Appendix:HeartGold and SoulSilver walkthrough/Section 12

This is the Bulbapedia walkthrough for Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions. This walkthrough follows the remade Nintendo DS versions, not Pokémon Gold and Silver.
The guide for those can be found here.

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Blackthorn City

Blackthorn City

Blackthorn City is a quiet town built into the side of a mountain. On the northern outskirts of town is the Dragon's Den, where you'll meet the town's most revered Elder. This is also the place where you'll win your eighth and final Gym Badge.

Time to Trade

The girl in the first house you pass by is looking to trade. When you talk to her, she'll offer to trade her Dodrio for your Dragonair♀. It's your choice, but a Dragonair (and then Dragonite) will end up stronger in the long run.

The other girl will inspect your lead Pokémon. If it is strong enough, she will give it an Effort Ribbon.

The Saturday Sibling

Remember to visit the city on a Saturday. Santos will be waiting just southeast of the Gym, and will give you the Soft Sand when you first meet him, which strengthens Ground-type moves. All subsequent meetings will earn you a Snooze Ribbon.

The Move Tutor house

There are four people in the house next to the Poké Mart, all of which provide valuable services regarding a Pokémon's moves.

• Move Deleter: He'll let a Pokémon forget a learned move - even a move that can't normally be forgotten, like an HM.
• Move Maniac: Give him a Heart Scale and he'll let a Pokémon remember one of the moves it has forgotten.
• Grandma Wilma: Bring her a Dragon-type Pokémon with high friendship and she'll teach it Draco Meteor, the ultimate Dragon-type move.
• Ultimate Move Tutor: He teaches the ultimate move (Frenzy Plant, Blast Burn, or Hydro Cannon) to the fully-evolved form of your starter Pokémon. Come back to his house later in the game when you have a fully evolved Kanto, Hoenn, or Sinnoh starter Pokémon to teach it one of these powerful moves.

Blackthorn Gym

Blackthorn Gym

Blackthorn City Pokémon Gym
Leader: Clair
The Blessed User of Dragon Pokémon

The Blackthorn Gym is devoted to the Dragon-type, so Ice- and Dragon-type moves will see the most use here. However, there are some Ace Trainers that uses Horsea or Seadra. As they are Water-type Pokémon, Electric-type moves are also useful. The first thing you'll notice is that, due to the lava bubbling underfoot, the floor has become unstable, and you'll need to return your lead Pokémon to its Poké Ball. After receiving a major redesign from Gold and Silver, the Gym now has a single floor that requires the use of the rotating, moving platforms to cross the lava. The blue button causes a platform to rotate in place, while the two red arrows move you in either direction. To reach the Gym Leader, you'll need to navigate the three platforms, and fight past five Ace Trainers.

Puzzle	Sequence
Platform #1	1. ← 2. blue button 3. blue button 4. →
Platform #2	1. ↑ 2. blue button 3. → 4. blue button 5. blue button 6. →
Platform #3	1. ← 2. blue button 3. blue button 4. → 5. blue button 6. ↑ 7. ↑ 8. ↑ 9. blue button 10. → 11. blue button 12. ↑ 13. ↑

Once your battle with Clair begins, use Electric-type moves to inflict quadruple damage to her Gyarados. Kingdra is only weak against Dragon-type attacks, and you'll also want to use Dragon-type or Ice-type moves to beat Dragonair before it paralyzes your Pokémon with Thunder Wave.

Blackthorn Gym Trainers Trainer Pokémon Ace Trainer Paulo マサル Masaru Reward: $2100 Dratini♂ Lv.35 No item Dratini♂ Lv.35 No item Seadra♂ Lv.35 No item Ace Trainer Lola マリコ Mariko Reward: $2220 Dratini♀ Lv.35 No item Dragonair♀ Lv.37 No item Ace Trainer Cody トモヒコ Tomohiko Reward: $1728 Horsea♂ Lv.35 No item Seadra♂ Lv.37 No item Ace Trainer Fran トモエ Tomoe Reward: $2480 Seadra♀ Lv.38 No item Ace Trainer Mike テツロウ Tetsurō Reward: $2480 Dragonair♂ Lv.38 No item Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon. Leader Clair Blackthorn Gym HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $4920 Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: Unknown Gyarados♀ Lv.38 Dragon Rage Dragon Special   --       Twister Dragon Special   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Type: Dragon Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: Unknown Dragonair♀ Lv.38 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Slam Normal Physical   --       Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Type: Dragon Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: Unknown Dragonair♀ Lv.38 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Slam Normal Physical   --       Aqua Tail Water Physical   --       Types: Water Dragon Ability: Sniper Held item: Sitrus Berry Kingdra♀ Lv.41 Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --       SmokeScreen Normal Status   --

Congratulations, you've just defeated the eighth and final Gym Leader of Johto! That's quite an achievement, but Clair won't hand over your last Badge that easily. While she acknowledges that she lost, she still doesn't believe that you're ready to take on the Elite Four. In order for her to recognize you as the victor, you have to travel to the Dragon's Den shrine in the cave behind the Gym. Bring only five Pokémon(you'll soon know the reason), including a Pokémon with Surf and Whirlpool, and head inside.

