Galar Route 9

Galar Route 9 ９番道路 Route 9

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Connecting locations   ↑ Circhester   ← Route 9 Tunnel Route 9 Spikemuth →

Location Location of Route 9 in Galar.

Pokémon world routes ← Route 8       Route 10 →

Route 9 (Japanese: ９番道路 Route 9) is a route in northeast Galar that connects Circhester, Spikemuth, and the Route 9 Tunnel. The middle portion of the route is also known as Circhester Bay (Japanese: キルクスの入り江 Circus Bay), while the southern portion is also known as Outer Spikemuth (Japanese: スパイクタウンはずれ Spike Town Outskirts).

Route description

Route 9 starts out as a cold, snowy route. The same river that runs through Route 8 also appears here. Unlike on Route 8, however, here it is possible to traverse the river and access a secluded area where TM64 (Avalanche) and a wanderer Glalie can be found.

Circhester Bay is a large body of water largely covered in floating chunks of ice, creating a natural maze that must be traversed in order to reach the other side. Several pieces of land are also present here, where Trainers and a Pokémon Camp can be found. In the west, there's a secluded beach with a pair of Swimmers, and in the south, the bay is bordered by another sandy beach. Due to the area's watery nature, either an upgraded Rotom Bike or a Poké Job Pokémon is required to cross it.

Unlike the rest of the route, Outer Spikemuth is not covered in snow or ice, instead having lush fields of tall grass. Two entrances to Spikemuth are also found here, with the main gate being initially closed until the player has earned the Dark Badge. In the west, Outer Spikemuth provides access to the Route 9 Tunnel, which connects Route 9 to Route 7.

Items

Route 9 proper

Item		Location	Games
	TM64 (Avalanche)	West just after entering Route 9, on an isolated rising inlet (requires an upgraded Rotom Bike)	Sw  Sh
	Max Potion	In the clearing in the field of grass just east of the route's signpost	Sw  Sh

Circhester Bay

All items here require an upgraded Rotom Bike to be accessed, aside from the upgrade itself.

Item		Location	Games
	Rotom Bike	Upgraded by a Doctor after driving off the Team Yell Grunts, after defeating Hop in Circhester	Sw  Sh
	Zoom Lens	On an isle situated immediately west just after entering Circhester Bay	Sw  Sh
	Max Revive	On an isle situated west after entering Circhester Bay	Sw  Sh
	Pearl ×2	West in an inlet, north of the Max Revive (hidden) On the shore between the fishing spots just east of the Swimmer before entering Outer Spikemuth (hidden)	Sw  Sh
	Big Pearl ×3	East in an inlet, north of the Max Revive (hidden) In the canal, north of the Pearl String (hidden) West of the Swimmer on the shore just before entering Outer Spikemuth (hidden)	Sw  Sh
	Black Belt	West on the little island with the Black Belt (hidden)	Sw  Sh
	Dive Ball ×3	West on a secret beach, near two Swimmers	Sw  Sh
	TM45 (Dive)	A gift from a Swimmer for visiting her secret beach	Sw  Sh
	Rare Candy	At the end of a path west of the Pokémon Camp (hidden)	Sw  Sh
	Never-Melt Ice	In the clearing in the field of grass west of the Fisher (hidden)	Sw  Sh
	Ice Stone	On the west side of the canal, northeast of the Fisher (hidden)	Sw  Sh
	Pearl String	On the east side of the canal, northeast of the Fisher (hidden)	Sw  Sh
	Protector	On a secluded shore directly east of the Trainer Tips signpost, next to the Circhester Bay signpost	Sw  Sh
	PP Up	In the water by the private beach with the Berry tree (hidden)	Sw  Sh
	Normal Gem	On a private beach just north of the Outer Spikemuth shore east of the Swimmer (hidden)	Sw  Sh
	TM22 (Rock Slide)	On a secluded shore directly northwest of the Outer Spikemuth shore	Sw  Sh
	Max Elixir	Between three rocks just before entering Outer Spikemuth (hidden)	Sw  Sh

Outer Spikemuth

Item		Location	Games
	Scope Lens	To the west in the clearing in the field of grass just at the end of the slope	Sw  Sh
	Dire Hit ×3	Up the slope to the east near the shipping crates (hidden)	Sw  Sh
	Guard Spec ×3	In the clearing in the field of grass by the four pallets, south of the front Spikemuth entrance (hidden)	Sw  Sh

Berry trees

Shaking a Berry tree can yield Berries, but a Pokémon may be shaken loose instead and steal some of the Berries after a battle.

