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RANGER: SHADOWS OF ALMIA
BY cheezisgood123
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|1. Version History |
|2. Legal information |
|3. Walkthrough |
|3A. Student |
|3A1. The adventure Begins |
|3A2. A Test of Courage |
|3A3. Outdoor Class |
|3A4. The Search for the Missing Stylers |
|3A5. One-Day Internship |
|3A6. Graduation |
|3B. Rank 0 |
|3B1. Deliver Vien Tribune! |
|3B2. Investigate the Marine Cave! |
|3C. Rank 1 (Fight the Vien Forest Fire!)|
|3D. Rank 2 |
|3D1. Destroy the Strange Machines! |
|3D2. Recover a Key From Sharpedo! |
|3E. Rank 3 |
|3E1. The Ranger Union |
|3E2. Seek the Origin of the Quake! |
|3F. Rank 4 |
|3F1. Teach at the Ranger School! |
|3F2. Look For Missing Barlow! |
|4. Quests |
|5. Ranger Net |
|5A. Things to know about the Ranger Net |
|5A1. Downloading Missions |
|5A2. Sending Pokemon |
|5B. Special missions |
|5B1. Recover the Manaphy Egg! |
|5B2. Rescue Kidnaped Riolu! |
|5B3. Liberate the Tower! |
|5C. Extra missions |
|5C1. Dialga in Hia Valley? |
|5C2. Palkia in Haruba Desert? |
|5C3. For the Bride and Shaymin! |
|6. Contact information |
|7. FAQ |
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To quickly find any chapter of this guide, press CTRL+F,
then type in the code and name of chapter into the find bar.
Then hit next and it will bring you to that section.
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1. Version History
3/8/09 Started the guide
3/28/09 Finished guide up to Rank 3, and added Quests and Ranger Net Missions
up to that point
3/31/09 Gave permission to neoseeker, supercheats, and cheatcc to use this
guide.
4/25/09 Hey, sorry for leaving eveyone in the middle of a chapter, I wasn't
thinking. Anyway, I finished chapters 3E2 through 3F2 so check those out.
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2. Legal information
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3. Walkthrough
I just want to say right now that this guide contains spoilers.
3A. Student
3A1. The Adventure begins
-Ranger School-
As in most Pokemon games, you will start by choosing your gender. Name entry
happens later. Then you are immediately forced to capture a very easy pikachu.
It shouldn't take too long. Then a man named Kaplan announces that you have
become a member of the inscrutable Team School and that together you shall rule
the world. Then Ms. April decides to come in and ruin your fun. She introduces
herself as your teacher and takes you to the school's main building. Once there
you get to name your character. If you hit enter without doing anything, your
name is registered as Kellyn if you're a boy or Kate if you're a girl. After
Ms. April explains the menu and top screen, Ms. April asks a girl named Rhythmi
to give you a tour. You get control of yourself after this. Talk to your fellow
students, then go outside. Don't expect Keith to learn your name right away.
Our first stop is the class right across from here. Go inside and speak to
everyone. The teacher introduces himself as Mr. Kincaid and gives you a lecture
on not running in the hallways. Talk to the students and then leave.
Now go up past the classrooms to the door on the far right. This is the staff
room. Talk to Ms. April then go say hi to the principal, Mr. Lamont
Splendidocious. I'll just call him "Lamont" because his full name takes too long
to type. Now leave once more.
Next it's time to check out the library, so don't get too bored. Speak to the
girl, then Ponte (the conflicted marshmallow boy) and Isaac. Wow he's smart.
Since you met everyone, time to leave.
Go up the right set of stairs in the back of the hallway, since Rhythmi won't
let you take the left ones. Speak to Janice the caretaker lady. Before you go,
keep in mind to use the save machine every now and again. Also come here and
use the machine on the right to recharge your styler when you take damage.
Once downstairs, class will end and you can go outside. Do so.
Go to the training room to the right. Mr. Kaplan will go on about Team School
again, so Ms. Claire has to ruin his fun. They will then give you special
lessons on capturing and target clearing, so be sure to pay attention. Then go
back outside.
Oh no! The Bidoof are running arround like crazy and someone needs to stop them!
Keith uses this as a chance to test your skills and challenges you to a capture
race. All you have to do is capture four bidoofs and you lose automatically.
Keith finally decides to learn your name and Rhythmi has one more place to show
you.
Head to the bottom right exit from the schoolyard to get to Ascension Square.
Your new friends point out a statue called the pledge stone. Apparently if
friends make a pledge here, it will come true! But now is time to go back
inside and call it a day.
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3A2. A Test of Courage
That night, you and Keith/Rhythmi haven't gone to sleep yet. Talk to everyone,
then Keith/Rhythmi. If you are a boy, notice that Isaac is not here.
Where could he be? Anyway, time to head outside the dorm.
You and Keith/Rhythmi see Rhythmi/Keith waiting for you outside, along with
two other students. Apparently the four of them want you to proove that you're
brave. They hid their stylers on the first floor and you need to find them.
Then put them at the door in the back of the basement. Because it's dangerous
to do this alone, Keith has to come too, even though that takes the fun out of
it. Time to head downstairs.
Wow, this place is sort of creepy at night. Keith freaks out at a Bidoof in the
middle of the hallway. Go and capture it. Now head to the library.
Some Electric type Pokemon have the recharge Map move. Tap one in your party to
recover some styler energy. The different levels recover:
Lv. 1: 5 energy
Lv. 2: 10 energy
Lv. 3: 20 energy
Lv. 4: 30 energy
Lv. 5: 50 energy So remember this if you are low on energy.