Dragon's Den

Dragon's Den

Trainers

Trainer Pokémon Ace Trainer Kobe リュウ Ryū Reward: $2220 Dragonair♂ Lv.37 No item Ace Trainer Piper ユミコ Yumiko Reward: $2100 Horsea♀ Lv.33 No item Horsea♀ Lv.33 No item Seadra♀ Lv.35 No item Twins Clea & Gil ハナとヒナ Hana & Hina Reward: $1120 Dratini♀ Lv.35 No item Dratini♀ Lv.35 No item Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Surfing and Fishing Magikarp HG SS Surfing 6-20 90% Dratini HG SS Surfing 5-15 10% Magikarp HG SS Fishing Old Rod 10 100% Magikarp HG SS Fishing Good Rod 20 90% Dratini HG SS Fishing Good Rod 20 10% Magikarp HG SS Fishing Super Rod 40 60% Dratini HG SS Fishing Super Rod 40 30% Dragonair HG SS Fishing Super Rod 40 10% Special Pokémon Dratini HG SS Gift 15 Only 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.

Items

Item Location Games Revive Southwest of Ace Trainer Kobe (hidden)  HG  SS  Calcium Southeast of Ace Trainer Kobe  HG  SS  Max Potion Near Ace Trainer Piper (hidden)  HG  SS  Max Elixir Near Twins Clea & Gil  HG  SS  Max Elixir On the Dragon Shrine's platform, accessible from the north (hidden)  HG  SS  Dragon Fang On the east side of the cave  HG  SS  TM59 (Dragon Pulse) From Clair, on your way to the exit  HG  SS

Enter the cave, and take the stairs down into the main cavern. Surf to the southwest, and you'll reach a large whirlpool. Have a Pokémon use Whirlpool to cross over it, and surf east past the Dragon Shrine. Northeast of the shrine is the Dragon Fang, which enhances Dragon-type moves. Backtrack to the shrine, and speak to the Dragon Master to be quizzed about your attitude towards Pokémon. Depending on how you answer the five questions, you'll be rewarded with a Dratini, which may or may not know the move ExtremeSpeed. To get the Dratini with ExtremeSpeed, do not choose any of the following answers:

• Underling (Question 1)
• Cheating (Question 2)
• Weak Person (Question 3)
• Violence (Question 4)

Finally, you'll need to answer "Both" for the fifth question. After the quiz, Clair walks in, expecting to see that you've failed. As much as she would rather not, the Elder persuades her to give you the Rising Badge, your final Badge from Johto. This Badge earns the respect of all of your Pokémon, and enables the use of Waterfall in the field. As you head for the cave's exit, you'll run into Clair on the northern shore, where she's waiting to give you TM59 (Dragon Pulse). She tells you to return to New Bark and take Route 27 to reach the Elite Four. When you exit Dragon's Den, you'll get a call from Professor Elm, asking you to return to New Bark Town. To get your Dratini, re-enter the cave and speak to the Elder again.

Heal up your battle-weary team, and set off to the south to reach Route 45.

Later...

Return here after fighting your rival at Kanto's Mt. Moon and getting all Kanto Badges. Lance and Clair will approach you outside the Dragon Shrine to fight a tag battle against you and your rival.

Leader and Champion Clair Lance Dragon's Den HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $22200 Type: Dragon Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Dragonair♀ Lv.52 Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Dragon Rush Dragon Physical   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Types: Water Dragon Ability: Sniper Held item: None Kingdra♀ Lv.56 Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Yawn Normal Status   --       DragonBreath Dragon Special   --       Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Dragonite♀ Lv.60 Protect Normal Status   --       Thunder Electric Special   --       DragonBreath Dragon Special   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --       Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Gyarados♂ Lv.68 Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Waterfall Water Physical   --       Types: Fire Flying Ability: Blaze Held item: None Charizard♂ Lv.68 Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: Sitrus Berry Dragonite♂ Lv.75 Draco Meteor Dragon Special   --       Fire Punch Fire Physical   --       Safeguard Normal Status   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --

Route 45

Dark Cave

Dark Cave

While it was accessible once you had reached Route 31, you didn't have the moves (Flash, Rock Smash, Surf, Strength) needed to fully explore this shadowy cave.

