Stow-on-Side

A vibrant town that has grown up around an ancient mural tucked away in the mountains. (Japanese: 古代の　芸術を　中心に　栄えてきた　山間の　町 A town in the mountains that has flourished around ancient art.)

The upper, northern part of Stow-on-Side consists of a Y-shaped intersection of paths. The Stow-on-Side Stadium sits at the intersection; the western path, up the stairs, leads to the ancient mural; and the eastern path leads to Glimwood Tangle. The lower, southern part of Stow-on-Side consists of a wide market area that houses the bargain shop, valuable item buyer's stall, and a Pokémon Center.

Bargain shop

The bargain shop sits just to the west of the Pokémon Center. The shopkeeper will sell the player one item per day for 3,000. If asked, the shopkeeper will also tell the player which item the shop will sell the next day. If the player does not purchase the daily item from the bargain shop, the shop will sell that item the following day for 5,000.

Item		Rarity	Games
	Binding Band	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Black Belt	Almost never	Sw  Sh
	Black Glasses	Almost never	Sw  Sh
	Black Sludge	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Charcoal	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Chipped Pot	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Cracked Pot	Frequent	Sw  Sh
	Dragon Fang	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Focus Band	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Magnet	Almost never	Sw  Sh
	Metal Coat	Average	Sw  Sh
	Metronome	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Miracle Seed	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Mystic Water	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Never-Melt Ice	Almost never	Sw  Sh
	Pixie Plate	Almost never	Sw  Sh
	Poison Barb	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Protective Pads	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Protector	Common	Sw  Sh
	Quick Claw	Average	Sw  Sh
	Razor Claw	Common	Sw  Sh
	Reaper Cloth	Common	Sw  Sh
	Ring Target	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Sharp Beak	Almost never	Sw  Sh
	Silk Scarf	Almost never	Sw  Sh
	Silver Powder	Almost never	Sw  Sh
	Spell Tag	Rare	Sw  Sh
	Twisted Spoon	Rare	Sw  Sh

Valuable item buyer

A man next to the bargain shop will buy one valuable item from the player per day at a higher price than what a Poké Mart would offer. The highest purchase price difference — a 17,500 increase from the normal price — is available for a Balm Mushroom, Pearl String, or Comet Shard.

Item buyer
Tiny Mushroom 2,000	Pearl 3,000
Stardust 4,000	Big Mushroom 10,000
Rare Bone 11,111	Big Pearl 12,000
Star Piece 14,000	Balm Mushroom 25,000
Pearl String 27,500	Comet Shard 30,000

Poké Mart

As with all Pokémon Centers in Galar, the Stow-on-Side Pokémon Center contains a Poké Mart.

Cashier
Poké Ball 200	Great Ball 600
Ultra Ball5 Badges 800	Potion 200
Super Potion 700	Hyper Potion4 Badges 1,500
Max Potion7 Badges 2,500	Full Restore8 Badges 3,000
Antidote 200	Burn Heal 200
Ice Heal 200	Awakening 200
Paralyze Heal 200	Full Heal6 Badges 400
Revive 2,000	Repel 400
Super Repel5 Badges 700	Max Repel7 Badges 900
Poké Doll 300

A man sitting on a western building's rooftop will offer to trade the player his Hatenna^Sw/Impidimp^Sh nicknamed "Fringe"^Sw/"Peepers"^Sh in exchange for a Maractus.

Pokémon	Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Special Pokémon
Hatenna	Sw	Sh	Trade Maractus	30	One
Impidimp	Sw	Sh	Trade Maractus	30	One
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.

If the player chose Grookey:

Pokémon Trainer Hop Stow-on-Side Sword and Shield Reward: 2,640

Types: Flying Water Ability: Gulp Missile Held item: None Cramorant♂ Lv.28 Dive Water Physical   --       Fury Attack Normal Physical   --       Pluck Flying Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Electric Poison Ability: Static Held item: None Toxel♂ Lv.29 Tearful Look Normal Status   --       Nuzzle Electric Physical   --       Flail Normal Physical   --       Acid Poison Special   --       Type: Ground Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Silicobra♂ Lv.30 Glare Normal Status   --       Dig Ground Physical   --       Brutal Swing Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: None Drizzile♂ Lv.33 Water Pulse Water Special   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Round Normal Special   --       Tearful Look Normal Status   --

If the player chose Scorbunny:

Pokémon Trainer Hop Stow-on-Side Sword and Shield Reward: 2,640

Types: Flying Water Ability: Gulp Missile Held item: None Cramorant♂ Lv.29 Dive Water Physical   --       Fury Attack Normal Physical   --       Pluck Flying Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Electric Poison Ability: Static Held item: None Toxel♂ Lv.29 Tearful Look Normal Status   --       Nuzzle Electric Physical   --       Flail Normal Physical   --       Acid Poison Special   --       Type: Ground Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Silicobra♂ Lv.30 Glare Normal Status   --       Dig Ground Physical   --       Brutal Swing Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Thwackey♂ Lv.33 Knock Off Dark Physical   --       Razor Leaf Grass Physical   --       Screech Normal Status   --       Round Normal Special   --

If the player chose Sobble:

