Sinnoh Route 226

Sinnoh Route 226 ２２６番水道 Sea Route 226

Map description A path that winds precariously along sheer cliffs that go right to the edge of the sea's pounding waves. There is a small island in the bay. An odd man who speaks foreign languages lives there.

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   ↑ Route 227   ← Survival Area Route 226 Route 228 →

Location Location of Route 226 in Sinnoh.

Pokémon world routes ← Route 225       Route 227 →

Route 226 in Diamond and Pearl

Route 226 (Japanese: ２２６ばんすいどう Water Route 226) is a water route in northeastern Sinnoh, located in the Battle Zone. It connects the Survival Area, Route 227 and Route 228.

Route description

If starting from the eastern end of the route, those wishing to cross Route 226 must first make their way through a brief patch of tall grass. Surfing around a few rocks, players will soon encounter the Meister's house. He is a multilingual traveler who lives alone in a house on a small island. Inside his house, the player may trade a Finneon for a Magikarp. This apparently unfair trade will unlock the Foreign Pokédex entries option, as the Meister's Pokémon is German in origin. Certain Pokémon, once imported from non-English games, will display their Pokédex entries in the language of the game in which they were originally caught. In Diamond and Pearl, the Pokémon and language lists are limited, but in Platinum, all Pokémon are supported by this feature.

The remainder of the route is simplistic in nature. There are a few Trainers with high-leveled Pokémon, and many wild Pokémon on both land and in the water. Rock Climb is required in order to access the upper area of the Survival Area.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Qualot Berry ×2	North of Ace Trainer Graham (requires Rock Climb)	D  P  Pt
	Pomeg Berry ×2	North of Ace Trainer Graham (requires Rock Climb)	D  P  Pt
	Carbos	To the far left of the area reached by Rock Climbing downwards twice (requires Rock Climb)	D  P  Pt
	Lagging Tail	On the ledge reached by using Rock Climb to move upwards twice from the location of the Carbos (requires Rock Climb)	D  P  Pt
	TM53 (Energy Ball)	On the ledge west of Meister's House (requires Rock Climb)	D  P  Pt
	TinyMushroom	In the grass northwest of Swimmer Lydia (requires Rock Climb) (hidden)	D  P  Pt
	Big Mushroom	In the grass northwest of Swimmer Lydia (requires Rock Climb) (hidden)	D  P  Pt
	PP Max	In the grass northwest of Swimmer Lydia (requires Rock Climb) (hidden)	D  P  Pt
	Big Pearl	On the isolated beach southwest of Swimmer Lydia (requires Surf) (hidden)	D  P
	Heart Scale	On the isolated beach southwest of Swimmer Lydia (requires Surf) (hidden)	Pt
	PP Up	In a gap in the trees behind the Meister's house (requires Surf) (hidden)	D  P
	Rare Candy	In a gap in the trees behind the Meister's house (requires Surf) (hidden)	Pt
	Lum Berry	Held by Foppa, a Magikarp the player can receive in a trade (requires Surf)	D  P  Pt

