Power Plant

This article is about the power plant of Kanto. For the power plant of Hoenn, see New Mauville. For the power plant of Sinnoh, see Valley Windworks. For the Friend Area, see Power Plant (friend area).

Power Plant はつでんしょ Power Plant "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Location:	South of Rock Tunnel
Region:	Kanto
Generations:	I, II, III, IV
Location of Power Plant in Kanto.
Pokémon World Locations

The Power Plant (Japanese: むじんはつでんしょ Unmanned Power Plant; はつでんしょ Power Plant in Generations II and IV) is a facility located on Route 10 in Kanto that was abandoned years before the Generation I games, though some of the machinery still works. It was refurbished at some time between Generation I and Generation II to provide power for the Magnet Train. It became a home for Electric-type Pokémon when it was abandoned. Surfing from Route 9 is required to reach it.

Many item balls located inside of the Power Plant are actually Voltorb or Electrode, making it somewhat hazardous to look for treasure here.

The Power Plant is the only known roost of the legendary Pokémon, Zapdos, in the main series. In Generation I and the Generation III remakes, it will be inside the Power Plant and catchable as soon as the player is able to use Surf outside of battle. In Generation II, it is no longer there. In the remakes, HeartGold and SoulSilver, it appears outside of the Power Plant after all of the 16 Badges of Kanto and Johto have been obtained.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Carbos	Near the entrance, the first item visible	R  B  Y
	TM33 (Reflect)	Down the first and second road forks	R  B  Y
	TM25 (Thunder)	In the bottom right room	R  B  Y  FR  LG
	Rare Candy	In the top right room	R  B  Y
	HP Up	In the top right room	R  B  Y
	PP Up	In a rock near Zapdos (hidden)	R  B  Y
	Max Elixir	In a rock past the Voltorb and the Electrode (hidden)	R  B  Y
	TM07 (Zap Cannon)	From the Power Plant manager once the Machine Part is recovered	G  S  C
	Max Potion	Directly north of entrance	FR  LG
	TM17 (Protect)	In the dead-end room in the middle of the plant	FR  LG
	Elixir	In the same room as TM17 (Protect)	FR  LG
	Thunderstone ×2	In the top right room Near Zapdos (hidden)	FR  LG
	Max Elixir	In middle of the Power Plant (hidden)	FR  LG
	TM57 (Charge Beam)	From the Power Plant manager once the Machine Part is recovered	HG  SS

Fake items

Item		Location	Games
	Voltorb ×6	(Fake items)	R  B  Y
	Electrode ×2	(Fake items)	R  B  Y  FR  LG

Pokémon

Generation I

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Voltorb	R		B		Y		Walking	21-23	35%
Voltorb	R		B		Y		Walking	33-37	20%
Pikachu	R		B		Y		Walking	20-24	25%
Magnemite	R		B		Y		Walking	21-23	25%
Magnemite	R		B		Y		Walking	30-35	40%
Grimer	R		B		Y		Walking	33-37	15%
Magneton	R		B		Y		Walking	32-35	10%
Magneton	R		B		Y		Walking	33-38	20%
Electabuzz	R		B		Y		Walking	33-36	5%
Raichu	R		B		Y		Walking	33-36	5%
Muk	R		B		Y		Walking	33-37	5%
Special Pokémon
Zapdos	R		B		Y		Only one	50	One
Voltorb	R		B		Y		Fake item	40	Six
Electrode	R		B		Y		Fake item	43	Two
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 II

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Magneton	G		S		C		Trade Dugtrio	Dugtrio'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 III

Zapdos in the Power Plant

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Magnemite	FR			LG			Walking	22-25	30%
Voltorb	FR			LG			Walking	22-25	30%
Pikachu	FR			LG			Walking	22-26	25%
Magneton	FR			LG			Walking	31-34	10%
Magneton	FR			LG			Walking	31-34	15%
Electabuzz	FR			LG			Walking	32-35	5%
Special Pokémon
Zapdos	FR			LG			Only one	50	One
Electrode	FR			LG			Fake item	34	Two
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
Magneton	HG			SS			Trade Dugtrio	Dugtrio'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.

Differences between generations

In Generations I and III, the Power Plant is littered with machinery that has fallen into disrepair. Many of the changes between these two generations are simply cosmetic, due to Generation III featuring the remakes of Red and Blue.

In Generation II, the inside is reduced drastically, and is taken up by scientists working at various computers, as well as a separate generator room. The wild Pokémon here in Generations I and III instead reside outside, while Zapdos has apparently fled.

In Generation IV, the inside is redesigned yet again to be a single room, with the generator in the middle and the scientists at their computers spread around the room. Wild Pokémon again reside outside, including Zapdos, which returns after the Machine Part is restored.

Inside design

Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV

Outside design

Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

It was revealed in Holy Moltres in the Red, Green & Blue chapter that Lt. Surge captured Zapdos here.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga, Isamu Akai and his Pokémon visit the Power Plant in Seize The Unmanned Power Plant!!. Like many places that he visits, the Power Plant ends up being destroyed by Isamu's Clefairy.

In the TCG

The following is a list of cards named Power Plant.

Name	Type	Rarity	Set	Set no.
Power Plant	St		Aquapolis	139/147

Trivia

• Grimer and Muk can be found here in Pokémon Yellow, a direct reference to the anime episode Sparks Fly for Magnemite, where Grimer and Muk take over a power plant in Gringey City.

In other languages

Language Title European French Centrale German Kraftwerk Italian Centrale Elettrica European Spanish Central Energía

References

• Psypoke Psydex - Pokémon catch rates

Kanto
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