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Pokemon Sword and Shield walkthrough: Hammerlocke and Route 6

Hammerlocke

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Item	Visible	Hidden
Dire Hit	Row 0 - Cell 1	Y
Hyper Potion x2	Y	Row 1 - Cell 2
Muscle Band	Y	Row 2 - Cell 2
Nugget	Row 3 - Cell 1	Y
Rare Candy	Row 4 - Cell 1	Y
Strawberry Sweet	Y	Row 5 - Cell 2
Super Repel	Row 6 - Cell 1	Y
TM29 Charm	Y	Row 7 - Cell 2
Wise Glasses	Y	Row 8 - Cell 2
X Attack x2	Row 9 - Cell 1	Y

When you make it to Hammerlock, you’ll see Bede, Oleana, and Chairman Rose stood in the middle of the road. Before you approach them, enter the house next to the Pokemon Center and beat Mr. Focus to earn a Focus Sash. Note that he uses it during the fight – so his Pokemon will halt at 1HP – it won't be the insta-kill you're expecting.

Mr. Focus

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Pokemon	Level	Type
Cottonee	2	Grass

Leave Mr. Focus' house and go east, then enter the middle house on the left. Listen to the man talk about the weather and he'll give you one of five items – return once a day to hear him out and get a new one. Leave the house then go up the set of stairs towards the enormous castle-esque building. Speak to the small girl wearing pink and she'll give you an Old Letter you need to deliver to a boy named Frank in Ballonlea. More on this later. Pick up the Wise Old Glasses in the corner and the Strawberry Sweet by the top of the stairs then head back to the Pokemon Center.

Approach the Chairman and co. to begin the cutscene. Follow Chairman Rose inside the stadium and he'll explain to you how it actually doubles as an energy plant, before showing you a diagram of how it all works. Nifty stuff. When you're done talking with Rose, leave and head west.

Leon will show up concerned about Hop, then after he leaves, on your right is the Battle Cafe. Make sure you return regularly to reap the rewards from Cafe Master Bernard.

Follow the road along and over the bridge, past the second Pokemon Center, and you'll meet Raihan by the entrance to the Vault. He's the leader of the Hammerlocke Gym, but you can't face him for a while because you need to have seven gym badges already. Go inside the Vault with him and he'll give you his league card.

Head up the stone stairs to the left and into the door at the top where you'll meet Sonia, who tells you all about the tapestries on the wall and ponders over what it could all mean. When she's done, head to the bottom and listen to Raihan, as he tells you to head further west toward Route 6 and Stow-on-Side.

Leave the Vault and opposite you in the corner of the garden stands a woman. She's looking for a Toxel and in exchange, she'll trade you a Togepi. It's up to you whether you want to give up the Toxel you were given earlier or not, but the option is there since both Pokemon are rare to come across.

Keep going left and speak to the next bloke who is looking for an Applin. If you've got one, feel free to give it to him — this isn't a trade, but you'll lose access to Applin temporarily. He'll give it back later though, along with an item that allows you to evolve it. Next, go down the steps before the bridge and you'll find a man happy to teach a certain Pokemon a combo move.

Finally, go back up the stairs and leave Hammerlocke over the bridge to find Route 6.

Route 6

Pokemon: Route 6 - Overworld

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Pokemon	Rarity
Axew	Rare (Sword) / Extremely Rare (Shield)
Dugtrio	Common
Helioptile	Common
Maractus	Average
Trapinch	Extremely Rare (Sword) / Rare (Shield)
Yamask	Common

Pokemon: Route 6 (Random Encounters)

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Pokemon	Rarity
Durant	Common (Sword) / Rare (Shield)
Duskull	Common
Hawlucha	Rare
Heatmor	Rare (Sword) / Common (Shield)
Hippopotas	Average
Silicobra	Common
Skorupi	Average
Torkoal	Rare

Pokemon: Route 6 - Fishing

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Pokemon	Rarity
Drednaw	Common
Goldeen	Average
Magikarp	Frequent

Items: Route 6

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Item	Visible	Hidden
Fossilised Dino (Sword)	Row 0 - Cell 1	Y
Fossilised Fish (Shield)	Row 1 - Cell 1	Y
Light Clay	Y	Row 2 - Cell 2
Rare Bone x2	Row 3 - Cell 1	Y
Rare Candy	Row 4 - Cell 1	Y
TM15 Dig	Y	Row 5 - Cell 2
TM30 Steel Wing	Y	Row 6 - Cell 2
Ultra Ball x3	Row 7 - Cell 1	Row 7 - Cell 2

Cross the bridge and the first people you'll find are two more Team Yell Grunts, insisting you keep the noise down as to not wake the Silicobra asleep by the side of the path. Hop will show up but you have the option to take on the two Grunts by yourself, one after the other.

Team Yell Grunt

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Pokemon	Level	Type
Stunky	29	Poison/Dark
Linoone	30	Dark/Normal

Team Yell Grunt

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Pokemon	Level	Type
Liepard	30	Dark

When you've taken them both down, Hop will head off and the Silicobra will look at you disapprovingly, then slither off into the distance. A new character called Opal will show up and say some ominous words about how she's going to "keep an eye on you", give you her league card, then walk off. Weird.

Next step is to push through Route 6, collecting all of the items you can find and filling out your Pokedex. Beauty Anita is the first trainer you'll come up against.

Beauty Anita

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Pokemon	Level	Type
Clefairy	29	Fairy
Clefable	30	Fairy

Progress through the tall grass and you'll come up against a duo fight.

Medical Team Iwan and Evelyn (Duo)

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Pokemon	Level	Type
Togetic	31	Fairy/Flying
Pawniard	31	Dark/Steel

Now you've got three ladders you can climb up along the bottom ridge of this cliff face. The middle one of the three is the one you need to climb to reach Stow-on-Side, so unless you're making a beeline for the next town, we'll use the other two ladders first.

The one on the far right that you walk past first from Hammerlocke simply leads you to a fishing spot. Walk to the one on the far left and you'll come across Backpacker Diane.

Backpacker Diane

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Pokemon	Level	Type
Sawk	31	Fighting

Walk past her to the ladder at the back and you'll find another camper with TM15 Dig in the corner. Dig is an incredibly powerful Ground-type move, so it's worth teaching to any of your Pokemon that can learn it.

On the left side up the slope is Cara Liss, a scientist researching fossils. If you have any fossils, you can bring them to her, so remember her whereabouts for later. Go back to the ladder you came up then walk left and head down the ladder at the end to find Light Clay. Head back up the ladder and down the one on the other side, then take the one on the right where you'll find Model Nicola pacing across the path.

Model Nicola

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Pokemon	Level	Type
Skorupi	30	Poison/Bug
Pawniard	30	Dark/Steel

Follow the path to the right and take the next ladder down. There's a berry tree in the corner you can shake for some tasty treats, followed by Backpacker Ruth.

Backpacker Ruth

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Pokemon	Level	Type
Throh	31	Fighting

After you take her down, follow the tall grass and go down the path at the bottom to reach TM30 Steel Wing. Go back up the way you came and through the tunnel in the distance, where your final battle will be against Artist Duncan.

Artist Duncan

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Pokemon	Level	Type
Koffing	29	Poison
Sudowoodo	31	Rock

Keep heading forwards to reach Stow-on-Side!

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