Circhester Bay

Item		Location	Games
	Wiki Berry	Can fall from the Berry tree	Sw  Sh
	Aguav Berry	Can fall from the Berry tree	Sw  Sh
	Iapapa Berry	Can fall from the Berry tree	Sw  Sh
	Petaya Berry	Can fall from the Berry tree	Sw  Sh
	Apicot Berry	Can fall from the Berry tree	Sw  Sh

Outer Spikemuth

Item		Location	Games
	Lum Berry	Can fall from the Berry tree	Sw  Sh
	Roseli Berry	Can fall from the Berry tree	Sw  Sh
	Chople Berry	Can fall from the Berry tree	Sw  Sh
	Tanga Berry	Can fall from the Berry tree	Sw  Sh
	Salac Berry	Can fall from the Berry tree	Sw  Sh

Pokémon

Route 9 proper

Random encounters

Pokémon	Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Kingler	Sw	Sh	Grass	38-42	25%
Octillery	Sw	Sh	Grass	38-42	30%
Cramorant	Sw	Sh	Grass	38-42	40%
Pincurchin	Sw	Sh	Grass	38-42	5%
Fishing
Octillery	Sw	Sh	Fishing	38-42	60%
Wishiwashi	Sw	Sh	Fishing	38-42	30%
Pyukumuku	Sw	Sh	Fishing	38-42	10%
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
Pelipper	Sw	Sh	Grass	41-44	40%
Gastrodon East Sea	Sw	Sh	Grass	41-44	15%
Jellicent	Sw	Sh	Grass	41-44	5%
Jellicent	Sw	Sh	Grass	41-44	35%
Mareanie	Sw	Sh	Grass	41-44	35%
Mareanie	Sw	Sh	Grass	41-44	5%
Pyukumuku	Sw	Sh	Grass	41-44	5%
Surfing
Qwilfish	Sw	Sh	Surfing	39-43	30%
Pelipper	Sw	Sh	Surfing	39-43	40%
Mantyke	Sw	Sh	Surfing	39-43	25%
Jellicent	Sw	Sh	Surfing	39-43	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

• Glalie is located at the end of the stream west of the bridge by Circhester. It does not respawn.

Pokémon	Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Glalie	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	55	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.

Circhester Bay

Random encounters

Pokémon	Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Gastrodon East Sea	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-43	30%
Inkay	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-43	25%
Cramorant	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-43	40%
Pincurchin	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-43	5%
Berry trees
Greedent	Sw	Sh	Berry tree	39-43	100%
Fishing
Lapras	Sw	Sh	Fishing	39-43	1%
Mantine	Sw	Sh	Fishing	39-43	10%
Wailmer	Sw	Sh	Fishing	39-43	34%
Wailord	Sw	Sh	Fishing	39-43	5%
Mantyke	Sw	Sh	Fishing	39-43	50%
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
Octillery	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-43	24%
Barbaracle	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-43	10%
Barbaracle	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-43	20%
Bergmite	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-43	15%
Bergmite	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-43	20%
Toxapex	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-43	20%
Toxapex	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-43	5%
Dhelmise	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-43	1%
Clobbopus	Sw	Sh	Grass	39-43	30%
Surfing
Remoraid	Sw	Sh	Surfing	39-43	15%
Mantine	Sw	Sh	Surfing	39-43	10%
Wailmer	Sw	Sh	Surfing	39-43	40%
Mantyke	Sw	Sh	Surfing	39-43	35%
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

• There are several Grapploct in the water. They respawn when going too far into Route 9 proper or Outer Spikemuth (around past the signposts) or using the Flying Taxi. Their locations are:
  • Waiting directly east of the northern entrance to Circhester Bay
  • Moving in a circle around a group of icebergs northwest of the Pokémon Camp
  • Moving back and forth in a canal southwest of the Pokémon Camp
  • Moving in a circle around an iceberg between the Trainer Tips signpost and Circhester Bay signpost
  • Moving in a circle around a rock west of the Berry Tree

Pokémon	Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Grapploct	Sw	Sh	Wanderer	50	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.

