Post-Game Guide: Black and White

This is a list of activities and achievements you can do after defeating N and Ghetsis for the final time in Team Plasma’s castle. Although Black 2 and White 2 are given more attention for the amount of content they have, Black and White aren’t lacking: entirely new routes and cities become accessible in the post game, as well as story-related quests, and a number of local and online multiplayer functions. Some features are defunct with the death of the Dream World; I left these out of the guide to make it applicable to all players of the game.

Sidequests

• Complete the Unova Pokedex
• Complete the National Pokedex
• Collect all TMs and HMs
• Collect all elemental gems. You can find these in shaking grass, dust swirls, and bubbling water. There is one for each type, making 17 gems to collect in total.
• Collect all Props (dress up items used in Musicals) – there are 100 in total. Achieving this will increase your Trainer Card rank.
• Collect all the Plate items. Like the gems, there is one for each type, making 17 in total
• Find all items hidden in the sand in Desert Resort.
• Obtain all 33 Entralink Pass Powers – this will increase your Trainer Card rank
• Find all of the Seven Sages. They are hiding in various locations across Unova. Once found, Looker will arrest them.
• Unlock all 130 floors of the Unity Tower (accessible from Castelia City). Each floor of the tower represents a different country. To be able to access the tower, you need to trade Pokemon with someone from a different country. (The game records player location through Geonet, the cyber globe found in Pokemon Centers. If you have a second copy of the game, start a new save and choose a foreign country the first time you interact with Geonet!)
• Gather all of the dancers in Castelia City – you can find the first one in the central plaza. Completing the quest rewards you with an Amulet Coin.
• Visit the Battle Company in Castelia City. If you defeat the company boss, he will give you an Exp Share.
• Reach the Master rank at the Battle Institute in Nimbasa (Master Rank, 6 stars or 6000+ points). This score will be displayed on your trainer card, and certain dialogue in the Battle Institute will change in correspondence with your rank.
• Defeat the Subway Bosses (Ingo and Emmet) on the Battle Subway. On ordinary trains they appear after a streak of 21 won battles, whereas on Super trains they appear after 48 consecutive wins. Defeating the boss on the Single, Double, Super Single and Super Double lines will increase your Trainer Card rank as well as reward you with a trophy.
• Explore Routes 17 and 18. These areas become accessible from Route 1 once you have Surf.
• Defeat the Biker gang on Tubeline Bridge. They appear on Fridays, and if you defeat their leader, he will be so impressed that he renames his gang after your lead Pokemon.
• Defeat “Heartbreaker” Charles, the Biker who hangs out near Driftveil Market.
• One of the scientists inside the lab on Route 6 asks you to show him one of each seasonal form of Deerling. When his request is fulfilled, he will give the you a Leaf Stone.
• Battle the Riches family. This family lives in the largest villa in Undella Town. To start the challenge, speak to the boy standing outside the villa and he will battle you. Continue to follow his instructions to return the next day and you can battle various relatives of his. Upon defeating Miles the challenge will end.

Battles

• Take a ride on the Royal Unova. Only available in the evening, it costs 1000 gold, and you are rewarded with foreign food items and Rare Candies if you defeat all trainers on board. You can do this once per day.
• Battle Game Designer Morimoto on the 22nd floor of Game Freak HQ, in Castelia. This can be done once per day.
• Visit the Battle Institute in Nimbasa City to challenge a gauntlet of competitive, randomised teams. This only becomes available after defeating Team Plasma. If you defeat the Subway Bosses, even more difficult opponents are unlocked for future challenges.
• Challenge the athletes and audience members at the sports stadiums – Big Stadium and Small Court - in Nimbasa City. New trainers appear with each Badge you earn, and all trainers receive a substantial increase in strength for the postgame.
• Hop on a train at Gear Station in Nimbasa City to enjoy a gauntlet of Single or Double battles. The Single and Double lines are available immediately and only feature Unova Pokemon, often unevolved, whereas the Super Single and Super Double lines are unlocked after defeating Team Plasma with much stronger opponents.
• A different Trainer appears each day in front of the Ferris Wheel in Nimbasa City. After battling them you can ride the Ferris Wheel together.
• Visit the Battle House in Opelucid City to try out Triple Battles or Rotation Battles once per day.
• After the postgame Cheren can be battled once per day at Victory Road. Talk to him on Route 6 first – afterwards he can be found at Victory Road, in the cave directly below the entrance to the Pokemon League.
• Cynthia can be found in a villa in Undella Town. During summer she is on holiday; however, in spring she can be battled once per day. If you fight Cynthia for the first time during spring, you can have a second battle with her on the same day.
• A female Ace Trainer inside the eastern gate of Marvellous Bridge can be rematched once per day as long as you have defeated an Ace Trainer in Opelucid’s Battle House on the same day. The Ace Trainer to be defeated before her is different in each version: in Black, it’s Eileen, and in White it’s Lou.

