Apr 22, 2007 - Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Walkthrough for DS 1Back
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
VER
SION 1.03
By: Jason Howell
Email: Howellgames@gmail.com
Table of Contents
|| Name || Section # ||
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|| Table of Contents || 0001 ||
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|| Version History || 0002 ||
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|| Sinnoh Guide || 0003 ||
|| -Route 201-Oreburgh Gym || 00A3 ||
| -Jublife City-Eterna Gym || 00B3 ||
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|| GTS/Setting up a Connection || 0004 ||
|| -The Basics || 00A4 ||
|| -Hacked Pokemon || 00B4 ||
|| -Events || 00C4 ||
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|| The Poketech Programs || 0005 ||
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|| Catching all the Pokemon || 0006 ||
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|| Natures List || 0007 ||
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|| Breeding Guide || 0008 ||
|| -The Basics || 00A8 ||
|| -Chain Breeding || 00B8 ||
|| -The Hatching Process || 00C8 ||
|| -Egg Group List || 00D8 ||
|| -Steps to Hatch || 00E8 ||
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|| Items Guide || 0009 ||
|| -Stones || 00A9 ||
|| -Trade Items || 00B9 ||
|| -Incense || 00C9 ||
|| -Plates || 00D9 ||
|| -Type-Specific Hold Items || 00E9 ||
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|| Pokedex: 001-151 || X001 ||
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|| Copyright and Credits || X002 ||
Version History
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MAY 31, 2007: Beginning of Guide.
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JUNE 1, 2007: Layout adjusted. First draft of guide complete. Added
first 50 of the first 151 Pokemon from Kanto, as well
as egg steps. Added items guide with locations for
evolution items.
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JUNE 3, 2007: Added National Dex Pokemon #52-76, also added Incense
items to the Item section, as well as Plates and Type
Specific Items. Added breeding info.
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JUNE 6, 2007: Sorry for the lack of updates, been busy the last few days.
Guide expanded up to the first Gym, Oreburgh. If I do not
update anymore tonight, the next update should be Friday.
I also managed to rescue some Pokedex info I was working
on, up to Dodrio. Stupid USB Memory Card crapping out...
-Also added up to the 2nd gym.
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Sinnoh Guide
========================================================================== As you begin the game, you will be asked for your name and gender, as well
as the name for your rival. Be aware that once you make a choice, you
cannot change it.
Once you do begin the game, you will be on the top floor of your house
(Your room). Go downstairs and your mother will tell you that your
rival is looking to you. Head outside to continue (Although this is
obvious information, the doors or exits usually have a placemat
or stairs/elevator of some kind to mark where it is).
As you can see, Twinleaf is a small town. There is a small puddle down
south, but there is nothing you can get from it. There are three other
houses in town; two of which have nothing in them. To get to your rivals
house, go to the house that is in the northwest corner of town.
Once you talk to your rival, go in his house to find out where he went.
Head north to Route 201 to find your rival. He will then ask you to
go with him to Verity Lake, which is to the left of where you are
at now. Head there now.
You will catch your first glimpse of the Prof. and his assitant, the
opposite gener you choose (Dawn if you are a male and Lukas if you
are a female). Rowan will talk to you for a minute and then walk
off without his briefcase with the starters in it. Suddenly, you
will be attacked on both sides by wild Starly. You will now be able
to choose your starter.
Which one should you choose? Well, several factors come into play:
-Do you know anyone else that has this game, and if so what starter
did they get? Although you can get other starters via online
trading, it would help to know what the other people around you
have so you can get them a bit easier.
-How experienced are you with previous Pokemon games? Turtwig evolves late
at level 18, but evolves much earlier then the others at level 32 and
has dual grass/ground type. Chimchar evolves earlier at level 14, but
evolves like normal at level 36 and has fire/fighting type. Piplup
evolves the latest at level 16, and then 36 with water/steel type.
-Each have their own uses with gyms. Here is a example of each:
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First Gym: Rock (Turtwig and Piplup are strong, and Chimchar is
weak against it until it gains fighting moves
when it evolves)
Second Gym: Grass (Chimchar is the strongest here, while Piplup
is the weakest)
Third Gym: Fighting (None are strong here, although Chimchar has
a type advantage against the leader's Lucario)
Fourth Gym: Water (Turtwig is the strongest here, while Chimchar
is the weakest)
Fifth Gym: Ghost (None are strong here, although Turtwig's
evolutions are strong against Gengar. Also
noteable is Chimchar's evolutions fighting
moves are inaffective against ghost types)
Sixth Gym: Steel (Chimchar is very effective here, while Turtwig
is fairly weak)
Seventh Gym: Ice (Chimchar is effective here, although its
evolutions are weak against the leader's
Medicham. Turtwig is inaffective here).
