Pokemon Diamond/Pearl Walkthrough:

• Eterna City
• Route 211
• Route 206
• Route 207
• Mt. Coronet
• Route 208

History Living

There is plenty of stuff to do in Eterna City before your second gym battle. First, go north a bit, and a girl named Cynthia will give you HM01 - Cut. As usual, you won't be able to use this until you get the badge in this city. There's a Herb Shop right around the corner that offers herbs that restore a Pokemon's condition at the cost of making them unhappy. Next, stop by the Pokemon Center and talk to the girl for a Friendship Checker, an application for your Poketch that identifies Pokemon that like you. Talk to the old man in the house next to the Pokemon Center for an Explorer Kit, which can instantly take you to the Sinnoh Underground. You can try it out right now, and you'll end up in a place that looks like what you see to the right.

In the Eterna Condominiums next to the Pokemon Mart, you can change your Pokemon's name with the help of the Name Rater (the old man on the first floor). The little kid on the same floor will trade you a Chatot for a Buizel. An old lady on the second floor will give you TM67 - Recycle. Now check out the gym at the southern end of the city. Before you go inside, you might want to pick up a Super Potion behind the gym.

Mowing the Lawn

This is a Grass-type gym. Before battling the Gym Leader, you'll have find four trainers and battle them. Once within the maze of trees, go all the way north and go south a bit. One of the trainers is hiding right behind a tree. After battling, that trainer will tell you where to find the second trainer. The second trainer can be reached by going all the way south past the two boulders. Next, you'll find the third trainer near the entrance, behind the three small trees. The final trainer is all the way at the north-east corner, standing besides four flowers.

After you've defeated all four trainers, the Gym Leader, Gardenia, will appear on the green platform at the north end of the gym. She uses a lv. 19 Cherubi, a lv. 19 Turtwig, and a lv. 22 Roserade. A Fire-type Pokemon should easily take care of Gardenia's Pokemon. Another good strategy is having a Kricketune and a Staravia. You should already have your starter evolved and all your Pokemon at lv. 16+. If you chose Piplup, you can use Peck. Using Kricketune, you can use Fury Cutter. For Staravia, you can use Wing Attack. To finish Roserade, you can use a Kadabra, and use Confusion. Gardenia awards you the Forest Badge after her defeat, which allows you to use Cut outside of battle and allows traded Pokemon up to lv. 30 to obey you. She'll also give you TM86 - Grass Knot.

Grunt-Fighting

Now, go all the way to the north end of Eterna City to disrupt Team Galactic's evil plans. Cut the tree to get into the Team Galactic Eterna Building. Before you do, you can Cut another tree in the back and get TM46 - Thief. In the building, two Galactic Grunts will battle you on the first floor. On the second floor, a bunch of Galatic Grunts are researching on computers; two of them will battle you if you talk to them. On the third floor, you'll battle another Galactic Grunt and a Scientist. On the top floor, you'll battle a Team Galactic Commander.

Once you defeat her, Team Galactic will leave the city. It turns out that you've saved the owner of the Bicycle Shop. Now you can go to the Bicycle Shop south of the Pokemon Center to pick up your free Bicycle. This new type of Bicycle has four gear modes that you can shift among by pressing "B". Now, ride your new Bicycle east onto Route 211.

Route 211

After you can Surf, go north of the first body of water you see to pick up a hidden PP Up in the small piece of land at the corner. In the large patch of tall grass, you can find a hidden PokeBall in top-most empty spot. There's also a hidden trainer in the bump that you'll see. Keep on going east, smash the rock, battle the Birdkeeper, and pick up TM12 - Taunt. You can check out Mt. Coronet (although you won't be able to go too far without Strength) for some items. There is a Revive hidden in the first rock that you see and an Elixir in another rock. For now, this is as far as you can go, so now go back to Eterna City and go all the way south to Route 206.

Route 206/Cycling Road

You can obtain an Exp. Share from Professor Rowan's assistant in the city gate if you've seen at least 35 Pokemon. This is a very useful item, for whichever Pokemon on your team holding this will share experience with the Pokemon in battle. It is great for training very weak Pokemon (Magikarp, for example). Now you can hop on your Bicycle and start cruising down Route 206. It's a downhill ride filled with a plethora of trainers. At the other end, you'll be able to get a decorative Flag from the girl in the transit gate.

Right outside are a couple of Razz Berries. You may want to cut the tree on the right side to explore a bit more land by going north. You'll be able to pick up a Burn Heal, some Rawst Berries, and a Super Repel. If you've gone all the way north, you can explore Wayward Cave, although it's very hard to do without Flash. Now go back south to get to Route 207.

Route 207

Dawn will come to say hi, and will give you an Vs. Seeker (it doesn't matter which hand of hers you choose). This item will allow you to battle trainers you've fought before over and over again. In addition, she'll give you a Dowsing Machine for your Poketch, useful for locating invisible items. To the left, there are four Bluk Berries to pick. The others are growing, so you can only water them. If you go south a bit, you'll see the slope you saw earlier in the game. From here, you can quickly get back to Oreburgh City to heal your Pokemon. Now go east, pick up the Super Potion, and go into Mt. Coronet. Optionally, you can take the road behind the hill to battle additional trainers and pick up a Dire Hit.

Mt. Coronet

The only thing you'll encounter here is a man who talks a about Mt. Coronet and the creation of the Sinnoh region. There's not much to do after that bit of history, so go east and exit the mountain.

Route 208

You'll be on Route 208, fighting more trainers. After you get Rock Climb, you should take the bridge across the waterfall and climb up the rocks. A Hiker will battle you at the top. Then, smash the rock at the top and pick up the hidden Iron on the wall. Walk around, and you'll find a X Speed and a PokeBall. In the tall grass patch, you'll find a Honey in the empty spot next to the honey tree. A trainer next to that tree will give you an Odd Keystone. Go up a bit for many Berries. The Berry Master's House is right next to those Berries. The Berry Master inside will give you a different Berry each day. The little girl will give you a Berry Searcher application for your Poketch, which shows you the locations of ripe Berries. The other lady sells fertilizer.

Keep on going east, and you'll arrive at Hearthome City.