Unova Route 6

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Unova Route 6 ６番道路 Route 6

Map description A road with many trees for nature lovers.

Required for navigation Cut Surf Strength Flash Defog Whirlpool Rock Smash Waterfall Dive Rock Climb Bicycle Mach Bike Acro Bike Go-Goggles None

Connecting locations   ↑ Chargestone Cave   Route 6 Driftveil City and Mistralton Cave →

Location Location of Route 6 in Unova.

Pokémon world routes ← Route 5       Route 7 →

Route 6 (Japanese: ６番道路 Route 6) is a route in western Unova, connecting Driftveil City to Chargestone Cave. It is also the home to Mistralton Cave. The route experiences different weather conditions based on the current season. For example, in the wintertime, it snows.

Route description

Several rivers run through the route with many wooden bridges spanning across them. The center of the route houses the Season Research Lab, a facility dedicated to the research of the seasons and how Deerling and Sawsbuck are affected by them.

To the north of the research lab is a house with a woman who will heal the player's Pokémon. The river by the house leads to Mistralton Cave, which is at the east-most side of the route. The entrance to Chargestone Cave is located in the northwest.

In Black 2 and White 2, one Hidden Grotto is located just north of Pokémon Breeder April and another one in front of the Mistralton Cave entrance (Surf required).

Places of interest

Season Research Lab

The Season Research Lab is a facility dedicated to the research of the seasons, located at the center of the route. As such, there are several Scientists with Deerling in the area.

It also works as a greenhouse, with the scientists cultivating plants inside a glass case by controlling the temperature and humidity. The plants they grow depend on the season. For example, in winter, the glass is hot to the touch and a plant with healthy leaves is growing inside the glass, while in spring, the glass is slightly cold and the scientists are growing some Berries.

A thermometer on the wall shows the current temperature at Route 6, which also varies heavily depending on the season, but varies even within seasons. It can fall as low as −9 °C (15.8 °F) in winter and go as high as 25 °C (77 °F) in spring.

In Black and White, one of the scientists inside the lab requests that the player show him one of each seasonal form of Deerling. When his request is fulfilled, he will give the player a Leaf Stone.

In Black 2 and White 2, one of the scientists inside the lab requests that the player take care of a Deerling with its Hidden Ability, Serene Grace.

Chargestone Cave

Main article: Chargestone Cave

The northwestern section of this route connects to area in front of Chargestone Cave of the same name.

Mistralton Cave

Main article: Mistralton Cave

The entrance to Mistralton Cave is located across the river to the east side of this route.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Cheri Berry ×2	Gift from Pokémon Ranger Shanti after defeating her Gift from Pokémon Ranger Richard after defeating him	B  W
	Hyper Potion	To the left of the Season Research Lab	B  W
	Elixir	Amongst the tall grass south of the Season Research Lab	B  W
	Leaf Stone ×2	Between Parasol Lady Tihana and Pokémon Ranger Richard Reward from a Scientist inside the Season Research Lab for showing him all of Deerling's forms	B  W
	Shiny Stone	Gift from the child in the house north of the Season Research Lab	B  W
	TM84 (Poison Jab)	North of the southernmost bridge (requires Surf)	B  W
	Silk Scarf	East of the Season Research Lab, south of the entrance to Mistralton Cave (requires Surf)	B  W
	TinyMushroom ×2	Directly behind the north gate of the Season Research Lab (requires Surf) (hidden, regrows occasionally) Near Mistralton Cave entrance (requires Surf) (hidden, regrows occasionally)	B  W
	Big Mushroom	Directly behind the north gate of the Season Research Lab (requires Surf) (hidden)	B  W
	Elixir	East of School Kid Mara	B2  W2
	Moon Stone	Near the Season Research Lab	B2  W2
	TinyMushroom	South of the Research Facility, empty spot in patch of grass (hidden) (regrows occasionally)	B2  W2
	Ultra Ball	Between Parasol Lady Tihana and School Kid Alvin	B2  W2
	Protein	In a patch of grass, west of the Hiker (hidden)	B2  W2
	Shiny Stone	From a girl in a house near the Hiker	B2  W2
	Pecha Berry	From Pokémon Ranger Richard after defeating him	B2  W2
	HM03 (Surf)	From Cheren after the Plasma Frigate incident at the Pokémon World Tournament	B2  W2
	TM56 (Fling)	Behind the Season Research Lab (requires Surf)	B2  W2
	Heart Scale	East of Pokémon Breeder April (requires Surf)	B2  W2
	PP Up	East of Season Research Lab (requires Surf)	B2  W2
	Big Mushroom	East of Season Research Lab (requires Surf) (hidden)	B2  W2

