Unova Route 5

Route 5 (Japanese: Route 5) is a route in central Unova, connecting Nimbasa City to the Driftveil Drawbridge.
==Route description==
Route 5 is a short forested path, dominated by a paved road that connects Nimbasa City with the Driftveil Drawbridge. There is a trailer parked on the road, which is owned by the hungry maid. The entire northern strip of the route is a narrow, grassy path where s can encounter wild Pokémon.
Upon the initial visit in , the player will meet the , Alder, for the first time. He will request that the player and Cheren battle two s.
Once the player has entered the Hall of Fame, Cheren can be found facing the fence at the bottom of the route. He talks about strength and his journey, and then goes to , where he can be fought for the final time.
In , a Hidden Grotto is located in the alcove northeast of the trailer. Bianca will guide the player to it the first time Route 5 is visited. The player will encounter a male with .
The near the Hidden Grotto will sell 5 random that raise the friendship of the Pokémon they are used on, but lower the base s of that Pokémon in one of their stats. She will sell the five Berries for a total of 200. The player can only buy 5 Berries once per day. As it is based on the , Berries can be manipulated by soft resetting the game, but only if the player does not talk to her. When the game is restarted, she will sell different Berries.
Driftveil Drawbridge is inaccessible until after the player battles the two Preschoolers or Charles, both of which can only be battled after Elesa has been defeated.
===Gourmet maniac===
A found in the sole trailer on this route, will sniff out any gourmet cooking ingredients in the player's bag and offer to buy them for a price higher than usual.
==Items==
 
===Hidden Grotto===
In , when the contents of the Hidden Grotto in this location regenerate, the following items may spawn at the following rates:
 Visible items
Item	Item 	Rate
 	 	12.5%
 	Great Ball 	5%
 	Ultra Ball 	2%
 	Potion 	6.25%
 	Super Potion	2.5%
 	Hyper Potion	1%
 	Repel 	6.25%
 	Super Repel 	2.5%
 	Max Repel 	1%
 	Fire Stone 	0.25%
 	Water Stone 	0.25%
 	Thunderstone	0.25%
 	Leaf Stone 	0.25%
 Hidden items
Item	Item 	Rate
 	Damp Mulch 	6.25%
 	Growth Mulch	6.25%
 	Stable Mulch	6.25%
 	Gooey Mulch 	6.25%
 	TinyMushroom	7.5%
 	Big Mushroom	2.5%
 	Red Shard 	1%
 	Green Shard 	1%
 	Yellow Shard	1%
 	Blue Shard 	1%
 	Rare Candy 	0.25%
 	PP Up 	0.5%
 	PP Max 	0.25%
==Pokémon==
===Pokémon Black and White===
===Pokémon Black 2 and White 2===
==Trainers==
===Pokémon Black and White===
In addition to battling the player, Cheren will also join them in the Multi Battle against s Sarah and Billy, using the same team.
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===Pokémon Black 2 and White 2===
Initially, a crowd is blocking the way to Driftveil Drawbridge, watching Motorcyclist Charles having a battle. Once the player has earned the , Charles will challenge them to a Rotation Battle/Triple Battle, after which the crowd clears away.
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==Trainer Tips==
===Pokémon Black and White===
===Pokémon Black 2 and White 2===
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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 and first arrived on Route 5 in Ash Versus the Champion!, where Ash met and had a battle with Alder. The area is known as "Performers Square", and much like its game counterpart, musicians and artists perform in the area. A bit past the Driftveil Drawbridge is also a town which holds Pokémon Musical Contests, as shown in A Maractus Musical!.
In The Four Seasons of Sawsbuck!, it was shown that there is also a large forest located along Route 5, home to groups of and . Deep in the forest is a mysterious place where, very rarely, all four seasonal forms of Sawsbuck can be seen together. As shown in The Lonely Deino!, there is a center close to Driftveil City, where befriended a .
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Route 5 first appeared in Unraveling Mysteries, where took there to talk about how her Tepig had chosen to go with the day before. They then met a named Chris, who took them to see the Battle Subway.
In Drawing Bridges, a mischievous was revealed to be tampering with the controls of the Driftveil Drawbridge, causing a line of people to form on Route 5 as they were unable to get to the other side.
==Music==
Games	Location 	Song name (Japanese)	Song name (English Translation)	Composition 	Arrangement 	Variable Scoring
 	Everywhere	4番道路 	Route 4 	Junichi Masuda	Shota Kageyama	The instruments that play in theintro of the theme variesacross seasons being eithera Flute, Brass Section, Xylophone, or Glockenspiel
Percussion track added in when theplayer is walking
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connects Route 5 to Nimbasa City	ゲート 	Gate 	Hitomi Sato 	Hitomi Sato 	
==Trivia==
*Outside of mass outbreaks and Hidden Grottoes, the wild Pokémon that appear on this route are exactly the same as those on .
==Related articles==
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