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Spear Pillar (Japanese: やりのはしら Spear Pillar) is a location in Sinnoh where the ancient Pokémon Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina were created by Arceus and from which, legends say, Sinnoh itself came from.

In the games

The area is located at the very peak of Mt. Coronet, and is the ultimate goal of Team Galactic's plot. It is here that Cyrus summons both Dialga and Palkia to claim their powers and create a new universe for himself, free of emotion (though he only manages to summon one of the pair in either Diamond or Pearl, and its power is partly neutralized by the lake guardians before the player battles Cyrus). Mars and Jupiter battle against the player and their rival, standing in the way before the player's challenge against Cyrus.

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Cyrus summons both Dialga and Palkia to Spear Pillar, using two Red Chains: one from the gems of the lake trio, and the other an artificial copy. Together, the power of Dialga and Palkia together is too great for the lake trio to counterbalance as they did in Diamond and Pearl, and so the Pokémon world is shortly doomed. Just when Cyrus believes himself to have won, he feels the presence of Giratina, angered by his actions to destroy the world. Giratina appears between Cyrus and the other two, warping the ancient pillars. It grabs Cyrus, warping him into the Distortion World and leaving behind the tunnel between the worlds. Dialga and Palkia vanish back into their own dimensions, and Cynthia requests the player's help in the Distortion World to repair the link between the two worlds and prevent the warping of reality caused by Giratina's entrance from extending throughout.

After Giratina and Cyrus are defeated in the Distortion World, the player ends up in the Pokémon world once more at the entrance to Turnback Cave. Once the Elite Four are defeated and the player has found both the Adamant and Lustrous Orbs in Mt. Coronet, Cynthia's grandmother will tell the player that in ancient times, people apparently met with Dialga and Palkia, by having the Adamant and Lustrous Orbs. Returning to Spear Pillar with these items, the player will be able to battle with and potentially capture Dialga and Palkia.

If the player has the Azure Flute on returning to Spear Pillar after capturing all of the dragon trio, as well as having the National Pokédex, blowing into it will cause a staircase leading to the Hall of Origin to appear. It is here that Arceus itself can be captured.

Pokémon

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
	Dialga	D	P	Pt	Event	47	Only one
	Dialga	D	P	Pt	Event	70	Only one
	Palkia	D	P	Pt	Event	47	Only one
	Palkia	D	P	Pt	Event	70	Only 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.

Dialga

Diamond Types: Steel Dragon Ability: Pressure Held item: None Dialga Lv.47 Metal Claw Steel Physical   --       AncientPower Rock Special   --       Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Roar of Time Dragon Special   --

Platinum Types: Steel Dragon Ability: Pressure Held item: None Dialga Lv.70 Roar of Time Dragon Special   --       Heal Block Psychic Status   --       Earth Power Ground Special   --       Slash Normal Physical   --

Palkia

Pearl Types: Water Dragon Ability: Pressure Held item: None Palkia Lv.47 Water Pulse Water Status   --       AncientPower Rock Special   --       Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Spacial Rend Dragon Special   --

Platinum Types: Water Dragon Ability: Pressure Held item: None Palkia Lv.70 Spacial Rend Dragon Special   --       Heal Block Psychic Status   --       Earth Power Ground Special   --       Slash Normal Physical   --

Items

Trainers

In Diamond and Pearl

Trainer	Pokémon
Galactic Grunt Galactic Grunt Reward: $6080	Dustox♂ Lv.38 No item
	Croagunk♂ Lv.38 No item
Galactic Grunt Galactic Grunt Reward: $6080	Stunky♀ Lv.38 No item
	Glameow♀ Lv.38 No item

File:SpriteMars.png [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] Mars [[Spear Pillar|Spear Pillar]] Diamond and Pearl [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] and [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] Mars Jupiter [[Spear Pillar|Spear Pillar]] Diamond and Pearl File:SpriteJupiter.png Reward: $????

Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Bronzor Lv.40 Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♀ Lv.42 Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Poison Fang Poison Physical   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Thick Fat Held item: Sitrus Berry Purugly♀ Lv.45 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Bronzor Lv.41 Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♀ Lv.41 Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Mean Look Normal Status   --       Poison Fang Poison Physical   --       Types: Poison Dark Ability: Stench Held item: Sitrus Berry Skuntank♀ Lv.46 Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       SmokeScreen Normal Status   --

File:GalacticBossCyrus.png Boss Cyrus [[Spear Pillar|Spear Pillar]] Diamond and Pearl Boss and Professor Cyrus Oak [[Spear Pillar|Spear Pillar]] Diamond and Pearl Reward: $8640

Types: Dark Flying Ability: Insomnia Held item: None Honchkrow♂ Lv.45 Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Embargo Dark Status   --       Drill Peck Flying Physical   --       Steel Wing Steel Physical   --       Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Gyarados♂ Lv.46 Aqua Tail Water Physical   --       Giga Impact Normal Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Crobat♂ Lv.46 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Poison Fang Poison Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Types: Dark Ice Ability: Pressure Held item: Sitrus Berry Weavile♂ Lv.48 Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --

In Platinum

Trainer	Pokémon
Galactic Grunt Galactic Grunt Reward: $6080	Dustox♂ Lv.38 No item
	Croagunk♂ Lv.38 No item
Galactic Grunt Galactic Grunt Reward: $6080	Stunky♀ Lv.38 No item
	Glameow♀ Lv.38 No item

