A complete walkthrough for navigating Route 224 in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, including trainer battles, boulder puzzles, and Pokémon encounters.
As soon as you enter the new area, you will meet Marley, a young girl with a level 59 Arcanine with Fire Fang, Helping Hand, Agility, and Extremespeed that will join up with you.
Once she does, use Defog to make it easier to battle (If you do not, then your accuracy will lower quite a bit). To get to the end of the cave, first go North until you find some boulders. When you find a boulder like this, go to the left or right of it and use strength to move it out of the way (Do NOT push it to the north, or you will have to exit and re-enter for it to reset).
Once at the top, you will find two trainers. Battle them, and continue on to the right. Fight two more trainers and then keep going to the right to find a boulder that you have to push right until you can go down. After the boulder are two more trainers and a set of stairs you have to go down.
When you are down the stairs, go to your right to find two more trainers and then head down the steps into the maze. To reach the next part, just keep going on the path until you reach the next set of stairs. Go up them and fight the last two trainers, and then head to your right until you find stairs that are going up. Go up and then right to find the exit of this area.
At this point, Marley should leave you. Head up the stairs to your right to reach Route 224.
ROUTE 224
| Pokemon | Morning | Day | Night | Method |
| Bellsprout | 20% | 20% | - | Normal |
| Weepinbell | 5% | 5% | 5% | Normal |
| Oddish | - | - | 20% | Normal |
| Gloom | 5% | 5% | 5% | Normal |
| Floatzel | 20% | 20% | 20% | Normal |
| Pelipper | 10% | 10% | 10% | Normal |
| Gastrodon | 10% | 10% | 10% | Normal |
| Beautifly | 5% | 5% | 5% | Normal |
| Dustox | 5% | 5% | 5% | Normal |
| Fish/Surfing | Encounter Rate | Method |
| Pelipper | 60% | Surfing |
| Tentacruel | 30% | Surfing |
| Gastrodon | 10% | Surfing |
| Magikarp | 65% | Good Rod |
| Remoraid | 35% | Good Rod |
| Gyarados | 65% | Super Rod |
| Octillery | 35% | Super Rod |
| National Dex | Encounter Rate | Method |
| Natu | 40% | Swarm |
| Shuckle | 8% | Emerald |
Not much to do here at all outside catching a few rare Pokemon, going to the berry patch, fighting a few trainers, and so on. There is a rock at the end of the route that does not do anything right now, but is involved in the Shaymin quest. Once you are done on Route 224, fly back.
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