Verdanturf Town

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Verdanturf Town シダケタウン Shidake Town "The windswept highlands with the sweet fragrance of grass."

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Map description Thanks to the prevailing wind pattern, this town is always kept clear of falling volcanic ash.

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Connecting locations   ↑ Rusturf Tunnel   Verdanturf Town Route 117 →

Location Location of Verdanturf Town in Hoenn.

Verdanturf Town (Japanese: シダケタウン Shidake Town) is a small, quaint town nestled between the mountains and the plains in central-western Hoenn. It is well known for its very clean air.

Wally is sent to live here with his aunt, uncle, and cousin, Wanda, to improve his health. The town features a Contest Hall in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, as well as in their Generation VI remakes, Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. In Pokémon Emerald, however, the Contest Hall is replaced with a Battle Tent.

There are two ways out of Verdanturf: to the east is Route 117 towards Mauville City; and to the north is the Rusturf Tunnel, which was being constructed to link Rustboro and Verdanturf. However, the construction disturbed the local Whismur who lived in the tunnel, and so it was canceled. Wanda's boyfriend tried to dig the tunnel himself but was unable to do it. After the player gets the Dynamo Badge, they can use Rock Smash to complete the tunnel and open a path to Route 116.

Slogan

The windswept highlands with the sweet fragrance of grass. (Japanese: くさの　においの　かぜふく　こうげん The highlands where the grass-scented wind blows.)

Places of interest

Contest Hall

Main article: Contest Hall

In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, the Verdanturf Town Contest Hall is where Normal Rank Pokémon Contests are held. It is also where Pokémon Coordinators can register their Contest Passes. A sign outside the building reads:

Pokémon Contests
Normal Rank Registration
"Gather here, all ye Pokémon Trainers!"

In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the Contest Hall returns. Pokémon Contest Spectaculars of all four ranks are held here.

Battle Tent

Main article: Battle Tent

In Pokémon Emerald, the Contest Hall is replaced with a Battle Tent themed after the Battle Palace in the Battle Frontier. A sign outside the building reads:

Battle Tent Verdanturf Site
"Feast Your Eyes on Battles!"

Wanda's house

Wanda and most of her family live on the south side of the town. Wally is sent to live here to improve his health, but is only seen at Wanda's house after the player battles Wally in Mauville City. After the player obtains the Balance Badge, Wally will no longer be at Wanda's house.

Friendship rater

In the house situated to the left of Wanda's house, there is a woman who rates the friendship of Pokémon.

Shroomish girl

In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, there is a little girl between the houses of Wanda and the friendship rater who has lost her Shroomish. She mentions it went missing somewhere near the sign. If the player reads the sign after talking to the girl, the Shroomish will come out from behind the sign and return to the girl. As a reward for finding it, the little girl will give the player the Intriguing Stone.

Move Tutor

In Pokémon Emerald, inside the Pokémon Center there is a kid who will teach a compatible Pokémon Fury Cutter one time only.

Poké Mart

The Poké Mart in town is the only one in Hoenn where Nest Balls can be purchased.

Demographics

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, the population of Verdanturf Town is 29, making it the largest town in Hoenn.

Pokémon Emerald

In Pokémon Emerald, the population of Verdanturf Town is 24, making it the third-largest town in Hoenn.

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the population of Verdanturf Town is 27, tying it with Lavaridge Town for being the largest town in Hoenn.

Poké Mart

Generation III
Great Ball $600	Nest Ball $1000
Super Potion $700	Antidote $100
Parlyz Heal $200	Awakening $250
Burn Heal $250	Ice Heal $250
Repel $350	X Special $350
Fluffy Tail $1000

Lower cashier (Generation VI)
Poké Ball $200	Great Ball $600
Ultra Ball3 Badges $1,200	Potion $300
Super Potion $700	Hyper Potion $1,200
Max Potion4 Badges $2,500	Full Restore5 Badges $3,000
Revive $1,500	Antidote $100
Paralyze Heal $200	Awakening $250
Burn Heal $250	Ice Heal $250
Full Heal3 Badges $600	Escape Rope $550
Repel $350	Super Repel $500
Max Repel3 Badges $700

