Desert Resort

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Desert Resort リゾートデザート Resort Desert "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Map description:	It is a popular place for tourists, but too harsh to be a resort.
Location:	Route 4
Region:	Unova
Generations:	V
Location of Desert Resort in Unova.
Pokémon world locations

The Desert Resort (Japanese: リゾートデザート Resort Desert) is a desert located within the Unova region. It is connected to Route 4 at its southeastern exit. It provides access to the Relic Castle. It has two subareas: desert and entrance.

Geography

The Desert Resort is split into two distinct areas: a narrow desert path and a large, barren desert. A sandstorm is always occurring in both parts. Like Route 4, the Desert Resort has deep sand rather than tall grass. The Desert Resort's southeastern entrance is a short, narrow pathway that cuts through a rocky hill. A gate at the end of the path connects directly to the inner area. The interior covers a large area and features many sandy hills, valleys, and deep sand throughout its barren ground. In the center of the northern end of the resort lies one of the entrances to the Relic Castle. This entrance is guarded by five statues which are actually Darmanitan in their Zen Mode. If the player uses a RageCandyBar on them, they can be awoken. To the west of the entrance is a tower that acts as an exit to Relic Castle. In Black 2 and White 2, this tower is buried in the sand and becomes inaccessible. At the very northern end of the resort, a hillside can be seen sliding into the ocean.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	BlackGlasses	West of Backpacker Liz	B  W
	Soft Sand	Received from the man in black	B  W  B2  W2
	Hyper Potion	Northeast corner of the desert (hidden)	B  W
	Fresh Water	North of Psychic Cybil	B  W
	Super Potion	Northwest of Backpacker Elaine	B  W
	Ether	Northwest of the Super Potion (hidden)	B  W
	Heart Scale	Northwest corner of the desert	B  W
	Stardust ×2	Southeast of Psychic Low Northwest of Pokémon Ranger Mylene (hidden)	B  W
	Rawst Berry ×2	From Pokémon Ranger MyleneBW/AnjaB2W2 after defeating her From Pokémon Ranger Jaden after defeating him	B  W  B2  W2
	TM39 (Rock Tomb)	South of Pokémon Ranger Jaden	B  W
	Fire Stone	Northwest of Psychic Gaven	B  W
	Rare Candy	South of Psychic Gaven (hidden)	B  W
	RageCandyBar	Received from Professor Juniper after defeating Ghetsis	B  W
	Star Piece	In deep sand, north of Pokémon Ranger Jaden (hidden)	B2  W2
	Blue Shard ×2	In deep sand, near Backpacker Clara (hidden) East to Backpacker Sam	B2  W2
	Ground Gem	Near Psychic Tommy (hidden)	B2  W2
	Red Shard ×2	In deep sand, near Backpacker Walt (hidden) West to Backpacker Sam	B2  W2
	Yellow Shard	East of man giving Soft Sand	B2  W2
	Super Repel	Northeastern part, in deep sand near cliff (hidden)	B2  W2
	Nugget	Northwestern part, near cliff	B2  W2
	Heart Scale	Northeastern part, near cliff	B2  W2
	Stardust	West to Pokémon Ranger Jaden	B2  W2
	Green Shard	South of Backpacker Sam	B2  W2
	Max Ether	Southwestern corner	B2  W2
	Fire Stone	South of Backpacker Tami (hidden)	B2  W2

Pokémon

Pokémon Black and White

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Entrance
Sandile	B			W			Deep sand	19-22	40%
Darumaka	B			W			Deep sand	19-20	30%
Maractus	B			W			Deep sand	20	10%
Scraggy	B			W			Deep sand	20	10%
Dwebble	B			W			Deep sand	20-22	10%
Desert
Sandile	B			W			Deep sand	19-22	40%
Darumaka	B			W			Deep sand	19-20	30%
Maractus	B			W			Deep sand	20	10%
Dwebble	B			W			Deep sand	20-22	10%
Sigilyph	B			W			Deep sand	20	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.

