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Where To Get TM04 Calm Mind in Pokémon HGSS

by J. Cloverfield
Fronteir Access Area with a Lunatone (HeartGold)

TM04 Calm Mind is one of the many TMs that can only be acquired at the Battle Frontier, where it can be purchased using Battle Points (BP). It costs 48 BP, and you can get it repeatedly as long as you have enough BP for more copies.

Finding TM04 Calm Mind

The Battle Frontier is located to the left side of Olivine City.

If you have not gone to the Battle Frontier before, you can get there by taking Olivine City’s west exit. Just go left past Olivine City’s Pokémon Center and keep walking.

The player on their way to leaving Olivine City, heading past the local Pokémon Center / Pokemon HGSS
The player on their way to leaving Olivine City, heading past the local Pokémon Center

This will lead you to Route 40.

Once you’re on the route, enter the gate in the upper left.

Reading the sign in front of the gate leading to the Battle Frontier on the upper left of Route 40 / Pokemon HGSS
Reading the sign in front of the gate leading to the Battle Frontier on the upper left of Route 40

If you have already beaten the Pokémon League, the NPC managing the gate will not block your way. So you can proceed through the gate and you should find yourself in the Frontier Access area.

The player entering the Frontier Access from the Route 40 entrance / Pokemon HGSS
The player entering the Frontier Access from the Route 40 entrance

Continue heading north through the Frontier Access area until you come across a sheltered entrance – head inside.

This will take you into the Battle Frontier gate which has several NPCs behind two counters on the sides of the entrance hall.

The player receiving a welcome from the attendants at the Battle Frontier entrance after entering for the first time / Pokemon HGSS
The player receiving a welcome from the attendants at the Battle Frontier entrance after entering for the first time

From here, keep walking forward and leave through the opposite end of the entrance hall. This will bring you to the actual Battle Frontier grounds.

You will see a set of stalls not far from the entrance.

These stalls carry different kinds of items that you can get with Battle Points.

The player entering the Battle Frontier grounds, standing close to a pair of BP exchange stalls / Pokemon HGSS
The player entering the Battle Frontier grounds, standing close to a pair of BP exchange stalls

The red-striped stall is the one that offers TMs. From the entrance, this would be the closest to your right.

The TM category selection menu at the Battle Frontier’s TM exchange stall, with the Changing Attacks set highlighted in red / Pokemon HGSS
The TM category selection menu at the Battle Frontier’s TM exchange stall, with the Changing Attacks set highlighted in red

Speak to the NPC at this stall and you will be asked to select from 3 different categories of moves.

Choose the Changing Attacks category to find TM04 Calm Mind.

The set of Changing Attacks TMs in the Battle Frontier’s TM exchange stall, with a red highlight around TM 04 Calm Mind / Pokemon HGSS
The set of Changing Attacks TMs in the Battle Frontier’s TM exchange stall, with a red highlight around TM 04 Calm Mind

Calm Mind costs 48 BP.

Using TM04 Calm Mind

Calm Mind Move Details
Type Psychic
Category Status
Power – – –
Accuracy – – –
PP 20

Calm Mind is a Psychic-type Status move that raises both the Special Attack and Special Defense of the user by 1 stage.

Its effects can be stacked with multiple uses, or with other stat-boosting moves.

A Lunatone using Calm Mind in a battle / Pokemon HGSS
A Lunatone using Calm Mind in a battle

Calm Mind is recommended for Pokémon with good Special Attack and defenses (either Defense or Special Defense is fine).

This is because Calm Mind’s dual boosts will be able to improve both the strength of the Pokémon’s special moves, and their bulk.

Here’s a quick list of Pokémon we recommend teaching Calm Mind to:

  • Slowbro
  • Spiritomb
  • Clefable
  • Jynx
  • Espeon
  • Mismagius
  • Gardevoir

Pokémon with high Special Attack tend to also have a good Special Defense stat, so Calm Mind will be able to bolster their strong areas further.

Calm Mind would work even better for Pokémon that have a combination of good Defense and Special Attack, since the Special Defense boost will fill out their bulk. Unfortunately, this is pretty uncommon.

As a result, many Calm Mind users will still have an obvious weakness to physical attacks.

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J. Cloverfield

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She's a social science major and hobbyist illustrator known for her shyness, temper, and love of pink. Her first try at gaming was with a Pokémon Silver bootleg as a preschooler, and by now she's played nearly all of the Pokémon games—spin-offs included. Zero Escape, Ace Attorney, Danganronpa, Shin Megami Tensei, Fire Emblem, and Story of Seasons are some of her other favorite franchises.

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