Appendix:Diamond and Pearl walkthrough/Section 12

Route 212

Route 212

This route is probably one of the longest routes in the Sinnoh region, so before entering, buy a lot of healing items.

The southern part of this route is rainy. There will be rainstorms and thunderstorms on some days. Near the eastern end of the route is a house. There is a woman who used to work in Hoenn's Weather Institute who will trade TMs for weather-changing moves for shards. The route is also full of narrow paths suspended in the air. To get across them, you must ride a Bicycle over the narrow path. Near Pastoria City, you may get stuck in the bog, just like the marshy areas in Great Marsh. The northern part of this route features Sinnoh's Pokémon Mansion. You can catch a Pichu or a Pikachu there.

There are many Trainers in this route, so if you can't defeat Pastoria Gym, this is a good training place. Even if you have defeated the Gym, you should go through this route to toughen up your Pokémon because the upcoming Gym battle will be a lot tougher (the Gym Leader's strongest Pokémon will be at above Level 35, which is quite a jump from the previous two Gym Leaders with strongest Pokémon at Level 30).

Fight the Trainers on the route. Remember that Policemen will only fight you at night. Keep going west until you must turn. Then turn north until you reach the guardhouse. You should probably stop by the Pokémon Mansion, because it is the only location you can see Manaphy without trading.

Items (northern, clear area)

Item Location Games Super Potion In the bushes to the left of the entrance to the Mansion (hidden)  D  P  Elixir Behind the Trainer tips sign south-west of the Mansion  D  P  TM11 (Sunny Day) West of the Pokémon Mansion (Requires Cut)  D  P  Aspear Berry Berry patch next to the Pokémon Mansion  D  P  Sitrus Berry Berry patch next to the Pokémon Mansion  D  P  Great Ball In the bushes to the right of the entrance to the grounds of the Mansion (hidden)  D  P

Items (southern, rainy area)

Item Location Games TM07 (Hail) Exchanged for 10 Green Shards at the shard collectors house  D  P  TM11 (Sunny Day) Exchanged for 10 Red Shards at the shard collectors house  D  P  TM18 (Rain Dance) Exchanged for 10 Blue Shards at the shard collectors house  D  P  TM37 (Sandstorm) Exchanged for 10 Yellow Shards at the shard collectors house  D  P  Heart Scale In the swamp near the shard collectors house (hidden)  D  P  Great Ball East of the hidden Heart Scale (hidden)  D  P  TinyMushroom On south-westernmost hill (hidden)  D  P  Antidote Far south-west corner of the route  D  P  TM62 (Silver Wind) Alone in a small island, near the three fishermen  D  P  TM06 (Toxic) South-east corner of the larger swamp  D  P  Revive ×2 Between the two hills in the larger swamp (hidden) Next to the northern hill connected by the easternmost log  D  P  X Special Near Scientist Shaun (requires Cut)  D  P  Zinc North-east of the shard collector's house (Requires Cut)  D  P  Hyper Potion In the swamp by the end of the route (hidden)  D  P  Ether In the swamp by the end of the route (hidden)  D  P  Rare Candy In the swamp near Pastoria City (hidden)  D  P  Pecha Berry Berry patch near Pastoria City  D  P  Pinap Berry ×3 Berry patch near Pastoria City  D  P

Available Pokémon (northern, clear area)

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Roselia D P Pt Grass 16-17 15% Starly D P Pt Grass 16 20% Budew D P Pt Grass 16 30% Staravia D P Pt Grass 17-18 15% 25% 5% Kricketune D P Pt Grass 17-19 20% 10% 30% Fishing 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 10-25 35% 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.

