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Route 13: 13 Lumiose Badlands
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Route 13: 13 Lumiose Badlands

Explore pokemon xy's Route 13: Lumiose Badlands. Find hidden items like the Power Plant Pass and battle a Team Flare Grunt.

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Explore pokemon xy's Route 13: Lumiose Badlands. Find hidden items like the Power Plant Pass and battle a Team Flare Grunt.

Pokemon Found in Moving Dirt Mounds:

  • Dugtrio (Ground) - 40% Encounter Rate
  • Gible (Dragon/Ground) - 20% Encounter Rate
  • Trapinch (Ground) - 40% Encounter Rate

Pokemon Found Using Rock Smash:

  • Graveler (Rock/Ground) - 66% Encounter Rate
  • Slugma (Fire) - 34% Encounter Rate
  • Dowsing Machine (to find hidden items)
  • Roller Skates (for navigating rails)
  • Rock Smash (to break certain rocks)
Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Always be ready for wild Pokémon encounters when breaking rocks.
  2. 2
    Be aware that dirt mounds appear randomly and chase you. If they get too close, a battle begins. You can evade them by changing directions.
  3. 3
    Take out your Dowsing Machine and head south down the stairs. Use it to find the hidden Nest Ball.
  4. 4
    Keep the Dowsing Machine on and head south-west. Use it to find a hidden Star Piece.
  5. 5
    Head west from there and use the Dowsing Machine again to find a Heat Rock.
  6. 6
    Keep the Dowsing Machine on and head east until it picks something up. Use it to find a Guard Spec.
  7. 7
    Keep it on and head south-east to find a X Accuracy. You can now turn the Dowsing Machine off.
  8. 8
    Head back to where you entered the area. See the rail to your east? Get on your roller skates, gain speed, and move onto the rail. If you are fast enough, you will move over the bump and find a Smooth Rock in the next area.
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    Once done, head south and jump over the ledge.
  10. 10
    Keep heading south along the west edge. Pass the first two steel bridges.
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    When you reach the third steel bridge, go across it to find a Flame Plate.
  12. 12
    The small building here requires a code to open, which you do not have yet.
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    Head back to where you began this route.
  14. 14
    This time, head west and a little south to find another rail. Gain speed and head along the rail.
  15. 15
    Once you reach the other side, head south until you see a breakable rock. Be careful not to accidentally walk over the ledge here.
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    Break the rock using Rock Smash and grab the Burn Heal behind it.
  17. 17
    Backtrack to where you got off the rail and grind along the next one.
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    Head north from where you get off and check the small rock there to find a PP Up.
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    Break the nearby rock with Rock Smash.
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    Follow the path that you have opened up. When you pass a small rock to the west, check it and you’ll find a Hyper Potion.
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    Follow the path all the way around and you’ll find TM57 - Charge Beam at the end.
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    Backtrack over the last rail and head south until you jump over the ledge.
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    Now head south and a little east. You’ll see another rail you can move onto, one that spirals around a bit.
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    Grind along it to the other side. You’ll wind up in an area enclosed by the rail. Walk down into the little ditch and collect the Sun Stone sitting there.
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    Head back around and jump over the ledge leading out west.
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    Now head north with your Dowsing Machine on. You should be able to use it to find the hidden Power Plant Pass in the big boulder.
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    Head west and take on the Team Flare Grunt on the steel bridge.
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    After defeating the Team Flare Grunt, head past him and use the Power Plant Pass you found to open the door. Head inside to enter the power plant.

Trainer Battle: Team Flare Grunt

  • Houndoom (Level 31, Dark/Fire)
  • Golbat (Level 33, Poison/Flying)
Tips
  • You don’t have to use the Dowsing Machine to find the Power Plant Pass; you can follow the provided screenshot.
  • Trapinch evolves into a Ground/Dragon type.
  • Nest Ball
  • Star Piece
  • Heat Rock
  • Guard Spec.
  • X Accuracy
  • Smooth Rock
  • Flame Plate
  • Burn Heal
  • PP Up
  • Hyper Potion
  • TM57 - Charge Beam
  • Sun Stone
  • Power Plant Pass

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