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Blackthorn City

Blackthorn City

The quiet mountain retreat known as Blackthorn City lies isolated in the northeast. The main attraction is the Blackthorn Gym, the last of the eight Johto Gyms. North of the Gym is Dragon's Den, a training ground for Dragon-type specialists. On Saturdays, Santos of the Week Siblings can be found here.

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Surfing Magikarp G S C Surfing 5-19 100% Fishing Magikarp G S C Fishing Old Rod 10 85% Poliwag G S C Fishing Old Rod 10 15% Poliwag G S C Fishing Good Rod 20 65% Magikarp G S C Fishing Good Rod 20 35% Special Pokémon Rhydon G S C Trade Dragonair♀ The same as the Traded Pokémon 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.

Items
Item Location Games Bitter Berry Held by Don, the traded Rhydon  G  S  Spell Tag From SantosSa on your first meeting  G  S

Time for a Trade

The girl in the eastern house is looking to trade. She offers her Rhydon in exchange for a female Dragonair. The choice is yours, but a Dragonair's evolved form, Dragonite, will end up stronger than a Rhydon in the long run.

Move Deleter

The Move Deleter resides in the house near the Poké Mart, and can help a Pokémon forget any of its moves. This is especially helpful for deleting HM moves, or moves that are exclusive to Generation II and cannot be traded through the Time Capsule.

Blackthorn Gym, 1F

Blackthorn Gym, 2F

Blackthorn Gym

The Blackthorn Gym is devoted to Dragon-type Pokémon. Dragons take less damage from Grass, Fire, Water, and Electric moves, and are only vulnerable to Dragon- and Ice-type attacks. Almost any Pokémon caught in Ice Path will do well here. Reaching the Gym Leader requires dropping boulders from the floor above to form a path, so bring along a Pokémon that knows Strength.

Take the stairs to the second floor and head to the southeast corner to find two boulders; move the right one to the south wall, and the left one up to reach the break in the floor. Go to the northeast corner and drop the last boulder through the hole. Take the eastern stairs down to the center platform and beat the last two Cooltrainers to reach Clair.

Each of Clair's three Dragonair can paralyze an opponent with Thunder Wave, while her Kingdra can potentially do the same with DragonBreath. Use status ailments to your advantage, and replenish your health often so you are not caught off-guard by Kingdra's Hyper Beam.

Blackthorn Gym Trainers Trainer Pokémon Cooltrainer Paul Reward: $1632 Dratini♂ Lv.34 No item Dratini♂ Lv.34 No item Dratini♂ Lv.34 No item Cooltrainer Fran Reward: $1776 Seadra♀ Lv.37 No item Cooltrainer Cody Reward: $1728 Horsea♂ Lv.34 No item Seadra♂ Lv.36 No item Cooltrainer Mike Reward: $1776 Dragonair♂ Lv.37 No item Cooltrainer Lola Reward: $1728 Dratini♀ Lv.34 No item Dragonair♀ Lv.36 No item Leader Clair Blackthorn Gym Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $4000 Type: Dragon Unknown Held item: None Dragonair♀ Lv.37 Thunder Wave Electric   --       Surf Water   --       Slam Normal   --       DragonBreath Dragon   --       Type: Dragon Unknown Held item: None Dragonair♀ Lv.37 Thunder Wave Electric   --       Thunderbolt Electric   --       Slam Normal   --       DragonBreath Dragon   --       Type: Dragon Unknown Held item: None Dragonair♀ Lv.37 Thunder Wave Electric   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Slam Normal   --       DragonBreath Dragon   --       Types: Water Dragon Held item: None Kingdra♀ Lv.40 DragonBreath Dragon   --       Surf Water   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       SmokeScreen Normal   --

Clair refuses to accept defeat. She claims that you are still not ready for the Pokémon League, and tells you to take the "dragon user challenge". She informs you of the Dragon's Den, a large cave located under the city, and tells you to retrieve the Dragon Fang from there to be accepted as a true dragon user. Only then will she give up the Rising Badge. Bring along a Pokémon with Surf and Whirlpool, and cross the lake behind the Gym.

Dragon's Den

Dragon's Den

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Surfing Magikarp G S C Surfing 10-19 90% Dratini G S C Surfing 10-14 10% Fishing Magikarp G S C Fishing Old Rod 10 100% Magikarp G S C Fishing Good Rod 20 90% Dratini G S C Fishing Good Rod 20 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.

Items
Item Location Games Max Potion On a rock, north of the shrine (hidden)  G  S  Revive East of the shrine (hidden)  G  S  Dragon Fang On the east side of the cavern  G  S  TM24 (DragonBreath) From Clair, after finding the Dragon Fang  G  S  Max Elixer On the wall north of the Dragon Fang (hidden)  G  S

Climb the ladder down to the main cavern. Surf to the southwest and use Whirlpool to calm the waters. Continue east behind the shrine and step onto the second strip of land to find the Dragon Fang. Clair appears and grudgingly hands over the Rising Badge, which makes all Pokémon obey regardless of level and enables the use of Waterfall in the field. She also gives you TM24 (DragonBreath).

Upon leaving the cave, Elm calls and asks that you visit him at the Lab. Traveling to the Pokémon League requires passing through New Bark Town anyway, so rest up and head south to reach Route 45.

Route 45

Route 45

Route 45 is a rugged route leading down from the mountains. The path splits and recombines multiple times, and many small cliffs prevent northbound travel. The east entrance to Dark Cave is located just outside of the city, and the route eventually reaches a small lake, where it turns west toward Route 46.

