View Full-size

Route 18

Wild Pokemon¶

Name	Type	Location	Encounter Rate
Tropius	Grass/Flying	Any Grass	10%
Carnivine	Grass	Any Grass	10%
Watchog	Normal	Any Grass	10%
Throh	Fighting	All Grass	20%, 5% (Shaking Grass)
Sawk	Fighting	All Grass	20%, 5% (Shaking Grass)
Crustle	Bug/Rock	Any Grass	20%
Scrafty	Dark/Fighting	Any Grass	30%
Audino	Normal	Shaking Grass	85%
Dunsparce	Normal	Shaking Grass	10%
Hoppip	Grass/Flying	Swarm	40%

Name	Type	Location	Encounter Rate
Frillish	Water/Ghost	Surf	50%
Alomomola	Water	Surf	95% (Rippling)
Jellicent	Water/Ghost	Surf	2.5% (Rippling)
Horsea	Water	Super Rod	30%, 60% (Rippling)
Finneon	Water	Super Rod	65%
Corsola	Water/Rock	Super Rod	5%
Seadra	Water	Super Rod	5% (Rippling)
Kingdra	Water/Dragon	Super Rod	5% (Rippling)
Lumineon	Water	Super Rod	30% (Rippling)

Move west and move onto the beach. Go up both sets of stairs until you reach the Tall Grass at the top. Move north through it over to the Veteran. Time for another Pokemon battle! This one’s a Triple Battle!

Triple Battle: Veteran¶

Pokemon	Level	Type
Kingdra	68	Water/Dragon
Skarmory	68	Steel/Flying
Donphan	68	Ground

View Full-size

Don’t be shy; free healing’s just nearby!

Once she’s been taken down, head north, then west along the path to the shack. Enter it. Talk to the female Ace Trainer inside at any time to heal your Pokemon . The shady-looking man in the north-east corner of the room will buy any Rare Bones off of you for a grand total of $10000 each.

Feel free to sell them to him if you want. Once you’re done, head back outside. Head south to the bridge. Move over it and use Strength to push the boulder into the hole. Move over the boulder to the Black Belt moving around in circles. Go and beat him up before he makes you dizzy.

Trainer Battle: Black Belt¶

Pokemon	Level	Type
Hariyama	65	Fighting
Throh	65	Fighting
Hitmontop	65	Fighting

Once he’s been fought, head to the south-east corner of this area. Locate the hidden Rare Candy using your Dowsing MCHN, then head back to the Black Belt. Now head south-west and grab the Zinc sitting in the Tall Grass. Head back to the Black Belt and head back over the bridge

Once you’re over, head west to the stairs leading down. Move down them to the sand below. First head south right down to the water. Use your Dowsing MCHN to find the Pearl String hidden in the rock. Move back north and move up the steps leading east to the boulder.

Use Strength on the boulder and push it into the hole. Once it’s in the hole, head east under the bridge and down the steps to an out-of-the-way sandy area. There’s a Veteran here. You know what that means!

Trainer Battle: Veteran¶

Pokemon	Level	Type
Tyranitar	70	Rock/Dark

Grab the Star Piece north of the Veteran then backtrack all the way past the boulder, down the stairs to the sand there. Head north up the stairs to the Hiker.

Trainer Battle: Hiker¶

Pokemon	Level	Type
Hippopotas	64	Ground
Hippowdon	64	Ground
Crustle	64	Bug/Rock

From there, move west, then south through the Tall Grass until you come upon the Veteran.

Trainer Battle: Veteran¶

Pokemon	Level	Type
Salamence	70	Dragon/Flying

Continue south past her to the very end where you’ll find TM19 - Telekinesis ! Snatch ‘er up and head back north until you’re out of the Tall Grass. Now just continue along the main path leading north. When you finally hit some stairs taking you north, move up them.

At the top you’ll find a familiar face, if you played Diamond/Pearl/Platnium at least. It’s Crasher Wake, a former Gym Leader! After speaking with him for a bit, he’ll eventually leave. Follow the path taking you east. Head over the bridge when you reach it.

Halfway across is a Veteran… what a troll!. Let’s teach this troll a lesson! This happens to be a Rotation Battle, by the way.

Rotation Battle: Veteran¶

Pokemon	Level	Type
Staraptor	68	Normal/Flying
Relicanth	68	Water/Rock
Krookodile	68	Ground/Dark

View Full-size

With the Magma Stone, you can encounter Legendary Pokemon Heatran.

Head over to the other side of the bridge and grab the Magma Stone . This key item can be used to summon Heatran in Reversal Mountain . If you want, you can skip ahead to Reversal Mountain now, although there isn’t much left to explore, so let’s clean up here first.

Go down the stairs all the way down to the beach. Use your Dowsing MCHN to find the Heart Scale buried in the sand. Use **** Surf to head out onto the water; time to explore the rest of Route 17 !