Use bidoof's crush on one of the crates here, then move on and capture the
Bidoof here. Use crush again on one of the crates and take the Styler on the
table. Then leave the library.
Next stop is the Staff room. Doesn't stay still, hmm? The only thing moving is
the Pichu in the back, so capture it to get the second styler.
Capture the Bidoof then go to Mr. Kincaid's room on the bottom right. Capture a
Zubat while you're in here and take the Styler in the upper left.
Now go to Ms. April's room. The only thing not there in the daytime is the
crates, so smash the one by Ms. April's desk for the last Styler.
Now it's time to go to the basement! Yay! First capture the Bidoof again,
then head downstairs. Crush the crate and then use the Zubat to cut up the
fence. Head over to the door to be attacked by four Ghastly! Yay! They aren't
too tough but they do teleport every now and then. When you're done,
Mr. Kincaid comes out and yells at you! Yay! Time to run for your life! Yay!
Then you discover that Isaac is with him. Just what are they working on?
Then your Little Sis sends a letter saying your parents might move nearby!
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3A3. Outdoor Class
Ms. April announces that today is outdoor class! A Ranger Will be coming for a
Q&A session will the students. Keith has 38 Questions for him, so SOMEONE'S
been looking forward to this. Follow Keith and Rhythmi to Ascension Square.
The guests is Crawford, from nearby Vientown's Ranger Base, and his partner,
Budew. He'll be answering your questions today. First he shows of his friend
Pokemon, then we start the Q&A session of TERROR!!! The other students ask
Crawfond all kinds of crazy questions, and Keith and Rhythmi confuse him for a
fortune teller. The funniest part is when he talks about his mistakes! I
laugh every time I think of him pouring juice on his styler... man he did some
weird stuff! But then he gets sent off on a mission before you get to ask a
question! I had a really good one to ask, too. Oh, well.
Then the threesome makes a pledge that each of you will make your dreams come
true. I hope that the pledge comes true! Then you get another letter saying
that your folks will move out there! Yay!
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3A4. The Search for the Missing Stylers
Ms. April tells the class that Crawford's mission was sucessfull. Everybody's
happy! Then she goes on and on about Operators while Keith hides offscreen. I
dont think he's even in the room. Then you even get to try out a real ranger
styler! Wow! Then laugh at the fact that you can hear Rhythmi without the
styler. Then Mr. Kincaid comes in and asks to talk to Keith. Unfortunately,
he's not here yet. Apparently a bunch of school stylers have disappeared!
Who could have done this? Mr. Kincaid thinks it was Keith, but that can't be
right. What would Keith want with a School Styler? He already has one. I guess
it's up to you to find out.
First check all the rooms of the school. Talk to everyone you meet. Notice that
two Pichu and a Bidoof can ce found in the hallway now. When you go upstairs,
you get a voicemail from Rhythmi telling you to go to where she is, so do so.
When you get back to Rhythmi, Janice tells you that someone dropped a styler in
the schoolyard. Rhythmi sees it in the very center. Go to the stairway due
south of here for another styler. At the bottom of the stairs is Keith with
some guy. Turs out the guy stole the stylers, and drops the rest. LOL, then a
Slakoth falls on his head! Sadly, Rhythmi makes you take car of it.
Slakoth is just as easy as any other pokemon you've found. Then hear the sad
story of the styler theif. Ms. April kicks him out of here and you never see
him again. Then Lamont and the teachers are happy thet you caught the theif.
You also hear the word "Vatonage" for the first time. Finally you gat a letter
saying your family's moving to Chicole Village.
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3A5. One-Day internship
It's finally time for your 1-day internship! Everyone's going to get experience
on being a Ranger, Operator, or Mechanic. Rhythmi shows you a newspaper on the
ranger union! It has pictures of places in the Union Hq! Cool! You and Keith
only get to go to Vientown, but you go to the Union eventually. Time to get
going. Head down to where you caught the thief and go through the gate. You see
a man named Little Tim who is getting attacked by some Bidoof. You and Keith
each have to capture one of them. It is slightly more difficut then thee ones
you've been seeing, because it actually attacks you. Just capture it the same
way you normally would. Then go through the gate and follow the path.
-School Road-
Follow the path until you get to a little girl. Then Ponte and Isaac show up
and you find out that the girl is Isaac's sister, Melody. Then get moving
again. Over the river and through the woods to the Ranger Base we go...
-Vientown-
Welcome to Vientown. this is where you spend the first part of the game being
a Ranger. Inside the Ranger Base, you get a parcel that must never be on it's
side or upside down. Take it to breeze hill, which is just past the beach to
the left of here.
Follow the beach to get to the enctance of breeze hill. Some old guy named
MR. Woodward is talking to three pokemon. He asks you about partner pokemon.
When he's done, follow the steps up to Breeze hill.
At the top of Breeze Hill, you meet the other rangers. Crawford you already
know. Barlow is the leader here. Luana is the other ranger. Elaine is the
mechanic, who menjoys taking things apart more than fixing them. Did Barlow
just say "lunch's here"? That's right, the parcel was just their picnic!
You've been tricked! Ha ha! Talk to everybody, then try to leave. Some kid
comes and says that a bunch of pokemon have gone wild! Time for your first
mission! Get to the beach!
*ROOKIE MISSION:SOOTHE THE POKEMON ON THE BEACH!*
Go down on the beach. Choose from the three pokemon that haven't been captured
yet: Munchlax, Pachirisu, and Starly. This is important because the one you
pick becomes your first partner later on. They all behave similar to pokemon
that you have captured before. When you're all done, everything's back to
normal, and the mission is sucessful. However, the pokemon you captured does
not want to leave at first.