Upper cashier (Generation VI)
Heal Ball $300	Nest Ball $1,000
Luxury Ball $1,000

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Mawilite	By the southeast edge of town, at the end of a path accessible from Route 117	OR  AS
	Repel	By the southeast edge of town, at the end of a path accessible from Route 117 (hidden)	OR  AS
	Intriguing Stone	A gift from the little girl in the southwest of town for finding her Shroomish	OR  AS
	Gardevoirite	A gift from Wanda in her house for clearing the breakable rocks from Rusturf Tunnel, after defeating or capturing GroudonOR/KyogreAS	OR  AS

Contest Hall/Battle Tent

Item		Location	Games
	TM45 (Attract)	From a womanRSE/LassORAS inside the Contest HallRSORAS/Battle TentE	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Contest Pass	From the Contest receptionist	R  S
	Luxury Ball	Prize for winning a Contest with a Pokémon that has won a Master Rank Contest before and already has a Ribbon of the won category and rank	R  S
	Nest Ball	Reward for clearing the Battle Tent	E
	Contest Costume	From Lisia upon approaching the Contest Hall reception for the first time (can be received at any Contest Hall)	OR  AS
	Star Light	From Lisia after defeating her in a Master Rank Contest (can be received at any Contest Hall)	OR  AS

Pokémon

Generation VI

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Gift Pokémon
Pikachu Rock Star	OR			AS			Gift	20	One
Pikachu Pop Star	OR			AS			Gift	20	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.

Appearance

Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire

In the anime

Verdanturf Town in the anime

In the anime, Verdanturf Town was shown to have a fairly luxurious neighborhood. It is the hometown of Morrison, a Pokémon Trainer and one of Ash's rivals in the Ever Grande Conference. Among the town's current residents are Timmy Grimm and his parents, Tommy Grimm and Mrs. Grimm, who live in a mansion.

Ash, May, Max, and Brock arrived in Verdanturf Town in Disaster of Disguise, where they met up with Drew again. Drew was planning to compete in the town's Pokémon Contest. However, after his Roselia was injured in a battle against Timmy's Dusclops, he took it to the Pokémon Center and decided not to participate.

The Verdanturf Ribbon

In Disguise Da Limit!, May entered the Verdanturf Contest in the hopes of winning her second Ribbon. Timmy and Jessie, respectively disguised as The Phantom and Jesselana, were also among the contestants. In the Appeals Round, May's Skitty failed to deliver a successful Blizzard attack. Despite this, the Kitten Pokémon was able to save its performance by juggling with Double Slap just like Dr. Abby taught it in Delcatty Got Your Tongue. When Vivian announced the results, it was revealed that May, Timmy, Jessie, and a Coordinator by the name of Stefano had advanced to the Contest Battles.

After defeating Stefano, May battled Timmy in the final round. Timmy proved to be a talented Coordinator and a tough opponent for May, as he had some good combinations up his sleeve. This led May to lose a large number of points. However, her Skitty managed to master the move Blizzard and use it against Dusclops, knocking it out. The Contest Judges then called Battle Off and May was declared the winner. Afterwards, the Director of the Contest Committee, Mr. Contesta, handed her the coveted Verdanturf Ribbon, her second Contest Ribbon overall.

Gallery

Pokémon Center	Grimm Mansion	Contest Hall
		Exterior	Interior

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Verdanturf Town in Pokémon Adventures

Ruby & Sapphire arc

Verdanturf Town appeared in Mind-Boggling with Medicham and It's Absol-utely a Bad Omen, where Ruby arrived there to obtain the Hoenn Contest Pass and to compete in the Normal Rank Pokémon Contests, accompanied by Gabby and Ty. After winning all five Normal Rank Contests, he saw a person whom he initially mistook as Wally, but was actually Wally's cousin Wanda, who told him that Wally had left the town before his arrival.

In It All Ends Now VIII, the Verdanturf Contest Hall, destroyed during the weather crisis caused by Groudon and Kyogre, was revealed to have been rebuilt as a Battle Tent, though it still maintained the function of hosting Pokémon Contests.

