Kalos Route 8

Kalos Route 8 ８番道路 Route 8

Map description This is a road of great contrasts, from the harsh rock of the cliffs to the soft sands of the beach.

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   ↑ Cyllage City   Route 8 Connecting Cave →   Ambrette Town ↓

Location Location of Route 8 in Kalos.

Pokémon world routes ← Route 7       Route 9 →

Route 8 (Japanese: ８番道路 Route 8) is a route in western Kalos. It consists of two different paths. The upper cliffside path connects Ambrette Town and Connecting Cave, while the lower seaside path connects Ambrette Town and Cyllage City. The route is also known as Muraille Coast (Japanese: ミュライユ海岸 Muraille Coast).

Route description

The upper section of Muraille Coast is a rocky mountain road, whose cliffs offer a clear and magnificent view to the sandy beach and ocean below. Despite the rocky environment, tall grass and colorful flowers can be found growing here. Many ledges restrict the player's movements here, although some of them can be circled around. Due to the high altitudes present on the route, Sky Trainers tend to be present on the cliffs.

The lower section of Muraille Coast can be accessed from the bottom floor of the Ambrette Aquarium, and it consists of a bright, sandy beach and a slice of ocean. It is full of not only Water-type Pokémon, but also water-themed Trainers, such as Swimmers and Fishermen. A Mago Berry tree is growing in the southern area of the route. Many rocks can also be found across the beach, especially near the south end. Some of these rocks can be broken with Rock Smash. One such rock is blocking access to a Trainer Tips sign, which will notice the player being able to use Rock Smash to reach it.

A female Swimmer will prevent the player from going through a certain point of the beach until they've obtained a Fossil from the Scientist in Glittering Cave, after which she'll give the player a Dowsing Machine, making locating hidden items a lot easier.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Coastal Kalos Pokédex	Cliffside area: from Sina and Dexio upon first entering the route	X  Y
	Super Potion	Cliffside area: in the rock north of the entrance to Connecting Cave (hidden)	X  Y
	HP Up	Cliffside area: among the maze of ledges west of the entrance to Connecting Cave, reached by heading south while mostly staying along the cliff edge	X  Y
	Water Stone	Cliffside area: at the end of the narrow path west of the yellow flowers (requires Strength)	X  Y
	Escape Rope	Cliffside area: on the narrow arm of cliff jutting over the beach, in the space one step east and south from the point of the cliff (hidden)	X  Y
	Leaf Stone	Cliffside area: across the mud pit via the second launch point of jumping stones	X  Y
	Mago Berry	Coastal area: in front of the Berry tree northwest of the Aquarium (regenerates after 7 days)	X  Y
	Dowsing Machine	Coastal area: from the Swimmer ♀ north of the Aquarium after speaking to the Fossil Scientist in Glittering Cave	X  Y
	Pearl	Coastal area: by the Swimmer ♀ who gives the player the Dowsing Machine, two spaces west and four north of the rock directly east of the Mago Berry tree (hidden, reappears occasionally)	X  Y
	Stardust	Coastal area: southwest of the Berry tree, seven spaces west and two north of the nearest rock (hidden, reappears occasionally)	X  Y
	Ultra Ball	Coastal area: directly north of the Aquarium stairs, on the southernmost rock in a pair of small rocks (hidden)	X  Y
	Heart Scale ×3	Cliffside area: accessed from Ambrette Town, at the end of a narrow path starting on the east side of the Pokémon Center Coastal area: northwest of the Aquarium stairs, nine spaces south of the rock closest to the Mago Berry tree (hidden, reappears occasionally) Coastal area: on a rock in the middle of the big island in the northwest of the route (requires Surf) (hidden)	X  Y
	TM19 (Roost)	Coastal area: on the small, shallow island in the northwest of the route (requires Surf)	X  Y

