Driftveil City

Driftveil City ホドモエシティ Hodomoe City "A City of Billowing Sails"

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Map description A port town distributing many goods, and a gateway to the Unova region.

Driftveil City Gym - Unova Gym #5 Clay Ground-type specialist Gym Quake Badge

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Connecting locations   ↑ Clay Tunnel*   ← Route 6 Driftveil City Driftveil Drawbridge →   Cold Storage* and Pokémon World Tournament* ↓

Location Location of Driftveil City in Unova.

Driftveil City in spring in Black and White

Driftveil City (Japanese: ホドモエシティ Hodomoe City) is a major ocean port city in western Unova. It has strong wind currents popular with sailboaters. More importantly, its ports are used by freighters and fishing boats that import and export goods such as vegetables in and out of Unova. A large market offering a variety of useful items occupies part of the city. Driftveil is typically subject to precipitation year-round, but remains dry throughout the summer.

In Black and White, the Cold Storage is located south of the city, where cargo ships deposit shipping containers to be frozen before its contents are used for commercial use. In Black 2 and White 2, the Cold Storage no longer exists, and in its place now stands the PWT. The Pokémon World Tournament attracts tourists from across the world, and its success can be reflected by the city's rapid development.

In Black 2 and White 2, several strange craters have appeared throughout the city and its associated establishments, indicating an increase in mining activity in the city. One of the craters in particular, Clay Tunnel (named after the city's Gym Leader), connects the city to an underground mining cave that stretches to the nearby Mistralton Cave, Twist Mountain, and Underground Ruins. Another crater, located west of the PWT, leads to Castelia Sewers and the Relic Castle.

In Black and White, the houses in Driftveil City all had orange-colored roofs so they looked bright at sunset. However, in Black and White 2, this style has changed, and the city now sports very large emerald-colored towers, which are hotels to house the visitors of Driftveil City for the Pokémon World Tournament. Inside are tables and other furniture all covered in emeralds, which could be a result of Clay's mining operation success in Black and White two years ago; however, this is not confirmed.

The city has two possible entrances on foot: from Route 6 to the west and from the Driftveil Drawbridge to the east, which leads to Unova's central peninsula. In Black 2 and White 2, the city can also be accessed by traversing through Clay Tunnel.

A Hiker inside Pinwheel Forest says that trees that are cut down are sent from Driftveil City to the rest of the world.

Slogan

A City of Billowing Sails (Japanese: 船の帆と　渦巻く水のこと Ship sails and swirling water.)

Places of interest

Market

The market is located on the western side of the city. Herbal medicine and Moomoo Milk can be bought here. After defeating Team Plasma and obtaining the National Pokédex, a former Team Plasma Grunt sells incense for $9600 each. In Black 2 and White 2, the National Pokédex requirement is removed, and they can be bought on the first visit.

The flowers and vegetables at the market change between Black and White Versions.

Charles, a Motorcyclist well-known to the residents, can be found cruising on the west side of the market, and will ask the player to participate in a Triple Battle^W/Rotation Battle^B, or vice versa in the respective sequels.

Herb Shop
Heal Powder $450	EnergyPowder $500
Energy Root $800	Revival Herb $2800

Moomoo Milk shop
Moomoo Milk $500	Moomoo Milk ×12 $6000

Incenses
Odd Incense $9600	Sea Incense $9600
Rose Incense $9600	Wave Incense $9600
Rock Incense $9600	Pure Incense $9600
Luck Incense $9600	Lax Incense $9600
Full Incense $9600

Lighthouse

In Black and White, Driftveil City had a small barren beach located east of the Pokémon Center. If the player Surfs directly off the beach, they can find the lighthouse, which has a Water Stone on its shore. The beach and the lighthouse are no longer present in Black 2 and White 2, for unknown reasons.

Southern section

Main article: Cold Storage

Main article: Pokémon World Tournament

South of Driftveil City, an establishment can be found here which are associated with the city or Clay himself.

In Black and White, the Cold Storage is located here.

In Black 2 and White 2, the Cold Storage has been demolished and replaced with the PWT. Several kiosks can be found here, housing people such as the Move Deleter and the Move Reminder. The Relic Passage can be accessed here. Directly south of the facility, docks are placed to welcome tourist boats. It is also utilized by the Plasma Frigate.

Move Tutor

In Pokémon Black and White Versions, the Move Tutor's house is the house to the right of the market. He will teach Grass Pledge, Fire Pledge, or Water Pledge to a friendly starter Pokémon.

In Pokémon Black and White Versions 2, the Move Tutor is in a house west of the Pokémon Center. He teaches 15 moves for 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10 Red Shards.

Moves taught

Black and White

Black 2 and White 2

Driftveil Gym

Main article: Driftveil Gym

The Driftveil Gym is the official Gym of Driftveil City. The Gym Leader is Clay, who uses Ground-type Pokémon. Trainers who defeat him are awarded the Quake Badge, as well as TM78 (Bulldoze) as a reward.

