Vermilion City

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Vermilion City クチバシティ Kuchiba City "The Port of Exquisite Sunsets"

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Map description A southern city that is bathed in orange by the setting sun.

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Connecting locations   ↑ Route 6   Vermilion City Route 11 →

Location Location of Vermilion City in Kanto.

Other generation maps Gen I Gen II Gen III

Vermilion City (Japanese: クチバシティ Kuchiba City) is a city in Kanto. Situated near a sea inlet to the south, it serves as a popular sea port for ships such as the S.S. Anne. Vermilion Harbor is a home port for many ships. The S.S. Anne sails around the world and returns to Vermilion once a year. The S.S. Aqua sails from Olivine City in Johto to Vermilion Harbor. The ten Seagallop Ferries sail regularly to all of the Sevii Islands. Aside from the Harbor, the other exits to the city are Route 11 and Diglett's Cave to the east. North of the city is Route 6.

Contents 1 Places of interest 1.1 S.S. Anne 1.2 Pokémon Fan Club 1.3 Vermilion Gym 1.4 Construction site 1.5 In-game trade 1.6 Fishing Brother 2 Demographics 2.1 Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen 2.2 Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver 3 Poké Mart 4 Items 4.1 Rock Smash 5 Pokémon 5.1 Generation I 5.1.1 Harbor 5.2 Generation II 5.2.1 Harbor 5.3 Generation III 5.3.1 Harbor 5.4 Generation IV 6 Differences among generations 7 In the spin-off games 7.1 In Pokémon Pinball 8 In the anime 9 In the manga 9.1 In the Pokémon Adventures manga 10 Trivia 11 Name origin

Places of interest

Vermilion City is home to the "Lightning American" Lt. Surge, the Leader of the Electric-specialist Gym. The people in the town are careful about pollution, as they are afraid that an infestation of Grimer could occur if the seas were ever polluted, as Celadon City suffers from this in Generation II. Wild Pokémon appear in the sea around the city. Vermilion is also home to the Fan Club Chairman. He can be found in the Pokémon Fan Club house located just slightly north of the Electric-specialist Gym. By talking to him, the player can obtain a voucher for a free bike, the only way to obtain a bike since the price of 1,000,000 is impossible.

S.S. Anne

Main article: S.S. Anne

The S.S. Anne is a well-known luxury cruise liner which sails the world, stopping annually in Vermilion City. To get on the S.S. Anne in the games, players must obtain an S.S. Ticket by helping out Bill. This ship contains many Pokémon Trainers looking for a battle.

Pokémon Fan Club

Main article: Pokémon Fan Club

The Kanto chapter of the Pokémon Fan Club is located in Vermilion. The Pokémon Fan Club is an organization spread throughout the Pokémon world, with at least one Club House in nearly every region. The Fan Club is basically a place for people to meet and chat about their favorite Pokémon and to show off their collections to each other. In general, the members are usually more oriented to unevolved, cute Pokémon and Pokémon Contests than Pokémon battles.

By talking to the Fan Club Chairman he will start a long talk with the player. He talks about his two favorite Pokémon, Rapidash and Fearow at length and then gives the player a coupon to get a bicycle. In Pokémon Yellow he got a new hobby - taking Pokémon photos. The big photos of his Rapidash and Fearow can be seen on the walls of the clubhouse. He appears again in Pokémon Gold and Silver in the same place. Again, he talks about his Rapidash and gives the player a Rare Candy for listening to his story.

Vermilion Gym

Main article: Vermilion Gym

The Vermilion Gym is the official gym of Vermilion City. It is based on Electric-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Lt. Surge. Trainers who defeat him receive the Thunder Badge. Vermilion Gym appears in all games set in the Kanto region, appearing much the same in each: the main room is filled with 15 trash cans, and trainers are scattered about this room. Beyond this room is another, guarded by electric doors in Generation I, and an electric fence in Generation III. The only way to get in the final room, where Lt. Surge is located, was to find two switches underneath the trash cans. If the first switch was found, but the player incorrectly guessed the second one, the traps would reset. In Generation II, these traps are not turned on. After Lt. Surge is defeated, he will give the player the Thunder Badge, TM34 (Shock Wave), and the ability to use Fly outside of battle.

