Silph Co.

Silph Co. シルフカンパニー Silph Company "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
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Location:	Saffron City
Region:	Kanto
Generations:	I, II, III, IV
File:SilphKantoTownMap.gif Location of Silph Co. in Kanto.
Pokémon world locations

The Silph Corporation (Japanese: シルフカンパニー Silph Company) is a company in many versions of the Pokémon franchise. They are the manufacturers of many tools, including the Silph Scope, which allows the user to view spectral entities, and have headquarters in Saffron City. They are also speculated to run the Poké Marts in Kanto and possibly Johto and the Sevii Islands as well.

Geography

Company overview

File:Silphco pres.png

Receiving the Master Ball from the President

Silph Co. is the leading manufacturer of Pokémon technology. It is this company that produces the Poké Balls used by trainers to capture Pokémon, and they are constantly looking for ways to improve upon them. Their status made them a target in the Generation I storyline, in which Team Rocket orchestrated the takeover of their headquarters in Saffron City. The player, though, will arrive just in time to take on the mission of driving them out of the city, and the President of Silph will reveal afterwards the top-secret development Team Rocket was after: the Master Ball, which can catch any Pokémon without fail.

Headquarters

File:Silph Co.png

Silph Co. from the Generation III games

File:HGSS Silph Co.png

Silph Co. as seen in HeartGold and SoulSilver

The Silph Co. Head Office Building is an eleven-floor skyscraper that is effectively a giant maze. In the games, the player must navigate using warp tiles in order to reach the board room on the top floor. The player must find the Card Key, which unlocks Silph's doors like a hotel key, on the fourth floor of the building in order to do this. All the while, the player must battle through numerous Team Rocket grunts, including the Rocket Brothers, and one Juggler.

Then the player must return to the third floor, open the doors in the center-left of the floor, and use the warp tile to the far left to be taken to the room with a further warp tile that leads to board room. The player's rival waits in that room and the player must face him before continuing on. After he has been beaten, the other person in the room will give the player a Lapras, an extremely rare Pokémon that cannot be obtained any other way in Generation I.

After this, the player may continue on to the board room to face Giovanni for the Master Ball. After rescuing Silph, the player is free to explore the building and talk to the employees.

In Generation II, Silph Co. has increased security, and the player is not allowed to enter the upper floors. One of the guards, however, will kindly give the player an Up-Grade for talking to him, which will allow a Porygon to evolve through a trade into Porygon2. In Generation IV's HeartGold and SoulSilver, one of the Hoenn region's starter Pokémon may be obtained here towards the end of the game from Hoenn Champion himself, Steven Stone. The alternate forms of Rotom may also be accessed here in Generation IV via the broken elevator. When Rotom is in the party the Silph Co. building will be deserted of all people, including Steven. The notebook present in the room Rotom's appliances can be found in indicates that Charon may have had past connection to the company. Generation IV also introduced a logo for the company that appears on the Pokégear and has a statue based on it in the company's building.

Discoveries and inventions

Pokémon Reports

It's a Pokémon Report!
Some Pokémon have been confirmed
to evolve when they are traded.

It's a Pokémon Report!
Over 350 Pokémon techniques have
been confirmed.

It's a Pokémon Report!
Pokémon Lab created Porygon,
the first virtual-reality Pokémon.

Manufactured items

Below is a list of all the known items that are manufactured by Silph Co.:

• Poké Ball
• Great Ball
• Ultra Ball
• Master Ball
• Potion
• Super Potion
• Hyper Potion
• Max Potion
• Full Restore
• Silph Scope
• Most of the TMs
• Repel
• Super Repel
• Max Repel
• Escape Rope
• Up-Grade
• Many other held items

Items

Generations I and III

• Ultra Ball: 2nd floor (hidden)

• Hyper Potion: 3rd floor
• Protein: 3rd floor (hidden)

• Full Heal: 4th floor
• Max Revive: 4th floor
• Escape Rope: 4th floor
• TM41 (Torment): 4th floor^{Wrong template. See Template:Sup/doc.}
• Iron: 4th floor (hidden)

• Card Key: 5th floor
• Protein: 5th floor
• TM01 (Focus Punch): 5th floor^{Wrong template. See Template:Sup/doc.}
• Elixir: 5th floor (hidden)
• PP Up: 5th floor (hidden)

• HP Up: 6th floor
• X Special: 6th floor
• Carbos: 6th floor (hidden)

