Mastering Kalos: Tips for the In-Game Trainer
So, you’ve learned where the best places to EV train your Pokémon are and how to breed those flawless babies for the perfect team. However, sometimes you get to that point in creating your team when you realize you haven’t found that Berry or TM just yet, or maybe you’re trying to acquire that Hatching O-Power and just can’t seem to max out your style in Lumiose City. Well, if you’re looking for a guide with all those things and more, you’ve come to the right place! Since you’ve likely already accomplished one thing or another in-game so far, feel free to read the sections that are most applicable to your current progress in X and Y.
Lumiose City Map
Are you having trouble finding a specific location in the humongous Lumiose City? Try using this map to help figure out where you need to go!
Sharpening Lumiose City Style
If you’ve ever tried to track down that elusive Hatching O-Power, you’ve likely heard you have to have acquired all other O-Powers and max out your style. Well, how does one do that? First of all, if you haven’t gotten all of the O-Powers yet, Mr. Bonding can be found in Hotels and Pokémon Centers in various cities. With respect to style, you’ve probably already been unknowingly increasing it. Anything from riding in a Lumi Cab, dining at any of the restaurants, battling at the Battle Institute, helping at Hotel Richissime, playing the lottery, or buying items in any of Lumiose City’s stores contributes to your style. There are additional ways to increase your style, but these are the major methods of doing so. Now then, what does maxing out your style actually do for you?
- Unlocks new haircuts at Coiffure Clips
- Allows you to enter Lumiose City’s Boutique
- Unlocks new haircuts for your Furfrou at Friseur Furfrou
- Unlocks more special effects for Trainer PR Videos
- Unlocks more juices at the Juice Shoppe
- Get discounts on Lumiose Galettes, in shops, and in restaurants
- Get a 50% discount on Lumi Cabs
- Decrease the price of the Starter Mega Stones from $1,000,000 each down to $10,000 each
- Obtain the Hatching O-Power from Mr. Bonding in Café Introversion
Great! Now how should I get started? You could continually battle in the Restaurants or the Battle Institute, or you could purchase Poké Balls one at a time from the Poké Ball Boutique (generally a much faster way). Depending on your current level of stylishness, it will take anywhere from 50-200 Poké Balls of your choice to fully max it out. The trick here is to buy the Poké Balls one at a time – which means you simply have to spam the A button to get a good number of Poké Balls. I recommend buying a batch of 50, then checking the Stone Emporium to see if the Starter Mega Stones have dropped to $10,000. Don’t forget, you can always sell your Poké Balls back to the shop if you don’t want to keep them. Once the Mega Stone prices have dropped to $10,000, you’re done, and can grab the Hatching O-Power from Café Introversion at your leisure.
Methods of Making Money
One of the things that remains with each Pokémon game is the need to acquire some cold, hard cash! From purchasing generic items in the Poké Mart to clothes in the Boutiques, everyone needs a consistent way of earning in-game money at some point or another.
Restaurant Le Wow (Three-star restaurant on Hibernal Avenue in Lumiose)
While Le Wow requires you to have beaten the Champion to even get in its doors, the profit you can make is well worth it. Le Wow offers 3 types of battles, Doubles, Triples, or Rotation, so pick whichever one your team can handle most effectively. The Trainer’s average Pokémon levels are 63, so also make sure your team is well-prepared and can handle the battles. Like all Restaurants in Lumiose City, each time you dine you participate in 5 battles, with your Pokémon being healed in between each battle.
However, you didn’t come here just to train; you came here to amass some cash too! And even though it costs $100,000 dollars per meal, you’ll still walk out with a huge profit. Beating all five trainers without any sort of Prize Money boosting technique nets you $32,256. The Amulet Coin will double that value to $64,512, and Prize Money Power 3 triples that value to $193,536 (it should be noted that all O-Powers will not expire between battles, only at the end). But so what? That’s only a profit of a little more than $90K. The Elite Four can do that right? Well, does the Elite Four give out Balm Mushrooms at the end of their challenge that can be sold for $6,250 at any Poké Mart? If you complete each of the five battles within the number of turns the person serving your food requests, you will reap 25 Balm Mushrooms at the end. 25 x $6,250 = $156,250. But what if you screw up the number of turns, or what if one of your Pokémon faint? For every turn you are above or below the number of turns requested, or for each Pokémon that faints, you lose one Balm Mushroom. So if you were a turn too early one battle and had a Pokémon faint the next battle, you only lose two Balm Mushrooms – which still leaves you with plenty. In addition to this, if your style is high enough, Le Wow drops the entry price from $100,000 to $90,000. So, if you completed everything perfectly with every money saving/gaining technique you can use, you will make a grand total of $259,786 – in just one run. You can easily exit and reenter the restaurant to challenge it again. And unlike the Elite Four, there are not nearly as much dialogue and overworld animations to wait through. Le Wow is the easiest way to get cash fast.
