This is a walkthrough for the Snowpoint City Gym in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (BDSP).

Snowpoint City Gym is the 7th gym in the game; it’s ice-themed, with a predictable slippery floor. Blocking your path are a bunch of giant snowballs. To get rid of these, you must slide down from a slope to gain enough momentum to break through them.

Map¶

How to Solve the Puzzle Normally¶

There are many ways to solve this puzzle, but here’s our take on it. Please note that all the steps must be done sequentially without pause. Although if you slip up and do something differently, you can probably course-correct or try your own solution.

Step 1¶

Stand among the top-most snow tiles from the entrance, then:

• Slide left
• Slide up
• Slide up again
• Slide up yet again
• Slide right
• Walk down 1 square
• Slide left

You should smash through the bottom-most snowball.

Step 2¶

• Go left up the stairs
• Slide left
• Slide down
• Go left up the next stairs
• Slide up
• Slide up
• Slide right

You should smash through a single snowball near the top.

Step 3¶

• Go right up the stairs
• Slide right
• Slide up
• Go right up the next stairs
• Slide right
• Slide up
• Slide left
• Walk left 1 square
• Slide down
• Slide left

You should crash through three snowballs along the bottom of the lowest floor.

Step 4¶

• Go left up the stairs
• Slide left
• Slide up
• Slide left into the slope, to align yourself
• Slide right

You should slide through two snowballs along the center. Note that if your position is off-center, you may not gain enough momentum and simply bump into the snowballs. That’s why we suggest sliding into the left-hand side slope.

Step 5¶

• Slide down
• Slide left
• Go left up the stairs
• Slide left
• Slide down
• Go left up the next stairs
• Slide up
• Slide left
• Slide up
• Slide right

This should send you crashing through the three remaining snowballs at the lowest floor. Almost done now…

Step 6¶

• Go right up the stairs
• Slide down
• Slide left
• Go left up the stairs
• Slide left
• Slide down
• Go left up the next stairs
• Slide down
• Slide right
• Slide up
• Slide left
• Slide down
• Slide right

The final snowball blocking your path should be gone now. All that’s left is to get your butt to Candice.

Step 7¶

• Slide left
• Slide down
• Go left up the stairs
• Slide down
• Slide down
• Slide right
• Carefully walk to the top-most snow tiles from the entrance
• Slide up from the center snow tile
• Keep sliding/going up

How to Glitch Straight to the Gym Leader¶

If you’re feeling sneaky and/or lazy, there’s a trick that allows you to skip straight to the Gym Leader at the end. It’s fairly safe and easy to do, but you might feel like you’re cheating. Plus you’ll forego the experience points earned from the trainers.

What you need to do is stand among the top-most three snow tiles from the entrance, then slide forward from the left tile. This will send you very close to Candice, but you can’t reach her from this position… normally.

Now carefully tap the left stick in a diagonally top-right direction. If you’re lucky, you may slide straight up the slope, towards Candice! Otherwise, you’ll slip down like normal. Should that happen, keep pressing in the same direction and you should eventually slide up.

If you accidentally slide left or right, you’ll need to retry from the beginning. To save time, if you slid left, slide right. When/if you’re at the right-hand side position (just below Ace Trainer Anton), slide down, down again and left to quickly return to the entrance.

Trainer Battles¶

Ace Trainer Anton¶

Ace Trainer Alicia¶

Ace Trainer Savannah¶

Ace Trainer Sergio¶

Ace Trainer Brenna¶

Ace Trainer Isaiah¶