*MISSION CLEAR!*
Back at the base, you and Keith get to go back to school now. Some old dude
comes in and mentions something about a girl named Misery. Then outside, you
see the pokemon you captured on the beach. It wants to see you but you can't
have a partner yet. Time to head back to school.
-School Road-
Time to release the pokemon from the beach. After it leaves, Rhythmi(or Misery
as the old dude(Prof. Hastings) calls her) Rhythmi catches up to you. Then
you get a letter from Little Sis saying your family moved!
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3A6. Graduation
-Ranger School-
Well, this is it. Today's the day you graduate from Ranger School. Go to Mr.
Kincaid's room and talk to everyone. Then go around around to all the rooms and
say your goodbyes, because you won't be coming back here for a while.
When you're ready, SAVE YOUR GAME then go outside.
When you go outside, the bell rings and Keith tells you to come in. Lamont
congratulates everybody, then Mr. Kincaid announces the best student: Isaac.
He gives a speech then Ms. April says that you represent the class. Don't
worry, you don't have to give a speech. Instead, everyone gets attacked by
two Tangrowth! Naturally, you and Keith have to capture them.
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|BOSS: TANGROWTH |
|SUMMARY: Attacks with poison|
|powder. |
|STRATEGY: Tangrowth moves |
|very slowly, if at all. Just|
|draw loops when it is not |
|attacking. |
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Good job. How did that get there anyway? Anyway, the graduation continues now.
Congrats, YOU HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE RANGER SCHOOL! Then you get one last
letter from Little Sis.
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3B. Rank 0
3B1. Deliver Vien Tribune!
-Chicole Village-
Little Sis wakes you up in your family's house. Say hi to your family, then
head outside and up to Chicole Path.
-Chicole Path-
Nothing too important here. Just follow the path
-Vientown-
Luana greets you when you get to Vientown. She then takes you to the Ranger
Base. After a quick hello, go up to the door in the back to change into your
Ranger Uniform. Then Barlow gives you a new Styler. This one can use Poke
assists and Voicemail. Crawford then gives you a lesson on Poke assists. Then
Barlow introduces everyone... again. Operators are in several places in the
game to recharge Stylers. Then you get your first mission.
*MISSION:DELIVER VIEN TRIBUNE!*
This is a really easy mission. just deliver the newspaper to all the houses you
can go to. Also deliver it to the houses in Chicole Village. Unfortunately,
Mr. Woodward isn't home at the house in the southwest of Vientown. He's out on
Nabiki Beach. When you find him, the Pokemon from the Rookie Mission is there,
and becomes your first partner. Crawford then explains partner assists. Then go
to Chicole Village.
-Chicole Village-
Just deliver the paper to the houses here. then go back to Vientown. Remember
what the lady next door says about her son...
-Vientown-
Everything's all done for this mission.
*MISSION CLEAR!*
Now just talk to Barlow when you're ready to go to bed.
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3B2. Investigate the Marine Cave!
The next day, Barlow tells everyone that Mr. Woodward heard something in the
Marine Cave on Nabiki Beach. He sends you and Crawford to check it out, so go
do that. At the beach, Crawford hears something. He also teaches you about
field damage. With that in mind, enter the cave to the left.
*MISSION:INVESTIGATE THE MARINE CAVE!*
-Marine Cave-
Crawford hears that noise again, but if you have your sound on, you can hear
it too. There's also this purple stuff at the edge of the screen. Your mission
is to get rid of that. First capture the Zubat that attacks you. The strange
thing is, it releases itself. Why is that? The answer lies ahead...
First, leave the cave and capture the Tailow or Glameow on the ledge above you.
Then re-enter the cave and cut down the fence with it. The weirdness gets
weirder up ahead. A bunch of pokemon are running around a big red thing. It
must be causing this! But what pokemon can break it. Maybe if you go in the
doorway, you will find the answer.
The strange machine is not affecting this area. Maybe the Pokemon you are
looking for is here. Up to the left, a Gastrodon is trapped behind a boulder!
There is a Nosepass that can break the rock in the back of this room. Capture
it then capture the Gastrodon inside. Use it to break the strange machine.
Everybody's happy now, so go back to the base.
-Vientown-
Turns out Big Bertha is the person Crawford called. Barlow then makes the
mission officially finished at the base.
*MISSION CLEAR!*
Not only that, but YOU'VE BEEN PROMOTED TO RANGER RANK 1!
POKE ASSIST BUG IS NOW USABLE! That's right. Each time your rank goes up,
something good happens, like a new Poke Assist. Then Elaine shows you an Almia
Times on Keith, who seems to be doing well. Then Little Tim comes in with
ANOTHER mission... actually it's a Quest. Quests are assignments from normal
folks. For a list of any Quests you can do, look at your Quest screen. Do this
one, and others if you feel like it, then go to sleep.
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3C. Rank 1 (Fight the Vien Forest Fire!)
The next day, Vien Forest's on fire! You have to go with Luana to find
Crawford, who's already there. Vien forest is just north of the Ranger Base.
*MISSION: FIGHT THE VIEN FOREST FIRE!*
-Vien Forest-
You and Luana see Mimi, with only one Happiny. Looks like you have to get the
others for her. The first Happiny is just left of where Mimi is, down the
second path. Bring it to her to clear space in your party. Then take the first
path you come to that does not involve a bridge. A burning log frightens 4
Budew that attack you! When you finish capturing them, the log is in your way
still. Go back, taking the bridge this time, and capture a Wartortle in the
next area.
