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This Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Walkthrough for Iron Island details how to obtain a Riolu egg, the items you'll find and the Pokemon trainer battles you'll encounter. Iron Island is an optional location in the northwest of the Sinnoh Region only accessible via boat from Canalave City.

Iron Island Items in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Notable Items	Where
Max Ether	Search the rock outside of the house before entering the cave
Iron Ball	In the first room to the left, on the raised platform up the stairs
Escape Rope	In the first room to the right, in the south at a dead end
Super Repel	Use the stairs to reach the southeast corner - the item is here
Max Ether	After taking the elevator, in the room to the right. It's in the eastern corner.
TM23 - Iron Tail	In the same room as the Max Ether, in the southern part of the room in a dip
Ultra Ball	After taking the elevator, in the room to the left. It's in the northwest corner
Max Potion	South of the Ultra Ball
Magnet	In the northeast part of the room
HP Up	In the southern end of the room, by a few rocks
Shiny Stone	When exiting the cave, go to the right
Riolu Egg	After beating the Galactic Grunts with Riley, they'll hand you a Riolu Egg.

Iron Island Pokemon in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Pokemon	Method	Rarity
Graveler	Cave
Golbat	Cave
Onix	Cave
Geodude
Zubat	Cave

Iron Island Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Walkthrough

Iron Island is an optional area of Sinnoh that can be accessed only from the ship at Canalave City. When you're ready to head out, head to the south end of Canalave City and seek out the ship. Talk to the owner of the ship standing there and he'll bring you to Iron Island (more options will become available after rounding out the Sinnoh Pokedex).

Once on the island, start by running rightward and up some stairs. Ignore the empty house and instead search the rock sitting on the ground in front of it to grab a Max Ether. Then, go up the adjacent stairs and enter the cave. In this first room, you'll have two options. You can either go down the stairs on your left, or down the stairs on your right.

First, go down the stairs on your left. Here, you'll find a lone trainer (packing a Luxio and Stunky, both at level 31) and, up some stairs, an Iron Ball for your inventory. Backtrack to the previous two staircase room, and this time, take the one on the right.

Iron Island Pokemon Trainers to Fight
Trainer Name	Pokemon (w/ LV.)
Ace Trainer Jonah & Ace Trainer Brenda	Ponyta (LV. 31) / Pelipper (LV. 33) / Floatzel (LV. 34) / Haunter (LV. 31) / Sudowoodo (LV. 33)
Black Belt Kendal & Battle Girl Tyler	Croagunk (LV. 35) / Medicham (LV. 34)
Camper Lawrence	Luxio (LV. 31) / Stunky (LV. 31)
Galactic Grunt & Galactic Grunt	2x Zubat (LV. 31) / Glameow (LV. 32) / Golbat (LV. 34) / Croagunk (LV. 32) / Stunky (LV. 32)
Hiker Damon & Hiker Maurice	Zubat (LV. 28) / Graveler (LV. 30) / Onix (LV. 31) / Machoke (LV. 32) / Golbat (LV. 31)
Picknicker Summer	Staravia (LV. 31) / Cherrim (LV. 31)
Worker Braden	Graveler (LV. 33)
Worker Brendon & Worker Quentin	Onix (LV. 29) / Geodude (LV. 27) / Steelix (LV. 31) / Graveler (LV. 33) / Onix (LV. 31)
Worker Willy	Onix (LV. 31) / Graveler (LV. 31)

Head south to the dead end, where you can grab an Escape Rope. Then, climb the stairs to the upper platforms in the room. Go east and then southward along the thin pathway to a dead end, where a Super Repel can be acquired.

Then, go back down some stairs on the east side of the room to the main floor of the room, and go south, where a trainer can be found. Fend off the trainer's Staravia and Cherrim, and then use the stairs to your right to access an elevator leading downward. Two more staircases will be presented to choose from. First, choose the one on the right.

In this room, you will encounter two "Worker" trainers and will able to find a couple of items. Fight the first trainer near the entrance into the room, and then work your way rightward to a staircase leading up. Walk up the stairs and claim your Max Ether sitting on the ground next to a rock. Then, go back down the stairs (ignoring another nearby staircase) and head to your left. Go down to a staircase to head back to the raised part of the room, and go south to fight the second trainer. Then, go down a staircase into a little valley, where TM23 - Iron Tail can be acquired. Now, backtrack to the previous room, taking the stairs on the left this time.

This major room will require some help. Well, whether or not you think you need the help, you'll get it anyway. You'll get it from a friendly trainer named Riley. Speak to them when you go into this big room and they'll join forces with you.

Naturally, because they're accompanying you, you'll fight wild Pokemon in pairs and be thrust into a series of dual-trainer battles also. They have a mid-30s level Lucario, and like your other companions in the game, they will heal you after each battle you face together.

Explore this large, wide-open room. There are four items to acquire here - a Magnet in the northeast corner, an Ultra Ball in the northwest corner, a Max Potion to the south of the Ultra Ball, and finally, an HP Up tucked away on the south end of the room. You'll also have to deal with five sets of trainers (ten total), including two Galactic Grunts at the south end near the elevator out of this place. When you defeat them, Riley will hand over an egg (it ends up being a Riolu Egg!) and then heads off, leaving you on your own from here on out.

Once ready, use the elevator to reach an area below (again, it's located at the south end of the room), and use the door on your left to reach the final room of this cave. Go up the elevator and head down the stairs on your left. Loop around rightward to grab the Shiny Stone sitting there, and then head left and back outside. From here, you can use Fly or take the ship back to Canalave City.

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