Construction site

There is an old man using a Machop to build a house on cleared off land in the north-east side of the city. He has still not finished three years after he started in Generation I, as he does not have enough money to begin building. This man's Machop can cause a glitch in Generation II. In Generation IV, the Construction Site consumes most of the north-eastern side of the city, playing a slightly bigger role in the game. There are many smash-able rocks surrounding the building site that conceal many hidden items such as Shards, Heart Scales, and other valuable items. Ironically, all these items belong to the old man and could provide him with the amount of money needed to construct his building.

In-game trade

In one of the houses south and a little east of the Pokémon Center is a girl that wants to trade the player a Farfetch'd for a Spearow. The Farfetch'd will be nicknamed "CH'DING" ("DUX" in Generation I), and it will be holding a Stick. The OT will be "ELYSSA" and its ID will be 08810. The Pokémon's level will be the same as the one that the player traded. Oddly enough, when traded to Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald or transferred into 4th Gen games, the OT is shown as being colored blue - despite that the previous owner of that Farfetch'd is a girl, and even has a girl name. The OT also remains blue upon transferring it further into 5th Gen games, it is unknown if this minor error will ever get fixed.

Fishing Brother

In Generation I and Generation III, a man known as the "Fishing Guru" can be found in Vermilion City who gives away an Old Rod to the player. Later (in Generation II) he is known as the Fishing Dude and claims to be the eldest of the Fishing Brothers.

Demographics

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Vermilion City has a population of 29 (not including the passengers on the S.S. Anne).

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the population of Vermilion City is 34; the population has increased by five since Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, possibly due to the addition of the harbor building.

Poké Mart

Generation I and III Poké Ball 200 Super Potion 700 Antidote* 100 Parlyz Heal 200 Awakening 250 Ice Heal 250 Repel 350

Generation II Ultra Ball 1,200 Super Potion 700 Hyper Potion 1,200 Revive 1,500 Parlyz Heal 200 Awakening 250 Burn Heal 250 Litebluemail 50

Generation IV - Bottom Poké Ball 200 Great Ball 600 Ultra Ball 1200 Potion 200 Super Potion 700 Hyper Potion 1200 Max Potion 2500 Full Restore 3000 Revive 1500 Antidote 100 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 Nest Ball 1000 Dusk Ball 1000 Quick Ball 1000

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Old Rod	Received from the Fishing Guru	R  B  Y  FR  LG
	Bike Voucher	Received from the chairman of the Pokémon Fan Club	R  B  Y  FR  LG
	Max Ether	Found on the house right of the Pokémon Fan Club (Surf required) (hidden)	R  B  Y
	Max Ether	Down all the way from the Pokémon Center entrance to the water and face left. (hidden)	FR  LG
	Stick	Held by CH'DING	FR  LG
	Vs. Seeker	Received from the girl standing next to Pokémon Center counter	FR  LG
	Rare Candy	Received from the chairman of the Pokémon Fan Club	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Lost Item	Received from a member of the Pokémon Fan Club after hearing about Copycat's missing doll	G  S  C  HG  SS
	HP Up	Received from the man next to where Snorlax sleeps after obtaining all 16 badges	G  S  C
	PP Max	Received from the man near Route 11 after obtaining all 16 badges	HG  SS
	Full Heal	In the bush next to the gym (hidden)	G  S  C
	Iron	In Vermilion Harbor, south-east of the S.S. Aqua (hidden)	HG  SS
	Luck Incense	On the sand bar north of the walkway leading to Vermilion Harbor (Requires Surf)	HG  SS
	Heart Scale	On the boat north of the Luck Incense (Requires Surf) (hidden)	HG  SS
	Sticky Barb	In the section of land east of the walkway to the harbor, accessible only via Route 11	HG  SS
	Pearl ×2	In the sandy area reachable only via Route 11 (Requires Surf) (hidden)	HG  SS
	Big Pearl	In the sandy area reachable only via Route 11 (Requires Surf) (hidden)	HG  SS
	Full Heal	In the south-east corner of the construction site (hidden)	HG  SS

Rock Smash

Item		Location	Games
	Red Shard	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS
	Blue Shard	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS
	Yellow Shard	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS
	Green Shard	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS
	Heart Scale	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS
	Revive	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS
	Max Ether	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS
	Star Piece	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS

Pokémon

Generation I

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Gift Pokémon
Farfetch'd	R		B		Y		Trade Spearow	The same as the Traded Pokémon	One
Squirtle	R		B		Y		Gift	10	One
Fishing
Magikarp	R		B		Y		Fishing Old Rod	5	100%
Poliwag	R		B		Y		Fishing Good Rod	10	50%
Goldeen	R		B		Y		Fishing Good Rod	10	50%
Tentacool	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	10-20	90%
Shellder	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15	50%
Krabby	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15	50%
Horsea	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	5	10%
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.

