Relic Castle

Relic Castle 古代の城 Ancient Castle "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Map description:	Ancient ruins with a glorious history, buried in the sand as time went by.
Location:	Desert Resort
Region:	Unova
Generations:	V
Location of Relic Castle in Unova.
Pokémon world locations

Relic Castle (Japanese: 古代の城 Ancient Castle) is a large castle and the ruins of an ancient city that is over 2,500 years old, located in the middle of Desert Resort. It is made up of several floors and a maze.

History

The Relic Castle is the ruins of a city built by one of the twin heroes and his corresponding dragon and are said to have been the heart of a civilization for people and Pokémon in the Unova region. The civilization dates back to at least 2,500 years ago, at which point it was at its peak.

Geography

In Black and White, the Relic Castle, although accessible early in the game, cannot be fully explored until after entering the Hall of Fame. Five floors deep, only the first and second floors can initially be entered: a Worker explains that the lower floors are covered in sand and are impassable until he has cleaned up a bit.

The first floor is hazardous, with two patches of quicksand which may suck passersby into the second chamber. A nearby scientist explains that if players walk over the middle of the quicksand, or run anywhere near it, they will fall through the floor. However, walking slowly anywhere besides the middle of the quicksand is safe. Behind the furthest patch of quicksand is a Backpacker who has found two rare Fossils. To relieve her load, she offers the player one of her Fossils, and notes that one of Lenora's colleagues knows how to revive the Fossil into an extinct Pokémon.

After N has awakened Zekrom^B/Reshiram^W at Dragonspiral Tower, the next few floors have been cleared up, allowing the player to venture deeper into the castle, which, at this point, is filled with Team Plasma Grunts. At the lowest reachable floor, the player will encounter Alder and Ghetsis, with the latter giving a brief speech before leaving.

After completing the main game, a new entrance will open up on the bottom floor of the castle. The player will enter a complex maze and chase a Team Plasma Grunt, who must be fought to continue through the maze. After defeating the Grunt, he will explain that he was lookout for a sage who was experimenting. The player can find one of the Seven Sages, Ryoku, towards the southern part of the maze. He explains that he wants the Pokémon that lives in Relic Castle to impress Ghetsis. After he is taken away by Looker, the player can continue to the shrine of Volcarona and battle it. After continuing west through the maze, the player can travel up some stairs to the other exit of Relic Castle, where TM26 (Earthquake) is found.

In Black 2 and White 2, most of the Relic Castle has become filled with sand and is inaccessible, leaving only the first two floors (which are still accessible via the Desert Resort), and a portion of the lowest floor—including Volcarona's room—which is accessible via the Relic Passage.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Cover Fossil	1F, from the Backpacker if the first option is chosen	B  W
	Plume Fossil	1F, from the Backpacker if the second option is chosen	B  W
	TM26 (Earthquake)	1F, in the northwest tower, accessible from the lowest floor (post-game)	B  W
	Revive	B1F	B  W
	Elixir	B1F, in the left sand pile (hidden)	B  W
	Heart Scale	B1F, in the left sand pile, west of Psychic Low (hidden)	B2  W2
	TM39 (Rock Tomb)	B1F, near Psychic Dua	B2  W2
	Max Potion	B2F, southeast corner	B  W
	TM30 (Shadow Ball)	B2F, southeast of female Team Plasma Grunt	B  W
	Max Revive	B3F, in the alcove south of the central quicksand patch	B  W
	PP Max	B3F, in the northwest tower, south of the stairs, accessible from the lowest floor (hidden) (post-game)	B  W
	PP Up	B3F, southwest corner	B  W
	Super Potion	B4F, in the southeast sand pile (hidden)	B  W
	Sun Stone	B4F, east of northern sand pile	B  W
	TM04 (Calm Mind)	Lowest floor, from Ryoku in the room south of Volcarona's room (post-game)	B  W
	Sun Stone	Lowest floor, in the room south of Volcarona's room, accessible from Relic Passage (hidden)	B2  W2
	Ultra Ball	Lowest floor, in the easternmost room, accessible from Relic Passage	B2  W2

Pokémon

Pokémon Black and White

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
1F-B1F
Sandile	B			W			1F-B1F	19-22	50%
Yamask	B			W			1F-B1F	19-22	50%
B2F-B6F
Krokorok	B			W			B2F-B6F	34-37	50%
Cofagrigus	B			W			B2F-B6F	34-37	50%
Most of the lowest floor
Sandslash	B			W			Lowest floor	47-50	30%
Onix	B			W			Lowest floor	48-50	15%
Krokorok	B			W			Lowest floor	47-50	35%
Cofagrigus	B			W			Lowest floor	48-50	20%
Volcarona's room and the room outside of it
Claydol	B			W			Volcarona's room and the nearby room	47-50	100%
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.

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
1F
Sandshrew	B2			W2			1F	19-20	20%
Sandile	B2			W2			1F	18-21	40%
Yamask	B2			W2			1F	18-21	40%
B1F
Sandshrew	B2			W2			B1F	20	20%
Sandile	B2			W2			B1F	18-20	40%
Yamask	B2			W2			B1F	18-21	40%
Lowest floor
Sandslash	B2			W2			Lowest floor	28-29	20%
Sandile	B2			W2			Lowest floor	27-28	30%
Krokorok	B2			W2			Lowest floor	29-30	10%
Yamask	B2			W2			Lowest floor	27-30	40%
Volcarona's room
Baltoy	B2			W2			Volcarona's room	27-30	100%
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.

