Team Rocket's Castle

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Team Rocket's Castle ロケット団の城 Team Rocket's Castle "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
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Location:	Aether Paradise
Region:	Alola
Generations:	VII
Location of Team Rocket's Castle in Alola.
Pokémon world locations

Team Rocket's Castle (Japanese: ロケット団の城 Team Rocket's Castle) is a location on Aether Paradise in Alola. It is Team Rainbow Rocket's base in the region, temporarily replacing Lusamine's mansion during Episode RR. It only appears in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

Geography

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Team Rocket's Castle's entrance room and bedroom have identical layouts to the ones seen in Lusamine's mansion. When first entering the bedroom, Lillie will try to activate the warp tile to the center of the castle, but is unable to even open the mirror door leading to the tile. Upon exiting the bedroom, two Team Rainbow Rocket Grunts appear to stop the player and Lillie. However, Guzma also shows up and helps the player in defeating the two Grunts in a Multi Battle. After being defeated, the Grunts flee, opening the gates to the southern wings of the castle in the process. Lillie will then station herself in the bedroom, healing the player's Pokémon whenever she's talked to, while Guzma will stay in the entrance room.

At the end of each of the castle's four wings lies a room guarded by a pair of Team Rainbow Rocket Grunts, who battle the player consecutively before letting them through. Inside each of these rooms is a villainous team leader from an alternate reality, in which they succeeded in their plans due to the lack of a player character to stop them. Each of them also wields a Legendary Pokémon from their native region. Once the player defeats a leader in battle, they will provide the player with a method to advance further into the castle, simultaneously activating a one-way warp tile back to the entrance room.

Several item balls found here are actually Electrode, which will attack the player if interacted with. If they are not defeated or caught, they will remain on the floor.

In the southwest wing, the player must navigate through a maze of warp tiles in order to reach the end. Some of these paths lead to a dead end. In one room, different rows of warp panels are separated by walls of Team Rainbow Rocket Grunts standing in rows across the room. The end of the wing has a room occupied by Team Aqua leader Archie. After he is defeated, he will allow the player to press a secret switch behind a painting.

In the southeast wing, the player must solve three memory puzzles in order to advance through the three puzzle rooms. The player must first press the button in the middle of the room, causing the four colored panels on the floor to light up in a certain order. The player must then step on the tiles in the given order. If they step on a wrong tile, the puzzle will be reset. Each room has three possible puzzles to be generated. If the player presses the button again before stepping on any of the tiles, a new puzzle will be generated. The first puzzle requires memorizing the order of four panels, the second one requires six, and the third one requires eight. In the second puzzle room, a Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt will strike a pose in an attempt to distract the player in the middle of them trying to solve the puzzle, while in the third room, the player's attempt to solve the puzzle will be distrupted by a pair of Team Rainbow Rocket Grunts, who in turn challenge the player to a battle while they're solving the puzzle. If the third puzzle is reset after a Grunt has been defeated, said Grunt will not battle the player again. Once a puzzle is solved, a warp tile leading to the next room will be activated. At the end of the wing is a room housing Maxie, the leader of Team Magma. Like Archie, Maxie will allow the player to press a secret switch behind a painting after being defeated.

After the player has pressed both secret switches, the gates to the northern wings of the castle will open in the entrance room. Two Team Rainbow Rocket Grunts will emerge from the gates when they're opened and try to attack Guzma, only to be physically held back by him until all the evil team leaders have been defeated. Archie and Maxie will also appear in the entrance room, and, upon noticing each other, challenge each other to a battle to see which one of them gets to rule Alola. However, before they can even exit the building, they are warped away by an invisible force.

In the northwest wing, the rooms are filled with spin tiles, similar to the original Team Rocket Hideout in Kanto. This wing's final room is occupied by Team Galactic leader Cyrus. Once he's defeated, he will hand the player the Galactic Key, which they can use to activate a machine on the wall and remove one of the two last obstacles.

In the northeast wing, the rooms are guarded by Meowth statues. If the player steps into a statue's line of sight, they will be warped back to the beginning of the room. By interacting with a Meowth statue from behind, the player can push a button to turn the statue into a direction marked by an arrow on the floor, allowing them to advance through the room unnoticed. If the player is warped back to the entrance, any rotated statues will be reset. The statues will also be reset when the player leaves the room. The room at the end of the wing houses Lysandre, the leader of Team Flare, who forces the player to make a choice between pressing one of two buttons, with the wrong choice leading to him activating the ultimate weapon. No matter which button the player chooses, the ultimate weapon will be activated, but once he's defeated, Lysandre will allow the player to press the other button as well, deactivating the weapon and removing one of the two last obstacles blocking access to the center of the castle.

Once the player has beaten both Cyrus and Lysandre, the mirror door in the bedroom will have opened and the warp tile behind it has become active. However, once the player tries to step onto the warp tile, Team Plasma leader Ghetsis will appear through it, explaining to the player and Lillie that he's planning to make the leader of Team Rainbow Rocket his "king" to rule above all existence, similar to how he had previously made N the king of Team Plasma to rule Unova, and challenges the player to a battle to keep them from foiling his plans. Upon being defeated, Ghetsis flies into a fit of rage and starts threatening Lillie's life. However, she's saved by the arrival of Colress, who then proceeds to warp Ghetsis back to his own reality, allowing the player to move forward.

