Appendix:Black and White walkthrough/Section 8

Outside Twist Mountain

Check the puddle to the right for a hidden Ultra Ball. Just as you are about to climb the staircase to the mountain's entrance, Cheren shows up again. Since you each have a Jet Badge now, he's here for another battle.

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Pokémon Trainer Cheren Twist Mountain Black and White Reward: $3500 Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Unburden Held item: Sitrus Berry Liepard♂ Lv.33 Assurance Dark Physical   --       Torment Dark Status   --       Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Hone Claws Dark Status   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Miracle Seed Simisage♂ Lv.33 Lick Ghost Physical   --       Seed Bomb Grass Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Types: Normal Flying Ability: Super Luck Held item: Scope Lens Unfezant♂ Lv.33 Roost Flying Status   --       Detect Fighting Status   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Taunt Dark Status   --       Types: Fire Fighting Ability: Blaze Held item: Leftovers Pignite♂ Lv.35 Heat Crash Fire Physical   --       Rollout Rock Physical   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Smog Poison Special   --	Pokémon Trainer Cheren Twist Mountain Black and White Reward: $3500 Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Unburden Held item: Sitrus Berry Liepard♂ Lv.33 Assurance Dark Physical   --       Torment Dark Status   --       Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Hone Claws Dark Status   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Charcoal Simisear♂ Lv.33 Lick Ghost Physical   --       Flame Burst Fire Special   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Types: Normal Flying Ability: Super Luck Held item: Scope Lens Unfezant♂ Lv.33 Roost Flying Status   --       Detect Fighting Status   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Taunt Dark Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: Leftovers Dewott♂ Lv.35 Fury Cutter Bug Physical   --       Revenge Fighting Physical   --       Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Water Pulse Water Special   --	Pokémon Trainer Cheren Twist Mountain Black and White Reward: $3500 Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Unburden Held item: Sitrus Berry Liepard♂ Lv.33 Assurance Dark Physical   --       Torment Dark Status   --       Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Hone Claws Dark Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Mystic Water Simipour♂ Lv.33 Lick Ghost Physical   --       Scald Water Special   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Types: Normal Flying Ability: Super Luck Held item: Scope Lens Unfezant♂ Lv.33 Roost Flying Status   --       Detect Fighting Status   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Taunt Dark Status   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: Leftovers Servine♂ Lv.35 Mega Drain Grass Special   --       Leaf Blade Grass Physical   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Slam Normal Physical   --

When you defeat Cheren, Alder jumps down from the cliff. He was watching the battle, and tells Cheren that what he does with the power gained by becoming stronger is important. Alder gives you each a copy of HM03 (Surf), then leaves to the south. Cheren climbs the staircase and enters Twist Mountain.

Now that you have the ability to cross bodies of water, you can backtrack to a few locations that were previously unreachable.

Now that you have Surf (optional)

Now that you have access to the HM for Surf, you can get some items in places previously visited, and even go to some new ones.

Striaton City

Items
Item Location Games Zinc To the right of the Route 3 gateway (requires Surf) (hidden)  B  W  Big Pearl Gift from a Fisherman at the left of the Route 3 gateway (requires Surf)  B  W

Route 3

Items
Item Location Games Full Heal North of the bridge (requires Surf)  B  W  Rare Candy Northwest of the bridge (requires Surf) (hidden)  B  W  Max Ether North-west of the bridge (requires Surf)  B  W  Lum Berry Gift from Pokémon Breeder Galen (requires Surf)  B  W  HP Up North-west of the bridge (requires Surf)  B  W

Trainers
Trainer Pokémon Pokémon Breeder Galen ユウリ Yūri Reward: $1536 Simisage♂ Lv.32 No item Simisear♂ Lv.32 No item Simipour♂ Lv.32 No item

Wellspring Cave

Items

Item Location Games PP Up 1F, West of Full Heal (requires Surf) (hidden)  B  W  Elixir 1F, In the west (requires Surf)  B  W  Escape Rope 1F, In the south (requires Surf)  B  W  Max Potion B1F, East of entrance (hidden)  B  W  TM47 (Low Sweep) B1F, East from Max Potion (requires Surf)  B  W  Hyper Potion B1F, Northwest of Battle Girl Xiao (hidden)  B  W  Dive Ball B1F, South of Hyper Potion  B  W  Mystic Water B1F, North of TM47 in east  B  W  Revive B1F, South of Mystic Water in east (hidden)  B  W  Max Elixir B1F, Northeast end (hidden)  B  W  TM52 (Focus Blast) B1F, Northern end (requires Surf)  B  W

Trainers

Trainer Pokémon Black Belt Edward トウシ Tōshi Reward: $1088 Scraggy♂ Lv.34 No item Throh♂ Lv.34 No item Sawk♂ Lv.34 No item Battle Girl Maggie ミスズ Misuzu Reward: $1120 Gurdurr♂ Lv.35 No item Sawk♂ Lv.35 No item Battle Girl Xiao シャオ Xiao Reward: $1120 Gurdurr♂ Lv.35 No item Throh♂ 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.