Luana sees a broken machine, like the one in Marine cave! It does not pose a
threat, however. Just get back to the tree. Put out it's fire, and keep going.
Head right to find a Happiny, so take it back to Mimi. Then go left.
The last Happiny is here, along with 2 more burning logs. You only need to put
out one, and there should be a Wartortle nearby. Go up past it and keep going.
You finally get to Crawford, who tells you to find a Blastiose. He points off
to the left, so head that way. Follow the path and capture the Blastoise.
Back by the fire, there is a narrow path to the right. Have Blastoise use Rain
Dance here. All done!
*MISSION CLEAR!*
Hey, who's that guy? Well, let's take to the base to ask him a few things.
-Vientown-
YOU'VE BEEN PROMOTED TO RANGER RANK 2! POKE ASSISTS FIRE AND FIGHTING ARE NOW
USABLE! The weird guy from the forest gets tied up. Luana nicknames him
"Ollie". Then it's time to patrol. Come back and go to bed whenever.
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3D. Rank 2.
3D1. Destroy the Strange Machines!
Okay, so the old dude from 3A5 is coming to visit, and you have to escort him
to the ranger base. Go up toward Vien Forest and you immediately meet Prof.
Hastings. He seems angry about how someone blocked the way and stuff. When he
notices you heard everything he said, he introduces himself, and then you go
back to the base.
So he saw one of these things in Pueltown? It's just a mailbox? Or is it
something bad? Why am I asking you? Oh well. To get to Pueltown, you need to go
through Vien Forest.
-Vien Forest-
First go to where the fire was, and follow the path up. Continue in that
direction to reach Lookout Ridge. Luana randomly shouts "TALK, OLLIE!", which
must feel really good. Apparently, a tower is being built north of Pueltown.
For now I will call it "big tower thing". Continue until you get to Pueltown.
*MISSION: DESTROY THE STRANGE MACHINES!*
-Pueltown-
The first thing you should see is the 2 strange machines in this area. After
Brook tells his side of the story, use the save machine in the ranger depot
if you need to. Then leave Pueltown and capture the Bibarel in this area. Use
it to destroy the Strange Machines(going back to capture it again, of course!).
Then take the exit at the upper left. After getting the first one, you see
some guys walking across the bridge above you. Who ane they? They mentioned a
"Gigaremo". What is that? Why am I asking out loud again?
In the next area, you see a Strange Machine, but it's green. This means you
need the Field Move BURN 2 to destroy it. Luckily, there was a Growlithe with
this move in the previous area. Use one of those to destroy the 2 strange
machines in this area. Those guys see you, and then run off. Did they say
"Gigaremo"? Is that what those things are called? Cross the newly opened path
to the right side of Pueltown.
Capture an Elekid on the bridge. It has the Field Move ELECTRIFY 2, which
destroys blue Strange Machines, or Gigaremos, or whatever. You'll see these in
the next area. Also have one open the 2 gates in Pueltown.
In the next area, you hear a girl scream! It's Melody, Isaac's little sister!
Brook jumps over the Pokemon surrounding her, but now you have to do something.
Open the gate with an Elekid, then go find a Growlithe and another Elekid to
get the Gigaremos in this area. Everybody's free, and it's time to go to Puel
Harbor in the lower right.
After going up a bit, you finally corner those guys, with 3 more guys. And a
yellow Gigaremo! They must be behind all this! Time to stop them! Team Dim Sun,
you say? That's a terrible name. Oh, well. They use the Gigaremo to have
Pokemon attack you. The first Minion has 4 Rattata.
They then send a Toxicroak to fight you! Oh no!
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|BOSS: TOXICROAK |
|SUMMARY: Jumps around and |
|attacks by spitting poison |
|clouds or sludge piles. It |
|also pretends to attack. |
|STRATEGY: Toxicroak is very |
|annoying. I reccomend |
|drawing loops before it |
|attacks. |
|____________________________|
Darn. They got away. Brook jumps in the ocean to try and catch him. The guy
means well, but... Oh well. Time to go back to the base. There are some new
quests, so do those if you feel like it.
-Vientown-
*MISSION CLEAR!*
Hastings and Elaine have dismantled the Gigamori... ohhh, so it's Gigaremo?
Anyway, now you can do that new quest, or go to sleep, your choice.
Elaine and Hastings are still dismantling the Gigarama... Gigaremo? Anyway, Big
Bertha brought some milk pudding. Ollie even gets to have some. He likes it, I
think. It even makes him spill everything he knows. That must be good pudding.
So the fire was made from Gigaremo fuel? Anyway, now untie Ollie so he can wipe
away his tears. Talk to him, then you and Luana untie the rope, and Ollie's
free to go. Now go patrol again, but first Luana shows you another Almia Times,
this time on Pueltown.
Ollie comes out to ank you something. He wants you to go with him to his mo--
..friend. His "friend" is the lady next door in Chicole Village! Who would have
thought that? Well, she did mention having a son, so go to Chicole Village.
-Chicole Village-
There's a hat ghost on Partner Farm! Go to the farm south of your house first.
The hat ghost is actually a Kricketot! Time to capture it! Be sure to watch out
for those music notes.
Kricketot seems to like you now! KRICKETOT JOINED AS A PARTNER POKEMON! But you
can only have one partner with you. Your other partner, and any new ones, will
come here to Partner Farm.