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Entrance
Sandshrew	B2			W2			Deep sand	19-20	10%
Sandile	B2			W2			Deep sand	18-19	30%
Darumaka	B2			W2			Deep sand	18-19	30%
Maractus	B2			W2			Deep sand	19	10%
Dwebble	B2			W2			Deep sand	19-21	10%
Scraggy	B2			W2			Deep sand	19	10%
Desert
Sandshrew	B2			W2			Deep sand	19-20	15%
Trapinch	B2			W2			Deep sand	21	5%
Sandile	B2			W2			Deep sand	18-19	30%
Darumaka	B2			W2			Deep sand	18	20%
Maractus	B2			W2			Deep sand	19	10%
Dwebble	B2			W2			Deep sand	19-21	10%
Sigilyph	B2			W2			Deep sand	19	10%
Swarm
Hippowdon	B2			W2			Deep sand	40-55	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.

Special encounters

Pokémon Black and White

Five Darmanitan can be found here on the first visit. A RageCandyBar must be used in order to battle them. If defeated or run from, they respawn after entering the Hall of Fame.

They each have a 50% chance of holding a Rawst Berry.

Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Zen Mode Held item: None Darmanitan♂/♀ Lv.35 Thrash Normal Physical   --       Belly Drum Normal Status   --       Flare Blitz Fire Physical   --       Hammer Arm Fighting Physical   --

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Some of N's Pokémon appear here as wild encounters after viewing the Memory Link flashback "Meeting Friends, Saying Good-Bye". If defeated or run from, they are able to be encountered again.

They each have a 1% encounter rate, 30 IVs in every stat, and are coded to never be Shiny.

They each have 255 friendship when caught.

Docile Nature	Naive Nature	Calm Nature
Types: Ground Dark Ability: Intimidate or Moxie Held item: None Sandile♂ Lv.22 Sand Tomb Ground Physical   --       Assurance Dark Physical   --       Mud-Slap Ground Special   --       Embargo Dark Status   --	Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Hustle Held item: None Darumaka♂ Lv.22 Headbutt Normal Physical   --       Uproar Normal Special   --       Facade Normal Physical   --       Fire Punch Fire Physical   --	Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Zen Mode Held item: None Darmanitan♂ Lv.35 Thrash Normal Physical   --       Belly Drum Normal Status   --       Flare Blitz Fire Physical   --       Hammer Arm Fighting Physical   --
Lax Nature	Gentle Nature
Types: Dark Fighting Ability: Shed Skin or Moxie Held item: None Scraggy♂ Lv.22 Faint Attack Dark Physical   --       Headbutt Normal Physical   --       Swagger Normal Status   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --	Types: Psychic Flying Ability: Wonder Skin or Magic Guard Held item: None Sigilyph♂ Lv.22 Tailwind Flying Status   --       Whirlwind Normal Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Air Cutter Flying Special   --

Trainers

Pokémon Black and White

Trainer	Pokémon
Doctor Jerry タツロウ Tatsurō Reward: $1380	Solosis♂ Lv.23 No item
Backpacker Kelsey ユウサク Yūsaku Reward: $552	Tranquill♂ Lv.23 No item
Backpacker Liz カオリ Kaori Reward: $552	Watchog♀ Lv.23 No item
Backpacker Nate マサユキ Masayuki Reward: $552	Dwebble♂ Lv.23 No item
Psychic Cybil ノゾミ Nozomi Reward: $768	Gothita♀ Lv.24 No item
Backpacker Elaine リサ Lisa Reward: $552	Maractus♀ Lv.23 No item
Psychic Low ロウ Rō Reward: $704	Yamask♂ Lv.22 No item
	Munna♂ Lv.22 No item
Pokémon Ranger Mylene ミレーヌ Milene Reward: $1440	Ducklett♀ Lv.24 No item
Pokémon Ranger Jaden シンイチ Shinichi Reward: $1380	Darumaka♂ Lv.23 No item
	Blitzle♂ Lv.23 No item
Psychic Gaven シュン Shun Reward: $736	Solosis♂ Lv.23 No item
	Woobat♂ Lv.23 No item