Move lover's house

In the house north^BW/south^B2W2 of the Driftveil Market, there is a girl who requests to see a certain random TM or HM move every day. When the player presents a Pokémon that knows the move she asked for, she will reward the player with a Heart Scale. The girl will only request moves from TMs or HMs the player currently owns.

Team Plasma's safehouse

At the northern end of the city, a house is located atop a hill.

In Black 2 and White 2, it acts as a sanctuary for former Team Plasma members. Rood, one of the Seven Sages, will battle the player before allowing them to enter the building. He will also give the player the option to adopt N's Zorua. Anthea and Concordia remain here as well, staying in the new lower section of the house constructed within the two year period between the games.

Demographics

Black and White

Driftveil City is a large city with a population of 55.

Black 2 and White 2

Driftveil City's population increases with larger population of 70.

Poké Mart

Upper cashier
Poké Ball $200	Great Ball $600
Ultra Ball5 Badges $1200	Potion $300
Super Potion $700	Hyper Potion $1200
Max Potion7 Badges $2500	Full Restore8 Badges $3000
Revive $1500	Antidote $100
Parlyz Heal Parlyz Heal $200	Awakening $250
Burn Heal $250	Ice Heal $250
Full Heal5 Badges $600	Escape Rope $550
Repel $350	Super Repel $500
Max Repel5 Badges $700

Lower cashier
Net Ball $1000	Nest Ball $1000
Dusk Ball $1000	BridgeMail D $50
Greet Mail $50	Favored Mail $50
RSVP Mail $50	Thanks Mail $50
Inquiry Mail $50	Like Mail $50
Reply Mail $50

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Big Pearl	In market accessible by left door	B  W
	Heart Scale	From a woman in the house northBW or southB2W2 of the market, if the player has a Pokémon knowing the asked TM move (repeatable once per day) Diagonally down from the blond saleslady at the market (hidden)	B  W  B2  W2
	Expert Belt	Received from a man in black at the market, if the player has a Pokémon that is level 30 or higher	B  W  B2  W2
	Shell Bell	Received from an old man in the easternmost of the two houses east of the market, if the player has seen more than 50 Pokémon	B  W
	Shell Bell	Received from an old man in the house east of the market, if the player has seen more than 70 Pokémon	B2  W2
	Repeat Ball ×3	From a girl in the Pokémon Center, upstairs	B  W
	Luxury Ball ×3	From a girl in the Pokémon Center, upstairs	B2  W2
	Sitrus Berry	Held by Basculin obtained in a trade	B  W
	Ultra Ball	Northwest, near Route 6	B  W
	Ultra Ball	Left of the statue by the Driftveil Bridge (hidden)	B2  W2
	HM02 (Fly)	Given after beating Bianca	B  W
	Water Stone	Next to the lighthouse (requires Surf)	B  W
	TM63 (Embargo)	In the market accessible by the left door	B2  W2
	Calcium	Near the stone bridge	B2  W2
	Everstone	From a Butler on 23F of the building just south of the market	B2  W2
	Air Balloon	From a Gentleman on 25F of the building just west of the Pokémon Center	B2  W2
	Big Root	From a Veteran on 25F of the green and gray building just west of the water	B2  W2
	Haban Berry	From the Axew on 19F of the building just east of the market	B2  W2
	Rare Bone	In the pile of dirt south of the Clay Tunnel entrance, accessible post-game (hidden)	B2  W2

Pokémon

Pokémon Black and White

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Frillish	B			W			Surfing	10-25	50%
Frillish	B			W			Surfing	10-25	50%
Surfing in rippling water
Alomomola	B			W			Rippling water	10-30	95%
Jellicent	B			W			Rippling water	10-30	2.5%
Jellicent	B			W			Rippling water	10-30	2.5%
Fishing
Krabby	B			W			Fishing	35-55	65%
Chinchou	B			W			Fishing	35-55	30%
Luvdisc	B			W			Fishing	35-55, 60	5%
Fishing in rippling water
Chinchou	B			W			Rippling water	35-60	60%
Luvdisc	B			W			Rippling water	35-60	30%
Kingler	B			W			Rippling water	35-70	5%
Lanturn	B			W			Rippling water	35-70	5%
Special Pokémon
Basculin	B			W			Trade Minccino	25	One
Basculin	B			W			Trade Minccino	25	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.

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Gift Pokémon
Zorua	B2			W2			Gift	25	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.

Trainers

Pokémon Black and White

Motorcyclist Charles challenges the player to a Rotation Battle^B/Triple Battle^W.

Motorcyclist Charles Driftveil City Black and White Reward: $864

Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Motor Drive Held item: None Zebstrika♂ Lv.27 Shock Wave Electric Special   --       Flame Charge Fire Physical   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Spark Electric Physical   --       Types: Ground Dark Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Krokorok♂ Lv.27 Assurance Dark Physical   --       Mud-Slap Ground Special   --       Embargo Dark Status   --       Swagger Normal Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Adaptability Held item: None Basculin♂ Lv.27 Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Chip Away Normal Physical   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --

After earning the Quake Badge.