NOW It's time for Ollie's errand. Hope I didn't give away too much. Now
Kricketot is ready to go with you! Take care of a Quest or two, then go back to
the Ranger Base and call it a day. When you do, Hastings notices a black rock
inside the Gigaremo. Hastings will have the research staff examine this
discovery at the Union.
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3D2. Recover a Key From Sharpedo!
-Vientown-
The next morning Luana shows you an Almia Times on Top Rangers Sven and Wendy.
It also has a pic of the next type of styler, the Fine Styler. Then you get a
Voicemail from Barlow telling you to meet him in Pueltown. Head there right
away.
-Pueltown-
Barlow will meet you at the entrance to Pueltown. He can't get to the Union
because Norward Bridge is open. Turns out Brook is at the harbor. When you talk
to him, you discover he has dropped the key for Norward Bridge in the Ocean
when following Team Dim Sun! Barlow gives you a Micro Aqualung for the job.
Here's the thing. Land Pokemon can't go in the Ocean, and Sea Pokemon can't go
on land, so your Partner can't even come. Just let Brook take care of things
for getting a boat. Then you jump into the sea for the first time.
-Puel Sea-
See that shiny thing? That's what you're looking for. A Sharpedo picks it up
and swims off! Then you get a Voicemail from Barlow saying that this is now a
Mission!
*MISSION: RECOVER A KEY FROM SHARPEDO!*
Go down into the next area. Nearly everything's blocked by currents! Except for
one path blocked by small rocks. A Finneon can break this. Then you see
Sharpedo swim by. Capure the Staryu here and go back to the last area.
Destroy the Wood Block to the right. Then enter the next area. By the way, a
Chinchou can recharge your styler underwater. You need another Staryu to
destroy the Wood Block in the lower right. Barlow Voicemails to tell you to use
a Mantine to swim around underwater. Capture one on this path and move on.
Approach the canyon below you, then touch mantine to use swim. When you reach
the end of the area, go up in the next one. Then go left and down the current.
Go right, then get off Mantine at the ledge.
In this next area, you need to catch up to Sharpedo before capturing it. How,
you ask? Use the currents! When you finally catch up, keep in mind that it
charges four times in a row. Then you can go back to the mainland!
-Pueltown-
*MISSION CLEAR!*
YOU'VE BEEN PROMOTED TO RANGER RANK 3! POKE ASSISTS GROUND AND STEEL ARE NOW
USABLE! You can even CARRY FOUR POKEMON WITH YOU! Now that you've gotten the
key back, take it to Hastings at Norward Bridge. Plus, you can take a boat to
Puel Sea any time by talking to Captain Puel Sea in the house on the harbor.
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3E. Rank 3
3E1. The Ranger Union
-Altru Park-
Now that we have the key, Brook takes care of things(good thing he didn't lose
the key again) and Barlow and Hastings go on to the Ranger Union. This guy is
Murph, who is in charge of PR at the Union. Why does he look familiar? Anyway,
he takes you to goof off at Altru Park, up ahead.
After entering, you see Isaac by the stage. He wants to give you a tour of his
workplace, Altru inc! Cool! It's just north of here. Go to that area, then
enter the big building of awesomeness. That thing up there is Altru tower,
which I have no idea what it is.
-Altru Building-
First, Isaac shows you the exhibits. Thern Altru's three presidents, Doyle,
Brighton, and Blake Hall. There's Blake now! He seems nice but that Wheeler guy
creeps me out. Sadly, you can't see the rest of the building. Time to go!
-Altru Park-
Outside, you get a Voicemail from Barlow. He wants you to bring a pokemon with
SOAK 2 to the Ranger Union. Murph will lead you there, so go back to the park.
Union Road is on the left path from the park, so go that way.
-Union Road-
Just follow the path for now. You can't take the upper path in the second part
yet, so keep going.
-Ranger Union-
Enter the building. The Union is much bigger than the Vientown Ranger Base,
that's for sure. The lady behind the counter on the right tells you about the
different floors, so I will too.
Floor 1: Lobby. Recharge your styler and, eventually, look at records here.
Floor 2: Conference Room. All meetings take place there.
Floor 3: Operation Room. Operators are stationed here.
Roof: Tree of Harmony. A giant tree.
On the second floor, Nage will meet you. He then takes you to the conference
room. Destroy the Gigaremo with a target clear. There's a Bibarel in the left
room if you need a Pokemon. And that's how you destroy a Gigaremo, everyone.
No thanks necessary.
Hastings shows you how a Gigaremo works using the Conference room's floor, the
Underfoot. Seems the black stone is the power source. Wendy will ask some
questions. Answer them any way you want. Then you can meet the HQ's staff. Of
course, you can just talk to Barlow in the right room to move on.
The next morning, Barlow will meet you on the first floor to go back to the
ranger base.
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3E2. Seek the Origin of the Quake!
First of all, go back to Union Raod
-Union Road-
You hear an earthquake at the stairway. When you reach the house, you hear
another one. A lady says she saw a man doing mountain-climbing training at the
Peril Cliffs. Why not see if he's all right? Peril Cliffs is north of here, on
the path that was blocked off.
*MISSION: SEEK THE ORIGIN OF THE QUAKE!*
-Peril Cliffs-
Even the name makes it sound scary. Climb the vines to get up. You can't get by
that rock to your right, so just keep moving up. If you cut down the vine, you
can climb it. A Staravia can help here, so cut down the vine. Then use the
Springy Grass to jump over the gap.
In this area, you see a shady-looking fellow with two Rampardos. Is he the guy
you're looking for? Only one way to find out, so keep moving.
