A Rocket Grunt will be blocking off the upper levels of the Tower, so visit the now-empty Goldenrod Underground and talk to the only person around to acquire the Rocket disguise that you might have worn earlier in the game. The man who sold you the Ragecandybar will finally let you pass, so head into Route 44. In Generation II, the Gym has two floors.On the upper floor, the player has to use the HM Strength to move boulders to make a bridge on the bottom floor. Clair is the gym leader of the Blackthorn Gym, probably the first place after the Pokemon Center that you will want to visit.This is the eighth and final badge for the Johto region, and is the final step to entering the Pokemon League. The Rocket Grunt will step aside when you talk to him, but your Rival will run up out of nowhere and blow your cover, causing the Rocket Grunt to attack you; he only has two Raticate, however, so he's not a big deal. The final platform must be moved in the following sequence: left arrow, blue button twice, right arrow, blue button, up arrow three times, blue button, right arrow, blue button, up arrow twice. Slide back across and continue on the main path for the rest of this floor. To get the Extremespeed Dratini, do not answer in the following ways: "Underling" (second choice) for question one; "Cheating" (third choice) for question two; "Weak person" (first choice) for question three; and "Violence" (second choice) for question four. This page contains to be the walkthrough list of the two video games: Pokémon HeartGold and Pokémon SoulSilver released for the Nintendo DS.Pokémon HeartGold and Pokémon SoulSilver is the remake of the second generation in the Pokémon series. Unlike the previous games, the Blackthorn City gym features a specific maze featuring platforms you need to move and rotate in order to get the path you desire. You can fall down from the upper-left hole and then slide left to find a Max Potion. If you do this correctly, the Dragon Master will later reward you with the Extremespeed Draini. When you get back to Goldenrod City, you'll notice that Team Rocket agents are blocking off many of the City's building, including the Gym and the Flower Shop, with more agents blocking the path to the Happiness Rater and the Bike Shop. When you get back to Blackthorn City, Professor Elm will call you, congratulate you on earning all of Johto's Badges, and ask you to return to New Bark Town. After a Bird Keeper with a Hoothoot and a Pidgeotto is the entrance of Ice Path, so heal up and head inside. Golbat shows up again and goes down against Electric-, Psychic- and Ice-type attacks as usual. Once you get the Dragon Fang, Surf to the entrance of the shrine, which you passed along the way. Kingdra is tough, as its only weakness is Dragon-type; your best bet is to paralyze, poison or put Kingdra to sleep and use your strongest attacks. Ice path has some areas of slippery ice, as well as some puzzles involving rolling boulders with Strength into holes in the ground that can create the correct path for sliding on the ice to go through the cave. The Pokemart will be the first in the game to sell Ultra Balls, so you might want to stock up on those. Don't bother. A Protein vitamin, which gives a Pokemon 10 Attack EVs, is on the ledge above. Pokemon HeartGold SoulSilver Walkthrough Part 8 - Departing for Route 30 to Violet City. © Copyright 2008-2012 RarityGuide, Inc. All rights reserved. When you first enter, the guy who gives you tips will note that Pokemon must be kept in their Pokeballs in this Gym, meaning that your first Pokemon won't show up on the overworld but you'll still be able to use it in battle. Walk upwards and your Coach will approach you. This Town Is Rather Simple, Several houses, Gym, Pokémon Center and a Shop. Appendix:Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Walkthrough. While this section isn't that hard to figure out, it can get rather tedious due to wild battles, so feel free to use your Repels to speed up the process. Fight the nearby Rocket with a Raticate and Koffing and head up to the fourth floor. Either way, his team is pretty easy to take down as long as you haven't been lazy in your own training. He can even erase HM's Leave the Radio Tower; your next destination is Mahogany Town. The fourth floor has hostages DJ Mary and her Meowth, as well as optional fights with a female Grunt with four Poison-types, a male Grunt with three more, and a Scientist with a Porygon. You might want a Jynx or Swinub for the upcoming Gym battle. This part of the walkthrough covers Blackthorn Gym. 21,453 views. Agree to push her along to open the path for you to slide down. Blackthorn City. Each boulder is placed closest to the hole that it should go through, although you'll need to circle around the area to push the upper left boulder from above. Finally, Ariana's Vileplume can be burned with Typhlosion/Magmar or knocked out with Extrasensory/Confusion or Ice-type attacks. Clair is tough, so don't get discouraged if you lose a few times. Enter your details below to join our email list and receive our newsletter. Grab the Full Heal on the ground and then head down the ladder. You now have to cross one final ice patch. Get a Pokemon like Tentacool that knows Whirlpool and then Surf over there; because Clair has allowed it, you'll be permitted to go inside. You might want to heal back at the Pokemon Center before ascending the elevator. While Surfing, you can