Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Pokemon X: Santalune Forest

This is Part 2 of my Pokémon X guide. It details getting through Santalune Forest and the route before Santalune City. If you are not at this point yet, please refer to part 1.

Once in Santalune Forest, continue up a tiny bit, and Shauna will run up to you and begin to follow you around. You will not have to deal with double battles, and she will not fight alongside you, but she will heal your Pokemon whenever you ask her to!
Up and to the right a bit, you can find a Potion on the ground. After that, go down the path on the left, which is going to be a dead end, but there's items over here. If you keep going left through a path of grass, you'll find an Antidote. Leaving the patch of grass and heading up a bit will bring you to another Potion.
Before continuing further, I highly recommend using these patches of grass to train your Pokemon a bit. In particular, you'll probably want to train a Pidgey or Fletchling. Remember that Shauna will heal your Pokemon whenever you ask her to, and just train train train! You probably can't rely on your starter for the first gym, particularly because of her Surskit. Chespin may be okay. I haven't tried it with a Chespin yet. I recommend leveling a Pidgey or Fletchling to level 5 here, and then continuing through the forest using them.
You can catch Pansear, Panpour, Pansage, Weedle, Caterpie, Kakuna, Metapod, and Pikachu.
One thing you may be noticing about now is that you do in fact gain experience from capturing Pokemon! Whoo! The other thing you may be noticing is that Weedles are dumb and somehow manage to poison you every single time they use Poison Sting. Or am I just having bad luck today? :)

Okay, carrying on. Head back to the start of the forest, and this time, head right. You'll see Calem, Tierno, and Trevor up ahead. As you approach, they'll all run in different directions, and you'll notice that Tierno has even been challenged to a Pokemon battle by a Youngster. Head on forward and Shauna will run off into a patch of grass and return to give you a Paralyze Heal. Keep heading straight and challenge the nearby Youngster, who has a Level 3 Scatterbug and a Level 3 Fletchling.
Head left through the patch of grass (the one that Tierno just ran through), and then down.
Continue on until you see Calem. Talk to him, and he'll give you a Pokeball. Further in, you'll find a Lass with a Level 5 Pikachu. Be careful, as the Pikachu does know Thunder Shock and so can defeat your Pidgey or Fletchling easily, as well as Froakie, if you chose it. Chespin and Fennekin should not have too much difficulty though.
Continue on forward, and then head to the right, fighting the Lass with a Level 2 Weedle and a Level 4 Bunnelby. Just past her is a Pokeball. Now, head back to the left. You can find a Potion on the ground in a patch of grass, and then head up, which leads towards the exit. Your friends will appear and comment on how you were the first to reach the end. You'll all head towards Santalune City together, and then everyone will split up. Trevor is going to go look for more Pokemon, Tierno wants to see more Pokemon moves, Calem is going to go take on the Gym Leader, and Shauna wants to spend time with her starter. Before running off, Calem will give you the Adventure Rules, which are:
1. "Open the menu with the X Button!" 2. "Record your progress with SAVE!" 3. "Throw Poke Balls to catch Pokemon!" 4. "Weaken Pokemon you want to catch!" 5. "Use battles to help your Pokemon grow!" 6. "Heal your Pokemon at Pokemon Centers!" 7. "Buy more items than you think you need!" 8. "Talk to everyone you meet for information." 9. "When you get lost, check your Town Map!" 10. "Enjoy your journey with your Pokemon!"

Continue forward, and fight the Preschooler, who has a Level 2 Caterpie and a Level 4 Azurill. Just past him is a female Preschooler with a Level 5 Pichu. As you head down the nearby stairs, a girl on roller skates will zoom past. You'll also see an item nearby, but we can't reach that until we can use Cut. Instead, down by the ledge after the stairs, you can fight a Schoolgirl with a Level 6 Bidoof. If you jump down the ledge after her, you'll find a Super Potion. Go through the nearby tall grass, and up to the Schoolboy, who has a Level 3 Pansage, Level 3 Pansear, and Level 3 Panpour. One of these will be weak to your starter's elemental attack, and one of them you'll want to be careful with if you're using your starter.
In the grass here, you can find Bunnelby, Bidoof, Azurill, Fletchling, and Burmy.
When you're done here (or need a Pokemon Center) head up and into Santalune City!

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