Trivia

The player standing next to the Battle Tent

• In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, a girl in the Poké Mart sings a short song when talked to, which goes: "Ball, Ball, Nest Ball. ♪ Ball, Ball, Luxury Ball. ♪" Afterwards, she says that she learned the song from "a strange person in red clothes" when she visited the Kalos region once. This is likely a reference to the Team Flare Grunt who sings a similar song before being battled at the Poké Ball Factory in X and Y.
• In Pokémon Emerald, the player can see past the outer edges of the map, leading to a visual glitch. This is due to the Battle Tent being smaller than the Contest Hall in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	シダケタウン Shidake Town	From 芝 shi (lawn), 青竹色 aodake-iro (mint green color of bamboo), and 岳 take (peak)
English	Verdanturf	From verdant (green; lush) and turf (lawn)
German	Wiesenflur	From Wiese (meadow; lawn) and Flur (corridor)
Spanish	Pueblo Verdegal	From verdegal (green field)
French	Vergazon	From vert (green) and gazon (lawn, turf)
Italian	Mentania	From menta (mint)
Korean	잔디마을 Jandi Maeul	From 잔디 jandi (lawn)
Chinese (Mandarin)	綠茵鎮 / 绿茵镇 Lǜyīn Zhèn*	From 綠 / 绿 lǜ (green) and 綠茵 / 绿茵 lǜyīn (lawn)
	綠蔭鎮 / 绿荫镇 Lǜyìn Zhèn*	From 綠 / 绿 lǜ (green) and 綠蔭 / 绿荫 lǜyìn (tree shade)
Chinese (Cantonese)	綠茵鎮 Luhkyān Jan*	From 綠 luhk (green) and 綠茵 luhkyān (lawn)
	綠蔭鎮 Luhkyam Jan*	From 綠 luhk (green) and 綠蔭 luhkyam (tree shade)
Brazilian Portuguese	Cidade de Verdanturf	From its English name
Vietnamese	Thị trấn Shidake	Transcription of its Japanese name

Hoenn
Settlements Littleroot Town • Oldale Town • Petalburg City • Rustboro City • Dewford Town • Slateport City • Mauville City • Verdanturf Town Fallarbor Town • Lavaridge Town • Fortree City • Lilycove City • Mossdeep City • Sootopolis City • Pacifidlog Town • Ever Grande City Battle Frontier • Battle Resort Routes 101 • 102 • 103 • 104 • 105 • 106 • 107 • 108 • 109 • 110 • 111 • 112 • 113 • 114 • 115 • 116 • 117 • 118 119 • 120 • 121 • 122 • 123 • 124 • 125 • 126 • 127 • 128 • 129 • 130 • 131 • 132 • 133 • 134 • Underwater Landmarks Petalburg Woods • Rusturf Tunnel • Island Cave • Granite Cave • Abandoned Ship • Sea Mauville • Oceanic Museum Seaside Cycling Road • Trick House • Mauville Game Corner • New Mauville • Trainer Hill • Desert Ruins • Mirage Tower • Fiery Path Jagged Pass • Mt. Chimney • Desert Underpass • Meteor Falls • Weather Institute • Scorched Slab • Ancient Tomb • Safari Zone • Mt. Pyre Lilycove Museum • Shoal Cave • Team Aqua Hideout • Team Magma Hideout (Lilycove • Jagged Pass) • Mossdeep Space Center • Seafloor Cavern Cave of Origin • Mirage Island • Sky Pillar • Victory Road • Pokémon League • Sealed Chamber • Artisan Cave • Altering Cave • Southern Island Marine Cave • Terra Cave • Contest Hall • Battle Maison • Battle Tower • Battle Tent • Secret Islet • Secret Meadow • Secret Shore Mirage spots Mirage Caves • Mirage Forests • Mirage Islands • Mirage Mountains Crescent Isle • Fabled Cave • Gnarled Den • Nameless Cavern • Pathless Plain • Trackless Forest Access to Birth Island • Faraway Island • Navel Rock • Sky

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