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Berries play a complex role in Pokemon Platinum, and require a certain understanding if you want to rely on them for their intense benefits (usually health-related for your Pokemon) throughout the game in large quantities. In short, Berries can be picked throughout your journey when you find a plant, but in order for another plant to return in its place, a separate Berry much be planted. In such a way, Berries are picked, planted and ultimately replenished so you can get a hypothetically infinite supply of the valuable items.

Of course, there's a catch. In fact, there's a few of them. There are variables - plans yield varying amounts of Berries (from one to several) depending on how well they're taken care of (with mulch and water, the latter of which coming from an item called the Sprayduck, which you acquire upon your initial visit to Floaroma Town), and must be picked in concrete times, varying from species. Soil must be taken care of, also, replenished often and not abused with over-planting. It's a complicated affair, but one worth investigating if Berry consumption is your forte.

To fight (and optionally capture) the Legendary Pokemon known as Azelf, you'll first need to have gotten to and through The Distortion World, defeated Cyrus and his five Pokemon, and fought Giratina. If all of those things are indeed true, then you're good to go as far as confronting Azelf is concerned. If you want to have any prayer of actually catching this Pokemon, by the way, you'll want to come to the battle with a slew of valuable Poke Balls.

Azelf can be found at Lake Valor, near the southeast portion of Sinnoh. To get there, your best bet is to use Fly and head to Pastoria City. Then, run out of the northeast exit from the city and follow Route 213 eastward until you get to the beachside resort. Go north through the resort and continue northward towards Route 214, but don't actually enter that route. Instead, bear westward into the woods to reach Lake Valor. Use Surf on the water's surface to reach an isolated cave at the center of the lake. Then, go into the cavern and confront Azelf. Capture it or fight it and kill it -- it's up to you! Either way, it'll be added to your Pokedex, and for many, that's all that matters.

To fight (and optionally capture) the Legendary Pokemon known as Mesprit, you'll first need to have gotten to and through The Distortion World, defeated Cyrus and his five Pokemon, and fought Giratina. If all of those things are indeed true, then you're good to go as far as confronting Azelf is concerned. If you want to have any prayer of actually catching this Pokemon, by the way, you'll want to come to the battle with a slew of valuable Poke Balls. Mesprit is unique compared to his fellow legendaries Azelf and Uxie, however, in that you'll also need a specific Poketch application known as Marking Map, because Mesprit will jet off when you confront it. More on that in a minute.

Mesprit can be found at Lake Verity, which is the lake near your character's hometown of Twinleaf Town. Use Fly to reach this town easily, and then swing northward out of it. Go west along Route 201 to reach Verity Lakefront, and then swing northward to reach the lake itself. Use Surf on the lake to reach an isolated cave in the middle of the water, and subsequently enter the cavern. Here, you'll find Mesprit. When you confront it, however, he'll run off (though his information is added to the Pokedex, in case that's all you care about).

It's at this point that Professor Rowan will show up on-scene. He'll tell you that you can use the Poketch application Marking Map to find it (if you don't yet have it, he recommends visiting the Poketch Company in Jubilife City to get it). However, finding Mesprit is annoying. Once his location is shown on Marking Map, you'll need to get to that location manually. Attempting to cut any corners by using Fly, for instance, will nullify Marking Map's findings. So, if you really want to capture Mesprit, then you better get to work. If you're satisfied with simply having itself information added to your Pokedex, however, then you work is done.

To fight (and optionally capture) the Legendary Pokemon known as Uxie, you'll first need to have gotten to and through The Distortion World, defeated Cyrus and his five Pokemon, and fought Giratina. If all of those things are indeed true, then you're good to go as far as confronting Azelf is concerned. If you want to have any prayer of actually catching this Pokemon, by the way, you'll want to come to the battle with a slew of valuable Poke Balls.

Uxie can be found at Lake Acuity, which is located at the far northern reaches of Sinnoh, north of the snow-covered Route 217. Your best bet is to use Fly to gain access to Snowpoint City instantaneously. Then, leave the town via the only exit/entrance on the west, and continue westward through the snow covering Acuity Lakefront. You can use Rock Climb on the rockface you encounter when you can't go west anymore. This will grant you access to an elevated location. Swing north from here to reach Lake Acuity itself. Use Surf on the water of Lake Acuity to gain access to an isolated cave in the middle of the water. Once inside the cavern itself, confront Uxie, who will be waiting for you. If you want to capture it, do so, but otherwise, fight and kill the creature to add it to your Pokedex.

