Phase 16 section
Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver Battle Factory — Thorton Walkthrough
Draft rentals, trade after wins, and beat Thorton at 21 and 49. Exact HGSS encounters, trainers, items, puzzle route, version differences, and completion checks.
Draft rentals, trade after wins, and beat Thorton at 21 and 49. This combined guide never substitutes original Gold/Silver or Crystal data for the Nintendo DS remakes.
Source maps
Battle Frontier Battle Factory.
Version scope
HeartGold and SoulSilver are labeled per row. Event-only and external-device content is never presented as normal retail progression.
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.
Wild Pokémon
No random encounter bank is assigned to these source maps. Static, gift, Safari, Contest, or event records appear separately when applicable.
Trainers
Teams are the exact source party records. Moves and held items appear only when the trainer format defines them. Reward = last party member level × 4 × trainer-class multiplier; double battles double the base payout where the engine applies it.
| Trainer | Location / order | Full team | Reward | Battle note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Factory Head ThortonSource trainer ID 709 | Battle Factory — Thorton • scripted/system variant |
| ₽0 | Single battle. |
Items And Hidden Items
No item ball, type-2 hidden item, or Apricorn tree is assigned to these exact source maps.
Puzzles And Systems
Follow the route plan in order; source tiles in the item and trainer tables provide a QA anchor for every placed object.
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.
| Facility | Brain | Silver Print | Gold Print | Starting set BP | Brain reward | Currency / team rule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Factory | Thorton | Battle 21 | Battle 49 | 5 BP | 20 BP | BP; Brain team is generated from the facility pool |
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.
Completion Checklist
- Visit all 1 mapped source subareas assigned here.
- Account for 0 random, Headbutt, Safari, Contest, static, gift, trade, or event rows across the per-area tables.
- Defeat or deliberately defer all 1 listed trainer records.
- Collect 0 visible items, 0 hidden items, and 0 Apricorn trees assigned here.
- Finish the stated story, puzzle, schedule, version, and event conditions before moving on.
Sources And Validation
- Primary source:
pret/pokeheartgoldcommit814275e4392cc21eef45a04e6dc8d980010ca2b7. - Layers: encounter banks, map headers, trainer parties, field events and scripts, Headbutt, Safari, Bug Contest, hidden items, Apricorns, phone/Pokégear, and Frontier engine data.
- Machine-readable validation report and trainer asset manifest.