Appendix:Platinum walkthrough/Section 8: Difference between revisions

Route 207

That ramp at the bottom leads to Oreburgh City, where you can now have easy access to return to. Consider healing there before heading east to Route 207. There are quite a few Trainers here, as well as a Hyper Potion, which is hard to obtain for your bag at this point of the game right now, so stick with Super Potions unless you truly need it. As you try to enter Mt. Coronet's south entrance, Dawn or Lucas will appear and give you the Vs. Seeker, and then the Dowsing Machine app on your Pokétch. Proceed into Mt. Coronet after they have left.

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Geodude D P Pt Grass 5-7 55% Geodude D P Pt Grass 5-7 30% Machop D P Pt Grass 5-8 35% 45% 25% Ponyta D P Pt Grass 5-7 25% 25% 15% Kricketot D P Pt Grass 6 10% 0% 0% Kricketot D P Pt Grass 5 10% 0% 10% Zubat D P Pt Grass 6 0% 0% 10% Zubat D P Pt Grass 5 0% 0% 10% Special Pokémon Phanpy D P Pt Swarm 5-7 40% Larvitar D P Pt Poké Radar 6-7 22% Stantler D P Pt Poké Radar 5-7 22% Gligar D P Pt Dual-slot Emerald 7 8% A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Trainers

Trainer Pokémon Camper Anthony Camper Anthony Reward: $352 Chimchar♂ Lv.22 No item Picnicker Lauren Picnicker Lauren Reward: $352 Pachirisu♀ Lv.22 No item Hiker Justin Hiker Justin Reward: $640 Geodude♂ Lv.20 No item Nosepass♂ Lv.20 No item Youngster Austin Youngster Austin Reward: $336 Luxio♂ Lv.18 No item Buizel♂ Lv.18 No item Gligar♂ Lv.21 No item Hiker Kevin Hiker Kevin Reward: $608 Geodude♂ Lv.17 No item Geodude♂ Lv.19 No item Geodude♂ Lv.17 No item Onix♂ Lv.19 No item Battle Girl Helen Battle Girl Helen Reward: $336 Machop♂ Lv.21 No item Meditite♀ Lv.21 No item Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Mt. Coronet (South Area Part 1)

In here, you'll mainly find Cyrus here right now ranting about his perfecting the world before leaving. Just walk to the other side of this small section of Mt. Coronet, then walk out of the exit to Route 208. You won't be able to do anything else important here until much later in the game.

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Bronzor D P Pt Cave 14-18 10% Meditite D P Pt Cave 14-16 10% Machop D P Pt Cave 13-16 20% Chingling D P Pt Cave 14-16 10% Geodude D P Pt Cave 12-13 15% Zubat D P Pt Cave 14-16 10% Nosepass D P Pt Cave 14-18 5% Cleffa D P Pt Cave 12-14 25% 5% 5% Clefairy D P Pt Cave 17 10% 0% 0% Surfing and Fishing Zubat D P Pt Surfing 20-40 90% Golbat D P Pt Surfing 20-40 10% Magikarp D P Pt Fishing Old Rod 3-10 100% Magikarp D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 10-25 65% Barboach D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 10-25 35% Gyarados D P Pt Fishing Super Rod 30-55 65% Whiscash D P Pt Fishing Super Rod 20-50 35% A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Route 208

There are many Trainers to battle on this route. Battle them if you wish. However two of cannot be fought until much later in the game. Go across the small bridge, then go down the stairs. Go through the wild grass, then go through the entrance of Hearthome City to access Hearthome City.

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Bidoof D P Pt Grass 18 20% Bibarel D P Pt Grass 18-20 20% Psyduck D P Pt Grass 16-18 10% Roselia D P Pt Grass 19-20 15% Ralts D P Pt Grass 17-18 15% Budew D P Pt Grass 18-19 30% 30% 20% Zubat D P Pt Grass 19 0% 0% 30% Special Pokémon Smeargle D P Pt Poké Radar 17-20 22% Dunsparce D P Pt Swarm 16 40% Seviper D P Pt Dual-slot Sapphire 18 & 20 8% Zangoose D P Pt Dual-slot Ruby 18 8% A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Trainers