• TM08 (Bulk Up): 7th floor^{Wrong template. See Template:Sup/doc.}
• Calcium: 7th floor
• Zinc: 7th floor (hidden)

• Iron: 8th floor
• Nugget: 8th floor (hidden)

• Max Potion: 9th floor (hidden)
• Calcium: 9th floor (hidden)

• Carbos: 10th floor
• Rare Candy: 10th floor
• Ultra Ball: 10th floor
• HP Up: 10th floor (hidden)

• Zinc: 11th floor
• Revive: 11th floor (hidden)
• Master Ball: 11th floor from the President

Generations II and IV

• Up-Grade

Pokémon

Generation I

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
Gift Pokémon
	Lapras	R	B	Y	Third floor	15	Only 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 III

Pokémon		Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Gift Pokémon
	Lapras	FR	LG	Third floor	25	Only 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

Pokémon		Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Gift Pokémon
	Treecko	HG	SS	Sliph Co.	5	Only one
	Torchic	HG	SS	Silph Co.	5	Only one
	Mudkip	HG	SS	Silph Co.	5	Only one
	Beldum	HG	SS	Silph Co.	The same as the Traded Pokémon	Trade Forretress
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.

Trainers

Second floor

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $800	Golbat♂ Lv.25 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.25 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.25 No item
	Raticate♂ Lv.25 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.25 No item
Scientist Jerry Scientist Jerry Reward: $1344	Magnemite Lv.28 No item
	Voltorb Lv.28 No item
	Magneton Lv.28 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $928	Cubone♂ Lv.29 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.29 No item
Scientist Connor Scientist Connor Reward: $1248	Grimer♂ Lv.26 No item
	Weezing♂ Lv.26 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.26 No item
	Weezing♂ Lv.26 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Third floor

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $896	Raticate♂ Lv.28 No item
	Hypno♂ Lv.28 No item
	Raticate♂ Lv.28 No item
Scientist Jose Scientist Jose Reward: $1392	Electrode Lv.29 No item
	Weezing♂ Lv.29 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Fourth floor

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $896	Ekans♂ Lv.28 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.28 No item
	Cubone♂ Lv.28 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $928	Machop♂ Lv.29 No item
	Drowzee♂ Lv.29 No item
Scientist Rodney Scientist Rodney Reward: $1584	Electrode Lv.33 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Fifth floor

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $1056	Hypno♂ Lv.33 No item
Juggler Dalton Juggler Dalton Reward: $1160	Kadabra♂ Lv.29 No item
	Mr. Mime♂ Lv.29 No item
Scientist Beau Scientist Beau Reward: $1248	Magneton Lv.26 No item
	Magnemite Lv.26 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.26 No item
	Weezing♂ Lv.26 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $1056	Arbok♂ Lv.33 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Sixth floor

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $928	Machop♂ Lv.29 No item
	Machoke♂ Lv.29 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $896	Zubat♂ Lv.28 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.28 No item
	Golbat♂ Lv.28 No item
Scientist Taylor Scientist Taylor Reward: $1200	Voltorb Lv.25 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.25 No item
	Magneton Lv.25 No item
	Magnemite Lv.25 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.25 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Seventh floor

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $928	Cubone♂ Lv.29 No item
	Cubone♂ Lv.29 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $832	Raticate♂ Lv.26 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.26 No item
	Golbat♂ Lv.26 No item
	Rattata♂ Lv.26 No item
Scientist Joshua Scientist Joshua Reward: $1392	Electrode Lv.29 No item
	Muk♂ Lv.29 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $928	Sandshrew♂ Lv.29 No item
	Sandslash♂ Lv.29 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Eighth floor

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $832	Raticate♂ Lv.26 No item
	Golbat♂ Lv.26 No item
	Arbok♂ Lv.26 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.26 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $896	Weezing♂ Lv.28 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.26 No item
	Golbat♂ Lv.28 No item
Scientist Parker Scientist Parker Reward: $1392	Grimer♂ Lv.29 No item
	Electrode Lv.29 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Ninth floor

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $896	Golbat♂ Lv.28 No item
	Drowzee♂ Lv.28 No item
	Hypno♂ Lv.28 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $896	Drowzee♂ Lv.28 No item
	Grimer♂ Lv.28 No item
	Machop♂ Lv.28 No item
Scientist Ed Scientist Ed Reward: $1344	Voltorb Lv.28 No item
	Magneton Lv.28 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.28 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Tenth floor

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $1056	Machoke♂ Lv.33 No item
Scientist Travis Scientist Travis Reward: $1392	Magnemite Lv.29 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.29 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Eleventh floor