Rock Smash

Item		Location	Games
	Big Pearl	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks along the coast	X  Y
	Ether	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks along the coast	X  Y
	Hard Stone	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks along the coast	X  Y
	Heart Scale	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks along the coast	X  Y
	Max Ether	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks along the coast	X  Y
	Max Revive	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks along the coast	X  Y
	Pearl	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks along the coast	X  Y
	Revive	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks along the coast	X  Y
	Soft Sand	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks along the coast	X  Y
	Star Piece	Randomly found by smashing breakable rocks along the coast	X  Y

Natural objects

Cliffs

Item		Location	Games
	Aspear Berry	Randomly found by using Air Cutter, Blizzard, or Twister on a yellow Berry tree during a battle	X  Y
	Sitrus Berry	Randomly found by using Air Cutter, Blizzard, or Twister on a yellow Berry tree during a battle	X  Y
	Iapapa Berry	Randomly found by using Air Cutter, Blizzard, or Twister on a yellow Berry tree during a battle	X  Y
	Wacan Berry	Randomly found by using Air Cutter, Blizzard, or Twister on a yellow Berry tree during a battle	X  Y
	Shuca Berry	Randomly found by using Air Cutter, Blizzard, or Twister on a yellow Berry tree during a battle	X  Y
	Charti Berry	Randomly found by using Air Cutter, Blizzard, or Twister on a yellow Berry tree during a battle	X  Y
	Chilan Berry	Randomly found by using Air Cutter, Blizzard, or Twister on a yellow Berry tree during a battle	X  Y
	Fire Stone	Randomly found by using Hyper Voice or Rock Slide on a spiky rock during a battle	X  Y
	Thunder Stone	Randomly found by using Hyper Voice or Rock Slide on a spiky rock during a battle	X  Y
	Water Stone	Randomly found by using Hyper Voice or Rock Slide on a spiky rock during a battle	X  Y
	Leaf Stone	Randomly found by using Hyper Voice or Rock Slide on a spiky rock during a battle	X  Y
	Heat Rock	Found by using Eruption, Heat Wave, or Lava Plume on a round rock during a battle	X  Y

Beach

Item		Location	Games
	Cheri Berry	Randomly found by using Air Cutter, Blizzard, or Twister on a red Berry tree during a battle	X  Y
	Leppa Berry	Randomly found by using Air Cutter, Blizzard, or Twister on a red Berry tree during a battle	X  Y
	Figy Berry	Randomly found by using Air Cutter, Blizzard, or Twister on a red Berry tree during a battle	X  Y
	Occa Berry	Randomly found by using Air Cutter, Blizzard, or Twister on a red Berry tree during a battle	X  Y
	Chople Berry	Randomly found by using Air Cutter, Blizzard, or Twister on a red Berry tree during a battle	X  Y
	Haban Berry	Randomly found by using Air Cutter, Blizzard, or Twister on a red Berry tree during a battle	X  Y
	Pecha Berry	Randomly found by using Air Cutter, Blizzard, or Twister on a pink Berry tree during a battle	X  Y
	Persim Berry	Randomly found by using Air Cutter, Blizzard, or Twister on a pink Berry tree during a battle	X  Y
	Mago Berry	Randomly found by using Air Cutter, Blizzard, or Twister on a pink Berry tree during a battle	X  Y
	Stardust	Randomly found by using Hyper Voice or Rock Slide on a sand pile during a battle	X  Y
	Soft Sand	Randomly found by using Hyper Voice or Rock Slide on a sand pile during a battle	X  Y

Pokémon

While wild Seviper and Zangoose are Version-exclusive Pokémon in single encounters, they can be found within hordes in both X and Y. In the version where they can only be found in a horde, only one is present in that horde and can be targeted by the other members of the horde. This is because both Pokémon are natural enemies.