In the Trophy Room at the center of the castle, the player will encounter Giovanni, the leader of Team Rainbow Rocket, who tells the player about his plan to conquer all realities with an army of Ultra Beasts. He's also taken Lusamine hostage, planning to turn her into his loyal servant. To keep the player from interfering with his plans, Giovanni then challenges them to a battle. Once Giovanni is defeated, he declares that although he will step aside this time, Team Rainbow Rocket will never fall. As he warps away, the castle is restored back to its state as Lusamine's mansion by one of Colress's inventions.

Items

Any items not obtained here before defeating Giovanni can be obtained from a Janitor outside of Lusamine's mansion after Episode RR has ended.

Item		Location	Games
	Iron Ball	Southwest Wing, in side room 4	US  UM
	Guard Spec.	Southwest Wing, in side room 8	US  UM
	Max Potion	Southwest Wing, in side room 10	US  UM
	Rare Candy	Southwest Wing, in side room 12	US  UM
	Revive ×2	Southwest Wing, in side room 13 Northwest Wing, in the second room	US  UM
	Full Restore ×2	Southwest Wing, in the fifth room Southeast Wing, in the fifth room	US  UM
	Full Heal	Southeast Wing, in the third room	US  UM
	X Attack	Southeast Wing, in the side room	US  UM
	Zinc	Northwest Wing, in the third room	US  UM
	HP Up	Northwest Wing, in the fourth room	US  UM
	Hyper Potion	Northwest Wing, in the fifth room	US  UM
	Galactic Key	Northwest Wing, from Cyrus after defeating him	US  UM
	Calcium	Northeast Wing, in the second room	US  UM
	PP Up	Northeast Wing, in the third room	US  UM
	Cell Battery	Northeast Wing, in the fourth room	US  UM
	Max Revive	Northeast Wing, in the fifth room	US  UM

Fake items

The Electrode can no longer be found once Episode RR ends.

Item		Location	Games
	Electrode ×3	Southwest Wing, in side room 2 Southwest Wing, in side room 11 Southeast Wing, in the side room	US  UM

Special encounters

Three Electrode appear here as fake items. They are coded to never be Shiny.

Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Soundproof Held item: None Electrode Lv.60 Discharge Electric Special   --       Explosion Normal Physical   --       Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Mirror Coat Psychic Special   --

Trainers

Entrance Room

Guzma joins the player in a Multi Battle against two Team Rainbow Rocket Grunts.

Pokémon Trainer Guzma Team Rocket's Castle Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Types: Bug Water Ability: Emergency Exit Held item: None Golisopod♂ Lv.64 Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Waterfall Water Physical   --       First Impression Bug Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Types: Bug Electric Ability: Levitate Held item: None Vikavolt♂ Lv.64 Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Bug Buzz Bug Special   --       Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Types: Bug Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Masquerain♂ Lv.64 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Bug Buzz Bug Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Type: Bug Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: None Pinsir♂ Lv.64 Throat Chop Dark Physical   --       Storm Throw Fighting Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Types: Bug Steel Ability: Technician Held item: None Scizor♂ Lv.64 X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Bullet Punch Steel Physical   --

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984 Double Battle with the following Grunt	Raticate♂ Lv.62 No item
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984 Double Battle with the previous Grunt	Fearow♀ Lv.62 No item

Southwest Wing

Trainer	Pokémon
Second room
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Tentacruel♀ Lv.62 No item
Side room 1
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Arbok♀ Lv.62 No item
Side room 2
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Primeape♂ Lv.62 No item
Side room 4
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Hypno♀ Lv.62 No item
Side room 5
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Tentacruel♂ Lv.62 No item
Side room 6
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Raticate♀ Lv.62 No item
Side room 7
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Haunter♂ Lv.62 No item
Side room 9
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Persian♀ Lv.62 No item
Side room 11
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Golbat♀ Lv.62 No item
Fourth room
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Raticate♂ Lv.62 No item
Side room 13
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Hypno♂ Lv.62 No item
	Primeape♂ Lv.62 No item
Side room 14
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Arbok♀ Lv.62 No item
Fifth room
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Fearow♂ Lv.62 No item
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Muk♂ Lv.62 No item

Team Aqua Archie Team Rocket's Castle Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Reward: $18,480

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♂ Lv.64 Crunch Dark Physical   --       Fire Fang Fire Physical   --       Thunder Fang Electric Physical   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Crobat♂ Lv.64 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Poison Touch Held item: None Muk♂ Lv.64 Gunk Shot Poison Physical   --       Fire Punch Fire Physical   --       Thunder Punch Electric Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Types: Water Dark Ability: Rough Skin Held item: None Sharpedo♂ Lv.64 Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Liquidation Water Physical   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Poison Fang Poison Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Drizzle Held item: None Kyogre Lv.66 Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Ancient Power Rock Special   --       Thunder Electric Special   --

