Appendix:Platinum walkthrough/Section 25

Stark Mountain

Outside

Stark Mountain (outside)

Available Pokémon (Outside)

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Fearow D P Pt Grass 51,53 20% 20% 0% Fearow D P Pt Grass 53 0% 0% 10% Golbat D P Pt Grass 51 0% 0% 10% Graveler D P Pt Grass 51,53 15% Weezing D P Pt Grass 52 10% Rhyhorn D P Pt Grass 52 5% Rhydon D P Pt Grass 54 20% Skarmory D P Pt Grass 53 5% Numel D P Pt Grass 51 5% Camerupt D P Pt Grass 53 20% Special Pokémon Torkoal D P Pt Poké Radar 51-53 22% 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 Dragon Tamer Darien タケル Takeru Reward: $1920 Dragonite♂ Lv.60 No item Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Items
Item Location Games Max Elixir In a corner northeast of the grass patch outside  Pt  Life Orb Southwest corner of the exterior (requires Rock Climb)  Pt

Follow the path (don't forget to use the nearby Rock Climb ledges to find the Life Orb) and you will see two Galactic Grunts. You'll overhear their conversation that Charon has replaced Cyrus as Team Galactic's leader, though it is doubtful if Charon will be as effective. Go through the entrance to the volcano.

Main Entrance

Stark Mountain (Main Entrance)

Available Pokémon (Main Entrance)

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Golbat D P Pt Cave 52 20% Graveler D P Pt Cave 51,53 15% Weezing D P Pt Cave 51,53 15% Rhyhorn D P Pt Cave 52 5% Rhydon D P Pt Cave 54 20% Slugma D P Pt Cave 52 5% Magcargo D P Pt Cave 54 20% 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
Item Location Games Escape Rope South-west corner (requires Strength)  Pt  PP Up South-east corner (requires Strength)  Pt  Full Heal North-west corner (requires Strength)  Pt  Full Restore East of entrance to second room (requires Strength and Rock Smash)  Pt  Star Piece In the wall north of the Full Restore (requires Strength and Rock Smash) (hidden)  Pt

When you enter, Mars demands to know what happened to Cyrus. Not believing your story about the Distortion World, she decides to face you.

Commander Mars Stark Mountain Platinum Reward: $4800

Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Bronzong Lv.58 Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♀ Lv.58 Poison Fang Poison Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Thick Fat Held item: Sitrus Berry Purugly♀ Lv.60 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --

Mars' Bronzor has evolved into a Bronzong. It can use Light Screen to halve out the damage caused by Special moves. Her Golbat and Purugly are about the same so the same tactics you used at Spear Pillar can bring them down.

Commander Jupiter Stark Mountain Platinum Reward: $4800

Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Bronzong Lv.58 Reflect Psychic Status   --       Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♀ Lv.58 Giga Drain Grass Special   --       Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Mean Look Normal Status   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Types: Poison Dark Ability: Stench Held item: Sitrus Berry Skuntank♀ Lv.60 Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       SmokeScreen Normal Status   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --

Jupiter will face you next. Her Bronzong knows Reflect to halve out the damage caused by physical attacks. Her Golbat and Skuntank are about the same as well.

After the battle, the two decide to quit the team as it is not much fun without Cyrus. They decide to journey to find the Distortion World. Charon doesn't care and leaves with the two grunts to find the Magma Stone. Using Strength, move the boulders to the right of you carefully and go up the stairs. With the aid of Strength and Rock Smash, go through the large door to the main room.

Large Room

Stark Mountain (Large Room)

Available Pokémon (Large Room)

