area that extends west into Route W (the area we couldn't reach without Rock Climb).

Route W (from Route AB)

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Pokemon to be Found

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Bibarel, Dwebble, Exeggcute, Exeggutor, Shellos 2, Skarmory

Black Belt Nob (Lv42 Gurdurr) Prize: P1344

North from Nob (I hope you have the Mach Bike with you), go up the slope to reach TM31 (Brick Break).

Hiker Foster (Lv35 Drilbur, Lv38 Sandslash) Prize: P1520

From the steps, go to the right to find a Max Potion. Going left, we'll eventually find the rock wall that needs Rock Climb, this time it is below us.

Expert Mollie (Lv36 Fearow, Lv40 Tropius) Prize: P6400

Expert Conor (Lv35 Tauros, Lv40 Hariyama) Prize: P6400

Psychic Mariela (Lv41 Chimecho) Prize: P984

Cooltrainer Warren (Lv38 Kangaskhan, Lv40 Throh) Prize: P2400

Parasol Lady Kayley (Lv42 Castform) Prize: P1680

Make your way right round to the north to find a Nugget. That pretty much ends our exploration of Route W. Just west from Warren and Kayley is a ledge we can jump off of in order for us to reach Charpos, so that we don't have to Surf all the way back through Route AC. We're going back to Ocepac Town then heading east. See you there.

ROUTE AA

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Pokemon to be Found

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Mantyke, Qwilfish

Sailor Kelvin (Lv38 all Gurdurr, Politoed) Prize: P1216

Swimmer Laurel (Lv38 all Frillish, Corsola) Prize: P304

Swimmer Jack (Lv42 Tirtouga) Prize: P504

Just to the right from Jack is an area we can only reach when we know Waterfall.

ROUTE Z

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Pokemon to be Found

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Dwebble, Bibarel, Tailow, Swellow

Swimmer Gilbert (Lv38 Vaporeon) Prize: P456

You'll find these 2 Swimmers to the south of the land we see now.

Swimmer Dana (Lv40 Frillish) Prize: P320

Swimmer Linda (Lv35 Horsea, Lv40 Seadra) Prize: P320

Touch down on the beach to see more Trainers.

Battle Girl Callie (Lv38 all Mienfoo, Sawk) Prize: P912

Use the Itemfinder on the rock north of Callie to get a Revive.

The Tuber girl will give us Soft Sand.

Twins Tori & Tia (Lv39 all Plusle & Minun) Prize: P936

Aroma Lady Violet (Lv36 Sunkern, Lv40 Sunflora) Prize: P1600

We'll need Rock Climb for the little area just northeast from Violet, but Air Cutter for the area straight north from her. There you'll find TM18 (Rain Dance).

Youngster Dillon (Lv40 Donphan) Prize: P640

Cooltrainer Jazmyn (Lv40 Absol) Prize: P2400

South from Jazmyn is a Protein. Those steps going up from Dillon? Dead end, they lead to ledges coming our way. That pond to the right? Dead end, even though part of it is in Hotasita City, just to give us a little sniff, a little taste of the place :/ would help if we could Fly because maybe we'd be able to fly in since we "technically" entered haha. *sigh*

Anyway, we got the Gold Pass from May. Return to Charpos or Teaes and go to the Harbor. That is the Ticket we'll flash and we'll be asked if we want to travel to Golden City. Yes ma'am.

[012] GOLDEN CITY

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Places of Interest

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PokeCenter

PokeMart

Coffee Bar

Golden Game Corner

Trainer Hill

GOLDEN CITY PokeMart

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Great Ball P600

Ultra Ball P1200

Super Potion P700

Hyper Potion P1200

Antidote P100

Parlyz Heal P200

Ice Heal P250

Revive P1500

Super Repel P500

Max Repel P700

When we arrive, we're met by Mr April. He notes that we can Surf now so he won't be needed for transport to Searound anymore (a little sad, but thanks for helping us out back then). He's currently working with some old friends of his to build a big ship. He'll meet us at the Coffee Bar. No problem, in the meantime we'll have a look around.

Some...good...news..? The Teleport system is online here, but it only has one destination, the Festa Zone /==./ In one of the houses there's a guy who'll trade his Shelmet for a Karrablast. Next door to that house, lives a woman who will trade her Coin Case for a Harbor Mail (it had been a while, eh?). Leaving town from the east leads to Route AD. Can't leave from the north because a certain Pokemon is taking a nap right at the exit :) sleep tight, we'll be back. Don't bother with Trainer Hill, wrong game version. BUT you can buy stuff at the shop there:

TRAINER HILL SHOP

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Super Potion P700

Antidote P100

Parlyz Heal P200

Awakening P250

X Speed P350

X Special P350

X Attack P500

X Defend P550

Dire Hit P650

Guard Spec. P700

X Accuracy P950

GOLDEN GAME CORNER

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50 Coins P1000

500 Coins P10000

TM32 (Double Team) 1500 Coins

TM29 (Psychic) 3500 Coins

(The rest cost 4000 Coins)

TM35 (Flamethrower)

TM24 (Thunderbolt)

TM13 (Ice Beam)

(All cost 1000 Coins)

Treecko Doll

Torchic Doll

Mudkip Doll

The lady standing by the 3 plants will offer you a Torchic Doll since she bought 2 Dolls.

Next door to the Game Corner is the Coffee Bar. You can battle the Maid.

Maid Claren (Lv42 Audino) Prize: P2520

Let's talk to Mr April. He has made a bet with his pal Wattson: he doesn't believe Mr April can find the Candybar in this region, but it turns out that Mr April has found some here and he gives us one that we have to deliver to Wattson. He usually visits the Coffee Bar in Pulhia City /==./ again, being told we need to go there yet we can't get to Pulhia yet. I thought we were here to find a way to move the Buneary, not to deliver candy. Come on.

Once you're ready, we can go on to Route AD.

ROUTE AD

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Pokemon to be Found

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Zebstrika, Tropius, Blitzle, Tauros

Cow Girl Kara (Lv40 Miltank) Prize: P960

Cow Girl Darcy (Lv38 all Vullaby, Miltank) Prize: P912

Pokemon Breeder Reynor (Lv38 Mightyena, Lv40 Tropius) Prize: P1600

Cow Girl Parjier (Lv38 all Miltank, Tauros) Prize: P912 [PokeNav]

Soon enough we'll find Honey Village.

HONEY VILLAGE

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Head south, where we find the Honey Village Warehouse. The old man has some important info, about lianas in the forest...

*Dictionary: LIANA - a woody climbing usually tropical plant

...we can't use Air Cutter to clear them, instead we need an application for a special machine /oO?/ Huh? I didn't even know what a liana is, let alone notice them :) but thanks, noted.

Exit and cross the south bridge to find more Buneary blocking yet another path /==./ however, this time we're joined by the Champ, Cynthia. She hasn't seen Team Aqua or Magma since we cleaned house in the Polar Forest. She gives us what we need to (FINALLY) take care of the Buneary - Secret Potion! We use it right away and the Buneary high tail it :) Cynthia makes her exit. Awesome, so now we can explore beyond Turzoro City and also reach Pulhia City. Let's finish our business here first. If you go all the way east along this path, we'll find another Cow Girl to battle. North from her is the Honey Bar.

Cow Girl Johanna (Lv42 Tauros) Prize: P1008

HONEY BAR

.........

Honey P1000

Lava Cookie P200

Fresh Water P200

Soda Pop P300

Lemonade P350

Maid Katelyn (Lv42 Audino) Prize: P2520 [PokeNav]

Crossing the north bridge takes us to Honey Farm. The owner mentions that the Honey Contest is usually held there but because their Miltank is unwell, no contest. Out in the fields behind the house, you can catch a Miltank. They have some to spare. Tauros is also there. In the barn is the Miltank that's sick. It needs just one Lum Berry to cure it (unlike a certain Miltank from a couple of generations ago haha). The little girl will reward us with some Moomoo Milk. This enables the Honey Contest to start up again, so talk to the farm owner if you're curious. Our time in Honey Village is done, it was nice to see a change in scenery and to get that Secret Potion.

Oh, there's also a man who can teach Sleep Talk to your Pokemon. He's in the area in between Honey Farm and the south portion of Honey Village. Make sure you have a Pokemon that knows Air Cutter to reach him.

Then comes the long swim back to Route AB /==./ but at least this time we can move forward.

ROUTE AB (Revisited with Secret Potion)

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Once the Buneary are gone, we can meet our first Trainer along this path.

Collector Hector (Lv39 all Nuzleaf, Ditto) Prize: P2340

Pokemon to be Found

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Mightyena, Kangaskhan, Poochyena, Farfetch'd, Roselia

Battle Girl Cyndy (Lv38 Mienfoo, Lv42 Mienfoo) Prize: P1008 [PokeNav]

Bird Keeper Phil (Lv42 Skarmory) Prize: P2520

You'll find a PP Up to the east from Cyndy and Phil. Need Rock Climb to continue northeast. So go north past them and up the steps.

Pokemon Ranger Catherine (Lv39 all Bulbasaur, Tangela) Prize: P1872

[PokeNav]

Guitarist Dalton (Lv40 all Plusle, Minun) Prize: P1280 [PokeNav]

Bird Keeper Chester (Lv38 Chatot, Lv41 Swellow) Prize: P2460

Ninja Boy Keigo (Lv38 Venomoth, Lv40 Accelgor) Prize: P480

Kindler Bernie (Lv42 all Darumaka, Tepig) Prize: P1344 [PokeNav]

Down the steps and to the southeast from Bernie is a Max Revive.

Bird Keeper Colin (Lv40 all Skarmory, Pidgeot) Prize: P2400

Aroma Lady Shayla (Lv42 all Treecko, Roselia) Prize: P1680

Ninja Boy Hideo (Lv38 Whirlipede, Lv40 Accelgor) Prize: P480

Going up the steps near Hideo leads to a dead end, because the ledge is facing us...so we can't get that item.

Cooltrainer Leonel (Lv44 Sudowoodo) Prize: P2640

Bird Keeper Robert & Ninja Boy Yasu Prize: P3264

(Lv46 Farfetch'd & Lv42 Venomoth) [PokeNav for Robert]

Past them to the northeast is a cave entrance. Prepare for Altering Cave.

ALTERTING CAVE

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Pokemon to be Found

...................

Klink, Woobat, Klang, Swoobat

Another cave we can't fully explore without Rock Climb /==./ the exit is to the northwest.

