Team Rocket Hideout

This article is about the Celadon City hideout. For the Mahogany Town hideout, see Team Rocket HQ.

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Team Rocket Hideout Rocket Hideout ロケット団アジト Team Rocket Hideout "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
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Location:	Celadon City
Region:	Kanto
Generations:	I, III, VII
Location of Team Rocket Hideout in Kanto.
Pokémon world locations

The Team Rocket Hideout (Japanese: ロケット団アジト Team Rocket Hideout), called Rocket Hideout in the Generation I and III games, and also known as Rocket HQ in the Generation I Town Map, is a four-floored underground complex beneath the Rocket Game Corner in Celadon City. It is a secret base built and used by Team Rocket to facilitate and administer their operations.

Access

The secret switch concealed behind a poster in the Game Corner

Location preview of Team Rocket Hideout in Generation III

The Rocket Hideout is accessed by pressing a switch behind a poster in the Rocket Game Corner in Celadon City. A Team Rocket Grunt is guarding the poster in question when the player first approaches it. After being defeated, the Grunt retreats into the base, leaving the poster unguarded, and enabling the player to approach. Once the player activates a switch behind the poster, the stairs to the hideout will appear. In Generation VII, the Grunt will only battle the player once Cubone has been kidnapped in Lavender Town.

In Generation II, the Rocket Hideout is referred to when the player walks and selects the poster at the back of the Rocket Game Corner in Celadon City. The words, "Hey! Under this poster... There's nothing!" will appear, a reference to the original access point.

Features

This is the first time that the player encounters spin tiles, a special type of tile that, when stepped on, will uncontrollably spin the player in the direction of the arrows until they hit a stop tile. These are used on the second and third basement floors to create a complex maze.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Team Rocket Set	B1F, from the spy disguised as a female Team Rocket Grunt directly south of the stairs	P  E
	PP Up	B1F, on the southeasternmost plant of the plants in the center of the floor (hidden)	R  B  Y  FR  LG
	Escape Rope	B1F, west of the plants in the center of the floor	R  B  Y  FR  LG
	Ultra Ball ×5	B1F, south of the table in the western room	P  E
	Mighty Candy ×3	B1F, under the southwest corner of the table in the eastern room	P  E
	Great Ball ×5	B1F, north of the stairs in the southwest area of the floor, accessible from the southern stairs of B2F	P  E
	Hyper Potion	B1F, in the northwest corner of the southwest area of the floor, accessible from the southern stairs of B2F	R  B  Y  FR  LG  P  E
	Full Heal	B1F, in the cardboard box by the northmost desk in the southwest area of the floor, accessible from the southern stairs of B2F (hidden)	P  E
	Nugget	B2F, in the northeast of the spin tile maze	R  B  Y  P  E
	X Speed	B2F, in the northeast of the spin tile maze	FR  LG
	Moon Stone	B2F, in the northwest of the spin tile maze	R  B  Y  FR  LG
	Awakening	B2F, in the northwest of the spin tile maze	P  E
	TM05 (Rest)	B2F, in the center of the northern part of the spin tile maze	P  E
	PP Up	B2F, in the southwest of the spin tile maze	P  E
	X Accuracy	B2F, on the south side of the large block in the middle of the spin tile maze (hidden)	P  E
	TM07 (Horn Drill)	B2F, southeast of the Moon Stone	R  B  Y
	TM12 (Taunt)	B2F, southeast of the Moon Stone	FR  LG
	Super Potion	B2F, in the southwest area of the spin tile maze	R  B  Y  FR  LG
	TM10 (Double-Edge)	B3F, south of the staircase leading to B2F	R  B  Y
	TM21 (Frustration)	B3F, south of the staircase leading to B2F	FR  LG
	TM20 (Dark Pulse)	B3F, south of the staircase leading to B2F	P  E
	Nugget	B3F, one square east of TM10 (hidden) (broken in Japanese Red and Green)	R  B  Y
	Nugget	B3F, one square south of the northwest corner of the floor (hidden)	FR  LG
	Guard Spec.	B3F, on the electronics boxes south of the machine with Poké Balls in it (hidden)	P  E
	Revive	B3F, in the northwest corner	P  E
	Rare Candy	B3F, on the east side of the spin tile maze	R  B  Y  FR  LG  P  E
	X Speed	B3F, in the northwest of the spin tile maze	P  E
	BlackGlasses	B3F, south of the staircase leading to B4F	FR  LG
	HP Up	B4F, west of the staircase leading to B3F	R  B  Y
	Max Ether	B4F, west of the staircase leading to B3F	FR  LG
	Hyper Potion	B4F, in the room west of the stairs to B3F, in the north of the room	P  E
	PP Up	B4F, in the room west of the stairs to B3F, in the southwest corner of the room	P  E
	TM02 (Razor Wind)	B4F, in the northwest area of the floor	R  B  Y
	TM49 (Snatch)	B4F, in the northwest area of the floor	FR  LG
	Lift Key	B4F, dropped by the Team Rocket Grunt in the northwest area of the floor when defeated	R  B  Y  FR  LG
	Lift Key	B4F, on top of a wall in the middle of the floor after defeating the Team Rocket Grunt in the northwest area (must be retrieved by partner Pokémon)	P  E
	Iron	B4F, in the southwest area of the floor (requires Lift Key)	R  B  Y
	Calcium	B4F, in the southwest area of the floor (requires Lift Key)	FR  LG
	Elixir	B4F, in the southwest area of the floor (requires Lift Key)	P  E
	Super Potion	B4F, on the machine north of Giovanni (requires Lift Key) (hidden)	R  B  Y
	Net Ball	B4F, between the potted plants southwest of Giovanni (requires Lift Key) (hidden)	FR  LG
	Nest Ball	B4F, between the potted plants southeast of Giovanni (requires Lift Key) (hidden)	FR  LG
	Max Revive	B4F, on the eastern chest of draws behind Giovanni's desk (requires Lift Key) (hidden) (daily)	P  E
	Silph Scope	B4F, dropped by Giovanni after his defeat (requires Lift Key)	R  B  Y  FR  LG
	Silph Scope	B4F, received from Giovanni after his defeat (requires Lift Key)	P  E

