Unova Route 23

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Unova Route 23 ２３番道路 Route 23

Map description A mountain path of no return with overwhelming cliffs.

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   ↑ Victory Road   Route 23 Giant Chasm →

Location Location of Route 23 in Unova.

Pokémon world routes ← Route 22       Route 1 →

Route 23 (Japanese: ２３番道路 Route 23) is the final numbered route in Unova. It is located in northeastern Unova and connects the Giant Chasm to Victory Road. It can only be accessed after the player has defeated Ghetsis in the Giant Chasm's deepest part.

Route description

Route 23 connects Victory Road with the Giant Chasm. It is a mountain-like road, with many mountainous features, such as ponds and crevasses. The northwest portion of the route features a puzzle involving Strength and Cut. There are narrow paths between trees and raised platforms, making it hard to navigate and find the right path.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Heart Scale	At the end of a stream past the first house (requires Cut or Surf)	B2  W2
	TM35 (Flamethrower)	Gift from old man in the second house (requires Surf)	B2  W2
	Rare Candy	East of Ace Trainer Juliet (hidden)	B2  W2
	Iron	On mountaintop south of Black Belt Luke above Ace Trainer's house	B2  W2
	Star Piece ×2	In a rock southeast of Black Belt Luke (hidden) On mountaintop containing no Trainers and a Hidden Grotto	B2  W2
	Sitrus Berry ×2	Given out by Pokémon Ranger Steve after defeating him Given out by Pokémon Ranger Lena after defeating her	B2  W2
	TM05 (Roar)	Next to Pokémon Ranger Steve	B2  W2
	Ultra Ball	At a dead end in the beginning of the forest section (requires Cut) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Repeat Ball	At a dead end above Ace Trainer Tom (requires Cut)	B2  W2
	HP Up	At a dead end west of Black Belt Benjamin (requires Cut)	B2  W2
	Calcium	At a dead end in the southwestern-most section of the forest, past Hiker Doug (requires Cut)	B2  W2
	Full Heal	On the pedestal where Azelf appears (requires Cut)	B2  W2
	Yellow Shard	In a rock south of the Strength puzzle (requires Cut and Strength) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Green Shard	In a grass patch to the northeast of the Strength puzzle (requires Cut and Strength)	B2  W2
	Max Potion	Near Battle Girl Tiffany on a mountaintop (requires Cut and Strength)	B2  W2
	PP Up	On a lone mountaintop (requires Cut and Strength) (hidden)	B2  W2
	TM12 (Taunt)	On a lone mountaintop (requires Cut and Strength)	B2  W2

Hidden Grotto

Item		Location	Games
	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
	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
	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

Fake items

Item		Location	Games
	Amoonguss ×3	In a grass patch on mountaintop with Black Belt Luke In a grass patch west of Hiker Doug In a grass patch to the immediate east of the Strength puzzle	B2  W2

Pokémon

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Golduck	B2			W2			Grass	50	10%
Gligar	B2			W2			Grass	49	10%
Throh	B2			W2			Grass	48, 49	25%
Sawk	B2			W2			Grass	48, 49	25%
Amoonguss	B2			W2			Grass	49	10%
Mienfoo	B2			W2			Grass	48	15%
Bouffalant	B2			W2			Grass	49, 51	25%
Rufflet	B2			W2			Grass	47	5%
Vullaby	B2			W2			Grass	47	5%
Dark grass
Golduck	B2			W2			Dark grass	55	10%
Gligar	B2			W2			Dark grass	54	10%
Throh	B2			W2			Dark grass	53, 54	25%
Sawk	B2			W2			Dark grass	53, 54	25%
Amoonguss	B2			W2			Dark grass	54	10%
Mienshao	B2			W2			Dark grass	53	15%
Bouffalant	B2			W2			Dark grass	54, 56	25%
Rufflet	B2			W2			Dark grass	52	5%
Vullaby	B2			W2			Dark grass	52	5%
Rustling grass
Gliscor	B2			W2			Rustling grass	51	5%
Audino	B2			W2			Rustling grass	48-51	80%
Throh	B2			W2			Rustling grass	51	5%
Sawk	B2			W2			Rustling grass	51	5%
Emolga	B2			W2			Rustling grass	49	10%
Surfing
Buizel	B2			W2			Surfing	40-55	30%
Basculin Red-Striped	B2			W2			Surfing	40-55	70%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B2			W2			Surfing	40-55	70%
Surfing in rippling water
Buizel	B2			W2			Rippling water	40-55	60%
Floatzel	B2			W2			Rippling water	45-55	10%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B2			W2			Rippling water	40-55	30%
Basculin Red-Striped	B2			W2			Rippling water	40-55	30%
Fishing
Poliwag	B2			W2			Fishing	40-70	70%
Basculin Red-Striped	B2			W2			Fishing	40-60	30%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B2			W2			Fishing	40-60	30%
Fishing in rippling water
Poliwhirl	B2			W2			Rippling water	40-70	65%
Poliwrath	B2			W2			Rippling water	50-70	5%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B2			W2			Rippling water	40-60	30%
Basculin Red-Striped	B2			W2			Rippling water	40-60	30%
Hidden Grotto
Golduck	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	50-55	2%
Gligar	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	50-55	1%
Zangoose	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	50-55	7.5%
Seviper	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	50-55	7.5%
Absol	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	50-55	2%
Special Pokémon
Azelf	B2			W2			Only one	65	One
Amoonguss	B2			W2			Fake item	56	Three
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.