Items

• On Wednesdays, the waitress inside Cafe Warehouse in Nacrene City will give you a Soda Pop.
• Complete survey requests from the head statistician in Castelia Passerby Analytics HQ to receive items such as pearls, gold nuggets, heart scales, revives, and more.
• In the house to the left of Nacrene Pokemon Center, an NPC near the table and chairs will sell battle items (X-Speed, X-Attack, etc, as well as Dire Hit and Guard Spec).
• Receive a Fire, Water or Leaf Stone. Speak to the female scientist on Thumb Pier in Castelia.
• Receive a Mystic Water, Miracle Seed or Charcoal. Talk to the female Ace Trainer in the second house to the left of Nacrene Pokemon Center. You can lie about your starter’s type to receive the item you prefer.
• Receive a Star Piece each day. Deep within Pinwheel Forest is the Challenge Rock; come here with a Fighting-type in your party to receive a Star Piece. This can be repeated once per day.
• Sell items to collectors for high prices. A Maid inside the caravan on Route 6 buys gourmet mushrooms, there are several collectors in Anville Town who will buy various gems and shards, and the Black Belt within the Riches Villa in Undella Town will buy Relic artefacts.
• Inside Mistralton Airport’s cargo service building, a singing woman inside standing near the TV will exchange ten Sweet Hearts for a Heart Scale. Heart Scales are used as payment to Move Tutors across the region.
• Show the Pokemon Fan Club President in Icirrus City a Pokemon you’ve raised in exchange for a gift, such as an Exp. Share, Cleanse Tag, or King’s Rock.
• A Parasol Lady near the Route 8 entrance of Tubeline Bridge hands out weather condition boosting rocks based on the time of day.
• Certain items on Route 13 will regenerate after being picked up. These Pearls and Stardusts reappear once per day, having washed onto shore from the ocean.
• A Veteran on Route 13 will give you the Splash and Draco plates. Surf upwards from the Move Tutor’s house to find him.
• Recieve rare, foreign Berries from a businessman in Lacunosa City. He is only at home on Sundays and lives in the northeastern part of the town. Specifically, he will give one of Pecha, Leppa, Lum, or Bluk berries. This can be done once every Sunday.
• Win rare Big Mushrooms. Speak to the woman with the Patrat Troupe on Village Bridge. She will then relocate to Marvellous Bridge, where you can challenge her to a game once per day to win a Big Mushroom. You can rechallenge on the same day if you lose.
• Win Lum Berries from the Village Bridge restaurant. Defeat the head chef (Chris) and she will consider you as a temporary hire. Successfully remembering all customers’ orders will reward you with a Lum Berry. This can be repeated once per day.
• A shady man inside the house on Route 18 will buy Rare Bones from you for 1000 gold each.
• A Veteran on Route 10 will give you a Dusk Stone.

Legendary & Special Pokemon

• Catch Cobalion. Cobalion can be found in the areas of Mistralton Cave (accessible from Route 6 using Surf) which become available after defeating Team Plasma. Make sure you have a Pokemon with Flash, as the cave is pitch-black inside.
• Catch Vizirion in Pinwheel Forest. Cobalion must be caught first.
• Catch Terrakion at Victory Road. Cobalion must be caught first.
• Thundurus (White) or Tornadus (Black) is unlocked once the player wins their final Badge and revisits Route 7. Thundurus/Tornadus is a roaming, lv. 50 legendary Pokemon.
• Catch Kyurem inside the Giant Chasm. Though it is nearby Lacunosa, the Chasm needs to be accessed from Route 13. Upon reaching the pond in the center of the Chasm, the area will freeze, providing access to the cave where Kyurem is hiding.
• After catching Thundurus (White)/Tornadus(Black) in your game, trade for the other member of the pair and head to Abundant Shrine (on Route 14). Interact with the shrine when both Thundurus and Tornadus are in your party and Landorus (lv. 70) will appear.
• Catch a lv. 50 Musharna in the Dreamyard basement. It has its Hidden Ability and it only appears on Fridays.
• Obtain a Rage Candy Bar and use it on the statues surrounding Relic Castle. They will transform into Darmanitan, which you can capture in battle.
• After defeating the Elite Four, a lv. 70 Volcarona can be found within the deepest section of Relic Castle.