Available Pokémon (southern, rainy area)

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Wooper D P Pt Grass 18 30% Kricketune D P Pt Grass 18 10% 10% 30% Bibarel D P Pt Grass 18-20 35% 35% 25% Roselia D P Pt Grass 18-20 25% 25% 15% Fishing Magikarp D P Pt Fishing Old Rod 3-10 100% Magikarp D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 10-25 65% Barboach D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 10-25 35% 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 (northern, clear area)

Trainer Pokémon Policeman Bobby モリツグ Moritsugu Reward: $720 Hoothoot♂ Lv.18 No item Machop♂ Lv.18 No item Policeman Alex シュウヘイ Shūhei Reward: $720 Hoothoot♂ Lv.18 No item Machop♂ Lv.18 No item Policeman Dylan ケースケ Keisuke Reward: $720 Hoothoot♂ Lv.18 No item Meditite♂ Lv.18 No item Socialite Reina ヨシノ Yoshino Reward: $3800 Roselia♀ Lv.19 No item Gentleman Jeremy サダミツ Sadamitsu Reward: $3800 Chatot♂ Lv.19 No item Policeman Caleb エイタロウ Eitarō Reward: $760 Hoothoot♂ Lv.17 No item Meditite♂ Lv.19 No item Rich Boy Jason ユウスケ Yūsuke Reward: $3040 Luxio♂ Lv.19 No item Lady Melissa ユリカ Yurika Reward: $3040 Buneary♀ Lv.19 No item Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Trainers (southern, rainy area)

Trainer Pokémon Pokémon Ranger Jeffrey エイジ Eiji Reward: $1260 Prinplup♂ Lv.21 No item Prinplup♂ Lv.21 No item Pokémon Ranger Allison スズネ Suzune Reward: $1260 Aipom♀ Lv.21 No item Marill♀ Lv.21 No item Scientist Stefano ツトム Tsutomu Reward: $1008 Kadabra♂ Lv.21 No item Policeman Danny マサヨシ Masayoshi Reward: $800 Hoothoot♂ Lv.20 No item Machop♂ Lv.20 No item Collector Dominique クリオ Kurio Reward: $1216 Geodude♂ Lv.18 No item Geodude♂ Lv.17 No item Geodude♂ Lv.19 No item Fisherman Travis トモユキ Tomoyuki Reward: $544 Barboach♂ Lv.17 No item Barboach♂ Lv.18 No item Shellos♂ West Sea Lv.20 No item Barboach♂ Lv.17 No item Fisherman Cameron ノリカズ Norikazu Reward: $608 Goldeen♂ Lv.19 No item Barboach♂ Lv.19 No item Fisherman Juan テルヒコ Teruhiko Reward: $672 Gyarados♂ Lv.21 No item Parasol Lady Alexa シズエ Shizue Reward: $608 Goldeen♀ Lv.19 No item Buizel♀ Lv.19 No item Pokémon Ranger Taylor ヨシノリ Yoshinori Reward: $1260 Luxio♂ Lv.21 No item Buizel♂ Lv.21 No item Scientist Shaun トシアキ Toshiaki Reward: $912 Abra♂ Lv.19 No item Kadabra♂ Lv.19 No item Parasol Lady Sabrina ワカナ Wakana Reward: $672 Psyduck♀ Lv.21 No item Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Trainer Tips
The items in the Bag can be
reorganized by pressing Select.

Trainer Tips
If you get stuck in the bog, you can
count on being there for a while.
There's no need to panic.
Just struggle and squirm for a bit.
Bicycles cannot be ridden on marshy
ground, incidentally.

Pokémon Mansion

The Pokémon Mansion is the home of the famous Trophy Garden, which is located to the rear. That is the place for catching Pichu or Pikachu.

It has many rooms, with the most important of them being Mr. Backlot's office -- the only eastern room. That room is also home to an expensive Pokémon statue, which is guarded by a policeman. It can, however, be touched when the guard has break (from 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM). A butler and many maids are employed in the Mansion. In one of the western rooms, a maid will give out a Soothe Bell, which makes Pokémon happier. The western and eastern exits of the mansion are blocked by the maids.

Items
Item Location Games TM87 (Swagger) Found in Backlot's office  D  P  Great Ball Found in the third room left of the entrance  D  P  Soothe Bell Given by a Maid in the second room from the left of the entrance  D  P  Burn Heal Found in trash can in the first room left from the entrance  D  P

Trophy Garden

You can catch a Pichu or even a Pikachu. This isn't a good training place, however.

Available Pokémon
Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Pikachu D P Pt Grass 18 10% Pichu D P Pt Grass 16 30% 10% 10% Roselia D P Pt Grass 16-17 30% Staravia D P Pt Grass 16-17 20% 40% 20% Kricketune D P Pt Grass 16-17 10% 10% 30% 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.