Driftveil City

Items
Item Location Games Water Stone Next to the lighthouse off the shore (requires Surf)  B  W

Route 6

Items

Item Location Games TM84 (Poison Jab) North of the southernmost bridge (requires Surf)  B  W  Silk Scarf East of the Season Research Lab, south of the entrance to Mistralton Cave (requires Surf)  B  W  TinyMushroom ×2 Directly behind the north gate of the Season Research Lab (requires Surf) (hidden, regrows occasionally) Near Mistralton Cave entrance (requires Surf) (hidden, regrows occasionally)  B  W  Big Mushroom Directly behind the north gate of the Season Research Lab (requires Surf) (hidden)  B  W

Route 1 (southwest)

To reach Route 17, you need to get back to Route 1 and surf west. Leave an open slot in your party for the treasure hunter's Egg! Pick up the Max Ether near the western shore, then battle the two Pokémon Rangers and the Fisherman. Grab the Pearl to the southeast, and walk through the gate to reach Route 17.

Trainers
Trainer Pokémon Pokémon Ranger Brenda Reward: $2100 Swoobat♀ Lv.35 No item Simisear♂ Lv.35 No item Fisherman Sean Reward: $1088 Frillish♂ Male Lv.34 No item Frillish♀ Male Lv.34 No item Pokémon Ranger Claude Reward: $2100 Cinccino♀ Lv.35 No item Zebstrika♂ Lv.35 No item

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Dark grass Herdier B W Dark grass 32-34 39% Watchog B W Dark grass 32-35 36% Scraggy B W Dark grass 33-35 25% Rustling grass Audino B W Rustling grass 2-4 100% Surfing Basculin B W Surfing 5-15 100% Basculin B W Surfing 5-15 100% Rippling Water Basculin B W Rippling water 5-20 100% Basculin B W Rippling water 5-20 100% 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.

Items
Item Location Games Max Ether Near the western shore  B  W  Persim Berry ×2 From Pokémon Ranger Brenda after defeating her From Pokémon Ranger Claude after defeating him  B  W  Pearl South of Pokémon Ranger Claude  B  W  Big Mushroom Under a tree, near the Pearl (hidden)  B  W

Route 17

Route 17

The swift ocean currents can make travel difficult, so proceed carefully. Surf to the first spot of shallow water, then grab TM06 (Toxic) from the next. Ride the northernmost of the two westbound currents to fight Swimmer Wright and pick up a DeepSeaTooth. Take the southern current west to reach the large island on Route 18.

Trainers

Trainer Pokémon Fisherman Lydon Reward: $1088 Basculin♂ Blue-Striped Form Lv.34 No item Basculin♂ Red-Striped Form Lv.34 No item Swimmer Joyce Reward: $560 Alomomola♀ Lv.35 No item Swimmer Wright 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 Swimmer Berke Reward: $544 Frillish♂ Male Lv.34 No item Simipour♂ Lv.34 No item Swimmer Caroline Reward: $544 Ducklett♀ Lv.34 No item Frillish♀ Male Lv.34 No item

Available Pokémon
Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Sp Su Au Wi Surfing Frillish B W Surfing 5-15 100% Rippling Water Alomomola B W Rippling water 5-20 95% Jellicent B W Rippling water 5-20 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.

Items
Item Location Games TM06 (Toxic) Shallow water northwest of Fisherman Lydon  B  W  DeepSeaTooth Shallow water northeast of Swimmer♂ Wright  B  W  Heart Scale ×3 On a small rock near the P2 Laboratory (hidden) West of Swimmer Berke (hidden) West of Swimmer Caroline (hidden)  B  W  Big Pearl Southwest of the P2 Laboratory (hidden)  B  W

Route 18

Route 18

Climb the staircase to the top of the cliff and battle Hiker Jeremiah. Trek through the tall grass to reach the only building on the island; a girl inside will restore your Pokémon's health. Talk to the Pokémon Ranger here to receive an Egg he found in the Relic Castle. The man in black is looking for a Rare Bone; wild Crustle sometimes hold them, which you can sell to him for $10,000.