Trainers

Trainer Pokémon Hiker Erik Reward: $864 Machop♂ Lv.24 No item Geodude♂ Lv.27 No item Machop♂ Lv.27 No item Cooltrainer Ryan Reward: $1296 Pidgeot♂ Lv.25 No item Electabuzz♂ Lv.27 No item Cooltrainer Kelly Reward: $1296 Marill♀ Lv.27 No item Wartortle♀ Lv.24 No item Wartortle♀ Lv.24 No item Hiker Parry Reward: $928 Onix♂ Lv.29 No item Black Belt Kenji Reward: $672 Machoke♂ Lv.28 No item Hiker Timothy Reward: $864 Diglett♂ Lv.27 No item Dugtrio♂ Lv.27 No item Hiker Michael Reward: $800 Geodude♂ Lv.25 No item Graveler♂ Lv.25 No item Golem♂ Lv.25 No item Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Graveler G S C Grass 23-25 55% Graveler G S C Grass 23-27 40% Geodude G S C Grass 23 30% Gligar G S C Grass 24 20% Teddiursa G S C Grass 20 10% Phanpy G S C Grass 20 10% Skarmory G S C Grass 27 5% Surfing Magikarp G S C Surfing 15-24 100% Fishing Magikarp G S C Fishing Old Rod 10 100% Magikarp G S C Fishing Good Rod 20 90% Dratini G S C Fishing Good Rod 20 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.

Items
Item Location Games Elixer Western path  G  S  X Special Western path  G  S  Revive Western path  G  S  Max Potion Center path  G  S  MysteryBerry On a tree, near the pond  G  S  PP Up In the pond (hidden)  G  S

Dark Cave, from Route 45

Dark Cave, from Route 31

Dark Cave

Though Dark Cave was first accessible from Route 31, the field moves Surf, Strength, and Rock Smash were needed to fully explore the area. This cave is notable as the only place where wild Wobbuffet and Dunsparce can be found.

Available Pokémon

Blackthorn side Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Zubat G S C Cave 23 30% Geodude G S C Cave 23 30% Graveler G S C Cave 25 20% Wobbuffet G S C Cave 20-25 15% Golbat G S C Cave 23 5% Surfing Magikarp G S C Surfing 5-19 100% Fishing Magikarp G S C Fishing Old Rod 10 85% Goldeen G S C Fishing Old Rod 10 15% Goldeen G S C Fishing Good Rod 20 65% Magikarp G S C Fishing Good Rod 20 35% Rock Smash Krabby G S C Rock Smash 15 90% Shuckle G S C Rock Smash 15 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. Violet side Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Geodude G S C Cave 2-4 60% Zubat G S C Cave 2-4 39% Dunsparce G S C Cave 4 1% Surfing Magikarp G S C Surfing 5-19 100% Fishing Magikarp G S C Fishing Old Rod 10 85% Goldeen G S C Fishing Old Rod 10 15% Goldeen G S C Fishing Good Rod 20 65% Magikarp G S C Fishing Good Rod 20 35% Rock Smash Krabby G S C Rock Smash 15 90% Shuckle G S C Rock Smash 15 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.

Items

Item Location Games Blackthorn side Revive On the southeast platform (requires Surf)  G  S  TM13 (Snore) On a ledge near the opening to Violet side (requires Surf)  G  S  BlackGlasses From a man in the northwest corner (requires Surf)  G  S  Violet side Elixer In the northernmost area of the Violet side (hidden)  G  S  Potion Northeast of the Violet entrance  G  S  Hyper Potion On a ledge in the northeast corner (requires Rock Smash)  G  S  Full Heal North of the Route 46 entrance (requires Rock Smash)  G  S

Blackthorn side

Turn right and surf south across the lake. Grab the Revive on the southeast platform, and go west along the water's edge to find TM13 (Snore). Surf north and go west along the platform. Make a U-turn to reach the northwest corner; the man here will give you the BlackGlasses, an item that enhances Dark-type attacks. Head south and jump the two ledges to reach the opening to the Violet side.

Violet side

Surf to the west and jump the ledge to get a Potion if you didn't already. Go south and use Rock Smash to proceed eastward. Smash another rock and loop around the northeast corner to find a Hyper Potion. Jump the ledge and head south to find a Full Heal. Continue south to reach the Route 45 exit.

Route 46

Route 46

The rugged mountain road of Route 45 comes to an end in Route 46, as the mountains give way to smaller cliffs. To the west, a small grove of Berry trees grows in a secluded field. Head south to the gate, and cut through Route 29 to return home to New Bark Town.

Trainers

Trainer Pokémon Camper Ted Reward: $340 Mankey♂ Lv.17 No item Picnicker Erin Reward: $320 Ponyta♀ Lv.16 No item Ponyta♀ Lv.16 No item Hiker Bailey Reward: $416 Geodude♂ Lv.13 No item Geodude♂ Lv.13 No item Geodude♂ Lv.13 No item Geodude♂ Lv.13 No item Geodude♂ Lv.13 No item Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.

Available Pokémon
Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Geodude G S C Grass 2-4 40% 40% 45% Spearow G S C Grass 2-3 35% 35% 0% Rattata G S C Grass 2-3 20% 20% 50% Jigglypuff G S C Grass 3-5 5% 5% 5% 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.

Items
Item Location Games PRZCureBerry On a tree, west of Dark Cave  G  S  Berry On a tree, west of Dark Cave  G  S  Dire Hit West of Camper Ted  G  S

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