Appendix:Platinum walkthrough/Section 21

Twinleaf Town

Now that the main game is over, the post-game begins. You'll find yourself in the place where the game originally began: your bedroom in Twinleaf Town. When you go downstairs, your mother will mention that Barry was just over and mentioned something about catching a ship at Snowpoint City.

By now, you should have all 210 Pokémon in your Sinnoh Pokédex sighted and in Sandgem Town you can receive the National Pokédex. If not, you may have missed some. Here is a list of regional Pokémon not owned by a Trainer in Sinnoh.

• Rotom: Found in the TV at the Old Chateau, but only at night.
• Unown: Found in the Solaceon Ruins.
• Manaphy: Picture found in a book on a desk in Mr. Backlot's office in his mansion on Route 212.
• Mesprit, Azelf, and Uxie: Found in their caverns at their respective lakes after the Giratina battle in the Distortion World.
• Dialga and Palkia: Counted as seen during the story event at Spear Pillar.

If you are ready, head to Sandgem Town.

Sandgem Town

Once Professor Rowan confirms that you have seen all the Pokémon in the Sinnoh Pokédex, Professor Oak will appear. Having heard of your exploits, he will reveal he is bringing components for the National Pokédex and your Pokédex is automatically upgraded. Before he leaves, he'll mention that Pal Park on Route 221 is open. Now you can import Pokémon from the GBA games.

Professor Rowan will then give you the Poké Radar, which will allow you to find non-regional Pokémon in tall grass. For it to work, you need to be standing in tall grass without being mounted on your bicycle. After one use, it takes 50 steps to recharge.

Pokémon Swarms

Once you have the National Pokédex, a swarm of Pokémon from a different region will appear on a different Route each day. The house south of Professor Rowan's lab belongs to Lucas/Dawn. Their little sister can tell you which of the swarm Pokémon is currently present.

Swarm Pokémon

Pokémon Location Levels Games Farfetch'd Route 221 28-29 D P Pt Doduo Route 201 2 D P Pt Drowzee Route 215 19-20 D P Pt Krabby Route 226 48-49 D P Pt Voltorb Route 218 28-29 D P Pt Cubone Route 203 4 D P Pt Pinsir Route 229 48-49 D P Pt Natu Route 224 50 D P Pt Dunsparce Route 208 18 D P Pt Snubbull Route 209 18-19 D P Pt Corsola Route 230 48 D P Pt Delibird Route 217 32-33 D P Pt Phanpy Route 207 5, 7 D P Pt Larvitar Route 206 16 D P Pt Zigzagoon Route 202 3 D P Pt Slakoth Eterna Forest 10-11 D P Pt Makuhita Route 225 48-49 D P Pt Skitty Route 222 39-40 D P Pt Electrike Valley Windworks 9-10 D P Pt Spoink Route 214 21, 23 D P Pt Spinda Route 227 53-54 D P Pt Beldum Route 228 51-52 D P Pt

Dongle method

Main article: Dual-slot mode

By playing your Platinum game with a Generation III cartridge inserted in your Nintendo DS or DS Lite's GBA slot, you can make certain Pokémon appear on certain routes and areas throughout Sinnoh. Most of the Pokémon that appear depend on which GBA game is inserted, but Haunter and Gengar will appear in the Old Chateau if you insert any Generation III game.

