Quick Guide:
  • Enter Cinder Volcano
  • Meet up with Jax
  • Confront the Shadow
  • Report to Arthur and Professor Log
  • Continue on to Route 5

Cinder Volcano – 1F (Overview)

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Cinder Volcano first floor map
Points of Interest
Rare Candy Passage
East Side
Shortcut Rock
East Side
Shadow Battle
West Side
Exits and Passages
(East) Route 4 East
East Side

(East) Ladder Up
East Side

(West) Ladder Up
East Side
(West) Route 4 West
West Side
Wild Pokémon

Wild Pokémon
(all floors)
Cave
Woobat
Psychic/Flying
Slugma
Fire
Salandit
Poison/Fire
Numel
Fire/Ground
Geodude
Rock/Ground
Drilbur
Ground
Torkoal
Fire
Magby
Fire
Surfing
Slugma
Fire
Magcargo
Fire/Rock
Rock Smash
Geodude
Rock/Ground
Graveler
Rock/Ground
Shuckle
Bug/Rock

1F (East Side)

Your journey through Cinder Volcano begins / Pokémon Unbound
Your journey through Cinder Volcano begins

Cinder Volcano is a vast cave complex with several floors, so it’s a little easy to get lost or turned around in here.

You’ve got to get to the top of the volcano to stop the Shadow from capturing Moltres though, so you better hurry.

Items
Rawst Berry
(hidden)
Zygarde Cell
Rare Candy
The first ladder is easy enough to find / Pokémon Unbound
The first ladder is easy enough to find

Walk north and you’ll see a ladder leading up to the second floor.

To your left is a passage that is currently blocked by a rock, but when you’re done in Cinder Volcano it will be gone and act as a shortcut between the two sections of the cave.

Cinder Volcano – 2F (Overview)

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Cinder Volcano second floor map
Points of Interest
School Kid Max
East Side
Collector Mark
East Side
Hiker Trent
East Side
Ruin Maniac Foster
West Side
Hiker Clark
West Side
Kindler Axle
West Side
Healing Chansey
West Side
Exits and Passages

Ladder Down
East Side

Ladder Up
East Side

Ladder Up
West Side
Requires HM Surf (Lava)
West Side

Ladder Down
West Side

2F (East Side)

School Kid Max / Pokémon Unbound
School Kid Max

The first thing you’ll see when you climb the ladder is School Kid Max, who is up for a challenge. After you’ve beaten him, head north and then west up the stairs.

Items
Revive
(hidden)
Trainers

Trainers
School Kid Max
Woobat
Psychic/Flying
(Lv.17)
Collector Mark
Mawile
Steel/Flying
(Lv.17)
Comfey
Fairy
(Lv.18)
Hiker Trent
Makuhita
Fighting
(Lv.18)
Roggenrola
Rock
(Lv.18)
Collector Mark / Pokémon Unbound
Collector Mark

Collector Mark is next to a bubbling lava pool – you can choose to sneak by him or fight him for some experience.

Either way, cross the bridge to the west.

Hiker Trent and the ladder to the third floor / Pokémon Unbound
Hiker Trent and the ladder to the third floor

Hiker Trent is guarding the ladder to the next floor – defeat him and climb on up.

Cinder Volcano – 3F (Overview)

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Cinder Volcano third floor map
Points of Interest
School Kid Max
East Side
Collector Mark
East Side
Exits and Passages

Ladder Down
East Side
Requires HM Rock Climb
East Side

Ladder Up
East Side

Ladder Up
West Side
Requires HM Rock Climb
West Side

Ladder Up
West Side

Ladder Down
West Side

3F (East Side)

The third floor, east side / Pokémon Unbound
The third floor, east side

Cross the bridge and head north, and you’ll eventually be confronted by Kindler Jace.

Kindler Jace
Litleo
Fire/Normal
(Lv.18)
A crossroads / Pokémon Unbound
A crossroads

The way forward after beating Jace is north – continue along the passage that way.

Another ladder, another floor / Pokémon Unbound
Another ladder, another floor

Walk up the small stairs there and you’ll see the ladder to the fourth floor.

Cinder Volcano – 4F (Overview)

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Cinder Volcano fourth floor map
Points of Interest
Aroma Lady Nikki
East Side
Worker Baily
East Side
Painter Angelo
West Side
Exits and Passages

Ladder Down
East Side

Ladder Down
East Side

Ladder Up
East Side

Ladder Up
West Side

Ladder Down
West Side

4F (East Side)

The fourth floor is a series of islands in lava / Pokémon Unbound
The fourth floor is a series of islands in lava

Aroma Lady Nikki is there to challenge you on 4F as soon as you climb up the ladder.

