Black & White gifts, fossils, NPC trades and move services

Gift Pokémon and one-time choices

Keep a free party slot when receiving a gift or revived fossil. Starter and fossil choices are available in either version and cannot be reselected on the same save. The Dreamyard monkey supplies a useful answer to the Striaton specialist; the gift’s identity is fixed by the starter rather than a menu of three choices.

Relic Castle fossils: Cover or Plume

Speak to the fossil-giver in Relic Castle and choose Cover Fossil for Tirtouga or Plume Fossil for Archen. Take the chosen fossil to the revival clerk at the Nacrene Museum entrance. Both revive at level 25, and both base species evolve at level 37. Review the choice as a team role: Tirtouga becomes Water / Rock Carracosta, while Archen becomes Rock / Flying Archeops.

Archen and Archeops have Defeatist, which cuts their attacking stats at half HP or below. Keep that drawback in mind when considering the impressive base stats. Reviving a fossil does not make it a legendary or unbreedable Pokémon. A compatible parent or Ditto can produce spare base forms for an exchange that supplies the other chosen fossil line.

All older fossils from the daily Twist Mountain gift

After receiving the National Pokédex, the worker in Twist Mountain gives one random older fossil per day. Return on another day for another roll, then revive each useful result at Nacrene. Cover and Plume Fossils are not this daily older-fossil pool. Random duplicates are expected; a duplicate revival or bred base can be traded instead of waiting for a particular roll.

All original NPC trades

The Nacrene version alternatives occupy one trade slot, making five NPC trade locations altogether. Received levels are fixed rather than matching the offered Pokémon. NPC trades transfer ownership permanently; keep or breed a spare specimen if the offered Pokémon is valuable. The Undella Munchlax carries Leftovers, while the Route 15 Rotom carries a Max Elixir.

The current season follows the game’s monthly cycle, so the summer-only exchange may be absent on an otherwise correct visit. A received Pokémon has another Trainer’s identity and may ignore commands above the badge-dependent obedience threshold. These are native NPC exchanges and do not require an online server.

Move Reminder and Move Deleter in Mistralton

Visit the house beside the Mistralton Pokémon Center. The Move Reminder charges one Heart Scale to restore an eligible move from the Pokémon’s current species level-up learnset at or below its current level. Its list does not universally include a pre-evolution’s exclusive move, an old Egg Move or a former event move. Check the actual list before deleting an important move.

The Move Deleter works for free and can remove HM moves, which ordinary move replacement cannot delete. Use it before replacing exploration roles or preparing a Pokémon for Generation IV-to-V transfer on the older cartridge. Black and White TMs are reusable, so a compatible TM move can be retaught from the TM rather than paying a Heart Scale unnecessarily.

A Driftveil house resident awards a Heart Scale for showing a Pokémon that knows the requested move. The requested move changes daily. Heart Scales can also be collected through other item sources, including wild Luvdisc. Carry the scale in the Bag rather than equipping it as a held item.

All ordinary specialist tutors

The original games do not have the sequels’ broad shard-priced tutor network. Do not save Red, Blue, Yellow or Green Shards expecting a Driftveil or Lentimas BW2 tutor service in original BW. Tutor eligibility must be checked on the current Pokémon, including its form or type condition.

The fully evolved starter moves are powerful but cost the next turn as recharge, so they are not automatic upgrades for sustained battles. Original BW Draco Meteor has 140 base power and lowers the user’s Sp. Attack by two stages. Pledge moves have 50 base power here; their later base-power buff does not apply.

Use Pledge combinations in multi-Pokémon battles

The combination needs two compatible partners using different Pledge moves in the same turn of an appropriate battle format. One starter using a Pledge alone does not create the combined field effect. Plan turn order and protect both partners long enough to execute the combination. The field effect is separate from permanent weather abilities and should be counted as a timed battle resource.

Friendship, nature, IV and move specialists

A traded Pokémon normally cannot be renamed by your Name Rater, including NPC trade gifts. The IV Judge is not an EV meter, and Hidden Power type is not the Pokémon’s regular typing. Keep these services distinct when choosing whether to breed, train or change a move.

Collectors and practical selling decisions

Icirrus’s Pokémon Center collector pays extra for selected valuable minerals such as Nuggets, Pearls and evolution stones. The Route 5 trailer’s gourmet buys certain food items and mushrooms, while the Undella collector pays for Relic treasures obtained from the Abyssal Ruins. Read the offered price and keep items needed for a planned evolution or quest.

A spare stone is not necessarily disposable if another species still needs it. Sell repeat valuables to fund balls and healing, and keep one-time gifts and external-event requirements clearly recorded. Item buyers are useful services, but their purchase does not unlock a missing legendary or regenerate a consumed evolution item.

Stationary non-legendary encounters worth recording

Professor Juniper’s post-story visit to the Relic Castle entrance supplies a RageCandyBar for a statue encounter. Zen Mode only works on a Darmanitan that actually has that ability; evolving an ordinary Sheer Force Darumaka does not grant it. Volcarona and Musharna are strong stationary Pokémon, but neither is a legendary species. Save before choosing an interactive target and keep the capture plan appropriate to its level.