WALKTHROUGH / CHAPTER 7

Route 5: the western hills

Take the winding hill path, check two new trainer teams and collect berries beside the western trail. Return to Catsear if the battles leave your party worn down.

Western Route 5 · berry garden · a return to Catsear

Check your party at the Route 5 entrance

Start where the southern Route 4 road enters Route 5. Check your Pokemon’s health and moves before following the trail. This visit began with Poliwag, Spinarak and Crackliss; your team and battle choices may differ.

Follow the winding path down the western hill

Head south from the entrance to the first bend. Turn west, then follow the narrow path south and west around the trees. At the western clearing, continue south toward Isaac. Be ready for a battle before stepping into his line of sight.

Battle Bug Catcher Isaac

Finish Isaac’s battle beside the western tree line. His team includes two Combee forms and Pineco. The prize was ₽72 on this visit. Close the conversation to return to the trail, then check your party before heading farther east.

Pick the mature berries in the nearby garden

From Isaac, walk east to the four-plot garden beside the trees. Stand below the leftmost mature plant and interact with it to pick Aspear Berries, then do the same at the rightmost mature plant for Nanab Berries. This first visit gave two Aspear Berries and three Nanab Berries. Later growth, replanting and harvest amounts have not been checked here.

Return through Route 4 if your party needs rest

Isaac left two Pokemon low on health in this run, so the party returned to Catsear before taking on another trainer. From the garden, head west past Isaac and retrace the northern bends to the Route 4 entrance. On Route 4, follow the lower road east, then north beside the forest. Turn west into the clearing by Aidan, continue north and follow the trail east past the flowerbed toward Catsear.

Rest at Catsear’s Pokemon Center

Continue north from the Route 4 flowerbed and follow the bends back into southern Catsear. Climb the southern stairs, follow the brick road through the lower neighborhood and continue north toward the main square. Enter the Pokemon Center on the eastern side and accept the nurse’s offer to rest. All three party members were restored on this return visit, and the player’s money stayed unchanged.

Return to the trail beyond Isaac

Retrace the southern city road and Route 4 to Route 5. Follow the western bends back to Isaac, then continue south past him. Turn east along the lower trail below the garden. At its far end, take the small bend north, then east around the cliff and south to the next eastbound path.

Continue east to Youngster Trevor

Follow the lower eastbound path toward Trevor. He challenges you from beside the hill, using Kotora and Bonsly in this run. Complete the battle and close the conversation before moving on. The prize received was ₽80. Even after the recovery stop, the party finished this battle with little health to spare.

Review Crackliss’s Flame Wheel lesson

During Trevor’s battle, Crackliss reached level 14 and learned Flame Wheel in place of Leer. Read the move-learning screen carefully and choose a replacement that suits your own team. Your EXP totals and the point at which a move becomes available may differ.

Check your team before the next stretch

After Trevor, open the party menu and review your Pokemon’s health and moves. Keep a recovery plan before heading farther east. These directions cover the western trail through Trevor; later trainers, services and the route onward are still being explored.

PLAN YOUR TEAM

Battles in the western Route 5 hills

Prepare for Isaac and Trevor on the western Route 5 trail. These teams and prizes were encountered on the Fire-starter route on Monomyth difficulty.

FROM THE ADVENTURE

A look along the way

Reveal game screenshots
The battle result awards 72 after defeating Bug Catcher Isaac.
Isaac’s recorded prize was ₽72.
The game confirms that two Aspear Berries were picked from the leftmost mature plant.
The leftmost mature plant gave two Aspear Berries on this visit.
The game confirms that three Nanab Berries were picked from the rightmost mature plant.
The rightmost mature plant gave three Nanab Berries on this visit.
The Pokemon Center nurse thanks the player for waiting after resting the party in Catsear.
The return to Catsear restored all three party members.
Crackliss’s level-14 move-learning screen offers Flame Wheel alongside its existing moves.
Crackliss learned Flame Wheel instead of Leer during Trevor’s battle.
Trevor says Rolled right over after losing the battle.
Close Trevor’s post-battle dialogue and check your party before continuing.