Southeast Wing

Trainer	Pokémon
Second room
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Golbat♂ Lv.62 No item
Fourth room
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Primeape♂ Lv.62 No item
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Tentacruel♀ Lv.62 No item
	Persian♀ Lv.62 No item
Side room
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Muk♀ Lv.62 No item
Fifth room
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Haunter♂ Lv.62 No item
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Hypno♀ Lv.62 No item

Team Magma Maxie Team Rocket's Castle Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Reward: $18,480

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♂ Lv.64 Crunch Dark Physical   --       Fire Fang Fire Physical   --       Thunder Fang Electric Physical   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Crobat♂ Lv.64 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: None Weezing♂ Lv.64 Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Pain Split Normal Status   --       Types: Fire Ground Ability: Magma Armor Held item: None Camerupt♂ Lv.64 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Type: Ground Unknown Ability: Drought Held item: None Groudon Lv.66 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Ancient Power Rock Special   --       Solar Beam Grass Special   --

Northwest Wing

Trainer	Pokémon
First room
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Fearow♂ Lv.62 No item
Second room
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Haunter♂ Lv.62 No item
Third room
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Raticate♂ Lv.62 No item
Fifth room
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Hypno♂ Lv.62 No item
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Arbok♀ Lv.62 No item
	Golbat♀ Lv.62 No item

Pokémon Ultra Sun

Team Galactic Cyrus Team Rocket's Castle Ultra Sun Reward: $18,760

Types: Dark Fire Ability: Early Bird Held item: None Houndoom♂ Lv.65 Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Types: Dark Flying Ability: Insomnia Held item: None Honchkrow♂ Lv.65 Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Sky Attack Flying Physical   --       Heat Wave Fire Special   --       Icy Wind Ice Special   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Crobat♂ Lv.65 Cross Poison Poison Physical   --       Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Super Fang Normal Physical   --       Types: Dark Ice Ability: Pressure Held item: None Weavile♂ Lv.65 Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Types: Steel Dragon Ability: Pressure Held item: None Dialga Lv.67 Roar of Time Dragon Special   --       Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Earth Power Ground Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --

Pokémon Ultra Moon

Team Galactic Cyrus Team Rocket's Castle Ultra Moon Reward: $18,760

Types: Dark Fire Ability: Early Bird Held item: None Houndoom♂ Lv.65 Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Types: Dark Flying Ability: Insomnia Held item: None Honchkrow♂ Lv.65 Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Sky Attack Flying Physical   --       Heat Wave Fire Special   --       Icy Wind Ice Special   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Crobat♂ Lv.65 Cross Poison Poison Physical   --       Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Super Fang Normal Physical   --       Types: Dark Ice Ability: Pressure Held item: None Weavile♂ Lv.65 Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Types: Water Dragon Ability: Pressure Held item: None Palkia Lv.67 Spacial Rend Dragon Special   --       Surf Water Special   --       Earth Power Ground Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --

Northeast Wing

Trainer	Pokémon
First room
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Muk♀ Lv.62 No item
Second room
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Persian♂ Lv.62 No item
Third room
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Arbok♂ Lv.62 No item
Fifth room
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Muk♂ Lv.62 No item
	Fearow♂ Lv.62 No item
Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Reward: $1,984	Tentacruel♀ Lv.62 No item

Pokémon Ultra Sun

Team Flare Lysandre Team Rocket's Castle Ultra Sun Reward: $18,760

Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Mienshao♂ Lv.65 Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Dual Chop Dragon Physical   --       High Jump Kick Fighting Physical   --       U-turn Bug Physical   --       Types: Dark Flying Ability: Insomnia Held item: None Honchkrow♂ Lv.65 Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Heat Wave Fire Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Types: Fire Normal Ability: Rivalry Held item: None Pyroar♂ Lv.65 Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Hyper Voice Normal Special   --       Snarl Dark Special   --       Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: Gyaradosite Gyarados♂ Lv.65 Crunch Dark Physical   --       Waterfall Water Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Type: Fairy Unknown Ability: Fairy Aura Held item: None Xerneas Lv.67 Geomancy Fairy Status   --       Moonblast Fairy Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Psyshock Psychic Special   --

Pokémon Ultra Moon

Team Flare Lysandre Team Rocket's Castle Ultra Moon Reward: $18,760

Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Mienshao♂ Lv.65 Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Dual Chop Dragon Physical   --       High Jump Kick Fighting Physical   --       U-turn Bug Physical   --       Types: Dark Flying Ability: Insomnia Held item: None Honchkrow♂ Lv.65 Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Heat Wave Fire Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Types: Fire Normal Ability: Rivalry Held item: None Pyroar♂ Lv.65 Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Hyper Voice Normal Special   --       Snarl Dark Special   --       Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: Gyaradosite Gyarados♂ Lv.65 Crunch Dark Physical   --       Waterfall Water Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Types: Dark Flying Ability: Dark Aura Held item: None Yveltal Lv.67 Oblivion Wing Flying Special   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --