Walkthrough:Pokémon Sword and Shield/Part 13

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• Route 9
  • Items
  • Pokémon
    • Hidden encounters
    • Visible encounters
    • Curry encounters
    • Wanderers
  • Trainers
• Circhester Bay
  • Items
  • Berry trees
  • Pokémon
    • Hidden encounters
    • Visible encounters
    • Curry encounters
    • Wanderers
  • Trainers
• Outer Spikemuth
  • Items
  • Berry trees
  • Pokémon
    • Hidden encounters
    • Visible encounters
    • Curry encounters
  • Trainers
• Spikemuth
  • Gym Mission
  • After beating the Gym
    • Pokémon

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Route 9

Route 9

Start by heading south over the bridge, past the patch of grass and the first two trainers, and you'll find two Team Yell Grunts cheering on a Drednaw, as well as blocking your path, of course. They’re also holding up the scientist who gave you your Rotom Bike, who says he can upgrade it so that it can travel on water. You’ll only end up fighting one, because they’ll both clear off with the Drednaw when you win. Your reward is the ability to ride the Rotom Bike across water, which is handy as the second section of Route 9, known as Circhester Bay, is impossible to cross otherwise.

Items

Items
Item Location Games TM64 (Avalanche) West just after entering Route 9, on an isolated rising inlet (requires an upgraded Rotom Bike)  Sw  Sh  Max Potion In the clearing in the field of grass just east of the route's signpost  Sw  Sh

Pokémon

Hidden encounters

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Kingler Sw Sh Grass 38-42 25% Octillery Sw Sh Grass 38-42 30% Cramorant Sw Sh Grass 38-42 40% Pincurchin Sw Sh Grass 38-42 5% Fishing Octillery Sw Sh Fishing 38-42 60% Wishiwashi Sw Sh Fishing 38-42 30% Pyukumuku Sw Sh Fishing 38-42 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.

Visible encounters

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Pelipper Sw Sh Grass 41-44 40% Gastrodon East Sea Sw Sh Grass 41-44 15% Jellicent Sw Sh Grass 41-44 5% Jellicent Sw Sh Grass 41-44 35% Mareanie Sw Sh Grass 41-44 35% Mareanie Sw Sh Grass 41-44 5% Pyukumuku Sw Sh Grass 41-44 5% Surfing Qwilfish Sw Sh Surfing 39-43 30% Pelipper Sw Sh Surfing 39-43 40% Mantyke Sw Sh Surfing 39-43 25% Jellicent Sw Sh Surfing 39-43 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.

Curry encounters

Available Pokémon
Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Cramorant Sw Sh Curry 38-42 15.65% Octillery Sw Sh Curry 38-42 20.87% Kingler Sw Sh Curry 38-42 24.35% Pincurchin Sw Sh Curry 38-42 39.13% 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.

Wanderers

• Glalie is located at the end of the stream west of the bridge by Circhester. It does not respawn.

Available Pokémon
Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Glalie Sw Sh Wanderer 55 One 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

Trainers
Trainer Pokémon Fisher Harriet ミサキ Misaki Reward: $2,496 Barraskewda♀ Lv.39 No item Lanturn♀ Lv.39 No item Dancer Zoe リオ Rio Reward: $2,496 Darumaka♀ Galarian form Lv.39 No item Bellossom♀ Lv.39 No item

Circhester Bay

Circhester Bay is mostly water, with an island in the center that has a Pokémon Camp, as well as various small beaches. To advance to the next part of the route, Outer Spikemuth, you can travel either clockwise or counter-clockwise around the center, eventually reaching land in the south. It’s definitely worth exploring all the nooks and crannies, with plenty of money items to be found, as well as two TMs, and other good utility items as well. There’s a fair few trainers to be fought, who use either Fighting- or Water-type Pokémon depending on their Trainer class. It's possible to get through this section without fighting any of them, however, should you so wish. There’s also plenty of Water-type Pokémon to catch, as well as some sneaky Grapploct lying in wait for unsuspecting trainers.

Items

All items here require an upgraded Rotom Bike to be accessed, aside from the upgrade itself.

