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Are you going to hunt down Cryogonal? Get it now while it's more common, it drops to 1% or less chance of appearance in the other seasons! On that note, I went to the Ice Rock room during the Summer or Autumn (there is a miner outside the chamber who, after you get the National Dex, will give you random Fossils once a day) and had an increased encounter rate for Cubchoos as if it was winter, and sure enough my Cryogonal came along in there. Later, if you bring an Eevee here and level it up, it evolves into Glaceon.

I think you said you're at Route 7, right? You remember that you can trigger shaking grass the same way in the main overworld? Go to Route 7 and go up towards Celestial Tower (if you see shaking grass anywhere as you trek, stop and battle there or trigger another battle first getting rid of it). Once you reach Celestial Tower, turn around and go south until only the bottom row of grass is visible. Hop on your Bike. Ride back and forth from left to right and vice versa. Audinos will generally trigger only in that top row of grass. If you go far enough to the right you CAN end up triggering one there, so keep an eye out for that.

Occasionally you'll find an Emolga (I try to run away), an Unzefant, or a Stoutland. Most should be Audinos, however, and all you have to do is hand that Drilbur your Exp. Share (there are two, you get the second later if you show the Pokémon Fan Club dude a Pokémon you've trained from a low level to a high one) and it will gain experience even if it doesn't battle. Meanwhile, level up your other Pokémon a bit by grinding on these Audinos. Some are weak against Audinos, remember, so if you want to level them up this way hand them the Exp. Share as well.

Once it's high enough, exchange items and give Drilbur the Lucky Egg (I hope you didn't sell it for 200 units to the chef on Route 5...). Throw it into battle against an Audino. It gets the same experience as a Pokémon traded from someone else as long as it holds the Lucky Egg.

That is my biggest experience gaining strategy, and I had to struggle a few Pokémon through my training. Note that if you captured a lot of fighting types they'll help greatly with getting through the Audino battles with moves like Brick Break and Focus Punch (the latter more once you reach Route 10, where they start learning useless moves again, and even a move that heals you!).

FYI, I don't see your reply unless you go to my page and leave the reply VM there, or you could even send a PM instead (VMs are usually better since PMs are limited and you have to delete them over time, PMs are usually for things that might not need to be posted publicly). The server links it as an entire conversation; see the link under this VM. I see the reply here now of course, but not as part of the conversation. ;)

Twist Mountain and Victory Road are the two real maze areas in this game; you'll have a lot of fun there, but make sure to take someone with Strength so you can create shortcuts through the area. Remember if you already encountered Cobalion (Mistralton Cave) that you can find Terrakion in Victory Road as well, but let me tell you from personal experience, it's a biyatch to capture.

As I posted in the thread, you can get your very own Excadrill. It's available as a Drilbur in four caves; the catch is that you won't find it randomly just walking around, so the idea is to take a Pokémon that is slightly stronger than anything else you find and take a couple of Repels with you (always good to stock up on them AND Quick Balls, you'll like having them when you're looking for Pokémon Swarms later, such as Wynaut on Route 2 and Pineco on Route 16 which can be as high as Lv.55, and most of mine were Quick Ball captures). Once inside the cave area (NOT the outside section), activate a Repel and wander back and forth until a dust spot appears. At times you'll find items (such as Normal Gems and other types, evolutionary stones, and other random items), but often you'll stumble upon Drilbur. Either Quick Ball it if you have a stronger Pokémon out, or failing that, swap for a weaker one on standby and weaken the Drilbur down to capture. Train and it will evolve starting at Lv.31, but if you delay it by two levels it will learn Earthquake at Lv.33 instead of at Lv.36 as an Excadrill.

If you want more of a challenge, though, Excadrill is found the same way at Victory Road (Lv.36-37, 39-41). Once you beat the Elite Four and finish the game by toppling Ghetsis, you will also be able to go to Challenger's Cave and Giant Chasm, where they can be found at Lv.47-50. Note that the Pokémon and Trainers here are much higher in level, however, with Trainers boasting Pokémon in the 60s; I recommend getting it sooner.

Good luck getting your own bad-ass. :D

I can handle mazes, as long as the fights aren't annoying like in Chargestone. The high encounter rate wouldn't have bothered me so much if it weren't for it being filled with electric types. I'm hoping to have the game finished before the season change so I can start obtaining every Pokemon in the game. So far I'm only 78/55 in the Pokedex but out of the the list of possibly attainable at my point in the game, I am only missing 4, not counting the ones I have the pre-evolutionary stages (I don't bother catching ones I can already evolve myself).

I was not aware that certain treasures were inaccessible during some seasons. I will make sure I get there before winter ends, Thanks!

You haven't been to Twist Mountain's cave network yet? Assume the snowpack isn't outside and make your way through all of the caves one by one as designed; that is a maze. With Winter right now, it's possible to get to the initial outside area and head for the path out immediately, but come back on Sept. 1.

Oh, and don't forget to search for a Metal Coat from a tiny eastern cave on the right of the main area. It can't be reached outside of Winter. There is apparently a Stardust, an Iron, and a Rare Candy in the main floor area as well; see here for more data.

Hello there new Trainer.

I've seen you in Other Trivia already and I see you are already settling in to that area.

You can call me Hikari, aka the Crazy Oshawott Girl.