Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver Phase 16: Battle Frontier

Master all five facilities, understand randomized Brains, and earn Silver and Gold Prints.

This combined guide never substitutes original Gold/Silver or Crystal data for the Nintendo DS remakes.

Frontier rules, BP, and preparation

Build legal level-50 teams and understand streak resets, clauses, and BP.

Route Plan

Choose Lv. 50 or Open Level where offered, avoid duplicate held items and duplicate species, build around status and critical-hit variance, and spend early BP on high-impact held items before chasing Gold Prints.

Items And Hidden Items

Facility milestones and BP

The listed base value is the first completed challenge-set award; set rewards grow with the active streak. Defeating any Frontier Brain awards 20 BP.

Dahlia — Gold Print, battle 49

Dahlia — Silver Print, battle 21

Darach — Gold Print, battle 49

Darach — Silver Print, battle 21

Thorton — Gold Print, battle 49

Randomized team: the retail facility generates this Brain's opponent from its legal pool. A fixed lineup would be inaccurate.

Thorton — Silver Print, battle 21

Randomized team: the retail facility generates this Brain's opponent from its legal pool. A fixed lineup would be inaccurate.

Argenta — Gold Print, battle 170

Randomized team: the retail facility generates this Brain's opponent from its legal pool. A fixed lineup would be inaccurate.

Argenta — Silver Print, battle 50

Randomized team: the retail facility generates this Brain's opponent from its legal pool. A fixed lineup would be inaccurate.

Palmer — Gold Print, battle 49

Palmer — Silver Print, battle 21

Completion Checklist

• Visit all 8 mapped source subareas assigned here.
• Collect 0 visible items, 1 hidden items, and 0 Apricorn trees assigned here.

Battle Tower — Palmer

Win seven-battle sets and defeat Palmer at battles 21 and 49.

Route Plan

Use Singles for the Brain path, preserve the streak through two full sets, counter Palmer's battle-21 fixed trio, then build a durable answer to his battle-49 legendary trio. Multi and partner formats have separate streaks.

Trainers

Facility milestones and BP

The listed base value is the first completed challenge-set award; set rewards grow with the active streak. Defeating any Frontier Brain awards 20 BP.

Palmer — Gold Print, battle 49

Palmer — Silver Print, battle 21

Completion Checklist

• Visit all 7 mapped source subareas assigned here.

Battle Factory — Thorton

Draft rentals, trade after wins, and beat Thorton at 21 and 49.

Route Plan

Read every rental set, draft complementary speed and coverage, trade only when the defeated set improves the whole team, scout revealed moves, and remember Thorton's team is generated from the facility pool rather than a fixed fake lineup.

Trainers

Facility milestones and BP

The listed base value is the first completed challenge-set award; set rewards grow with the active streak. Defeating any Frontier Brain awards 20 BP.

Thorton — Gold Print, battle 49

Randomized team: the retail facility generates this Brain's opponent from its legal pool. A fixed lineup would be inaccurate.

Thorton — Silver Print, battle 21

Randomized team: the retail facility generates this Brain's opponent from its legal pool. A fixed lineup would be inaccurate.

Battle Hall — Argenta

Use one species, select opposing types, and meet Argenta at 50 and 170 wins.

Route Plan

Choose a Pokémon with wide neutral coverage, clear the most dangerous type boards early while opponent ranks are low, retain PP and accuracy plans, and treat Argenta's opponent as facility-generated rather than a fixed team.

Trainers

Facility milestones and BP

The listed base value is the first completed challenge-set award; set rewards grow with the active streak. Defeating any Frontier Brain awards 20 BP.

Argenta — Gold Print, battle 170

Randomized team: the retail facility generates this Brain's opponent from its legal pool. A fixed lineup would be inaccurate.

Argenta — Silver Print, battle 50

Randomized team: the retail facility generates this Brain's opponent from its legal pool. A fixed lineup would be inaccurate.

Battle Arcade — Dahlia

Control the roulette and defeat Dahlia at 21 and 49.

Route Plan

Practice timing the board cursor, prefer effects that aid your side or hinder theirs, build to survive unavoidable weather and status, and prepare for Dahlia's fixed Silver- and Gold-Print rosters.

Trainers

Facility milestones and BP

The listed base value is the first completed challenge-set award; set rewards grow with the active streak. Defeating any Frontier Brain awards 20 BP.

Dahlia — Gold Print, battle 49

Dahlia — Silver Print, battle 21

Battle Castle — Darach

Manage Castle Points and defeat Darach at 21 and 49.

Route Plan

Earn CP with healthy, efficient wins, buy scouting only when it changes the plan, heal manually between battles, rank opponents up or down strategically, and reserve enough CP before each Brain battle.

Trainers

Facility milestones and BP

The listed base value is the first completed challenge-set award; set rewards grow with the active streak. Defeating any Frontier Brain awards 20 BP.

Darach — Gold Print, battle 49

Darach — Silver Print, battle 21

Sources And Validation