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Blackthorn City is a city introduced in Generation II.
Description[]
Blackthorn City is located in the Johto region. It has a population of 27. Its Gym Leader is Clair, who specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon and can be challenged in Blackthorn City Gym. Blackthorn City is also where the Move Tutor and the Move Deleter are located. There is also a man who will teach Blast Burn, Frenzy Plant, and Hydro Cannon to the final evolution of any Starter Pokémon, and a woman who teaches Draco Meteor. As with any other city, Blackthorn City has its own Pokémon Center and Poké Mart, though the latter was given a wider variety of items available in Pokémon HeartGold Version and Pokémon SoulSilver Version. There is a body of water where some Water-type Pokémon can be encountered by either surfing or using a Fishing Rod.
In one of the houses, the player can trade a female Dragonair to one of the residents in exchange for a Rhydon named Don. In Pokémon Crystal Version and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, they receive a Dodrio named Doris instead.
Dragon's Den[]
The Dragon's Den was built by a clan of Dragon-type masters. It is a cavern with an underground lake and a shrine to Dragon Pokémon. Many strong trainers can be found here, and the Dragon Clan's Master will give the player a Dratini if he/she answers correctly to his questions. Silver can also be found here. Clair will come and reward the player with the Rising Badge and the TM DragonBreath after refusing to do so at the Gym.
Pokémon[]
Surfing[]
Fishing[]
Old Rod[]
Good Rod[]
Super Rod[]
Items[]
| Item | Games | Location/method | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spell Tag | G/S | Given by Santos on Saturdays only. | |
| Bitter Berry | G/S | A held item of the Rhydon received in a trade. | |
| Item | Games | Location/method | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spell Tag | C | Given by Santos on Saturdays only. | |
| Smoke Ball | C | A held item of the Dodrio received in a trade. | |
| Item | Games | Location/method | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke Ball | HG/SS | A held item of the Dodrio received in a trade. | |
| Soft Sand | HG/SS | Given by Santos on Saturdays only. | |
| Snooze Ribbon | HG/SS | Given by Santos on Saturdays only, once the player has met every Week Sibling. | |
| Effort Ribbon | HG/SS | Given by an NPC in the rightmost house if the player's Pokémon has at least 510 EVs. | |
Poké Mart[]
Generation II[]
| Item | Price | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Appearances[]
Manga[]
Adventures[]
Anime[]
In Beauty is Skin Deep, Ash and his friends arrived there and meet the Blackthorn Gym Leader, Clair. Ash challenged her to a battle and defeated her, winning the Rising Badge.
Gallery[]
Nomenclature[]
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | Blackthorn City |
| Spanish | Ciudad Endrino |
| Italian | Ebanopoli |
| French | Ebenelle |
| German | Ebenholz City |
| Japanese | フスベシティ |
| Korean | 검은먹시티 |
| Hindi | ब्लैकथाॅर्न शहर |
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