Appendix:Platinum walkthrough/Section 21

Twinleaf Town

Now that the main game is over, the post-game begins. You'll find yourself in the place where the game originally began: your bedroom in Twinleaf Town. When you go downstairs, your mother will mention that Barry was just over and mentioned something about catching a ship at Snowpoint City.

By now, you should have all 210 Pokémon in your Sinnoh Pokédex sighted and in Sandgem Town you can receive the National Pokédex. If not, you may have missed some. Here is a list of regional Pokémon not owned by a Trainer in Sinnoh.

• Rotom: Found in the TV at the Old Chateau, but only at night.
• Unown: Found in the Solaceon Ruins.
• Manaphy: Picture found in a book on a desk in Mr. Backlot's office in his mansion on Route 212.
• Mesprit, Azelf, and Uxie: Found in their caverns at their respective lakes after the Giratina battle in the Distortion World.
• Dialga and Palkia: Counted as seen during the story event at Spear Pillar.

If you are ready, head to Sandgem Town.

Sandgem Town

Once Professor Rowan confirms that you have seen all the Pokémon in the Sinnoh Pokédex, Professor Oak will appear. Having heard of your exploits, he will reveal he is bringing components for the National Pokédex and your Pokédex is automatically upgraded. Before he leaves, he'll mention that Pal Park on Route 221 is open. Now you can import Pokémon from the GBA games.

Professor Rowan will then give you the Poké Radar, which will allow you to find non-regional Pokémon in tall grass. For it to work, you need to be standing in tall grass without being mounted on your bicycle. After one use, it takes 50 steps to recharge.

Pokémon Swarms

Once you have the National Pokédex, a swarm of Pokémon from a different region will appear on a different Route each day. The house south of Professor Rowan's lab belongs to Lucas/Dawn. Their little sister can tell you which of the swarm Pokémon is currently present.

Swarm Pokémon

Pokémon Location Levels Games Farfetch'd Route 221 28-29 D P Pt Doduo Route 201 2 D P Pt Drowzee Route 215 19-20 D P Pt Krabby Route 226 48-49 D P Pt Voltorb Route 218 28-29 D P Pt Cubone Route 203 4 D P Pt Pinsir Route 229 48-49 D P Pt Natu Route 224 50 D P Pt Dunsparce Route 208 18 D P Pt Snubbull Route 209 18-19 D P Pt Corsola Route 230 48 D P Pt Delibird Route 217 32-33 D P Pt Phanpy Route 207 5, 7 D P Pt Larvitar Route 206 16 D P Pt Zigzagoon Route 202 3 D P Pt Slakoth Eterna Forest 10-11 D P Pt Makuhita Route 225 48-49 D P Pt Skitty Route 222 39-40 D P Pt Electrike Valley Windworks 9-10 D P Pt Spoink Route 214 21, 23 D P Pt Spinda Route 227 53-54 D P Pt Beldum Route 228 51-52 D P Pt

Dongle method

Main article: Dual-slot mode

By playing your Platinum game with a Generation III cartridge inserted in your Nintendo DS or DS Lite's GBA slot, you can make certain Pokémon appear on certain routes and areas throughout Sinnoh. Most of the Pokémon that appear depend on which GBA game is inserted, but Haunter and Gengar will appear in the Old Chateau if you insert any Generation III game.

Eterna City

Professor Oak is in the house next to the Gym in the southern part of town. Talk to him and he will give you an Up-Grade and mention that Kanto's Legendary birds Zapdos, Articuno, and Moltres are now roaming around Sinnoh.

Trophy Garden

At the Pokémon Mansion, talk to Mr. Backlot and he will mention a particular rare Pokémon in his garden. This changes daily, so check back frequently. Occasionally it is a non-regional Pokémon. See this section for a list of the special Pokémon that appear.

Pal Park

Fly to Pal Park. Now you're free to go inside! You'll meet Professor Oak who will explain that Pal Park can be used to import Pokémon from Hoenn and Kanto. He gives you the Trainer Counter app for your Pokétch and then leaves for Eterna City. You can import Pokémon from Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, and LeafGreen Versions, by inserting the GBA cartridge into the front slot of your Nintendo DS or DS Lite and selecting "Migrate" from the opening menu.

You can get the Kitchen Timer app from a girl in Pal Park's lobby after showing a Snorlax to her and the Color Changer app after receiving the Kitchen Timer and showing a Kecleon to her.

You will need to import Regirock, Regice, and Registeel in order to catch Regigigas in the Snowpoint Temple, unless you have an event Regigigas.

