Mission #013: Basic Literacy
Start Location Dresco Town – man in beanie on southern tip
Unlock Requirements
  • Completed main story missions up until Dresco Town
Objectives Read all 45 Trainer Tips signs in the game
Reward Item: Notebook

A young aspiring punk rocker who can’t read wants you to demonstrate your reading skills by finding and reading all 45 Trainer Tips signs across Borrius. Doing so will get you the Notebook, an item required to upgrade the Stat Scanner into a mobile Move Tutor.

Starting the Mission

The illiterate man / Pokémon Unbound
The illiterate man

South of Jax and Arthur’s house in Dresco Town, on the southern tip, is a man who has a reading problem.

All 45 signs must be read / Pokémon Unbound
All 45 signs must be read

He wants you to read all the Trainer Tips signs in Borrius – there are 45 of them, and they are spread all over Borrius.

You can accept this mission at any time, but you will not be able to complete this mission until after beating the Pokémon League, because only then will Redwood Forest and Cube Corp. be available.

How to Complete

As you read Trainer Tip signs, their number and location will be recorded in the Mission Log so you can remember which ones you’ve read before and how many you are yet to find.

The Mission Log will keep track of the ones you have found / Pokémon Unbound
The Mission Log will keep track of the ones you have found

A full list of signs and their locations are below:

Trainer Tips Sign Locations
Sign # Location Screenshot
Trainer Tips
Sign #01
Frozen Heights
West of Player’s House
Trainer Tips
Sign #02
Route 1
North of Bellin Town, east of Icicle Cave
Trainer Tips
Sign #03
Bellin Town
Near the northern town entrance
Trainer Tips
Sign #04
Icicle Cave 3F
Near pond of water and ladder up to 4F
Trainer Tips
Sign #05
Icicle Cave 3F
Near Healing Chansey and ladder down to 2F
Trainer Tips
Sign #06
Icicle Cave 2F
Near ladder down to 1F
Trainer Tips
Sign #07
Route 2
Down the stairs from Icicle Cave exit
Trainer Tips
Sign #08
Dresco Town
East side of the bridge leading to Route 2
Trainer Tips
Sign #09
Route 3
On the beach southeast of the Flower Paradise entrance
Trainer Tips
Sign #10
Route 4 East
West of the Grim Woods western entrance
Trainer Tips
Sign #11
Route 4 West
South of the Cinder Volcano West entrance
Trainer Tips
Sign #12
Cinder Volcano 4F East
North of the ladder down to 3F East
Trainer Tips
Sign #13
Route 5
Near Beauty Janice, west of the Lapras waterfall to Route 4 West
Trainer Tips
Sign #14
Route 5
Just north of the Crater Town entrance
Trainer Tips
Sign #15
Route 6
South of the first bridge, near Camper Ricky
Trainer Tips
Sign #16
Route 7
South of the bridge to the Frost Mountain entrance
Trainer Tips
Sign #17
Frost Mountain
Just inside, north of the Route 7 exit
Trainer Tips
Sign #18
Route 8
In the east section, near the frozen lake
Trainer Tips
Sign #19
Route 9
Near the Healing Chansey
Trainer Tips
Sign #20
Route 10
On the island with the Cave of Being
Trainer Tips
Sign #21
Route 10
East side of the jumping rocks, near Camper Chris
Trainer Tips
Sign #22
Route 11 North
Near the Hiker, south of the Bird Keeper Maze and the Tarmigan Town entrance
Trainer Tips
Sign #23
Epidimy Town
East of the Zapdos statue in the middle of town
Trainer Tips
Sign #24
Thundercap Mt. 3F Main Cavern
Just north of the ladder down to 2F Main Cavern
Trainer Tips
Sign #25
Route 12
Near the entrance to the beach, north of the Tarmigan Town entrance
Trainer Tips
Sign #26
Dehara City
In the city outskirts, south of the Pokemon Center
Trainer Tips
Sign #27
Route 13
Just north of the border with Route 14
Trainer Tips
Sign #28
Route 14
Just south of the Ruins of Void
Trainer Tips
Sign #29
Great Desert
North of the middle canyon, in the centre of the desert near a cactus
Trainer Tips
Sign #30
Vivill Woods
In the central part of the forest near the Medium
Trainer Tips
Sign #31
Route 15
On a rocky outcropping north of the route
Trainer Tips
Sign #32
Route 16
North of the Fisherman’s island in the middle of the route
Trainer Tips
Sign #33
Route 16
North of the eastern Antisis City entrance
Trainer Tips
Sign #34
Route 17
On top of the cliff island near a Pokemon Ranger and the Sky Master
Trainer Tips
Sign #35
Route 18
Past the Badge checkpoint on the path to Victory Road
Trainer Tips
Sign #36
Pokemon League
Outside the building, along the path
Trainer Tips
Sign #37
Cootes Bog
Near the entrance to the ladder path closest to Polder Town
Trainer Tips
Sign #38
Cootes Bog
Along the watery channel to the Crystal Peak entrance
Trainer Tips
Sign #39
Crystal Peak 1F
South of Medium Laurel, on a peninsula in the lake
Trainer Tips
Sign #40
Magnolia Fields
Inside the northwest grove of trees, behind a Cut tree
Trainer Tips
Sign #41
Redwood Forest
Near the exit to Redwood Villa

(only accessible post-Pokemon League)
Trainer Tips
Sign #42
Redwood Forest
In the clearing near the Youngster and the Aroma Lady

(only accessible post-Pokemon League)
Trainer Tips
Sign #43
Redwood Forest
Near the exit to Cube Corp.

(only accessible post-Pokemon League)
Trainer Tips
Sign #44
Cube Corp.
The western side of the plaza

(only accessible post-Pokemon League)
Trainer Tips
Sign #45
Cube Corp.
The eastern side of the plaza

(only accessible post-Pokemon League)

When you return after having read all 45 signs, the young man declares reading overrated and gives you the Notebook, which he found one day.

Your reward is the Notebook / Pokémon Unbound
Your reward is the Notebook
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