Hotel Richissime
Tired of battling to grind for your money? Now you can work for a hotel in a number of ways, specifically Room Service, Lost-and-Found, and Making Beds. Each little “minigame” consists of you doing activities around the hotel, and as you continue to complete more and more jobs perfectly, your pay will increase accordingly, maxing out at $50,000 per job. This can net you a total of $150,000 per day for about 5-10 minutes of work. If you do not complete your job perfectly, depending on how you did, your pay will decrease accordingly. It’s important to note that staying in the hotel itself is kind of wasteful; it costs $100,000 for fully healing your Pokémon, which any Pokémon Center can do for free.
Room Service – You must remember four choices about a meal the guest orders. For example, they may order a “Lonely Aguav Berry Gratin, Frustration Style”, and you would have to either remember or write down each of the four choices and repeat it back to the hotel attendant. Every time your pay increases, you gain an additional order up to four orders, so it’s a good idea to write the orders down on a computer or notebook so you don’t have to try and remember all 16 choices.
Lost-and-Found – You explore a specific room or floor of the hotel, attempting to find lost items guests dropped on the ground. In order to do this, just press A before every step you take until the game notifies you that you found one of the lost items. If you step on the items accidentally, you lose your pay, so be careful to press A before every step. As your pay increases, the difficulty also increases. At your first level of pay, you explore one room attempting to find 1 lost item, and at your second, you explore one room attempting to find 2 lost items. At your third level of pay, you explore an entire floor trying to find three lost items (hint: the items are only located on the hallways on the left and right sides). At your fourth level of pay, you must search the entire fifth floor, and the four items you must find could be anywhere.
Making Beds – Far more straightforward, this minigame requires you to run around the hotel floor, pressing A on all the beds before the time limit is reached. As your level of pay increases, tables and people show up blocking your path, making it annoying to try and reach all the beds in time. Still though, if you hold B to run you should make it within the time limit easily.
Elite Four
The most conventional method by far, throwing on that Amulet Coin and beating the Elite Four and Champion is a good way to make some money. For this, you don’t have to worry about completing the battle in a certain number of turns, and you can gain more Exp. Points. On the other hand, you are forced to use O-Powers more regularly to reach the same amount of pay, and due to the large number of overworld animations (such as entering the Hall of Fame), this method generally takes longer.
Battle Chateau
If you want easy battles to gain a lot of money throughout the day, the Battle Chateau is the place to be. While the Trainers originally start out with low-leveled Pokémon, just like Hotel Richissime, if you invest some time and effort, they start going up. There are Gym Leaders to be found after you reach Marquis/Marchioness Rank, the Elite Four show up at Duke/Duchess Rank, and you’ll see Diantha once you reach the highest rank: Grand Duke/Grand Duchess. And with strong Trainers comes lots of money! In order to increase your rank, simply beat all the Trainers you can over and over. You can increase the rate of new Trainers appearing with the various Writ of Invitations if you’re interested in achieving the title of Grand Duke.
Bringing in the Berries
Berries have been a necessity ever since they were introduced, and for good reason: from curing status, to restoring HP, to reducing the power of super-effective attacks, berries serve a variety of roles that most teams cannot go without. Each generation has different ways of acquiring them; Gen III and IV were simply “find the berries and replant”, Gen V was primarily via Dream World, but Gen VI has several different methods. Berry rows are back in-game, and in addition to planting/watering your berries, you can now pull weeds and fight off Bug-types that would reduce your Berry yield. The easiest ways to find Berries in-game are to talk to people who distribute them or pick them up off the ground next to large Berry trees. However, many more Berries are obtained via more obscure methods – mutation and as “wild items”.
Mutation
By planting two specific berries next to each other in the Berry Fields, there’s a chance that the two Berry plants could cross-pollinate, resulting in a mutation and an additional species of Berry being included in the harvest. This is currently the only way of obtaining the EV-reducing berries, pinch berries, and the new Kee and Maranga Berries. One trick to increase the chances of you obtaining a mutation is to plant multiple Berries side by side. For example, if you really wanted a Liechi Berry, you could plant an alternating row of Hondew and Yache Berries to have a much larger chance than if you simply planted two Berries next to each other.
Wild Items
This new feature might go completely unnoticed if you did not happen to use the right move in the right place at the right time. In wild Pokémon battles, you may notice in the background directly behind the wild Pokémon that a tree or rock shows up that’s not usually there. Normally you might dismiss it as just background, but if you want to acquire a great majority of your damage-reducing Berries, you’ll need to find these wild items. There are many different kinds of wild items accessible through the destruction of background objects, but for our purposes, Berries simply deal with different-colored “fruit” on trees. If you see one of those trees in the background, simply use the moves Blizzard, Twister, or Air Cutter to knock the Berries out of the tree. The item will be received at the end of the battle. Most importantly, this provides us all with an actual use for Air Cutter!
