Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Guide: Cortondo Gym

Cortondo Gym, a bug type gym, will be the first gym you encounter if you are following the recommended order. This is your first step towards the Victory Road path.

Cortondo Gym - Preparations:

So before taking a run at this bug gym, make sure you have completed the previous section, the Stony Cliff Titan. As I mentioned at the beginning of this guide, the recommended level for this challenge is level 15. This is the same level as the previous section so you should be able to head right into this challenge after the previous section.

This gym is a bug type gym so you will want to use Pokémon or moves of type: Fire, Rock, and Flying. You will want to avoid using Pokémon of type: Dark, Grass, and Psychic as those types are weak to bug type Pokémon.

Cortondo Gym - Location:

So after exiting Mesagoza through the west gate, there will be a picnic table. Talk to the lady there to get some more ingredients. After that, follow the path until you see a girl by a tree. You can battle her, she will have a level 8 Scatterbug (Bug type) and a level 8 Drifloon (Ghost/Flying type). After battling her, you can pick up the item right behind her which is a Poke Doll.

Next follow the path, on the left should be a Poke Ball and a Paralyze Heal. Next keep going until you reach another trainer, a man, who has a level 8 Wooper (Poison/Ground type). Now after battling him, continue once again along the path. There will be an Ether in the grass and another one along the edge of the cliff to the northeast. Next, head to the Pokémon Center and get the Potion in the north.

Head back to the route adjacent to the Pokémon Center and retrieve the Paralyze Heal located to the west. Go down the cliff, head southeast to get the Poke Ball next to the tree and the Super Potion near the crystals. Circle back to the north to obtain another Paralyze Heal, then proceed to get the Potion beside the tree. Then, grab the TM Low Kick at the edge of the cliff. Now proceed to Cortondo through the fields below by sliding down.

As soon as you get down, head right and get the Paralyze Heal. Head northwest along the cliff to get a Poke Ball. Then head into the field west to get another TM, Stored Power. Then keep heading northwest to get a X Attack in the field. Now head towards the Pokémon Center and get the Revive.

Then in the field before the truck should be a trainer, she will have a level 9 Pichu (Electric type). Head back to the path and pick up the Awakening in the field to the left. Before the Pokémon Center, there will be another trainer. He will have a level 9 Phanpy (Ground type). After battling him, head southeast until you reach another trainer. He will have 3 Pokémon. A level 14 Psyduck (Water type), a level 14 Maschiff (Dark type), and a level 14 Mudbray (Ground type). Now head back to the Pokémon Center towards Cortondo where you can talk to the League Rep who will give you TM Aerial Ace, assuming you have defeated all the trainers mentioned above.

Now rest your Pokémon and head into Cortondo. You can go to the Gym where Nemona will be waiting. She will give you some stuff and then give you a brief explanation into how the gyms work. She will tell you that they have a Gym Test that needs to be completed before you can take on the gym leader. You can speak to the person at the counter to register for the Gym Test.

Cortondo Gym - Gym Test:

After registering, head to the olive field, which is on the north side of the town. The goal of the test is to roll the giant olive into the basket at the end of the course. You will have to push the olive around the maze while avoiding the ramps and the people. Once you have completed this, you can head back to the gym and battle the Gym Leader Katy.

Cortondo Gym - Battle Against Katy:

Katy will have 3 Pokémon. A level 14 Nymble, a level 14 Tarantoula, and a level 15 Teddiursa. The first 2 are bug types so Fire, Flying, and Rock type attacks will do great. Teddiursa is a Normal type but she will Terrastallize it, turning it into a Bug type. Every gym leader will Terrastallize their last Pokémon. Each Pokémon has its own Terra type.

Cortondo Gym - Rewards:

Upon beating Katy, she will give you the TM Pounce. You will also have an easier time catching and controlling Pokemon up to level 25. After this, you can fly to the closest Pokémon Center to Artazon.