Harbor

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Fishing
Magikarp	R		B		Y		Fishing Old Rod	5	100%
Poliwag	R		B		Y		Fishing Good Rod	10	50%
Goldeen	R		B		Y		Fishing Good Rod	10	50%
Tentacool	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	10-15	70%
Shellder	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15	50%
Shellder	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	10	10%
Krabby	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15	50%
Staryu	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15	20%
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
Fishing and Surfing
Tentacool	G		S		C		Surfing	30-39	90%
Tentacruel	G		S		C		Surfing	35-39	10%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	85%
Tentacool	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	15%
Tentacool	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Chinchou	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	20%
Shellder	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	10%
Chinchou	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	40%
Shellder	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	30%
Tentacruel	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	20%
Lanturn	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	10%
Special Pokémon
Snorlax	G		S		C		Only one	50	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.

Harbor

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Fishing and Surfing
Tentacool	G		S		C		Surfing	30-39	90%
Tentacruel	G		S		C		Surfing	35-39	10%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	85%
Tentacool	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	15%
Tentacool	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Chinchou	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	20%
Shellder	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	10%
Chinchou	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	40%
Shellder	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	30%
Tentacruel	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	20%
Lanturn	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	10%
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
Farfetch'd	FR			LG			Trade Spearow	The same as the Traded Pokémon	One
Fishing and Surfing
Tentacool	FR			LG			Surfing	5-40	100%
Magikarp	FR			LG			Fishing Old Rod	5	100%
Horsea	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	60%
Horsea	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	20%
Krabby	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	20%
Krabby	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	60%
Magikarp	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	20%
Horsea	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-25	40%
Horsea	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	25-30	4%
Shellder	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-25	40%
Staryu	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-25	40%
Gyarados	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-25	15%
Krabby	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	25-30	4%
Krabby	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-25	40%
Psyduck	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	25-30	1%
Slowpoke	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	25-30	1%
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.

Harbor

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Fishing and Surfing
Tentacool	FR			LG			Surfing	5-40	100%
Magikarp	FR			LG			Fishing Old Rod	5	100%
Horsea	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	60%
Horsea	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	20%
Krabby	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	20%
Krabby	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	60%
Magikarp	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	20%
Horsea	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-25	44%
Krabby	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-25	44%
Shellder	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-25	40%
Staryu	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-25	40%
Gyarados	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-25	15%
Psyduck	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	25-30	1%
Slowpoke	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	25-30	1%
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
Diglett	HG			SS			Rock Smash	24-37	90%
Shuckle	HG			SS			Rock Smash	32-35	10%
Headbutt
Spearow	HG			SS			Headbutt	Unknown	Unknown
Heracross	HG			SS			Headbutt	Unknown	Unknown
Combee	HG			SS			Headbutt	Unknown	Unknown
Fishing and Surfing
Tentacool	HG			SS			Surfing	30-35	90%
Tentacruel	HG			SS			Surfing	35	10%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	95%
Tentacool	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	5%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	60%
Tentacool	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	30%
Chinchou	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	7%
Shellder	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	3%
Chinchou	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	60%
Shellder	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	30%
Tentacruel	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	7%
Lanturn	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	3%
Special Pokémon
Wingull	HG			SS			Swarm	35	60%
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 among generations

Much has changed from Generation I to Generation III. Most of the city is now covered in grass and sandy patches along the shoreline. The construction site has grown, while the Pokémon Fan Club has been redesigned and expanded. The S.S. Anne's port has also had an archway added to the entrance. In Generation II nothing major has changed, though the city has extended into Route 11 near Diglett's Cave and the Vermilion City port has been redesigned into a building, where the S.S. Aqua transports passengers to and from Olivine City in Johto. Also, Snorlax was also relocated from Route 12 to the entrance to Diglett's Cave. To move it, trainers had to use a Pokégear tuned to the PokéFlute Channel, as the Poké Flute did not exist in the Generation II games. In Generation IV, the Diglett's Cave is pushed back to Route 11.

