Viridian City
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- For the song, see Viridian City (song)
| Viridian City | |
| トキワシティ Tokiwa City | |
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| The Eternally Green Paradise | |
| Location info | |
| Region | Kanto |
| Connecting routes | Route 2 (North) Route 1 (South) Route 22 (West) |
| Gym info | |
| Gym | Viridian Gym |
| Gym Leader | Giovanni (Generation I) Blue (Generation II) Agatha (anime only) |
| Badge | Earthbadge |
| Dominant type | Ground |
 Location of Viridian City in Kanto. | |
| Cities and Towns | |
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Viridian City (Japanese: トキワシティ Tokiwa City) is a small city located in western Kanto. In the Generation I and Generation III games, Team Rocket leader Giovanni serves as Leader of the Ground-specialist Viridian Gym, but the Gym is locked until the player can gain all seven other League Badges. Blue becomes the Gym Leader in the Generation II games and trains a variety of Pokémon.
Three paths, all major, lead from the city center. To the north is Route 2, as well as Viridian Forest, which lies in the middle of Route 2 south of Pewter City. To the south is Route 1, which leads to Pallet Town. To the west is Route 22, leading to the Indigo Plateau and the Pokémon League.
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Places of interest
Pokémon Academy
- Main article: Pokémon Academy
Much like the Pokémon Academy in Violet City, this building, located in the center of Viridian in Generation III only, is dedicated to teaching the basics of Pokémon to inexperienced trainers. Many trainers that pass through Viridian fall under this category, making the city an ideal location. In Generation II this school was rebuilt and tuned into the Trainer House.
Trainer House
- Main article: Trainer House
A unique attraction in Generation II-era Viridian is the Trainer House, a location where trainers from far and wide can battle one trainer per day. Trainers will face the last trainer they used Mystery Gift with, along with that trainer's party. If they have yet to unlock or use Mystery Gift, the opposing trainer will have a trio of Level 50 Pokémon, namely Meganium, Typhlosion and Feraligatr.
Poké Mart
Generation I
| Item | Price ( )
|
|---|---|
| Balls | |
| Poké Ball | 200 |
| Recovery items | |
| Antidote | 100 |
| Burn Heal | 250 |
| Parlyz Heal | 200 |
| Potion (in Yellow) | 300 |
Generation II
| Item | Price ()
|
|---|---|
| Balls | |
| Ultra Ball | 1,200 |
| Recovery items | |
| Antidote | 100 |
| Awakening | 250 |
| Burn Heal | 250 |
| Full Heal | 600 |
| Hyper Potion | 1,200 |
| Parlyz Heal | 200 |
| Revive | 1,500 |
| Other items | |
| Flower Mail | 50 |
Generation III
| Item | Price ()
|
|---|---|
| Balls | |
| Poké Ball | 200 |
| Recovery items | |
| Antidote | 100 |
| Parlyz Heal | 200 |
| Potion | 300 |
Pokémon
Wild Pokémon can be found in a pond located in southeast Viridian City.
Generation I
| Name | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poliwag | R | B | Fishing | 50% | ||
| Y | Fishing | 100% | ||||
| Tentacool | R | B | Fishing | 50% | ||
Generation II
| Name | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All times | ||||||
| Poliwag | G | S | C | Fishing (All) | 10, 20, 40 | 80% |
| G | S | C | Surfing | 5-14 | 90% | |
| Poliwhirl | G | S | C | Surfing | 10-14 | 10% |
| Magikarp | G | S | C | Fishing (All) | 10, 20, 40 | 20% |
Generation III
| Name | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psyduck | FR | Fishing (Super) | 5% | ||
| FR | Surfing | 100% | |||
| Poliwag | FR | LG | Fishing (Good) | 60% | |
| FR | LG | Fishing (Super) | 40% | ||
| Poliwhirl | FR | LG | Fishing (Super) | 40% | |
| Slowpoke | LG | Fishing (Super) | 5% | ||
| LG | Surfing | 100% | |||
| Goldeen | FR | LG | Fishing (Good) | 20% | |
| Magikarp | FR | LG | Fishing (Old) | 100% | |
| FR | LG | Fishing (Good) | 20% | ||
| Gyarados | FR | LG | Fishing (Super) | 15% | |
Trainer Tips
FireRed and LeafGreen
- The battle moves of Pokémon are limited by their Power Points, PP. To replenish PP, rest your tired Pokémon at a Pokémon Center.
- Catch Pokémon and expand your collection. The more you have, the easier it is to battle.
In the anime
Viridian City is first visited in Pokémon Emergency!, when Ash Ketchum takes his sick Pikachu to the Pokémon Center.
In the Pokémon Special manga
Viridian Ciy is first visited in the Bulbasaur, Come Home! round of the Red, Green & Blue chapter when Red and Professor Oak chase the Pokémon that escaped of his laboratory. They enter the abandoned Viridian City Gym and fight with the only resident of that building, an angry Machoke.
Name origin
Viridian is a blue-green color, the pigment of which is made with chromium (III) oxide. Tokiwa iro (常磐色) refers to the green color of evergreen trees.
References
- Psypoke Psydex - Pokémon catch rates
| Kanto | |
|---|---|
| Gym: |  Pewter City |  Cerulean City |  Vermilion City |  Celadon City |  Fuchsia City |  Saffron City |  Cinnabar Island |  Viridian City
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| Other: | Pallet Town | Lavender Town |
| League: | 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: | Viridian Forest | Diglett's Cave | Mt. Moon (Square) | Cerulean Cave | Rock Tunnel | Power Plant | Cycling Road | Rocket Hideout |
| Silph Co. | Pokémon Tower | Safari Zone | Seafoam Islands | Pokémon Mansion | Victory Road | Tohjo Falls | |
| 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. |
