Sinnoh Route 203

Sinnoh Route 203 ２０３番道路 Route 203

Map description Despite being so close to a big town, this path retains its relaxed, natural atmosphere.

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 ← Jubilife City Route 203 Oreburgh Gate →

Location Location of Route 203 in Sinnoh.

Pokémon world routes ← Route 202       Route 204 →

Route 203 (Japanese: ２０３ばんどうろ Route 203) is a route in western Sinnoh, connecting Jubilife City and Oreburgh Gate.

Route description

Route 203 connects Oreburgh City in the east and Jubilife City in the west. Despite being near such a big town, this path retains its relaxed, natural atmosphere. The path starts off from the west and trails off up a flight of stairs. There will be a few patches of grass and a small pond. If the player will go up another flight of stairs they will reach the top of the hill, where there while be a large patch of grass across the ledge. There is also another flight of stairs going down to the north of the route to reach a small area of grass behind the pond.

This route is where the protagonist will face their rival for the first time in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, and the second time in Pokémon Platinum. The Pokémon in his party will vary depending on the player's starter Pokémon.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Poké Ball	Middle of the first small ledge from the west	D  P  Pt
	Repel	North bank of pond	D  P  Pt
	X Defend	At the bottom of the large patch of grass, near the stairs	Pt

Pokémon

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Zubat	D		P		Pt		Grass	5	0%	0%	10%
Zubat	D		P		Pt		Grass	4	0%	0%	10%
Abra	D		P		Pt		Grass	4-5	15%
Starly	D		P		Pt		Grass	4	35%	0%	35%
Starly	D		P		Pt		Grass	4-6	0%	45%	0%
Starly	D		P		Pt		Grass	4-7	35%	35%	25%
Bidoof	D		P		Pt		Grass	4-6	15%
Bidoof	D		P		Pt		Grass	5-7	15%	0%	15%
Bidoof	D		P		Pt		Grass	4-7	0%	25%	0%
Kricketot	D		P		Pt		Grass	4	10%	0%	0%
Kricketot	D		P		Pt		Grass	5	0%	0%	10%
Shinx	D		P		Pt		Grass	4-5	25%
Surfing
Psyduck	D		P		Pt		Surfing	20-40	90%
Psyduck	D		P		Pt		Surfing	20-30	90%
Golduck	D		P		Pt		Surfing	20-40	10%
Fishing
Magikarp	D		P		Pt		Fishing Old Rod	3-10	100%
Magikarp	D		P		Pt		Fishing Old Rod	3-15	100%
Goldeen	D		P		Pt		Fishing Good Rod	10-25	35%
Magikarp	D		P		Pt		Fishing Good Rod	10-25	65%
Seaking	D		P		Pt		Fishing Super Rod	20-50	35%
Seaking	D		P		Pt		Fishing Super Rod	30-55	35%
Gyarados	D		P		Pt		Fishing Super Rod	30-55	65%
Swarm
Cubone	D		P		Pt		Swarm	4	40%
Special Pokémon
Pineco	D		P		Pt		Dual-slot Emerald	5	8%
Lotad	D		P		Pt		Dual-slot Sapphire	5	8%
Seedot	D		P		Pt		Dual-slot Ruby	5	8%
Ralts	D		P		Pt		Poké Radar	4-6	11%
Kirlia	D		P		Pt		Poké Radar	6	1%
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

In Diamond and Pearl

As soon as the player leaves Jubilife City and enters the route, their rival will spot them and engage them in a battle.

If the player chose Turtwig:

Pokémon Trainer Barry Route 203 Diamond and Pearl Pokémon Trainer and Professor Barry Oak Route 203 Diamond and Pearl Reward: $900
Types: Normal Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Starly♂ Lv.7 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Growl Normal Status   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Blaze Held item: None Chimchar♂ Lv.9 Scratch Normal Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Ember Fire Special   --       Taunt Dark Status   --

If the player chose Chimchar:

Pokémon Trainer Barry Route 203 Diamond and Pearl Pokémon Trainer and Professor Barry Oak Route 203 Diamond and Pearl Reward: $900
Types: Normal Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Starly♂ Lv.7 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Growl Normal Status   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: None Piplup♂ Lv.9 Pound Normal Physical   --       Growl Normal Status   --       Bubble Water Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

If the player chose Piplup:

Pokémon Trainer Barry Route 203 Diamond and Pearl Pokémon Trainer and Professor Barry Oak Route 203 Diamond and Pearl Reward: $900
Types: Normal Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Starly♂ Lv.7 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Growl Normal Status   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Turtwig♂ Lv.9 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Withdraw Water Status   --       Absorb Grass Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Trainer	Pokémon
Youngster Michael トモキ Tomoki Reward: $80	Bidoof♂ Lv.5 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.5 No item
Youngster Dallas マサル Masaru Reward: $112	Kricketot♂ Lv.7 No item
Lass Kaitlin サユリ Sayuri Reward: $64	Bidoof♀ Lv.4 No item
	Starly♀ Lv.4 No item
	Budew♀ Lv.4 No item
Youngster Sebastian ミツオ Mitsuo Reward: $112	Machop♂ Lv.7 No item
Lass Madeline チカ Chika Reward: $80	Starly♀ Lv.5 No item
	Bidoof♀ Lv.5 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

In Platinum

As soon as the player leaves Jubilife City and enters the route, their rival will spot them and engage them in a battle.

