Route 8

Wild Area?: No
North Exit: Circhester
South Exit: Route 7

Route 8 is a path through various ruins in Galar. These require you to navigate through the ruins utilising various path and ladders. The Pokémon Falinks will often run between various parts of the ruins

Area Anchors
Main Area	Steamdrift Way

Main Area

Wild Pokémon

Anchors	Random	Overworld	Special Rare Pokémon
	Curry

Overworld
Pokémon Sword

Golett	Gurdurr	Pawniard	Boldore	Togedemaru	Rufflet	Solrock

25%	25%	20%	10%	5%	10%	5%
Level	Level	Level	Level	Level	Level	Level
39 - 41	39 - 41	39 - 41	39 - 41	39 - 41	39 - 41	39 - 41

Pokémon Shield

Golett	Boldore	Pawniard	Gurdurr	Togedemaru	Vullaby	Lunatone

25%	25%	20%	10%	5%	10%	5%
Level	Level	Level	Level	Level	Level	Level
39 - 41	39 - 41	39 - 41	39 - 41	39 - 41	39 - 41	39 - 41

Random in Grass
Pokémon Sword

Sandaconda	Rhyhorn	Dusclops	Haunter	Bronzong	Hippowdon	Drapion	Falinks

30%	20%	15%	10%	10%	8%	5%	2%
Level	Level	Level	Level	Level	Level	Level	Level
38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40

Pokémon Shield

Sandaconda	Rhyhorn	Dusclops	Haunter	Bronzong	Hippowdon	Drapion	Falinks

30%	20%	15%	10%	10%	8%	5%	2%
Level	Level	Level	Level	Level	Level	Level	Level
38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40

Special Overworld Encounters
Pokémon Sword

Crustle	Falinks

-%	-%
Level	Level
40 - 40	40 - 40

Pokémon Shield

Crustle	Falinks

-%	-%
Level	Level
40 - 40	40 - 40

After Making Curry
Pokémon Sword

Falinks	Drapion	Hippowdon	Haunter	Bronzong	Dusclops	Rhyhorn	Sandaconda

15.64%	14.66%	13.68%	13.03%	13.03%	11.73%	10.42%	7.82%
Level	Level	Level	Level	Level	Level	Level	Level
38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40

Pokémon Shield

Falinks	Drapion	Hippowdon	Haunter	Bronzong	Dusclops	Rhyhorn	Sandaconda

15.64%	14.66%	13.68%	13.03%	13.03%	11.73%	10.42%	7.82%
Level	Level	Level	Level	Level	Level	Level	Level
38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40	38 - 40

Trainers

Sword / Shield

Doctor Joanna

Roselia

Hattrem

Battle Type

Items

Level 36

Attacks:
Leech Seed
Magical Leaf
Poison Sting

Attacks:
Dazzling Gleam
Psybeam
Brutal Swing
Calm Mind

Hold Item:
No Item

Backpacker Barbara

Dreepy

Vullaby

Battle Type

Items

Level 36

Level 37

Attacks:
Bite
Quick Attack
Astonish

Attacks:
Iron Defense
Whirlwind
Pluck

Hold Item:
No Item

Musician Charles

Togedemaru

Battle Type

Items

Level 37

Attacks:
Zing Zap
Fell Stinger
Nuzzle

Hold Item:
No Item

Office Worker Jordan

Excadrill

Lucario

Battle Type

Items

Level 36

Level 37

Attacks:
Metal Claw
Rock Slide
Dig

Attacks:
Metal Claw
Power-Up Punch
Detect
Counter

Hold Item:
No Item

Office Worker Alison

Hippowdon

Perrserker

Battle Type

Items

Level 36

Level 37

Attacks:
Yawn
Sand Tomb
Crunch

Attacks:
Taunt
Swagger
Fake Out
Fury Swipes

Hold Item:
No Item

Items - Sword & Shield

Picture	Item	Method	Quantity
	Shiny Stone	On ledge around South east of route	1
	TM096	Up ladder in west part of route	1
	X Defense	Hidden in corner by stairs on the east	2
	Hyper Potion	In grass in small ladder part midway through the route	3
	Luxury Ball	On ramp up before a drop midway through route	3
	Elixir	Hidden between the two ramps	1
	Max Revive	In alcoves of rocks in the left of the route towards the end	1
	Big Nugget	Hidden in rock in area bove Backpacker Barbara	1
	Nugget	In top right corner of Falinks pit	1
	King's Rock	In small alcove in middle of Falinks pit	1
	TM043	Follow path west of north exit	1
	Terrain Extender	In path east of tent by north exit	1
	Pixie Plate	Hidden in small alcove half way through	1

Steamdrift Way

Wild Pokémon

Anchors	Random	Overworld
	Curry

Overworld
Pokémon Sword

Snom	Snorunt	Sneasel	Vanillish	Sawk

40%	25%	20%	10%	5%
Level	Level	Level	Level	Level
39 - 43	39 - 43	39 - 43	39 - 43	39 - 43

Pokémon Shield

Snom	Snorunt	Sneasel	Vanillish	Throh

40%	25%	20%	10%	5%
Level	Level	Level	Level	Level
39 - 43	39 - 43	39 - 43	39 - 43	39 - 43

Random in Grass
Pokémon Sword

Snom	Sneasel	Snover	Delibird	Darumaka

40%	25%	20%	10%	5%
Level	Level	Level	Level	Level
38 - 41	38 - 41	38 - 41	38 - 41	38 - 41

Pokémon Shield

Snom	Sneasel	Snover	Delibird

40%	25%	20%	15%
Level	Level	Level	Level
38 - 41	38 - 41	38 - 41	38 - 41

After Making Curry
Pokémon Sword

Darumaka	Delibird	Snover	Sneasel	Snom

27.61%	24.54%	19.63%	17.18%	11.04%
Level	Level	Level	Level	Level
38 - 41	38 - 41	38 - 41	38 - 41	38 - 41