Pokémon Trainer Hop Stow-on-Side Sword and Shield Reward: 2,640

Types: Flying Water Ability: Gulp Missile Held item: None Cramorant♂ Lv.29 Dive Water Physical   --       Fury Attack Normal Physical   --       Pluck Flying Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Electric Poison Ability: Static Held item: None Toxel♂ Lv.29 Tearful Look Normal Status   --       Nuzzle Electric Physical   --       Flail Normal Physical   --       Acid Poison Special   --       Type: Ground Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Silicobra♂ Lv.30 Glare Normal Status   --       Dig Ground Physical   --       Brutal Swing Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Blaze Held item: None Raboot♂ Lv.33 Flame Charge Fire Physical   --       Agility Psychic Status   --       Round Normal Special   --       Double Kick Fighting Physical   --

After defeating Bea^Sw/Allister^Sh

Pokémon Trainer Bede Stow-on-Side Sword and Shield Reward: 4,200

Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Magic Guard Held item: None Duosion♂ Lv.32 Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Psyshock Psychic Special   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Competitive Held item: None Gothorita♀ Lv.32 Fake Tears Dark Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Pastel Veil Held item: None Ponyta♀ Lv.33 Fairy Wind Fairy Special   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Agility Psychic Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Anticipation Held item: None Hattrem♀ Lv.35 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Stow-on-Side in the anime

Stow-on-Side first appeared in Sword and Shield: The Darkest Day!, where Sonia took Goh to visit the ancient mural. When they were about to leave, one of Oleana's subordinates attacked them with his Gigantamax Garbodor. In response, Goh Dynamaxed his Raboot. During the ensuing battle, Raboot accidentally destroyed the mural, revealing a set of statues hidden behind it. The battle concluded in the next episode, with Raboot defeating its opponent. After examining the statues and identifying them as Zacian and Zamazenta, Goh and Sonia headed to the Slumbering Weald to go find the two Legendary Pokémon.

In Sword and Shield... The Legends Awaken!, a Galarian Yamask was shown to have involuntarily Dynamaxed at Stow-on-Side due to Eternatus's influence. Once Eternatus was defeated and the Darkest Day ended, it reverted back to normal.

In Battle Three With Bea!, Ash and Goh traveled to Stow-on-Side for Ash's World Coronation Series rematch against Bea. They were soon joined by Korrina, who declared that she was going to cheer for both Ash and Bea. The battle begun the next day and continued in the next episode, ending with Ash as the victor.

Ash and Goh arrived in Stow-on-Side once more at the end of JN091. In the next episode, they visited Allister's Ghost Gym to get help in Gigantamaxing Ash's Gengar. After collecting some Max Mushrooms with Allister's help and having him make Max Soup out of them, Ash was able to Gigantamax Gengar at the Stow-on-Side Stadium.

Gallery

Mural	Statues	Stadium	Pokémon Center	Ghost Gym

• The street lamps here are modeled after Chandelure.
• Stow-on-Side has similarities with Lentimas Town in Unova.
  • Both are desert towns surrounded by mountains.
  • Both have architecture reminiscent of Native American or Spanish colonial styles in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
• Stow-on-Side is the only known location with hyphens in its English name.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ラテラルタウン Lateral Town	From lateral pass
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish	Stow-on-Side	From stow (British toponym for place) and onside (not offside) or onside pass (lateral pass in Canadian football)
German	Passbeck	From Pass, back, and beck (British toponym for stream)
Spanish	Pueblo Ladera	From ladera (slope)
French	Old Chister	From old and chistera (flick pass in rugby)
Italian	Latermore	From lateral and more (British toponym for large)
Korean	래터럴마을 Lateral Maeul	From its Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)	溯傳鎮 / 溯传镇 Sùchuán Zhèn	From 溯 sù / sou (to trace back) and 傳球 / 传球 chuánqiú / chyùhnkàuh (to pass the ball)
Chinese (Cantonese)	溯傳鎮 Souchyùhn Jan

Galar
Settlements Postwick • Wedgehurst • Motostoke • Turffield • Hulbury • Hammerlocke Stow-on-Side • Ballonlea • Circhester • Spikemuth • Wyndon Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 Landmarks Slumbering Weald • Galar Mine • Galar Mine No. 2 • Motostoke Outskirts Glimwood Tangle • Route 9 Tunnel • Rose Tower/Battle Tower • Energy Plant Wild Area Meetup Spot • Rolling Fields • Dappled Grove • Watchtower Ruins • East Lake Axewell • West Lake Axewell Axew's Eye • South Lake Miloch • Giant's Seat • North Lake Miloch • Motostoke Riverbank • Bridge Field Stony Wilderness • Dusty Bowl • Giant's Mirror • Hammerlocke Hills • Giant's Cap • Lake of Outrage Isle of Armor Fields of Honor • Master Dojo • Soothing Wetlands • Forest of Focus • Challenge Beach • Tower of Waters • Brawlers' Cave Challenge Road • Tower of Darkness • Courageous Cavern • Loop Lagoon • Training Lowlands • Warm-Up Tunnel Potbottom Desert • Workout Sea • Stepping-Stone Sea • Insular Sea • Honeycalm Sea • Honeycalm Island Crown Tundra Slippery Slope • Max Lair • Freezington • Frostpoint Field • Giant's Bed • Rock Peak Ruins • Iron Ruins • Old Cemetery Snowslide Slope • Iceberg Ruins • Tunnel to the Top • Path to the Peak • Crown Shrine • Giant's Foot • Roaring-Sea Caves Frigid Sea • Three-Point Pass • Split-Decision Ruins • Ballimere Lake • Lakeside Cave • Dyna Tree Hill

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