Appendix:Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Walkthrough/Part 2

## Route 20

Route 20 is a road that connects Floccesy Town and Virbank City. A river runs from the south all the way to Floccesy Ranch in the north. In autumn, fallen leaves cover the ground, changing the scenery drastically, making it the best season to explore this route.

Head straight east to battle a Youngster.

Go east and north to battle a Lass.

North of her in the grass is a Parlyz Heal. Go north to battle another Youngster.

If you try to go east, the stairs nearby will be blocked by a Hiker. You'll need Aspertia Gym's Badge to get past the Hiker. Instead, you'll want to head northwest. Hugh has gone to Floccesy Ranch, north of Route 20.

Check the rocks northwest of him to find a hidden Poké Ball. Cross the bridge going west. In the autumn, you'll be able to grab the Poké Ball in the fallen leaves. In other seasons, the item cannot be obtained because it's inside a rut in the ground. If you take the narrow passageway going west back briefly into Floccesy Town, you can find a hidden Potion at the far end of it.

Go back and north of the bridge to enter Floccesy Ranch.

## Floccesy Ranch

Floccesy Ranch came about naturally as Pokémon and people gathered in the area. The ranch is owned and operated by a husband and wife. A rich forest is located directly above Floccesy Ranch's northern boundaries.

When you try to pass through the opening in the fence on the west side of the ranch, Hugh will approach you and challenge you to a battle.

* If you chose Snivy
* If you chose Tepig
* If you chose Oshawott

Hugh still only has one Pokémon, and even though it's now Lv. 8, it still doesn't know any moves that can exploit your Pokémon's weaknesses. After the battle, he'll ask what you're doing here. You'll hand him the extra Town Map and he thanks you. After this, the owner of Floccesy Ranch and his wife approach you and introduce themselves to you two. The wife will give both you and Hugh a Potion. The owner asks for your help in searching for his lost Herdier. Hugh gets angry at him for not acting worried in the slightest and runs off in search of Herdier. You can also talk to the owner's wife and she will heal your Pokémon back to full health. You can do this whenever you need to.

Go west and you'll find Hugh looking for Herdier. Keep going further west and then east into the narrow path to find a Poké Ball. Near this is a Lass.

Go back to where Hugh is and go north. Hugh will follow you and continue to search for Herdier. If you go all the way north from here, you can battle a Janitor.

Approach the stairs and Hugh will give you a Parlyz Heal. Go down the stairs and through the grass to battle a Youngster.

South of him is an X Attack. Go back up and then go east; you'll hear a bark. Hugh will show up and tell you to keep checking deeper into the grove. Nearby is another Potion. Keep going further into the forest and you'll find a member of Team Plasma with Herdier. Hugh hurries off to notify the owner. The Team Plasma Grunt will throw TM21 (Frustration) at you and escape. Hugh and the owner will show up by you and Hugh will get upset at him for being so careless about the situation before departing, while the owner wonders if something happened to him.

Drop down the ledges and head back through Route 20 to Floccesy Town to have Alder help train your Pokémon.

## Floccesy Town

After returning from Floccesy Ranch, you'll meet up with Alder again who asks you to give him a hand with something. He heads back into his house. Follow him there. Before going inside, grab the X Speed on the west side of the house. Inside, Alder will ask you to battle two of his students. These students will use different Pokémon depending on which Pokémon you chose at the beginning of your journey.

* If you chose Snivy
* If you chose Tepig
* If you chose Oshawott

Alder will heal your Pokémon after both battles. He explains the basics of type matchups and weaknesses as well. After the battles, head outside and you'll meet a man who will give you a Medal Box before introducing himself as Mr. Medal. With the Medal Box, you can participate in the Medal Rally competition, as well as obtain Medals during your adventure by fulfilling various conditions. Visit the Pokémon Center and talk to Mr. Medal to start collecting these Medals.

The Medal Rally is a competition in which participants collect as many Medals as they can. Mr. Medal will give you Medals for any achievements you've fulfilled the conditions of. Not only that, but he'll give you Hint Medals, which have hints written on them about how to obtain proper Medals.
There are 255 Medals divided into five types, categorized by color: Adventure, Battle, Entertainment, Challenge, and Special. In the Medal Rally, you're assigned a Rank based on the number of Medals you've collected.

*For a list of obtainable Medals and how to receive them, see here.*

After Mr. Medal leaves, Alder shows up to inform you that the Aspertia Gym Leader has arrived. It's time for your first Gym battle! Take Route 19 to return to Aspertia City.

If you take the path on the right side of Alder's house, you'll eventually end up in a place called Pledge Grove.

## Pledge Grove

Pledge Grove doesn't have much to see here—unless you bring Keldeo here. Keldeo is a Mythical Pokémon that can be received as as a gift during special promotions. Its high Special Attack stat is one of its main characteristics. With Keldeo in your party, head to the rock with the deeply cut marks on it inside Pledge Grove. Inspect the rock and Keldeo will learn the move Secret Sword. After it learns this move, with the help of the spirits of Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion, it will change into its Resolute Forme.