[013] PULHIA CITY

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Places of Interest

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PokeCenter

PokeMart

Pokemon Contest Hall

Pulhia Hotel

Coffee Bar

PULHIA CITY PokeMart

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Ultra Ball P1200

Hyper Potion P1200

Max Potion P2500

Full Heal P600

Revive P1500

Max Repel P700

X Attack P500

X Defend P550

X Speed P350

Yeah, the big city that we've been making a fuss about has no Gym. Can the other places make up of that? We'll see haha. The Teleport system has updated (I should've checked the one in Charpos, sorry about that)...this time Golden City is the next destination. Works out really well because once we deliver the Candy Bar to Wattson, we can zip back to Golden City and speak to April (hopefully that updates the Teleporter there).

In the PokeCenter you'll find a man who can teach Double-Edge. There's an old lady in the tall building west from the PokeCenter, she'll give us an Oran Berry. The old lady in the tall building just north of the PokeCenter though...will give us the HM for FLY if we can come back to her with the Feather Badge. Not tea, not candy, a Gym Badge! THAT, I don't have a problem with :D we'll be back.

In the Pulhia Hotel (I've yet to play a Pokemon rom with a hotel that has a vacancy haha) we'll find Scott dozing in the lobby. Man, do we have a story to tell him about the Festa Zone. He's here to check out the Pokemon Contest scene, even though he's a Trainer battle kind of guy. He just wishes us good luck. Take the stairs on the left, because in the first room is a man who'll give us the Pulhia Tea...if we show him the Feather Badge /==./ that mini quest has already been taken, bro. *sigh* so help me if Wattson won't accept the candy until we do something else for him first, like show him the Feather Badge lol. Take the stairs on the right, where we're ambushed by a Maid.

Maid Marley (Lv43 Audino) Prize: P2580

That's all.

PULHIA CITY Coffee Bar

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Fresh Water P200

Soda Pop P300

Lemonade P350

In the Coffee Bar, we can see Wattson. The Maid says she'll give us some information if we can defeat her.

Maid Talia (Lv45 Audino) Prize: P2700

The information is about a cave that's nearby which she suggests we check out. Altering Cave? We speak to Wattson and thank goodness he accepts the Candybar without any issue. For our efforts he gives us TM24 (Thunderbolt). Could've done better chief haha.

If you're into Contests, the Contest Hall awaits. I was curious about Contests when I first played Ruby version back in the day since they were a new concept but over time I just skipped them.

*NOTE* I tested out the Teleporter and went back to Golden City. The Teleporter there doesn't take us back to Pulhia (anyone surprised?) just to Festa Zone and Honey Village /oO?/ Why?? I went to the Coffee Bar and Mr April isn't there....nor is he back home in Habutest Town.

Thank goodness we can Fly in this game and not need to rely on the Teleport system, which turns out to not be as reliable. So let's leave for Hotasita City (fingers crossed there isn't another friggin dead end). Ready? Up next is Route X.

ROUTE X

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Pokemon to be Found

...................

Pachirisu, Glameow, Blitzle, Audino

(Surf) Ducklett, Poliwag

Cooltrainer Cristin (Lv39 Lileep, Lv40 Treecko) Prize: P2400 [PokeNav]

If you continue along the left path past Cristin, you'll meet up with Interview Gabby & Cameraman Ty again.

Interview Gabby & Ty (Lv42 Rotom & Loudred) Prize: P4032

Bird Keeper Beck (Lv42 Pidgeot) Prize: P2520

Expert Fredrick (Lv38 Gurdurr, Lv42 Mienshao) Prize: P6720

In the northwest past Beck & Fredrick is a lady who'll give us TM19 (Giga Drain) if you have a Grass-type Pokemon in your party. Going east next.

Pokemon Breeder Pat Prize: P1440

(Lv36 all Stantler, Yanma, Grimer, Tynamo, Purrloin, Gastrodon 2)

Cooltrainer Jonathan (Lv40 Yanma, Lv42 Yanmega) Prize: P2520

Circle the edge of the lake from Jonathan.

Fisherman Chris Prize: P1600

(Lv36 Basculin, Krabby, Feebas, Lv40 Kingler)

In the far left corner from Chris is a Star Piece. In the middle of the lake is a cave (...maybe too many caves in this game now?) but like many places, we can't reach it yet. Need Waterfall. We continue east for Route Y.

ROUTE Y

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Pokemon to be Found

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Buneary, Loudred, Swellow, Whismur

Guitarist Fernando (Lv42 all Voltorb, Loudred) Prize: P1344 [PokeNav]

Ninja Boy Jonas (Lv42 Garbodor) Prize: P504

Bird Keeper Alberto (Lv42 all Fearow, Farfetch'd) Prize: P2520

Cooltrainer Wendy (Lv39 all Aipom, Tropius, Mantine) Prize: P2340

We can't continue to the southeast from Fernando & Jonas because Rock Climb /==./ This is a hilly area. South from it, in the bottom right corner, you'll find a Nugget. Go north past Fernando & Jonas, we'll reach Hotasita City.

[014] HOTASITA CITY - "The City of Family Bonding."

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Places of Interest

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PokeCenter

PokeMart

Pokemon Gym

Hotasita Restaurant

HOTASITA CITY PokeMart

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Ultra Ball P1200

Hyper Potion P1200

Antidote P100

Parlyz Heal P200

Awakening P250

Full Heal P600

X Speed P350

X Attack P500

X Defend P550

Guard Spec. P700

Escape Rope P550

Max Repel P700

The city of water :) much Surfing we'll be doing to get around. The man near the Gym tells us about a place called Artisan Hill which is on Route Y. Apparently there are rare Pokemon on its peak. Noted.

In the southeast area is a Black Belt who'll teach Dynamic Punch. Northeast has the Hotasita Restaurant. Come for the good food and a few scuffles :)

HOTASITA RESTAURANT

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Fresh Water P200

Soda Pop P300

Lemonade P350

Interviewer Cys & Dran (Lv42 Chatot & Lv44 Electrode) Prize: P4224

Brothers Kurt & Jiz (Lv43 all Accelgor & Excavalier) Prize: P6880

The Teleporter here also has 2 destinations, Festa Zone and Golden City. We're here for that Feather Badge. No rival shows up from nowhere to battle us when we get to the Gym door haha.

HOTASITA CITY Gym

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Leader Iris - "The bird user taking flight into the world."

Remember the Fortree City Gym? With the rotating doors designed like turn stiles? Yes, that's this Gym.

Bird Keeper Humberto (Lv44 Tropius) Prize: P2640

Picnicker Ashley (Lv40 all Combee, Spearow, Chatot) Prize: P640

Bird Keeper Jared Prize: P2520

(Lv38 Pidgeotto, Farfetch'd, Lv42 Swellow)

Camper Flint & Camper Edwardo Prize: P3612

(Lv39 Skarmory & Jumpluff, Lv43 Ledian & Swellow)

Bird Keeper Darius (Lv43 Pidgeot) Prize: P2580

Iris remains.

>>GYM BATTLE<<

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Leader Iris Prize: P4600

(Lv43 Skarmory, Lv45 Tropius, Swanna, Lv44 Pidgeot, Lv46 Tornadus?!)

/==./ Notice that I didn't include the Feather Badge in the Prize section? Yup, because rather than giving us the Gym Badge, Iris rushes off to catch a Contest. Oh, & where are Contests held? That's right, back in Pulhia. You got Gym Leaders who aren't at their Gyms and then this nonsense happens. Why do rom creators continue to have stuff like this in their games? [PokeNav].

Go back to the Contest Hall and talk to Iris so we can get the damn Badge. She'll also give us TM40 (Aerial Ace). Because she just couldn't do all this back at her Gym and still make it for the Contest *sigh* so stupid.

When we leave the Contest Hall, Scott gives us a call. He knows we've just won at the Hotasita Gym and says he'll be cheering us on. That's all. Don't forget to get that Pulhia Tea AND most importantly HM02 (Fly). Now we can travel around (& backtrack) in style.

North from Hotasita is Route Z. Let's see what's there, if it's another dead end, no biggie - we can Fly ;)

ROUTE Z

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Pokemon to be Found

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Tailow, Dwebble, Bibarel, Shellos 2

Psychic Joshua (Lv40 all Hypno, Reuniclus) Prize: P960

South from Joshua just leads back to the beach area facing the northwest sea of Route AA. I think if we squint hard enough...we could see Ocepac Town in the distance. Speaking of Ocepac...*sound of wings flapping away*

Mr Scope accepts the Pulhia Tea and gives us the Scope! See ya.

Fly back to Teaes City. Before we use the Scope at the Gym entrance, how about we test drive it at that rock formation near the Mt. Fiery entrance on Route I?

The Scope reveals a Pokemon - a Level 30 Torchic! Wow, I was expecting a Kecleon haha but sure, Torchic can make up for it. How it has survived up to Lv30 without evolving, I have no idea. Self-cancelling the evolution perhaps?

We stand outside the Teaes Gym entrance. Whip out the Scope...aaand a wild Kecl-- Mudkip (Lv30) appears! Interesting. With it out of the way, we can enter the Gym.

TEAES CITY Gym

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Leader Aragi - "The Gym Leader with the beauty of pure water!"

But inside we're told this is the Sootopolis Gym *face palm* /--./ so if you remember how that Gym is designed, you have fragile icy floor tiles that you have to walk on in order to unlock steps and move forward. The Trainers are in the basement, fall through the ice to get to them.

Scientist Annik (Lv43 all Simipour, Feebas) Prize: P2580

Beauty Connie (Lv45 Dewgong) Prize: P3600

Lady Daphne (Lv42 all Swanna, Vaporeon) Prize: P8400

Scientist Bridget (Lv45 Corsola) Prize: P2700

Beauty Olivia (Lv40 Luvdisc, Staryu, Lv44 Politoed) Prize: P3520

Beauty Tiffany (Lv40 Luvdisc, Lv43 Corsola) Prize: P3440

Scientist Crizer (Lv40 Stunfisk, Lv43 Wailord) Prize: P2580

That was quite the workout, eh? You've survived the ice floor tiles now, Aragi is next.

>>GYM BATTLE<<

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Leader Aragi Prize: P4800 + Rain Badge + TM03 (Water Pulse) [PokeNav]

(Lv43 Dewgong, Lv48 Samurott, Lv45 Vaporeon, Jellicent, Lv46 Starmie)

Would've made all the sense in the world if this Gym Badge lets us use Waterfall outside of battle, since we have the HM...but nope. We can use Dive outside of battle now instead. Aragi doesn't have the HM, we don't have the HM. I don't even know any more haha.

But we're not done with Aragi: outside the Gym, she runs out to tell us about her lab having a breakdown and now she wants us to do a job for her /==./ why? It's YOUR lab, lady. We got stuff to do. There's a Generator at the lab that has to be switched off. We've been told about the lab before, ages ago, that it is on Route F and that is where Aragi heads off to right afterwards. The final Gym Badge is in Surence Town. Remember we couldn't get to it from Route F because we don't know Rock Climb? So we tried from Mystic Town but at the time we didn't know Air Cutter...but we do now.

