Pokémon Diamond & Pearl walkthrough

11 parts, one per checkpoint Pokémon Diamond & Pearl’s own documentation defines: the areas each one opens, the wild Pokémon and trainers in them, and the fight at the end of it. Everything here is read off the game’s own files, so anything it doesn’t state isn’t claimed.

1. Part 1: Just started — no badges

   17 areas · 73 trainers · Rival Barry (Chimchar), Rival Barry (Piplup), Rival Barry (Turtwig) and 4 more

2. Part 2: Beat Roark — Oreburgh City Gym, badge 1

   8 areas · 41 trainers · Commander Jupiter, Commander Mars, Roark

3. Part 3: Beat Gardenia — Eterna City Gym, badge 2

   12 areas · 75 trainers · Rival Barry (Chimchar), Rival Barry (Piplup), Rival Barry (Turtwig) and 1 more

4. Part 4: Beat Maylene — Veilstone City Gym, badge 3

   6 areas · 20 trainers · Maylene

5. Part 5: Beat Crasher Wake — Pastoria City Gym, badge 4

   12 areas · 60 trainers · Rival Barry (Chimchar), Rival Barry (Piplup), Rival Barry (Turtwig) and 1 more

6. Part 6: Beat Fantina — Hearthome City Gym, badge 5

   3 areas · 28 trainers · Fantina

7. Part 7: Beat Byron — Canalave City Gym, badge 6

   3 areas · 16 trainers · Byron

8. Part 8: Beat Candice — Snowpoint City Gym, badge 7

   10 areas · 34 trainers · Team Galactic Boss Cyrus, Candice

9. Part 9: Beat Volkner — Sunyshore City Gym, badge 8

   6 areas · 52 trainers · Champion Cynthia, Elite Four Aaron, Elite Four Bertha and 6 more

10. Part 10: Beat the Elite Four and the Champion

    7 areas · 49 trainers

11. Part 11: areas the documentation doesn’t place

    4 areas

This game's documentation doesn't say where 11 of its 459 fights happen, so those trainers are on no part of this walkthrough; they are all on the Trainers page. It also doesn't say when 4 of its areas open up, so they are listed together in the last part rather than guessed into the story.

What you can catch at each checkpoint · Every area