Special encounters

Pokémon Black and White

A Volcarona appears on the lowest floor after defeating Ghetsis. If defeated or run from, it respawns after entering the Hall of Fame.

Types: Bug Fire Ability: Flame Body Held item: SilverPowder Volcarona♂/♀ Lv.70 Silver Wind Bug Special   --       Quiver Dance Bug Status   --       Heat Wave Fire Special   --       Bug Buzz Bug Special   --

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

A Volcarona appears on the lowest floor after earning the Quake Badge. If defeated or run from, it respawns at a higher level after entering the Hall of Fame.

First encounter	Second encounter
Types: Bug Fire Ability: Flame Body Held item: SilverPowder Volcarona♂/♀ Lv.35 String Shot Bug Status   --       Leech Life Bug Physical   --       Gust Flying Special   --       Fire Spin Fire Special   --	Types: Bug Fire Ability: Flame Body Held item: SilverPowder Volcarona♂/♀ Lv.65 Whirlwind Normal Status   --       Silver Wind Bug Special   --       Quiver Dance Bug Status   --       Heat Wave Fire Special   --

Trainers

Pokémon Black and White

Trainer	Pokémon
1F
Psychic Perry サイト Saito Reward: $768	Sigilyph♂ Lv.24 No item
Psychic Dua イノリ Inori Reward: $736	Woobat♀ Lv.23 No item
	Munna♀ Lv.23 No item
B1F
Team Plasma Grunt Reward: $1360	Watchog♂ Lv.34 No item
	Krokorok♂ Lv.34 No item
	Krokorok♂ Lv.34 No item
B2F
Team Plasma Grunt Reward: $1400	Scraggy♂ Lv.35 No item
	Watchog♂ Lv.35 No item
Team Plasma Grunt Reward: $1440	Garbodor♀ Lv.36 No item
B3F
Team Plasma Grunt Reward: $1440	Krokorok♂ Lv.36 No item
Team Plasma Grunt Reward: $1360	Liepard♀ Lv.34 No item
	Trubbish♀ Lv.34 No item
	Trubbish♀ Lv.34 No item
B4F
Team Plasma Grunt Reward: $1400	Watchog♂ Lv.35 No item
	Scraggy♂ Lv.35 No item
Team Plasma Grunt Reward: $1400	Trubbish♀ Lv.35 No item
	Liepard♀ Lv.35 No item
Lowest floor
Team Plasma Grunt Reward: $2560	Krookodile♂ Lv.64 No item

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Trainer	Pokémon
1F
Psychic Perry サイト Saito Reward: $736	Sigilyph♂ Lv.23 No item
B1F
Psychic Dua イノリ Inori Reward: $736	Gothita♀ Lv.23 No item
Psychic Low ロウ Rō Reward: $736	Solosis♂ Lv.23 No item

Layout

1F and B1F

Version	1F		B1F
Black
White
Black 2
White 2

B2F and B3F

Version	B2F		B3F
Black
White

B4F, B5F, and B6F

Version	B4F		B5F		B6F
Black
White

Lowest floor

Version	Lowest floor			Volcarona's room
Black
White
Black 2
White 2

In the anime

Relic Castle in the anime

Relic Castle in Pokémon Generations

Main series

The Relic Castle was set to play a major role in the original BW023 as the location where Team Rocket discovered the Meteonite and James's Yamask first appeared in, but the episode and its second part have since been postponed indefinitely, and were retconned out of continuity when Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot! aired.

Pokémon Generations

Relic Castle appeared in The Adventure, where both Red and his Pikachu were seen entering the castle. Inside the castle, Pikachu accidentally stepped into a sand pit, causing it to fall down into Volcarona's room. Pikachu battled Volcarona and managed to defeat it, but was then suddenly confronted by a Landorus, which attacked.

In the manga

Relic Castle in Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder

Relic Castle entrance in Pokémon Adventures

Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder

The Relic Castle appeared in Get the Legendary Pokémon!, where Shin and Alder traveled there in search of the Light Stone. They successfully found it, only for Alder to then seemingly betray Shin and claim the Light Stone for himself. After Shin had defeated Alder's Volcarona, he revealed that he had only feigned betrayal as a test to see he was worthy to be a Hero. The Light Stone then turned into Reshiram, and Shin flew off with it to confront N at his castle.

Pokémon Adventures

Black & White arc

The entrance to Relic Castle appeared in To Make a Musical, where Ryoku of the Seven Sages prepared to enter the ruins in order to find and catch Volcarona for Ghetsis.

Trivia

• The Team Plasma Grunt battled on the lowest floor in Black and White has the highest-level Pokémon ever used by a villainous team Grunt in the core series games, with his Krookodile being at level 64.
• In Volcarona's room, Dusk Balls never have an increased catch rate modifier, even at night. The only other location to have this distinction is the Strange House.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 古代城 Gúdoih Sìhng * 古代城堡 Gúdoih Sìhngbóu * Mandarin 古代城 Gǔdài Chéng * 古代城堡 Gǔdài Chéngbǎo * French Château Enfoui German Alter Palast Italian Castello Sepolto Korean 고대의 성 Godae-ui Seong Brazilian Portuguese Castelo Relíquia Spanish Castillo Ancestral Vietnamese Lâu Đài Cổ Kính

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