West from Mystic Town is Route G. Use Air Cutter on the tree and carry on.

School Kid Ted (Lv32 Fearow) Prize: P640

Lass Robin (Lv28 Pansear, Lv30 Panpour, Pansage) Prize: P480

Youngster Eddie (Lv30 all Munchlax, Zebstrika) Prize: P480

Gentleman Everett (Lv32 Leavanny) Prize: P6400

Up the steps past Everett, you see a cave entrance. Follow the path south to battle Hiker Alan...

Hiker Alan (Lv28 Roggenrola, Nosepass, Lv30 Wormadam G) Prize: P1200

...a couple of cyclists...

Triathlete Alyssa (Lv32 Klang) Prize: P1280

Triathlete Julio (Lv30 Klang) Prize: P1200

...and a bridge going west that needs to be repaired. The area beyond looks like a marsh. So let's go explore that cave.

METEOR FALLS

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Pokemon to be Found

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Swoobat, Klink

Dead end...from this side of Meteor Falls. Fly back to Platepics and go onto Route F. Turns out there's another entrance to Meteor Falls near the Rock Climb spot, which I must've missed when I was here. Sorry about that. At least this time, we're back with plenty of experience and prepared.

METEOR FALLS (from Route F)

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Pokemon to be Found

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Swoobat, Roggenrola, Klink, Woobat

Massive waterfall here, but can't do anything about it. Cross the bridge to the east and exit. We'll still be in Route F, just a new area. Continue east, where we find Sky. You know the drill.

>>RIVAL BATTLE<<

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Pokemon Trainer Sky Prize: P9600

(Lv45 Shelgon, Lv46 Ninetales, Leafeon, Lv48 Hippowdon)

Where'd you get a Shelgon from, eh? Good lord, we know what he'll get from a Shelgon...brace yourself, because he'll battle us again down the road I'm sure haha you know how rivals operate :) He's also aware of the situation at Aragi's lab and he goes off. We're close by.

ARAGI'S LAB

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Sky and Aragi are on the 2nd floor. The dynamo that we need to sort out is in the basement. There are Electric-type Pokemon out and about down there too, so be ready. Let's go.

ARAGI'S LAB [Basement]

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Pokemon to be Found

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Voltorb, Galvantula, Klink, Solosis, Electrode, Joltik, Tynamo

Items Found

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Ultra Ball

There are barricades/doors that block our way, each is a different colour which corresponds with the switches on the floor. But when one door of one colour is opened, another door of another is closed. Make your way to the northern area. One item on top of a switch is an Ultra Ball...the other is not an item, it's a Lv35 Electrode. Then continue northwest. That's a Full Heal on top of the green switch and another Lv35 Electrode covering the blue switch. Don't step on that green switch, just carry on up then east. There'll be another small room with 2 switches, on the left is a blue switch covered by another Lv35 Electrode and on the green switch on the right is a Revive. Step on the green switch to gain access to the room where the dynamo is. Step on the red switch...that turns the dynamo off. Done & done.

Back on the 2nd floor, it looks like everything is functioning again. Aragi's computer has detected a strange signal - a submarine between Route T and Puel City. Sky goes off to gather people who can help, he suspects Team Aqua. Aragi suggests we invstigate Puel's seashore.

**NOTE: One of the employees tells us that Castform can be found on Mirage Island. It is on Route V. Noted.

Fly back to Puel. First, let's check back with the Aqua Grunt in the Art Museum. Sure enough, this time he'll battle us.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv36 Swoobat, Lv40 Corsola, Lv38 Seadra) Prize: P800

He'll run away into the door way he was previously blocking. In we go too.

The room we enter has slide panels and levers that change the direction of the red arrows. If you interact with a lever, you'll be attacked by a Lv40 Electrode. The idea is to reach the Aqua Grunt in the north, it's the same Grunt we just defeated.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv36 Swoobat, Lv40 Corsola, Lv38 Seadra) Prize: P800

Even after a 2nd loss, he's not done with us. He steps on a silver warp panel and vanishes. Follow that Grunt!

AQUA HIDEOUT

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Looks like being in that Magma Building haha, with warp panels and everything. Just above us is a yellow warp panel (this will be Panel #1, the one that we came through is red (we'll call that one Main Red Panel). In the next room are 2 other yellow warp panels and a female Aqua Grunt.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv43 Gastrodon) Prize: P860

The yellow warp panel (Panel #2) directly south from her leads to a room where we battle a Scientist...

Scientist Corac (Lv45 Rotom F) Prize: P2700

...and a Lv40 Electrode, pretending to be an item, ha. Well played :)

The yellow warp panel (Panel #3) on the left takes us to a room with descending stairs. Follow them to our next battle.

Scientist Martus (Lv39 Klang, Lv42 Muk) Prize: P2520

Past Martus are 5 yellow warp panels, 2 are in a secluded room directly south (Panel #4 on the left, Panel #5 on the right) and the remaining 3 are in this hallway, southeast. The first yellow warp panel we get (Panel #6) to takes us back to the room with the female Aqua Grunt. Maybe it'll be useful for a quick exit, because if you use it now you'll have to make your back to this hallway. The yellow warp panel on the left (Panel #7) leads to a room where there's an Aqua Grunt standing to the left of another yellow warp panel.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv43 Wailord) Prize: P860

Continuing into this room will reveal 2 more yellow warp panels, one in the left corner and the other is above you near the big silver machine. /==./ has that headache started yet? We'll start with the warp panel next to the Aqua Grunt (Panel #8). It leads to another room with 3 other yellow warp panels, one to the left of the panel we just came through...another in the left corner and one above us on the right. The warp panel up top (Panel #9) takes us to a room with 2 other panels, one above and one to the left. That one above (Panel #10) takes us back to the room with the Aqua Grunt next to Panel #8 but we'll appear via a panel that is to the left of him. The one to the left takes us back to Panel #6. Back to Panel #8. The warp panel to the far left from it takes back to Panel #1 and Main Red Panel. The warp panel right next to Panel #8 takes us to a room stretching south to a Double Battle and another red warp panel.

Team Aqua Grunts (Lv40 Swoobat, Basculin & Lv43 Stunfisk) Prize: P1660

The male Aqua Grunt mentions that a submarine is at the end of the Hideout but we're probably too late. The female Aqua Grunt was charged with looking after the Master Ball but surprise, surprise she can't remember where she put it. Make a note of this place, we'll be back to explore the area that red warp panel leads to. Go back to the area with the Aqua Grunt standing next to Panel #8. We haven't tried the warp panel next to the big silver machine (Panel #11). This one leads to the room that is on the right from the Panel #1 & Main Red Panel room. There's an Aqua Grunt here and an item on the floor/possibly an Electrode.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv45 Swoobat) Prize: P900

His mission was just to delay us /==./ we're probably late regardless haha it happens. The item is a Rare Candy. Done. Go back to Panel #7 and this time we try the warp panel that is to the right from it (Panel #12). It leads to an Aqua Grunt near descending stairs.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv36 Swoobat, Lv40 Corsola, Lv38 Seadra) Prize: P800

Following the stairs takes us to a hallway going southeast. There's a female Aqua Grunt waiting.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv40 all Raticate, Alomomola) Prize: P800

Continue east past her then north into a narrow corridor that leads to blue warp panels. There's a lever near one of them. After trying them I found 2 other levers above, one on the left and the other in the top right corner. It's those 2 levers that we need to push. Nothing happens when we push the bottom one. After pushing the top right lever, there's a warning and we're ambushed by an Aqua Grunt.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv36 Swoobat, Lv40 Corsola, Lv38 Seadra) Prize: P800

Another Aqua Grunt follows.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv40 all Raticate, Alomomola) Prize: P800

I went around pushing the levers again, but no changes. Strange. I guess let's go back to the red warp panel (we'll call it Red #1).

Takes us to a small room with an Aqua Grunt who's out of Pokemon, ha. To the left is a yellow warp panel (Panel #13). Next room has another red warp panel (Red #2). 3rd room has 3 red warp panels other to make 4. You can see into the room on the left, there's a red warp panel and a green one. The red warp panel in the bottom right corner takes us back to Panel #1 and Red Main Panel...the top right red warp panel takes us back to Red #1 (where we had the Double Battle). it's the red warp panel on the top left that we need. There's the submarine (looks like a ship though) and standing in the way is Aqua Admin Matt. Are we on time??

>>BOSS BATTLE<<

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Aqua Admin Matt (Lv44 Swoobat, Politoed, Lv46 Kingler) Prize: P1840

Nope, delayed again *face palm* the Boss escapes. Matt tells us Archie is headed for an underwater cave out at sea. He gives us a hint about searching the sea beyond Puel City. We'll need to Dive and that is exactly what Matt does to escape. Flashy get away, I'll give him that :) then Gym Leader Martin shows up. He knows that we need HM Dive, but rather than help us out in this dire situation, he says we can search Dark Cave for it /==./ he's got more important things to do, like talking to the Art Museum Curator. Sure. Aragi calls us, she tells us that the submarine is going to the sea in Route U....and that the weather there isn't great. Terrific. Let's just get out of here, use that green warp panel and make your way out of the Art Museum. See you at the Dark Cave.

Enter Dark Cave from the Route H side south from Platepics City. Go past Ninja Boy Lao and go north. Move aside the boulders and Surf to the other side. Descend the ladder on the left. Below, go all the way down the ledges, past the Hiker and the Expert facing each other, until you see an exit. Back outside, go to the northeast cave entrance. Once inside, you'll see an opening on the right just past the Picnicker. Inside, surf across to get HM08 (Dive). Gettng this now and I'm already thinking of all those Dive spots that are out there /==./ *sigh* not really looking forward to all that diving haha. Anyway, that ladder next to us will teleport us to the Dark Cave entrance facing the Cycling Road. Fly back to Ocepac Town and surf into Route U.

**NOTE: I flew back to Puel City and surfed along Route T, just to explore. Turns out when we were last here, we missed the lower and middle areas (we'd surfed along the upper way). I started from the lower area.

Swimmers Douglas & Kyla Prize: P764

(Lv35 Mantyke & Lv40 Frillish, Lv37 Wailord)

Went on east.

Tuber Simon (Lv35 Dewott, Lv37 Crustle) Prize: P148

Dead end. Went along the middle way.

Swimmer David (Lv35 Qwilfish, Lv38 Wailord) Prize: P456

Just northeast from David, another Traveller.

Traveller Marcel (Lv40 Pidgeot, Lv42 Flareon) Prize: P3360

He'll give us a Sharp Beak.

Bird Keeper Josue (Lv35 Tailow, Lv37 Fearow) Prize: P2220

Dead end. That was it for the exploration. Back to Ocepac Town.

