Waterfall (obstacle)

Waterfalls are a type of aquatic obstacle appearing in the core series games from Generations II to VI. To get past them, the player must have a Pokémon use the field move Waterfall.

In Generations II and III, the field move Waterfall is only required to ascend waterfalls, not descend them. From Generation IV onwards, the move is required to both ascend and descend waterfalls.

Areas with waterfalls

Kanto

Location		Blocks access to
Tohjo Falls	Inside the entrances	Gives the player access between Johto to Kanto, as well as to the Hidden Room.

Sevii Islands

Location		Blocks access to
Cape Brink	Right path to the Move Tutors house	Allows the player to bypass the tall grass.
Icefall Cave	Cave entrance	The back cave where Lorelei is confronting Team Rocket, this is also the only location wild Lapras can be encountered.

Johto

Location		Games	Blocks access to
Whirl Islands	Floor B2F	GSC	Allows the player to descend to encounter Lugia.
Mt. Mortar	The cave entrance	GSCHGSS	An interior section called Waterfall Cave, notably where the player can encounter Black Belt Kiyo who will give you a Tyrogue after being defeated.
Route 47	Entering Cliff Cave and descending to the sea portion of the route.	HGSS	Allows access to the only tall grass on the route as well as to a White Flute
Mt. Silver	Inside 2FGSC Inside the entranceHGSS	GSCHGSS	Grants access to the majority of the cave

Hoenn

Location		Games	Blocks access to
Route 114	West side of the route	RSEORAS	A Rare Candy Terra CaveE
Meteor Falls	Just inside the main entrance		Allows access to the majority of the area
Route 119	Near the Weather Institute		Grants access to a variety of items and berries
Hoenn Safari Zone	In Area 5	E	Shortcut avoiding the tall grass
Ever Grande City	At the routes entrance	RSEORAS	Allows access to Victory Road and the Hoenn Elite Four.
Victory Road	B2FRSE 2FORAS		Allows access to TM81 (X-Scissor)ORAS

Sinnoh

Location		Blocks access to
Mt. Coronet	4F 1	Access to a room containing a Stone PlateDPPtBDSP, as well as the Adamant Orb and Lustrous Orb in Pokémon Platinum.
Route 208	Over the north bridge and down the stairs	A Carbos
Route 210	Before crossing the bridges to Celestic Town	Meadow Plate and a Wave Incense
Victory Road	B1F	TM59 (Dragon Pulse)
Pokémon League	Outside the Victory Road exit	Allows access to the Pokémon League building

Unova

Location		Games	Blocks access to
Lostlorn Forest	Near the entrance to Route 16	BWB2W2	A Grass Gem, a Protein, a Rare Candy, and Veteran Murphy.
Route 11	Middle of the route		A variety of items, a Trainer battle, as well as the dark grass on the route.
Route 14	Throughout the route		The Abundant Shrine, and a variety of items and Trainer battles.
Route 20	The middle of the route	B2W2	The Cave of Being, as well as a Big Mushroom and a Sticky Barb and Pokémon Ranger Naoko.
Victory Road	The center of the first outside portion		TM93 (Wild Charge) and Veterans Claude and Cecile

Nature Preserve

Location	Blocks access to
In the northeast	A Rare Candy

Kalos

Location			Blocks access to
Route 15		North of the eastern bridge	A hidden HP Up A Stone Plate
Route 16		On the eastern edge of the pond (×2)	Nothing
		In the north (also requires cutting down a cuttable plant)	TM97 (Dark Pulse) on Route 15
Frost Cavern	Outside	West of the exit to Dendemille Town	A Heart Scale TM71 (Stone Edge)
Couriway Town		South of Hotel Couriway	TM80 (Rock Slide)
Pokémon Village		In the northwest	A patch of purple flowers TM29 (Psychic)
Route 22		South of the stairs west of the exit to Victory Road	The southern portion of the route
		South of the entrance to the Chamber of Emptiness (also requires descending the first waterfall)	A Draco Plate
Victory Road	Outside 4	Northeast of the pier	TM02 (Dragon Claw) Hiker Corwin A hidden Max Ether

Gallery

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Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• A waterfall appears in the Distortion World in Platinum. Due to the irregular gravity, however, only the field move Surf is required to traverse it.