Unova Route 4

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Unova Route 4 ４番道路 Route 4

Map description A sandstorm delayed the road construction to connect two cities.BW The route that was once covered in sand has a lot of buildings now.B2 Development was suspended after the ruins were discovered.W2

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   ↑ Nimbasa City* and Join Avenue*   ← Desert Resort Route 4   Castelia City ↓

Location Location of Route 4 in Unova.

Pokémon world routes ← Route 3       Route 5 →

Route 4 (Japanese: ４番道路 Route 4) is a route in central Unova, connecting Castelia City to Nimbasa City and Join Avenue. It also connects to Desert Resort. This route is a desert route, and has deep sand instead of tall grass.

Route description

Route 4 in Black and White

In Pokémon Black and White, Route 4 is a huge half-constructed road through a desert north of Castelia City. There are exits at the north and south. It starts off with a paved road which ends abruptly after fifty steps. Along the paved road are a number of large, half-done construction sites. To the west of the paved road by Castelia City's exit there is a large plot of deep sand and a cliff next to the ocean, with two Fishermen fishing there. To the north of the cliff-lined sea there is another half-done construction site. In the middle of the route, there are two paved roads; one that goes north towards Nimbasa City, and the other facing west and eventually north, leading to the Desert Resort. Over the path to Nimbasa City, just north of the incomplete intersection, there is an overhead freeway going east and west. Trucks can be seen passing over the freeway at high speeds.

Two years later, the road connecting Nimbasa City and Castelia City has changed substantially, and differs dramatically depending on the version that is played. In Black 2 the construction of a settlement along the road has been completed, along with the road having been completed. In White 2, the construction was abandoned after ancient ruins were discovered and excavated.

In both Black 2 and White 2, in the house at the most eastern^W2 or western^B2 part of the street, there is an NPC who will heal the player's party.

The route cannot be fully traversed until the player has defeated Burgh. In Black and White, a Worker halfway along the paved road will turn the player back if the player does not have the badge from Castelia Gym. In Black 2 and White 2, several Crustle block the route halfway along the paved road; after the player has obtained three Badges, Colress will appear in front of the Crustle; after losing a battle against the player, he will operate his machine on the Crustle to make them disperse.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	X Accuracy	Northwest of the southern entrance	B  W
	Pearl	Southeast of Fisherman Andrew (hidden)	B  W
	Ultra Ball	Northwest of the rest house (hidden)	B  W
	Great Ball	West of Parasol Lady April	B  W
	Hyper Potion ×2	Northeast of Parasol Lady April Northeast of Backpacker Waylon (hidden)	B  W
	Burn Heal	North of Worker Gus (hidden)	B  W
	TM41 (Torment)	Northwest of Worker Shelby	B  W
	Ether ×2	Northwest of Worker Shelby (hidden) West of Backpacker Anna	B  W
	Burn Heal	Behind Backpacker Keane	B  W
	Super Potion	North of Backpacker Jill	B  W
	TM28 (Dig)	From a Worker in the northern rest house	B  W
	Ultra Ball ×10	From Professor Juniper at the northern gate	B  W
	Poké Toy	From a Maid in a northernmostB2/westernmostW2 building (only once)	B2  W2
	Protein	From Colress after defeating him	B2  W2
	Mystic Water	East of Fisherman Andrew, near water	B2  W2
	Red Shard	In deep sand near the western part of street (hidden)	W2
	Stardust ×2	South of Lady Lina In deep sand, south of Pokéfan Sachiko (hidden)	W2
	Hyper Potion	North of Rich Boy Keenan (hidden)	W2
	TM28 (Dig)	Further north of Rich Boy Keenan	W2
	Green Shard	West of Pokéfan Sachiko (hidden)	W2
	Light Clay	Northeast of Pokéfan Sachiko	W2
	BrightPowder	In a house where Cottonee is obtained	W2
	Yellow Shard	North of Pokéfan Norbert (hidden)	W2
	Sitrus Berry ×3	From Black Belt in a house near Pokéfan Norbert	W2
	Swift Wing ×1 or ×5	From male Ace Trainer in a house near Lady Lina if he is shown a Pokémon with an Attack stat equal to (gives five) or higher than (gives one) what he requests. Can be repeated daily, with request values changing every time.	W2
	Power Weight	Held by traded Cottonee	W2
	Power Anklet	Held by traded Petilil	B2
	Health Wing ×1 or ×5	From female Ace Trainer in the southernmost building on the right if she is shown a Pokémon with a Speed stat equal to (gives five) or higher than (gives one) what she requests. Can be repeated daily, with request values changing every time.	B2
	Wide Lens	On the second floor of the house where Petilil is obtained	B2
	Sitrus Berry ×3	From Black Belt in the southernmost building on the left	B2
	Red Shard	Between the first two stairways southeast of the vending machine (hidden)	B2
	Hyper Potion	In deep sand, south of Policeman Neagle (hidden)	B2
	TM28 (Dig)	On a hill east of Policeman Neagle	B2
	Stardust ×2	In the expansion area to the west, near Roughneck Silvester and Biker Stanley East of Youngster Sinclair (hidden)	B2
	Yellow Shard	East of Youngster Sinclair (hidden)	B2
	Grip Claw	South of Youngster Sinclair and Biker Stanley	B2
	Green Shard	West of Hooligans Rob & Sal (hidden)	B2