| Berry (#) | Effect | Location |
| Cheri | Cures paralysis | In the house northwest of the fountain in Camphrier, a man wishes to see a certain type of Pokémon. Show him, and he lets you choose between this and 4 other Berries. |
| Chesto | Cures sleep | In the house northwest of the fountain in Camphrier, a man wishes to see a certain type of Pokémon. Show him, and he lets you choose between this and 4 other Berries. |
| Pecha | Cures poison | Receive when you first visit the Berry Fields |
| Rawst | Cures a burn | In the house northwest of the fountain in Camphrier, a man wishes to see a certain type of Pokémon. Show him, and he lets you choose between this and 4 other Berries. |
| Aspear | Cures freeze | In the house northwest of the fountain in Camphrier, a man wishes to see a certain type of Pokémon. Show him, and he lets you choose between this and 4 other Berries. |
| Leppa | Restores 10 PP | On Route 15 coming from Laverre, head east and hop the first ledge you come to |
| Oran | Restores 10 HP | Receive when you first visit the Berry Fields |
| Persim | Cures confusion | Answer a quiz correctly in a house north of the Pokémon Center in Cyllage City |
| Lum | Cures any status condition | In a stand south of the Incense Stand in Coumarine, you may find a Lum Berry. The Berry changes once per day. |
| Sitrus | Restores HP by 25% | Found as soon as you go onto Route 11 via Geosenge |
| Figy | Restores HP by 12.5%, but may confuse Pokémon | On Route 21 coming from Snowbelle, cross the 2nd set of red flowers, move the boulder with Strength, then cross the lake to the west of the Draco Meteor tutor’s house |
| Wiki | Restores HP by 12.5%, but may confuse Pokémon | Wild item with purple fruit trees on Routes 5/7/10/11/19 |
| Mago | Restores HP by 12.5%, but may confuse Pokémon | Found on the beach on Route 8 coming from Ambrette |
| Aguav | Restores HP by 12.5%, but may confuse Pokémon | Found on the west side of Route 6 coming from Parfum Palace, coming from Camphrier |
| Iapapa | Restores HP by 12.5%, but may confuse Pokémon | Found on Route 10 coming from Cyllage |
| Pomeg | Reduces HP EV’s by 10 | Mutation of Iapapa + Mago |
| Kelpsy | Reduces Atk EV’s by 10 | Mutation of Chesto + Persim |
| Qualot | Reduces Def EV’s by 10 | Mutation of Oran + Pecha |
| Hondew | Reduces Sp. Atk EV’s by 10 | Mutation of Aspear + Leppa |
| Grepa | Reduces Sp. Def EV’s by 10 | Mutation of Aguav + Figy |
| Tamato | Reduces Speed EV’s by 10 | Mutation of Sitrus + Lum |
| Occa | Halves damage from a super-effective Fire-type attack | Wild item with red fruit trees in Azure Bay |
| Passho | Halves damage from a super-effective Water-type attack | Wild item with blue fruit trees on Route 17 |
| Wacan | Halves damage from a super-effective Wacan-type attack | On Route 18 coming from Anistar, cut the tree before crossing the bridge |
| Rindo | Halves damage from a super-effective Grass-type attack | Wild item with green fruit trees on Routes 5/7/10/11/19 |
| Yache | Halves damage from a super-effective Ice-type attack | On Route 19 coming from Couriway, head down the stairs, north through the swamp, climb more stairs and then cross the small bridge |
| Chople | Halves damage from a super-effective Fighting-type attack | Held by a Pokémon that had surrounded Wulfric in the Pokémon Village |
| Kebia | Halves damage from a super-effective Poison-type attack | Wild item with green fruit trees on Routes 5/7/10/11/19 |
| Shuca | Halves damage from a super-effective Ground-type attack | Wild item with yellow fruit trees on Routes 8/13/19 |
| Coba | Halves damage from a super-effective Flying-type attack | Wild item with blue fruit trees on Route 17 |
| Payapa | Halves damage from a super-effective Psychic-type attack | Wild item with purple fruit trees on Routes 5/7/10/11/19 |
| Tanga | Halves damage from a super-effective Bug-type attack | Climb the waterfall down on Route 22, Surf all the way south, then go all the way east on land |
| Charti | Halves damage from a super-effective Rock-type attack | Wild item with yellow fruit trees on Routes 8/13/19 |
| Kasib | Halves damage from a super-effective Ghost-type attack | On Route 20 coming from Snowbelle, take the first path on the left |
| Haban | Halves damage from a super-effective Dragon-type attack | Wild item with red fruit trees in Azure Bay |
| Colbur | Halves damage from a super-effective Dark-type attack | Wild item with purple fruit trees on Routes 5/7/10/11/19 |
| Babiri | Halves damage from a super-effective Steel-type attack | Wild item with green fruit trees on Routes 5/7/10/11/19 |
| Chilan | Halves damage from a Normal-type attack | Wild item with yellow fruit trees on Routes 8/13/19 |
| Liechi | Raises Atk by one stage when HP drops below 25% | Mutation of Hondew + Yache |
| Ganlon | Raises Def by one stage when HP drops below 25% | Mutation of Qualot + Tanga |
| Salac | Raises Speed by one stage when HP drops below 25% | Mutation of Grepa + Roseli |
| Petaya | Raises Sp. Atk by one stage when HP drops below 25% | Mutation of Pomeg + Kasib |
| Apicot | Raises Sp. Def by one stage when HP drops below 25% | Mutation of Kelpsy + Wacan |
| Roseli | Halves damage from a super-effective Fairy-type attack | On Route 14 coming from Laverre, head east and cross the swamp |
| Kee | When hit by a physical attack, Def is raised one stage | Mutation of Liechi + Ganlon |
| Maranga | When hit by a special attack, Sp. Def is raised one stage | Mutation of Salac + Petaya |
(Please note this list covers the most convenient ways to obtain berries. Several Berries can be found with more than one method.)
