Route 13 (Part 1)

Discover the wild Pokémon, valuable items, and challenging trainers on Route 13 (Part 1) in Pokémon Black and White. Your essential guide to this seaside route.

Route 13 is a long seaside route characterized by its sandbars connecting land and sea. This guide covers the first part of the route, detailing wild Pokémon encounters, available items, and trainer battles.

Wild Pokémon Encounters

Tall/Dark Grass: Golbat (15%), Tangela (25%), Swellow (20%), Lunatone (10%), Solrock (10%), Absol (10%), Drifblim (10%)

Shaking Grass: Crobat (5%), Tangrowth (5%), Audino (80%), Emolga (10%)

Grass Swarm: Shuppet (40%)

Surf: Staryu (30%), Wingull (60%), Pelipper (10%), Starmie (10% in Rippling water), Corsola (30% in Rippling water)

Super Rod: Krabby (60%), Shellder (30%), Luvdisc (5%), Kingler (5% in Rippling water), Cloyster (5% in Rippling water)

Items Found

Max Ether, Razor Claw, Prism Scale, Heart Scale, Pearl String, Splash Plate, Draco Plate, Max Revive, Rare Candy, DeepSeaScale, TM29 Psychic, Electirizer, Stardust, Pearl, Gram 1, Gram 2, Gram 3, TM89 U-turn.

Points of Interest

• A treasure hunter in the middle of the route gives a random item daily.
• An old man west of the treasure hunter can teach starter Pokémon Frenzy Plant, Hydro Cannon, or Blast Burn.

Walkthrough

Start by heading north from Undella Town onto Route 13. Follow the sand, then head left up the stairs to the grassy path.

Trainer Battle: Socialite

• Kricketot (Level 64, Bug)
• Chimecho (Level 64, Psychic)

Continue past the Socialite to face a Gentleman.

Trainer Battle: Gentleman

• Farfetch’d (Level 64, Normal/Flying)
• Granbull (Level 64, Normal)

Next, you'll encounter a Double Battle with Twins.

Double Battle: Twins

• Plusle (Level 64, Electric)
• Minun (Level 64, Electric)

Follow the stairs back down to the sand. Head south-west and use Strength to move a boulder, revealing TM29 Psychic. Following the sand north leads to the beach.

Trainer Battle: Fisherman

• Feebas (Level 63, Water)
• Remoraid (Level 63, Water)
• Kingler (Level 63, Water)

Near a Parasol Girl, you can head south-east along the beach to battle a Black Belt. This path leads back to the southern gatehouse.

Trainer Battle: Black Belt

• Sawk (Level 65, Fighting)
• Hitmonlee (Level 65, Fighting)

Alternatively, Surf into the water opposite the Parasol Girl and head east to a large island. On the east side of this island, Surf again to find another Fisherman.

Trainer Battle: Fisherman

• Krabby (Level 64, Water)
• Octillery (Level 64, Water)