Unova Route 9

Unova Route 9 ９番道路 Route 9

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Map description This paved road attracts those who love bikes.

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 ← Tubeline Bridge Route 9 Opelucid City →   Challenger's Cave* ↓

Location Location of Route 9 in Unova.

Pokémon world routes ← Route 8       Route 10 →

Route 9 (Japanese: ９ばんどうろ Route 9) is a route in the north-central Unova, connecting the Tubeline Bridge and Opelucid City. In Black and White, Route 9 also holds the entrance to Challenger's Cave, which is only accessible after defeating the Elite Four.

Route description

Route 9 is a short, forested route, dominated by a paved road that connects Tubeline Bridge and Opelucid City. There are six Trainers, and one Double Battle. Two of the Trainers are moving, while the others are stationary. To the north of the route is Shopping Mall Nine, with two vending machines to the right. At the bottom of the route are several tall grass patches and dark grass patches, separated by trees. After going down stairs, a Black Belt will be blocking the entrance to Challenger's Cave. After completing the game, Challenger's Cave may be entered. In Black 2 and White 2, after the Plasma Frigate freezes the nearby Opelucid City, part of this route will be frozen making it impossible to enter Shopping Mall Nine while the ice remains due to having to slide on the ice until after the player has defeated the Elite Four.

Places of interest

Shopping Mall Nine is located on Route 9.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	TM56 (Fling)	From Infielder upon exiting the Tubeline Bridge gate	B  W
	Lemonade	A few paces south of Shopping Mall Nine entrance, in the road (hidden, respawns)	B  W
	HP Up	South of the fence near the Tubeline Bridge gate	B  W
	Max Ether	South of the fence near the Tubeline Bridge gate (hidden)	B  W
	Full Restore	Far south of the fence halfway through the route	B  W
	Quick Ball	North of the Dark Grass by Biker Phillip	B2  W2
	Elixir	South of the Opelucid City gate	B2  W2
	Nugget	West of Roughneck Reese	B2  W2
	Iron	South of Roughneck Reese, near where the entrance to Challenger's Cave used to be	B2  W2
	Dark Gem	Southeast of Roughneck Reese (hidden)	B2  W2
	HP Up	Next to Hooligans Jim and Sabu	B2  W2

Hidden Grotto

Item		Location	Games
	Damp Mulch	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Growth Mulch	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Stable Mulch	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Gooey Mulch	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Repel	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears)	B2  W2
	Super Repel	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears)	B2  W2
	Max Repel	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears)	B2  W2
	Poké Ball	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears)	B2  W2
	Great Ball	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears)	B2  W2
	Ultra Ball	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears)	B2  W2
	Potion	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears)	B2  W2
	Super Potion	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears)	B2  W2
	Hyper Potion	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears)	B2  W2
	Fire Stone	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears)	B2  W2
	Leaf Stone	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears)	B2  W2
	Water Stone	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears)	B2  W2
Thunderstone	Thunderstone	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears)	B2  W2
	TinyMushroom	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Big Mushroom	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Rare Candy	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	PP Up	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	PP Max	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Red Shard	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Green Shard	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Yellow Shard	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Blue Shard	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2

Pokémon

Pokémon Black and White

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Liepard	B			W			Grass	33	10%
Garbodor	B			W			Grass	31-33	20%
Minccino	B			W			Grass	32	20%
Gothorita	B			W			Grass	31-34	30%
Duosion	B			W			Grass	31-34	30%
Pawniard	B			W			Grass	31-34	20%
Dark grass
Liepard	B			W			Dark grass	38	10%
Garbodor	B			W			Dark grass	36-38	20%
Minccino	B			W			Dark grass	37	20%
Gothorita	B			W			Dark grass	36-39	30%
Duosion	B			W			Dark grass	36-39	30%
Pawniard	B			W			Dark grass	31-39	20%
Rustling grass
Audino	B			W			Rustling grass	31-34	80%
Cinccino	B			W			Rustling grass	34	5%
Gothitelle	B			W			Rustling grass	34	5%
Reuniclus	B			W			Rustling grass	34	5%
Emolga	B			W			Rustling grass	32	10%
Swarm
Houndour	B			W			Grass	15-55	40%
Poochyena	B			W			Grass	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
Muk	B2			W2			Grass	40	%
Liepard	B2			W2			Grass	40	%
Garbodor	B2			W2			Grass	38, 40	%
Minccino	B2			W2			Grass	37, 39	%
Gothorita	B2			W2			Grass	37, 39	%
Duosion	B2			W2			Grass	37	%
Pawniard	B2			W2			Grass	38, 40	%
Dark grass
Muk	B2			W2			Dark grass	44	%
Liepard	B2			W2			Dark grass	44	%
Garbodor	B2			W2			Dark grass	42, 44	%
Minccino	B2			W2			Dark grass	41, 43	%
Gothorita	B2			W2			Dark grass	41, 43	%
Duosion	B2			W2			Dark grass	41	%
Pawniard	B2			W2			Dark grass	42, 44	%
Rustling grass
Audino	B2			W2			Rustling grass	37, 39	%
Emolga	B2			W2			Rustling grass	38	%
Swarm
Swalot	B2			W2			Grass	40-55	%
Hidden Grotto
Muk	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	35-40	Uncommon
Liepard	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	35-40	Common
Garbodor	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	35-40	Uncommon
Bouffalant	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	35-40	Rare
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

Pokémon Black and White

Trainer	Pokémon
Biker Phillip フィリップ Phillip Reward: $1152	Krokorok♂ Lv.36 No item
	Scraggy♂ Lv.36 No item
Roughneck Reese Roughneck Reese リュウジ Ryūji Reward: $864	Krokorok♂ Lv.36 No item
	Garbodor♂ Lv.36 No item
Hooligans Jim & Cas ジムとサブ Jim and Sabu Reward: $2368	Scraggy♂ Lv.37 No item
	Scraggy♂ Lv.37 No item
Biker Zeke キョウジ Kyōji Reward: $1184	Pawniard♂ Lv.37 No item
Roughneck Chance Roughneck Chance エイキチ Eikichi Reward: $888	Scraggy♂ Lv.37 No item

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Trainer	Pokémon
Roughneck Chance Roughneck Chance エイキチ Eikichi Reward: $1032	Scraggy♂ Lv.43 No item
Biker Zeke キョウジ Kyōji Reward: $1376	Pawniard♂ Lv.43 No item
Biker Phillip フィリップ Phillip Reward: $1376	Skorupi♂ Lv.43 No item
Hooligans Jim & Cas ジムとサブ Jim and Sabu Reward: $2688	Krookodile♂ Lv.42 No item
	Drapion♂ Lv.42 No item
Roughneck Reese Roughneck Reese リュウジ Ryūji Reward: $1032	Krokorok♂ Lv.43 No item

Trainer Tips

	Trainer Tips Try pressing SELECT while organizing your PC Box. It'll let you move your Pokémon around more easily!

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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