Trainer Pokémon Hiker Robert Hiker Robert イツクニ Itsukuni Reward: $704 Nosepass♂ Lv.22 No item Black Belt Kyle Black Belt Kyle ゴウタ Gōta Reward: $552 Machop♂ Lv.23 No item Hiker Jonathan Hiker Jonathan アツオ Atsuo Reward: $704 Onix♂ Lv.22 No item Aroma Lady Hannah Aroma Lady Hannah テイコ Teiko Reward: $704 Roselia♀ Lv.18 No item Combee♂ Lv.22 No item Artist William Artist William モトフミ Motofumi Reward: $960 Mime Jr.♂ Lv.20 No item Bonsly♂ Lv.20 No item Surf is required Fisherman Cody Fisherman Cody テルマサ Terumasa Reward: $1056 Barboach♂ Lv.33 No item Gyarados♂ Lv.33 No item Rock Climb is required Hiker Alexander Hiker Alexander クマオ Kumao Reward: $1280 Graveler♂ Lv.38 No item Probopass♂ Lv.40 No item Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Berry Master's House

Here is the Berry Master's house. Each day, he will give you a fresh berry. You may also get the Berry App Counter, that shows where there are Berries ready to pick, that you planted.

Mulch
Berry Master's wife Growth Mulch $200 Damp Mulch $200 Stable Mulch $200 Gooey Mulch $200

Hearthome City

Hearthome City

Once you arrive at Hearthome City, a lost Buneary will run into you. After that her Trainer will appear and thank you for catching her Buneary and she will suggest you to go to the Contest Hall and leave. It is to the left and behind the Hearthome Gym. Once you get there, you'll find her talking to your mom. They will both talk to you about contests, and leave. Then go to the front desk and talk to the woman dressed in Purple. She will reveal herself as Fantina the Gym Leader of the City. The she'll leave to the Gym where you will be able to challenge her.

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After that you can take a look around the city. Next to the Pokémon Center is Bebe's house, the Sinnoh administrator of Pokémon box system. If you talk to her and have a spare slot in your party, you can get an Eevee from her. It is at level 20, and is a Normal type. If you don't have an open slot in your party, then you can always get it later. Also if you save before you get one since there is a 12.5 chance it will be a female and through this method it will be easier to get one especially since it will make it easier to breed Eevee and get all 7 of it's evolutions without having to trade a Ditto or catch one after getting the National Pokédex.

Also at east of the Poké mart is the Pokémon Fan Club. Go inside and talk to the man inside. After listening to his rambles, he will give you the Poffin Case, which is essential on making Poffins. Poffins can be made in the building west of the Poké Mart, known as the Poffin House.

Next to it is the Pokémon Hotel. If you go to the second floor and talk to the woman with the Clefairy, she will give you a Shell Bell. This item can be useful, as it heals the user by 1/8 of its Max HP when it inflicts damage.

Amity Square

Amity Square

At the northwest and northeast of the city, you can find the entrance of Amity Square, where you can find some Accessories, an Amulet Coin, TM43 (Secret Power) and TM45 (Attract). Since the design for Amity Square is much different from Diamond and Pearl you'll need to make two trips using both entrances to get all the items. Keep in mind, you'll need a "cute" Pokémon to enter. Your starter in any of it's evolutionary forms will work. Additionally each hut contains 3 teleporters that can teleport you to a different location. To access 2 of these teleporters, move your character to the exact position right before entering the hut completely and therefore using the teleporter on the upper half and then press left or right to access the hidden left or right transporters. It is the only way to access the area where you can get the Spooky Plate.

Hearthome Gym

Hearthome City Gym

Once you're done exploring the town, you can go to the Hearthome Gym. The Gym is located at the northeast of the city. The Gym leader, Fantina, uses Ghost-type Pokémon. The design of the Gym is a dark room, using Duskull lamps to serve as walls, to create a maze. These also have glowing eyes that will let the player see, not counting the flashlights that every challenger has. The goal of the puzzle is to find first the blue pattern, then go to the door that has the same pattern. If you pick the wrong door, you'll find yourself back at the beginning. After the second room, you'll find Fantina and be able to fight her to earn the Relic Badge.

