Appendix:Platinum walkthrough/Section 25: Difference between revisions

Stark Mountain

Outside

Stark Mountain (outside)

Available Pokémon (Outside)

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Fearow D P Pt Grass 51, 54-55 20% 20% 10% Golbat D P Pt Grass 54 0% 0% 10% Graveler D P Pt Grass 54, 56 15% 15% 5% Weezing D P Pt Grass 55 10% Rhyhorn D P Pt Grass 22, 24 5% Rhydon D P Pt Grass 54-55 20% Skarmory D P Pt Grass 56 5% Numel D P Pt Grass 22, 24 5% Camerupt D P Pt Grass 55 20% Special Pokémon Torkoal D P Pt Poké Radar 24, 55 22% 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 Dragon Tamer Darien タケル Takeru Reward: $1920 Dragonite♂ Lv.60 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 Ether North-east corner of the grass patch outside  Pt  Life Orb South-west corner of the exterior (requires Rock Climb)  Pt

Follow the path (don't forget to use the nearby Rock Climb ledges to find the Life Orb) and you will see two Galactic grunts. You'll overhear their conversation that Charon has replaced Cyrus as Team Galactic's leader, though it is doubtful if Charon will be as effective. Go through the door to enter the mountain.

Main Entrance

Available Pokémon (Main Entrance)

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Golbat D P Pt Cave 54 10% Graveler D P Pt Cave 55 20% Weezing D P Pt Cave 56 10% Rhyhorn D P Pt Cave 52 5% Rhydon D P Pt Cave 54 20% Slugma D P Pt Cave 25, 27 5% Magcargo D P Pt Cave 55-56 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.

Items
Item Location Games Burn Heal North-west corner  Pt  Escape Rope South-west corner  Pt  PP Up South-east corner  Pt  Max Revive Hidden in the south-east corner  Pt  Full Restore East of entrance to second room  Pt  Star Piece Hidden north of the Full Restore  Pt

When you enter, Mars demands to know what happened to Cyrus. Not believing your story about the Distortion World and decides to face you.

Commander Mars Stark Mountain Platinum Commander and Professor Mars Oak Stark Mountain Platinum Reward: $4800

Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♀ Lv.58 Poison Fang Poison Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Bronzong Lv.58 Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Thick Fat Held item: Sitrus Berry Purugly♀ Lv.60 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --

Mars' Bronzor has evolved into a Bronzong. It can use Light Screen to halve out the damage caused by Special moves. Her Golbat and Purugly are about the same so the same tactics can bring them down.

Commander Jupiter Stark Mountain Platinum Commander and Professor Jupiter Oak Stark Mountain Platinum Reward: $4800

Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♀ Lv.58 Giga Drain Grass Special   --       Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Mean Look Normal Status   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Types: Poison Dark Ability: Stench Held item: Sitrus Berry Skuntank♀ Lv.60 Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       SmokeScreen Normal Status   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Bronzong Lv.58 Reflect Psychic Status   --       Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --

Jupiter will face you next. Her Bronzong knows Reflect to halve out the damage caused by physical attacks. Her Golbat and Skuntank are also about the same as well.

After the battle the two decide to quit team as it is not much fun without Cyrus and decide to journey to find the Distortion World. Charon doesn't care and leaves with the two grunts to find the Magma Stone. Using Strength move the boulders to the right of you carefully and go up the stairs and with the aid of Strength and Rock Smash go through the large door to the main large room.