You'll see so-called "Honey Trees" throughout Sinnoh, and might be at a loss as to what you're supposed to do with them. Honey Trees are lone trees strewn around various routes that are a golden yellow in color (you'll almost definitely know what we're referring to when you see one). When you approach these trees, you'll be given an option to cover the Honey Tree in - you guessed it - some Honey. Of course, this begs two obvious questions. First, where do I get Honey, and secondly, is it worth attempting?

The answer to the first question is simple. You can find Honey throughout your quest in small volumes, but you can get an endless amount of Honey from the merchant in Floaroma Meadow, due north of Floaroma Town. Honey is really cheap, so it shouldn't lay ruin on your savings. As far as it being worth it or not... well, that depends. There are certain Pokemon in the game that can only be captured by slathering Honey on a tree and being patient (waiting 12-24 hours in game time and returning to the tree) to see if anything took your cheap bait. Of course, you'll return to the tree and have it empty from time to time, and at other times you'll capture common or unneeded Pokemon. But once in a while, you'll get really lucky and catch yourself a rarer, more special Pokemon, such as a Burmy, Combee, or Munchlax.

Oh, and of course, you can manipulate the Nintendo DS unit's internal clock and calendar to skip the time needed (try twelve hours to start) in order to elapse the time between Honey exposure and Pokemon capture more rapidly. Give it a go and see what you find!

Iron Island is, for the most part, an optional area of Sinnoh that can be accessed only from the ship at Canalave City (you have to visit here to get HM04, but that's a quick and easy endeavor). If you want to head to Iron Island and are heading there for the first time, take our advice and only go there with five Pokemon. If you go with a full roster of Pokemon, you won't be able to get a Pokemon egg given to you on Iron Island that will hatch into a rare Pokemon you'll likely need to round out your Pokedex. When you're ready to head out, head to the south end of Canalave City and seek out the ship. Talk to the owner of the ship standing there and he'll bring you to Iron Island (more options will become available after rounding out the Sinnoh Pokedex).

Once on the island, start by running rightward and up some stairs. Ignore the empty house and instead search the rock sitting on the ground in front of it to grab a Star Piece. Then, go up the adjacent stairs, where you'll run into a woman named Riley. Riley will hand over HM04, which will allow you to utilize the move Strength. This is the only mandatory thing you need to do on Iron Island, so with that, you're free to rejoin the main quest. Otherwise, go ahead and enter the cave, following Riley inside.

In this first room, you'll have two options. You can either go down the stairs on your left, or down the stairs on your right. First, go down the stairs on your left. Here, you'll find a lone trainer (packing an Aipom and Floatzel at levels 34 and 36 respectively) Two items can be found for your inventory as well in the form of a Protector and a Yellow Shard. Backtrack to the previous two staircase room, and this time, take the one on the right.

Head south to the dead end, where you can grab an Escape Rope. Then, climb the stairs to the upper platforms in the room. Go east and then southward along the thin pathway to a dead end, where a Max Repel can be acquired. Then, go back down some stairs on the east side of the room to the main floor of the room, and go south, where a trainer can be found. Fend off the trainer's Raichu, and then use the stairs to your right to access an elevator leading downward (be sure to grab the stray Revive in the area before doing so, however). Two more staircases will be presented to choose from. First, choose the one on the right.

In this room, you will encounter two "Worker" trainers, and will able to find a couple of items. Fight the first trainer near the entrance into the room, and then work your way rightward to a staircase leading up. Walk up the stairs and claim your Elixir sitting on the ground next to a rock. Then, go back down the stairs (ignoring another nearby staircase) and head to your left. Go down to a staircase to head back to the raised part of the room, and go south to fight the second trainer. Then, go down a staircase into a little valley, where TM23 can be acquired. Now, backtrack to the previous room, taking the stairs on the left this time.

This major room will require some help. Well, whether or not you think you need the help, you'll get it anyway. You'll get it from the woman you met at the entrance to the cave system, Riley. Speak to her when you go into this big room and she'll join forces with you. Naturally, because she's accompanying you, you'll fight wild Pokemon in pairs and be thrust into a series of dual-trainer battles also. She has low-40s level Lucario, and like your other companions in the game, she will heal you after each battle you face together. Of course, she can be a hindrance as well.