Pokémon

Pokémon Black and White

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Sandile	B			W			Deep sand	15-18	40%
Darumaka	B			W			Deep sand	15-18	40%
Scraggy	B			W			Deep sand	16-17	20%
Surfing
Frillish	B			W			Surfing	5-15	100%
Surfing in rippling water
Alomomola	B			W			Rippling water	5-20	95%
Jellicent	B			W			Rippling water	5-20	5%
Fishing
Krabby	B			W			Fishing	35-55	65%
Clamperl	B			W			Fishing	35-55	30%
Luvdisc	B			W			Fishing	35-55	5%
Fishing in rippling water
Relicanth	B			W			Rippling water	35-60	60%
Luvdisc	B			W			Rippling water	35-60	30%
Kingler	B			W			Rippling water	35-70	5%
Huntail	B			W			Rippling water	45-70	5%
Gorebyss	B			W			Rippling water	45-70	5%
Swarm
Hippopotas	B			W			Deep sand	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
Sandile	B2			W2			Deep sand	14-17	35%
Darumaka	B2			W2			Deep sand	14-17	35%
Trubbish	B2			W2			Deep sand	14-17	25%
Minccino	B2			W2			Deep sand	14-17	25%
Scraggy	B2			W2			Deep sand	17	5%
Surfing
Frillish	B2			W2			Surfing	5-15	100%
Surfing in rippling water
Alomomola	B2			W2			Rippling water	5-15	95%
Jellicent	B2			W2			Rippling water	5-15	5%
Fishing
Finneon	B2			W2			Fishing	40-70	65%
Clamperl	B2			W2			Fishing	40-60	30%
Qwilfish	B2			W2			Fishing	50-70	5%
Fishing in rippling water
Lumineon	B2			W2			Rippling water	40-60	60%
Qwilfish	B2			W2			Rippling water	40-60	30%
Huntail	B2			W2			Rippling water	50-70	5%
Gorebyss	B2			W2			Rippling water	50-70	5%
Relicanth	B2			W2			Rippling water	50-70	5%
Special Pokémon
Cottonee	B2			W2			Trade Petilil	20	One
Petilil	B2			W2			Trade Cottonee	20	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.

Special encounters

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

A Braviary^W2/Mandibuzz^B2 appears here every Monday^W2/Thursday^B2.

White 2	Black 2
Types: Normal Flying Ability: Defiant Held item: None Braviary♂ Lv.25 Wing Attack Flying Physical   --       Hone Claws Dark Status   --       Scary Face Normal Status   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --	Types: Dark Flying Ability: Weak Armor Held item: None Mandibuzz♀ Lv.25 Pluck Flying Physical   --       Nasty Plot Dark Status   --       Flatter Dark Status   --       Faint Attack Dark Physical   --

Trainers

Pokémon Black and White

Cheren will battle the player here once they've earned the Insect Badge.

