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The Old Chateau (Japanese: もりのようかん Forest Manor) is an abandoned mansion near the exit of Eterna Forest. Inside one of its four bedrooms, there is a television, which, if interacted with at night (only after obtaining the National Pokédex in Diamond and Pearl), will initiate a battle with the only obtainable Rotom in the game. HM01 (Cut) and, by extension, the Forest Badge, are required to enter the Old Chateau.

Geography

The Old Chateau is a very strange house located deep within the Eterna Forest, near the western entrance, only accessible by HM01 (Cut). The mansion is known to be haunted, scaring many citizens of Eterna City, especially Gardenia, who sometimes appears before it cowering in fear at the urban legends related to it.

Upon entering, the Old Chateau appears to be old and abandoned. The first room encountered is the foyer, which has two flights of stairs both leading to the first floor. Between the foyer's staircases is a door to the dining hall, where a long wooden tables dominates the room. The kitchen area can be accessed on the left side of the table. Just outside of the room stands a strange statue with an ominous aura; the statue "appears as if it is glaring". On the first floor, left and right of the main room extends a library, where old books are cramped into bookshelves.

There are also four bedrooms that can be accessed to by traveling further up the first floor. In one of the rooms there is a television that is on and displaying a plain, white, flickering screen. The television is inhabited by a wild Rotom, which will come out at night time, and initiate a battle. There is also a portrait in another room; glowing red eyes appear on it that will stare at people when their back is turned and will disappear when faced.

Ghosts

Sometimes, what seem to be the ghosts of a little girl and a butler appear in a bedroom on the first floor and in the dining hall, respectively.

• The little girl appears when the player enters the room next to the bedroom where the ghost "is". She appers to "walk" through the door and is never seen on the other side.
• The butler appers to be siting at the other side of the table in the dinning room. The player walks forward and he starts to "walk" to the left side of the room, leaving the game window. He never appears on the other side.

• Old Chateau ghost2.png

  The little girl who appears in the bedroom

• Old Chateau ghost.png

  The butler who appears in the dining hall

Items

• Ether^DP
• Dread Plate^Pt: (hidden)^DP
• Insect Plate: (hidden)^DP
• TM90 (Substitute)
• Antidote^DP
• Old Gateau
• Rare Candy
• Big Pearl
• Honey^DP: (hidden)^Pt

Pokémon

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
All times
	Gastly	D	P	Pt	Inside	12-16	100%
	Gastly	D	P	Pt	Inside	14-17	100%
Special Pokémon
	Haunter	D	P	Pt	Dongle (Any Gen III)	16	8%
	Haunter	D	P	Pt	Dongle Room with eyes (Any Gen III)	16	4%
	Gengar	D	P	Pt	Dongle Room with eyes (Any Gen III)	16	4%
	Rotom Normal Rotom	D	P	Pt	Room with TV	15	Only one
	Rotom Normal Rotom	D	P	Pt	Room with TV	20	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.

In the anime

The Old Chateau is located in Canalave City in the anime. Here people can make the Old Gateau using the instructions and ingredients found there. It is also run with an automated voice to guide the people visiting the mansion.

In the episode Get Your Rotom Running!, it was abandoned for a while due to electricity problems from a recent thunderstorm. Because of this, a Rotom took residence there for a while to play with the people coming in by possessing different appliances.

Trivia

• In Pokémon Platinum, it is implied that Charon used to live here, suggesting that he is the owner who abandoned it, especially with his credit for discovering Rotom.
• As the ghosts pass the game window, the player doesn't move (the game locks the player), probably because of fear.
  • As such, it is impossible to interact with the ghosts.
  • Even so, the player walks forward when facing the butler and turns to the left side, where the ghost appear to be walking.
• The ghosts appear to "float". In other words, they never show their feet moving.

Origin

Chateau is the French word for castle.

In other languages

• Spanish: Vieja Mansión
• Italian: Antico Château
• German: Alte Villa
• French: Vieux Château

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