Trainers

Generation I

B1F

Trainer	Pokémon
Rocket Reward: $630	Drowzee Lv.21 No item
	Machop Lv.21 No item
Rocket Reward: $630	Raticate Lv.21 No item
	Raticate Lv.21 No item
Rocket Reward: $600	Grimer Lv.20 No item
	Koffing Lv.20 No item
	Koffing Lv.20 No item
Rocket Reward: $570	Rattata Lv.19 No item
	Raticate Lv.19 No item
	Raticate Lv.19 No item
	Rattata Lv.19 No item
Requires Lift Key
Rocket Reward: $660	Grimer Lv.22 No item
	Koffing Lv.22 No item

B2F

Trainer	Pokémon
Rocket Reward: $510	Zubat Lv.17 No item
	Koffing Lv.17 No item
	Grimer Lv.17 No item
	Zubat Lv.17 No item
	Raticate Lv.17 No item

B3F

Trainer	Pokémon
Rocket Reward: $630	Machop Lv.21 No item
	Machop Lv.21 No item
Rocket Reward: $600	Rattata Lv.20 No item
	Raticate Lv.20 No item
	Drowzee Lv.20 No item

B4F

Trainer	Pokémon
Rocket Reward: $630	Koffing Lv.21 No item
	Zubat Lv.21 No item
Requires Lift Key
Rocket RB Reward: $690	Sandshrew Lv.23 No item
	Ekans Lv.23 No item
	Sandslash Lv.23 No item
Rocket RB Reward: $690	Ekans Lv.23 No item
	Sandshrew Lv.23 No item
	Arbok Lv.23 No item

Pokémon Red and Blue

Giovanni has one Guard Spec. per Pokémon, using it randomly 25% of the time.

Giovanni Rocket Hideout Red, Green, and Blue Reward: $2871

Types: Rock Ground Onix Lv.25 Screech Normal   --       Bind Normal   --       Rock Throw Rock   --       Rage Normal   --       Types: Ground Rock Rhyhorn Lv.24 Horn Attack Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Kangaskhan Lv.29 Comet Punch Normal   --       Rage Normal   --       Bite Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --

Pokémon Yellow

Rocket Rocket Hideout Yellow Reward: $750
Type: Poison Unknown Koffing Lv.25 Tackle Normal   --       Smog Poison   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Meowth Lv.25 Growl Normal   --       Bite Normal   --       Pay Day Normal   --       Screech Normal   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ekans Lv.25 Leer Normal   --       Poison Sting Poison   --       Bite Normal   --       Glare Normal   --

Giovanni has one Guard Spec. per Pokémon, using it randomly 25% of the time.

