Route 23

Access to:
North: Victory Road
Accessible on the route: Giant Chasm

Utility:
Cut or Surf is required to access a Heart Scale, as well as one spot for Funfest Missions.
Cut is required to access a Full Heal, an Ultra Ball, a Repeat Ball, an HP Up, a Calcium, and several Trainers.
Cut and Strength are required to access a Yellow Shard, a Green Shard, a Max Potion, a PP Up, TM12 Taunt, and Battle Girl Tiffany.
Surf is required to access TM35 Flamethrower, as well as seven spots for Funfest Missions. Wild Pokémon can also be encountered here with Surf.

Funfest Missions:
Forest map with 20 spots. Seven spots require Surf. 1 other spot requires Surf or Cut.
Funfest Trainers here are 4 levels lower in Easy Mode and 4 higher in Challenge Mode.

Pokémon

Wild Amoonguss have a 50% chance of holding a TinyMushroom, a 5% chance of holding a Big Mushroom, and a 1% chance of holding a BalmMushroom (in dark grass only).
Wild Sawk and Throh have a 5% chance of holding a Black Belt and a 1% chance of holding an Expert Belt (in dark grass only).
Wild Audino have a 50% chance of holding an Oran Berry and a 5% chance of holding a Sitrus Berry.
Wild Emolga always hold a Cheri Berry.
Wild Zangoose have a 5% chance of holding a Quick Claw.
Wild Red-Striped Basculin have a 5% chance of holding a DeepSeaTooth.
Wild Blue-Striped Basculin have a 5% chance of holding a DeepSeaScale.
Wild Poliwhirl and Politoed have a 5% chance of holding a King's Rock.

Walking

Walking (dark grass)

Walking (shaking grass)

Static

All Versions
Pokémon		Level	Notes
	Azelf	65	Only one, and only after speaking with Professor Juniper in the Cave of Being. If defeated or run from, it reappears after defeating the Elite Four.
	Amoonguss	56	Three total. Appear as regular item balls, but will attack when interacted with.

Hidden Grotto

When a Hidden Grotto's contents regenerate, there is a 20% chance that it will contain a Pokémon. The following Pokémon may be encountered. All of them have their Hidden Ability.

Hidden Grotto Pokémon
	Rate	Levels
Zangoose	7.5%	lv. 50-55
Seviper	7.5%	lv. 50-55
Golduck	2%	lv. 50-55
Absol	2%	lv. 50-55
Gligar	1%	lv. 50-55

Surfing

Surfing (rippling water)

Fishing

Fishing (rippling water)

Items

Black 2 and White 2 Items
Item	Location	Notes
Heart Scale	At the end of the stream past the first house	Requires Cut or Surf.
TM35 Flamethrower	Obtained from the old man in the second house	Requires Surf.
Rare Candy	East of Ace Trainer Juliet	Hidden.
Iron	On the mountain south of Black Belt Luke
Star Piece	On a rock southeast of Black Belt Luke	Hidden.
Star Piece	On the mountain with the Hidden Grotto
TM05 Roar	Near Pokémon Ranger Steve
Ultra Ball	In a dead end near the beginning of the forested area	Hidden. Requires Cut.
Repeat Ball	In a dead end above Ace Trainer Tom	Requires Cut.
HP Up	In a dead end west of Black Belt Benjamin	Requires Cut.
Calcium	In a dead end past Hiker Doug	Requires Cut.
Full Heal	On the pedestal where Azelf appears	Requires Cut.
Yellow Shard	On a rock south of the Strength puzzle	Hidden. Requires Cut and Strength.
Green Shard	In the grass patch northeast of the Strength puzzle	Requires Cut and Strength.
Max Potion	Near Battle Girl Tiffany	Requires Cut and Strength.
PP Up	On a lone mountain	Hidden. Requires Cut and Strength.
TM12 Taunt	On a lone mountain	Requires Cut and Strength.

Hidden Grottoes

When a Hidden Grotto's contents regenerate, there is an 80% chance for an item to be spawned: 40% for visible items and 40% for hidden items. The following items may be generated.

