SPOILERS! Sun & Moon In-Game Discovery Thread

[MikeAU]

Feel free to post your discoveries/tips below and I will edit as we go!

Housekeeping:
- I will do my best to track Sun/Moon specifics, so please include this in your post so that I can map it accordingly.
- I will be playing Moon for the run-through.
- I hate spoilers lol. I'll include a brief summary of each location however will hide it to help those who don't want too much about any major events.

TL;DR? As much detail as possible will be added. Spoiler tab will contain information on battles, etc. Be warned.

Peace out!
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Island 1: Melemele Island

Location: Route 1​

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First visit is guided by the Professor. No interaction.

Points of interest: TBC
Pokemon:
Moon: [First grass area] Pikipek (~lv3), Yungoos (~lv3), Ledyba (~lv3), Caterpie (~lv3) [Elevated grass area] Pichu (lv3), Metapod (~lv4), Yungoos (~lv3), Pikipek (~lv3), Grubbin (~lv3), Spinarak (~lv3 - night)
South (of home): Slowpoke (~lv7), Rattata-A (~lv5), Wingull (~lv5)
Sun:
Items: (After receiving start) 10x pokeball, 5 potions. Potion (located NW corner of the map). Antidote (just after encountering the kid telling you about the party in Iki town, continue right on to the elevated area), potion (located north of antidote). Paralyze heal (west of entry to Iki town -- useful to heal from the Pichu in this area)

After battle, you can enter the "Care" menu where you can brush, feed, etc. Interesting as you can use the medicine to heal status conditions.

Hau'oli Outskirts
Pokemon Centre - no hidden items
Training school:
Exp Share, Potion (northern area of car park). Quick claw (Girl inside building near TV), TM01 Workup (4th trainer)
Meowth-A (~lv7), Grimer-A (~lv6), Magnemite (~lv7)

Location: Iki Town​

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Nothing really happens on first visit. No items or NPC interactions outside of general chit-chat. Up on the highest level of the town there is a house on the left that is blocked [Re-visit]. After the events on the "Mahalo trail" you return here and //finally// receive your starter and as you head back home, you encounter your rival, Hau -- who surprisingly chooses a pokemon that isn't super effective against you!

Points of interest:
Pokemon: TBC
Items: Pokedex and trainer pokedex (received automatically), Z-Ring (post rival battle)
Battles: Hau (after working your way through Route 1): Pichu (lv6), Starter (lv7)

Location: Mahalo Trail​

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Standard follow-through up the hill where you encounter a nice cut-scene, save the day and meet the lady in white (Lillie) from the opening cut-scene.

Points of interest:
Pokemon: TBC
Items: Sparking stone

Location: Hau'Oli City
Beachfront​

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Nothing much here for now

Points of interest:
Pokemon: TBC
Items: Pokeball (adjacent to first steps on left)

Shopping district​

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Hau makes an appearance. There are plenty of these little gates that allow you to go through areas -- keep your eyes peeled. Team skull gets a mention

Points of interest: Clothing store, Salon (Bonfire of the vanities i hear you scream!) Battle Buffet (cannot enter as yet -- late game maybe?) Pokecentre: Girl wants to see a drifloon and will pay you to show her one, Move deleter (RHS).
Pokemon:
Moon: [Through gate opposite Tourist building] Wingull (~lv5), Magnemite (~lv5), Meowth-A (~lv7), Abra (~lv6), Grimer-A (~lv6). [Gate opposite Salon through Pokecentre] Pichu (~lv6), Abra (~lv6), Wingull (~lv5), Rattata (~lv8)
Sun:
Items: Pokefinder upgrade for Rotom-dex, Lens case (from Lillie), Silk Scarf (lady left of Apparel store entrance), Heal Ball left of PokeCentre. Revive from lady sitting down in City Hall building. TM49 Echoed Voice (opposite police station), Lumiose Galette (kitchen lady, building SW corner)

Marina​

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Old ladies like to give young children candy? Team skull make an appearance. An unexpected battle awaits!

Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon:
Sun:
Items: X-attack/X-defence (guy left of Ferry entrance, his lady friend will give you the defence)

Location: Route 2
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Goal is the pokemon centre, from here you can access Verdant Cavern.

