Appendix:Diamond and Pearl walkthrough/Section 32

Back in Survival Area

Enter all of the houses, and you'll eventually find Buck and his grandfather. First, talk to Buck's grandfather and he'll tell you that the legendary Pokémon Heatran will be enraged if the Magma Stone is taken, and Stark Mountain will erupt! Next, talk to Buck. He finally knows that this is a serious matter and bolts off to put the Magma Stone back in its proper place.

Make sure that you talk to Buck and his grandfather, heal your Pokémon and buy at least 40 Dusk Balls before proceeding back to the mountain! Be aware that you'll be facing a Level 70 Legendary Pokémon. You will also need the HMs Surf, Rock Climb, Strength, and Rock Smash. Also, bring a Pokémon with Cut for the next step of the journey.

Back to Routes 226-227

Make sure that you talk to Buck and his grandfather, heal your Pokémon and buy at least 40 Dusk Balls before proceeding!

Go through Routes 226-227 again.

Back to Stark Mountain

It should be easier to go through the volcano this time because you know where you're going.

Entrance

Go through the room as you did previously.

Main Cavern

Main Cavern

Now that you're going through this room on your own, you're free to use Rock Climb now, so you should pick up all items in this room.

Items (Main Cavern)

Item Location Games Hyper Potion On a small boulder west of where you started teaming up with Buck (hidden)  D  P  Calcium In the pit north of Bird Keeper Krystal and Black Belt Ray  D  P  Revive On the small boulder northeast of Bird Keeper Krystal and Black Belt Ray (hidden)  D  P  Full Heal On the small boulder west of Ace Trainers Abel & Monique (hidden)  D  P  Zinc On the small boulder northeast of Ace Trainers Abel & Monique (hidden)  D  P  Iron Ball End of the pit west of Psychics Chelsey & Sterling  D  P  Iron On a small boulder southwest of Veteran Harlan (hidden)  D  P  Max Revive Northwest of Veteran Harlan  D  P  TM50 (Overheat) South of Ace Trainers Stefan & Jasmin  D  P  Flame Plate At the west end of the walkway south of TM50 (hidden)  D  P  Rare Candy At the end of the pit west of Ace Trainers Keenan & Kassandra  D  P  Max Elixir South end of the pit northwest of Ace Trainers Abel & Monique (requires Rock Climb)  D  P  Nugget Far northeast corner of the room (requires Rock Climb)  D  P  Ultra Ball Atop the hill northwest of Bird Keeper Krystal and Black Belt Ray (requires Rock Climb)  D  P

Back Room

Back Room, with the furious Heatran

Buck is nowhere to be seen, but a Pokémon is standing in front of you. That is the legendary Pokémon Heatran. Heatran looks angry...... no, it looks furious. With Heatran enraged, the volcano will erupt for sure and destroy everything on Battle Zone. Seems like it is too late......

Wait, there is still one way to solve this mess and prevent the volcano from erupting. Guess what? You'll need to catch it. Another legendary Pokémon for you to catch!

Available Pokémon (Back Room)
Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Heatran D P Pt Only one 70 One 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.

Catching Heatran

Make sure that you heal your Pokémon and save your game before proceeding!

	Types: Fire Steel Ability: Flash Fire Held item: None
Heatran Lv.70
Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Fire Spin Fire Special   --       Lava Plume Fire Special   --       Scary Face Normal Status   --

When you're ready, talk to Heatran, and the battle will start. Heatran is a Fire/Steel-type Pokémon, and is at Level 70. Ground-type moves deal significant damage to it, so be careful if you're unleashing something like Earthquake or Earth Power. Start off with moves that causes sleep or paralysis (do not bother with freeze— it will instantly defrost with Fire-type moves. Heatran is also immune to being burned and poisoned). Follow up with a Water- or Fighting-type move. Then, keep on damaging with weaker attacks until its HP bar is red. After that, keep throwing Dusk Balls (as you're in a cave, these work best) until you successfully catch it. It does not know its signature move, Magma Storm, but watch out for Lava Plume, which can still hurt a lot! Iron Head can also potentially hit you hard. Do not hesitate to heal your Pokémon often.

Once you've caught Heatran, get yourself out of the volcano and continue to Route 228. From the T-junction of Routes 226 and 228, head east into the gate. Or, if you're not ready, Fly back to Survival Area first and heal up.

Route 228

Make sure that you heal your Pokémon and buy a lot of medicines before proceeding! You'll need to bring Pokémon with Cut, Surf and Rock Smash.

