Friend Areas

Once Skarmory is defeated Diglett is safe and you are free to head back. After you are back in town, Friend Areas will be unlocked after a short talk with Magenemite and Wigglytuff. Now you can buy Friend Areas and pickup new recruits.

Sinister Woods

Complete at least three rescue jobs to encounter an event with Team Meanies. They will "steal" all of the rescue jobs in your mailbox (they will still be there anyway). Pelipper will bring another job to your mailbox immediately after. Complete two more rescue jobs to bring Caterpie to your base. He will explain that his friend Metapod is trapped in Sinister Woods, and how he wants you to rescue him. Team Meanies will come up behind you, and say they will do the mission instead.

Sinister Woods Pokémon

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Swinub	1-3	8	10.9%
	Oddish	1-4	7	12%
	Sudowoodo	1-4	7	10.4%
	Sunflora	2-7	8	Unrecruitable
	Sentret	3-6	6	7.3%
	Silcoon	4-6	8	-19%
	Cascoon	4-6	8	-19%
	Shroomish	6-12	9	7.7%
	Linoone	7-9	8	Unrecruitable
	Ledyba	7-10	7	12.1%
	Wooper	8-10	10	11.9%
	Scyther	8-11	10	10%
	Exeggutor	10-12	8	Unrecruitable
	Hoothoot	10-12	6	7%
	Slakoth	10-12	8	11.3%
Team Meanies
	Ekans	13	15	Unrecruitable Boss
	Gengar	13	15	Unrecruitable Boss
	Medicham	13	12	Unrecruitable Boss

Team Meanies

Once you reach floor 13, you will have to defeat Team Meanies. If you are having trouble with this battle then you may need to level up more or bring more items.

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Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Gengar♂ Lv.15 Curse ???   --       Lick Ghost   --       Spite Ghost   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Types: Poison Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Ekans♂ Lv.15 Bite Dark   --       Wrap Normal   --       Leer Normal   --       Poison Sting Poison   --       Types: Fighting Psychic Ability: Pure Power Held item: None Medicham♀ Lv.12 Ice Punch Ice   --       Detect Fighting   --       ThunderPunch Electric   --       Confusion Psychic   --

Silent Chasm

When you wake up, head to Pokémon Square and watch the scene of Jumpluff begging Shiftry to create wind so Jumpluff can escape from Silent Chasm. Team A.C.T. will then come and make Shifty go. After a few missions Jumpluff will come to your team base and say that Shiftry never came back. Jumpluff will take you to the entrance of Silent Chasm. At the entrance, you will be asked a number of questions, and no matter what you answer, it will lead to your rescue team going into Silent Chasm to rescue Shiftry.

Wild Pokémon

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Farfetch'd	1-3	10	7.2%
	Teddiursa	1-3	10	11.4%
	Weedle	1-6	8	11.4%
	Yanma	1-8	10	7.4%
	Gloom	1-9	10	-19%
	Dustox	4-7	10	Unrecruitable
	Houndour	5-7	11	11.4%
	Poliwag	5-9	10	8.1%
	Spinarak	6-9	11	7.8%
	Trapinch	6-9	11	8.3%
	Paras	7-9	11	11.4%
	Beedrill	9	10	Unrecruitable

Zapdos

At the end of Silent Chasm you will meet Zapdos. You will be able to save Jumpluff but Zapdos flies off to Mt. Thunder with Shiftry.

Mt. Thunder

In Pokémon Square Everyone is worying about Shiftry, Your Team and Team A.C.T. decide to go rescue Shiftry. Shiftry will be in Mt Thunder.

Mt. Thunder

When you arrive at Mt. Thunder your partner will be wondering where Alakazam's team went, then speak of how tough fighting Zapdos sounds. No matter how scared he is he'll get over it and the two of you will be ready for quite a battle.

Wild Pokémon

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Weedle	1-4	8	11.4%
	Nidoran♂	1-4	12	12.6%
	Electrike	1-4	12	7.8%
	Cacnea	1-4	11	7.2%
	Pidgeotto	2-5	11	-19%
	Beedrill	5-8	10	Unrecruitable
	Electabuzz	5-8	12	Unrecruitable
	Stantler	5-9	9	7.2%
	Ampharos	6-10	12	Unrecruitable
	Gligar	7-10	12	8.5%
	Manectric	8-10	9	Unrecruitable
	Growlithe	9-10	10	10.6%

Mt. Thunder Peak

When you get to the 11th floor there will be a save point where your belly and your HP goes up to full.

Pokémon		Floors	Levels	Recruit Rate
	Growlithe	1-2	10	10.6%
	Electabuzz	1-2	12	Unrecruitable
	Ampharos	1-2	12	Unrecruitable
	Gligar	1-2	12	8,5%
	Manectric	1-2	9	Unrecruitable
	Zapdos	3	25	30%
Zapdos cannot be recruited until after the end credits.

Fighting Zapdos

Before you can rescue Shiftry, Zapdos must be defeated.

Zapdos' moves

	Types: Electric Flying
Zapdos Lv.25
Agility Psychic   --       Peck Flying   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       ThunderShock Electric   --

After Zapdos is defeated you will be able to rescue Shiftry. Team A.C.T. will then show up and Alakazam will reveal that he can tell you're a human. He then tells you to go to the top of Great Canyon and meet Xatu.

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