Points of interest: Pokemon Centre, Lady in the corner wants to see a cutiefly (available route 2) for $3k. Lady (near P/Mart will trade you a machop for a spearow
Pokemon:
Moon: Smeargle (~lv9), Makuhita (~lv9), Abra (~lv10), Meowth (~lv7), Drowzee (~lv7), Spearow (~lv9 -- can be traded for machop @ P/centre)
Sun:
Items: Nest balls (gentleman in NW-most house). Revives (from rival)

Location: Hau'Oli Cemetary
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Few trainers, nothing too exciting (yet), good opportunity to add some diversity to your party.

Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon: Gastly (~lv10), Misdreavus (~lv10) night only, Zubat (~lv10), Drifloon (~lv10) day only.
Sun:
Items: Antidote, potion, etc scattered around (in plain sight). TM100 Confide top right corner of cemetery.

Location: Berry Fields
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Berry surprising, team skull are back!

Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon: Smeargle (~lv10), Growlithe (~lv10), Spearow (~lv10), Cutiefly (~lv10), Rattata-A (~lv10)
Sun:
Items: Oran berry, Persim Berry, Silver Powder (behind house, access by walking right along the fence then walk up behind the house), Revive (delibird inside the house, along the right wall). Paralyse heal (inside pots along right of berry farm enclosure), Big Mushroom (SW most corner of the farm), Repel (yellow basket next to fertiliser box), Sitrus berry (old man you saved)

Location: Verdant Covern (1st TRIAL)
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Let the hunger games begin! Fight your way through the cavern (pokemon can be caught once completed). Some unexpected surprises await! Recommend to collect Brick break before the trial.

Alolan Raticate in Moon, Yungoos in Sun.

Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon: Diglett (~lv11), Zubat (~lv11), Rattata-A (~lv11)
Sun:
Items: Revive (moss-looking rock near 2nd den), TM31 Brick Break

Location: Route 3
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Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon: Spearow (~lv11), vullaby (~lv11), Yungoos (~lv11), Mankey (~lv12) Over the bridge: crabrawler (~12) often hiding under a pile of berries.
Sun:
Items: Sharp beak (in between the 3 rocks), pretty wing (floor after sky battle w/ vullaby). Soothe bell (far right peninsula). Great ball (follow the curve down to the left) over the bridge: Pile of berries (sitrus, pecha, chesto, cheri). TM 83 infestation Rightmost ledge behind the rocks)

Location: Melemele Meadow
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Lets find Dora!

Points of interest: Hidden crawl space: Refer next section
Pokemon:
Moon: Cutiefly (~lv11), Petilil (~lv11), Caterpie (~lv11), Oricorio-PomPom (~lv10),
Sun:
Items: Net ball (ledge, western side), Poison barb (top-left corner, up on the ledge) Yellow nectar (glittering stars, random location -- used to change Oricorio?)

(Hidden) Location: Seaward Cave
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Accessed via crawl space SW corner of the meadow. Surf required to access grass area where you can find Bagon early on.

Points of interest: SE exit, Hala'e bay (requires surf?)
Pokemon: Diglett-A (~lv11), Zubat (~lv12), Totodile (~lv11)
Moon:
Sun:
Items: Never-melt Ice (SE corner), Star piece (SW corner- hidden in boulder)

MeleMele Kahuna Battle:​

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Hala is the Island Kahuna who specialises in fighting pokemon -- Mankey/Makuhita/Crabrawler.

Location: Ten Carat Hill
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Taurus--CHARGE

Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon: Roggenrola (~lv11), Carbink (~lv12), Sableye (~lv10),
Sun:
Items: Few random potions, etc.

Farthest Hallow
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The pokemon here call for help -- a lot!

Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon: Machop (~lv12), Carbink (~lv11), Roggenrola (~lv12), Spinda (~lv13), Rockruff (~lv12),
Sun:
Items: Hard stone, Nugget, TM62 Acrobatics (head NE, follow the path clockwise back to direction of the entrance​

 

[MikeAU]

Island 2: Akala Island
Location: Heahea City
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Points of interest: Name rater (tourist bureau), Clothing store (Old man wants to see Pyukumuku for reward), Tide Song Hotel, Dimensional Research Lab,
Pokemon:
Moon:
Sun:
Items: Zygarde cube, Zygarde cell (Tide Song Hotel), Zygarde cell (outside research lab)

Location: Route 4
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Points of interest: Eevee egg (nursery)
Pokemon:
Moon: Mudbray (~lv14), Lillipup (~lv12), Pikipek (~lv14), Grubbin (~lv14), Rattata (~lv13), Eevee (~lv14)
Sun:
Items: Tiny mushroom (Rock located NW, just right of the ramp up), Zygarde cell (glittering stars, ramp), Adrenaline orb (first ledge up the ramp), Energy root (right of the orb), Lum, Aguav, Pecha & Iapapa berry under tree (right of root)

Location: Paniola Town
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Its [couldn't help it] In all seriousness -- the letters can be re-arranged to spell Pianola.

