Unova Route 5

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Unova Route 5 ５番道路 Route 5

Map description A busy road where performers gather.

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 ← Driftveil Drawbridge Route 5 Nimbasa City →

Location Location of Route 5 in Unova.

Pokémon world routes ← Route 4       Route 6 →

Route 5 (Japanese: ５番道路 Route 5) is a route in central Unova, connecting Nimbasa City to the Driftveil Drawbridge.

Route 5 in the winter in Black and White

Route description

Route 5 is a short forested path, dominated by a paved road that connects Nimbasa City with the Driftveil Drawbridge. There is a trailer parked on the road, which is owned by the hungry maid. The entire northern strip of the route is a narrow, grassy path where players can encounter wild Pokémon.

Upon the initial visit in Black and White, the player will meet the Champion, Alder, for the first time. He will request that the player and Cheren battle two Preschoolers.

Once the player has entered the Hall of Fame, Cheren can be found facing the fence at the bottom of the route. He talks about strength and his journey, and then goes to Victory Road, where he can be fought for the final time.

In Black 2 and White 2, a Hidden Grotto is located in the alcove northeast of the trailer. Bianca will guide the player to it the first time Route 5 is visited.

The Pokémon Breeder near the Hidden Grotto will sell 5 random Berries that raise the friendship of the Pokémon they are used on, but lower the base EVs of that Pokémon in one of their stats. She will sell the five Berries for a total of $200. The player can only buy 5 Berries once per day. As it is based on the random number generator, Berries can be manipulated by soft resetting the game, but only if the player does not talk to her. When the game is restarted, she will sell different Berries.

Driftveil Drawbridge is inaccessible until after the player battles the two Preschoolers^BW or Charles^B2W2, both of which can only be battled after Elesa has been defeated.

Gourmet maniac

Main article: Item maniac

A Maid found in the sole trailer on this route, will sniff out any gourmet cooking ingredients in the player's bag and offer to buy them for a price higher than usual.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Great Ball	East of Backpacker Lois	B  W
	Zinc	In dark grass north of the Driftveil Drawbridge	B  W
	Revive	Southwest of Backpacker Michael	B  W
	Electric Guitar	Gift from Musician Preston after defeating him	B  W  B2  W2
	Hyper Potion	Southern side of the fence by the Driftveil Drawbridge	B  W  B2  W2
	HM02 (Fly)	Gift from Bianca upon first entering the route	B2  W2
	Super Repel	Near patch of dark grass	B2  W2
	Hyper Potion	On road, near Dancer Brian (hidden)	B2  W2
	Cheri Berry	Gift from Pokémon Ranger Lois after defeating her	B2  W2
	Pomeg Berry ×5	Buyable from Pokémon Breeder (once per day)	B2  W2
	Kelpsy Berry ×5	Buyable from Pokémon Breeder (once per day)	B2  W2
	Qualot Berry ×5	Buyable from Pokémon Breeder (once per day)	B2  W2
	Hondew Berry ×5	Buyable from Pokémon Breeder (once per day)	B2  W2
	Grepa Berry ×5	Buyable from Pokémon Breeder (once per day)	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
	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	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	20-22	20%
Trubbish	B			W			Grass	19,21	20%
Minccino	B			W			Grass	19-22	30%
Gothita	B			W			Grass	19-22	30%
Solosis	B			W			Grass	19-22	30%
Dark grass
Liepard	B			W			Dark grass	23-25	20%
Trubbish	B			W			Dark grass	22-24	20%
Minccino	B			W			Dark grass	22-25	30%
Gothita	B			W			Dark grass	22-25	30%
Solosis	B			W			Dark grass	22-25	30%
Rustling grass
Audino	B			W			Rustling grass	19-22	85%
Cinccino	B			W			Rustling grass	22	5%
Emolga	B			W			Rustling grass	20	10%
Swarm
Smeargle	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
Liepard	B2			W2			Grass	22-24	20%
Trubbish	B2			W2			Grass	21-24	20%
Minccino	B2			W2			Grass	21-24	30%
Gothita	B2			W2			Grass	21-24	30%
Solosis	B2			W2			Grass	21-24	30%
Dark grass
Liepard	B2			W2			Dark grass	24-26	20%
Trubbish	B2			W2			Dark grass	23-26	20%
Minccino	B2			W2			Dark grass	23-26	30%
Gothita	B2			W2			Dark grass	23-26	30%
Solosis	B2			W2			Dark grass	23-26	30%
Rustling grass
Audino	B2			W2			Rustling grass	21-24	85%
Cinccino	B2			W2			Rustling grass	24	5%
Emolga	B2			W2			Rustling grass	22	10%
Swarm
Natu	B2			W2			Grass	40-55	40%
Hidden Grotto
Liepard	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	20-25	Uncommon
Minccino	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	20-25	Rare
Foongus	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	20-25	Common
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

In addition to battling the player, Cheren will also join them in the Multi Battle against Preschoolers Sarah and Billy, using the same team.

