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Where To Get TM06 Toxic in Pokémon HGSS

by J. Cloverfield
Standing near Battle Frontier Access area with Mismagius (Pokémon HeartGold)

TM06 Toxic is one of the many TMs that you can only get at the Battle Frontier in exchange for Battle Points (BP). It costs 32 BP.

And you can get as many copies as you want, as long as you have enough BP.

Finding TM06 Toxic

The Battle Frontier is to the left of Olivine City.

The Battle Frontier’s location on the PokéGear Map highlighted on the touchscreen / Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
The Battle Frontier’s location on the PokéGear Map highlighted on the touchscreen

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.

The player on their way to leaving Olivine City, heading past the local Pokémon Center / Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
The player on their way to leaving Olivine City, heading past the local Pokémon Center

This will lead you to Route 40.

Then enter the gate in the upper left corner of the route.

Reading the sign in front of the gate leading to the Battle Frontier on the upper left of Route 40 / Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
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.

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 / Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
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. Go 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 / Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
The player receiving a welcome from the attendants at the Battle Frontier entrance after entering for the first time

Leave through the opposite end of the entrance hall to get to the actual Battle Frontier grounds. Here, you will see a set of stalls not far from the entrance.

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

The player entering the Battle Frontier grounds, standing close to a pair of BP exchange stalls / Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
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 / Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
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 TM06 Toxic.

The set of Changing Attacks TMs in the Battle Frontier’s TM exchange stall, with a red highlight around TM 06 Toxic / Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
The set of Changing Attacks TMs in the Battle Frontier’s TM exchange stall, with a red highlight around TM 06 Toxic

Using TM06 Toxic

Toxic Move Details
Type Poison
Category Status
Power – – –
Accuracy 85
PP 10

Toxic is a Status move that deals the badly poisoned status to an opponent Pokémon.

A badly poisoned Pokémon will receive damage each turn it’s active in battle. But unlike the regular poisoned status, badly poisoned damage will increase each turn.

Withdrawing a badly poisoned Pokémon will reset any increased damage from Toxic.

Note: Toxic will fail when used against Poison-Type and Steel-Type Pokémon.

A Chansey using Toxic in a battle / Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
A Chansey using Toxic in a battle

Any Pokémon species that can learn moves from TMs can learn Toxic. Naturally, the exceptions are the Pokémon that cannot learn moves from TMs.

Toxic is generally recommended for Pokémon with good defenses and access to healing moves like Recover, Rest, Roost, and Wish.

Some examples of Pokémon like this would be:

  • Shuckle
  • Vaporeon
  • Umbreon
  • Blissey
  • Gliscor
  • Quagsire
  • Clefable
  • Skarmory

They will be able to take advantage of Toxic’s cumulative damage since they’ll be able to endure attacks in battle, all while sustaining themselves using healing moves. Other moves that provide invulnerability (like Protect and Detect) will make it even easier to pull off the strategy.

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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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