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Trainer	Pokémon
Nurse Mariah カナコ Kanako Reward: $880	Cleffa♀ Lv.22 No item
Pokémon Ranger Jaden シンイチ Shinichi Reward: $1380	Darumaka♂ Lv.23 No item
Backpacker Sam ヒロフミ Hirofumi Reward: $528	Dwebble♂ Lv.22 No item
Backpacker Tami ハルコ Haruko Reward: $528	Drilbur♀ Lv.22 No item
Backpacker Walt マサユキ Masayuki Reward: $528	Sandile♂ Lv.22 No item
Psychic Future ミライ Mirai Reward: $736	Munna♀ Lv.23 No item
Psychic Tommy ノゾム Nozomu Reward: $704	Woobat♂ Lv.22 No item
	Yamask♂ Lv.22 No item
Pokémon Ranger Anja ミレーヌ Milene Reward: $1380	Magby♂ Lv.23 No item
Backpacker Clara クレア Claire Reward: $528	Sandshrew♀ Lv.22 No item

Layout

Version	Entrance	Desert
Black
White
Black 2
White 2

In the anime

Main series

Desert Resort in the anime

Desert Resort was first mentioned in Team Rocket's mission briefing with Giovanni in The Bloom Is On Axew!. He told them that a special meteorite called the Meteonite was said to be located within the desert, and as such, told the trio to go there to retrieve it.

In A Venipede Stampede!, the trio, along with Pierce and Dr. Zager, traveled in a helicopter above the barren desert and located the Meteonite, with Giovanni heading there as well after receiving word of the discovery. Ash and his friends met up with Professor Juniper to travel to the Desert Resort because of Team Rocket's unusual activity.

The Desert Resort and the Relic Castle within it were set to play a major role in the original BW023 and BW024, but the episodes have since been postponed indefinitely, and ended up being retconned out of continuity when Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot! aired.

In Raid Battle in The Ruins!, Ash and Goh traveled to the Desert Resort to explore the newly discovered Colossus Ruins. As the sand was too hot to cross by foot, a Pokémon Ranger named Kira instructed them to use their flying Pokémon to pull them across the desert on surfboards. Thanks to this, they were able to travel to the ruins.

The Desert Resort reappeared in Trial on a Golden Scale!, where Goh hoped to find a Volcarona at the Colossus Ruins. However, it turned out that Pokémon poachers had scared them away before his arrival, forcing him to instead search for one from a nearby abandoned mine.

Desert Resort in Pokémon Generations

Pokémon Generations

Desert Resort made an appearance along with Relic Castle in The Adventure, where Red and his Pikachu were seen entering the castle.

In the manga

Desert Resort in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Black & White arc

The Desert Resort appeared in Lights, Camera... Action!, where Clay's Workers excavated the Dark Stone from there.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 荒野名勝區 Fōngyéh Mìhngsingkēui * 沙漠地帶度假地 Sāmohk Deihdaai Douhgadeih * Mandarin 荒野名勝區 / 荒野名胜区 Huāngyě Míngshèngqū * 沙漠地帶度假地 / 沙漠地带度假地 Shāmò Dìdài Dùjiàdì * Finnish Aavikkolomakohde (BW) Aavikkoresortti (JN) French Désert Délassant German Wüstenresort Italian Deserto della Quiete Korean 리조트데저트 Resort Desert Polish Pustynny Kurort Brazilian Portuguese Resort do Deserto Spanish Zona Desierto Thai ทะเลทรายรีสอร์ท Thalethrāy Resort Vietnamese Sa mạc Resort

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