## Route 19

Enter Route 19 from Floccesy Town and Alder will call down to you from the cliff again. He will descend from the cliff and will give you some words of encouragement for your Gym battle along with five Oran Berries. You can give one of these to your Pokémon and they will restore 10 HP when its HP is reduced to half or less in battle. Now head back to Aspertia City to take on the Gym.

## Aspertia City

### Trainers' School

When you visit the Trainers' School, the boy blocking the entrance moves to the left so you can go inside. Enter the school, where the Gym Leader Cheren teaches. The actual Gym is deep inside. Feel free to check the blackboard to learn about status conditions like Poison and Paralysis. One of the kids near the blackboard will give you an X Defend. When you're ready, head through the back door to the Gym.

#### Aspertia Gym

The man near the Gym, Clyde, stands near the entrance to the Gym in every city and always gives you a Fresh Water before you challenge the Gym. It restores the HP of one of your Pokémon by 50 points, so use it if your Pokémon gets weak in battle.

This Gym specializes in Normal-type Pokémon. Normal-type Pokémon are weak to Fighting-type moves, so having a Riolu from the Floccesy Ranch could really come in handy here. In order to challenge the Gym Leader, Cheren, you'll need to defeat both Gym trainers first.

After defeating Cheren, he'll reward you with the  Basic Badge! With this, Pokémon up to Lv. 20, including those received in trades, will obey you. He'll also give you TM83 (Work Up), which will raise the user's Attack and Special Attack by one stage each.

As you exit the Gym, Bianca be waiting outside. She sees you have the Basic Badge and will also give you TM27 (Return). This move does more damage the higher the user's happiness is. Cheren will exit the Gym as well and meet up with Bianca again after two years. Both Cheren and Bianca will register themselves as well as Professor Juniper into your Xtransceiver. Right after this, the Xtransceiver rings. It's Professor Juniper herself.

Bianca will mention that you can now call Professor Juniper to check how complete your Pokédex is, Bianca to have her tell you how the friendship between you and a Pokémon is, or Cheren to have him tell you about your Pokémon's Abilities and type matchups.

Hugh will show up and demand a Gym battle from Cheren. After they enter the Gym, Bianca will give you a C-Gear.

With the closure of the Pokémon Global Link for Generation V on January 14, 2014, the online functionality of the C-Gear is no longer operational.

Bianca will mention there's another Gym in Virbank City, just past Floccesy Town.

After this, once you earn the Basic Badge, you can talk to the woman on the second floor of the house to the south of the gate. She will give you an Ultra Ball. It's also of note that every time you defeat a Gym Leader, more items in the Poké Mart will become available to purchase.

## Floccesy Town

Head back to Floccesy Town and on your way to Route 20, Bianca will catch up with you again. She'll upgrade your Pokédex to add the **Habitat List** function. The Habitat List is a useful function that records the different wild Pokémon that appear in a location, such as on a route or in a cave. When you meet all of the possible Pokémon in a given location, you'll receive a stamp. There are two stamp types you receive: a pale-colored stamp for simply seeing all given Pokémon, and a dark-colored stamp for catching them all.

Bianca will mention that sometimes on a route, you can see rustling grass, and decides to wait and let you see what happens.

## Route 20

Now that you have your first Badge, you can encounter wild Pokémon in the rustling grass. The most common Pokémon you'll find this way is Audino. This Pokémon has a very high experience yield, and as such, it is an excellent Pokémon to train against.

Travel to the east side of the route. Upon seeing the Basic Badge, the Hiker that was blocking the path will challenge you.

Now head down the stairs to battle a Preschooler.

Proceed a bit further, and Hugh and Cheren will approach you from behind. You'll be taken to the bottom of the route where Cheren tells you that in patches of dark grass, you'll sometimes encounter two Pokémon at the same time or run into higher-level Pokémon. Cheren will give you and Hugh three Pecha Berries each. If held by a Pokémon, these will heal the Poison status.

You'll sometimes encounter two wild Pokémon when moving through patches of dark grass. This will trigger a Double Battle where the first two Pokémon in your party will appear in battle. If you want to catch one of the two Pokémon, you'll have to knock out the other one first. Pokémon that can be found in patches of dark grass are of a higher level than those that are found in standard tall grass in the same area. Because of this, they'll be a bit more challenging to catch.

Inside the dark grass by Hugh, you can pick up a Great Ball. Keep heading east on the route to battle another Preschooler.

In the patch of grass up the stairs from her is an Antidote. Go around northwest to battle a Nursery Aide.

Go up the stairs to find a Dire Hit. Up the next set of stairs from her are some Twins you can battle in a Double Battle.

Now head through the gate. Near the exit, the woman at the desk will give you two Great Balls. After this, head east into Virbank City.