In the spin-off games

In Pokémon Pinball

In Pokémon Pinball, Vermilion City makes two appearances; the Seaside (Red table) and the Streets (Blue table).

In the Red table, called "Vermilion City Seaside", catchable Pokémon include: Pidgey, Ekans, Oddish, Farfetch'd, Shellder and Krabby.

In the Blue table, called "Vermilion City Streets", catchable Pokémon include: Sandshrew, Farfetch'd, Shellder, Drowzee, Krabby and Pinsir.

In the anime

Vermilion City debuts in Electric Shock Showdown, where Ash battles Lt. Surge for his third badge.

O has a Pokémon Ping-Pong center, where he is training Dawn's Ambipom, in Vermilion City.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Vermilion is split into two main areas; the center city and the port. The Kanto Pokémon Fan Club headquarters is located in the center city and the S.S. Anne arrives once in a month in the port. Some of the citizens are PokéFans and Sailors.

The first visit to Vermilion covers the rounds from Danger: High Voltorb to Buzz Off, Electabuzz!. Here, Red saves the citizens' Pokémon kidnapped by Lt. Surge.

When Yellow visits the city, the readers learn of the legend of Vermilion Harbor: The (proven) myth of the four stones that lie at the bottom of the harbor and never lose their powers of starting a Pokémon's evolution.

Trivia

• Its Japanese motto is クチバは オレンジ ゆうやけのいろ.
• In Generation I, a truck appears as scenery in the S.S. Anne's port, though it is only visible if the player actively seeks it out. Due to the scarcity of scenery in the Generation I games, as they were on a less powerful system, rumors began to spring up about the availability of Mew through a Poké Ball that could be found underneath. Though the rumor has long since been proven false, the truck makes a reappearance in the Generation III remakes. This time, an item can be found-- a Lava Cookie, not available until later on in the game.
• Vermilion City and Cinnabar Island are named after the same color in the English version of the Pokémon games (since vermilion pigment is produced from the mineral cinnabar), but not in the Japanese versions, since クチバシティ (Kuchiba City, the Japanese name for Vermilion City) refers to a shade of orange while グレンタウン (Guren Town, the Japanese name for Cinnabar Island) refers to a shade of red. Vermilion is an orange-red pigment, produced from the orange-red mineral cinnabar. This explains why Vermilion City is colored orange while Cinnabar Island is colored red.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	クチバシティ Kuchiba City	朽葉色 (kuchiba iro) refers to the orange color of decayed leaves.
English	Vermilion City	From vermilion, a reddish-orange pigment produced from the mineral cinnabar.
French	Carmin sur mer	From carmin, carmine, and sur mer (at the sea).
Czech	Rumělkové město	Rumělka means cinnabar, město is city (or town)
German	Orania City	From orange.
Italian	Aranciopoli	From arancione, orange (color), and the suffix -poli, meaning city.
Polish	Orania	From German Orania.
Spanish	Ciudad Carmín	Carmín means carmine.
Korean	갈색시티 Galsaek City	갈색 (褐色) galsaek means "brown."
Chinese (Mandarin)	枯葉市 / 枯叶市 Kūyè Shì	枯葉/枯叶 (kūyè) means "dried leaves."
Chinese (Cantonese)	秋色市 Causik Si	秋色 (causik) means "autumn colored."

Kanto
Cities and Towns 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) Seagallop Ferries • Cerulean Cave • Underground Path (Routes 5-6) • Underground Path (Routes 7-8) • S.S. Anne S.S. Aqua • Cerulean Cape • Rock Tunnel • Power Plant • Cycling Road • Rocket Hideout • Silph Co. • Magnet Train Pokémon Tower • Safari Zone/Pal Park • Seafoam Islands • Pokémon Mansion Pokémon League Reception Gate • Victory Road • Tohjo Falls Access to Sevii Islands • Johto

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.