Tracking the 100 TM’s
As with all generations, TM’s are hidden in every nook and cranny throughout the Kalos Region. With 100 TM’s to track down, you’ll likely find yourself hunting down all of them for competitive play.
- New TMs: Roost, Steel Wing, Infestation, Sleep Talk, Nature Power, Dark Pulse, Power-Up Punch, Dazzling Gleam, Confide
- TMs removed since BW2: Telekinesis, Ally Switch, Work Up, Pluck
| TM (By #) | Location |
| TM01 Hone Claws | On Route 5 coming from Lumiose, ride on the skate rails to an area before you would hop a ledge onto the skate park |
| TM02 Dragon Claw | Coming from the Pokémon League’s side of Victory Road, Surf outside and climb up the waterfall. Surf all the way northeast, and beat the Hiker right next to your TM |
| TM03 Psyshock | Coming from the Snowbelle side of Victory Road, Surf and head west until you arrive on a bridge with a waterfall to your right. Continue north, maneuver around the stepping stones, then backtrack and use Rock Smash. Maneuver again around the stepping stones to the southeast, only this time, you should not be hopping on them, but traveling around them on ground level. Finally, take the exit outside and follow the path |
| TM04 Calm Mind | Given for winning the Anistar Gym Badge |
| TM05 Roar | Battle Maison 24 BP |
| TM06 Toxic | On Route 14 coming from Laverre, speak to the Hex Maniac on the east side staring at the swampland |
| TM07 Hail | Shalour Poké Mart for $50,000 |
| TM08 Bulk Up | Receive from a battle girl in the a house north of the Snowbelle Pokémon Center (left of an Abomasnow) |
| TM09 Venoshock | On Route 6 coming from Camphrier, head north to Parfum Palace, then head east and back to Route 6. Look for a clearing on the mid-left side |
| TM10 Hidden Power | Receive from the Hidden Power Man in the house next to Anistar’s Boutique |
| TM11 Sunny Day | Lumiose’s South Pokémon Center’s Poké Mart for $50,000 |
| TM12 Taunt | Receive from a Team Flare Grunt in the resting area of Lysandre Labs in Lumiose |
| TM13 Ice Beam | Given for winning the Snowbelle Gym Badge |
| TM14 Blizzard | Anistar Poké Mart for $70,000 |
| TM15 Hyper Beam | Anistar Poké Mart for $70,000 |
| TM16 Light Screen | Kiloude Poké Mart for $30,000 |
| TM17 Protect | Receive from the owner of Parfum Palace after watching the fireworks display |
| TM18 Rain Dance | Lumiose’s South Pokémon Center’s Poké Mart for $50,000 |
| TM19 Roost | Coming from Cyllage on Route 8, immediately Surf west |
| TM20 Safeguard | Shalour Poké Mart for $30,000 |
| TM21 Frustration | Receive from a Backpacker coming from the Cyllage side of Connecting Cave |
| TM22 Solar Beam | Solve the Strength puzzle on the west side of Route 21 |
| TM23 Smack Down | Battle Maison 32 BP |
| TM24 Thunderbolt | Given for winning the Lumiose Gym Badge |
| TM25 Thunder | Anistar Poké Mart for $70,000 |
| TM26 Earthquake | Coming from Santalune on Route 22, near the Victory Road entrance, Surf south and climb down the waterfall. Surf all the way south, then east, and solve the Strength puzzle |
| TM27 Return | Receive from Prof. Sycamore’s assistants at Lumiose City’s Route 4 gate |
| TM28 Dig | Shalour Poké Mart for $10,000 |
| TM29 Psychic | Climb the waterfall in the western half of Pokémon Village |
| TM30 Shadow Ball | Next to a mine cart in the center of the B2F of Terminus Cave (I strongly recommend looking at a more detailed map) |
| TM31 Brick Break | Enter the small chamber in the right mineshaft on the upper part of Route 18 |
| TM32 Double Team | Talk to the Hex Maniac in Anistar’s Pokémon Center at different times of day, once per day, to receive this or 3 other TM’s |
| TM33 Reflect | Kiloude Poké Mart for $30,000 |
| TM34 Sludge Wave | Battle Maison 32 BP |
| TM35 Flamethrower | Talk to the Hex Maniac in Anistar’s Pokémon Center at different times of day, once per day, to receive this or 3 other TM’s |
| TM36 Sludge Bomb | On Route 19 coming from Couriway, head down the stairs, north through the swamp, climb more stairs, cross the small bridge, and pass the Yache Berry tree |
| TM37 Sandstorm | Shalour Poké Mart for $50,000 |
| TM38 Fire Blast | Anistar Poké Mart for $70,000 |
| TM39 Rock Tomb | Given for winning the Cyllage Gym Badge |
| TM40 Aerial Ace | Move the first Strength boulder when coming from Cyllage in Connecting Cave |
| TM41 Torment | Receive from a young boy in Laverre, right next to Route 14 |
| TM42 Facade | Receive from a young boy in the house west of the windmill in Dendemille |
| TM43 Flame Charge | In the Kalos Power Plant coming from Coumarine/Lumiose, speak to one of the people in the first room on the right after defeating Team Flare at the Kalos Power Plant |
| TM44 Rest | Receive from a woman on the first floor in Hotel Cyllage |