Special encounters

An Azelf appears here after speaking to Professor Juniper in the Cave of Being. If defeated or run from, it respawns after entering the Hall of Fame.

Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: None Azelf Lv.65 Future Sight Psychic Special   --       Nasty Plot Dark Status   --       Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Last Resort Normal Physical   --

Three Amoonguss appear here as fake items. They each have a 50% chance of holding a TinyMushroom, a 25% chance of holding a BigMushroom, and a 1% chance of holding a BalmMushroom.

Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Effect Spore Held item: None Amoonguss♂/♀ Lv.56 Toxic Poison Status   --       Synthesis Grass Status   --       Clear Smog Poison Special   --       SolarBeam Grass Special   --

Trainers

Trainer	Pokémon
Battle Girl Brenda ジュン Jun Reward: $1696	Throh♂ Lv.53 No item
Ace Trainer Grant タイキ Taiki Reward: $3180	Emolga♂ Lv.53 No item
	Jellicent♂ Male Lv.53 No item
Hiker Don タモツ Tamotsu Reward: $1632	Piloswine♂ Lv.51 No item
	Probopass♂ Lv.51 No item
Ace Trainer Juliet コトノ Kotono Reward: $3180	Swanna♀ Lv.53 No item
	Galvantula♀ Lv.53 No item
Black Belt Luke シンペイ Shinpei Reward: $1696	Sawk♂ Lv.53 No item
Pokémon Ranger Steve スティーブ Steve Reward: $3120	Stunfisk♂ Lv.52 No item
	Amoonguss♂ Lv.52 No item
Pokémon Ranger Lena レナ Rena Reward: $3180	Floatzel♀ Lv.53 No item
	Lucario♂ Lv.53 No item
Requires Cut
Hiker Doug トモタカ Tomotaka Reward: $1696	Boldore♂ Lv.53 No item
	Aggron♂ Lv.53 No item
Ace Trainer Miki ミキ Miki Reward: $3240	Scolipede♀ Lv.54 No item
	Arcanine♂ Lv.54 No item
Black Belt Benjamin テツジ Tetsuji Reward: $1696	Gurdurr♂ Lv.53 No item
	Scrafty♂ Lv.53 No item
Ace Trainer Tom ケント Kento Reward: $3240	Magmar♂ Lv.54 No item
	Mamoswine♂ Lv.54 No item
Requires Cut and Strength
Battle Girl Tiffany チサト Chisato Reward: $1696	Gurdurr♂ Lv.53 No item
	Mienshao♀ Lv.53 No item

Trivia

• The music that plays on this route features a slower, remixed version of the theme that plays in Professor Rowan's laboratory in the Generation IV games.
• This route and Route 23 in Kanto both have the same name, and are the last routes before their region's respective Pokémon Leagues. However, the positions of Route 23 and Victory Road in relation to the Pokémon League in Kanto are inverted in Unova.
  • Both also do not exist in another pair of games taking place in the region; Kanto's doesn't exist in Generation II and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, while Unova's doesn't exist in the original Pokémon Black and White.
• Route 23's background music was remixed for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. It can be heard in Wii U version on the Kalos Pokémon League. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, it can play on any stage from the Pokémon series.

