Unova Route 9

Unova Route 9 ９番道路 Route 9

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Map description This paved road attracts those who love bikes.

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 ← Tubeline Bridge Route 9 Opelucid City →   Challenger's Cave ↓

Location Location of Route 9 in Unova.

Pokémon world routes ← Route 8       Route 10 →

Route 9 (Japanese: ９ばんどうろ Route 9) is a route located in the northern section of Unova. Tubeline Bridge serves as its western terminus, and leads to Opelucid City at its eastern terminus. Route 9 also holds the entrance to Challenger's Cave, which is only accessible after defeating the Elite Four.

Route description

Route 9 is a short route between Tubeline Bridge and Opelucid City. There are six trainers, and one double battle. Two of the trainers are moving, while the others are stationary. To the north of the route is Shopping Mall Nine, with a vending machine to the right. At the bottom of the route are several tall grass patches and dark grass patches, separated by trees. After going down stairs, a Black Belt will be blocking the entrance to Challenger's Cave. After completing the game, Challenger's Cave may be entered.

Places of interest

Shopping Mall Nine is located on Route 9.

Items

Item		Location	Games

Pokémon

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
									Sp	Su	Au	Wi
Liepard	B			W			Grass	33	10%
Garbodor	B			W			Grass	31-33	20%
Minccino	B			W			Grass	32	20%
Gothorita	B			W			Grass	31-34	30%
Duosion	B			W			Grass	31-34	30%
Pawniard	B			W			Grass	31-34	20%
Dark grass
Liepard	B			W			Grass	38	10%
Garbodor	B			W			Grass	36-38	20%
Minccino	B			W			Grass	37	20%
Gothorita	B			W			Grass	36-39	30%
Duosion	B			W			Grass	36-39	30%
Pawniard	B			W			Grass	31-39	20%
Rustling grass
Audino	B			W			Grass	31-34	80%
Cinccino	B			W			Grass	34	5%
Gothitelle	B			W			Grass	34	5%
Reuniclus	B			W			Grass	34	5%
Emolga	B			W			Grass	32	10%
Special Pokémon
Poochyena	B			W			??? Swarm	15-55	40%
Houndour	B			W			??? Swarm	15-55	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
Biker Phillip フィリップ Phillip Reward: $1152	Krokorok♂ Lv.36 No item
	Scraggy♂ Lv.36 No item
Roughneck Reese Roughneck Reese リュウジ Ryūji Reward: $864	Krokorok♂ Lv.36 No item
	Garbodor♂ Lv.36 No item
Hooligans Jim & Cas ジムとサブ Jim and Sabu Reward: $2368	Scraggy♂ Lv.37 No item
	Scraggy♂ Lv.37 No item
Biker Zeke キョウジ Kyōji Reward: $1184	Pawniard♂ Lv.37 No item
Roughneck Chance Roughneck Chance エイキチ Eikichi Reward: $888	Scraggy♂ Lv.37 No item

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

This article is part of Project Routes, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every route in the Pokémon world.