Petalburg City

Petalburg City トウカシティ Touka City

"Where people mingle with nature."

Connecting routes ← Route 104 Petalburg City Route 102 →

Gym info Leader: Norman Type: Normal Badge: Balance Badge

Location of Petalburg City in Hoenn

Petalburg City (Japanese: トウカシティ Touka City) is located in southern Hoenn. East of Petalburg City is Route 102 and Oldale Town. To the west is Route 104 where Mr. Briney's Cottage and the Petalburg Woods are found.

When a player first arrives at this city and talks to Norman, a boy named Wally will come in asking for help to catch a Pokémon. Using Zigzagoon, a Pokémon Norman lends, and the player's support, Wally catches his first Pokémon: a Ralts. The Pokémon Center has a man near the PC who will let players put key words on their Trainer cards.

Places of Interest

Wally's House

Wally's house is located in the west section of the town, next door to the Gym. This is the house of Wally, the main rival of Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald and his family. After defeating Petalburg Gym, Wally's family will give you HM03 (Surf).

Pokémon Center

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and the Japanese version of Emerald, players may talk to the NPC who collects profiles, and enter a certain phrase while being interviewed to unlock Mystery Event.

Petalburg Gym

Main article: Petalburg Gym

The Petalburg Gym is the official gym of Petalburg City. It is based on Normal-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Norman. Norman, is the the father of the player in Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald. He uses Normal-type Pokémon and gives out the Balance Badge. Between the entrance and Gym Leader Norman are a series of rooms, each containing a Trainer. The Trainers have special ways to battle, as displayed on the doors leading to their rooms. They include One-Hit KO Room, Accuracy Room, Attack Room, Defense Room, Speed Room, and Recovery Room. Once three rooms in a row are completed, they can access the Gym Leader Room with Norman. When defeated, Norman will give the player the Balance Badge as well as TM42 (Facade) as a reward.

Demographics

The population of Petalburg City is 25. This is a fairly high number in the Pokémon games, and may be attributed to the fact that it sits right near Hoenn's west coast.

Poké Mart

Item	Price
Balls
Poké Ball	200
Great Ball	600
Medicine
Potion	300
Super Potion	700
Antidote	100
Parlyz Heal	200
Awakening	250
Battle items
X Attack	500
X Defend	550
X Speed	350
Other items
Repel	350
Escape Rope	550
Orange Mail	50

Items

Item		Location	Games
	HM03 (Surf)	Obtained from Wally's family after defeating Norman.	RSE
	TM42 (Facade)	Obtained from Norman.	RSE
	Max Revive	Across the upper-right pond. (Requires HM03 (Surf))	RSE
	Ether	Across the lower-left pond. (Requires HM03 (Surf))	RSE
	Rare Candy	(hidden)	RSE

Pokémon

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
	Marill	R	S	E	Surfing	5-35	100%
	Magikarp	R	S	E	Old Rod	5-10	70%
	Goldeen	R	S	E	Old Rod	5-10	30%
	Magikarp	R	S	E	Good Rod	10-30	60%
	Goldeen	R	S	E	Good Rod	10-30	20%
	Corphish	R	S	E	Good Rod	10-30	20%
	Corphish	R	S	E	Super Rod	20-45	100%
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.

In the anime

In the Pokémon anime, Petalburg City is the hometown of Norman, May, Max, and Caroline. It also has a sister city to the north of it called North Petalburg.

Trivia

• A testmap used in the Generation III games is of Petalburg City; this map even appears in FireRed and LeafGreen where, instead of the sprites which would normally appear, sprites for Leaf, Sailors, Guitarists, Bug Catchers, Ladies and a Big Lapras doll are.
• In the Mario game Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, there is a town named Petalburg.

Name origin

Petalburg is a combination of petal, part of a flower, and burg, a common place name of Germanic origin. Touka may refer to touka 頭花, meaning flower head.

In other languages

Hoenn Gym: Rustboro City • Dewford Town • Mauville City • Lavaridge Town Petalburg City • Fortree City • Mossdeep City • Sootopolis City Other: Littleroot Town • Oldale Town • Slateport City • Verdanturf Town • Fallarbor Town • Lilycove City • Pacifidlog Town League: Ever Grande City Routes: 101 • 102 • 103 • 104 • 105 • 106 • 107 • 108 • 109 • 110 • 111 • 112 • 113 • 114 • 115 • 116 • 117 • 118 119 • 120 • 121 • 122 • 123 • 124 • 125 • 126 • 127 • 128 • 129 • 130 • 131 • 132 • 133 • 134 • Underwater Landmarks: Petalburg Woods • Rusturf Tunnel • Island Cave • Granite Cave • Abandoned Ship • Seaside Cycling Road • New Mauville • Desert • Desert Ruins • Mirage Tower • Trainer Hill • Fiery Path • Jagged Pass • Mt. Chimney • Desert Underpass • Meteor Falls • Weather Institute • Scorched Slab • Ancient Tomb • Safari Zone • Mt. Pyre • Shoal Cave • Aqua Hideout • Magma Hideout • Mossdeep Space Center • Seafloor Cavern • Cave of Origin • Sky Pillar • Victory Road • Sealed Chamber • Battle Tower/Frontier • Altering Cave • Mirage Island • Southern Island • Marine Cave • Terra Cave

This article is part of Project Cities and Towns, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every city and town in the Pokémon world.