Stow-on-Side

Stow-on-Side ラテラルタウン Lateral Town "A vibrant town that has grown up around an ancient mural tucked away in the mountains."

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Stow-on-Side Gym - Galar Gym #4Sw Bea Fighting-type specialist Gym Fighting Badge

Stow-on-Side Gym - Galar Gym #4Sh Allister Ghost-type specialist Gym Ghost Badge

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Connecting locations   ↑ Glimwood Tangle   Stow-on-Side Route 6 →

Location Location of Stow-on-Side in Galar.

Stow-on-Side (Japanese: ラテラルタウン Lateral Town) is a town situated in the west-central Galar region. It connects to Route 6 in the east and Glimwood Tangle in the north. It houses the Stow-on-Side Stadium, the fourth Gym in Galar's Gym Challenge.

Slogan

A vibrant town that has grown up around an ancient mural tucked away in the mountains. (Japanese: 古代の　芸術を　中心に　栄えてきた　山間の　町 A town in the mountains that has flourished around ancient art.)

Places of interest

The upper, northern part of Stow-on-Side consists of a Y-shaped intersection of paths. The Stow-on-Side Stadium sits at the intersection; the western path, up the stairs, leads to the ancient mural; and the eastern path leads to Glimwood Tangle. The lower, southern part of Stow-on-Side consists of a wide market area that houses the bargain shop, valuable item buyer's stall, and a Pokémon Center.

Stow-on-Side Stadium

Main article: Stow-on-Side Stadium

Stow-on-Side Stadium is the town's official Gym. In Pokémon Sword, it is led by the Fighting-type expert Bea, while in Pokémon Shield, its leader is the Ghost-type expert Allister.

Ancient mural

At the northernmost point of the town, up two flights of stairs, a colorful recreation of an ancient mural covers a large stone wall. During the game's story, Bede attempts to destroy the mural to find Wishing Stars, causing it to collapse. The mural's collapse reveals a hidden chamber that contains statues of Zacian, Zamazenta, and the Ancient Galarian kings.

Bargain shop

The bargain shop sits just to the west of the Pokémon Center. The shopkeeper will sell the player one item per day for $3,000. If asked, the shopkeeper will also tell the player which item the shop will sell the next day. If the player does not purchase the daily item from the bargain shop, the shop will sell that item the following day for $5,000.

During the post-game, the shopkeeper gives the player various legendary artifacts if the player owns the appropriate Legendary or Mythical Pokémon.

Item		Rarity	Games
	Binding Band	3%	Sw  Sh
	Black Belt	1%	Sw  Sh
	Black Glasses	1%	Sw  Sh
	Black Sludge	3%	Sw  Sh
	Charcoal	3%	Sw  Sh
	Chipped Pot	3%	Sw  Sh
	Cracked Pot	20%	Sw  Sh
	Dragon Fang	3%	Sw  Sh
	Focus Band	3%	Sw  Sh
	Magnet	1%	Sw  Sh
	Metal Coat	5%	Sw  Sh
	Metronome	3%	Sw  Sh
	Miracle Seed	3%	Sw  Sh
	Mystic Water	3%	Sw  Sh
	Never-Melt Ice	1%	Sw  Sh
	Pixie Plate	1%	Sw  Sh
	Poison Barb	1%	Sw  Sh
	Protective Pads	3%	Sw  Sh
	Protector	7%	Sw  Sh
	Quick Claw	4%	Sw  Sh
	Razor Claw	7%	Sw  Sh
	Reaper Cloth	7%	Sw  Sh
	Ring Target	3%	Sw  Sh
	Sharp Beak	3%	Sw  Sh
	Silk Scarf	1%	Sw  Sh
	Silver Powder	1%	Sw  Sh
	Spell Tag	3%	Sw  Sh
	Twisted Spoon	3%	Sw  Sh

Valuable item buyer

A man next to the bargain shop will buy one valuable item from the player per day at a higher price than what a Poké Mart would offer. The highest purchase price difference — a $17,500 increase from the normal price — is available for a Balm Mushroom, Pearl String, or Comet Shard.