Large Room

Available Pokémon (Large Room)
Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Golbat D P Pt Cave 56 10% Graveler D P Pt Cave 57 20% Koffing D P Pt Cave 52,53 5% Rhydon D P Pt Cave ?? 20% Slugma D P Pt Cave 27, 29 5% Magcargo D P Pt Cave 57-58 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

Trainer Pokémon Ace Trainer Abel エイイチ Eiichi Reward: $3480 Glalie♂ Lv.59 No item Crobat♂ Lv.60 No item Ace Trainer Monique コトミ Kotomi Reward: $3480 Luxray♀ Lv.58 No item Gliscor♀ Lv.58 No item Ursaring♀ Lv.59 No item Ace Trainer Keenan マコト Makoto Reward: $3540 Primeape♂ Lv.58 No item Banette♂ Lv.59 No item Electabuzz♂ Lv.58 No item Ace Trainer Kassandra レイコ Reiko Reward: $3540 Jumpluff♀ Lv.58 No item Ampharos♀ Lv.59 No item Onix♀ Lv.58 No item Ace Trainer Stefan ユウヤ Yūya Reward: $3660 Pupitar♂ Lv.58 No item Torterra♂ Lv.61 No item Ace Trainer Jasmin シノブ Shinobu Reward: $3660 Drapion♀ Lv.61 No item Bird Keeper Krystal ソノコ Sonoko Reward: $1888 Staravia♀ Lv.55 No item Fearow♀ Lv.57 No item Noctowl♀ Lv.59 No item Black Belt Ray リキト Rikito Reward: $1392 Breloom♂ Lv.58 No item Toxicroak♂ Lv.58 No item Psychic Chelsey ナナ Nana Reward: $1888 Lunatone Lv.57 No item Gardevoir♀ Lv.59 No item Psychic Sterling ユウ Yū Reward: $1888 Solrock Lv.57 No item Gallade♂ Lv.59 No item Veteran Harlan トモゾウ Tomozō Reward: $4720 Raticate♂ Lv.57 No item Drifblim♂ Lv.58 No item Shiftry♂ Lv.59 No item Dragon Tamer Kenny ユウリ Yūri Reward: $1824 Bagon♂ Lv.57 No item Shelgon♂ Lv.57 No item Vibrava♂ Lv.57 No item Ace Trainer Skylar ヒデユキ Hideyuki Reward: $3480 Loudred♂ Lv.58 No item Rampardos♂ Lv.59 No item Pelipper♂ Lv.58 No item Ace Trainer Natasha ミサト Misato Reward: $3480 Wigglytuff♀ Lv.58 No item Medicham♀ Lv.58 No item Gardevoir♀ Lv.59 No item Dragon Tamer Drake マサフミ Masafumi Reward: $1824 Gible♂ Lv.57 No item Gabite♂ Lv.57 No item Dragonair♂ Lv.57 No item Black Belt Jarrett タクマ Takuma Reward: $1440 Machamp♂ Lv.60 No item

Items

Item Location Games Hyper Potion Hidden on small boulder west of Buck  Pt  Calcium In pit north of Bird Keeper Krystal and Black Belt Ray  Pt  Revive Hidden on small boulder northeast of Bird Keeper Krystal and Black Belt Ray  Pt  Full Heal Hidden on small boulder west of Ace Trainers Abel and Monique  Pt  Zinc Hidden on a small boulder northeast of Ace Trainers Abel and Monique  Pt  Iron Ball End of pit west of Psychics Chelsey and Sterling  Pt  Iron Hidden on a small boulder southwest of Veteran Harlan  Pt  Max Revive Northwest of Veteran Harlan  Pt  TM50 (Overheat) South of Ace Trainers Stefan and Jasmin  Pt  Flame Plate Hidden at the west end of the walkway south of TM50  Pt  Rare Candy At end of pit west of Ace Trainers Keenan and Kassandra  Pt  Max Elixir South end of pit north-west of Ace Trainers Abel and Monique (requires Rock Climb)  Pt  Nugget Far northeast corner of room (requires Rock Climb)  Pt  Fire Stone Hidden on a large boulder in the northwest corner of the room  Pt  Ultra Ball Atop hill north-west of Bird Keeper Krystal and Black Belt Ray (requires Rock Climb)  Pt

After going a little bit in this room, Buck will appear and recognizing that Team Galactic is behind it will team up with you as a tag partner.