Hidden Grotto

Item		Location	Games
	Damp Mulch	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Growth Mulch	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Stable Mulch	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Gooey Mulch	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Repel	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Super Repel	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Max Repel	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Poké Ball	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Great Ball	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Ultra Ball	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Potion	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Super Potion	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Hyper Potion	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Fire Stone	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (near breeder) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Leaf Stone	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (near breeder) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Water Stone	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (near breeder) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Thunderstone	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (near breeder) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Moon Stone	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (outside of Mistralton Cave) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Sun Stone	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (outside of Mistralton Cave) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Shiny Stone	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (outside of Mistralton Cave) (reappears)	B2  W2
	Dusk Stone	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (outside of Mistralton Cave) (reappears)	B2  W2
	TinyMushroom	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Big Mushroom	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Rare Candy	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	PP Up	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	PP Max	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Red Shard	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Green Shard	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Yellow Shard	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2
	Blue Shard	Sometimes in Hidden Grotto (both) (reappears) (hidden)	B2  W2

Fake items

Item		Location	Games
	Foongus ×2	North of Parasol Lady Tihana South of Pokémon Ranger Richard	B  W
	Foongus ×3	North of School Kid Mara East of School Kid Alvin South of Parasol Lady Tihana	B2  W2

Pokémon

Pokémon Black and White

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
									Sp	Su	Au	Wi
Tranquill	B			W			Grass	23, 25	15%	15%	15%	-
Swadloon	B			W			Grass	23	10%
Vanillite	B			W			Grass	23, 25	-	-	-	15%
Deerling Spring Form	B			W			Grass	22-24	35%	-	-	-
Deerling Summer Form	B			W			Grass	22-24	-	35%	-	-
Deerling Autumn Form	B			W			Grass	22-24	-	-	35%	-
Deerling Winter Form	B			W			Grass	22-24	-	-	-	35%
Karrablast	B			W			Grass	22, 24	25%
Foongus	B			W			Grass	23, 25	15%
Dark grass
Tranquill	B			W			Dark grass	27, 29	15%	15%	15%	-
Swadloon	B			W			Dark grass	27	10%
Vanillite	B			W			Dark grass	27, 29	-	-	-	15%
Deerling Spring Form	B			W			Dark grass	26-28	35%	-	-	-
Deerling Summer Form	B			W			Dark grass	26-28	-	35%	-	-
Deerling Autumn Form	B			W			Dark grass	26-28	-	-	35%	-
Deerling Winter Form	B			W			Dark grass	26-28	-	-	-	35%
Karrablast	B			W			Dark grass	26, 28	25%
Foongus	B			W			Dark grass	27, 29	15%
Rustling grass
Unfezant	B			W			Rustling grass	25	5%	5%	5%	-
Audino	B			W			Rustling grass	22-25	70%	70%	70%	75%
Leavanny	B			W			Rustling grass	25	5%
Emolga	B			W			Rustling grass	23, 25	20%
Surfing
Basculin Red-Striped	B			W			Surfing	10-25	100%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B			W			Surfing	10-25	100%
Surfing in rippling water
Basculin Red-Striped	B			W			Rippling water	10-30	100%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B			W			Rippling water	10-30	100%
Fishing
Poliwag	B			W			Fishing	35-55	65%
Poliwhirl	B			W			Fishing	35-55	5%
Basculin Red-Striped	B			W			Fishing	35-55	30%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B			W			Fishing	35-55	30%
Fishing in rippling water
Poliwhirl	B			W			Rippling water	35-70	65%
Politoed	B			W			Rippling water	45-70	5%
Basculin Red-Striped	B			W			Rippling water	35-60	30%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B			W			Rippling water	35-60	30%
Swarm
Plusle	B			W			Grass	15-55	40%
Minun	B			W			Grass	15-55	40%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
									Sp	Su	Au	Wi
Marill	B2			W2			Grass	25	5%
Tranquill	B2			W2			Grass	26	15%
Swadloon	B2			W2			Grass	26	10%
Deerling Spring Form	B2			W2			Grass	23, 25	30%	-	-	-
Deerling Summer Form	B2			W2			Grass	23, 25	-	30%	-	-
Deerling Autumn Form	B2			W2			Grass	23, 25	-	-	30%	-
Deerling Winter Form	B2			W2			Grass	23, 25	-	-	-	30%
Karrablast	B2			W2			Grass	23	5%
Karrablast	B2			W2			Grass	23, 26	25%
Foongus	B2			W2			Grass	26	10%
Shelmet	B2			W2			Grass	23, 26	25%
Shelmet	B2			W2			Grass	23	5%
Dark grass
Marill	B2			W2			Dark grass	28	5%
Tranquill	B2			W2			Dark grass	29	15%
Swadloon	B2			W2			Dark grass	29	10%
Deerling Spring Form	B2			W2			Dark grass	26, 28	30%	-	-	-
Deerling Summer Form	B2			W2			Dark grass	26, 28	-	30%	-	-
Deerling Autumn Form	B2			W2			Dark grass	26, 28	-	-	30%	-
Deerling Winter Form	B2			W2			Dark grass	26, 28	-	-	-	30%
Karrablast	B2			W2			Dark grass	26	5%
Karrablast	B2			W2			Dark grass	26, 29	25%
Foongus	B2			W2			Dark grass	29	10%
Shelmet	B2			W2			Dark grass	26, 29	25%
Shelmet	B2			W2			Dark grass	26	5%
Rustling grass
Azumarill	B2			W2			Rustling grass	26	5%
Dunsparce	B2			W2			Rustling grass	25	10%
Castform	B2			W2			Rustling grass	26	5%
Unfezant	B2			W2			Rustling grass	26	5%
Audino	B2			W2			Rustling grass	23-25	50%
Leavanny	B2			W2			Rustling grass	26	5%
Emolga	B2			W2			Rustling grass	24-25	20%
Surfing
Marill	B2			W2			Surfing	10-25	30%
Basculin Red-Striped	B2			W2			Surfing	10-25	70%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B2			W2			Surfing	10-25	70%
Surfing in rippling water
Marill	B2			W2			Rippling water	10-30	60%
Azumarill	B2			W2			Rippling water	10-30	5%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B2			W2			Rippling water	10-30	35%
Basculin Red-Striped	B2			W2			Rippling water	10-30	35%
Fishing
Poliwag	B2			W2			Fishing	40-70	70%
Basculin Red-Striped	B2			W2			Fishing	40-60	30%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B2			W2			Fishing	40-60	30%
Fishing in rippling water
Poliwhirl	B2			W2			Rippling water	40-70	65%
Politoed	B2			W2			Rippling water	50-70	5%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B2			W2			Rippling water	40-60	30%
Basculin Red-Striped	B2			W2			Rippling water	40-60	30%
Gift Pokémon
Deerling Spring Form	B2			W2			Gift	30	One	-	-	-
Deerling Summer Form	B2			W2			Gift	30	-	One	-	-
Deerling Autumn Form	B2			W2			Gift	30	-	-	One	-
Deerling Winter Form	B2			W2			Gift	30	-	-	-	One
Swarm
Plusle	B2			W2			Grass	40-55	40%
Minun	B2			W2			Grass	40-55	40%
Hidden Grotto (north of the Breeder)
Dunsparce	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	25-30	1%
Woobat	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	25-30	4%
Foongus	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	25-30	15%
Hidden Grotto (outside Mistralton Cave)
Nosepass	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	25-30	1%
Woobat	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	25-30	4%
Foongus	B2			W2			Hidden Grotto	25-30	15%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Special encounters

