Appendix:Platinum walkthrough/Section 10

Valor Lakefront

Valor Lakefront

Hotel Grand Lake, part of Valor Lakefront

Trainers

Trainer Pokémon Artist Ismael Reward: $2800 (w. Beauty Harley) Kricketune♂ Lv.28 No item Beauty Harley Reward: $2800 (w. Artist Ismael) Psyduck♀ Lv.26 No item Lass Blythe Reward: $2640 (w. Veteran Emanuel) Chingling♀ Lv.25 No item Buneary♀ Lv.25 No item Veteran Emanuel Reward: $2640 (w. Lass Blythe) Machoke♂ Lv.28 No item Bronzor Lv.28 No item Collector Eugene Reward: $2688 (w. Aroma Lady Alison) Feebas♂ Lv.28 No item Aroma Lady Alison Reward: $2688 (w. Collector Eugene) Roselia♀ Lv.28 No item School Kid Esteban Reward: $2184 (w. Pokéfan Meredith) Quagsire♂ Lv.26 No item Pokéfan Meredith Reward: $2184 (w. School Kid Esteban) Pichu♀ Lv.26 No item Pachirisu♀ Lv.26 Sitrus Berry Scientist Emilio Reward: $2544 (w. Pokémon Breeder Kaylee) Kadabra♂ Lv.27 No item Pokémon Breeder Kaylee Reward: $2544 (w. Scientist Emilio) Aipom♀ Lv.26 No item Marill♀ Lv.26 No item Swablu♀ Lv.26 No item PI Kendrick Reward: $5176 (w. Beauty Gabriella) Rhyhorn♂ Lv.31 No item Beauty Gabriella Reward: $5176 (w. PI Kendrick) Finneon♀ Lv.26 No item Gentleman Leonardo Reward: $10800 (w. Socialite Rebecca) Chatot♂ Lv.27 No item Socialite Rebecca Reward: $10800 (w. Gentleman Leonardo) Purugly♀ Lv.27 No item Cameraman Darryl Reward: $1872 (w. Reporter Valerie) Magnemite Lv.26 No item Mr. Mime♂ Lv.26 No item Reporter Valerie Reward: $1872 (w. Cameraman Darryl) Kirlia♀ Lv.26 No item Rich Boy Roman Reward: $8320 (w. Lady Kylie) Lickitung♂ Lv.26 No item Lady Kylie Reward: $8320 (w. Rich Boy Roman) Cleffa♀ Lv.24 No item Clefairy♀ Lv.26 No item

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Girafarig D P Pt Grass 26,28 25% Houndour D P Pt Grass 28 10% 10% 0% Houndour D P Pt Grass 27-28 0% 0% 20% Staravia D P Pt Grass 26-28 25% 35% 0% Staravia D P Pt Grass 27-28 0% 0% 15% Bibarel D P Pt Grass 25-27 30% Kricketune D P Pt Grass 27 10% 0% 0% Kricketune D P Pt Grass 26 0% 0% 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 Ultra Ball In the northwest corner of the large patch of grass north of the Lake entrance  Pt  Big Mushroom In a tree in the northwest corner of the large patch of grass north of the Lake entrance (hidden)  Pt  White Flute Given by woman outside the northernmost bungalow after returning her Suite Key  Pt  PP Up Near the northeast corner (access from Route 222), at the end of the middle dead-end path (hidden)  Pt

You can't access Lake Valor proper just yet... So why not go to the Seven Stars Restaurant where you can partake in a number of Double Battles? You will also find a lady who has lost her Suite Key, and asks you for your help finding it. Go near the entrance to the hotel and use your Pokétch's Dowsing Machine to find and return it.

Route 213

Route 213

Trainers

Trainer Pokémon Tuber Chelsea Reward: $112 Marill♀ Lv.28 No item Tuber Jared Reward: $104 Shellos♂ East Sea Lv.25 No item Shellos♂ East Sea Lv.25 No item Shellos♂ West Sea Lv.26 No item Fisherman Kenneth Reward: $896 Remoraid♂ Lv.25 No item Remoraid♂ Lv.25 No item Gyarados♂ Lv.28 No item Beauty Cyndy Reward: $1624 Glameow♀ Lv.29 No item Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Wingull D P Pt Grass 24-26 20% Buizel D P Pt Grass 23,25 25% 25% 35% Shellos D P Pt Grass 24-26 35% 35% 0% Shellos D P Pt Grass 23-26 0% 0% 45% Chatot D P Pt Grass 23,25 20% 20% 0% Fishing Magikarp D P Pt Fishing Old Rod 3-15 100% Magikarp D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 10-25 65% Remoraid D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 10-25 35% 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 Max Revive Under the parasol by the pool, south of the Game Director's suite (hidden)  Pt  PP Up Left of Hotel Grand Lake, in the small area south of the pool  Pt  TM92 (Trick Room) A clown in the bungalow to the northwest of the hotel entrance  Pt  Suite Key Immediately northwest of northern reception entrance (hidden)  Pt  Yellow Shard West of the entrance to Hotel Grand Lake  Pt  Pearl ×4 Toward the east end, east of Tuber Chelsea (hidden) Toward the east end, southwest of Tuber Chealsea (hidden) Near the center, north of the "fancy" man, at the missing corner of a large rock (hidden) Near the southwest corner, northeast of Fisherman Kenneth (hidden)  Pt  Heart Scale Toward the east end, east of Tuber Jared (hidden) Near the southwest corner, west of Fisherman Kenneth (hidden)  Pt  TM40 (Aerial Ace) East of Dr.Footstep's house (requires Rock Smash)  Pt  Hyper Potion East of the honey tree (requires Rock Smash) (hidden)  Pt  Aguav Berry Berry patch east of Pastoria City entrance  Pt  Rawst Berry x2 Berry patch east of Pastoria City entrance  Pt  Iapapa Berry Berry patch east of Pastoria City entrance  Pt