Explore this large, wide open room. There are four items to acquire here - a Dusk Ball in the northwest corner, an Ultra Ball in the northeast corner, a Magnet to the south of the Dusk Ball, and finally an HP Up tucked away annoyingly on the south end of the room. A Max Potion and Red Shard can also be found if you thoroughly explore your surroundings. You'll also have to deal with numerous trainers down here, including two Galactic Grunts at the south end near the elevator out of this place. When you defeat them, Riley will hand over a Pokemon Egg and then heads off, leaving you on your own from here on out. Once ready, use the elevator to reach an area below (again, it's located at the south end of the room), and use the door on your left to reach the final room of this cave. Go up the elevator and head down the stairs on your left. Loop around rightward to grab the Shiny Stone sitting there, and then head left to the next room, grab the Metal Coat, and go back outside. From here, you can use Fly or take the ship back to Canalave City.

Once you've seen all 210 Pokemon in Sinnoh, you can upgrade your Pokedex to the "National Pokedex" where there aren't 210 slots to fill, but nearly 500. To do this, simply head to Sandgem Town, one of the first locales we visited in the beginning of the game, and the hometown of Professor Rowan and his Pokemon research. Head to his house slash laboratory near the top end of town, and run inside. If you speak with him, he'll be astonished any extremely happy that you've filled the Pokedex out. This will undoubtedly assist him in his intensive research.

But wait - there's more! Suddenly, an old friend, Professor Oak from prior Pokemon games, will appear. Rowan and he are good friends, and he's come to Sinnoh to visit. After rubbing your ego for a while, Oak will hand over the expanded National Pokedex, which will allow you to start adding more than 300 new Pokemon not originally seen in Sinnoh to your data collection. There are many ways to fill in this Pokedex (such as trades, imports and, of course, wild battles), but as Oak warns, it won't be an easy task to do so. Good luck!

Pal Park is a very, very important location in the post-Sinnoh Pokedex world of Pokemon Platinum. Before we tell you what you can do here, we'll give you a quick rundown on how to get there. Pal Park is only available if you have found the 210 Sinnoh-centric Pokemon and have exchanged your Sinnoh Pokedex for a National Pokedex at Professor Rowan's laboratory in Sandgem Town. Once you have the National Pokedex, travel south out of Sandgem Town. This will lead to Route 219, Route 220 and Route 221, completely optional locations that must be traversed if you want to head to Pal Park. Doing so is easy, since all you have to ultimately do is use Surf on the water that spans eastward towards Pal Park's land-based location.

Now, just why is Pal Park so important? Well, for elite Pokemon trainers who want to see all Pokemon and catch them (or simply see them) all, Pal Park is a necessary visit. This is the location that will allow you to import Pokemon from your GBA Pokemon games into Pokemon Platinum. The following five games will work: Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Fire Red and Leaf Green. Keep in mind that since you have to place the GBA cartridge into your DS, DSi units will not allow you to utilize Pal Park. DS Fat and DS Lite units will work fine, but DSi owners will need to break out their older units to have any luck.

So, once you arrive at Pal Park, it's all about following the myriad instructions you learn from various people posted there. You'll be able to import six Pokemon at a time from one of the five aforementioned GBA Pokemon titles, but they won't be added to your party automatically. Instead, you'll then have to catch them at Pal Park. It's all about give-and-take here! You give them six Pokemon, then you go and catch them. Rinse, lather and repeat to catch as many non-Sinnoh Pokemon as you so desire.

The Pastoria Great Marsh is a completely optional location to visit. As its name suggests, it's located due north of Pastoria City, and some mandatory events in-game will bring you to the entrance of the marsh, but will never push you over the divide. It's a place you'll have to explore on your own, if you have the will (and time) to do so.

The Great Marsh is, in essence, a gigantic wildlife preserve where Pokemon can be captured, but not battled. There are no trainers to do battle with here (though there are items to be found, if you care to search hard enough), and since your Poke Balls full of Pokemon are seized before you enter, you won't be able to fight wild Pokemon. The real draw of this area is to encounter wild Pokemon and capture them (or simply gaze at them and study them) without doing battle with them. In return, the wild Pokemon won't act in a hostile manner towards you. Traveling between the six zones within the marsh is as simple as using the tram vertically cutting the area in half.

There's a catch here. You can't use Poke Balls to catch wild Pokemon. Instead, you'll be given thirty Safari Balls when you opt to enter the Great Marsh (which will cost you $500 per visit, and you'll only get to take five-hundred steps before being automatically transported back to the entrance). These Safari Balls can be used to capture wild Pokemon here, but since you can't damage them, thus making them susceptible to capture, you'll need to use other tricks. These tricks are essentially twofold. You can either fling food at the Pokemon in question to distract it (using the Bait command), or mud to keep it from fleeing battle (using the aptly-named Mud command). Keep in mind that neither are guaranteed to work. Also keep in mind that it's completely possible to capture a wild Pokemon here without using mud or bait.