Eighth Gym: Electric (Turtwig's evolutions are very strong here,
while piplup is weak here)
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As you can see, Chimchar is the most effective type-wise against the
Gyms, while Turtwig comes in second. Piplup is not very effective
in most of the gyms.
Anywho, you should easily be able to KO the Starly that attacked you.
Once that happends, the Prof.'s Assistant will show up and take the
briefcase back. You will then automatically go back the way you came
and enter a cutscene with the Prof. Once that is done, you will be
on Route 201.
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Route 201 ===========================================================================
/---------------------------
|Pokemon |Rarity |
|----------|----------------|
|Starly |Common |
|Bidoof |Common |
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Not much to do here. Since you have no Pokeballs at this point, all you
can do is battle for experience (It is recommended you get your starter
to at least level 8 or so right now). There are no trainers here, either.
However, you can get a handy potion from the guy in the grass near
Sandgem Town. Once you are finished here, head to the right to get to
Sandgem Town ===========================================================================
Sandgem Town ===========================================================================
As soon as you enter town, Prof. Rowan's assistant will escort you to
his lab, where you will get the Pokedex.
*Note: The Pokedex on the save screen now shows the Pokemon seen instead
of caught. This comes into play later on after you beat the story
mode of the game.
Once you exit his lab, you will get shown around town. Unfortunatly,
there is not much you can do at this point, although you can buy Pokeballs
and Potions, so stock up for the road ahead. You can also head on the
beach to Route 219, but you can't do much besides get a Antidote. You
may want to check out the Pokemon Center as well and heal up.
*Note: You cannot do wireless trade at this point. You will need to at
least get the 1st badge before you can access the downstarts
section of Pokemon Centers.
Head North to Route 202 to continue. ===========================================================================
Route 202 ===========================================================================
/-------------------------------------------
|Pokemon |Rarity |
|----------|--------------------------------|
|Starly |Common |
|Bidoof |Common |
|Shinx |Common |
|Kricketot |Uncommon (Morning and Night only|
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As soon as you enter the Route, Rowan's Assistant will show up and show you
how to catch Pokemon and give you 5 Pokeballs. Now is also a good time to
catch some Pokemon. Starly and Shinx are both great additions to your team,
so try to catch them before you move on. Bidoof and Kricketot, though...
Catch them for the Pokedex, at least.
Also, there are some trainers on the route. Nothing too major: mostly in
the 2-5 level range, so you may want to level up a little bit. You can
also get a Potion in the grass near the enterance to Jublife City. ===========================================================================
Jublife City ===========================================================================
Ah, your first big city. Jublife may be one of the towns you visit the
most later on because of the GTS (Located to the left of the Pokemon
center, past the Trainer's School), but you cannot access it until you
get your first Gym Badge. So, for now, head to the Pokemon center and
heal yourself up and go to the Pokemon Center and buy some items. Once
you are ready, head to the trainer school.
Inside, you will see your rival. Talk to him to give him the parcel and
he will give you a town map in exchange (Granted, it is sort of
useless...). You can read the blackboard for some tips, and you can
battle the two trainers to the right for a TM (no. 10, Hidden Power.
Sort of useless in battle, in truth).
The next thing you should do if talk to the man in the street in between
the Pokemon Center and the Trainer School. He will tell you to find
three clowns and answer several questions for a prize. Here are the
location of the clowns (They are dressed in yellow and have Jesters
hats):
-In front of the Pokemart (Directly north of the Pokemon Center)
-In front of the Jublife TV station (Directly north of town)
-In front of the Poketech Company (Directly Northwest of town)
As far as I remember, I do not remember getting a wrong answer (I said
yes to all three and got the questions right. If anyone got anything
different, email me). Once you get a right answer, you will get a
Poketech coupon.
Once you get all 3 Poketech coupons, go talk to the man to the left of the
Pokemon center and he will give you a Poketech. This device will allow
you to do several things on the touch screen that can be upgraded over
time. However, at this point, you only have the first few Apps, so it
is only good for time right now.
Before you leave, you may want to go to Route 218 a bit early (Route 218
is west of Jubilife). Inside the gatehouse on your way there, you can
pick up a old rod from the fisherman. While is pretty much only catching
Magikarp, it might be a good idea to pick a Magikarp early if you do not
have a Water Pokemon (Keep in mind that Magikarp itself is pretty much
useless. Its evolution at lv 20, Gyrados, is a very powerful Pokemon).