Route 213 is a beach that connects Valor Lakefront to Pastoria City. There are several items to collect along the way, especially the hidden Heart Scales in the sand that can soon be exchanged for a valuable service.

Pastoria City

Pastoria City

Available Pokémon

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Items

Item Location Games Turtwig Mask Accessory; obtained from a Parasol Lady near the Pokémon Center if the player started with Piplup  Pt  Chimchar Mask Accessory; obtained from a Parasol Lady near the Pokémon Center if the player started with Turtwig  Pt  Piplup Mask Accessory; obtained from a Parasol Lady near the Pokémon Center if the player started with Chimchar  Pt  Macho Brace From the boy in the house north of the Poké Mart after showing him a male and female Combee  Pt  Persim Berry x2 Berry patch Northeast of Poké Mart  Pt  Nanab Berry x2 Berry patch Northeast of Poké Mart  Pt  Zinc In a large puddle south of the west entrance (hidden)  Pt

Pastoria City is home to the Great Marsh, where many rare Pokémon can be found, though it will require multiple visits on separate days to see all of them. Pastoria is also home to the Scarf Guy, who lives in the house nearest to Route 213. The Scarf Guy checks a Pokémon's condition to see if it is worthy of a Scarf. If the Pokémon's condition is at its maximum value in an area, he will give out the corresponding Scarf to that Pokémon. If not, he will tell the player to improve its condition with Poffins.

Maxed condition	Scarf given out
Cool		Red Scarf
Beauty		Blue Scarf
Cute		Pink Scarf
Smart		Green Scarf
Tough		Yellow Scarf

The eastern house right next to the water is the home of the Move Reminder who will teach your Pokémon a move from their level-up moveset in exchange for a Heart Scale, which can be found in various locations in throughout Sinnoh, including The Underground, and the Pokémon News Press in Solaceon Town.

Go to the westernmost house to meet a woman who will give you a Berry once a day. These Berries will notably be the ones that reduce the damage of supereffective attacks on the Pokémon that holds it. Notably, the Charti Berry that you can receive from her is a good Berry to use when making Poffin for raising a Pokémon's Beauty stat and is recommended to use for evolving Feebas into Milotic once you've had time to grow plenty of them.

Pastoria Gym

Before you enter the Gym, you will be challenged to a battle with your rival.

If the player chose Turtwig:	If the player chose Chimchar:	If the player chose Piplup:
PKMN Trainer Barry Pastoria City Platinum Reward: $3600 Types: Normal Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Staravia♂ Lv.34 Double Team Normal Status   --       Wing Attack Flying Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Endeavor Normal Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Swift Swim Held item: None Buizel♂ Lv.32 Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Growl Normal Status   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Roselia♂ Lv.32 Magical Leaf Grass Special   --       Mega Drain Grass Special   --       Poison Sting Poison Physical   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Types: Fire Fighting Ability: Blaze Held item: None Monferno♂ Lv.36 Mach Punch Fighting Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Flame Wheel Fire Physical   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --	PKMN Trainer Barry Pastoria City Platinum Reward: $3600 Types: Normal Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Staravia♂ Lv.34 Double Team Normal Status   --       Wing Attack Flying Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Endeavor Normal Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Run Away Held item: None Ponyta♂ Lv.32 Stomp Normal Physical   --       Ember Fire Special   --       Growl Normal Status   --       Tail Whip Normal Status   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Roselia♂ Lv.32 Magical Leaf Grass Special   --       Mega Drain Grass Special   --       Poison Sting Poison Physical   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: None Prinplup♂ Lv.36 Growl Normal Status   --       Peck Flying Physical   --       BubbleBeam Water Special   --       Metal Claw Steel Physical   --	PKMN Trainer Barry Pastoria City Platinum Reward: $3600 Types: Normal Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Staravia♂ Lv.34 Double Team Normal Status   --       Wing Attack Flying Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Endeavor Normal Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Swift Swim Held item: None Buizel♂ Lv.32 Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Growl Normal Status   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Run Away Held item: None Ponyta♂ Lv.32 Stomp Normal Physical   --       Ember Fire Special   --       Growl Normal Status   --       Tail Whip Normal Status   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Grotle♂ Lv.36 Bite Dark Physical   --       Razor Leaf Grass Physical   --       Mega Drain Grass Special   --       Withdraw Water Status   --

Pastoria Gym

As you will quickly figure out, this Gym specializes in Water-types. Grass- and Electric-types will do well here, but you shouldn't use Fire-, Rock-, or Ground-types. The strongest Pokémon here is level 37, so make sure your team is leveled appropriately before challenging the Gym.