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $800	Rattata♂ Lv.25 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.25 No item
	Ekans♂ Lv.25 No item
	Rattata♂ Lv.25 No item
	Rattata♂ Lv.25 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $1024	Cubone♂ Lv.32 No item
	Drowzee♂ Lv.32 No item
	Marowak♂ Lv.32 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Rival

If the player chose Bulbasaur:

File:Blue2.png [[Rival (Trainer class)|Rival]] Blue Silph Co. FireRed and LeafGreen [[Rival (Trainer class)|Rival]] and Professor Blue Oak Silph Co. FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $1440

Types: Normal Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Pidgeot♂ Lv.37 Wing Attack Flying   --       Sand-Attack Ground   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Whirlwind Normal   --       Types: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Alakazam♂ Lv.35 Future Sight Psychic   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Recover Normal   --       Types: Grass Psychic Ability: Chlorophyll Held item: None Exeggcute♂ Lv.38 Reflect Psychic   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Leech Seed Grass   --       Stun Spore Grass   --       Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Gyarados♂ Lv.35 Dragon Rage Dragon   --       Tackle Normal   --       Bite Dark   --       Leer Normal   --       Types: Fire Flying Ability: Blaze Held item: None Charizard♂ Lv.40 Slash Normal   --       Ember Fire   --       Leer Normal   --       Rage Normal   --

If the player chose Charmander:

File:Blue2.png [[Rival (Trainer class)|Rival]] Blue Silph Co. FireRed and LeafGreen [[Rival (Trainer class)|Rival]] and Professor Blue Oak Silph Co. FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $1440

Types: Normal Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Pidgeot♂ Lv.37 Wing Attack Flying   --       Sand-Attack Ground   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Whirlwind Normal   --       Types: Psychic Unknown Ability: Unknown Held item: None Alakazam♂ Lv.35 Future Sight Psychic   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Recover Normal   --       Types: Fire Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Growlithe♂ Lv.38 Roar Normal   --       Ember Fire   --       Leer Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --       Types: Grass Psychic Ability: Chlorophyll Held item: None Exeggcute♂ Lv.35 Reflect Psychic   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Leech Seed Grass   --       Stun Spore Grass   --       Types: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: None Blastoise♂ Lv.40 Bubble Water   --       Water Gun Water   --       Bite Dark   --       Withdraw Water   --

If the player chose Squirtle:

File:Blue2.png [[Rival (Trainer class)|Rival]] Blue Silph Co. FireRed and LeafGreen [[Rival (Trainer class)|Rival]] and Professor Blue Oak Silph Co. FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $1440

Types: Normal Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Pidgeot♂ Lv.37 Wing Attack Flying   --       Sand-Attack Ground   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Whirlwind Normal   --       Types: Psychic Unknown Ability: Unknown Held item: None Alakazam♂ Lv.35 Future Sight Psychic   --       Calm Mind Psychic   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Recover Normal   --       Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Gyarados♂ Lv.38 Dragon Rage Dragon   --       Tackle Normal   --       Bite Dark   --       Leer Normal   --       Types: Fire Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Growlithe♂ Lv.35 Roar Normal   --       Ember Fire   --       Leer Normal   --       Take Down Normal   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Venusaur♂ Lv.40 Leech Seed Grass   --       Vine Whip Grass   --       PoisonPowder Poison   --       Razor Leaf Grass   --

Jessie and James

File:Team Rocket.png [[Rocket (Trainer class)|Rocket]] Jessie and James [[Silph Co.|Silph Co.]] Yellow [[Rocket (Trainer class)|Rocket]] and Professor Jessie and James Oak [[Silph Co.|Silph Co.]] Yellow Reward: $930
Types: Poison Unknown Arbok Lv.31 Bite Normal   --       Leer Normal   --       Poison Sting Poison   --       Glare Normal   --       Types: Normal Unknown Meowth Lv.31 Bite Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Screech Normal   --       Pay Day Normal   --       Types: Poison Unknown Weezing Lv.31 Tackle Normal   --       Smog Poison   --       Sludge Poison   --       Unknown   --

Giovanni

File:SpriteGiovanni.png [[Boss (Trainer class)|Boss]] Giovanni Silph Co. Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen [[Boss (Trainer class)|Boss]] and Professor Giovanni Oak Silph Co. Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $4040