Pokémon

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Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Rattata	D		P		Pt		Grass	20-22	5%
Rattata	D		P		Pt		Grass	47	5%
Raticate	D		P		Pt		Grass	51-52	30%
Raticate	D		P		Pt		Grass	49-50	15%
Spearow	D		P		Pt		Grass	20-22	5%
Fearow	D		P		Pt		Grass	51-53	40%	40%	20%
Fearow	D		P		Pt		Grass	48-50	20%	20%	0%
Golduck	D		P		Pt		Grass	51-53	10%
Machoke	D		P		Pt		Grass	53	10%
Machoke	D		P		Pt		Grass	48-50	25%
Graveler	D		P		Pt		Grass	49	20%
Wingull	D		P		Pt		Grass	47-49	15%
Banette	D		P		Pt		Grass	50-53	0%	0%	20%
Banette	D		P		Pt		Grass	48-50	0%	0%	20%
Surfing
Tentacruel	D		P		Pt		Surfing	40-55	5%
Tentacruel	D		P		Pt		Surfing	35-55	10%
Seel	D		P		Pt		Surfing	35-45	30%
Dewgong	D		P		Pt		Surfing	40-55	5%
Wingull	D		P		Pt		Surfing	35-45	60%
Pelipper	D		P		Pt		Surfing	40-55	60%
Pelipper	D		P		Pt		Surfing	35-55	30%
Spheal	D		P		Pt		Surfing	35-45	30%
Sealeo	D		P		Pt		Surfing	40-55	5%
Fishing
Magikarp	D		P		Pt		Fishing Old Rod	3-10	100%
Horsea	D		P		Pt		Fishing Good Rod	10-25	35%
Magikarp	D		P		Pt		Fishing Good Rod	10-25	65%
Seadra	D		P		Pt		Fishing Super Rod	30-55	35%
Gyarados	D		P		Pt		Fishing Super Rod	30-50	60%
Relicanth	D		P		Pt		Fishing Super Rod	27-50	5%
Swarm
Krabby	D		P		Pt		Swarm	52	40%
Krabby	D		P		Pt		Swarm	48-49	40%
Special Pokémon
Mankey	D		P		Pt		Poké Radar	22	2%
Mankey	D		P		Pt		Poké Radar	47	2%
Primeape	D		P		Pt		Poké Radar	51-52	20%
Primeape	D		P		Pt		Poké Radar	49-50	20%
Magikarp	D		P		Pt		Trade Finneon	The same as the traded Pokémon	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

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

Trainer	Pokémon
Requires Rock Climb
Ace Trainer Graham マナブ Manabu Reward: $3360	Skarmory♂ Lv.56 No item
Bird Keeper Geneva チサコ Chisako Reward: $1824 Potential Double Battle with Stanley	Golbat♀ Lv.53 No item
	Xatu♀ Lv.57 No item
Dragon Tamer Stanley ケイスケ Keisuke Reward: $1792 Potential Double Battle with Geneva	Seadra♂ Lv.56 No item
	Gyarados♂ Lv.56 No item
Requires Surf
Swimmer Lydia ミキ Miki Reward: $832	Bibarel♀ Lv.52 No item
	Azumarill♀ Lv.52 No item
	Sealeo♀ Lv.52 No item
Swimmer Wade セイイチ Seiichi Reward: $864	Carvanha♂ Lv.51 No item
	Carvanha♂ Lv.51 No item
	Sharpedo♂ Lv.54 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Pokémon Platinum

Trainer	Pokémon
Requires Rock Climb
Ace Trainer Graham マナブ Manabu Reward: $3540	Tyrogue♂ Lv.55 No item
	Hitmonchan♂ Lv.59 No item
Bird Keeper Geneva チサコ Chisako Reward: $1824 Potential Double Battle with Stanley	Fearow♀ Lv.55 No item
	Xatu♀ Lv.57 No item
Dragon Tamer Stanley ケイスケ Keisuke Reward: $1824 Potential Double Battle with Geneva	Dratini♂ Lv.55 No item
	Altaria♂ Lv.57 No item
Requires Surf
Swimmer Lydia ミキ Miki Reward: $864	Marill♀ Lv.54 No item
	Spheal♀ Lv.54 No item
	Wailmer♀ Lv.54 No item
Swimmer Wade セイイチ Seiichi Reward: $896	Carvanha♂ Lv.53 No item
	Carvanha♂ Lv.53 No item
	Sharpedo♂ Lv.56 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Trivia

• It is possible for the player to become stranded on the Meister's island after trading with him. This can only happen if the player's Finneon is the sole Pokémon in their party able to learn Surf (which is used to reach the island) while no Pokémon in the party can learn Fly or Teleport. Once the Meister's Magikarp has been received, the player no longer can access a field move to leave the island; ways out include using Rare Candies to evolve Magikarp into Gyarados who can learn Surf, fish for battles and catch a Pokémon who can learn Surf, use said battles to give Magikarp enough experience to evolve, or deliberately use said battles to cause all the player's Pokémon to faint, returning them to the last Pokémon Center. However, it is possible to block off all of these methods as well: the player can progress through the game without being required to pick up any fishing rods, and the player can reach the island with no Poké Balls or Rare Candies in their Bag. Since Finneon requires a Good Rod to catch in-game, this setup requires receiving Finneon via a trade from another game. With all of this, if the player saves the game here, they can never leave the island.

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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