Otherwise, there's little to do at the Great Marsh north of Pastoria City. It's all about paying to visit, seeking out Pokemon you want (list included above), and talking to other explorers you meet. And remember -- thorough searching will net you some items, should you choose to look for them. However, at a dollar a step, time spent in the Great Marsh isn't cheap, so you may want to carefully consider just what you want to gain from visiting this location, and execute your goals quickly to save as much money as possible.

The Old Chateau is an optional location to explore. It's found in the northeast section of Eterna Forest, and can only be accessed after you've earned the Forest Badge. Once you have that badge, you can use Cut outside of battle, which will allow you to cut down the saplings blocking your path towards the Chateau. In fact, when you first go to the Chateau after earning the Forest Badge, the Gym Leader you defeated to earn it, Gardenia, will greet you outside of the structure. She's scared to go in, though, so she scurries off before long. Start by using Cut on one of the saplings, and then head north towards the structure. Before going in, be sure to duck to the right of the building to grab an Ether.

The Old Chateau only has a single, lone enemy to worry about. Gastly, a ghost-type Pokemon, will run around here, and you'll get into multiple fights with it. Dark attacks work best on them, so our Luxio was a great asset here, but you may want to use other Pokemon to deal with the Gastly infestation. From the entrance, head forward and up either staircase, on your right or on your left. There are rooms off to the right or left up here, so explore them both. In the left room, you'll find an item called Old Gateau, while in the room on the right, you won't find much of interest.

While there's a door on the ground floor leading northward, you'll want to ignore it for now. That'll be the final place we explore. For now, stay on the second floor and go through the north-leading door to find a hallway with five rooms leading off of it. The rooms on either far end of the hallway each have an item within -- a Dread Plate on the left and TM90 on the right. Grab those, and ignore the room second to the right and in the center, as there's nothing in either. The room second from the left, however, is of great importance. If you examine the television within, you can fight an ultra-rare Pokemon called Rotom. Be sure to catch this Pokemon if you want it, because chances are, you won't find another one on your journey.

Once you're done with those five rooms, backtrack southward and go down to the first floor. Don't leave the Old Chateau just yet, however. Instead, press northward through the only yet-unexplored doorway in the entire mansion. This will lead to a large dining room, where items can be found on both the left and right side storage areas. On the left, search the yellow boxes for some Honey, and grab the obvious Rare Candy sitting there. On the right, a Big Pearl can be acquired. With those items in hand, you can then head back to Eterna Forest and get back to your main adventure!

The Pokemon Mansion is a location at the northeast end of Route 212. It's a completely optional location that's easy to explore. You won't spend more than a few minutes there... at least, not until you earn the National Pokedex. For while there are only five varieties of Pokemon to see in the mansion's backyard (known as its "Trophy Garden") while you're still sporting the Sinnoh Pokedex, unlocking the National Pokedex and returning will reveal over a dozen more Pokemon to find, fight and capture.

Breach the gate surrounding the mansion. You'll do battle with two easy trainers when you do, Rich Boy Jason with his Prinplup and Lady Melissa with her Cherubi. After shoving them aside (they're the only trainers here), you can run into the building itself (be sure to grab the Green Shard to the right of the entrance en route). There are four rooms to explore in the mansion before heading into the backyard. The room on the right side of the horizontal corridor is where you can speak to the owner of the mansion. You can also grab TM87 in the upper right corner of the room. The three rooms on the left end of the hallway each have something of interest. The rightmost room contains a Protein in the garbage can. The middle room has a woman that, when spoken to, will hand over a Soothe Bell. And finally, a Luxury Ball can be found and acquired in the leftmost room.

With those items acquired, there's nothing left to do but to visit the Trophy Garden. Here, you'll fight five varieties of Pokemon, including the rare Pikachu. Other than that, there's little to do here. Just be sure you visit after getting that National Pokedex to find a whole new slew of Pokemon in the garden!

The Underground is an optional, enemy-less area of Sinnoh that can be accessed by way of the Explorer Kit. You'll get the Explorer Kit on your main quest when you reach Eternia City; simply go to the house adjacent to the town's Pokemon Center and talk to the old man within to grab it. Once you do, you can use it anywhere in the "over world" (that is, not inside buildings or other structures, like caves and caverns) to reach the corresponding area of the Underworld.