After stopping by Pokémon Mansion, go through the guardhouse, then you will find yourself in Hearthome City again. Heal your Pokémon, then go to Hearthome Gym, but you will find that Gym Leader Fantina is still not here for you to challenge! Now what to do?

Route 210 (North)

Route 210

Go through Route 209 again in order to get to Solaceon Town. Then walk north to Route 210. Get to Cafe Cabin, but instead of turning east, keep going north. Use the SecretPotion on the Psyduck and they will run off. Then Cynthia will appear.

After some talking, Cynthia will ask you for a big favor. If you answer "No", she will ask you again. Say "Yes", then she will give you the Old Charm, tell you to go to Celestic Town and leave. Keep going north. There are 3 Ninja Boys and a few items hidden in the long grass. After getting through patches of long grass and tall grass, you will find yourself surrounded by deep Fog. What to do? Use HM05 (Defog) that you got earlier in Great Marsh. Most Flying-type Pokémon can learn it. If you don't use Defog and aren't looking at a map of the route, you will probably get stuck and won't find your way to Celestic Town. You'll also have to deal with an accuracy reduction weather effect in every battle along the way.

Fight the Trainers on this route. When you can't go north anymore, it is the time to go west. Fight all the Trainers and follow the path. Eventually, you will arrive in Celestic Town. You may also use the Bicycle to ride on the logs so that you can get some items and fight a Ninja Boy.

Items (between Psyduck and fog)

Item Location Games Old Charm Obtained from Cynthia after curing the Psyduck  D  P  Super Repel North of the southwest corner of the large patch of tall grass  D  P  Ether Northeast of the Super Repel (hidden)  D  P  Hyper Potion ×2 In the middle of the tall grass Southeast of first Hyper Potion (hidden)  D  P  Full Heal In the far mid-left between two trees in big field (hidden)  D  P  Burn Heal One space north of Ninja Boy Bruce (hidden)  D  P  Ultra Ball Northeast corner of field north-east of tall grass  D  P

Items (in foggy section)

Item Location Games TM30 (Shadow Ball) Across two logs (requires Rock Smash)  D  P  Smoke Ball Under the second bridge, guarded by Ninja Boy Nathan  D  P  Sitrus Berry At the Berry patch near the Celestic Town entrance  D  P  Chesto Berry At the Berry patch near the Celestic Town entrance  D  P  Wiki Berry At the Berry patch near the Celestic Town entrance  D  P  Aguav Berry At the Berry patch near the Celestic Town entrance  D  P

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Psyduck D P Pt Grass 25 20% Machop D P Pt Grass 25-26 20% 20% 10% Machoke D P Pt Grass 26 10% Bibarel D P Pt Grass 24 20% Meditite D P Pt Grass 24-26 30% 30% 20% Hoothoot D P Pt Grass 24 0% 0% 10% Noctowl D P Pt Grass 25 0% 0% 10% Fishing Magikarp D P Pt Fishing Old Rod 3-10 100% Magikarp D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 10-25 65% Barboach D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 10-25 35% 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 (between Psyduck and fog)
Trainer Pokémon Ninja Boy Fabian ヒロマサ Hiromasa Reward: $208 Geodude♂ Lv.23 No item Geodude♂ Lv.23 No item Geodude♂ Lv.26 No item Ninja Boy Brennan マサユキ Masayuki Reward: $200 Zubat♂ Lv.25 No item Skorupi♂ Lv.25 No item Ninja Boy Bruce ユウイチ Yūichi Reward: $216 Stunky♂ Lv.27 No item Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Trainers (in foggy section)