Points of interest: Rival battle, Paniola Ranch, Pokemon Nursery (Ranch)
Pokemon:
Moon: Ranch: Mudbray (~lv12), Lillipup (~lv12), Miltank (~lv12),
Sun:
Items: Scope Lens (paniola ranch - battle tauros), Zygarde cell (left of ramp near entrance), Amulet coin (above red truck), Oval Stone (outside nursery in fenced off area).

Location: Route 5
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Few double battles, quite fun

Points of interest: Pokemon centre (trade lillipup for bounsweet) and catch a feebas for $$
Pokemon: Pikipek (~lv14), Formantis (~lv16), Grubbin (~lv16), Crabrawler (~lv16 - berrie pile)
Moon:
Sun:
Items: TM41 Torment (located RHS of map), TM 57 Charge Beam (south of pkmn centre inbetween water) Berries (LHS, near pkmn centre) lum, cheri, rawst x2. Dire hit (fisherman in pkmn centre)

Location: Brooklet Hill (2nd TRIAL)
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There is a totem den inside Brooklet hill -- which will be quite challenging. You will face/meet Wishiwashi in its different forms (be warned!).

Points of interest: Researcher lady gives you a ride-on Lapras. Totem trial.
Pokemon: Lillipup (~lv14), Psyduck (~lv16), Wishiwashi (~lv17), Dewpider (~lv17), Poliwag (~lv14)
Moon:
Sun:
Items: X Spec Attack (LHS near waterfall), TM55 Scald (eastern side of the second pool) Waterium Z.

Location: Route 6
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Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon: Lillipup (~15), Mudbray (~lv17), Yungoos (~lv14), Igglybuff (~lv14), South of Battle Royal: Oricorio-Pa'u (~lv16), Grubbin (~lv14), Rattata-A (~lv16)
Sun:
Items: Rare candy (left of Pokemon Trainer Britney)

Location: Royal Avenue
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Points of interest: Battle Royale,
Pokemon:
Moon: Lillipup (~15), Mudbray (~lv17), Yungoos (~lv14), Igglybuff (~lv14),
Sun:
Items: Pink nectar (NW bush in round garden), rare candy (timber pile RHS of map, middle), Lemonade (RHS of megamart, drifloon), Zygarde cell, NE car park b/ween red and blue truck

Location: Wela Volcano Park (3rd TRIAL)
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Up here you will encounter another Totem Trial with the Totem being Salazzle. Not as difficult as wishiwashi but quite fast.

Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon: Cubone (~lv17), Fletchling (~lv17), Salandit (~lv19), Magby (~lv17, RHS volcano)
Sun:
Items: smoke ball (salandit), Charcoal (steps, LHS of captains gate), TM 39 Rock Tomb (RHS volcano, rightmost ledge), Firium Z

Location: Digletts Tunnel
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Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon:
Sun:
Items:

Location: Digletts Cave
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Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon: Diglett (~lv20),
Sun:
Items: Fire stone (RHS, above stairs) Zygarde Cell (upper level, near trainer)

Location: KoniKoni City
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Points of interest: Olivia's store (evo stones), Incense store, Hair place, clothes store, Herb seller, Restaurant, Pikanium Z (Northern corner, girl w/ 3 pikachu -- will teach volt tackle to Pikachu. Pokemon Centre (Aether Found. guy wants to see an Oranguru), trade zubat for poliwhirl.
Pokemon:
Moon:
Sun:
Items: Eviolite (above Pika Gal),Fossils (Olivia's store: Skull (version TBC), Plume (version TBC), Cover (version TBC), Shield (version TBC),

Location: Memorial Hill
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Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon: Gastly (~lv23), Phantump (~lv21), Wingull (~lv23), Nosepass (~lv20), Raticate (~lv22),
Sun:
Items: Cleanse Tag, Spell tag, Zygarde cell (left of the karate trainer on hill), TM28 Leech life (RHS, edge of cliff)

Location: Ruins of Life
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"Watch carefully, because hip movement is crucial". Nothing much here, a battle, some story development. Come back later when you can move boulders. You will face the island Kahuna hear and they will have ROCK type pokemon -- Nosepass/Boldore/Lycanroc

Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon:
Sun:
Items: Rockium Z

Location: Hano Grand Resort
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Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon:
Sun:
Items:

Location: Aether Paradise
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Story development, intersting place. Something doesn't seem...right...

Points of interest: Lusamine (she's located north of the elevator),
Pokemon:
Moon:
Sun:
Items: TM29 Psychic (from Wicke),

 

[MikeAU]

Island 3: Ula'Ula Island

Location: Malie City
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New island, new pokemon, new challenge AND...new roadblocks.

Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon:
Sun:
Items: TM29 Psychic (from Wicke), Zygarde cell (near Lillie and 2 yellow vans)

Malie Garden​

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Shape of the lake? Zygarde?

Points of interest: Few trainers scattered around, some items and fishing locations -- nothing amazing.
Pokemon:
Moon: Ariados (~lv26), Masquerain (~lv24), Meowth-A (~lv27), Goldeen (~lv12),
Sun:
Items: Luxury ball (SW corner), Zygarde cell (NW corner), Grassy seed, Rare bone (tree, 'neck' of Zygarde silhouette lake pattern)

Location: Route 11
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Road is blocked, complete the trial and return to progress the story.

Points of interest: So not really a POI BUT -- the lady at the entrance will heal you, for free, forever. I spent a deal of time here grinding through some level up against the Komala, Pikipek, Paras, etc. Rinse and repeat.
Pokemon:
Moon: Komala (~lv26), Paras (~lv25), Pikipek (~lv25), Morelull (~lv25), Trumbeak (~lv25), Ariados (~lv25),
Sun:
Items: TM29 Psychic (from Wicke), Zygarde cell (near Lillie and 2 yellow vans), TM74 Gyro ball, TM76 Fly (Lady sitting down in library), Zygarde Cell near the gates (end of path)

Location: Route 10
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Now that you've saved the stufful you can go and but those ripped jeans for $15,800. Hitch a ride when you're done up to the mountain observatory

Points of interest: 8 missing stufful -- tell them to return to their owner. (For never-melt ice & $$$)
Pokemon:
Moon: Pancham (~lv27), Skarmory (~lv26), Fearow (~lv30), Raticate (~lv27), Ariados (~lv25),
Sun:
Items: Grepa berry (under tree), Tamato berry, Qualot berry, Comet Shard (Observ--left counter), Zygarde cell (2nd room, left side), Electrium Z, Steelium Z.

Location: Route 12
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Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon: Geodude-A (~lv29), Mudbray (~lv29), Torkoal (~lv27), Elekid (~lv28),
Sun:
Items: Zygarde cell (just across the rocky road, next to burn heal),

Blush Mountain​

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She'll be coming round the mountain...

Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon: Togedemaru (~lv27), Geodude (~lv26),
Sun:
Items: Zygarde cell (outside geothermal plant), Sun Stone,

Secluded shore​

Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon: Tentacool (~lv29),
Sun:
Items: Aspear and leppa berry. Zygarde cell, northern area near cliff,

Location: Route 13
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Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon: Magikarp (~lv20),
Sun:
Items: Zygarde cell (left corner of the hotel), Moon stone (directly south of cell, next to water). Continue SW around the water for another less next to the caravan. TM 12 taunt (caravan to the right of where team skill is squatting),

Location: Tapu Village / Route 14
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Points of interest: Haunter - Graveler trade (pokemon centre)
Pokemon:
Moon: Raticate (~lv31), Pelipper (~lv28), Sandshrew-A (~lv31), Snorunt (~lv28),
Sun:
Items: Zygarde cell near fence (SW corner of village), TM30 shadow ball (surf out to the concrete square. Zygarde cell, down along the water near collapsed road. Zygarde cell, far-right side

Location: Route 15
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Pay very close attention behind the captain when you finish their challenge -- lower left corner.

Points of interest: Aether House, Megamart, Grimsley (after the trial),
Pokemon:
Moon: Pelipper (~lv31), Raticate-A (~lv32), Finneon (~lv32),
Sun:
Items: Zygarde cell (LHS of stairs down on left), TM93 wild charge (middle island), Darkium Z (after po town -- awareded after battle).

Location: Route 16
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Points of interest: Pokemon centre: show lady in white a mimikyu in your pokedex for $$. Aether lab -- bring those zygarde cells
Pokemon:
Moon: Gumshoos (~lv31), Pelipper (~lv31), slowpoke (~lv30)
Sun:
Items: Berries (Tree LHS): Aspear, Oran x2,

Location: Ula Ula Meadow
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Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon: Ledian (~lv31), Ribombee (~lv34), Oricorio-Baile (~lv32), Petilil (~lv34), Ledian (~lv34),
Sun:
Items: Zygarde cell (first ledge on right of decking), red nectar (first explorable area on the right), Zygarde cell (upper right cliff ledge that heads NE),

Lake of the Sunne​

Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon: Gumshoos (~lv31), Pelipper (~lv31), slowpoke (~lv30),
Sun:
Items: TM03 Psyshock (NE corner of the first room),

Location: Route 17
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Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon: Raticate (~lv32), Pancham (~lv34), Ariados (~lv33), Fearow (~lv32),
Sun:
Items: Zygarde (creature), back of the house w/ all the meowth. Zygarde cell (LHS, along wall). Berries: Rawst, Leppa, Lum.

Location: Po Town
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Incase you dont find the notes with password: Beat up, Golisopod, Tapu Cocoa,,,you must answer 'NO!' when asked.

Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon: Raticate (~lv32), Pancham (~lv34), Ariados (~lv33), Fearow (~lv32),
Sun:
Items: Zygarde (creature), back of the house w/ all the meowth. Zygarde cell (LHS, along wall). Berries: Rawst, Leppa, Lum. Rarecandy (second row, RHS just after the double battle). Zygarde cell (NW-most corner), TM36 Sludgebomb (Mansion upper floor, back room on left), Ice stone (exit first door to the left, under gazebo). Buginium Z (chest w/ gold)

Location: Aether Paradise (Round 2)
[The next few locations are very spoiler heavy and doesn't really contain anything that doesnt throw itself at you so next few areas will be brief -- I haven't abandoned the thread]​

Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon:
Sun:
Items: TM06 toxic (LHS of the entry), rare candy (north of elevator), zygarde cell (far right near door), zygarde cell in the draws heading to the exit of the house.

 

[MikeAU]

Island 4: Poni Island
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I came all the way here to raise my Magikarp. I also wanted to be more independent.

Points of interest: Dragon boat-shaped house on the left (will give you aerodactyl). Lady w/ blue hair in the centre (Steenee for Granbull), Pokemon centre - lady will teach Draco Meteor for free. Gentleman will teach Dragon Ascent,
Pokemon:
Moon: Wailmer (~lv41), Magikarp (~lv32), Raticate (~lv42), Granbull (~lv43), Pelipper (~lv43), Exeggcute-a (~lv43),
Sun:
Items: Zygarde cell (NW part of the dock), Zygarde Cell (next to max repel on beach), Dusk Stone (underwater, left of the previous cell). Berries: Yache, Payapa x2, Kasib, Kebia, Rindo. Zygarde cell (near the trainer tips board),

Location: Ancient Poni Path
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Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon:
Sun:
Items: Zygarde cell (right side of northern exit), shiny stone (LHS of northern exit), zygarde cell (just above machamp), TM 79 Frost breath (entrance to path), zygarde cell (just before totem poll entrance)

Ruins of Hope​

Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon:
Sun:
Items: Zygarde cell (near bottom of rock-stairs),

Location: Exeggcute Island
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Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon:
Sun:
Items:

Location: Route 17
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Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon: Raticate (~lv32), Pancham (~lv34), Ariados (~lv33), Fearow (~lv32),
Sun:
Items: Zygarde (creature), back of the house w/ all the meowth. Zygarde cell (LHS, along wall). Berries: Rawst, Leppa, Lum.

Location: Route 17
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Points of interest:
Pokemon:
Moon: Raticate (~lv32), Pancham (~lv34), Ariados (~lv33), Fearow (~lv32),
Sun:
Items: Zygarde (creature), back of the house w/ all the meowth. Zygarde cell (LHS, along wall). Berries: Rawst, Leppa, Lum.