• The Blackthorn City (eastern) side:

From the northeast entrance near Blackthorn, walk down the two stairways to reach a small lake. Surf directly south, and climb onto the nearby rock ledge to find a Revive. Follow the path to the west, and you'll find TM54 (False Swipe) near a ledge. Backtrack to the lake, and swim across to reach the northern shore (west of the entryway). Follow the trail north, then turn towards the southwest. Climb up the stairway to the west, and follow the rock ledge to the northeast. Speak to the guy to get a pair of BlackGlasses, which enhance Dark-type moves. Head south and jump the two sets of ledges, grab the hidden Hyper Potion on the lone blue-green rock, and walk through the doorway to reach the cave's western side.

• The Violet City (western) side:

After exploring the Blackthorn side of the cave, you'll emerge on the western side at the edge of another small lake. Surf to the west find a Potion, and a Poké Ball hidden nearby. Walk south and swim across the tiny pool of water to obtain a Black Flute, which decreases the chances of fighting wild Pokémon. Navigate around the group of ledges, and break through the two boulders to head east. Have a Pokémon use Strength to shove the boulder out of your way, and use Rock Smash again to break the rock east of here. Head north, and follow the path east and then south around a large rock formation, where you'll find a Hyper Potion. Continue south, jump the ledge, and pick up the Max Ether to the east, hidden in the rock wall. Continue south down two more stairways, and grab the Full Heal. Jump the ledge to the west, and take the stairway south to reach a Dire Hit. Jump the ledge, and head east to reach the exit to Route 46.

Available Pokémon

Blackthorn City side Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Zubat HG SS Cave 23 30% Geodude HG SS Cave 23 30% Graveler HG SS Cave 25 20% Wobbuffet HG SS Cave 20-25 15% Golbat HG SS Cave 23 5% Surfing and Fishing Magikarp HG SS Surfing 2-20 100% Magikarp HG SS Fishing Old Rod 10 95% Goldeen HG SS Fishing Old Rod 10 5% Magikarp HG SS Fishing Good Rod 20 60% Goldeen HG SS Fishing Good Rod 20 40% Goldeen HG SS Fishing Super Rod 40 90% Magikarp HG SS Fishing Super Rod 40 7% Seaking HG SS Fishing Super Rod 40 3% Special Pokémon Dunsparce HG SS Swarm 2-4 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. Violet City side Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Geodude HG SS Cave 2-4 60% Zubat HG SS Cave 2-4 39% Dunsparce HG SS Cave 4 1% Dunsparce HG SS Rock Smash 4-8 90% Geodude HG SS Rock Smash 8-14 10% Surfing and Fishing Magikarp HG SS Surfing 2-20 100% Magikarp HG SS Fishing Old Rod 10 95% Goldeen HG SS Fishing Old Rod 10 5% Magikarp HG SS Fishing Good Rod 20 60% Goldeen HG SS Fishing Good Rod 20 40% Goldeen HG SS Fishing Super Rod 40 90% Magikarp HG SS Fishing Super Rod 40 7% Seaking HG SS Fishing Super Rod 40 3% Special Pokémon Dunsparce HG SS Swarm 2-4 40% 100% 100% Makuhita HG SS Hoenn Sound 2 20% Absol HG SS Hoenn Sound 2-3 20% Chingling HG SS Sinnoh Sound 2 20% Bronzor HG SS Sinnoh Sound 2-3 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.

Items

Blackthorn side Item Location Games Elixir South of the first stairway (hidden)  HG  SS  Revive On a rock ledge, south of the lake  HG  SS  BlackGlasses From the guy in the northwest  HG  SS  Max Revive On a small, blue-green rock near the BlackGlasses guy (hidden)  HG  SS  Hyper Potion On a blue-green rock near the doorway to the cave's Violet City side (hidden)  HG  SS  Violet side Item Location Games Potion Not far from the Violet entrance  HG  SS  Poké Ball On a blue-green rock near the Potion (hidden)  HG  SS  Black Flute East of the Violet entrance (requires Surf)  HG  SS  Hyper Potion On the east side of the large rock formation in the northeast  HG  SS  Max Ether Southeast of the Hyper Potion, in the rock wall (hidden)  HG  SS  Full Heal South of the Hyper Potion, not far from the Route 46 entrance  HG  SS  Dire Hit Southwest of the Full Heal, close to the Route 46 entrance  HG  SS

Mountain Road

Route 45

Route 45 follows a river ravine, forming a steep trail leading down from the mountains. The route splits and recombines multiple times, passing the eastern entrance to Dark Cave before turning west towards Route 46. With so many ledges and bridges scattered across the route, you'll need to travel southbound more than once to get every item, and fight every Trainer.