also find Poliwag, which has two decent final evolutions: Water/Fighting-type Poliwrath and cute Water-type Politoed. As a reward, he gives you a key item dependent on your version: Rainbow Wing in HeartGold or Silver Wing in SoulSilver, the items needed to encounter Ho-oh and Lugia respectively. He will tell you that the Gym has unstable footing, so you want to keep your Pokemon inside their Poke Balls. On the fifth floor, instead of the Director, you'll find Petrel in disguise. Pokemon HeartGold SoulSilver Walkthrough Part 52 – Blackthorn Gym, Douglas Shepard (Editor in Chief, RarityGuide.com), Pokemon HeartGold SoulSilver Kanto Walkthrough, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), Skyrim Walkthrough: The Golden Claw Quest, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood - Subject 16 Puzzle Solutions, Mass Effect 3 Endings Guide - HEAVY SPOILERS, Skyrim Walkthrough: College of Winterhold - Under Saarthal, Skyrim Walkthrough: College of Winterhold - Revealing the Unseen. Remoraid evolves into Octillery, which is slow but has great offensive stats. ... How do you get to Blackthorn City? At this point, the route splits into two paths, but both lead to the entrance of Ice Path in the east. All Rights Reserved. Blackthorn City, an isolated mountain dwelling, is the home the Dragon Clan, whose members include Lance and his cousin Clair, the Blackthorn City Gym Leader. Other than his starter, which will be in its final form now unless you started with Chikorita, the types of his Pokemon are uncommon, but they have plenty of weaknesses and make for a rather fragile team overall. Between the water in the middle of the route is a small patch of grass that has a Max Revive and two new Pokemon: Normal-type Lickitung, who is exclusive to this area, and Grass-type Tangela. Once in place, the positioning of the boulders from the second floor will allow you to reach a ladder in the middle of a giant sheet of ice on Ice Path B2. The blue button causes a platform to rotate in place while the left and right red arrows move you in that direction. As in was the case in Crystal, HGSS's Ice Path was redesigned to look much more icy than its G/S incarnation, with the music being remixed to convey the same feeling. to draw Giovanni out from hiding. Mortar, New Bark Town, Ecruteak City Part 13 - … The path on the other side has another geyser and three more Ace Trainers: a male with a Horsea and Seadra, a female with a Seadra, and a male with a Dragonair. Ariana is toughest Rocket Executive yet, but she's still easy to beat. The only notable thing in the next area is the NeverMeltIce on the ground; this hold item boosts Ice-type moves by 20%. The Dragon Fang is on a ledge to the north. You can step on the green geyser to return to the start of the gym, and after the female Ace Trainer is another rotating platform. At the end of a narrow path to the right of him is a Calcium, which gives 10 Special Attack EVs to one Pokemon. Luckily for you, it's team of five Level 30 Koffing and a Level 32 Weezing, so as long as you don't have a team of pure Grass-type Pokemon, you should be fine. She'll inform you to take Route 27 to reach the Pokemon League and then she'll leave. After him, the final Grunt, who has two Koffing, will be guarding the real Director. Blackthorn City Gym is the location where the Gym Leader Clair resides, who uses Dragon-type Pokémon.Even if defeated, the player doesn't receive her Rising Badge unless he/she goes into the Dragon's Den and does her request. Inside, the Dragon Master will ask you five questions. This article is part 52 of a 59 part series. The female Rocket Grunt near the purple switch has two Gloom, and just above her is another (completely optional) male Grunt with a Rattata. Surf along the perimeter of the area until you get to the shore in lower-right corner. A woman near the formerly-locked door on the third floor will give you TM11 - Sunny Day, a weather-altering move that causes intense sunlight for five turns. I hope you enjoy the walkthrough. The beginning of Ice Path is rather linear, as there's only one path to follow. As usual, Golbat can be dispatched by using Ampharos/Electrode or any Pokemon that knows a Psychic- or Ice-type attack. Ascend the nearby staircase and you'll emerge near an Amulet Coin, which doubles money earned in a Trainer battle, and find yourself in the Department Store's basement. While Ice Path has no Trainers, and its wild Golbat can get annoying, it does have three exclusive Pokemon: Jynx, Swinub and Delibird. The next room has an Ultra Ball behind some boxes near the entrance. Just talk to him and he will ask which move you want deleted. Also, if you're confused on how a Pokémon's name is correctly pronounced, click here. Blackthorn City, an isolated mountain dwelling, is the home the Dragon Clan, whose members include Lance and his cousin Clair, the Blackthorn City Gym Leader. It has the weak Dragon Rage, which takes away 40 HP per hit, and it can't use Dragon Pulse and Twister effectively due to its poor Special Attack and lack of STAB; watch out for its Bite, however. Faster Pokemon are recommended for this fight, as Archer's dogs know Fire Fang and Bite, which can cause your Pokemon to flinch. He'll give you key item Card Key, which opens the locked door on the third floor of the Radio Tower. Ariana was the final threat before the elevator that will take you to the top floor of the Radio Tower.