Item buyer
Tiny Mushroom $2,000	Pearl $3,000
Stardust $4,000	Big Mushroom $10,000
Rare Bone $11,111	Big Pearl $12,000
Star Piece $14,000	Balm Mushroom $25,000
Pearl String $27,500	Comet Shard $30,000

Pokémon Center

The Stow-on-Side Pokémon Center is located in the southeast of the town, right next to the Route 6 exit.

Poké Mart

As with all Pokémon Centers in Galar, the Stow-on-Side Pokémon Center contains a Poké Mart.

Cashier
Poké Ball $200	Great Ball $600
Ultra Ball5 Badges $800	Potion $200
Super Potion $700	Hyper Potion4 Badges $1,500
Max Potion7 Badges $2,500	Full Restore8 Badges $3,000
Antidote $200	Burn Heal $200
Ice Heal $200	Awakening $200
Paralyze Heal $200	Full Heal6 Badges $400
Revive $2,000	Repel $400
Super Repel5 Badges $700	Max Repel7 Badges $900
Poké Doll $300

Demographics

Pokémon Sword and Shield

Stow-on-Side has a population of 44.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Dusk Stone	In a corner behind the Pokémon Center	Sw  Sh
	Fossilized Bird ×2	From a man on the left-hand side of the Pokémon Center	Sw
	Fossilized Drake ×2	From a man on the left-hand side of the Pokémon Center	Sh
	Rare Bone ×3	On the lower tier accessible via ladders in the south of town, next to a group of bags (hidden)	Sw  Sh
	Rocky Helmet	On the lower tier accessible via ladders in the south of town	Sw  Sh
	Metal Coat	On the roof accessible via the ladder in the west of the town (hidden)	Sw  Sh
	TM74 (Venoshock)	On the roof accessible via the ladder in the west of the town	Sw  Sh
	X Sp. Atk ×2	To the left of the Bronzong (hidden)	Sw  Sh
	Bea's League Card	From Opal after defeating Hop	Sw
	Allister's League Card	From Opal after defeating Hop	Sh
	TM06 (Fly)	From a Cabbie in the house right below the stairs	Sw  Sh
	Cracked Pot	On the roof accessible via the ladder on the right side of the stairs	Sw  Sh
	Max Revive	On the left side of the first platform on the way to the mural (hidden)	Sw  Sh
	Revive ×2	From Sonia after the mural collapses	Sw  Sh
	Beast Ball	From the bargain shop keeper after becoming Champion	Sw  Sh
	Soul Dew	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Latias or Latios	Sw  Sh
	Adamant Orb	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Dialga	Sw  Sh
	Lustrous Orb	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Palkia	Sw  Sh
	Griseous Orb	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Giratina	Sw  Sh
	Reveal Glass	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Tornadus, Thundurus, or Landorus	Sw  Sh
	DNA Splicers	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Kyurem	Sw  Sh
	Shock Drive	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Genesect	Sw  Sh
	Burn Drive	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Genesect	Sw  Sh
	Chill Drive	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Genesect	Sw  Sh
	Douse Drive	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Genesect	Sw  Sh
	Zygarde Cube	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Zygarde	Sw  Sh
	N-Solarizer	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Necrozma	Sw  Sh
	N-Lunarizer	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Necrozma	Sw  Sh

Pokémon

A man sitting on a western building's rooftop will offer to trade the player his Hatenna^Sw/Impidimp^Sh nicknamed "Fringe"^Sw/"Peepers"^Sh in exchange for a Maractus.

Pokémon	Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Special Pokémon
Hatenna	Sw	Sh	Trade Maractus	30	One
Impidimp	Sw	Sh	Trade Maractus	30	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.

Trainers

If the player chose Grookey:

Pokémon Trainer Hop Stow-on-Side Sword and Shield Reward: $2,640

Types: Flying Water Ability: Gulp Missile Held item: None Cramorant♂ Lv.28 Dive Water Physical   --       Fury Attack Normal Physical   --       Pluck Flying Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Electric Poison Ability: Static Held item: None Toxel♂ Lv.29 Tearful Look Normal Status   --       Nuzzle Electric Physical   --       Flail Normal Physical   --       Acid Poison Special   --       Type: Ground Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Silicobra♂ Lv.30 Glare Normal Status   --       Dig Ground Physical   --       Brutal Swing Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: None Drizzile♂ Lv.33 Water Pulse Water Special   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Round Normal Special   --       Tearful Look Normal Status   --

