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Route 221 (optional)

Route 221

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Sudowoodo D P Pt Grass 29-31 25% Girafarig D P Pt Grass 28,30 25% Roselia D P Pt Grass 28-30 25% 25% 0% Roselia D P Pt Grass 29-30 0% 0% 15% Floatzel D P Pt Grass 29,31 25% 25% 0% Floatzel D P Pt Grass 28-29,31 0% 0% 35% Surfing Tentacool D P Pt Surfing 20-30 60% Tentacruel D P Pt Surfing 20-40 9% Wingull D P Pt Surfing 20-30 30% Pelipper D P Pt Surfing 20-40 1% Fishing Magikarp D P Pt Fishing Old Rod 3-15 100% Magikarp D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 10-25 65% Finneon D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 15-20 30% Lumineon D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 25-35 5% 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 Swimmer Vanessa ミナミ Minami Reward: $560 Golduck♀ Lv.35 No item Swimmer Dillon リキオ Rikio Reward: $528 Remoraid♂ Lv.33 No item Floatzel♂ Lv.33 No item Fisherman Cory マサヒロ Masahiro Reward: $1088 Finneon♂ Lv.30 No item Finneon♂ Lv.32 No item Finneon♂ Lv.34 No item Ace Trainer Shannon ホノカ Honoka Reward: $2100 Cherrim♀ Lv.34 No item Azumarill♀ Lv.34 No item Lopunny♀ Lv.35 No item Ace Trainer Jake アキラ Akira Reward: $2160 Staraptor♂ Lv.35 No item Girafarig♂ Lv.36 No item Collector Ivan ヒロム Hiromu Reward: $2240 Togetic♂ Lv.35 No item Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Items

Item Location Games Protein North-western corner of the land part of the route  Pt  Pure Incense West of the level item house  Pt  Big Mushroom On the right side of the level item house (hidden)  Pt  Ultra Ball ×2 Beyond the first southern patch of grass In the grass below the Berry patch (hidden)  Pt  Hyper Potion Near the southwest corner of the large southern patch of grass (hidden)  Pt  Max Revive Just west of the berry patch (hidden)  Pt  Leppa Berry Berry patch southeast of the honey tree  Pt  Pecha Berry Berry patch southeast of the honey tree  Pt  Mago Berry Berry patch southeast of the honey tree  Pt  Hondew Berry Berry patch southeast of the honey tree  Pt  TM81 (X-Scissor) Between the large southern patch of grass and the southeastern patch of grass  Pt  Carbos In the southeastern patch of grass (hidden)  Pt

Continue east from Route 220. Fight the male Swimmer, and continue east until you reach land. Head east on the northern section Route 221, stopping at the Level House (see below) to pick up the Pure Incense which allows you to produce a Chingling Egg when breeding Chimecho. When you reach the Pal Park (inaccessible until after you defeat the Elite Four), head back along the southern part of the route, collecting all the items you missed when travelling on the northern part. Now that you're finished here, it's time to Fly back to Jubilife City and head northwest via Route 218 to reach Canalave City.

Level House

The only house located on Route 221 belongs to an old man who will each ask for a Pokémon at a certain random level from 1 to 100 each day. The items he'll give you are the Black Belt, Expert Belt, or Focus Sash. Only one item is given to you out of that particular order when you complete his request, and after he gives you the Focus Sash, the cycle will start over.

For days where the requirement is an extremely high-leveled Pokémon, you can try soft resetting and not much else. On some days you might get lucky and be able to use Pokémon from your regular team. For days where low-level Pokémon are needed, the quickest solution is to simply head to an earlier area with an Quick Ball or two, catch a Pokémon of the appropriate level, and bring it to him.

Route 218

Route 218

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Mr. Mime D P Pt Grass 29-31 25% Floatzel D P Pt Grass 29-31 30% 30% 40% Gastrodon D P Pt Grass 28,30 25% 25% 35% Chatot D P Pt Grass 28,30 20% 20% 0% Surfing Tentacool D P Pt Surfing 20-30 60% Tentacruel D P Pt Surfing 20-40 9% Shellos D P Pt Surfing 20-30 30% Gastrodon D P Pt Surfing 20-40 1% Fishing Magikarp D P Pt Fishing Old Rod 3-15 100% Magikarp D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 10-25 65% Finneon D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 10-25 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.