Pokémon Black and White

Three Foongus appear here as fake items. They each have a 50% chance of holding a TinyMushroom, a 25% chance of holding a BigMushroom, and a 1% chance of holding a BalmMushroom.

Types: Grass Poison Ability: Effect Spore Held item: None Foongus♂/♀ Lv.20 Bide Normal Physical   --       Mega Drain Grass Special   --       Ingrain Grass Status   --       Faint Attack Dark Physical   --

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Two Foongus appear here as fake items. They each have a 50% chance of holding a TinyMushroom, a 25% chance of holding a BigMushroom, and a 1% chance of holding a BalmMushroom.

Types: Grass Poison Ability: Effect Spore Held item: None Foongus♂/♀ Lv.29 Ingrain Grass Status   --       Faint Attack Dark Physical   --       Sweet Scent Normal Status   --       Giga Drain Grass Special   --

Trainers

Pokémon Black and White

Trainer	Pokémon
Scientist William アキヒト Akihito Reward: $1296	Deerling♂ Winter Form Lv.27 No item
Pokémon Ranger Shanti シズカ Shizuka Reward: $1620	Emolga♀ Lv.27 No item
	Deerling♀ Winter Form Lv.27 No item
Parasol Lady Nicole ミナコ Minako Reward: $768	Tympole♀ Lv.24 No item
	Tympole♀ Lv.24 No item
	Tympole♀ Lv.24 No item
	Tympole♀ Lv.24 No item
Scientist Ron ロン Ron Reward: $1296	Deerling♂ Winter Form Lv.27 No item
Scientist Maria マリア Maria Reward: $1296	Deerling♀ Winter Form Lv.27 No item
Parasol Lady Tihana シズエ Shizue Reward: $832	Vanillite♀ Lv.26 No item
	Frillish♀ Female Lv.26 No item
Pokémon Ranger Richard ユタカ Yutaka Reward: $1620	Minccino♀ Lv.27 No item
	Emolga♂ Lv.27 No item

