Stow-on-Side

Stow-on-Side ラテラルタウン Lateral Town "A vibrant town that has grown up around an ancient mural tucked away in the mountains."

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Stow-on-Side Gym - Galar Gym #4Sw Bea Fighting-type specialist Gym Fighting Badge

Stow-on-Side Gym - Galar Gym #4Sh Allister Ghost-type specialist Gym Ghost Badge

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Connecting locations   ↑ Glimwood Tangle   Stow-on-Side Route 6 →

Location Location of Stow-on-Side in Galar.

Stow-on-Side (Japanese: ラテラルタウン Lateral Town) is a town situated in the center of the Galar region. It connects to Route 6 in the east and Glimwood Tangle in the north, and houses the Stow-on-Side Stadium, the fourth Gym in Galar's Gym Challenge.

Slogan

A vibrant town that has grown up around an ancient mural tucked away in the mountains. (Japanese: 古代の　芸術を　中心に　栄えてきた　山間の　町 A town in the mountains that has flourished around ancient art.)

Places of interest

Stow-on-Side Stadium

Main article: Stow-on-Side Stadium

Stow-on-Side Stadium is the town's official Gym. In Pokémon Sword, it is led by the Fighting-type expert Bea, while in Pokémon Shield, its leader is the Ghost-type expert Allister.

Ancient mural

At the northernmost point of the town is a large stone wall with a recreation of an ancient mural on it. During the game's story, it collapses due to the damage caused to it by Bede to reveal a hidden chamber containing statues of Zacian, Zamazenta, and the twin kings of ancient Galar.

Bargain shop

The bargain shop keeper will sell the player one item per day for $3,000. He will also tell the player which item he will sell the next day, if asked. Once the player reaches Stow-on-Side for the first time, if the player did not purchase the daily item from the bargain shop on the previous day, he will sell that item for $5,000.

Item		Rarity	Games
	Binding Band	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Black Belt	Almost never	Sw  Sh
	Black Glasses	Almost never	Sw  Sh
	Black Sludge	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Charcoal	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Chipped Pot	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Cracked Pot	Frequent	Sw  Sh
	Dragon Fang	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Focus Band	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Magnet	Almost never	Sw  Sh
	Metal Coat	Average	Sw  Sh
	Metronome	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Miracle Seed	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Mystic Water	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Never-Melt Ice	Almost never	Sw  Sh
	Pixie Plate	Almost never	Sw  Sh
	Poison Barb	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Protective Pads	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Protector	Common	Sw  Sh
	Quick Claw	Average	Sw  Sh
	Razor Claw	Common	Sw  Sh
	Reaper Cloth	Common	Sw  Sh
	Ring Target	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Sharp Beak	Almost never	Sw  Sh
	Silk Scarf	Almost never	Sw  Sh
	Silver Powder	Almost never	Sw  Sh
	Spell Tag	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Twisted Spoon	Rare	Sw  Sh

Valuable item buyer

A man next to the bargain shop will buy one valuable item from the player per day at a higher price than what a Poké Mart would offer. The highest gain — $17,500 increase from the normal price — may be achieved by selling a Balm Mushroom, Pearl String, or Comet Shard.

Item buyer
Tiny Mushroom $2,000	Pearl $3,000
Stardust $4,000	Big Mushroom $10,000
Rare Bone $11,111	Big Pearl $12,000
Star Piece $14,000	Balm Mushroom $25,000
Pearl String $27,500	Comet Shard $30,000

Pokémon Center

This Pokémon Center is located in the southeast of the town, right next to the Route 6 exit.

Poké Mart

This Poké Mart is located inside the Pokémon Center.

Cashier
Poké Ball $200	Great Ball $600
Ultra Ball5 Badges $800	Potion $200
Super Potion $700	Hyper Potion4 Badges $1,500
Max Potion7 Badges $2,500	Full Restore8 Badges $3,000
Antidote $200	Burn Heal $200
Ice Heal $200	Awakening $200
Paralyze Heal $200	Full Heal6 Badges $400
Revive $2,000	Repel $400
Super Repel5 Badges $700	Max Repel7 Badges $900
Poké Doll $300

