Pokémon Sun and Moon Walkthrough - a complete strategy guide to your 3DS adventure

Pokémon Sun and Moon are here and, as we mentioned in our Sun and Moon review, do more than a little to shake up the well-trodden formula of Pokémon games gone by. Here, you'll find our in-progress Pokémon Sun and Moon Walkthrough, complete with item locations, trainers, battle tips and more for every part of the game, right from the moment you start your Alolan Island Challenge.

With new Pokémon, moves, mechanics and more, we also have some more specific pages which go into detail with tips for various, individual aspects of the game, which we'll list below.

Pokémon Sun and Moon Walkthrough - contents

You can find shortcuts to each stage of the Pokémon Sun and Moon main quest below. Note that the pages themselves will of course contain full spoilers for the story, whilst the titles will also give you a rough idea of what happens and when, so read at your discretion!

Melemele Island

• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Iki Town, Ruins of Conflict, Melemele Kahuna, first Pokémon
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Route 1, Iki Town Festival, Professor Kukui's Lab
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Hau'oli City
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Route 2, Hau'oli Cemetary, and the Berry Fields
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Trial of Captain Ilima, Verdant Cavern
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Route 3, Melemele Meadow, Seaward Cave, Red Card
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Kahuna Hala Grand Trial, Ride Tauros, Ten Carat Hill

Akala Island

• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Akala Island, Heahea City, Zygarde Cube, Tide Song Hotel
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Route 4, Paniola Town, Paniola Ranch, Ride Stoutland
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Route 5, Ride Lapras, Lana's Trial, Brooklet Hill, Waterium Z
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Route 6, Royal Avenue, Battle Royal Dome, Route 7
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Kiawe's Trial, Wela Volcano Park, Firium Z, Ride Charizard
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Route 8, Lush Jungle, Mallow's Trial, Grassium Z
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Heahea Dimensional Research Lab, Diglett's Tunnel, Route 9
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Konikoni City, Memorial Hill, Kahuna Olivia Grand Trial
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Hano Grand Resort, Aether Paradise, President Lusamine

Ula'Ula Island

• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Ula'Ula Island, Malie City, Malie Gardens, Route 10
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Mount Hokulani, Sophocles' Trial, Electrium Z, Steelium Z
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Starter Z Crystal, Route 11, 12, and 13, Ride Mudsdale
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Tapu Village, Aether House, Route 14, Acerola Trial, Ghostium Z
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Route 15, 16, Zygarde Lab, Ula'Ula Meadow, Route 17
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Po Town, Buginium Z, Darkinium Z, Ula'Ula Grand Trial

Aether Paradise Island

• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Aether Paradise, Secret Labs, President Lusamine, Master Ball

Poni Island

• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Poni Island, Seafolk Village, Poni Wilds
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Ancient Poni Path, Ride Machamp, Ruins of Hope
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Exeggutor Island, Flutes, Poni Grand Trial, Groundium Z
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Vast Poni Canyon, Dragonium Z, Captainless Trial
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Altar of the Sunne, Atlar of the Moone, Ultra Space

Elite Four and Post-game

• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Mount Lanakila, Pokémon League, Elite Four
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Ultra Beast quests, locations, and how to catch them
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - how to catch Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, Tapu Bulu, Tapu Fini
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Mega Stone locations, Key Stone, Mega Evolutions explained
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Battle Tree rewards, strategies, Legends Red and Blue, Battle Points and rules explained
• Pokémon Sun and Moon - Festival Plaza, how to trade, use GTS, and battle online explained

Competitive Training

• Pokémon Sun and Moon competitive training guide - how to raise the best, strongest Pokémon for the metagame
• Pokémon Sun and Moon Bottle Caps and Hyper Training - the best Gold and Silver Bottle Cap farming methods explained
• Pokémon Sun and Moon IVs explained - how to judge Pokémon stats and get max, 31 IVs in HP, Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense and Speed IVs
• Pokémon Sun and Moon EVs - the best EV training locations for every stat and EV training explained
• Pokémon Sun and Moon breeding - how to breed 6IV Pokémon and pass on Abilities, Natures, Egg Moves, and Poké Balls

As well as the walkthrough above, we also have a specific guide for our choice of the best Pokémon Sun and Moon starter from Rowlet, Litten and Popplio, as well as an in-progress list of where to find Zygarde Cells and Cores. We also have a list of QR codes, Z Crystal locations, Eevium Z Eevee User locations for Extreme Evoboost, evolutions for Alolan Forms and other new Sun and Moon Pokémon and fast way to increase a Pokémon's Happiness.

There are also a few giveaways too, such as the two Mewtwo Mega Stones code for Mewtwonite X and Mewtonite Y, how to transfer across Ash-Greninja from the Sun and Moon Demo, a mythical Magearna through QR code event and a Mewnium Z giveaway for Pokémon Bank users until October 2017.