Lurking Steel Titan: Beat Orthworm and Unlock Jump

The Lurking Steel Titan is a giant Orthworm, a steel worm digging its tunnels in the quarries of East Province (Area Three), near the mining town of Zapapico. It will give you Jump, essential for reaching high places.

Titan Pokémon no. 3

Orthworm Lurking Steel Titan

Types

Steel

Level

29

Where

East Province (Area Three)

Herba Mystica

Salty Herba Mystica

Ride Pokémon

Jump — A much higher jump to clear ledges.

Finding Orthworm

Head to East Province (Area Three), a rocky area pitted with craters from mining activity. The Titan occupies the zone’s big quarry. If you’re coming from Levincia, the area begins just north of the town.

The fight

First a solo battle, then Orthworm devours the Salty Herba Mystica and comes back for more. Arven then joins you with his Toedscool (Ground/Grass, Lv. 28).

Our strategy: no Ground moves!

Normally, Steel types fear Fire, Fighting and Ground. But Orthworm’s Earth Eater ability makes it immune to Ground-type moves: worse, they heal it. That leaves only two weapons: Fire and Fighting.

• It resists a huge number of types (Normal, Flying, Rock, Bug, Steel, Grass, Psychic, Ice, Dragon, Fairy) and is immune to Poison.
• It uses Sandstorm, which damages your Pokémon every turn unless they’re Rock, Ground or Steel types, and Wrap, which traps your Pokémon.

Reward: Jump

With the Salty Herba Mystica, Koraidon / Miraidon learns Jump: by holding the jump button, it leaps much higher and reaches ledges that were out of reach until now. You also receive the Steel Titan Badge.

What’s next? The Quaking Earth Titan, at Lv. 45: it’s recommended to do a few Gyms first.