When she’s been beaten, cross the bridge to the north.

Items
Iron
(hidden)
Trainers

Trainers
Aroma Lady Nikki
Seedot
Grass
(Lv.18)
Budew
Grass/Poison
(Lv.18)
Worker Baily
Electrike
Electric
(Lv.18)
Magnemite
Electric/Steel
(Lv.18)
The lava island intersection / Pokémon Unbound
The lava island intersection

You’ll find yourself on an island with a Trainer Tips signpost on it. North of here is a ladder that takes you back down to the third floor for an optional trainer and a TM.

The bridge to the west is the way forward, so cross it.

Worker Baily and the ladder to the summit / Pokémon Unbound
Worker Baily and the ladder to the summit

Worker Baily is waiting for you on the other side of the bridge. After defeating him, walk north and climb up the ladder.

5F (Summit)

The Shadow capture their second Legendary Bird / Pokémon Unbound
The Shadow capture their second Legendary Bird

When you make it to the fifth floor of the volcano – which is also its summit – you’ll see that you’re far too late to stop the Shadow.

When the cutscene finishes, walk northwest and you’ll see that someone else is about to confront the Shadow.

The ladder you came from, which accesses the eastern side of the volcano / Pokémon Unbound
The ladder you came from, which accesses the eastern side of the volcano

It’s Arthur’s grandson, Jax.

Jax makes a stand / Pokémon Unbound
Jax makes a stand

Jax attempts to stop Ivory, the member of the Shadow that captured Moltres, from leaving.

However, Marlon – the one who captured Articuno – arrives and him and Ivory just manage to get away.

Jax makes you an offer / Pokémon Unbound
Jax makes you an offer

It’s at that point that Jax asks to team up with you.

This is optional – you can refuse his help if you want. If you accept it, the next few battles with trainers will be Double Battles (if they have two Pokémon or more).

When you’ve made your decision, go to the ladder and climb it down to the fourth floor – but this time you’ll be on the west side of the volcano.

4F (West Side)

Jax is never far behind / Pokémon Unbound
Jax is never far behind

Just like the eastern half of this floor, it’s another series of islands floating in a sea of lava. Walk down the stairs to the southeast and continue on south.

Items
Calcium
Ether
(hidden)
Painter Angelo
Smeargle
Normal
(Lv.18)
Smeargle
Normal
(Lv.18)
Painter Angelo / Pokémon Unbound
Painter Angelo

There’s a bridge that leads to a little island with Painter Angelo on it – if you’re with Jax, you can have a Double Battle with both of his Smeargle at the same time.

Once that’s done with, cross the north bridge.

The ladder down / Pokémon Unbound
The ladder down

The only thing left to do on this floor is to leave it – climb the ladder down to the western half of the second floor.

3F (West Side)

The third floor is fairly straightforward / Pokémon Unbound
The third floor is fairly straightforward

When you arrive, walk east and then south across the bridge.

Items
Zygard Cell
TM94 Incinerate
(from C ladder)
Battle Girl Sharon
(from C ladder)
Meditite
Fighting/Psychic
(Lv.18)
Riolu
Fighting
(Lv.19)
There’s a boulder here we can move later / Pokémon Unbound
There’s a boulder here we can move later

You’ll see a boulder that requires Strength to push on the right hand side – keep a note of that for later and just head left for now.

The ladder to the second floor / Pokémon Unbound
The ladder to the second floor

As soon as you climb down the ladder, head north and then west. You’ll be challenged by Youngster Don, the first trainer to beat in the cave.

2F (West Side)

One last floor to clear with Jax / Pokémon Unbound
One last floor to clear with Jax

Walk south across the narrow bridge and you’ll see Ruin Maniac Foster.

Items
Dusk Ball
Lava Cookie
(hidden)
Red Shard
(hidden)
Trainers

Trainers
Ruin Maniac Foster
Torkoal
Fire
(Lv.18)
Hiker Clark
Drilbur
Ground
(Lv.18)
Geodude
Rock/Ground
(Lv.18)
Kindler Axle
Magby
Fire
(Lv.18)
Slugma
Fire
(Lv.19)
Ruin Maniac Foster / Pokémon Unbound
Ruin Maniac Foster

Once you’ve dealt with Foster – which should not take long since he only has one Pokémon – walk south and you’ll find Hiker Clark.

