Blackthorn City

Blackthorn City フスベシティ Fusube City "A Quiet Mountain Retreat"

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Map description A mysterious mountain village cut into a rock face.

Blackthorn City Gym - Johto Gym #8 Clair Dragon-type specialist Gym Rising Badge

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Connecting locations   ↑ Ice Path   Blackthorn City   Route 45 ↓

Location Location of Blackthorn City in Johto.

Other generation maps Gen II

Blackthorn City (Japanese: フスベシティ Fusube City) is located in northeast Johto. It is known as "A Quiet Mountain Retreat".

Pokémon Trainers often come to Blackthorn City in order to win the Rising Badge from Clair, the Blackthorn Gym Leader, who specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon.

Many famous Dragon-type Trainers, including Clair and Lance, come from Blackthorn City.

According to a resident in Blackthorn, most Trainers in the city end up being Dragon-type specialists. This could be because of the Dragon's Den in the area and because the local Gym Leader is a Dragon-type Trainer.

Places of interest

Move Deleter and Move Tutor House

A house is located in the southern part of the city, to the left of the Poké Mart.

In Generation II, the Move Deleter lives here, alone. For no charge, he will make a Pokémon forget a move it knows. This is the only way for a Pokémon to forget HM moves. In order to delete an HM move, the player must first have another Pokémon with that same move in order for it to be deleted. The Move Deleter's service can be used to delete moves exclusive to Generation II, so that Pokémon can be traded to a Generation I game via the Time Capsule.

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, the move deleter shares his house with Johto's Move Reminder, who will teach a move the Pokémon was previously able to learn in exchange for a Heart Scale. There are also two Move Tutors: one who will teach Draco Meteor to Dragon-type Pokémon, and another who will teach Frenzy Plant, Blast Burn and Hydro Cannon to the fully-evolved Grass-, Fire-, and Water-type starter Pokémon, respectively. Like the move deleter, the tutors do not charge for their services.

In Generation IV, the sign outside reads:

Dragon's Den

Main article: Dragon's Den

A clan of masters of Dragon-type Pokémon have lived in the city for generations. The masters built the Dragon's Den, a cavern with an underground lake that contains a shrine to Dragon Pokémon, as well as the elders of the Dragon clan. The entrance is located behind the Gym, across a small pond, while the main cavern seems to be located underneath the city itself.

Many strong Trainers can be found within the cavern. The Master of the Dragon User Clan is located here, and he will quiz the player on their attitude towards and treatment of their Pokémon. Correct answers will be rewarded, in Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver, with a Dratini that knows ExtremeSpeed. Silver can be found here, contemplating his training some days of the week, and Clair will visit to reward the player with the Rising Badge she refused to award in the Gym, as well as TM24 (DragonBreath)^GSC or TM59 (Dragon Pulse)^HGSS.

It is inaccessible before defeating Clair in the Blackthorn Gym, as it is blocked off by a man in front of the cave, and then it must be traversed to finally obtain the Rising Badge. Clair and Lance appear for a Tag Battle if the player and rival have already battled at Mt. Moon.

Ice Path

Main article: Ice Path

The Ice Path is the only way into the town from the north. Route 45 is also reachable from the south of Blackthorn, but the steep mountain path means it can be used as an exit only. It is known for its numerous ice puzzles, which vary in size and difficulty. The Ice Cave is famous for its rare Jynx, but it has many other Pokémon as well. It is the only place in Johto where wild Swinub, Jynx and Delibird can be caught.

Santos

Main article: Week Siblings

Santos can be found in the city on Saturdays. When the player encounters him for the first time, he'll give out a Spell Tag^GSC or Soft Sand^HGSS, and then a Snooze Ribbon all other times after the first encounter^HGSS.

Demographics

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Blackthorn City's population is 40. This high number is due, in part, to the Gym.

