Unova Route 3

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Unova Route 3 ３番道路 Route 3

Map description A long winding road with lots of ponds and tall grass.

Required for navigation Cut Surf Strength Flash Defog Whirlpool Rock Smash Waterfall Dive Rock Climb Bicycle Mach Bike Acro Bike Go-Goggles None

Connecting locations ← Nacrene City and Wellspring Cave Route 3   Striaton City ↓

Location Location of Route 3 in Unova.

Pokémon world routes ← Route 2       Route 4 →

Route 3 (Japanese: ３番道路 Route 3) is a route in southeastern Unova, connecting Striaton City to Nacrene City, while also providing access to Wellspring Cave.

Route description

Access in Pokémon Black and White is blocked until the player defeats Team Plasma at the Dreamyard and receives the C-Gear from Fennel.

Route 3 starts off with a short simple path to the north after exiting Striaton City. Straight ahead is the Pokémon Day Care and a school where several Preschoolers can be fought in the playground. A Nursery Aide can heal the player's Pokémon inside the school building. A pair of Twins initially blocks the player's path further westwards unless they have at least two usable Pokémon in their party. The player can travel westwards to find two separate paths, one that leads west and another that leads south; a patch of tall grass is located at the top of the intersection. The player can continue down the west path to find Wellspring Cave and a large patch of grass, or to the south, which winds around the shore of a pond. The player can then cross the pond by a bridge to the west leading to Nacrene City, past a few patches of tall grass. In Black and White, this is the first area where dark grass is accessible.

When the player first locates the Pokémon Day Care in Black and White, only one Pokémon can be deposited. After meeting the Day-Care Man in Nimbasa City and helping him against some Team Plasma Grunts, he will return to the Day Care and two Pokémon can now be deposited in the Day Care, allowing for Pokémon breeding to occur. In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, this is not necessary, as the Day Care will accept two Pokémon as soon as the player reaches it.

After obtaining HM03 (Surf), the player can travel across the pond to the other side. On the west side of the pond, the player can find two patches of tall grass and a Pokémon Breeder.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Ultra Ball	In the sandbox west of the daycare (hidden)	B  W
	Super Potion	In a grass patch in the west	B  W
	Oran Berry	Given by Pokémon Breeder Adelaide after defeating her	B  W
	Repel	In the grass, near Adelaide	B  W
	Heal Ball ×3	Given after defeating the Team Plasma grunts in Wellspring Cave	B  W
	Antidote	In a grass patch on the way south	B  W
	Great Ball	Very south at the end of a short path	B  W
	Awakening	In a grass in the south	B  W
	Full Heal	North of the bridge (requires Surf)	B  W
	Rare Candy ×2	In the dark grass patch (hidden) 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
	Quick Ball	Near School Kid Marsha	B2  W2
	Zinc	South of the pond, near Fisherman Bruce	B2  W2
	Big Nugget	East of the pond, near School Kid Edgar	B2  W2
	Ultra Ball ×2	West of Fisherman Mack (requires Surf) (hidden) North of the T-intersection	B2  W2
	Calcium	Northwest of Fisherman Mack (requires Surf)	B2  W2
	Full Restore	North of Fisherman Mack (requires Surf)	B2  W2
	Nugget	On the ledge near Lass Shannon (hidden)	B2  W2
	Rare Candy ×2	In the sandbox west of the daycare (hidden) Inside the school	B2  W2
	Dive Ball ×5	From the School Kid at the fork in the road after completing the Habitat List	B2  W2

Hidden Grotto

Item		Location	Games
	Damp Mulch	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Growth Mulch	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Stable Mulch	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Gooey Mulch	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Repel	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Super Repel	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Max Repel	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Poké Ball	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Great Ball	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Ultra Ball	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Potion	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Super Potion	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Hyper Potion	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Fire Stone	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (dark grass) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Leaf Stone	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (dark grass) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Water Stone	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (dark grass) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Thunderstone	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (dark grass) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Dawn Stone	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (pond) (reappears)	B2  W2
	TinyMushroom	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Big Mushroom	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Rare Candy	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	PP Up	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	PP Max	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Red Shard	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Green Shard	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Yellow Shard	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Blue Shard	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2