Capture the Staravia and cut down another vine. Watch out on the vines up
ahead, or a Gligar will knock you down. Also capture any Mawhile you find,
you'll need them soon. The next area is to the right.
There are two yellow Gigaremo here, that need CRUSH 2 to destroy. And this is
why I told you to capture any Mawhile before. Now getting to them is tricky so
listen carefully. I will describe this in a step-by-step process.
1) Jump down off the ledge.
2) Jump RIGHT on the next one.
3) Jump down again, then climb the vines to reach the first Gigaremo. The
Springy Grass here sends you back to the beginning.
4) Go the same way as before, except jump LEFT this time. The next Gigaremo is
here.
Above the vines is a Springy Grass to take you back to the start to find
Pokemon to use against the next boss, like another Mawhile. When you're ready,
go into the next area, SAVE IMMEDEATELY, then go down the vines to reach the
"Mountain Climber".
He's really a Dim Sun! And he's using that thing to control the Pokemon! Get
ready to capture those Rampardos!
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|BOSS: RAMPARDOS |
|SUMMARY: Extreme;y difficult,|
|with a long lasting Rock |
|Slide attack. |
|STRATEGY: This guy's attacks |
|are EXTREMELY powerful. It's |
|third one lasts a long time, |
|so draw a loop before each |
|rock falls. Bring some |
|Magnemite, and you'll be all |
|set. |
|_____________________________|
*MISSION CLEAR!*
Go to the area to your left. Use the Springy Grass to get back to the start.
Then go tell the Lady all about your adventure.
-Union Road-
YOU'VE BEEN PROMOTED TO RANGER RANK 4! POKE ASSISTS POISON, GHOST, PSYCHIC,
AND DARK ARE NOW USABLE! Time to go back to Vientown. On the way, you unlock
the field move AGILITY, which Doduo have. Use this to go faster! Also, some new
quests have appeared.
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3F. Rank 4
3F1. Teach at the Ranger School!
-Vientown-
The next day, Barlow is in Boyleland. So, Crawford is in charge. Anyway, you
have to do the whole outdoor class thing in his place at the Ranger School.
And so, you have a new mission.
-School Road-
When you get to the bridge, you see two Dim Suns controlling a Croagunk with
one of those machines, a Miniremo! Save the Croagunk, and IT BECOMES A PARTNER.
Then the Dim Sun Minions jump into the water and get away, and you can move on.
-Ranger School-
At the school's gate, Ms. April greets you. Then, she takes you to the staff
room.
*MISSION: TEACH AT THE RANGER SCHOOL!*
Go to the school's staff room. Speak to Lamont, then Ms. April tells you that
Mr. Kincaid is on a leave of absence. But Why? Anyway, it's time for your own
Q&A session OF TERROR! Like when Crawford came, the students are in Ascension
Square, to the right of the main courtyard. Answer the questions any way you
want. Unfortunately, you can't answer the one about bed-head because Team Dim
Sun is attacking!
The Minions send 2 Carnivine to fight you. Then they run away. Now, answer the
last questions. Then go back to the base.
-Vientown-
*MISSION CLEAR!*
Now, Elaine shows you another Almia Times on Keith. He seems to be doing well.
You might as well go to bed now.
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3F2. Look for Missing Barlow!
The next day, you find out that Barlow has gone missing from Boyleland. Of
course, you have to find him. Go to Boyleland by taking a boat from Puel
Harbor. Aren't those Drifloon cool?
-Boyleland-
Go up when you get to Boyleland. A girl says something about a different
ranger. At the left cave entrance, a man blocks the way. The elder is in the
lower left house... and he thinks that you're Barlow. You now have permission
to enter the cave, so do that. We'll need to look for a Mime Jr while we're in
there. Outside, there are more Drifloon. Weird, huh?
-Volcano Cave-
Inside, you can't get anywhere without needing a Pokemon to carry you across
the gap. Go outside, and some Drifloon go into the cave. Capture one, then use
AIRLIFT to get over the gap. Capture another Drifloon here. Up from there is
Barlow's styler! Pick it up and go into the cave.
You see some Dim Sun Minions talking about Barlow! Go up, and they see you!
They run away, though. Use Drifloon to get over the lava. Follow the path to
find a Dim Sun Minion! He has a Slugma and a Magcargo. Follow the path into the
next area.
Save here. Following the path brings you to another Minion, with a Kangaskhan.
Past there are 2 more Minions with dynamite to block the way. What Hidden
Harbor? On the bridge above the blocked path, you find a small cave with a
sealed door in front. you need a Pokemon with PSY POWER to open it. Backtrack a
little to find a Drifloon and a way across the area above it. Use AIRLIFT and
go into the cave and get a Shuppet to remove the Sealed Door.
Get a Drifloon outside and go across the other gap to get back to where the
nincompoop Minions are. In the cave is a Muk. Capture it and have it break the
rock. The Minions will run off, so follow them into the hidden harbor. But
first capture the Numel the send at you. THEN go to the hidden harbor.
You see Minions carrying some Pokemon and Barlow onto their ship. Time to stop
them. Four Minions are patroling. If one sees you you have to start over. You
even hve a time limit of two minutes, if it wasn't hard enough already. If you
can't do it, your time is extended to three minutes. When you make it, you get
attacked by two more Dim Sun Minions! They have two Beedrill and a Gloom. Now
you're finally on the Cargo Ship. The same one that made the Pokemon flip out
in 3A5.
