Pokémon Diamond and Pearl/Veilstone City

Veilstone City is the home to Gym Leader Maylene. Team Galactics main HQ and warehouse are also found here. The city also has Sinnohs Department Store and Game Corner.

Veilstone City

To progress the story it is recommended to go to the gym first which is in the bottom left corner. Outside the gym you will find Lucas/Dawn who will say that you are getting stronger and that he's working on his Pokédex which is a lie since they were in the Game Corner. After the talk, they will run off and you can head into the gym.

Cobble Badge

Maylene is a fighting type trainer. Her gym is set up to have you face all of the trainers here and its a puzzle where you have to slide yellow walls to be able to get to Maylene. You will need to go to the top of both the left and right areas before you can go through the center.

Flying and Psychic types are good against this gym, Flying type being the better one since Meditite is also a Psychic type. Also, using Fire attacks will work well on Lucario, since it is a Fighting/Steel.

Trainers

Diamond and Pearl
Trainer	Pokemon
Black Belt Darren Reward: 600	Machoke Lv. 25 Machop Lv. 25 Machoke Lv. 25
Black Belt Jeffrey Reward: 624	Machoke Lv. 26 Meditite Lv. 26
Black Belt Rafael Reward: 672	Meditite Lv. 28
Black Belt Colby Reward: 600	Machoke Lv. 25 Machoke Lv. 25 Machoke Lv. 25

Gym leader battle

Diamond and Pearl
Trainer	Pokemon
Leader Maylene Reward: 3600	Meditite Lv. 27 Machoke Lv. 27 Lucario Lv. 30

With the Cobble Badge in hand you can now use Fly and luckily for you you can get it in the same city if you follow the below instructions.

Once done here, head outside then Lucas/Dawn will say that they dropped their Pokédex and Team Galactic picked it up. They then ask you to help them at the warehouse in the top left corner corner

Entering the warehouse

Before heading to the warehouse there are a few items to pick up on your way. Just outside the gym is a man who will give you TM63 Embargo. Inside the second house next to this man is a clown who will give you a Coin Case which holds your coins that you get from the Game Corner

Once you pick up those items head on over to the warehouse to meet up with Lucas/Dawn. When you get to the warehouse, Lucas/Dawn says that Team Galactic won't give back their Pokédex and wants to fight them in a double battle

Trainers

Diamond and Pearl
Trainer	Pokemon
Galactic Grunt Reward: 2000 Multi battle w/below Grunt	Beautifly Lv. 25 Stunky Lv. 25
Galactic Grunt Reward: 2000 Multi battle w/above Grunt	Dustox Lv. 25 Croagunk Lv. 25

Once you beat the Grunts they will head inside the warehouse. Follow them into the warehouse where you see a Grunt who remembers you from the Valley Windworks. Besides that, there is HM02 Fly and that's the only thing you can get in here.

Go back out and to the left of the warehouse is a hidden TinyMushroom. After you grab that, go explore the city to do some shopping at the Veilstone Department Store, sightseeing at the meteorites or some gambling at the Game Corner. If you don't want to explore the city then head to the gatehouse near the bottom right corner to go to Route 214 to resume your journey.

Game Corner

Slot Payoffs

3 Sevens	×100
3 Team Galactic	×100
3 Moon Stones	×15
3 Pikachus	×10
1 Cherry Poké Balls	2 for each ball
3 Replays	Replay or x15

Coin exchange prizes

Silk Scarf	1000
Wide Lens	1000
Zoom Lens	1000
Metronome	1000
TM90 Substitute	2000
TM58 Endure	2000
TM75 Swords Dance	4000
TM32 Double Team	4000
TM44 Rest	6000
TM89 U-Turn	6000
TM10 Hidden Power	6000
TM27 Return	8000
TM21 Frustration	8000
TM35 Flamethrower	10000
TM24 Thunderbolt	10000
TM29 Psychic	10000
TM74 Gyro Ball	150000
TM68 Giga Impact	200000

To get coins here you can go to the counter and exchange 1,000 for 50 coins or 10,000 for 500. The latter is a safer option so you don't have to go back and forth. You can also talk to various people in the building to get some free coins.

The slots mechanics are very different in Sinnoh but you can win coins quicker if you get the bonus round. The first is where you put in 3 coins by pushing x2 and the slot will start to spin. Instead of pushing one button three times to stop the spin you now have to push , and . The chances of winning are low unless a Poké Ball appears on the bottom screen. This is a random chance that 4 different kinds of Poké Balls show up: Premier, Great, Ultra and Safari. With these balls you get a guaranteed win of 2 cherry Poké Balls for 40 coins (Normal Poké Ball), 3 replays which is a spin again for free (Great Ball), 3 Pikachus for 10 coins (Ultra Ball), 3 of the same random symbols (Premier Ball), and 3 moon Stones for 15 coins (Safari Ball).

