Quick Guide:
  • Beat the Dresco Gym and win the Leaf Badge
  • Find your way through Grim Woods
  • Explore Route 4
  • Reach the Entrance of Cinder Volcano

Dresco Gym – Leaf Badge

As soon as you enter the Gym, you’re hit by an awful fog / Pokémon Unbound
As soon as you enter the Gym, you’re hit by an awful fog

The Dresco Gym is in the northeast corner of Dresco Town, and it’s a Grass-type Gym.

  • Grass-type moves are super effective against Ground-, Rock-, and Water-type Pokémon
  • Grass-type Pokémon are weak against Bug-, Fire-, Flying-, Ice-, and Poison-type moves

The Litleo that you completed the Route 2 trainer challenge for will come in handy here.

The Ducklett is a must-bring for this Gym / Pokémon Unbound
The Ducklett is a must-bring for this Gym

You’ll notice that the Gym is full of a strange fog, and if you battle in it, things might get more difficult for you than they need to be.

Bring your Ducklett and use its move Defog. That’ll get rid of the nasty substance, and you’re free to continue north into the gym proper.

Gym Trainers
Youngster Doobie
Cherubi
(Lv.14)
Oddish
(Lv.15)
Camper Liam
Burmy
(Lv.15)
Pansage
(Lv.14)
Camper Liam / Pokémon Unbound
Camper Liam

The two trainers in here are Youngster Doobie and Camper Liam, and they should be relatively straightforward to defeat.

Once you’ve done so, head to the southeast corner where you’ll find Mirskle.

Dresco Gym Leader Mirskle

Mirskle is probably what you’d expect / Pokémon Unbound
Mirskle is probably what you’d expect

The Dresco Gym Leader is Mirskle, and he’s quite the character.

Be prepared for a Double Battle here too – make sure you’ve got two Pokémon who can use super effective moves against Grass-types.

Tip: The table below is only for Mirskle on Vanilla mode. If you want to see his team comp at a higher difficulty level then visit our Dresco Gym page here.
Gym Leader Mirskle
Gloom
(Lv.16)
Flabebe
(Lv.15)
Your prize, as well as the Leaf Badge / Pokémon Unbound
Your prize, as well as the Leaf Badge

Once you’ve beaten him, Mirskle gives you the Leaf Badge as well as TM86 Grass Knot.

However, there’s no time to celebrate – the Gym is immediately stormed by a couple of rough-looking thugs. Mirskle and his trainers immediately jump into the pond to escape, leaving you alone with them.

The Ferrothorn thugs / Pokémon Unbound
The Ferrothorn thugs

Luckily, you’re not the one these guys are after – apparently the Gym Leader gave them a dodgy deal and they’re not happy about it.

They soon leave, and you should too.

The Guide has a gift for you / Pokémon Unbound
The Guide has a gift for you
Tip: Talk to the Guide on the way out and he’ll give you a Grass Gem.

Professor Log’s Friend

Now we can talk to Log’s friend / Pokémon Unbound
Now we can talk to Log’s friend

With the Gym beaten, head south to the house of Professor Log’s friend.

Nobody blocking the door now / Pokémon Unbound
Nobody blocking the door now

The strange trainer appears to have flown away, so you’re free to head inside to talk.

The friend is called Arthur / Pokémon Unbound
The friend is called Arthur

Arthur is his name, and he’s very interested to hear about what those Shadow goons were doing at Frozen Heights. He says that the Legendary Bird Pokémon sealed a dark force and that bringing them together again can unseal it, which is what they must be up to.

Just then, the strange trainer from out front appears – and reveals himself to be Arthur’s grandson Jax.

Jax wants to hunt the Shadow down / Pokémon Unbound
Jax wants to hunt the Shadow down

Jax says that he saw a bunch of Shadow operatives near Cinder Volcano, and Arthur realizes they must be after Moltres.

He tells Jax to go get Professor Log, and after some discussion it’s decided that you and Jax both will go to prevent the Shadow from taking Moltres.

Your new mission / Pokémon Unbound
Your new mission

Cinder Volcano is accessible through Grim Woods, which is past the southwest bridge out of town.

The entrance to Grim Woods / Pokémon Unbound
The entrance to Grim Woods

Head west and you’ll eventually come to a thick canopy of trees – this is where Grim Woods begins.