If the player chose Scorbunny:

Pokémon Trainer Hop Stow-on-Side Sword and Shield Reward: $2,640

Types: Flying Water Ability: Gulp Missile Held item: None Cramorant♂ Lv.29 Dive Water Physical   --       Fury Attack Normal Physical   --       Pluck Flying Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Electric Poison Ability: Static Held item: None Toxel♂ Lv.29 Tearful Look Normal Status   --       Nuzzle Electric Physical   --       Flail Normal Physical   --       Acid Poison Special   --       Type: Ground Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Silicobra♂ Lv.30 Glare Normal Status   --       Dig Ground Physical   --       Brutal Swing Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Thwackey♂ Lv.33 Knock Off Dark Physical   --       Razor Leaf Grass Physical   --       Screech Normal Status   --       Round Normal Special   --

If the player chose Sobble:

Pokémon Trainer Hop Stow-on-Side Sword and Shield Reward: $2,640

Types: Flying Water Ability: Gulp Missile Held item: None Cramorant♂ Lv.29 Dive Water Physical   --       Fury Attack Normal Physical   --       Pluck Flying Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Electric Poison Ability: Static Held item: None Toxel♂ Lv.29 Tearful Look Normal Status   --       Nuzzle Electric Physical   --       Flail Normal Physical   --       Acid Poison Special   --       Type: Ground Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Silicobra♂ Lv.30 Glare Normal Status   --       Dig Ground Physical   --       Brutal Swing Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Blaze Held item: None Raboot♂ Lv.33 Flame Charge Fire Physical   --       Agility Psychic Status   --       Round Normal Special   --       Double Kick Fighting Physical   --

After defeating Bea^Sw/Allister^Sh

Pokémon Trainer Bede Stow-on-Side Sword and Shield Reward: $4,200

Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Magic Guard Held item: None Duosion♂ Lv.32 Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Psyshock Psychic Special   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Competitive Held item: None Gothorita♀ Lv.32 Fake Tears Dark Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Pastel Veil Held item: None Ponyta♀ Lv.33 Fairy Wind Fairy Special   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Agility Psychic Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Anticipation Held item: None Hattrem♀ Lv.35 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Artwork depicting Stow-on-Side is seen in Bede's mindscape.

Bede & Hatterene

In the anime

Stow-on-Side in the anime

Stow-on-Side first appeared in Sword and Shield: The Darkest Day!, where Sonia took Goh to visit the ancient mural. When they were about to leave, one of Oleana's subordinates attacked them with his Gigantamax Garbodor. In response, Goh Dynamaxed his Raboot. During the ensuing battle, Raboot accidentally destroyed the mural, revealing a set of statues hidden behind it. The battle concluded in the next episode, with Raboot defeating its opponent. After examining the statues and identifying them as Zacian and Zamazenta, Goh and Sonia headed to the Slumbering Weald to go find the two Legendary Pokémon.

In Sword and Shield... The Legends Awaken!, a Galarian Yamask was shown to have involuntarily Dynamaxed at Stow-on-Side due to Eternatus's influence. Once Eternatus was defeated and the Darkest Day ended, it reverted back to normal.

In Battle Three With Bea!, Ash and Goh traveled to Stow-on-Side for Ash's World Coronation Series rematch against Bea. They were soon joined by Korrina, who declared that she was going to cheer for both Ash and Bea. The battle begun the next day and continued in the next episode, ending with Ash as the victor.

Ash and Goh arrived in Stow-on-Side once more at the end of The Spectral Express!. In the next episode, they visited Allister's Ghost-type Gym to get help in Gigantamaxing Ash's Gengar. After collecting some Max Mushrooms with Allister's help and having him make Max Soup out of them, Ash was able to Gigantamax Gengar at the Stow-on-Side Stadium.

In Must Be Our Heroes and the Witch!, Ash and Misty visited Stow-on-Side, where they met Brock and Cilan. Brock had tried to impress a pretty young woman named Kathy by working for her at a local café, but was left heartbroken once he learned that she already had a boyfriend whom she was about to marry. Once Brock had gotten over his heartbreak following an adventure in Glimwood Tangle, he decided to rejoin Ash and Misty on their travels, while Cilan headed back to Unova.