Location: Vast Poni Canyon
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Points of interest: Magneton can evolve here.
Pokemon:
Moon: Dugtrio (~lv43), Golbat (~lv43), Carbink (~41), Boldore (~lv41), Lycanroc (~lv41),
Sun:
Items: Elixer (smash through rocks to the right, follow path up left for next item), star piece (broken rocks), TM 99 (head up and out, left across the bridge and in to another cavern). After crossing the bridge (with Lillie's cutscene), Zygarde cell (stairs/ramp descending) before climbing up the ladder once blocks are pushed to the holes, head south out on to a ledge, travel left for Zygarde cell. Fairium Z,

 

[Nelson Tangela]

I have serious reason to believe that Synchronize does work when reviving fossils at the fossil reviver.
I've just picked up two (Shieldon and Archen) with a Jolly Abra in the lead spot.
Both fossils ended up being Jolly.

 

[Lucchini]

I have serious reason to believe that Synchronize does work when reviving fossils at the fossil reviver.
I've just picked up two (Shieldon and Archen) with a Jolly Abra in the lead spot.
Both fossils ended up being Jolly.

Has it not been like that for the last couple gens?

edit: apparently not, my bad.

 

[thelandlordsmm]

I have serious reason to believe that Synchronize does work when reviving fossils at the fossil reviver.
I've just picked up two (Shieldon and Archen) with a Jolly Abra in the lead spot.
Both fossils ended up being Jolly.

It would be huge if this worked for all gifts. Can you check the Ash-Greninja from Mystery Gift? And Type: Null, once you get there?

 

[Afti]

laaaattte-game stuff

I can confirm that Synchronize works for both Cosmog and Type: Null, which would indicate it does work for all gifts. Dunno about Ash-Greninja - I reset for that without thinking about Synchronize, and after settling in for some misery wound up getting Naive on the second reset anyway.

Also: Necrozma isn't considered an Ultra Beast for purposes of Beast Ball catch rate bonuses, sadly.

Also also: My first ever SOS-chaining attempt got me a shiny Exeggcute with four flawless IVs. This didn't take hours or anything; it was a very reasonable length of time. Either I'm lucky as all hell or the shiny rate in mature chains is, uh, substantial.

edit: my bad- sorry, DHR-107!

 

[DHR-107]

Can we please still use spoiler tags here for stuff which is far into the game? MikeAU hasn't been looking at the spoilers/anything to that degree. Hell, I haven't either. If its earlyish game/around where MikeAU is then fine. But just chill on the questions...

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[Afti]

Oh, right, here's an early-game, non-spoiler useful discovery, if you want to get through quickly:

Wishiwashi is completely broken. When the tiering thread happens, this is a shoo-in for top. I'd seriously argue for putting a separate Wishiwashi Tier on top of the ranking.

Schooling looks real bad on paper, but the resources it wants line up just perfectly with its availability window. You get a lot of Rare Candies early in Sun/Moon and can Candy Wishiwashi up to 20 as soon as you catch the first one you encounter at Brooklet Hill. Once you do this, you have a mon with 50/130/135 defenses and 140/140 mixed offenses at a point in the game when nothing else available to you can come close to competing with it. Schooling will fuck you under 25% HP... but you'll never get below 25% HP, realistically, because Wishiwashi-School's bulk is absolutely unreal. Weaknesses don't even matter for most of the game. About the only concession Schooling forces from you is that you need to keep topping up Wishiwashi's tank with cheap low-grade healing items (the terrible HP stat actually helps here - a stack of Potions is fine) because chip damage impairs your ability to avoid crossing the 25% line.

But here's what you get in return: the Scald TM is obtained in the same area where you find Wishiwashi, and it gives you an 80 BP STAB off of a SpA score none of your other mons can touch.

It's a similar sort of deal to RBY Nidoking, where it's a little resource-intensive right after you get it (don't even try to level Wishiwashi up to 20 "honestly") but it offers ridiculous amounts of return on investment throughout the entire game in exchange for those resources. From the moment it becomes available early on all the way to the final bosses, Wishiwashi is a monster. That Scald is just unwholesome. You take a pittance from just about everything and OHKO in return. Your movepool is kinda barren besides, but that doesn't even matter. You OHKO resistances. The game isn't designed in a way that accommodates this thing; it's way too effective, way too early, and it completely destroys the power curve.