*MISSION: LOOK FOR MISSING BARLOW!*
-Cargo Ship-
Go up. SAVE YOUR GAME, because you don't want to have to get by the Siren Unit
again. You see two Minions talking about the Kingston Valve, which just looks
like a drain plug. Why did they make that thing? Anyway, remember that you need
Machoke-level strength to put it back in. The Minions also sic two Machoke on
you. Go into the door on the right in the upper right.
You see a Minion playing with the Elder's Mime Jr! Capture it! Then it wants
you to follow it through that door.
You see Mime Jr in the upper left. Go over the conveyors and up the ladder to
reach it. Go to the stairs at the beginning of the area and capture the Luxio.
Then destroy the Gigaremo. You can move on now.
A Minion sees you and turns on a Gigaremo in the area. Backtrack a little and
find a Drowzee to destroy it with. Then there is an even more difficult
challenge for you. Capture the Machoke. Then use it on the yellow switch to
move some of the crates. Go up the ladder that the Machoke was guarding and
go back down another ladder from that set of crates. Capture the Machoke here
and target clear the green switch. Get back on the crates and continue
downward. There's an electric door on this side of the room. Have a Luxio from
an earlier room deal with it, and you can move on.
There is a large fence here. You can't break it now, so keep going. There are
two doors to choose from, so pick the left one. It's Barlow! But you can't free
him without an Electabuzz to turn the lights on. In the right room, you find a
Dim Sun Minion with three Mareeps. When you're done with this guy, move on to
the room behind him. Capture the two Raticate here, then use one to break the
previously mentioned fence. Capture the Electabuzz and use it to light up the
room. Then have the other Raticate free Barlow.
Now you can find out who's in charge of the Cargo Ship. In the room up ahead
are some clues to who the captain is. Yes, it's someone we all know. Anyway,
along the path are two Minions that attack you and Barlow. fight off the three
Magcargo. Then go to the lowest door in this area.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are now on the bridge. About the captain, if you
guessed Kincaid, you were right! Good Job! Now to deal with all the Dim Suns
that showed up!
The Admins have two Rhyhorn. Then eveybody jumps in the ocean.
The new Admins have three Stunky to fight you while Barlow deals with Kincaid's
Drapion. Barlow's fight goes badly, so you have to fight it instead. We also
know the boy Kincaid mentions before you capture Drapion...
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| BOSS: KINCAID'S DRAPION |
| SUMMARY: Will not warn you before |
|some attacks. He will with the more |
|dangerous ones. |
| STRATEGY: Don't worry about his |
|attacks, they're easy to dodge. DO NOT|
|try to draw loops while he's |
|attacking. That's what did me in at |
|first. |
|______________________________________|
When you defeat Kincaid, he calls other Minions and makes them unplug the
Kingston Valve! There must be a way to save the Pokemon on board before that
happens!
In the wheelhouse, Barlow takes control of the ship. You go put the plug
back in; you have four minutes to do so. Capture a Machoke so you can put it
back. The Kingston Valve is in the first room of the ship.
With the valve back in, the ship stops taking on water. Time to run this thing
aground! You quickly find yourself...
-Ranger School-
In Ascension Square? You meet up with Ms. April, Lamont, Crawford, and Luana
before going back to the base.
*MISSION CLEAR!*
-Vientown-
YOU ARE NOW A TOP RANGER! Luana shows you an Almia times about This whole
chapter. Time to go to the Union. Outside, your Family and Ms. April
congratulate you. Time to get going, good luck out there.
-cheezisgood123
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4. Quests
#1. Calm Down Miltank
Available at: Rank 1
Location and client: Vientown, Little Tim
Go to the farmhouse in Vientown. The Miltank here is out of control, so capture
it. No, seriously, that's all you have to do.
Reward: Grass Defense
#2. Under the Bridge
Available at: Rank 1, after Little Tim's Quest
Location and client: Chicole Village, Little Girl
A little girl thinks there's a ghost under the bridge on school road. Check it
out to discover it's only a Floatzel!
Reward: Water Defense
#3. Is Combee Okay?
Available at: Rank 2
Location and client: Vientown, Old Woman
An old woman is nervous about the Combee, and wants you to find one for her.
they appear in Vien Forest, where you put the fire out.
Reward: Electric Defense
#4. Clear Some Fallen Logs
Available at: Rank 2
Location and client: Vientown, Mr. Woodward
Mr. Woodward would like you to clear the two fallen logs in the forest, located
on the first downward path and by the Save Machine. Use the Pokemon Roselia
from deeper in the forest to clear these targets.
Reward: Long Line
#5. Strange Crates Washed Ashore
Available at: Rank 2
Location and client: Vientown, Boy
The boy just north of the ranger base wants you to break the crate on Nabiki
Beach. Use the Pokemon Bidoof, just nearby, to clear this target.
Reward: Normal Defense
#6. Clear the Crates!
Available at: After "Destroy the Strange Machines!" Boss
Location and client: Vien Forest, Man
A man just outside Pueltown wants you to destroy two crates up ahead. Use the
Pokemon Beedrill, before Lookout Ridge, to clear these targets.
Reward: Bug Defense
#7. Breeze Hill Sign Recovery
Available at: Rank 2, after Ollie's errand
Location and client: Vientown, Webster
Webster the sign maker wants you to break the rock that fell on his
"Breeze Hill" sign. Use a Nosepass, from the back of Marine cave, to clear this
target.
Reward: Dark Defense
#8. Please Save Cranidos
Available at: Rank 2, after Ollie's errand
Location and client: Vien Forest, Young Guy
A Cranidos is being attacked by a Wartortle! Go to the first dead end and
capture these Pokemon!