Giovanni Rocket Hideout Yellow Reward: $2871

Types: Rock Ground Onix Lv.25 Screech Normal   --       Bind Normal   --       Rock Throw Rock   --       Rage Normal   --       Types: Ground Rock Rhyhorn Lv.24 Horn Attack Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Persian Lv.29 Growl Normal   --       Bite Normal   --       Screech Normal   --       Pay Day Normal   --

Generation III

B1F

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $672	Drowzee♂ Lv.21 No item
	Machop♂ Lv.21 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $672	Raticate♂ Lv.21 No item
	Raticate♂ Lv.21 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $608	Rattata♂ Lv.19 No item
	Raticate♂ Lv.19 No item
	Raticate♂ Lv.19 No item
	Rattata♂ Lv.19 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $640	Grimer♂ Lv.20 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.20 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.20 No item
Requires Lift Key
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $704	Grimer♂ Lv.22 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.22 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

B2F

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $544	Zubat♂ Lv.17 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.17 No item
	Grimer♂ Lv.17 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.17 No item
	Raticate♂ Lv.17 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

B3F

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $672	Machop♂ Lv.21 No item
	Machop♂ Lv.21 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $640	Rattata♂ Lv.20 No item
	Raticate♂ Lv.20 No item
	Drowzee♂ Lv.20 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

B4F

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $672	Koffing♂ Lv.21 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.21 No item
Requires Lift Key
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $736	Sandshrew♂ Lv.23 No item
	Ekans♂ Lv.23 No item
	Sandslash♂ Lv.23 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $736	Ekans♂ Lv.23 No item
	Sandshrew♂ Lv.23 No item
	Arbok♂ Lv.23 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Boss Giovanni Rocket Hideout FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $2900

Types: Rock Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Onix♂ Lv.25 Rock Throw Rock   --       Bind Normal   --       Rage Normal   --       Harden Normal   --       Types: Ground Rock Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Rhyhorn♂ Lv.24 Stomp Normal   --       Fury Attack Normal   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Early Bird Held item: None Kangaskhan♀ Lv.29 Fake Out Normal   --       Mega Punch Normal   --       Bite Dark   --       Tail Whip Normal   --

Generation VII

Pre–Hall of Fame

After Giovanni has been defeated, the Team Rocket Grunts inside the hideout disappear, and the locked gate on B1F opens by itself.

B1F

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $812	Golbat♀ Lv.29 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $812	Koffing♂ Lv.29 No item
	Rattata♂ Lv.29 No item
	Rattata♂ Lv.29 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $812	Voltorb Lv.29 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $812	Ekans♀ Lv.29 No item
	Arbok♀ Lv.29 No item
Requires Lift Key
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $812	Zubat♀ Lv.29 No item
	Gastly♂ Lv.29 No item

B2F

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $812	Hypno♂ Lv.29 No item

B3F

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $812	Golbat♂ Lv.29 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $812	Rattata♂ Lv.29 No item
	Voltorb Lv.29 No item

B4F

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $812	Grimer♀ Lv.29 No item

Requires Lift Key

Team Rocket and Team Rocket Jessie James Team Rocket Hideout Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! Reward: $3,072
Type: Poison Unknown Mega Stone: None Arbok♂ Lv.32 Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Glare Normal Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Poison Unknown Mega Stone: None Weezing♂ Lv.32 Toxic Poison Status   --       Sludge Poison Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Team Rocket Admin Archer Team Rocket Hideout Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! Reward: $3,300
Type: Poison Unknown Mega Stone: None Weezing♂ Lv.33 Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Poison Flying Mega Stone: None Golbat♂ Lv.33 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Team Rocket Boss Giovanni Team Rocket Hideout Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! Reward: $5,600
Type: Normal Unknown Mega Stone: None Persian♂ Lv.35 Slash Normal Physical   --       Feint Normal Physical   --       Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Ground Rock Mega Stone: None Rhyhorn♂ Lv.35 Drill Run Ground Physical   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Rock Throw Rock Physical   --

Post–Hall of Fame

B1F

Trainer	Pokémon
Master Trainer Scientist Adam ガク Gaku	Arbok♂ Lv.75 Glare Facade Wrap Sucker Punch

B2F

Trainer	Pokémon
Master Trainer Hiker Eugine マサヒコ Masahiko	Rhydon♂ Lv.75 Earthquake Horn Drill - -

B3F

Trainer	Pokémon
Master Trainer Scientist Donnie コウジ Kōji	Weezing♂ Lv.75 Flamethrower Thunderbolt Taunt -