• To collect every item:

Walk south from Dark Cave's southern entrance to find an Elixir. Walk down the steps and jump the first ledge nearby, and head east across the bridge. Jump over the ledge to the south to pick up a Max Potion. Cross the second bridge near Ace Trainer Kelly, and jump over the ledge here to find a Full Heal sitting in a large patch of tall grass. Ignore the next bridge, and jump the next ledge west of the river for a Nugget, and another ledge for a Revive. Here you'll be standing near two stairways - one leading south, the other leading east; step down the eastern stairway, cross the bridge, and jump the ledge to reach a small pond. Pick the Grn Apricorn from the tree, jump the ledge, and take the bridge west to reach Route 46.

• To fight every Trainer:

Walk south from Blackthorn and jump the first ledge on the eastern side of the river. The route diverges around a rock outcropping; you can jump the western ledges to fight Hiker Erik, or take the eastern side to fight Ace Trainer Ryan. South of those two Trainers, cut across the bridge to the route's western side, and jump south to battle Hiker Parry. Step down the stairs, jump the next ledge, and cross the bridge to challenge Ace Trainer Kelly. Head south and jump the three ledges to fight Black Belt Kenji. South of Kenji, the route splits around a second rock formation east of the river; jump the three ledges on the west side to fight Hiker Timothy, or jump the single east ledge to battle Hiker Michael. Continue south, and travel west to reach Route 46.

Trainers

Trainer Pokémon Hiker Erik カツヒロ Katsuhiro Reward: $864 Machop♂ Lv.24 No item Graveler♂ Lv.27 No item Machop♂ Lv.27 No item Ace Trainer Ryan イサム Isamu Reward: $1620 Pidgeot♂ Lv.25 No item Electabuzz♂ Lv.27 No item Ace Trainer Kelly カレン Karen Reward: $1440 Marill♀ Lv.27 No item Wartortle♂ Lv.24 No item Wartortle♂ Lv.24 No item Hiker Parry タロウ Tarō Reward: $960 Onix♂ Lv.30 No item Black Belt Kenji タケノリ Takenori Reward: $672 Machoke♂ Lv.28 No item Hiker Timothy マサヒコ Masahiko Reward: $864 Diglett♂ Lv.27 No item Dugtrio♂ Lv.27 No item Hiker Michael アキオ Akio Reward: $800 Geodude♂ Lv.25 No item Graveler♂ Lv.25 No item Golem♂ Lv.25 No item Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Graveler HG SS Grass 23-27 40% Graveler HG SS Grass 23-25 55% Geodude HG SS Grass 23 30% Gligar HG SS Grass 24 20% Phanpy HG SS Grass 20 10% Teddiursa HG SS Grass 20 10% Skarmory HG SS Grass 27 5% Surfing and Fishing Magikarp HG SS Fishing Old Rod 10 95% Poliwag HG SS Fishing Old Rod 10 5% Magikarp HG SS Fishing Good Rod 20 60% Poliwag HG SS Fishing Good Rod 20 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.

Items

Item Location Games Elixir South of Dark Cave, past the first patch of tall grass  HG  SS  Max Potion South of the first two Trainers, east of the river  HG  SS  Full Heal In a patch of tall grass in the center of the route  HG  SS  Nugget The route's southern half, west of the river  HG  SS  Revive The route's southern half, west of the river  HG  SS  PP Up On the narrow strip of land near the Nugget and Revive (hidden)  HG  SS  Grn Apricorn From the tree by the pond in the route's southeast area  HG  SS

Route 46

Route 46

Route 46 is a short route in southeastern Johto that connects Route 45 and Route 29. Pluck the Grn and Ylw Apricorns from the two trees near Dark Cave's southern entrance, jump a few ledges, grab the X Speed to the west, and head south through the gate. A short walk is all it takes to return home to New Bark Town.

Trainers

Trainer Pokémon Camper Ted ソウイチ Sōichi Reward: $272 Mankey♂ Lv.17 No item Picnicker Erin エミ Emi Reward: $224 Ponyta♀ Lv.16 No item Oddish♀ Lv.14 No item Hiker Bailey シュウジ Shūji Reward: $416 Geodude♂ Lv.13 No item Geodude♂ Lv.13 No item Geodude♂ Lv.13 No item Geodude♂ Lv.13 No item Geodude♂ Lv.13 No item Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.

Available Pokémon
Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Geodude HG SS Grass 2-3 40% 40% 45% Spearow HG SS Grass 2-3 35% 35% 0% Rattata HG SS Grass 2-4 25% 25% 55% 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.

Items
Item Location Games Grn Apricorn From the small grove near Dark Cave's southern entrance  HG  SS  Ylw Apricorn From the small grove near Dark Cave's southern entrance  HG  SS  X Speed Near Camper Ted and Picnicker Erin  HG  SS

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