Hidden Grotto items (visible)
Item	Rate
Poké Ball	12.5%
Potion	6.25%
Repel	6.25%
Great Ball	5%
Super Potion	2.5%
Super Repel	2.5%
Ultra Ball	2%
Hyper Potion	1%
Max Repel	1%
Fire Stone	0.25%
Water Stone	0.25%
Thunderstone	0.25%
Leaf Stone	0.25%

Hidden Grotto items (hidden)
Item	Rate
TinyMushroom	7.5%
Damp Mulch	6.25%
Growth Mulch	6.25%
Stable Mulch	6.25%
Gooey Mulch	6.25%
Big Mushroom	2.5%
Red Shard	1%
Green Shard	1%
Yellow Shard	1%
Blue Shard	1%
PP Up	0.5%
Rare Candy	0.25%
PP Max	0.25%

Trainers

Black 2 and White 2 Trainers
Trainer	Party	Notes
Battle Girl Brenda	Throh lv. 49 (Easy Mode) / 53 (Normal Mode) / 57 (Challenge Mode)
Ace Trainer Grant	Emolga lv. 49 (Easy Mode) / 53 (Normal Mode) / 57 (Challenge Mode) Jellicent lv. 49 (Easy Mode) / 53 (Normal Mode) / 57 (Challenge Mode)
Hiker Don	Piloswine lv. 47 (Easy Mode) / 51 (Normal Mode) / 55 (Challenge Mode) Probopass lv. 47 (Easy Mode) / 51 (Normal Mode) / 55 (Challenge Mode)
Ace Trainer Juliet	Swanna lv. 49 (Easy Mode) / 53 (Normal Mode) / 57 (Challenge Mode) Galvantula lv. 49 (Easy Mode) / 53 (Normal Mode) / 57 (Challenge Mode)
Black Belt Luke	Sawk lv. 49 (Easy Mode) / 53 (Normal Mode) / 57 (Challenge Mode)
Pokémon Ranger Steve	Stunfisk lv. 48 (Easy Mode) / 52 (Normal Mode) / 56 (Challenge Mode) Amoonguss lv. 48 (Easy Mode) / 52 (Normal Mode) / 56 (Challenge Mode)	He will give the player a Sitrus Berry after the battle.
Pokémon Ranger Lena	Floatzel lv. 49 (Easy Mode) / 53 (Normal Mode) / 57 (Challenge Mode) Lucario lv. 49 (Easy Mode) / 53 (Normal Mode) / 57 (Challenge Mode)	She will give the player a Sitrus Berry after the battle.
Hiker Doug	Boldore lv. 49 (Easy Mode) / 53 (Normal Mode) / 57 (Challenge Mode) Aggron lv. 49 (Easy Mode) / 53 (Normal Mode) / 57 (Challenge Mode)	Requires Cut.
Ace Trainer Miki	Scolipede lv. 50 (Easy Mode) / 54 (Normal Mode) / 58 (Challenge Mode) Arcanine lv. 50 (Easy Mode) / 54 (Normal Mode) / 58 (Challenge Mode)	Requires Cut.
Black Belt Benjamin	Gurdurr lv. 49 (Easy Mode) / 53 (Normal Mode) / 57 (Challenge Mode) Scrafty lv. 49 (Easy Mode) / 53 (Normal Mode) / 57 (Challenge Mode)	Requires Cut.
Ace Trainer Tom	Magmar lv. 50 (Easy Mode) / 54 (Normal Mode) / 58 (Challenge Mode) Mamoswine lv. 50 (Easy Mode) / 54 (Normal Mode) / 58 (Challenge Mode)	Requires Cut.
Battle Girl Tiffany	Gurdurr lv. 49 (Easy Mode) / 53 (Normal Mode) / 57 (Challenge Mode) Mienshao lv. 49 (Easy Mode) / 53 (Normal Mode) / 57 (Challenge Mode)	Requires Cut and Strength.

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