Game locations of Legendary and Mythical Pokémon

Kanto Seafoam Islands • Power Plant • Victory Road • Cerulean Cave Route 10 • Route 25 • Pewter City • Roaming Pokémon Sevii Islands Mt. Ember • Navel Rock • Birth Island Johto Ilex Forest • Bell Tower • Whirl Islands • Mt. Silver Cave Burned Tower • Embedded Tower • Roaming Pokémon Hoenn Desert Ruins • Island Cave • Ancient Tomb • Cave of Origin • Marine Cave Terra Cave • Sky Pillar • Southern Island • Sea Mauville • Scorched Slab Pathless Plain • Nameless Cavern • Fabled Cave • Gnarled Den Trackless Forest • Crescent Isle • Sky • Roaming Pokémon Sinnoh Acuity Cavern • Valor Cavern • Spear Pillar • Turnback Cave Rock Peak Ruins • Iceberg Ruins • Iron Ruins • Snowpoint Temple Stark Mountain • Newmoon Island • Flower Paradise • Hall of Origin Ramanas Park • Floaroma Town • Roaming Pokémon Unova Guidance Chamber • Trial Chamber • Rumination Field • N's Castle • Abundant Shrine Giant Chasm • Dragonspiral Tower • Liberty Garden • Route 11 • Route 13 • Route 22 Route 23 • Celestial Tower • Nacrene City • Underground Ruins • Twist Mountain Dreamyard • Marvelous Bridge • Reversal Mountain • Coastal Biome • Roaming Pokémon Kalos Sea Spirit's Den • Team Flare Secret HQ • Terminus Cave Unknown Dungeon • Roaming Pokémon Alola Route 16 • Altar of the Sunne • Altar of the Moone • Mount Lanakila • Mahalo Trail Ruins of Conflict • Ruins of Life • Ruins of Abundance • Ruins of Hope Aether Paradise • Ancient Poni Path • Lake of the Sunne • Lake of the Moone Ten Carat Hill • Resolution Cave Galar Tower summit • Battle Tower • Master Dojo • Crown Shrine • Max Lair Rock Peak Ruins • Iceberg Ruins • Iron Ruins • Split-Decision Ruins • Giant's Bed Frigid Sea • Lakeside Cave • Ballimere Lake • Freezington • Roaming Pokémon Hisui Seaside Hollow • Temple of Sinnoh • Acuity Cavern • Valor Cavern • Verity Cavern Lava Dome Sanctum • Moonview Arena • Snowpoint Temple • Turnback Cave • Bonechill Wastes Cobalt Coastlands • Ramanas Island • Scarlet Bog • Coronet Highlands • Floaro Gardens Paldea Grasswither Shrine • Icerend Shrine • Groundblight Shrine • Firescourge Shrine Poco Path • Area Zero • Area Zero Underdepths • Glaseado Mountain South Province (Area One) • Asado Desert • West Province (Area One) • East Province (Area Three) Casseroya Lake • North Paldean Sea • South Province (Area Four) • North Province (Area Two) Alfornada Cavern • Great Crater of Paldea • Tagtree Thicket • East Province (Area One) South Province (Area Five) • Dalizapa Passage • Pokémon League • Socarrat Trail Kitakami Paradise Barrens • Wistful Fields • Oni Mountain • Dreaded Den • Loyalty Plaza Other Faraway Island • Distortion World • Sinjoh Ruins • Ultra Space Wilds

Unova
Settlements Nuvema Town • Accumula Town • Striaton City • Nacrene City • Castelia City • Nimbasa City • Anville Town Driftveil City • Mistralton City • Icirrus City • Opelucid City • Pokémon League • Lacunosa Town • Undella Town Black City • White Forest • Aspertia City • Floccesy Town • Virbank City • Lentimas Town • Humilau City Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 Bridges and tunnels Skyarrow Bridge • Driftveil Drawbridge • Tubeline Bridge • Village Bridge • Marvelous Bridge • Marine Tube Landmarks Dreamyard • Wellspring Cave • Pinwheel Forest • Liberty Garden • Desert Resort • Relic Castle • Battle Subway • Lostlorn Forest Cold Storage • Mistralton Cave • Chargestone Cave • Celestial Tower • Twist Mountain • Dragonspiral Tower • Moor of Icirrus Challenger's Cave • Victory Road (BW • B2W2) • N's Castle • Royal Unova • Giant Chasm • Undella Bay • Abyssal Ruins Abundant Shrine • Poké Transfer Lab • P2 Laboratory • Entralink • Unity Tower • Floccesy Ranch • Pledge Grove • Virbank Complex Pokéstar Studios • Castelia Sewers • Join Avenue • Cave of Being • Pokémon World Tournament • Reversal Mountain • Plasma Frigate Clay Tunnel • Underground Ruins • Strange House • Relic Passage • Seaside Cave • White Treehollow • Black Tower Access to Nature Preserve Other Blueberry Academy • Terarium

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