Trainer Pokémon Ninja Boy Joel ヤスアキ Yasuaki Reward: $200 Zubat♂ Lv.23 No item Zubat♂ Lv.23 No item Golbat♂ Lv.25 No item Skorupi♂ Lv.25 No item Ace Trainer Alyssa スズカ Suzuka Reward: $1620 Ponyta♀ Lv.27 No item Grotle♂ Lv.27 No item Double Team Zac & Jen Double Battle ガクとシノ Gaku and Shino Reward: $6480 Gyarados♂ Lv.27 No item Raichu♂ Lv.27 No item Ace Trainer Ernest ジュンヤ Jun'ya Reward: $1620 Mothim♂ Lv.25 No item Onix♂ Lv.26 No item Luxio♂ Lv.27 No item Ninja Boy Davido テッペイ Teppei Reward: $216 Dustox♂ Lv.27 No item Black Belt Adam カツヤ Katsuya Reward: $696 Machoke♂ Lv.29 No item Ninja Boy Nathan ケンキチ Kenkichi Reward: $200 Croagunk♂ Lv.25 No item Golbat♂ Lv.25 No item Bird Keeper Brianna ミソラ Misora Reward: $864 Hoothoot♀ Lv.27 No item Noctowl♀ Lv.27 No item Veteran Brian テンマ Tenma Reward: $2080 Buizel♂ Lv.26 No item Girafarig♂ Lv.26 No item Machoke♂ Lv.26 No item Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Celestic Town

Celestic Town

Celestic Town is a small town. There is no Poké Mart, but the house at northwest functions as the Market.

Heal your Pokémon before proceeding.

Near the stairs, an old woman will tell you that a spaceman wants to blow up the town due to him thinking it is not important. Go down the stairs, then head north. You will find a Galactic Grunt standing in front of the Celestic Ruins entrance. Talk to him, then say "Yes" to battle him. After you win, he will leave, and the old woman will come and talk to you. Give the Old Charm to her. She will introduce herself as Cynthia's grandmother, then tell you to go inside the ruins.

Go into the Celestic Ruins. Examine the painting, and Cynthia's grandmother will come in. She will talk awhile, then give you HM3 (Surf) and tell you that you have to beat Hearthome Gym to use it.

Go outside, and you will meet the mysterious man you met in Mt. Coronet before. He will introduce himself as Cyrus. Cyrus tells you that he is finding a power to create a new world. He instructs you to inform him if you find the power. Ignore what he tells you to do because that is totally nonsense (for now). Heal your Pokémon, then explore the other part of Route 211.

Items

Item Location Games HM03 (Surf) From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins after defeating the Galactic Grunt and giving her the Old Charm  D  P  Great Ball From a man in the Pokémon Center if the first Pokémon in the player's party has high friendship  D  P  Choice Specs From a man in the shop in the morning  D  P  BlackGlasses From a man in the shop during the day  D  P  Wise Glasses From a man in the shop at night  D  P  Analog Watch From a man in the south-west house  D  P

Trainers
Trainer Pokémon Galactic Grunt Reward: $1080 Beautifly♂ Lv.25 No item Croagunk♂ Lv.27 No item Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Route 211 (East)

There are some Trainers for you to fight. You can also get to Mt. Coronet here, but as you are still unable to use Strength on the field, you can't get through.

Items
Item Location Games Pecha Berry Berry patch near Celestic Town entrance  D  P  Aspear Berry Berry patch near Celestic Town entrance  D  P  Iapapa Berry Berry patch near Celestic Town entrance  D  P  Grepa Berry Berry patch near Celestic Town entrance  D  P  TM77 (Psych Up) Talk to the person near the Ruin Maniac  D  P

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Machoke D P Pt Grass 27-28 20% 20% 10% Graveler D P Pt Grass 27 20% Meditite D P Pt Grass 27-28 35% Chingling D P Pt Grass 27-28 10% Ponyta D P Pt Grass 26-28 15% 15% 5% Zubat D P Pt Grass 26 0% 0% 10% Noctowl D P Pt Grass 28 0% 0% 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

Trainer Pokémon Black Belt Sean ユウサク Yūsaku Reward: $696 Croagunk♂ Lv.28 No item Meditite♂ Lv.27 No item Machoke♂ Lv.29 No item Bird Keeper Katherine ミヤビ Miyabi Reward: $992 Noctowl♀ Lv.31 No item Ruin Maniac Harry トキオ Tokio Reward: $1440 Bronzor Lv.30 No item Ninja Boy Nick カツノリ Katsunori Reward: $216 Skorupi♂ Lv.27 No item Golbat♂ Lv.27 No item Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

After exploring Route 211, it is time to fly back to Hearthome City and challenge Hearthome Gym.

