Glimwood Tangle (Japanese: ルミナスメイズの森Luminous Maze Forest) is a forest in the northwestern part of the Galar region. It lies between Stow-on-Side (to the south) and Ballonlea (to the north).
Geography
Glimwood Tangle is a forest with several, maze-like paths. Though perpetually dark, luminescent mushrooms provide small circles of light at various points on the paths; touching these mushrooms causes them to glow more brightly and expands the area that they light. The paths are divided into a southern and a northern group, connected only by the easternmost path. When entering the tangle from Stow-on-Side, the paths lead to a T-shaped fork. Taking the fork's western branch leads to a four-way intersection that connects (via the northern and southern exits) to a roughly circular path, with a ledge in the northern part of the circle; the western exit leads to a dead end. The fork's eastern branch leads to a curving path with two small, dead-end offshoots before connecting to the northern group of paths. The northern paths branch into four broad, overlapping circuits, with an oblong one north of the other three. Four ledges divide some areas of the paths: one between the westernmost and central lower circuits, one between the westernmost and northern circuits, and two on the northeastern corner of the northern circuit. On the eastern edge of the northern circuit sits a wide clearing, which connects to a path to the northeast that leads to Ballonlea.
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.
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.
There are two Impidimp seen hiding behind luminescent mushrooms, and are encountered when interacting with them. One is near the entrance, the other is near a dead end to the east, just before Cook Derek. They respawn every time when exiting and re-entering the area.
Morgrem is located to the left of Madame Judy, behind a large tree. It does not respawn.
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.
Glimwood Tangle first appeared in The Tale of You and Glimwood Tangle!. Chloe went there alongside Ash and Goh in search of a GalarianPonyta and Rapidash. Whilst there, Goh spotted a Morelull and chased after it, causing him and Ash to become separated from Chloe. Goh eventually caught Morelull, and whilst trying to find Chloe, they wandered into Ballonlea and met Opal.
Chloe, meanwhile, encountered a Galarian Ponyta, who led her to an injured Galarian Rapidash. Chloe went off in search of a flower whose dew could heal Rapidash, only to run into a trio of Impidimp that stole her backpack. After a playful fight with Bluk Berries, Chloe retrieved her backpack and got the flower dew she had searched for, using it to heal Rapidash. As thanks for healing it, Rapidash let Chloe ride itself and took her to Ballonlea.
The forest reappeared in The Sweet Taste of Battle!, where Leon was seen interacting with some of the forest Pokémon on his way to Ballonlea, before admitting that he was completely lost.
Glimwood Tangle appeared in Shocking!! Reunion in the Forest. After it turned out that Allister had sneaked into Professor Magnolia's van due to his interest in her Antique FormSinistea and Polteageist, the Pokémon Professor revealed that she had met them when her car had lost a tire while driving through the forest shortly before. Due to Professor Magnolia having forgotten to reset the route record on the van's auto driver, it ended up driving the exact same route as before and crashing again.
As the van stopped, Allister left it to explore the forest in the hopes of catching himself an Antique Form Sinistea and Polteageist as well, with Casey chasing after him. While doing so, she heard a familiar sound in the distance, which she recognized as the sound of her lost Toxtricity, Tera, who was engaged in a battle against a wildDrakloak. Due to being solely focused on the battle, Tera didn't pay any attention to Casey until it had defeated Drakloak, after which it happily rejoined its Trainer, while Allister caught the Drakloak for himself.
Glimwood Tangle was introduced as a Stadium card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese Sword & Shield Era). It was first released in the Japanese Explosive Walker subset and the English Darkness Ablaze expansion, with artwork by aky CG Works. It allows the players to ignore any coin flip results and flip again.
Trivia
Glimwood Tangle as seen in the "Pokémon Live Camera" stream
Glimwood Tangle was first showcased in the "Pokémon Live Camera" 24-hour livestream on October 4, 2019, in which GalarianPonyta was officially revealed.
During the stream, Pikachu was shown to be native to the forest, despite not being encounterable there in the game itself.
Impidimp also made several appearances in the livestream, despite not being acknowledged officially outside of limited-distribution demos prior to the game's release.
Names
Language
Name
Origin
Japanese
ルミナスメイズの森 Luminous Maze no Mori
From luminous (emitting glowing light) and maze
English, Indonesian, Czech
Glimwood Tangle
From glim (source of light such as a candle or lamp) or glimmer (dim glow), wood, and tangle (twisted mass)
German
Wirrschein-Wald
From wirr (confused, chaotic) and Schein (shine)
European Spanish
Bosque Lumirinto
From luminoso (luminous) and laberinto (labyrinth)
French
Forêt de Lumirinth
From lumineux (luminous) and labyrinthe (labyrinth)
Italian
Bosco Brillabirinto
From brillante (brilliant) and labirinto (labyrinth)
Korean
루미너스메이즈숲 Luminous Maze Sup
From luminous and maze
Chinese (Traditional)
迷光森林 Míguāng Sēnlín / Màihgwōng Sāmlàhm
From 迷宮 / 迷宫 mígōng / màihgūng (maze) and 光 guāng / gwōng (light)
Chinese (Simplified)
迷光森林 Míguāng Sēnlín
Brazilian Portuguese
Bosque Glimwood
From its English name
Thai
ป่าเรืองแสง Pa Rueang Saeng
From เรือง rueang (glowing, brilliant) and แสง saeng (light)