Pokémon

Pokémon Black and White

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Patrat	B			W			Grass	8	20%
Lillipup	B			W			Grass	9	10%
Purrloin	B			W			Grass	9	10%
Pidove	B			W			Grass	8-11	40%
Blitzle	B			W			Grass	8-11	20%
Dark grass
Patrat	B			W			Dark grass	10	20%
Lillipup	B			W			Dark grass	11	10%
Purrloin	B			W			Dark grass	11	10%
Pidove	B			W			Dark grass	10-13	40%
Blitzle	B			W			Dark grass	10-13	20%
Rustling grass
Audino	B			W			Rustling grass	8-11	100%
Surfing
Basculin Red-Striped	B			W			Surfing	5-15	100%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B			W			Surfing	5-15	100%
Surfing in rippling water
Basculin Red-Striped	B			W			Rippling water	5-15	100%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B			W			Rippling water	5-15	100%
Fishing
Goldeen	B			W			Fishing	35-55	70%
Basculin Red-Striped	B			W			Fishing	35-55	30%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B			W			Fishing	35-55	30%
Fishing in rippling water
Goldeen	B			W			Rippling water	35-60	60%
Seaking	B			W			Rippling water	45-70	10%
Basculin Red-Striped	B			W			Rippling water	35-60	30%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B			W			Rippling water	35-60	30%
Swarm
Volbeat	B			W			Grass	15-55	40%
Illumise	B			W			Grass	15-55	40%
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.

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Yanma	B2			W2			Grass	56	10%
Watchog	B2			W2			Grass	55	20%
Herdier	B2			W2			Grass	57	10%
Purrloin	B2			W2			Grass	57	10%
Tranquill	B2			W2			Grass	55, 57	30%
Zebstrika	B2			W2			Grass	56, 58	20%
Dark grass
Yanma	B2			W2			Dark grass	64	10%
Watchog	B2			W2			Dark grass	63	20%
Herdier	B2			W2			Dark grass	65	10%
Purrloin	B2			W2			Dark grass	65	10%
Tranquill	B2			W2			Dark grass	63, 65	30%
Zebstrika	B2			W2			Dark grass	64, 66	20%
Rustling grass
Stoutland	B2			W2			Rustling grass	58, 59	5%
Unfezant	B2			W2			Rustling grass	58	5%
Audino	B2			W2			Rustling grass	55-58	85%
Yanmega	B2			W2			Rustling grass	58	5%
Surfing
Corphish	B2			W2			Surfing	45-60	30%
Basculin Red-Striped	B2			W2			Surfing	45-60	70%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B2			W2			Surfing	45-60	70%
Surfing in rippling water
Corphish	B2			W2			Rippling water	45-60	60%
Crawdaunt	B2			W2			Rippling water	50-60	10%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B2			W2			Rippling water	45-60	30%
Basculin Red-Striped	B2			W2			Rippling water	45-60	30%
Fishing
Goldeen	B2			W2			Fishing	40-70	70%
Basculin Red-Striped	B2			W2			Fishing	40-60	30%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B2			W2			Fishing	40-60	30%
Fishing in rippling water
Goldeen	B2			W2			Rippling water	40-60	60%
Seaking	B2			W2			Rippling water	50-70	10%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B2			W2			Rippling water	40-60	30%
Basculin Red-Striped	B2			W2			Rippling water	40-60	30%
Swarm
Volbeat	B2			W2			Grass	40-55	40%
Illumise	B2			W2			Grass	40-55	40%
Hidden Grotto (dark grass)
Manectric	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	55-60	4%
Pachirisu	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	55-60	15%
Zebstrika	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	55-60	1%
Hidden Grotto (northern part of the pond)
Venonat	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	55-60	4%
Lombre	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	55-60	1%
Bibarel	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	55-60	15%
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

Pokémon Black and White

Trainer	Pokémon
Nursery Aide Autumn アキホ Akiho Reward: $400	Lillipup♀ Lv.10 No item
	Munna♀ Lv.10 No item
Preschooler Doyle ウシオ Ushio Reward: $40	Panpour♂ Lv.10 No item
Preschooler Wendy マツリ Matsuri Reward: $40	Pansear♂ Lv.10 No item
Preschooler Tully ミノル Minoru Reward: $40	Pansage♂ Lv.10 No item
Twins Kumi & Amy クミとルミ Kumi and Rumi Reward: $160 Requires two or more Pokémon in the party	Purrloin♀ Lv.10 No item
	Purrloin♀ Lv.10 No item
Pokémon Breeder Adelaide トモミ Tomomi Reward: $432	Patrat♀ Lv.9 No item
	Pidove♀ Lv.9 No item
	Lillipup♀ Lv.9 No item