Oh, and it's in a really good experience group, just because apparently Game Freak thought it needed to be that little bit better! So in addition to coming really early with an absolutely ludicrous stat spread and a solid STAB to abuse those stats with... it's also going to outlevel the rest of your team just by virtue of that experience curve. And of course getting more levels just makes Wishiwashi even bulkier, and supplies you with even more brute force. So there's a nice snowball effect here - it takes a handful of Rare Candies to skip the crap stage early on, and then it's a broken monstrosity that somehow gets more broken with each battle.

So, uh, yeah: that's a thing. If you want a reasonable challenge, don't use it. If you want to get through the game as brutally efficiently as possible, don't sleep on it.

 

[Nelson Tangela]

Oh, right, here's an early-game, non-spoiler useful discovery, if you want to get through quickly:

Wishiwashi is completely broken. When the tiering thread happens, this is a shoo-in for top. I'd seriously argue for putting a separate Wishiwashi Tier on top of the ranking.

Schooling looks real bad on paper, but the resources it wants line up just perfectly with its availability window. You get a lot of Rare Candies early in Sun/Moon and can Candy Wishiwashi up to 20 as soon as you catch the first one you encounter at Brooklet Hill. Once you do this, you have a mon with 50/130/135 defenses and 140/140 mixed offenses at a point in the game when nothing else available to you can come close to competing with it. Schooling will fuck you under 25% HP... but you'll never get below 25% HP, realistically, because Wishiwashi-School's bulk is absolutely unreal. Weaknesses don't even matter for most of the game. About the only concession Schooling forces from you is that you need to keep topping up Wishiwashi's tank with cheap low-grade healing items (the terrible HP stat actually helps here - a stack of Potions is fine) because chip damage impairs your ability to avoid crossing the 25% line.

But here's what you get in return: the Scald TM is obtained in the same area where you find Wishiwashi, and it gives you an 80 BP STAB off of a SpA score none of your other mons can touch.

It's a similar sort of deal to RBY Nidoking, where it's a little resource-intensive right after you get it (don't even try to level Wishiwashi up to 20 "honestly") but it offers ridiculous amounts of return on investment throughout the entire game in exchange for those resources. From the moment it becomes available early on all the way to the final bosses, Wishiwashi is a monster. That Scald is just unwholesome. You take a pittance from just about everything and OHKO in return. Your movepool is kinda barren besides, but that doesn't even matter. You OHKO resistances. The game isn't designed in a way that accommodates this thing; it's way too effective, way too early, and it completely destroys the power curve.

Oh, and it's in a really good experience group, just because apparently Game Freak thought it needed to be that little bit better! So in addition to coming really early with an absolutely ludicrous stat spread and a solid STAB to abuse those stats with... it's also going to outlevel the rest of your team just by virtue of that experience curve. And of course getting more levels just makes Wishiwashi even bulkier, and supplies you with even more brute force. So there's a nice snowball effect here - it takes a handful of Rare Candies to skip the crap stage early on, and then it's a broken monstrosity that somehow gets more broken with each battle.

So, uh, yeah: that's a thing. If you want a reasonable challenge, don't use it. If you want to get through the game as brutally efficiently as possible, don't sleep on it.

Don't forget that you get the Rest TM and the Sleep Talk TM shortly after it becomes obtainable.
I've used RestTalk Wishiwashi for my ingame run and that thing annihilated everything in its path.

 

[TheMantyke]

I've heard conflicting reports on old 3DS vs New 3DS performance. I'm aware Sun and Moon forces the 3DS to reboot a la Smash Bros to free up extra RAM which leads to a much longer starting time, but is anything else changed? Do we have any empirical testing of old vs new 3ds battle performance wise? What about menu performance? The demo Pokemon menu felt like it was running at a slower pace than the snappy XYORAS one on an old 3ds. Does the new 3ds feel any different?

 

[Ole_oxenfree]

Can anyone tell me whch kind ok Pokémon is better in game: bulky or fast Pokémon? Is speed really that nessicary this generation, in game, with all these bulky Pokémon that were introduced?

 

[Sogetsu]

Can anyone tell me whch kind ok Pokémon is better in game: bulky or fast Pokémon? Is speed really that nessicary this generation, in game, with all these bulky Pokémon that were introduced?

Honestly most pokes in Alola are slow, so any "kinda fast" will be enough. The thing is, you don NEED super fast pokes this time ingame.

