The Slumbering Weald (Japanese: まどろみの森 Slumbering Forest) is a forest in southern Galar, located west of Postwick.
Role
The player and Hop first visit the Slumbering Weald after they've obtained their starter Pokémon in order to chase a Wooloo that had forced open the gate leading to the forest. While going through the forest, the player and Hop ran straight into a thick wall of fog, and are suddenly approached by a mysterious Pokémon. None of the player's Pokémon's moves have any effect on it, and they and Hop are soon knocked unconscious as the mysterious Pokémon envelops them in completely opaque fog. The two wake up and are found soon after by Leon, who also managed to find the runaway Wooloo, and leaves everyone out of the forest.
After Rose interrupts the Champion Cup by starting the Darkest Day, the player and Hop enter the forest again in order to find the Pokémon they met before, since legend says it once stopped the Darkest Day in the past. The player and Hop eventually find both of the Pokémon described in Galarian legends, and Sonia explains that they are known as Zacian and Zamazenta, which were born somewhere beyond the Slumbering Weald long, long ago. At an altar at the deepest part of the forest, the player and Hop discover the Rusted Sword and the Rusted Shield, ancient artifacts that were once used to stop the Darkest Day. Each of them takes one of the relics, before traveling to Hammerlocke to stop Rose. While the player and Hop confront Eternatus, Zacian and Zamazenta awaken from their long sleep near the altar and rush to join the battle.
During the post-game, the player meets Hop at Slumbering Weald and battles him. After the player has defeated Hop yet again, the two return the relics to the altar, only for Sordward and Shielbert to show up and snatch them. The player manages to recover one of the items, but the two brothers get away with the other one.
Later, Hop pursues ZamazentaSw/ZacianSh to the Slumbering Weald after the twin brothers had driven it berserk, and manages to calm it down by the time player is done catching the other Legendary Pokémon and they and Sonia reach the Slumbering Weald. The Legendary Pokémon then willingly lets itself to be caught by Hop, becoming one of his partners. Hop then requests the player battle him for one last time, in the same place where their adventure first began. Once the battle is over, Hop declares that his new dream is to become a Pokémon Professor, and Sonia offers him a place as her assistant, which he accepts.
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Spoilers end here.
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Geography
Items
Item
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Location
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Games
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Full Restore
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In the center of the first patch of grass in the deeper part of the forest (hidden)
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Sw Sh
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Life Orb
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At the end of the eastern path in the deeper part of the forest, across the water
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Sw Sh
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Misty Seed
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At the western branch of the eastern path in the deeper part of the forest
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Sw Sh
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Mental Herb
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On the very western path in the deeper part of the forest
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Sw Sh
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Elixir
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On the eastern branch of the western path in the deeper part of the forest, in a patch of grass right after a fallen tree (hidden)
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Sw Sh
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TM86 (Phantom Force)
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At the end of the eastern branch of the western path in the deeper part of the forest
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Sw Sh
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Smoke Ball
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At the eastern branch of the western path deep within the forest
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Sw Sh
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Rusted Sword
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At the altar in the deepest part of the forest*
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Sw
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Rusted Shield
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At the altar in the deepest part of the forest*
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Sh
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Sonia's Book
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From Sonia, after defeating Hop in the deepest part of the forest
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Sw Sh
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Hop's rare League Card
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From Hop after defeating him for the second time in the deepest part of the forest
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Sw Sh
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Pokémon
Pokémon
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Games
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Location
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Levels
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Rate
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First three patches of grass
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Sw
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Sh
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2-3
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15%
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Sw
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Sh
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2-3
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5%
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Sw
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Sh
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2-3
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50%
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Sw
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Sh
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2-3
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20%
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Sw
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Sh
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2-3
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10%
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Other patches of grass
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Sw
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Sh
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45-47
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5%
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Sw
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Sh
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45-47
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30%
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Sw
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Sh
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45-47
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25%
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Sw
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Sh
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45-47
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5%
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Sw
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Sh
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45-47
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20%
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Sw
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Sh
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45-47
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15%
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Fishing
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Sw
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Sh
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45-47
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20%
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Sw
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Sh
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45-47
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20%
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Sw
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Sh
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45-47
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60%
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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.
