Pokemon Sword, Pokemon Shield: Walkthrough part 13, from Ballonlea to Circhester

First of all, go back to Hammerlocke with Opal (this is done automatically).

Go to the city center to find Bede. Opal will fall "under the spell" of this child, so that he can succeed her as Fairy Champion.

Opal understood that Bede had been tricked by Oleana (the vice president). So she'll want to help him take his revenge.

It is now time to travel to Circhester via Route 7.

To do this, go to the far right of the city.

On the way, you'll come across Sonia. A huge noise will be heard again. This time, the noise comes from the Hammerlocke Stadium. The situation is serious: the reactor under the stadium seems to have been hit and the Pokémon can therefore Dynamax.

Anyway, you still have to go on to Route 7 and you let Sonia solve this mystery.

Route 7

Hop is waiting for you at the end of the bridge. The perfect moment to have a little friendly fight.

Items:

• Ether
• Balm Mushroom
• Quick Balls

Trainers to battle:

Pokémon:

• Perrserker
• Liepard
• Inkay
• Thievul
• Morpeko
• Galvantula

Team Yell is blocking Route 7 on the right. So you are forced to go north to Route 8.

Route 8

Pokémon:

• Gurrdurr
• Rhyhorn
• Pawniard
• Gigalith
• Rufflet
• Golett
• Falinks
• Togedemaru
• Crustle

Trainers to battle:

Items:

• Shiny Stone (top of Doctor Joanna)
• 3 X Defense
• TM96 Smart Strike
• 3 Hyper Potions
• Elixir
• 3 Luxury Balls
• Pixie Plate
• Max Revive
• King's Rock
• Nugget
• Big Nugget
• TM43 Brick Break (behind the Crustle)
• Terrain Extender (on the right of the campsite)

Steamdrift Way - Route 8

As you pass the tunnel, you will come across the Steamdrift Way. It is a snowy place where you will encounter different Pokémon.

Pokémon:

• Snorunt
• Sneasel
• Snom
• Vanillish

Trainers to battle:

You have arrived in Circhester.

Circhester

Notable places, NPCs and items:

• The ice-cream man at the bottom right of the Fountain would like to exchange its Throh for a Vanillish
• Hairdresser (on the far right of the city)
• Circhester Hotel (the one at the top right of the Fountain). Several rooms to be inspected. You will meet Detective Howses. He'll hire you temporarily to solve the Berry case. All you have to do is talk to Skwovet and "accuse" him. Howses will offer you a Wide Lens // The man in the first room on the right will give you the TM16 Screech // The man in the second room on the right will give you the TM47 Fake Tears.
• Second Circhester Hotel - Ionia (the one at the top left of the fountain). // You will have to come back to talk to Detective
• Howses of the first room on the left, once you are Master. // In the second room on the left, you will find the Director of the Game. It will give you a Catching Charm (this object allows you to favour critical catches). Come back and talk to him when you have completed the Pokédex in its entirety.
• The man to the left of the hot spring can teach you the move Draco-Meteor
• TM51 Icicle Spear: to the right of the hot spring
• TM27 Icy Wind: the man in the third house in front of the Restaurant
• 2 X Atk Sp on the left of the stadium

Circhester Stadium

In the Sword version, the Champion is Gordie with the Rock Type,

In the Shield version, it is Melony, the Ice Type.

When you enter the Stadium, Hop will welcome you and give you the League card of Gordie or Melony, the arena champion. The Pokéball man will offer you a Moon Ball.

Gym Mission

A little more complex than the others, it will be necessary to be careful during this test. Equipped with a trap detector (pits in the ground) you'll need to cross the different rooms without falling. Every time you approach a trap, the joy-cons vibrate and the waves expand. Be careful, the third and last room is in the fog.

Room 1 solution

Room 2 solution

Room 3 solution

Trainers to battle Sword version:__

Trainers to battle in the Shield version

Defeat Gordie, the Rock Gym Leader

With its Rock Type Pokémon, you will need a team full of Water, Fighting, Grass, Steel and Ground Type Pokémon.

Defeat Melony, the Ice Gym Leader - Shield Version

Use Fire, Rock, Combat and Steel Pokémon against it. Also consider taking an Electric Pokémon to beat her Lapras

You get the Rock or Ice Badge. Pokémon can be captured up to level 50.

You also get the TM48 Rock Tomb and the Tock Uniform. (or the Ice Uniform and TM16 Icy Wind).

Sonia will be waiting for you at the exit of the Stadium and will meet you in the Restaurant a little further down on the left.

In the restaurant, you will find a tapestry that follows the 4 tapestries you saw in the Hammerlocke Vaults. This time, the Two Heroes seem desperate because they don't have their sword and shield.

Proceed to the Hero's Bath (a hot spring in the city center).

Hop will challenge you to fight him.

Next step: Spikemuth via Route 9.