If you have a Pokémon that knows Strength, you can cross the bridge to the south and drop the boulder to find a Max Elixir. Go down the staircase and shove the second boulder east to fight Backpacker Sam, and pick up a Dragon Scale. Head to the northwest, then double-back through the tall grass on the island's west side to find HM05 (Waterfall)! Go north and climb another staircase to fight Veteran Ray, then continue east across a second bridge and climb down the last staircase.

Trainers
Trainer Pokémon Hiker Jeremiah Reward: $1088 Boldore♂ Lv.34 No item Crustle♂ Lv.34 No item Backpacker Kumiko Reward: $840 Emolga♀ Lv.35 No item Backpacker Sam Reward: $840 Whimsicott♂ Lv.35 No item Veteran Ray Reward: $2880 Basculin♂ Blue-Striped Form Lv.35 No item Simisage♂ Lv.35 No item Darmanitan♂ Lv.36 No item Battle Girl Hillary Reward: $1120 Scraggy♀ Lv.35 No item Gurdurr♂ Lv.35 No item

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Sp Su Au Wi Scraggy B W Grass 28-31 40% Dwebble B W Grass 30-31 30% Watchog B W Grass 28-30 20% Sawk B W Grass 29-31 10% Throh B W Grass 29-31 10% Dark grass Scraggy B W Dark grass 32-35 40% Crustle B W Dark grass 34-35 30% Watchog B W Dark grass 32-34 20% Sawk B W Dark grass 33-35 10% Throh B W Dark grass 33-35 10% Rustling grass Audino B W Rustling grass 28-31 95% Sawk B W Rustling grass 33-35 5% Throh B W Rustling grass 33-35 5% Surfing Frillish B W Surfing 5-15 100% Rippling water Alomomola B W Rippling water 5-20 85% Jellicent B W Rippling water 5-20 5% Special Pokémon Larvesta B W Egg 1 From a Pokémon Ranger in the house 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 Max Elixir Across the bridge from the prefab house (requires Strength)  B  W  Dragon Scale Northwest of Backpacker Sam (requires Strength)  B  W  Calcium On a rock west of Backpacker Sam (hidden, requires Strength)  B  W  HM05 (Waterfall) In the tall grass on the island's southwest edge  B  W  After arriving from the P2 Laboratory Heart Scale On the secluded southern beach  B  W  TM19 (Telekinesis) In the tall grass on the island's north side  B  W  Big Pearl On the beach, east of Battle Girl Hillary (hidden)  B  W  Pearl On the beach, southeast of Battle Girl Hillary (hidden)  B  W

P2 Laboratory

The P2 Laboratory island

Ride the southernmost of the two eastbound currents to wind up in front of a small island. Grab TM24 (Thunderbolt) to the south, then check out the P2 Laboratory. The building is devoid of people, but is cluttered with machines. Surf southwest between the currents and around two Swimmers to reach the large island's interior. A Heart Scale lies on a secluded part of the beach to the south, while Battle Girl Hillary and TM19 (Telekinesis) are farther west.

Trainers
Trainer Pokémon Scientist Nathan Reward: $1680 Garbodor♂ Lv.35 No item

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Watchog B W Grass 28-31 36% Herdier B W Grass 28-31 36% Scraggy B W Grass 29-31 14% Klink B W Grass 29-31 14% Rustling grass Audino B W Rustling grass 28-31 95% Stoutland B W Rustling grass 31 5% Surfing Frillish B W Surfing 5-15 100% Rippling water Alomomola B W Rippling water 5-20 95% Jellicent B W Rippling water 5-20 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.

Items
Item Location Games TM24 (Thunderbolt) In the tall grass  B  W  Dubious Disc On the floor of the lab  B  W

Mistralton Cave

Mistralton Cave 1F

The next place to visit is Mistralton Cave, situated across the river on Route 6. Somewhere in its depths, the legendary Cobalion lives in hiding. Legends claim that Cobalion saved the Pokémon of Unova from a sea of fire in the distant past. Remember to bring a Pokémon with Strength; Flash is also good to have.

Trainers
Trainer Pokémon Hiker Hugh Reward: $1056 Drilbur♂ Lv.33 No item Gurdurr♂ Lv.33 No item Hiker Clarke Reward: $1088 Boldore♂ Lv.34 No item

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate 1F, 2F, Guidance Chamber Boldore B W Cave 28-31 50% Woobat B W Cave 28-30 30% Axew B W Cave 30-31 20% Dust clouds Drilbur B W Dust cloud 28-31 100% Guidance Chamber Cobalion B W Cave 42 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.