Trainers

Trainer Pokémon Fisherman Miguel ユタカ Yutaka Reward: $1056 Gyarados♂ Lv.33 No item Gyarados♂ Lv.33 No item Fisherman Luc センジ Senji Reward: $992 Remoraid♂ Lv.29 No item Gyarados♂ Lv.31 No item Remoraid♂ Lv.29 No item Remoraid♂ Lv.30 No item Remoraid♂ Lv.31 No item Sailor Skyler ケンゴ Kengo Reward: $1088 Mantyke♂ Lv.32 No item Machoke♂ Lv.34 No item Guitarist Tony ジョニー Johnny Reward: $792 Kricketune♂ Lv.33 No item Magnemite Lv.33 No item Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Items

Item Location Games X Accuracy At the north end of the pier  Pt  Rare Candy On a small patch of land in the very northeast corner  Pt  Hyper Potion Next to the Fisherman after crossing the first pier  Pt  Rawst Berry Berry patch west of the honey tree  Pt  Persim Berry Berry patch west of the honey tree  Pt  Figy Berry Berry patch west of the honey tree  Pt  Pinap Berry ×2 Berry patch west of the honey tree  Pt

Now that you have Surf, you're able to navigate the rest of Route 218 and reach Canalave City, your next destination. There isn't much to do on this short route except for fighting the Trainers and catch Mr. Mime (this is the only location in Sinnoh where they can be found).

When you enter the guard post separating Route 218 from Canalave City, Professor Rowan's assistant will approach and give you upgrade to your Pokédex. This will allow you to check the differences in appearance between the same Pokémon in their Pokédex entry, such as gender or form differences.

Canalave City

Canalave City

Available Pokémon

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Items
Item Location Games TM48 (Skill Swap) In the first house upon entering from Route 218  Pt  Big Pearl Southwest of Sailor Eldritch's house (hidden)  Pt  TM89 (U-turn) Obtainable by surfing south in the canal  Pt

When you first enter Canalave City, be sure to visit the Pokémon Center to heal and prepare your team - when you try to cross the bridge your rival Barry will show up and challenge you to test your skills.

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Pokémon Trainer Barry Canalave City Platinum Reward: $3800 Types: Normal Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Staraptor♂ Lv.36 Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Double Team Normal Status   --       Types: Bug Fighting Ability: Swarm Held item: None Heracross♂ Lv.37 Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Horn Attack Normal Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Swift Swim Held item: None Floatzel♂ Lv.35 Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Swift Normal Special   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Roserade♂ Lv.35 Giga Drain Grass Special   --       Toxic Spikes Poison Status   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       GrassWhistle Grass Status   --       Types: Fire Fighting Ability: Blaze Held item: None Infernape♂ Lv.38 Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Flame Wheel Fire Physical   --       Mach Punch Fighting Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --	Pokémon Trainer Barry Canalave City Platinum Reward: $3800 Types: Normal Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Staraptor♂ Lv.36 Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Double Team Normal Status   --       Types: Bug Fighting Ability: Swarm Held item: None Heracross♂ Lv.37 Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Horn Attack Normal Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Run Away Held item: None Rapidash♂ Lv.35 Fire Spin Fire Special   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Stomp Normal Physical   --       Tail Whip Normal Status   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Roserade♂ Lv.35 Giga Drain Grass Special   --       Toxic Spikes Poison Status   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       GrassWhistle Grass Status   --       Types: Water Steel Ability: Torrent Held item: None Empoleon♂ Lv.38 BubbleBeam Water Special   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Metal Claw Steel Physical   --       Fury Attack Normal Physical   --	Pokémon Trainer Barry Canalave City Platinum Reward: $3800 Types: Normal Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Staraptor♂ Lv.36 Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Double Team Normal Status   --       Types: Bug Fighting Ability: Swarm Held item: None Heracross♂ Lv.37 Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Horn Attack Normal Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Swift Swim Held item: None Floatzel♂ Lv.35 Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Swift Normal Special   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Run Away Held item: None Rapidash♂ Lv.35 Fire Spin Fire Special   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Stomp Normal Physical   --       Tail Whip Normal Status   --       Types: Grass Ground Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Torterra♂ Lv.38 Razor Leaf Grass Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Mega Drain Grass Special   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --

Barry now has a Heracross on his team, but a powerful Flying-type move can easily beat it. Unless you have an especially fast one, avoid using Psychic-type-types as Heracross's Dark-type move Night Slash will counter it. Four members of Barry's team have reached their highest evolutionary form, but they shouldn't be too much of a problem as long as your party is at least at Level 35 and has good type coverage. After the battle, Barry will suggest that the player visit Iron Island before heading off towards the library.

The Move Deleter resides in the house just north of the Poké Mart. He will be able to remove any unwanted moves in your Pokémon's present moveset including HM moves. This is the only way for a Pokémon to forget a HM.

The southernmost house on the west side of town belongs to a Sailor named Eldritch, who handles the ferry in town. Nothing important will happen here until the post-game after obtaining the National Pokédex. Eldritch is waiting near his boat at the dock nearby, and he can take you to Iron Island which will be required to visit. South from the wharf is a hidden area where you can pick up the TM89 (U-turn).

