Appendix:Platinum walkthrough/Section 14

Lake Valor (first visit)

Lake Valor (Dried up)

Items (first visit only)
Item Location Games HP Up In the northwest while the lake is dry (hidden)  Pt

Turns out Team Galactic is responsible for the tremors due to using a large bomb to dry out Lake Valor to find the cavern where Azelf sleeps. You won't be able to find any wild Pokémon while the lake is in this condition. Time to face some Galactic Grunts.

Team Galactic
Trainer Pokémon Galactic Grunt Reward: $1400 Glameow♀ Lv.35 No item Murkrow♀ Lv.35 No item Galactic Grunt Reward: $1480 Golbat♂ Lv.37 No item Galactic Grunt Reward: $1320 Croagunk♂ Lv.33 No item Houndour♂ Lv.33 No item Stunky♂ Lv.33 No item Glameow♀ Lv.33 No item

Once you get past them and enter the Valor Cavern, you'll find it is too late. Azelf has been taken by Team Galactic. Instead you will have to face the leader of this unit, Commander Saturn.

Commander Saturn Valor Cavern Platinum Reward: $3200

Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♀ Lv.38 Toxic Poison Status   --       Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Supersonic Normal Status   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Bronzor Lv.38 Iron Defense Steel Status   --       Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Types: Poison Fighting Ability: Anticipation Held item: Sitrus Berry Toxicroak♀ Lv.40 Revenge Fighting Physical   --       Faint Attack Dark Physical   --       Mud Bomb Ground Special   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --

Saturn's Golbat can easily be knocked out with an Electric or Rock-type move. His Bronzor should be no problem with a Fire-type special move just like in the Canalave Gym. His star Pokémon is a Toxicroak. It takes a 4× weakness to a Psychic-type. If you do use a Psychic-type make sure it is gifted in Speed, like Espeon or Kadabra, since a slower Psychic-type may have trouble with Toxicroak's Faint Attack, a Dark-type move. Toxicroak is also weak to Ground and Flying.

After the battle Saturn will gloat how pointless it is to stand up to Team Galactic and mentions that Commander Mars should have caught the guardian at Lake Verity by now before leaving. It is time to head to Lake Verity, so make sure to have your team ready before flying back to Twinleaf Town and then heading to Lake Verity.

Lake Verity (second visit)

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Starly D P Pt Grass 2-4 50% 50% 40% Bidoof D P Pt Grass 2-4 50% 50% 60% Surfing and Fishing Psyduck D P Pt Surfing 20-30 90% Golduck D P Pt Surfing 20-40 10% Magikarp D P Pt Fishing Old Rod 3-15 100% Magikarp D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 10-25 65% Goldeen D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 15-20 30% Seaking D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 25-35 5% Gyarados D P Pt Fishing Super Rod 30-55 65% Seaking D P Pt Fishing Super Rod 30-55 35% Special Pokémon Wobbuffet D P Pt Poké Radar 3-4 22% Lunatone D P Pt Dual-slot Sapphire 4 8% Solrock D P Pt Dual-slot Ruby 4 8% 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.

Items
Item Location Games TM38 (Fire Blast) In the south-west corner of the western patch of grass (requires Surf)  Pt

Team Galactic
Trainer Pokémon Galactic Grunt Reward: $1460 Glameow♀ Lv.33 No item Golbat♀ Lv.33 No item Murkrow♀ Lv.36 No item Galactic Grunt Reward: $1460 Croagunk♂ Lv.37 No item Galactic Grunt Reward: $1400 Stunky♂ Lv.35 No item Houndour♂ Lv.35 No item Galactic Grunt Reward: $1440 Houndour♀ Lv.34 No item Glameow♀ Lv.36 No item

When you arrive at Lake Verity, you'll find Rowan holding off one of the grunts while Lucas/Dawn is up ahead facing Mars and needs your help. After going through two Double Battles you will face off against Mars who wishes to get back at you for screwing up her previous mission at the Valley Windworks.