Hearthome Gym Trainers Trainer Pokémon Youngster Donny Youngster Donny テルヤ Teruya Reward: $352 Gastly♂ Lv.20 No item Drifloon♂ Lv.22 No item Lass Molly Lass Molly ナミエ Namie Reward: $368 Misdreavus♀ Lv.23 No item School Kid Chance School Kid Chance ガクト Gakuto Reward: $460 Gastly♂ Lv.23 No item School Kid Mackenzie School Kid Mackenzie ユミカ Yumika Reward: $420 Drifloon♀ Lv.21 No item Drifloon♀ Lv.21 No item Ace Trainer Allen Ace Trainer Allen レイト Reito Reward: $1440 Gastly♂ Lv.21 No item Gastly♂ Lv.22 No item Haunter♂ Lv.24 No item Ace Trainer Catherine Ace Trainer Catherine ユウカ Yūka Reward: $1440 Haunter♀ Lv.23 No item Misdreavus♀ Lv.24 No item Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon. File:FantinaPlatinum.gif Leader Fantina Hearthome Gym Platinum Leader and Professor Fantina Oak Hearthome Gym Platinum Reward: $3120 Types: Ghost Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: None Duskull♀ Lv.24 Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Shadow Sneak Ghost Physical   --       Future Sight Psychic Special   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Haunter♀ Lv.24 Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Types: Ghost Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: Sitrus Berry Mismagius♀ Lv.26 Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Magical Leaf Grass Special   --

Fantina and her Pokémon can be a bit of a pain, particularly her Mismagius. One of her annoying ones though is her lead Pokémon, her Duskull. Duskull is very defensive and may take a few hits to take down. It has Will-O-Wisp to burn you, which is not good, because burn halves the Attack stat. Apply Burn Heals right away. It has Pursuit and Shadow Sneak, Pursuit doing more damage if your switching and Shadow Sneak always going first, like Quick Attack. Future Sight will do damage to any Pokémon after two turns. Do not forget Future Sight, as it could seriously mess you up. Thankfully it lacks much offensive attacking power. Her Haunter is a different story though. It has a scary Sp. Attack stat with high Speed to go along, but thankfully it has no Special based attacks, and has quite low defenses. It has Shadow Claw, a Ghost type attack with a high critical hit ratio, and Sucker Punch, which will strike before you for 80 power, but only works if you are attacking. Like Duskull though, Haunter's role is annoyance, and it will disrupt you with Confuse Ray before going in for Hypnosis to set you up for Fantina's Mismagius. Mismagius is a fully evolved demon, and the worse thing about it is that it is packing Shadow Ball, a powerful Ghost-type attack that uses Mismagius' high Sp. Atk to deal the damage. Not good! It has Psybeam and Magical Leaf backing it up, with Confuse Ray to disrupt as well. Something like a Staravia would do well as it is immune to Shadow Ball and halves the damage from Magical Leaf. Confuse Ray is only a minor problem compared to Mismagius' other moves.

Route 209

Route 209

Now having earned your Relic Badge, You've now done all there is to do in Hearthome. Now's it's time for you to move on to Route 209. Since you can start purchasing Great Balls from the Poké Mart due to having three badges it is recommended you start using them in place of the regular Poké Balls. As you enter the guardpost that separates Hearthome City from Route 209, you'll encounter Barry there who will challenge you to another battle.

If the player chose Turtwig:	If the player chose Chimchar:	If the player chose Piplup:
File:RivalPlatinum.gif Pokémon Trainer Barry Hearthome City Platinum Pokémon Trainer and Professor Barry Oak Hearthome City Platinum Reward: $2700 Types: Normal Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Staravia♂ Lv.25 Double Team Normal Status   --       Wing Attack Flying Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Endeavor Normal Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Swift Swim Held item: None Buizel♂ Lv.23 Water Gun Water Special   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Growl Normal Status   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Roselia♂ Lv.23 Stun Spore Grass Status   --       Mega Drain Grass Special   --       Poison Sting Poison Physical   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Types: Fire Fighting Ability: Blaze Held item: None Monferno♂ Lv.27 Mach Punch Fighting Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Flame Wheel Fire Physical   --       Taunt Dark Status   --	File:RivalPlatinum.gif Pokémon Trainer Barry Hearthome City Platinum Pokémon Trainer and Professor Barry Oak Hearthome City Platinum Reward: $2700 Types: Normal Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Staravia♂ Lv.25 Double Team Normal Status   --       Wing Attack Flying Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Endeavor Normal Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Flash Fire Held item: None Ponyta♂ Lv.23 Stomp Normal Physical   --       Flame Wheel Fire Physical   --       Growl Normal Status   --       Tail Whip Normal Status   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Roselia♂ Lv.23 Stun Spore Grass Status   --       Mega Drain Grass Special   --       Poison Sting Poison Physical   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: None Prinplup♂ Lv.27 Pound Normal Physical   --       Peck Flying Physical   --       BubbleBeam Water Special   --       Metal Claw Steel Physical   --	File:RivalPlatinum.gif Pokémon Trainer Barry Hearthome City Platinum Pokémon Trainer and Professor Barry Oak Hearthome City Platinum Reward: $2700 Types: Normal Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Staravia♂ Lv.25 Double Team Normal Status   --       Wing Attack Flying Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Endeavor Normal Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Swift Swim Held item: None Buizel♂ Lv.23 Water Gun Water Special   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Growl Normal Status   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Flash Fire Held item: None Ponyta♂ Lv.23 Stomp Normal Physical   --       Flame Wheel Fire Physical   --       Growl Normal Status   --       Tail Whip Normal Status   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Grotle♂ Lv.27 Bite Dark Physical   --       Razor Leaf Grass Physical   --       Absorb Grass Special   --       Curse ??? Status   --