The puzzle of the Pastoria Gym may appear complicated at first, having to raise and lower the water level by stepping on buttons in the correct order. In reality, there is only ever a single path that you can take at any one time without going back the way you came. To reach Crasher Wake (the Gym Leader), go down the entrance stairs, turn left and go up those stairs. You will reach a yellow button. Hit it and the water level drops. Turn right, down the stairs, and go through a narrow passage. There is another narrow passage before you reach some stairs. Climb up to the top, and hit the green button. Climb down and follow the path to another set of stairs. Battle the Sailor there, and hit the blue button. Follow the platform to the first yellow button and head right, past the stairs to the Tuber. Battle him, and follow the path right to another Tuber. Battle her, and go on forward. You will eventually find a green button. Hit it, go down the nearby stairs, and hit the yellow button. Go up, then down to the lowest level. The rest is simple; follow the path to a set of stairs, climb up, and hit the blue button. The path to Wake is clear.

Pastoria City Gym Trainers Trainer Pokémon Tuber Jacky クウタ Kūta Reward: $128 Bibarel♂ Lv.32 No item Fisherman Walter コウスケ Kōsuke Reward: $1056 Whiscash♂ Lv.33 No item Sailor Damian ユウゾウ Yūzō Reward: $992 Wingull♂ Lv.31 No item Pelipper♂ Lv.31 No item Tuber Caitlyn ウキエ Ukie Reward: $124 Azurill♀ Lv.27 No item Azumarill♀ Lv.31 No item Marill♀ Lv.29 No item Fisherman Erick ヒサオ Hisao Reward: $992 Goldeen♂ Lv.28 No item Gyarados♂ Lv.31 No item Seaking♂ Lv.31 No item Sailor Samson ノブアキ Nobuaki Reward: $992 Wingull♂ Lv.29 No item Shellos♂ West Sea Lv.30 No item Golduck♂ Lv.31 No item Leader Wake Pastoria Gym Platinum Reward: $4440 Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Gyarados♂ Lv.33 Brine Water Special   --       Waterfall Water Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Twister Dragon Special   --       Types: Water Ground Ability: Damp Held item: None Quagsire♂ Lv.34 Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Water Pulse Water Special   --       Mud Shot Ground Special   --       Yawn Normal Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Swift Swim Held item: Sitrus Berry Floatzel♂ Lv.37 Brine Water Special   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Aqua Jet Water Physical   --

Wake leads the fight with Gyarados, who has Intimidate, so lead with Special-based attackers. It knows Wake's signature move, Brine. Brine does more damage if its target has less than half of its HP left, so be wary and keep your Pokémon healthy. Waterfall will do the most damage and may cause your Pokémon to Flinch. However, one good Electric-type attack, such as Spark or Thunder, will take it out. Next up is Wake's Quagsire, whose Ground type makes it immune to Electric-type moves. Grass-type attacks are this Pokémon's nightmare, particularly Special attacks due to its weak Special Defense. It has Rock Tomb which can slow you down, but it doesn't know Brine. Yawn can be annoying, because a Pokémon hit by it will fall asleep on the next turn unless you switch it out. Chesto Berries as held items can be useful in this situation. Last up is his star Pokémon, Floatzel. Floatzel is very fast, and can hit pretty hard, but its defenses are quite low. It has Ice Fang to counter Grass-types, as well as Aqua Jet, a Water-type version of Quick Attack. It too is packing Brine, so stay healthy during the fight. A Pokémon with a good Electric move will do well here.

After defeating Wake, you'll receive the Fen Badge that lets you use Surf outside of battle, as well as TM55 (Brine).

After earning the Fen Badge, you'll meet up with Barry again. When Wake leaves the Gym, it turns out that Barry's earlier claim that he's Wake's apprentice isn't true - Wake won't take him on as he believes neither of you need any tutoring. After this exchange Barry mentions a Galactic Grunt with a bomb near the Great Marsh's Observatory Gate. When you meet Barry and Wake at the entrance to the Great Marsh you'll find that the Grunt sets off a small bomb in the Great Marsh as a field test, and you'll from have to chase after him while Barry keeps people out of the Great Marsh until Wake can be sure it is safe.

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Platinum walkthrough

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