Pastoria City is home of Crasher Wake and your next gym badge in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl.

Pastoria Gym¶

The main thing you’ll want to do here is head to the gym to defeat Crasher Wake.

There are plenty of trainers to be found here, and plenty of experience to get in before you have to face Crasher Wake himself. If you chose Chimchar as your starter, you might find this gym a little difficult. Turtwig’s evolutions, however, should easily be able to take Wake down.

If you caught a Shinx early in the game, its evolutions are also great for taking down the Water-types.

Solve the puzzles, defeat the trainers, and then defeat Wake himself to get that Fen Badge.

Main Story¶

After you’ve defeated the Gym, it’s time to continue with the main story. Head towards the Great Marsh to talk to a Galactic grunt there. He’ll run East and demand you don’t chase him towards Valor Lakefront which, of course, means you should chase him.

Make sure you head to a Pokémon Center before continuing on, as you’re about to come up against a trainer a little more challenging than your average Galactic grunt.

Before you do, you’ll run into your rival who will demand a Pokémon battle.

Chimchar Starter¶

Piplup Starter¶

Turtwig Starter¶

Although your rival has a well-balanced team, you should too at this point. An Electric-type move will taken down his Starly easily and from there, you should adjust depending on what he sends out next. As always, don’t put your starter Pokémon against his, as its designed so that he has the starter advantage.

Items¶

As with every other locations, there are some items to be found in Pastoria City.

Poké Mart¶

The Poké Mart has some items for sale. The selection will increase as you get more badges but on your first visit, this is what you can find.

Other Items¶

There are some other items to pick up around Pastoria City before proceeding on.

In the house in the center of the city, you’ll find a man who wants to see all three forms of Burmy. If you can provide them, he’ll give you a Macho Brace. Burmy’s cloak changes depending on where it had its last battle.

This is a held item which increases strength in battle, but slows down a Pokémon’s speed.

There is also a house to the top right of Pastoria City where Scarf Guy lives. If you show him a Pokémon with high conditions, he will give you a Colored Scarf that raises the conditions of a Pokemon when they hold the item during a Super Contest.

Other Locations¶

Before you chase the grunt out east to Valor Lakefront, there are some other places to visit in Pastoria City.

The Great Marsh¶

The Great Marsh is Pastoria City’s Safari Zone, where you can go and catch wild Pokémon for a fee.

Make sure you spend some time here and catch the unique Pokémon you can’t find elsewhere.

The Move Reminder¶

For a fee of a Heart Scale, the Move Reminder can help your Pokémon relearn a move they forget. He lives north of the Pokémon Center.

After you’ve done all of this, head east to chase the grunt.