Hearthome Gym

Layout of Hearthome Gym

It seems that Gym Leader Fantina is finally back.

Make sure that you heal your Pokémon before entering. The Gym battle will be a tough fight, so it is recommended that you train your Pokémon until they are at about Level 35.

The Hearthome Gym is a giant, 5-story building constructed of gray stone blocks, and is illuminated by eerie gray-blue torches. The Gym Trainers and Leader Fantina specialize in Ghost-type Pokémon. On every floor, there is a simple mathematical puzzle and three doors corresponding with the answers. Picking the correct door leads to the next elevator up, while picking the wrong door leads to a dead end and a Trainer to fight. This puzzle is somewhat pointless, as these questions have no relation to ghosts. The Pokétch has a Calculator App, which can be used to find the answers with minimal effort. Moreover, the questions are simple enough that you may not even need to use the Calculator App. Gym Leader Fantina waits in the final room on the fifth floor, which has stained glass windows and resembles a cathedral.

Hearthome Gym Trainers Trainer Pokémon Youngster Donny テルヤ Teruya Reward: $464 Gastly♂ Lv.27 No item Haunter♂ Lv.29 No item Lass Molly ナミエ Namie Reward: $480 Misdreavus♀ Lv.30 No item Picnicker Cheyenne アサミ Asami Reward: $448 Drifloon♀ Lv.28 No item Misdreavus♀ Lv.28 No item Camper Drew シンイチ Shin'ichi Reward: $432 Gastly♂ Lv.27 No item Gastly♂ Lv.27 No item Gastly♂ Lv.27 No item School Kid Chance ガクト Gakuto Reward: $600 Haunter♂ Lv.30 No item School Kid Mackenzie ユミカ Yumika Reward: $560 Drifloon♀ Lv.28 No item Drifloon♀ Lv.28 No item Ace Trainer Allen レイト Reito Reward: $1800 Gastly♂ Lv.26 No item Haunter♂ Lv.28 No item Gengar♂ Lv.30 No item Ace Trainer Catherine ユウカ Yūka Reward: $1800 Misdreavus♀ Lv.30 No item Drifblim♀ 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. Leader Fantina Hearthome Gym Diamond and Pearl Reward: $4320 Types: Ghost Flying Ability: Aftermath Held item: None Drifblim♀ Lv.32 Ominous Wind Ghost Special   --       Minimize Normal Status   --       Gust Flying Special   --       Astonish Ghost Physical   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Gengar♀ Lv.34 Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Spite Ghost Status   --       Type: Ghost Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: Sitrus Berry Mismagius♀ Lv.36 Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Magical Leaf Grass Special   --

Normal-type Pokémon will be completely immune to any of the Ghost-type attacks. Dark-type moves like Bite or Crunch, as well as your own Ghost-type moves like Shadow Ball (you should have picked up the TM for this move on Route 210), are your best bet. Do not try launching any Normal-type (you should have known this already) or Ground-type attacks on Fantina's Pokémon, because their type or ability make those moves useless. Be aware that Fantina's Pokémon have moves that may catch your Pokémon off guard with their secondary effects. Her Drifblim has Ominous Wind that may boost all of its stats after attacking. Her Gengar has Poison Jab that may poison your Pokémon after attacking as well as Spite to reduce PP of your Pokémon's last used move by 4. Fantina's strongest Pokémon Mismagius is at Level 36, and has Psybeam and Magical Leaf, which are Psychic-type and Grass-type moves respectively, so watch out. Psybeam can cause confusion, while Magical Leaf never misses. In addition, both Gengar and Mismagius have Confuse Ray, which will confuse your Pokémon and make it much more difficult to land an attack.

When you beat her, Fantina is very surprised, but all the same, hands you over the Relic Badge, as well as TM65 (Shadow Claw). With that Badge, you are now able to use HM3 (Surf) on the field.

After that, leave the Gym. Cynthia will be waiting for you. She tells you that she has known what happened in Celestic Town, then talks about Team Galactic, and suggests you going to Canalave City and visit Canalave Library. Afterwards, she will leave.

But before proceeding to Route 218 and Canalave City, there are more places to access with Surf.

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