As soon as we surf into Route U, the weather turns. Doesn't take long before we reach a deep trench. Dive.

ROUTE U (Underwater)

Pokemon to be Found

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Luvdisc, Corsola, Alomomola

Make your way to the southwest. The first surface spot you come across leads to another area along Route U stretching north and south. North is a Dive spot where you'll find Rare Candy. South is home to yet another Traveller.

Traveller Brend (Lv46 Kabutops) Prize: P3680

He'll give us Leftovers.

Back on the main route, continue south to find another deep trench. Surf to the left of it for a smaller dive spot. That's what we're looking for. Dive. We'll find a cave entrance...inside is the submarine. Surface.

SEAFLOOR CAVERN

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Up ahead is an Aqua Grunt blocking our way in.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv40 all Swoobat, Basculin) Prize: P800

After he loses, he goes in. I hope you have a Pokemon that knows Rock Smash and Strength.

Pokemon to be Found

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Swoobat

Make your way up and to the next room. Here there are 2 entrances, left and right. But they both lead to the same room, with boulders on the right. Up ahead is another entrance and 2 Aqua Grunts facing each other.

Team Aqua Grunt[Male] (Lv44 all Raticate, Seadra) Prize: P880

The other Aqua Grunt turns out to be Aqua Admin Shelly, and she has not forgotten all the times we've messed things up for her and Team Aqua.

>>BOSS BATTLE<<

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Aqua Admin Shelly Prize: P1920

(Lv45 Swoobat, Alomomola, Lv48 Gastrodon2)

Move on. In the next room is a boulder puzzle, move boulders out of the way until you can reach the exit up ahead.

The next area is hazy. That item we find right away is TM04 (Calm Mind), of all the places to find it haha. Make your way south until we reach a body of water, with the Blue Blue at the center. Then Archie arrives. With his dream so close at hand, he won't let us interfer again.

>>BOSS BATTLE<<

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Aqua Leader Archie Prize: P4000

(Lv48 Aerodactyl, Kabutops, Lv50 Carracosta)

He won't let the loss stop him, he goes for the Blue Orb-- but it disappears just like the Red Orb back in the Deep Forest! Archie can't believe it...suddenly, Maxie shows up and he rubs it in Archie's face about also failing. Archie won't have it and he storms off. Maxie stays long enough to vow his revenge, before he also takes off. Cynthia and Sky show up, again late as usual. Team Aqua and Team Magma failed to obtain the orbs, so for now we'll have some peace and quiet. Only one more Gym Badge for us to get before facing the Pokemon League...and Sky's already booked a spot on Victory Road for yet another battle :/ yay. Onwards to Surence Town.

Fly back to Mystic Town, go all the way west to that bridge above the marshy area. It is no longer blocked and we can progress along it. Cross the bridge and BAM, we're in Surence Town...well, not really. We're just crossing one bridge to another, then next thing you know we're back on Route F. Still above the marsh.

Expert Paxton (Lv44 Zebstrika, Lv45 Bastiodon) Prize: P7200

Pokemon Breeder Lydia Prize: P1600 [PokeNav]

(Lv40 all Igglybuff, Burmy, Burmy G, Burmy S, Sunkern, Ducklett)

We'll touch the ground after Lydia.

ROUTE F (Marsh)

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Pokemon to be Found

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Hoppip, Nidoran[both], Pidgey, Shellos

Exploring the western side first before we enter the dark waters and head east to Surence.

Psychic Alvaro (Lv44 Sigilyph, Lv46 Bronzong) Prize: P1104

Going north leads to the Rock Climb spot...east is a dead end. Just below that is a path leading into the water.

Lady Sarah (Lv46 Buneary, Lv48 Bibarel) Prize: P9600

You'll find an entrance to Meteor Falls just a little to the northeast from Sarah. But since we can't scale up waterfalls, nevermind lol.

Ninja Boy Riley (Lv42 Whirlipede, Lv46 Accelgor) Prize: P552

Cooltrainer Braxton Prize: P2400

(Lv40 all Rhydon, Heatmor, Scolipede, Rotom I, Sawk)

Parasol Lady Clarissa (Lv44 Carnivine, Lv48 Castform) Prize: P1920

Fisherman Nolan (Lv48 Basculin) Prize: P1920

Psychic Marlele (Lv41 Sigilyph, Lv46 Gothitelle) Prize: P1104

Let's take care of the Trainers to the east of Surence, on Route G.

ROUTE G (Marsh)

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Pokemon to be Found

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Timburr

Young Couple Mel & Paul (Lv46 all Mothim & Wormadam) Prize: P2944

Southeast from the couple is another entrance into Meteor Falls, where you'll find TM23 (Iron Tail).

PokeManiac Steve (Lv46 Yanma) Prize: P2760 [PokeNav]

Parasol Lady Madeline (Lv48 Palpitoad) Prize: P1920 [PokeNav]

[015] SURENCE TOWN - "The windswept highlands with the sweet fragrance ================== of grass."

Places of Interest

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PokeCenter

PokeMart

Pokemon Gym

Secret Base Items Shop

SURENCE TOWN PokeMart

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Great Ball P600

Super Potion P700

Antidote P100

Parlyz Heal P200

Awakening P250

Burn Heal P250

Revive P1500

Super Repel P500

X Speed P350

Here for that final Badge. I made the mistake of walking past the Gym entrance, and paid for it dearly because guess who comes swooping in just in time to stop us (even though I wasn't intending to enter the Gym yet haha) - May /==./ with another lame reason to battle us, because that's her role *sigh* damnit, woman.

>>RIVAL BATTLE<<

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Pokemon Trainer May Prize: P10000

(Lv46 Swellow, Lv50 Starter, Lv48 Victreebel, Armaldo, Simisear, Ursaring)

But, it looks like that may have been the final battle because May is thinking of returning to Small Town to show her PokeDex to Prof. Birch. You can fly back and visit the Lab, she'll be there, wondering where she'll go next. Even in the original Gen 3 games and in Omega Ruby I found May to be a disappointing rival, because it's not like she was also aiming to become a League Champion and in the end she just goes back home. Would've been better if she was just a friend whom we meet in our home town and every so often along our journey, who helps us out with useful info, items and/or faces the bad guys with us. So that leaves us with 2 other rivals (well, one of them is still an assistant though). We're outside the Gym, so we might as well...

SURENCE TOWN Gym

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Leader Gima - "The fearful man of Dark-type!"

From the looks of it, the Gym is designed similarly to Sabrina's Gym back in Saffron City, where we'll use warp panels to bounce around until we reach the Gym Leader. Ahh, warp panels :) gotta love them.

PokeManiac Cedrus (Lv55 Mightyena) Prize: P3300

In the room where we find Cedrus [let's say Room #1], there are 4 warp panels. Both warp panels to the left send us back to the entrance room. The top right warp panel sends us to the room to the left (we appear from the bottom left warp panel. This will be Room #2)...while the bottom right warp panel takes us to the room above Room #1 (this will be Room #3, we'll appear in the top left warp panel). Back to Room #2, which also has 4 warp panels. The top left warp takes to Room #3 (we appear via the bottom left warp panel, but if you use it, you'll return to the entrance room)...the bottom right warp panel also goes to Room #3, we appear via the bottom right warp panel there & when used again we go back to Room #2 (via the same bottom right warp panel)...then the top right warp panel sends us back to the entrance room. In Room #3, use the top right warp panel to get to the top left room (this will be Room #4. It's the top left room above Room #2). We'll appear via the bottom left warp panel.

Ninja Boy Suzu (Lv49 Shiftry) Prize: P588

Use the bottom right warp panel, it takes us to Room #5, the top right room above the entrance room. Only 2 warp panels here, the bottom left one which we came through and the top right one past the 2 Trainers.

PokeManiac Prest (Lv50 Absol) Prize: P3000

Collector Maric (Lv50 Sableye) Prize: P3000

Use the warp panel. We'll be sent to a new area, this time we're joined by slide panels...that aren't for us :) they are for the statues. There are square shaped switches on the floor, they move around the statues. *BIG NOTE* The game froze for me when I tried to interact with that statue on the right, so be careful. Get to the warp panel.

In the next place, there's a potential Double Battle, but move the statue around until you get the battle combo you want.

Psychic Samantha (Lv48 Spiritomb) Prize: P1152

School Kid Blake (Lv49 Liepard) Prize: P980

Past the 2 Trainers, in the top right corner are 2 warp panels. Let's start with the one on the right.

To avoid the potential Double Battle, step on the switch and warp back and forth until you can face the Trainers in one on one fights.

Lady Brianna (Lv48 Absol) Prize: P9600

Gentleman Clifford (Lv50 Liepard) Prize: P10000

Make your way south to a green switch, which is connected to a small room on the left, where we can see 2 warp panels. Move around the statues until you've cleared the path between the panels. Back to the room with Samantha and Blake, where we'll use the warp panel on the left.

Gentleman Nate (Lv49 Liepard) Prize: P9800

Psychic Virgil (Lv52 Vullaby) Prize: P1248

The idea here is to reach the warp panel that is in the top right corner. Simple puzzle to solve. That warp panel sends us to the small room with the green arrows that we cleared earlier using the green switch. Gima is waiting, let's get this over with :)

>>GYM BATTLE<<

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Leader Gima Prize: P5200 + Fear Badge + TM48 (Dark Bomb) [PokeNav]

(Lv50 Absol, Mandibuzz, Umbreon, Lv52 Tyranitar)

Done & done! All Gym Badges have been acquired! This one, crazy enough, is what we've needed in order to use Waterfall outside of battle. I'm guessing Rock Climb is a TM in this game? Strange how we still haven't gotten a clue about it from anyone yet. Gima lets us know about the Pokemon League, that we go north from Turzoro. BUT, as you know, we got some places to explore. I'll be covering them after we have a look around Surrence Town.

In the house southeast from the Gym, you can have a Pokemon learn Mimic. North from the PokeMart is a house where you'll get TM10 (Hidden Power) from the old woman if you guess correctly which hand holds the coin she has. North beyond that house is a motel where some of the GameFreak staff are staying. Northwest from the Gym is a shop where you can buy stuff for Secret Bases.

SURENCE TOWN Secret Base Items Shop

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(All cost P2000)

Small Chair

Pokemon Chair

Heavy Chair

Ragged Chair

Comfort Chair

Brick Chair

Camp Chair

Hard Chair

Small Desk P3000

Pokemon Desk P3000

Heavy Desk P6000

Ragged Desk P6000

Comfort Desk P6000

Brick Desk P9000

Camp Desk P9000

Hard Desk P9000

Okay, time for that backtrack now that we can scale waterfalls. However, if you're ready to go for the Pokemon League straight away, just skip down to "Back in Turzoro".