If the player chose Turtwig:

Pokémon Trainer Barry Route 203 Platinum Pokémon Trainer and Professor Barry Oak Route 203 Platinum Reward: $900
Types: Normal Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Starly♂ Lv.7 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Growl Normal Status   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Blaze Held item: None Chimchar♂ Lv.9 Scratch Normal Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Ember Fire Special   --       Taunt Dark Status   --

If the player chose Chimchar:

Pokémon Trainer Barry Route 203 Platinum Pokémon Trainer and Professor Barry Oak Route 203 Platinum Reward: $900
Types: Normal Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Starly♂ Lv.7 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Growl Normal Status   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: None Piplup♂ Lv.9 Pound Normal Physical   --       Growl Normal Status   --       Bubble Water Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

If the player chose Piplup:

Pokémon Trainer Barry Route 203 Platinum Pokémon Trainer and Professor Barry Oak Route 203 Platinum Reward: $900
Types: Normal Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Starly♂ Lv.7 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Growl Normal Status   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Turtwig♂ Lv.9 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Withdraw Water Status   --       Absorb Grass Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Trainer	Pokémon
Youngster Michael トモキ Tomoki Reward: $96	Kricketot♂ Lv.7 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.6 No item
Youngster Dallas マサル Masaru Reward: $128	Shinx♂ Lv.8 No item
Youngster Sebastian ミツオ Mitsuo Reward: $128	Machop♂ Lv.8 No item
Lass Kaitlin サユリ Sayuri Reward: $64	Bidoof♀ Lv.4 No item
	Budew♀ Lv.4 No item
	Starly♀ Lv.4 No item
	Abra♂ Lv.4 No item
Lass Madeline チカ Chika Reward: $128	Psyduck♀ Lv.8 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Trainer Tips

Trainer Tips!
Pokémon moves use energy called
Power Points, or PP for short.
If the PP of moves runs low, head for
any Pokémon Center.

Trainer Tips!
If a Pokémon is about to evolve,
it can be instantly stopped.
Press the B Button during evolution
to startle the Pokémon into stopping.
That is how evolution can be
canceled.

Trivia

• Route 203 is widely regarded by competitive battlers as the best place to EV-train for the Attack stat, as the only Pokémon caught by the Super Rod are Gyarados and Seaking, both of which give two Attack EVs when defeated.
• In Diamond and Pearl Versions, Lass Madeline mentions having gotten a Badge from Oreburgh, which implies that she did defeat Roark. That would be close to impossible, considering she has only two Pokémon (Starly and Bidoof), both of which are at levels below that of Roark's Geodude (his weakest Pokémon) and having only moves that are resisted by all of Roark's Pokémon.

See also

• Oreburgh Gate

Sinnoh
Settlements Twinleaf Town • Sandgem Town • Jubilife City • Oreburgh City • Floaroma Town • Eterna City • Hearthome City Solaceon Town • Veilstone City • Pastoria City • Celestic Town • Canalave City • Snowpoint City • Sunyshore City Pokémon League • Fight Area • Survival Area • Resort Area Routes 201 • 202 • 203 • 204 • 205 • 206 • 207 • 208 • 209 • 210 • 211 • 212 • 213 • 214 • 215 216 • 217 • 218 • 219 • 220 • 221 • 222 • 223 • 224 • 225 • 226 • 227 • 228 • 229 • 230 Landmarks Lake Verity (Lakefront) • Oreburgh Gate • Oreburgh Mine • Oreburgh Mining Museum • Global Terminal/Global Wonder Station Ravaged Path • Floaroma Meadow • Valley Windworks • Eterna Forest • Old Chateau • Underground/Grand Underground Wayward Cave • Mount Coronet • Amity Square • Lost Tower • Hallowed Tower • Solaceon Ruins • Maniac Tunnel • Lake Valor (Lakefront) Great Marsh • Pokémon Mansion • Trophy Garden • Fuego Ironworks • Iron Island • Lake Acuity (Lakefront) • Spear Pillar • Victory Road Pal Park/Ramanas Park • Contest Hall • Battle Zone • Battle Park • Battle Tower/Battle Frontier • Stark Mountain • Snowpoint Temple Spring Path • Sendoff Spring • Turnback Cave • Fullmoon Island • Newmoon Island • Seabreak Path • Flower Paradise • Hall of Origin Access to Distortion World See also Hisui

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