Items

Item Location Games 1F Elixir On a small rock near the first boulder (hidden)  B  W  Hyper Potion ×2 On a small rock north of Hiker Clarke (hidden) Northeast of the entrance  B  W  Max Repel East of Hiker Clarke  B  W  2F Ultra Ball On a small rock southwest of the first boulder  B  W  Hyper Potion On a small rock east of the first boulder  B  W  Hard Stone Near the southern wall  B  W  TM80 (Rock Slide) In the northwest corner  B  W  Iron In an alcove in the center of the floor  B  W  PP Up In an alcove west of the Iron (hidden)  B  W  Guidance Chamber Revive In the southwest  B  W  Ultra Ball On a rock east of the Dusk Stone  B  W  Dusk Stone In the northeast  B  W  Rare Candy Northwest of the old man  B  W  Carbos On the rock behind the Rare Candy (hidden)  B  W

1F

Go south and push the boulder to the hole in the floor. Walk east past Hiker Hugh and move the second boulder to the next hole. Head north along the east wall to fight Hiker Clarke, and pick up the Max Repel. Grab the Hyper Potion to the northwest, and move the third boulder into place to create a shortcut. Climb the stairway to the second floor.

2F

Mistralton Cave 2F

Head south to move the next boulder. Walk across the rock ledge, and double-back along the southern wall to find a Hard Stone. Go north, then west to push two more boulders into place. Head to the northeast, then follow the north wall to the west along the upper level for TM80 (Rock Slide). Go west along the lower level to reach an Iron, then jump south over the ledge, and climb up to the third floor.

Guidance Chamber

Guidance Chamber

Head west from the stairway to find a Revive. Backtrack to the east and follow the wall north to get a Dusk Stone. Talk to the old man to hear a story of the three legendary Pokémon, Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion.

The old man's story

In the distant past, when Pokémon and people lived in different worlds, a war between people started an intense fire in a forest where many Pokémon lived. The Pokémon were surrounded by smoke and flames. They were in big trouble. And then, the legends Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion appeared! Terrakion used its amazing strength to destroy rocks blocking the escape route. Virizion used its quick movements to protect Pokémon from looming flames. And Cobalion led the frightened Pokémon out of the burning woods. ... The people who started the war were routed by the power of the legends. Because of Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion, the war was ended. ... When people fight, there's no peace for Pokémon, either. The three legends learned that the deeds of humans could lead to dire consequences for their world. ... They cut themselves off from people and disappeared. No one saw much of them after that, and the three faded into myth...

Pick up a Rare Candy to the northwest, then go south and drop the final two boulders into position. Head northwest to find Cobalion.

Cobalion

Cobalion's Ability, Justified, gives it an Attack boost whenever it is hit by a Dark-type attack. When this happens, its Sacred Sword attack becomes very powerful, so be careful. Lower its health with Normal-, Grass-, and Ice-type moves before attempting to capture it. If you need to use TM's, it would be recommended to teach a Pokémon Reflect since it can reduce the damage from Cobalion's attacks by half.

Types: Steel Fighting Ability: Justified Held item: None Cobalion Lv.42 Helping Hand Normal Status   --       Retaliate Normal Physical   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Sacred Sword Fighting Physical   --

The old man approaches you after the battle, and says that because Cobalion is starting to trust you, Terrakion and Virizion will give you a chance to battle them, as well. Terrakion is hidden deep in Victory Road, out of reach for now. Virizion, however, is waiting in Rumination Field, on the eastern side of Pinwheel Forest.

Pinwheel Forest

Regardless of the way you entered, look for a hole in the fence northeast of the bridges. Trek east through the dark grass and go to the far southeast edge of the forest to find TM22 (SolarBeam). Go west to reach the small pond, and check for a Rare Candy on the southeast side. Surf west across the water to grab the SilverPowder from the ledge, then sail back across the pond and head northeast. Walk through the fallen log and pick up the Hyper Potion from the tree stump. Rumination Field lies to the north.

Items
Item Location Games TM22 (SolarBeam) In the far southeast part of the forest  B  W  Rare Candy On the pond's southeast shore (hidden)  B  W  SilverPowder West of the pond (requires Surf)  B  W  Hyper Potion South of Rumination Field  B  W

Rumination Field

Rumination Field is a tiny, isolated part of the forest, with no other point of interest but Virizion itself. Like Cobalion, its Justified Ability boosts its Attack when it takes damage from a Dark-type move. Weaken it with super-effective moves (excluding Flying-type moves due to Virizion suffering a 4× weakness due to its type combo), then whittle its health down with Water-, Grass-, or Ground-type attacks.

Types: Grass Fighting Ability: Justified Held item: None Virizion Lv.42 Helping Hand Normal Status   --       Retaliate Normal Physical   --       Giga Drain Grass Special   --       Sacred Sword Fighting Physical   --

Now fly back to Mistralton City, and trek through Route 7 to reach Twist Mountain.

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