Reward: Cranidos becomes a Partner
#9. The Boy Who Cried Lumineon
Available at: Rank 4
Location and client: Pueltown, Fishing Kid
This kid wants you to get Browser data for a Lumineon. You can find this
Pokemon in Puel Sea, where Sharpedo was and still is. Use the currents to catch
up to it.
Reward: Rock Defense
#10. Nosepass! Must Have Nosepass!
Available at: Rank 4
Location and client: Pueltown, Man
The guy in the left part of Pueltown wants a Nosepass. Bring him one from
Marine Cave. Then a Dim Sun Minion tells him to stop laughing at it because it
is very rude.
Reward: Ground Defense
#11. Who Ate My Lunch!?
Available at: Rank 4
Location and client: Vien Forest, Man
An Ambipom has stolen this man's lunch. Capture the Ambipom on the way to where
Blastiose is, then bring it back to him.
Reward: Power Plus
#12. Eevee for Marital Bliss
Available at: Rank 4
Location and client: Pueltown, Old Man
This man's Eevee left because his family argues too much. Capture it in the
harbor of Pueltown, then bring it back.
Reward: Steel Defense
#13. Oddish Research
Available at: Rank 4
Location and client: Altru Park, Herbert
Herbert of the Ranger Union wants you to find an Oddish for research. You can
find them on Union Road, but you need to use TACKLE 1 on them before you can
try to capture one.
Reward: Fire Defense
#14. Please Save Turtwig
Available at: Rank 4
Location and client: Chicole Village, Little Boy
This little boy says a Turtwig on Breeze Hill needs help. Go rescue it by
capturing it!
Reward: Turtwig becomes a Partner
#15. Go Talk to My Mom
Available at: Rank 4
Location and client: Altru Park, Brook
Brook tells you to say hi to his mom, who lives in the right side of Pueltown,
by the fountain, in the house on the right. She tells you an ancient Almia
legend about three princes.
Reward: Flying Defense
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5. Ranger Net
I will add walkthroughs for ranger net missions when I can play them.
5A. Things to know about the Ranger Net
5A1. Downloading Missions
To download new missions, you need Nintendo Wi-Fi connection. Select "Seek new
missions" to look for missions you can Download. Select a mission to download
and select yes to download it to your game.
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5A2. Sending Pokemon
After beating a special mission, there is a new Pokemon to send to a copy of
Pokemon Diamond or Pearl. Follow these instructions to do so.
Select "Send a Pokemon", then the Pokemon you want to send. An alert screen
should appear. Go to the opening menu on D/P and select "Link with a Pokemon
Ranger" for the Manaphy Egg, or "Mystery gift" for Riolu/Darkrai.
Then choose "Get from a friend" for Riolu/Darkrai. On Pokemon Ranger, the ID
and Application #s will show up. Select "Transfer", then "Yes". Pick up the
Pokemon from the delivery guy in any Poke Mart.
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5B. Special Missions
5B1. Recover the Manaphy Egg!
Requirement: Become a Pokemon Ranger
-Vientown-
Mimi has a problem. One of her Happiny is acting weird. You and Luana have to
find it. Outside, a berry rolls by and Little Tim finds it. Mimi thinks her
Happiny did that, so it must be nearby. Behind the base, you find another
berry. Then another between Mr. Woodward's and the farm. One next to Mimi's
house. Then in front of Mr. Woodward's house. Luana thinks it went to Nabiki
Beach, so go that way. You see Happiny with, you guessed it, a Manaphy egg.
Barlow makes this an official mission.
*SPECIAL MISSION: RECOVER THE MANAPHY EGG!*
Happiny took the egg to Breeze hill. Go there to find Mimi and two rocks. To
break the rock, capture the Buneary at the path between the beach and the hill
and have it break it. At the top a Pichu and Glameow are trying to protect
Happiny. Capture them. Then at the base, everyone is checking out the egg.
*MISSION CLEAR!*
Prof. Hastings then asks Mimi if her Happiny can take the egg to the Union.
Now YOU CAN SEND A MANAPHY EGG TO POKEMON DIAMOND/PEARL!!!
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5B2. Rescue Kidnapped Riolu!
Requirement: Beat the Game
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5B3. Liberate the tower!
Requirement: Beat the game
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5C. Extra Missions
5C1. Dialga in Hia Valley?
Requirement: Beat the game
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5C2. Palkia in Haruba Desert?
Requirement: Beat the game
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5C3. For the Bride and Shaymin!
Requirement: Beat the game
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6. Contact information
Seen any mistakes in my guide? Have something to help make it better? Want my
walkthrough on your website?Well, I'm happy to recieve any E-mail that can help
make this guide better.
My E-mail adress is tim95f[at]gmail[dot]com . You will need to replace [at]
with @ and [dot] with . Be sure your question is not in the FAQ section.
Also make the subject is "Pokemon Ranger Shadows of Almia guide" or your message
will be deleted. If you have a gamefaqs username, be sure to mention that. If
I get any mail, I will include the sender in a "Special Thanks" section in
my guide. Thank you!
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7. FAQ
Q:How do I download new missions?
A:Look in section 5A of my guide. It tells everything you need to know.
Q:One of the missions couldn't be downloaded! What's happening?
A:Honestly I do not know whats going on here.This actually happened to me once
so nothing is wrong with your game.
Q:How do I beat [Insert name of boss/mission/quest]?
A:Try looking at the appropriate section in the guide.
Q:Where can I find [Insert name of Pokemon]?
A:Sorry, can't help now, but I will try to add a browser section to my guide
soon. It will probably be started in my next update.
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