Unova Route 17

Unova Route 17 １７ばんすいどう Sea Route 17

Map description The fast current here makes it difficult to surf.

Required for navigation Cut Surf Strength Flash Defog Whirlpool Rock Smash Waterfall Dive Rock Climb Bicycle Mach Bike Acro Bike Go-Goggles None

Connecting locations ← Route 18 Route 17 Route 1 →

Location Location of Route 17 in Unova.

Pokémon world routes ← Route 16       Route 18 →

Route 17 (Japanese: １７番水道 Water Route 17) is a route in southwestern Unova, connecting Route 1 to Route 18. It is accessed by Surfing west from Route 1. The player spends most of the time here surfing, although there is shallow water on some parts of the route where the player can land. There are a lot of water currents here, and the water currents going down will lead the player to Route 18.

The P2 Laboratory is located on the northern part of the route. After defeating Ghetsis in Black 2 and White 2, the Plasma Frigate permanently docks there.

Route description

Route 17 is a mid-sized sea route littered with shallow spots and currents. Because of the currents, a few players may find difficulty in accessing Route 18. The electric billboard inside of the gate from Route 1 to Route 17 is off due to the lack of news in the area. The guide claims it is 'kind of refreshing'.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	TM06 (Toxic)	Shallow water north-west of Fisherman Lydon	B  W
	DeepSeaTooth	Shallow water north-east of Swimmer Wright	B  W
	Heart Scale ×3	Northern edge of the route near P2 Laboratory (hidden) West of Swimmer Berke (hidden) West of Swimmer Caroline (hidden)	B  W
	Big Pearl	South-west of P2 Laboratory (hidden)	B  W
	Blue Shard ×2	On the island of shallow water to the left of Fisherman Lydon Southwest of Fisherman Lydon (hidden)	B2  W2
	Dive Ball	On the island of shallow water Fisherman Bucky is standing on	B2  W2
	Pearl String	Shallow water southwest of the P2 Laboratory	B2  W2
	Shoal Salt	On the L-shaped island of shallow water (reappears occasionally) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Shoal Shell	Shallow water southwest of the P2 Laboratory (reappears occasionally) (hidden)	B2  W2

Pokémon

Pokémon Black and White

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Frillish	B			W			Surfing	5-15	100%
Surfing in rippling water
Alomomola	B			W			Rippling water	5-20	95%
Jellicent	B			W			Rippling water	5-20	5%
Fishing
Finneon	B			W			Fishing	35-55	65%
Horsea	B			W			Fishing	35-55	35%
Fishing in rippling water
Seadra	B			W			Rippling water	35-60	60%
Qwilfish	B			W			Rippling water	35-60	30%
Lumineon	B			W			Rippling water	35-70	5%
Kingdra	B			W			Rippling water	45-70	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.

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Frillish	B2			W2			Surfing	45-60	100%
Surfing in rippling water
Alomomola	B2			W2			Rippling water	45-60	95%
Jellicent	B2			W2			Rippling water	50-60	5%
Fishing
Horsea	B2			W2			Fishing	50-60	30%
Finneon	B2			W2			Fishing	50-70	70%
Fishing in rippling water
Horsea	B2			W2			Rippling water	50-60	60%
Seadra	B2			W2			Rippling water	60-70	5%
Kingdra	B2			W2			Rippling water	60-70	5%
Lumineon	B2			W2			Rippling water	50-60	30%
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

Pokémon Black and White

Trainer	Pokémon
Before Route 18
Fisherman Lydon タツヒコ Tatsuhiko Reward: $1088	Basculin♂ Blue-Striped Form Lv.34 No item
	Basculin♂ Red-Striped Form Lv.34 No item
Swimmer Joyce レイカ Reika Reward: $560	Alomomola♀ Lv.35 No item
Swimmer Wright エイタロウ Eitarō Reward: $512	Basculin♂ Red-Striped Form Lv.32 No item
	Basculin♂ Blue-Striped Form Lv.32 No item
	Basculin♂ Red-Striped Form Lv.32 No item
	Basculin♂ Blue-Striped Form Lv.32 No item
After Route 18
Swimmer Berke ヨウヘイ Yōhei Reward: $544	Frillish♂ Male Lv.34 No item
	Simipour♂ Lv.34 No item
Swimmer Caroline ユウコ Yūko Reward: $544	Ducklett♀ Lv.34 No item
	Frillish♀ Male Lv.34 No item

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Trainer	Pokémon
Before Route 18
Fisherman Lydon タツヒコ Tatsuhiko Reward: $2048	Feebas♂ Lv.64 No item
	Finneon♂ Lv.64 No item
	Lumineon♂ Lv.64 No item
Swimmer Jeffery ヨシマサ Yoshimasa Reward: $1040	Tentacool♂ Lv.65 No item
	Huntail♂ Lv.65 No item
Swimmer Ruth トモコ Tomoko Reward: $1040	Clamperl♀ Lv.65 No item
	Shellder♀ Lv.65 No item
Fisherman Bucky ソウタロウ Sōtarō Reward: $2048	Krabby♂ Lv.64 No item
	Qwilfish♂ Lv.64 No item
	Kingler♂ Lv.64 No item
After Route 18
Swimmer Wright エイタロウ Eitarō Reward: $1040	Carvanha♂ Lv.65 No item
	Sharpedo♂ Lv.65 No item
Swimmer Dara ユウカ Yūka Reward: $1040	Chinchou♀ Lv.65 No item
	Gorebyss♀ Lv.65 No item

Trivia

• The in-game maps show Route 17 heading west from Nuvema Town. However, the route's eastern terminus is actually at Route 1, slightly north of Nuvema.

Unova
Settlements Nuvema Town • Accumula Town • Striaton City • Nacrene City • Castelia City • Nimbasa City • Anville Town Driftveil City • Mistralton City • Icirrus City • Opelucid City • Pokémon League • Lacunosa Town • Undella Town Black City • White Forest • Aspertia City • Floccesy Town • Virbank City • Lentimas Town • Humilau City Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 Bridges and tunnels Skyarrow Bridge • Driftveil Drawbridge • Tubeline Bridge • Village Bridge • Marvelous Bridge • Marine Tube Landmarks Dreamyard • Wellspring Cave • Pinwheel Forest • Liberty Garden • Desert Resort • Relic Castle • Battle Subway • Lostlorn Forest Cold Storage • Mistralton Cave • Chargestone Cave • Celestial Tower • Twist Mountain • Dragonspiral Tower • Moor of Icirrus Challenger's Cave • Victory Road (BW • B2W2) • N's Castle • Royal Unova • Giant Chasm • Undella Bay • Abyssal Ruins Abundant Shrine • Poké Transfer Lab • P2 Laboratory • Entralink • Unity Tower • Floccesy Ranch • Pledge Grove • Virbank Complex Pokéstar Studios • Castelia Sewers • Join Avenue • Cave of Being • Pokémon World Tournament • Reversal Mountain • Plasma Frigate Clay Tunnel • Underground Ruins • Strange House • Relic Passage • Seaside Cave • White Treehollow • Black Tower Access to Nature Preserve Other Blueberry Academy • Terarium

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