Hiker Clark / Pokémon Unbound
Hiker Clark

After beating Hiker Clark, continue the winding and rocky path through the lava fields until you reach the final area of this floor.

There’s a Chansey here to heal you up / Pokémon Unbound
There’s a Chansey here to heal you up

Kinder Axle is the last trainer you can beat with Jax – after that, he decides to rush ahead to confront the Shadow first.

Tip: The Chansey near the ladder will heal your Pokémon, which will come in handy considering the next battle you’ll be fighting.

1F (West Side) – Shadow Battle

The confrontation with the Shadow begins / Pokémon Unbound
The confrontation with the Shadow begins

Jax is already battling Marlon, but they appear to be at a stalemate when you arrive.

Items
Super Potion
Jax asks for your help again / Pokémon Unbound
Jax asks for your help again

Regardless of whether you accepted his help earlier, Jax will join you for one final battle against Marlon and a Shadow Grunt.

You’ll be asked to select three Pokémon you’ll use in the battle, and Jax will supply the other three – a Staravia, a Magnemite, and a Golett.

Shadow Battle
Shadow Admin Marlon
and
Shadow Grunt
Duskull
Ghost
(Lv.20)
Sableye
Dark/Ghost
(Lv.19)
Cacnea
Grass
(Lv.21)

Together with Jax, you manage to beat the Shadow goons. However, Moltres has already been captured and Ivory has escaped, so it’s a bit of a hollow victory.

After the Shadow leave the cave, Jax brings you back to Arthur’s house in Dresco Town.

Another objective is identified / Pokémon Unbound
Another objective is identified

Arthur and Professor Log tell you that the only bird remaining is Zapdos, and it lives on Thundercap Mountain.

Jax will go and investigate a way to stop the Shadow with a mysterious item, and you will continue to Crater Town – which is on the way to Thundercap.

Professor Log decides to go home and tell your mother you’re continuing the Pokémon League challenge, which you technically still are. There’s a Gym in Crater Town – and an opportunity to get your second badge.

After the meeting, Jax offers you a lift back to the western exit of Cinder Volcano. If you don’t want to go with him right now he’ll give you 8 Repels.

Route 4 West

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Route 4 West map
Points of Interest
Storage Porygon
Fisherman Barney
Lass Crissy
Fisherman Dale
Blocked Volcano Entrance
Exits and Passages
Cinder Volcano
Requires HM Waterfall
Route 4 East
Lapras to Route 5
Items
Ether
Zygarde Cell
Super Repel
(hidden)
Wild Pokémon

Wild Pokémon
Long Grass
Budew
Grass/Poison
Day and Night
Lillipup
Normal
Day and Night
Ekans
Poison
Day and Night
Numel
Fire/Ground
Day and Night
Mankey
Fighting
Day and Night
Ralts
Psychic/Fairy
Day and Night
Starly
Normal/Flying
Day
Hoothoot
Normal/Flying
Night
Surfing
Tentacool
Water/Poison
Tentacruel
Water/Poison
Pelipper
Water/Flying
Basculin
Water

Fishing
Magikarp
Water
(Old Rod)
Corphish
Water
(Good Rod)
Staryu
Water
(Good Rod)
Staryu
Water
(Super Rod)
Starmie
Water/Psychic
(Super Rod)
Crawdaunt
Water/Dark
(Super Rod)
Gyarados
Water/Flying
(Super Rod)
Nurse Laura
Starly
Normal/Flying
(Lv.17)
Chansey
Normal
(Lv.18)
Route 4’s western half / Pokémon Unbound
Route 4’s western half

Route 4 is broken in half by Cinder Volcano, and the west side of the caverns naturally leads to the west side of Route 4.

There’s a Porygon near the cave entrance that will act as Pokémon Storage if you need it.

Fisherman Barney and a Lapras / Pokémon Unbound
Fisherman Barney and a Lapras

This side of Route 4 is fairly quiet, with a few optional trainers for you to beat and items to collect. One thing you won’t fail to notice is a Lapras, docked on the south side of a bridge.

The Lapras will take us to Route 5 / Pokémon Unbound
The Lapras will take us to Route 5

This Lapras is the only way for us to get to Route 5, since we don’t have the HM Waterfall yet.

So once you’ve gotten everything in order, hop on the Lapras’ back and it will take you where you need to go.

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