

Now that you’ve mastered the ability of forcing wild Pokemon to smash rocks for you, you can finally make your way through the cave and access the upper level of Route 204. Once you’ve sufficiently trounced the Galactic goons, continue towards the northernmost point of the route, where you’ll find the Ravaged Path we spoke about in part two of the walkthrough. Together with either Lucas or Dawn, you need to take them down as a mandatory part of the main story. Before you reach the route, you’ll see Professor Rowan and his assistant having a run-in with two Team Galactic grunts.

Instead, head back out towards Jubilife and go north towards route 204. Related: Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Tips And Tricks Guide Unfortunately, most of the stuff here isn’t obtainable until you get the Bike and wild encounters can be a real pain in the Arceus, so I usually don’t bother until later on in the game. Now that you have access to Rock Smash, you can go north in the middle of the cave and head down the stairs to an area filled with items. Once you’ve smoothed things over with Roark after steamrolling him for the Coal Badge, it’s time to head back towards Oreburgh Gate on the western end of the city. From here, we need to make our way to Floaroma Town via the Ravaged Path in order to take down Team Galactic at Valley Windworks. This is part four of our official Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl complete guide and walkthrough, which picks up right after earning your first gym badge from Roark in Oreburgh City.