File:SpriteMars.png [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] Mars [[Spear Pillar|Spear Pillar]] Platinum [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] and [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] Mars Jupiter [[Spear Pillar|Spear Pillar]] Platinum File:SpriteJupiter.png Reward: $7135

Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Bronzor Lv.44 Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♀ Lv.44 Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Poison Fang Poison Physical   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Thick Fat Held item: Sitrus Berry Purugly♀ Lv.46 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Bronzor Lv.44 Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♀ Lv.44 Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Mean Look Normal Status   --       Poison Fang Poison Physical   --       Types: Poison Dark Ability: Stench Held item: Sitrus Berry Skuntank♀ Lv.46 Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       SmokeScreen Normal Status   --

Gallery

• Spear Pillar Dialga.png

  Dialga on Spear Pillar

• Spear Pillar Palkia.png

  Palkia on Spear Pillar

• Distortion world portal.png

  Distortion World entrance

• Spear Pillar cutscene.png

  Pokémon Diamond and Pearl cutscene on the Spear Pillar

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Main article: Spear Pillar (stage)

Spear Pillar is also an unlockable stage in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Players can unlock the stage by completing Event 25: The Aura Is With Me. The background of the stage will feature either Dialga, Palkia or strangely Cresselia, who will occasionally do things to affect the stage such as tilting it diagonally or breaking one section of the top platform; Dialga slows time, Palkia flips or reverses the view, and Cresselia randomly attacks with flying crescents. The lake guardians will also make short cameo appearances when something happens to the stage.

The stage's default music is "Victory Road" from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. Other pieces of background music are "Dialga / Palkia Battle at Spear Pillar!," "Wild Pokémon Battle! (Diamond / Pearl)," "Team Galactic Battle!," and "Route 209."

At some point Dialga, Palkia, and Cresselia will affect the stage, each with different effects to the field. Dialga appears when the sky has a blue hue, Palkia appears when the sky has a purple hue, and Cresselia appears when the sky is clear.

Trivia

• The name "spear pillar" is a reference to the creation myth in Shintō, where the deities Izanagi and Izanami were given the spear 天沼矛 Ame-no-nuboko, with which they created 淤能碁呂島 Onogoroshima, upon which they built the pillar 天御柱 Ame-no-mihashira.
• Spear Pillar is technically part of Mt. Coronet, and therefore, Magneton and Nosepass will evolve here if leveled up.
• The Escape Rope cannot be used here, despite it being part of Mt. Coronet. This is because the player has used a cave exit into Spear Pillar, thus the game assumes they are no longer in a mountain. Therefore, the Escape Rope cannot be used to return to the outside world (leaving into Mt. Coronet allows for the Escape Rope to be used, however).
• The Temporal Pinnacle, at the peak of Temporal Tower, in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, bears resemblance to Spear Pillar, likely due to the connection both have to Dialga.
• Despite the fact that it is higher up than the snowy areas of Mt. Coronet, there is no snow on Spear Pillar itself. The rest of Mt. Coronet cannot be seen, either. In this case, as the anime has shown, Spear Pillar is likely to be above the level of the clouds that dump the snow on the lower levels of the mountain.
• The only possible way to encounter Palkia before Dialga in Pokémon Platinum is to not have the Adamant Orb held by a party member or in the bag, but to have the Lustrous Orb. If the Adamant Orb is with the player in any manner, Dialga will always appear first, no matter if the Lustrous Orb is also with the player or not.
• It is impossible to Fly from Spear Pillar, although it is not inside Mt. Coronet. The reason is most likely to prevent the player from running away from Dialga, Palkia, or Giratina.
• In the anime, Spear Pillar bears a strong resemblance to the Mystri Stage in the Sinjoh Ruins.

In other languages

• Chinese (Taiwan): 槍柱
• Danish (Anime Only): Spyd Søjlen
• Spanish: Columna Lanza
• Italian: Vetta Lancia
• German: Speersäule
• French: Colonnes Lances (Lance Columns)

Sinnoh
Settlements Twinleaf Town • Sandgem Town • Jubilife City • Oreburgh City • Floaroma Town • Eterna City • Hearthome City Solaceon Town • Veilstone City • Pastoria City • Celestic Town • Canalave City • Snowpoint City • Sunyshore City Pokémon League • Fight Area • Survival Area • Resort Area Routes 201 • 202 • 203 • 204 • 205 • 206 • 207 • 208 • 209 • 210 • 211 • 212 • 213 • 214 • 215 216 • 217 • 218 • 219 • 220 • 221 • 222 • 223 • 224 • 225 • 226 • 227 • 228 • 229 • 230 Landmarks Lake Verity (Lakefront) • Oreburgh Gate • Oreburgh Mine • Oreburgh Mining Museum • Global Terminal/Global Wonder Station Ravaged Path • Floaroma Meadow • Valley Windworks • Eterna Forest • Old Chateau • Underground/Grand Underground Wayward Cave • Mount Coronet • Amity Square • Lost Tower • Hallowed Tower • Solaceon Ruins • Maniac Tunnel • Lake Valor (Lakefront) Great Marsh • Pokémon Mansion • Trophy Garden • Fuego Ironworks • Iron Island • Lake Acuity (Lakefront) • Spear Pillar • Victory Road Pal Park/Ramanas Park • Contest Hall • Battle Zone • Battle Park • Battle Tower/Battle Frontier • Stark Mountain • Snowpoint Temple Spring Path • Sendoff Spring • Turnback Cave • Fullmoon Island • Newmoon Island • Seabreak Path • Flower Paradise • Hall of Origin Access to Distortion World See also Hisui

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