Unova Route 8

Route 8 in the winter in Black and White

Route 8 is a route with many water puddles due to excessive amounts of rainy days. Pokémon hide in the damp ground. The puddles freeze over in winter. The route is accessible by a path to the east of Icirrus City. To the north of the first path is a small lake that can be surfed on, with tree stumps and a log in the middle which can not be crossed. After passing the lake, the route splits into two paths. The southern path leads to another small lake, and Tubeline Bridge. There is a Parasol Lady near the bridge's entrance who hands out weather condition boosting rocks based on the time of day and has a habit of speaking in rock puns. For example, she says "I'll be here, I pumice". The northern path leads to the Moor of Icirrus.

In Black and White, the entrance to the Tubeline Bridge from this route is blocked by two Team Plasma Grunts. They will only disperse once the player obtains the Light Stone^B/Dark Stone^W. Once they have dispersed, Bianca will meet the player at this position for a battle.

Pokémon Black and White

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
									Sp	Su	Au	Wi
Palpitoad	B			W			Puddle	30-33	40%	40%	40%	-
Shelmet	B			W			Puddle	30-33	40%	40%	40%	-
Stunfisk	B			W			Puddle	31-32	20%	20%	20%	-
Surfing
Stunfisk	B			W			Surfing	15-35	100%
Surfing in rippling water
Seismitoad	B			W			Rippling water	15-40	5%
Stunfisk	B			W			Rippling water	15-40	95%
Fishing
Barboach	B			W			Fishing	35-55	70%
Stunfisk	B			W			Fishing	35-55	30%
Fishing in rippling water
Barboach	B			W			Rippling water	35-60	60%
Whiscash	B			W			Rippling water	35-70	10%
Stunfisk	B			W			Rippling water	35-60	30%
Swarm
Croagunk	B			W			Puddle	15-55	40%	40%	40%	-
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.

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
									Sp	Su	Au	Wi
Croagunk	B2			W2			Puddle	55-56	15%	15%	15%	-
Palpitoad	B2			W2			Puddle	54-57	40%	40%	40%	-
Karrablast	B2			W2			Puddle	57	5%	5%	5%	-
Shelmet	B2			W2			Puddle	54	20%	20%	20%	-
Stunfisk	B2			W2			Puddle	55-56	20%	20%	20%	-
Surfing
Palpitoad	B2			W2			Surfing	45-60	30%
Stunfisk	B2			W2			Surfing	45-60	70%
Surfing in rippling water
Palpitoad	B2			W2			Rippling water	45-60	30%
Seismitoad	B2			W2			Rippling water	60	5%
Stunfisk	B2			W2			Rippling water	45-60	65%
Fishing
Barboach	B2			W2			Fishing	45-60	70%
Stunfisk	B2			W2			Fishing	45-60	30%
Fishing in rippling water
Barboach	B2			W2			Rippling water	45-60	60%
Whiscash	B2			W2			Rippling water	60	10%
Stunfisk	B2			W2			Rippling water	45-60	30%
Swarm
Quagsire	B2			W2			Puddle	40-55	40%	40%	40%	-
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.

Pokémon Black and White

Trainer	Pokémon
Pokémon Ranger Lewis アキト Akito Reward: $2040	Cubchoo♂ Lv.34 No item
	Palpitoad♂ Lv.34 No item
	Maractus♂ Lv.34 No item
Parasol Lady Melita クニミ Kunimi Reward: $1088	Frillish♀ Female Lv.34 No item
	Ducklett♀ Lv.34 No item
Pokémon Ranger Annie アニー Annie Reward: $2160	Cinccino♀ Lv.36 No item
Fisherman Bruce トモヒロ Tomohiro Reward: $1088	Basculin♂ Red-Striped Form Lv.34 No item
	Basculin♂ Blue-Striped Form Lv.34 No item
Parasol Lady Lumi ミユキ Miyuki Reward: $1120	Alomomola♀ Lv.35 No item

After obtaining the Light Stone^B/Dark Stone^W

If the player chose Snivy:

PKMN Trainer Bianca Route 8 Black and White Reward: $4000

Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Stoutland♀ Lv.38 Work Up Normal Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Roar Normal Status   --       Retaliate Normal Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: None Simisear♂ Lv.38 Leer Normal Status   --       Lick Ghost Physical   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Flame Burst Fire Special   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Forewarn Held item: None Musharna♀ Lv.38 Defense Curl Normal Status   --       Lucky Chant Normal Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: None Samurott♂ Lv.40 Revenge Fighting Physical   --       Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Encore Normal Status   --