Gallery

Mural	Statues	Stadium	Pokémon Center	Ghost-type Gym

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Stow-on-Side in Pokémon Adventures

Sword & Shield arc

Stow-on-Side first appeared in Glittering!! The Tapestry in the Vault, where Henry, Casey, Marvin, and Professor Magnolia arrived there, accompanied by Opal, whom they had met in Hammerlocke. After their arrival, Henry and Casey prepared to challenge Allister at the Stow-on-Side Stadium, while Professor Magnolia headed to Ballonlea with Opal.

After Henry had won his Gym battle in Teary!! The Voice of the Master, the local mural was attacked by Bede, who was searching for Wishing Stars for Chairman Rose. However, Rose soon appeared in person, and, disappointed in Bede's actions, revoked his Gym Challenger status. Later, Casey also challeged and successfully defeated Allister.

In Cracking!! Brilliant Tap-Dancing, Sonia told Henry, Casey, and Marvin that the damage Bede had caused to the mural had resulted in it breaking apart completely, revealing statues of Zacian and Zamazenta. She theorized that the statues had been hidden in order to prevent the two Pokémon's involvement in the legend about Galar's history from being found out. In Splash!! The Return of the Two Pokémon, this was revealed to have been the work of Sordward and Shielbert's family in order to make them seem like the true heroes.

Gallery

Stadium	Mural	Statues

Trivia

• The street lamps here are modeled after Chandelure.
• Stow-on-Side has similarities with Lentimas Town in Unova.
  • Both are desert towns surrounded by mountains.
  • Both have architecture reminiscent of Native American or Spanish colonial styles in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
• Stow-on-Side is the only known location with hyphens in its English name.

Origin

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ラテラルタウン Lateral Town	From lateral pass
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish	Stow-on-Side	From stow (British toponym for place) and onside (not offside) or onside pass (lateral pass in Canadian football)
German	Passbeck	From Pass, back, and beck (British toponym for stream)
Spanish	Pueblo Ladera	From ladera (slope)
French	Old Chister	From old and chistera (flick pass in rugby)
Italian	Latermore	From lateral and more (British toponym for large)
Korean	래터럴마을 Lateral Maeul	From its Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)	溯傳鎮 / 溯传镇 Sùchuán Zhèn	From 溯 sù / sou (to trace back) and 傳球 / 传球 chuánqiú / chyùhnkàuh (to pass the ball)
Chinese (Cantonese)	溯傳鎮 Souchyùhn Jan

References

Galar
Settlements Postwick • Wedgehurst • Motostoke • Turffield • Hulbury • Hammerlocke Stow-on-Side • Ballonlea • Circhester • Spikemuth • Wyndon Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 Landmarks Slumbering Weald • Galar Mine • Galar Mine No. 2 • Motostoke Outskirts Glimwood Tangle • Route 9 Tunnel • Rose Tower/Battle Tower • Energy Plant • Tower Summit Wild Area Meetup Spot • Rolling Fields • Dappled Grove • Watchtower Ruins • East Lake Axewell • West Lake Axewell Axew's Eye • South Lake Miloch • Giant's Seat • North Lake Miloch • Motostoke Riverbank • Bridge Field Stony Wilderness • Dusty Bowl • Giant's Mirror • Hammerlocke Hills • Giant's Cap • Lake of Outrage Isle of Armor Fields of Honor • Master Dojo • Soothing Wetlands • Forest of Focus • Challenge Beach • Tower of Waters • Brawlers' Cave Challenge Road • Tower of Darkness • Courageous Cavern • Loop Lagoon • Training Lowlands • Warm-Up Tunnel Potbottom Desert • Workout Sea • Stepping-Stone Sea • Insular Sea • Honeycalm Sea • Honeycalm Island Crown Tundra Slippery Slope • Max Lair • Freezington • Frostpoint Field • Giant's Bed • Rock Peak Ruins • Iron Ruins • Old Cemetery Snowslide Slope • Iceberg Ruins • Tunnel to the Top • Path to the Peak • Crown Shrine • Giant's Foot • Roaring-Sea Caves Frigid Sea • Three-Point Pass • Split-Decision Ruins • Ballimere Lake • Lakeside Cave • Dyna Tree Hill

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