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Pokémon
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Games
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Location
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Levels
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Rate
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First three patches of grass
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Sw
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Sh
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2-3
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10%
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Sw
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Sh
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2-3
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40%
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Sw
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Sh
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2-3
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30%
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Sw
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Sh
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2-3
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20%
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Other patches of grass
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Sw
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Sh
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45-47
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50%
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Sw
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Sh
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45-47
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30%
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Sw
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Sh
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45-47
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5%
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Sw
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Sh
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45-47
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15%
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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.
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Special
On the player's first visit, they are forced to participate in three guaranteed random encounters.
This is followed by a special battle with ZacianSw/ZamazentaSh. In this battle, that Pokémon's name and level are replaced with ??? and the player only has the option to Fight or Run, although they are unable to run. All of the player's Pokémon's moves have no effect, and the wild Pokémon does not use any moves, instead, it keeps making the fog in the battle thicker and thicker until the player passes out at the end of the third turn.
None of these Pokémon can be caught, as the player has no Poké Balls at this stage of the game.
Pokémon
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Games
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Location
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Levels
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Rate
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Forced random encounters
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Sw
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Sh
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2
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One
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Sw
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Sh
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3
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One
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Sw
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Sh
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2
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One
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Special Pokémon
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Sw
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Sh
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Only one
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???
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One
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Sw
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Sh
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Only one
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???
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One
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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.
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Trainers
First post-game visit
If the player chose Grookey:
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Reward: $7,200
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If the player chose Scorbunny:
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Reward: $7,200
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If the player chose Sobble:
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Reward: $7,200
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Pokémon Sword
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Reward: $12,000
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Pokémon Shield
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Reward: $12,000
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Second post-game visit
Pokémon Sword
If the player chose Grookey:
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Reward: $11,200
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If the player chose Scorbunny:
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Reward: $11,200
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If the player chose Sobble:
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Reward: $11,200
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Pokémon Shield
If the player chose Grookey:
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Reward: $11,200
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If the player chose Scorbunny:
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Reward: $11,200
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If the player chose Sobble:
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Reward: $11,200
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In the anime
The Slumbering Weald in the
anime
The Slumbering Weald appeared in JN042. Ash and Goh ended up there after pursuing a Bunnelby that had stolen one of their scones from a train. Goh ended up catching the Bunnelby, but he then became separated from Ash. While there, Ash encountered Zacian, and Goh encountered Zamazenta. They tried battling them, but the two Legendary Pokémon were completely immune to all of the moves used. Ash and Goh were then briefly knocked out by a thickening fog before regaining consciousness and making it out of the forest.
In JN044, Goh revisited the forest with Sonia in order to ask for Zacian and Zamazenta's help in stopping the Darkest Day. Following the illusions of the two Legendary Pokémon, they found an altar at the center of the forest, where Goh found the Rusted Sword and Rusted Shield. Taking them with him, he and Sonia then headed to Hammerlocke.
In JN045, Ash and Goh revisited the forest together to return the Rusted Sword and Rusted Shield to the altar. As they did, they expressed their hopes that they would get to meet Zacian and Zamazenta again in the future.
The Alter from the Slumbering Weald reappeared in the intro of JN046.
In the manga
In the Pokemon Adventures manga
The Slumbering Weald appeared in a flashback in PASS05. One year before the events of the Sword & Shield arc, Sōdo and Shirudomiria entered it after seeing a pair of Wishing Stars falling there. After finding them, Sōdo also wished to see the legendary Rusted Sword and Rusted Shield at the heart of the forest. Upon finding the artifacts, they were confronted by illusions of Zacian and Zamazenta. As all of Shirudomiria's Pokémon's attacks just phased right through them, Sōdo was able to identify them as nothing but harmless illusions and just walked right through them. However, before the two could reach the artifacts, they were blinded and knocked unconscious by a bright burst of light. When they woke up, the artifacts and Shirudomiria's Pokémon were all gone. Sōdo, feeling partially guilty of the event, decided to help Shirudomiria find her missing Pokémon by joining the Gym Challenge with her, hoping to use the attention brought by it to help find Shirudomiria's Pokémon.
In other languages
Language
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Title
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Chinese
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Cantonese
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微寐森林 Mèihmeih Sāmlàhm
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Mandarin
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微寐森林 Wéimèi Sēnlín / Wēimèi Sēnlín
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French
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Forêt de Sleepwood
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German
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Schlummerwald
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Italian
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Bosco Assopito
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Korean
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꾸벅졸음숲 Kkubeok Joreum Sup
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Spanish
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Bosque Oniria
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