If the player chose Snivy:

PKMN Trainer Cheren Route 4 Black and White Reward: $2200

Types: Normal Flying Ability: Super Luck Held item: None Pidove♂ Lv.20 Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Roost Flying Status   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: None Pansage♂ Lv.20 Bite Dark Physical   --       Vine Whip Grass Physical   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Unburden Held item: None Liepard♂ Lv.20 Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Torment Dark Status   --       Sand-Attack Ground Status   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Types: Fire Fighting Ability: Blaze Held item: Sitrus Berry Pignite♂ Lv.22 Flame Charge Fire Physical   --       Defense Curl Normal Status   --       Arm Thrust Fighting Physical   --       Smog Poison Special   --

If the player chose Tepig:

PKMN Trainer Cheren Route 4 Black and White Reward: $2200

Types: Normal Flying Ability: Super Luck Held item: None Pidove♂ Lv.20 Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Roost Flying Status   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: None Pansear♂ Lv.20 Bite Dark Physical   --       Incinerate Fire Special   --       Yawn Normal Status   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Unburden Held item: None Liepard♂ Lv.20 Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Torment Dark Status   --       Sand-Attack Ground Status   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: Sitrus Berry Dewott♂ Lv.22 Razor Shell Water Physical   --       Focus Energy Normal Status   --       Water Sport Water Status   --       Fury Cutter Bug Physical   --

If the player chose Oshawott:

PKMN Trainer Cheren Route 4 Black and White Reward: $2200

Types: Normal Flying Ability: Super Luck Held item: None Pidove♂ Lv.20 Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Roost Flying Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: None Panpour♂ Lv.20 Bite Dark Physical   --       Water Gun Water Special   --       Water Sport Water Status   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Unburden Held item: None Liepard♂ Lv.20 Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Torment Dark Status   --       Sand-Attack Ground Status   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: Sitrus Berry Servine♂ Lv.22 Leaf Tornado Grass Special   --       Wrap Normal Physical   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Growth Normal Status   --

Trainer	Pokémon
Fisherman Hubert トシヒロ Toshihiro Reward: $576	Basculin♂ Blue-Striped Form Lv.18 No item
	Basculin♂ Red-Striped Form Lv.18 No item
Fisherman Andrew ノリマサ Norimasa Reward: $512	Basculin♂ Red-Striped Form Lv.16 No item
	Basculin♂ Blue-Striped Form Lv.16 No item
	Basculin♂ Red-Striped Form Lv.16 No item
	Basculin♂ Blue-Striped Form Lv.16 No item
Parasol Lady April コハル Koharu Reward: $576	Tympole♀ Lv.18 No item
	Tympole♀ Lv.18 No item
Worker Gus ガンスケ Gansuke Reward: $680	Roggenrola♂ Lv.17 No item
	Roggenrola♂ Lv.17 No item
	Timburr♂ Lv.17 No item
Worker Shelby テツゾウ Tetsuzō Reward: $760	Timburr♂ Lv.19 No item
Backpacker Keane キーン Keane Reward: $456	Darumaka♂ Lv.19 No item
Backpacker Anna アンナ Anna Reward: $456	Cottonee♀ Lv.19 No item
Backpacker Jill アユミ Ayumi Reward: $432	Petilil♀ Lv.18 No item
Backpacker Waylon クニユキ Kuniyuki Reward: $456	Blitzle♂ Lv.19 No item
Worker Scott スコット Scott Reward: $720	Roggenrola♂ Lv.18 No item
	Timburr♂ Lv.18 No item
Worker Zack ザック Zack Reward: $760	Timburr♂ Lv.19 No item
Backpacker Jerome ススム Susumu Reward: $456	Pidove♂ Lv.19 No item

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Trainer	Pokémon
Pokémon Breeder Irene ヤスコ Yasuko Reward: $512*	Drilbur♀ Lv.16 No item
	Marill♀ Lv.16 No item
Fisherman Andrew ノリマサ Norimasa Reward: $512	Psyduck♂ Lv.16 No item
	Basculin♂ Blue-Striped Form Lv.16 No item
Fisherman Hubert トシヒロ Toshihiro Reward: $544	Basculin♂ Red-Striped Form Lv.17 No item

PKMN Trainer Colress Route 4 Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $2300

Types: Electric Steel Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Magnemite Lv.21 Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Magnet Bomb Steel Physical   --       Spark Electric Physical   --       SonicBoom Normal Special   --       Type: Steel Unknown Ability: Plus Held item: None Klink Lv.23 Charge Electric Status   --       Gear Grind Steel Physical   --       ThunderShock Electric Special   --       Bind Normal Physical   --

