The Spring Path (Japanese: 隠れ泉への道Path to the Hidden Spring) is a short path off the main area of Route 214 that leads into Sendoff Spring. In Hisui, it is mapped under the northwestern portion of the Cobalt Coastlands and covers a wider area. Turnback Cave is accessible from the Spring Path.
Non-fixed alpha Pokémon do not spawn until the player quelled the frenzy of the subregion's noble. Some of the Pokémon marked with (‡) may only spawn near the area's borders.
↑After visiting Solaceon Ruins and the Unown Research Notes are added to the Pokédex, atop the southernmost tree outside the entrance to Turnback Cave
The Spring Path debuted in Shorting Out Electivire, where Platinum, Maylene, and Candice had come here to train with Volkner after their defeat at the hands of Jupiter at Lake Acuity. At first, Volkner was unwilling to train with them, having only come in hopes of facing the opponent who had been strong enough to defeat two Gym Leaders together. However, Platinum managed to convince Volkner to stay, and started a battle with him, all the while describing Jupiter's tactics to Volkner and demonstrating them with her own Pokémon.
As the battle progressed, Volkner told Platinum that if she would be able to defeat all of his Pokémon, he'd reward her with a Beacon Badge, just like in an official Gym battle. Eventually Platinum managed to beat the Leader of the Sunyshore Gym, earning her her eighth and final Badge.
The German translation of Spring Path's name in Generation IV games contains an error stemming from the word "spring" having different meanings — both a source of water, which is the intended meaning, and a season, with the German version using the latter meaning. This error was fixed in the remakes.