Items

Item Location Games Rotom Bike Upgraded by a Doctor after driving off the Team Yell Grunts, after defeating Hop in Circhester  Sw  Sh  Zoom Lens On an isle situated immediately west just after entering Circhester Bay  Sw  Sh  Max Revive On an isle situated west after entering Circhester Bay  Sw  Sh  Pearl ×2 West in an inlet, north of the Max Revive (hidden) On the shore between the fishing spots just east of the Swimmer before entering Outer Spikemuth (hidden)  Sw  Sh  Big Pearl ×3 East in an inlet, north of the Max Revive (hidden) In the canal, north of the Pearl String (hidden) West of the Swimmer on the shore just before entering Outer Spikemuth (hidden)  Sw  Sh  Black Belt West on the little island with the Black Belt (hidden)  Sw  Sh  Dive Ball ×3 West on a secret beach, near two Swimmers  Sw  Sh  TM45 (Dive) A gift from a Swimmer for visiting her secret beach  Sw  Sh  Rare Candy At the end of a path west of the Pokémon Camp (hidden)  Sw  Sh  Never-Melt Ice In the clearing in the field of grass west of the Fisher (hidden)  Sw  Sh  Ice Stone On the west side of the canal, northeast of the Fisher (hidden)  Sw  Sh  Pearl String On the east side of the canal, northeast of the Fisher (hidden)  Sw  Sh  Protector On a secluded shore directly east of the Trainer Tips signpost, next to the Circhester Bay signpost  Sw  Sh  PP Up In the water by the private beach with the Berry tree (hidden)  Sw  Sh  Normal Gem On a private beach just north of the Outer Spikemuth shore east of the Swimmer (hidden)  Sw  Sh  TM22 (Rock Slide) On a secluded shore directly northwest of the Outer Spikemuth shore  Sw  Sh  Max Elixir Between three rocks just before entering Outer Spikemuth (hidden)  Sw  Sh

Berry trees

Berry trees
Item Location Games Wiki Berry Can fall from the Berry tree  Sw  Sh  Aguav Berry Can fall from the Berry tree  Sw  Sh  Iapapa Berry Can fall from the Berry tree  Sw  Sh  Petaya Berry Can fall from the Berry tree  Sw  Sh  Apicot Berry Can fall from the Berry tree  Sw  Sh

Pokémon

Hidden encounters

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Gastrodon East Sea Sw Sh Grass 39-43 30% Inkay Sw Sh Grass 39-43 25% Cramorant Sw Sh Grass 39-43 40% Pincurchin Sw Sh Grass 39-43 5% Berry trees Greedent Sw Sh Berry tree 39-43 100% Fishing Lapras Sw Sh Fishing 39-43 1% Mantine Sw Sh Fishing 39-43 10% Wailmer Sw Sh Fishing 39-43 34% Wailord Sw Sh Fishing 39-43 5% Mantyke Sw Sh Fishing 39-43 50% 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.

Visible encounters

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Octillery Sw Sh Grass 39-43 24% Barbaracle Sw Sh Grass 39-43 10% Barbaracle Sw Sh Grass 39-43 20% Bergmite Sw Sh Grass 39-43 15% Bergmite Sw Sh Grass 39-43 20% Toxapex Sw Sh Grass 39-43 20% Toxapex Sw Sh Grass 39-43 5% Dhelmise Sw Sh Grass 39-43 1% Clobbopus Sw Sh Grass 39-43 30% Surfing Remoraid Sw Sh Surfing 39-43 15% Mantine Sw Sh Surfing 39-43 10% Wailmer Sw Sh Surfing 39-43 40% Mantyke Sw Sh Surfing 39-43 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.

Curry encounters

Available Pokémon
Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Cramorant Sw Sh Curry 39-43 15.65% Gastrodon East Sea Sw Sh Curry 39-43 20.87% Inkay Sw Sh Curry 39-43 24.35% Pincurchin Sw Sh Curry 39-43 39.13% 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.

Wanderers

• There are several Grapploct in the water. They respawn when going too far into Route 9 proper or Outer Spikemuth (around past the signposts) or using the Flying Taxi. Their locations are:
  • Waiting directly east of the northern entrance to Circhester Bay
  • Moving in a circle around a group of icebergs northwest of the Pokémon Camp
  • Moving back and forth in a canal southwest of the Pokémon Camp
  • Moving in a circle around an iceberg between the Trainer Tips signpost and Circhester Bay signpost
  • Moving in a circle around a rock west of the Berry Tree

Available Pokémon
Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Grapploct Sw Sh Wanderer 50 N/A 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

Trainers

Trainer Pokémon After defeating Hop at Circhester Team Yell Grunt Reward: $3,200 Linoone♀ Galarian form Lv.39 No item Pangoro♂ Lv.40 No item After upgrading the Rotom Bike Black Belt Carter ケンジ Kenji Reward: $2,624 Grapploct♂ Lv.41 No item Black Belt Reece タクマ Takuma Reward: $2,624 Sawk♂ Lv.41 No item Throh♂ Lv.41 No item Fisher Marina ミナト Minato Reward: $2,560 Qwilfish♀ Lv.39 No item Pyukumuku♀ Lv.40 No item Swimmer Jacob ユウヤ Yūya Reward: $2,496 Cloyster♂ Lv.39 No item Swimmer Logan カツノリ Kataunori Reward: $2,560 Wishiwashi♂ Lv.40 No item Wailord♂ Lv.40 No item Swimmer Scarlett ヤスコ Yasuko Reward: $2,560 Remoraid♂ Lv.39 No item Octillery♀ Lv.40 No item Mantine♀ Lv.40 No item Swimmer Layla マリエ Marie Reward: $2,496 Toxapex♀ Lv.39 No item