>>THE WATERFALL BACKTRACK<<

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POLAR FOREST

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Get to the area where we saw the 2 waterfalls and scale the one on the left. Land on that small patch with the 2 swaying plants...something invisible is in the way - of course, Treecko! Level 30. That completes our Hoenn Starters collection :) to the right, via the other waterfall, is another small patch and on it we'll find TM25 (Thunder). Done.

METEOR FALLS (from Route F, east of Platepics)

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Make your way north, step into the water and scale that large waterfall like a boss. Up above we'll find an entrance.

In this new area we'll see 2 descending ladders and descending ledges. One ladder is close by to the right, while the other one is blocked off on the left...we'd have to come down the correct ledges to reach it. Use the ladder.

This next area has 3 other ascending ladders, one to the southwest, one to the west (can't reach it) and one to the northwest. The south ladder just leads to a piece of Carbos. So we use the northwest ladder. This takes back to the first area with the descending ledges, but we're on the northwest side. Move on up, where we face our very first Dragon Tamer.

Dragon Tamer Nicolas (Lv47 all Axew, Vibrava) Prize: P2256 [PokeNav]

Then it's time to make our way down the ledges, aiming for the southwest area where the descending ladder is. It takes us back to the area of ascending ladders, we appear from the ladder we couldn't reach. Step into the water and surf north. If you go right round you'll reach an exit leading back to the first area, with ledges descending to another Dragon Tamer battle, an exit, a PP Max, and a way out onto Route F in the marsh. We'll leave Meteor Falls this way. Surf north and enter a small room, where you find TM02 (Dragon Claw). Done. Surf south for the exit.

Dragon Tamer Andres (Lv50 Salamance) Prize: P2400

He'll give us a Choice Band. Exit, grab that PP Max and carry on down the ledges. Before exiting, surf up, scale the waterfall and go on to find TM12 (Cosmic Beam). Double done.

ROUTE AA

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Up the waterfall, we'll see (yup, you guessed it) a cave entrance. A new cave though.

ST1 CAVE

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And it's not empty. There's a strange man muttering about grass, fire and water when we talk to him. He'll identify the type of our Starter and asks to battle us. He is another Traveller /==./

Traveller Mamus Prize: P3600

(Lv45 all Squirtle, Oshawott, Mudkip, Ditto)

I chose Charmander, hence his team of Water Starters + Ditto (couldn't that have been a Totodile?) so I'll assume he'll have other Pokemon if you picked either Bulbasaur or Squirtle. After the battle he'll offer his Squirtle (...okay, thanks?). Done.

ROUTE X (Lake)

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Up the waterfall to reach the cave.

ST2 CAVE

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Odd, we find Traveller Mamus again...same dialogue, but this time he uses Grass Starters.

Traveller Mamus Prize: P3600

(Lv45 all Bulbasaur, Snivy, Treecko, Ditto)

We get Bulbasaur. Done. That ends the backtrack.

Back in Turzoro. I took the time of going back to the Safari Zone and see what lies in the northeast area, which we couldn't get to without the Acro Bike.

SAFARI ZONE (Northeast Area)

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Pokemon to be Found

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Igglybuff, Dodrio, Bonsly, Croakgunk, Doduo

Items Found

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Calcium

Aside from finding those cool Pokemon and the Calcium, there's nothing else here :/ well, maybe there are items by the Smashable rocks...I went in without a Pokemon that knew Rock Smash haha so you can do the exploring. When you're done, we're heading north, back to Route L to take care of that Buneary crew.

ROUTE L (Revisited with the Secret Potion)

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After the Buneary are gone, carry on. In the northwest corner you'll find a Thunder Stone.

Kindler Hayden (Lv45 Magmar) Prize: P1440

Camper Tyron (Lv42 Amoongus) Prize: P1008

There's a Max Repel in the left corner from Tyron.

Brothers John & Jay (Lv42 all Electabuzz & Magmar) Prize: P6720

[PokeNav]

Guitarist Elijah (Lv40 Loudred, Lv42 Electrode) Prize: P1344

Get ready to hit the water after Elijah. Still going north.

Swimmer Carlee (Lv44 Qwilfish) Prize: P352

Oh, and have a Pokemon that knows Waterfall haha because just north from Carlee is a massive waterfall, reminds me of the one at Evergrande City. We are here.

[016] POKEMON LEAGUE (PokeCenter)

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In the PokeCenter, we'll see Scott. He's looking forward to seeing us become Champion, says he'll get in touch with us once we become Champ.

But we can't delay the inevitable any longer...it's time. Up next, the graveyard of defeated Trainers and dashed dreams of becoming Pokemon League Champion - Victory Road.

VICTORY ROAD

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Pokemon Found [Entrance Area]

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Swoobat, Woobat, Makuhita, Rhydon, Loudred

Any chance to play a rom that doesn't have a Victory Road, I'm likely to take it, because it's not needed really. There's room to be creative and come up with fun alternatives. Anyway, we got Victory Road now to deal with haha I hope it's at least short. As you'll see with this edition of VR, which I'm willing to bet is the same VR from the Gen 3 games? There are raised platforms and bridges connecting them and we just find our way through. From the entrance, circle round clockwise to the southeast to find our first battle, the first of many Cooltrainers.

Cooltrainer Albert (Lv46 Tauros, Lv48 Sandslash) Prize: P2880

Far east you'll find a Max Elixir. For this area you have to get to the platform a little northwest from the entrance, and when you get to the west side, here comes Wally /==./ *sigh* maybe I shouldn't be surprised haha. I like Wally and I thought the way things went for his story in the Gen 3 games and Omega Ruby was good, but this isn't the time.

>>RIVAL BATTLE<<

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Pokemon Trainer Wally Prize: P10000

(Lv46 Liepard, Cherrim, Snorlax, Lv48 Rotom H, Lv50 Gothitelle)

Unfortunately in this game, his story doesn't have the same path. He didn't defeat us in this battle, but he vows to do it someday and that's it. So we're left to move on.

Aroma Lady Hope (Lv50 Leavanny) Prize: P2000

Near Hope is a descending ladder.

Pokemon Found [Area 2]

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Drilbur, Woobat, Makuhita, Swoobat, Excadrill

The next area is dark /==./ I hope you have a Pokemon that knows Flash. Take a few steps south and you find out that you'll need a Pokemon that knows Strength too. From the south, the path turns east to a raised platform and bridge. The path also goes north then east and south.

Hiker Shannon (Lv50 Nidoking) Prize: P2000

There's another platform and bridge continuing east. At the end of it is an ascending ladder. We'll come back for this ladder, let's see what else is in this area. Drop down the ledge near Shannon and head up the steps and cross the bridge.

Expert Samuel (Lv45 Chatot, Muk, Lv48 Conkeldurr) Prize: P7680

North from Samuel, past the boulders, is a Full Restore. South from Samuel we'll find a descending ladder.

Pokemon Found [Area 3]

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Swoobat, Makuhita, Rhyhorn

Psychic Julie (Lv44 all Sableye, Duosion, Espeon) Prize: P1056

North from Julie is water. Straight ahead across the water are steps heading to an upper area, while the water flows on to the west below. In the upper area, in the northeast corner is an ascending ladder, which leads to TM26 (Earthquake) in the next area. South from the ladder is Collector Owen and the bridge we saw above Julie...then next to the bridge is a ledge, taking us back to where Julie is.

Collector Owen (Lv46 all Simisear, Simipour, Simisage) Prize: P2760

Cross the bridge.

Cooltrainer Dianne (Lv45 Eelektross, Lv50 Gengar) Prize: P3000

Cooltrainer Felix (Lv45 Liepard, Lv50 Pinsir) Prize: P3000

There's another bridge continuing west before the path heads north.

Pokemon Ranger Caroline (Lv46 Weepinbell, Lv50 Amoonguss) Prize: P2400

We'll reach the water, the western area that it flows to from where Julie is. South is a waterfall, leading to 2 ascending ladders (so many damn ladders), one to the east of the waterfall and the other one is to the south, then southwest. Right, let me pause here and quickly go back to explore the other ladder we left behind in Area 2. Would be hilarious if one of those ladders actually leads to the area where the exit is.

[Area 2 - backtrack]

....................

Back here, we're going for the ascending ladder that is to the east of Hiker Shannon. Just have to cross a bridge to reach it.

It takes us to a high area where we find a PP Up. Huh...okay.

Back to those 2 ascending ladders below the west waterfall in Area 3.

Turns out both ladders takes us back to another section of Area 2 but from different sides...the ladder nearest to the waterfall has us appear near these 2 Cooltrainers:

Cooltrainer Mitchell (Lv48 all Bronzong, Probopass) Prize: P2880

Cooltrainer Halle (Lv46 Purugly, Lv48 Venusaur) Prize: P2880

...while the other ladder has us appear to the south of this guy:

Kindler Michell (Lv45 Heatmor, Lv 47 Darmanitan, Magmar) Prize: P1504

Regardless of which way you come through, afterwards make your way southeast, clear the path to the ascending ladder you see.

We're back in the Entrance Area, this time coming up from the ladder in the middle of the area. Cross the bridge and follow the path north.

Cooltrainer Katelynn (Lv48 all Rotom I, Cradily) Prize: P2880

Cooltrainer Quincy (Lv48 all Serperior, Excavalier) Prize: P2880

Ahh, here we go...past the final Cooltrainers, we'll see the exit. No surprise ambushes, no nonsense :) we're out!

Fresh air, with the Pokemon League building at the end of...oh come on /==./ blocking the entrance into the building is, of course, Sky. Because rather than go on inside to try and become Champion, he figured he'd spoil our chance to do that. Prepare your team, heal up and everything, this could very well be the final battle we have against this dude (I can only hope).

>>RIVAL BATTLE<<

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Pokemon Trainer Sky Prize: P10400

(Lv48 Ninetales, Lv50 Salamence, Leafeon, Milotic, Lucario, Lv52 Hippowdon)

No, Sky, we do not have to meet again please...you have a cool team, but you chose to waste it outside the Pokemon League and I think you've reached the limits of your role as another rival haha it's why having multiple rivals isn't as cool as it sounds, especially if there isn't any depth to their characters and they don't really amount to anything more than being androids who show up at the worst times just to battle. I'll be counting to 10 while you enter the building, give me a minute.

[017] POKEMON LEAGUE BUILDING

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Inside is the usual setup, Nurse Joy is there to heal our team, there's a PC and there's a shop for last minute buying.

POKEMON LEAGUE SHOP

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Ultra Ball P1200

Hyper Potion P1200

Max Potion P2500

Full Restore P3000

Full Heal P600

Revive P1500

Max Repel P700

When you're ready...it's show time!

Show the guards the Gym Badges and enter.