Types: Poison Unknown Ability: Poison Point Held item: None Nidorino♂ Lv.37 Horn Attack Normal   --       Poison Sting Poison   --       Helping Hand Normal   --       Fury Attack Normal   --       Types: Ground Rock Ability: Unknown Held item: None Rhyhorn♂ Lv.37 Fury Attack Normal   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Rock Blast Rock   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Early Bird Held item: None Kangaskhan♀ Lv.35 Fake Out Normal   --       Rage Normal   --       Mega Punch Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Types: Poison Ground Ability: Poison Point Held item: None Nidoqueen♀ Lv.41 Double Kick Fighting   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Poison Sting Poison   --       Body Slam Normal   --

Layout

Version	1st floor	2nd floor	3rd floor	4th floor	5th floor	6th floor	7th floor	8th floor	9th floor	10th floor	11th floor
Red	File:Sc-1f.png	File:Sc-2f.png	File:Sc-3f.png	File:Sc-4f.png	File:Sc-5f.png	File:Sc-6f.png	File:Sc-7f.png	File:Sc-8f.png	File:Sc-9f.png	File:Sc-10f.png	File:Sc-11f.png
Blue
Yellow
FireRed	File:Scfrlg-1f.png	File:Scfrlg-2f.png	File:Scfrlg-3f.png	File:Scfrlg-4f.png	File:Scfrlg-5f.png	File:Scfrlg-6f.png	File:Scfrlg-7f.png	File:Scfrlg-8f.png	File:Scfrlg-9f.png	File:Scfrlg-10f.png	File:Scfrlg-11f.png
LeafGreen

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Silph Co. made a brief appearance at the end of Holy Moltres in the Red, Green & Blue arc, where Sabrina was in the office with Giovanni saying that they have captured all the Legendary Birds.

In Super Smash Bros.

Main article: Saffron City (stage)

File:Saffroncity.jpg

Silph Co. in Super Smash Bros.

Silph Co. appears in Saffron City as a playable stage in Super Smash Bros.. The battle takes place on the roof of Silph Co. and a few smaller surrounding buildings, along with two small moving platforms. This is the home stage of Pikachu and Jigglypuff in the game.

Certain Pokémon will emerge from the elevator on the Silph Co. building and attack briefly, similar to Pokémon summoned from Poké Balls. Occasionally, Pidgey, Fearow, Butterfree, and other Template:Type2 Pokémon will appear in the background.

Trivia

• Oddly enough, among the grunts and Team Rocket scientists in Silph Co. is Juggler Dalton, who attacks the player like any grunt, exclaiming that kids shouldn't be here. He battles the player with a Kadabra and a Mr. Mime. After the battle, he says that it's a long way to his boss, indirectly referring to Giovanni, which hints that Dalton is associated with Team Rocket (though is clearly not a grunt). He is also the only Team Rocket member not belonging to Team Rocket or Scientist Trainer classes.
• When the player encounters Scientist Taylor, before battle he says that he was shipped off to the "Tiksi branch" of the company, which after being defeated he says is "in Russian no-man's-land." This is another reference of the real world in Pokémon games, and shows that Silph probably has more branches than just the one in Saffron City.
• On the eleventh floor there is an accessible PC. It is possibly there to allow players with a full party to deposit a Pokémon so that they can receive the Lapras from the person on the seventh floor without having to go all the way to the Pokémon Center.

Name origin

It is speculated that Silph Co.'s name is derived from the sylph, a mythological creature.

In other languages

• Spanish: Silph S.A.
• Italian: Sliph SpA
• German: Silph Co.
• French: Sylphe SARL

See also

• Kanto
• Saffron City
• Team Rocket
• Rocket Brothers

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Settlements Pallet Town • Viridian City • Pewter City • Cerulean City • Vermilion City • Lavender Town Celadon City • Saffron City • Fuchsia City • Cinnabar Island • Indigo Plateau Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 Landmarks Professor Oak's Laboratory • Viridian Forest • Diglett's Cave • Pewter Museum of Science • Mt. Moon (Square) • Cerulean Cave Underground Path (Kanto Routes 5–6) • Underground Path (Kanto Routes 7–8) • S.S. Anne • S.S. Aqua • Sea Cottage • Rock Tunnel Power Plant • Cycling Road/Pokémon Road • Team Rocket Hideout • Silph Co. • Magnet Train • Pokémon Tower • Safari Zone/Pal Park GO Park • Seafoam Islands • Pokémon Mansion • Cinnabar Lab • Pokémon League Reception Gate • Victory Road • Tohjo Falls Access to Sevii Islands • Johto

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