Grim Woods

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Grim Woods map
Points of Interest
Bug Catcher Doug
Bug Catcher Anthony
Medium Patricia
Medium Carly
Bug Catcher Sammy
Medium Jody
Exits and Passages
Dresco Town
Requires HM Surf
Route 4 East
Items

Items
Nest Ball
(hidden)
TM100 Infestation
Super Repel
(hidden)
Super Potion
Tiny Mushroom
(hidden)
Carbos
Wild Pokémon

Wild Pokémon
Long Grass
Seedot
Day and Night
Pumpkaboo
Day and Night
Gastly
Day and Night
Shuppet
Day and Night
Duskull
Day and Night
Phantump
Day and Night
Caterpie
Day
Weedle
Night
Surfing
Psyduck
Golduck
Surskit
Masquerain
Fishing
Magikarp
(Old Rod)
Psyduck
(Good Rod)
Barboach
(Good Rod)
Golduck
(Super Rod)
Whiscash
(Super Rod)
Trainers

Trainers
Bug Catcher Doug
Weedle
(Lv.16)
Ledyba
(Lv.16)
Kakuna
(Lv.17)
Bug Catcher Anthony
Dewpider
(Lv.16)
Kakuna
(Lv.17)
Medium Patricia
Duskull
(Lv.16)
Pumpkaboo
(Lv.17)
Medium Carly
Phantump
(Lv.17)
Bug Catcher Sammy
Ledian
(Lv.18)
Medium Jody
Pumpkaboo
(Lv.17)
Gastly
(Lv.18)
Shuppet
(Lv.17)

Grim Woods can be confusing, so the optimum route to get through it – ignoring optional trainers and extra items – is below:

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The best way through Grim Woods

When you enter Grim Woods, the first trainer you see is Bug Catcher Doug.

Bug Catcher Doug waits in ambush / Pokémon Unbound
Bug Catcher Doug waits in ambush

Once he’s been taken care of, head southwest until you find an old lady.

Medium Patricia / Pokémon Unbound
Medium Patricia

The old lady is another trainer, and once she’s been defeated the way southwest will be clear of obstacles.

Sliding along the ice / Pokémon Unbound
Sliding along the ice

Keep heading south and west until you see an opportunity to go north.

Medium Carly / Pokémon Unbound
Medium Carly

Medium Carly is waiting to challenge you, and once you get past her you’ll see an intersection covered with long grass.

About halfway through the woods / Pokémon Unbound
About halfway through the woods

Head west and south through another patch of long grass and you will eventually come to a ledge you need to jump over.

Bug Catcher Sammy / Pokémon Unbound
Bug Catcher Sammy

This leads to Bug Catcher Sammy, and the final stretch of the path through Grim Woods. Head southwest and you’ll see a log bridge.

The precarious bridge / Pokémon Unbound
The precarious bridge

Jump the log and land on the wooden walkway, then go north.

The last trainer in here, Medium Jody / Pokémon Unbound
The last trainer in here, Medium Jody

Medium Jody is the last thing between you and the exit – beat her, and you’ll finally be out of the Grim Woods!

Route 4 East

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Route 4 map
Points of Interest
Potion Man
Nurse Laura
Exits and Passages
(North) Grim Woods
(South) Dresco Town
Requires HM Surf
Requires HM Cut
Requires HM Rock Climb
Cinder Volcano
Items
Awakening
Persim Berry
(hidden)
Revive
Wild Pokémon

Wild Pokémon
Long Grass
Budew
Day and Night
Lillipup
Day and Night
Ekans
Day and Night
Numel
Day and Night
Mankey
Day and Night
Ralts
Day and Night
Starly
Day
Hoothoot
Night
Surfing
Tentacool
Tentacruel
Pelipper
Basculin
Fishing
Magikarp
(Old Rod)
Corphish
(Good Rod)
Staryu
(Good Rod)
Staryu
(Super Rod)
Starmie
(Super Rod)
Crawdaunt
(Super Rod)
Gyarados
(Super Rod)
Trainers

Nurse Laura
Starly
(Lv.17)
Chansey
(Lv.18)
Route 4 proper begins here / Pokémon Unbound
Route 4 proper begins here

You’ll be on Route 4 – technically Route 4 began at Dresco Town and was interrupted by Grim Woods, but this is the beginning of Route 4 proper, at least the eastern part of it.

The western part is on the other side of Cinder Volcano, which is our destination.

This man tells us about the shortcut / Pokémon Unbound
This man tells us about the shortcut

Southeast of the entrance to Grim Woods you’ll see a path that leads to a one-way ledge; past that point is a small path that leads alongside the outside edge of the woods and back to Dresco Town, should you need to go there.

Don’t go there if you need healing – that problem will be taken care of shortly.

The Potion Man / Pokémon Unbound
The Potion Man

Follow the path along until you see a man in the middle of the road, near where the volcano starts.

This is the Potion Man, and he’ll give you 3 Potions to help you on your journey.

Once you reach the entrance to the volcano, you’ll see Nurse Laura waiting for you. If you manage to beat her, she’ll heal your Pokémon and act as a checkpoint of sorts.

Nurse Laura is here to help / Pokémon Unbound
Nurse Laura is here to help

When your team is fully recovered and ready to go, head on inside to Cinder Volcano.

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