Phase 1 section
Pokémon Platinum Route 201 and Sandgem Town Walkthrough
Coal Badge Receive the Pokédex, learn the catching loop, and prepare the Parcel errand. Exact Platinum encounters, every sourced trainer, items, hidden-item directions, puzzle notes, boss data, and completion checks.
Phase 1Coal Badge Twinleaf, Sandgem, Jubilife, Oreburgh, and Roark. 01 / 12 
Receive the Pokédex, learn the catching loop, and prepare the Parcel errand. Every table on this page is joined to the named Platinum map, encounter, trainer, item, and script data; Diamond/Pearl rows are not substituted.
Source maps
Route 201, Sandgem Town, Sandgem Town Mart, Sandgem Town Pokémon Center 1 Female, Sandgem Town Pokémon Center 2 Female, Sandgem Town Pokémon Research Lab, Sandgem Town Counterpart House 1 Female, Sandgem Town Counterpart House 2 Female, Sandgem Town House, Sandgem Town Pokémon Center B1 Female.
Platinum discipline
Morning, day, night, daily, Radar, swarm, dual-slot, static, gift, and event rows remain distinct when their requirements differ.
Route Plan
Cross Route 201, enter Rowan's Lab, accept the Pokédex, return to Mom for the Journal, then head back through Sandgem toward Route 202.
Exact pret map constants (10)
MAP_HEADER_ROUTE_201 · MAP_HEADER_SANDGEM_TOWN · MAP_HEADER_SANDGEM_TOWN_MART · MAP_HEADER_SANDGEM_TOWN_POKECENTER_1F · MAP_HEADER_SANDGEM_TOWN_POKECENTER_2F · MAP_HEADER_SANDGEM_TOWN_POKEMON_RESEARCH_LAB · MAP_HEADER_SANDGEM_TOWN_COUNTERPART_HOUSE_1F · MAP_HEADER_SANDGEM_TOWN_COUNTERPART_HOUSE_2F · MAP_HEADER_SANDGEM_TOWN_HOUSE · MAP_HEADER_SANDGEM_TOWN_POKECENTER_B1F
Wild Pokémon
Each area below has its own table, split by encounter method. Standard grass and cave 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, Poké Radar, GBA dual-slot, and Trophy Garden replacements keep their own labeled rows. Underlying slot odds: grass 20/20/10/10/10/10/5/5/4/4/1/1; Surf and Old Rod 60/30/5/4/1; Good and Super Rod 40/40/15/4/1.
| Pokémon | Levels | Rate | Requirement / notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning | Day | Night | |||
| Grass / cave floor | |||||
 Bidoof | 2-3 | 40% | 50% | 50% | Rate counts base slots temporarily replaced by the daily swarm, hard-shaking Poké Radar patches, and GBA dual-slot insertions. |
 Starly | 2-3 | 50% | 50% | 40% | Rate counts base slots temporarily replaced by the daily swarm, hard-shaking Poké Radar patches, and GBA dual-slot insertions. |
 Kricketot | 3 | 10% | — | 10% | Rate counts base slots temporarily replaced by the daily swarm, hard-shaking Poké Radar patches, and GBA dual-slot insertions. |
| Swarm (post-National Dex daily announcement) | |||||
 Doduo | 2 | 40% | Post-National Dex daily swarm; replaces grass slots 0-1 (40% total). | ||
| Poké Radar (post-National Dex) | |||||
 Nidoran F | 2-3 | 11% | National Dex and Poké Radar; replaces slots 4, 5, 10, and 11 in Radar patches (22% total). | ||
 Nidoran M | 2-3 | 11% | National Dex and Poké Radar; replaces slots 4, 5, 10, and 11 in Radar patches (22% total). | ||
| Dual-slot GBA insertion (post-National Dex) | |||||
 Growlithe | 2 | 8% | National Dex plus Pokémon FireRed in the Nintendo DS GBA slot; replaces slots 8-9 (8% total). | ||
| Bidoof | 2 | 4% | National Dex plus Pokémon Ruby in the Nintendo DS GBA slot; replaces slots 8-9 (8% total). | ||
| Bidoof | 2 | 4% | National Dex plus Pokémon Sapphire in the Nintendo DS GBA slot; replaces slots 8-9 (8% total). | ||
| Bidoof | 2 | 4% | National Dex plus Pokémon Emerald in the Nintendo DS GBA slot; replaces slots 8-9 (8% total). | ||
| Bidoof | 2 | 4% | National Dex plus Pokémon LeafGreen in the Nintendo DS GBA slot; replaces slots 8-9 (8% total). | ||
| Starly | 2 | 4% | National Dex plus Pokémon Ruby in the Nintendo DS GBA slot; replaces slots 8-9 (8% total). | ||
| Starly | 2 | 4% | National Dex plus Pokémon Sapphire in the Nintendo DS GBA slot; replaces slots 8-9 (8% total). | ||
| Starly | 2 | 4% | National Dex plus Pokémon Emerald in the Nintendo DS GBA slot; replaces slots 8-9 (8% total). | ||
| Starly | 2 | 4% | National Dex plus Pokémon LeafGreen in the Nintendo DS GBA slot; replaces slots 8-9 (8% total). | ||
Wild held items
CompoundEyes affects the held-item check when its user leads. Great Marsh catches cannot use Thief or Covet during the Safari Game; catch and inspect instead.
| Wild Pokémon | Held item | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Doduo | Sharp Beak | 5% |
| Growlithe | Rawst Berry | 100% |
| Kricketot | Metronome | 5% |
| Starly | Yache Berry | 5% |
Trainers
No trainer object or fixed trainer-battle command is assigned to these source maps. Story-only NPC encounters remain described in the route plan.
Items And Services
No visible item ball, initialized berry patch, or curated one-time service is assigned to these exact source maps.
Hidden Items
No type-2 hidden-item event is placed on these exact Platinum source maps.
Puzzles, Warps, And Switches
This section has no source-significant switch or warp maze. Follow the route plan and collect each table row before leaving.
Boss Strategy And Partners
No boss, Gym Leader, rival branch, Commander, Elite Four member, or Champion is assigned to this section.
Completion Checklist
- Visit all 10 mapped subareas listed in the source constants.
- Record the 15 applicable wild, static, gift, trade, or event encounter rows across the per-area tables.
- Defeat or intentionally defer all 0 source-placed trainer battles.
- Collect or account for 0 visible items, berry patches, gifts, and services plus 0 Dowsing Machine items.
- Complete the route, story, puzzle, boss, partner, and event conditions above before following the next-section link.
Sources And Validation
- Primary source:
pret/pokeplatinumcommit7c0aa10b6a6aa09d8824e08bd8a36f6fc8b7ad8d. - Source layers:
res/field/encounters,res/field/events,res/field/scripts,res/trainers, personal held-item data, map headers, hidden-item table, berry initializer, trades, tutors, and Frontier sets. - Machine-readable validation report records page, map, trainer, item, encounter, asset, and source invariants.
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