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Golbat D P Pt Cave 53 10% Graveler D P Pt Cave 52,54 15% Koffing D P Pt Cave 53 5% Weezing D P Pt Cave 52,54 15% Rhydon D P Pt Cave 55 10% Slugma D P Pt Cave 53 5% Magcargo D P Pt Cave 53,55 40% 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 Ace Trainer Abel エイイチ Eiichi Reward: $3480 Glalie♂ Lv.59 No item Crobat♂ Lv.60 No item Ace Trainer Monique コトミ Kotomi Reward: $3480 Luxray♀ Lv.58 No item Gliscor♀ Lv.58 No item Ursaring♀ Lv.59 No item Ace Trainer Keenan マコト Makoto Reward: $3540 Primeape♂ Lv.58 No item Banette♂ Lv.59 No item Electabuzz♂ Lv.58 No item Ace Trainer Kassandra レイコ Reiko Reward: $3540 Jumpluff♀ Lv.58 No item Ampharos♀ Lv.59 No item Onix♀ Lv.58 No item Ace Trainer Stefan ユウヤ Yūya Reward: $3660 Pupitar♂ Lv.58 No item Torterra♂ Lv.61 No item Ace Trainer Jasmin シノブ Shinobu Reward: $3660 Drapion♀ Lv.61 No item Bird Keeper Krystal ソノコ Sonoko Reward: $1888 Staravia♀ Lv.55 No item Fearow♀ Lv.57 No item Noctowl♀ Lv.59 No item Black Belt Ray リキト Rikito Reward: $1392 Breloom♂ Lv.58 No item Toxicroak♂ Lv.58 No item Psychic Chelsey ナナ Nana Reward: $1888 Lunatone Lv.57 No item Gardevoir♀ Lv.59 No item Psychic Sterling ユウ Yū Reward: $1888 Solrock Lv.57 No item Gallade♂ Lv.59 No item Veteran Harlan トモゾウ Tomozō Reward: $4720 Raticate♂ Lv.57 No item Drifblim♂ Lv.58 No item Shiftry♂ Lv.59 No item Dragon Tamer Kenny ユウリ Yūri Reward: $1824 Bagon♂ Lv.57 No item Shelgon♂ Lv.57 No item Vibrava♂ Lv.57 No item Ace Trainer Skylar ヒデユキ Hideyuki Reward: $3480 Loudred♂ Lv.58 No item Rampardos♂ Lv.59 No item Pelipper♂ Lv.58 No item Ace Trainer Natasha ミサト Misato Reward: $3480 Wigglytuff♀ Lv.58 No item Medicham♀ Lv.58 No item Gardevoir♀ Lv.59 No item Dragon Tamer Drake マサフミ Masafumi Reward: $1824 Gible♂ Lv.57 No item Gabite♂ Lv.57 No item Dragonair♂ Lv.57 No item Black Belt Jarrett タクマ Takuma Reward: $1440 Machamp♂ Lv.60 No item

Items

Item Location Games Rare Candy At end of pit west of Ace Trainers Keenan and Kassandra  Pt  Flame Plate On the west side, at the end of a dead-end path, in the wall (hidden)  Pt  TM50 (Overheat) South of Ace Trainers Stefan and Jasmin (requires Strength)  Pt  Calcium In pit north of Bird Keeper Krystal and Black Belt Ray  Pt  Max Revive Near the south side, west of the Iron Ball (hidden)  Pt  Iron Ball End of pit west of Psychics Chelsey and Sterling  Pt  Stardust On the east side, in a single rock northeast of Ace Trainers Abel and Monique (hidden)  Pt  Iron Near the northeast corner, at the end of a raised dead-end path (hidden)  Pt  Max Revive Northwest of Veteran Harlan  Pt  Star Piece On a small boulder northeast of Bird Keeper Krystal and Black Belt Ray (hidden)  Pt  Fire Stone On a large boulder in the northwest corner of the room (requires Rock Smash) (hidden)  Pt  Max Elixir South end of pit north-west of Ace Trainers Abel and Monique (requires Rock Climb)  Pt  Nugget Far northeast corner of room (requires Rock Climb)  Pt  Ultra Ball Atop hill north-west of Bird Keeper Krystal and Black Belt Ray (requires Rock Climb)  Pt  Ultra Ball Near the southwest corner, in an area between two rocks west of Ace Trainers Keenan and Kassandra (requires Rock Climb) (hidden)  Pt

After you go north for a little bit, Buck will appear. After recognizing that Team Galactic is here, he will decide to team up with you as a tag partner. Like Marley and the other tag partners, he will also heal your team after every battle and Wild battles become double battles.

Pokémon Trainer Buck Stark Mountain Platinum Reward: None
Types: Ground Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Claydol Lv.63 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       AncientPower Rock Special   --

This room is so large it is recommended to stock up on Max Repels to make traveling through it a little less annoying. It is also highly recommended to take down the Trainers in this room as while you have Buck with you, since he can heal your team and the Trainers' Pokémon are between Level 57 and Level 61. Just remember that some items are inaccessible right now since you can't use Rock Climb as long as Buck is with you.

