Kalos Route 9

Kalos Route 9 ９番道路 Route 9

Map description This rocky passage was created by retired Rhyhorn racers who forged a path where there was none.

Required for navigation Cut Surf Strength Flash Defog Whirlpool Rock Smash Waterfall Dive Rock Climb Bicycle Mach Bike Acro Bike Go-Goggles None

Connecting locations   ↑ Glittering Cave   ← Ambrette Town Route 9

Location Location of Route 9 in Kalos.

Pokémon world routes ← Route 8       Route 10 ⊟

Route 9 (Japanese: ９番道路 Route 9) is a route in western Kalos, connecting Ambrette Town and Glittering Cave. The route is also known as Spikes Passage (Japanese: トゲトゲ山道 Spiky Mountain Path).

Route description

This is a path that was originally forged by retired Rhyhorn racers. As a result, much of the terrain is very rough and can only be traversed on Rhyhorn-back. Big boulders block various parts of the route, but they can be easily smashed apart by Rhyhorn. A female Pokémon Ranger is standing near the entrance to Glittering Cave, fully healing the player's Pokémon if talked to.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	X Defense	In a small northward branch of walkable ground near the middle of the route	X  Y
	Paralyze Heal	In the walkable area southeast of the middle of the route, past the large breakable rock	X  Y
	Fire Stone	In the walkable area southeast of the middle of the route, at the end of the narrow path on the edge of the cliff	X  Y
	Dusk Ball	In the northeast corner of the route	X  Y
	Super Repel	On the rock northeast of the Pokémon Ranger by the entrance to Glittering Cave (hidden)	X  Y

Natural objects

Item		Location	Games
	Aspear Berry	Randomly found by using Air Cutter, Blizzard, or Twister on a yellow Berry tree during a battle	X  Y
	Sitrus Berry	Randomly found by using Air Cutter, Blizzard, or Twister on a yellow Berry tree during a battle	X  Y
	Iapapa Berry	Randomly found by using Air Cutter, Blizzard, or Twister on a yellow Berry tree during a battle	X  Y
	Wacan Berry	Randomly found by using Air Cutter, Blizzard, or Twister on a yellow Berry tree during a battle	X  Y
	Shuca Berry	Randomly found by using Air Cutter, Blizzard, or Twister on a yellow Berry tree during a battle	X  Y
	Charti Berry	Randomly found by using Air Cutter, Blizzard, or Twister on a yellow Berry tree during a battle	X  Y
	Chilan Berry	Randomly found by using Air Cutter, Blizzard, or Twister on a yellow Berry tree during a battle	X  Y
	Fire Stone	Randomly found by using Hyper Voice or Rock Slide on a spiky rock during a battle	X  Y
	Thunder Stone	Randomly found by using Hyper Voice or Rock Slide on a spiky rock during a battle	X  Y
	Water Stone	Randomly found by using Hyper Voice or Rock Slide on a spiky rock during a battle	X  Y
	Leaf Stone	Randomly found by using Hyper Voice or Rock Slide on a spiky rock during a battle	X  Y
	Heat Rock	Found by using Eruption, Heat Wave, or Lava Plume on a round rock during a battle	X  Y

Pokémon

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Hippopotas	X			Y			Terrain	15-17	40%
Sandile	X			Y			Terrain	15-17	40%
Helioptile	X			Y			Terrain	15-17	20%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Trainers

Trainer	Pokémon
Sky Trainer Orion マルセル Marcel Reward: $2,100	Ledian♂ Lv.21 No item

Music

Games	Situation	Song name (Japanese)	Song name (English)	Composition	Arrangement
X  Y	Overworld	8番道路	Route 8	Minako Adachi	Minako Adachi

In the manga

Route 9 in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

X & Y arc

Route 9 first appeared in Shooting Frogadier. Y ended up landing there after being hit by a broken-off helicopter propeller that was damaged during a battle with some Sky Trainer trainees. Y's fall was cushioned due to the Frubbles used by her Froakie, Croaky.

Knowing the layout of Route 9 due to her Rhyhorn racing training with her mother, Grace, Y made her way through the area, only to find Celosia having a conversation with Malva. Y spied on the two and found out about Team Flare's plan to steal the dormant tree form of Xerneas to power the ultimate weapon. As she continued to listen on the two Team Flare members, Celosia, sensing Y's presence, proceeded to attack her with her Honedge. Y was saved by Croaky, who evolved into Frogadier and used its Frubbles to alert a herd of Rhyhorn to create a distraction.

In Gathering Klefki, X, Tierno, Trevor, and Shauna traveled to Route 9 to look for Y. By following a trail of Croaky's Frubbles, the group managed to find her at Route 8.

In Quilladin Stands, one of the 15 Sky Trainers whom Team Flare had mind-controlled into attacking X's group was revealed to have been found on Route 9 before being brought to Laverre City to recover with the other 14.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 尖尖山道 Jīmjīm Sāandouh * 刺刺山道 Chichi Sāandouh * Mandarin 尖尖山道 Jiānjiān Shāndào * 刺刺山道 Cìcì Shāndào * French Piste Piquante German Rihorn-Pass Italian Sentiero Punzoni Korean 뿔 산길 Ppul Sangil Spanish Paso de Rhyhorn

Kalos
Settlements Vaniville Town • Aquacorde Town‎ • Santalune City • Lumiose City • Camphrier Town • Cyllage City Ambrette Town • Geosenge Town • Shalour City • Coumarine City • Laverre City • Dendemille Town • Anistar City Couriway Town • Snowbelle City • Pokémon League • Kiloude City‎ Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 Landmarks Santalune Forest • Chamber of Emptiness • Parfum Palace • Battle Chateau • Berry fields • Connecting Cave • Glittering Cave • Reflection Cave Tower of Mastery • Azure Bay • Sea Spirit's Den • Kalos Power Plant • Poké Ball Factory • Lost Hotel • Frost Cavern • Lysandre Labs Team Flare Secret HQ • Terminus Cave • Pokémon Village • Victory Road • Battle Maison • Friend Safari • Unknown Dungeon

This article is part of Project Routes, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every route in the Pokémon world.