Route 22 (Japanese:２２番道路Route 22) is a route in centralKalos, connectingSantalune City andVictory Road. The route is also known asDétourner Way (Japanese:デトルネ通りDétourner Way).
North of the route, a race track can partially be seen. Based on NPC statements, it can be surmised as a track forRhyhorn racing. Opposite the entrance to Victory Road, there is a series of ledges which provides a shortcut to Santalune City. In the south of the route, there is a river andwaterfall which leads to theChamber of Emptiness and other Trainers.
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.
Route 22 first appeared inKangaskhan...Kangascan't, whereX and his friends ventured to the route in an attempt to figure out the reason behindLi'l Kanga'stransformation fromearlier, but they failed to repeat the process. They also first metViola on this route.
InYveltal Steals,Cassius and his assistants traveled to Route 22 in order to inspect a Pokémon withdrawal thatEmma hadjust made from thePokémon Storage System near the area. Upon arriving at the route, they noticed a huge explosion happening nearRoute 20, and decided to head there.
Trivia
Despite a couple of Trainers and on this route and wild Pokémon in the yellow flower patch being only accessible by the use ofWaterfall, which isn't possible outside of battle until theplayer has all eightBadges, thelevels of these Trainers' Pokémon are closer to the NPC Pokémon levels around the point in the game when the player becomes able to useSurf outside of battle after theirthird Badge. This may suggest that this area was intended to not require Waterfall.
