Appendix:Diamond and Pearl walkthrough/Section 30

Fight Area

The ferry from Snowpoint City takes you here. This is the Fight Area of Battle Zone. After you arrive, Rival Barry will ask that "what took you so long?" and threatens to fine you for 100 million! He then says that he wants to become the greatest Trainer ever, but a red-hair guy overheard and tells him to go to the volcano (which will be Stark Mountain) and hunt down the treasure. Barry bolts off to the Battle Tower. The red-hair guy introduces himself as Buck, then leaves.

You can get the ferry back if you need to. This is the location of Sinnoh's Battle Tower. If you're into competitive battling, like many of the residents of this town, this is the place for you!

You can get Scope Lens from a lady in the Poke Mart.

There are 2 Trainers blocking your way to Route 225, and another 2 block your way to Route 230. They will leave when you get your National PokeDex (which you should have done) and explored Battle Tower.

Items
Item Location Games Super Rod From a Fisherman near gate to Rt. 225  D  P  Scope Lens From a Lady in Poke Mart  D  P  Pomeg Berry ×2 At the berry patch west of the Pokémon Center  D  P  Hondew Berry ×2 At the berry patch west of the Pokémon Center  D  P

Battle Park

The Battle Park.

The Exchange Service Corner's exterior.

When you step into the gate to Battle Park, you will receive a Point Card. If you have any questions about how the Battle Tower works, speak to any of the women at the counter.

The Battle Tower, which is located here, is a great place to show off your skills. The first building you see here is the Exchange Service Corner, where you can exchange Battle Points (BP) you earn in the Battle Tower for TMs, held items, Vitamins, and even Rare Candies.

Since you don't have any BP yet, keep walking north to the Battle Tower.

Battle Tower

The Battle Tower's interior.

This is where Trainers go to show off their skills. Here, the Pokédex is not added to, Pokémon don't earn Experience Points, and all Pokémon above Level 50 are reset to their Level 50 stats while in the tower. When you challenge the Battle Tower, you fight 7 battles in a row. If you win them all, you get BP. If you lose, your win streak (number of battles you've won in a row) is reset to zero. Basically, what you try to do here is not lose. Not all Pokémon are allowed— Game mascot legendary Pokémon and Event Pokémon can't be used. You also can't have duplicate Pokémon or held items. If you can win 100 times in a row (which is extremely impressive), you can get a star on your Trainer Card.

There are 3 attendants. Here's what you can do by talking to each of them:

Left Attendant

If you talk to this person, you can participate in a Multi Battle, i.e. a tag team battle. You will be entering 2 Pokémon. If you want to participate in a Multi Battle with a friend by using DS wireless communications, say "yes" when the attendant asks if you want to form a tag team with a friend. If you say "no," you will be taken to a room called the Battle Salon where you can decide to team up with Cheryl, Mira, Riley, Marley, or Buck. (You haven't teamed up with Buck yet— we'll get to that part.)

Center Attendant

Here, you can participate in Single or Double battles by yourself. For a Single Battle, you need 3 Pokémon. For a Double Battle, you need 4. Your 21st and 49th consecutive battles will be against Barry's father— Tower Tycoon Palmer.

On 21st consecutive battle

Tower Tycoon Palmer Battle Tower Diamond and Pearl Reward: 20BP
# Pokémon Item Moves Nature EVs HP Attack Defense Sp. Atk Sp. Def Speed 0350 Milotic  Salac Berry Hydro Pump Dragon Pulse Recover Hypnosis Timid - - 252 - - 252 0464 Rhyperior  Expert Belt Rock Wrecker Ice Beam Thunderbolt Flamethrower Quiet - 252 - 252 - - 0149 Dragonite  Wide Lens Dragon Rush Aqua Tail Iron Tail Stone Edge Adamant 252 252 - - - -

On 49th consecutive battle

Tower Tycoon Palmer Battle Tower Diamond and Pearl Reward: 20BP
# Pokémon Item Moves Nature EVs HP Attack Defense Sp. Atk Sp. Def Speed 0486 Regigigas  Chople Berry Crush Grip Ice Punch Stone Edge Brick Break Adamant 252 252 - - - - 0485 Heatran  BrightPowder Explosion Magma Storm Dark Pulse Flash Cannon Quiet 170 170 - 170 - - 0488 Cresselia  Leftovers Calm Mind Moonlight Psychic Shadow Ball Bold 252 - 252 - - -

Right Attendant

If there's Wi-fi where you are, you can connect your DS to the network and battle people from all over the world. You can participate in Single Battles and Double Battles.

Exchange Service Corner

Once you have some BP, you can exchange it for prizes here.

Items

Left Cashier HP Up 1 BP Protein 1 BP Iron 1 BP Calcium 1 BP Zinc 1 BP Carbos 1 BP Rare Candy 48 BP Power Bracer 16 BP Power Belt 16 BP Power Lens 16 BP Power Band 16 BP Power Anklet 16 BP Power Weight 16 BP Flame Orb 16 BP Toxic Orb 16 BP White Herb 32 BP Power Herb 32 BP BrightPowder 48 BP Choice Band 48 BP Focus Band 48 BP Scope Lens 48 BP Muscle Band 48 BP Focus Sash 48 BP Choice Scarf 48 BP Razor Claw 48 BP Razor Fang 48 BP Right Cashier TM06 (Toxic) 32 BP TM45 (Attract) 32 BP TM61 (Will-O-Wisp) 32 BP TM73 (Thunder Wave) 32 BP TM31 (Brick Break) 40 BP TM40 (Aerial Ace) 40 BP TM04 (Calm Mind) 48 BP TM08 (Bulk Up) 48 BP TM30 (Shadow Ball) 64 BP TM53 (Energy Ball) 64 BP TM81 (X-Scissor) 64 BP TM26 (Earthquake) 80 BP TM36 (Sludge Bomb) 80 BP TM59 (Dragon Pulse) 80 BP TM71 (Stone Edge) 80 BP

Back in Fight Area

Now that you have visited Battle Tower, the 4 Trainers blocking roads to Routes 225 and 230 are gone. You can explore any of these routes first, but the walkthrough will start from Rt. 225 and go clockwise.

