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For the type of special tile featured in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, see Dungeon tiles.

A warp tile or teleport tile is a special tile featured in games since Generation I. Once stepped upon, the player is transported instantly to a connecting warp tile elsewhere. The connecting warp tile could be anywhere, generally within the building that the player is exploring.

In the games

Generation I and FireRed/LeafGreen

The warp tile is first and predominately found in Silph Co.'s head office building in Saffron City. Inside there is a mass network of the tiles, which the player has to navigate through in order to complete the task. In FireRed and LeafGreen, this task was made easier, as the floor number was displayed each time the player was transported. Warp tiles are also found in Saffron Gym. Warp tiles in Kanto are indicated by a diamond.

Generation II

Unlike the preceding generation, warp tiles are rare in Generation II. In Johto, one can be found in the Team Rocket base in Mahogany Town, which, unlike standard warp tiles, transports the player to a normal tile instead of another warp tile. Warp tiles can also be found in Saffron Gym in Kanto. Warp tiles in Johto are indicated by a diamond.

Generation III

In Hoenn, there are two styles of warp tiles. One style appears in the evil team hideout in Lilycove City, which serves the same role as warp tiles in previous generations. These warp tiles are indicated by a circle.

The other style appears in the Mossdeep Gym and a similarly-designed maze in the Trick House. In Ruby and Sapphire, these warp tiles only serve as a quick exit from the gym from Tate and Liza's area, as well as a way to return to the start of the corresponding Trick House maze. They have an expanded role in Emerald, where these warp tiles are used to traverse Mossdeep Gym's maze similar to that in Saffron Gym, and again to traverse a similar maze in the Trick House. These warp tiles are indicated by an octagon.

Hoenn also introduced one-way warp tiles, where the tile on the other end of the warp is a warp tile but does nothing if stepped on. These one-way tiles appear only in the octagonal style.

Generation IV

In Sinnoh, warp tiles can be found in the Galactic Veilstone Building, and in Platinum, in Hearthome Gym. Two-way warp tiles are yellow and only go between areas on the same floor, while one-way warp tiles are green and only go between areas on different floors. Warp tiles in Sinnoh are indicated by a circle. In Johto, warp tiles are used only once in Team Rocket HQ, and numerous times on the higher floors of the Bell Tower. In Kanto, they are found yet again at the Saffron Gym.

Warp tile images

Generation	Image	Description
I		The original warp tile from Generation I, introducing the diamond indicator. The gray color will alternate between games.
II		A revised version of the original tile, now with a dark gray backdrop and white diamond.
III	File:Warp tile gen3.png	A further revised version of the original tile, adding detail to the diamond indicator and with a red backdrop.
III	File:Hoen warp tile active.png File:Hoen warp tile.png	A one way warp tile system (active and non-active respectively) featured in Hoenn. It moves away from the traditional style, seemly being a large disc on a red backdrop.