Outer Spikemuth

The third and final section of Route 9 is Outer Spikemuth. Head up the slope towards the town and you’ll find that the entrance has been closed off, preventing anyone from getting in. Marnie will helpfully signal to you, so follow her lead down the path to the south and round the corner where she’ll be waiting for you. She knows about another way into Spikemuth, her hometown, but as she’s a rival she won’t let you use it unless you can beat her in battle, with two Team Yell Grunts coming out for support. Her team of Dark types won’t be a problem for you if you know your type chart, although her Toxicroak has a good matchup into Fairy-type Pokémon that would otherwise flourish, so be wary.

Pokémon Trainer

Marnie

'

Route 9

Sword and Shield

Reward:
$5,280

Liepard♀ Lv.42

Type:

Dark

Ability:

Prankster

Held item:

None

Effort levels:

Fake Out

Normal

Physical

Torment

Dark

Status

Nasty Plot

Dark

Status

Sucker Punch

Dark

Physical

Toxicroak♀ Lv.43

Types:

Poison

Fighting

Ability:

Dry Skin

Held item:

None

Effort levels:

Venoshock

Poison

Special

Sucker Punch

Dark

Physical

Swagger

Normal

Status

Poison Jab

Poison

Physical

Scrafty♀ Lv.43

Types:

Dark

Fighting

Ability:

Shed Skin

Held item:

None

Effort levels:

Brick Break

Fighting

Physical

Scary Face

Normal

Status

Crunch

Dark

Physical

Swagger

Normal

Status

Morpeko♀ Lv.44

Types:

Electric

Dark

Ability:

Hunger Switch

Held item:

None

Effort levels:

Quick Attack

Normal

Physical

Torment

Dark

Status

Spark

Electric

Physical

Bite

Dark

Physical

Marnie pledges to get her revenge in the Champion Cup, but true to her word, she does step aside to let you into Spikemuth.

Items

Items
Item Location Games Scope Lens To the west in the clearing in the field of grass just at the end of the slope  Sw  Sh  Dire Hit ×3 Up the slope to the east near the shipping crates (hidden)  Sw  Sh  Guard Spec ×3 In the clearing in the field of grass by the four pallets, south of the front Spikemuth entrance (hidden)  Sw  Sh

Berry trees

Berry trees
Item Location Games Lum Berry Can fall from the Berry tree  Sw  Sh  Roseli Berry Can fall from the Berry tree  Sw  Sh  Chople Berry Can fall from the Berry tree  Sw  Sh  Tanga Berry Can fall from the Berry tree  Sw  Sh  Salac Berry Can fall from the Berry tree  Sw  Sh

Pokémon

Hidden encounters

Available Pokémon
Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Liepard Sw Sh Grass 40-44 25% Thievul Sw Sh Grass 40-44 30% Perrserker Sw Sh Grass 40-44 40% Morpeko Sw Sh Grass 40-44 5% Berry trees Greedent Sw Sh Berry tree 40-44 100% 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.

Visible encounters

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Jellicent Sw Sh Grass 40-44 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% Bergmite Sw Sh Grass 40-44 40% Mareanie Sw Sh Grass 40-44 24% Toxapex Sw Sh Grass 40-44 5% Dhelmise Sw Sh Grass 40-44 1% Clobbopus Sw Sh Grass 40-44 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.

Curry encounters

Available Pokémon
Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Perrserker Sw Sh Curry 40-44 15.65% Thievul Sw Sh Curry 40-44 20.87% Liepard Sw Sh Curry 40-44 24.35% Morpeko Sw Sh Curry 40-44 39.13% 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

Trainers
Trainer Pokémon Music Crew Owen and Andrea リョウマ と ヒビキ Ryōma and Hibiki Reward: $5,248 Toxtricity♂ Amped Form Lv.41 No item Maractus♀ Lv.41 No item

Spikemuth

Spikemuth

When you enter Spikemuth, you'll find the Pokémon Center right in front of you. It's worth using it immediately, as you’ll be thrown right into the Gym Challenge. Head east after exiting the Center where Marnie is waiting for you. She'll hand you Piers's League Card and run off, and a Team Yell Grunt will make you change into your Uniform for the Gym Mission.