In-game Trade & Gift Pokemon

• Receive a Pansage, Pansear or Panpour from an NPC in the Dreamyard. A girl with short black hair is standing by the gap in the fence in the initial area. Answer yes to her question and you will receive the Pokemon with a weakness to your starter’s type.
• Recieve Cottonee (in White) or Petilil (in Black). Go to Nacrene City, then enter the house on the right of the Pokemon Center. Talk to the Lass on the upper floor. She will ask for a Petilil (in White) or Cottonee (in Black) in return, so make sure you have one with you. Post-game, if you talk to her again, she will battle you with the evolved form of the Pokemon you traded her.
• Speak to the Backpacker on the first floor of Relic Castle. She will give you a fossil that can be revived into either a Tirtouga (Cover Fossil) or Archen (Plume Fossil) at Nacrene Museum.
• A Hiker in a house on Route 7 will trade his Boldore for an Emolga.
• The worker on the deepest floor of Twist Mountain, just before the Icy Rock, will give you a different National Pokedex fossil each day when talked to. You must have obtained the National Pokedex first.
• A Hiker in the caravan on Route 15 will trade you her Rotom for a Ditto.
• A Magikarp salesman can be found on Marvellous Bridge, offering a Magikarp for 500 gold. This Magikarp has a perfect speed IV, so it isn’t as useless as it seems.
• A Ranger in the house on Route 18 will gift you a Larvesta egg.

New Locations

These previously visited locations become accessible after gaining Surf:

• The lower floors of Wellspring Cave
• Routes 17 & 18 (accessible from Route 1)
• Small sections of Route 2, Route 3 and Route 4

After defeating Team Plasma:

• Lower floors of Relic Castle become accessible.
• Explore Challenger’s Cave on Route 9.
• Explore the basement of the Dreamyard. The traffic cone blocking a gap in the fence disappears, allowing you to access stairs leading down.
• New sections of Pinwheel Forest and Mistralton Cave become available where Vizirion and Cobalion, respectively, can be found.
• All of the eastern side of Unova becomes accessible, which includes Lacunosa Town, Undella Town, and White Forest/Black City as well as the routes connecting them (Routes 11 to 15).

Local Multiplayer

• Visit another player’s world via the Entralink bridges. You can gain Pass Powers by visiting their world’s Entree, and accept Entralink missions to grant powers to the other player and earn Pass Orbs. Gaining all Pass Powers will upgrade your Trainer Card.
• Find a friend and perform a Feeling Check using the C-Gear. You will receive Sweet Hearts based on how high your compatibility is. These can be exchanged for Heart Scales by talking to the woman near the TV in Mistralton Cargo Service.
• Increase your Statistician Rank at Castelia Passerby Analytics HQ. The head scientist will give you survey requests according to your rank. Completing the requests for a given rank will advance you to the next one. There are 23 survey requests in total with unique rewards; if you complete all of them and reach the S+ rank the head statistician will give you a Rare Candy.
• Answer all questionnaires at Castelia Passerby Analytics HQ. Speak to the woman to the left of the head scientist; once you have answered the questionnaire yourself, it will be added to your Survey Radar so that you can ask the same questions to other players. There are 9 questionnaires in total. Upon completing your final one, the scientist will give you a Soda Pop.
• Take the Orange or Yellow Lines at Gear Station in Nimbasa City to play through the Battle Subway challenges with a friend.
• Use the Entralink to visit a friend’s Black City (if you own White) or White Forest (if you own Black). You can invite residents to come to your world, increasing the number of people in your city/forest and unlocking new features within it.

Events

• Liberty Pass: An event distributed over wi-fi which unlocks a storyline involving Team Plasma and Victini. It allows you to take a boat from Castelia’s Liberty Pier to Liberty Island.
• If you have Meloetta (distributed in most regions as a Wi-fi event), you can visit Cafe Sonata in Castelia City where a guitar player will explain Meloetta’s past and teach it the move Relic Song.
• Catch a Zorua. Make sure you’ve got some Pokeballs. Put an event Celebi with the “fateful encounter” attribute in your party and speak to the girl on the ground floor of Game Freak HQ. Celebi will come out, and the boy sitting next to her will transform back into a Zorua and join your party.
• Use the Relocator to transfer event Suicune, Entei and Raikou distributed for the 11th Pokemon movie from a Gen IV game to Gen V. It can be found on the 11th floor of a building on the left side of Castelia City’s plaza. They will unlock more events in the game, which will not happen if you use the standard transfer method. The clown in the building can also open the Lock Capsule, an event item that was never officially distributed.
• Taking the event Entei/Suicune/Raikou to the silent woman in the caravan in Lostlorn Forest (accessible from Route 16) will reveal she is a lv. 25 Zoroark, which you can capture.
• If you have Keldeo, add Cobalion, Vizirion, and Terrakion to your party and bring all four to the Moor of Icirrus (accessible from Route 8). A cutscene will unlock in which Keldeo is taught its signature move, Sacred Sword.
• If you have a fateful encounter Shaymin in your party, speak to a girl in Lacunosa’s Pokemon Center to receive the Gracidea Flower, which allows Shaymin to change forms.

Sources

Information was drawn from these sites:

Psypokes BW Walkthrough

Bulbapedia Project PokeEarth

Serebii Zoroark Event page

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