>>ELITE 4 BATTLE<<

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Elite 4 Bertha (Ground-type) Prize: P5400

(Lv52 Gastrodon, Lv54 Nidoqueen, Swampert, Excadrill, Lv55 Rhyperior)

Elite 4 Adeku (Fire-type) Prize: P5800

(Lv54 Darmanitan, Lv56 Emboar, Blaziken, Flareon, Lv58 Charizard)

Elite 4 Ice (Dragon-type) Prize: P6000

(Lv57 Druddigon, Lv58 Flygon, Lv59 Kingdra, Haxorus, Lv60 Dragonite)

After beating Ice, onwards to the final Elite 4 member...hey, wait...that sprite looks very familiar...

Elite 4 Flash?! /OO!/ (Ghost-type) Prize: P6200

(Lv58 Spiritomb, Lv60 Gengar, Cofagrigus, Banette, Lv62 Chandelure)

Incredible, I think Flash had a fair ending to her story in this game...she's still a mysterious character who has helped us at important times. Then we meet her again here at the Pokemon League, maybe for the last time? Or is she in the post game side of things?

We've defeated the Elite 4 and only the Champion remains. Heal up, gear up and go on to the final room (if you just go straight into it, you'll immediately go ahead to talk to Cynthia, without a chance to heal or anything). I think she was the strongest Champion out of all the Champions at the time Diamond/Pearl/Platinum came around, either in terms of the levels of her Pokemon or in terms of how strong her team was, correct me if I'm wrong. She's here now...she's ready, we're ready, let's go!

>>CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE<<

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Champion Cynthia Prize: P13200

(Lv60 Mesprit?!, Lv64 Armaldo, Rotom W, Lv66 Manaphy, Lv62 Eelektross, Roserade)

Pretty impressive lineup there, lady :) I have to say, Manaphy looks like a non-canon Pokemon ("Fakemon" in some circles haha) it's a Pokemon I can't say I've come across very often, even in rom games. But more importantly, we are the Champion!! Congratulations :D

May shows up, thinking we've just arrived to battle Cynthia and wants to offer advice (I'm pretty sure this is the exact same post-battle scene from the Gen 3 games...) before realising that she's just in time to see the new Champ. Prof. Birch shows up as well, just in time to evaluate the PokeDex of the new Champ haha sure, why not. You know what happens next, Hall of Fame yadda yadda...the game saves, roll credits.

Now it's time for the post game.

We'll be back in our room in Small Town. Downstairs we'll find Mr April, here with some great news - his ship has been completed! And he gives us the S.S. Ticket! According to him, it means new places for us to reach. Afterwards he's gone. Mom understands that we're about to leave-- suddenly, the TV turns on /OO!/ oh, it's just a news report \--.\ *phew* for a moment there I thought...

According to the news, there are reports of a Pokemon flying across the region (its colour isn't identified) and its name is unknown. After the report, Mom will ask us what colour the Pokemon is (Red or Blue) and I think, if I remember correctly, this decides whether we'll come across Latios or Latias. Well, we're off!

As soon as we step outside, depending on which colour you chose, we'll see Latios/Latias for a moment before it flies off and then a new character swoops in, identified as the Mysterious Man (don't tell me we have ourselves a new rival /==./ please dear god no...). He notes that Latios/Latias seems to like us, he knows we're the new Champ too. He sees that we have the S.S. Ticket and he wonders if we'll visit the Challenge Islands. He hopes we won't meet again ahaha, yeah, but we know how things go. Then he's off.

We have a destination. Let's go, either to Teaes or Charpos' harbours. Maybe we'll also check the grasses for Latios/Latias on our journey, unless in this game we'll meet it at a specific place instead of as a wild encounter like in the Gen 3 games.

**NOTE** I took the time to fly to Mystic Town and check if Flash is home. She's there and notices that we have the Glacidea, which makes Shaymin transform ONCE. So make that decision count.

I flew to Teaes City and went to the harbor. Flash the ticket and this time we'll have 3 options: Golden City, Battle Frontier (which we can't make use of in this version :/ ) and the Challenge Islands.

[018] CHALLENGE ISLANDS

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The lady we'll see up ahead mentions a place called Gloomist Forest and the mist that is present there. Funny enough, that is where we're headed next.

GLOOMIST FOREST

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A few steps into it, we'll see Latios/Latias again before it flies off. And just in time, enter the Mysterious Man. He notes that the mist blocked our way and tells us that in order to progress through this forest we have to find another Eon Pokemon (the title for Latias/Latios, just like Groudon is the Continent Pokemon and so on) at the peak of Mt. Fullmoon. Mr. MM goes away and we can't go further into the forest. There's some grass we can move in though and this is what I found:

Pokemon Found

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Drowzee, Kricketune, Gastly

**NOTE: Speaking to Mom again will get her registered on the PokeNav and she'll give you the Amulet Coin.

We'll be back to fully explore this place. Back to Mt. Fullmoon, enter the room on the right. The man who was blocking the entrance inside is gone now.

In this new area, get in the water and surf east until you reach a waterfall and scale it. At the top is a entrance.

There are multiple paths here: an exit to the south, an exit just up ahead, near an ascending ladder and another ascending ladder in the northeast corner. *sigh* /==./ here we go: the exit up ahead leads to a dead end. Same for that ladder near it (leads to another ascending ladder, which takes us to the dead end, where you'll find a Max Revive via Itemfinder). The ladder to the northwest leads to a Timer Ball (via Itemfinder). So we use the exit to the south.

You'll be met by boulders blocking the way. To the south is an exit and to the right is another entrance blocked by Smashable rocks. Don't bother with that exit, we'll be back outside and need Rock Climb to continue. Clear away the rocks and go in.

You got Flash? The path leads south, on the way is a descending ladder (leads to Blackglasses). Also we'll see steps going up and the path leads to another descending ladder. South is where we find an exit, which leads to a dead end basically. So take the 2nd descending ladder.

In the next place we'll see an exit. Next area, go to the left to find an ascending ladder....it leads to another exit and eventually we'll be outside again. The entrance back into the mountain is to the south.

We'll find another ascending ladder in the new area...then another exit and FINALLY we'll be at the summit. Good god almghty!

MT. FULLMOON SUMMIT

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Pokemon Found

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Vulpix, Chingling, AZELF!!, Elgyem, UXIE!!

I checked for the Mesprit in the grass around here but no luck (maybe since Cynthia has it, that might explain why I didn't find it). Oh well, 2 of 3 ain't too bad. What we're here for is the statues up ahead. There are 3 statues and each of them has a slot for those Shards we've got. Once you've put them in, interact with the bigger statue...and next thing you know, Latios/Latias appears. It is at Level 50. Good luck :)

Just in time, Mr MM shows up, interested to see that we've got the Eon Pokemon. That's pretty much it and off he goes again. Now we can go forward in the Gloomist Forest. See you there.

GLOOMIST FOREST [The Return]

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Pokemon Found

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Drowzee, Kricketune, Gastly, Venomoth, Absol

Camper Shane (Lv57 all Larvitar, Amoonguss) Prize: P1368

Picnicker Sophie (Lv58 all Glameow, Simipour) Prize: P928

After those 2, carry on north. To the right, you'll notice a new plant blocking a path going south. That plant is the liana which we were told about back at the Honey Village Warehouse. We'll need some kind of application to deal with this, remember? So we go west.

Youngster Jaylen (Lv58 Sudowoodo) Prize: P928

Ninja Boy Lung (Lv56 all Muk, Toxicroak) Prize: P672

From here, take the path on the far left and follow it north.

Psychic Jacki (Lv53 Gothorita, Lv55 Espeon) Prize: P1320 [PokeNav]

Bug Catcher Lawn (Lv55 Shelmet, Lv59 Yanmega) Prize: P944

We'll reach the end, where Gym Leader Gima is. He's out here looking for Dark-type Pokemon and lets us know that the exit is up ahead, taking us to Area R. He has a rest house there.

[019] R AREA - "The area of a new beginning."

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Places of Interest

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PokeCenter

PokeMart

Gima's Rest House

Super Rod House

R AREA Pokemart

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Ultra Ball P1200

Hyper Potion P1200

Max Potion P2500

Full Restore P3000

Full Heal P600

Revive P1500

Max Repel P700

Northwest from the PokeCenter is where we find the Super Rod House. The western exit is blocked for now. Eastern exit needs us to know Rock Climb.

Gima is home and he tells us that there will be areas which we'll need an HM to get through, so he gives the S-Machine. What's left is to get the applications and install them on the machine. I wonder if one of those applications is Rock Climb, which we still haven't gotten after all this time. Our other way out of this area is north

Q PATH

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Pokemon Found

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Meowth, Purrloin, Glameow, Liepard, Persian

(Surf) Ducklett

Fisherman Berke (Lv57 Kingler) Prize: P2280

Kindler Axle (Lv58 Heatmor) Prize: P1856

Fisherman Jod (Lv58 Basculin) Prize: P2320

Just when you think we won't find any more Travellers...heeeere's Daniel!

Traveller Daniel (Lv61 Sawk) Prize: P4880

He'll gives a Scope Lens.

Fisherman Cole (Lv60 Basculin) Prize: P2400

Surf north across the water from Cole to find a Light Ball.

Cooltrainer Gerald (Lv60 Ambipom) Prize: P3600

Then we enter Q Area.

[020] Q AREA

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Places of Interest

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PokeCenter

PokeMart

Challenge Factory

Q AREA Pokemart

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Ultra Ball P1200

Hyper Potion P1200

Max Potion P2500

Full Restore P3000

Full Heal P600

Revive P1500

Max Repel P700

In the house to the left from the south entrance of town, the lady there will give us a Wailmer Doll. North from the PokeMart is the house of the Pokemon Fan Club Chairman's younger brother :) He's just here on holiday with his Pokemon. Let's visit the Challenge Factory.

CHALLENGE FACTORY

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According to the first person at the desk, we get to do Quests from here and are rewarded with Quest Points, which we exchange for exclusive tickets that let us travel to other special islands. We exchange the QP for the tickets from the Director on the next floor (we need 50QP per ticket /OO!/ ). When you're ready, speak to the man in the middle to get the first mission: there's a girl who is lost in the Gloomist Forest, we have to bring her back. We'll need the Lawn-Mower app for the S-Machine in order to do this mission, which we have to get from the old man back at Honey Village.

[A] MISSION 1: SEEKING THE LOST GIRL.

The third man at the desk will tell us our QP score.

North of Q Area is Mr April, ready to transport us. At the moment we can sail back to Teaes City.

Pokemon Found

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Swellow, Pidgeot, Fearow

Go back to the Honey Village Warehouse and speak to the old man. He'll give us the app. No fuss, no nonsense, great :) Back to R Area.

