Unova Route 18

Unova Route 18 １８番道路 Route 18

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Map description Some researchers believe it was once contiguous with Desert Resort.

Required for navigation Cut Surf Strength Flash Defog Whirlpool Rock Smash Waterfall Dive Rock Climb Bicycle Mach Bike Acro Bike Go-Goggles None

Connecting locations Route 18 Route 17 →

Location Location of Route 18 in Unova.

Pokémon world routes ← Route 17       Route 19 →

Route 18 (Japanese: １８ばんどうろ Route 18) is a route in southeastern Unova, connected to Route 17 and the final numbered route of Unova in Pokémon Black and White.

Geography

Route 18 is a mountain-like route littered with Trainers, items, and wild Pokémon. The majority of the route, away from the coast, rests upon plateaus of varying heights. The player can reach the top of these plateaus via staircase.

After traversing the fast currents, the sea calms and a small beach can be accessed. A series of cliffs stand on this island, the top reachable by several sets of steps. Atop the cliff is a house, some grassy patches and a few Trainers. Another beach, to the north of the island, can also be reached, as well as another to the west.

In the house, there are two Treasure Hunters. A Pokémon Ranger in the house will give the player a Larvesta Egg. The female Ace Trainer in the same house will heal the player's Pokémon. A shady man will buy Rare Bones from the player for $10000.

In Black and White, after defeating Ghetsis, Rood of the Seven Sages can be found and arrested here.

In Black 2 and White 2, Crasher Wake is found here.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Max Elixir	At the southern edge of the route (requires Strength)	B  W
	Dragon Scale	North-west of Backpacker Sam (requires Strength)	B  W
	Calcium	On a rock west of Backpacker Sam (requires Strength) (hidden)	B  W
	TM19 (Telekinesis)	At the northern edge of the route	B  W
	HM05 (Waterfall)	At the western edge of the route	B  W
	Heart Scale	At the eastern edge of the route	B  W
	Pearl	At the eastern edge of the route (hidden)	B  W
	Big Pearl	At the eastern edge of the route (hidden)	B  W
	TM32 (Double Team)	Given by Rood post-game	B  W
	Blue Shard	Near Fisherman Lydon at the entrance	B2  W2
	Dive Ball	North of Fisherman Bucky in the middle (The torrent embrace section)	B2  W2
	Dubious Disc	In Team Plasma's house	B2  W2
	Magma Stone	On one of the cliffs in the northern section	B2  W2
	Pearl String	At the eastern edge of the route near entrance	B2  W2
	Pearl String	At the western edge of the route (hidden)	B2  W2
	Star Piece	Left of the house (requires Strength)	B2  W2
	TM19 (Telekinesis)	At the most western edge of the route	B2  W2
	Zinc	At the southern edge of the route (requires Strength)	B2  W2

Hidden Grotto

Item		Location	Games
	Repel	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears)	B2  W2
	Super Repel	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears)	B2  W2
	Max Repel	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears)	B2  W2
	Poké Ball	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears)	B2  W2
	Great Ball	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears)	B2  W2
	Ultra Ball	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears)	B2  W2
	Potion	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears)	B2  W2
	Super Potion	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears)	B2  W2
	Hyper Potion	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears)	B2  W2
	Damp Mulch	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Growth Mulch	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Stable Mulch	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Gooey Mulch	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	TinyMushroom	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Big Mushroom	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Rare Candy	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	PP Up	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	PP Max	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Red Shard	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Green Shard	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Yellow Shard	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Blue Shard	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2

Pokémon

Pokémon Black and White

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Scraggy	B			W			Grass	28-31	40%
Dwebble	B			W			Grass	30-31	30%
Watchog	B			W			Grass	28,30	20%
Throh	B			W			Grass	29,31	10%
Sawk	B			W			Grass	29,31	10%
Dark grass
Scraggy	B			W			Dark grass	32-35	40%
Crustle	B			W			Dark grass	34-35	30%
Watchog	B			W			Dark grass	32,34	20%
Throh	B			W			Dark grass	33,35	10%
Sawk	B			W			Dark grass	33,35	10%
Rustling grass
Audino	B			W			Rustling grass	28-31	95%
Throh	B			W			Rustling grass	31	5%
Sawk	B			W			Rustling grass	31	5%
Surfing
Frillish	B			W			Surfing	5-15	100%
Rippling Water
Alomomola	B			W			Rippling water	5-20	95%
Jellicent	B			W			Rippling water	5-20	5%
Fishing
Horsea	B			W			Fishing	35-55	35%
Chinchou	B			W			Fishing	35-55	1%
Finneon	B			W			Fishing	35-55	64%
Rippling water
Seadra	B			W			Rippling water	35-60	60%
Qwilfish	B			W			Rippling water	35-60	30%
Kingdra	B			W			Rippling water	45-70	5%
Lumineon	B			W			Rippling water	35-70	5%
Swarm
Exeggcute	B			W			Grass	15-55	40%
Gift Pokémon
Larvesta	B			W			Egg	1	One
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.