| TM45 Attract | Enter the house in the Skiddo Ranch on Route 12 coming from Coumarine |
| TM46 Thief | Receive from a punk girl in Cassius’s House in Camphrier |
| TM47 Low Sweep | Receive from a person inside one of the rooms in the Tower of Mastery coming from Shalour |
| TM48 Round | Battle Maison 16 BP |
| TM49 Echoed Voice | Receive from a lady on the fifth floor of Hotel Richissime in Lumiose |
| TM50 Overheat | Kiloude Poké Mart for $80,000 |
| TM51 Steel Wing | Battle Maison 32 BP |
| TM52 Focus Blast | Anistar Poké Mart for $70,000 |
| TM53 Energy Ball | On Route 20 coming from Snowbelle, make your way towards Pokémon Village, but instead of heading there, take the right pathway, then immediately go back. Take the exit to the south (Pokémon Village is no longer there), and finally Cut the tree to the south of the stairs |
| TM54 False Swipe | Receive from a female scientist on the third floor of the Sycamore Pokémon Lab in Lumiose |
| TM55 Scald | Receive from a boy on the first floor of Couriway Hotel |
| TM56 Fling | Receive from a roller skater in the southern half of the Lost Hotel (Route 16) |
| TM57 Charge Beam | On Route 13 coming from Coumarine, head west, take the skate rails and use Rock Smash to access a back trail |
| TM58 Sky Drop | In the house most northwest in Kiloude, speak to a girl sitting at a table |
| TM59 Incinerate | Battle Maison 16 BP |
| TM60 Quash | Battle Maison 24 BP |
| TM61 Will-O-Wisp | On Route 14 coming from Laverre, Cut down the bush south of the Roseli Berry tree |
| TM62 Acrobatics | On the section of Coumarine nearest to Route 12, there is a girl overlooking a ledge, and if you talk to her, you can answer a quiz. Answer correctly, and you can receive this or 3 other TM’s once per day |
| TM63 Embargo | On the section of Coumarine nearest to Route 12, there is a girl overlooking a ledge, and if you talk to her, you can answer a quiz. Answer correctly, and you can receive this or 3 other TM’s once per day |
| TM64 Explosion | Battle Maison 48 BP |
| TM65 Shadow Claw | Turn off the path at the third crossway at Glittering Cave |
| TM66 Payback | Receive from a man in Geosenge’s Pokémon Center |
| TM67 Retaliate | Battle Maison 48 BP |
| TM68 Giga Impact | Kiloude Poké Mart for $90,000 |
| TM69 Rock Polish | Route 11 |
| TM70 Flash | Receive from Tierno on the first basement level of Reflection Cave |
| TM71 Stone Edge | On the outside of Frost Cavern, Surf and climb down the waterfall, then Surf all the way east |
| TM72 Volt Switch | Battle Maison 48 BP |
| TM73 Thunder Wave | Route 10 |
| TM74 Gyro Ball | Found in the room from the “reflected” doorway on the second basement level of Reflection Cave |
| TM75 Swords Dance | Lumiose’s South Pokémon Center’s Poké Mart for $10,000 |
| TM76 Struggle Bug | Lumiose’s South Pokémon Center’s Poké Mart for $10,000 |
| TM77 Psych Up | Talk to the Hex Maniac in Anistar’s Pokémon Center at different times of day, once per day, to receive this or 3 other TM’s |
| TM78 Bulldoze | Lumiose’s South Pokémon Center’s Poké Mart for $10,000 |
| TM79 Frost Breath | In Frost Cavern, head to the room where Abomasnow is. Navigate to the eastern opening via sliding on the ice, head south, and enter a separate chamber |
| TM80 Rock Slide | Head south from Couriway Hotel, Surf, and climb the waterfall |
| TM81 X-Scissor | Found in the area with grass in Azure Bay |
| TM82 Dragon Tail | Receive from a man at Lumiose Museum |
| TM83 Infestation | Given for winning the Santalune Gym Badge |
| TM84 Poison Jab | Shalour Poké Mart for $10,000 |
| TM85 Dream Eater | Battle Maison 48 BP |
| TM86 Grass Knot | Given for winning the Coumarine Gym Badge |
| TM87 Swagger | Battle Maison 24 BP |
| TM88 Sleep Talk | Receive from a woman on the first floor in Hotel Cyllage |
| TM89 U-turn | Receive from a woman at Couriway Station |
| TM90 Substitute | Talk to the Hex Maniac in Anistar’s Pokémon Center at different times of day, once per day, to receive this or 3 other TM’s |
| TM91 Flash Cannon | In the house most southeast in Kiloude, speak to a girl on the second level of the home |
| TM92 Trick Room | On the section of Coumarine nearest to Route 12, there is a girl overlooking a ledge, and if you talk to her, you can answer a quiz. Answer correctly, and you can receive this or 3 other TM’s once per day |
| TM93 Wild Charge | Kiloude Poké Mart for $50,000 |
| TM94 Rock Smash | Receive from a lady southwest of the Ambrette Pokémon Center |
| TM95 Snarl | Past the punk guy who generally blocks your path in the Lost Hotel, northern half (Route 15). In order to pass the punk guy, you must have learned various skating tricks from skaters in Lumiose |
