Phase 9 section
Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver Blackthorn City and Gym — Clair Walkthrough
Rising Badge Rotate the dragon platforms and defeat Clair's Kingdra. Exact HGSS encounters, trainers, items, puzzle route, version differences, and completion checks.
Rotate the dragon platforms and defeat Clair's Kingdra. This combined guide never substitutes original Gold/Silver or Crystal data for the Nintendo DS remakes.
Source maps
Blackthorn, Blackthorn Gym, Blackthorn West House, Blackthorn East House, Blackthorn Move Tutor House, Blackthorn Poké Mart, Blackthorn Pokémon Center 1F, Blackthorn Pokémon Center B1F.
Version scope
HeartGold and SoulSilver are labeled per row. Event-only and external-device content is never presented as normal retail progression.
Route Plan
Tour Blackthorn, rotate each Gym platform and lock its colored segments into bridges, defeat all trainers, then use neutral power, status, or Dragon attacks against Kingdra.
Wild Pokémon
Each area below has its own table, split by encounter method. Standard rates merge every base slot for a species and are shown per time window: morning 04:00-09:59, day 10:00-19:59, night 20:00-03:59. Swarm, radio-broadcast, and Headbutt tables keep their own labeled rows, and every row carries HG/SS markers. Underlying slot odds: grass 20/20/10/10/10/10/5/5/4/4/1/1; Surf 60/30/5/4/1; Rods 40/30/15/10/5; Rock Smash 80/20; Headbutt 50/15/15/10/5/5.
| Pokémon | Games | Levels | Rate | Requirement / notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning | Day | Night | ||||
| Swarm (post-National Dex daily announcement) | ||||||
 Magikarp | HGSS | 40 | 100% | Super Rod. Post-National Dex swarm replacement. | ||
| Magikarp | HGSS | 20 | 65% | Good Rod. Post-National Dex swarm replacement. | ||
| Magikarp | HGSS | 10-20 | 60% | Surf. Post-National Dex swarm replacement. | ||
| Magikarp | HGSS | 10 | 15% | Old Rod. Post-National Dex swarm replacement. | ||
| Surfing | ||||||
| Magikarp | HGSS | 2-20 | 100% | Rate counts base slots temporarily replaced by the announced daily swarm. | ||
| Fishing — Old Rod | ||||||
| Magikarp | HGSS | 10 | 85% | Rate counts base slots temporarily replaced by the announced daily swarm. | ||
 Poliwag | HGSS | 10 | 15% | Rate counts base slots temporarily replaced by the announced daily swarm. | ||
| Fishing — Good Rod | ||||||
| Poliwag | HGSS | 20 | 60% | Rate counts base slots temporarily replaced by the announced daily swarm. | ||
| Magikarp | HGSS | 20 | 40% | Rate counts base slots temporarily replaced by the announced daily swarm. | ||
| Fishing — Super Rod | ||||||
| Poliwag | HGSS | 40 | 80% | Rate counts base slots temporarily replaced by the announced daily swarm. | ||
| Magikarp | HGSS | 40 | 20% | Rate counts base slots temporarily replaced by the announced daily swarm. | ||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Leader Clair ClairSource trainer ID 35 | Blackthorn Gym • scripted/system variant | ₽4,920 | Single battle. Trainer items: Hyper Potion, Full Restore. | |
 Ace Trainer M PauloSource trainer ID 110 | Blackthorn Gym • source tile (11, 66) | ₽2,100 | Single battle. | |
| Ace Trainer M MikeSource trainer ID 111 | Blackthorn Gym • source tile (13, 40) |
| ₽2,280 | Single battle. |
| Ace Trainer M CodySource trainer ID 112 | Blackthorn Gym • source tile (20, 54) | ₽2,220 | Single battle. | |
 Ace Trainer F LolaSource trainer ID 117 | Blackthorn Gym • source tile (8, 61) | ₽2,220 | Single battle. | |
| Ace Trainer F FranSource trainer ID 119 | Blackthorn Gym • source tile (21, 45) |
| ₽2,280 | 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.
Completion Checklist
- Visit all 8 mapped source subareas assigned here.
- Account for 11 random, Headbutt, Safari, Contest, static, gift, trade, or event rows across the per-area tables.
- Defeat or deliberately defer all 6 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.
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