Commander Mars Lake Verity Platinum Reward: $3120

Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♀ Lv.38 Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Supersonic Normal Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Bronzor Lv.38 Iron Defense Steel Status   --       Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Thick Fat Held item: Sitrus Berry Purugly♀ Lv.40 Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Faint Attack Dark Physical   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --

Her team is about the same as Saturn's team, but with the difference of Purugly instead of Toxicroak. Since your Fighting-type diversity has greatly improved since last time it shouldn't have been hard to have found a Fighting-type to use against her to defeat Purugly. Be careful since it is fast and can put you asleep with Hypnosis. After the battle, despite fretting about losing again, Mars is satisfied with having captured Mesprit. She also deduces that Saturn's operation of catching Azelf it made it easier to catch Mesprit due to it sensing that Azelf is in danger and made the cave appear to head out. Mars then leaves with the warning of the power they are about to possess.

After Professor Rowan is up to speed on what happened at Lake Valor, he decides to send you to Lake Acuity in the far north where Barry is, believing that Barry may be in danger due to Team Galactic going there. It is time to head to Route 211 which is east of Eterna City or west of Celestic Town.

Route 211

Route 211

There is not much of value on Route 211 now, except entrance to Mt. Coronet's north area. However if you wish, you can visit the west side of this route earlier in the game when you first get to Eterna City. Travel through Celestic Town if you want to go to the east side.

Available Pokémon (West Side)

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Zubat D P Pt Grass 14 0% 0% 10% Machop D P Pt Grass 14-15 15% Hoothoot D P Pt Grass 15 0% 0% 10% Meditite D P Pt Grass 13-15 40% 40% 0% Meditite D P Pt Grass 13 0% 0% 20% Bidoof D P Pt Grass 14 20% Chingling D P Pt Grass 14,16 15% Bronzor D P Pt Grass 14,16 10% Special Pokémon Teddiursa D P Pt Dual-slot Emerald 15-16 8% Tyrogue D P Pt Poké Radar 14-16 22% 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 (West Side)

Trainer Pokémon Ninja Boy Zach コタロウ Kotarō Reward: $112 Zubat♂ Lv.14 No item Zubat♂ Lv.14 No item Zubat♂ Lv.14 No item Hiker Louis ノボル Noboru Reward: $576 Geodude♂ Lv.14 No item Onix♂ Lv.18 No item Bird Keeper Alexandra フウコ Fūko Reward: $544 Starly♀ Lv.17 No item Hoothoot♀ Lv.17 No item Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Items (West Side)
Item Location Games Great Ball Hidden in the northern most bare patch of tall grass  Pt  TM12 (Taunt) Under the large bridge (requires Rock Smash)  Pt

Available Pokémon (East Side)

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Zubat D P Pt Grass 28 0% 0% 10% Machoke D P Pt Grass 29-30 15% Graveler D P Pt Grass 28 20% Noctowl D P Pt Grass 29 0% 0% 10% Meditite D P Pt Grass 27-29 40% 40% 0% Meditite D P Pt Grass 27 0% 0% 20% Chingling D P Pt Grass 28,30 15% Bronzor D P Pt Grass 29 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.

Trainers (East Side)

Trainer Pokémon Black Belt Sean ユウサク Yūsaku Reward: $744 Croagunk♂ Lv.31 No item Meditite♂ Lv.31 No item Machoke♂ Lv.31 No item Bird Keeper Katherine ミヤビ Miyabi Reward: $1088 Noctowl♀ Lv.34 No item Ruin Maniac Harry トキオ Tokio Reward: $1536 Bronzor Lv.28 No item Bronzor Lv.30 No item Bronzor Lv.32 No item Ninja Boy Nick カツノリ Katsunori Reward: $240 Skorupi♂ Lv.32 No item Croagunk♂ Lv.30 No item Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Items (East Side)

Item Location Games Pecha Berry Berry patch near the entrance to Celestic Town  Pt  Aspear Berry Berry patch near the entrance to Celestic Town  Pt  Iapapa Berry Berry patch near the entrance to Celestic Town  Pt  Grepa Berry Berry patch near the entrance to Celestic Town  Pt  Carbos In the grass  Pt  TM77 (Psych Up) Talk to the person near the Ruin Maniac  Pt  TM29 (Psychic) At the highest hill of the eastern part of the route (requires Rock Climb and Rock Smash)  Pt  Calcium Hidden, on the same hill as TM29 (Psychic) (requires Rock Climb and Rock Smash)  Pt

← Part 13 Route 221 to Iron Island

Platinum walkthrough

Mt. Coronet (north area) to Snowpoint City Part 15 →

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