Outer Spikemuth

Random encounters

Pokémon	Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Liepard	Sw	Sh	Grass	40-44	25%
Thievul	Sw	Sh	Grass	40-44	30%
Perrserker	Sw	Sh	Grass	40-44	40%
Morpeko	Sw	Sh	Grass	40-44	5%
Berry trees
Greedent	Sw	Sh	Berry tree	40-44	100%
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
Jellicent	Sw	Sh	Grass	40-44		5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%
Bergmite	Sw	Sh	Grass	40-44	40%
Mareanie	Sw	Sh	Grass	40-44	24%
Toxapex	Sw	Sh	Grass	40-44	5%
Dhelmise	Sw	Sh	Grass	40-44	1%
Clobbopus	Sw	Sh	Grass	40-44	30%
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 9 proper

Trainer	Pokémon
Fisher Harriet ミサキ Misaki Reward: 2,496	Barraskewda♀ Lv.39 No item
	Lanturn♀ Lv.39 No item
Dancer Zoe リオ Rio Reward: 2,496	Darumaka♀ Galarian Form Lv.39 No item
	Bellossom♀ Lv.39 No item

Circhester Bay

Trainer	Pokémon
After defeating Hop at Circhester
Team Yell Grunt Reward: 3,200	Linoone♀ Galarian Form Lv.39 No item
	Pangoro♂ Lv.40 No item
After upgrading the Rotom Bike
Black Belt Carter ケンジ Kenji Reward: 2,624	Grapploct♂ Lv.41 No item
Black Belt Reece タクマ Takuma Reward: 2,624	Sawk♂ Lv.41 No item
	Throh♂ Lv.41 No item
Fisher Marina ミナト Minato Reward: 2,560	Qwilfish♀ Lv.39 No item
	Pyukumuku♀ Lv.40 No item
Swimmer Jacob ユウヤ Yūya Reward: 2,496	Cloyster♂ Lv.39 No item
Swimmer Logan カツノリ Kataunori Reward: 2,560	Wishiwashi♂ Lv.40 No item
	Wailord♂ Lv.40 No item
Swimmer Scarlett ヤスコ Yasuko Reward: 2,560	Remoraid♂ Lv.39 No item
	Octillery♀ Lv.40 No item
	Mantine♀ Lv.40 No item
Swimmer Layla マリエ Marie Reward: 2,496	Toxapex♀ Lv.39 No item

Outer Spikemuth

Trainer	Pokémon
Music Crew Owen and Andrea リョウマ と ヒビキ Ryōma and Hibiki Reward: 5,248	Toxtricity♂ Lv.41 No item
	Maractus♀ Lv.41 No item

Pokémon Trainer Marnie Route 9 Sword and Shield Reward: 5,280

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Prankster Held item: None Liepard♀ Lv.42 Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Torment Dark Status   --       Nasty Plot Dark Status   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Types: Poison Fighting Ability: Dry Skin Held item: None Toxicroak♀ Lv.43 Venoshock Poison Special   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Swagger Normal Status   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Types: Dark Fighting Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Scrafty♀ Lv.43 Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Scary Face Normal Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Swagger Normal Status   --       Types: Electric Dark Ability: Hunger Switch Held item: None Morpeko♀ Lv.44 Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Torment Dark Status   --       Spark Electric Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --

In the manga

Route 9 in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

In Pokémon Adventures, there's a highway running across Circhester Bay, allowing it to be crossed by driving.

Sword & Shield chapter

Route 9 first appeared in PASS21, where Henry and Casey traveled through it on their way to Spikemuth. Using his newly upgraded Rotom Bike, Henry chose to cross Circhester Bay by traveling across the water so he could battle the wild Pokémon there for training, while Casey, Marvin, and Professor Magnolia used the highway to get to the other side. After training for a while with his recently obtained Mr. Rime, Henry made it to the other side and was reunited with the others at Outer Spikemuth.