Demographics

Pokémon Sword and Shield

Stow-on-Side has a population of 44.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Dusk Stone	In a corner behind the Pokémon Center	Sw  Sh
	Fossilized Bird ×2	From a man on the left-hand side of the Pokémon Center	Sw
	Fossilized Drake ×2	From a man on the left-hand side of the Pokémon Center	Sh
	Rare Bone ×3	On the lower tier accessible via ladders in the south of town, next to a group of bags (hidden)	Sw  Sh
	Rocky Helmet	On the lower tier accessible via ladders in the south of town	Sw  Sh
	Metal Coat	On the roof accessible via the ladder in the west of the town (hidden)	Sw  Sh
	TM74 (Venoshock)	On the roof accessible via the ladder in the west of the town	Sw  Sh
	X Sp. Atk ×2	To the left of the Bronzong (hidden)	Sw  Sh
	Bea's League Card	From Opal after defeating Hop	Sw
	Allister's League Card	From Opal after defeating Hop	Sh
	TM06 (Fly)	From a Cabbie in the house right below the stairs	Sw  Sh
	Cracked Pot	On the roof accessible via the ladder on the right side of the stairs	Sw  Sh
	Max Revive	On the left side of the first platform on the way to the mural (hidden)	Sw  Sh
	Revive ×2	From Sonia after the mural collapses	Sw  Sh
	Beast Ball	From the bargain shop keeper after becoming Champion	Sw  Sh
	Soul Dew	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Latias or Latios	Sw  Sh
	Adamant Orb	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Dialga	Sw  Sh
	Lustrous Orb	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Palkia	Sw  Sh
	Griseous Orb	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Giratina	Sw  Sh
	Reveal Glass	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Tornadus, Thundurus, or Landorus	Sw  Sh
	DNA Splicers	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Kyurem	Sw  Sh
	Shock Drive	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Genesect	Sw  Sh
	Burn Drive	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Genesect	Sw  Sh
	Chill Drive	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Genesect	Sw  Sh
	Douse Drive	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Genesect	Sw  Sh
	Zygarde Cube	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Zygarde	Sw  Sh
	N-Solarizer	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Necrozma	Sw  Sh
	N-Lunarizer	From the bargain shop keeper, if the player owns a Necrozma	Sw  Sh

Pokémon

A man sitting on an western building's rooftop will offer to trade the player his Hatenna^Sw/Impidimp^Sh nicknamed "Fringe"^Sw/"Peepers"^Sh in exchange for a Maractus.

Pokémon	Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Special Pokémon
Hatenna	Sw	Sh	Trade Maractus	30	One
Impidimp	Sw	Sh	Trade Maractus	30	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.

Trainers

If the player chose Grookey:

Pokémon Trainer Hop Stow-on-Side Sword and Shield Reward: $2,640

Types: Flying Water Ability: Gulp Missile Held item: None Cramorant♂ Lv.28 Dive Water Physical   --       Fury Attack Normal Physical   --       Pluck Flying Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Electric Poison Ability: Static Held item: None Toxel♂ Lv.29 Tearful Look Normal Status   --       Nuzzle Electric Physical   --       Flail Normal Physical   --       Acid Poison Special   --       Type: Ground Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Silicobra♂ Lv.30 Glare Normal Status   --       Dig Ground Physical   --       Brutal Swing Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: None Drizzile♂ Lv.33 Water Pulse Water Special   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Round Normal Special   --       Tearful Look Normal Status   --

If the player chose Scorbunny:

Pokémon Trainer Hop Stow-on-Side Sword and Shield Reward: $2,640

Types: Flying Water Ability: Gulp Missile Held item: None Cramorant♂ Lv.29 Dive Water Physical   --       Fury Attack Normal Physical   --       Pluck Flying Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Electric Poison Ability: Static Held item: None Toxel♂ Lv.29 Tearful Look Normal Status   --       Nuzzle Electric Physical   --       Flail Normal Physical   --       Acid Poison Special   --       Type: Ground Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Silicobra♂ Lv.30 Glare Normal Status   --       Dig Ground Physical   --       Brutal Swing Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Thwackey♂ Lv.33 Knock Off Dark Physical   --       Razor Leaf Grass Physical   --       Screech Normal Status   --       Round Normal Special   --

If the player chose Sobble:

Pokémon Trainer Hop Stow-on-Side Sword and Shield Reward: $2,640

Types: Flying Water Ability: Gulp Missile Held item: None Cramorant♂ Lv.29 Dive Water Physical   --       Fury Attack Normal Physical   --       Pluck Flying Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Electric Poison Ability: Static Held item: None Toxel♂ Lv.29 Tearful Look Normal Status   --       Nuzzle Electric Physical   --       Flail Normal Physical   --       Acid Poison Special   --       Type: Ground Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Silicobra♂ Lv.30 Glare Normal Status   --       Dig Ground Physical   --       Brutal Swing Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Blaze Held item: None Raboot♂ Lv.33 Flame Charge Fire Physical   --       Agility Psychic Status   --       Round Normal Special   --       Double Kick Fighting Physical   --

After defeating Bea^Sw/Allister^Sh

Pokémon Trainer Bede Stow-on-Side Sword and Shield Reward: $4,200

Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Magic Guard Held item: None Duosion♂ Lv.32 Light Screen Psychic Special   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Psyshock Psychic Special   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Competitive Held item: None Gothorita♀ Lv.32 Fake Tears Dark Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Pastel Veil Held item: None Ponyta♀ Lv.33 Fairy Wind Fairy Special   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Agility Psychic Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Anticipation Held item: None Hattrem♀ Lv.35 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