To make it easier to find the exit, head east past the first set of stairs until you see the path turn north. Keep going straight until you reach a dead end. Go down the nearby stairs and follow the path west, smashing a rock on the way. Continue until you climb some stairs and see two Trainers nearby. Turn left and follow the path to the northwestern part of the room. Go down some nearby stairs and move the Strength boulder. Then, you will be at the exit. Once there, Buck recognizes Team Galactic is inside and heads in.

Heatran's Room

Heatran's Room

Inside, Charon is unhappy that Mars and Jupiter quit and won't help him. He plans to use Heatran to control the volcanic eruption to gain millions. Noticing you and Buck, Charon quickly grabs the Magma Stone and gloats. However, a mysterious Trainer sends out a Croagunk to get the stone. This trainer is actually Looker in disguise and, as much as Charon denies it, Looker has him arrested while the two Galactic grunts with Charon run away.

Taking both you and Buck outside, while Buck goes to return the stone, Looker mentions his investigation into Charon's activities. He also states that now that Charon was arrested, Team Galactic is no longer a threat. After Buck returns, Fly to the Survival Area.

Survival Area

When you arrive, you will see Buck and Barry right by the house that was locked up earlier. This house is Buck's, and it is also the Battleground, where you can rechallenge the Sinnoh Gym Leaders and all five of your previous Multi Battle partners. There are four Trainers in here each day, and they can only be battled once a day. Talk to Buck and his grandfather, who will tell you the legend about Stark Mountain. This is important— if you don't talk to both, Heatran will not appear when you go back to Stark Mountain. Besides the Gym Leaders, the Elite Four's teams have also been upgraded as well, providing a harder challenge should you revisit the Pokémon League. Barry will also remain outside the Battleground building and on weekends, you can rechallenge him to a battle once a day.

If the player chose Turtwig:	If the player chose Chimchar:	If the player chose Piplup:
PKMN Trainer Barry Survival Area Platinum Reward: $6500 Types: Normal Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Staraptor♂ Lv.61 Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Steel Wing Steel Physical   --       U-turn Bug Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Swift Swim Held item: None Floatzel♂ Lv.59 Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Roserade♂ Lv.59 Giga Drain Grass Special   --       GrassWhistle Grass Status   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Types: Bug Fighting Ability: Swarm Held item: None Heracross♂ Lv.61 Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Immunity Held item: None Snorlax♂ Lv.63 Body Slam Normal Physical   --       Rest Psychic Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Types: Fire Fighting Ability: Blaze Held item: Sitrus Berry Infernape♂ Lv.65 Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Focus Blast Fighting Special   --	PKMN Trainer Barry Survival Area Platinum Reward: $6500 Types: Normal Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Staraptor♂ Lv.61 Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Steel Wing Steel Physical   --       U-turn Bug Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Roserade♂ Lv.59 Giga Drain Grass Special   --       GrassWhistle Grass Status   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Run Away Held item: None Rapidash♂ Lv.59 Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Sunny Day Fire Status   --       Bounce Flying Physical   --       Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Types: Bug Fighting Ability: Swarm Held item: None Heracross♂ Lv.61 Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Immunity Held item: None Snorlax♂ Lv.63 Body Slam Normal Physical   --       Rest Psychic Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Types: Water Steel Ability: Torrent Held item: Sitrus Berry Empoleon♂ Lv.65 Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Drill Peck Flying Physical   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Metal Claw Steel Physical   --	PKMN Trainer Barry Survival Area Platinum Reward: $6500 Types: Normal Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Staraptor♂ Lv.61 Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Steel Wing Steel Physical   --       U-turn Bug Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Run Away Held item: None Rapidash♂ Lv.59 Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Sunny Day Fire Status   --       Bounce Flying Physical   --       Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Swift Swim Held item: None Floatzel♂ Lv.59 Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Types: Bug Fighting Ability: Swarm Held item: None Heracross♂ Lv.61 Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Immunity Held item: None Snorlax♂ Lv.63 Body Slam Normal Physical   --       Rest Psychic Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Types: Grass Ground Ability: Overgrow Held item: Sitrus Berry Torterra♂ Lv.65 Leaf Storm Grass Special   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --

Just remember that after 10 Hall of Fame records, Barry's team will go up by 10 levels and then by 20 levels after 20 Hall of Fame records. The amount of prize money you receive is also increased by $1000, and finally $2000 when Barry's team is upgraded!

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