| TM96 Nature Power | First floor of Hotel Ambrette |
| TM97 Dark Pulse | Climb the waterfall on Route 15 coming from Dendemille via smashing the wall to the left of the water. |
| TM98 Power-Up Punch | Given for winning the Shalour Gym Badge |
| TM99 Dazzling Gleam | Given for winning the Laverre Gym Badge |
| TM100 Confide | On the section of Coumarine nearest to Route 12, there is a girl overlooking a ledge, and if you talk to her, you can answer a quiz. Answer correctly, and you can receive this or 3 other TM’s once per day |
Amassing the Mega Stones
As you probably already know, Mega Stones are the items needed to allow a specific Pokémon to undergo its Mega Evolution during battle. In addition to several Mega Stones that are received by talking to various people, many are found around Kalos between 8-9pm (by the 3DS’s time) after fulfilling certain conditions. What are these conditions? Glad you asked!
- Beat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame
- Grab the TMV Pass from Professor Sycamore at Lumiose Station and ride the train to Kiloude City
- Complete at least one battle at the Battle Maison
- Beat your rival at the northernmost part of Kiloude City
- Talk to Professor Sycamore next to the Sundial in Anistar City to get your Mega Ring upgraded
After your Mega Ring is upgraded, simply travel to the various locations denoted within the chart from 8-9pm and press A on the sparkles that appear on the ground. However, you can pick up Mega Stones that you receive from other individuals at any time of day you wish.
| Mega Stone (Alphabetical) | Location |
| Abomasite | Received from an Abomasnow after rescuing it from Team Flare in Frost Cavern |
| Absolite | Received after you beat your rival for the first time in Kiloude |
| Aerodactylite | Receive from a Scientist in the Fossil Lab in Ambrette |
| Aggronite (Y only) | Cyllage City Gym |
| Alakazite | Reflecting Cave, in the well-lit circle (where you might have suspected a legendary Pokémon appeared) |
| Ampharosite | Receive from an old man on a small island in Azure Bay |
| Banettite | Cave of Emptiness (climb down the waterfall from Route 22) |
| Blastoisinite | Receive along with Squirtle/buy from Lumiose’s Stone Emporium for a variating price based on style |
| Blazikenite | Receive from the delivery person if you got a Torchic via Mystery Gift |
| Charizardite X (X only) | Receive along with Charmander/buy from Lumiose’s Stone Emporium for a variating price based on style |
| Charizardite Y (Y only) | Receive along with Charmander/buy from Lumiose’s Stone Emporium for a variating price based on style |
| Garchompite | Victory Road, in the area where the Pokémon Ranger heals you, use Rock Smash on a wall to the left |
| Gardevoirite | Receive from Diantha when you trade any Pokémon for her Ralts in Café Soleil in Lumiose City |
| Gengarite | Receive from a Hex Maniac in the northwest corner of Laverre |
| Gyaradosite | Couriway, in the middle of the 3 small waterfalls that flow near one another in the southeastern part of town |
| Heracronite (Y only) | Coming from Route 2 in Santalune Forest, head north, and it will be in a corner near some grass |
| Houndoominite (Y only) | Coming from Dendemille on Route 15, head south until you find two skaters circling a rock, and go to the bottom of the rock |
| Kangaskhanite | In Glittering Cave, take the first right you can, and it will be at the end of the path |
| Lucarionite | Receive from Korrina when you receive Lucario from her in the Tower of Mastery in Shalour |
| Manectite (X only) | Coming from Dendemille on Route 15, head south until you find two skaters circling a rock, and go to the bottom of the rock |
| Mawilite | Take the stairs up Shabboneau Castle in Camphrier, where you will find it located on the west side |
| Medichamite | Laverre, in front of the well |
| Mewtwonite X (X only) | Capture Mewtwo in the Unknown Dungeon by the Pokémon Village |
| Mewtwonite Y (Y only) | Capture Mewtwo in the Unknown Dungeon by the Pokémon Village |
| Pinsirite (X only) | Coming from Route 2 in Santalune Forest, head north and it will be in a corner near some grass |
| Scizorite | Frost Cavern, behind the Abomasnow (it’s hard to see, but it’s there) |
| Tyranitarite (X only) | Cyllage City Gym |
| Venusaurite | Receive along with Bulbasaur/buy from Lumiose’s Stone Emporium for a variating price based on style |
Daily Events
There are many events scattered throughout Kalos that can only be accomplished once per day. There are more than just the ones listed below, but the ones not listed are either not very significant (such as the Poké Ball for Dive Ball trade), or they have already been mentioned in another section, such as Hotel Richissime’s 3 jobs.