Now we can re-enter Gloomist Forest can carry on east. Clear the lianas and continue. That item on the right is a Luxury Ball. Go the bottom right corner to find the girl...when we interact with her, she's motionless-- then we're attacked by a wild Lv50 Spiritomb! You can catch it if you're looking for one. Afterwards, the girl is okay. Her name is Roslose and she was attacked by Spiritomb when she got lost here. We can visit her at her house in A Area. After she goes, we get a call from the Challenge Factory to let us know that we've cleared the mission and we receive 35QP! All good :)

MISSION 1: SEEKING THE LOST GIRL (Cleared).

I went back to R Area, to check on the path going west and it's still blocked. So we go back to the Challenge Factory for another mission-- the man in the middle suddenly gets a call. Now things have changed, we'll be doing a special mission this time. It's from someone named Sir Steven (Stone..?) and we'll have to find him.

[B] MISSION 2: SIR. STEVEN'S QUIZ.

Speak to the man again to get the location we have to check - the Desert /==./ damnit haha.

Back in the Desert, go to the southwest and enter that cave we found that was empty. There he is, Steven Stone! He's been looking forward to meeting us after hearing about us from Cynthia. His mission involves us finding him in other places *sigh* come on man, you could do better than leading us on some goose chase. He tells us that the next location where we'll find him is a forest that we haven't been to before. We've been to the Polar Forest, Bee-Bug Forest and Gloomist Forest...so where is this other forest?

Go back to Golden City. Standing outside the Trainer Hill is Sky. He's going to take up the challenge...but first, guess what?

>>RIVAL BATTLE<<

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Pokemon Trainer Sky Prize: P12400

(Lv58 Ninetales, Lv60 Salamence, Leafeon, Milotic, Lucario, Lv62 Hippowdon)

Then he does something useful - gives us the PokeFlute app for the S-Machine (so what was the point of the battle?). This means we can wake up Snorlax and catch it. Aaand he's gone...I thought you wanted to try out the Trainer Hill?

Go into the Union Gate and wake up Snorlax. It is at Level 50. With it out of the way, we can enter that new forest, Hole Woods.

HOLE WOODS

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Pokemon Found

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Nuzleaf, Venonat, Kricketot, Kricketune

Make your way to the tree right in the middle of this place, it takes us to a snow-covered area of the forest.

Pokemon Found

.............

Snover, Cryogonal

Skier Edgar (Lv58 Sneasel, Lv60 Beartic) Prize: P3600

Skier Kaylee (Lv60 Cubchoo, Lv62 Abomasnow) Prize: P3720

Skier Carter (Lv60 Cryogonal, Lv62 Beartic) Prize: P3720

Sadly though, we reach another place where we need Rock Climb /==./

I had to check the shorthand walkthrough and it seems there is a hidden house back in the Hole Woods that we have to unlock. It's in the big northern area, so let's go back there.

You'll see 4 green rocks/bushes, you have to interact with them in this order: bottom right, top left, top right and bottom left. The funky looking house will appear /OO!/ what the...inside is Steven and he still wants to continue this dumb quest. He says he won't be in a cave or a forest...and then he's out.

Fly to Malias City and visit the Malias Library. This is where he is and thank goodness that was the last time. He notes that the wall in front of him is strange, and when he pushes it, a secret room is revealed. Inside, Steven is looking at some books which are old and the words are unclear...but they are about legendary Pokemon. He says we should visit his house, it's in L Area. When he leaves, we can take a look at the books...just the middle one. It tells the story of a battle that happened long ago, between the Pokemon of the land and the Pokemon of the sea (Groudon vs Kyogre)...and how the Red and Blue Orb were brought together to calm them down and end the natural disasters. Then there's new info where Mt. Fiery is mentioned (with the E missing) and then "under sea...AQUA...terrible war..." the rest is unreadable and suddenly, Scientist Roy and a Team Magma Grunt arrive! They were following us when we entered the Library. Roy fills in the blanks in the text and concludes that the Red Orb is on Mt. Fiery and Team Magma's Hideout is there. The two leave...and in comes Sky *sigh* this guy. He'll chase after Team Aqua while we will go to Mt. Fiery...Cynthia and other people will come later (yeah, late as usual haha). To Mt. Fiery!

The Magma Grunt who has been blocking the way here is gone now. That item just about us is TM35 (Flamethrower). Time to enter the Hideout.

TEAM MAGMA HIDEOUT

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Pokemon Found

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Heatmor, Roggenrola, Trubbish, Grimer, Magmar, Swoobat, Darumaka, Archen, Drilbur, Excadrill, Darmanitan, Heatran, Muk, Boldore

Easy path to follow, make your way to this Magma Grunt.

Team Magma Grunt (Lv61 Garbodor) Prize: P1220

The exit is just to the south.

Still going south.

Team Magma Grunt (Lv58 all Mightyena, Magmar) Prize: P1160

Below him are two Magma Grunts running around a big white machine, going in opposite directions.

Team Magma Grunt (Lv61 Mightyena) Prize: P1220

Team Magma Grunt (Lv59 Swoobat, Heatmor) Prize: P1200

Below them is an entrance to an area with a pool of lava and further down is an exit. We'll start with that area with the lava pool.

Team Magma Grunt (Lv62 Liepard) Prize: P1240

Just above him you'll find a Full Restore. Go back down and follow the path to the far right end and then continue north to see an exit. Leads to an area where we are on the upper part of it. Circle round to the bottom left, where you'll find Rare Candy.

Back to the area with Magma Grunts circling the machine, carry on to the exit south.

Team Magma Grunt (Lv61 Magmar) Prize: P1220

More lava here as we move on down. There's an entrance to a room full of drill tanks, we'll find a PP Max here.

Team Magma Grunt (Lv63 Heatmor) Prize: P1260

On the opposite side of the lava pool is a Nugget. The exit is to the south. In the next area, down the steps, and there's an entrance below.

We enter an area that looks like the interior of Flannery's Gym back in Lavaridge. I'll tell you right now that this place is a headache to get through, because you're bouncing around via those holes in the ground. Eventually you'll reach a part where you've triggered an alarm and a Magma Grunt shows up.

Team Magma Grunt (Lv58 all Mightyena, Magmar) Prize: P1160

But after we deal with him, another Magma Grunt follows.

Team Magma Grunt (Lv63 Heatmor) Prize: P1260

We take a step and another alarm goes off.

Team Magma Grunt (Lv58 all Mightyena, Magmar) Prize: P1160

It's battling the same 2 Grunts back to back /==./

Jump down and drop into the hole you'll find below. We'll pop out of the hole where we'll be up for a Double Battle.

Team Magma Grunts (Lv63 all Liepard & Heatmor) Prize: P2520

Afterwards, jump down below them and into the hole!

We're back in the Hideout, new area. I encountered Heatran here! Level 49, hopefully you will too. Follow the path south, then west and north. Look who we bump into - Magma Admin Courtney. Still upset about what happened at the Magma Building. Bring it woman!

>>BOSS BATTLE<<

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Magma Admin Courtney Prize: P2600

(Lv60 Swoobat, Raticate, Lv62 Heatmor, Lv65 Darmanitan)

Just up ahead is the other Magma Admin, Hank, letting us know that Groudon is nearby and Maxie has reached it already.

>>BOSS BATTLE<<

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Magma Admin Hank Prize: P2640

(Lv60 Swoobat, Mightyena, Lv66 Emboar, Lv64 Heatmor)

Scientist Roy is here too, but he won't battle us. Near him is a Max Revive. Make your way south and confront Maxie. He uses the Red Orb to awaken Groudon...it wakes up...aaand uses Instant Transmission to leave Mt. Fiery! So much for Maxie's plans, but he turns to us next.

>>BOSS BATTLE<<

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Magma Leader Maxie Prize: P5600

(Lv64 Archeops, Lv70 Magmortar, Lv66 Heatran)

He doesn't understand why Groudon fled, but he'll be going after it. Use the exit.

In the new area, that item on the left is the Max Repel. Magby can be found here. Up the steps, there's an entrance and we're back in a previous area. We're done with Mt. Fiery, Groudon's out and about somewhere so somebody has to stop it.

Next place? We go back to the Festa Zone and speak to the 2 guys to the west who are blocking the way for "people who aren't authorised"...Wally will appear to clear things for us, saying we got permission from Mr Stone. The Watchmen leave and we catch up with Wally. He says Sky called him and is in another place called Aqua Town.

Get the water and surf north, until you reach an island with a cave entrance.

The interior looks like a temple and has wild Pokemon.

Pokemon Found

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Bronzong, Bronzor, Woobat, Swoobat, Shieldon

Can't seem to be able to do anything here :/ but at least you can get a Bronzong and Shieldon. Leave the island and continue to surf north.

ROUTE AG

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Pokemon Found

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Frillish, Mantine

Swimmer Harrison (Lv63 Mantine) Prize: P756

Swimmer Petty (Lv64 Vaporeon) Prize: P512

Soon enough, we'll reach a new place - Silver Town.

[021] SILVER TOWN - "The quiet and scary town."

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Places of Interest

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Pyre Tower

PokeCenter

One of the ladies we talk to says if we explore Pyre Tower at night, we'll find Ghost-type Pokemon. It's 11:33pm when I get here, so let's have a look.

PYRE TOWER

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Pokemon Found

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Shuppet, Elgyem

Even on the 1st Floor there are wild Pokemon.

2nd Floor

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Pokemon Found

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Litwick, Sableye, Shuppet

PokeManiac Mark (Lv62 Nidoking) Prize: P3720

PokeManiac Leah (Lv63 Beheeyem) Prize: P3780

Black Belt Zander (Lv62 Throh) Prize: P1984

Young Couple Dez & Luke (Lv62 all Gastrodon & Gastrodon2) Prize: P3968

Near the love birds is an Ultra Ball. The man to the right side of the room mentions that there are holes in the floor, to make for a quick way down from upper floors.

3rd Floor

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Pokemon Found

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Shuppet, Litwick

Psychic Kayla (Lv58 all Elgyem, Gothitelle, Yamask) Prize: P1392

Pokemon Breeder Gabrielle (Lv58 Rotom x6) Prize: P2320 [PokeNav]

Psychic William (Lv56 Mr. Mime, Girafarig, Lv60 Chimecho) Prize: P1440

Near William is a Max Repel. There are 2 holes to the south.

4th Floor

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Pokemon Found

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Shuppet, Burmy S, Litwick, Elgyem

To the south is an item we'll be able to reach by falling back here from the upper floor.

PokeManiac Tasha (Lv61 Banette) Prize: P3660

5th Floor

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Pokemon Found

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Lampert, Shuppet, Litwick

Black Belt Atsushi (Lv60 Hariyama) Prize: P1920

South from him is another item we can't reach from here.