An important thing to realize in the Underworld is that your trusty menu, when called on-screen, will have almost completely different options. You won't be able to access your trusty Pokemon, view your Pokedex, and take a look at items in your bag, amongst other changes. Instead, you'll get to take a look at your Traps, Spheres, Goods and Treasures. Your name will appear to be the only carry-over from the traditional menu, but you'll find that even that's different. And of course, "Go Up" will allow you to head back to the surface at will, but you will always come back out at the point in which you went in. This can't be avoided (but it shouldn't prove to be a problem if you're accustomed to using Fly).

Your primary quest down in the Underworld will be to follow what the old man in Eternia City tells you to do. Each time you visit him and do what he asks, he'll give you another quest and more prizes. Unfortunately, the prizes he gives aren't really consequential to the main ebb and flow of the game. The Underground is really an unnecessary area on the periphery, where your own domain can be built, furnished and maintained, treasures can be found or purchased, and friends can be met on WiFi. Visit it if you want to experience something optional in the game, but don't expect a side quest in the true form. There's really very little of consequence to do.

The Wayward Cave is a location underneath the Cycling Road spanning southward from Eterna City. The Cycling Road necessitates the use of a bicycle to traverse, and connects Eterna City with the brief Route 207 (while towering over Route 206). Since you need a bike to traverse the road over it, thus gaining access to it, you'll need to have acquired the Forest Badge. Once you have that badge, you can get a Bicycle and use it to head down the road. At the end of the road, you'll have to head rightward, use Cut to get through some saplings, and then penetrate the terrain of the brief Route 206. There are two entrances you'll find into the Wayward Cave here. One is hidden, the other not. First, let's go through the hidden route. This route is located underneath the bridge at the northernmost section of Route 206, underneath the left side of the bridge. You won't see where you're going, but press upward once under the bridge, and you'll stumble across the hidden entrance one way or another.

This cave is dark, and will necessitate the use of Flash to see your way around. You should have found Flash earlier, so make sure to have a Pokemon with you that can learn it (we brought our Luxio with us, since he learned the move). Head down the stairs in the initial small room, and once in the next larger room, use Flash once more. Then, break out your bicycle, because you're going to need it to get around and over the various ramp obstacles present down here. Getting around is easy in premise, but will take some practice, especially because of all of the enemy encounters (expect to run into a new Pokemon down here, as well, a creature called Gible). If you explore the area thoroughly, you'll find four items in total -- a Max Ether, a Grip Claw, a Rare Candy, and TM26, which can teach an eligible Pokemon the move Earthquake.

With those four items acquired, backtrack out of the cave and head through the primary entrance at the northeast of the area. Getting through this cave can be a bit of a pain because there's a lot of rocks in the way, some that can be destroyed and others that can't. We'll leave it up to you guys to find a specific way through the cave, but we'll give you these tips. First of all, you'll want to concentrate on the right side of the cave first. The reason for this is simple enough to comprehend -- a partner trainer that will temporarily join your party, name Mira, can be found in the northeast corner of the cave. She and her Kadabra will join the party and make the fighting that much easier, and the experience that much more plentiful (since her Pokemon won't take a cut of the experience, but will draw in an extra enemy Pokemon per battle). Once she's acquired, we can then start to explore. Keep in mind that to break through the "breakable" stones in the area, Rock Smash must be used.

On the east side of the cave, you can find an Escape Rope, and plenty of trainers to fight. Continuing westward, you should also run into a Revive to add to your inventory at some point. Speaking of trainers, most of the conflicts in this cave (but not all) will happen as double team attacks, especially if you've found Mira and are helping her navigate her way out of the cave. However, nothing should be too overwhelming for you, but if you need help, be sure to consult our list of trainers and their Pokemon to see what you should expect upon any given battle's start.

As far as items are concerned, two more can be found apart from the aforementioned Escape Rope. Near Camper Diego, a Rare Candy can be found. Near Lass Cassidy and her cute Buneary, TM32 can be found, a technical machine that will teach a Pokemon the skill Double Team. With all of the Pokemon slain and the items gathered, you can then work your way back to the entrance. It's at this point that Mira will bid you adieu, and you will be able to head back to the overworld, back to Route 206. Hey, her services were great while they lasted, right? She kept your Pokemon fully healed after each battle! Thanks, Mira!

If your needing big amounts of money, there are two traines who may serve you for gaining money quick and easy:

Also, if you dont want to battle, each and every day in Turnbackcave where you find the Orb for Giratina's true form, there is a Rare Bone. This sells for 5000 Pokédollars and respawns each and every day.