If the player chose Tepig:

PKMN Trainer Bianca Route 8 Black and White Reward: $4000

Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Stoutland♀ Lv.38 Work Up Normal Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Roar Normal Status   --       Retaliate Normal Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: None Simipour♂ Lv.38 Leer Normal Status   --       Lick Ghost Physical   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Scald Water Special   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Forewarn Held item: None Musharna♀ Lv.38 Defense Curl Normal Status   --       Lucky Chant Normal Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Serperior♂ Lv.40 Mega Drain Grass Special   --       Slam Normal Physical   --       Leaf Blade Grass Physical   --       Coil Poison Status   --

If the player chose Oshawott:

PKMN Trainer Bianca Route 8 Black and White Reward: $4000

Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Stoutland♀ Lv.38 Work Up Normal Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Roar Normal Status   --       Retaliate Normal Physical   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: None Simisage♂ Lv.38 Leer Normal Status   --       Lick Ghost Physical   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Seed Bomb Grass Physical   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Forewarn Held item: None Musharna♀ Lv.38 Defense Curl Normal Status   --       Lucky Chant Normal Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --       Types: Fire Fighting Ability: Blaze Held item: None Emboar♂ Lv.40 Rollout Rock Physical   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Heat Crash Fire Physical   --       Assurance Dark Physical   --

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Trainer	Pokémon
Parasol Lady Ingrid ミチコ Michiko Reward: $1920 Rotation Battle	Castform♀ Lv.60 No item
	Castform♀ Lv.60 No item
	Castform♀ Lv.60 No item
Lass Mai マイ Mai Reward: $960	Shelmet♀ Lv.60 No item
	Slugma♀ Lv.60 No item
	Gastrodon♀ West Sea Lv.60 No item
Fisherman Ryder タクマ Takuma Reward: $1920	Barboach♂ Lv.60 No item
	Whiscash♂ Lv.60 No item
	Stunfisk♂ Lv.60 No item
Parasol Lady Tyra ルイ Rui Reward: $1920 Triple Battle	Ludicolo♀ Lv.60 No item
	Jolteon♂ Lv.60 No item
	Castform♀ Lv.60 No item
Youngster Astor タカト Takato Reward: $960	Palpitoad♂ Lv.60 No item
	Vaporeon♂ Lv.60 No item
	Croagunk♂ Lv.60 No item

• Parasol Lady Melita will talk about having heard the player coming just by listening to their splashes in the puddles, even in winter when the water puddles would be frozen. Seasonal changes cause similar confusion in Icirrus City.

Unova
Settlements Nuvema Town • Accumula Town • Striaton City • Nacrene City • Castelia City • Nimbasa City • Anville Town Driftveil City • Mistralton City • Icirrus City • Opelucid City • Pokémon League • Lacunosa Town • Undella Town Black City • White Forest • Aspertia City • Floccesy Town • Virbank City • Lentimas Town • Humilau City Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 Bridges and tunnels Skyarrow Bridge • Driftveil Drawbridge • Tubeline Bridge • Village Bridge • Marvelous Bridge • Marine Tube Landmarks Dreamyard • Wellspring Cave • Pinwheel Forest • Liberty Garden • Desert Resort • Relic Castle • Battle Subway • Lostlorn Forest Cold Storage • Mistralton Cave • Chargestone Cave • Celestial Tower • Twist Mountain • Dragonspiral Tower • Moor of Icirrus Challenger's Cave • Victory Road (BW • B2W2) • N's Castle • Royal Unova • Giant Chasm • Undella Bay • Abyssal Ruins Abundant Shrine • Poké Transfer Lab • P2 Laboratory • Entralink • Unity Tower • Floccesy Ranch • Pledge Grove • Virbank Complex Pokéstar Studios • Castelia Sewers • Join Avenue • Cave of Being • Pokémon World Tournament • Reversal Mountain • Plasma Frigate Clay Tunnel • Underground Ruins • Strange House • Relic Passage • Seaside Cave • White Treehollow • Black Tower Access to Nature Preserve Other Blueberry Academy • Terarium

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