6th Floor

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Pokemon Found

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Lampert, Burmy S, Sableye

PokeManiac Valerie (Lv62 Sableye) Prize: P3720 [PokeNav]

Psychic Cedric (Lv63 Beheeyem) Prize: P1512

The item below is TM30 (Shadow Ball). This is the top floor, and there's a hole in the floor...so, down we go.

Back on the 5th Floor, we'll reach the item, a Lax Incense. Fall down the hole on the bottom.

Back on the 4th Floor, we'll reach the item, a Sea Incense.

We go all the way back down to the 1st Floor. Done and done.

Outside, we leave town via the northern path.

ROUTE AH

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Pokemon Found

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Gurdurr, Audino, Timburr

(Surf) Mantyke

To the west we'll find Stardust.

Picnicker Diana (Lv59 all Snivy, Swadloon, Combee) Prize: P944 [PokeNav]

Camper Ethan (Lv58 Phanpy, Lv60 Tailow) Prize: P1440 [PokeNav]

North from Ethan you can see we'll need Rock Climb to progress /==./ what else is new? Northeast from him though is Rare Candy. Surf along that eastern edge going back south, until you see steps going down further.

Fisherman Andrew Prize: P2360

(Lv52 Basculin, Lv56 Wailord, Lv59 Kingler)

Swimmer Dean (Lv56 Dewgong, Lv58 Wailord, Lapras) Prize: P696

Swimmer Nikki (Lv56 Swanna, Lv62 Alomomola) Prize: P496

North from Nikki are steps heading up to Aqua Town.

[022] AQUA TOWN - "The mystical town where history slumbers."

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Places of Interest

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PokeCenter

PokeMart

Places of Interest whose entrances are blocked by rocks /oO?/ we also can't enter any of the houses. Strange. The other way out of town is east.

Pokemon Found

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Swanna, Frillish

There's a Dive spot to the northeast. Underwater, go south and enter the cave you see there. Ignore the submarine haha just hit the surface. In the cave, go through the entrance, where we'll be ambushed by an Aqua Grunt.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv62 Wailord) Prize: P1240

Pokemon Found

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Woobat, Boldore, Swoobat

Near her is a cave chamber entrance, north from her is another Aqua Grunt and another entrance. They lead to the same area.

Team Aqua Grunt (Lv62 Gastrodon) Prize: P1240

In the next area, clear away the rocks and boulders to reach the next entrance.

3rd area, I came across Terrakion as a wild encounter! Level 49. Didn't come across the other Terras :/ there are 2 pools here, surf in the left one to reach a Dive spot. Underwater, the surface spot is on the right. We'll be on the northern side of this area...and standing near the next entrance is Sky. He's been overwhelmed by the number of Aqua Grunts here, so he can't battle. Be ready, because when you walk into the next area, we're met by Aqua Admins Shelly and Matt for a Double Battle. Will they stop us this time??

>>BOSS BATTLE<<

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Aqua Admins Shelly & Matt Prize: P5200

(Lv62 Swoobat x2, Lv63 Alomomola, Politoed, Lv65 Gastrodon, Kingler)

After we dimiss the Admins, up ahead we'll find Archie, with Kyogre! The legendary Pokemon disappears just like Groudon, and the Aqua boss faces us now.

>>BOSS BATTLE<<

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Aqua Leader Archie Prize: P5600

(Lv64 Aerodactyl, Lv66 Seismitoad, Lv67 Kabutops, Lv70 Carracosta)

He's not affected by us beating him, because he suddenly gets a call from Aqua Grunts who are outside...it's now raining heavily, much more than Team Aqua needed for their sea expansion plan! Cynthia and Sky show up to try and settle things. Archie still has the Blue Orb, he thinks he'll be able to control Kyogre. Cynthia tells us to leave too.

We appear back outside, in the rain and to the south we see Maxie and Archie, trying to comprehend what they've done. We see Groudon and Kyogre duke it out, a clash of legendary proportions, before we're back in focus. We can surf back to Aqua Town and this time the PokeCenter and PokeMart are accessible.

AQUA TOWN Pokemart

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Ultra Ball P1200

Hyper Potion P1200

Max Potion P2500

Full Restore P3000

Full Heal P600

Revive P1500

Max Repel P700

Everyone is reacting to the sudden shift in the weather and the 2 legends fighting. We'll find Wally, Sky, Steven too. Steven feels this is his fault since he unlocked that secret room in the Malias Library. In order to stop Groudon and Kyogre, we have to find a 3rd legendary Pokemon - Rayquaza! But he doesn't know where it is...yet somehow we do..? We'll be given 4 options: Cave of Origin, Mt. Pyre, Sky Pillar, Don't Remember. Interesting enough, when you choose Cave of Origin Steven will tell us that it's in A Area and he's been there already. Of course the answer is Sky Pillar.

Also near the fighting Pokemon we'll find Prof. Birch and May but like everyone else, they can't do jack about the current situation. To the east from Birch and May is Mr April. Where is the Sky Pillar?

Remember that island with the temple-like interior? It's back in Route AG - that is the Sky Pillar now.

SKY PILLAR

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Pokemon Found (Entrance Room)

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Bronzong, Bronzor, Woobat, Swoobat, Shieldon

This time there'll be an opening to a back room.

(Room 2)

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Here you have to be careful of the new floor, you'll fall right through. To pass over it you need the Mach Bike.

(Room 3)

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Druddigon, Bronzor, Bronzong, Woobat

No troublesome floor here fortunately, but take note of that doorway in the middle.

(Room 4)

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Can't say the same here /==./ get that bike ready. But there's a trick to this room, because the doorway we're aiming for is the one on the left, which we can't reach. You have to make your way to the breakable floor near those doorways, fall through back to Room 3 where we'll be near the middle doorway. That brings back to Room 4 and we can enter that doorway on the left.

(Room 5)

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Woobat, Sigilyph, Bronzor

No problem here. We're going for the final room.

(Final Room)

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Surprise, surprise, who do we find here - Mr Mysterious Man. He's aware of the Groudon x Kyogre situation and wonders if we can awaken Rayquaza. As usual, he's gone before we know it. Up ahead, a stairway appears, which takes us to the Stratos Lookout.

Rayquaza awakens and flies off. Our job here is done.

Back to the big battle. We're just in time to see Rayquaza fly down from the heavens and put Groudon x Kyogre in their place. Peace returns to Hoenn and Rayquaza flies off. The weather is back to normal. Steven thanks us for saving the day. It seems Archie and Maxie have disappeared, but they won't be a problem anymore..they've learned their lesson. As a reward, Steven gives us HM05 (Rock Climb)!! Jesus Christ, we only get it now?! Oh but that's not the cherry on top, no, guess what we have to do next in order to "activate it"?? Compete in the Pokemon League AGAIN. Why??

Just when you take a step forward...anyway, fly back to the Pokemon League. Let's just get this over with /==./ this time the Elite 4 each have a full team.

>>ELITE 4 BATTLE<< (Remix)

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Elite 4 Bertha (Ground-type) Prize: P7800

(Lv74 Gastrodon, Lv75 Nidoqueen, Excadrill, Lv76 Landorus!!, Lv78 Swampert, Lv77 Rhyperior)

Elite 4 Adeku (Fire-type) Prize: P7800

(Lv75 Darmanitan, Flareon, Lv77 Moltres!, Blaziken, Emboar, Lv78 Charizard)

Elite 4 Ice (Dragon-type) Prize: P8000

(Lv77 Druddigon, Lv78 Flygon, Lv79 Kingdra, Lv79 Haxorus, Dragonite, Lv80 Latios!!)

Elite 4 Flash?! /OO!/ (Ghost-type) Prize: P8400

(Lv80 Spiritomb, Cofagrigus, Lv81 Banette, Lv82 Golurk Lv83 Gengar, Lv84 Chandelure)

Yeah, same dialogue, and yes, battling CHAMPION Cynthia AGAIN. This is so stupid.

>>CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE<< (Remix)

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Champion Cynthia Prize: P17200

(Lv82 Mesprit, Lv84 Armaldo, Manaphy Lv85 Roserade, Eelektross, Lv86 Latias!!?)

*sigh* gotta replay the whole post-battle scene too, Hall of Fame & credits too. Can't even skip them.

I'm done. According to the shorthand walkthrough, all that's left is to catch legends and after everything that has happened in this game, I'm going to pass. I'll post what the shorthand walkthrough says you do next after battling the Elite 4 again:

Golden City > Prepare: Pokemon know Flash, Rocksmash, Dig, Wailord, Relicanth > Hole Woods > Route AE > Froster Town > Mt blizzard, Route AF > Ancient Ruins > Unlock 3 cave in the Ancient Ruins (use Flash middle,run around clockwise, right down use Rock Smash like Emerald) > Find trio beast: Entei Route K, Suicne Route U, Raikou Altering Cave (Route AB) > Return the Ruins > The top middle cave > Use Dig > Relicanth as Lead, Wailord as Rear > Obtain Unown Note on the wall > Exit > Catch Ho-oh in the secret cave at the top left (if want) > Route Y > Artisan Hill > Catch Mew > Catch Groudon (A path), Kyogre (Route R) (you can catch it after the war between them in Aqua Town) > Catch Giratina (Torn World, you can enter it form Deep Forest (Polar Forest)) > Catch Dialga (Mt.Fullmoon)

The game had some promise in the beginnning but as we got deeper and deeper into it, you got glimpses of an original story mixed in with the story from Emerald version. Why? Too many dead ends, in such a big world that would otherwise be fun to explore. Plot points that didn't make any sense or were just really unnecessary or were just plain stupid. Little things like that are what spoil good games and for me the Rock Climb situation and going through the whole League + Hall of Fame + Credits again, just so we can use it and be able to catch legends? Too late :(

The region looked cool, shenanigans aside, I would've enjoyed traveling across it. The Challenge Factory Quest mechanic was an interesting idea, minus the Steven mission. The original story, had it not been mixed with the Emerald version plot, could've been cool to dive into because it was promising in the beginning. The Teleport System idea could've been cool if it had been activated early in the game for us to travel between places we've been to before until we got Fly, not what we actually got. Same with the Battle Tent, Battle Frontier and Trainer Hill, not being able to play them was really unfortunate.

If you still found my walkthrough to be useful despite the rants and points of frustration, thank you. I saw the shorthand walkthrough when I considered playing this game and seeing how lacking in detail it was, I just thought I'd try to type up a more fleshed out guide while playing the game. I wish it had been an overall fun experience.

If you enjoyed the game, give a shout out to the creator 12345 at the Pokemon Community site. Shout out to Knuckle San over at http://gbahacks.blogspot.com for hosting games like this one and offering help to players.

Any other rom hacks that you would like to recommend that I do walkthroughs for, you can let me know via email:

allenchngnzh22@gmail.com

Until next time, take care!

Allen Chingonzoh

12 May 2019

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