Mission #060: The Battle of Antisis
Start Location Antisis City, Black Emboar HQ – James at the main table
Unlock Requirements
Objectives Assault the Ferrothorn Turf with the Black Emboar
Reward Item: Heracronite

After helping with three missions at the Black Emboar HQ, James asks you to help take care of the Black Ferrothorn once and for all. At the end of this mission he’ll give you the Heracronite mega stone.

Starting the Mission

The Black Emboar HQ in Antisis City / Pokémon Unbound
The Black Emboar HQ in Antisis City

You’ll need to have completed three missions at The Black Emboar HQ before you can start here:

  • #003 A Minor Scrap
  • #024 Flushed Away
  • #046 Odd Odd Docks

To have those missions open in the first place, you have to have defeated James at Crater Town and the Terror Granbull mission in Route 10. For that, just head to the Black Emboar HQ next to the Poke Mart and talk to James.

James starts the endgame / Pokémon Unbound
James starts the endgame

With those missions complete, James sees the opportunity to get rid of the Black Ferrothorn once and for all.

How to Complete

The Battle begins / Pokémon Unbound
The Battle begins

James has a plan to strike them at Black Ferrothorn headquarters, and he will do it by breaking through to it from the sewers.

James and his whole crew leave for the sewers, and it’s time for you to follow them. Head down the staircase in the Emboar HQ and you’ll be in the north section.

Head southwest from the sewer pipe / Pokémon Unbound
Head southwest from the sewer pipe

Crawl through the sewer pipe to the south section, this time going southwest along the walkway until you reach the platform from this angle.

Follow the platform along the edge / Pokémon Unbound
Follow the platform along the edge

Continue along the edge of the platform until you see James and his crew to the southeast of it.

James makes his move / Pokémon Unbound
James makes his move

James will bust a hole in the bottom of the Ferrothorn headquarters, and after he does so, the invasion begins.

Jump through the hole / Pokémon Unbound
Jump through the hole

When James and his goons are through, follow them and you’ll find yourself in Ferrothorn Turf.

Inside Ferrothorn HQ

Welcome to chaos / Pokémon Unbound
Welcome to chaos

You pop up on 1F, and there is pandemonium everywhere – goons fighting goons. They’re far too busy to take notice of you, so take the northeast staircase to 2F.

2F Electrode Floor Puzzle

Watch your step / Pokémon Unbound
Watch your step

It seems like the Scientist gave her Electrode traps to the Black Ferrothorn, because the floor up here is filled with them.

Follow the red line - avoiding contact with the biker - to get to the stairs / Pokémon Unbound
Follow the red line – avoiding contact with the biker – to get to the stairs

One wrong step on this floor and you’ll be thrown back to the beginning.

  1. From the staircase landing, walk west two steps to the crate.
  2. Walk south two steps to the wall.
  3. Walk west three steps to the crate.
The biker will go up and down the hallway - do not get caught / Pokémon Unbound
The biker will go up and down the hallway – do not get caught
  1. Wait at the crate for the biker to turn his back on you. Then, walk north one step, west four steps, south six steps and west one step until you are in front of the second pot plant on the left-hand side of the hallway. You must do this quickly before the biker turns around.
Waiting for him to turn around / Pokémon Unbound
Waiting for him to turn around
  1. Wait until the biker turns north, then walk south one step and east four steps to the crate. This should take you out of sight.
Free and clear from the biker / Pokémon Unbound
Free and clear from the biker
  1. Walk south one step.
  2. Walk east two steps.
  3. Walk north one step.
  4. Go east three steps to the staircase.
The floor has been safely crossed / Pokémon Unbound
The floor has been safely crossed

Now you’re free to climb the staircase to 3F.

Ferrothorn Turf 3F / Pokémon Unbound
Ferrothorn Turf 3F

You will see a goon on the left – he will challenge you to a battle.

Black Ferrothorn Goon A
Ferroseed
Grass/Steel
(Lv.47)
Throh
Fighting
(Lv.48)
Mawile
Steel/Fairy
(Lv.49)
Klang
Steel
(Lv.48)

After beating him, go north.

Three towers of lights / Pokémon Unbound
Three towers of lights

There are three towers with lights on them, slowly changing colors in sequence. You’ll need to press a button on them in the correct order to open the gate to 4F.

3F Sequence Puzzle

The first sequence puzzle / Pokémon Unbound
The first sequence puzzle

  1. North
  2. East
  3. North
  4. West
  5. East
The gate is now open / Pokémon Unbound
The gate is now open

Once the gate opens, you’re free to proceed to 4F.

Another goon and another puzzle / Pokémon Unbound
Another goon and another puzzle

There’s another goon to beat up here, as well as two more puzzles to solve.

Black Ferrothorn Goon B
Lairon
Steel/Rock
(Lv.49)
Pawniard
Dark/Steel
(Lv.48)
Ferroseed
Grass/Steel
(Lv.47)

The first is in the southwest corner – a short Electrode floor that leads to an item.

4F Electrode Floor Puzzle

Follow the red line to the prize / Pokémon Unbound
Follow the red line to the prize
  1. Stand on a tile on the southern most row, five steps away from the crate in the corner.
  2. Walk two steps west.
  3. Walk two steps north to the wall.
  4. Walk three steps west to the pot plant.
  5. Walk one step left.

You’ll pick up a Full Restore, which will be very handy in the battles ahead.

4F Sequence Puzzle

The second sequence puzzle / Pokémon Unbound
The second sequence puzzle

In the southeast corner is another sequence puzzle.

  1. Southwest.
  2. Southeast.
  3. Northwest.
  4. Southeast.
  5. Southwest.
  6. Northwest.
  7. Northeast.
The gate to 5F opens / Pokémon Unbound
The gate to 5F opens

This will open the gate so you can head up the northeast staircase.

5F and the final sequence puzzle / Pokémon Unbound
5F and the final sequence puzzle

You’ll see one more sequence puzzle, this time with five towers and a goon in the middle. If you’re on the easiest difficulty, the goon will not fight you. If you aren’t, the goon will wait until you’re halfway through the puzzle before attacking.

5F Sequence Puzzle

The solution / Pokémon Unbound
The solution

  1. West
  2. Southeast
  3. Southwest
  4. Southeast
  5. East
  6. West
  7. Southwest
  8. North
The final staircase / Pokémon Unbound
The final staircase

Once that’s over and done with, there’s only one staircase in the building left to take, and that’s straight to the top floor and the boss room.

Black Ferrothorn Boss Battle

Barbs confronts you / Pokémon Unbound
Barbs confronts you

You make it all the way to the boss, only to be told that the Black Emboar are outnumbered and you’ll have to fight not to be disposed of there and then.

Boss Battle
Black Ferrothorn Boss Barbs
Alolan Muk
Poison/Dark
(Lv.50)
Honchkrow
Dark/Flying
(Lv.49)
Ferrothorn
Grass/Steel
(Lv.51)
Heracross (Mega)
Bug/Fighting
(Lv.51)

There’s a variety of types here so more than one strong Pokémon is required – something like Camerupt will work well.

Praise from the boss / Pokémon Unbound
Praise from the boss

Even though you’ve beaten their boss, the Black Ferrothorn are much stronger than the Black Emboar, and James has to leave town in a hurry.

The gift from James / Pokémon Unbound
The gift from James

Before leaving, James left an item outside for us to take – a Heracronite.

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