Route 228

Items

Item Location Games Rare Candy A few steps below the northernmost sign near the route connector between Route 226 and Route 228 (hidden)  D  P  PP Up At the north end of the route, north of Ace Trainer Jose (hidden)  D  P  Protector In the pit east of Ace Trainer Jose  D  P  Shed Shell On the ledge northwest of the Move Tutor's house (requires Rock Smash)  D  P  Iron Northeast of the Move Tutor's house  D  P  Ultra Ball On a small rock southwest of the pond below the Move Tutor's house (hidden)  D  P  TM37 (Sandstorm) Southwest of the pair of Pokémon Rangers  D  P  Stardust In the area of sand directly southwest of the pair of Pokémon Rangers (hidden)  D  P  Shiny Stone At the end of a narrow bridge south of the pair of Pokémon Rangers  D  P  Hondew Berry ×2 On the ledge north of Psychic Corbin  D  P  Tamato Berry ×2 On the ledge north of Psychic Corbin  D  P  Calcium At the south end of the route on the apparently empty hill with one big rock (hidden)  D  P  Full Restore In the southernmost area of grass (hidden)  D  P

Trainers

Trainer Pokémon Ace Trainer Jose ナオキ Naoki Reward: $3300 Golduck♂ Lv.55 No item Sandslash♂ Lv.55 No item Black Belt Davon フミヒト Fumihito Reward: $1320 Mankey♂ Lv.54 No item Makuhita♂ Lv.53 No item Hariyama♂ Lv.55 No item Ace Trainer Ariana トシエ Toshie Reward: $3240 Ambipom♀ Lv.54 No item Rapidash♀ Lv.54 No item Chansey♀ Lv.54 No item Dragon Tamer Keegan ソウマ Sōma Reward: $1856 Gyarados♂ Lv.58 No item Pokémon Ranger Kyler マキオ Makio Reward: $3480 Exeggcute♂ Lv.52 No item Ursaring♂ Lv.58 No item Pokémon Ranger Krista ユッコ Yukko Reward: $3360 Trapinch♀ Lv.54 No item Vibrava♀ Lv.56 No item Ace Trainer Meagan サツキ Satsuki Reward: $3300 Delcatty♀ Lv.55 No item Yanma♀ Lv.55 No item Psychic Corbin シュウ Shū Reward: $1760 Shuppet♂ Lv.53 No item Duskull♂ Lv.55 No item Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Diglett D P Pt Grass 23-25 5% Dugtrio D P Pt Grass 52-54 30% Rhydon D P Pt Grass 52-53 20% 20% 10% Cacnea D P Pt Grass 23-25 5% Cacturne D P Pt Grass 52-53 20% 20% 40% Hippowdon D P Pt Grass 52-54 20% 20% 10% Fishing and Surfing Poliwag D P Pt Surfing 20-30 30% Poliwhirl D P Pt Surfing 40-55 70% Magikarp D P Pt Fishing Old Rod 3-10 100% Magikarp D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 10-25 65% Barboach D P Pt Fishing Good Rod 10-25 35% Gyarados D P Pt Fishing Super Rod 30-55 65% Whiscash D P Pt Fishing Super Rod 20-50 35% Special Pokémon Beldum D P Pt Swarm 53 40% Trapinch D P Pt Poké Radar 25 2% Vibrava D P Pt Poké Radar 52-54 20% Sandslash D P Pt Dual-slot LeafGreen 23 8% 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.

This is a desert route. Similar to Route 111 in Hoenn, a sandstorm will be raging, reducing the visibility and affecting battles (Rock-type, Ground-type, and Steel-type Pokémon are immune to sandstorms). Don't worry, though—you don't need a pair of Go-Goggles, unlike in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. Instead, have your Bicycle ready again. Some places in this route can only be accessed by riding up muddy slopes or across logs on your bicycle. Make sure to have your Poketch App Dowsing Machine ready as well, because a lot of items are hidden in the sand.

You'll want to keep heading south to get to Route 229, but try to explore all over to get all of the items (a lot of which are rare or valuable) and fight all of the Trainers. Don't hesitate to heal if you need to.

← Part 31 Survival Area, Routes 226-227, Mt. Stark

Diamond and Pearl walkthrough

Route 229, Resort Area, Route 230, Back in Fight Area, Rival rematch Part 33 →

This article is part of Project Walkthroughs, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive step-by-step guides on each Pokémon game.