If the player chose Snivy:

PKMN Trainer Bianca Driftveil City Black and White Reward: $2800

Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Herdier♀ Lv.26 Helping Hand Normal Status   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Work Up Normal Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: None Pansear♂ Lv.26 Yawn Normal Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Flame Burst Fire Special   --       Amnesia Psychic Status   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Forewarn Held item: None Musharna♀ Lv.26 Defense Curl Normal Status   --       Lucky Chant Normal Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: None Dewott♂ Lv.28 Razor Shell Water Physical   --       Fury Cutter Bug Physical   --       Water Pulse Water Special   --       Revenge Fighting Physical   --

If the player chose Tepig:

PKMN Trainer Bianca Driftveil City Black and White Reward: $2800

Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Herdier♀ Lv.26 Helping Hand Normal Status   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Work Up Normal Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: None Panpour♂ Lv.26 Water Sport Water Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Scald Water Special   --       Taunt Dark Status   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Forewarn Held item: None Musharna♀ Lv.26 Defense Curl Normal Status   --       Lucky Chant Normal Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Servine♂ Lv.28 Leaf Tornado Grass Special   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Mega Drain Grass Special   --       Slam Normal Physical   --

If the player chose Oshawott:

PKMN Trainer Bianca Driftveil City Black and White Reward: $2800

Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Herdier♀ Lv.26 Helping Hand Normal Status   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Work Up Normal Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: None Pansage♂ Lv.26 Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Seed Bomb Grass Physical   --       Torment Dark Status   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Forewarn Held item: None Musharna♀ Lv.26 Defense Curl Normal Status   --       Lucky Chant Normal Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --       Types: Fire Fighting Ability: Blaze Held item: None Pignite♂ Lv.28 Arm Thrust Fighting Physical   --       Smog Poison Special   --       Rollout Rock Physical   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --

Post-game

After trading with Kyle and defeating Ghetsis, Kyle will challenge the player to a battle, in which he uses the evolved form of the Minccino that the player traded to him.

Trainer	Pokémon
Youngster Kyle ナオキ Naoki Reward: $1040	Cinccino♂/♀ Lv.65 No item

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Motorcyclist Charles challenges the player to a Triple Battle^B2/Rotation Battle^W2.

Motorcyclist Charles Driftveil City Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $832

Types: Psychic Flying Ability: Magic Guard Held item: None Sigilyph♂ Lv.26 Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Whirlwind Normal Status   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Types: Rock Flying Ability: Defeatist Held item: None Archen♂ Lv.26 Pluck Flying Physical   --       Agility Psychic Status   --       AncientPower Rock Special   --       Quick Guard Fighting Status   --       Types: Water Rock Ability: Solid Rock Held item: None Tirtouga♂ Lv.26 Wide Guard Rock Status   --       Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       AncientPower Rock Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --

PKMN Trainer Rood Driftveil City Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $2700

Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Herdier♂ Lv.27 Helping Hand Normal Status   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Work Up Normal Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Types: Psychic Flying Ability: Unaware Held item: None Swoobat♂ Lv.27 Heart Stamp Psychic Physical   --       Imprison Psychic Status   --       Air Cutter Flying Physical   --       Attract Normal Status   --

Post-Hall of Fame

If the player chose Snivy:

PKMN Trainer Hugh Driftveil City Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $6700

Types: Normal Flying Ability: Super Luck Held item: Scope Lens Unfezant♂ Lv.65 Giga Impact Normal Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       U-turn Bug Physical   --       Swagger Normal Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Salac Berry Simipour♂ Lv.65 Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Focus Blast Fighting Special   --       Acrobatics Flying Physical   --       Surf Water Special   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Sap Sipper Held item: Muscle Band Bouffalant♂ Lv.65 Head Charge Normal Physical   --       Wild Charge Electric Physical   --       Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Types: Ground Dragon Ability: Levitate Held item: Dragon Gem Flygon♂ Lv.65 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Draco Meteor Dragon Special   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: Leftovers Eelektross♂ Lv.65 Wild Charge Electric Physical   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Types: Fire Fighting Ability: Blaze Held item: Focus Sash Emboar♂ Lv.67 Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Head Smash Rock Physical   --       Hammer Arm Fighting Physical   --       Scald Water Special   --

If the player chose Tepig:

PKMN Trainer Hugh Driftveil City Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $6700

Types: Normal Flying Ability: Super Luck Held item: Scope Lens Unfezant♂ Lv.65 Giga Impact Normal Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       U-turn Bug Physical   --       Swagger Normal Status   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Salac Berry Simisage♂ Lv.65 Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Focus Blast Fighting Special   --       Acrobatics Flying Physical   --       Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Sap Sipper Held item: Muscle Band Bouffalant♂ Lv.65 Head Charge Normal Physical   --       Wild Charge Electric Physical   --       Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Types: Ground Dragon Ability: Levitate Held item: Dragon Gem Flygon♂ Lv.65 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Draco Meteor Dragon Special   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: Leftovers Eelektross♂ Lv.65 Wild Charge Electric Physical   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: Focus Sash Samurott♂ Lv.67 Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Grass Knot Grass Special   --