Pokémon Sword and Shield/Route 1 and Wedgehurst

After you've said goodbye to your mom and gotten your preparations for your adventure, it's time to head out and into Route 1, for real this time!

Route 1
You'll meet up with Hop who tells you to head to the Pokémon Research Lab, while he'll probably be training Grookey a bit in Route 1. Some Wooloo are blocking the easy way out, so you'll have to go through the tall grass this time. Since you're equipped with Pokéballs, maybe it's time to start catching some team members. And you have a LOT of choices.

Items
After you've finished picking the items up and building up your team as you'd like, move on to Wedgehurst.

Wedgehurst
As soon as you enter town, head east to get to the Pokémon Lab, in front of which Leon is waiting for you. Leon once again comments on his horrible sense of direction, then you both go in.

You're greeted by a Yamper, and then by Sonia, the professor's assistant and former rival to Leon during their Gym Challenge. As Yamper and Leon go out, Sonia calls out your Rotom Phone, and then asks if you know a lot about Pokémon. No matter what you answer, she'll give you the Pokédex feature for your Rotom Phone. Sonia asks that you go down route 2 to meet her grandmother to tell her that you've received the Pokédex. Nothing much to see in the lab, so head out.

You're met with a man that gives you a Potion for free. Then head west and north to meet back up with Hop. He'll give you a small tutorial on what all you can do in a Pokécenter. Basically, to your left, the man behind the counter acts as the Name Rater, the Move Relearner and the Move Deleter all in one, and all for free. On the right, you have your standard Pokémart, and in the middle you have, of course, the nurse who heals your Pokémon to full health. You can't purchase Pokéballs right now, so stack up on some Potions and maybe a couple Revives if you think it's necessary and head out.

Heading north a bit more, you'll meet up with Hop again, who will tell you a bit about the Gym Challenge, and how you have to be endorsed to take part in it. He's going to Professor Magnolia's house in Route 2 to hopefully get endorsement. Now you can explore the town freely.

Points of interest

 * West of the Center you'll find a man selling Oran, Cheri and Pecha berries, each for [[File:Pokebuck.png]]80.
 * Going further West, you'll find your first clothes store. Here you'll find a lot of customization for your character, though some of it is pretty expensive.
 * In the station, you'll find a man selling some items, but it's the exact same as the Mart in the Pokécenter, so there isn't really any point to buying anything here specifically.

Items
After you've finished collecting all the items, go ahead and move on to Route 2.