Once you have gotten some Pokeballs and potions from the Pokemart and
have seen everything you wanted in Jublife, head east to Route 203. ===========================================================================
Route 203 ===========================================================================
/-------------------------------------------
|Pokemon |Rarity |
|----------|--------------------------------|
|Bidoof |Common |
|Shinx |Common |
|Starly |Very Common |
|Abra |Uncommon |
|Kricketot |Common (Morning and night only) |
|Zubat |Common (Night only |
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As soon as you enter the Route, you will be challneged by your Rival. By
now, your Pokemon should be in the 6-10 lv range, so go train if they are
not.
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|Boss: Rival |
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|Pokemon: |
|Starly lv 7 (Normal/Flying) |
|Starter: lv 9 (Fire type Chimchar if you choose Turtwig, Water type |
| Piplup if you choose Chimchar, Grass type Turtwig if you |
| choose Piplup). |
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|Info: Your Rival is at a fairly high level this early in the game, his |
| Starly alone can cause problems if you choose Turtwig. The best way|
| to take down his team at this point is to have a Shinx at around |
| lv 6-7, your own Starly around the same level, and your starter |
| at lv 8 or above. Shinx does not have any major electric moves |
| at this point, but he is one of the more powerful Pokemon at this |
| Point. Starly learns Wing Attack at lv 9, which can wipe out his |
| Pokemon is only a few hits. Your starter should be kept in resevre |
| and as a last option at this point. |
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Once you beat him, you will be able to continue. There are 5 trainers on
this Route, so it may be a good time to level up for the upcoming Gym. Also,
try to catch a Abra if you can at this point if you have someone that you
can trade with. It is also a good idea to catch Shinx at this point if you
have not. Once you are done on this route, continue east to the Oreburgh
Gate.. ===========================================================================
Oreburgh Gate ===========================================================================
1st Floor:
/-------------------------------------------
|Pokemon |Rarity |
|----------|--------------------------------|
|Geodude |Very Common |
|Zubat |Common |
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At this point, you cannot do much in this small cave. Talk to the hiker
when your first enter to get HM 06, Rock Smash (Although you cannot use it
at this point until you get the first badge). Geodude and Zubat are both
common, both being a excellent addition to your team (Zubat's final
evolution Crobat is a very good Poison/Flying type that would serve well
as your main Poison Pokemon, and Geodude's final evolution Golem does
well in most situations, but you will need to trade to get him). There
are also some low level trainers here that you can't avoid, so make
sure you use a Pokemon that needs the EXP. Head east until you reach
the exit to Oreburgh City.
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Oreburgh City ===========================================================================
Not much you can do at this point. Your rival is blocking the way to the
Oreburgh Gym and tells you that the gym leader is not in right now. The
Oreburgh Museum does not have much in it until you have some fossils from
The Underground. The second condominium near when you first entered has
a woman that will trade you a Abra for a Machop: a good deal if you cannot
find one yourself (Although it cannot learn any level up moves until it
evolves at lv 16, you can teach it TMs and HMs). Also, the Pokemon Center
will now have the downstairs center open, allowing you to trade and battle
people online.
Once you are ready to continue, head down south to the Oreburgh Mine.
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Oreburgh Mine ===========================================================================
/-------------------------------------------
|Pokemon |Rarity |
|----------|--------------------------------|
|Geodude |Very Common |
|Zubat |Common |
|Onix |Uncommon |
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The only new Pokemon at this point is Onix, which is not quite a good
choice at this point of the game (Catch anyway for the Pokedex if you
do see one, though).
Your main goal here is to go down to the basement and talk to the Gym
Leader, Roark. He is located at the southern part of the basement area
of the mine, next to two breakable rocks. Once you talk to him, he will
return to the gym. At this point, there is much to do inside the mine
besides train against wild Pokemon. You should be at least in the 10s
range for all of your Pokemon.
Once you are done in the mine, return to Oreburgh and head to the Gym.
Keep in mind that he specialises in Rock and Ground type Pokemon, so
water and grass Pokemon are good at this point. Only problem is the
only Grass and Water pokemon at this point are your starters...
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Oreburgh Gym ===========================================================================
Fairly simple for a gym. You can either challenge the two trainers by
going straight up (They are good EXP, and you cannot fight them once you
beat the gym), or you can go up the steps on your left, over the bridge,
and up the steps on your right, and then head to the Gym Leader. Make sure
you bring several Potions before you fight him, and head to the Pokemon
Center if you fought the other trainers.
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|Boss: Roark |
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|Pokemon: |
|Geodude lv 12 (Rock/Ground) |
|Onix lv 12 (Rock/Ground) |
|Crandios (Rock) |
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|Info: Roark is similar to Brock and Roxanne from the previous games, |
| although much harder. His signature move is Stealth Rock: a move |
| similar to Spikes that damages your Pokemon when you switch out. |
| Geodude is his easiest Pokemon, absorb from Turtwig and bubble |
| from Piplup work well on him. His next Pokemon is Onix, which is |
| sort of a tougher Geodude with a higher defence. Same strategy |
| works well with him. His final Pokemon is Crandios: a powerful |
| fossil Pokemon with a high attack (Headbutt is brutal at this |
| point). The best pokemon to use against him is a Geodude with the |
| move Magnitude (Rock is weak against Ground, although Geodude |
| learns it at lv 15). Its also good to note that if your starter |
| isn't evolved, there is a good chance he will not last long against |
| his Crandios (Especially Chimchar). If you are having a hard time, |
| make sure you do not use any flying or electric types like Starly |
| and Shinx and try to evolve your starter as soon as you can. |
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Once you beat Roark, you will get the Coal Badge and TM76 (Stealth Rock).
There isn't much else to do at this point you can head up to Route 207
and catch a Machop early (They are fairly common. Personally, though,
Machop's final evolution Machamp is sort of meh at this point and not all
that useful down the road). Once you are done in Oreburgh, head back
to the Oreburgh gate (You will also see your Rival near the entrance).
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Oreburgh Gate ===========================================================================
Basement Floor:
/-------------------------------------------
|Pokemon |Rarity |
|----------|--------------------------------|
|Geodude |Very Common |
|Zubat |Very Common |
|Psyduck |Uncommon |
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Note that the following is optional (Skip on ahead to the Jublife section
after this one if you want to continue), but I will cover it anyway. You
can now break the rocks to the north of the Oreburgh Gate and enter the
first half of the basement.
The basement is not all that different. You can now find wild Psyduck
somewhat early at this point (Not the best water Pokemon in the game),
and you can get some Stardust and TM 70 (Flash, although you can
buy it later in the game. Not to mention Flash is fairly useless in
battle). After you get all that, you cannot continue further until
you get a bike and surf.
Note that you will need Rock Smash and a Pokemon that can use Rock Smash
before you can continue
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Jublife City ===========================================================================
Now that you have the first badge, you can now enter the TV station and
the GTS (Since you do not have that many Pokemon in your Pokedex at
this point, it is sort of pointless. However, you might want to get a
Crandios if you are playing Pearl, it will help quite a bit). You can
also get a new Poketech App by talking to the President of the Poketech
Company on the first floor of the building to the northwest.
Once you are ready to continue, head up directly North fo find Rowan
and his assistant being pestered by some oddly dressed people. Its
also time for your first 2-on-2 trainer battle.
/-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Boss: 2 Team Galatic Grunts |
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|Pokemon: |
|Zubat lv 9 (Poison/Flying) |
|Wurmple lv 7 (Bug) |
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|Info: Even though this is a easy battle, it is noteable for being one of |
| the few 2-on-2 event battles in the game. Rowan's Assiatant will |
| have a lv 13 starter that is the weaker type of your own (Turtwig |
| if you have Chimchar, Chimchar if you have Piplup, and Piplup if |
| you have Turtwig). Your partner will always choose his/her own |
| attacks and you will technically have two targets at once. They |
| will also have two attacks of their own, so be prepared. Zubat goes |
| down with Electric and Psycic (Only types you really have at this |
| point), and Wurple goes down with Fire. Still, this is a easy |
| battle... |
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Once that is over, heal up and head up to Route 204.
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Route 204 ===========================================================================
/-------------------------------------------
|Pokemon |Rarity |
|----------|--------------------------------|
|Bidoof |Common |
|Shinx |Common |
|Starly |Common |
|Budew |Common |
|Kricketot |Common (Morning and night only) |
|Zubat |Common (Night only |
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Another no-thrills route. Not much is different with the available Pokemon
besides being able to catch Budew (Pre-evolution to Roeselia, may want to
pick up if you do not have Turtwig). You can also pick up TM 39 (Rock Tomb)
and TM 09 (Bullet Seed) from the Route and the upcoming Ravaged Path.
Ravaged Path:
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|Pokemon |Rarity |
|----------|--------------------------------|
|Geodude |Very Common |
|Zubat |Very Common |
|Psyduck |Uncommon |
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The Ravaged Path is too small a place to give too much detail on (Although
you can get some more items later on once you can surf). Just make sure
you have a pokemon that can use Rock Smash and head to the right.
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Once you exit, you will be back on Route 204. Head up to the north to reach
Floaroma Town.
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Floaroma Town ===========================================================================
A fairly dead town for the most part. Head to the Flower Shop past the
Pokemart to get the Sprayduck from a woman inside (Used to water berries
in soft soil).
Heal up at the Pokemon center and head east to Route 205.
Route 205:
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You won't be able to get far on the Route. Team Galatic Grunts are standing
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