If the player chose Snivy:

PKMN Trainer Cheren Route 5 Black and White Reward: $2600

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Unburden Held item: None Liepard♂ Lv.24 Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Torment Dark Status   --       Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Miracle Seed Pansage♂ Lv.24 Bite Dark Physical   --       Seed Bomb Grass Physical   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Types: Normal Flying Ability: Super Luck Held item: None Tranquill♂ Lv.24 Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Detect Fighting Status   --       Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Roost Flying Status   --       Types: Fire Fighting Ability: Blaze Held item: Sitrus Berry Pignite♂ Lv.26 Flame Charge Fire Physical   --       Rollout Rock Physical   --       Arm Thrust Fighting Physical   --       Smog Poison Special   --

If the player chose Tepig:

PKMN Trainer Cheren Route 5 Black and White Reward: $2600

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Unburden Held item: None Liepard♂ Lv.24 Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Torment Dark Status   --       Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Charcoal Pansear♂ Lv.24 Bite Dark Physical   --       Flame Burst Fire Special   --       Yawn Normal Status   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Types: Normal Flying Ability: Super Luck Held item: None Tranquill♂ Lv.24 Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Detect Fighting Status   --       Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Roost Flying Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: Sitrus Berry Dewott♂ Lv.26 Water Pulse Water Special   --       Fury Cutter Bug Physical   --       Razor Shell Water Physical   --       Focus Energy Normal Status   --

If the player chose Oshawott:

PKMN Trainer Cheren Route 5 Black and White Reward: $2600

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Unburden Held item: None Liepard♂ Lv.24 Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Torment Dark Status   --       Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Mystic Water Panpour♂ Lv.24 Bite Dark Physical   --       Scald Water Special   --       Water Sport Water Status   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Types: Normal Flying Ability: Super Luck Held item: None Tranquill♂ Lv.24 Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Detect Fighting Status   --       Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Roost Flying Status   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: Sitrus Berry Servine♂ Lv.26 Mega Drain Grass Special   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Leaf Tornado Grass Special   --       Growth Normal Status   --

Trainer	Pokémon
Preschooler Sarah ユウミ Yūmi Reward: $104 Double Battle with Billy	Herdier♀ Lv.26 Sitrus Berry
Preschooler Billy トモヤ Tomoya Reward: $104 Double Battle with Sarah	Herdier♂ Lv.26 Sitrus Berry
Baker Jenn マリカ Marika Reward: $840	Pansear♂ Lv.21 No item
	Panpour♂ Lv.21 No item
	Pansage♂ Lv.21 No item
Harlequin Paul ポール Paul Reward: $704	Whirlipede♂ Lv.22 No item
	Whirlipede♂ Lv.22 No item
Musician Preston ジョージ George Reward: $704	Blitzle♂ Lv.22 No item
	Blitzle♂ Lv.22 No item
Dancer Brian タクヤ Takuya Reward: $704	Darumaka♂ Lv.22 No item
	Darumaka♂ Lv.22 No item
Artist Horton ジョナサン Jonathan Reward: $1104	Sigilyph♂ Lv.23 No item
Backpacker Lois チヒロ Chihiro Reward: $552	Munna♀ Lv.23 No item
Backpacker Michael マイケル Michael Reward: $552	Palpitoad♂ Lv.23 No item

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Initially, a crowd is blocking the way to Driftveil Drawbridge, watching Motorcyclist Charles having a battle. Once the player has earned the Bolt Badge, Charles will challenge them to a Rotation Battle^B2/Triple Battle^W2, after which the crowd clears away.

Motorcyclist Charles Route 5 Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $832

Types: Psychic Flying Ability: Magic Guard Held item: None Sigilyph♂ Lv.26 Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Whirlwind Normal Status   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Types: Rock Flying Ability: Defeatist Held item: None Archen♂ Lv.26 Pluck Flying Physical   --       Agility Psychic Status   --       AncientPower Rock Special   --       Quick Guard Fighting Status   --       Types: Water Rock Ability: Solid Rock Held item: None Tirtouga♂ Lv.26 Wide Guard Rock Status   --       Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       AncientPower Rock Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --

Trainer	Pokémon
Baker Jenn マリカ Marika Reward: $960	Sunkern♀ Lv.24 No item
	Combee♂ Lv.24 No item
Artist Horton ジョナサン Jonathan Reward: $1200	Sigilyph♂ Lv.25 No item
Pokémon Ranger Lois チヒロ Chihiro Reward: $1500	Budew♀ Lv.25 No item
	Roselia♀ Lv.25 No item
Dancer Brian タクヤ Takuya Reward: $800	Scraggy♂ Lv.25 No item
Backers Ava & Aya マヨとアヤ Mayo and Aya Reward: $1152	Minccino♀ Lv.24 No item
	Minccino♀ Lv.24 No item
Musician Preston ジョージ George Reward: $800	Maractus♂ Lv.25 No item

Memory Link (one time only)

If the player chose Snivy^BW:

PKMN Trainer Cheren Route 5 Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $8040

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Unburden Held item: Sitrus Berry Liepard♂ Lv.65 Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Mystic Water Simipour♂ Lv.65 Surf Water Special   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Payback Dark Physical   --       Types: Normal Flying Ability: Super Luck Held item: Scope Lens Unfezant♂ Lv.65 U-turn Bug Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Facade Normal Physical   --       Type: Rock Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: Leftovers Gigalith♂ Lv.65 Giga Impact Normal Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Stealth Rock Rock Status   --       Type: Dragon Unknown Ability: Rivalry Held item: Dragon Gem Haxorus♂ Lv.65 Outrage Dragon Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Surf Water Special   --       Types: Fire Fighting Ability: Blaze Held item: Focus Sash Emboar♂ Lv.67 Flare Blitz Fire Physical   --       Head Smash Rock Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Wild Charge Electric Physical   --

If the player chose Tepig^BW:

PKMN Trainer Cheren Route 5 Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $8040

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Unburden Held item: Sitrus Berry Liepard♂ Lv.65 Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Miracle Seed Simisage♂ Lv.65 Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Payback Dark Physical   --       Types: Normal Flying Ability: Super Luck Held item: Scope Lens Unfezant♂ Lv.65 U-turn Bug Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Facade Normal Physical   --       Type: Rock Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: Leftovers Gigalith♂ Lv.65 Giga Impact Normal Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Stealth Rock Rock Status   --       Type: Dragon Unknown Ability: Rivalry Held item: Dragon Gem Haxorus♂ Lv.65 Outrage Dragon Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Surf Water Special   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: Focus Sash Samurott♂ Lv.67 Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Aqua Jet Water Physical   --

If the player chose Oshawott^BW:

PKMN Trainer Cheren Route 5 Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $8040

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Unburden Held item: Sitrus Berry Liepard♂ Lv.65 Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Charcoal Simisear♂ Lv.65 Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Payback Dark Physical   --       Types: Normal Flying Ability: Super Luck Held item: Scope Lens Unfezant♂ Lv.65 U-turn Bug Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Facade Normal Physical   --       Type: Rock Unknown Ability: Sturdy Held item: Leftovers Gigalith♂ Lv.65 Giga Impact Normal Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Stealth Rock Rock Status   --       Type: Dragon Unknown Ability: Rivalry Held item: Dragon Gem Haxorus♂ Lv.65 Outrage Dragon Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Surf Water Special   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: Focus Sash Serperior♂ Lv.67 Coil Poison Status   --       Dragon Tail Dragon Physical   --       Leaf Blade Grass Physical   --       Leaf Storm Grass Special   --

Trainer Tips

Pokémon Black and White

	Trainer Tips There are different Cases for each type of item. Items are placed automatically in the correct Case by their type. The name of the Case tells you what type of items will be kept there.

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

	Trainer Tips There are different Cases for each type of item. Items are placed automatically in the correct Case by their type. The name of the Case tells you what type of items will be kept there. Also, you can place anything in Free Space, no matter what it is. So you can keep items you often use in one place.

In the anime

Route 5 in the anime

Ash and his friends were on Route 5 in Ash Versus the Champion!, where he met and had a battle with Alder. The square shown here was very similar to its game counterpart's, with all sorts of artists performing. A bit past the Driftveil Drawbridge is also a town which holds Pokémon Musical Contests as shown in A Maractus Musical!.

In The Four Seasons of Sawsbuck! it was shown that there is also a large forest located along Route 5, home to groups of Deerling and Sawsbuck. Deep in the forest is a mysterious place were very rarely all four seasonal forms of Sawsbuck can be seen together. As shown in The Lonely Deino!, there is a Day Care center close to Driftveil City where Iris befriended a Deino.

Trivia

• The wild Pokémon in this route are the same Pokémon as in Route 16, with the exception of the Pokémon that appear during outbreaks or in Hidden Grottos.

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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