Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 Version Exclusives
Black 2 and White 2 lock 28 Pokémon to Black 2 and 25 to White 2, but only five lines on each side can be caught before the League. The rest wait for the post-game: swarms, Hidden Grottoes, the Dreamyard’s Eon legendary, a Regi behind your version’s key, and the dragon whose stone you get from N. The box art splits too, with Black Kyurem on Black 2 and White Kyurem on White 2.
Every exclusive and where to catch it
Each row sets a Black 2 exclusive beside its usual White 2 counterpart. Every stage lists where you get it, marks swarms, Hidden Grottoes and shaking grass, and shows the first badge the game needs before you can.
Black 228 PokémonYour version
White 225 PokémonYour version
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The first badge each Pokémon needs: the badge that opens the road, or the one before the story visit that reaches it. Exclusive lines before the League: Black 2: 5, White 2: 5.
Badge 1Cheren
Badge 2Roxie
Badge 3Burgh
Badge 4Elesa
Badge 5Clay
Badge 6Skyla
Badge 7Drayden
Badge 8MarlonPost-gameAfter IrisBlack 215 on the timelineYour game
White 214 on the timelineYour game
Exclusives against every boss
For each battle, these are the exclusives you can have by then that hit at least half the boss’s team super effectively with one of their own types. Level evolutions count up to the boss’s highest level, trade evolutions don’t, and Levitate is factored in.
Black 2 exclusives that helpWhite 2 exclusives that help
Counts use each exclusive’s own types, not its full moveset. The battle pages have the movesets.
How to Trade Between Black 2 and White 2
Pick your version to see only the Pokémon you need to trade for. Until then, both lists show.
How to get White 2 exclusives in Black 2
How to get Black 2 exclusives in White 2
- Both players need: the C-Gear, which Bianca gives you right after your first badge from Cheren
- Where: anywhere through the C-Gear, or the Union Room upstairs in any Pokémon Center
- Connect with: two DS or 3DS systems side by side, over C-Gear infrared or Union Room local wireless
No one with the other version? The GTS, Wi-Fi trades and Random Matchup ran on Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, which ended on May 20, 2014, so every trade now needs a second system nearby. A friend on Black or White works too: those games trade with Black 2 and White 2 the same way.
Black 2 exclusives to trade into White 2
Done: you have every Black 2 exclusive.
Grouped by the point in a Black 2 run where your friend can first get each one. Ticks are saved on this device.
Available after Badge 1 (Cheren)
Available after Badge 3 (Burgh)
Trade for one Gothita and evolve the rest yourself.
Vullaby (same family): Route 23, after Badge 8 (Marlon)
Available after Badge 6 (Skyla)
Available after Badge 8 (Marlon)
Mandibuzz (same family): Route 4, after Badge 3 (Burgh)
Available after you beat Iris
Trade for one Stunky and evolve the rest yourself.
Trade for one Gible and evolve the rest yourself.
White 2 exclusives to trade into Black 2
Done: you have every White 2 exclusive.
Grouped by the point in a White 2 run where your friend can first get each one. Ticks are saved on this device.
Available after Badge 1 (Cheren)
Available after Badge 3 (Burgh)
Available after Badge 6 (Skyla)
Available after Badge 8 (Marlon)
Braviary (same family): Route 4, after Badge 3 (Burgh)
Available after you beat Iris
Trade for one Glameow and evolve the rest yourself.
Every Difference Between Black 2 and White 2
Other ways the two versions differ, outside the wild encounters.
What changes in other gamesBox art and title screen Pokémon
Black 2Your version
Black KyuremKyurem fused with Zekrom
White 2Your version
White KyuremKyurem fused with Reshiram
Story dragon (post-game catch)
Black 2Your version- ZekromDragonspiral Tower, Lv 70, after you beat N at his castle
White 2Your version- ReshiramDragonspiral Tower, Lv 70, after you beat N at his castle
Kyurem fusion forme
Black 2Your versionWhite 2Your versionBlack Kyurem needs Zekrom and White Kyurem needs Reshiram, fused with Kyurem through the DNA Splicers. Each version’s dragon is its own exclusive, so each version makes only its own fusion unless you trade for the other dragon.
Dreamyard Eon legendary
Underground Ruins key and Regi
Black 2Your version- RegisteelIron Key, given when you catch Regirock
White 2Your version- RegiceIceberg Key, given when you catch Regirock
You only get your own key by catching Regirock, not by defeating it. The other version’s key can reach your game through Unova Link.
Benga’s Shiny gift (Floccesy Town, Lv 1)
Hidden Grotto Funfest Mission
Route 4 in-game trade
Plasma Frigate evolution item
Black 2Your version- MagmarizerOn the Plasma Frigate in Black 2What it doesTraded on a Magmar: Holder evolves into Magmortar
White 2Your version- ElectirizerOn the Plasma Frigate in White 2What it doesTraded on an Electabuzz: Holder evolves into Electivire
Quick differences
Black 2Challenge ModeWhite 2Easy ModeGood to knowBoth keys unlock after the Hall of Fame, and Unova Link can send a key to a game of the other version.
Black 2Black City with the Black TowerWhite 2White Forest with the White TreehollowBlack 2A finished street of modern buildingsWhite 2Roadworks halted by ancient ruins, with sandstormsBlack 2Water-filledWhite 2Magma-filledBlack 2Futuristic, with a keytar player adding a synth trackWhite 2Traditional, with a string player adding to the town musicBlack 2BlackWhite 2WhiteSame in both
- Gym leaders Cheren, Roxie, Burgh, Elesa, Clay, Skyla, Drayden and Marlon, the Elite Four (Shauntal, Grimsley, Caitlin and Marshal) and Champion Iris
- Kyurem in the Giant Chasm and the other legendaries, from Regirock, Cobalion, Terrakion and Virizion to Heatran, Cresselia and Regigigas
- Heracross and Pinsir in the Lostlorn Forest Hidden Grotto
- Clamperl, with the Deep Sea Tooth and Deep Sea Scale held by wild Pokémon in both versions