Exploring the region and using your tools

Use A to choose and B to go back. Keyboard defaults: Z or Space for A, X or Esc for B, and Enter for Start.

Open the way with field moves

You need the matching Badge to use an HM in the field. Carrying the HM is enough for the direct field action; you do not have to teach it to a party Pokémon. A partner that already knows the move can also perform it, even without the machine in your Bag.

Field moves, their uses and required Badges
Move	Badge	Use
Flash	Boulder	Light a dark cave
Cut	Cascade	Clear a small tree
Fly	Thunder	Return to a place you have visited
Strength	Rainbow	Push a boulder
Surf	Soul	Cross water

Face a cuttable tree or a boulder and press A. Face water to answer the Surf question. In dark caves, press A on an empty spot to use Flash. The party’s learned field moves are also available from that Pokémon’s action menu. Teaching and replacing moves is covered in the team guide.

Strength first readies a boulder for pushing. Push toward a clear destination, taking care around walls and holes. Completed boulder movements remain saved when you leave or reload, so look at the room’s current layout when returning to a puzzle.

Return to places you have visited

Open the Town Map to find your bearings. With Fly and the Thunder Badge, choose an eligible place you have already visited and confirm the trip. You can also choose FLY from a partner that knows it. The map remembers your last completed destination; cancelling a new choice does not change it.

The Fly map with a visited destination selected. — Choose an eligible place you have already visited, or use B to return.

Use an ESCAPE ROPE in an eligible cave or dungeon to return outside. A Pokémon’s learned DIG can provide an escape too. TELEPORT returns to your healing destination from eligible field locations, including caves. If the game refuses an escape, finish the current action or reach an eligible place.

For longer walks, hold B to run or use the always-run control. If you receive a Bike Voucher, ask around for a shop that will accept it. Once you have the Bicycle, use BICYCLE in KEY ITEMS to mount or dismount. Ordinary buildings dismount you; route-gate ground floors and the Underground Path let you ride through.

Keep useful items one button away

Open ITEM → KEY ITEMS, choose a useful field item such as the Bicycle, a rod, the Itemfinder or VS Seeker, then choose REGISTER. You have four quick-use slots. Registering another eligible item fills the next empty slot; UNREGISTER removes it.

Directional shortcuts for the Bicycle and Old Rod. — Press the direction shown beside the registered item you want to use.

The KEY ITEMS pocket with field tools and their descriptions. — UP and LEFT mark the Bicycle and Old Rod’s registered shortcuts.

Press Select to use a single registered item. With several, press the direction shown beside the item you want; A uses the first available item. B, Select or Start closes the picker. The keyboard default for Select is Right Shift.

The catching guide explains rods; the team guide explains rematches. Registering makes those actions quicker without changing what they need.

Follow the Itemfinder’s clues

Oak’s aides may have something useful to share as your collection grows. Once you have an ITEMFINDER, use it from KEY ITEMS or a registered slot. It scans nearby unclaimed hidden items and coins, points you toward the nearest signal and names the direction.

The Itemfinder message saying its signal points west. — Follow the direction clue, then scan again as you search.

More chimes mean a closer find: one for a more distant signal, two nearer, three very close, and four directly underfoot. Move in the indicated direction and scan again. Face the hidden spot and press A; when the signal says RIGHT HERE, step off the tile, face it and investigate.

A scan does not collect anything. Hidden Game Corner coins also need a Coin Case before you can pick them up. Once a find is claimed it stops giving a signal, so you can move on to the next one.

Keep your Bag and collection in order

The Bag separates ITEMS, KEY ITEMS and TM/HM. Switch pockets to find the right tool and read its description. Press Start in the Bag to sort stacks by name or category. Items stay in the Bag rather than needing a separate item-storage PC.

At a Pokémon Center PC, choose BILL’s PC (SOMEONE’s PC before you meet Bill) to open your party beside the collection grid. Choose a Pokémon to inspect, withdraw, deposit or move it. MOVE or Select lifts it; choose the destination to move or swap, or press B to cancel. A click or tap opens its actions. You can also drag with a mouse; on touch, hold before dragging, or swipe to scroll.

Bill’s PC showing the collection grid beside the party. — Choose a Pokémon for its actions, or use MOVE to rearrange your collection.

With the box selected, use Start for NAME, TYPE or POKéDEX No. sorting. The collection holds 1,000 Pokémon. Keep a healthy party member when depositing, and read the confirmation before releasing a Pokémon: release gives it up. RELEARN is also available here; see recovering a move.

Put spare money in the bank

Use a Pokémon Center’s PC and choose BANK ACCOUNT. Pick DEPOSIT to move carried cash into savings or WITHDRAW to bring it back. Choose an amount, check the question and confirm YES. NO or B keeps both balances unchanged.

The bank account menu with wallet and savings balances. — Choose DEPOSIT or WITHDRAW, then check the amount before confirming.

You can carry ₽999,999 and save up to ₽10,000,000 in the bank. Incoming money fills your wallet first, then available bank space. When money overflows into savings, read the receipt to see how much was deposited.

Shops, gifts you send and paid services use carried cash, so withdraw before shopping. A battle defeat takes from carried money while protecting your savings. The Richest leaderboard counts both balances together.