If the player chose Snivy:

PKMN Trainer Cheren Route 3 Black and White Reward: $1200

Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Blaze Held item: Oran Berry Tepig♂ Lv.14 Odor Sleuth Normal Status   --       Tail Whip Normal Status   --       Ember Fire Special   --       Defense Curl Normal Status   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Unburden Held item: None Purrloin♂ Lv.12 Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Growl Normal Status   --       Assist Normal Status   --       Sand-Attack Ground Status   --

If the player chose Tepig:

PKMN Trainer Cheren Route 3 Black and White Reward: $1200

Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: Oran Berry Oshawott♂ Lv.14 Focus Energy Normal Status   --       Tail Whip Normal Status   --       Water Gun Water Special   --       Water Sport Water Status   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Unburden Held item: None Purrloin♂ Lv.12 Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Growl Normal Status   --       Assist Normal Status   --       Sand-Attack Ground Status   --

If the player chose Oshawott:

PKMN Trainer Cheren Route 3 Black and White Reward: $1200

Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: Oran Berry Snivy♂ Lv.14 Growth Normal Status   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Vine Whip Grass Physical   --       Wrap Normal Physical   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Unburden Held item: None Purrloin♂ Lv.12 Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Growl Normal Status   --       Assist Normal Status   --       Sand-Attack Ground Status   --

Trainer	Pokémon
After defeating Team Plasma in Wellspring Cave
School Kid Al アル Al Reward: $260	Blitzle♂ Lv.13 No item
School Kid Marsha サワコ Sawako Reward: $260	Woobat♀ Lv.13 No item
School Kid Gina ミズホ Mizuho Reward: $240	Patrat♀ Lv.12 No item
	Purrloin♀ Lv.12 No item
School Kid Edgar シュウヘイ Shūhei Reward: $240	Pidove♂ Lv.12 No item
	Roggenrola♂ Lv.12 No item
Requires Surf
Pokémon Breeder Galen ユウリ Yūri Reward: $1536	Simisage♂ Lv.32 No item
	Simisear♂ Lv.32 No item
	Simipour♂ Lv.32 No item

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Trainer	Pokémon
School Kid Marsha サワコ Sawako Reward: $1220 Rotation Battle	Skiploom♀ Lv.61 No item
	Jumpluff♀ Lv.61 No item
	Bellossom♀ Lv.61 No item
Fisherman Mack コウジロウ Kōjirō Reward: $1856 Requires Surf	Magikarp♂ Lv.58 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.58 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.58 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.58 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.58 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.58 No item
Fisherman Bruce トモヒロ Tomohiro Reward: $1952	Slowpoke♂ Lv.61 No item
	Goldeen♂ Lv.61 No item
	Seaking♂ Lv.61 No item
School Kid Edgar シュウヘイ Shūhei Reward: $1220 Triple Battle	Natu♂ Lv.61 No item
	Xatu♂ Lv.61 No item
	Fearow♂ Lv.61 No item
Backers May & Mal マミとミホ Mami and Miho Reward: $2976	Emolga♀ Lv.62 No item
	Pachirisu♀ Lv.62 No item
Lass Shannon チエ Chie Reward: $992	Vulpix♀ Lv.62 No item
	Flareon♂ Lv.62 No item
Nursery Aide Autumn アキホ Akiho Reward: $2440	Jigglypuff♀ Lv.61 No item
	Purugly♀ Lv.61 No item
	Lickitung♀ Lv.61 No item
Preschooler Eva カナ Kana Reward: $244	Kirlia♀ Lv.61 No item
	Pikachu♀ Lv.61 No item
Preschooler Tyrone リキヤ Rikiya Reward: $244	Beldum Lv.61 No item
	Deino♂ Lv.61 No item
Preschooler Buster マサヨシ Masayoshi Reward: $244	Riolu♂ Lv.61 No item
	Ledian♂ Lv.61 No item

Trainer Tips

Pokémon Black and White

	Trainer Tips The Pokémon placed in the upper left of the Pokémon list is important! The Pokémon set there is the first out when a Pokémon battle starts!