Gym Mission

The Mission itself just has you advance down Spikemuth's one long, narrow street, battling Team Yell Grunts, who double as Gym Trainers. A Kantonian Mr. Mime will block your path at certain points - just head back the way you came for a few steps and the next Trainers will ambush you, whose defeat will make Mr. Mime retreat and allow you to continue onward. There’s a Max Revive you can pick up along the way just in case you get into trouble. All the Trainers carry exclusively Dark-type Pokémon, so Fighting-, Fairy-, and Bug-type Pokémon should make light work of them. The only difficulty might be the Drapion the last Trainer uses, but a strong Ground-type move to attack its only weakness should see you through.

After you've defeated all the Trainers, you'll find Marnie, who explains that Team Yell shut Spikemuth's gates to prevent other Trainers from completing the Gym Challenge. Marnie tells you not to worry about that, though, and instead take on the Gym Leader, her brother Piers.

Spikemuth Gym

Trainers

Trainer Pokémon Team Yell Grunt Reward: $3,360 Linoone♂ Galarian form Lv.42 No item Team Yell Grunt Reward: $3,360 Thievul♀ Lv.42 No item Team Yell Grunt Reward: $3,360 Scrafty♂ Lv.42 No item Team Yell Grunt Reward: $3,440 Weavile♂ Lv.43 No item Team Yell Grunt Reward: $3,440 Double Battle with Joshua Liepard♂ Lv.43 No item Gym Trainer Joshua ヨウヘイ Yōhei Reward: $4,128 Double Battle with the Grunt Drapion♂ Lv.43 No item

Gym Leader

Piers

'

Spikemuth Gym

Sword and Shield

Reward:
$7,360

Scrafty♂ Lv.44

Types:

Dark

Fighting

Ability:

Intimidate

Held item:

None

Effort levels:

Fake Out

Normal

Physical

Sand Attack

Ground

Status

Brick Break

Fighting

Physical

Payback

Dark

Physical

Malamar♂ Lv.45

Types:

Dark

Psychic

Ability:

Contrary

Held item:

None

Effort levels:

Night Slash

Dark

Physical

Foul Play

Dark

Physical

Psycho Cut

Psychic

Physical

Payback

Dark

Physical

Skuntank♂ Lv.45

Types:

Poison

Dark

Ability:

Aftermath

Held item:

None

Effort levels:

Sucker Punch

Dark

Physical

Screech

Normal

Status

Toxic

Poison

Status

Snarl

Dark

Special

Obstagoon♂ Lv.46

Types:

Dark

Normal

Ability:

Reckless

Held item:

None

Effort levels:

Obstruct

Dark

Status

Throat Chop

Dark

Physical

Counter

Fighting

Physical

Shadow Claw

Ghost

Physical

This battle is unique for a number of reasons. First, Spikemuth is the only town without a Power Spot, so neither you or Piers can Dynamax during your battle. Second, Piers is the only Gym Leader in any Pokémon game (as of Generation IX) to specialize in Dark-type Pokémon. He leads with a Scrafty that has Intimidate, weakening physical attackers. It also likes to use Fake Out on the first turn, causing you to flinch. You can get around this by using a Pokémon with Inner Focus, which both blocks Intimidate and prevents flinching, using a special attacker, or by using your first turn to set up an X Attack, boosting your attack to +1 on a turn you wouldn’t normally get a move off anyway. The Skuntank, which would normally be a problem for Fairy-type Pokémon that carry a good type matchup, doesn’t have any Poison-type damaging moves, so there’s nothing stopping you from utilizing them. With Dynamax unavailable, Piers can send his Pokémon out in any order, but none should pose too much of a problem if you’ve picked the right Pokémon to use.

After you've defeated him, Piers will hand over the Dark Badge, and the Dark Uniform. Piers then reveals to Marnie that he wants her to take over as the Gym Leader after the Champion Cup, although she flatly refuses, as she won’t have time when she's Champion. You’ll be returned to the start of the Gym Challenge, and a Team Yell Grunt will give you TM85 (Snarl), a Dark-type special move that drops your opponent’s Special Attack.

After beating the Gym

A stranger, who’s able to get into Spikemuth now that the main shutters have been opened, makes you head outside to Route 9 where there’s some sort of commotion going on. Leon’s outside checking things out, and he promises that he can take care of whatever’s making all the noise, and that you should just focus on finishing your Gym Challenge by facing Raihan, the final Gym Leader. Before you follow him into the Route 9 Tunnel, head back to the end of Spikemuth, where you can find a pair of Choice Specs just below the stage. With everything now tidied up in Spikemuth, you can return to the outside world to continue your adventure.

Pokémon

A male Team Yell Grunt named Edmund in the booth at the Gym arena will offer to trade the player his Kantonian Mr. Mime nicknamed "Mymo" in exchange for an Obstagoon.

Available Pokémon
Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Special Pokémon Mr. Mime Sw Sh Trade Obstagoon 40 One 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.

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