In the anime

Stow-on-Side in the anime

Stow-on-Side first appeared in Sword and Shield: The Darkest Day!, where Sonia took Goh to visit the ancient mural. When they were about to leave, one of Oleana's subordinates attacked them with his Gigantamax Garbodor. In response, Goh Dynamaxed his Raboot. During the ensuing battle, Raboot accidentally destroyed the mural, revealing a set of statues hidden behind it. The battle concluded in the next episode, with Raboot defeating its opponent. After examining the statues and identifying them as Zacian and Zamazenta, Goh and Sonia headed to the Slumbering Weald to go find the two Legendary Pokémon.

In Sword and Shield: The Legends Awaken!, a Galarian Yamask was shown to have involuntarily Dynamaxed at Stow-on-Side due to Eternatus's influence. Once Eternatus was defeated and the Darkest Day ended, it reverted back to normal.

Gallery

Mural	Statues	Stadium

In the manga

Stow-on-Side in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Stow-on-Side first appeared in PASS13, where Sōdo, Shirudomiria, Marvin, and Professor Magnolia arrived there, accompanied by Opal, whom they had met in Hammerlocke. After their arrival, Sōdo and Shirudomiria prepared to challenge Allister at the Stow-on-Side Stadium, while Professor Magnolia headed to Ballonlea with Opal.

After Sōdo had won his Gym battle, the local mural was attacked by Bede, who was searching for Wishing Stars for Chairman Rose. However, Rose soon appeared in person, and, disappointed in Bede's actions, revoked his Gym Challenger status.

Gallery

Stadium	Mural

Trivia

• The street lamps here are modeled after Chandelure.
• Stow-on-Side shares similarities with Lentimas Town in Unova. Both of them are desert towns a little out of place, surrounded by mountains, and reminiscent of Latin or indigenous populations in North America.
• Stow-on-Side is the only known location with hyphens in its English name.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ラテラルタウン Lateral Town	From lateral pass
English, Brazilian Portuguese	Stow-on-Side	From stow (British toponym for place); pun on stow (verb meaning "to put away") and the common long-distance bus travel instruction "stow luggage on side" or tablet computer instruction "stow stylus on side"	German	Passbeck	From Pass, back, and beck (British toponym for stream)
Spanish	Pueblo Ladera	From ladera (slope)
French	Old Chister	From old and chistera (flick pass in rugby)
Italian	Latermore	From lateral and more (British toponym for large)
Korean	래터럴마을 Lateral Maeul	From its Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)	溯傳鎮 / 溯传镇 Sùchuán Zhèn	From 溯 sù / sou (to trace back) and 傳球 / 传球 chuánqiú / chyùhnkàuh (to pass the ball)
Chinese (Cantonese)	溯傳鎮 Souchyùhn Jan

Galar
Settlements Postwick • Wedgehurst • Motostoke • Turffield • Hulbury • Hammerlocke Stow-on-Side • Ballonlea • Circhester • Spikemuth • Wyndon Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 Landmarks Slumbering Weald • Galar Mine • Galar Mine No. 2 • Motostoke Outskirts Glimwood Tangle • Route 9 Tunnel • Rose Tower/Battle Tower • Energy Plant • Tower Summit Wild Area Meetup Spot • Rolling Fields • Dappled Grove • Watchtower Ruins • East Lake Axewell • West Lake Axewell Axew's Eye • South Lake Miloch • Giant's Seat • North Lake Miloch • Motostoke Riverbank • Bridge Field Stony Wilderness • Dusty Bowl • Giant's Mirror • Hammerlocke Hills • Giant's Cap • Lake of Outrage Isle of Armor Fields of Honor • Master Dojo • Soothing Wetlands • Forest of Focus • Challenge Beach • Tower of Waters • Brawlers' Cave Challenge Road • Tower of Darkness • Courageous Cavern • Loop Lagoon • Training Lowlands • Warm-Up Tunnel Potbottom Desert • Workout Sea • Stepping-Stone Sea • Insular Sea • Honeycalm Sea • Honeycalm Island Crown Tundra Slippery Slope • Max Lair • Freezington • Frostpoint Field • Giant's Bed • Rock Peak Ruins • Iron Ruins • Old Cemetery Snowslide Slope • Iceberg Ruins • Tunnel to the Top • Path to the Peak • Crown Shrine • Giant's Foot • Roaring-Sea Caves Frigid Sea • Three-Point Pass • Split-Decision Ruins • Ballimere Lake • Lakeside Cave • Dyna Tree Hill

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