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

	Trainer Tips Tap the yellow button at the top of a PC box to switch to Group Move mode. It lets you move groups of Pokémon in your PC Boxes.

In the anime

Route 3 in the anime

Route 3 appeared from Snivy Plays Hard to Catch! to Minccino-Neat and Tidy!.

In Snivy Plays Hard to Catch!, Ash caught his Snivy on a grassy route, which features trees with vines and a bog with huge lily pads. The Wellspring Cave was also located nearby. In A Home for Dwebble!, there is a rocky terrain near a river where Cilan caught a Dwebble.

A small city is also located here, as seen in Saving Darmanitan From the Bell!. The town is famous for its historic clock tower which was initially slated for demolition after its bell stopped ringing. A spate of food thefts by two Darumaka was also plaguing the town. Though thanks to Ash and his friends, the bell's hook was repaired, so the clock tower was reinstated again. Also the resident Darmanitan reverted to Standard Mode, after it was using all its energy to support the broken bell, and assumed the role of the clock tower's guardian.

In A Rival Battle for Club Champ!, the group arrived in Luxuria Town, where Ash took on and lost to rival Trip in a five-on-five match at the local Battle Club.

A joint Pokémon Day Care and Kindergarten, operated by Karena and her granddaughter Daniela, was featured in Here Comes the Trubbish Squad!. The students had befriended a Trubbish, who brought its bad smell and the garbage from the local dump to the Day Care. Daniela was against Trubbish staying, but after it saved the children, she allowed it to stay. Karena also gifted Ash an Egg as thanks, which later hatched into a Scraggy.

Gallery

Wellspring Cave	Clock Tower	Luxuria Town	Pokémon Day Care

Music

Games	Location	Song name (Japanese)	Song name (English Translation)	Composition	Arrangement	Variable Scoring
B  W   B2  W2	Everywhere	2番道路	Route 2	Hitomi Sato	Hitomi Sato	The instruments that play in the intro of the theme varies across seasons being either a FluteSpring, StringsSummer, PianoAutumn, or GlockenspielWinter Percussion track added in when the player is walking
	When surfing on a Pokémon	なみのり	Surf	Shota Kageyama	Shota Kageyama
	When inside the gate that connects Route 2 to Nacrene City	ゲート	Gate	Hitomi Sato	Hitomi Sato

Trivia

• The in-game maps show Route 3 leaving Striaton City directly from the west. However, the actual entrance to the city is a north-south entrance.
• The two westernmost columns of tall grass in the patch closest to Nacrene City are subject to a graphical glitch: Seven tall grass sprites in each column are squashed to fit into six spaces on the world's grid. The player still moves along this grid, thus disaligning them with the grass sprites in these rows.

Unova
Settlements Nuvema Town • Accumula Town • Striaton City • Nacrene City • Castelia City • Nimbasa City • Anville Town Driftveil City • Mistralton City • Icirrus City • Opelucid City • Pokémon League • Lacunosa Town • Undella Town Black City • White Forest • Aspertia City • Floccesy Town • Virbank City • Lentimas Town • Humilau City Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 Bridges and tunnels Skyarrow Bridge • Driftveil Drawbridge • Tubeline Bridge • Village Bridge • Marvelous Bridge • Marine Tube Landmarks Dreamyard • Wellspring Cave • Pinwheel Forest • Liberty Garden • Desert Resort • Relic Castle • Battle Subway • Lostlorn Forest Cold Storage • Mistralton Cave • Chargestone Cave • Celestial Tower • Twist Mountain • Dragonspiral Tower • Moor of Icirrus Challenger's Cave • Victory Road (BW • B2W2) • N's Castle • Royal Unova • Giant Chasm • Undella Bay • Abyssal Ruins Abundant Shrine • Poké Transfer Lab • P2 Laboratory • Entralink • Unity Tower • Floccesy Ranch • Pledge Grove • Virbank Complex Pokéstar Studios • Castelia Sewers • Join Avenue • Cave of Being • Pokémon World Tournament • Reversal Mountain • Plasma Frigate Clay Tunnel • Underground Ruins • Strange House • Relic Passage • Seaside Cave • White Treehollow • Black Tower Access to Nature Preserve Other Blueberry Academy • Terarium

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