Great Marsh

The Great Marsh

Available Pokémon

Area 1 and 2 Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Tangela D P Pt Grass 30-31 5% Noctowl D P Pt Grass 28,30 0% 0% 20% Yanma D P Pt Grass 30-31 5% Wooper D P Pt Grass 28-30 40% Quagsire D P Pt Grass 30 10% Tropius D P Pt Grass 28,30 20% 20% 0% Bibarel D P Pt Grass 28 20% Special Pokémon Arbok D P Pt Dual-slot FireRed 30 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. Area 3 and 4 Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Tangela D P Pt Grass 27-30 25% 25% 0% Tangela D P Pt Grass 28-30 0% 0% 15% Hoothoot D P Pt Grass 27 0% 0% 10% Noctowl D P Pt Grass 28 0% 0% 10% Yanma D P Pt Grass 29-30 5% Wooper D P Pt Grass 27-29 30% Quagsire D P Pt Grass 29 10% Bibarel D P Pt Grass 27-28 30% 30% 0% Bibarel D P Pt Grass 27 0% 0% 20% Special Pokémon Arbok D P Pt Dual-slot FireRed 29 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. Area 5 and 6 Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Tangela D P Pt Grass 28-29 5% Hoothoot D P Pt Grass 26-27 0% 0% 20% Yanma D P Pt Grass 26-29 25% 25% 0% Yanma D P Pt Grass 27-29 0% 0% 15% Wooper D P Pt Grass 26-28 30% Quagsire D P Pt Grass 28 10% Bibarel D P Pt Grass 26-27 30% 30% 0% Bibarel D P Pt Grass 26 0% 0% 20% Special Pokémon Arbok D P Pt Dual-slot FireRed 28 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. All Areas Surfing and Fishing Wooper D P Pt Surfing 20-30 90% Quagsire 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% Barboach D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 10-25 35% Gyarados D P Pt Fishing Super Rod 30-55 60% Carvanha D P Pt Fishing Super Rod 30-55 35% Whiscash D P Pt Fishing Super Rod 20-50 5% Pre-National Pokédex Levels 28,30 for Areas 1 and 2, Levels 28-29 for Areas 3 and 4, Levels 27-28 for Areas 5 and 6 There is a 15/32 (47%) chance per area that there is no change in Pokémon encountered. Tangela D P Pt Grass 27-30 +10%, 1/32 (3%) Yanma D P Pt Grass 27-30 +10%, 1/32 (3%) Quagsire D P Pt Grass 27-30 +10%, 2/32 (6%) Tropius D P Pt Grass 27-30 +10%, 1/32 (3%) Skorupi D P Pt Grass 27-30 10%, 5/32 (16%) Croagunk D P Pt Grass 27-30 10%, 4/32 (12.5%) Carnivine D P Pt Grass 27-30 10%, 3/32 (9%) Post-National Pokédex Paras D P Pt Grass 27-30 10%, 2/32 (6%) Exeggcute D P Pt Grass 27-30 10%, 2/32 (6%) Kangaskhan D P Pt Grass 27-30 10%, 2/32 (6%) Shroomish D P Pt Grass 27-30 10%, 2/32 (6%) Gulpin D P Pt Grass 27-30 10%, 2/32 (6%) Kecleon D P Pt Grass 27-30 10%, 2/32 (6%) Drapion D P Pt Grass 27-30 10%, 2/32 (6%) Toxicroak D P Pt Grass 27-30 10%, 1/32 (3%) 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

Entrance Item Location Games Matchup Checker Reward for capturing five Pokémon in a single Safari game.  Pt  Area 1 Item Location Games Poké Ball Northwest of man wearing hat  Pt  Rare Candy In the most northwestern corner, in the mud (hidden)  Pt  Yellow Shard East of Rare Candy  Pt  Area 2 Item Location Games Blue Shard North of the ledge  Pt  Toxic Plate In the northeastern corner, 3 tiles north from the southern fallen tree (hidden)  Pt  Area 3 Item Location Games Great Ball South of man who describes bait and mud  Pt  Leaf Stone Near the center, in the middle of the large area of mud (hidden)  Pt  Area 4 Item Location Games Poké Ball South of Bug Catcher  Pt  Green Shard Northwest of Bug Catcher  Pt  Hyper Potion Northwest of Green Shard, at the end of a "dead-end" path of bog (hidden)  Pt  Area 5 Item Location Games Great Ball West of train stop  Pt  Big Mushroom On the south side, on the ground in the small corner without mud (hidden)  Pt  Area 6 Item Location Games Red Shard Given at random from the boy with green hair when entering the marsh a different day  Pt  Green Shard Given at random from the boy with green hair when entering the marsh a different day  Pt  Blue Shard Given at random from the boy with green hair when entering the marsh a different day  Pt  Yellow Shard Given at random from the boy with green hair when entering the marsh a different day  Pt  Red Shard Near the southeast corner of the pond  Pt  Max Repel A couple of steps below the Red Shard, in the middle of the mud (hidden)  Pt

If you want to catch a lot of rare Pokémon, you should visit the Great Marsh at the north end of Pastoria City. For $500 you can explore the Marsh until you throw 30 Safari Balls or walk 500 steps, whichever comes first. You won't use your Pokémon to battle here - if a wild Pokémon appears, you can throw Mud, Bait, or a Safari Ball. Bait lowers the chance of the Pokémon escaping, has a 90% chance of lowering its catch rate. The mud does just the opposite, making the Pokémon easier to catch, has a 90% probability of causing its chances of fleeing to rise.

For $100, you can look through the binoculars in the upstairs room of the entrance building before a Safari Game. They show wild Pokémon in the Marsh area where they can be found. This is useful for spotting the rare Pokémon that are randomly selected each day.

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Platinum walkthrough

Trophy Garden, Pal Park, Fullmoon Island, Snowpoint Temple, Spear Pillar, Turnback Cave Part 22 →

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