Café Pokédex entries
Every day in Cyllage, Laverre, and Anistar, you can visit the Cafés and pay different amounts of money to see the customer’s favorite Pokémon. $500 lets you drop by the counter, $1000 lets you sit at a table, and $5000 lets you visit the terrace. At the counter, you’ll talk to a person who will show you one Pokémon. At the table, you’ll talk to two people who will show you two Pokémon total. Finally, in the terrace, you only see one Pokémon, but it is guaranteed to be one that you haven’t seen yet in the Pokédex. Each of the three Cafés has their own specific Pokémon they show, and once you’ve seen all the Pokémon in each respective Café, the waiter will notify you before you choose where to sit.
Ambrette Town Health Wings
In the first house south of the Ambrette Pokémon Center, a lady asks to see a Pokémon with a certain speed stat. If you happen to have a Pokémon with that speed stat or higher, she will give you a Health Wing.
Lottery
The Lotto-ID center, located on Estival Avenue in Lumiose, acts similarly to the lotteries in Generation IV. Each day, the lottery assigns a random five-digit number, and if the lottery numbers match the ID numbers of any of your Pokémon, including traded ones, you win various prizes. For example, if the lottery ticket was for 35175, and you got a Pokémon in a trade with the ID number 62575, you would win a PP Up for matching two numbers.
- One number – Moomoo Milk
- Two numbers – PP Up
- Three numbers – PP Max
- Four numbers – Rare Candy
- Five numbers – Master Ball
Massage
In case leveling up your Pokémon isn’t enough to increase your Pokémon’s happiness, you can always visit the masseuse in the house to the left of the Pokémon Center in Cyllage to make your Pokémon a bit more friendly.
Battles
There are significantly fewer daily battles than there were in BW2, with most of them being replaced by locations like Restaurants or the Battle Chateau. However, there are still a couple of battles you can take part in on a daily basis.
- Rival Battle in Kiloude City, with his or her team in the high 60s
- Inverse Battle on Route 18, which inverses the type matchups in the battle. For example, a Ground-type move will be super-effective on a Flying-type instead of being immune. While you might understand this type of battle in theory, it is much, much harder than it seems. If your Pokémon are not at adequate levels, make sure to pack plenty of Revives. However, for partipating in this difficult battle, you are rewarded with different items, including the occasional type-resist Berry. (ProTip: Normal-type Pokémon are super strong in this type of battle, as nothing is immune to or resists them, and are only hit for super-effective damage by Ghost.)
Boutiques
Each day, you can buy different clothing or accessories for your Trainer from the various boutiques scattered throughout the Kalos Region (namely Santalune, Cyllage, Laverre, Anistar, Snowbelle, and Lumiose, with the latter only being accessible once style has been increased enough). Their stock changes depending on what day of the week it is, and some clothing may appear on more than one day a week. It should be noted that buying all of this clothing can be quite expensive, with several pieces of clothing in Lumiose’s Boutique costing over $100,000. If you’re interested in trying to track down a specific piece of clothing, you can use lists provided on sites like Bulbapedia.
Kalos Travelers
Each day, six travelers from other regions can be found staying in any of the Kalos Region’s hotels (namely those in Ambrette, Camphrier, Coumarine, Couriway, Cyllage, and Geosenge). Initially, talking to them yields nothing more than a bit of dialogue. However, if you keep talking to them as they rotate around each of the six hotels, they will have some useful Pokémon and items to give out.
- Garcon – Rage Candy Bar
- Madame – Lava Cookie
- Hiker – Magikarp trade for Gyarados
- Maid – Eevee trade for any Pokémon
- Tourist – Gym Leader information
- Backpacker – Strange Souvenir
Conclusion
So there you have it! I can’t forget to give credit where credit is due though! Stats, another user on Nugget Bridge, really helped to proofread my article and give me an invaluable second opinion on how things ought to be worded. In addition, this information was compiled from several different sources besides my personal experience. If you’d like to know more information about a subject, feel free to use the links below.
- Matt Writes Stuff on Hubpages – TM locations
- Serebii – Wild Items and Berry Mutations
- GamesRadar – Mega Stone Locations
- The Official Guide: Pokémon X and Pokémon Y: The Official Kalos Region Guidebook – General information
- Serebii, Bulbapedia, and the Nugget Bridge Forums – General Information
Article image created by feathers for Nugget Bridge. View more of her artwork on her tumblr or Nugget Bridge forums thread.