Walk north from the pier and receive the Super Rod from the Fisherman. With the Super Rod, you can fish for fully evolved Water-type Pokémon such as Gyarados and Seaking, or some foreign Pokémon like Chinchou and Luvdisc.

Route 225

Make sure that you heal your Pokémon before proceeding! You'll need to bring Pokémon with Cut, Surf and Rock Climb. Also, always let your leading Pokémon hold Amulet Coin or Luck Incense to gain double prize after Trainer battles, especially if you're running out of money.

This route is "a road of challenges", as a sign in Fight Area stated. There are tough Trainers and wild Pokémon in Route 225. Most Pokémon you'll fight are above Level 50.

Route 225

Items

Item Location Games HP Up In the southwest corner of the route (requires Rock Climb)  D  P  Dubious Disc On the other side of the lake north of the house (requires Surf)  D  P  Rare Candy East of Bird Keeper Audrey, Pokémon Ranger Ashlee, and Psychic Daisy (requires Cut)  D  P  Rare Candy South of the house, just above a small patch of grass (hidden)  D  P  Ultra Ball On the hill connected by bridges south of the lower pond  D  P  Ultra Ball On the ledge south of Ace Trainer Quinn (hidden)  D  P  Revive Northwest of Ace Trainer Quinn  D  P  Lax Incense West of the house (requires Cut)  D  P  Fresh Water From the the man in the house  D  P  Hyper Potion Atop the ledge right of Psychic Daisy (hidden)  D  P  Max Repel In the northernmost patch of grass (hidden)  D  P  Dawn Stone Atop a ledge at the northern end of the route (requires Rock Climb)  D  P  Tamato Berry ×2 Berry patch west of Ace Trainer Deanna (requires Cut)  D  P  Kelpsy Berry ×2 Berry patch west of Ace Trainer Deanna (requires Cut)  D  P

Trainers

Trainer Pokémon Bird Keeper Audrey マイナ Maina Reward: $1728 Farfetch'd♀ Lv.52 No item Swellow♀ Lv.54 No item Pokémon Ranger Ashlee アリナ Arina Reward: $3360 Zigzagoon♀ Lv.50 No item Skarmory♀ Lv.56 No item Psychic Daisy フウカ Fūka Reward: $1760 Slowpoke♀ Lv.51 No item Slowbro♀ Lv.55 No item Pokémon Ranger Dwayne ユキト Yukito Reward: $3300 Donphan♂ Lv.55 No item Ace Trainer Rodolfo ショウイチ Shōichi Reward: $3180 Lickitung♂ Lv.53 No item Miltank♀ Lv.53 No item Ace Trainer Quinn ミツハル Mitsuharu Reward: $3180 Pinsir♂ Lv.53 No item Mightyena♂ Lv.53 No item Ace Trainer Deanna ショウコ Shōko Reward: $3180 Flaaffy♀ Lv.53 No item Tropius♀ Lv.53 No item Dragon Tamer Geoffrey Requires HM08 レツ Retsu Reward: $1760 Dratini♂ Lv.53 No item Dragonair♂ Lv.55 No item Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Rattata D P Pt Grass 20-22 5% Raticate D P Pt Grass 50-52 30% Spearow D P Pt Grass 20-22 5% Fearow D P Pt Grass 50-52 40% 40% 20% Machoke D P Pt Grass 51 5% Roselia D P Pt Grass 51 5% Roselia D P Pt Grass 51 15% Skuntank D P Pt Grass 51 10% Banette D P Pt Grass 50-52 0% 0% 20% Surfing and Fishing Golduck D P Pt Surfing 40-55 70% Poliwhirl D P Pt Surfing 40-50 30% Magikarp D P Pt Fishing Old Rod 3-10 100% Magikarp D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 10-25 65% Poliwag D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 10-25 35% Gyarados D P Pt Fishing Super Rod 30-55 65% Poliwhirl D P Pt Fishing Super Rod 30-40 35% Special Pokémon Makuhita D P Pt Swarm 48-51 40% Mankey D P Pt Poké Radar 22 2% Primeape D P Pt Poké Radar 51-52 20% 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.

Head north to the small pool of water (after fighting the Trainers and cutting the trees to get the item), and Surf across it for a shortcut. Otherwise, walk west from the 3 Trainers and the item. You'll need to navigate the bridges and go up and down steps to get to the northern half of the Route, which can be a puzzle to get through the first time. Make a thorough search of the area, because a lot of valuable items are here. After using Rock Climb to fight the last Trainer on this route and grabbing the item, exit the Route at its northern terminus to end up in the Survival Area.

← Part 29 Snowpoint City, Snowpoint Temple, Catching Regigigas, Heading towards Battle Zone

Diamond and Pearl walkthrough

Survival Area, Routes 226-227, Stark Mountain Part 31 →

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