Team Rocket HQ

Team Rocket HQ ロッケトだんアジト Rokketo's Hideout
Location information
Region	Johto
Weather	Normal
Kind	Building
Needed TM and HM	None
Location of Team Rocket HQ in Johto.

Team Rocket Headquarters is the secret headquarters of the crime syndicate Team Rocket in Johto. It is located under the souvenir shop in Mahogany Town. Within the labyrinthine passages is a sinister transmission device that generates a strange radio pulse that encompasses the area surrounding Mahogany Town.

Layout

B1F

On the first floor of the headquarters, there is a multitude of Persian statues, which serve as security alarms. Once tripped, it will alert two Team Rocket Grunts, who will proceed to battle you. The device behind Scientist Gregg will switch off the security alarm system, thus making it safe to walk in front of the statues. On the staircase leading to B2F, there is a tile floor which serves as another hindering trap. Once a tile is stepped upon, a Pokémon will attack you.

Trainers:

Trainer Pokémon Level Team Rocket Grunt Rattata 16 Rattata 16 Rattata 16 Rattata 16 Gain: 640

Trainer Pokémon Level Scientist Gregg Magnemite 20 Magnemite 20 Magnemite 20 Gain: 640

Items

Item	Sprite	Location	Method of Obtaining
Hyper Potion		Team Rocket HQ	Found on the ground.
Nugget		Team Rocket HQ	Found on the ground.
Guard Spec.		Team Rocket HQ	Found on the ground.
Revive		Team Rocket HQ	Through the use of Dowsing Machine.

B2F

On the second floor of the headquarters, Lance appears and heals your Pokémon for you. There is also the room leading to the generator, but the door is tightly shut. Once you return to B2F's locked room with the Murkrow, Team Rocket Executive Ariana intervenes with another Grunt, preparing to stop you from preventing their plans. However, Lance assists you in the battle, prompting Team Rocket to flee the headquarters after their defeat. After this, Lance tells you to either catch or defeat the six Electrode powering the generator. After the device is deactivated, Lance rewards you with HM 05, Whirlpool.

Trainers:

Trainer Pokémon Level Team Rocket Grunt Venonat 18 Venonat 18 Gain: 720

Trainer Pokémon Level Team Rocket Grunt Golbat 18 Gain: 720

Trainer	Pokémon	Level
Team Rocket Grunt	Rattata	17
	Zubat	17
Gain: 680

Team Rocket
Ariana			Grunt
Arbok Level 25	Gloom Level 25	Murkrow Level 27	Drowzee Level 18	Grimer Level 20
Gain: 2960

Items

Item	Sprite	Location	Method of Obtaining
X Sp. Def		Team Rocket HQ	Found on the ground.
HM05		Team Rocket HQ	Gift from Lance.
X Special		Team Rocket HQ	Through the use of Dowsing Machine.
TM46		Team Rocket HQ	Found on the ground.
Full Heal		Team Rocket HQ	Through the use of Dowsing Machine.

B3F

On the third floor of the headquarters, Lance informs the trainer that you require a password to access the boss' room. Once you defeat all the Grunts on this floor, they will reveal to you the password: RATICATETATB. As you make your way to the boss' room, you find Giovanni sitting at a table beside a Murkrow. However, it turns out to be Rocket Executive Petrel assuming a disguise. After you challenge Petrel and defeat him, he informs you that the password is '"Hail Giovanni". However, he states that the door will not open unless he himself says it. As Petrel takes off, the Murkrow begins to imitate his voice as he said the password.

Trainers:

Trainer Pokémon Level Scientist Ross Koffing 22 Koffing 22 Gain: 704

Trainer Pokémon Level Team Rocket Grunt Gloom 18 Ekans 18 Gain: 720

Trainer Pokémon Level Scientist Mitch Ditto 24 Gain: 768

Trainer Pokémon Level Team Rocket Grunt Raticate 19 Gain: 760

Team Rocket
Petrel
Zubat Level 22	Koffing Level 22	Raticate Level 24
Gain: 880

Items

Item	Sprite	Location	Method of Obtaining
Full Heal		Team Rocket HQ	Found on the ground.
TM49		Team Rocket HQ	Found on the ground.
Protein		Team Rocket HQ	Found on the ground.
TM46		Team Rocket HQ	Found on the ground.
Ultra Ball		Team Rocket HQ	Found on the ground.

Trivia

• It is one of few locations wherein a trainer has a Ditto.
• When played backwards, there is a ghostly music.