Blackthorn City

Blackthorn City フスベシティ Fusube City "A Quiet Mountain Retreat"

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Map description A mysterious mountain village cut into a rock face.

Blackthorn City Gym - Johto Gym #8 Clair Dragon-type specialist Gym Rising Badge

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Connecting locations   ↑ Ice Path   Blackthorn City   Route 45 ↓

Location File:MapBlackthorn.gif Location of Blackthorn City in Johto.

Other generation maps File:Blackthorn.png Gen II

Blackthorn City (Japanese: フスベシティ Fusube City) is located in northeast Johto. It is known as "A Quiet Mountain Retreat."

Pokémon Trainers often come to Blackthorn City in order to win the Rising Badge from Clair, the Blackthorn Gym Leader, who specializes in Template:Type2 Pokémon.

Many famous Dragon-type Trainers, including Clair and Lance, come from Blackthorn City.

Places of interest

The Move Deleter

Main article: Move Deleter

A Move Deleter is located in the southern part of the city, to the left of the Poké Mart. Although not a hugely important place to visit, the Move Deleter is helpful for deleting moves that can't be deleted otherwise.

He is a very forgetful man, and lives alone. For no charge, he will make a Pokémon forget a move it knows. This is the only way for a Pokémon to forget HM moves, such as Cut or Fly. In order to delete an HM move, the player must first have another Pokémon with that same move in order for it to be deleted. The move deleter's service was also used to delete moves exclusive to the second generation, so that Pokémon could be traded to Generation I games via the Time Capsule.

In Generation IV, the move deleter shares his house with Johto's move relearner, who will teach moves the Pokémon was previously able to learn in exchange for Heart Scales. There are also two move tutors: one who will teach Draco Meteor, and another who will teach Frenzy Plant, Blast Burn and Hydro Cannon to the fully-evolved Grass, Fire and Template:Type2 starters, respectively. Like the move deleter, the tutors do not charge for their services.

Dragon's Den

Main article: Dragon's Den

A clan of masters of Template:Type2 Pokémon have lived in the city for generations. The masters built the Dragon's Den, a cavern with an underground lake that contains a shrine to Dragon Pokémon, as well as the elders of the Dragon clan. The entrance is located behind the gym, across a small pond, while the main cavern seems to be located underneath the city itself.

Many strong Trainers can be found within the cavern. The Master of the Dragon User Clan is located here, and he will quiz the player on their attitude towards and treatment of their Pokémon. Correct answers will be rewarded, in Crystal, with a Dratini that knows ExtremeSpeed. Silver can be found here, contemplating his training some days of the week, and Clair will visit to reward the player with the Rising Badge she refused to award in the Gym, as well as TM24.

It is inaccessible before defeating Clair in the Blackthorn Gym, as it is blocked off by a man in front of the cave, and then it must be traversed to finally obtain the Rising Badge. Clair and Lance appear for a tag battle if the player and rival have already battled at Mt. Moon.

Ice Path

Main article: Ice Path

The Ice Path is the only way into the town from the north. Route 45 is also reachable from the south of Blackthorn, but the steep mountain path means it can be used as an exit only. It is known for its numerous ice puzzles, which vary in size and difficulty. The Ice Cave is famous for its rare Jynx, but it has many other Pokémon as well. It is the only place in Johto where wild Swinub, Jynx and Delibird can be caught.

Santos

Main article: Week Siblings

Santos can be found in the city on Saturdays. When the player encounters him for the first time, he'll give out a Spell Tag (Soft Sand in Generation IV), and then a Snooze Ribbon all other times after the first encounter (Generation IV only).

Demographics

Blackthorn City's population is 27. This high number is due, in part, to the existence of a Dragon Clan residing in the city.

Items

Item		Location	Games

Poké Mart

Generation II
Great Ball $600	Ultra Ball $1200
Hyper Potion $1200	Max Potion $2500
Full Heal $600	X Defend $550
X Attack $500

Generation IV - Bottom
Poké Ball $200	Great Ball $600
Ultra Ball $1200	Potion $300
Super Potion $700	Hyper Potion $1200
Max Potion $2500	Full Restore* $3000
Revive $1500	Antidote $100
Parlyz Heal Parlyz Heal $200	Awakening $250
Burn Heal $250	Ice Heal $250
Full Heal $600	Escape Rope $550
Repel $350	Super Repel $500
Max Repel $700

Generation IV - Top
Air Mail $50	Net Ball $1000
Dusk Ball $1000

Pokémon

Generation II

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Poliwag	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	15%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	85%
Poliwag	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	65%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Poliwag	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	80%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	20%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Surfing	5-19	100%
Special Pokémon
Rhydon	G		S		C		Trade Dragonair♀	Dragonair's level	One
Dodrio	G		S		C		Trade Dragonair♀	Dragonair's level	One
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Generation IV

Gift Pokémon

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Special Pokémon
Dodrio	HG			SS			Trade Dragonair♀	Dragonair's level	One
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Trainer Tips

A Pokémon holding a MiracleBerry will cure itself of any status problem.

Trivia

• A remix of this town's music can be heard on Four and Five Islands.
• In Generation II, if the Dratini in one of the houses is interacted with and the Coin Case is used immediately afterword, a Coin Case glitch will be triggered. This causes the Coin Case's display will change to "Which move?he pp of" permanently, unless the game is reset without saving.
• Blackthorn City and Violet City are the only Johto cities which keep their Generation II slogans in Generation IV.

In other languages

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	フスベシティ Fusube City	May be from 伏辺山 (Fusube-yama), a mountain in Yamagata Prefecture. Its name can be roughly translated as "to hide surrounding area."
English	Blackthorn City	From the plant blackthorn, a type of plant closely related to the plum.
French	Ébenelle	From ébène, ebony.
German	Ebenholz City	From Ebenholz, ebony.
Italian	Ebanopoli	From ebano, ebony, and the suffix -poli, meaning city.
Spanish	Ciudad Endrino Ciudad Espina Negra*	From endrino, blackthorn. Literally black thorn.
Korean	검은먹시티 Geom-eunmeok City	Means black inkstick.
Chinese (Mandarin)	煙墨市 / 烟墨市 Yānmò Shì	Possibly translated from 燻べる fusuberu (to smoke). 煙墨 literally means "smoke ink," but can also mean "black ink" or "smoke black."
Chinese (Cantonese)	煙墨市 Yinmak Si	Same as the Mandarin name.

Johto
Settlements New Bark Town • Cherrygrove City • Violet City • Azalea Town • Goldenrod City • Ecruteak City Olivine City • Cianwood City • Mahogany Town • Blackthorn City • Safari Zone Gate • Frontier Access Routes 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 Landmarks Dark Cave • Sprout Tower • Ruins of Alph • Union Cave • Slowpoke Well • Ilex Forest • Radio Tower • Global Terminal Goldenrod Tunnel • National Park • Pokéathlon Dome • Bell Tower • Bellchime Trail • Burned Tower • Moomoo Farm • Olivine Lighthouse Battle Tower (Crystal • HGSS)/Frontier • Cliff Edge Gate • Cliff Cave • Embedded Tower • Safari Zone • Whirl Islands Mt. Mortar • Lake of Rage • Team Rocket HQ • Ice Path • Dragon's Den • S.S. Aqua • Mt. Silver (Cave) Access to Sinjoh Ruins • Kanto

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