Canalave Gym

Canalave Gym 1F

Canalave Gym 2F

Canalave Gym 3F

Canalave Gym 4F

Be aware that the toughest Pokémon you'll face here is Level 41. The layout of the Canalave Gym is a maze consisting of multiple elevator platforms. As you may already know, it specializes in Steel-types. You'll want Fire-, Ground-, and/or Fighting-type attacks on your Pokémon. Many of the Pokémon in this gym are part Ground or Rock, so Water-type attacks (such as Surf) are also useful. Steel-types resist attacks of almost every other type, and are completely immune to Poison-type moves. Also, most of the Pokémon in this Gym have high Defense, so Special moves will do the most damage to them.

To deal with the maze, first head to the easternmost elevator out of the set of four you'll find on 1F. Then, take the elevator south of you on 2F to reach the southeast area of 1F. The next one will take you back up to 2F. Then, use the moving lift hooked up to a wire to get across the ledge. Take the regular elevator there to reach 3F, where you will find more moving lifts to take you across the wires. First, use the moving lift north of you to reach the north area of 3F with two moving lifts side-by side. Take the northern lift and then keep following the path that will take you back down to 2F. Another elevator will take you to the northern area of the 1F. There, an elevator with a red outline will take you up to 4F where Byron, the Gym Leader and the father of Oreburgh City Gym Leader Roark is.

Canalave City Gym Trainers Trainer Pokémon Black Belt Ricky タイト Taito Reward: $912 Steelix♂ Lv.38 No item Worker Gary カネオ Kaneo Reward: $1480 Magnemite Lv.37 No item Worker Jackson テツオミ Tetsuomi Reward: $1360 Magnemite Lv.34 No item Magnemite Lv.34 No item Magnemite Lv.34 No item Ace Trainer Cesar タクミ Takumi Reward: $2400 Scizor♂ Lv.40 No item Worker Gerardo キンジ Kinji Reward: $1400 Magnemite Lv.35 No item Magnemite Lv.35 No item Black Belt David ケンスケ Kensuke Reward: $888 Steelix♂ Lv.35 No item Steelix♂ Lv.37 No item Ace Trainer Breanna マユコ Mayuko Reward: $2280 Bronzor Lv.35 No item Bronzor Lv.36 No item Bronzor Lv.38 No item Leader Byron Canalave Gym Platinum Reward: $4920 Types: Electric Steel Ability: Magnet Pull Held item: None Magneton Lv.37 Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Tri Attack Normal Special   --       Metal Sound Steel Status   --       Types: Steel Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Steelix♂ Lv.38 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Sandstorm Rock Status   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Types: Rock Steel Ability: Sturdy Held item: Sitrus Berry Bastiodon♂ Lv.41 Metal Burst Steel Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Iron Defense Steel Status   --       Taunt Dark Status   --

Byron starts by sending out Magneton, whose weak Sp. Defense makes it vulnerable to moves like Fire Blast. Also, a Ground-type move like Earthquake could easily take it out in one hit due to its Steel/Electric typing. Beware of Flash Cannon if your Earthquake user is part Rock-type. Metal Sound will harshly lower your Pokémon's Special Defense, causing Thunderbolt, Tri Attack, and Flash Cannon to do even more damage, so be careful. It's best to use Special attacks on Byron's Steelix because of its high Defense stat. It will dispose of Fire-types with Earthquake unless you have a Fire-type strong and fast enough to take it out in one hit. Ground Pokémon, on the other hand, must watch out for Ice Fang. Don't worry too much about Steelix's Flash Cannon, as its Special Attack isn't the best. The last Pokémon you'll face is Bastiodon, which is high-leveled but can easily be defeated by a powerful Fighting- or Ground-type attack due to it's type combo of Rock/Steel. Be sure to take it out in one hit (which isn't too hard), or your Pokémon will be on the receiving end of Metal Burst, which does 1.5 times the damage your previous attack did to Bastiodon. Stone Edge poses a threat to Fire-types, and Iron Defense will sharply raise Bastiodon's already high Defense stat. Taunt will only allow your Pokémon to use attacking moves, which shouldn't be much of a concern. Get Bastiodon out of your way as quickly as possible, and you'll have saved your team some pain and earned yourself the Mine Badge without too much trouble!

Once you defeat Byron, he will give you the Mine Badge, which causes all traded Pokémon up to Level 70 obey you without question and allows for Strength to be used outside of battle. He'll also give you TM91 (Flash Cannon), a Steel-type Special attack that occasionally lowers the enemy's Special Defense stat.

When you step out the door, your rival Barry will be there waiting for you. After congratulating you on getting the Mine Badge, he asks you to come with him to the Canalave Library. You can meet them there, but he will stop you if you haven't been to Iron Island to pick up HM04 (Strength).

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