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Trainer	Pokémon
Pokémon Breeder April コハル Koharu Reward: $864*	Minccino♀ Lv.27 No item
	Deerling♀ Winter Form Lv.27 No item
Parasol Lady Nicole ミナコ Minako Reward: $896	Castform♀ Lv.28 No item
School Kid Mara マナミ Manami Reward: $540	Deerling♀ Winter Form Lv.27 No item
	Shelmet♀ Lv.27 No item
Scientist Jacques サトル Satoru Reward: $1344	Deerling♂ Winter Form Lv.28 No item
Scientist Marissa マリサ Marisa Reward: $1296	Shelmet♀ Lv.27 No item
	Karrablast♀ Lv.27 No item
School Kid Alvin アツシ Atsushi Reward: $540	Foongus♂ Lv.27 No item
	Karrablast♂ Lv.27 No item
Parasol Lady Tihana シズエ Shizue Reward: $896	Castform♀ Lv.28 No item
Pokémon Ranger Richard ユタカ Yutaka Reward: $1680	Whirlipede♂ Lv.28 No item
	Foongus♂ Lv.28 No item

Trainer Tips

In animation

Route 6 in Pokémon the Series: Black & White

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon the Series: Black & White

Route 6 appeared in Crisis at Chargestone Cave!, where Ash and his friends traveled through it on their way to Mistralton City. Along the way, Ash's Pikachu, Iris's Emolga, and Cilan's Stunfisk had their electricity sucked away by a group of Joltik, requiring them to be taken to a nearby Pokémon Center to be healed.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Route 6 in Pokémon Adventures

Black & White arc

Route 6 first appeared in Underground Showdown, where Clay led Black through it on their way to Mistralton City.

In A Week to Go and Old Wounds, as Drayden had recently announced that the Pokémon League tournament would be held sooner than originally planned and Black didn't have his eighth Badge yet, Iris suggested that he'd try to catch a rare Legendary Pokémon to impress Drayden. Following Iris's advice, Black went to Mistralton Cave. While Black was inside the cave, Iris met Cedric Juniper. In A Misunderstanding, after Black, Shoko, and Trish had escaped from a fire inside Mistralton Cave, the Swords of Justice took Shoko's Patrat and Trish's Heatmor away. Following their trails, the group quickly located the Swords of Justice. Black managed to convince them to let the Pokémon go, but was dismayed when Iris reminded him that he had just missed an opportunity to catch a rare Legendary Pokémon.

In The Lesson Ends Here, Alder and Marshal encountered N on the route, with N swearing to put an end to the Pokémon League. Seeing N's well-raised Pokémon, Alder suggested a Double Battle, which N accepted. Black, White, and Iris soon discovered the battle, which ended in Alder's defeat, without N even needing to use Zekrom. Cedric Juniper then suddenly entered the scene and urged Black and White to join him in battling against N in order to make him reveal the location of Team Plasma's base, but although they were able to defeat N's Zorua and Tepig, N still managed to get away with Zekrom without revealing the location of the base, with Zorua taking the chance to destroy Cheren's Pokédex, which Cerdic had in his possession, during the escape

Trivia

• Scientist Marissa makes a reference to Professor Rowan's goal of studying Pokémon evolution.

Unova
Settlements Nuvema Town • Accumula Town • Striaton City • Nacrene City • Castelia City • Nimbasa City • Anville Town Driftveil City • Mistralton City • Icirrus City • Opelucid City • Pokémon League • Lacunosa Town • Undella Town Black City • White Forest • Aspertia City • Floccesy Town • Virbank City • Lentimas Town • Humilau City Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 Bridges and tunnels Skyarrow Bridge • Driftveil Drawbridge • Tubeline Bridge • Village Bridge • Marvelous Bridge • Marine Tube Landmarks Dreamyard • Wellspring Cave • Pinwheel Forest • Liberty Garden • Desert Resort • Relic Castle • Battle Subway • Lostlorn Forest Cold Storage • Mistralton Cave • Chargestone Cave • Celestial Tower • Twist Mountain • Dragonspiral Tower • Moor of Icirrus Challenger's Cave • Victory Road (BW • B2W2) • N's Castle • Royal Unova • Giant Chasm • Undella Bay • Abyssal Ruins Abundant Shrine • Poké Transfer Lab • P2 Laboratory • Entralink • Unity Tower • Floccesy Ranch • Pledge Grove • Virbank Complex Pokéstar Studios • Castelia Sewers • Join Avenue • Cave of Being • Pokémon World Tournament • Reversal Mountain • Plasma Frigate Clay Tunnel • Underground Ruins • Strange House • Relic Passage • Seaside Cave • White Treehollow • Black Tower Access to Nature Preserve Other Blueberry Academy • Terarium

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