Hammerlocke

Items: Hammerlocke

When you make it to Hammerlock, you’ll see Bede, Oleana, and Chairman Rose stood in ꦉthe middle of the road. Before you approach them, enter the house next to the Pokemon Center and𓄧 beat Mr. Focus to earn a Focus Sash. Note that he uses it during the fight – so his Pokemon will halt at 1HP – it won't be the insta-kill you're expecting.

Mr. Focus

Leave Mr. Focus' house and go east, then enter the midꦗdle house on the left. Listen to the man talk about the weather and he'll give you one of five items – return once a day to hear him out and get a new one. Leave the house then go up the set of stairs towards the enormous castle-esque building. Speak to the small girl wearing pink and she'll give you an Old Letter you need to deliver to a boy named Frank in Ballonlea. More on this later. Pick up the Wise Old Glasses in the corner and the Strawberry Sweet by the top of the stairs then head back to the Pokemon Center.

Approach the Chairman and co. to begin the cutscene. Follow Chairman Rose inside the stadium and he'll explain to you how it actually doubles as an energy plant, befo☂re showing you a diagram of how it all works. Nifty stuff. When you're done talking with Rose, leav🌼e and head west.

Leon will show up concerned about Hop, then after he leaves, on your right is the Battle Caꦬfe. Make sure yo🌄u return regularly to reap the rewards from Cafe Master Bernard.

Follow the road along and over the bridge, past the second Pokemon Center, and you'll meet Raihan by the entrance to the Vault. He's the leader of the Hammerlocke Gym, but you🌟 can't face him for a while because you need to have seven gym badges already. Go inside the Vault with him and he'll give you his league card.

Head up the stone stairs to the left and into the door at the top where you'll meet Sonia, who tells you all about the tapestries on the wall and pondersও over what it could all mean. When she's done, head to the bottom and listen to Raihan, as he tells you to head further west toward Route 6 and Stꦍow-on-Side.

Leave the Vault and opposite you in the cor𒆙ner of the garden stands a woman. She's looking for a Toxel and in exchange, she'll trade you a Togepi. It's up to you whether you want to give up the Toxel you were given earlier or not, but the option is there since both Pokemon are rare to come across.

Keep going left and speak to the next bloke who is looking for an Applin. If you've g💞ot one, feel free to give it to him — this isn't a trade, but you'll lose access to Applin temporarily. He'll give it back later th🐎ough, along with an item that allows you to evolve it. Next, go down the steps before the bridge and you'll find a man happy to teach a certain Pokemon a combo move.

Finally, go back up the st🔥airs and leave Hammerlocke over thꦗe bridge to find Route 6.

Route 6

Pokemon: Route 6 - Overworld

Pokemon: Route 6 (Random Encounters)

Pokemon: Route 6 - Fishing

Items: Route 6

Cross the bridge and the first people you'll find are two more Team Yell Grunts, insisting you keep the noise down as to not wake the Silicobra asleep by the side of the path. Hop 🔴will show up but you have t🌼he option to take on the two Grunts by yourself, one after the other.

Team Yell Grunt

Team Yell Grunt

When you've taken them both down, Hop will head oꦿff and the Silicobra will look at you disapprovingly, then slither off into the distance. A new character called Opal will show up and say some ominous words about how she's going to "keep an eye on you", give you her league card, then walk off. Weird.

Next step is to push through Route 6, collecting all of the items you can find and filling out your Pokedex. Beauty Anita is the first trainer you'll come🥃 up against.

Beauty Anita

Progress through the tall gr💧ass and you'll come up against a duo fight.

Medical Team Iwan and Evelyn (Duo)

Now you've got three ladders you can climb up along the bottom ridge of this cliff face. The middle one of the three is the one you need to climb to reach Stow-on-Side, so unless you're making a beeline for the next town, we'll use the oth🍨er two ladders first.

The on🧸e oꦍn the far right that you walk past first from Hammerlocke simply leads you to a fishing spot. Walk to the one on the far left and you'll come across Backpacker Diane.

Backpacker Diane

Walk past her to the ladder at the back and you'll find another camper with TM15 Dig in the corner. Dig is an incredibly pow🌊erful Ground-type move, so it's worth teaching to any of your Pokemon that can learn it.

On the left side up the slope is Cara Liss, a scientist researching fossils. If you have𒊎 any fossils, you can bring them to her, so remember her whereabouts for later. Go✤ back to the ladder you came up then walk left and head down the ladder at the end to find Light Clay. Head back up the ladder and down the one on the other side, then take the one on the right where you'll find Model Nicola pacing across the path.

Model Nicola

Follow the path to the right and take the next la🐲dder down. There's a berry tree in the corner you can shake for some tasty tꦿreats, followed by Backpacker Ruth.

Backpacker Ruth

After you take her down, follow the tall grass and go down the path at the bottom to reach TM30 Steel Wing.🎀 Go back up the way you ꦦcame and through the tunnel in the distance, where your final battle will be against Artist Duncan.

Artist Duncan

Keep heading forwards to reach Stow-on-Side!

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