File:BackSprite-Buck.png Pokémon Trainer Buck Stark Mountain Platinum Pokémon Trainer and Professor Buck Oak Stark Mountain Platinum Reward: None
Types: Ground Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Claydol Lv.63 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       AncientPower Rock Special   --

This room is so large it is recommend to STOCK UP on Max Repels to make this room a little less annoying. It is also highly recommended to take down the trainers in this room as long as you have Buck, since their Pokémon in level are in the late 50-early 60 range. With some of their teams well-balanced, having Buck and his ability to heal your team after battles is really handy. Just remember some items are inaccessible right now since you can't use Rock Climb as long as Buck is with you.

To make it easier to find the exit, head right past the first set of stairs until you see the path go upwards and keep going straight until you reach a dead end. Go down the nearby stairs and follow the path west, smashing a rock on the way and continue until you climb some stairs and you see two trainers around it. Head left and follow the path to the northwestern part of the room and following the both go down some nearby stairs and move the movable boulder and once you are done you are at the exit. Once there Buck recognizes Team Galactic is inside and heads in.

Heatran's Room

Inside Charon is unhappy that Mars and Jupiter quit and Jupiter won't help him. He plans to use Heatran to control the volcanic eruption to extort millions. Noticing you and Buck, Charon quickly grabs the Magma Stone and gloats, however a mysterious trainer sends out a Croagunk to get the stone back. This trainer is actually Looker in disguise and as much as Charon denies it, Looker has him arrested while the two Galactic grunts with Charon run away.

Taking both you and Buck outside, while Buck goes to return the stone, Looker mentions his investigation into Charon's activities and now with Charon arrested then Team Galactic is no longer a threat. After Buck returns depart for the Survival Zone.

Survival Area (second visit)

When you arrive you will see Buck and Barry right by the house that was locked up earlier. This house is Bucks which is the Battleground that will allow you to not only re-challenge the Sinnoh Gym Leaders, but also all five of your tag battle partners. There are four trainers in here each day, and can only be battled once a day, usually selected at random. Talk to Buck's grandfather who will tell you the legend about Stark Mountain. This is important to do or Heatran will not appear when you go back to Stark Mountain. Besides the Gym Leaders, the Elite Four's teams have also been upgraded as well, provide a harder challenge should you revisit the Pokémon League. Barry will also remain outside the Battleground building and on weekends you can re-challenge him to a battle once a day.

If the player chose Turtwig:	If the player chose Chimchar:	If the player chose Piplup:
Pokémon Trainer Barry Survival Area Platinum Pokémon Trainer and Professor Barry Oak Survival Area Platinum Reward: $6500 Types: Normal Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Staraptor♂ Lv.61 Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Steel Wing Steel Physical   --       U-turn Bug Physical   --       Types: Bug Fighting Ability: Swarm Held item: None Heracross♂ Lv.62 Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Immunity Held item: None Snorlax♂ Lv.63 Body Slam Normal Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Rest Psychic Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Swift Swim Held item: None Floatzel♂ Lv.59 Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Roserade♂ Lv.57 Giga Drain Grass Special   --       GrassWhistle Grass Status   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Types: Fire Fighting Ability: Blaze Held item: Sitrus Berry Infernape♂ Lv.65 Focus Blast Fighting Special   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --	Pokémon Trainer Barry Survival Area Platinum Pokémon Trainer and Professor Barry Oak Survival Area Platinum Reward: $6500 Types: Normal Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Staraptor♂ Lv.61 Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Steel Wing Steel Physical   --       U-turn Bug Physical   --       Types: Bug Fighting Ability: Swarm Held item: None Heracross♂ Lv.62 Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Immunity Held item: None Snorlax♂ Lv.63 Body Slam Normal Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Rest Psychic Status   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Roserade♂ Lv.61 Giga Drain Grass Special   --       GrassWhistle Grass Status   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Run Away Held item: None Rapidash♂ Lv.59 Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Sunny Day Fire Status   --       Bounce Flying Physical   --       Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Types: Water Steel Ability: Torrent Held item: Sitrus Berry Empoleon♂ Lv.65 Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Metal Claw Steel Physical   --       Drill Peck Flying Physical   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --	Pokémon Trainer Barry Survival Area Platinum Pokémon Trainer and Professor Barry Oak Survival Area Platinum Reward: $6500 Types: Normal Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Staraptor♂ Lv.61 Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Steel Wing Steel Physical   --       U-turn Bug Physical   --       Types: Bug Fighting Ability: Swarm Held item: None Heracross♂ Lv.62 Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Immunity Held item: None Snorlax♂ Lv.63 Body Slam Normal Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Rest Psychic Status   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Run Away Held item: None Rapidash♂ Lv.59 Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Sunny Day Fire Status   --       Bounce Flying Physical   --       Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Swift Swim Held item: None Floatzel♂ Lv.59 Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Types: Grass Ground Ability: Overgrow Held item: Sitrus Berry Torterra♂ Lv.65 Leaf Storm Grass Special   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --

Just remember after 10 battles, Barry's team will go up by 10 levels and then by 20 levels after 20 battles. Each time the amount of money you receive is also increased by 1000 when Barry's team is upgraded.

Stark Mountain (second visit)

Now that you are traveling by yourself in the large room you can use Rock Climb to easily navigate through the large room. Return to Heatran's room and challenge it so you can catch it.

Route 228

Route 228

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Diglett D P Pt Grass 49 5% Dugtrio D P Pt Grass 50-52 30% Rhydon D P Pt Grass 50-52 20% 20% 10% Cacnea D P Pt Grass 50 5% Cacturne D P Pt Grass 50, 52 20% 20% 40% Hippowdon D P Pt Grass 50-51 20% 20% 10% Surfing Poliwag D P Pt Surfing 35-45 30% Poliwhirl D P Pt Surfing 35-55 70% Fishing Magikarp D P Pt Fishing Old Rod 3-15 100% Magikarp D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 10-25 65% Barboach D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 15-20 30% Whiscash D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 25-35 5% Gyarados D P Pt Fishing Super Rod 30-55 65% Whiscash D P Pt Fishing Super Rod 30-55 35% Swarm Beldum D P Pt Swarm 51-52 40% {{Catch/div|sand| Sandslash D P Pt Dual-slot LeafGreen 49-50 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 Ace Trainer Jose ナオキ Naoki Reward: $3300 Golduck♂ Lv.56 No item Sandslash♂ Lv.56 No item Manectric♂ Lv.57 No item Black Belt Davon フミヒト Fumihito Reward: $1320 Tyrogue♂ Lv.54 No item Makuhita♂ Lv.54 No item Machamp♂ Lv.57 No item Ace Trainer Moira ユフコ Yufuko Reward: $3240 Sandslash♀ Lv.56 No item Gastrodon♀ West Sea Lv.56 No item Claydol Lv.57 No item Dragon Tamer Keegan ソウマ Sōma Reward: $1856 Trapinch♂ Lv.55 No item Vibrava♂ Lv.57 No item Pokémon Ranger Kyler マキオ Makio Reward: $6840 Exeggcute♂ Lv.55 No item Zangoose♂ Lv.55 No item Empoleon♂ Lv.58 No item Pokémon Ranger Krista ユッコ Yukko Reward: $6840 Lairon♀ Lv.57 No item Marowak♀ Lv.57 No item Ace Trainer Meagan サツキ Satsuki Reward: $3300 Delcatty♀ Lv.57 No item Abomasnow♀ Lv.58 No item Psychic Corbin シュウ Shū Reward: $1760 Xatu♂ Lv.56 No item Gallade♂ Lv.56 No item Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.