I've heard conflicting reports on old 3DS vs New 3DS performance. I'm aware Sun and Moon forces the 3DS to reboot a la Smash Bros to free up extra RAM which leads to a much longer starting time, but is anything else changed? Do we have any empirical testing of old vs new 3ds battle performance wise? What about menu performance? The demo Pokemon menu felt like it was running at a slower pace than the snappy XYORAS one on an old 3ds. Does the new 3ds feel any different?

AFAIK both have performance issues but mainly at Totem and Double Battles... I am worried about how much will the FPS drop in the Old 3DS at Doubles, but thus far it is not game breaking.

 

[LastFootnote]

How is it that other companies can make games for the 3DS that run well in 3-D with multiple models on the screen, but GameFreak can't even create a 2-D game with 6 models (2 trainers and 4 Pokémon) on the screen at once without framerate drops?

 

[Scrag it all]

How is it that other companies can make games for the 3DS that run well in 3-D with multiple models on the screen, but GameFreak can't even create a 2-D game with 6 models (2 trainers and 4 Pokémon) on the screen at once without framerate drops?

Pokemon models are significantly more complex than any other game on the 3DS, even if it doesn't look like it.

 

[tyDem]

Magneton evolves into Magnezone at the Vast Poni Canyon for those wondering, it was quite frustrating to find out the location (I kept trying the power plant and nearby area). Good thing Magneton is decent and you get the Eviolite relatively early on. I just forgot where...

Another mid-game nuke besides Wishiwashi is Marowak if you can find a Thick Club. I got one by using a fainted Compoundeyes Butterfree as the lead and catching a few Cubone, if they haven't changed things the chance is 1 in 5. Its best STAB before late in the game is Flame Charge (afaik Trollfreak made it learn its best ghost STAB 1 level before it evolves and put the move relearner right at the end, lol) but it can compensate using the huge coverage from Bonemerang, Brick Break and Stone Edge. Also Flame Charge is really nifty against everything that doesn't threaten Marowak-A, because of its side effect.

Tauros can also be gotten rather early and its high speed + early access to Z-Moves and Work Up can make it sweep teams, although it lacks the coverage of Marowak.

 

[Bench Warmer]

I've heard conflicting reports on old 3DS vs New 3DS performance. I'm aware Sun and Moon forces the 3DS to reboot a la Smash Bros to free up extra RAM which leads to a much longer starting time, but is anything else changed? Do we have any empirical testing of old vs new 3ds battle performance wise? What about menu performance? The demo Pokemon menu felt like it was running at a slower pace than the snappy XYORAS one on an old 3ds. Does the new 3ds feel any different?

Here's some videos:

The differences are noticeable but minimal. If you want an excuse to upgrade, then go ahead; it really depends on how much you value minor performance differences. I actually went out and bought a N3DSXL yesterday after watching those videos. I suggest making your decision today though, because system transfer is a pain in the ass.

EDIT:

GameXplain also complains about performance issues on the o3DS during double battles. Starting at 10 minutes exactly if you want to minimize spoilers. They recommend playing on the N3DS to reduce performance issues.

 

[Kingme1]

For those who have been playing, any in-game trades? Haven't seen that mentioned yet.

 

[BuzzkillAmpharos]

Quick Question: Are all the mega stones in the game?

 

[Kadabrium]

can confirm synchronize works for zygarde
Also Haoli shopping district: hyper training

 

[LucarioMega]

For those who have been playing, any in-game trades? Haven't seen that mentioned yet.

You mean, NPC trades? Of course. A lot. I always talk to all the NPC in every town and there are like 5-6 in game trades that i remember. One gives you a Graveler i think so you can get alolan Golem.

PS: I really want an "in game tier" for Sun and Moon. If someone wants to do it i will help a lot.

 

[Windgrace]

Sorry if this is the wrong location, but I was wondering if anyone could confirm what mega stones are found in game? Particularly keen on Gyaradosite...

Been trying to find this information and haven't seen anything about it yet.

 

[Bench Warmer]

Has anyone documented the clothing options for both genders? I've seen the hair options on Reddit but no clothes.....I pick up my copy of Moon in about 14 hours and I would love to know who I should pick :( They're not on Serebii yet

 

[Ema Skye]

Wondering if anyone knows the hour trigger for day/night.

I'm at 10:36 pm in Sun right now and it's day, since I'm finding Yungoos on Route 1.