B4F

Trainer	Pokémon
Master Trainer Youngster Shawn ユウヤ Yūya	Persian♂ Lv.75 Hypnosis Dream Eater Nasty Plot Hyper Beam

Pokémon Trainer Archer Team Rocket Hideout Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! Reward: $5,400

Type: Electric Unknown Mega Stone: None Electrode Lv.54 Thunder Electric Special   --       Foul Play Dark Physical   --       Explosion Normal Physical   --       Reflect Psychic Status   --       Types: Poison Flying Mega Stone: None Golbat♂ Lv.54 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       U-turn Bug Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Mega Stone: None Magmar♂ Lv.54 Fire Punch Fire Physical   --       Thunder Punch Electric Physical   --       Clear Smog Poison Special   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Type: Poison Unknown Mega Stone: None Weezing♂ Lv.54 Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --

Layout

Version	B1F	B2F	B3F	B4F
Red
Blue
Yellow
FireRed
LeafGreen
Let's Go, Pikachu!
Let's Go, Eevee!

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket

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The hideout's interior as depicted on the Giovanni card

In Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, the interior of the hideout's lowest basement level, as depicted in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, can be seen in the illustration of the Giovanni card.

In animation

Giovanni's Rocket Hideout office in Pokémon Origins

Pokémon Origins

The Rocket Hideout briefly appeared at the beginning of File 3: Giovanni, where Red was seen freeing some imprisoned Pokémon in there, as well as encountering Giovanni for the first time.

In the manga

Rocket Hideout in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Red, Green & Blue arc

The Rocket Hideout appeared in Tauros the Tyrant and The Jynx Jinx, where Red inflitrated it, disguised as a Team Rocket Grunt, in order to get information regarding Green's whereabouts. Like in the games, the entrance to the hideout could be opened by pressing a switch behind a poster in the Rocket Game Corner. In the hideout, Red found a laboratory, where Team Rocket was creating an artificial Pokémon from Mew's cells, intending it to be their ultimate weapon. However, they were lacking enough genetic material to complete their creation. Blaine was one of the scientists working on the project. After the Pokémon was completed later, it escaped, presumably destroying the hideout.

Rocket Hideout in Pokémon Zensho

Pokémon Zensho

The Rocket Hideout appeared in PZ05. After being scared away by ghosts inside the Pokémon Tower, Satoshi followed a pair of Team Rocket Grunts leaving the tower into their hideout and snatched one of their Silph Scopes before leaving. His infiltration was observed by Giovanni through surveillance cameras, ordering his minions to leave him alone out of curiosity in the intruding child.

In the TCG

The following is a list of cards mentioning or featuring Team Rocket's Hideout in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Team Rocket's Hideout Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Rocket's Hideout	T [St]	Neo Revelation		63/64	Awakening Legends
		EX Team Rocket Returns		87/109	Rocket Gang Strikes Back		081/085
Giovanni's Exile	Su	Unbroken Bonds		174/214	Double Blaze		085/095
					Tag All Stars		151/173

Trivia

• In Generation I, it is possible to skip the entire Rocket Hideout. Due to an oversight, the player can use a Poké Doll bought at the Celadon Department Store to flee from the Marowak ghost at Pokémon Tower and progress without the Silph Scope. This was corrected in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
  • If the player skips the Rocket Hideout using this method, it is still possible to enter this place at any point later and potentially break the normal gameplay sequence. For instance, once the player obtains the Earth Badge, Giovanni appears to disband the Team Rocket and permanently leave the current game as expected in normal gameplay. However, as long as the player has not obtained the Silph Scope, then Giovanni and the Team Rocket members still permanently remain in the Rocket Hideout as if the Team Rocket was never disbanded.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 火箭隊基地 Fójin Déui Gēideih * 火箭兵團的秘密基地 Fójin Bīngtyùhn-dīk Beimaht Gēideih * 火箭隊秘密指揮部 Fójin Déui Beimaht Jífāibouh * Mandarin 火箭隊基地 / 火箭队基地 Huǒjiàn Duì-de Jīdì * 火箭隊的秘密基地 / 火箭队的秘密基地 Huǒjiàn Duì-de Mìmì Jīdì * French Repaire Rocket German Rocket-VersteckPE Rocket HQRBYFRLG Italian Rifugio Rocket Korean 로켓단아지트 Rocket-dan Ajiteu Spanish Guarida RocketFRLGPE CG RocketRBY

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