Galar Route 8

Galar
Route 8

８番道路
Route 8

Connecting locations

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Circhester

Route 8

Route 7

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Location

Location of Route 8 in Galar.

Pokémon world routes

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Route 7

Route 9

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Route 8 (Japanese: ８番道路 Route 8) is a route in northeast Galar that connects Route 7 and Circhester. The northern portion of the route is also known as Steamdrift Way (Japanese: 湯けむり小路 Steamy Path).

Route description

Route 8 consists of two distinctly separate sections. The first area contains ancient ruins, with ladders and stairs connecting its lower and upper sections. Among other wild Pokémon roaming around, the ruins are also home to a group of Falinks, which move between holes in the rocky walls. In the northwest, there is a Pokémon Camp.

The route's second and much shorter section is called Steamdrift Way. This section contains a short bridge over a river and a couple patches of tall grass containing mostly Ice-type Pokémon. It is always hailing on Steamdrift Way.

Items

Route 8 proper

	Location	Games
Shiny Stone	On a ledge in the southeast	Sw Sh
X Defense ×3	In a corner at the top of the first set of stairs (hidden)	Sw Sh
TM96 (Smart Strike)	On the ledge north of the Trainer Tips sign	Sw Sh
Hyper Potion ×3	In an area between two ladders in the east	Sw Sh
Elixir	Between two ramp-like ledges near the middle of the route (hidden)	Sw Sh
Luxury Ball ×3	On a ramp-like ledge near the middle of the route	Sw Sh
Pixie Plate	In an indent south of the first Falinks hole (hidden)	Sw Sh
Max Revive	In an indent in the west	Sw Sh
Big Nugget	In front of a rock in the northwest (hidden)	Sw Sh
King's Rock	In a small alcove in the northeast part of the ruins	Sw Sh
Nugget	In a corner between two Falinks holes in the northeast part of the ruins (hidden)	Sw Sh
TM43 (Brick Break)	At the end of a narrow path in the northwest	Sw Sh
Terrain Extender	At the end of the path east of the Pokémon Camp	Sw Sh

Steamdrift Way

Item		Location	Games
	Star Piece ×2	In the western patch of tall grass (hidden)	Sw Sh

Pokémon

Route 8 proper

Random encounters

Pokémon	Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Haunter	Sw	Sh	Grass	38-40	10%
Rhyhorn	Sw	Sh	Grass	38-40	20%
Dusclops	Sw	Sh	Grass	38-40	15%
Bronzong	Sw	Sh	Grass	38-40	10%
Hippowdon	Sw	Sh	Grass	38-40	8%
Drapion	Sw	Sh	Grass	38-40	5%
Sandaconda	Sw	Sh	Grass	38-40	30%
Falinks	Sw	Sh	Grass	38-40	2%
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.

Visible encounters

Pokémon	Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Lunatone	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-41	5%
Solrock	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-41	5%
Boldore	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-41	10%
Boldore	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-41	25%
Gurdurr	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-41	25%
Gurdurr	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-41	10%
Golett	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-41	25%
Pawniard	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-41	20%
Rufflet	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-41	10%
Vullaby	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-41	10%
Togedemaru	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-41	5%
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.

Wanderers

Crustle appears in the northwest, blocking the narrow path leading to TM43. It does not respawn.
Falinks appear from various holes located around the ruins. They respawn every time the player exits the ruins.

Pokémon	Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Crustle	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	40	One
Falinks	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	40	N/A
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.

Steamdrift Way

Random encounters

Pokémon	Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Sneasel	Sw	Sh	Grass	38-41	25%
Delibird	Sw	Sh	Grass	38-41	10%
Delibird	Sw	Sh	Grass	38-41	15%
Snover	Sw	Sh	Grass	38-41	20%
Darumaka Galarian Form	Sw	Sh	Grass	38-41	5%
Snom	Sw	Sh	Grass	38-41	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.

Visible encounters

Pokémon	Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Sneasel	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-43	20%
Snorunt	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-43	25%
Throh	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-43	5%
Sawk	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-43	5%
Vanillish	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-43	10%
Snom	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-43	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

Route 8 proper

Trainer

Pokémon


	Doctor Joanna レイナ Reina Reward: $4,320

	Roselia♀	Lv.36
	No item

Hattrem	Hattrem♀	Lv.36
	No item


	Backpacker Barbara ノリコ Noriko Reward: $2,664

Dreepy	Dreepy♀	Lv.36
	No item

	Vullaby♀	Lv.37
	No item


	Musician Charles リュウタ Ryūta Reward: $2,368

Togedemaru	Togedemaru♂	Lv.37
	No item


	Colleagues Jordan and Alison キヨシとユリエ Kiyoshi and Yurie Reward: $6,660

	Excadrill♂	Lv.36
	No item

	Lucario♂	Lv.37
	No item

	Hippowdon♀	Lv.36
	No item

Perrserker	Perrserker♀	Lv.37
	No item

Steamdrift Way

Trainer

Pokémon


	Police Officer Bobby タカシ Takashi Reward: $4,440

	Arcanine♂	Lv.37
	No item

Boltund	Boltund♂	Lv.37
	No item

Trivia

The theme for this route, as well as Routes 6, 7, and 9, is a shortened version of the theme used in the northern parts of the Wild Area.

In other languages

Steamdrift Way

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	泉煙小路 / 泉烟小路 Quányān Xiǎolù
Chinese	Mandarin	泉煙小路 Chyùhnyīn Síulouh
French		Sentier des Sources
German		Dampfschwaden-Pfad
Italian		Sentiero del Vapore
Korean		모락모락 좁은 길 Morangmorak Jobeun Gil
Spanish		Senda Vaporosa