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Spoink	X			Y			Grass	13-14	20%
Zangoose	X			Y			Grass	14	10%
Seviper	X			Y			Grass	14	10%
Absol	X			Y			Grass	15	10%
Bagon	X			Y			Grass	14-15	5%
Drifloon	X			Y			Grass	13-15	30%
Mienfoo	X			Y			Grass	15	10%
Inkay	X			Y			Grass	14-15	15%
Yellow flowers
Spoink	X			Y			Yellow flowers	15	10%
Zangoose	X			Y			Yellow flowers	14	10%
Seviper	X			Y			Yellow flowers	14	10%
Absol	X			Y			Yellow flowers	13-14	20%
Bagon	X			Y			Yellow flowers	14-15	5%
Drifloon	X			Y			Yellow flowers	15	10%
Mienfoo	X			Y			Yellow flowers	13-15	30%
Inkay	X			Y			Yellow flowers	14-15	15%
Horde Encounter
Taillow	X			Y			Horde Encounter	7	5%
Wingull	X			Y			Horde Encounter	7	60%
Zangoose	X			Y			Horde Encounter	8	35% with Seviper
Seviper	X			Y			Horde Encounter	8	35% with Zangoose
Rock Smash
Dwebble	X			Y			Rock Smash	18-20	66%
Dwebble	X			Y			Rock Smash	13-15	66%
Binacle	X			Y			Rock Smash	18, 20	34%
Binacle	X			Y			Rock Smash	13, 15	34%
Surfing
Tentacool	X			Y			Surfing	25-27	69%
Wailmer	X			Y			Surfing	25, 27	31%
Fishing
Luvdisc	X			Y			Fishing Old Rod	15	100%
Shellder	X			Y			Fishing Good Rod	25	35%
Staryu	X			Y			Fishing Good Rod	25	35%
Skrelp	X			Y			Fishing Good Rod	25	65%
Clauncher	X			Y			Fishing Good Rod	25	65%
Cloyster	X			Y			Fishing Super Rod	35	5%
Starmie	X			Y			Fishing Super Rod	35	5%
Qwilfish	X			Y			Fishing Super Rod	35	60%
Dragalge	X			Y			Fishing Super Rod	35	35%
Clawitzer	X			Y			Fishing Super Rod	35	35%
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

Trainer	Pokémon
Mountain level
Rising Star Paulette アオイ Aoi Reward: $1,140	Axew♀ Lv.19 No item
Rising Star Rhys ニース Nice Reward: $1,020	Pancham♂ Lv.15 No item
	Skiddo♂ Lv.16 No item
	Goldeen♂ Lv.17 No item
Sky Trainer Howe シュン Shun Reward: $1,800	Drifloon♂ Lv.15 No item
	Pidgeotto♂ Lv.18 No item
Black Belt Cadoc ツヨシ Tsuyoshi Reward: $960	Machop♂ Lv.20 No item
Coastal level
Sky Trainer Colm ツバサ Tsubasa Reward: $2,900	Mantyke♂ Lv.28 No item
	Jumpluff♂ Lv.29 No item
Swimmer ♀ Genevieve シモーヌ Simone Reward: $336	Wingull♀ Lv.19 No item
	Psyduck♀ Lv.21 No item
Fisherman Wharton タクロウ Takurō Reward: $1,064	Tentacool♂ Lv.19 No item
	Tentacool♂ Lv.19 No item
	Tentacool♂ Lv.19 No item
Sky Trainer Aveza マイ Mai Reward: $2,200	Skiploom♀ Lv.19 No item
	Swoobat♀ Lv.22 No item
Fisherman Shad トシアキ Toshiaki Reward: $1,120	Shellder♂ Lv.20 No item
	Staryu Lv.20 No item
Swimmer ♀ Marissa ナツキ Natsuki Reward: $352	Masquerain♀ Lv.22 No item
Requires Surf
Swimmer ♂ Estaban ヨウヘイ Youhei Reward: $448	Skrelp♂ Lv.28 No item
	Horsea♂ Lv.28 No item
Swimmer ♂ Ramses ウシオ Ushio Reward: $480	Tentacool♂ Lv.30 No item