About the Author
DaWoblefet , aka Leonard Craft III, is a diehard Pokémon fan who has been involved with competitive battling since 2011. He enjoys hanging out and practicing with the Anistar Aliens (Oreios, Stats, KermitTheFrog14, and tlyee61), making the best EV spreads possible, and glitching the entirety of Generation I. When he's not playing Pokémon, DaWoblefet enjoys playing Quiz Bowl and ping-pong, hanging out with friends, and helping at his church.
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This is like, 75% of what I search on serebii but all in one place. This is awesome, thanks for putting this together.
Even though it’s not a big change to the list, but I would put that Roost, Steel Wing and Dark Pulse return to being TM’s this Gen, the last time they were TM Moves was Gen IV. Roost was TM51 (TM19 now), Steel Wing was TM47 (TM51 now) and Dark Pulse was TM79 (TM97 now). Apart from Steel Wing, all of these moves are also Tutor Moves in B2/W2.
Nice job buddy! This is a fantastic article, and kudos for constructing the Lumiose City map by scratch
Nice job buddy! This is a fantastic article, and kudos for constructing the Lumiose City map by scratch
The one thing missing from this list is fast ways to gain experience points.
And for the time investment, Triple Battles in Le Wow with level 3 Experience O-Power, Exp. Share turned on, and all your Pokemon holding Lucky Eggs are by FAR the fastest way to gain experience. You can gain something like 60,000 xp per Pokemon in your party in about 10 or 15 minutes. Plus you’ll make some extra cash on the side.
It is by far more efficient than battling the Elite Four.
Another option is the AFK leveling method with the Day Care. Put two Pokemon in the day care, fly to Lumiose City central plaza, and just ride your bike in a circle overnight. You’ll earn around 50k experience per real life hour doing this.
feathers, the artwork on this is great as always. Thank you for taking the time to complete it!
I feel like Exp. should really be basic knowledge and that just battling CPUs over and over is going to give you the amount of Exp. you need, especially since most VGC Pokemon won’t have to go higher than lv. 50 unless it’s to evolve or learn a certain move. Also, 50,000 Exp. really isn’t all that much compared to what you could get battling normally. I suppose that technically you could put a paperweight or something down on the right arrow key and let it sit for an hour or two, but otherwise, the Day Care is a really inefficent method to leveling up.
I’m really glad that Nugget Bridge is here, and I hope that at least some of my 500 posts have benefited the community!
Also: Mastering Kalos is my 500th post! Not too shabby.
This is an awesome article. It’s gonna save people a lot of time.
Well remember that’s 50k an hour that you’re otherwise not playing the game because you’re sleeping. So when you wake up in 6-8 hours that’s 300-400k exp by literally doing nothing.
Aye, AFK leveling isn’t very efficient compared to other means, but it is an option for those times when you’re asleep or need levels but can’t play your DS (School or Work for example).
Great article all around!
AFK leveling probably works nicely, but in my case it’s not practical due to 4 cats in this house, 2 of which enjoy knocking things over for no real reason whatsoever. ;_;
Oh, and thanks for that Flame Charge TM location.
this is a great compilation – thank you!
Wow I absolutely love this all compiled in one place! Thanks so much 😀
YES! No more jumping from site to site trying to locate the information that I need. It is all here compiled into a single location. You sir are Da Man!
Great article, definitely useful.
The X-Scissor location is pretty vague on here; there’s actually two areas with grass, one of which is the island located pretty close to the Sea Spirit’s Den. The other one is accessible by traveling all the way down the west half of the Azure bay and landing on a coast area.
Lansat (pinch crit) and Starf (pinch Acupressure) berries are unlisted here, obtained after 100- and 200-win streaks, respectively, in the Battle Maison.
Nope, my Linoone hits hits Golurk for 2x super-effective damage all the time, and is hit by Shadow Claw for super-effective damage. Beware of Water Absorb and Levitate though, because they still provide their regular immunities.
Another thing: The Dark Pulse TM location listed here is incorrect. It is actually obtainable by cutting the tree to the left of the waterfall on Route 16 coming from Lumiose. The location listed is the location of the Stone Plate.
Is there a way to know when your style in Lumiose is maxed if you’ve already bought both of the starter mega stones from the guy in the Stone Emporium? Besides going to see if Mr. Bonding is in the cafe yet or not?
Beat the E4 once. Use that money to buy 100~150 or so balls from that specialty shop. Your style will be maxed.
Just realised a mistake in the Article, under the Berry Section.
It states”Wacan Berry – Halves damage from a super effective Wacan-Type attack”
It should say “Water-Type attack”
Other than that, great article that’s been a load of help!
Actually, Wacan berry halves the damage from a super effective electric-type attack.
Derp, meant that.
Must’ve said Water because it said Wacan, WA-ter, WA-can.
Thx for picking up on that too
Great post DaWoblefet! Hope more come in the future. 😀