Route 8 (Japanese:８番道路Route 8) is a route in westernKalos. It consists of two different paths. The upper cliffside path connectsAmbrette Town andConnecting Cave, while the lower seaside path connects Ambrette Town andCyllage City. The route is also known asMuraille Coast (Japanese:ミュライユ海岸Muraille Coast).
The upper section of Muraille Coast is a rocky mountain road, whose cliffs offer a clear and magnificent view to the sandy beach and ocean below. Despite the rocky environment,tall grass and colorful flowers can be found growing here. Manyledges restrict theplayer's movements here, although some of them can be circled around. Due to the high altitudes present on the route,Sky Trainers tend to be present on the cliffs.
The lower section of Muraille Coast can be accessed from the bottom floor of the Ambrette Aquarium, and it consists of a bright, sandy beach and a slice of ocean. It is full of not onlyWater-type Pokémon, but also water-themed Trainers, such asSwimmers andFishermen. AMago Berry tree is growing in the southern area of the route. Many rocks can also be found across the beach, especially near the south end. Some of these rocks can be broken withRock Smash. One such rock is blocking access to aTrainer Tips sign, which will notice the player being able to use Rock Smash to reach it.
A female Swimmer will prevent the player from going through a certain point of the beach until they've obtained aFossil from theScientist inGlittering Cave, after which she'll give the player aDowsing Machine, making locating hidden items a lot easier.
Coastal area: by the Swimmer ♀ who gives the player the Dowsing Machine, two spaces west and four north of the rock directly east of theMago Berry tree(hidden,reappears occasionally)
WhilewildSeviper andZangoose areversion-exclusive Pokémon in single encounters, they can be found withinhordes in bothX andY. In the version where they can only be found in a horde, only one is present in that horde and can be targeted by the other members of the horde. This is because both Pokémon arenatural enemies.
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 8 appeared inAn Undersea Place to Call Home!, whereAsh andhis friends briefly stopped there to relax before Ash'sGymbattle withGrant. Whilefishing to pass the time, Ash hooked aSkrelp, which attacked him and his friends, as it thought that they were its enemies. During the commotion,Pikachu got hit by Skrelp'sToxic and wasbadly poisoned. The group then metEddy andLindsey, who healed Pikachu before introducing themselves as underwater archeologists. They explained that a sunken luxury liner named theS.S. Cussler could be found near Muraille Coast, and they were planning to find it and get the treasures that had supposedly sunken with it. Through a fair game of chance, Ash andSerena were chosen to join Lindsey in diving down to look for the sunken ship with a submarine, whileClemont andBonnie stayed on the surface.
The divers eventually managed to find the sunken ship, which, as they found out, had become a home for numerousWater-type Pokémon, including the Skrelp from before and a group ofDragalge. Unfortunately,Team Rocket had overheard the story about the treasure, and had used theirMagikarp submarine to dive down to the ship as well. They managed to find the safe containing the treasure and blasted it off of the ship, causing the parts of the ship that were still filled with air to flood and almost resulting in the entire ship collapsing. However, with the help of Lindsey's submarine, the Dragalge were able to stop the flooding and prevent the ship from collapsing completely. Meanwhile, Team Rocket, escaping with the safe from the ship, got caught up in a series of currents that had briefly disappeared earlier and now reappeared, and were sent blasting off by them, accidentally dropping the safe back into the sea in the process.
InTying Trevenant,Celosia led an operation to retrieve Xerneas so thatTeam Flare may use its life energy to power theultimate weapon. Due to Team Flare lacking the manpower necessary to move Xerneas, Celosia had herAegislash mind-control people who attempted to flee Vaniville Town when Xerneas and Yveltal battled against each other. Upon learning of this plan,X and his friends confronted Celosia,Essentia, andMalva in order to free the kidnapped people. With the assistance ofKorrina,Gurkinn, andDiantha, X and his friends succeeded in freeing the people kidnapped from Vaniville Town, but were unable to prevent Xerneas from successfully being taken toTeam Flare's headquarters.
InRhyhorn Charges, Malva revealed that Yveltal had went into its dormant cocoon form under the ground beneath Xerneas's tree form. By traveling under the ground during her battle against Diantha, Malva had been able to find andcatch Yveltal.
