Kalos Route 18

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Kalos Route 18 １８番道路 Route 18

Map description This path is best known for its trolley, once used for the coal mine, and the curious Inverse Battle house.

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   ↑ Anistar City   Route 18   Couriway Town ↓

Location Location of Route 18 in Kalos.

Pokémon world routes ← Route 17       Route 19 →

Route 18 (Japanese: 18 ばんどうろ Route 18) is a route in eastern Kalos, connecting Anistar City and Couriway Town. The route is also known as Vallée Étroite Way (Japanese: エトロワ バレどおり Étroite Valley Road).

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Poké Ball	In a bush behind the Route 18 sign (hidden)	X  Y
	Hyper Potion	On the ground south of the main road, below a ledge	X  Y
	Wacan Berry	In the berry tree north of the main road (requires Cut)	X  Y
	PP Up	Down the glide rail next to the Wacan Berry tree	X  Y
	Tanga Berry ×3	From Inver after the player's first inverse battle	X  Y
	Sitrus Berry	From Psychic Inver after winning a inverse battle	X  Y
	Ether	Next to the Inverse Battle house (hidden)	X  Y
	X Defense	In the corner outside the abandoned mine	X  Y
	Max Ether	East of Sky Trainer Jeremy	X  Y
	Super Potion	In the rocks south of Hiker Orestes (hidden)	X  Y
	Honey	In the red flowers (respawns) (hidden)	X  Y

Pokémon

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Sandslash	X			Y			Grass	44-46	Rare
Graveler	X			Y			Grass	45-46	Rare
Pupitar	X			Y			Grass	46	Rare
Lairon	X			Y			Grass	44-46	Rare
Torkoal	X			Y			Grass	46	Average
Gurdurr	X			Y			Grass	45-46	Average
Heatmor	X			Y			Grass	45	Very Rare
Durant	X			Y			Grass	44	Rare
Red Flowers
Sandslash	X			Y			Red Flowers	44-46	Average
Graveler	X			Y			Red Flowers	45-46	Rare
Pupitar	X			Y			Red Flowers	46	Average
Lairon	X			Y			Red Flowers	44-46	Average
Torkoal	X			Y			Red Flowers	46	Rare
Gurdurr	X			Y			Red Flowers	45-46	Average
Heatmor	X			Y			Red Flowers	45	Very Rare
Durant	X			Y			Red Flowers	44	Rare
Horde Encounter
Geodude	X			Y			Horde Encounter	23	Common
Heatmor	X			Y			Horde Encounter		Rare with Durant
Durant	X			Y			Horde Encounter		Average
Durant	X			Y			Horde Encounter		Rare with Heatmor
Rustling bush
Durant	X			Y			Rustling bush	44-45	Common
Heatmor	X			Y			Rustling bush	45	Rare
Rock Smash
Graveler	X			Y			Rock Smash	45-46	Common
Shuckle	X			Y			Rock Smash		Very Rare
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

Trainer	Pokémon
Youngster Jayden Youngster Jayden トモキ Tomoki Reward: $1152	Scolipede♂ Lv.48 No item
	Pinsir♂ Lv.48 No item
Battle Girl Justine Battle Girl Justine リリコ Ririko Reward: $2496	Mienshao♀ Lv.52 No item
Hiker Orestes Hiker Orestes マサテル Masateru Reward: $2800	Stunfisk♂ Lv.50 No item
Black Belt Yanis Black Belt Yanis タクマ Takuma Reward: $2400	Sawk♂ Lv.49 No item
	Pangoro Pangoro♂ Lv.50 No item
Lass Sara Lass Sara サラ Sara Reward: $1152	Granbull♂ Lv.48 No item
	Dedenne Dedenne♀ Lv.48 No item
Sky Trainer Jeremy Sky Trainer Jeremy ショウタロウ Shōtarō Reward: $5000	Ninjask♂ Lv.46 No item
	Drifblim♂ Lv.47 No item
	Flygon♂ Lv.50 No item

Inverse House

Once per day, Inver may be battled in an Inverse Battle, where type matchups are reversed so that normally super effective moves are not very effective, and vice versa (with immunities becoming weaknesses). Inver can use several different lineups of Pokémon.

Trainer	Pokémon
Psychic Inver Psychic Inver サカサ Sakasa Reward: $3080	Skuntank♀ Lv.55 No item
	Flareon♀ Lv.55 No item
	Azumarill♀ Lv.55 No item
Psychic Inver Psychic Inver サカサ Sakasa Reward: $3080	Masquerain♂ Lv.55 No item
	Granbull♀ Lv.55 No item
	Altaria♂ Lv.55 No item
Psychic Inver Psychic Inver サカサ Sakasa Reward: $3080	Heliolisk Heliolisk♂ Lv.55 No item
	Kecleon♂ Lv.55 No item
	Amoonguss♂ Lv.55 No item
Psychic Inver Psychic Inver サカサ Sakasa Reward: $3080	Vaporeon♂ Lv.55 No item
	Hawlucha Hawlucha♀ Lv.55 No item
	Rhyperior♂ Lv.55 No item
Psychic Inver Psychic Inver サカサ Sakasa Reward: $3640	Weavile♂ Lv.65 No item
	Granbull♀ Lv.65 No item
	Azumarill♂ Lv.65 No item

In other languages

Language Title French Chemin des Gorges German Vallée-Étroite-Weg Italian Via Valle Stretta

Kalos
Settlements Vaniville Town • Aquacorde Town‎ • Santalune City • Lumiose City • Camphrier Town • Cyllage City Ambrette Town • Geosenge Town • Shalour City • Coumarine City • Laverre City • Dendemille Town • Anistar City Couriway Town • Snowbelle City • Pokémon League • Kiloude City‎ Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 Landmarks Santalune Forest • Chamber of Emptiness • Parfum Palace • Battle Chateau • Berry fields • Connecting Cave • Glittering Cave • Reflection Cave Tower of Mastery • Azure Bay • Sea Spirit's Den • Kalos Power Plant • Poké Ball Factory • Lost Hotel • Frost Cavern • Lysandre Labs Team Flare Secret HQ • Terminus Cave • Pokémon Village • Victory Road • Battle Maison • Friend Safari • Unknown Dungeon

This article is part of Project Routes, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every route in the Pokémon world.