To get to the bonus round you need a Clefairy to come out of any of those Poké Balls and then get 3 Team Galactics or 3 7s. There are also 3 kind of Clefairies which can affect the chances of multiple bonus rounds, Ditto transformed(less chance), normal(no effect) and shiny(higher chance). In the bonus round you have to follow the Clefairys directions for 15 spins, it will point left for , up for and right for . The only time you should not follow the directions is when the moon above the Clefairy turns red as it might make Clefairy fall asleep and end the bonus round at after your 15 spins are done. If you get 10+ consecutive bonus rounds then you will get a free TM64 Explosion from the woman behind the desk.

Unlike other regions, the Coin exchange for prizes doesn't have any Pokémon but it does have a wider range of items and TMs. The most notable TMs are Pyschic, Ice Beam, Flamethrower and Thunderbolt. Great TMs to get this early on in the game so I suggest saving up and getting them.

Veilstone Department Store

Veilstone Department Store

Before you enter, there is a hidden Revive (DP) in the trees to the left of the department store.

1F
Left cashier
Poké Ball	200
Great Ball	600
Ultra Ball	1,200
Escape Rope	550
Poké Doll	1,000
Repel	350
Super Repel	500
Max Repel	700
Grass Mail	50
Flame Mail	50
Bubble Mail	50
Space Mail	50
Right cashier
Potion	300
Super Potion	700
Hyper Potion	1,200
Max Potion	2,500
Revive	1,500
Antidote	100
Parlyz Heal	200
Burn Heal	250
Ice Heal	250
Awakening	250
Full Heal	600

Like the other region department stores, the Veilstone Department Store sells all sorts of things that can't be purchased anywhere else that can help boost your Pokémon or to decorate your base. On the wall near the elevator on each floor there is a description of what's on each floor.

The first floor aka the Trainer Zone is like a Super Poké Mart as it has everything that a regular Mart has plus better versions of the Potions, the Poké Balls, and other ailments.

The lady to the left of the entrance will give you a mask of the starter Pokémon that is weak against your starter Pokémon which is used for contests.

2F
Top cashier
X Speed	350
X Attack	500
X Defend	550
Guard Spec.	700
Dire Hit	650
X Accuracy	950
X Special	350
X Sp. Def	350
Middle cashier
Protein	9,800
Iron	9,800
Calcium	9,800
Zinc	9,800
Carbos	9,800
HP Up	9,800

The 2nd floor aka Battle Collection sells vitamins and battle items. Vitamins can increase a base stat of your Pokémon permanently while the battle items will increase the stats temporarily in a battle. You can only use the same vitamin on a Pokémon 10 times.

The man at the bottom of the desk will give you the Pokétch app called Counter which counts the amount of steps you take. This is a helpful app for hatching eggs.

3F
Top cashier
TM83 Natural Gift	2,000
TM17 Protect	2,000
TM54 False Swipe	2,000
TM20 Safe Guard	2,000
TM33 Reflect	2,000
TM16 Light Screen	2,000
TM70 Flash	1,000
Bottom cashier
TM38 Fire Blast	5,500
TM25 Thunder	5,500
TM14 Blizzard	5,500
TM22 Solar Beam	3,000
TM52 Focus Blast	5,500
TM15 Hyper Beam	7,500

The third floor aka the TM Corner sells various TMs. The top cashier has defensive TMs and a great Pokémon catching TM called False Swipe which always leaves the wild Pokémon with 1 HP.

The bottom cashier has the best offensive TMs for Fire, Electric, Grass, Ice, and Fighting types as well as Hyper Beam. Definitely buy these TMs sooner than later.

4F
Top cashier
Yellow Cushion	500
Cupboard	1,000
TV	4,500
Refrigerator	1,000
Pretty Sink	3,000
Bottom cashier
Munchlax Doll	2,000
Bonsley Doll	2,000
Mime Jr. Doll	2,000
Mantyke Doll	3,000
Buizel Doll	3,000
Chatot Doll	3,000

The fourth floor aka Poké Dolls and Goods sells items that you can use to decorate your Secret Base.

5F
Vending Machine
Fresh Water	200
Soda Pop	300
Lemonade	350

The fifth and final floor aka the Rooftop Plaza has a vending machine that will give you one of three kinds of drinks. Also, a man in front of the elevator will hand you a Sticky Barb.

Be sure to compare Super Potions to Lemonade. Lemonade is a way better deal since it costs half of that of a Super Potion and it restores 30 more HP than it does! Stock up and save!

Meteorites

These meteorites change Deoxys' form when you touch them.

Ever noticed the meteorites around Veilstone's western side of town? If you have Deoxys in your party, touching one of the stones will change its form. The middle rock turns Deoxys into its Normal Form, the one above that into the Speed Form, and the two below that, from left to right, turn it into the Attack or Defense Form.

Pokémon groomer

The house right next to the gym has a massage girl/groomer who will massage your Pokémon once a day and find a free accessory for contests. These massages raise your Pokémon's happiness.