While Henry was traversing through the route, Casey suddenly regained her memories of how exactly she had lost her Pokémon a year earlier. When Henry reunited with the others, Casey told him that her Pokémon had been stolen by two people who referred to themselves as celebrities. In PASS22, their van was attacked by a Golisopod and a Bronzong sent by these very people, demanding them to hand over the information that Sonia had sent to the group regarding them.

Meanwhile, Raihan met up with Piers at Outer Spikemuth, discussing things related to Chairman Rose and the condition of Spikemuth, until commotion coming from the other side of the Route 9 Tunnel caught their attention. It turned out that Sonia had been attacked en route to meet Henry and Casey. While Leon took her to Hammerlocke, Piers took the camera she had held and took it to Route 9. He handed it over to the Pokémon attacking Henry and Casey, initially enraging Casey, but she calmed down when Piers revealed that he had removed the camera's memory card before handing it over. However, it turned out that the same attack that had hit Sonia had also corrupted the data on the card, making the one video stored on it almost completely unintelligible.

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  Circhester Bay

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  Outer Spikemuth

Trivia

• The theme for this route, as well as Routes 6, 7, and 8, is a shortened version of the theme used in the northern parts of the Wild Area.
• Swimmer Jacob mentions that swimming experts can swim all the way from Galar to Kalos. This is a double reference to the famous English Channel crossing swims between England and France, and to X and Y, where the player can meet a similar Swimmer in Azure Bay who said he could swim all the way from Kalos to Hoenn.

In other languages

Circhester Bay

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 戰競灣 / 战竞湾 Zhànjìng Wān Mandarin 戰競灣 Jingeih Wāan French Baie de Ludester German Circhester-Bucht Italian Baia di Circhester Korean 키르쿠스만 Circus Man Spanish Bahía de Auriga

Outer Spikemuth

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 尖釘鎮郊外 / 尖钉镇郊外 Jiāndīng Zhèn Jiāowài Mandarin 尖釘鎮郊外 Jīmdēng Jan Gāaungoih French Abords de Smashings German Spikeford-Ortsrand Italian Perif. di Spikeville Korean 스파이크마을 변두리 Spike Maeul Byeonduri Spanish Afueras de Crampón

Galar
Settlements Postwick • Wedgehurst • Motostoke • Turffield • Hulbury • Hammerlocke Stow-on-Side • Ballonlea • Circhester • Spikemuth • Wyndon Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 Landmarks Slumbering Weald • Galar Mine • Galar Mine No. 2 • Motostoke Outskirts Glimwood Tangle • Route 9 Tunnel • Rose Tower/Battle Tower • Energy Plant Wild Area Meetup Spot • Rolling Fields • Dappled Grove • Watchtower Ruins • East Lake Axewell • West Lake Axewell Axew's Eye • South Lake Miloch • Giant's Seat • North Lake Miloch • Motostoke Riverbank • Bridge Field Stony Wilderness • Dusty Bowl • Giant's Mirror • Hammerlocke Hills • Giant's Cap • Lake of Outrage Isle of Armor Fields of Honor • Master Dojo • Soothing Wetlands • Forest of Focus • Challenge Beach • Tower of Waters • Brawlers' Cave Challenge Road • Tower of Darkness • Courageous Cavern • Loop Lagoon • Training Lowlands • Warm-Up Tunnel Potbottom Desert • Workout Sea • Stepping-Stone Sea • Insular Sea • Honeycalm Sea • Honeycalm Island Crown Tundra Slippery Slope • Max Lair • Freezington • Frostpoint Field • Giant's Bed • Rock Peak Ruins • Iron Ruins • Old Cemetery Snowslide Slope • Iceberg Ruins • Tunnel to the Top • Path to the Peak • Crown Shrine • Giant's Foot • Roaring-Sea Caves Frigid Sea • Three-Point Pass • Split-Decision Ruins • Ballimere Lake • Lakeside Cave • Dyna Tree Hill

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