In the anime

Route 8 in the anime

Route 8 appeared in An Undersea Place to Call Home!, where Ash and his friends briefly stopped there to relax before Ash's Gym battle with Grant. While fishing to pass the time, Ash hooked a Skrelp, which attacked him and his friends, as it thought that they were its enemies. During the commotion, Pikachu got hit by Skrelp's Toxic and was badly poisoned. The group then met Eddy and Lindsey, who healed Pikachu before introducing themselves as underwater archeologists. They explained that a sunken luxury liner named the S.S. Cussler could be found near Muraille Coast, and they were planning to find it and get the treasures that had supposedly sunken with it. Through a fair game of chance, Ash and Serena were chosen to join Lindsey in diving down to look for the sunken ship with a submarine, while Clemont and Bonnie stayed on the surface.

The divers eventually managed to find the sunken ship, which, as they found out, had become a home for numerous Water-type Pokémon, including the Skrelp from before and a group of Dragalge. Unfortunately, Team Rocket had overheard the story about the treasure, and had used their Magikarp submarine to dive down to the ship as well. They managed to find the safe containing the treasure and blasted it off of the ship, causing the parts of the ship that were still filled with air to flood and almost resulting in the entire ship collapsing. However, with the help of Lindsey's submarine, the Dragalge were able to stop the flooding and prevent the ship from collapsing completely. Meanwhile, Team Rocket, escaping with the safe from the ship, got caught up in a series of currents that had briefly disappeared earlier and now reappeared, and were sent blasting off by them, accidentally dropping the safe back into the sea in the process.

In the manga

Route 8 in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

X & Y arc

Route 8 first appeared in What Does Charmander Do When It Dozes, where Xerosic discovered Xerneas having turned into its dormant tree form there after battling against Yveltal in Vaniville Town.

In Tying Trevenant, Celosia led an operation to retrieve Xerneas so that Team Flare may use its life energy to power the ultimate weapon. Due to Team Flare lacking the manpower necessary to move Xerneas, Celosia had her Aegislash mind-control people who attempted to flee Vaniville Town when Xerneas and Yveltal battled against each other. Upon learning of this plan, X and his friends confronted Celosia, Essentia, and Malva in order to free the kidnapped people. With the assistance of Korrina, Gurkinn, and Diantha, X and his friends succeeded in freeing the people kidnapped from Vaniville Town, but were unable to prevent Xerneas from successfully being taken to Team Flare's headquarters.

In Rhyhorn Charges, Malva revealed that Yveltal had went into its dormant cocoon form under the ground beneath Xerneas's tree form. By traveling under the ground during her battle against Diantha, Malva had been able to find and catch Yveltal.

Trivia

• Rising Star Paulette's Japanese name, Aoi, is a reference to Aoi Yūki, the Japanese voice actress of Iris in the anime, who, like Paulette, uses an Axew.

Name origin

Muraille is French for a large wall that are generally used as fortification to protect a settlement.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 岩壁海岸 Ngàahbīk Hóingohn Mandarin 岩壁海岸 Yánbì Hǎiàn Finnish Muraille-rannikko French Falaise Muraille German Muraille-Küstenpfad Italian Muraglia Costiera Korean 미라유 해안 Muraille Haean Polish Wybrzeże Muraille Spanish Muralla Costera

Kalos
Settlements Vaniville Town • Aquacorde Town‎ • Santalune City • Lumiose City • Camphrier Town • Cyllage City Ambrette Town • Geosenge Town • Shalour City • Coumarine City • Laverre City • Dendemille Town • Anistar City Couriway Town • Snowbelle City • Pokémon League • Kiloude City‎ Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 Landmarks Santalune Forest • Chamber of Emptiness • Parfum Palace • Battle Chateau • Berry fields • Connecting Cave • Glittering Cave • Reflection Cave Tower of Mastery • Azure Bay • Sea Spirit's Den • Kalos Power Plant • Poké Ball Factory • Lost Hotel • Frost Cavern • Lysandre Labs Team Flare Secret HQ • Terminus Cave • Pokémon Village • Victory Road • Battle Maison • Friend Safari • Unknown Dungeon

This article is part of Project Routes, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every route in the Pokémon world.