Sootopolis City is a city in the Hoenn region, surrounded by the Hoenn Route 126. The player character needs to use Dive outside of battle in Route 126 to reach Sootopolis City; later, they can directly Fly to Sootopolis City.
In Pokémon Emerald Version, when Kyogre and Groudon were awakened by Team Aqua and Team Magma respectively, the two Pokémon appeared in the city's lake and battled each other until Rayquaza intervened and becalmed them.
Sootopolis City is also the location of Hoenn's Water-type based gym.
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Description
The city of Sootopolis has an overhead view of the sky shaped like a crater, a preservation of what was there before the city came to be. Sootopolis is built with staircases that lead to different parts of the city.
History
Sootopolis City is built in the crater of an extinct volcanoRSE or a meteor impactORAS, which soon filled with water during rainfall. Within the city is the Cave of Origin, guarded by one of the town's citizens. Sootopolis may be where the cataclysmic battle between Groudon and Kyogre fought thousands of years ago, implied by its subtle connection to Mt. Pyre. As quoted by the guarding citizen, "The spirits of Pokémon, becalmed at Mt. Pyre, are said to be revived here."
Pokémon
Ruby and Sapphire
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Emerald
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Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
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Items
- Wailmer Doll
- TM31 Brick Break
Poké Mart
- Ultra Ball
1200
- Hyper Potion
1200
- Max Potion
2500
- Full Heal
600
- Revive
1500
- X Attack
500
- X Defense
550
- Max Repel
700
- Shadow Mail
50
Appearances
Manga
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Anime
In "The Great Eight Fate!", Ash and his friends first arrived there so the former can have his final Gym battle against the Sootopolis City Gym Leader Juan.
Trivia
- This is the only town in the Pokémon games that requires the move Dive to first enter it.
- A young non-playable girl, Kiri, is named after Junichi Masuda's daughter, who was born before the development of the Generation III games.
- Sootopolis City's name comes from "soot" (black dust resulting from fires or volcanic eruptions) and the suffix "-opolis," often used in city names. Its Japanese name, Rune (pronounced "roo-nay," not "roon") City, comes from 流 (ru, flow) and 涅 (netsu, black underwater soil).
- As Hoenn is based on Kyūshū, Sootopolis City is based on Yakushima. Its architectural style is similar to that of Santorini, a city in Greece.
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Petalburg City · Rustboro City · Slateport City · Mauville City · Fortree City · Lilycove City · Mossdeep City Sootopolis City · Ever Grande City | |
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Pokémon League | |
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Caves, Tunnels and Mountains | |
Rusturf Tunnel · Island Cave · Granite Cave · Desert Ruins · Jagged Pass · Fiery Path · Mt. Chimney · Meteor Falls Scorched Slab · Ancient Tomb · Mt. Pyre · Shoal Cave · Team Aqua Hideout · Team Magma Hideout · Seafloor Cavern Cave of Origin · Sky Pillar · Victory Road · Sealed Chamber · Altering Cave E · Artisan Cave E · Desert Underpass E · Marine Cave E · Terra Cave E | |
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Places of Interest | |
Other regions: Kanto (Sevii Islands) · Johto · Hoenn · Sinnoh (Battle Zone) · Unova · Kalos · Alola · Galar (Isle of Armor · Crown Tundra) |