Trainer	Pokémon
Black 2
Policeman Braven ブライアン Brian Reward: $640	Growlithe♂ Lv.16 No item
	Herdier♂ Lv.16 No item
Policeman Dell ダニー Danny Reward: $840	Riolu♂ Lv.21 No item
	Growlithe♂ Lv.21 No item
Policeman Neagle ネルソン Nelson Reward: $880	Herdier♂ Lv.22 No item
Roughneck Silvester シンパ Shinpa Reward: $528	Darumaka♂ Lv.22 No item
Roughneck Joey ゴロウ Gorō Reward: $504	Venipede♂ Lv.21 No item
	Sandile♂ Lv.21 No item
Youngster Sinclair シンクロウ Shinkurō Reward: $352	Pidove♂ Lv.22 No item
Biker Stanley スタンリー Stanley Reward: $672	Zubat♂ Lv.21 No item
	Timburr♂ Lv.21 No item
Hooligans Rob & Sal ロブとギン Rob and Gin Reward: $1344	Cottonee♂ Lv.21 No item
	Petilil♀ Lv.21 No item
White 2
Backpacker Clifford コウスケ Kōsuke Reward: $384	Sandile♂ Lv.16 No item
	Herdier♂ Lv.16 No item
Twins Tara & Val ユキとサキ Yuki and Saki Reward: $320	Cottonee♀ Lv.20 No item
	Petilil♀ Lv.20 No item
Rich Boy Keenan ケンヤ Kenya Reward: $3520	Herdier♂ Lv.22 No item
Lady Lina リナ Rina Reward: $3520	Liepard♀ Lv.22 No item
Backpacker Rachel レイチェル Rachel Reward: $504	Woobat♀ Lv.21 No item
	Pidove♀ Lv.21 No item
Pokéfan Sachiko サチコ> Sachiko Reward: $1408	Darumaka♀ Lv.22 No item
Pokéfan Norbert マサテル Masaki Reward: $1344	Growlithe♂ Lv.21 No item
	Sandshrew♂ Lv.21 No item
Backpacker Roland リチャード Richard Reward: $504	Riolu♂ Lv.21 No item
	Timburr♂ Lv.21 No item

Trainer Tips

	Trainer Tips Pokémon have a source of energy for using moves. It's called PP, meaning Power Points. They have PP for each move. When a move has no PP remaining, that Pokémon cannot use that move. That's a good time to head for the Pokémon Center!

Layout

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Black	White	Black 2	White 2

In the anime

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Route 4 in the anime

Route 4 appeared from Emolga the Irresistible! until The Beartic Mountain Feud!. Unlike the game, it is a forest path connecting Castelia City and Nimbasa City. The Desert Resort lies to the west of Route 4.

Somewhere along the path is Litwick Mansion, a mansion that is occupied by wild Litwick and Lampent (Scare at the Litwick Mansion!). Past the mansion is a rocky area, as seen in The Dragon Master's Path!. Pass the rocky area is a short forest path which leads to Rainbow Valley (Cottonee in Love!). It is followed by a small town, as shown in A UFO For Elgyem!. Near the town is a huge lake that house many Water-type Pokémon (Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!). Beyond that is a small cave filled with Roggenrola (Gotta Catch A Roggenrola!), which is connected to another forest, which leads to another small town (Where Did You Go, Audino?). Following is another small town and in the outskirts, a research facility where Fennel and Professor Juniper are capable of restoring Pokémon from Fossils (Archeops In The Modern World!). Yet another small town is located in the route, as shown in Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"!. This town has a small path connecting to Nimbasa Town.

Other parts of the route were shown when Ash and his friends left Nimbasa Town and set foot for Nimbasa City. This part was shown to be quite rocky, also having a large mountain home to large groups of Beartic.

In the manga

Route 4 in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Black & White arc

Route 4 appeared in Sandstorm, where Black and White passed through it on their way to Nimbasa City. While waiting inside a gate for the sandstorm outside to ease up, they encountered a big group of Workers from Desert Resort, whom Grimsley entertained with a game of card flip. Grimsley also recognized one of the Workers as a disguised member of Team Plasma and defeated him.

In Mine Mayhem, Clay mentioned that a construction work on Route 4 was behind schedule.

In Something Suspicious, White was revealed to have caught her Alomomola, Nancy, on Route 4, as recognized by Marlon.

Music

Games	Location	Song name (Japanese)	Song name (English Translation)	Composition	Arrangement	Variable Scoring
B  W   B2  W2	Everywhere	4番道路	Route 4	Junichi Masuda	Shota Kageyama	The instruments that play in the intro of the theme varies across seasons being either a FluteSpring, Brass SectionSummer, XylophoneAutumn, 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 4 to Castelia City	ゲート	Gate	Hitomi Sato	Hitomi Sato
B  W	When inside the gate that connects Route 4 to Nimbassa City

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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