This time around he'll have two out of three new Pokémon that represent the types of the Starter Pokémon that he didn't pick at the beginning of the game, Roselia if he didn't get Turtwig, Ponyta if he didn't get Chimchar or Buizel if he didn't get Piplup. Also his starter Pokémon as well as Starly have now evolved. He shouldn't be that tough if you have a good team since your selection of Pokémon is much more vast than it was last time.

From the entrance, go east, then north to travel directly to Solaceon Town. On this route there is the Broken Tower which becomes the Hallowed Tower when the Odd Keystone is placed in it. After speaking to 32 people in the Underground, a level 25 Spiritomb will appear to battle you. Next, you can explore the Lost Tower if you'd like, but you'll need HM05 Defog to be able to see correctly. After finishing Route 209, it's time to move on to Solaceon Town. You will pass the Lost Tower near the end of the route but unlike Diamond and Pearl you will need to get Defog first for dealing with the fog on the higher floors. Fortunately though compared to Diamond and Pearl the HM for Defog is not that far away from here.

Trainers

Trainer Pokémon Pokémon Breeder Albert Pokémon Breeder Albert Reward: $960 Budew♂ Lv.20 No item Eevee♂ Lv.20 No item Bonsly♂ Lv.20 No item Pichu♂ Lv.20 No item Jogger Richard Jogger Richard Reward: $736 Luxio♂ Lv.23 No item Twins Emma & Lil Twins Emma & Lil Reward: $704 Bonsly♀ Lv.22 No item Mime Jr.♀ Lv.22 No item Poké Kid Danielle Poké Kid Danielle Reward: $176 Pichu♀ Lv.22 No item Jogger Raul Jogger Raul Reward: $736 Staravia♂ Lv.23 No item Pokémon Breeder Jennifer Pokémon Breeder Jennifer Reward: $960 Budew♀ Lv.20 No item Cleffa♀ Lv.20 No item Eevee♂ Lv.20 No item Mime Jr.♀ Lv.20 No item Cowgirl Shelley Cowgirl Shelley Reward: $368 Ponyta♀ Lv.23 No item Young Couple Ty & Sue Young Couple Ty & Sue Reward: $2944 Buneary♂ Lv.23 No item Buizel♂ Lv.23 No item Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Bibarel D P Pt Grass 16-19 30% Roselia D P Pt Grass 19-20 25% Chansey D P Pt Grass 17-19 5% Staravia D P Pt Grass 16-19 20% 20% 10% Ralts D P Pt Grass 16-19 20% 20% 10% Zubat D P Pt Grass 16 0% 0% 10% Duskull D P Pt Grass 16-17 0% 0% 10% Surfing and Fishing Psyduck D P Pt Surfing 20-40 90% Golduck D P Pt Surfing 20-40 10% Magikarp D P Pt Fishing Old Rod 3-15 100% Magikarp D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 10-25 65% Goldeen D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 10-25 35% Gyarados D P Pt Fishing Super Rod 30-55 65% Seaking D P Pt Fishing Super Rod 30-55 35% Special Pokémon Snubbull D P Pt Swarm 16 40% Kirlia D P Pt Poké Radar 19-20 12% Vulpix D P Pt Dual-slot LeafGreen 16 8% Spiritomb D P Pt Only one 25 One A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.