Poké Mart

Generation II
Great Ball $600	Ultra Ball $1200
Hyper Potion $1200	Max Potion $2500
Full Heal $600	Revive $1500
Max Repel $700	X Defend $550
X Attack $500

Generation IV - Bottom
Poké Ball $200	Great Ball $600
Ultra Ball $1200	Potion $300
Super Potion $700	Hyper Potion $1200
Max Potion $2500	Full Restore* $3000
Revive $1500	Antidote $100
Parlyz Heal 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	Net Ball $1000
Dusk Ball $1000

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Spell Tag	From SantosSa	G  S  C
	Soft Sand	From SantosSa	HG  SS
	Snooze Ribbon	From SantosSa	HG  SS
	Effort Ribbon	House northeast of Pokémon Center	HG  SS
	Bitter Berry	Held by Don, a Rhydon player receives in a trade	G  S
	Smoke Ball	Held by Doris, a Dodrio player receives in a trade	C  HG  SS

Pokémon

Generation II

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Magikarp	G		S		C		Surfing	5-19	100%
Fishing
Poliwag	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	15%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	85%
Poliwag	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	65%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Poliwag	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	70%
Poliwhirl	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	10%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	20%
Special Pokémon
Dodrio	G		S		C		Trade Dragonair♀	The same as the Traded Pokémon	One
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.

Generation IV

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Magikarp	HG			SS			Surfing	2-20	100%
Fishing
Poliwag	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	5%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	95%
Poliwag	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	40%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	60%
Poliwag	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	93%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	7%
Special Pokémon
Dodrio	HG			SS			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.

Trainer Tips

Generation II

Generation IV

In the anime

Blackthorn City in the anime

Blackthorn City first appeared in the episode Beauty is Skin Deep, after Ash, Brock, and Misty witnessed an age-old ritual performed by Clair. In the following episode Ash took part in his Gym battle, but it was interrupted by Team Rocket. They chased the villains through the Dragon's Den to the Dragon Holy Land. Here, Ash reunited with his Charizard. In Better Eight Than Never, Clair and Ash started their battle over, and Ash managed to earn his Rising Badge.

In the Best Wishes series, it was mentioned in Goodbye, Junior Cup - Hello Adventure!, as the plane Dawn took to Johto went there.

Iris visited Blackthorn City in SS028. During her visit, she found out that a Gible had been causing damage on the town by chewing off bits of benches, fountains, and such. Later, after saving Gible from falling off of a clock tower, Iris found out that Gible had wound up into the city by accident, and offered to take it away. She then met Clair, and together they took Gible to Dragon's Den. After Iris's battle against Clair at the Blackthorn Gym, Gible appeared again, showing that it wanted to come with Iris. Accepting the offer, Iris then caught the Land Shark Pokémon with a Poké Ball.

Trivia

• Blackthorn's Japanese motto is やまあいに たたずむ しずかな まち "A quiet city standing among the mountains".
• The song Sevii Islands: Four & Five Islands (Japanese: ナナシマ4・5の島) is a remix of the song Azalea Town (Japanese: ヒワダタウン) from Generation II, shared with Blackthorn City, that is played on Four and Five Islands in FireRed and LeafGreen.
• In Generation II, if the Dratini in one of the houses is interacted with and the Coin Case is used immediately afterward, a Coin Case glitch will be triggered. This causes the Coin Case's display to change to "Which move?he pp of" permanently, unless the game is reset without saving.
• Blackthorn City and Violet City are the only Johto cities which keep their Generation II slogans in Generation IV.
• Blackthorn City is similar to that of Unova's Opelucid City in Black and White, with the fact that both of these cities house the final Gym of their respective regions (which is Dragon-type in both cases) and are the tenth cities that the player encounters.
• There is an error on the Trainer Tips sign in Generation IV. It says that wild Pokémon appear regularly when walking and not running through tall grass, when it is in fact the opposite.
  • There is likely a missing word in the first line, and could have been meant to read as: "Wild Pokémon will appear less regularly if you don't run, but walk quietly in the tall grass."

Name origin

Johto
Settlements New Bark Town • Cherrygrove City • Violet City • Azalea Town • Goldenrod City • Ecruteak City Olivine City • Cianwood City • Mahogany Town • Blackthorn City • Safari Zone Gate • Frontier Access Routes 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 Landmarks Dark Cave • Sprout Tower • Ruins of Alph • Union Cave • Slowpoke Well • Ilex Forest • Radio Tower • Global Terminal Goldenrod Tunnel • National Park • Pokéathlon Dome • Bell Tower • Bellchime Trail • Burned Tower • Moomoo Farm • Olivine Lighthouse Battle Tower (Crystal • HGSS)/Frontier • Cliff Edge Gate • Cliff Cave • Embedded Tower • Safari Zone • Whirl Islands Mt. Mortar • Lake of Rage • Team Rocket HQ • Ice Path • Dragon's Den • S.S. Aqua • Mt. Silver (Cave) Access to Sinjoh Ruins • Kanto

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