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Tropius	B2			W2			Grass	58	%
Carnivine	B2			W2			Grass	58	%
Watchog	B2			W2			Grass	56	%
Throh	B2			W2			Grass	59	%
Sawk	B2			W2			Grass	57	%
Crustle	B2			W2			Grass	57	%
Scrafty	B2			W2			Grass	57-58	%
Dark grass
Tropius	B2			W2			Dark grass	66	%
Carnivine	B2			W2			Dark grass	66	%
Watchog	B2			W2			Dark grass	64	%
Throh	B2			W2			Dark grass	??	%
Sawk	B2			W2			Dark grass	65, 67	%
Crustle	B2			W2			Dark grass	65	%
Scrafty	B2			W2			Dark grass	65-66	%
Surfing
Frillish	B2			W2			Surfing	50, 55	%
Fishing
Finneon	B2			W2			Fishing	52-53, 60-62	%
Rippling water
Horsea	B2			W2			Rippling water	57	%
Swarm
Hoppip	B2			W2			Grass	40-55	%
Hidden Grotto
Kingler	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	55-60	Uncommon
Dragonite	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	55-60	Rare
Corsola	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	55-60	Uncommon
Chatot	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	55-60	Uncommon
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

Pokémon Black and White

Trainer	Pokémon
Hiker Jeremiah ケイスケ Keisuke Reward: $1088	Boldore♂ Lv.34 No item
	Crustle♂ Lv.34 No item
Backpacker Kumiko クミコ Kumiko Reward: $840	Emolga♀ Lv.35 No item
Backpacker Sam ヒロフミ Hirofumi Reward: $840	Whimsicott♂ Lv.35 No item
Veteran Ray ゲンヤ Genya Reward: $2880	Basculin♂ Blue-Striped Form Lv.35 No item
	Simisage♂ Lv.35 No item
	Darmanitan♂ Lv.36 No item
Battle Girl Hillary キョウコ Kyōko Reward: $1120	Scraggy♀ Lv.35 No item
	Gurdurr♂ Lv.35 No item

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Trainer	Pokémon
Black Belt Zachary レツジ Retsuji Reward: $?	Hariyama♂ Lv.65 No item
	Throh♂ Lv.65 No item
	Hitmontop♂ Lv.65 No item
Veteran Gina ミズホ Mizuho Reward: $? Triple Battle	Kingdra♀ Lv.68 No item
	Skarmory♀ Lv.68 No item
	Donphan♀ Lv.68 No item
Veteran Vincent ジュンイチ Junichi Reward: $5600	Tyranitar♂ Lv.70 No item
Hiker Stephen アキヒコ Akihiko Reward: $2048	Hippopotas♂ Lv.64 No item
	Crustle♂ Lv.64 No item
	Hippowdon♂ Lv.64 No item
Veteran Maya マヤ Maya Reward: $?	Salamence♀ Lv.70 No item
Veteran Chester チェスター Chester Reward: $5440 Rotation Battle	Staraptor♂ Lv.68 No item
	Relicanth♂ Lv.68 No item
	Krookodile♂ Lv.68 No item
Battle Girl Wendy マツリ Matsuri Reward: $?	Poliwrath♀ Lv.65 No item
	Sawk♂ Lv.65 No item
	Medicham♀ Lv.65 No item

Trivia

• Route 18 is one of only three numbered routes in the Pokémon world that is a dead end, the others being Route 25 in Kanto and Route 224 in Sinnoh.
  • However, with Oak's Letter, Route 224 can be extended onto Seabreak Path.
• In Black 2 and White 2, Route 18 has the highest-leveled wild Pokémon for grass in the game, the highest level being 67.

Unova
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