Route 203

Route 203
East end:	Oreburgh Gate
Junctions:	None
West end:	Jubilife City
Generations:	IV
Location of Route 203 in Sinnoh.
Pokémon World Routes ← Route 202 Route 204 →

Route 203 is a route in Sinnoh. This route is where the protagonist will face their rival for the first time (in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl). The Pokémon in his party will vary depending on the player's starter Pokémon.

Route description

Route 203 connects Oreburgh City in the east and Jubilife City in the west. Despite being near such a big town, this path retains its relaxed, natural atmosphere. The path starts off from the west and trails off up a flight of stairs. There will be a small patches of grass and a small pond. If the player will go up another flight of stair they will reach the top of the hill, where there while be a large patch of grass across the ledge. There is also another flight of stairs going down to the north of the route to reach a small area of grass behind the pond.

Items

• Poké Ball: Middle of the first small ledge from the west
• Repel: North bank of pond
• X Defend^Pt: At the bottom of the large patch of grass, near the stairs.

Pokémon

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
All times
	Bidoof	D	P	Pt	Grass	4-6	15%
	Shinx	D	P	Pt	Grass	4-5	25%
	Abra	D	P	Pt	Grass	4-5	15%
Morning
	Starly	D	P	Pt	Grass	4-6	35%
	Kricketot	D	P	Pt	Grass	4	10%
	Bidoof	D	P	Pt	Grass	4-6	15%
Day
	Starly	D	P	Pt	Grass	4-6	45%
	Starly	D	P	Pt	Grass	4-6	35%
	Bidoof	D	P	Pt	Grass	4-6	25%
Night
	Starly	D	P	Pt	Grass	4-6	25%
	Kricketot	D	P	Pt	Grass	4	10%
	Zubat	D	P	Pt	Grass	5	10%
	Bidoof	D	P	Pt	Grass	4-6	15%
Surfing and Fishing
	Psyduck	D	P	Pt	Surfing	20-40	90%
	Psyduck	D	P	Pt	Surfing	20-30	90%
	Golduck	D	P	Pt	Surfing	20-40	10%
	Magikarp	D	P	Pt	Old Rod	3-15	100%
	Magikarp	D	P	Pt	Good Rod	10-25	65%
	Goldeen	D	P	Pt	Good Rod	10-25	35%
	Gyarados	D	P	Pt	Super Rod	30-55	65%
	Seaking	D	P	Pt	Super Rod	20-55	35%
Special Pokémon
	Cubone	D	P	Pt	Swarms	4	40%
	Lotad	D	P	Pt	Dongle (Sapphire)	5	8%
	Seedot	D	P	Pt	Dongle (Ruby)	5	8%
	Pineco	D	P	Pt	Dongle (Emerald)	5	8%
	Ralts	D	P	Pt	Poké Radar	4-6	21%
	Kirlia	D	P	Pt	Poké Radar	6	1%
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

In Diamond and Pearl

As soon as the player leaves Jubilife City and enters the route, their rival will spot them and engage them in a battle.

If the player chose Turtwig

900 PKMN Trainer Pearl Diamond and Pearl Route 203

Starly ♂ Lv.7  Normal  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Keen Eye Moves Tackle Normal Physical Growl Normal Status Wing Attack Flying Physical -- -- -- Chimchar ♂ Lv.9  Fire  Held item: None Ability: Blaze Moves Scratch Normal Physical Leer Normal Status Ember Fire Special Taunt Dark Status

If the player chose Chimchar:

900 PKMN Trainer Pearl Diamond and Pearl Route 203

Starly ♂ Lv.7  Normal  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Keen Eye Moves Tackle Normal Physical Growl Normal Status Wing Attack Flying Physical -- -- -- Piplup ♂ Lv.9  Water  Held item: None Ability: Torrent Moves Pound Normal Physical Growl Normal Status Bubble Water Special -- -- --

If the player chose Piplup:

900 PKMN Trainer Pearl Diamond and Pearl Route 203

Starly ♂ Lv.7  Normal  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Keen Eye Moves Tackle Normal Physical Growl Normal Status Wing Attack Flying Physical -- -- -- Turtwig ♂ Lv.9  Grass  Held item: None Ability: Overgrow Moves Tackle Normal Physical Withdraw Water Status Absorb Grass Special -- -- --

Trainer	Pokémon
Youngster Michael トモキ Tomoki Reward: 80	Bidoof♂ Lv.5 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.5 No item
Youngster Dallas マサル Masaru Reward: 112	Kricketot♂ Lv.7 No item
Lass Kaitlin サユリ Sayuri Reward: 64	Bidoof♀ Lv.4 No item
	Starly♀ Lv.4 No item
	Budew♀ Lv.4 No item
Youngster Sebastian ミツオ Mitsuo Reward: 112	Machop♂ Lv.7 No item
Lass Madeline チカ Chika Reward: 80	Starly♀ Lv.5 No item
	Bidoof♀ Lv.5 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

In Platinum

As soon as the player leaves Jubilife City and enters the route, their rival will spot them and engage them in a battle.

If the player chose Turtwig

900 PKMN Trainer Pearl Diamond and Pearl Route 203

Starly ♂ Lv.7  Normal  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Keen Eye Moves Tackle Normal Physical Growl Normal Status Wing Attack Flying Physical -- -- -- Chimchar ♂ Lv.9  Fire  Held item: None Ability: Blaze Moves Scratch Normal Physical Leer Normal Status Ember Fire Special Taunt Dark Status

If the player chose Chimchar:

900 PKMN Trainer Pearl Diamond and Pearl Route 203

Starly ♂ Lv.7  Normal  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Keen Eye Moves Tackle Normal Physical Growl Normal Status Wing Attack Flying Physical -- -- -- Piplup ♂ Lv.9  Water  Held item: None Ability: Torrent Moves Pound Normal Physical Growl Normal Status Bubble Water Special -- -- --

If the player chose Piplup:

900 PKMN Trainer Pearl Diamond and Pearl Route 203

Starly ♂ Lv.7  Normal  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Keen Eye Moves Tackle Normal Physical Growl Normal Status Wing Attack Flying Physical -- -- -- Turtwig ♂ Lv.9  Grass  Held item: None Ability: Overgrow Moves Tackle Normal Physical Withdraw Water Status Absorb Grass Special -- -- --

Trainer Tips

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 • Valley Windworks • Eterna Forest The Underground • Wayward Cave • Mt. Coronet • Lost Tower • Solaceon Ruins • Lake Valor (Lakefront) • Great Marsh Fuego Ironworks • Iron Island • Lake Acuity (Lakefront) • Spear Pillar • Victory Road • Pal Park • Distortion World Stark Mountain • Battle Zone • Battle Park (Tower/Frontier) • Snowpoint Temple • Sendoff Spring • Turnback Cave Fullmoon Island • Newmoon Island • Seabreak Path • Flower Paradise • Hall of Origin

This article is part of Project Routes, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every route in the Pokémon world.