Great Marsh

Great Marsh
Location:	Pastoria City
Region:	Sinnoh
Generations:	IV
Pokémon World Locations

The Great Marsh (Japanese: だいしつげん Great Marsh) is an area located in Pastoria City. It contains some Pokémon that cannot be found anywhere else in Sinnoh.

Much like other Pokémon preserves in Kanto and Hoenn, the Great Marsh features a Safari Game in which Trainers pay 500 for 30 Safari Balls and a limited amount of time to catch all the Pokémon they can.

When a wild Pokémon appears, no Pokémon may be sent out to battle it: catching Pokémon here, as in all Safari Zones, requires sheer luck. There are four options in the battle screen: Throw a Safari Ball, throw bait, throw mud, and run away. Throwing bait makes a Pokémon less likely to run, but makes it harder to catch; while throwing mud does the reverse, making it easier to catch but more likely to run.

Similar to the issue in Pal Park, if the player has an Arceus in the front of their party and encounter a battle, the game will freeze.

Items

Area 4:

• Poké Ball (near Tram Stop)

Area 5:

• Revive
• Antidote

Area 6:

• HM05 (Defog) (talk to the boy with green hair when you enter the marsh)

Area 1:

• Potion (near the train stop)

Area 3:

• Honey

Area 2:

• Toxic Plate (3 trees from the rock in the right top corner of Area 2. Item is hidden)

Pokémon

In all six areas, the Pokémon able to be caught is exactly the same.

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
All times
	Psyduck	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-30	8%
	Azurill	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-30	1%
	Marill	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-30	15%
	Wooper	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-30	20%
	Quagsire	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-30	15%
	Bidoof	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-30	1%
	Bibarel	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-30	20%
	Carnivine	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-30	1%
Morning
	Starly	D	P	Pt	Grass		9%
	Budew	D	P	Pt	Grass		10%
Day
	Starly	D	P	Pt	Grass		9%
	Budew	D	P	Pt	Grass		10%
Night
	Hoothoot	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-24	10%
	Noctowl	D	P	Pt	Grass	26	9%
Special Pokémon
	Arbok	D	P	Pt	Dongle (FireRed)		8%
Surfing and Fishing
	Magikarp	D	P	Pt	Fishing (Old)	3-10	100%
	Magikarp	D	P	Pt	Fishing (Good)	10-25	65%
	Gyarados	D	P	Pt	Fishing (Good)	10-25	5%
	Barboach	D	P	Pt	Fishing (Good)	10-25	30%
After getting National Dex
	Gyarados	D	P	Pt	Fishing (Super)	42-51	5%
	Carvanha	D	P	Pt	Fishing (Super)		30%
	Whiscash	D	P	Pt	Fishing (Super)		65%
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.

Changing Pokémon

These Pokémon will not always appear in the Marsh. Each day, the Pokémon will change, therefore, to get a new set, players must wait a day. These Pokémon will appear randomly in one of the six areas, some may not appear for a while, while others appear several days in a row or in multiple areas on the same day. Some may not appear until after getting the National Pokédex. The only way to tell which changing Pokémon is available in the areas for the day is to use the lookout upstairs from the entrance.

This list is not yet complete.

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
Both before and after National Dex
	Golduck	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-26	10%
	Yanma	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-26	10%
	Roselia	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-26	10%
	Staravia	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-26	10%
	Skorupi	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-26	10%
	Drapion	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-26	10%
	Croagunk	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-26	10%
	Toxicroak	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-26	10%
	Carnivine	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-26	10%
Only after National Dex
	Paras	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-26	10%
	Exeggcute	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-26	10%
	Kangaskhan	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-26	10%
	Yanma	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-26	10%
	Shroomish	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-26	10%
	Gulpin	D	P	Pt	Grass	20-26	10%
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.

Tricks

• A common trick to any Safari Zone is to hold down B and tap the direction pad to rotate the player character while standing in the grass, this will allow wild Pokémon to be found without taking steps.
• Another easy trick is to take a Pokémon with Sweet Scent and have it use it to get battles without taking steps.

Platinum

In Platinum, more Pokémon are available before the National Dex. The new pre-national additions are

Pokémon

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
	Yanma	D	P	Pt	Grass	Unknown	Unknown
	Tangela	D	P	Pt	Grass	Unknown	Unknown
	Tropius	D	P	Pt	Grass	Unknown	Unknown
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.

In the anime

As a boy, James was exploring the Great Marsh, and found a Carnivine stuck in the mud, struggling to get free. James pulled it out, and they became friends. Carnivine has been James's friend ever since, and since he most recently arrived in Sinnoh, has been traveling with James.

In Cream of the Croagunk Crop!, Brock and his Croagunk participate in a Croagunk festival held in the Great Marsh.

Trivia

• All the main characters in the Pokémon anime (except Dawn and May) have (or had at any point) a Pokémon that can be found in the Great Marsh.
• A man in the Great Marsh incorrectly states that both the bait and the mud make Pokémon more likely to run but less easy to catch.

In other languages

• Italian: Gran Palude
• Spanish: Gran Pantano

Sinnoh
Gym:	Oreburgh City | Eterna City | Veilstone City | Pastoria City | Hearthome City | Canalave City | Snowpoint City | Sunyshore City
Other:	Twinleaf Town | Sandgem Town | Jubilife City | Floaroma Town | Solaceon Town | Celestic Town | Fight Area | Survival Area | Resort Area
League:	Pokémon League
Routes:	201 | 202 | 203 | 204 | 205 | 206 | 207 | 208 | 209 | 210 | 211 | 212 | 213 | 214 | 215
	216 | 217 | 218 | 219 | 220 | 221 | 222 | 223 | 224 | 225 | 226 | 227 | 228 | 229 | 230
Landmarks:	Lake Verity (Lakefront) | Oreburgh Gate | Oreburgh Mine | Ravaged Path | Floaroma Meadow | Valley Windworks | Eterna Forest | Old Chateau
	The Underground | Wayward Cave | Mt. Coronet | Amity Square | Hallowed Tower | Lost Tower | Cycling Road | Solaceon Ruins | Café Cabin
	Maniac Tunnel | Trophy Garden | Great Marsh | Lake Valor (Lakefront) | Fuego Ironworks | Iron Island | Lake Acuity (Lakefront) | Spear Pillar
	Victory Road | Pal Park | Snowpoint Temple | Ruined World | Battle Zone | Battle Park (Tower/Frontier) | Stark Mountain
	Sendoff Spring (Path) | Turnback Cave | Fullmoon Island | Newmoon Island | Seabreak Path | Flower Paradise | Hall of Origin