Snowpoint Temple

Outside the Snowpoint Temple

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate 1F Golbat D P Pt Cave 47-50 80% Sneasel D P Pt Cave 49 10% Smoochum D P Pt Cave 47,49 10% B1F Golbat D P Pt Cave 47-50 80% Jynx D P Pt Cave 47,49 10% Sneasel D P Pt Cave 49 10% B2F-B3F Golbat D P Pt Cave 47-50 80% Jynx D P Pt Cave 48,50 10% Sneasel D P Pt Cave 50 10% B4F-B5F Golbat D P Pt Cave 47-50 80% Jynx D P Pt Cave 49,51 10% Sneasel D P Pt Cave 51 10% 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 Calcium B1F  Pt  Full Restore B3F, in second stone from top of ice (hidden)  Pt  Full Heal B4F, (Requires Strength)  Pt

You will need Regirock, Regice, and Registeel in your party for this mission if you want to battle and catch Regigigas. Your only option is to migrate them from Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald through Pal Park or, with the aid of a Regigigas received from a special event, catch them before returning here. If you're planning to catch Regigigas, you will want a Pokémon with False Swipe and plenty of Nest Balls.

When you approach the temple, the guard states that you are not qualified to enter, but Candice appears and says that you are.

1F

Snowpoint Temple 1F

Travel down the stairs to B1F.

B1F

Snowpoint Temple B1F

Carefully slide down the ice and reach the stairs to B2F.

B2F

Snowpoint Temple B2F

Rock Smash can help here, although you do not actually need it to get through. After following the path, take the stairs to B3F.

B3F

Snowpoint Temple B3F

Sliding on the ice is a bit tricky. First, slide until you got to the part where there is no ice. Next slide ←, ↑, →, then ↑ to reach the stairs. You can now go to B4F.

B4F

Snowpoint Temple B4F

While there is nothing to worry about you can use Strength and move the boulder ↑, →, → to be able to reach the item. When ready use the stairs to descend to BF5, the final floor.

BF5

Snowpoint Temple B5F

While this new sliding puzzle looks difficult, it can be easy with the right steps. From the tile next to the first rock nearest your entry point travel ↓ to reach the unfrozen tile southwest of Regigigas. Now very carefully slide in this order: ↓, →, ↑, ←, ↓, →, ↑ to reach Regigigas. If you have the three Regis in your party, Regigigas will awaken and face you when you interact with it. Save the game before interacting with it.

	Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Slow Start Held item: None
Regigigas Lv.1
Dizzy Punch Normal Physical   --       Knock Off Dark Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Foresight Normal Status   --

It may come as a bit of a shock that Regigigas is only Level 1! Use False Swipe to reduce its HP bar to the red zone and then throw Dusk Balls or Nest Balls until you catch it. Hopefully, it won't be too much trouble.

Once it's captured, exit the temple and Fly to Celestic Town.

Mt. Coronet South Side (third visit)

Tunnel

Before heading out, make sure that you have Pokémon with the HMs Surf, Waterfall, Strength, Rock Smash, and Rock Climb.

Backtrack your way to the area where you were first outside in the summit earlier. (See this section for a refresher on how to get there.) Then, use the eastern entrance to the part of Mt. Coronet 4F below the waterfall. Climb the waterfall and go inside the cave to find the Adamant Orb and the Lustrous Orb (as well as the hidden Stone Plate). You will need both Orbs to catch Dialga and Palkia.

If you return to the tunnel, since Team Galactic is gone now, you can go through the door that was previously inaccessible. That will take you to Mt. Coronet's north area, where you can find TM02 (Dragon Claw) (as well as the hidden Nugget on the rock just north of it).

Celestic Town

In order to battle Dialga and Palkia, you must first talk to Cynthia's grandmother. If you got the Adamant Orb or Lustrous Orb at Mt. Coronet earlier after beating the Sunyshore Gym, Cynthia's grandmother will explain their connection to Dialga and Palkia. Now, they will appear when you return to Spear Pillar.

Fly to Oreburgh City and go north from there to Mt. Coronet's entrance. You'll need the HMs Surf, Strength, Rock Smash, and Rock Climb, as well as several Timer Balls, Net Balls, or Dusk Balls. It's time to head back to Spear Pillar! (See this section if you need a refresher on how to get there.)

Spear Pillar (second visit)

Here, you'll see a blue dimensional rift which is another dimension where Dialga is. Save your game, then interact with it to challenge Dialga. After that, step back inside Mt. Coronet and quickly return. This time, a purple-colored rift will appear: Palkia.

Types: Steel Dragon Ability: Pressure Held item: None Dialga Lv.70 Roar of Time Dragon Special   --       Heal Block Psychic Status   --       Earth Power Ground Special   --       Slash Normal Physical   --

Types: Water Dragon Ability: Pressure Held item: None Palkia Lv.70 Spacial Rend Dragon Special   --       Heal Block Psychic Status   --       Earth Power Ground Special   --       Slash Normal Physical   --

When you face them, be careful as they are at Lv. 70. Make sure your team is at least Lv. 65 or higher. Weaken them with normally-effective moves and inflict either paralysis or sleep. They have Earth Power to counter Steel-types that could withstand their other moves, but certain Steel-types like Skarmory or Bronzong still work for the resistance tactic as their additional types (or ability) prevent supereffective damage. Additionally, Shedinja is immune to all their moves.

Net Balls will make it easier to catch Palkia, as it is part Water-type. When playing at night, Dusk Balls will work great on both Legendaries.

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Platinum walkthrough

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